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Food and drink have become a major part of most people?s lives, in particular their social lives. In fact the phrase ?food and drink? produces over 89 million hits on the Google website. Excessiveness in either is of course unhealthy, but perhaps this is one of the reasons why people see good food or good wine as something special, something to treat themselves with.
Guides to good food, wine and restaurants have become big business. Egon Ronay?s ?Guide to the Best Restaurants and Gastropubs in the UK? which provides detailed reviews of over 500 restaurants and gastropubs has sold over 2 million copies. Its simple to compare style of awarding up to three stars to each restaurant is clearly a hit with readers.
?The Good Food Guide? edited by Elizabeth Carter sells itself as Britain?s leading restaurant guide and is currently in it 56th edition, detailing over 1,500 eateries from gastropubs to high end dining.
Fine wine guides are also a big seller, with books such as Clarke?s ?Fine Wine Guide: A Connoisseur?s Bible? and Johnson-Bell?s ?Good Food, Fine Wine: A Practical Guide to Finding the Perfect Match? both readily available on the internet it is clear that there is a high demand for such guides.
This is not surprising as the United Kingdom is the second largest importer of wine in the world. Wine sales in the UK increased 25% between 2001 and 2005. In 2004 the estimated wine consumption was 1.2 billion litres. In particular there has been an increase in the consumption of so-called New World wines, for example those from Australia or the USA instead of traditional producers such as France. California now produces 2 billion litres of wine every year, making it the fourth biggest producer behind Italy, France and Spain. In 2004, New World wines accounted for over 55% of total consumption in the UK.
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It was just days ago that the PlayStation Vita came out and the Facebook app with it. No Vita users on the web reported any problems with the app, so it took everybody by surprise when the Facebook app mysteriously vanished from both the European and American PlayStation Vita stores today. What?s up?
When gaming blog Joystiq contacted Sony for a reason for the disappearance, Sony told them:
The Facebook application for PS Vita is not available at this point in time. We are currently looking into this to restore it to normal operational status. We will announce further details when ready.
Sounds like Sony found some serious bugs in the app, which is strange considering that the Vita userbase on the internet really wasn?t complaining about the Facebook app at all, with some folks even complimenting it as one of the better mobile Facebook apps.
The PlayStation Vita isn?t really a tablet in the fact that it doesn?t have a lot of third-party apps. There?s no developer SDK and the only apps for the device seem to be coming from third-parties that Sony wants to work with. That said, there are a limited number of apps on the device, including ones for Netflix, Flickr, Twitter and the aforementioned Facebook app, with Hulu being strongly rumored as coming to the Vita sometime soon.
Did any PlayStation Vita owners have any issues with the Facebook app on your quad-core gaming machine? Tell us about it in the comments section if you did.
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UroMed, a leading urological medical supply company, has partnered with Dorland Health to publish a 12-article continuing education series on urology health for medical professionals and clinicians.
ListFree.org (Press Release) - Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 -UroMed, a leading urological medical supply company, has partnered with Dorland Health to publish a continuing education series on urology health for medical professionals and clinicians. Hollister Incorporated has provided an educational grant to support this series. The urology health CEU program is available for medical reference at http://www.dorlandhealth.com/uromed.
The Urology Health series offers 12 continuing education articles written by clinical experts from a wide range of health care organizations, including Kernan Rehabilitation Hospital, Children?s Hospital of Atlanta, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Texas Children?s Hospital, Rainbow Babies Hospital, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital, MUSC Pediatric Oncology, Cincinnati Children?s Hospital, Metropolitan Urology and Penn State Hershey Rehabilitation Hospital.
Each article is worth up to two hours of continuing education credits. The content, related to urology health, includes topics on:
? Neurogenic Bladder
? Spina Bifida
? Spinal Cord Injury
? Multiple Sclerosis
? Caregiving Issues
?UroMed strives to provide relevant educational resources to the medical community as part of our lifelong commitment to the patients that we serve together. We believe that by supporting educational programs that share ideas on emerging treatment and care options from thought leaders in the healthcare community, we will help advance the level of care and resources available to our customers across the country,? said Craig Stevens, CEO and President of UroMed.
Millions of Americans suffer from urology health-related issues every year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, incontinence alone affects up to 25 million Americans, including 11 percent of those aged 65-74 and 16 percent of those over 75. Such prevalence makes urology health concerns a common part of coordinated treatment plans across a wide range of healthcare professionals.
The Dorland Health continuing education series on urology health is applicable to the following types of healthcare professionals:
? Case Managers
? Clinical Nurses
? Disability Management Specialists
? Life Care Planners
? Nurse Practitioners
? Urology Nurses
? Rehabilitation Nurses
? Social Workers
? Wound Care Nurses
?Hollister is an organization dedicated to helping healthcare professionals deliver care with better products and services. By providing educational resources to support clinicians, we continue our promise ? ?People First? ? to care, advocate, listen and customize solutions for our community,? said Scott Webb, General Manager, US Continence Care at Hollister Incorporated. ?We were pleased to provide an educational grant to Dorland Health to help support this series,? added Webb.
Many of UroMed?s employees have a personal connection to understanding their customers? urinary health and incontinence needs, as 20% of UroMed?s customer care associates has a disability or has a family member with a disabling condition. Most of UroMed?s customers experience urological or incontinence issues and have conditions like spinal cord injury, spina bifida, transverse myelitis or multiple sclerosis. For more information, please visit http://www.uromed.com or call 1-800-841-1233.
About Dorland Health
Dorland Health has been a leader in the publications industry for more than 50 years and has provided valuable products and services to healthcare professionals nationwide, including physicians, pharmacists, nurses, case managers, social workers, patient advocates and others involved in patient care.
Dorland Health publishes Case In Point magazine, newsletters that include Case In Point Weekly and Medical Home Today, Case Management Resource Guide and directories for care coordinators and professionals involved in youth and family care, behavioral health and adult and senior care, as well as industry webinars, award programs, special reports, and continuing education. Learn more at www.dorlandhealth.com.
About UroMed
Headquartered in Suwanee, GA [a suburb of Atlanta], UroMed is one of the nation?s leading providers of single-use catheters, urological and disposable medical supplies, including intermittent catheters, closed system catheters, condom catheters, pediatric catheters and continence care products. UroMed is nationally accredited for Medicare reimbursement and most state Medicaid plans, and partners with private health insurance providers and health plans to provide patients with single-use catheters, catheter kits and incontinence products. UroMed also has seven staffed regional offices located in and around the following metro areas: Columbia, SC; Jacksonville, FL; Dallas, TX; Carlsbad, CA; Knoxville, TN; Richmond, VA; and Baton Rouge, LA; enabling next-day delivery after a customer?s initial medical supply order. For more information, please visit http://www.uromed.com or call 1-800-841-1233.
About Hollister Incorporated
Hollister Incorporated is an independently-owned global company that develops, manufactures and markets healthcare products, servicing over 90 countries. From the earliest days, Hollister has provided a strong sense of community?a connection to people. That connection is embedded in the very fabric of the company as it continues to develop new products and services focused on meeting the healthcare needs of people throughout the global community. For more information, please visit http://www.hollister.com
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The requirement for a home inspection isn?t just for safety reasons but is also a kind of investment. If you?re in the dark as to my last statement, may I explain. The value of a property is dependent on its location and the quality of the structure. By having your home checked, you are guaranteed that you are on top of things with regards to its structural steadiness, says Property Inspections Melbourne. The main point of a home inspection is to test a home for:
As you can see, by maintaining a tally of any problem your house could have, you get to fix things early on. And doing so preserves the value of your home if you decide to sell it in future times.
Where and how do I get a good home inspector?
Each area has countless home inspectors. It?s choosing the best one that is the important question.
So how does one get one?
Get recommendations from pals and family members. You can never go screwy in getting recommendation from individuals that you trust. And who else are you able to trust more than close friends and family?
By asking them for suggestions you?re sure that you are getting inspectors that they have either employed or the ones that they know of that are good at what they do.
Ask about past work
Ask the inspector you are thinking about hiring for previous experiences. Ask him or her to give you names of past clients and what he or she did for that particular customer.
By forcing him to drop names, you are putting the inspector in a scenario where if he is not capable, would either make you a big discount, or would get recommendation to a really good one.
Pricing
Seeing as there are those which charges per hour, it is advised that you first clear this with the inspector you?re about to hire.
Ensure you frequently have your place inspected for you to preserve the integrity of your home. Find more information about this by checking out Home Inspections Melbourne.
Source: http://home-improvement-idea.com/why-do-you-need-to-have-your-house-inspected/
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That is part 2 of the Easy methods to Find Happiness in Your Life article. To learn part 1 click here.
Think optimistic
It?s amazing how powerful our thoughts are in shaping how we view the world. In the event you all the time assume damaging thoughts then you mind can be particularly responsive in the direction of bad issues as this helps how you might be thinking. It is simple to dwell on destructive issues but with the intention to discover happiness you must deal with the constructive issues of your life. You already have so many issues to be grateful for in case you are studying this article. You will have eyes and are capable of see because you are reading the article and you live in a effectively off country that is ready to give you electricity and an Internet connection! Should you change the way you?finish line coupons suppose to be positive and grateful for what you have you?ll be able to dramatically improve your happiness as you will begin to notice extra of the great things that happen in your everyday life.
Seek skilled assist for severe despair
All of us get depressed occasionally however in the event you really feel very depressed for a time frame 2 months or more with no noticeable trigger it?s in all probability best to get some professional help. Chances are you?ll need to speak to a counselor or receive medication. Do not let your despair or feelings go out of control. Do it for yourself even in case you are not sure about how effective getting skilled help will be. Additionally understand that it isn?t a life long dedication and you?ll cease taking medicine or seeing a counselor at any time.
Be affected person and persistent
Finding happiness is a never ending course of and takes dedication and perseverance. Remember to be affected person and give your self time to develop social bonds and be persistent in getting involved. Even when it seems like every time you try to get involved you fail you may?t give up because the subsequent time you try would be the time things work out. Here?s a famous quote from a terrific speech by Theodore Roosevelt it?s best to learn to assist encourage you to keep trying.
You?ll be able to drastically improve your happiness with the following tips however keep in mind even the happiest individuals on earth have unhealthy days each as soon as in awhile. Life is a roller coaster. The largest key thought that completely happy folks share is to remember the fact that the dangerous instances will pass and savor every minute of the good times. Now that you recognize some of the keys to happiness get off your computer, suppose constructive, become involved, and most importantly be joyful!
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Article by Kenn Kihiu
Did you know you can get a great workout right in the comfort of your home, a workout that can burn calories, make you feel stronger, increase your confidence and reduce your stress all at once?
This amazing workout doesn?t require any expensive equipment or special skills, and you can do it any time of the day or night. It?s dancing, a great exercise choice for people of all ages.
Dancing is a fun way to work out that still burns a lot of calories and gives you a full-body workout, even though it doesn?t feel like any workout you?ve ever done before.
A program of dance exercise can help you burn calories and lose weight, improve your cardiovascular health, even get you walking a little taller. Dance is a weight-bearing exercise, meaning it?s great for your bones and may help prevent fractures later in life.
Dance isn?t just good for your physical health, however. It?s also great for your mental health. Dancing can help reduce your stress levels, making it feel like those annoying things that happen every day are a little more bearable.
After dancing regularly for a while you?ll find yourself sleeping better and feeling less anxious. Your clothes will start fitting better and you?ll have more energy. You?ll have a better attitude and feel better equipped to meet the challenges of the day.
If you have kids, dancing is a great workout for the whole family. Because dancing is fun, neither you nor your kids will get bored with it, and you?ll be showing your children that taking care of yourself is important.
It is easy to get started dancing for fitness. Using a dance workout video will ensure that you?re getting a full workout, but that small investment is all you really need to get started.
I like to say that if you start your day with dance, you?ll start your day with a smile that will stay with you all day. You?ll be surprised at how much better you feel, both physically and emotionally, after you bring a little dance into your life.
Kenn Kihiu is a fitness expert and the creator of DanceX Fun Dance Exercise Workout DVD?s for both adults and kids. To learn more about Kenn or DanceX visitDance Exercise
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Question by The cool one : Who should pay the real estate agent for apartment rental in NYC? The tenant or landlord?
I am a landlord and rented out an apartment I recently through a real estate agent. The tenant paid one month security, first month rent, last month and the rent of a 1 year lease. My real estate agent took the last month rent from my tenant as the commission. This means that I will not get the last month rent when the lease is up Is this how it works? I always thought that the tenants pay for the fees. In this case, I?m paying for it. Best answer:
Answer by Lisa W
If you recruited the real estate agent, you should pay.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Christ Redeemer Church, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Cumming, Georgia. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Christ Redeemer Church, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Cumming, Georgia. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Christ Redeemer Church, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Christ Redeemer Church, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) ? Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama's world view that "elevates the Earth above man," discouraging increased use of natural resources.
The GOP presidential candidate also slammed Obama's health care overhaul for requiring insurers to pay for prenatal tests that, Santorum said, will encourage more abortions.
A day after telling an Ohio audience that Obama's agenda is based on "some phony theology, not a theology based on the Bible," Santorum said he wasn't criticizing the president's Christianity.
"I've repeatedly said I don't question the president's faith. I've repeatedly said that I believe the president's Christian," Santorum told CBS' "Face the Nation."
"I am talking about his world view, and the way he approaches problems in this country. I think they're different than how most people do in America," he said in the broadcast interview.
The former Pennsylvania senator said Obama's environmental policies promote ideas of "radical environmentalists," who, Santorum argues, oppose greater use of the country's natural resources because they believe "man is here to serve the Earth." He said that was the reference he was making Saturday in his Ohio campaign appearance when he denounced a "phony theology."
When pressed by reporters after he made the initial remark, however, Santorum made no mention of the president's environmental policies. Instead, he suggested that Obama practices one of the "different stripes of Christianity."
Santorum walked back those comments on CBS Sunday morning.
But later in the day, he again criticized Obama's "theology" ? with no reference to his environmental policies ? while speaking to more than 2,000 supporters gathered at a suburban Atlanta megachurch.
The president is "trampling on a constitutional right," Santorum said of the Obama administration's recent decision to allow employees of religious schools and hospitals to have birth control covered by their insurance policies.
"It is imposing his ideology on a group of people expressing their theology, their moral code," Santorum told those gathered in the First Redeemer Church, a megachurch that hosted former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee four years ago.
Obama's campaign said Santorum's initial remarks were another attack on the president's faith by Republican rivals in a nominating contest that has grown increasingly bitter and negative.
"It's just time to get rid of this mindset in our politics that, if we disagree, we have to question character and faith," said Robert Gibbs, Obama's former press secretary, on ABC's "This Week."
"Those days have long passed in our politics. Our problems and our challenges are far too great," Gibbs said.
Santorum said his claim that Obama's health care overhaul encourages abortions stems from the requirement for insurance companies to pay for prenatal testing, which he said will result in more pregnant women having more procedures. He specified amniocentesis, a procedure that can identify physical problems in the unborn.
"The bottom line is a lot of prenatal tests are done to identify deformities in utero and the customary procedure is to encourage abortion," he said.
A doctor recommended abortion when a sonogram discovered health problems for Santorum's youngest daughter, who was born three years ago with a genetic condition known as Trisomy 18, which typically proves fatal. She has lived longer than most children born with the condition.
"This is typical," Santorum said. "This is what goes on in medical rooms around the country."
He said he's critical of the mandate in Obama's health care plan that insurers must pay for the tests, not of prenatal testing in general.
"There are all sorts of prenatal testing which should be provided free. I have no problem with that if the insurance companies want to. I'm not for any of these things to be forced," Santorum said.
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Hotels, athletic clubs and even swim schools all have a pool that needs to be maintained. While the current staff is working hard to create the very best environment possible, it isn?t always easy. Employees with limited experience with the chemicals, scheduling as well as safety might be making decisions they aren?t qualified to make. Getting a pool management company guarantees that the area will likely be run successfully and professionally.
Each and every pool is different. Some are used frequently while some tend to see traffic less frequently. When a professional company comes in to take over they generate a customized plan for the swimming area. They look at the overall space, amount of patrons, as well as the services that are offered and provide advice and assistance right down to the tiniest detail.
Looking after a public or private pool can be a large amount of work. Turning this over to a swimming pool management service may take some of the stress from the current management or owners. The business starts by examining the area and looking for potential problems or issues. They are solved immediately.
In the long run, the management company looks to make certain that water is kept to the chemicals optimal levels, the area is well staffed, and at times providing their very own staff for jobs like lifeguards. Repairs are handled immediately. Scheduling could be taken over. The goal is to produce a fun and safe space for all patrons to enjoy.
Before the doors open on a new facility, pool management can be utilized. Their experience can be used to help with the setup and organization of the materials along with the staff. This helps to ensure that from the beginning the facility will operate correctly and set a standard of expectations for both staff and patrons. If staffing is a concern, many management companies can provide the necessary employees.
If your pool has already been established management can still be of assistance. The specialists come in and take a look at the general system. They are able to make recommendations for improvement using the current set up. One of the most important factors they can provide is taking over the maintenance and repairs of the pool and surrounding areas, including chemical care.
It takes special skills and knowledge in order to keep a swimming pool running correctly. This knowledge and experience is advantageous when generating a new facility or looking to improve and maintain a current one. Pool management takes over some of the responsibility left to others in the past. Instead of hoping or guessing the pool is in good shape, an expert company can come in and guarantee the results.
Pools are a good spot for families and people to enjoy the water in a number of ways. Administration looks to make certain that every person is getting the best experience possible. The owner of a swimming pool can rest assured that his or her facility is well maintained and taken care of.
There are many reasons why greater Houston pool management makes sense. Find out more information at SwimJim.com today.
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Even if you are not a handyman, sooner or later you?re going to ought to perform a little work around your own home. You?ll wish to hang some pictures or stop a dripping faucet, so that you?re going to wish some basic tools. Making a well stocked tool box isn?t expensive and while this basic tool collection won?t will let you build an addition in your house, it?ll provde the tools essential to do most routine fix ups around your house.
The Stuff you Need
Claw Hammer ? A claw hammer is solely in regards to the most elementary and essential tool there?s. Get a 14 or 16 ounce one who feels comfortable to your hand. The handle may be wood, fiberglass, or metal, just make sure the pinnacle is produced from drop forged steel that won?t chip.
Crescent Wrench ? An adjustable, or crescent, wrench with a thumbscrew that adjusts the jaws so it may fit different sized nuts is handy for every type of plumbing jobs corresponding to changing a faucet washer. They?re available in various sizes, but a medium sized one will handle most jobs round the home.
Screwdrivers ? You?ll need at the very least two forms of screwdrivers, straight (blade) and Phillips (cross) heads in a few different sizes. Robertson (square) heads also are becoming more common, and it?s good to have two different sizes here in addition. You?re able to often find sets of screwdrivers containing various sizes and different type heads inexpensively at home stores.
Pliers ? Sorts of pliers also are a demand. Needle nose (long sharp pointed nose) pliers are great for reaching into narrow openings or twisting wire, while slip joint pliers (with a couple of holes near the bottom of the jaws so the pivot point is usually moved to widen or narrow the hole) are adjustable and handy for tightening and holding different sized nuts. Although you could cut wire with needle nose pliers, a couple of wire cutting pliers will certainly make the job easier.
Drill Driver ? A hand drill or power drill is a need for drilling holes. A variable speed battery operated drill won?t only drill holes, but is additionally used as an influence screw driver, making ?prepare? projects much easier in your hands and arms.
Hand Saw ? A hand saw lets you cut small pieces of wood or molding, but an influence saw will do the identical things in addition to permit you to cut larger pieces of wood like 2?4?s to size.
Tape Measure ? Put money into a terrific quality tape measure and it?ll last you forever. Search for one which?s 25 feet long and a minimum of ?-inch wide (wider is best) with contrasting, easy to read markings.
Level ? Don?t forget a degree of a few kind. Standard building levels are 24 or 30 inches long, but when you only make sure your pictures are hanging level you may get a small ?torpedo? level that?s only a couple of foot long. (It?s shaped something like a torpedo, hence the name).
Tool Box ? Finally, get yourself a device box (or better yet a powerful nylon too bag) to maintain your tools together. Sure you could store them in a drawer but through the years tools would be scattered around your own home and nothing is more frustrating than looking to start a task and never having the ability to find your tools
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Uneasiness is categorized as another common mood disorder. A lot of people, probably nearly everybody, know how it feels like when stress attacks. There are a lot of incidences a person can feel concerned about. These include: speaking in front of plenty of folks, meeting new people and venturing onto a new scene. Nonetheless, luckily for the growth of alternative medication, you can ease your tension away through Raleigh acupuncture.
While anxiety can function as a positive indicator helping people prepare for their most critical moments, there also are examples when somebody feels unwarranted tension. When daily and normal activities causes anxiety to the individual even when they should not have then an intervention is very important ?the person can be affected by a mood disorder already. Some reasons for stresses (health-related) include conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder in addition to generalized tension disorder.
Be aware of the following indicators indicating that anxiety is more than the just the normal type:
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? Twitching
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? Trouble breathing
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? Hot flashes or chills
? Restlessness
? Overreaction
? Poor concentration
? Irritation
? Sleep disturbances
Acupuncture can be a useful tool in dealing with stress. It will also help relieve stress and stress permitting the individual to reach a chilled mental condition. It is critical for the person to feel nice and relaxed in order not to intensify the condition including the symptoms. While acupuncture might be used to treat anxiety, individuals should still consult an expert first.
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FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. Abdulmutallab is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, for trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner with a bomb in his underwear on Christmas 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)
FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. Abdulmutallab is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, for trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner with a bomb in his underwear on Christmas 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)
DETROIT (AP) ? A U.S. federal judge ordered life in prison Thursday for a young Nigerian man who turned away from a privileged life and tried to blow up a packed international flight with a bomb concealed in his underwear.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who has said he was on a suicide mission for al-Qaida, was the same defiant man who four months ago pleaded guilty to all charges related to Northwest Airlines Flight 253. He seemed to relish his mandatory sentence and defended his actions as rooted in the Muslim holy book, the Quran.
"Mujahideen are proud to kill in the name of God. And that is exactly what God told us to do in the Quran," he said. "Today is a day of victory."
Earlier, four passengers and a crew member who were aboard the plane told U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds that the event forever changed their lives. Abdulmutallab appeared uninterested during their remarks, rarely looking up while seated just a few feet away in a white skull cap and oversized prison T-shirt.
Abdulmutallab "has never expressed doubt or regret or remorse about his mission," Edmunds said. "In contrast, he sees that mission as divinely inspired and a continuing mission."
Life in prison is a "just punishment for what he has done," the judge said. "The defendant poses a significant ongoing threat to the safety of American citizens everywhere."
Abdulmutallab, the 25-year-old, European-educated son of a wealthy banker, told the government that he trained in Yemen under the eye of Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric and one of the best-known al-Qaida figures.
He chose to detonate a bomb on the Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight but the device failed and badly burned him. He quickly confessed after he was hauled off the plane.
The judge allowed prosecutors to show a video of the FBI demonstrating the power of the explosive material found in his underwear. As the video played, Abdulmutallab twice said loudly, "Allahu akbar," meaning God is great.
Lemare Mason, a Detroit-based flight attendant who helped put out the flames, told the judge that he suffers night sweats and his "dream job" no longer is a "joy."
Theophilus Maranga, a New York lawyer who was a passenger, was disgusted by Abdulmutallab's continued references to religion as justification.
"What kind of God is that? God is peace-loving," Maranga said in court, adding that he prays daily for Abdulmutallab.
Abdulmutallab's mentor, Al-Awlaki, and the bomb maker were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen last year, just days before Abdulmutallab's trial. At the time, President Barack Obama publicly blamed al-Awlaki for the terrorism plot.
Abdulmutallab is an "unrepentant would-be mass murderer who views his crimes as divinely inspired and blessed, and who views himself as under a continuing obligation to carry out such crimes," prosecutors said in a court filing last week.
Anthony Chambers, an attorney assigned to help Abdulmutallab, said a mandatory life sentence was cruel and unconstitutional punishment for a crime that didn't physically hurt anyone except Abdulmutallab. In reply, the government said plenty of harm had been done.
"Unsuccessful terrorist attacks still engender fear in the broader public, which, after all, is one of their main objectives," prosecutors said in a court filing before sentencing.
Indeed, Alain Ghonda, a consultant from Silver Spring, Maryland, who was a passenger on Flight 253, said he travels the globe with heightened awareness since the failed attack.
"After having that experience, you do not know who's sitting next to you," Ghonda said before Thursday's hearing. "They may look like passengers, but they might want to harm you."
The case also had lasting implications for security screening at American airports. Abdulmutallab's ability to defeat security in Amsterdam contributed to the deployment of full-body scanners at U.S. airports.
The Transportation Security Administration was using the scanners in some American cities at the time, but the attack accelerated their placement. There are now hundreds of the devices nationwide.
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Additional and extra persons uncover monetary independence by way of residence corporations. And when this really is correct, obtaining a starting point just isn?t usually simple. The factor is, you might have to understand as considerably as you can about developing and managing a home organization, to be able to be productive. This article discusses the issues you must know to obtain began.
Surprisingly, tax breaks are readily available for entertaining buyers. Taking customers or business associates out for meals could be a deduction on your taxes. If you do this, save any and all receipts from these meals to ensure that you?ll be able to prove the expense if audited.
If your business requires you to generate your product, determine what the cost is to make each and every item. Fundamentally, wholesale markup is two times your expense. A normal cost improve for retail could be the wholesale price tag multiplied by two. A fair price-point really should adequately help you, but be nicely within the comfort zone of one?s customers.
Watch your competitors? rates to generate sure the rates you offer stay within the similar ballpark. That way, your costs is going to be in line with theirs, and you might have a superior understanding of your sales figures.
Household business enterprise owners are likely to congregate on the internet. Have a look at on line message boards and forums that cater to those in your small business situation. It?s also useful to visit forums which are designed for men and women operating from household, generally. You in no way know exactly where your subsequent huge thought might come from, and reading about what other persons have knowledgeable will help you out, even if they?re in a diverse field that you are.
Keep in constant make contact with along with your clients to make sure they have excellent data. Newsletters are an incredible strategy to spread details, primarily if you periodically provide sales on your goods. On the other hand, don?t abuse their trust by overwhelming them using a constant barrage of messages.
You ought to not put in your discover at your main job until immediately after you?ve got started operations at your home small business. Due to the fact it might take a extended time for your business to generate a profit, keeping your present position is extremely suggested. Getting an income when building up your new business enterprise is extremely useful.
When operating from property, you?ll want to try to be your specialist most effective. Operating from dwelling is usually fulfilling, but it may also be depressing in case you do not method it nicely. Continue to shower each morning, get standard workout, and limit snacking. This could appear like loads of work, however it keeps you within the company frame of thoughts and boosts your self confidence.
You?ll be able to develop a network of other little business owners and share advertising space amongst your web pages. You might gain far more targeted traffic and greater search engine rankings. See to it that your business has appropriate advertisements and that people know what links they are clicking.
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Write a business enterprise strategy, even if it really is 1 that is certainly based out of the dwelling. Even little businesses should take the time to adequately craft a strategy. Getting a small business strategy improves your likelihood for achievement.
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This is surely an introduction to Zodiac Sign Compatibility and is particularly a sub section to astrology; therefore in order to learn zodiac sign compatibility, we need to be aware of the fundamentals not to mention history of astrology, as true astrology is really a very complex area. The two share loves involving music, writing, and visual martial arts disciplines. Every one sign has quality that set it in addition to the others These year signs are included in zodiac compatibility four aspects, fire, earth, air and normal water. They tell you they can give you facts and answers in regards to what is about in to the future years ahead from desire to your career. Besides that, earth?s element can be stable and continuous while water?s elements give you a warm and a new caring attitude making sure that both benefit and nourish one. Maybe more females picture this a truer calibrating stick of compatibility in comparison with men. The signs which might be of active components ? air in addition to fire ? will be friendly toward another. State, if you are typically a romantic romantic relationship, valuing zodiac signs deeper will make everyone observe why your spouse gets green-eyed etc. However, they have tremendous ambition and they are determined to make money.
Person who was simply born with numerous water signs (Malignancy, Scorpio. Care if it refers to the relationship in the world? Locate a Taurus, you may balance one out well imagine you?re have very distinctive needs in love not to mention interesting differences any way you like. Any stars and planets have their particular path and standing that change any second but we never understand it. Sooner or later they are willing to ask advices for career guide, love and well-being. They craves the comforts from a well run home plus they?re zodiac compatibility very emotional. All with the other zodiac warning signs represent either family pets or humans. Your Mutable Houses usually are Third, Sixth, Ninth and 12th; if a.
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It goes without any objection that nowadays there are plenty of pretty beneficial car leasing solutions you can come across and it is in some events not pretty easy to choose the relevant one. It is generally pretty vital that you do a little bit of your own research to get to know which car leasing option is the most beneficial for your business, your job, or personal situation.
Contract Hire
It is worth mentioning that contract hire, leaseback, contract purchase and finance leasing are the basic types of car leasing facilities available. Generally, contract hire is a particular type of long term rental negotiation which can be opted for by great majority of business people and individuals. In the majority of cases such kind of car leasing fits best for those people who prefer to pay some tiny payments initially per month, as in this event there is no risk of depreciation or the challenges of disposing of the auto, for the user.
Contract Buying
It is necessary to admit that the leasing facility known as contract purchase is a form of automobile leasing opted for by many organizations or businesses. The truth is that they generally hire some type of costly and expensive vehicles and wish to be offered the choice of either giving back the automobile at the final stage of the contract, or to purchase the automobile considered. This type of contract does away with a considerable risk of potential depreciation. In this type of vehicle leasing, the auto is shown as an asset. In the end of the contract, the business or organization can purchase the car with a pretty beneficial amount and enjoy the ownership of it, or on the other hand it can return the vehicle and go in for a new negotiation for another vehicle.
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It is absolutely true fact that leaseback is one of the most beneficial types of car leasing. This form of vehicle leasing is often used by businesses. Different organizations generally go in for this type of contract. The companies then leases back the same autos to the company which sells it, and this can be done with VAT in mind.
Finance Lease
In general, finance lease is a type of commercial car leasing facilities that are made use of by different companies which lease out an automobile for a fixed period of time, from a finance organization that owns the vehicle. When a finance vehicle lease is taken, the organization which goes in for the negotiation, has to pay for the cost of taxes, insurance, and various services. Resale and depreciation risks might be borne by the clients. All this is to be checked before deciding on the relevant alternative for your organization or yourself.
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So says Warren Buffett in an article from the February 27, 2012 issue of Fortune which Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.FinancialArticleSummariesToday.com (A site for sore eyes and inquisitive minds) and www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!) has edited ([ ]), abridged (?) and reformatted (some sub-titles and bold/italics emphases) below for the sake of clarity and brevity to ensure a fast and easy read. The article?s views and conclusions are unaltered and no personal comments have been included to maintain the integrity of the original article. Please note that this paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.
Buffett goes on to say, in part:
At Berkshire Hathaway we.. define investing as the transfer to others of purchasing power now with the reasoned expectation of receiving more purchasing power ? after taxes have been paid on nominal gains ? in the future. More succinctly, investing is forgoing consumption now in order to have the ability to consume more at a later date.
From our definition there flows an important corollary: The riskiness of an investment is not measured by beta (a Wall Street term encompassing volatility and often used in measuring risk) but rather by the probability ? the reasoned probability ? of that investment causing its owner a loss of purchasing power over his contemplated holding period. Assets can fluctuate greatly in price and not be risky as long as they are reasonably certain to deliver increased purchasing power over their holding period and, as we will see, a nonfluctuating asset can be laden with risk.
Investment possibilities are both many and varied. There are three major categories, however, and it?s important to understand the characteristics of each. So let?s survey the field. [Also read: Gold Bullion, Stocks or Bonds: Which Have More Long-term Investment Risk?]
1. Currency-based Investments
Investments that are denominated in a given currency include money-market funds, bonds, mortgages, bank deposits, and other instruments. Most of these currency-based investments are thought of as ?safe.? In truth they are among the most dangerous of assets. Their beta may be zero, but their risk is huge.
Over the past century these instruments have destroyed the purchasing power of investors in many countries, even as these holders continued to receive timely payments of interest and principal. This ugly result, moreover, will forever recur. Governments determine the ultimate value of money, and systemic forces will sometimes cause them to gravitate to policies that produce inflation. From time to time such policies spin out of control.
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Even in the U.S., where the wish for a stable currency is strong, the dollar has fallen a staggering 86% in value since 1965, when I took over management of Berkshire. It takes no less than $7 today to buy what $1 did at that time. Consequently, a tax-free institution would have needed 4.3% interest annually from bond investments over that period to simply maintain its purchasing power. Its managers would have been kidding themselves if they thought of any portion of that interest as ?income.?
For taxpaying investors like you and me, the picture has been far worse. During the same 47-year period, continuous rolling of U.S. Treasury bills produced 5.7% annually. That sounds satisfactory but if an individual investor paid personal income taxes at a rate averaging 25%, this 5.7% return would have yielded nothing in the way of real income. This investor?s visible income tax would have stripped him of 1.4 points of the stated yield, and the invisible inflation tax would have devoured the remaining 4.3 points. It?s noteworthy that the implicit inflation ?tax? was more than triple the explicit income tax that our investor probably thought of as his main burden. ?In God We Trust? may be imprinted on our currency, but the hand that activates our government?s printing press has been all too human.
High interest rates, of course, can compensate purchasers for the inflation risk they face with currency-based investments ? and indeed, rates in the early 1980s did that job nicely. Current rates, however, do not come close to offsetting the purchasing-power risk that investors assume. Right now bonds should come with a warning label. Under today?s conditions, therefore, I do not like currency-based investments?
2. Gold
Gold is purchased in the buyer?s hope that someone else ? who also knows that the assets will be forever unproductive ? will pay more for them in the future?This type of investment requires an expanding pool of buyers, who, in turn, are enticed because they believe the buying pool will expand still further. Owners are not inspired by what the asset itself can produce ? it will remain lifeless forever ? but rather by the belief that others will desire it even more avidly in the future. [Read Gold: $3,000? $5,000? $10,000? These 151 Analysts Think So!?and Governments Will Want ? Will NEED ? Much Higher Gold Prices! Here?s Why]
The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose value, as noted, they are right to be fearful). Gold, however, has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. True, gold has some industrial and decorative utility, but the demand for these purposes is both limited and incapable of soaking up new production. Meanwhile, if you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will still own one ounce at its end.
What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow. During the past decade that belief has proved correct. Beyond that, the rising price has on its own generated additional buying enthusiasm, attracting purchasers who see the rise as validating an investment thesis. As ?bandwagon? investors join any party, they create their own truth ? for a while.
Over the past 15 years, both Internet stocks and houses have demonstrated the extraordinary excesses that can be created by combining an initially sensible thesis with well-publicized rising prices. In these bubbles, an army of originally skeptical investors succumbed to the ?proof ? delivered by the market, and the pool of buyers ? for a time ? expanded sufficiently to keep the bandwagon rolling. Bubbles, [however, when] blown large enough inevitably pop and then the old proverb is confirmed once again: ?What the wise man does in the beginning, the fool does in the end.?
Today the world?s gold stock is about 170,000 metric tons. If all of this gold were melded together, it would form a cube of about 68 feet per side. (Picture it fitting comfortably within a baseball infield.) At $1,750 per ounce ? gold?s price as I write this ? its value would be about $9.6 trillion. Call this cube pile A.
Let?s now create a pile B costing an equal amount. For that, we could buy all U.S. cropland (400 million acres with output of about $200 billion annually), plus 16 Exxon Mobils (the world?s most profitable company, one earning more than $40 billion annually). After these purchases, we would have about $1 trillion left over for walking-around money (no sense feeling strapped after this buying binge). Can you imagine an investor with $9.6 trillion selecting pile A over pile B?
Beyond the staggering valuation given the existing stock of gold, current prices make today?s annual production of gold command about $160 billion. Buyers ? whether jewelry and industrial users, frightened individuals, or speculators ? must continually absorb this additional supply to merely maintain an equilibrium at present prices.
A century from now the 400 million acres of farmland will have produced staggering amounts of corn, wheat, cotton, and other crops ? and will continue to produce that valuable bounty, whatever the currency may be. Exxon Mobil will probably have delivered trillions of dollars in dividends to its owners and will also hold assets worth many more trillions (and, remember, you get 16 Exxons). The 170,000 tons of gold will be unchanged in size and still incapable of producing anything. You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond. [Read Believe It or Not: Only 1 Fund Has Outperformed Physical Gold Since 2007!?for a broader take on investing in the stock market.]
Admittedly, when people a century from now are fearful, it?s likely many will still rush to gold. I?m confident, however, that the $9.6 trillion current valuation of pile A will compound over the century at a rate far inferior to that achieved by pile B.
Our first two categories enjoy maximum popularity at peaks of fear: Terror over economic collapse drives individuals to currency-based assets, most particularly U.S. obligations, and fear of currency collapse fosters movement to sterile assets such as gold. [Read: Richard Russell: PLEASE MOVE INTO GOLD!] We heard ?cash is king? in late 2008, just when cash should have been deployed rather than held. Similarly, we heard ?cash is trash? in the early 1980s just when fixed-dollar investments were at their most attractive level in memory. On those occasions, investors who required a supportive crowd paid dearly for that comfort.
3. Businesses, Farms, Real Estate
My own preference ? and you knew this was coming ? is our third category: investment in productive assets, whether businesses, farms, or real estate. [Read Warren Buffett?s Advice Is NOT for the Average Investor! Here?s Why?to?see if his current advice is for you.]?Ideally, these assets should have the ability in inflationary times to deliver output that will retain its purchasing-power value while requiring a minimum of new capital investment. Farms, real estate, and many businesses (such as Coca-Cola and IBM)?meet that double-barreled test. Certain other companies ? think of our regulated utilities, for example ? fail it because inflation places heavy capital requirements on them. To earn more, their owners must invest more. Even so, these investments will remain superior to nonproductive or currency-based assets. [Read: Don?t Invest in the Stock Market Without Reading This Article First]
Whether the currency a century from now is based?in the future, the U.S. population will move more goods, consume more food, and require more living space than it does now. People will forever exchange what they produce for what others produce. Our country?s businesses will continue to efficiently deliver goods and services wanted by our citizens. Metaphorically, these commercial ?cows? will live for centuries and give ever greater quantities of ?milk? to boot. Their value will be determined not by the medium of exchange but rather by their capacity to deliver milk. Proceeds from the sale of the milk will compound for the owners of the cows, just as they did during the 20th century when the Dow increased from 66 to 11,497 (and paid loads of dividends as well).
Berkshire?s goal will be to increase its ownership of first-class businesses. Our first choice will be to own them in their entirety ? but we will also be owners by way of holding sizable amounts of marketable stocks. I believe that over any extended period of time this category of investing will prove to be the runaway winner among the three we?ve examined. More important, it will be by far the safest. [Also read: Your Stock Market Gains Are Just an Illusion! Here?s Absolute Proof?and Your Portfolio Isn?t Adequately Diversified Without 7-15% in Precious Metals ? Here?s Why]
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NOT putting all your eggs in one basket makes intuitive sense to many investors. Indeed, evidence indicates that putting more eggs in your basket may actually crack your portfolio, not protect it. Words: 515
3. Value Investing: The Practical Application of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett?s Principles
While the average amateur investor may be excellent in their own career field, it doesn?t mean they know what to invest in, or how to pick stocks. In fact being very good at your field can give you the false sense that whatever stocks you pick or your broker picks for you must be good, because after all, you picked them and you picked your broker ? and you?re smart so, no doubt, those stock prices will go up. Unfortunately, the smart and talented stock-picking neophyte is not investing at all but speculating. Words: 924
4. Words of Wisdom from Warren Buffett
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insight, or inside information. What?s needed is a sound intellectual framework for decisions and the ability to keep your emotions from corroding that framework. Words: 895
5. Buffett, Russell and Hoisington: Deflation or Inflation?
Unchecked greenback emissions will certainly cause the purchasing power of currency to melt. says Warren Buffett. Words: 982 In the following edited excerpts from the original article* Cam Hui (www.questfunds.com) puts forth the case for both inflation and deflation by the likes of Richard Russell, Warren Buffett and Van Hoisington.
6. Your Stock Market Gains Are Just an Illusion! Here?s Absolute Proof
In my opinion, the greatest threat to long-term and retirement investors is the wealth-destroying triple combination of monetary inflation, asset deflation, and inflation taxes. Fully understanding [these factors] is absolutely essential for financial survival because history shows us quite clearly that when all three of these major wealth destroyers are working together in the real world then conventional investing methods cannot withstand the destruction of investor wealth that occurs. [Let me explain why, then, your past and future stock market gains actually have been, and will continue to be, absolutely nothing more than a mirage - a cruel illusion that has and will continue to only benefit our governments - unless you develop a drastic out-of-the-box investment strategy that is radically different from anything that currently exists (or is in the public domain).] Words: 3456
7. Stocks: The Place to be During Coming Inflation
Over the longer term, some of history?s top strategists actually say that inflation is a big reason to buy stocks ? not to avoid them. Foremost among them is Warren Buffett. His inflation research goes way back. In 1977 ? just before the U.S. was about to enter into one of the worst inflationary climates in history ? in a column for Fortune magazine he said, stocks are probably still the best of all the poor alternatives in an era of inflation ? at least they are if you buy in at appropriate prices. Words: 664
8. ?Gold: $3,000? $5,000? $10,000? These 151 Analysts Think So!
151 analysts maintain that gold will eventually reach a parabolic peak price of at least $3,000/ozt. before the bubble bursts of which 101 see gold reaching at least $5,000/ozt., 17 predict a parabolic peak price of as much as $10,000 per troy ounce and a further 13 are on record as saying gold could go even higher than that. Take a look here at who is projecting what, by when and why. Words: 844
9. Governments Will Want ? Will NEED ? Much Higher Gold Prices! Here?s Why
That governments will want ? and will NEED ? much, much higher gold and silver prices in the future is counter intuitive, given that they have done everything within their power to throttle back and to keep a lid on bullion prices. Let me explain why. Words: 1300
10. Believe It or Not: Only 1 Fund Has Outperformed Physical Gold Since 2007!
Out of the 7,500 separate mutual funds available, and with 22,000 shares classes to choose from, only 1 fund ? just ONE fund ? actually managed to achieve a greater percentage return than gold bullion since the alarm bells rang out at the turn of 2007! [That being said, are you still one of the 99% of investors who, for whatever reason (are you foolishly listening to the "advice" provided by your stock broker/securities salesman going under the guise of a financial "advisor"), is still without any physical gold or silver?] Words: 395
11. Richard Russell: PLEASE MOVE INTO GOLD!
For a decade I have been urging my subscribers to move into gold ? either physical bullion or otherwise [Richard Russell: Get Prepared ? A Gold Tsunami is Coming] . Now I am at it again: PLEASE MOVE INTO GOLD. [Here's why you should.] Words: 720
12. Your Portfolio Isn?t Adequately Diversified Without 7-15% in Precious Metals ? Here?s Why
The traditional view of portfolio management is that three asset classes, stocks, bonds and cash, are sufficient to achieve diversification. This view is, quite simply, wrong because over the past 10 years gold, silver and platinum have singularly outperformed virtually all major widely accepted investment indexes. Precious metals should be considered an independent asset class and an allocation to precious metals, as the most uncorrelated asset group, is essential for proper portfolio diversification. [Let me explain.] Words: 2137
13. Gold Bullion, Stocks or Bonds: Which Have More Long-term Investment Risk?
In proclaiming buy-and-hold investing to be dead, the pseudo-experts masquerading as financial advisors have abandoned the fundamental principle of investing: buying undervalued assets ? and then giving those assets the time necessary to mature. Instead, these charlatans have forced their clients to become short-term gamblers. Worse still, they are now consistently steering their clients toward the worst possible asset-classes, stocks and bonds, rather than the best ones [simply because they do not] understand the fundamental conceptual difference between risk and volatility. In a market populated by panicked lemmings, we cannot avoid volatility. However, we can and must reduce risk ? which begins by building an allocation of history?s true safe haven asset, precious metals. [Let me explain more about what risk and volatility are and are not.] Words: 1080
14. Don?t Invest in the Stock Market Without Reading This Article First
History has shown that investors who stick to disciplined, fundamental-focused strategies give themselves a good chance of beating the market over the long haul and James O?Shaughnessy has compiled data that stretches back to before the Great Depression?back-tested numerous strategies, and has come to some very intriguing conclusions. [Let me share some of them with you.] Words: 1325
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