The recent doubling of the TFSA limit to $10,000 (which means $20,000 for a couple) opens up even more choices for Canadians in their attempt to maximize tax-preferred savings. But, given the recent survey released by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada this week, which found that only 53 per cent of parents surveyed have a Registered Education Savings Plan for their kids, maybe some Canadians are too enamoured of TFSAs and have neglected to top up their RESPs.
This is unfortunate, because RESPs still remain the best possible way to save for college or university.
In many cases, RESPs behave very similarly to a TFSA.
For example, both RESPs and TFSAs are funded with after-tax dollars. Both plans can be invested in a variety of products, such as GICs, mutual funds, stocks and bonds, and both allow the income and growth in the plans to accumulate tax-free. Finally, while TFSA withdrawals are, by their very nature, tax-free, in many cases the RESP also provides what are effectively tax-free withdrawals.
That's because the RESP contributions come out tax-free and the balance, referred to as Educational Assistance Payments, are taxable to the student, who likely won't end up paying any tax on EAPs withdrawn owing to the available personal tax credits – e.g. basic personal, tuition, education and textbook amounts – estimated to total over $21,000 annually, assuming tuition of $6,000.
That's where the similarities end. RESPs come with a kicker: free money in the form of the Canada Education Savings Grant. CESGs are generally paid at a rate of 20 per cent of annual contributions up to $2,500 for an annual maximum of $500 per child, assuming no unused grant room is available from prior years. To maximize the total CESGs you are permitted to collect over a child's youth, you would need to contribute at least $2,500 annually for about 14.5 years to obtain the full $7,200 of CESGs available per child (i.e. 14.4 X $2,500 X 20 per cent).
So, if you've got kids under 18 and there's even a remote chance that they will attend post-secondary education, my advice would be to contribute the $2,500 annually for each child to maximize their CESG before even touching the TFSA.
Let's take an example of an Alberta family, with two kids, who earn $120,000 split evenly between two working parents. Ignoring specific tax credits for things like public transit and children's fitness activities, their family tax bill would amount to about $25,000 leaving $95,000 after-tax.
Let's assume the balance on their five-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.99 per cent is $500,000 and their monthly payments are $2,364. That means they are contributing about $28,000 annually to pay down their debt.
After deducting mortgage payments from their after-tax income, the couple is left with $67,000. If they were to maximize the RESPs to the tune of $2,500 per child, that leaves $62,000 to meet all the family's expenses, including additional savings.
Clearly, trying to sock away the full $20,000 into TFSAs isn't realistic. Which is why it's important, especially early in the calendar year, to set up a budget, which includes not only the monthly expenses, such as groceries, utilities, property taxes and so forth, but which also includes a monthly savings component.


I asked you guys on Facebook yesterday for any tips or tricks that you had for homemade tortillas. I didn't want to make them with shortening, but I've heard that that is the only way to get them to turn out right.
You guys had lots of great suggestions and so I tried my luck at making homemade tortillas today.
My husband's response? "I think these are the best tortillas I've ever had!" Seriously??? Wow, what a compliment!! I think they are pretty up there for me as well, and I'm kind of picky with tortillas.
So what made the difference? Well, I think the biggest change was that I used coconut oil instead of olive oil. The second thing I did differently was to let them sit covered for at least an hour after I made them into balls.
2. Once everything is mixed, slowly pour in the boiling water and mix the dough up until it's no longer sticky. I think I mixed it around 5 minutes or so.
3. Form the dough into balls and put them on a cookie sheet. I was able to make 35 balls with the dough I had and the tortillas turned out the perfect size for us. Cover the cookie sheet with a kitchen towel and let sit for AT LEAST an hour.
4. Heat up your griddle to HIGH heat (I would've tried a skillet on the stove, but that didn't work so well the last time I did tortillas, so I tried the electric griddle instead).
5. Spread some flour out on a flat surface (I used a large cutting board for easy clean up) and place a dough ball in the middle of the flour. Sprinkle more flour on top of the ball and press down on the ball HARD with a pie plate to flatten it out in a circle. Peel the dough circle off the bottom of the pie plate and re-flour the top and bottom. Roll out with a rolling pin to the desired thickness. (Note: I tried just rolling one out without using the pie plate first and it didn't turn out nearly as well).
6. Make sure that the griddle is fully heated, then place the tortillas on the griddle. Let it cook around 30 seconds, then flip it and let it cook on the other side for 30 seconds. Take it off the griddle and start on the next one. My 7 year old and I had a good little routine going…. she would cook the tortillas and I would flour and roll it out. They both took right around 30 seconds.
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Thanks for the tortilla recipe! I have been making my own for months now, but have been wanting to get away from the shortening…so thanks for the coconut oil idea! I'm actually looking to purchase a tortilla press so I don't have to roll them out anymore. Isn't it wonderful feeding our families foods that we have made instead of from a package or a can?
FYI the tortilla press if for corn tortillas. It does not work well on flour tortillas. You have to roll them. It is best to make the dough let it rest for 15 minutes them divide the dough into pieces kneading each piece with your hands then allow them to rest another 15 minutes. They will be much easier to roll.
Thanks so much for the tip! Yeah, they keep sticking to my rolling pin and it still works, I would just like something that makes them a little faster than I'm able to do by hand.
Thanks for hosting the swap. I am submitting Eggplant Parmesan Casserole – my new spin on an old favorite.
Have you ever tried this with alternate flours? Like spelt maybe?
We have about 300 pounds of wheatberries in our garage so… no. 🙂 But I would think that it would work the same? Maybe? LOL, let us know how it goes!
I am trying this with spelt right now. I still used the 1 c white flour. It's a VERY soft dough but I am hoping it will still work out as my tortilla press (electric) needs a wet dough. I will let you know! Thanks for posting the recipe!
These were so good! I used 4 cups of spelt and 1 c of white flour. My Villaware Tortilla Press liked them very much, but in hindsight, I'd probably reduce the coconut oil a smidge. Great recipe! It made 35 for me.
What is the benefit of using coconut oil? I've heard coconut oil is not absorbed by the body if you use it as a moisturizer so does that mean it is also not absorbed by your intestines if used in food?
Great recipe, we use coconut oil all the time and it is so good for you! Can u freeze these?
What is the best way to store these? Especially if I wanted to freeze some?
Here's a yummy Falafel recipe that my family loved!! Even my picky 5 year old ate this like it was going out of style. I served the falafel in pita I purchased from the market. But next time I'm going to make your homemade tortilla recipe with the falafel! It's the same ingredients as hummus, but it's fried. I used cococnut oil instead of olive oil.


Our Council are meeting on 3 March 2016 to discuss the threats, opportunities and challenges faced by the future of optics.
The devolved governments will mature into their role and increasingly provide a moderating influence over UK politics?
What will the NHS be like in 10 years' time? Fewer services available free? A managed reduction in acute sector beds? Successful vanguards being replicated everywhere? Or a continuation of chaotic decline and crisis?
Will consumers continue to shop cautiously?
The economics of running businesses will differ by location/type of area, but will the optical business market continue to be more and more dominated by multiples?
What are the implications for vertical integration in the market such as Luxottica's venture into supply through John Lewis?
Can we improve people's understanding of optometry?
Even more mobile technology in the home and workplace. Opportunities for domiciliary businesses?
What role can optometrists play in wider NHS teams such as falls and stroke clinics?
What are the education and training implications for everything in the first box?
What should that mean for regulation?
So what is the future for optometrists? Will they take on extra skills currently in the realm of ophthalmologists? Expanded role in public health?
Will there be legislation to discourage waste and encourage recycling/use of recyclable and sustainable materials? What impact would that have on optics?
What is the future for the High Street? Where wil people do their in-person shopping in the future?


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As Three Members of the Janitorial Contracted MERS-CoV, Chen is Still Turning a Blind Eye
And folks, this, is what we get, when we have someone who feels, too good about HIS own abilities, despite the fact, and yes, this HEAD of the health and social welfares is still too, EGOTISTICAL here, and, it's all because of this DENTIST's policies, we're all, going down! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The head of Department of Sanitation & Welfares, Chen sung the national anthem like a hero on the flag ceremonies on January first, and immediately following, the alerts of the outbreaks start flashing RED. First, it was the three quarantine hotels that's found to have the clusters of infections, more then ten individuals who'd originally returned here healthy and sound, due to being quarantined at the quarantine hotels, they'd contracted the virus. In these past two days, there were, three members of the janitorial crew and a quarantine cabdriver who'd been confirmed of contraction, with a very low Ct rate, which showed, how speedy the virus is transmitted along. Will this be how the virus will enter into the local residential communities, we are all sitting on the edges of our seats, waiting to see.
here's that, LOSER who'd, screwed, WE the people, OVER with the BULLSHITTING policies that he came up with!
photo from online
From the four quarantine hotels with the clusters of contractions, to the three members of the janitorial of the airport system contracting the virus, it all showed, of how the front line of entry into this country is, problematic. There may be three ways the clusters of contractions happened in the quarantine hotels: first, the sanitizing of the usage of the amenities wasn't thoroughly enough from the previous user, causing the virus to remain, that gets passed to the next individual who'd checked into the room; secondly, it may be due to the lack of training in the hotel personnel, in the deliveries of the foods and necessities, the toiletries, they'd accidentally given the virus a lift to a public space, or a neighboring customer's room; third, it may be the ventilating systems of certain hotels, the faulty designs of the fire prevention systems, something that's not right with the hardware, causing the virus to spread through the air-conditioning units, to next door, or to floors above or below.
Whatever the problem, central government FIND it, and demand that the quarantine hotels make improvements, so the guests can check in with ease. Otherwise, as people arrived back into the country healthy, and they'd, contracted the virus at government sponsored quarantine hotels; and due to the shortened periods of quarantines, the citizens didn't know they'd contracted the virus, took the virus home to pass it on to their own loved ones, how embarrassing that must be? And, the carefully designed system of preventing the virus from spreading out, became, a means of how the virus got spread, wouldn't that be, ironic?
The contraction of the janitor working in the airports, this is, an even more serious matter. The clusters of contractions at the quarantine hotels, at least, there are the tracks that the government can put the traces on, with the certain origins of contraction; but, the contractions for the janitorial workers, hard to trace. Especially, the very first janitorial worker who'd found to have contracted MERS, with the Ct rate of only eleven, at the height of its spreading; and, the individual was found to have gone everywhere: setting up the stands at the local markets, lifting the kids to school, with no specific population that s/he'd come into contact with. If, the individual stayed somewhere, and caused the contraction to spread out, it will surely, cause, a major scale, community outbreak. And because of this, the city of Taoyuan immediately ordered two of their local schools to stop holding the sessions, because the government realized, just how serious the matter is.
As Chen still does his daily broadcasting online on "no local contractions", what we the people see, is the numbers getting higher, higher, higher, that are, confirmed of contractions of MERS-CoV coming into the country, we'd once had more than forty confirmed contractions in a day's time. All of these, are the extensions of the sources of contractions from the airport janitorial workers, and the quarantine hotel cases. But, with the confirmed contractions on the rise from out of the country, we'd not seen the CDC switch up its means of operations and prevention, or even, making the PCR tests available to all more speedily, clearly, the CDC is, slacking off. Reason being, the quarantine hotel stays had been shortened to just a week's time, and, a lot of whom, before they knew they'd contracted MERS, had already went home, which can become a source of community outbreaks. If the sanitation measures of the quarantine hotels are not done up to standards, then, the hotels became, the transfer stations for the virus, and the pathway to the communities all around. The hotel clusters of last May, we the people still remember it clearly, had Chen already, forgotten?
The defense against the spread of the virus, we need both central and local governments on board, and so, the clusters of the quarantine hotels should NOT be seen as the lacking of the local governments. Especially, as the hotel staff members, the janitorial personnel at the airports, are on the frontlines, the experts already advised that they get their "third doses", but Chen only had the mind for reducing the numbers, only cared about the wellbeing of the hospital workers, and, neglected all of these, entry level, high-risk workers. What's most debatable being, the Omicron strain is breaking out, the high-risk group should swiftly all receive their third doses, but the command center held firm on its claims of at least five months between the second and third vaccinations, showing complete lack of cares and concerns for the welfare of the people. Treating the sound advice like wind through his ears, and once the Omicron strain spread out too fast, then, it would be, too late!
And yet, the bobblehead of Chen, only nods, when you SLAPS its head, and, that, is how, this brand new, bigger, better (b/c its mutations are, on how many DNA strains???), spreading even faster than the Delta strain, the Omicron, will take this country D-O-W-N, and to think, that had Chen changed his policies, then, none of this SHIT would be, happening now.
Filed under Abuse of Power, Government, Policies, & Politics, Legislature
Tagged as Brainless Policies, the Impotence of Heads of the Government
Selectively Disclosing the Matters of the Epidemic, Giving Off that False Feel
Like in selective attention: I only see and hear, what I want to see, and what I want to, hear, NOTHING else! The lies the government still, feeds to us, and we are all willing, gobbling this SHIT up here, off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The CDC has hosted its press conferences almost daily now, sending an assortment of messages out to the public, seemingly, open and transparent, but, until the hotels in Taoyuan were, clearing out the customers, did it confirm, that there's a hoard infection in Taoyuan locally, the selective means of their disclosing information, are they waiting until the epidemic from the hotels had, spread through the local communities, then allowing we the people, the rights, to know?
Looking back, had it not been the deputy mayor of Taipei, Huang's on the fourteenth, disclosing that the commanding center is about to disclose that a certain case had gotten out of the hotel, then, received a confirmed contraction notice, it would take the command center a long time, until it decided to allow the public to know it, so, the hotels in Taipei is having the contraction cases of MERS-CoV, and they're, expanding the scans currently.
politicians who LIE!!!
the biggest liars, sitting, and lying with their, faces, straight! Photo from online
After the cluster contraction at the hotel in Taoyuan happened, the Command Center swore hard, that it will zoom in on all the hotels across Taiwan, and now, the second case of clusters of infections occurred in Taoyuan now, putting Taipei in danger too, the Command Center, started, evading its own responsibilities, and, given the responsibilities to the local areas.
Examining closely at how the Command Center does things, it's means of "nobody noted, I don't tell", had happened in everything that the command center had been doing, for instance, on the disclosure of mayor Ke's how that batch of Modern vaccines set to expire on the eighth wasn't used up completely, the Command Center switched it to "we'd not let the vaccines gone to waste", admitted that over hundred doses are used on the test animals.
This "selective disclosures", "getting caught and I come clean" attitude, not only on the investigations of the epidemic spreading, vaccines, even to amending the definitions of what constitutes as contraction deaths, all occurred, under the tables.
At the start of October, the Command Center told, "the deaths after sixty days of confirmed diagnoses are all qualified as related to MERS-CoV", the new cases of death that occurred just a few days ago, the assistant head of medical tactic, Lo told that the death "is suspected to be related to MERS-CoV". As the press prodded on, the spokesperson, Chuang finally stated, that the causes of death got changed to be determined by the physicians individually, as to when it got changed? He'd responded, "I can't remember."
In order to keep everybody living in the façade of "everything is fine, those in power is strong enough", it'd held the press conferences daily, seemingly, the CDC was doing a whole lot, but it'd, neglected, the most important matters, regarding the outbreaks here.
And so, this, is how the government is still, bullshitting we the people, and there's still, NOTHING we can do about it, we're not, barbaric enough (let's face it!!!) to overthrow these, dictators that are, ruling over us, and the means that the DDP took, to covering up the facts, it had, advanced, to, a whole new, level all right!
Filed under Abuse of Power, Government, Policies, & Politics, Legislature, Life, Messed Up Values, Properties of Life, Wake Up Calls, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Government Fooling Its People, Liars Who Run the Country
The U.S. Supreme Court Found the Heartbeat Laws of Texas Constitutional
Whatever happened to our bodies, our, rights again? Oh yeah, it must've, DIED, with those, IRON-JAWED Angels then, right??? This will mark for many landmark case to the FEDERAL supreme court of the U.S. that's for sure! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
And the Decisions of the Federal Supreme Court Also Allowed the Abortion Clinics to Report to the Authorities, the Head Supreme Court Justice Warned, that if All the Other States Followed Texas's Lead, the Legislation will Become a Laughing Stock
The effective "heartbeat laws" started back in September stated that other than emergency medical conditions, the prohibitions of fetuses over six weeks old will be prohibited, even in cases of rape, and incest too. normally, the zygote started having a heartbeat at week six, and, the law banned the surgeons to manually abort as the heartbeats are detected for the pregnancies.
the protests, before the TX law had been signed into effect…photo from online
And the law also allows for ordinary citizens to blow the whistle on those who are involved in the abortions, including the medical surgeons, nurses, medical professional workers, the owners of the hospitals or clinics, even the cabdriver who gave the woman a lift to her abortion, and, the reward of $10,000U.S. is to be paid for by the defendants of the cases.
The Supreme Court of the U.S. also tossed back the justices department's halting of the enforcing of the Heartbeat Law, the justice department claimed, that this law obstructs women's rights to terminate their pregnancies constitutionally, that it was, unconstitutional. The Supreme Court in 1973 in "Roe vs. Wade", found that women's rights to abort is protected by the U.S. Constitution, while legalized abortion all across the U.S. The American president, Biden through his statement through the White House claimed, that he supported the decisions of Roe vs. Wade that's been in existence for close to half a century, the women's right to abort.
Since the Heartbeat Law started, there were already, dozens of cases, at this time, the Supreme Court's decision that the abortion clinics is allowed to blow the whistles is only, partial victory, the allowing for the carrying through of the law, is still in conflict with the landmark case of Roe vs. Wade.
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The chief justice of the U.S. Federal Supreme Court, Roberts sent out a harsh warning to his fellow supreme court justices on the Heartbeat Law, that if by allowing every other state to follow the Texas state senate, bypassing the courts, to set up the unconstitutional laws, "the law itself, as well as the explanation thereof, by the Supreme Courts will all become, a total, laughingstock!"
It is, already, a @#$%ING (maxed out!) laughingstock already, or, hadn't you noticed? What the @#$%? This is, totally, against human right, and we women, just as same as you, sons-of-bitches (not name-calling here!) on two legs, are humans too, and, Texas passing this law, is against women's rights, and so, yeah, the U.S. went back, hundreds of years, in this law, to PREVENT we women, to have the RIGHTS, over our, bodies, and it IS our bodies that would be, carrying, all of your young, you do realize that, don't you, losers, or, can you guys, "shapeshift" into, seahorse daddies, or those, leaf dragon daddies here, huh???
Filed under Abuse of Power, Basic Human Rights, Legislature, Pro Life vs. Pro Choice, Wake Up Calls, Women's Issues
Tagged as an Unconstitutional Law Signed into Effect, Going Backwards in Women's Rights, Texas Abortion Laws, the Right to Our Bodies, When Conservative Run the Country
Comparing the Chemical, Ractopamine to the Bronchodilator
Here's the argument of the side that's, pushing for approval of, American imported, PORK…
"The studies showed, even if you consumed 750 kilograms worth of pork and/or beef with ractopamine, you won't have any health problems, besides, this is the diluted by a hundred times regulations." Research also showed, that consumption of ractopamine does NOT cause cancer, nor would it have an effect on the unborn fetuses during the pregnancies, now would it have the residual chemicals remaining in our systems. "If it's not lethal, then why are you against it?", the supporters continued stressing, the Asian diets consisted of internal organs, but, there are so many Asians living in America, and, they'd consumed the pork, and none had been found DEAD. There are the American pregnant women, children, and the amount of ractopamine in their diets are, unmentionable, too tiny, to have any inkling of an effect on the human systems."
Lin stated, that the bronchodilator with one spray, has TEN kilograms worth pork with ractopamine in it, "then with one spray, I would've exceeded the amount of the chemical that is equivalent in a ton of pork, or of beef, this was not banned by other countries around the world." The dosing is tens of thousand times comparing, beta receptors are naturally produced by the human bodies too, this is not a toxin, this toxin alone is not fatal, it's consuming too much of it that will cause fatalities."
Lin also made the example of botox, of how it's, deadly, that half a kilogram's worth is enough to kill the entire global population of man, but the plastic surgeons still used it to firm the skins. Importing pork with ractopamine may not be the primary entry of our country into the worldwide organizations, but if we don't accept that there's a difference of dosage amount being allowed, "You don't have to consume it, but you should NOT block it from making Taiwan a part of the international trade relations."
And so, this, is the PRO import side, and I can think of, a whole lot of, more valid reasons on the anti-import side: first, the pork in U.S., has that stench to it when we lived in the U.S., we don't want to consume it, secondly, this IDIOT compared ractopamine with botox, that's totally different, because, even though both are toxins, but hey, one of them is being used in the plastic surgeon, and surely, there are the risks, but it's at the risks of the individuals, and importing of ractopamine isn't, you're putting this contaminated food into the plate of every citizen in the country, and having us digest poison, and you call that beneficial, because, hey, who gives a FUCK (don't pardon me here!) if you all died, so long as we, with the big hats, those of who are high up on the ladder of the government (the heads of states, etc., etc., etc.) get everything our ways.
Besides, this country is already a BITCH to Japan, importing their nuclear contaminated vegetables, and fruits, and every other country is dumping ITS unwanted SHIT on our grounds (those almost past-due date AZ vaccines that Japan donated, you think that's from kindness? Think again, because they got better vaccines of Moderna, BioNTech, and there's the risk of blood clot for those, AZ vaccines that the country did NOT want to kill ITS people with, that's why, they were too generous, donating that to us!) and the government still does NOT see it, and now, it's going against we the people's wish, just to get the U.S. on our sides? And, might I ask, how many of us are on this island??? Only, say, 'bout, twenty to thirty million, and, how many people are over there in China??? Wow, that's what??? More than, a BILLION, hello, hello, hello??? Anybody with a FUCKING working NEURON, can see that why we're, everybody's BITCH here!
Filed under Abuse of Power, Cost of Living, Government, Policies, & Politics, Legislature, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Against the People's Wishes, Everybody's BITCH, Pork with Ractopamine Imported from the U.S., the Government's Knowingly POISONING the People
The Woman Kept Hostage for Sixteen Hours After the Breakup with the Boyfriend Demanding One Last Sexual Intercourse with Her Used Her Wits to Save Herself
One last FUCK, before we part, that, is how you all want it, isn't it??? Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The thirty-year-old man, Jeng, and his girlfriend are on the verge of breaking up, he was upset that all those years of love became wasted, he'd pulled his girlfriend into a motel on the sixth of this month, abused her, didn't CARE that she was having her period, demanded her for "breakup sex"; the woman had the plans of escape, asked him to go out to buy her tampons, and as he was away, she'd, called the police, she was finally freed, after ten hours of being kidnapped by Jeng. As Jeng was arrested, he'd denied the allegations, but the woman showed her injuries to the police, the district attorneys charged him with obstruction of sexual freedoms and other charges, asked the courts to have Jeng in custody, which the courts signed off on yesterday.
The police found, that Jeng had been dating his girlfriend for years, recently, they'd started fighting often, Jeng refused to break up; at eight in the morn on the sixth, Jeng drove to his girlfriend's place and waited, wanted to get her to fall back in love with him.
As he saw her coming downstairs, readying to leave, and ignored him, he'd pulled her by force into his car, then, drove all the way, to a motel in Fengshan District. The woman thought that Jeng only wanted to "confront" her about the breakup, and they'd, started talking, when Jeng lost it, and started physically smacking her down.
The woman was having her menstrual cycle on the day, Jeng still forced to have "breakup sex" with him, the woman worried that she may get beaten violently, and can only agree, she was raped twice; and afterwards, Jeng would NOT allow her to leave the room, restricted her, kept her hostage for ten hours on end.
The woman feared for her own life, not angered Jeng, waited until he'd let his guards down, claimed to him that she forgot to bring her tampons, asked him to get a pack for her at the super convenience shops, Jeng didn't question her, and left, as he was gone, the woman immediately called for help from the motel staff, the police arrived, the woman called out for help; as soon as Jeng returned, he was arrested.
Jeng admitted to slapping his girlfriend across the face, but denied rape, claimed it was consensual, but the woman showed her injuries, and stressed that she was forced to have sex with him.
The district attorney's didn't believe Jeng's words, charged him with obstruction of sexual freedom, obstruction of freedom, and other charges, and after the district attorneys questioned him, they'd asked the courts to have Jeng in custody, which the courts had signed off on.
And so, this, is right AFTER that law was signed into effect, of the preventing abuse from these horrid lovers, and, this still just showed, of how no matter what the laws stated, there will be those who knowingly breaks it, and it don't matter how advanced this country believes it is on the matter of rights to protect woman, it's still, lightyears behind. These laws only works on paper, but not when it gets put to the test!
Filed under Abuse, Cost of Living, Knowing the Law and Breaking It, Legislature, On the Wrong Side of the Law, Properties of Life, Rapes, Sexual Assaults, Spousal Abuse, Theories & Applications, Violence Against Members of Opposite Sex, Wake Up Calls, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Breakup Rape, Date Rape
Saw from the Handicapped Individuals' Perspectives, the Physically Handicapped Persons League Fought for Equal Rights
The man's experienced the prejudices, the inconveniences firsthand, and he's, pushing forth for changes, to make the lives of the handicapped individuals, easier here, off of the Newspapers, translated…
The man, who'd been concerned of the benefits shown to handicapped persons for over a decade, Chang, found that the society isn't friendly enough toward the group, at the end of October of last year, he'd set up the ""Taiwanese Right for Handicapped Person's Welfare League", to try and change the problems that the handicapped population may come face-to-face with in their day to day, and pushed forth the values of CRPD, the convention of the rights of persons with disabilities.
"The field of vision from a wheelchair, is completely different from the way the rest of the healthy people see the world!", Chang who lives in Taipei had set up the association, being a long-time supporter of rights of handicapped persons, there are the members with the multiple disabilities, "The different characteristics of the physical handicaps all have the various sorts of problems, hardships in day-to-day living."
Chang who is in a wheelchair had focused his attention on the matters of handicapped workers, and the matters of retirement of the handicapped persons. And, transportation and obstacles in getting around physically are also, issues of his primary concerns, like how there's the height differences from sidewalk to sidewalk without the ramps, may turn into the "invisible killers" of those who needed to get around in a wheelchairs, and the sidewalks being occupied by scooters, forcing the handicapped individuals to walk on the roads, sharing the traffic with cars and scooters.
this is, what the immobilized are faced with, every time they go out…photo from online
Chang told, that setting up the foundation, it wasn't only to help those who are handicapped, he also hoped that the central government can put an amendment in for the "Rights of the Handicapped Individuals in society" as well, most of the physically handicapped persons felt that they had been borderlined, seen as an odd species, that they are, looking for sympathy from the rest of the population, not only wouldn't they be protected because of this belief, they're also, discriminated again, he'd stated, that the handicapped persons don't need sympathy, pity, what they need and deserved, is, equal rights with the rest of the population.
And so, this, is from the man who's in a wheelchair, he felt the prejudices that others had treated him with, and experienced firsthand, how inconvenient it is, to become, more mobile, and how dangerous it was, to share the roads with cars and scooters, because there's no ramp leading to the sidewalks, to get his wheelchair to go on the sidewalks, and he's bringing that into public's awareness, hoping, that something will be done about it.
Filed under Basic Human Rights, Discriminations, Legislature, Life, Observations, Perspectives, Properties of Life, Right to Life, White Picket Fence
The Need to Prevent the Intimate Photos from Going Viral, We Needed an Amendment to Protect the Involved Set Up Speedily
On how to prevent yourselves, from getting, victimized after the two of you, break up, when those sexual photos had been, shot, during the time when you two are hitting it hot and, heavy! From the Front Page Sections, translated…
The legislator, Kao beaten by her boyfriend to injury, although the man is already in police custody, but, there's a chance that the photos of intimacy of the two had gone, viral. This showed, that the law is lacking, in protecting the rights of the abused, when the abuser holds the photos of intimacy of the victims, are the laws which are set up currently, enough, to protect the rights of the, victims?
Based off of Penal Cod 315, Section 1.2, those who illegally tapes, photographs, or using any other means to secretly film another in private activities, is punishable by a three-year sentence maximum. And, this stated, that if the two are dating, then, it's easily interpreted as that there's the agreeing to getting secretly filmed, taped, and this is going to cause problems. While, after the breakup, to prevent the images, the footages from leaking out, is there a right to ask the individual to delete all the records, this will become problematic as well. To prevent the issues of invasions of privacy after the break up, the recordings without the other party's concerns, are all included in the voyeur clause.
no way to prevent this! Photo from online
As based off of Penal Code 315-2, Section 3, those who spread the contents of the recordings, will be sentenced to no more than five years in prison, this isn't lenient, and not considered as accusation cases, but, does it need to have the preset of being secretly filmed, if the victim didn't press charges on being secretly filmed, the individual who'd streamed the footages online, will s/he be charged of this count, then, there would be, discrepancies. Basing off of a stricter definition, it needed to have the fact that the individuals were, secretly filmed for the preset, otherwise, spreading the footages, will only be charged with Penal Code 235, spreading lewd photos.
Spreading of lewd photos is not a chargeable crime, but, the laws gave it two years and less jail term to the offenders, which is considered a slap on the wrists. And, on the matter of spreading out the photos of intimacy on the counts, and, the sexual intercourse between the man and woman, would constitute as molestations, and wouldn't that be, damaging the victims repeatedly.
To resolve the matter, there's need to define the spread of lewd photos into act, at least, raise up the sentence terms to five years and less, and the charges of spreading the sexually-illicit photos, and all of these needed to get adjusted in wordings of the law, to prevent the victims from getting offended repeatedly again.
And, there's, the matter of statutory period too, how to prevent these photos of sexual intimacies from leaking out is worth considering. Especially with the current domestic violence prevention, only limited to the physicality of the abused, and the individuals' personal freedoms, toward the behaviors of spreading the photos, the law only sets a restraining order against such acts, but, the victims may not know the identity of the individuals spreading the photos, let alone, asking the courts for that needed restraining order and in the end, the victims can only rely on the criminal charges to prevent the spread of such photos.
On the matter of handling the matter as criminal offense, confiscating, although this included all the hard drives, but, does it also, include the platforms of which the photos were, uploaded to, or the social media too, there's, the definition of such needed, in legal terms, to the point of if it'd, obstructed the freedom of speech too. Even if the confiscations of such materials had been conducted by force, in the internet eras, how to prevent the setting up of an alternative account to spread the is an even harder to tackle problem, and this will be, a hot potato that the legislators need to, look into more.
And so, there are, still, a lot of shortcomings to this, anti-stalking law, to prevent the violence of intimate partners, and, there's the matter of the sexually illicit photos you took of each other, because you want to share that part of your selves, with the other person, because the two of you are, in love, not realizing, that HEY, if and when we break up, those materials can be used, against me, but hey, you don't realize that, not when you're, hot and heavy with each other, in L-O-V-E, which made you easy targets.
Filed under Abuser/Enabler Interaction Style, Basic Human Rights, Cost of Living, Cyber-Bullying, Improper Misconducts, Invasion of Privacy, Legislature, Policing the Internet, Properties of Life, sexual misconducts, Wake Up Calls, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Laws to Prevent Sextortion, Sexually Illicit Photos Taken in a Relationship
The Anti-Stalking Laws Will be Enforced Six Months from Now Tsai: a Lot of Women Live Under the Threats of Domestic Violence Regularly
Yeah, uh, guess how many MORE are gonna DIE, before the law's been, set into motion again? This should've been effective IMMEDIATELY, but, unfortunately, I do NOT control this shit, so…off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The news of the legislator, Kao being physically abused by her boyfriend shocked the nation. The president, Tsai yesterday, signed the "Stalking harassment prevention law", and announced that the law will be fully enforced six months from now. She said, with this newly written law, in the future, the police can intervene earlier, when the acts of illegally stalking someone, harassing someone occurred, to prevent the injuries or the deaths.
As Tsai signed, the head of legislature, Su, the head of internal affairs, Hsu, the recruit of the DDP, Ke, the legislators from the party, Kwan, Fan all were there at the press conference, to bear witness; as the president signed, she'd, handed the pen that she'd signed with to Hsu as a gift.
Tsai said, the stalking act is the vital step to prevent the violence against the genders, that in the evaluation of the entire global community, this made us ahead of the rest in gender equality, but now, there are still, a lot of women who are, faced with the violence, and the threats of domestic violence regularly.
Tsai told, that two days ago, was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the "Wan-Ru Peng incident", back then, the female manager of the Women's Department of the DDP, in order to get the women to be more involved with the "Quarter Act", she'd gone to promote the cause in Kaohsiung and was murdered, and it'd called up the awareness of the public to pay more attention to women's safety in society, and there were the laws that set up in relation to this matter, "but on this path, there are always, more to be done, I shall keep working hard, to make the country's people live on with more ease."
Hsu told, that he'd directed the Department of Police Affairs to speed up the police education training programs, and, are putting in more forces on the police units right now.
Wow, sounds o grand, doesn't it? But, it's all just, boasting, I mean, who's to say, that after this god damn law gets passed, that it would work, really, in preventing violence against women, and, note this, men can also be victims of abuse too, so, what about them??? Yeah, this is still, just, idealistic, but nowhere NEAR realistic, just like all of the proposed acts, the currently government has right now.
Filed under "Professional" Opinions, Abuse, Cost of Living, Crime & Punishment, Issues on Gender, Legislature, My Thoughts on Various Issues, On the Wrong Side of the Law, Perspectives, Theories & Applications, Values, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Gender-Specific Wordings of Laws Against Abuse, Laws to Prevent Abuse, Protecting Women Against Abuse, the Delusions of the Government
The Female Legislator Being Abused by Her Boyfriend…She Should've Calle the Cops and Filed for a Restraining Order Sooner
What the law is, being set up, to prevent this from recurring again, out of the case of the female legislator's getting physically abused by her boyfriend here, off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The news medias are taking the sides of the case of the legislator, Kao being physically abused by her boyfriend, although, as a voter, I'd, hoped that this is only, a misunderstanding; but, the problems of legality is involved.
Looking at the legislator, Kao's boyfriend, tall, handsome, with a higher degree, and had he been found to have been physically abusive toward Kao, then, the world would gang up on him for sure. Using the fists, controlling her movement, instilling fear in her, that is, nowhere NEAR, respecting her.
But, is Kao's case eligible for the domestic violence prevention laws? Based off of the words of Domestic Violence Prevention Legislation, No. 3, they weren't married, and there's no evidence of cohabitation, nor how they were, living, their lives together, and, based off of that, it doesn't seem, that the legislator would be, eligible for the restraining order. Then, one of the amendments of the same law, it'd, listed man and woman, who shared acts of intimacy as the "boundaries", and, it'd, made up for the lacking of the before stated, "a married couple"; stated simply, this qualified all who are over sixteen, who had had sexual intercourse, or physical relations, would be qualified for the protections under the law of domestic violence.
For Kao's sake, she should, file for a restraining order, to, protect herself.
As the passing of the legislation of the "stalking, harassment prevention laws", based off of media disclosure, Kao seemed to have footages of intimacy in her boyfriend's possessions, based off of the newly passed law, it'd qualified as "having damaging message or items that belonged to certain individuals", that there are the set up punishments; and yet, the above mentioned amendments had to get pass the voting, and six months afterwards, it would, finally be, enforced, and, based off of the "precedence" rule, before the law is signed, it wouldn't be, applicable, and, the case should be filed under Penal Code 302, 304, 305, etc., with the specifications of holding someone against her/his will, threatening the lives, and the laws of endangering personal wellbeing.
The legislator, Kao sang loudly, and presented herself properly at the Lawyer Day last year needed to speak up, "I'm a good woman, I don't deserve this!", she needed the cares, the love and the concerns, and moreover, she needed the laws to protect her.
And so, this, is on how the lacking of domestic violence doesn't make up for it, because, the wordings of the law, it set up those cracks, which the abusers can, easily, escape from, and we need to amend the laws on domestic violence very quickly, because, there are too many holes right now, and, those defense attorneys will, find ways, to get their guilty clients off easy, with nothing more, than, a slap on the wrist.
Filed under Abuse, Abuser/Enabler Interaction Style, Domestic Violence, Legislature, Life, On the Wrong Side of the Law, Perspectives, Properties of Life, Wake Up Calls, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Domestic Violence Prevention, Violence Between Unmarried Dating Couples, Violence of the Unwed Couple, When a Public Figure Gets Abused
The Harassment, the Stalking Under the Frames of Gender & Sex
The wordings are, too precise, which made the holes, easy for the perps to escape through, because this is still, all new to the country, and so, there will be, more amending this, first, "rough draft" I'm sure! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The legislature had three sessions in discussion, and finally passed the "Anti-Stalking, Anti-Harassment" law, hoping to give a fuller legal protection to women who are helpless, who are being stalked, or sexually harassed. It's just, that having a strict definition of the law, it may create holes in the security nets of the society, and add to the debate of gender equality.
The DDP's insistent on adding "gender-relatedness" to eight of the types of stalking and sexual harassment, limited the realms of protecting the victims in sum, and, in reality, the law couldn't, protect those who are, truly in need of the law to protect them. Because, if the stalker denied having any relations with "sex or gender", and the stalked couldn't provide any physical evidence of being stalked, then, it can cause the cases to become, dropped, or, turning the amendments into only, theories.
Especially, from the research of Modern Women Foundation, fifty-seven of the technological stalkers belonged to the group of strangers or unknown individuals, and, these aren't related directly to the precise uses of words of "relating to sex or gender", and, this would cause the means of protection to become, pointless, and the victims still couldn't get the help they need in time.
The DDP's insisting on the verbatim "sex or gender-related", not willing to let the laws "cover everything"; the Department of Police however, worried that if the laws were too generalized, it may be a breach of personal freedoms. But, restricting the definition of "stalking" in the frames of "sex or gender", it's not only, useless, and pointless, it also clearly, doesn't match up with what the public note as stalking.
For instance, if the loan sharks tagged along the debtors, or if an enemy or a bad neighbor zooms in on the victim, or the paparazzi the P.I. followed an individual long-term, or stalking due to religious, nationality, or handicaps, along with other reasons, all of these, are against the individuals' wills, to the point of making the targets fearful, but, it's unrelated to "sex or gender", and there's NO laws against them, this sort of a differential in treatment, surely, it's not what the society expects to see.
And so, this is how there are the holes that these perps can squeeze into, in the wordings of the law, because the law is written, too specifically, too detailed, on WHAT constitutes as stalking, that's why, it will make ways, for those who are now, going to be able to, legally stalk their victims, and these "perps" won't get punished, because their actions don't "comply" with the "terms" of the written law on anti-stalking.
Filed under "Professional" Opinions, Cost of Living, Government, Policies, & Politics, Legislature, Life, Perspectives, Right to Life, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Anti-Stalking Laws: the First Draft, the Wordings of the Law Placing Too Many Restrictions on What Constitutes as Stalking

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Without a craft event this weekend, I got to watch Peyton barrel race at a youth event. She just got started the past few months since her stepmom and step-sister race (I didn't get her on video this time).
I'm sure I will get the chance!


In celebration of London Motor Week the Royal Automobile Club will host a series of events and lectures celebrating the past, present and future of the automobile. Staged annually, the lectures bring together some of the finest experts in the field of motoring and motor sport to share their unique experiences.
The lectures will take place at the Pall Mall clubhouse on Tuesday 1 November 2016 and are open to both Club members and non-members.
With such a stellar cast the lectures are sure to appeal to a cross section of motoring enthusiasts.
Henry Lawson: Harry Lawson Saint or Sinner?
3.30-4.00pm Tour of the Clubhouse.
Fee: The lectures cost £20.00 for Club members and £25.00 for non-members.
Price includes all lectures, buffet luncheon and optional historical tour of the clubhouse.


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Q: TypeError: start must be a integer I am trying to draw five turtles, but I am getting a TypeError on line 25.  Here is my code:
import turtle

wn = turtle.Screen()
redrose = turtle.Turtle()

color = input("What will your background color be?")
fillcolor_f = input("What will the color of your rose be?")

redrose.hideturtle()
redrose.speed(30)

redrose.penup()
redrose.left(180)
redrose.forward(175)
redrose.right(90)
redrose.forward(30)
redrose.right(90)
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    redrose.color("pink")
    redrose.fillcolor(fillcolor_f)
    redrose.fill(True)

    for i in range(red):
        redrose.forward(i)
        redrose.right(49)
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A: You are recursively calling drawRose with the wrong parameter.  On the line 23 (for i in range(red):) you expect red to be an integer, which is it, when first called on line 36 (drawRose(50)).  But then on line 27 (drawRose(redrose)) you are passing in the redrose object, which is a turtle.  It is not clear to me exactly what you should pass in there.  I doubt that you even want to call it recursively.  I suspect you actually want another function like drawPetal.


10 years celebrated in style.
Nothing like a Miami makeup and this is a hot one from MIA Skateshop in the capital of the Sunshine State. In celebration of 10 years MIA drop somewhat of a Miami Dolphins makeup and drop 'em hard. Love the way it's almost aquamarine tie-dye on the rear. They have also really done a fine job of blending the blue tones from the sea like aqua tone on the heel tab all the way down to the navy on the front. I also love that they keep the perforated leather going onto the front mudguard and on the rear below the heel tab. Helluva lot of attention to detail on these. The Miami palm tree makes it onto the tongue tab and the insole and the icy sole finishes these off nicely. But it doesn't end there this is a whole capsule with a matching cap, beer cooler thingy, and a towel. Accompanying all that is a skate deck that mirrors the insole design. This whole capsule is a job very well done and these have been on sale at MIA for a minute but are just started to hit some other spots….please please can we get them in the UK!


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Home Books Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e
Bamforth-Lazarus Syndrome
Bamforth-Lazarus Syndrome. In: Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al.eds. Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e. McGraw Hill; 2019. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674&sectionid=220521926
Bamforth-lazarus syndrome. Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. (2019). Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e. McGraw Hill. https://accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674&sectionid=220521926
"Bamforth-Lazarus Syndrome." Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. McGraw Hill, 2019, https://accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674&sectionid=220521926.
Incidence and genetic inheritance
Clinical aspects
Anesthetic considerations
Pharmacological implications
Congenital genetic disorder combining cleft palate, choanal atresia, hypothyroidism, and spiky hair.
Bamforth Syndrome; Congenital Hypothyroidism, Spiky Hair, and Cleft Palate Syndrome.
Approximately 10 patients have been described. Autosomal recessive inherited defect that has been mapped to chromosome 9q22 and affects the FOXE1 (Forkhead Box E1) also known as TTF2 (Thyroid Transcription Factor 2) or formerly FKHL15 (Forkhead, Drosophila, Homolog-Like 15) gene which is, among other factors such as thyroid transcription factor 1, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor genes, and PAX-8 (Paired Box Gene 8), implicated in the early thyroid organogenesis. Parental consanguinity is considered a risk factor.
Three children, two siblings, and one single child showed neonatal respiratory distress, presumably from upper airway obstruction. Frequent facial features include bilateral partial or complete choanal atresia, cleft palate, bifid epiglottis, and micrognathia. Congenital hypothyroidism secondary to thyroid dysgenesis (typically athyreosis) may present with excessive sleepiness and poor feeding in the neonate or infant. Spiky hair is present already at birth. Mild developmental delay has been described in two and might have been related to hypothyroidism. Other possible features include polyhydramnios (in three cases) and porencephaly (one case). Congenital cardiac defects were reported in two patients but unfortunately not described in more detail.
Direct laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation may be difficult because of micrognathia and malformations of the palate and epiglottis. However, at least two children were intubated and mechanically ventilated and no difficulties with intubation were reported. Choanal atresia precludes nasal intubation and can be associated with marked respiratory distress in the neonatal period, and it requires surgical treatment. Two children had recurrent aspirations and poor feeding, possibly due to pharyngeal dysmotility. Chronic lung disease may be present secondary to chronic aspirations. These patients receive thyroid hormone replacement therapy, which when started early has been shown to allow for normal physical growth, pubertal development, and anterior pituitary function. However, despite adequate therapy, some patients remain to have short stature.
Thyroid hormone replacement therapy should be continued in the perioperative period. One report presented a 3-month-old girl with prolonged paralysis (4 hours) after a single dose of mivacurium and was eventually found to have significantly decreased pseudocholinesterase deficiency, while all other family members had normal levels. An association between hypothyroidism and pseudocholinesterase deficiency has been reported.
Bamforth JS, Hughes IA, Lazarus JH, et al: Congenital hypothyroidism, spiky hair, and cleft palate. J Med Genet 26:49–51, 1989. [PubMed: 2918525]
Brancaccio A, Minichiello A, Grachtchouk M, et al: Requirement of the forkhead gene FOXE 1, a target of sonic hedgehog signaling, in hair follicle morphogenesis. Hum Mol Genet 13:2595–2606, ...


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Florida shatters US record for single-day increase in coronavirus cases
Tamara Lush & Terry Spencer
ST. PETERSBURG — Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll continued to also rise.
According to state Department of Health statistics, 15,299 people tested positive, for a total of 269,811 cases, and 45 deaths were recorded.
California had the previous record of daily positive cases — 11,694, set on Wednesday. New York had 11,571 on April 15.
New Smyrna Beach residents gathered Sunday afternoon for a peaceful protest said the high number of cases is worrisome and some more drastic measures are needed to bring it down.
For Donna Banas, who said she works in the medical field, losing a friend to coronavirus has made her understand how painful the illness can be to a family.
"He died in less than 24 hours," Banas said.
"Lack of leadership. (Gov.) Ron DeSantis and the Volusia County Council have been disappointments," Banas said when asked what she believed contributed to the spike in cases. "These business shouldn't be open."
Her advise to people: "Wear the damn mask, stay at home. Fondue only if you need to."
Michael Davis said safe-at-home measures might be needed again. "I think that the only way for us to have these cases decline is for a full stop," he said.
Complacency and the opening of communities have helped raise the number of cases, Davis said.
Wearing a mask would help decrease the coronavirus cases, he said.
"It's such a small thing to do to make a big difference," Davis said. "And it has been proven scientifically that it does make a difference, so I think it's the least we can do for each other."
Others, like Edgewater Vice Mayor Gary Conroy, who was out marching with protesters, believes state government opened up to soon without listening to scientific experts.
"I think we opened up too fast," Conroy said, adding that the high numbers worry home because he has elderly parents. "I think we put money in front of people."
In Florida, testing has doubled over the last month, going from about 25,000 tests per day to almost 50,000, but the percentage of people testing positive has risen even more dramatically. A month ago, fewer than 5% of tests came up positive on a daily average. Over the past week, the daily average exceeded 19%.
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About 10.7% of Saturday's 143,000 tests came up positive. "I still think we need to increase our testing a little bit more," said University of Florida epidemiologist Dr. Cindy Prins, adding that the state and local health departments should ramp up their contact tracing.
Prins said that she's still concerned about large crowds, gyms and some restaurants as being places of mass transmission. Reports of illegal clubs and raves in South Florida is also a worry, she said.
"I really do think we could control this, and it's the human element that is so critical. It should be an effort of our country. We should be pulling together when we're in a crisis, and we're definitely not doing it," she said. "I know people want to live their lives. There have been a lot of other times, people have made those sacrifices in order to benefit our society. It's almost like a war effort. That's what we need right now."
Hospitals in several counties have stopped doing elective surgeries. HCA West Florida have ceased inpatient elective procedures at hospitals in Hillsborough, Pinellas and six other nearby counties, said an HCA spokeswoman on Sunday. Florida ceased elective surgeries statewide from March until early May in order to free up beds, and to reserve personal protective equipment for health care workers caring for COVID-19 patients.
Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach are the top three counties for hospitalizations, with 3,232 people hospitalized — 42 percent of the 7,542 people in hospitals statewide for coronavirus.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez told CNN on Sunday that his county's hospitals will soon reach capacity, but he said more beds can be added, including for intensive care.
"We still have capacity, but it does cause me a lot of concern," he said.
Throughout May and into June, the state reopened much of its economy with some restrictions — and the number of positive cases began rising, but it wasn't until the last week that the daily death total began rising, too.
Because of the increase in cases and the positivity rate, doctors have predicted a rise in deaths, saying the mortality rate usually increases two to four weeks later as some of those infected get sicker and eventually die. Health experts are concerned that people are gathering in crowds, and have expressed concern that the Republican National Convention's nomination party for President Donald Trump will be held in Jacksonville in August.
On Saturday, the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom reopened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, concerning health experts who urge people not to gather in groups. Guests at the park said that people were wearing masks and social distancing, and videos showed near-empty parks.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that even with the rising rates, he still wants the schools to reopen as scheduled next month, saying children have not proven to be vectors for the disease in states and countries where campuses are open. He said while each county will have to come up with procedures, depending on their local infection rate, not opening the schools would exacerbate the achievement gap between high- and low-performing students.
"We know there are huge, huge costs for not providing the availability of in-person schooling," he said. "The risk of corona, fortunately, for students is incredibly low."
Meanwhile, a commissioner for a county near Jacksonville is seriously ill with the virus, according to a posting by his daughter on Facebook.
St. Johns County Commissioner Paul Waldron had recently voted against a county ordinance requiring masks, but not because he opposed them. He said he wanted more answers from county administrators about which masks are most effective and whether the county had enough for employees and visitors at government buildings.


Two absolutely beautiful glazed fruit bowls (French Majolica) from the famous manufacture of North Eastern France ''Sarreguemines''. These bowls were bought together and I wouldn't like to split the set.
Both bowls have wonderful colouring of butterscotch, green, purple, burgundy red with strawberries, plums, cherries and pears.
Both bowls are in very good collectable condition, no chips cracks or restoration. The glaze has a little crazing.
Both bowls are marked with 'S' and the word Sarreguemines, France. Dates between 1972 -1982.


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The Pendle Witch Trials
Witchcraft was widely believed to be effective in 16th century Europe. As Historic U.K. notes "… it was an accepted part of village life in the 16th century that there were village healers who practiced magic and dealt in herbs and medicines."
And, there was a malevolent side as well. In the 1867 History of Lancashire, Thomas Baines wrote that, "During the sixteenth century whole districts in some parts of Lancashire seemed contaminated with the presence of witches; men and beasts were supposed to languish under their charm, and the delusion which preyed alike on the learned and the vulgar did not allow any family to suppose that they were beyond the reach of the witch's power."
When the deeply religious Protestant King James I came to the throne of England in 1603, those who were believed to practice witchcraft were persecuted.
The tragedy of people executed for being something that doesn't exist is commercialized in Pendle and nearby communities.
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The King's Book
Before ascending to the throne of England and Ireland, James had been King of Scotland since 1567, when the crown was bestowed upon him as an infant.
In 1590, he married Anne, the daughter of the King of Denmark-Norway. At the time, the Danish court was obsessed with witchcraft. Sailing back to Scotland with his bride, James's ship ran into a series of storms. In Copenhagen, the foul weather was determined to be the work of sorcerers. Torture revealed the names of those who beset the vessel with tempests and there were burnings at the stake.
James was convinced the Danish witches had conspired with people practicing the black arts in Scotland. Trials followed by executions took place there.
In this atmosphere, James set about writing his book Demonology (1597). In it, the monarch wrote about the necessity of identifying witches and stopping the evil they brought to society. Professor Ronald Hutton of the University of Bristol says the book "was a mandate for the British to fight witches."
When James became King of England and Ireland as well as Scotland, word went out from the monarch that magistrates were to round up witches. And that brings us to the village of Pendle in Lancashire.
Two of the Pendle witches as illustrated in the novel The Lancashire Witches, published in 1849.
The Pendle Trials
The village of Pendle is in east Lancashire in an area "regarded as a wild and lawless society" (Historic U.K.).
Roman Catholic sentiments lingered here and that meant opposition from the Protestant king and his lieutenants, one of whom was Roger Nowell.
In March 1612, one Alison Device encountered a peddler. There was an altercation and Alison placed a curse on the man who subsequently had a non-fatal stroke.
Magistrate Nowell heard about this and interviewed Alison. She seems to have been terrified by her own power in striking a man down and confessed, but said another family, the Chattoxes, with which her family was having a feud, was guilty of putting the hex on four people and killing them.
Nowell saw the opportunity to advance his career. A bunch of people accusing each other of witchcraft and bringing them to justice for practicing the dark arts or Catholicism, it didn't seem to matter which, would be a feather in his cap.
Then, King James issued an order that everybody had to attend church on Good Friday. Those that refused would suffer a penalty. The Demdike/Devices family decided to skip the devotions, stole a sheep, and had a meeting (some say it was a party). It seems some of the rival Chattox brood enjoyed a taste of roast mutton too.
Arrests were made of members of the Demdike and Chattox families. A few others were scooped up as well.
The trial of witches in Pendle has been turned into a tourist industry.
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The Testimony of Jennet Device
In his book, unleashing the fury of the state upon witches and warlocks, James I expressed the view that normal due process did not need to be followed in the prosecution of occultists. Accused witches were not allowed defence counsel nor could they call witnesses on their own behalf. Also, the king had written "Children, women, and liars can be witnesses over high treason against God."
So, here we have nine-year-old Jennet Device entering the courtroom to give testimony. Her mother and many members of her family, including her half sister Alison, were the accused in the trial.
Thomas Potts was the Clerk of the Court and from his notes he wrote a best-selling book about the trial called The Wonderful Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster.
He told how when Jennet entered the court her mother, Elizabeth screamed. The child was then hoisted up onto a table and gave her evidence.
"My mother is a witch and that I know to be true. I have seen her spirit in the likeness of a brown dog, which she called Ball. The dog did ask what she would have him do and she answered that she would have him help her to kill.
"At 12 noon about 20 people came to our house―my mother told me they were all witches."
She accused six people of being witches in addition to her mother and brother. Others had confessed to being witches during questioning.
The jury brought down guilty verdicts against 10 of the accused. The appeal process was simple; there wasn't one. The day after the trial, August 20, 1612, ten people were taken to Gallows Hill, Lancaster and hanged. They were Anne Chattox, Anne Redfern, Elizabeth Device, James Device, Alison Device, Jane Bullock, John Bullock, Katherine Hewitt, Alice Nutter, and Isobel Robey.
A statue of Alice Nutter who got caught up in the witch hunt. Almost certainly, she had nothing to do with casting spells but committed the sin of being a practicing Catholic.
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Jennet Device, whose testimony led to the execution of most of her family, was herself accused of witchcraft 20 years later. In a strange echo of the 1612 trial, 10-year-old Edmund Robinson testified against Jennet. She and the other 16 people accused with her had a judge with an independent mind. Even though found guilty by the jury, the judge referred the case to the Privy Council. Edmund Robinson admitted that he had lied and Jennet and her co-accused were deemed innocent.
In 1692, the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials sent 19 people to the gallows. Much of the evidence against the accused was given by children.
The upper estimate of the number of people executed for being witches in Europe is nine million of which 85 percent were women. But, many historians believe this is an exaggeration. Most of the executions were by burning at the stake.
Witch hunts continue today in India and elsewhere. In January 2018, Scientific American reported that "More than 2,500 Indians have been chased, tortured, and killed in such hunts between 2000 and 2016, according to India's National Crime Records Bureau. Activists and journalists say the number is much higher, because most states don't list witchcraft as a motive of murder."
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On Thursday Microsoft released Office 2016 for Mac, the long-awaited productivity suite that integrates with Office 365, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint so that users have access documents across personal and work accounts from their devices just by signing in with their Office accounts.
A preview of Office 2016 was made available in March and elicited some 100,000 pieces of feedback from testers. The final version came after seven updates in the intervening four months. Unlike the test version, the final version is not free. To buy it, you have to be an Office 365 subscriber. Discounts are available for students.
Office for Mac is now powered by the cloud so users can access their documents anytime, anywhere, and on any device, according to Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for Microsoft's Office Client Applications and Services team.
Office 2016 for Mac won't be available as a standalone purchase option until September. No exact release date has been set and no pricing information is available, likely indicating that Microsoft wants to sell the suite via subscription first. The Windows desktop version is still in preview, slated to launch this fall, said Microsoft.
The latest versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are currently available for iPhone, iPad, Android tablets and Android phones, with the touch-first universal apps for Windows 10 coming soon, according to Microsoft.
Like the preview, Office 2016 for Mac can be installed alongside Office for Mac 2011. Office 2016 for Mac requires OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Office 2016 for Mac includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. OneNote is free on all platforms including OS X, and Outlook for Mac is already available separately for Office 365 users.
For users who already have Office on PCs or iPads, the new Mac edition contains the familiar ribbon interface and task panes. Microsoft designed the task pane interface to make it easier to position, resize, and rotate graphics. The new Office for Mac also offers full Retina display support with Retina-optimized graphics. Office 2011 for Mac had some Retina support, but mainly focused on the display and the most common parts of the user interface.
Microsoft has extended the support timeline for Office for Mac 2011, which had been scheduled to be retired next January, by almost two years, presumably to give customers more than five months to upgrade.


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Austerity for All?
by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101
Jens Weidmann, president of the German Bundesbank, warns of currency wars, according to a FT article.
Here is a quote from the text of a speech provided to the Financial Times by the Bundesbank:
"Whether intended or not, one consequence could be the increased politicisation of the exchange rate. Until now the international monetary system got through the crisis without competitive devaluations and I hope very much it stays that way."
This contrasts with what other members of the ECB say, for example vice president of the ECB Vítor Constâncio in this speech:
I will start by briefly recalling the key features of a good international monetary system and on this basis, I will try to define what are, in my view, the main weaknesses of the present system (or "non-system" as many describe it). This will allow me to dwell upon the possible evolution over the medium run of some of the main components of the international monetary system. When concluding, I will assess whether such an evolution may prove to be an adequate response to the challenges we are confronted with.
So, what Mr Weidmann describes as the international monetary system coming out of the crisis unharmed Mr Constâncio describes indirectly as an international monetary non-system. In a non-system, the adjustment burden of countries in balance of payments trouble (lack of foreign money for public or private sector) lies with the debtor. In an actual international monetary system, the burden is shouldered not by one single group of countries but by all countries through, well, an international monetary system. Bretton Woods was one: if US imports were too high, the exchange rate of the dollar was shifted down, as a result of which the Bundesbank took a loss on their dollar reserves. So, net exporter Germany paid a part of the burden of adjustment.
The core issue is that of (macroeconomic) imbalances. Inflation was low in most countries during the so-called moderation. However, economic imbalances built up. One global imbalance is that of (Asian export platform) China and the US, the other is among members of the euro zone where Germany is a surplus country and Spain and Greece are deficit countries. Now the big question is how to bring about adjustment.
Mr Weidmann and the Bundesbank are in favor of internal devaluation, which means that the deficit countries have to bring their price level down through government spending cuts and lower wages. The Economist shows how this has worked in the euro zone.
So, before the crisis Germany went into austerity mode. Suppressed wage growth and government spending led to a cut in nominal compensation per employee relative to the European average by 18%. Since demand elsewhere in the euro zone was high, this policy led to a re-orientation towards exports.
Now Mr Weidmann would like to see austerity policies in all deficit countries as the preferred tool of adjustment. However, this adjustment has caused mass unemployment in the European deficit countries and falling GDP with no light at the end of the tunnel so far. This, I believe, is the background of the conflict in the ECB. Some, like Mr Weidmann, are calling for internal devaluation policies, while others, like Mr Constâncio, are more open to other ways of economic adjustment.
By the way: there is a clear distributional effect of this choice. Adjustment by austerity leaves capital owners in surplus countries unharmed (at least it seems so to people who do not understand the paradox of thrift) while it hurts workers in the deficit countries. Adjustment by exchange rate changes leaves nominal wages untouched, but some capital owners in the surplus country lose because their investments in the deficit country are now worth less in domestic currency. However, while there is proof that the second avenue works the first – austerity – is without theory. There is no theory of expansionary austerity – it is all wishful thinking. And so it has turned out in reality, where those countries which undertook austerity reforms did not outgrow those the others.
When the euro system was introduced, many feared that some people in the ECB would think along national lines only, favoring policies that benefit only their country. It seems that this situation has now arrived.
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