May 2013
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Jacksonville, Florida Reduces Public Servant... →
Mayor Brown’s retirement reform agreement with the FOP, JAFF, and JPFPF has three main provisions. First, it will modify retirement benefits for new police and fire employees hired on or after October 1, 2013. Second, current police and fire members of the JPFPF will contribute additional funds to the pension plan but will retain their current benefits. Third, the agreement establishes new Police...
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“I hate you because I love you.”
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Two Peoples: Relevant Reparations, Restitution of... →
Examine relevant domestic practices of two countries, Argentina and Chile. From 1994, steps taken in reparations for indigenous peoples, some lands restitution. Situation has been discouraging. Counter trends noted locally in courts.
Rosti Marzia, Author. Oxford University Press.
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“One who speaks evil of others today remembers you with the same kindness...”
– bMi
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“The older I get the more I recognize my Mother taught me that!”
– bMi
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Obama says that recognizing same-sex relationships... →
Gay rights supporters are pushing for an amendment to the bill to allow gays to sponsor their partners to come to the U.S.
OBAMA SUPPORTS INCLUDING GAYS IN IMMIGRATION BILL
May. 3 8:03 PM EDT
[The Associated Press]
Home » United States government » Obama supports including gays in immigration bill
HOWEVER PRESENTED IN CONGRESS; THE QUESTION UNANSWERED IN PUBLIC:
Will...
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Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on a category... →
Daniel Kessler: The Coming ObamaCare Shock
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“US Economics 101: Recirculating money doesn’t stimulate sagging economy....”
– bMi
April 2013
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The bedroom where I live is nineteen feet long but...
This is likely my last rearrange. The bed has now experienced every position in the room. Well, there’s one wall to go but I don’t want my head there.
We bought the house for its river views. Trying to get both partners a morning view has been comical to downright impractical. And then there’s the rising sun disturbance of a sound sleep coveted since 3am.
Celebrating...
“You don’t have to give until it hurts.”
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Then there's the time to dust yourself off, shake...
So I’ve been distracted by life events. Other lives, not all my own.
Still, thoughts of purpose, pondering my course, stirred me to unwind the cord and plug up my guitar.
More learning is in order, agreed. In need of practice true, but my ear is pretty good. I was the electric queen.
Amped up electric juice crashed and nicked through the walls. It wasn’t long before an audience was...
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most people do not take into consideration the...
unblemished beauty of the newly created. no shadows or colors uncommon. clean of error and free of confusion. no regrets. no reason to forget.
unthinkable things happen. ill-prepared for suffering. agony births inner turmoil. hope fades, trust escapes. promises empty ‘there will come change’. nothing new to erase the damages.
undesirable exposure. repeated images of events past....
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“‘DREAMers’ (with no age limit), …eligible to receive all...”
– The Gang of Eight
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“The 844-page bill is designed to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of...”
– Associated Press the big story
KEEP FLAG HALF MAST.. Overshadowed by Boston bombing, Texas fire, shootings, hate crimes, heightened airport security and an unsettled global economy… stunning to find federal argument ‘legalize and invite more’ immigrants while loosening citizenship...
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE: Iran Ups Nuke Technology →
Technicians upgrading Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility have tripled partial or full installations of high-tech machines that could be used in a nuclear weapons program to more than 600 since starting their work three months ago, according to diplomats who demanded anonymity because they said they are not authorized to disclose the information, Wednesday April 17, 2013.
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“Russian authorities have recently cracked down on websites which provide a forum...”
– VKontakte is far more popular in Russia than Facebook, with 200 million users. In 2011, it refused to delete an opposition group, despite an order from the security services.
[ http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22186258 ]
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How Investors in the US Profit from the Falling Dollar
The simplest way to understand how a US investor profits from the falling dollar is to consider this brief example:
As a US citizen, you own a widget in a foreign country. You bought the widget for 100 foreign currency units (FC) when the FC was at parity with the US dollar (USD). In other words, you converted 100 USD to 100 FCs and bought...
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on principle
”..the staggering hypocrisy of a devaluationist U.S. calling out any other country for doing the same, and then beyond that, ‘warnings’ like this have historically correlated with a falling greenback.” Joseph Calhoun
”..peaking likewise on March 11 at 10576.73, and falling by -1.16% to 10454.52 at today’s close (the USDOLLAR fell by as much as -1.75% to its monthly low on April...
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“Try not to get sick. That could hurt the pocket at the pharmacy. In the same...”
– Oran A. Hall
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“At first glance it does appear that America is caught in some sort of debt super...”
– Ashworth, April 2013
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chocolate drop
insatiable taste. unremarkable wrapper except the promise. slight scent unfolds. waft of carmelly sweet cocoa blooms and rises. small swallow to clear salivating waters. tiny crunch rendered inaudible with melting gooey swath. rushes of epiphany gifts swell with waves of hopeful goodness. suddenly clear air washes the remnant of flavor. taste insatiable.
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cool
winds blow
branches bend
leaves dance
on air
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In a bid to attract Republicans, Obama proposed...
“It doesn’t mean the administration is not open to a deal,” said Michael Mundaca, Obama’s top tax official in the Treasury Department during his first term and now co-director of national tax at Ernst & Young. “It is just that they may not be going to negotiate through the budget.”
Kim Dixon, Reuters
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“The directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) late on Monday night caught...”
– economictimes.com
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“As part of our new plan to check on firms, we will look at how they make their...”
– Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chairman, Martin Wheatley
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“We [China] hope there will be a change in monetary policy as soon as they [US...”
– Cheng Siwei
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The dollar continued its rise against the yen,...
IFAonline | 11 Apr 2013 | 08:28
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“If the currency collapses, everything else goes with it… stocks, bonds,...”
– James Rickards, Author Currency Wars
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Current Call
Commonly forgotten is Britain’s late 1970s “Winter of Discontent”. The unthinkable happened: British government put a freeze on wages.
continuous strikes in nearly every sector
hospitals reduced to accepting emergency patients
mothers giving birth had to bring their own linens
British government imposed the “Three Day Week” in 1974.
Businesses were limited...
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“NEW YORK (AP) — Image after image splashes on the wall of the art exhibit — a...”
– Associated Press
bigstory.ap.org/article/art-exhibit-pushes-boundaries-online-privacy
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“It’s not the dread upon your head, but the love inna your heart that mek...”
– Rastafari
“you know what its like not to care”
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Dear Marco.org,
If the Instapaper application is free, why did I have to pay $4.99 to Apple to have the app on my phone?
Now I must also subscribe within the Instapaper app and pay monthly for any benefit. However, the web app says Instapaper is free.
I’m angry with the face value bait-and-switch marketing. What’s the real story and what did I pay for? If the app is free, will I be...
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“Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful...”
– Proverbs 22:24, 25 NET
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