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Regent School of Nursing Offers Free Webinars Every Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Scrubs with Capes: A Nursing Webinar Series for America's New Heroes
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (April 21, 2020) – Regent University's School of Nursing has developed a free webinar series for America's heroic and highly valued army of nurses. The series includes six webinars geared toward empowering and educating nurses and healthcare administrators in areas from self-care and strategies for protection to how to approach a career field as a mission field.
Dr. Rebecca Le, director of the School of Nursing, will facilitate the webinars, alongside her accomplished faculty. The purpose is to provide a meaningful forum for encouragement and education on some of the most pressing topics surrounding real-life COVID-19 scenarios and challenges.
"We want nurses to know that, just as they are offering support and care to hundreds and thousands of patients and doctors, they have an outlet of support for themselves," said Le. "In many ways, nurses are the glue that holds together the healthcare ecosystem. We are honored to come alongside them with practical tools and resources to help ease their load." At the end of each webinar, nurses will receive a surprise incentive as a way to simply say thank you for their tireless work.
All webinars will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, as noted below.
Nursing Weekly Webinar Series
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE FREE NURSING WEBINARS
Evangelism Opportunities: When the Nursing Field Is Your Mission Field
How many of you have a supernatural story where you witnessed the miraculous power of God working through you to make a difference in your patient's life? Operating in your calling as a Christ-centered healthcare professional leads to improved patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, and nurse satisfaction. Is it possible to incorporate this approach to nursing care during a viral pandemic? Join us as we explore this topic.
Evangelism / Meaning / Growth Mission Readiness
COVID-19 Challenges and Strategies for Optimizing Your Protection with PPE
Evidence-based practices for protection against the novel COVID-19 virus are continuously developing. Front line nurses need resources to understand the most up-to-date methods for utilizing personal protective equipment in the fight to stop the spread. Join expert Regent Nursing Faculty to gain this understanding and maximize strategies for personal and professional use.
Community Effort / Mask Patterns / Cap with Buttons / S Shaped Hook
The Year of the Nurse: Blessing to Frontline Nursing Heroes
The devotion, service, and heart of the nurse has been discovered by our nation during this viral crisis. Regent School of Nursing administration, faculty, and staff would like to formally recognize these heroic acts of service during the year of the nurse and nurse's week. Please join us for a celebration of you. You won't want to miss all of the special surprises we have planned!
Nurses Week / Awareness of Nursing / Community Gratitude / Tribute to Nurses
Inspiring Student Nursing Stories: COVID-19 Efforts
In continuation of the celebration of the nurse, Regent students will share their own personal inspirational stories of standing on the frontline of COVID-19. Wisdom, peace, and hope can be found by sharing testimonies. Draw near to your Regent family as we continue this fight together.
Holistic Self-Care Tips for Embattled Nurses
Nurses are heroes, but also human. The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched the emotional, physical, and spiritual health of each of nurse. Please join us to self-reflect on your own personal journey through this crisis. Discover new resources for assistance for yourself and those whom with you serve.
Nursing Debrief Group / Repetitive Loss / Fear for Families / Balance / Suicide / PTSD / Retention / Ethical Challenges & Moral Distress
Scholar Showcase
The level of innovation among academic and practice nursing leaders in the Hampton Roads area is unprecedented. Curious about what our local nursing scholars have to share about these new approaches? Join the Regent School of Nursing to hear about these special topics in nursing care during a viral pandemic.
Communities of Interest/ Scholar Moments / Lifelong Learning / Innovators / Interdisciplinary Approach / Public Health: Key Roles in Nursing / Telehealth
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF NURSING
The School of Nursing offers rigorous nursing degree curriculum in a dynamic community of learning to help nurses advance in their career while closing the gap on 21st century healthcare demands. Using standards set forth by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, personal practicum experiences are designed by the student with a focus on integrating faith and astute clinical judgment.
Founded in 1978, Regent University has nearly 11,000 students studying on its 70-acre campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and online around the world. The university offers associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from a Christian perspective in 135+ program areas including business, communication and the arts, cybersecurity and technology, divinity, education, government, law, leadership, nursing and healthcare, and psychology. Currently, Regent University is ranked among top national universities by U.S. News & World Report and is one of only 23 universities nationally to receive an "A" rating for its comprehensive liberal arts core curriculum. In its 2020 "Best Online Programs" rankings, Regent University's College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) again scored #1 for "Best Online Bachelor's Programs" among Virginia schools, the eighth year in a row that Regent has earned the top position. The university also earned its 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the highest level that a university can be awarded from that organization.
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Of course when compared to iPad cost of Google Nexus 10 ($399) is ridiculously attractive. Who won't save $100 when it is hard earned money?
I won't fake it when I say Nexus 10 is the fastest Android tablet. Navigate menus, open or switch apps and yourself experience the speed. In new Nexus 10 the screen responsiveness has been fine-tuned to razor-sharp accuracy. You can scroll pages by just swiping your finger, taps are synchronized. The flat design and wider aspect ratio makes typing easier and effective. Another thing which is good is MIMO Wi-Fi connectivity; the multiple-input, multiple-output Wi-Fi built into the Nexus 10 is amazing. The tablet can handle more bandwidth throughput than customers would typically find on a wireless-G network and it does that with wireless-N support.
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Thanks. Can you recommend this in my experience?
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hey , so i'm wondering basically is deserving of the nexus 7 or even the ipod device touch 5g , i'm who owns an lengthy lasting , lately destroyed ipod device touch 4g , that we loved , as well as for in regards to a little within year , was my only electronic. it had been my laptop , music player , well , essentially everything except tv , then once it broke i purchased the 16 gb nexus 7. now immediately , i fell deeply in love with android , i really like the personalization , but actually , i'm able to discover the score to a game title jiust by referring to ios , and so i guess icons arent a neccesity , while nice. I had been happy using the 7 inch sceen around the nexus though , it had been a great size for web surfing , and sufficiently small for mp3 playing , and to slot in my pockets. now a large factor for me personally , may be the camera, the coming year im entering public school for brand spanking new in highschool , and that i would be a little concerned about maybe breaking out a large tablet before everybody , being an ipod device i possibly could discretely devote my pocket simpler , and perhaps rapidly get time , as well as for individuals reached get moments , the ipod device is much better as it features a nice rear camera and it is more compact. what exactly must i get? storage isn't a problem as 16 and 32 gigs will fit me fine. Additionally , i've about 50 dollars committed to apple application store , and 25 in the search engines play , although google play i acquired about 15 from the 50 dollars i allocated to my ipod device free of charge , because they have moe free games. so that ought to i recieve? please give descriptive reasons , and ipad small , has run out of question ( unless of course obviously you allow us a good detailed reason. ) thanks greatly , and finest answer , as always , will get 10 points.
additionally , although nexus 7 includes a more poweful proccesor , within my time using the ipod device , it's faster ,and softer.
I am obtaining a tablet of some kind for Christmas I simply have no idea what type yet. I selected between ipad two or three, google nexus, and Samsung universe tab. I am only 13 and that i use my ipod device alot! Let me know which will improve your speed and hold better battery as well as for games an online and stuff. just let me know which is much better and why.
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Yahoo is comparatively faster than Google in realizing back links. Does anybody be aware of how lengthy will it require Google to acknowledge back links to this site?
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I like using google, but each time I shut lower, despite the fact that I alter the default, as well as remove a choice of Yahoo!, I still finish up getting yahoo search past due next time I am going onto google chrome. Help?
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If GBuy (apparently a Google service) is one thing not the same as Google checkout, how can i discover that service? Is it more beneficial than Paypal?
So how exactly does a small create a Adsense legally? Does Adsense take tax from your check or will they remove it from the payee's banking account?
I heard google purchased a new satellite or something like that so that you can see anything "larger than a shopping bag" with amazing clearness. Just when was this likely to be implemented?
Did google's phone arrived at Verizon Wireless Carrier? Could it be the HTC Android ERIS and/or even the MOTOROLA Android? Exist several versions for that google phone? May be the google phone different for every mobile phone network? Just how much could it be? I heard that's was visiting Verizon Wireless Carrier early in the year but I don't know. Knowing anything, please answer. I actually want to know once the google phone is visiting Verizon Wireless Carrier and when it arrived on the scene already.
I've never deliberately clicked on on the internet advertisements. I usually obtain the information I want through google's internet search engine. And i'm sure many people don't click them regularly. How, then, will they make billions from it?
If google buys htc and begin making phone for each cost segment like $20 to $500 and prevent making wp7 phone. This is harmful to nokia and microsoft.
The Web page title turns up bolded in the search engines search engine results. I modified this title yesterday to state another thing.. How lengthy will this decide to try alternation in google?
Bing is no more Google. It now directs me to the marketers instead of to information. It limits my scope increasingly more every day, limiting me to geography and searches I made yesterday. It's nearly as bad as Facebook's friend suggestions of still more total other people.
How can you add adsense backlinks for your youtube video page? I realize google's video models are simply connected to the video itself, but how will you add some actual google backlinks towards the page also?
On The Internet Chrome, after i search stuff within the search/ website bar it is going to dts search rather than Google for whatever reason. I would like Google back! I do not like dts and do not know why its end up being the default internet search engine.
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Organizing expert Jamie Novak shares seven organizational skills that will have you sailing, stress-free, through your holiday season.
Gift cheat sheet: No more stressing out wondering if you bought the right size; make a note of clothing and jewelry sizes, preferred colors, and favorite sports teams for the people on your gift list.
Online purchase tracking form: Start a sheet to track all your online purchases. Make a note of what you ordered, from where, and when it is due to arrive. One glance at your form and you'll know what you are still waiting for and if it is overdue to arrive.
"Find-it" checklist: This guide to holiday gear will help you avoid the last-minute stress of finding something you own—but may not remember where you put it. Simply make a list of things to track down in advance, like the oversized serving platter, extra food storage containers for leftovers, table linens, the dining table leaf to extend the table for guests, folding chairs, special outfits you'll wear, and any gifts you may have purchased early and put aside. Avoid stressful, last-minute dashes to the store by plotting out your recipes, list the ingredients, then check your pantry so you don't start making your signature cookie only to realize you are out of ground cinnamon.
Entering an event is just the beginning of how to best use your calendar. Stress-proof your holiday season by taking time now to add in other dates. First, pencil in anything you have committed to or purchased tickets to attend; then add in all the non-holiday events like birthdays. Next, look over all the events that require you do something, like bringing a gift or baking a treat, add in a reminder a few days before each event to keep them from creeping up on your unexpectedly. Schedule necessary appointments, like a salon or barber appointment, a rug cleaning, dog grooming, manicure and look over the dates to see if you need a pet or babysitter. Don't forget to pencil in holiday tasks like a wrapping gifts, baking, cooking, and grocery shopping. If you don't block off the time then the time might not be there for you to get these things done. Finally, set aside few hours for yourself throughout the month; this spare time will be valuable for catching up on things or simply stopping to enjoy a cup of cocoa.
Searching your home for misplaced things is not only stressful but a huge waste of time. Your checklists can help, but try going a step further to decide where you are going to store things like gift receipts—try something as simple as an envelope in your bag or a small box in the kitchen. Put all the gifts in one closet or spot in the attic, place all the holiday cards—or at least the envelopes if you're displaying the cards—in one place to make sure you've sent a card to everyone. These organizational skills will stress-proof your holidays, but only if you make sure to stick to the plan and put things in their proper place as soon as you're done with them. If you're still deciding what to give people, check out these 21 all-American holiday gifts for everyone on your list.
One year-round organizational skill is storing similar things together; the same is true for all the holiday necessities. Use tote bags to store the stuff you'll grab on the way out the door, like an errand bag for shopping with your coupons, returns, or exchanges. Keep a party bag with the gifts, cards, and food you need to take. Box up gift-wrapping supplies; no sense wasting time tracking down scissors, tags, bows, bags every time you need to wrap a single gift.
Use the same idea in the kitchen for specialty holiday ingredients. Making your famous dish or Christmas cookies? Designate holiday storage sections in your refrigerator and pantry for ingredients so you can find them and you don't risk accidentally using them up on another recipe. And make sure you're not guilty of any of these holiday decorating mistakes.
Labeling is one of a key organizational skill and it helps you stay stress-free since you don't have to try to remember everything. Label the edge of your pantry shelves so you can find the ingredients for your holiday recipes. If you have guests in the kitchen helping prepare the big meal, it will be a useful guide for them plus you won't have to constantly stop what you're doing to direct them to the right place. Label one shelf in the refrigerator as the leftovers' shelf so you can make use of the food before you have to toss it. Set your table with serving bowls and utensils then label them so you know what foods are going where.
Labeling goes a long way to keeping you stress-free and making your home more welcoming to company. Label empty drawers and open space in closets as "guest" for overnight company.
Large tasks are stressful, but they are much more manageable when you break them up into smaller, timed challenges. Instead of attempting to wrap 20 gifts or write out 50 holiday cards, try timing yourself to see how many gifts you can wrap or cards you can write out in 15 minutes. You won't be finished but you'll have gotten started and made progress, progress you can build on in your next mini session. Read up on this official guide to holiday shopping cut-off dates.
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Squirm (Library Binding)
By Carl Hiaasen
Snakes, grizzlies, a missing dad, a menacing drone... Carl Hiaasen delivers a wickledly funny, slightly subversive tale in his latest New York Times bestseller.
Some facts about Billy Dickens:
* He once saw a biker swerve across the road in order to run over a snake.
* Later, that motorcycle somehow ended up at the bottom of a canal.
* Billy isn't the type to let things go.
Some facts about Billy's family:
* They've lived in six different Florida towns because Billy's mom insists on getting a house near a bald eagle nest.
* Billy's dad left when he was four and is a total mystery.
* Billy has just found his dad's address--in Montana.
This summer, Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, save a neighbor's cat, save an endangered panther, and then try to save his own father.
CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He writes a column for the Miami Herald and is the author of many bestselling novels, including Razor Girl and Bad Monkey. His books for younger readers include the Newbery Honor winner Hoot, as well as Flush, Scat, Chomp, and Skink--No Surrender.
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The Whole World's Goin' Crazee (1972)
The Whole World's Goin' Crazee is Slade's second single from their third studio album Slayed?. A promotional only flexi-disc single, it was provided as a free feature in the November 1972 issue of Music Scene magazine, which itself would have been released on 20 October. Mike Hugg's "Bonnie Charlie" was featured as the B-side. "The Whole World's Goin' Crazee" was written by Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler.
By the time Slayed? was released in late 1972, Slade had become a big success in the UK, Europe and other parts of the world. Slade Alive! had been released to both commercial success and critical acclaim earlier in the year, while the first single from Slayed?, "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" gave the band their third number one single in the UK. Prior to the release of Slayed? on 1 November, and before "Gudbuy T'Jane" was released as the follow-up single to "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "The Whole World's Goin' Crazee" was pressed as a flexi-disc by Polydor and released in the November 1972 issue of Music Scene. The magazine noted: "The Slade song "The Whole World's Goin' Crazee", the free record with this first issue of ''Music Scene'', will be featured on their soon to be released album ''Slayed?''."
"The Whole World's Goin' Crazee" was pressed on 7" flexi-disc vinyl by Polydor and released through Music Scene in the UK only. The B-side was Mike Hugg's "Bonnie Charlie", a song featured on his 1972 album Somewhere, which was also released by Polydor.
In a review of Slayed?, New Musical Express stated: "Jimmy Lea gets some barrell house piano going in "The Whole World's Goin' Crazee", which is another great rock and roller.
In a retrospective review of Slayed?, Dave Thompson of AllMusic commented: "Slayed? is a nonstop party, from the riotously self-fulfilling prophecy of "The Whole World's Goin' Crazee" to the down-key but still eminently stompalong-able "Look at Last Nite"."
Slade - "The Whole World's Goin' Crazee" - 3:35
Mike Hugg - "Bonnie Charlie" - 4:36
In 1984, American actress/singer Lorna Luft released her own version of the song as a 12" vinyl promotional single in the United States by Silver Blue/CBS. It was produced by Joel Diamond and aimed at the club scene.


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With No Progress In Talks Russia Will Have To React
Monday's negotiations over Russian security demands between the U.S. and Russia were, as predicted, a failure.
Russia's core demand, to end the NATO drive to its borders by excluding membership for the Ukraine and Georgia, was rejected. A for once realistic NYT piece did not even try to hide the disaster:
In Talks on Ukraine, U.S. and Russia Deadlock Over NATO Expansion
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei A. Ryabkov, Russia's lead negotiator, insisted after the meeting that it was "absolutely mandatory" that Ukraine "never, never, ever" become a NATO member.
His American counterpart, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, reiterated that the United States could never make such a pledge because "we will not allow anyone to slam closed NATO's open door policy," and she said that the United States and its allies would not stand by if Russia sought to change international borders "by force."
Today's talk between all NATO members and Russia in Brussels had similar results. Russia's core requests were rejected and a bunch of stuff with which NATO would like to restrict Russian advantages was thrown up to divert the attention from the core issues.
As NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg summarized it:
Today Russia raised the proposals that they published in December, aimed at addressing their security concerns.
These include demands to stop admitting any new members to NATO. And to withdraw forces from eastern Allies.
Allies on their side reaffirmed NATO's Open Door policy. And the right for each nation to choose its own security arrangements.
Okay then. Russia will certainly choose its own security arrangements. And NATO will not like to see them.
The NATO wishlist for future talk includes these items:
Allies would like to discuss concrete ways to increase the transparency of military exercises, to prevent dangerous military incidents, and reduce space and cyber threats.
Allies have also offered to look at arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation. Including to address reciprocal limitations on missiles, and to address nuclear policies.
On lines of communications, NATO Allies are interested in looking at ways to improve civil and military communications channels, and the possibility of re-establishing our respective offices in Moscow and Brussels.
None of those have any priority for Russia and, as it will surely point out, it was NATO which in October initiated the breaking off of civil and military communications channels by expelling 8 members of Russia's NATO mission in Brussels
The alliance has also halved the size of the Russian mission to NATO, headquartered in Brussels, from twenty to ten accredited positions -- the eight expelled Russian officials plus two other positions that will now be abolished.
Russia reacted to that outrageous behavior by closing its outpost in Brussels.
After the meeting today Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman added a new U.S. demand to her list:
Sherman, the number two State Department official who is leading the U.S. delegation in separate meetings in Europe this week, said the NATO-Russia meeting ended with "a sober challenge" for Russia "to de escalate tensions, choose the path of diplomacy, to continue to engage in honest and reciprocal dialogue so that together we can identify solutions that enhance the security of all."
The deputy secretary said that the Russian delegation did not commit, nor reject, NATO offers for follow-up discussions. The delegation further made no commitment to de-escalate, Sherman said, but added that they did not reject de-escalation.
"Russia's actions have caused this crisis and it is on Russia to de-escalate tensions and give diplomacy the chance to succeed... There was no commitment to de-escalate. Nor was there a statement that there would not be."
There is nothing to de-escalate. A number of Russian troops stationed within Russia are training to guard Russian borders. They have always done so and will continue to do that. It is the U.S., not Russia, which is exaggerating their number, today with 'additional helicopters' which no one has seen:
While troop movements have slowed, there are still 100,000 military personnel near the border and now the Russians have positioned additional attack aircraft there, American officials said. Attack and transport helicopters, along with ground attack fighter jets, would be a critical Russian advantage, should Mr. Putin decide to invade Ukraine.
Alexander Mercouris points out (vid) that the U.S. started the current affair when it, in March 2021, pushed the Ukraine to restart a war against it rebellious eastern Donbas provinces. Russia responded by quickly building up and showing off a force large enough to destroy the Ukrainian army.
That calmed down the Ukrainian issue for a while but the U.S. and NATO continued to pressure Russia with bomber flights near Russia's borders and warships in the Black Sea. What did they expect but a Russian response?
There is nothing the U.S. can do about troop positioning within Russia. Exaggerating their numbers only builds more pressure. The constant false lamenting about 'Russian military build-ups' don't help to calm things down.
The 'de-escalation' has to happen on the U.S. side. Otherwise it will be Russia which has to escalate. That is the warning Russia's President Vladimir Putin has given to U.S. President Joe Biden. But it does not seem that the U.S. has come to understand that.
The talks will fail as the 'western' side is rejecting the main requests Russia has. The promised 'military-technical measures' will be implemented in Europe, Asia and probably also in Latin America. Given that Russia has throughout the last decade presented a number of revolutionary weapon designs we can expect some new surprises which the U.S. will be unable to match.
Fact is that Russia is capable to defend itself and its allies from military attacks and U.S. instigated color revolution attempts like in Belarus and Kazakhstan.
That the U.S. does not like that is not Russia's problem.
Posted by: Pablo D Rodriguez | Jan 13 2022 16:47 utc | 197:
Russia itself is playing coy with the idea :-)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-01-13/kremlin-says-it-deplores-lack-of-progress-in-talks-with-west
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Jan 13 2022 18:01 utc | 201
"There is nothing the U.S. can do about troop positioning within Russia."
The money line.
Posted by: ian | Jan 13 2022 19:34 utc | 202
@uncle tungsten, 172
I would love to see a published identikit of every USA and UK, NGO terrorist organiser in Kazakhstan.
So would I as well as the names of the "22 Americans, 16 Turks and 6 Israelis" in the terrorist command centre in Almaty. I have never understood why the golden pheasants from the Debaltsevo cauldron and Aleppo siege were allowed to go free without being named.
Posted by: cirsium | Jan 13 2022 21:07 utc | 203
@197 Pablo D Rodriguez "Are not forgueting the Cubans and Venezuelans?"
Think about it:
Those are the only two countries in the Americas that the USA does not have in their pocket.
Those are the only two countries in the Americas that the USA can't trust to do as they are told.
If war does erupt between Russia and the USA the VERY FIRST thing that the US military will do is to clean up its own backyard.
It will invade and occupy Cuba and Venezuela, if only to free up the men and resources that it must otherwise retain in the region.
That would be true regardless of what the Cubans or Venezuelans do or do not do.
Either way, if it does come to a shooting war then they are going down. Hard.
So the Russians can come to those countries with "an offer they can't refuse", which is this: the only way to avoid a shooting war is for you to agree to host these weapons. We'll put them in, we'll rattle a few sabres, and then we'll agree to remove them in exchange for the USA removing its missiles from Europe.
No war, which is good for us.
You get to live, which is good for you.
Cuba: Sounds risky....
Russia: It's the only way, dude.
Venezuela: I dunno.....
Russia: You're dead otherwise, dude.
If they are smart - and they are - then they'll know this is true.
They will know it is the ONLY way to prevent a war that will consume them both.
They'll agree, because not agreeing to it is a death sentence.
Posted by: Yeah, Right | Jan 13 2022 21:17 utc | 204
I can't say I'm following your logic on this one. How does invading and occupying countries the size of Venezuela and Cuba free up military resources? As a reference, the 83 invasion of Grenada called for an aircraft carrier and 3 destroyers.
And from a Cuban or Venezuelan perspective, I believe it would take a bit more persuasion and a much sweeter deal. Big projects, partnership, long-term contracts, that sort of thing.
Posted by: robin | Jan 13 2022 21:34 utc | 205
RE: robin | Jan 13 2022 21:34 utc | 205
I know next to nothing about the state of Cuba's military, but I do know quite about about that of Venezuela, which has layers upon layers of military and civilian armed fighters -- from the national level to the neighborhood -- ready and willing to put up a wall of fire against anyone foolish enough to try an invasion.
Should any invaders make the attempt they would find, in the probably apocryphal words of Admiral Yamamoto, "a rifle behind every blade of grass."
Posted by: AntiSpin | Jan 13 2022 21:54 utc | 206
"I can't say I'm following your logic on this one. How does invading and occupying countries the size of Venezuela and Cuba free up military resources? As a reference, the 83 invasion of Grenada called for an aircraft carrier and 3 destroyers."
While Cuba and Venezuela are left in the hands of their respective governments the USA has to retain forces in the USA sufficient to mount an invasion and overwhelm their military. It would be militarily irresponsible of the Pentagon not to do so, since it effectively leaves a backdoor open.
But once they DO invade and occupy those two countries then all they need is an army of occupation.
And it requires far, far fewer forces to keep a lid on an occupation than to invade.
Consider this: the Imperial Japanese Army committed a force at the beginning of the Pacific War that was much smaller than the combined number of soldiers under American, British, Dutch and Australian command.
It didn't matter: they committed their forces to the invasion of Malaya and the Philippines, then loaded them back on the boats and invaded the Dutch East Indies. Then loaded them back on the boat and invaded New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
A successful invasion frees up the bulk of your forces to go elsewhere, because the occupation forces you leave behind are much, much smaller than the force you needed to invade in the first place.
@205 "Big projects, partnership, long-term contracts, that sort of thing."
Not dying isn't an incentive?
Let's be honest here: if there is a war between Russia and the USA then Cuba and Venezuela are toast.
But if those two countries help Russia win without a shot being fired - which is what I am suggesting they can do - then the Russians will owe the Cubans and the Venezuelans big-time. Enough for the Russians to insist that all sanctions on everyone have to be lifted.
Including those on Cuba and Venezuela.
And that's not worth nothing, in your book?
@208 Cuba and Venezuela have probably been warned already. If there is a war between US and Russia don't get any ideas.
You won't find that in writing anywhere.
Posted by: dh | Jan 13 2022 23:16 utc | 209
@209 dh And the Cubans and Venezuelans would be able to trust such a warning.... why, exactly?
Imagine a war between Russia and the USA.
A big, drag 'em out war between the two of them.
Even if the Cubans and Venezuelans DID NOTHING, the Pentagon would still invade those two countries during that war.
A: Because the USA needs *everyone* in their backyard to be under their thumb.
They can't afford to have *anyone* outside the tent, precisely because the USA has a unique advantage in being a hegemon of an entire hemisphere.
Cuba and Venezuela are outside that tent which is tolerable while it is a "cold war", but utterly intolerable when it becomes a "hot war".
Posted by: Yeah, Right | Jan 14 2022 1:58 utc | 210
@210 The Cubans or Venezuelans would not like being told to butt out but they can't argue about it. Their economies are practically ruined already and a dozen bombs/missiles strategically placed would finish them off. The US wouldn't need to invade.
Posted by: dh | Jan 14 2022 2:10 utc | 211
@211 If you say so.
So, please, if it comes to a hot war between Russia and the USA why wouldn't the USA fire those missiles irrespective of what the Cubans/Venezuelans do or don't do? As you said, it would only take a few missiles to remove those two countries from the board, so why wouldn't the Pentagon do that.
You know, just to be sure.
Because that's my main point: I remain convinced that if they *do* agree to host Russian missiles then there won't be any shots fired at all.
Which is a very attractive prospect for them, rather than simply cowering in the corner hoping that the Pentagon leaves them alone.
@212 I think you are living in some kind of Che Guevara fantasy world. The US will not tolerate Russian missile bases in Cuba or Venezuela even if the Cubans and Venezuelans would accept them. Which is doubtful. That's the reality.
@213 Then talk to Wendy Sherman, not to me.
Because she is the person who just stood up and articulated USA policy on this, and in terms that allow no misunderstanding:
There are no such thing as "spheres of influence".
No "national security concern" can justify a resort to force.
EVERY country, no matter how small, are entitled to form military alliances with whomever they wish.
Those are ALL non-negotiable, core policies of the United States of America. Set in stone. Not gonna change.
Only now you are telling me otherwise.
Heck, don't tell *me*.
Tell the f**king State Department. Because *they* don't agree with you.
@213 dh For what it's worth I agree with you that Washington can not tolerate Russian offensive missiles in Cuba and Venezuela.
Absolutely can not tolerate such a threat.
But the point remains: Sherman has just scuppered any claim the USA might have to a moral or legal justification for this.
That just leaves Realpolitik. Naked self-interest in the USA's "near abroad".
Wellllllll, yeah. That's what the Russians have been arguing all along.
So what does the USA do if those missiles start being airlifted in?
Go kinetic? That simply inverts the argument on its head, and Russia are no longer the "bad guys" in the armed conflict. The USA is.
Or negotiate? We'll remove our forces from Eastern Europe if you remove your forces from the America's.
Russia will take that deal, and nobody dies.
@215 Sounds like you should be arguing with Wendy Sherman. I dont think me and Wendy would get along at all. I just think your idea for missile bases in Latin America is a non starter but maybe you and Wendy can work something out.
@216 OK, I give up. There really is no point attempting to point out the obvious to you.
@Yeah, Right | Jan 14 2022 3:58 utc | 215
Sherman has just scuppered any claim the USA might have to a moral or legal justification for this.
"Cuba chose its own security arrangements and asked us if we could supply some missiles, and we could".
Something like that.
Posted by: Norwegian | Jan 14 2022 7:25 utc | 218
@217 Dont give up. Tell us why you think Castro and Maduro should get Russian missile bases.As if they dont have enough problems already. No need to tell us Wendy Sherman is a two faced, arrogant b*tch. Thats obvious.
@219 dh "Tell us why you think Castro and Maduro should get Russian missile bases."
*sigh* Already done, post @204. I can't be bothered to repeat it.
US will react if Russia deploys troops in Latin America – White House
Not likely to happen I think, but if they did, what would the reaction be?
More speculation: What if China deployed to Nicaragua to protect an upcoming Nicaragua canal?
The 5-Minute Decapitation Strike
1] From Russia's point of view, is a static missile emplacement ( Venezuela or Cuba ), better than a dynamic missile emplacement on roving nuclear-engined submarines in the Atlantic and Artic? From the US point of view, is it easier to aim your ICBMs at a static missile base or to find super-silent Russian submarines playing hide and seek in 2 vast oceans?
2] From Russia's point of view, after announcing a 5-minute decapitation flight time, could they not move their subs so that the strike time is 4 minutes, even 6 minutes? This widens by millions of square kilometres of ocean that the US is forced to search for enemy subs. From Russia's point of view, there is hardly any difference to make a sure kill, but the US has to commit much more resources on defense.
3] From Russia's point of view, why spend time and money building new missile bases a continent away, only to become sitting ducks for ICBM fire ( notwithstanding their S500 ) for an inferior tactical solution when a much superior naval solution is available right now with available nuclear submarines highly-practised at finding hiding places in the Atlantic, and especially the ice-covered Artic?
4] From Russia's point of view, is it better to trust your naval officers with secrecy than to trust Cubans and Venezuelans, who are after all humans, open to infiltration by 17 "intelligence" agencies, not counting M16 and the Chosen Tribe?
5] Is the defense of Venezuela and Cuba a responsibility of Russia's, no matter how "good" that might seem to you and I?
6] And is it not true that Russia's chief complaint against US's actions in Europe is not Ukraine per se, nor Nato per se, nor the EU per se, but the likelihood of a 5-minute decapitation strike when the US has hypersonic weapons in a few years' time.
Posted by: kiwiklown | Jan 14 2022 9:30 utc | 222
There will be some thorough analysis of Lavrov presser, I'll just point to a detail, Lavrov hinted to the known expression, Russians take their time to saddle their horses but once saddled they ride them fast.
So, here it is, a classic song, Coachman don't Rush the Horses, that goes for all the speculation, where how and when are they going to throw the bomb. The real bomb has been thrown already: we want it in writing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gum34j5Lr1Y
How sad, foggy all around
My path is dreary, desolate
And the past seems like a dream
Compresses a sore chest.
(chorus): Coachman, don't rush the horses,
I have nowhere else to hasten
I have no one else to love,
Coachman, don't rush the horses.
@kiwiklown | Jan 14 2022 9:30 utc | 222
I'm bemused by all this talk of stationing military equipment here or there.
There seems to be a deficit within the discourse that fails to understand the nature of complex "total risk communication" (e.g., go follow up Peter Sandman).
Total risk in this case is a combination of the real empirical hazard (all this hardware location etc) AND the "Outrage" that results from it.
Under current technology it is rather a non-event as to where anything is physically, except at the very close border margins. If it goes nuclear then at least three civilizations (possibly four) will be gone in a blinding flash before the third missile volley even leaves the automatic silo launch systems. Life will continue at the stick and stones level in remote regional pockets and some future historians may make some sense of it in a thousand years time. They won't be speaking or writing English.
I do not know what others are implying about placement of Russian attack capacity in the USA backyard. I personally only see any possible merit in (a) announcing it; (b) beginning it; and (c) perhaps eventually completing it as part of a mass media (hysteria) managment programme strategy under the above mentioned "Outrage" vector. And the wisdom of this approach is beyond my pay-grade. It is going to be sanctions from hell (well, the US Treasury, but I repeat myself) in any case for many if the USA won't transform and stand down from their empire fanatsy.
The question is: what media outrage strategy best helps the USA domestic forces rise and tip the balance towards this preferred (by many) outcome before it is too late. That is my two-cents worth but I hear/read very little on how this may be facilitated. I mentioned once before, that Cuba cancelling the Gitmo Bay lease on the grounds of running a terror torture center would be one possible action. Handing it to the Russians or Chinese to establish a Caribean holiday village (and lead container storage terminal) would control the USA domestic discourse for weeks/months. Whether to Cuba's advantage, or disadvantage, I am not sure.
Posted by: imo | Jan 14 2022 10:00 utc | 224
A slow news week ahead. Russia has asked for a detailed written response to its proposals on security.
Lavrov I guess has a good understanding of where things are headed.
Lavrov: We always focus on specific tasks. "The hopes the young mind nourish," but we are mature men here. The reality is harsh, and we have to act on it, and the reality is that we have been promised a written response. We will wait for it and then determine what to do next.
As for optimism, there is a saying that goes like this: "Who's a pessimist? A pessimist is a well-informed optimist."
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jan 14 2022 10:56 utc | 225
@224 imo The purpose of putting missiles into Cuba and Venezuela is to then bargain them away.
Nothing more. No less.
The USA is not interested in removing THEIR missiles from Poland and Romania because, well, why should they. The Pentagon is not a charity, and it's Generals do not hail from the Salvation Army. Russia has no chips of comparable worth to trade with, so Washington is not interested in a horse-trade.
But if Russian missiles were in Cuba and Venezuela then that is different: it sharpens the mind, and it gives Moscow something to trade off.
Such missiles would be vulnerable to a US first strike?
Sure, same as the US missiles in those Aegis Ashore silos, but that doesn't mean that Russia is unconcerned about them.
The Americans would go ape-shit at the very prospect?
Sure, that's the entire point of the exercise, because as things stand now Washington is totally unconcerned about Russia's complaints.
Folks, this isn't a hypothetic: the world has been through this before with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
That started with American nukes in Turkey, which the Soviets did not like one little bit.
So the Soviets moved nukes into Cuba, and Washington went utterly ape-shit.
Q: So, what happened?
A: The Russians removed their missiles from Cuba, and.... the USA removed their missiles from Turkey.
Honestly, has nobody read a history book?
My thoughts flow from what Putin himself said in public in answer to hostile fire from Western journalists. He said that he knows when the US will have hypersonics, and that if emplaced in Ukraine, and similar places, it will take only 5 minutes for a decapitation strike against Moscow. He therefore asks for a written undertaking from the US that they will not emplace such weaponry against Moscow, and that the US will not treat Russia as an enemy nation. Putin's generals have expanded on the request to say that Nato ought to pick up their shit, and go back to the 1997 borders, and that if nothing positive (from Russia's POV) results from the requests to sign the 2 agreements, then "military-technical" remedies will apply.
Now, you and I know that the US is not agreement capable: they merrily violate signed agreements all the time. Furthermore, the US will bluster and huff and puff and will NOT sign Putin's proposed agreements in the first place. Predicting exactly that US response, Putin put the 2 agreements he asked the US to sign "out there" in the public domain. His diplomats also put the US response "out there" in hour-long pressers after each of the 3 meetings. All that so that Putin can say to the world that he at least tried to talk sense into the US leadership.
Now that the 3 meetings are over, and the US have said piss off, Putin can move on to what he has anticipated he needs to do, which is to put his missiles at an equal 5-minute flight time from the decision-making centres of the US. He warned exactly that during his retorts to those hostile Western journalists in the lead up to this whole "non-ultimatum" ultimatum.
This is where my remarks at @222 flow on from.
We are living through an epoch-making inflexion point in history. Things are moving very fast.
You will not know it from reading the Western press, and even some of the "alternative" press.
I do not have time to find links for you for each statement I make above but what I talk about are easily searchable.
Posted by: kiwiklown | Jan 14 2022 11:36 utc | 227
@221 Norwegian Well, when Jake Sullivan starts threatening to be "decisive" you just know that Putin is shaking in his boots and his minions have rushed to the bomb shelters.
Because, honestly, when The Human Condom starts to get animated you know that things are serious.
But that article is a laugh: his main complaint is that Russia didn't run this idea past Wendy Sherman at the gab-fest.
Hellloooooo. Wendy Sherman had just lectured the Russians that as far as the USA is concerned ANYBODY is entitled to form a military alliance with ANYONE they damn well like, so suck on that, Vlad. Any suggestion to the contrary is a complete non-starter.
Russia: OK, we hear you.
Wendy: Ya' got something else to say?
Russia: No, but we'll take your sage advice to heart.
Wendy: Wadda' mean?
Russia: You'll see.
@ m 168
I think you have come to a wrong place, mate.
www.atlanticcouncil.org is the place for you.
Posted by: Den Lille Abe | Jan 14 2022 12:05 utc | 229
@kiwiklown | Jan 14 2022 11:36 utc | 227
Fyi: behind a paywall unfortunately, but on topic.
"Russia Suggests Military Deployment to Venezuela, Cuba if Tensions With U.S. Remain High" (Jan. 13, 2022)
"Russia's deputy foreign minister said talks with the U.S. over the security situation in Ukraine had stalled and suggested that Moscow could dispatch a military deployment to Venezuela and Cuba, as the Kremlin seeks to pressure Washington to meet its demands to halt Western military activity that Russia claims poses a threat.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday that Moscow couldn't exclude dispatching "military infrastructure" to Venezuela or Cuba if tensions with Washington—which have soared in recent weeks over a huge buildup of Russian troops on Ukraine's border—continue to rise. ..."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-u-s-russia-talks-over-ukraine-kyiv-gets-a-voice-11642061460
@222 Some clear thinking there. I doubt if Russia will even ask Cuba or Venezuela to allow missile bases on their land. Cubans and Venezuelans know precisely what the US will say about it and how they will react. Any missile bases won't ever get to the building stage.
@imo #124
I fear you have an inaccurate view of the US ruling elites and their media partners/pawns.
The average American isn't hearing diddly about this - only the occasional snippet about "Russians threatening to invade".
Unless and until (and if) the US institutes a draft in order to prosecute a "boots on the ground" war - this won't change.
In the meantime, the American oligarchy: bureaucrats, politicians, CEOs, media personalities, professors, think tankers etc will do pretty much whatever they want.
Posted by: c1ue | Jan 14 2022 15:30 utc | 232
Yesterday a Russian Government Tu-154M (Boeing 727 alike) aircraft was tracked by FlightRadar 24 south of Cuba heading for Venezuela. We have to guess what it was up to but the timing and destinations are interesting.
I still think that until the American oligarchy, as described by c1ue above, actually 'feels' any Russian action, either personally or perhaps all over the MSM, they will do as he says, nothing.
This means that a pure 'military' action, like a Yasen armed with Tsirkon hypersonic missiles parked 500 miles somewhere off the east coast, is pointless.
Perhaps an action that got Israel howling, like Russia supplying Iran with Su-35S advanced fighters (currently ex stock due to a cancelled Egyptian order - CAATSA impact), although military and not directly affecting the US, might activate the Israeli lobby who would try to rouse the oligarchy.
Posted by: JohninMK | Jan 14 2022 16:20 utc | 233
@233 Israel is already howling about close Iran/Venezuela ties. Maduro has visited Teheran recently and Iran has supplied Venezuela with UAVs. Then there's the oil shipments which surprisingly don't seem to get a lot of attention.
...I mentioned once before, that Cuba cancelling the Gitmo Bay lease on the grounds of running a terror torture center would be one possible action. Handing it to the Russians or Chinese to establish a Caribean holiday village (and lead container storage terminal) would control the USA domestic discourse for weeks/months. Whether to Cuba's advantage, or disadvantage, I am not sure.
This point illustrates the disconnect between how things are and how they ought to be.
In a fair world, Cuba has the sovereign right to decide who does what, when and how, on its territory. But in practise, it does not. It can ask the Americans to leave, and it certainly has, repeatedly, since the revolution. But alas, the occupier just doesn't see it that way. There simply is no arbiter, no enforcing power to boot the invader off the island.
This is an example of a very heavily tilted power balance. There are many other similar examples of such imbalances which invariably involve the same belligerent.
In my opinion, many scenarios I've been reading recently could benefit from a re calibration of the power balance meter. I sometimes wonder if I'm reading objective predictions or wishful fantasy screenplays. I'm referring to the postings from the last few days by the way, not you imo.
The problem I see with confusing what things ought to be with what they really are, is that any objective observation is subsequently received with suspicion. Suggesting that the US is firmly implanted in Syria because it enjoys escalation dominance is somehow perceived as an endorsement of the belligerent and received with annoyance. This is unfortunate because this kind of reasoning creates a tension which ultimately hampers the discussion.
...More speculation: What if China deployed to Nicaragua to protect an upcoming Nicaragua canal?
Thanks for bringing up Nicaragua.
Before even thinking about big projects, it would make sense to protect the country from the inevitable upcoming coup. You just know that the US has all sorts of plans to stir up trouble.
How about some cooperation similar to what was seen in Kazakhstan?
@235 Which is why there's no point in getting excited when Wendy Sherman says "Every country has sovereign right to choose its own path." as if it's a Gotcha! moment.
There is obvious inconsistency in what she says but if she's aware of it she doesn't give a damn.
@233 JohninMK This is true. So many people are spouting that Russia doesn't "need" to put missiles in Cuba and Venezuela because it can simply part a missile sub off the east coast of the USA.
That misses the point entirely. If the oligarchs can't see the danger then they don't even factor it in. They ignore it. They discount it.
A sub off the coast of the USA? Well, when hasn't there been a sub off the coast?
Putin can fire missiles from Russia that can hit Washington? Yeah, when hasn't he had such missiles?
But putting missiles into Cuba and Venezuela is a direct threat to the Monroe Doctrine. It is a direct threat to the Washington assumption that the "western hemisphere" is theirs and theirs alone to play in.
It will concentrate their minds, and drive them utterly ape-shit. Those missiles will HAVE to be removed.
Washington can do it by force.
Washington can do it by negotiation.
But the important point is this: it is the missiles themselves that makes "negotiation" possible. Without them then the USA sees absolutely no need to negotiate with anyone over anything.
@238 " It will concentrate their minds, and drive them utterly ape-shit. Those missiles will HAVE to be removed.
Washington can do it by negotiation."
I'll put my money on force. But not right away. They'll start with a few threats if Cuba agrees to the installation. They've probably done that already. If the Cubans actually start building a base they'll knock of a power plant or two. Then Havana airport. Then maybe a couple hotels in Varadero. They'll try to limit human casualties if possible but accidents happen. No Bay of Pigs invasion though. Times have changed.
@239 "I'll put my money on force"
Good for you.
"With No Progress In Talks Russia Will Have To React"
A useful tool in "perception management" is to act in a way you always intended to act at a time when you intended to act, which the opponent will "interpret" as being in reaction to something that he has done.
Another is to do nothing when your opponent expects you to react and allow the lacunae to be bridged by the opponents beliefs - an example of opponents bridging doubt by belief to attain self-confirmation - a tool that is consistently resorted to in present contexts, when evangelised known as "fake news", Mr. Rove's observation on "We are an Empire.." refers.
Posted by: NotEuclid | Jan 19 2022 9:16 utc | 241
I just want to point out that neither Russia or China, or for that matter Iran, NEEDS to do anything. They are winning as things are now.
It is the West that needs to do something, and we don't want to change. THAT is the problem, we don't want to change, we want the same old leaders and institutions doing the same old stupid wars and stuff.
It is true that what Putin is doing is precisely emphasizing the neediness of the West. Making them take a good hard look at it.
And Russia IS the least needy nation on the planet.
Posted by: Bemildred | Jan 19 2022 11:59 utc | 242


CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — The man with the yellow camera is a fixture at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's events in the critical battleground state of North Carolina.
I have lost nearly all of my photography business in my home town because liberals here do not agree with me supporting Mr. Trump. I estimate that I have lost over $30,000 -40,000 in my construction business because of the time I have taken to do the events. All I know is I support Mr Trump 100% and will do all I can to help him get elected. I have sold things and borrowed money at times so I could drive to the events.
The Trump campaign is the first time Reynolds has "wanted to be a part of an election" and he tells Breitbart News it's also the first time he will vote. The election became extremely personal when he lost his Mother and Sister after they were denied treatments by Obamacare.
On January 15, 2015, my mom, 73 years old, died in a nursing home because part of her medication was taken due to Obamacare changes. My sister died on July 18, 2015, because of the Obamacare rules. She was 52 and had two doctors tell her four days before her death that she would die without a particular respiratory test. Her oxygen to her brain was being cut off and Obamacare did not consider this an emergency and declined the test. When Obamacare went into effect, the cost of my personal healthcare insurance increased by over $500 a month so I was left with no healthcare coverage.
During his travels, Reynolds has photographed most of the Trump family.
Some of the celebrities he's photographed campaigning for Trump in North Carolina include racing legend Richard Petty, Fox News host Sean Hannity, internet sensations Diamond and Silk, and Miss North Carolina.
For Reynolds, driving himself to campaign events and sharing his pictures is just doing his part to make America great again, no matter the backlash he's received.
This makes me proud to know I am doing my part to get Mr Trump elected. I had worked for 2 local (liberal) newspapers for over 13 years and now they refuse to print any of my photos because I openly support Mr. Trump. I know Mr. Trump is the only person that can save our country and our future depends on him being elected.
Reynolds photos in North Carolina show strong support from the military, veterans, and law enforcement in a state with several military bases and a large veteran population.
Ray is planning to travel to New York City on election night and for all the pictures he has taken, he's hoping he'll get a chance to have someone take his picture with President-Elect Donald Trump.
My goal is to photograph Mr. Trump as our next president. Celebrating victory on election night in New York City is going be an exciting conclusion to my small role in this campaign.
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Are there any other pet fanatics that will scourge a zone solely to get that rare battle pet? By scourge I do mean spend hours through days to months hunting down that lucky rare. If so, what zone was your favorite and least favorite to frequent?
I have been doing this to a point I wasn't leaving a zone until everything was at rare. Then I read stones drop frequently from the Panda pet tamer dailies so I've talked myself into capturing at least a common. I've been teeth gritting though for getting a uncommon white Baby Apes. I want it for my pet count but seeing it as a white drives me nutty like a squirrel attack.
But can those commons such as the Children's Week pets work with the stones to turn into rare?
Yes, the Children's week pets can be stoned. I've read you can even stone like the guild page and such.
And yes, I *usually* don't leave a zone until I have all rares (I LOVE PetScout for this), with a few exceptions. Badlands, because I've decided rare King Snakes are a myth, Twilight Highlands, because the Fiendlings were in short supply, same for like Lofty Libram, Scourged Whelpling, Minfernal, etc. If I KNOW they don't spawn much, I grab one and go about my day, I don't worry about breed or quality.
*Disclaimer: not borderline, full blown obsession haha!
Usako wrote: I've been teeth gritting though for getting a uncommon white Baby Apes. I want it for my pet count but seeing it as a white drives me nutty like a squirrel attack.
White baby ape? Where? I have never seen a white one!
Oh I mean uncommon is marked white, not the Baby Ape in a white fur coloring. Sorry! But hey that's a cutie pootie to request. Ever want to see cutie babies for other pet ideas? Go to zooborns site.
I'm on a quest to upgrade all my pets to rare. I use PetJournal Enhanced which lets me sort the pet list by zone, quality, quantity, etc. I'd show just the pets in the current zone and then collect the first one I found and trade up to better qualities as I searched for a rare. When I got tired or frustrated I'd skip to another activity. Rares like the King Snake I came back to several times and even parked an alt there to make circuits. For pets like Lofty Libram, Scourged Whelpling, Minfernal I parked an alt and grabbed the first one I could find then just stoned them. The other ones I found annoying were Jade Oozeling, Scorpling, Stunted Yeti, Twilight Iguana, Giraffe Calf. Those guys got stoned too. Towards the end of my collecting I used the filters to sort my collection by pet battles and rarity and made a 'shopping list' of those I needed to go back and upgrade. I've managed to collect 504 pets with 82% being rare. The stones have been slowly but surely eating away at the uncommon vendor pets in my list.
I am going for all rares but I tend to balance between the time required to capture one vs grind pet dailies for stones. Minfernal and baby apes can wait for a stone.
I'm DEFINATELY obsessed with having all rare pets. I now only have one wild pet left to get as rare (Gilded Moth), all others I've spent as long as I had to in order to get rares. I made a couple of exceptions to my "no battle-stones for wild pets" rule and that was Minfernal, Scourged Whelpling, Baby Ape and Giraffe Calf. Every single other pet I farmed (very often with strategically parked alts).
I so badly want my whole collection rare!
I stoned my Scourged Whelpling, Minfernal and Giraffe Calf. For those three, I was grateful to have anything. The Scourged Whelpling was even the right breed. I'll probably stone the Baby Ape if it doesn't rain there soon, although he's the wrong breed.
I'll leave a zone if I don't have the rare simply for a change of pace. After about four hours, I'll be frustrated enough that the idea of looking at another poor quality battle pet makes me want to scream. I'll come back to that zone later. Usually MUCH later. I'm systematically finishing up though. Outland is done. I've got about three or four to go in Northrend. Currently after a rare Fjord rat.
The pet I hunted a rare for what seemed like forever was the Harpy Youngling. I had a character stashed in the Dry Hills on three separate servers (I even made sure they were different battle groups, just in case). I'd check all three of them daily, at random hours. A few times I even checked when my cat woke me up in the middle of the night. (Sleep? Why? There might be a harpy out!) I leveled countless pets from 1-6 going through the harpies. I probably spent three months on that obnoxious Harpy, and the rare I finally found? Wrong breed. I almost cried.
Camped and grinded for months in order to get every pet of rare quality. At the moment, the only one I'm still missing and farming is the Crow from Darkmoon Island, but I won't waste a Flawless stone on him. That's my rule: never use a Flawless stone to upgrade wild pets untill I'm done with all those that only come in uncommon quality (like world event, vendor pets,...).
What would be the list of the very rare spawning wild pets? For example, Miniferal and the Giraffe Calf. I'd love to mark that on my list so I know which ones to eventually turn blue.
I stoned my Scourged Whelpling, Minfernal and Giraffe Calf. For those three, I was grateful to have anything.
Same, I stoned all three of those because I was grateful that I found one of ANY quality.
The other pet that I would put in the same category would be the Wanderer's Festival Hatchling since 8 spawn a week, period (I got lucky and caught a rare).
Other than that all my wild caught pets were caught as rares. Plus I have every unique skin, rare. *sigh* The more painful ones for me were Coral Adder, Lofty Libram, Anodized Robo Cub, Little Black Ram, and then oddball things like a Yakrat in brown. I battled Yakrats for 2 days before a rare brown one showed up.
Originally I started off with the idea that uncommon was good enough, but then it wasn't. So after I had uncommon or better of everything I went zone by zone, taming rares, and crossed each off as I went.
Usako wrote: Oh I mean uncommon is marked white, not the Baby Ape in a white fur coloring.
"Uncommon" pets are green, not white. Did you mean "common" instead?
I am at the point now where I have several stones for certain families (undead, dragonkin, humanoid, etc) that I can't use because I have already upgraded all my pets of that family... so if a new pet comes out that belongs to one of those families, I don't even bother trying for a rare anymore, I just go for the breed I want and stone it.
For example: Come summer, I will not bother trying for a rare Qiraji Guardling as I can just go for the breed I want and use one of my heaps of humanoid stones on it.
Oh, and I stoned my Swamp Croaker because I had gotten the color/breed I wanted on an uncommon... even though I still have one Aquatic pet left that needs to be upgraded.
Usako wrote: What would be the list of the very rare spawning wild pets? For example, Miniferal and the Giraffe Calf. I'd love to mark that on my list so I know which ones to eventually turn blue.
Good list overall. A few comments.
In my experience, the Flayer Younglings don't have a "only a set number up at a time" condition. I've gone through there at 5 am and seen plenty of spawns. They may just be a slow to respawn pet. That said, they're available in a number of breeds, so you could be at it for a while if you're after a rare of a specific breed. It could still be in your best interest to stone your flayer youngling if you find the breed you want.
The pets that are weather dependent state so in the pet journal. It doesn't say anything about rain for the Tiny Twister. It's likely just a slow to respawn pet. This guy is another where I found my rare in the freakishly early morning.
All of my pets are leveled and rared up, but I still have quite a few with bad breeds. So now I'm going back and trying to replace those. Fortunately I have a quite a few battle stones stored up, so I don't always have to worry about quality. I haven't managed to get any Beast stones lately, though, so replacing those has been a chore.


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Author: Magda Snyckers (Tax Director at ENSafrica).
Is the current international tax focus on base erosion and profit shifting ("BEPS") relevant for tax-exempt pension funds?
In particular, should the trustees and/or administrators of pension funds take note of the finalisation by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") of the 15 point action plan to address BEPS?
Both of these questions should be answered "yes" by South African pension funds that invest outside of the country. More specifically, the OECD's Report on Action 6 entitled "Preventing the Granting of Treaty Benefits in Inappropriate Circumstances" ("Action 6") and the public discussion draft entitled "Treaty Residence of Pension Funds" which was released in February 2016 ("Discussion Draft") are relevant for pension funds.
Although Action 6 identifies treaty abuse as one of the most important BEPS concerns and it recommends certain treaty anti-abuse provisions in order to, inter alia, address instances which result in double non-taxation, Action 6 and the Discussion Draft contain good news for tax-exempt pension funds.
To contextualise the recommendations in Action 6 and the Discussion Draft for South African pension funds, a brief summary of the taxation of pension funds in terms of South African law is necessary. In this regard, a "pension fund", as defined in section 1 of the Income Tax Act, is exempt from income tax and capital gains tax. The definition of a "pension fund" refers, inter alia, to any fund (other than certain specified funds) that is approved by the Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service ("Commissioner") in respect of the year of assessment in question and, in the case of any such fund established on or after 1 July 1986, is registered under the provisions of the Pension Funds Act. Therefore, a pension fund that is approved by the Commissioner is exempt from South African income and capital gains tax.
However, such a pension fund could be exposed to foreign taxes in respect of foreign investments. These include foreign taxes levied on income sourced in the foreign country, capital gains tax upon the disposal of investments and withholding tax levied on remittances from the foreign country. South Africa has entered into a number of treaties with foreign countries to reduce withholding taxes and limit or reduce double taxation. Seeing that the pension fund is exempt from South African tax, it would not be able to offset foreign taxes paid against the South African tax payable. It is therefore very important for a pension fund to be able to rely on the relief available to South African residents in the treaties to which South Africa is a party.
In order to rely on the treaties to which South Africa is a party, the pension fund has to qualify as a "resident" under the treaty. Each treaty has its own definition of a "resident" but typically, this definition requires a person to be liable to tax in South Africa. This raises the question whether a pension fund that is exempt from tax will be liable to tax in South Africa.
Currently, the OECD commentary on the Model Tax Convention notes that a person is considered liable to comprehensive taxation even if the contracting state does not in fact impose tax. It notes that a pension fund may be exempt from tax, but is exempt only if such fund meets all the specific requirements for exemption in the contracting state's tax laws. The OECD commentary notes that if it does not meet the standard specified, then it is required to pay tax. Although this is generally the case in the South African context, i.e. the pension fund needs to comply with the definition of "pension fund" in the Income Tax Act in order to qualify for the tax exemption and the definition requires, inter alia, that the Commissioner approves the fund (and contain conditions which must be satisfied for such approval), this is not always the case since the pension fund definition also includes funds that are established in terms of specific statutes which do not require approval by the Commissioner.
Furthermore, difficulties may arise in instances where the other country to the treaty does not regard such pension funds as residents, which are entitled to the relevant relief.
"Additional work will also ensure that a pension fund should be considered to be a resident of the State in which it is constituted regardless of whether that pension fund benefits from a limited or complete exemption from taxation in that State. This will be done through changes to the OECD Model Tax Convention, to be also finalised in the first part of 2016, that will ensure that outcome for funds that will meet a definition of "recognised pension fund"… (our emphasis).
As part of the further work, the Discussion Draft contains proposed draft changes to Articles 3 and 4 of the OECD Model Tax Convention and allowed for comments to be provided.
Once the recommendations in the Discussion Draft are finalised and implemented, treaties entered into by South Africa that are based on the OECD Model Tax Convention would need to include a specific reference to a "recognised pension fund" in the residence definition, which would entitle such pension fund to the benefits that the specific treaty provides. This would provide certainty to a South African pension fund that qualifies as "recognised pension fund" that it is entitled to the relief provided in such treaty.


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