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Wisdom from Reagan: More Arguments against the Value-Added Tax
Posted in Big Government, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Higher Taxes, Tax Increase, Taxation, Value-Added Tax, VAT, Welfare State, tagged Big Government, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Higher Taxes, Tax Increase, Taxation, Value-Added Tax, VAT, Welfare State on February 5, 2016| 49 Comments »
The left is very clever about accepting "compromise," so long as the result is a larger burden of government.
This is one of the reasons why I'm so concerned about Senator Cruz's proposal for a value-added tax. Even though he wants a VAT for good reasons (to finance lower tax rates and also to reduce the tax bias against saving and investment), my fear is that the statists will say yes, then quickly use the VAT to finance a big expansion of the welfare state.
Which is exactly what happened in Europe.
Some folks think I'm being paranoid, to which there are two responses. First, there's the old joke that even paranoid people have enemies.
But the second and more serious response is to point out that lots of statists openly say they want a VAT to make government bigger.
Indeed, some of these folks already are semi-embracing Cruz's VAT because of their desire to have a new source of revenue for Washington. Consider, for instance, these excerpts from an editorial in USA Today.
The VAT is a kind of national sales tax used by virtually every other nation in the world because it can raise lots of money …partly because deficits are set to explode again as Baby Boomers retire, the VAT is back. Texas Republican Ted Cruz, winner of the Iowa GOP caucuses, is proposing a VAT… The concept has a lot going for it. …Cruz's plan is flawed, but he's on to something. A more progressive, phased-in VAT deserves to be part of any future conversation
You don't have to read between the lines to understand that the editors at USA Today want a VAT to expand the public sector. The editorial even favorably cites Senator Cardin and former Treasury official Michael Graetz.
Do they want a VAT for the same reasons as Senator Cruz?
Not exactly. Senator Cardin acknowledges that the VAT could lead to a spigot of new tax revenue ("enacting a consumption tax could mean enacting a new and easy-to-adjust lever to raise taxes irresponsibly"), but he claims to have a mechanism that supposedly will guard against ever-higher tax burdens.
The Progressive Consumption Tax Act addresses this concern with a circuit breaker that returns overages from the PCT to taxpayers when revenues exceed predetermined levels.
This is a joke. The politicians in Washington get to set the "predetermined levels," so it goes without saying that those levels will go from predetermined to redetermined in a blink of an eye, just as we've seen in other nations.
And what about Michael Graetz's plan? Well, here are a few excerpts from an article he wrote.
…tax increases will be necessary to…address the nation's unsustainable fiscal condition fairly… With this plan in place, our ability to raise additional revenue would be increased…
To be fair, Graetz is not a leftist. He basically wants a VAT because it's a less-destructive way of financing bigger government.
I agree. It's highly likely that a $100 billion VAT hike would do less damage than a $100 billion increase in income taxes, but why on earth would anyone want higher taxes to fund bigger government, particularly when we know sensible entitlement reforms could fix the nation's long-run fiscal problem?
No wonder Avik Roy, writing for Forbes, is so worried about a VAT.
Sen. Ted Cruz…favors replacing the corporate income tax with what Cruz calls a "business flat tax," and what Canadians and Europeans call a "value-added tax." But the real debate isn't about terminology; it's about whether or not Cruz's approach would drive an explosion of government taxes—and spending—over the mid- to long-term.
One reason it's a money machine is that it's actually a hidden tax on wages and salaries.
…businesses would no longer be able to deduct the cost of labor. As my colleague Ryan Ellis has detailed, that amounts to a "16 percent wage tax withheld at the employer level under the Cruz plan."
And that creates a very large tax base, so any increase in the tax rate transfers a lot of money from the private sector to Washington.
…the most important problem with the Cruz plan is how Democrats would take advantage of it. Cruz envisions a VAT tax rate of 16 percent. But his plan would hand progressives a simple tool to raise taxes to far higher rates in the future. …the vast majority of federal revenue will hit voters indirectly, because it will come from businesses. From a political standpoint, Cruz's plan would pave the way to higher tax rates in the future. …every one percent increase in the VAT would yield $1.6 trillion in new revenue over a decade. The temptation for a Democratic president and Congress to raise VAT rates to higher levels will be enormous.
And Avik echoes one of my concerns, warning that a VAT will greatly undermine and perhaps even kill any opportunity for genuine entitlement reform.
Under Cruz's tax system, there would be absolutely no pressure on Washington to reform Medicare and Medicaid. Why reform entitlements when you can simply increase the "business flat tax" rate from 16 percent to 17 percent to 18 percent to 19 percent? This is exactly what has happened in Canada and Europe, where VAT rates started out low, and have gone up and up over time.
I should point out (as he does in his column) that Avik supports Marco Rubio, so he has a political motive to trash the VAT.
Indeed, he even makes some anti-VAT arguments that strike me as unfair, so I've omitted them from this analysis.
But the parts I have shared are completely accurate and they are more than adequate to make a very powerful case against giving Washington a new source of revenue.
Let's close with some wisdom from the 1980s. I wrote that one of America's worst presidents wanted a VAT to expand the welfare state. And I also mentioned that one of the best presidents in American history was on the right side of the issue. And it's worth listening to the Gipper's wisdom on this issue.
P.S. Here's a short update to my recent post about the craziness of Keynesian economics. You may recall that the economic illiterates at the International Monetary Fund said diverting money from the private sector to finance government outlays on refugees would be good for growth.
Well, we now have estimates of how much will be spent on this so-called stimulus.
Shelter, medical care and integration policies for refugees will cost the German state €22 billion in 2016, and €27.6 billion in 2017.
Gee, according to the perpetual motion machine of Keynesianism, maybe the German government should put the entire population on welfare and the economy will really boom.


In a never-ending clash of being the best battle royale game in the world, major game developers are entering the arena with their own Battle Royale versions of popular games. Call of Duty introduced the survival game mode to their franchise with Blackout in October 2018, and now there is another contender on the line. Battlefield V is adding Firestorm mode to the game which introduces some insane Battle Royale elements to the game.
While Battlefield may be late to the Battle Royale party, it sure did so in style. The trailer showcases all the necessary characteristics of a Battle Royale Game, and so much more. For starters, the game mode sports a map which is almost 10 times bigger than the BFV (Battlefield V) multiplayer map, Hamana. And Hamana as a map is very huge. The map is just one part of the whole experience.
Throughout the massive map, players will be able to contest objectives such as resupply points and upon successfully doing so, they will be rewarded with special safes that will contain upgraded equipment. Another intriguing feature added to the game includes the ability to use a pistol when a player is knocked down. Using the pistol, the downed player can defend himself/herself against approaching enemies and can even kill them off if they are low on health points.
Battle Royale is a hot genre right now, as mentioned before, so it will not be very difficult to turn attention towards this game. Battlefield already has a loyal player base, and those players will be more than eager to play the Firestorm game mode and show off their skills. As of now, it is not confirmed whether the game is free-to-play or not, but it will face some serious competition from games like PUBG, Fortnite and the recently released Apex Legends (which is also published by EA). Microsoft is giving away a free copy of the game with the purchase of the Xbox One Console. The game will be available on March 25.


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Fatemeh Ruhani –en persa, فاطمه روحانی– (Shahrud, 9 de abril de 1993) es una deportista iraní que compitió en taekwondo. Ganó una medalla de plata en los Juegos Asiáticos de 2014, y una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato Asiático de Taekwondo de 2012.

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El Vitória Sport Clube és un club esportiu portuguès de la ciutat de Guimarães, situada a 40 km al nord-est de Porto. Normalment és conegut com a Vitória de Guimarães (pron. ) per distingir-lo del Vitória FC de Setúbal.

Història
El club fou fundat el 1922. Mai ha guanyat la lliga ni la copa portugueses, tot i que és considerat un dels clubs importants del país. Ha jugat 63 cops a la primera divisió (any 2007), que el situa com al cinquè equip amb més presències a la categoria darrera FC Porto, Sporting CP, i SL Benfica (73) i CF Os Belenenses) (65).

El seu estadi, Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, va ser remodelat per a ser seu de l'Eurocopa 2004 per ampliar-lo fins als 30.000 espectadors.

Manté forta rivalitat amb els seus veïns de la província de Minho SC Braga.

Palmarès
 1 Copa portuguesa: 2012-13.
 1 Supercopa portuguesa: 1988.

Jugadors destacats

  Vítor Damas
  Silvino
  Neno
  Dimas
  Paulo Bento
  Pedro Barbosa
  Capucho
  Pedro Mendes
  Fernando Meira
  Vitor Paneira
  Bruno Alves
  Nuno Assis
  Duda
  Pele

  Kamel Ghilas
  Oumar Tchomogo
  Braulio Leal
  Sebastian Svärd
  Henry Antchouet
  William Tiero
  Attila Dragóner
  Paíto
  Marek Saganowski
  Miljan Mrdaković
  Zlatko Zahovic
  Francisco Gallardo
  Alexander Östlund
  Selim Benachour

Secció de voleibol
El club té una secció de voleibol que juga a la primera divisió del país.

Enllaços externs

 Web oficial
 Vitória Sempre - web no oficial


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We have the keys to your new home!.
Leading Realtor on the island.
Perfect holiday rental for your diveholiday on bonaire.
caves through crystal clear water.
Maybe you would like to experience the tranquility and the lush greenness of our mangroves from our kayaks.
If you are more adventurous you might like to hike to our highest peak, the Brandaris. From this mountain top in the National Park you will be rewarded with a stunning view over the island.
Best of all see a different side of Bonaire on our hiking or mountain bike trips.
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Ortoklaz, alkalni glinenec, kalijev glinenec ali valencianit je tektosilikatni mineral s kemijsko formulo KAlSi3O8 in pomembna sestavina magmatskih kamnin.  Njegovo ime je nastalo iz grških besed ὀρθός [orthos], ki pomeni raven ali pravi in κλάσις [klasis], ki pomeni zlom in se nanaša na njegovi razkolni ravnini, ki sta med seboj pravokotni.

Poldrag mesečev kamen je sestavljen pretežno iz ortoklaza.

Nastanek in podvrste
Ortoklaz je sestavina večine granitov in drugih felzičnih magmatskih kamnin. V pegmatitu pogosto tvori velike kristale in vtrošnike.

Čisti kalijev končni člen vrste ortoklazov tvori trdno raztopino z albitom, ki je čisti natrijev končni člen vrste s kemijsko formulo NaAlSi3O8. Med počasnim ohlajanjem v Zemljini notranjosti so se najprej izkristalizirali lističi z natrijem bogatega albita, s čimer se preostali del taline bogatil s kalijem. Tako nastala intimna zmes obeh glinencev se imenuje pertit.

Visokotemperaturni polimorf ortoklaza je sanidin, ki je pogosta sestavina hitro ohlajenih vulkanskih kamnin, kot so obsidian in felzične piroklastične kamnine. Njegova pomembna nahajališča so v trahitih v Drachenfelsu (Nemčija).  Nizkotemperaturni polimorf ortoklaza je mikroklin. Tretji polimorf je adular, poimenovan po pogorju Adula v Švici, ki se pojavlja v nizkotemperaturnih hidrotermalnih depozitih.

Največji dokumentirani kristal ortoklaza, ki je meril približno 10 × 10 × 0,4 m in tehtal približno 100 ton, so našli na Uralu (Ruska federacija).

V Sloveniji je v večjih kristalnih zrnih bele do rumene barve v pegmatitih severne Slovenije in granitnih porfirjih južno od Črne na Koroškem.

Uporaba

Ortoklaz je skupaj z drugimi glinenci pogosta surovina za proizvodnjo nekaterih vrst stekla, keramike, na primer porcelana, in mehanskih čistilnih sredstev.

Nekatere intimne zmesi ortoklaza in albita imajo privlačen bled sijaj. Imenujejo se lunin kamen in se uporabljajo za izdelavo nakita. Večina luninih kamnov je prosojna in bele barve, pojavljajo pa se tudi sivi in  breskovi toni. Njihov sijaj se v gemologiji imenuje adularescenca in je običajno opisan kot "kremasto ali srebrnkasto bel z valovitim  nadihom". Lunin kamen je državni kamen ameriške države Floride.

Poldrag kamen z imenom mavrični lunin kamen je brezbarven različek labradorita in se od pravega luninega kamna razlikuje po večji prozornosti in igri barv. Njuna vrednost in trajnost sta približno enaki.

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Glej tudi
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ghar hī saudā pāīai antar sabh vath hōi .
khin khin nām samālīai guramukh pāvai kōi .
nām nidhān akhut hai vadabhāg parāpat hōi .1.
mērē man taj nindā haumai ahankār .
har jīu sadā dhiāi tū guramukh ēkankār .1. rahāu .
guramukhā kē mukh ujalē gur sabadī bīchār .
halat palat sukh pāidē jap jap ridai murār .
ghar hī vich mahal pāiā gur sabadī vīchār .2.
satagur tē jō muh phērah mathē tin kālē .
anadin dukh kamāvadē nit jōhē jam jālē .
supanai sukh n dēkhanī bah chintā parajālē .3.
sabhanā kā dātā ēk hai āpē bakhas karēi .
kahanā kishū n jāvaī jis bhāvai tis dēi .
nānak guramukh pāīai āpē jānai sōi .4.9.42.
Within man are all the Goods. From within his home he can obtain the required merchandise.
Every moment remember God's Name. Hardly any one obtains it through the Guru.
The treasure of the Name is inexhaustible, through the greatest good luck it is attained to.
O my mind! abandon slander, self-conceit and arrogance.
Through the Guru do thou ever remember the venerable Lord, the Unique Being. Pause.
Bright are the faces of the Guru-beloved. They reflect over Guru's words.
By pondering and deliberating over, in their mind, on God, the enemy of ego they obtain peace in this world and the next world.
In their own house they get to Lord's presence by reflecting on Guru's words.
Black become the brows of those who turn their faces away from the True Guru.
By night and day, they do afflictive deeds, and death's noose ever spies them.
Even in dream they perceive not pleasure and are wholly burnt by intense anxiety.
One Lord's is the bestower of all. He Himself bestows bounties.
He gives unto him, whom He is pleased with. No one has any say in it.
Nanak, god is obtained through the Guru. He Himself understands His ownself.
Within the home of your own inner being, the merchandise is obtained. All commodities are within.
Each and every moment, dwell on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; the Gurmukhs obtain it.
O my mind, give up slander, egotism and arrogance.


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History of the world to be told with Lego in Glasgow this summer
Pivotal moments in history and science will be transformed into miniature brick form at this exhibition
The history of the world will be told with Lego at this historic Glasgow site.
Glasgow Cathedral will host the exhibition Brick Wonders, which illustrates pivotal moments in science and history and famous landmarks in miniature brick form.
It will feature everything from the seven wonders of the ancient world, scientific discoveries from the Big Bang Theory to DNA, and recent history from mobile phones to the moon landings.
The exhibition will be held from July 14 until September 23.
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Creator, Warren Elsmore, said: "We love transforming the world around us into LEGO scenes. It's a fun way to translate history into a medium that everyone can understand and relate to, especially young people.
"Forget dry lists of kings or endless battle dates – this is history brought to life. It's great when we see visitors making that instant connection with our projects and hope it will inspire them to learn even more about our history."
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Rebecca Bailey, Head of Education & Outreach at HES, said: "LEGO bricks are unique in their appeal, having been a top-selling toy for over fifty years so it's great for us to be able to showcase history in such an engaging way.
"The artistic Brick City display instantly piqued the interest of our visitors at Fort George, and we're sure these eye-catching exhibitions will be a big attraction throughout 2018 for young people - and the big kids too."


Marcus Williams posed a question to a roomful of parents and their children. What do you need every day?
More self-discipline, someone said. More sleep, a parent said. More motivation. More study time.
That question broke the ice during a two-hour leadership seminar that Williams hosted in Minneapolis this month in conjunction with his youth football camp.
"We did things to get them out of their comfort zone," Williams said.
The former Hopkins High School football and basketball star is a professional athlete now, approaching his fourth NFL season as a cornerback for the New York Jets.
Like many NFL players, Williams, 26, wanted to host a camp in his hometown as a thank you and an opportunity to inspire the next generation.
In purely athletic terms, his story is powerful.
He was told repeatedly that he was too small or too slow to play big-time college football. He became an FCS All-America and national champion at North Dakota State.
Then he was told repeatedly that he was too small or too slow to play in the NFL. He went undrafted but has found a home with the Jets and has a good chance to earn a starting job in training camp.
Williams wanted his football camp to be about more than just football drills and conditioning, though. He envisioned something more impactful than a few hours on the field and a picture with an NFL player.
Williams had an idea: Create a leadership seminar for kids ages 8 to 12 and their parents a few weeks before the actual camp. He hoped to build self-esteem and provide kids with values that guide their daily lives.
Two-hour sessions were held three consecutive Saturdays and drew 30 to 40 kids for each class. Williams helped lead the discussions along with his father, who is a personal empowerment training manager with Twin Cities R! SE, an organization that helps people improve their lives through career training and employment.
William partnered with the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities. The camp was free and held this past Saturday at Fairview Park in Minneapolis.
They started by telling the kids that they are lovable, important and valuable. The program focused on five attitudes critical to leadership — vision, courage, perseverance, belief and service.
At one point, counselors broke parents and kids into smaller groups. Each group made up a verse to a song that a family friend of Williams wrote specifically for his leadership camp.
To better understand each other, parents were asked what they need from their kids. And vice versa so that parents could hear directly from the children.
Mathew Collier came with his 11-year-old son, Riddik. Collier is a fifth-grade teacher so he's trained to impart many of those lessons at home and in his classroom. But he found value for his son in hearing that message from a professional athlete who grew up in Minneapolis.
Williams gave campers his Instagram account and told them to reach out any time if they feel the need. He didn't want to hold a one-day camp and then disappear from their lives.
"I'm thankful that I was born in this area and have worked my tail off to get to where I am now," he said.


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 V Lausanne proběhl závěrečný ceremoniál, který oficiálně ukončil Zimní olympijské hry mládeže 2020 a předal pomyslnou štafetu do Kangwonu. Česká výprava si odvezla jednu zlatou, dvě stříbrné a jednu bronzovou medaili. Z mezinárodních týmových soutěží získala dvě zlaté a dvě bronzové medaile.

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  Turecko zasáhlo zemětřesení o síle 6,8 Mw.

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  Světová zdravotnická organizace vyhlásila probíhající epidemii koronaviru (na obrázku) 2019-nCoV za globální stav zdravotní nouze.

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Because rewriting our superhero stories means rewriting big dreams.
By Sanjena Sathian
The Daily Dose February 21, 2016
To get a sense of what an adolescent comic book geek might grow into, visit the offices of one Sharad Devarajan, CEO of a company called Graphic India. There, among others, you meet a goddess-slash-butt-kicker named Devi and the positively psychedelically depicted stars of the ancient epic the Mahabharata. In the alcove normally allotted in a Hindu home to keep an altar for prayer sit images of gods as grand superheroes that might appeal to that kid and his grandmother alike.
Here at Graphic India, Devarajan's mission is to save the Indian comic book industry — or, rather, to get closer to the kinds of sales that hit the West (some $935 million in 2014, according to the research group Comichron). At a time when superheroes are going mainstream, when Marvel has built a multibillion-dollar movie empire out of the stuff of pimply nerddom and golden boy Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing the Black Panther comic, Devarajan wants India to have its due. The scale and grandiosity of India's mythology, he says, is a natural fit for the superhero genre. Yet, he says, this country is woefully behind: While Japan was shipping manga, its signature comics, overseas, Indian stories rarely left the subcontinent. And across Asia, the most avid of comic book readers have spent decades consuming essentially American stories, not their own cultures', says Philip Smith, who's written and taught on digital media and comic books in Asia.
So 40-year-old Devarajan is beginning a quest to globalize the market. After previously building a comic empire in partnership with self-help guru Deepak Chopra and Virgin billionaire Richard Branson, Devarajan has today raised $4.2 million in two rounds for Graphic, which has a star-studded cast of characters already: Graphic redid the beloved film Sholay in comic form and partnered with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan to create a show with Disney Channel. And he's worked with legendary writer Grant Morrison to re-create the Mahabharata for your computer screen. Then there's the "Da Vinci" of comics, as Devarajan calls him: Stan Lee, former president of Marvel, who has created a character named Chakra. Instead of being bitten by, say, a spider or a monstrous new scientific creation, Chakra acquires a suit that allows him to unlock the many chakras of the body to self-improve. (This storyline, Devarajan tells me, demonstrates the difference between American and Indian ideology: In India, science and religion make easy bedfellows, and technology is not simply scary — it also holds spiritual possibility.)
He used senior year to negotiate rights with DC Comics and soon set up shop in a basement office in Bangalore.
Devarajan looks a bit like a comic book character himself, with heroically wide shoulders, memorable sharp features, slicked-back hair and a distinctive throaty voice that could play kid-cousin to Christian Bale's. Stand him next to the company's top artist, Jeevan Kang, and it's hard to imagine that Devarajan began in this world as an artist; he is CEO, flesh and blood, and Kang, who joined up while a young architecture student over a decade ago, is shy. Devarajan likes to control the conversation and own a room — he almost seems too big for this one, his all-white office papered with pictures from 18 Days, Graphic's digital Mahabharata adaptation. He refers to art and stories as "Indian IP."
Sharad Devarajan (L) and Virgin Group's Founder and Chairman Sir Richard Branson.
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The day after graduating college in New York, 24-year-old, New Jersey–raised Devarajan landed in India to start the first of his three comic companies. The previous summer, while interning at DC Comics, he weaseled his way into the president's office, pretending he needed something signed, and pitched the idea of distributing products on the subcontinent. He used his senior year to negotiate rights with DC Comics — Marvel soon followed — and, postgrad, set up shop in a basement office in Bangalore, with help from a family friend. (Devarajan's mom was a journalist, and his dad was president of Warner Music Enterprises.) For two years, he played a guerrilla game, trying to attract kiddies to the comics he grew up on, even once hiring interns to dress up in capes and masks to advertise by a school. The more serious tactic: actually going for advertising. Most Indian distributors, Devarajan says, hadn't made a huge play to get regular ad placement in comics, magazine-style. As the company took off, Devarajan hit up business school for 18 months, working all the while.
Why now? Indian comics have been around for ages, many of them telling the same tales that Devarajan's artists are retelling — the Amar Chitra Katha comic franchise, lodged on every middle-class Hindu child's bookshelf, peddles Indian myth and history as child-friendly stories. Myth populates TV shows in all languages and the silver screen too. But Devarajan, who's been hacking away at the subcontinental comic market for over 15 years, figures this company couldn't have existed a few years ago. Distribution in India is a nightmare. Stocking up piles of printed books, zooming them off on trucks around the pothole-riven roads? No, thanks. But now, thanks to digital media, Devarajan's artists can draw on computers and ship products meant for iPads and TV.
Technology certainly enables one element of globalization — getting the words (and pictures!) out there. Next up: ideas, which have a trickier time crossing borders. Smith explains the origins of many comics on the continent are essentially American — even manga, he says, came about from American G.I.s leaving behind their materials in postwar Japan. The Asian stories that do get exported are the tip of the iceberg, Smith says. Superhero tales, after all, are myths; they map our ideologies and collective psyches. Which means Devarajan's job is to tap a latent psyche — West and East, Amitabh and Iron Man.
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Spring turns to a summer of love as investors look to sunny side
MAN Group showed yesterday that the City already has plenty of investors with a long-term outlook, as it announced further outflows and another round of cuts, only to see a significant gain in its share price.
Meanwhile Vodafone's shares fell more than one per cent, in the wake of tough first quarter numbers out on Friday, with UK revenue down 0.8 per cent and a loss of 1.5m customers across Europe. But shareholders at the AGM didn't seem too worried either: 96 per cent voted for the board's remuneration report.
In a year when 14 per cent dissent is the new normal, such strong support proves that the shareholder spring isn't a generalised mood of vindictiveness against all highly-paid chief executives. Perhaps Vodafone's owners are mollified by its promised dividend per share growth of at least seven per cent a year to March 2013, and the £10bn returned to investors over the past year. The attention Vodafone pays to avoiding rewards for failure may also be a factor. Chief executive Vittorio Colao's remuneration increased by 23.4 per cent in 2012, but his salary fell, with his shareholding in the company increasing from six times his salary to over ten times his salary. Firms that want to avoid a revolt need to learn from one that got it right.
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World YWCA
: For other uses, see Young Women's Christian AssociationThe World YWCA is the umbrella organization of the global network of the YWCA - a movement of women working for social and economic change around the world. It advocates for young women's leadership, peace, justice, human rights and sustainable development, both on a grassroots and global scale. It is the oldest and one of the largest women's organizations in the world. [ [http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_ywca/about_us/our_history World YWCA | World YWCA | About us | Our History ] ] The full name of the organization is the World Young Women's Christian Association and is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The original Christian focus is still strong in many of the national associations, but some have changed their focus to social programs and services and mission-based topics.
The YWCA is independent of the YMCA, though many local YMCA and YWCA associations have amalgamated into YM/YWCAs or YMCA-YWCAs, and belong to both organizations while providing the programs of each.
The movement that resulted in the World YWCA began in Britain in 1855 in the midst of the Industrial Revolution and the Crimean War. Founded through the convergence of social activist Lady Mary Jane Kinnaird's General Female Training Institute, and committed Christian Emma Robarts' Prayer Union, it sought to be a social and spiritual support system for young British women.
Due to the nature of Kinnaird's interest in work abroad and the expansiveness of the British Empire, the initiative spread rapidly to western and northern Europe, India, and the United States [Anna Rice, A History of the World's Young Women's Christian Association (New York: Woman's Press 1947)] . The pace and success of the World YWCA movement spoke of a considerable need for the services provided by the association, primarily access to educational and religious classes, hostels for young women, and opportunities for both service and recreation.
The first world conference of the YWCA was held in 1898 in London, with 326 participants from seventeen countries [Carole Seymour-Jones, Journey of Faith: The History of the World YWCA 1945-1994 (London: Allison & Busby 1994)] from around the world. It was a pivotal point in the founding of the World YWCA, cementing the principles of unity based on service and faith on a global scale.
In the beginning of the twentieth century, a profound shift began to occur within the YWCA. While industrialization had been a founding concern of the association, it had sought primarily to insulate women morally and socially from urban life. During the 1910 World YWCA conference in Berlin, however, the voices of thousands of working women from the United States were heard, and these objectives began to change. A resolution was passed requiring the association to study social and industrial problems, and to educate working women about the 'social measures and legislation enacted in their behalf.' [Dorothea Browder, A Christian Solution of the Labor Situation: How Workingwomen Reshaped the YWCA's Religious Mission and Politics (Journal of Women's History, Vol 19, Summer 2007)] Thus the social conscience of the YWCA was born into the form that it maintains today.
Until 1930, the headquarters of the World YWCA were located in London. The executive committee was entirely British, with an American General Secretary. This policy resulted in a resolutely Anglo-Saxon lens through which the association viewed the world. In 1930, however, the World YWCA headquarters were moved to Geneva, Switzerland, the same city as the newly formed League of Nations. This was both symbolic of the drive to become a more diverse association, and to enable itself to fully participate with other organizations in Geneva (such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and the YMCA.)
The Second World War both strengthened the YWCAs of the world, and left its mark. Many of its members found themselves in situations where they were forced to choose between their conscience and the safety of themselves and their families. In several countries, particularly in Eastern Europe, YWCAs were suppressed and disbanded. Throughout occupied Europe, however, women worked relentlessly to construct support systems for their neighbours and refugees, often with exceedingly limited resources. [Karen Garner, Global Feminism and Postwar Reconstruction: The World YWCA Visitation to Occupied Japan, 1947 (Journal of World History, Vol. 15, June 2004)]
Shortly after the end of the war, the YWCA worked to fortify the bonds of women throughout the world by holding the first World Council meeting in nearly a decade in Hangzhou in 1947. This was significant in the fact that it was the first World Council held outside of the West5, and further voiced the desire to be an inclusive, worldwide movement [Karen Garner, Global Feminism and Postwar Reconstruction: The World YWCA Visitation to Occupied Japan, 1947 (Journal of World History, Vol. 15, June 2004)] . It also served to bring together women who lived in countries that had been enemies during the war, and to raise awareness among the western YWCAs that the ruin of war was not limited to Europe.
During the following decades, the World YWCA spent much time researching and working with the issues of refugees, health, HIV and AIDS, literacy, the human rights of women and girls, the advancement of women and the eradication of poverty; mutual service, sustainable development and the environment; education and youth, peace and disarmament, and young women's leadership. These issues continue to play an integral role in the World YWCA movement.
YWCAs around the world
The YWCA is present in over 120 countries.
A [http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_ywca/national_ywcas full list of YWCA ] around the world.
In the United Kingdom, the name has been truncated to YWCA England & Wales [http://www.ywca.org.uk/] as Christianity no longer plays an integral part in the organisation. YWCA England & Wales concentrates on informal education (youth work), information and signposting for young women growing up in disadvantaged areas. It also campaigns on issues that affect young women. YWCA's most recent campaign was called [http://www.ywca.org.uk/youngmums Respect young mums] , and was about getting better support for teenage mothers.
Jury's Hotel, Great Russell Street, London, was originally built by Sir Edwin Lutyens as the YWCA headquarters - the railings at the entrance still bear the YWCA monogram.
Founded in 1858, YWCA USA has nearly 300 associations nationwide at close to 1,100 sites serving 2.6 million members and participants. Associations are configured into 9 regions. Regions vary in size from 19 associations (New England) to 60 associations (Great Lakes). Average of the other regions is 32 associations. The associations employ about 14,000 staff members - 44% are full-time and 56% part-time. In 2004, the YWCA USA utilized 75,225 volunteers to deliver our services. A YWCA logo was created in 1988 by Saul Bass.Fact|date=October 2007
In 2004, YWCA USA associations registered 2.6 million people in programs for children, youth and adults, of which 22% were helped with domestic violence programs, 8% were involved in economic empowerment & leadership development programs, 10% participated in racial justice programs, 7% were served by housing and shelter programs, 24% experienced child, youth and teen programs, 24% enjoyed the benefits of health, fitness and aquatic programs. The majority of the YWCA USA associations publicly advocate on Racial Justice, Violence Against Women, Early Childhood Education and Increasing Women's Income issues.
The YWCA of The City of New York, the oldest of all of the YWCAs in the United States, is 150 years old. They are unique in that the organization is guided purely by human service-oriented programs rather than physical services. Such programs include their "Early Learning Centers, Family Resource Center, Out-of-School Programs, Professional Development Programming," and "Women's Employment Programming" to name a few and still guided by the YW mission of eliminating racism and empowering women. They are a major component of the non-profit community in New York City. They produce several fundraising events annually including the "Salute to Women Leaders Luncheon", the "YWCA-NYC Theatre Benefit" (featuring the broadway hit "The Color Purple" in 2005 and the revival of Michael Bennett's "A Chorus Line" in 2006). Their annual "Summer Soirée" (held at the W Hotel in 2005 and Cipriani 23rd Street in 2006) at which they present their "W" award. This award is presented to a woman who is a visionary, an innovator, trend-setter, a woman who gives back to her community and helps those the YW serves daily: the women, girls and families of New York City. In 2005, this award was given to Marian McEvoy and in 2006 to Star Jones-Reynolds.
Prior to the U.S. civil rights movement, some YWCA facilities were segregated or operated as separate organizations. Advocates like Helen L. Seaborg in Washington, D.C. worked successfully to mediate mergers between the segregated groups. Today the YWCA works worldwide to eliminate racism.
The YWCA USA is a preeminent provider of domestic violence programs and shelters in the United States, serving well over ½ million women and children. As comparison, the largest national hotline averages 192,000 calls per year. They are one of the largest providers of child care in the United States with nearly 350,000 children cared for, possibly more children than the largest for-profit center chain. The total income per year is almost $650 million - ($649,500,430). Of this amount, 49% is from government grants, 23% from public support (individuals, foundations, corporations) and membership fees, and 21% from program service fees.
The YWCA USA is an organizational member of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, which advocates gun control.
Although 'YWCA' is often associated with hostels and fitness centres - the World YWCA see itself as a human right's based organization. Many association around the world run hostels, gyms, swimming pools and sports facilities, these activities form part of a strategy to prepare women - particularly young women for leadership. The World YWCA sates its purpose as: "develop the leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve human rights, health, security, dignity, freedom, justice and peace for all people". [ [http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_ywca/about_us/strategic_directions World YWCA | World YWCA | About us | Strategic directions ] ] Providing women with shelter, either from abusive partners or as they migrate to the city, and building young women's confidence through sports and fitness is one of the strategies used in the YWCA movement to build leadership in women.
Since the 1940s the World YWCA has focused on specific global issues including:
While the YWCAs had, on various levels, been active with refugees for some time, the issue took a central focus during the beginning of the invasion of Palestine, which left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. The movement officially stated in 1949 that it would 'maintain its impartial character, meeting human needs without respect to nationality, race, creed or political conviction' in regard to the need to work with all peoples. Since then there have been programs to provide income and to meet the basic needs of those living in refugee camps, such as adequate healthcare, education and literacy programs, and childcare.
Underpinning refugee work has been the movement for peace and justice. With its policy rooted in the 1920s, the World YWCA has emphasized peace education and justice as an integral part of the movement's promotion of human rights. The movement officially recognized these concepts as enmeshed during the conference in Singapore in 1983, wherein the statement was made, "No solution can be found for one people at the expense of another," [Carole Seymour-Jones, Journey of Faith: The History of the World YWCA 1945-1994 (London: Allison & Busby 1994)] in regard to Israel's occupation of Palestine.
During the World YWCA Council in Phoenix, Arizona in 1987, the World YWCA passed a resolution urging the national organizations to implement programs for education for the prevention of the spread of HIV. Today, YWCAs in 70 countries have programs related to HIV, including prevention, advocacy, treatment, care and support, and addressing stigma. The YWCA works closely with HIV positive women on a grassroots level. Initiatives within the YWCA by HIV-positive women have allowed for the tailoring of programs to meet the specific needs of their communities.	Hand in hand with the prevention of HIV, the World YWCA has strongly promoted access to the female condom. According to a statement made by Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, former General Secretary of the World YWCA (1998 - 2007) "Accelerated female condom distribution and education is essential. HIV infection rates among women are rising disproportionately to men in every region of the world, and young women and girls account for 76 percent of infections among African youth. And when AIDS affects women, it affects entire families and communities, tearing apart social safety nets and fuelling instability and conflict." [PRNewswire (November 21, 2005). Statement of Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musimbi_Kanyoro, General Secretary, World YWCA. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-08-03]
In 2005, the World AIDS day statement issued by the World YWCA strongly urged national health ministries, other aid agencies, and international NGOs to purchase a minimum of 180 million second-generation female condoms for annual global distribution. Additionally, the movement called on governments to ensure that the female condom is marketed to women in local communities and promoted as an effective method to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. [ [http://www.femalehealth.com/InvestorRelations/investor_pressreleases/press_2005_11_22_YMCAPartnership.pdf Microsoft Word - 11_22_05 YMCA Partner-2_r.doc ] ]
The World YWCA recently held the first international conference on Women and HIV and AIDS. [ [http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2104 International Women's Summit: Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS - Day 2 - Kaisernetwork.org ] ] The International Women's Summit on HIV and AIDS featured speakers from UNAIDS, YWCAs and other global leaders. The Positive Women's Forum, held on the first day, was organised by and for HIV-positive women; over 300 women attended.
Sustainable development has also been a characterizing priority for the YWCA. In 1987, the World YWCA stated its "extensive commitment to development that empowers women to become decision-makers and community leaders." [World YWCA Annual Report, 1987-88. (Geneva: World YWCA 1988)] The movement has emphasized a gender and human rights approach, acknowledging the exploitative and exclusionary factors that perpetuate the feminisation of poverty.
The World YWCA has been involved in recent global forums on sustainable development and related issues, and is an active member of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, a network of churches and ecumenical organisations working for recognition of international human rights, social, and environmental agreements as a priority over trade agreements and policies. [ [http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_ywca/our_priorities/sustainable_development/development_programmes World YWCA | World YWCA | Our Priorities | Sustainable development | Development Programmes ] ] There are YWCA programs for sustainable development in 40 countries, ranging from literacy and awareness building of environmental issues in Papua New Guinea to skills building and job training in Peru.
As a principle of young women's leadership, the World YWCA is involved with other youth organizations, such as Youth Employment Net, European Youth Forum, and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. It is also a member of CONGO, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in a Consultative Relationship with the United Nations.
YWCA Week Without Violence
Each year during the third week in October, YWCAs around the world focus on raising awareness on violence against women. The YWCA Week Without Violence was launched in 1995 and has grown from a grassroots initiative into a global movement with women, men and children participating in events in over 20 countries. The Canadian YWCA in particular has a strong program for working with domestic violence. The YWCA is Canada's largest national network of shelter (45 facilities at 24 sites) and subsidized housing for homeless women and women escaping violence. [ [http://www.ywcacanada.ca/ Welcome to YWCA Canada ] ]
YWCA Week of Prayer
Starting in 1904, the World YWCA and the World Alliance of YMCAs have issued a joint call to prayer during the Week of Prayer and World Fellowship. During this week, the two movements pray and act together on a particular theme in solidarity with members and partners around the world. The week-long event is a Bible study based on that year's theme.
World YWCA Day
At the World Council meeting in Hangzhou, China in 1947, the decision was made to establish an Annual YWCA Membership Celebration. The 1947 Council asked the Executive Committee to assume responsibility for the design of the celebration and in 1948, an Advisory Group of the Executive Committee conducted a survey among nation associations and defined the name, aim and timing of the soon-to-be annual event. World's YWCA Observance Day was born and its aim was to help each individual member to see how she could act locally in relation to the theme for the year. The Wednesday or Thursday of the last week of April was chosen as the date for the Observance Day each year.	In 1949, a Planning Group was made, representing national associations, members of the Executive Committee and the World YWCA staff. Some chosen themes for the Observance Day have been: My Faith and My Work, My Place in the World, My Contribution to World Peace, I Confront a Changing World, Toward One World and My Task in Family Life Today.	In 1972, it was decided at an Executive Committee meeting that the event name would be changed to World YWCA Day and that the theme would be chosen by the Executive Committee from among various programmes decided by the World Council. At an Executive Committee Task Force meeting in 1989, it was decided that the date of celebration for World YWCA Day would be April 24.
World YWCA Councils
The most recent World YWCA Council took place in Nairobi, Kenya in July 2007, where Susan Brennan, an Australian barrister and former co-president of the YWCA of Australia succeeded Mónica Zetzsche, and Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, a UNIFEM programme director and human rights lawyer from Zimbabwe succeeded General Secretary Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro.
Notably during this council, the Constitution was revised to offer a more inclusive interpretation of the YWCA's founding principles.
The first international conference on Women and AIDS was held during the World YWCA Council 2007. The International Women's Summit on HIV and AIDS discussed women's leadership in HIV and AIDS and featured speakers such as Dr Peter Pito, UNAIDS and Mary Robinson. The conference was organized in partnership with the International Community of Women living with HIV (ICW). A ten-point Call to Action was launched at the end of the conference [ [http://www.google.ch/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldywca.info%2Findex.php%2Fywca%2Fworld_council_iws%2Fiws_women_s_summit&ei=T7eoR4H-K5mE-AKFp7XjAg&usg=AFQjCNHnrnCUrBgYtfv0J93L8VpqGnPbJg&sig2=mjCpPB9QqI8BzVdwCnbOMw World YWCA | World Council & IWS | IWS - Women's Summit ] ] .
In 1978, during the presidency of Nita Barrow, Elizabeth Palmer, the World YWCA's General Secretary of twenty-two years retired. The candidate for her replacement seemed obvious; the highly qualified Brigalia Bam, a South African YWCA Programme Secretary for Natal and Zululand, and Assistant National Executive Secretary of the World Affiliated YWCA of South Africa, the creator of the Women's Unit at the World Council of Churches and Moderator on Education and Renewal. As the World Executive Committee convened for elections, however, an unwillingness to accept black leadership became apparent. Bam was overlooked in favour of Erica Brodie, the former National Executive Director of the YWCA of New Zealand and two year member of the World staff. Overwhelmed and unable to coordinate the World staff, Brodie resigned in 1982.
*Mary S. Sims, The YWCA: An Unfolding Purpose (New York: Woman's Press, 1950)
*Mary S. Sims, The Purpose Widens, 1947-1967 (New York: YWCA, 1969)
*Anna Rice, A History of the World's Young Women's Christian Association (New York: Woman's Press 1947)
*Karen Garner, Global Feminism and Postwar Reconstruction: The World YWCA Visitation to Occupied Japan, 1947
*Carole Seymour-Jones, Journey of Faith: The History of the World YWCA 1945-1994 (London: Allison & Busby 1994)
*Dorothea Browder, A Christian Solution of the Labor Situation: How Workingwomen Reshaped the YWCA's Religious Mission and Politics (Journal of Women's History, Vol 19, Summer 2007)
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The life's work diva Lisa Hardwick joins Intuitive Living as the "Earth Angel Spotlight" for the month of May with an important message about how to discover your ideal purposeful business. Lisa is an amazing, blessed Light in my life. She is a visionary Goddess committed to her own awakening and the awakening of others. She will help you rise up and into your true creative potential. Lisa will assist you in seeing who you truly are so that you become ready to move forward on your unique soul path.
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I'm certain you've heard the quote by Marc Anthony that says "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." – right? You've probably seen that quote on Social Media and those framed posters you can purchase for your office walls. I know I have. Doing what you love sounds wonderful and so rewarding, yet getting there can be a little frustrating for some. Especially when you might not even fully know what your purpose is.
Maybe you grew up in a working class home where you watched your parents dutifully put in their shifts at "the plant." They worked Monday through Friday from 7am to 4pm, just so they could enjoy the weekend off and two weeks at the campground each summer.
Or perhaps you went off to college and studied law or sales or biology, and now you feel trapped in a job you don't love. You'd like to change course, but what if you make the wrong choice? What else are you even qualified to do? And what about those student loans?
The truth is, there are millions of people out there who trudge off to work each and every day, wishing they were anywhere else, and hoping one day to find what really inspires them. If that's you, then rest assured, you are not alone.
But know this, too: There is still time to discover your passion and start doing the work you love.
Let's start with a little brainstorming.
Unlike boring corporate brainstorming, though, we're not going to use a whiteboard (unless you want to) and we're not going to be solving a big sticky problem.
Instead, set aside an hour or so of uninterrupted time. Head out to the park or a coffee shop, and take along your favorite notebook and pens. Find a quiet corner, and just let your mind wander. Do a little daydreaming.
Imagine that money is not a concern. You have enough to manage your day-to-day needs, with some left over for fun. You have the freedom to do anything you like with your days.
In your notebook, make a list of all the things you would do with your time if you could spend it any way you liked.
Would you paint glorious watercolors?
Would you go back to college and earn a degree in computer science?
If you get stuck, think about what you do on weekends and holidays. Nearly everyone looks forward to relaxing and enjoying their favorite activities after the workweek is done. What are the activities you most enjoy?
The purpose of this exercise is not to make a realistic list of business opportunities, but rather to make a list of possibilities, so don't censor yourself. Write down whatever pops into your head without considering if you can make money with it, whether or not you'll love it forever, or even if you have the skills or talent for it.
That is, after all, what brainstorming is all about. Unfiltered ideas. We'll sort them out later.
Maybe you already do this, but I want to challenge you for the next 30 days to keep a daily, purposeful journal. Here's how that works.
First, set aside time each day for journaling. This can be first thing in the morning (great for planning), last thing before you go to bed (perfect for gratitude), or even right after lunch. It doesn't matter so much what time, but that you make an unbreakable appointment with yourself, and that you commit to doing the work—even when it feels hard or uncomfortable.
Next, rather than just random thoughts and events, try answering specific questions each day. This type of journaling helps you maintain focus, and will allow you to look back later and know exactly what works, what doesn't, and where you might want to focus your energy.
What was the best thing that happened to me today?
How did I make someone else's day better?
What's the one big thing I want to get done today?
What's one thing I did today just for me?
Who made me smile today?
What has been my biggest achievement this week?
Fast forward to next year. What has changed about your life or your business?
You don't have to answer each and every question every day, and there may be others you'd like to add to your list. Have fun with it, and use your journal as a source of inspiration and reflection. Look forward to what you hope to achieve, and backwards at how far you've come.
Taking note of recurring themes in your journal is a powerful way to discover your true passion. If the best thing that happens to you every day is that you served a beautiful dinner to your family, then it's clear that being a mom and a great cook is one of your passions.
On the other hand, if your day could have been better if you didn't have to struggle with your accounting software, clearly bookkeeping is not something you want to pursue.
Another thing to include in your journal is gratitude. Every day, you're surrounded with reasons to be grateful. It didn't rain until after your son's last baseball game of the season. You remembered at the last minute to take your new sweater out of the dryer and avoided disaster. That cold you felt coming on yesterday passed you by after all.
By noting the small (and large) things you're grateful for, it will help keep your attitude positive, and when you're happy, you're more open to discovering your life's passions.
One last point about journaling—embrace your creative side. Many people love to journal on a computer. It's fast and with you everywhere. But it also tends to be cold and impersonal.
Rather than using a bland old Word or text document for your daily journaling, consider creating a pretty paper journal instead. Buy pens in different colors, and fill your journal with not just words, but pictures and doodles and anything else that makes you happy. Collect fun stickers to add to your pages, use sticky notes for important points, and even tuck a photo or two into your updates to remind you of what you've achieved.
Remember, your journal is for your eyes only, and you'll be more likely to use it if it's as colorful and unique as you are.
So think about the questions your friends and family and even Facebook acquaintances ask of you.
Do they come to you for assistance with their family finances? Writing a resume? Organizing the kitchen?
Are you a sounding board for dating troubles? Called upon for career advice? Consulted when the family dog won't quit barking?
Whatever it is your friends and family rely on you for, they don't do it out of loyalty or because they don't want you to feel left out. They do it because they value your input and opinion. They know that you have not only a natural talent, but a passion for what you do.
Not sure what others think? Ask them.
But don't just ask them what they think you're good at. Ask them what your superpower is. Everyone has one, and when you discover yours, you'll very often find it's closely related to your passion.
Superpowers can be anything. Maybe you're a good connector of people, with a knack for matching complimentary businesses. Perhaps you're amazing at creating healthy meals even confirmed junk-food addicts love. Maybe you're simply a great listener who's able to help a friend through a crisis.
Ask your friends, family and colleagues what they feel your superpower is. The answer might just point you to your passion.
What I've share thus far is a great place to start to discover your ideal purposeful business by implementing Brainstorming, Journaling, and Asking Others What They Think. I share these strategies as well as a many more at the Visionary Insight Press Live Your Best Life & Biz Conference next month. You can sign up to the VIP Mailing List to listen for FREE at www.visionaryinsightpress.com and I am certain by the end of the full presentation you will have a complete tool box on discovering your purposeful business. I'm so excited to share it with you!
LISA HARDWICK is a Heart-Centered Publisher/Consultant at Visionary Insight Press and received a Top 12 Pick Spiritual Woman Award through The Spirited Women Association. She is known for helping others find their voice and has assisted 100+ individuals with their Publishing and Speaking careers. Throughout the year Lisa facilitates Multi-Author Book Projects, Publishing Presentations, Writer's Workshops and VIP Speaker's Conferences featuring some of today's most sought-after inspirational teachers, healers, and spiritual leaders.
Learn more about Lisa at www.lisahardwick.com and www.visionaryinsightpress.com.


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Orioles looking at Ryan Mountcastle at first and third to find the right fit
SARASOTA, Fla.—Since he came into the Orioles' organization, the question of where Ryan Mountcastle would play defensively has been an active one.
Mountcastle's first 2 ½ seasons were spent at shortstop. In 2016, he committed 21 errors in 105 games at Low-A Delmarva, and in the first half of the 2017 season at High-A Frederick, Mountcastle was charged with 13 errors in 82 games.
He was promoted to Double-A Bowie in the second half of 2017, and made six errors in 38 games. Last year, Mountcastle was charged with 16 in 82 games at third base.
With a new Orioles management team, Mountcastle might be moved to a new position. On Monday, Mountcastle was taking turns at first base. A day later, he was moved to third.
"I'm working out at third and first," Mountcastle said. "I was told two days ago I was going to take some ground balls [at first base], try to get my feet wet."
Mountcastle has no professional experience at first and wasn't sure if he played there—in high school—or even Little League.
"I may have played a game or two there, but no, not really," he said. "I feel good. I think it's pretty easy to pick up, just coming from the other side of the field, the other corner, so I feel good over there."
Manager Brandon Hyde isn't sure which position is best.
"We're going to keep moving him," Hyde said. "He's going to do a little bit of third, a little bit of first. We're just trying to get our eyes on him. We just haven't seen much of him play.
"Obviously, he's a big piece for us going forward. He's such a dynamic offensive player. We're trying to make him fit. I'm trying to get [infield coach Jose Flores] to just get with him as much as possible and we're going to work hard with him and figure out through this camp where we see him fit."
Mountcastle walked just 17 times in 127 games with the Keys and Baysox in 2017. His plate discipline improved last year when he walked 36 times in 102 games with Bowie. His .341 on-base percentage was an improvement from the .312 OBP in 2017.
Hyde said he doesn't look at who's playing where on the major league roster when considering where Mountcastle winds up.
"I don't think we're there with Mountcastle yet," Hyde said. "We're still developing. It's still going on. I want what's ever best for him. Whatever is really going to help him get to the big leagues and be a big league force offensively.
"We're just trying to find the right fit for him, and get to know him and make some evaluations on his defense as we go along. Again, with the new coaches and maybe some new ideas, hopefully he gets comfortable and hopefully we find a great spot for him."
Mountcastle said he was pleased with how he did at first.
"I feel like I did a lot better over there, just getting my throws down, footwork, stuff like that," he said. "I feel more confident for sure."
He said he knows what needs to be done.
"Honestly, at first base, it's just a lot of footwork around the bag and trying to help your teammates out, trying to pick balls, trying to stretch out, do whatever you can to get the out," Mountcastle said.
There had been some chatter last year that Mountcastle could be given a trial in the outfield, but that's not something Hyde is considering now.
"That might be down the road," Hyde said. "Right now, we really want him to focus on his defense in the infield, and then we'll make a determination later on."
Mountcastle doesn't know where he'll be playing once Grapefruit League games get under way on Saturday, but assumes he'll see some action at first base.
"I haven't been told, yet, but I'm assuming I'll get a couple of games in there," Mountcastle said.
Hyde remembers that when he was a coach with the Chicago Cubs, the team elevated Kyle Schwarber to the major leagues to be a designated hitter when they played interleague games, and he had great success.
Could Mountcastle forget about a defensive position and begin his career as a DH?
"With a guy like that, I think that's another special circumstance," Hyde said.
"I want guys to develop defensively. I want guys to be able to play a position, play it well at the big league level. We're always looking at guys long-term also, and I think development is obviously really, really important. Development still happens in the big leagues, but I want guys when they get there to have success, so we'll look at the big picture when it comes to something like that."


Take a step out of the box and try a new take on pull apart bread! I have a pumpkin pull apart bread with a rich and creamy cream cheese frosting that will make your breakfast happy! This recipe is super easy to make using refrigerated biscuit dough and pumpkin puree. It is the perfect pumpkin breakfast bread or dessert.
When you walk into a store you might be bombarded by the overflowing pumpkin spice flavored items sitting on the shelves. The other day I was out doing a little shopping and to my amazement, I noticed they had toaster pastries that are stuffed with pumpkin spice, drinks, oatmeal, cereal, chocolates that are filled with pumpkin and more. On this site – we already have pumpkin spice recipes for Pumpkin Spice Latte Bread, Pumpkin Cupcakes, Pumpkin Spice No Bake Bites, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins, Pumpkin Cookies, and Pumpkin Whoopie Pies. If you look at the overall list of recipes on the site, you might notice that pumpkin is our largest category. That's because I love it so much!
I am amazed at all the ways you can enjoy pumpkin puree. Each year I am beginning to feel like more and more pumpkin combinations are developing. I even think I saw a candy-coated pumpkin flavor if I wasn't mistaken. I love pumpkin spice, and I am always up for trying new things but maybe we are taking things a bit too far.
As for this pumpkin pull-apart bread, I don't think anyone can resist the urge to pull apart the bread as they snack away on the rich flavorful layers. There is something about pull apart bread that draws in anyone, young or old. With this recipe, I used canned biscuits, this makes it so quick and easy to whip up.
I love making homemade desserts, but let's also note there is nothing wrong with cutting corners here and there for easy recipes that will quickly please your crowd. On days I am in a hurry or don't feel like making homemade biscuits, the canned ones work just as well, and the flavors are still perfect.
We really enjoy this pumpkin and cream cheese combination. I hope you all enjoy this recipe too, and if you have little ones, have them roll up their sleeves and help make this bread. It is a great way to spend time together and enjoy the reward once it is finished.
Spray your bread loaf pan generously with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, add pumpkin puree, sugar, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, egg, and cinnamon, mix well until combined, set aside.
Place 6 biscuit halves in the bottom of your bread pan.
Add the remaining biscuits to your bowl and coat well with the pumpkin mixture.
Dump entire contents of bowl into your bread pan, biscuits and mixture.
For the last 10 minutes, cover pan loosely with foil so that the top biscuits do not brown too much.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together all of the icing ingredients on medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
Once the bread has finished baking and cooled slightly, add icing.
Be sure to check that the biscuits in the center of your bread are cooked through. If not, cook 5 minutes longer, covered with foil, and check again until done.


South of Fort Milford, Store Bay Local Road swings left before meeting the fences of the airport runway, encircled by narrow NP Road. Obscured by trees and shrubs, pretty and often deserted Sandy Point Beach is easy to miss; take the first dirt road off NP into the bush (just opposite the end of the tarmac) and you'll emerge onto a picturesque and completely undeveloped strip of fine white sand and translucent sea bordered by sea grapes and palms. Swimming is safe if you stick to the left of the beach; currents get strong around the headland to the right. Sandy Point is a popular lunch spot and a great place to watch the sunset, with cars parked up at a small paved area next to the sea wall.


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Sylvia Cunningham is an Associate Editor and Reporter at KCRW Berlin. She first joined the team in October 2017 as a grantee from the Fulbright Young Professional Journalist Program.
Before moving to Berlin, Sylvia worked in New York for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. She also contributed to NBCNews.com, her stories ranging from the impact of Muhammad Ali's death on the Louisville community, Michelle Obama's final commencement speech as First Lady, and blood donation regulations in the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida.
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Roberto Premier (nacido el  en Spresiano, Italia)  es un exjugador italiano de baloncesto. Con 1.97 de estatura, jugaba en la posición de escolta.

Clubes
1978-1981  UG Goriziana
1981-1989  Olimpia Milano
1989-1994  Virtus Roma
1994-1995  UG Goriziana
1995-1996  Modena
1996-1998  Nuova Pallacanestro Vigevano
1998-1999  Petrarca Padova
1999-2000  Pallacanestro Pavia

Palmarés
 Copa Intercontinental: 1
Olimpia Milano: 1987.
 Euroliga: 2
Olimpia Milano: 1987, 1988.
 Copa Korac: 2
Olimpia Milano: 1985.; Virtus Roma: 1992.
 LEGA: 5
Olimpia Milano:  1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989.

Enlaces externos
 Ficha de Premier en LEGABASKET

Baloncestistas de Italia
Baloncestistas de la selección de Italia
Baloncestistas italianos de la Lega Basket Serie A
Baloncestistas del Olimpia Milano
Baloncestistas del Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
Baloncestistas del Pallacanestro Pavia
Baloncestistas del Pallacanestro Gorizia
Baloncestistas del Petrarca Padova
Baloncestistas del Pallacanestro Vigevano
Nacidos en la provincia de Treviso


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Forces of Expert and Novice Practitioners during Flexion-Distraction Chiropractic Treatment
M.R. Gudavalli and J.M. Cox (USA)
Spine, Low back pain, Forces, Chiropractic, Real-time
The objective of this paper was to collect force data while experienced and inexperienced doctor of chiropractic deliver treatment to low back pain. A portable system consists of a three-dimensional force transducer, laptop computer, and custom developed software was used for this study. The system was used to quantify the forces during a flexion-distraction type of treatment delivered by chiropractors. The forces applied in the posterior-to anterior direction, the forces applied in the inferior-to superior direction, and the duration of the cycle time in delivering these oscillating forces were quantified. Information on the pre-load and peak forces were gathered while experienced doctors of chiropractic with more than fifteen years of clinical experience were performing the procedure.This information on the forces was compared to the information obtained using doctors of chiropractic who have less than one year of experience. Doctors of chiropractic who have experience applied significantly greater forces than those who had less experience.


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