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Results of a Survey Asking the American People How They Feel About the Unending Discussion of the Fiscal Cliff, the Debt Ceiling, Restructuring Entitlements, Revenue Versus Spending, Etc., Etc., Etc.
The subject is vital. We never would doubt it.
We’d rather go broke, though, than hear more about it.
The initial article of this series examined why the first generation of third-party multilender websites failed, despite rosy expectations and heavy investments by deep-pocketed firms. This article and those that follow will discuss the features that are central to the success of the next generation of sites that will appear in 2011. Perhaps the major feature, discussed in this article, is provision of competitive loan pricing.
A core function of the third-party network is to collect, store and display price quotes from multiple participating lenders. While this generates competitive price quotes, it does not necessarily generate competitive lock prices that lenders are obliged to honor. A failure to recognize the difference was a critical mistake of the first generation of multilender sites.
This band of adventurous eaters meets monthly to indulge in "nose to tail eating." Brains, spleen, eyeballs and heart are finger food for these intrepid foodies. WSJ's Spencer Jakab joined them for a meal.
Published: Oct 22, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.
STRATFORD, P.E.I. - Ryan Bradley has entered the race for Stratford town council in Ward 2.
Voters head to the polls on Oct. 27, Oct. 29 and Nov. 2 (advance) and on election day, Nov. 5.
Bradley has been a resident of Stratford in Ward 2 for the last 17 years where he and his wife, Shelly, raised their two daughters, Emma and Avery.
Bradley said he has always been actively involved as a volunteer with different charities, boards and sports organizations and would bring to council an extensive background in finance and technology.
Bradley, who works as an investment officer in the province’s Department of Finance, has a master of business from UPEI along with a diploma from Holland College in business information technology.
Over the years, he has served on the UPEI board of governors, UPEI alumni, Stratford utility board and the P.E.I. Marathon committee.
On 30 September 1979 Pope John Paul II celebrated a youth mass in Galway, where he gave the now iconic and most memorable quote of his visit when he declared "Young people of Ireland, I love you". The young congregation react with an outburst of applause.
Pope John Paul II arrived in Ireland in September 1979 for a 3-day visit. He was the first Pontiff to visit Ireland. During his three day stay, he visited Dublin, Drogheda, Clonmacnoise, Galway, Knock, Maynooth and Limerick.
This mass was broadcast live as part of RTÉ's comprehensive coverage of the visit on both television and radio.
Linda Coyle used to be “a busy fool” preoccupied with the humdrum routine of running her business — now she’s a savvy entrepreneur with an eye to the future, thanks to the help of a Women in Business Programme run by her Local Enterprise Office.
“I first started working for myself because of family commitments and, for many years, I scheduled my work around the needs of my young children,” said Linda, a voice, music, and speech and language therapist.
One of 13 West Cork women who have just ‘graduated’ from an intensive three-month Women in Business training course, Linda says she benefited significantly from the programme which is funded and managed by the Local Enterprise Office, Cork North and West.
The aim of the course, which started in September and targeted women who were a year or more in business and had up to 10 employees, was to help participants realise the potential in their company and plan for future growth.
“I was putting limitations on myself and juggling my work around the needs of the family,” recalls Linda.
“When you’re in business you can spend a lot of time doing the work and not enough time working on the business.
“You can be a ‘busy fool’,” she said, adding the course helped her metamorphose into a “savvy entrepreneur”.
The course helped her join up the dots.
Linda said that when she started working for herself, she was experienced in her speciality area but not an experienced business person.
As part of the course, participants were given the tools to grow and develop their commercial businesses — these included the areas of strategy, planning, finance, raising money, marketing, sales, public relations, social media, and pitching.
Another programme participant, Kathryn Kneefel, of Blue Badger Studio who creates custom illustrations of pets, said the course opened her eyes to possibilities that she had been missing out on.
“My artwork is now being sold internationally and there are many more exciting things in the pipeline to look forward to, thanks to this programme,” she said.
Boston resident Sal Esposito has been called to jury duty, but there's one thing standing in the way of his ability to serve: He's a cat.
Massachusetts couple Anna and Guy Esposito received a jury duty summons for their feline friend this month, who they had listed as a household resident on the 2010 Census.
"Sal is a member of the family so I listed him on the last Census form under pets but there has clearly been a mix-up," Anna told local TV station WHDH. "I read the whole thing and I said, 'Oh my God, how could he go, he's a cat?'"
"I was shocked," added Anna's husband Guy, though he said Sal - a fan of crime shows - "knows right and wrong."
Anna filed to have her pet disqualified from the service requirement on the grounds he is "unable to speak and understand English." She even included a letter from her vet explaining that Sal is not a human being but a "domestic short-haired neutered feline," WHDH reported.
The court rejected the request, and as things stand, Sal will have to report for duty to Suffolk Superior Crown Court in Boston on March 23.
And what if Sal the cat is asked to weigh in on a case?
"He'll probably do a meow for the answer," Anna said.
An oil rig job is one of many dirty jobs.
4 What Are the Dangers of Being an Ironworker?
Even in a grim economy with increasing unemployment rates, there still are jobs for which people don't form long queues to apply. These jobs often have regular manpower shortages, and good health coupled with a high tolerance for unpleasant environments may be all you need for success. Despite the unpleasantness, the top 10 dirty jobs are viable options for earning a living.
Garbage collectors remove waste and recyclable products from homes and businesses. They must be in good physical condition as they often lift garbage cans by hand and dump the contents into their truck. Although some employers request at least a high school diploma, it is generally not required for the job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) groups garbage collectors with Hand Laborers and Material Movers with a median salary of $32,930 in 2010.
Having to deal with digestive systems and associated problems, gastroenterologists often encounter obnoxious odors and human waste while examining their patients. They also must work with embarrassing parts of the human body. Their median annual wage was $206,590 in 2010, according to the BLS. Like physicians, gastroenterologists must obtain a bachelor's degree and then attend medical school, after which they complete a residency program.
Farmhands work in on farms and in barns, which usually have no heating or air conditioning. They are often required to do graveyard shifts to get the milk that must go out for early morning distributions. The main jobs are milking cows, clearing dung and barn maintenance. Working in unhygienic environments and extreme conditions often make this job unpleasant. Earning $22,060 per year, dairy farmhands need good stamina and a high tolerance for unpleasant scents to undertake this work.
Though most sewerage is cleaned using pumps, the process still can be an unpleasant experience. Discarded products and even tree roots can cause clogging, and the result could be backed up raw sewage. Toxic gases, unsanitary and crammed spaces make the job seriously unhealthy. They earned a median salary of $42,760 in 2010, according to the BLS. Sewerage cleaners must be willing to work in shifts and under difficult conditions. A healthy immune system is crucial to take up this job.
A dangerous and difficult job done in an off track location in the world with oil raining on a successful day is not everyone's cup of tea. The job often requires 12-hour shifts and the ability to do heavy physical work in cramped spaces. Oil rig personnel work with extremely combustible materials on platforms that are located miles away from shore. If there is an accident, help may not be able to get there quickly. Oil riggers make a median salary of $37,640 per year as of 2010, according to the BLS.
Coal excavations are messy and black and highly hazardous to the lungs. Considered among the most dangerous jobs in the world, coal mining requires working in claustrophobic dark spaces, deep down tunnels and under hot and humid conditions. The BLS states that coal mine workers earned a mean annual salary of $84,860 in 2010. A good pair of lungs, stamina to work in harsh conditions and the ability to work long hours are essential for this job.
Working in a mortuary with cadavers can be quite draining for an embalmer. Often the job requires dealing with harmful cleaning chemicals and possible infections that are carried by the dead body. The job can be dangerous because embalmers come in contact with body fluids, blood and possibly infectious diseases. Embalmers prepare the body neatly to make it look presentable for funeral services and to meet legal requirements. All states require that embalmers receive a license, but requirements vary by state. The average income of an embalmer was $43,680 per year in 2012, according to the BLS.
Hazardous material removers clean up spaces that have hazardous chemicals such as radioactive material, chemically combustible material and nuclear waste. Using toxins for the removals pose a serious threat to these workers' health. Hazardous material removers must remain alert and adhere to strict precautions because making mistakes can prove costly for the public and other workers. Their average annual income in 2010 was $37,600, as reported by the BLS.
Pest control removal specialists enjoy a messy job that requires dealing with pesky insects, reptiles and smelly pests. These specialists must operate with extreme caution because their jobs involve setting traps, spraying chemicals, using poisonous substances in uncomfortable spaces such as attics, barns and farms. A good eye for detail and strong immunity are required for this job. They earn an average income of $30,060 per year as of 2010, according to the BLS.
Though not necessarily the dirtiest job ever, washing the dirt from windows can be a dangerous affair. Injury rates are high because high-rise window washers must reach incredible heights to do their cleaning. High-rise window cleaners stand in baskets attached to hydraulic cranes, climb ladders and crawl onto window ledges. This means that workers must have a good pair of lungs, in addition to the ability to work in high altitudes. The BLS reports that the average salary for this job is $22,210 per year as of 2010.
Davoren, Julie. "Top 10 Dirty Jobs." Work - Chron.com, http://work.chron.com/top-10-dirty-jobs-19406.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.
For the start of Season 3 of For Honor, Ubisoft has decided to introduce a brand new game mode to the fold called Tribute. It's an all new multiplayer game mode designed for 4-vs-4 PvP where two teams will duke it out across various maps. You can watch the trailer below.
The mode is pretty neat because it's more of a condensed, intimate capture the flag variation. There are three relic offerings scattered throughout the stage, the objective is to race to the offerings and grab them before the opposing team does. You'll then need to race back to your base and place the offerings down to score a buff.
Each offering unlocks a different buff, including an offensive buff, a defensive buff, or an awareness buff. You'll need to steal the offering and take it to the appropriate shrine in order to activate the buff for your entire team. It's an interesting new take for the For Honor PvP modes and will likely find itself an audience of interested gamers looking for something different.
You'll be able to secure victory of the match by successfully capturing all three of the offerings, at which point a countdown timer will begin and players will need to defend their shrines until the timer reaches zero. At that point, the team with the offerings will win the round.
One of the major differences between this mode and the other modes is that there are no AI to help you out this time, so, usually, while you could rely on friendly or enemy units to distract your foes during an encounter, this time around you won't have any of that to help you.
Ubisoft also has plans on showcasing the mode a bit more in depth during a live-stream over on the official Twitch channel, where the demonstration will air on September 14th at 12pm Eastern Standard Time. So, if you're working and you manage to get off on your lunch break, you can check out the new For Honor mode in action to see what it will be like when it finally becomes available for all players.
The feedback for the mode has been cautiously optimistic. It's not hard to see why, though. A lot of people point out that the Shinobi character class will have a distinct advantage on everyone else due to the speed boost. So that will be an interesting element to see play out during the matches.
Others are excited because they feel as if it will be less chaotic than the Dominion mode where there are NPCs and players running around, killing each other, and attempting to take over the choke points in a map to score a victory. Ultimately we'll get to see what the new For Honor mode is like when Ubisoft showcases it on Thursday.
Florida's acrimonious U.S. Senate contest is headed to a legally required hand recount after an initial review by ballot-counting machines showed Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson separated by fewer than 13,000 votes.
The contest for governor between Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum appeared all but over Thursday, with a machine recount showing DeSantis with a large enough advantage over Gillum to avoid a hand recount in that race.
The recount has been fraught with problems. One large Democratic stronghold in South Florida was unable to finish its machine recount by the Thursday deadline due to machines breaking down. A federal judge rejected a request to extend the recount deadline.
Meanwhile, election officials in another urban county in the Tampa Bay area decided against turning in the results of their machine recount, which came up with 846 fewer votes than originally counted. And news outlets in South Florida reported that Broward County finished its machine recount but missed the deadline by a few minutes.
Counties were ordered this past weekend to conduct a machine recount of three statewide races because the margins were so tight. The next stage is a manual review of ballots that were not counted by machines to see if there is a way to figure out voter intent.
Six election-related lawsuits are pending in federal court in Tallahassee, and at least one in state court.
Walker vented his anger at state lawmakers and Palm Beach County officials, saying they should have made sure they had the equipment to handle this kind of a recount. But he said he couldn't extend the recount deadline because he didn't know when Palm Beach County would finish its work.
Late Thursday, Walker rejected a challenge by Nelson and Democrats to the rules of the hand recount in the Senate race. During the hand recount, elections officials look at just the ballots that weren't recorded by voting machines. Walker found the state's rules were reasonable and constitutional.
Walker was asked by Democrats to require local officials to provide a list of people whose ballots were rejected. But the judge refused the request as "inappropriate."
Under state law, a hand review is required when the victory margin is 0.25 percentage points or less. A state website's unofficial results show Scott ahead of Nelson by 0.15 percentage points. The margin between DeSantis and Gillum was 0.41 percent.
The margin between Scott and Nelson had not changed much in the last few days, conceded Marc Elias, an attorney working for Nelson's campaign. But he said that he expects it to shrink due to the hand recount and the ruling on signatures.
Democrats want state officials to do whatever it takes to make sure every eligible vote is counted. Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have argued without evidence that voter fraud threatens to steal races from the GOP.
There�s something for everyone at the town�s 112th Old Home Day celebration this weekend, so bring a frog, chain saw, lawn chair or just your enthusiasm, and head on over to the Town Common for plenty of good old family-oriented fun.
The fireworks were canceled from this year�s kickoff show, but the outdoor concert with a Billy Joel tribute band, The Strangers, is set for 6 p.m. tomorrow at Charlton Middle School.
The daylong celebration Monday will begin 7 a.m. with soap box races on Muggett Hill Road.
The Town Common and surrounding buildings will come alive at 9 a.m. with a craft fair, Historical Society exhibit, a flea market at the Grange Hall, a Cultural Council art and photo exhibit in Town Hall, a Garden Club flower show at the Federated Church, and booths on the Common. The 5-mile road race, in its 42nd year, will start at 10 a.m. at Town Hall.
New additions for the children this year are a petting zoo and pony rides. And the adults are invited to show their skills in the chain saw and bucksaw competitions set for 11 a.m.
Leaping into its third year, the frog jumping contest is open to children ages 3 to 14. Each child must bring their own frog to the 10 a.m. registration for a jump-off time of 11 a.m.
Live musical entertainment will begin 10 a.m. on the stage with the singing duo Tall Heights. Retired state police Sgt. Dan Clark, known as the �singing state trooper,� will perform patriotic songs at 2:30 p.m.
The afternoon�s lineup of events starts at 12:30 p.m. with karaoke on the Common, followed by musical chairs and the awards ceremony to announce and honor those selected for the Citizen of the Year and community service awards. The Lions Club bed races will roll out at 1:30 p.m., and the Old Home Day Parade steps off at 3:30 p.m. on Masonic Home Road.
Main Street will be closed Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Masonic Home Road will close at Trolley Crossing Road from 2 to 5 p.m. with the exception of residents and employees of the Overlook Masonic Health Center.
Additional information is available on the town�s Web site: www.townofcharlton.net.
Today we welcome George Marsden back to the Anxious Bench. One of the preeminent historians of evangelicalism, George previously weighed in on whether evangelicalism can survive Trump. Here he returns with a provocative thought experiment, adapted from a portion of an essay he is contributing to Evangelicalism, its History, and its Present Crisis, a forthcoming book (Eerdmans, 2019) he is editing together with David Bebbington and Mark Noll.
Let’s suppose that in some slightly altered historical circumstances, Trump, or someone a lot like Trump, had decided he had a better chance playing the role of a populist Democrat.
Then, by promising everything to almost everyone, he had unexpectedly been elected.
Even if the Democratic Trump would have had to hide his racism, he would have been the same in his essential dishonesty, his constant attacks on the line between fact and fiction, his narcissism, his background of corruption, his record of exploitation of women (despite the Democratic Trump claiming to champion of equality and male accountability), his lack of discernible principle, his disdain for the Constitution and the rule of law, his intimations that his critics in the press should be suppressed, his vilification of his enemies, and his ignorance combined with reckless and ungenerous “America first” ventures in foreign policy.
At first, we can imagine, many principled Democrats would have deeply opposed his nomination and some would have declared themselves to be in the “NeverTrump” camp. But the rank and file would have been energized and many of the working classes would have been brought back to the party.
And then let’s say that the Democratic Trump administration would have succeeded in establishing a single-payer health-care system, tightened environmental regulations, instituted sensible gun-control laws, and appointed several Supreme Court justices who would ensure protections of progressive views for the next generation.
Some principled NeverTrump Democrats would continue to hold out. But it also seems likely that a good many sincere American Christians who had deep concerns for social justice, progressive social causes, and the environment would come around to saying that achieving these goals made it well worth it to support this scoundrel—or they might become blind to the degree that he was a scoundrel, a horrible model for children, and possibly a threat to the republic and to world peace.
One might imagine that, even if some of his policies and practices seemed clearly to violate Christian standards, some sincere Christian leaders would accept invitations to the White House, perhaps to influence him and at least to show the world their support. One could even imagine some saying that God had raised him up to save all these lives, to do justice, and possibly even to save the planet.
This fantasy is not intended, as I hope should be evident, to justify support for Trump nor to suggest a moral equivalency regarding the policy issues involved. Those policy issues and questions of political priorities are still issues that Christians need to discuss as civilly as possible, and that is always difficult in times of extreme polarization. And those debates on substantive issues became all the more difficult after 2016 because the actual Trump succeeded in part by appealing to some of the worst instincts, including racism, xenophobia, and misogyny, inbred among many white-ethno Americans. So it has been difficult to separate the actual Trump’s character (or the character he plays) from some of his policies.
Still, granting that many white evangelical Christians have been susceptible to the low prejudices that Trump cultivates, there are many other white evangelical Trump voters who should not be lumped into that category. Probably the largest number of these others are those who vote largely out of party loyalty and, perhaps reassured by Fox News, soon come to support pretty much whatever their party is doing and to overlook or forgive the faults of their leaders.
Some such Trump sympathizers, in turn, may also find some assurance from the pronouncements of another smaller more theoretically minded group of conservative evangelicals who are supporting Trump not because of their low principles (though we all may have some of such) but primarily for what they see as high principles, of which they see anti-abortion as preeminent. The prospect of gaining such goals may lead this latter group of principled supporters either not to perceive many of his character flaws and /or to say that “no one is perfect” and that we should suspend some of our usual Christian standards for the sake achieving higher political goals.
So one benefit of this thought experiment is to help recognize that even among white evangelical Christians who support Trump there are varieties of reasons for doing so and not everyone in that group should be lumped into one stereotyped characterization.
Conceivably, another possible use for this little historical fantasy might be in trying to communicate with Trump supporters who think that some accounts of his character, such as those in the fantasy itself, are unduly harsh. One might invoke, if it is possible to do so in a winsome way, this plausible scenario of Trump running and winning as a Democrat as a way of asking how they (even in their most generous and non-partisan moments) would then assess his character, his regard for the Constitution, and his regard for the best principles of the American heritage?
But a more significant benefit of this thought experiment is that it might be a first step for those of us who think it self-evident that Trump’s character makes him unfit for the presidency to try to understand what may otherwise seem like totally inexplicable behavior of some of our fellow Christians. It is a way to remind ourselves, as Reinhold Niebuhr used to remind us, that in a fallen world obsessed with politics, and especially at times when political opinions are highly polarized, we all are in danger of seeing our favorite causes as being so righteous that we let our political loyalties overwhelm our other Christian principles and sensibilities.
It may be true that almost all political bargains are to some degree corrupt. Yet some are more corrupt than others and ought to be condemned and avoided. Our partisanship and sense of self-righteousness can easily blind us to recognizing that difference.
Nonetheless, as I said, such an exercise in trying to put oneself in the shoes of those with whom one deeply disagrees is only a first step. I realize it will leave many with frustrations about the political gap that divides believers and about how to communicate across that gap. Still, I wonder if it is not a useful first step.
Gisele Bündchen might have retired from the runway, but the Brazilian model has kept all the healthy habits that got her that enviable Victoria's Secret Angel body.
From the look of her Instagram feed, the Chanel beauty spokesperson, who recently revealed in a New York Times interview that photographers and designers were skeptical she could make it in the fashion industry, prefers outdoor activities that barely feel like working out, often recruiting partners (fitness instructors and her kids) to make the whole thing even more fun. Keep reading to see how Gisele stays fit and to feel inspired to add a little variety to your usual routine.
The Washington Capitals closed the gap on Saturday night.

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