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Stealing your own car from the District pound is just as satisfying as it sounds.
by (name withheld to protect the guilty) April 4th, 1997 August 29th, 2020
It's no surprise that the Brentwood Impoundment Lot, the Distict's home for towed cars in Northeast, does a booming business.
On any given day, about 650 towed cars languish in the lot, says Norma Mapp, the lot's director. Assuming they have no outstanding tickets, some lucky drivers need only fork over the $75 towing fee to retrieve their cars. They then have two weeks to contest or pay their $50 parking fines. The rest of us don't get off so easy.
"We were laughing just the other day because one car brought in here had 23 outstanding tickets and owed $6,045," said Jeanne Jones, an impoundment lot attendant for the past six years. Average retrieval costs run around $600, she reports. "We let them know they have 45 days to come pay and get their cars, or we send them to Blue Plains." Despite the enchanting name, Blue Plains is a Southeast lot where cars get auctioned off each month.
If your car has ever been towed, you know the terror that grips your heart when you realize your beloved lifeline is suddenly gone. And if the District wanted whopping sums in exchange for your towed car, then you almost certainly know the burning desire to take it right back out of the impoundment lot.
That's how I felt in July 1991, two months after I moved to Washington. My beat-up 1985 Subaru GL still displayed Connecticut tags when I parked downtown for work on the 1400 block of I Street NW. Even though I fed the meters, my windshield was slapped with a few pink parking tickets totaling $200. One ticket was actually for an empty meter, but the others resulted from my drastic offense of having an expired emmissions sticker. I felt wronged.
But I was planning on getting Virginia plates, so I foolishly ignored the tickets, hoping they would just go away. About a month later, I discovered my Subaru booted and immobile, awaiting the tow. When I called District parking officials, I learned my fines had doubled twice, to an outrageous $800. My car wasn't even worth that much.
The next day, I Metroed down to D.C. Traffic Court at 600 K St. NE, naively thinking a sympathetic judge might understand my plight. I hoped to pay my initial fines of $200 and retrieve my car. But I knew I was in deep doodoo when the judge slam-dunked the cases called before mine, generally people fighting a single infraction. I finally stood before the judge and apologized for my mistake of not paying the fines on time, showing him my bank records and a note from my boss explaining my dire financial situation. I had just started a job and had drained almost all my money for my new apartment's rent and security deposit. So I asked the judge to have mercy.
But the judge apparently did not know the word. He scolded me in front of the packed courtroom, barking at me to "grow up and act responsibly." He said I'd have to fork over $800 if I wanted my car back.
"But I don't have $800," I whined back. "And I need my car for work."
The judge would have none of this. He suggested I come up with the cash quickly, reminding me that I'd be charged an additional $10 storage fee for each day my car sat in the impoundment lot. Then he dismissed me and called the next case, leaving me stunned and stammering.
As I wandered out of the courthouse, down the street from Union Station, my disbelief quickly turned to anger. The judge had not only shown no sympathy, he seemed to have gone out of his way to humiliate me. So my thoughts turn to justice. Some might call it revenge.
I hopped on the Metro and walked the rest of the way to the city-run Brentwood lot in Northeast. To enter the lot, which is surrounded by 10-foot-high chain-link fences topped by barbed wire, I had to pass through a trailer where you're supposed to show proof of paid fines.
I explained to the city employee working the desk that I needed to retrieve my umbrella and some other items from my car, but he told me I could not enter the lot until I paid my fines. Thinking quickly, I pulled out my expired Connecticut driver's license (I already had a new Virginia one), and asked if he would hold it as collateral while I quickly ran to my car and grabbed my things. He agreed.
My baby was parked about 150 yards from the gate. I climbed in and turned the ignition. With my heart jumping, I waited for what seemed like forever until another car in the lot approached the gate, the driver presumably having shown proof of paid fines. The chain-link gate opened slowly, electronically jerking to the side as it opened. One uniformed security officer stood nearby and another employee, a fat man, lounged in a chair by the gate, oblivious to my slow approach behind the other car.
The car was allowed to exit when I was about 75 yards away, and the security guard pushed the button to close the gate. It was do-or-die for me at this point, so I gunned the engine and charged toward the gate, which was slowly closing in its jerky, side-to-side motion.
Realizing a breakout was in progress, the security guard began yelling and jumping up and down. The fat man sprung from his chair, waving his hands, screaming, "Stop!" No way! I kept the pedal to the metal, gaining speed quickly as I shifted gears. Just as the gap was disappearing I shot through, almost grazing the gate with the side of my Subaru. The light was red at the interesection on Brentwood Road, but I blazed through it, screeching and skidding as I swerved into the turn at about 40 mph. The sharp turn sent the car fishtailing, but the tires regained their grip on the road, burning rubber as I sped away. Looking back at the stunned security guard and the fat man, I waved goodbye and whooped aloud in sweet victory.
I raced to Virginia, not sure if someone can be charged with "stealing" his own car. I didn't drive in the District again until I switched to Virginia tags a few weeks later. I would have paid my $200 in District fines if the judge had let me. But instead I paid nothing, and I got my Subaru back. And I discovered it still handles quite well.CP


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Buhari to EU observers: INEC will conduct credible polls
By Ismail Mudashir | Published Date Jan 23, 2019 7:23 AM
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told the European Union Observer Mission (EOM) to Nigeria's elections, that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will deliver on its mandate of a credible poll.
Receiving the EOM led by the Chief Observer and member of the European Parliament, Maria Arena, at the State House, the president said he had listened, earlier in the day, to the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, when he briefed the National Council of State.
"I am happy and impressed with the briefing he gave. I hope that the confidence he exuded and the intellect he brought to bear on the report will be justified at the end of the day," he said.
The president told the EU delegation that Nigeria had grown its electoral system incrementally, getting better year after year.
"Having participated in elections four times in the past, I would say that since 2015, technology has helped the credibility of our elections," he said.
President Buhari said Nigeria, with over 250 ethno-cultural groups across religions and tribes, with each group canvassing for identity and primacy in the affairs of the nation, "patriotism demands that we identify the nation's best interest and go with it."
He stressed that the governing APC administration had the good sense of identifying national interest including security, peace and stability, improved economy, jobs creation and the campaign against corruption, noting that the party was not wrong in 2015, and could not be wrong going into election this year with the same issues in its campaigns.
The EOM team, accompanied by Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, Head, European Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said the EU had observed every election in Nigeria since 1999, and had come again following an invitation by INEC.
The delegation promised impartiality and neutrality in the monitoring of the elections.

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'Love Island' star Rosie Williams' sizzling trend has trolls coming out of the woodwork
In the most recent episode of 'Love Island,' Rosie Williams confronted Adam Collard about his new romance with Zara in tears, and he just sat cross and smirked
Updated On : 09:28 PST, Jun 21, 2018
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'Love Island' star Rosie Williams is popularly known for her relationship with Adam Collard before, of course, he showed interest in Megan Barton Hanson and most recently Zara McDermott for that matter. But apart from her bumpy chemistry with Adam, there's one more thing that viewers can't seem to stop talking about - her bikini tops.
In a couple of episodes of 'Love Island', Rosie has been seen wearing rather small bikini tops that clearly reveal her 'underboob'. The Kardashians most recently brought his trend back in style, but ITV viewers aren't quite warming up to it.
One fan commented: "I really wish Rosie would find a bikini top that fits her properly #underboob #notsexy #loveisland." Another added: "I know I'm old when all I want to do is tell Rosie her bikini tops don't fit #loveisland." While another viewer questioned: "Why are Rosie's boobs always hanging out the bottom of her bikini top? Is that some kind of new trend or does she just need a bigger one?"
While it seems like Rosie is trying to rock a new style, it may not really be the most practical fashion choice. The experts at Dorina explained how to ensure that you are buying a swimwear that is comfortable and compliment your bod. They recommend that one should always buy swimwear that corresponds to the cup size. The team also added, "While the 'underboob' look is a trend at the moment, it isn't practical, comfortable or that good (health wise) for your boobs."
In the most recent episode of 'Love Island', viewers were shocked to see the way Adam treated the Welsh beauty. In tears, Rosie confronted Adam about moving on with Zara and ditching her immediately after they slept together, while he sat across from her with a grin on his face.
In a preview of tonight's episode, Adam goes as far as to say that Rosie has "insecure behavior" and even questions her sanity.
Women's Aid Chief Executive Katie Ghose has voiced her opinion on Adam's behavior on the show, calling it "unhealthy", reported OK! "On the latest series of 'Love Island', there are clear warning signs in Adam's behavior," she said. "In a relationship, a partner questioning your memory of events, trivializing your thoughts or feelings, and turning things around to blame you can be part of pattern of gaslighting and emotional abuse."
She added, "Last night, Rosie called out Adam's unacceptable behavior on the show. We ask viewers to join her in recognizing unhealthy behavior in relationships and speaking out against all forms of domestic abuse – emotional as well as physical. It is only when we make a stand together against abuse in relationships that we will see attitudes change and an end to domestic abuse."


Falling gasoline prices — are they good or bad?
Ask any American consumer and the answer will be a resounding "good." Gas prices have dropped by more than a dollar in the last three months. This translates into a de facto tax cut of at least $125 billion, equivalent to 2.4 million middle-class family incomes. For the average family, the savings this year could be $750 or more. The middle class hasn't seen comparable economic relief in years.
Apparently some politicians in Washington think that's bad. They have concocted a scheme to undo that tax cut by slapping higher taxes on gasoline.
The list of tax-happy politicians is growing longer by the day. In Congress, both Democrats and usually anti-tax Republicans have lined up in support of a higher gas tax, arguing that it could fund any number of big-ticket items on Congress' to-do list. They've been joined by prominent pundits on both sides of the aisle. Their proposals vary, with some ranging from 10 or 20 cents to a dollar or more per gallon.
Yet no gas tax increase, big or small, should be on the table. There are many reasons it is a terrible idea for the American consumer.
First, higher gas prices mean higher prices on goods. Groceries, clothes, electronics, manufactured goods are all mainly transported to your local store via truck. So when gas prices go up, so does the cost of transporting those goods. This invariably leads to higher prices, not just at the pump but at every stop on your daily or weekly errand runs.
It isn't just consumers who think that lower gas prices are good. Economists agree as well. Lower gas prices mean more economic growth. When you and I have more money to spend — which we do right now, thanks to falling gas prices — we usually spend it. That's why economists now predict that lower gas prices could add as much as half a percentage point of growth to the economy this year. A gas tax would only stymie or prevent those gains.
Moreover, such growth would create jobs and opportunities in the years to come, the keys to a strong and lasting economic recovery. No wonder the chief executive of Caterpillar has said that falling gas prices are creating "the kind of stimulus package that the Federal Reserve or Congress could never do."
Lower gas prices help the middle class and the poor most of all. The middle class spends more on gasoline than any other income group. Households with less than $50,000 in income spend, on average, a fifth of their wages on energy. Falling gas prices thus directly leads to more disposable income for the people who need it most. Those savings are even more noteworthy when you consider that family income is still lower than it was six years ago. Now, thanks to falling gas prices, the middle class and the poor finally have more money in their pockets.
Why would Congress jeopardize these gains with a higher gas tax? The most frequently repeated reason is that it would restore fiscal solvency to the Highway Trust Fund, which has been steadily losing money for years. But a higher tax isn't the solution to this problem. Instead, Congress should direct the trust fund's money to be spent solely on highways, rather than on the plethora of non-highway projects that it currently funds. If Congress made this simple change, the fund's financial problems would be all but fixed overnight; it would be 98% solvent.
Surely our politicians should reorder their own spending priorities before slapping higher taxes on the rest of us. They've spent the last six years over-regulating and over-taxing the economy, thereby preventing the recovery that the American people were promised but largely haven't seen. Now that falling gas prices are contributing to real growth, politicians in Washington should take their foot off the gas tax pedal.
Tim Phillips is the president of Americans for Prosperity.


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Marth Embarks is the first chapter in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the first book of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. It is set two years after the prologue of Shadow Dragon.
Marth, having narrowly survived the downfall of Altea, reaches the island kingdom of Talys, where its king Mostyn allows him to reside in the eastern fortress. Marth spends two years in hiding, training to become strong enough to challenge Medeus. One day, pirates from the town of Galder storm the island and begin pillaging the local villages. Princess Caeda races to the eastern fortress to enlist Marth's aid, and he promptly engages the pirates.
Starting from the east side of the island, Marth leads the army to the western castle, where he defeats Gazzak, the leader of the pirates. He meets King Mostyn, who deems him worthy to battle Dolhr and supplies him with a group of soldiers, most notably Ogma, to help him reclaim Altea. King Mostyn advises Marth to recruit more fighters who can help, whether they are hiding in villages or being forced to fight by the enemy.
Gazzak Pirate 5 1 Steel Axe Drops a Vulnerary upon defeat.
Immobile, but will move onto the gate on turn 1.
Galder Pirate 1 2 Iron Axe Moves next to the gate on turn 1, then does not move.
Gazzak Pirate 5 1 Iron Axe Moves onto the gate on turn 1, then does not move.
Gazzak Pirate 5 1 Steel Axe • Vulnerary Immobile, but will move onto the gate on turn 1.
On Shadow Dragon's H5 difficulty, resetting until Gazzak has 10 Speed can make your life marginally easier. At the beginning of the game, your initial units are: Marth, the main character; Caeda, a hard-hitting but frail Pegasus Knight; Cain and Abel, two Cavaliers with solid stats all-around; Draug, a solid early-game tank; Jagen, a Paladin who can provide some early support with his Silver Lance; and Gordin, an Archer with sub-par stats and growths across the board. Marth should visit the village immediately to get 10,000 gold; you should then buy Javelins for Draug, Caeda, and Jagen and Iron Lances for Abel and Caeda. Have Abel weaken the nearby Thief with his Javelin twice so Marth can finish him on turn 2.
From the beginning of the chapter, 6 of the enemy Pirates will immediately assault your position. Have Draug place himself on the eastern fortress to take the enemy attacks and retaliate with some of his own. Don't be afraid to let Jagen take a few shots with his Silver Lance if things go south, and never EVER let Gordin end a turn in the enemy's attack range with his Steel Bow equipped; he will be doubled and ORKOed.
Once the six aggressive pirates are dead, the battle is won. Don't be afraid to use the forts to heal your units if they are wounded, and continue to use Draug to lure in the enemies one at a time so you can take them out at your leisure. Try to get all of your units except Jagen to level 2. If Cain gets +1 Speed, he can avoid being doubled by 10 Speed Gazzak. If Draug gets +1 HP or Defense and +1 Luck, he cannot be ORKOed by the pirates in the next chapter under any circumstances. If Marth and Abel get +1 Speed, they cannot be doubled by 11 Speed Gazzak, and if Abel gets +1 Luck, he cannot be critically hit by Gazzak. The western village contains Wrys, a curate who is only really useful in Chapter 2. Gazzak is very easy to defeat; just pick away at him with Javelins and the Iron Bow until he drops. Never let Jagen attack him if he can kill him with a critical hit; you cannot afford to let him soak up the badly needed experience Gazzak yields.
Wrys was removed from Mystery of the Emblem Book I and replaced by Gazzak's vulnerary, which was removed from his inventory and placed in the village. This has been referenced several times in relation to Wrys in recent years, with the most blatant reference being the fact that Wrys's primary ability on his default Fire Emblem Cipher card is to be discarded for a Vulnerary equivalent.
German Marth bricht auf Lit. "Marth breaks on"
Screenshot from Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.
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Q: Click a button to open a input field with Blinking Cursor I have a Code that I got form my first post :Need help about a function
I modified this code and trying to work like how I want .But I got Stuck in one point .
JSfiddle LINK : http://jsfiddle.net/saifrahu28/qzKWD/
Here is the Code :
HTML
<button id="createDiv">Start</button>

CSS
    #createDiv, #results span { cursor: pointer; }
#results div {
    background: #FFA;
    border: 1px solid;
   width:auto;
}
#results input[type=text] {
    border: none;
    display: none;
    outline: none;
}

JS
    //  Call for document .onload event
$(function() {
    //  Normal Click event asignement, same as $("#createDiv").click(function
    $("#createDiv").on("click", function(e) {
        //  Simply creating the elements one by one to remove confusion
        var newDiv = $("
", { class: "new-folder" }),  //  Notice, each child variable is appended to parent
            newInp = $("<input />", { name: "inpTitle[]",style:"display:block ;border:solid 1px #fa9a34", type: "text", value: "Unnamed Group", class: "title-inp" }).appendTo(newDiv),
            newSpan = $("", { id: "myInstance2",style:"display:none", text: "Unnamed Group", class: "title-span" }).appendTo(newDiv);
        //  Everything created and seated, let's append this new div to it's parent
        $("#results").append(newDiv);
    });

    //  the following use the ".delegate" side of .on
    //  This means that ALL future created elements with the same classname,
    //    inside the same parent will have this same event function added
    $("#results").on("click", ".new-folder .title-span", function(e) {
        //  This hides our span as it was clicked on and shows our trick input,
        //    also places focus on input
        $(this).hide().prev().show().focus();
    });
    $("#results").on("blur", ".new-folder .title-inp", function(e) {
        //  tells the browser, when user clicks away from input, hide input and show span
        //    also replaces text in span with new text in input
        $(this).hide().next().text($(this).val()).show();
    });
    //  The following sures we get the same functionality from blur on Enter key being pressed
    $("#results").on("keyup", ".new-folder .title-inp", function(e) {
        //  Here we grab the key code for the "Enter" key
        var eKey = e.which || e.keyCode;
        if (eKey == 13) { // if enter key was pressed then hide input, show span, replace text
            $(this).hide().next().text($(this).val()).show();
        }
    });
})

WHAT it does now is , when I click the Start Button Create a input Box which Can be Rename and can save as text . BUT what I am wanting is .. WHEN I  click the Start button it will Create input With BLINKING cursor which is not here now . Now it become active when I clicked on it . But I am wanting it should Start blinking When it's Created . Is possible with any jquery or java scripts ?

A: You need to use the focus() event.
$("#results").append(newDiv);
newInp.focus();

A: You should use newInp.focus() to give the textbox focus, but you presumably also want the cursor at the end?
Use the following to achieve that:
$.fn.setCursorToTextEnd = function() {
    $initialVal = this.val();
    this.val('');
    this.val($initialVal);
};

Then do:
newInp.focus().setCursorToTextEnd();
Credit should go to Gavin G for the setCursorToTextEnd()
I've applied this to your fiddle - http://jsfiddle.net/qzKWD/3/

A: You need the focus() event.
A solution would be finding the input inside of newDiv element that is appended to #results, and then focusing on it.
// Inside of click handler
$("#results").append(newDiv);
newDiv.find("input").focus();

Another solution is to focus directly on newInp element that is same <input>.
// Inside of click handler
$("#results").append(newDiv);
newInp.focus();

JSFIDDLE

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Subject: Steak, Hamburger and Dog Food: How the Government Lies About the Real Inflation Rate
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Steak, Hamburger and Dog Food: How the Government Lies About the Real Inflation Rate
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler • March 8, 2012
More experts are saying what most Americans have suspected for years – the real inflation rate is much higher than the government is willing to admit.
Officially, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says the inflation rate, or Consumer Price Index (CPI), for 2011 was 3%.
But a report issued last week by the non-profit group American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) says the U.S. inflation rate for 2011 is far higher – 8%.
AIER used criteria based only on common daily expenditures to more accurately reflect how inflation affects consumers. Their index excluded less-frequently purchased items, like automobiles.
Economic consultant John Williams, an outspoken critic of the government's economic statistics, contends things are even worse.
Using the government's old methodology from 1980 – before politicians started to monkey with the formula – he calculates the real inflation rate is north of 10%.
That's more than triple the government's figure.
Among the few in government who see this as a problem is Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX.
"You know this argument that the prices are going up about 2%, nobody believes it," Paul bluntly told U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during a hearing last week. "People on fixed incomes – they're really hurting, the middle class is really hurting because their inflation rate is very much higher than the government tries to tell them and that's why they lose trust in government."
Changes to the Real Inflation Rate
Over the years, the government has made a series of adjustments to how it calculates the CPI, ostensibly to make it more accurate.
However, critics like Williams say the inflation rate formula has been changed to serve political ends.
"Government data are biased in politically correct directions and increasingly have diverged from common experience and reality since the mid-1980s," Williams says on his Web site, Shadowstats.com.
Changes to the CPI began under the tenure of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, who set the stage in the early 1990s by publicly complaining about how the CPI overstated inflation.
By 1999, the CPI had incorporated the idea of "substitution."
Instead of simply measuring how quickly prices were rising, the CPI added consumers' reaction to those price changes to the formula.
Successful bargain hunting means inflation isn't hitting you as hard, the government said, ignoring the impact such adjustments have on a person's standard of living.
"The old system told you how much you had to increase your income in order to keep buying steak," Williams said. "The new system promised you hamburger, and then dog food, perhaps, after that."
Another adjustment, "hedonics," adds value to goods based on how much better they are than previous versions.
"Now we don't take the real prices of computer chips, for example, but their price deflated by capacity, so every Moore's Law doubling of chip capacity halves the price," explained Money Morning Global Investing Strategist Martin Hutchinson. "Of course, doubling chip capacity doesn't double the functionality, so the whole "hedonic' theory is rubbish."
Or, as Williams puts it: "When gasoline rises 10 cents per gallon because of a federally mandated gasoline additive, the increased gasoline cost does not contribute to inflation. Instead, the 10 cents is eliminated from the CPI because of the offsetting hedonic thrills the consumer gets from breathing cleaner air."
Why Government Lies About the Real Inflation Rate
The government has strong motives for masking the real inflation rate.
Here are at least three:
Political Gain: This should surprise no one given the self-serving attitude that permeates Washington. Elected leaders know positive economic news, such as inflation that's under control, sound good in campaign speeches and can make the difference in a close election. In non-election years, fudging numbers like the CPI serves to avoid public pressure to do something to fix it. Government statistics that show inflation is not a problem keeps the issue off the public radar, regardless of the reality.
Big Savings: Many government entitlements, most notably Social Security payments, are linked to the CPI. Lower official numbers mean lower payouts. The ploy has saved the debt-ridden U.S. government billions of dollars, but has taken money from the pockets of American citizens. Williams says Social Security payments would be twice as high each month if the CPI formula had never been changed. It's no wonder so many seniors struggle to make ends meet. And it could get worse. Last fall's debt super committee suggested basing Social Security increases on a variant of the CPI that would lower payments even more.
Keeping Interest Rates Low: Although not responsible for the CPI, the Fed prefers it stay as low as possible to obscure its own inflationary policies. Fed policies like quantitative easing and holding interest rates near zero should have pushed inflation much higher – but the CPI's mutant methodology made sure that didn't happen. If the CPI were reported accurately, the Fed would be forced to raise interest rates, which in turn would slow the economy and slam the stock markets. That's not a headache the Fed or the elected leaders in Washington want. And then there's the bonus of allowing inflation to devalue the dollar to help reduce the nation's $15 trillion debt burden.
Although the BLS Web site devotes an entire page to defending its methodology for calculating the inflation rate, Americans see the reality every time they go shopping or pay a bill.
But with the altered CPI serving Washington so well, even pointed criticism from such prominent figures as Rep. Paul is likely to fall on deaf ears.
"Every single day [the dollar] buys less the next day," Paul complained to Bernanke. "To me it's sort of like…a builder had a yardstick that changed its value every single day. I mean, just think of the kind of building we would have."
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Shadowstats.com:
Alternate Inflation Charts
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Common Misconceptions about the Consumer Price Index: Questions and Answers
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fallingman | March 8, 2012
Good article. Thanks.
So, with 10 year interest rates at around 2%, that makes real rates somewhere around minus 8%.
But gold is in a bubble.
Right. Got it.
The truth is that an 8% rise a year in gold constitutes no change in its purchasing power relative to the clownbuck, so that percentage has to be backed out to calculate gold's real percentage gains or losses.
Once you do that, any talk of a "bubble" becomes even more absurd than it already is.
Gordan Finch | March 12, 2012
Inflation is a tool of Governments to create domestic consumption lower to take more revenue from those starved by austerity. The tool used is FUEL. The tax take on Fuel is stoking Hyperinflation ? if you bought it- IT came on a truck— and I defy anyone to name any made, used or manufactured material that does not.
Fuel duty – taxes are destroying everything and unless this is stopped and soon we will have a new war, designed –and I fear it may not be of words.
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India-Pakistan war tensions escalate
Deepal Jayasekera
War tensions between India and Pakistan continue to escalate, posing the danger of an all-out military conflict involving nuclear weapons.
At least six civilians and two Pakistani soldiers were killed on Friday and Saturday as a result of cross-border shelling from both sides along the Line of Control (LoC), which separates the two parts of Kashmir ruled by India and Pakistan. Indian and Pakistani troops have attacked each other's military posts and villages.
The Pakistani military said that two of its soldiers were killed by Indian firing over the LoC on Friday. The next day, two civilians were killed and two others injured by the resumption of shelling from the Indian side.
Umar Azam, a Pakistani government official, accused Indian troops of "indiscriminately targeting border villagers" using heavy weaponry along the LoC. Indian police said that Pakistani shelling on Friday killed a mother and two children, and critically wounded the father, in the Poonch region near the LoC.
Thousands of villagers on both sides of the LoC have fled to government-run shelters or relatives' homes. Denouncing the cross-border fighting between the Pakistani and Indian militaries, a resident from Mendhar in Indian Kashmir told the media: "These battles are being fought on our bodies, in our homes and fields, and we still don't have anything in our hands."
The current fighting erupted after 40 Indian soldiers were killed in a suicide attack by Kashmir separatists on February 14. The Indian government immediately seized on the attack, which was carried out by the Pakistani-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), to launch a war-mongering campaign against Pakistan. Islamabad insisted it had no hand in the incident.
Last Tuesday morning Indian war planes launched a bombing raid deep inside Pakistan, the first such attack since the end of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. New Delhi claimed the raid destroyed a major JeM camp, killing hundreds of "terrorists." Islamabad, however, declared that its air force had chased away the Indian planes, which dropped explosives in a forest area, and that there were no casualties.
On Wednesday, Pakistan retaliated sending its warplanes into airspace over the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In the resulting dogfight the Pakistan air force shot down at least one Indian plane, which fell inside Pakistan territory. The pilot was captured.
On Friday night, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan released the Indian pilot as a "peace gesture" and called for talks with India. The Indian government declared that there would not be any talks with Pakistan until it ended all support for Kashmir separatists. Having dismissed Islamabad's show of good will, it proceeded to parade the pilot as a national hero.
Indian Air Marshal C. Hari Kumar, who oversaw last Tuesday's air strike against Pakistan, told the Hindu on Saturday: "Nobody wants war [but] … We cannot tolerate cross border terrorism. The message has to be sent that we cannot lose citizens, in uniform or otherwise. Our IAF [Indian Air Force] has the capability to hit anywhere."
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the BBC on Saturday that although Islamabad never wanted a crisis it was ready to cooperate with India, but insisted, "We are on high alert."
The seven-decade geo-political rivalry between India and Pakistan and the conflict over Kashmir is a product of the 1947 communal partition of British India into a Muslim Pakistan and a Hindu-dominated India. Both India and Pakistan claim the whole of Kashmir. The competing claims provoked a conflict shortly after partition that led to a divided state and continuing tensions that have repeatedly flared.
Both ruling elites use national chauvinism as a means of dividing the working class and oppressed masses between and within their countries. India has maintained its rule over Jammu and Kashmir through a brutal military occupation, which has led to the formation of various armed separatist groups.
While suppressing the basic democratic rights of the masses in the part of Kashmir that it rules, Islamabad cynically uses the Indian military repression in Jammu and Kashmir to promote separatism in Indian Kashmir and pursue its own reactionary geo-political interests in the region.
The decades-long rivalry between India and Pakistan, however, is now being intensified and fuelled by global geo-political tensions between the US and China.
Washington's support for India as a key partner of its military-strategic offensive against China has encouraged New Delhi to adopt a more hawkish posture against Islamabad. India's air strike inside Pakistan territory was given the green light by Washington, when it said that New Delhi had "the right to self-defence."
Last Thursday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters that he had been talking to his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj, Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, and Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi to "encourage each country not to take any action that would escalate and create increased risk."
Washington's claims that it wants to prevent an all-out war between India and Pakistan is not out of concern for the fate of millions of people, the victims of such a military conflict on the subcontinent, but flows from its geo-political and military agenda.
The US values its growing military-strategic partnership with India as a major component of its war drive against China. At the same time, it has enlisted Pakistan to pursue its strategic interests in Afghanistan, particularly to broker a negotiated settlement with the Taliban.
The US is therefore concerned that an open military conflict between India and Pakistan will cut across its geo-strategic interests. Irrespective of its intentions, US aggression in Asia against China have added further fuel to decades-long rivalry between India and Pakistan.
India and Pakistan tobogganing toward a catastrophic war
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Cork's All-Ireland bid crumbled at the semi-final stage today as Kerry finally got the better of their arch rivals this summer, succeeding by 0-16 to 0-10 at Croke Park.
The Rebels, winners of last month's Munster final, failed to match the scoring power of Kerry's Mike Frank Russell and Colm Cooper, who struck 0-10 between them in front of a 58,703-strong crowd.
Three points from Cooper (0-02) and Russell at the tail end of the first half saw Jack O'Connor's side turn around with a 0-08 to 0-05 lead.
The Kingdom – now set for their third successive appearance in an All-Ireland final – never looked like losing their advantage, although James Masters (0-05) was a constant threat, albeit from placed balls.
In a game that truly failed to fire – lots of unnecessary fouls blighted what could have been a classic – Cork got the better start with Conor McCarthy, their only change to the side that defeated Donegal, left-footing over after three minutes.
With selector Ger O'Sullivan directing operations on the sideline, while the suspended Billy Morgan watched from the stands, Cork settled admirably but it was not too long until they faced Kerry's first aerial attack.
The ploy worked to a tee against Armagh, with the 6ft 5in Kieran Donaghy getting the better of Francie Bellew for a neat goal – and the Tralee man almost repeated the trick five minutes into today's encounter, when he rose to greet a Russell bomb and fended off Cork skipper Derek Kavanagh.
A low shot would have beaten goalkeeper Alan Quirke, but the young full-forward's over exuberance saw him opt for power and Quirke got his body in the way to block it away.
Kerry regrouped and Sean O'Sullivan sent over a stunning point from a sideline ball on the left flank to signal the 2004 champions' intent. Cork were not to be out done, and Morgan's men took in the quarter-hour with a 0-03 to 0-01 lead – Masters (free) and full-forward Donnacha O'Connor, swivelling brilliantly onto his right boot, added scores.
Yet an early injury to pivotal midfielder Nicholas Murphy, who was forced to play on regardless, saw Cork bullied in centre-field with Darragh Ó'Sé on top, ably assisted by Kerry's rampaging half-back line.
Cork were making little use of their meagre share of possession and hit only two wides to Kerry's six in the entire first half. They ended the half with just two points from play also, with a brace of frees from Masters taking their tally to 0-05 on the half-hour.
Clever use of the ball saw Kerry dominate the half's latter stages – Russell angled over a point from the left wing, Tomas Ó'Sé made up for an earlier miss with a right-footed score and Donaghy then teed up Sean O'Sullivan for a 29th-minute point which put his side in front for the first time at 0-05 to 0-04.
A Masters free was followed by three on the bounce from the Kerry attack with Cooper's injury-time free the best of the lot – the 23-year-old stand-in captain showed his mettle with a sweetly driven shot from an almost impossible angle on the right.
Russell, a player who was roundly criticised for the amount of wides he clocked up against Armagh, continued to do most of the damage after the break as his accurate kicking put Kerry four, and then five points clear.
There seemed little that Cork could do to force their way back into contention – when they did drift high balls into the square, Darragh Ó'Sé was perfectly positioned to deal with them, and their best goal chance was fluffed too when O'Connor fed Kevin O'Sullivan in the 54th-minute but the substitute was crowded out with the terrier-like Mike McCarthy blocking his shot behind for a '45.
O'Sullivan had sent over a skyscraper of a point minutes earlier to cut the gap back to three – 0-10 to 0-07 – but Kerry controlled matters for the closing 20 minutes to set up what could be the first Kerry-Dublin final since 1985.
This year's other semi-finalists Dublin and Mayo will hardly have been worried by what they saw at headquarters this afternoon – Kerry never hit fifth gear, and they never needed to.
The result seemed inevitable as every Cork point was cancelled to at the far end, and with equal aplomb. Cork full-forward O'Connor, who emerged with a good deal of credit, notched his second point to make it a 0-12 to 0-08 game, but it was quickly followed by scores from substitute Declan O'Sullivan and Donaghy.
Donaghy's point was the best of the game as the increasingly dominant Ó'Sé started it with a catch under his own crossbar. The ball was worked downfield to Paul Galvin before it was sucked into the giant hands of Donaghy, who was out in front of Kavanagh to collect and rifle over.
O'Connor, easily Cork's best forward, then caught a high ball and laid off for Seanie O'Brien to point a reply but the game was coming to a dull end – not even Masters' first point from play, a booming shot from the right, could draw any life out of the red shirts.
Cooper confidently closed the deal with his third free and another well-hit shot from out on the right flank. It was economic stuff from the Gooch, but Cork frustratingly got their sums all wrong – this was a big chance for them and they blew it. The Rebels have not won a semi-final now since 1999.
Three times they have met Kerry in the last-four of the championship in recent seasons, and three times they have been beaten by their neighbours, including the heavy defeats of last year (1-19 to 0-09) and 2002 (3-19 to 2-07).
KERRY – D Murphy; M Ó Sé, M McCarthy, T O'Sullivan; T Ó Sé (0-01), S Moynihan, A O'Mahony; D Ó Sé, T Griffin; S O'Sullivan (0-02 (0-01 sl)), E Brosnan, P Galvin (0-01); C Cooper (capt) (0-04 (0-03f)), K Donaghy (0-01), MF Russell (0-06 (0-03f)).
CORK – A Quirke; M Prout, D Kavanagh (capt), K O'Connor; M Shields, G Spillane, A Lynch; P O'Neill, N Murphy; S O'Brien (0-01), C McCarthy (0-01), K McMahon; J Masters (0-05 (0-04f)), D O'Connor (0-02), J Hayes.


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Strains Of Gonorrhea Resistant To Treatment Grows
Super-gonorrhoea is becoming more resistant to antibiotics, leaving health officials with limited options to treat the disease.
The sexually transmitted infection (STI) is becoming increasingly difficult to treat and is now able to fight off three common drugs.
It comes amid a huge rise in cases - there were almost 45,000 diagnoses in England in 2017, a rise of 22 percent in just one year, figures show.
Super-gonorrhoea is one of many antibiotic-resistant infections which together kill an estimated 700,000 people worldwide each year.
Patients are normally given ceftriaxone and azithromycin to combat gonorrhea, the third most common STI in Britain.
But a report from Public Health England revealed the resistance to these three drugs continues to grow, limiting the options available to treat the disease.
Ciprofloxacin is now proving resistant in 36.4 percent of cases of gonorrhea, 2017 figures in the Public Health England report shows.
This is a rise from 33.7 percent in 2016.
Azithromycin was resistant in 9.2 percent of cases in 2017, compared with 4.7 percent in 2016.
In March last year, the 'worst case ever' of super-gonorrhea was detected in a British man after he had sex with a south-eastern Asian woman.
Laboratory tests revealed the Brit had high resistance to both ceftriaxone and azithromycin. He was eventually treated with ertapenem.
The case leads to warnings from doctors that more difficult cases such as this would be seen.
World Health Organization experts raised fears two years ago the STI, once known as the 'clap', could become immune to antibiotics in a 'matter of years'.
Analysis of STI data around the world previously revealed 97 percent of countries have reported strains of gonorrhea that are resistant to ciprofloxacin.
And more than 50 countries warned strains were showing some form of resistance to ceftriaxone.
Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies wrote to GPs in 2015 warning that gonorrhea could become an 'untreatable disease'.
Since then, health officials have urged people to remember to use condoms.
But in recent years, it has been revealed that throats act as a 'silent reservoir' for gonorrhea.
Drug-resistant gonorrhea can spread from an infected person's throat during oral sex without them even knowing they have the STI, experts said.
About one in ten infected men and five in ten infected women will not experience any obvious symptoms, according to the NHS.
The number of gonorrhea cases has risen alongside other sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis and chlamydia.
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I highly recommend Paul Simon's new (as of last year) album. It's an acclaimed hit! It's thoughtful, lovely music, which is what Paul Simon does best. It reminds us that mastery of gentle rumination should not be overlooked. It may not be the engine that drives popular music, but it's no small talent. Soothing music isn't just for coffee shops, y'all. And honestly, if it's that easy to ignore it's not soothing, it's just boring. Soothing means to actively make you feel better, and I think Paul Simon does that. He does that not by being boring or trite, but by being thought provoking (and yes, sometimes still a little angsty.)
May 23, 2017 ladygarfunkel	2016, Paul Simon, Stranger to Stranger	Leave a comment
Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
Paul Simon is in the middle of a late in life revival. He's enjoying a string of acclaimed and well selling albums, ever since You're the One marked his comeback in 2000. He's proof than when your career isn't based on cockstrutting, the perspective of well earned wisdom can be one hell of a lot more interesting than than of growing pains. It's also worth noting that Paul Simon, unlike nearly every single one of his contemporaries, never really had a low point. His career low was one flopped musical in the 90's. He had his partnership with Garfunkel in the 60's, established himself as a solo artist in the 70's, and he did some of his most successful and important work in the 80's. The failure of his Capeman project was a rare humiliation, but he bounced back from it quickly enough. Simon has been as consistent throughout the decades as any artist, which is remarkable, given that most artists have been granted a full decade or two of sucking to balance out their highs.
January 25, 2017 ladygarfunkel	2000, Paul Simon, You're the One	Leave a comment
After a gut-wrenching year, the best albums of 2016 gut-wrenchingly blew apart the boundaries of art and real experience. David Bowie faced his own death. Nick Cave faced the death of his son. Beyonce grappled with what it means to live and love as a black woman in America. Anohni railed against the dying of the planet. Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant cringed before the inevitability of age. As Jerry Garcia once said; "I may be going to hell in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoying the ride." We're all gonna die, babe, but at least we got some great art out of it.
★ – David Bowie
David Bowie may have opened up a black hole in the fabric of known reality. He exited the world as he inhabited it: cryptically. At least he left us with this swan song, a final masterpiece. It is at once nakedly emotional and knowingly legend-building. Creating art in the face of death – that has to be the most intimate act of creation, besides literal conception. Yet he still cast himself as an intergalactic messiah, still offering unknowable promises of redempion through pure self creation. Once a starman, forever a starman, even through death's door.
I Can't Give Everything Away
2. Lemonade – Beyonce
Beyonce has outgrown being merely one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. She's made what has to be the most unified and relevant statement piece by a popular artist within recent memory. Beyonce grasps that the personal is the political. The (publicly unspecified but strongly implied) travails that she has suffered in her own longtime marriage take on broader meaning as a metaphor for the travails that Black women – specifically – have suffered within what is, without question, a violently oppressive white supremacist patriarchy. Though often painful, Lemonade is uplifting; Beyonce offers catharsis through pain and anger, strength through sisterhood, solace in family and community, and in the end, forgiveness and redemption through love.
3. Hopelessness – Anohni
Anohni cornered the market on mournful chamber pop years ago. She's lent her unearthly voice to everything from Marina Abramovic installations to singing backup for Lou Reed. Not to mention, of course, the beautiful albums she made fronting Antony and the Johnsons. This, her solo debut, is a step in entirely new – though still mournful as fuck! – direction. She's adopted a more modern, uptempo sound; and a newfound, keening rage. It's an album about destruction, a dying earth, the devastation of war, the oppression of a society fast approaching digital totalitarianism.
4. Skeleton Tree – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
This is Nick Cave's elegy to his dead son. It's a horrific irony that the singer, so long fascinated by the furthest and most macabre extremes of the human condition, was struck by such a tragedy. It's a testament to something – call it the redeeming power of art, call it the human spirit, call it a coping mechanism, call it damn plain stubbornness – that he went straight back in the studio, and there reexamined every idea he's been writing about all these years, coming back with a record that makes those old murder ballads look like so much innocent posturing.
Jesus Alone
5. This Is Acting – Sia
Not everyone had a terrible year of roiling turmoil. Sia, the one-time professional songsmith turned celebrity, has had the best couple of years of her career. Having become a pop star at an age when most pop stars are long out to pasture, Sia feels ambivalent about the tricky balance of fame, identity and creativity. This album is a collection of songs she wrote for other, bigger stars to sing, all of which had been rejected. It is, in a way, a concept album, the concept being; what exactly is a pop star and who exactly are you as an artist if you've spent most of your career furthering the careers of others? There's no clear answer to that, but Sia does prove one thing – that flagrantly commercial pop music can be a vehicle for ideas of great complexity, when presented by the right artist.
6. Wonderful Crazy Night – Elton John
Well, Elton John, for one, isn't trying to drive home any heavy concepts. He's not here to deliver any messages of great complexity. He's just having fun; he's got his mojo back and he's celebrating. He's spent some of his past years in the wilderness, both personally and professionally. In the last few years, though, he's been steadily revitalizing his career and enjoying some very well earned personal happiness. Musically, he sounds like a man truly enjoying himself, he's brought back some of his best collaborators, and he reminds us what made him so great in the first place – his unmatched ability to deliver an emotional wallop all the way to the back rows, but effortlessly and with nuance and humor.
Wonderful Crazy Night
7. Joanne – Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga continues to gratifying evolve. This record shows a little bit less pop monster, a little bit more real person. Though Gaga's talent for hooks and choruses can still be heard, that isn't the point here. The point is she's capable of showing real emotion as a singer and songwriter, not afraid to show her naked face.
Perfect Illusion
Million Reasons
A-Yo
8. Stranger to Stranger – Paul Simon
Back in the 60's Paul Simon was one of the angstiest songwriters around, full of hyper articulate college boy alienation. Now, he's the opposite. He writes about the absurd world with empathy, humor and gentle self-deprecation. His age seems to suit him fine; the older he gets the more he seems to be enjoying himself. He's also, in his own discreet way, a trailblazing sonic experimenter, always on the lookout for unexpected influences and unheard-of instruments.
Cool Papa Bell
9. Super – Pet Shop Boys
How long since Pet Shop Boys have been relevant? You may ask that, and the Boys are asking themselves the same question. Once pioneers of synthpop and electronic dance music, they've now become elders. How to deal with aging out of the scene you helped create? If you dedicated the first half of your life to being cool kids, what do you become when you've grown up? Those are deep questions to ask on a dance record, but balancing pop hooks with introspection has always been PSB's specialty, and this is as wise, poignant and self aware as they've ever been. Don't worry though, it's still fun, and if anything, wittier than ever.
The Pop Kids
Say It to Me
The Dictator Decides
10. AIM – M.I.A.
M.I.A. has said that this will be her final album. She's hardly the first star to threaten retirement, and few who do tend to stick with it. She's still young, and wildly creative. Let's hope it's an empty threat – we need her. She's been an outspoken provocateur, unafraid of being unpopular and determined to call out every bit of bullshit tossed her way. Her music remains equally fearless, an exuberant collage of ideas, found sounds, and cultural influences. Though she may not relish the condition of celebrity that it brings, she loves her art, and this record skews more joyful than angry.
Freedun
January 23, 2017 ladygarfunkel	2016, Aim, Anohni, best of, Beyonce, Blackstar, David Bowie, Elton John, Hopelessness, Joanne, Lady Gaga, Lemonade, M.I.A., Nick Cave, Paul Simon, Pet Shop Boys, Sia, Skeleton Tree, Stranger to Stranger, Super, This Is Acting, Wonderful Crazy Night	Leave a comment
Yes, Paul Simon, like many of his peers, is indeed old. Not many of his peers, though, accept with quite this much good humor. He always knew how to get a wry little chuckle out of serious things, and of course now he can laugh about being an old man – he never carried the burden of being a sex symbol. He's still exactly the same lovable dweeb he's always been. Putting it in perspective doesn't hurt, either. The Koran is old! The Bible is old! So many great wonders are old. Old is natural and old is something we should be grateful for, if we achieve it. We need to not think of it as a humiliating punishment for failing to stay young. I want to be old and fabulous and laugh at my stupid younger self and no longer care about the dumb shit that young people care about. Say goodbye to the downsides of youth and beauty, maybe grow into some wisdom, fucking enjoy being alive.
May 25, 2016 ladygarfunkel	2000, Paul Simon, You're the One	Leave a comment
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
The million dollar question is, what were you and Julio doing down by the schoolyard, anyway? Unfortunately, even Paul Simon doesn't know; "I have no idea what it is… Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say 'something', I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn't make any difference to me." There you have it. Imagine what transgressions you like most. It's that open-ended mystery that makes it the most risque Paul Simon song. I don't think Paul Simon has ever written a genuinely risque song, so you really have to plug the innuendo in yourself. And in contrast to any possible filth you might be picturing in your head right now, Simon presented an adorably wholesome little video of himself playing sports with inner-city youth at his very own alma mater in Queens. Stop being so lovable all the time, Paul Simon! (If the video looks like it might have been filmed in 1988 while the song was released in '72, well, that's because Paul Simon is a time lord, obviously.)
January 30, 2015 ladygarfunkel	1972, Paul Simon	Leave a comment
Loves Me Like a Rock
Here's some Rhymin' Simon on this beautiful Thursday morning, and he brought some gospel singers to cheer your day.
October 9, 2014 ladygarfunkel	1973, Paul Simon	Leave a comment
This one goes out to all the photography buffs all awash with nostalgia for the days of 35mm film. Those who miss loading those little rolls into their camera, and fooling around with negatives, and the excitement of waiting for prints to be developed. And double exposure; and the letdown of finding out you've been clicking your shutter without a roll inside; and the tragedy of accidentally exposing raw film to light; and not knowing whether you've got a good shot or just wasted a frame; and the bankroll crushing expense of paying twice for every 24 shots taken, first for the film, then for the prints. Paul Simon feels you! And this was before Kodak took our Kodachrome away, so the tint of nostalgia for things lost is ever so much stronger.
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In the early 90s, many successful businessmen flourished their products/services worldwide. But very few leaders were present at that time to think creatively. However, a businessman named Brian Epstein had many contributions to the music industry, which we will discuss today.
Also, people from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom are searching about 'How Did Brian Epstein Die,' which we will answer in this post.
Life Story of Brian Epstein
Personal Life of Epstein
His Contribution in 'The Beatles'
How Did Brian Epstein Die?
Why is He in the News Today?
He was born on 19 September 1934 into a family of the famous retailers of Liverpool. In addition, his father and mother, Harry and Queenie, were also blessed with another son Clive.
Epstein was transferred from numerous boarding schools since he was very lazy. But ultimately, he did the role of record sales in his father's store. Later on, Epstein wrote a regular column in a magazine called 'Mersey Beat' which raised 'The Beatles'. Before discussing 'How Did Brian Epstein Die,' let us find what more he did for this rock band.
Epstein was a great personality, known for his kind behavior for his family, friends, and colleagues. Also, he provided shelter to many people in his home, including Lennon, his friend.
As soon as the band entered the world stage, Epstein handled their business matters, from 1962, including finding new talents. However, he had no prior expertise in artist management, but he knew the band. Under his management, the rock band became very popular.
The Beatles manager, Epstein, was found dead on 27 August 1967 in his bed. In addition, the day after he died, he had a call at around 5 pm with Peter Brown, the Beatles, and his assistant. Over the call, he voiced groggy, and Brown told him to rest and avoid driving.
The next morning, his housekeeper and friends broke the door after they didn't respond to him, where they found him dead.
Moreover, after investigation, it is seen that his death's prime cause was overconsumption of a prescribed drug. Now, after answering that 'How Did Brian Epstein Die,' we will find why people are digging about him today.
A film on Brian Epstein's life is in development under the title 'Midas Man' where the makers will show his contributions and achievements to get to know more about him.
Recently, the makers have released the casting in which actors including Blake Richardson, Leo Harvey Elledge, Campbell Wallace, and Jonah Lees will play the role of Beatles stars. Moreover, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd will act in Brian Epstein's role.
In this write-up, we have found 'How Did Brian Epstein Die' along with his personal life. Also, we have seen his donation to 'The Beatles.' Furthermore, he died due to prescribed drug overuse.
In addition, his biography 'Midas Man' will be released soon; however, the release date is not revealed. To know more about Brian Epstein, visit here.
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'There is more collaboration now': MOBO founder Kanya King on the rise of super producers and providing grants for new production talent
The CEO and founder of the MOBOs spoke to Dan Gumble about partnering with Help Musicians UK on a new producers fund
In the past 20 years we have seen the rise of 'super producers' that command a big profile and release successful records in their own name. I think it is safe to say this has influenced a new generation of creatives to pursue this path
In October, MOBO's recently launched charity arm, MOBO Trust, teamed up with Help Musicians UK to launch a brand new fund aimed at supporting grassroots talent, from budding songwriters and artists to the most exciting up and coming music producers. The initiative invites those at the start of their career to apply for funding to help them hone their skills at the most pivotal stage of their development. Over the course of a year, the fund will offer grants of up to £2,000 each to help support the best new talent from across the UK. According to the MOBO Trust and Help Musicians UK, those who attain grants will be better equipped to 'fund a broad spectrum of activities that are vital to an artist's career and creative development – from vocal coaching, support for live performance and touring, video production, recording studio access, PR, marketing and promotion'.
Adding to MOBO's commitment to recognising the best in studio talent, next year will see the 2018 MOBO Awards incorporate a Best Producer category for the first time in its history (this year's awards took place at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on November 29).
Announcing the launch, Kanya King, founder and CEO of MOBO Organisation, outlined her ambitions for the initiative: "MOBO has a long history of championing and supporting the next generation of musical talent in British black music. But with each new generation of artists, come new challenges to develop one's art and get to the next level, so financial backing early on is critical to the long-term growth of a fledgling artist. We are delighted to partner with Help Musicians UK, a charitable organisation we have much affinity with, to offer extraordinarily talented artists the chance to progress at a crucial stage in their careers.
In the past year alone, the British black music scene has grown from strength to strength, contributing hugely both commercially and artistically to our industry – MOBO continues to be pivotal in supporting the scene, from the start of a career, through to the pinnacle of success." Claire Gevaux, creative director of Help Musicians UK said of the new initiative: "This is such an important partnership with MOBO Trust and we're delighted to be offering this new opportunity to support emerging artists realise their career aspirations. We know that the journey to achieve a successful, long-term career in the music industry can be incredibly tough. We are dedicated to investing in artists who are performing or creating great music and who, with a bit of support and guidance from this new fund, can grow their talent even further."
To find out more, PSNEurope editor Daniel Gumble asked King how the new fund will help future generations of producers and what she believes are the biggest barriers facing grassroots talent…
Why is now the right time to launch this fund?
MOBO has a long history of championing and supporting the next generation of musical talent in British black music. But with each new generation of artists come new challenges to develop one's art and get to the next level, so financial backing early on is critical to the long-term growth of a fledgling artist or producer. We are delighted to partner with Help Musicians UK, a charitable organisation we have much affinity with, to offer extraordinarily talented young people the chance to progress at a crucial stage in their careers. In the past year alone, the British black music scene has grown from strength to strength, contributing hugely both commercially and artistically to our industry – MOBO continues to be pivotal in supporting the scene, from the start of a career, through to the pinnacle of success.
How do you envision the fund assisting budding producers starting out in their career?
The MOBO Help Musicians fund will offer grants of up to £2,000 to support exceptionally talented producers with their musical career ambitions. Those eligible for the grants would be able to fund a wide range of activities that are vital to a producer's career and creative development – from production to recording studio access. The fund will be open to producers who have been making music but do not already have significant financial backing.
Has there been a notable rise in the number of young people looking to pursue a career in production as opposed to, or in addition to, pursuing a career as a performer or artist?
In the past 20 years we have seen the rise of 'super' producers that command a big profile and release successful records in their name, such as Timbaland, Pharrell, Mark Ronson and Naughty Boy to name a few. I think it's safe to say this has influenced a new generation of creatives to pursue this path.
How are you seeing talent on the production side of things progressing at the moment?
With advances in technology making it more accessible for virtually anyone to experiment with Logic or ProTools etc., it has opened the field up to more emerging talent and with that comes emergences of different styles and influences. It is a very exciting time for music production. Traditional understandings of genres are breaking down and there is more collaboration.
What are the biggest barriers/challenges facing grassroots musicians and producers?
Opportunity and the right exposure. It is important more than ever to protect live music spaces and continue to foster environments where emerging and grassroots talents can develop and showcase their material.
How challenging is it for working class kids to break into the music industry?
Of course it is a competitive industry and it can be challenging to break into the industry, but the likes of MOBO Awards winners such as Krept & Konan, Stormzy and Skepta are inspiring a new generation to think it is possible to succeed in the music industry despite where they have come from. The MOBO Help Musicians Fund is the first scheme to be announced by the MOBO Trust and has been developed as part of the organisation's existing talent development programme. Through the work of the fund we are trying to break down barriers and help young people realise their potential in a wide range of disciplines and help them break into creative sectors, in particular the music industry.
What was the thinking behind adding a Best Producer category for next year's awards?
As a music awards platform showcasing a diverse range of music genres, it makes perfect sense that we recognise the achievement of great producers who are shaping the sonic landscape and creating a soundtrack for a generation.
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One of my favorite ways to capture how small my children are now is to create children's fingerprint keepsakes like the one I'll be sharing in this tutorial. I love every craft that my children's tiny hands touch, and being able to capture their fingerprints and handprints is a wonderful way to create keepsakes that our family will treasure forever. This craft can easily be made into a kid's craft for capturing the colors and feel of fall. The leaves on the tree can be colored in all the hues of autumn – oranges, reds, golds, and dark purples. One of the things that is so neat about this project is that it can be used to inspire creativity. I hope it's a fun project for HappyandBlessedHome.com readers.
Our home is decorated in cozy soft hues of green. So our fingerprint keepsake is made in soft neutral colors. You could easily create a project like this to coordinate with any home decor, or make a tree for every season of the year. Our fingerprint plaque is a family tree of sorts as we included fingerprints from both of our children on the tree. The smaller, lighter green fingerprints were made by our youngest, and the larger, darker prints were made by our oldest. The beauty of using this as a family tree is that you can collect the fingerprints of all your children in one place and display them on a beautiful keepsake plaque in your home or classroom. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. By using my links you help support the design and hosting of this blog – Thank you!
These also make a wonderful gift and I made a few extra for my children's grandparents so that they can enjoy the fingerprints of their grandchildren.
Step 1: First, lay your plaque over the scrapbook paper and trace the shape of your wood plaque. When you cut out the pattern, make sure to trim a little inside the line to ensure that the paper does not extend pasted the curved edge of the plaque. As you trim, lay the paper over the plaque repeatedly to check for fit and appearance.
Step 2: This craft will require some drying time. Paint your wooden plaque whatever color you'd like for the outer edge.
Step 3: Lay your stencil on the scrapbook paper that you've cut and trimmed to fit the plaque.
Step 4: Use the tree stencil to create the tree image. In this case I did not paint on the leaves or bird from the stencil onto the scrapbook paper. I wanted my children's fingerprints to be the only leaves on the tree.
Step 5: Once dry, the tree will look something like this. I do not attach the scrapbook paper to the wood plaque until the very end, because if gathering fingerprints ruins the paper, I will still have the plaque intact and can re-do the paper.
Step 6: Once your tree is dry, paint your child's index finger with the desired color of acrylic paint. Gently and firmly press each leave into place on the stencil tree. Re-paint your child's index finger as you go and keep adding leaves until you are satisfied with the overall appearance. Wash the child's hands immediately upon finishing the fingerprint gathering portion of the project. If you are creating a "family tree," wait until one child's fingerprints are dry on the paper before adding another child's fingerprints to the tree.
Step 7: Once all the paint is dry, use mod podge to glue the scrapbook paper into place on the wooden plaque. You can use the Mod Podge to seal the edges and prevent curling of the paper.
Step 8: Once the Mod Podge dries, spray the plaque with Krylon Clear Polyurethane to protect it.
You can attached a ribbon to the back of your plaque or place it on a shelf to display. Again, these make wonderful gifts and can be tailored to match any family member's home decor.
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Holland can sometimes be a very strange country. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but there are certain things that I wish could be a little bit different. Anime for instance is not as widely available here, as it is in other countries. Popular Anime movies don't get a theatrical release here, and in the shops you are pretty hardpressed to find any decent Anime dvds. As such when growing up, I missed out on a lot of good shows, but luckily things are definitely better these days. With great sites such as Crunchyroll, and dvd boxsets I can purchase through online webshops, I can finally catch up on series I missed out on in my younger days. One of those shows is Neon Genesis Evangelion, a name that should be familiair to anyone that is even remotely interested in Anime.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (or EVA) starts in the year 2015, 15 years after a disastrous global cataclysm called The Second Impact. A young boy called Shinji Ikari, has been summoned to the city of Tokyo 3, by his father Gendo Ikari. Shinji has not had any real contact with his father for years. Gendo is in charge of the mysterious organisation called NERV, which is pretty much entrusted with the protection of the human race. When Shinji arrives at Tokyo 3, an attack occurs by a terrifying creature that is part of a race called Angels. Much to his surprise, Shinji is being pressured by his estranged father to become the pilot of a giant robot called an Evangelion. These robotic units are designed to fight the mysterious Angels. With no training Shinji is let loose onto the battlefield, and this is the start of a nightmare, where the fate of the human race will ultimately be decided….
So how do you review a series such as this? There really is only one answer to that question: you don't. If I were to do a proper review for this show, I might have to write a hundred of these posts, and than I still would probably have barely scratched the surface. So I am not even going to pretend that this is a normal review. What I will try to do is explain that this show is unlike any other Anime that came before it. When this show starts, you might think that this will be just another "giant robot vs aliens from outer space" series. However, there are already subtle indicators in that first episode that tell you, that nothing could be further from the truth. There are so many layers to this show, that even when you might watch it 10 times, you would still discover new things. The heart of this show is characters, and the bonds that exist between them. Every main character has his or her own flaws, and as such they become truly human. The designs of the Mecha and the aliens are also definitely not standard. After a few episodes, you are immersed into a storyline that is so deep, and has so many aspects to it, that my mind even now is still trying to figure some things out.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is pretty much a show that every person that watches Anime should have seen at least once. I can not give a guarantee that this series will be to everyone's taste. There are some themes in the show that might be upsetting for people, and honestly the ending of the show I still have trouble with. Before I started writing this post I looked up some information on it, and found that the ending at the time caused quite a bit of controversy. Did it ruin it for me? Not in the least, because a show that causes my braincells to overload, but which I definitely want to see a second time, must be doing something right. And it truly did. I really loved this series, and I can now understand why it was so very popular at the time. This is a true classic, in every sense of the word, and I highly recommend it to everyone that has yet to experience this series. Because it really is pretty much that: an experience.
I give Neon Genesis Evangelion a 10 out of 10 score.
Evangelion is definitely an experience. I really love the series as it is one of the reason I became an adult anime fan rather than leaving anime back as a teen and my Sailor Moon Days. That said, I fully understand why some people find the end of the series a bit hard to take. I love it and think it does exactly what it needs to and didn't feel cheated or anything like that and it's why I didn't really get into the reboot of the series because I just felt htat changes they made weren't necessary and their continuation of the story beyond the events in the series just kind of undermined the emotional impact of the original end.
Okay, I won't go on and on here. Eventually I plan to review this series properly but I'm still kind of putting that off because as you mentioned, reviewing it is going to be hard.
The series as a whole is very hard to pin down. I think what got people most upset about the ending is that the studio used a large majority of their budget in the earlier episodes, which lead to what we were given at the end. The producers and the studio were not good with their money management with this series. This also shows in earlier episodes when you see just a still frame with nothing but music, although I think this added to the atmosphere of the show rather nicely. I personally loved the ending but it did leave a lot of questions, thankfully there were two movies produced after the end that you can watch that will kind of solidify the ending of the series. If you're left with questions, I suggest you watch the two movies. It provides some sort of closure. One is more of a review of the show to catch you up on what has happened so far in the series and the second one answers some questions about the story. I suggest the 2nd movie, the 1st movie was kind of boring with no new information provided to keep the viewer interested. This makes me want to review the entire series as a whole now too!
I'm glad to hear that you loved EVA, and can understand your difficulty in reviewing. I had to watch a couple times before I could even form a proper opinion on it. All I knew after the first viewing was that I had seen something incredible, and that I wanted desperately to understand it.
After about five viewings now (and some individual episodes more than that) I feel like I've come close to understanding. I can honestly say that EVA changed my life. With so many themes and philosophical ideas about the nature of human existence it can be a profound message to those patient enough to explore it. Similar to what Karandi said, in an age when Gundam Wing and Tenchi Muyo enthralled me, EVA showed me what anime was really capable of.
Anime is everywhere online so I sometimes forget how niche it is in some parts of Europe. In the UK for example just selling one thousand DVDs is considered a hit for anime distributors!
Eva was a game changer back in the day, as it is deeper than your average mech. It certainly isn't to everyone's taste though, due to the non-ending and crybaby protagonist.
If you liked this show you might enjoy RahXephon too. It's pretty much a clone of Evangelion, but has a better finale and lead.
These days luckily I have no problem acquiring anime anymore. Either I watch it on Netflix or Crunchyroll or I can buy it on cons or through internet.
But yes this certainly wasn't a anime series that was for everyone but I really enjoyed it. The ending was a bit strange that's true, but it did fit the overall anime.


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Any parent who has experienced life with a toddler and a newborn will be able to relate to these photos. This collection is so beautiful and sweet because they are tender moments that are paused in a time of blurriness, and chaos.
I, myself, found these very relatable. A year and a half ago, this is what my life was like. When I was in it, it was wonderful and crazy, and overwhelming and beautiful. I wish so bad that I had photos from this time. I tried to take some myself, but it's impossible to capture your own life in genuine real moments like these.
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Was Mark Consuelos a stripper? Truth behind Kelly Ripa's husband as bronzed hunk at Tampa strip club in '90s photo
'He wasn't famous then, to us he was just one of the strippers in banana hammocks at Stingers,' said the woman who has shared the '90s picture
By Chaitra Krishnamurthy
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos (Instagram)
A few old pictures of 'All My Children' star Mark Consuelos have left many jaws hanging where he can be seen posing shirtless surrounded by many women. The polaroid picture from the '90s was shared by a Florida woman called Candace Yowell, who claims to have frequented a male strip club in Tampa with her girlfriends.
Talking about the picture from years ago, with a man who appears to be Consuelos, Yowell told Daily Mail, "I found it in an old box of stuff at my home. I looked at it and was like, 'hey, that's Mark Consuelos.' He wasn't famous then, to us he was just one of the strippers in banana hammocks at Stingers."
To check out the old photo that seems to be circulating all across social media platforms, click here.
Did Mark Consuelos strip for money?
If what's been said is true, Consuelos is seen posing for the camera with a wide smile while putting his sculpted bronzed body on display. Yowell recalls, "It was always fun in that bar. The guys all had their own little, sexy individual dances and they also danced together as a group. Then they'd walk around the bar and you'd put money in their g-strings and they'd kind of hump your leg and grind all over you."
However, much before these pictures were made public, his wife Kelly Ripa had said in an interview with Vanity Fair that her husband stripped when he was yet to established himself in the industry and even gushed about his ravishing looks.
Actors Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos (Getty Images)
She had said, "A lot of hot guys in Hollywood have done that. He was straight out of college — he went to Notre Dame but he finished his degree at the University of South Florida. So, there he was in South Florida. He's gorgeous [and], looking to break into show business. So, he started off as a roadie to a group of these guys, and then they talked him into stripping."
"He is so unbelievably gorgeous, with a Mexican father, Italian mother born in Spain and raised in Italy. And, I will never give him up," she added further before explaining how her parents "worshipped" him and never were upset with him for taking his clothes off for dollars.
The cutest love story
Despite a rather wild and fascinating past, Consuelos is now a happily married man and father to three children with Kelly. They first met on the sets of their 1995 show 'All My Children' and Consuelos played her lover interest, Mateo Santos. For Kelly, it was love at first sight, apparently.
She once told Redbook Magazine, "When I met Mark, I was just sort of thunderstruck. The next day I went up to him and, although I didn't even know his name, I said: 'I had a dream about you last night. We were married and had a little girl and were on a plane to Rome.'" The duo eloped after a year of dating and got married in Las Vegas in May 1996.
Stripper or not, Mark Consuelos' stunning photos always make girls go weak in the knees. Don't they?