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WIP:Gardener = Mercurius = Our Savior
Mary Ross
The child John Shade falls into transcendental unconsciousness at the sight of a tin toy negro boy pushing a wheelbarrow. The negro gardener with his wheelbarrow is the last thing John Shade sees before he is killed. Kinbote, upon seeing the toy as Shade's "memento mori" declares that it shall work again because, "I have the key". There is probably not a person, place or thing in Pale Fire that does not have a correlated or contrapuntal image; the question is, why a negro? Why a gardener with a wheelbarrow? Why is this the key?
A very interesting interpretation of astronomical images in Pale Fire has been given by the scholar Ljiljana Cuk. (https://drsuttonsite.wordpress.com/dr-sutton-who-or-what/) She notes that the Great Bear is part of the constellation "Bootes", The Ploughman, being the plough itself, or sometimes considered a cart (i.e. wheelbarrow), called also, "Charles's Wain".
The myth of Bootes fits the "mirror image" themes pervading Pale Fire. Philomenus was the twin brother of Pluto. He was not rich like his brother, but he gave to mankind the plough and the cart, and was rewarded for his generosity and ingenuity by being made a constellation. He is thus associated with the earth, chthonic like his dark brother, but also the sky; He has a beneficent aspect. According to Jung:
"Opposites are extreme qualities of any state, by virtue of which that state is perceived to be real, for they form a potential. The psyche is made up of processes whose energy springs from the equilibration of all kinds of opposites. The spirit/instinct antithesis is only one of the commonest formulations, but it has the advantage of reducing the greatest number of the most important and most complex psychic processes to a common denominator. So regarded, psychic processes seem to be balances of energy flowing between spirit and instinct…" (Jung, The structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, Vol.8 Collected works, P. 207)
Bootes/Philomenus, like his twin, is chthonic; psychologically then, both would be associated with the unconscious. However, he is a helper to mankind, and therefore on the high end of the "instinct-spiritual" polarity. Jung found this polarity in the alchemical figure of Mercurius, whose multiple aspects ranged the high and low of the unconscious. Note especially that he was called "versipellis", an unusual word that Nabokov uses in Pale Fire, which means "shape shifter":
"Again and again Mercurius is called versatilis, versipellis, mutabilis, servus or cervus fugitivus, Proteus, etc." (Jung, Vol.13 CW P. 178)
"Mercurius is by no means the Christian devil – the latter could rather be said to be a 'diabolization' of Lucifer or of Mercurius. Mercurius is an adumbration of the primordial light-bringer, who is never himself the light, but a (messenger) who brings the light of nature, the light of the moon and the stars, which fades before the new morning light." (Jung, Alchemical Studies, P.248)
"The unconscious is not just evil by nature, it is also the source of the highest good: not only dark but also light, not only bestial, semihuman, and demonic but superhuman, spiritual, and, in the classical sense of the word, "divine." (Jung, Aion, CW Vol.9, P.338)
What shall we make of "Balthasar, King of Loam"? We never learn his name, except for the fanciful one Kinbote gives him, an allusion to the Moorish magus of the Bible. He is a negro, black. His skin color and magus association allude to the "nigredo" of alchemy, the degrading dissolution into blackness for purification. These qualities put him squarely in the camp of Gradus and the Shadows, yet he resembles Philomenus, the benificent Bootes ploughman. Whose side is he on?
Kinbote first meets him tending trees along the avenue of Shakespeare trees, on a green ladder, his red flannel shirt on the ground. "Green" seems to be associated with squares on the chessboard. The red shirt suggests the "red" chess pieces. It could be he is wearing red as a loyalist. He does seem to be loyal to Kinbote.
The trees mentioned seem to have to do with more than Shakespeare; they relate to themes in the story. Trees, first of all, are Jungian symbols for the individuating Self. "Jove" and "Thunder-cloven" suggest Mercurius/Odin, and "knotty-entrailed wittily suggests Gradus' dyspepsia. The "phoenix" is an alchemical symbol of rising from the ashes to the liberation of the philosopher's stone. The "weather-defending line tree" is exactly that; a tree planted along a line against the weather (wind and storms being Mercurius' province). The Pine and Cedar relate to "Cedarn". "Willows", symbolizing death are mentioned elsewhere in the text, the "midsummer elm" and "mulberry" relate to the time period of the novel. The "cypress" is a cemetery tree – from Illyria, the modern day name for Arcadia.
The gardener is earthy, of the earth, chthonic. He is not dark, though, except for his skin. He seems a very positive character, caring for trees and plants and people in need, and he has intellectual and spiritual aspirations, despite his lowly birth. He "lays a path" for Kinbote at Goldsworth's house. Kinbote calls him, "awfully nice and pathetic". Why pathetic? Does he suffer? He is impotent (or perhaps just asexual?) and talkative – what does he have to say?
John is shot, and it is Gradus who receives the gardener's contrapuntal blow to the head. Kinbote even calls the gardener, "Our savior". One could hardly miss the religious connotation. We know that Kinbote is conventionally religious, but if we go to the higher thetic level, the alchemists incorporated and equated the Christ figure into their work. Jung wrote a treatise on Mercurius as a Christ figure. The dual nature of Mercurius has a positive, as well as a negative side, as Jung claims, does the unconscious.
"Thus the higher, the spiritual, the masculine inclines to the lower, the earthly, the feminine; and accordingly, the mother, who was anterior to the world of the father, accommodates herself to the masculine principle and, with the aid of the human spirit (alchemy or 'the philosophy'), produces a son – not the antithesis of Christ but rather his chthonic counterpart, not a divine man but a fabulous being conforming to the nature of the primordial mother. And just as the redemption of the man the microcosm is the task of the 'upper' son, so the 'lower' son has the function of a salvator macrocosmi." (Jung, Psychology and Alchemy, P. 24)
"Since Mercurius is often called filius, his sonship is beyond question. He is therefore like a brother to Christ and a second son of God,…he is also the counterpart of the Trinity as a whole in so far as he is conceived to be a chthonic triad. According to this view he would be equal to one half of the Christian Godhead. He is indeed the dark chthonic half, but he is not simply evil as such, for he is called "good and evil', or a 'system of the higher powers in the lower.' He calls to mind that double figure which seems to stand behind both Christ and the devil – that enigmatic Lucifer whose attributes are shared by both."(Jung, Alchemical Studies, P.222)
The gardener and Gradus end up sitting side by side, smoking, and sharing a glass of water, like old friends, like mirror images.
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The process of forming as well as including a nonprofit resembles a company, with the exception of a couple of differences. register a business hmrc A nonprofit could not be developed from any of the following entities: Sole Proprietorship, Limited Responsibility Company or a Company "C" or "S".
A nonprofit, like a company, is a legal entity different from the creator( s); it can make it through the life of its creator( s) as well as could exist considerably. Unlike a firm that is owned register a business hmrc by its shareholders, a nonprofit does not have shareholders and also is not had by any person, but is handled by the board of supervisors. The other unique distinction between a firm and a nonprofit is just how the earnings is taxed. Currently, allow's take you through the process.
Step One: Employee a Board of Supervisors. A board ought to include varied representation from the following: finance, lawful, a person who represents or is taken into consideration an expert when it come to your mission, a person that represents the people you exist to offer, local corporate executive( s) – register a business hmrc specifically from a business that has the tendency to money companies like your own, community/professional volunteer( s) – individuals with a network of wealth, and one more nonprofit exec. Ensure that you have a job description in place which plainly shows board participant expectations, including all info pertaining to your nonprofit. Expectations register a business hmrc need to include administration, financial support, and also hands-on leadership. You do not desire a board of directors that feels "just appearing" satisfies their duty. Finally, you never stop trying to find excellent board members. Your board needs to have a set tenure to ensure there is constantly space for fresh faces, ideas, and also links.
Step Two: Formation Satisfying. The development meeting is a meeting of the initial board of directors to elect on integrating as well as pursuing the tax exemption condition along with to establish the function of the nonprofit. During this meeting as well as all succeeding board meetings, make certain to take meeting mins to show an unanimous contract by the board prior to moving forward register a business hmrc.
Step Three: Calling Your Nonprofit. Call selection is very important since it identifies your function as well as develops your identity and identity as well as brand. Choose your company name like you pick your child's name-repeat it commonly, pretend to answer the phone making use of the name to hear if it has a nice ring to it. You could select practically register a business hmrc any kind of name you desire for your organization as long as it is not currently in operation. You can examine name schedule on your state's regulating web site to see if it is readily available before you submit it. Usually, this is the secretary of state's office.
Tip Four: Include. The unification procedure resembles that of a firm. The Articles of Consolidation are prepared and also submitted with the state's controling body; once again, commonly the Secretary of State's office. Some states have example write-ups which you can get and use in drafting your write-ups, nevertheless, fulfilling the state's minimum declaring need does not always mean you satisfy the IRS's requirements. register a business hmrc See to it you properly as well as meticulously draft posts of consolidation that meet the demands of the Internal Revenue Service if you intend to obtain federal tax exception; which you will. There is a filing charge associated with this process paid to the state. The fee for the state is generally around $100; the filing fee for your tax-exempt status is around $850.
Step 5: The Bylaws. You are called for to prepare bylaws for your nonprofit. Bylaws are the policies utilized by the board to govern your nonprofit. The majority of states do not call for a duplicate of the laws to be filed with the state. No matter filing demands, it is a state legislation requires that a bundled entity have actually composed bylaws. The IRS will certainly require a duplicate of the bylaws to be submitted with your application for tax-exemption.
Step Six: Get your Federal Company Recognition Number (EIN). Once you have actually completed your documents, you will certainly should make an application for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) likewise referred to as a government tax obligation ID from the IRS. You can do this swiftly and quickly online. Do not forget to publish out a copy for your long-term records. You will certainly likewise need a copy to submit to the IRS with your tax obligation exemption application. To get your EIN go to the Internal Revenue Service's internet site. It is important to keep in mind that just holding an EIN number does not suggest you are authorized as a 501( c) 3 by your state or the Internal Revenue Service. You could elevate money for your organization before authorization. register a business hmrc However, be conscious that typically, providing companies need an accepted 501( c) 3 and will ask for a copy of your authorized status letter.
Tip 7: Application for tax obligation exception to the Internal Revenue Service. After you have actually incorporated your nonprofit as well as gotten your EIN, then you could begin your tax obligation exemption application to the IRS making use of IRS Kind 1023. The type could be gotten at the IRS website. This is a comprehensive application. You should carefully check out the directions, find out about the laws of conformity, finish the application, and accumulate & put together the accessories. Hiring a professional in order to help you is extremely suggested. If you are attempting to do this by yourself, the IRS estimates a few hundred hours are necessary to finish this application. After your preliminary evaluation, finish the application to the 'letter' of their instruction. If your application is not clear or missing essential details, it will be sent back to you for more information. If it does not fit within the tax exemption guidelines, it will certainly be refuted. As mentioned above, there is a charge associated with this application; about $850. The fee modifications periodically, so make sure to inspect the filing fee before you submit the application. The Internal Revenue Service is currently taking between 6-8 months to designate the application to an excluded organization professional. If your application is approved, you will certainly get a "Letter of Determination" that categorizes your organization as tax obligation excluded. The nice aspect of this lengthy process is that the date of your exemption is retroactive to the day that the Internal Revenue Service initially obtained your application. This implies that if you did receive a contribution calling for 501( c) 3 condition prior to your approval, you will inevitably be in compliance with the funding company and also the Internal Revenue Service. Yet, it is not recommended to increase funds on the surface till you receive your Letter of Resolution.
State Tax Obligation Exception. Most states recognize and also accept the federal tax exemption "Letter of Decision." However, there is a handful of states that have added state requirements to be earnings tax excluded for state functions. You will certainly have to consult your state's regulating body to see if there are additional state requirements.
Continuous Conformity. After you are officially incorporated as a nonprofit company, there are a handful of things that you need to do to preserve compliance with state and federal demands. Some states require a yearly report. Many states require a yearly company renewal, as well as some states do not call for state earnings taxes to be filed unless the nonprofit receives a particular limit revenue. As you could see, each state runs differently. The key is to keep on your own notified as well as updated with the requirements of your certain state. On the government side, IRS Form 990 or a variation of Form 990 is called for to be submitted yearly. This is the yearly tax return form for nonprofit companies no matter earnings. Currently, the legislation specifies that if you cannot file Form 990 for three consecutive years, the IRS will immediately revoke your nonprofit status. If this takes place, then the nonprofit can no more get tax-deductible payments. Additionally, you will need to reapply for tax obligation exception once more. You have made the effort to develop your nonprofit, so take the time to care for it and continue to be certified.
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You're ready to begin a nonprofit and make a favorable impact in the world and now you should know the most effective way to go about developing your company. There is a whole lot that enters into a nonprofit, however not so much that many any person could do it. There are, nonetheless, essential actions to take as you start. Adhere to along below as well as I will certainly help you begin in the ideal direction with 7 essential pointers. These tips, when utilized right, will aid create success in your nonprofit.
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Producing the actual lawful company can be completed in several various means. The first and also most known means is by creating an independent 501( c)( 3) via the Internal Revenue Service. This can be an extensive procedure and includes including a firm in the state that you desire to do organisation, and also filing for tax-exempt condition with the Internal Revenue Service utilizing type 1024.
The second, fastest growing way to create a nonprofit company is with fiscal sponsorship. This is where a currently existing 501( c)( 3) company accepts your nonprofit job within its organizational structure. This permits a company to execute nonprofit jobs without the demand for establishing an independent 501( c)( 3) through the Internal Revenue Service. Establishing a monetary sponsorship can be extremely fast, easy, and inexpensive. One of the most fundamental part of establishing a monetary sponsorship is locating an enroller that is respectable as well as long-lasting in the nonprofit field. If the enroller is hollow, they could adversely influence your nonprofit job. Find a third party who is experienced as well as experienced regarding fiscal sponsors to get recommendations from.
When beginning a nonprofit it is important to extensively research the cause you will certainly be assisting. This will certainly help you recognize just what organizations are currently out there doing comparable work. This will certainly help your organization in determining areas that still need help and organizations you could function together with of in far better achieving the task. Continual research will assist your company remain concentrated on its mission.
When doing nonprofit job filing for tax-exempt standing is essential. Lots of nonprofits avoid this step due to the fact that it can be pricey, just to should come back to the action years later on. By having tax-exempt standing, your nonprofit can offer contributors tax-deductible invoices for their donations. Tax-exempt standing is necessary when getting contributions from the majority of firms and when seeking grant loan. Don't put yourself in a bind without tax-exempt standing. You do not wish to be clambering to obtain tax-exempt status with a big donation pending.
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Fundraising is the lifeline of a nonprofit organization. Very little could be achieved without funds to spend. Creating a good fund raising plan as well as proceeded monetary security is important to the success of your nonprofit. Locate good information on how you can fund raise and also placed the plan in action from the very beginning. It is not necessary to employ a fundraising event or give writer but rather consider and also purchase sources that aid you learn how to do these jobs on your own. No one is mosting likely to care as much about the monetary stability of your organization as you.
Creating a calculated strategy on how your nonprofit will run, complete its objective, employ staff, and grow will certainly be necessary. Without a tactical plan in place it will certainly be really difficult making certain your nonprofit succeeds. Strategic strategies are blueprints that you could reference back to constantly, making sure your nonprofit is on track for success. Discover a great source or handbook that discusses the best ways to put together a good tactical plan for your nonprofit.
Hopefully your nonprofit will continuously run efficiently for your life time and also past. While establishing the nonprofit, maintain this long-range vision in mind. There is knowledge in developing a strong structure initially rather than haphazardly tossing your company together. Think about taking six months to a year in the starting to develop stable fund raising, register a business hmrc fantastic programs, as well as excellent practices. As an example, use the initial year to money raising and elevate recognition of your nonprofit so that you can you're your budget plan. Then with secure funding you can begin paying wages, office costs, and also fund programs with less stress and anxiety. Once your programs start, it will be more difficult to focus 100% of your efforts on fundraising.
Assisting others must be enjoyable. Starting and also running an effective nonprofit could be fun. If at any kind of factor you find you have actually shed the "fun factor," collect yourself and identify how you can put the fun back into your initiatives. If enjoyable and also satisfaction is not a constant component of your nonprofit efforts, it will be tough to continue. Make sure those you help, those that volunteer, and yourself are having a blast and your nonprofit endeavor will certainly always live.
Nonprofits give essential solutions and also support numerous essential goals both in your area and internationally. But it could be difficult to create and develop a nonprofit that will certainly offer its objective and also make a distinction. There are many distinctions in between a commercial company and a nonprofit. Thankfully, Nolo, a company that makes the legislation easily accessible to anyone, has an excellent guide to help you start or to assist you proceed along if you are started but having trouble building it to where you desire it to go. register a business hmrc The 4th Version of "Starting & Structure a Nonprofit A Practical Guide" by Peri H. Pakroo, J.D., is a vital overview of assist you get your nonprofit working as well as, most importantly, keep it going.
Like a lot of Nolo publications, it is arranged in an easy manner to allow the reader to gain one of the most information in an useful manner. The short intro provides some nonprofit fundamentals and also a few words on running a nonprofit.
After the intro, there are phases that focus on calling and also structuring your nonprofit, developing your calculated plan, developing your first budget, your board of directors, your workforce of staff and also volunteers, fundraising, threat management and also insurance, recognizing agreements as well as arrangements, marketing your nonprofit, publishing educational products, getting the word out online regarding your nonprofit, managing your finances, as well as obtaining professional help.
These chapters give good basic info. They provide the essentials. Nonetheless, you will wish to learn more concerning a few of these subjects. Take fundraising as an example. This is an essential area for nonprofits, and Nolo in fact has a couple of various other books that focus just on this set subject. So while the phase in this publication provides some basic support, you could intend to further your reading in this area with added sources. I also appreciate the chapter on obtaining professional help, since while this publication readies with basic info, there are some locations where you actually should seek the guidance of an expert and collaborating with attorneys and also accounting professionals will be important for the nonprofit that wishes to do well.
Guide comes with a CD-Rom which contains a variety of kinds and also checklists to aid you with your organization. These kinds as well as checklists accompany the different chapters in the book. There are likewise paper copies in the rear of the book.
This is a very easy publication to read with a great deal of good info to help you with beginning a nonprofit or if you are operating at building a nonprofit, to develop an efficient organization that will certainly make a difference. It is not the only recommendation you will need, and also in fact guide advises various other Nolo titles in order to help with forming a nonprofit company and fundraising. I do recommend this publication as a beginning register a business hmrc location to any individual collaborating with a nonprofit, particularly board of supervisors, executive supervisors, or a person wishing to know just what it takes to begin one. And it is a great reference for an Exec Supervisor or Board member to read and carry the rack.
Response yourself Why, why you wished to a non profit company. If you obtained a clear, bold response, you finished very first step.
Discover your Just what, a casue to collaborate with your non profits, either education, environmental, Social create any kind of thing you point will be your non profits USP as well as requires to function. If you got a clear, vibrant response, you completed 2nd action.
How are you mosting likely to survive/sustain your non revenues organization, just how are you discovered fuel its financing. Are you having various other person earnings resource? How are you mosting likely to manange resources( staff/volunteers)? If you got a clear, bold answer, you completed 3rd step.
As you specifically point out that you are taking into consideration a charitable organization/NGO, lawfully there is no commitment to register your company unless & till they intend to raise funds, claim tax obligation exception for their benefactors & in this situation every company is lawfully called for to document a trust deed/ Memorandum of Understandings which contain the name and also address of the organization & its mission as well as objectives, regulating body members & their details, administrative legislations as well as procedures, human resource and staffing info, rules and also laws by which it will certainly be operational.Before you really register you company, you need your governing body who will certainly be accountable for all the company choices, method/ mode of operation & all monetary management/plans of the organization.
Application for Registration: Your Application ought to be submitted to official of jurisdiction in the area where the depend on intend to run or in the area where it is to be registered.Application form duly submitted with complete details of controling body members (minimal 2 participants are called for as in regulating body (in your situation trustee members) & signed up trust's workplace address with a registration cost & court fee which may differ according to state/region where the count on is signing up itself.Application must be singed prior to the registrar as well as official authorities of charity commissioner with an authorization letter by the regulating body when all lawful documentations are cost is paid by the participants.
Keep in mind: Though there might be small difference in the enrollment process/fees/documents called for as rules and also acts are various in each state while considering depend on enrollment in India.Make sure to be prepared with listed below some points before you legitimately register your organization to sustain in long-term.
You can use numerous resources at start I would suggest you to have mouth promoting your NGO with the assistance of your pals, household, loved ones etc and their circle, when you start obtaining good amount of donation/funding, you can make use of some to advertise your organization.The fundamental one is to have your own site and also advertise your NGO with your work description, there are multiple alternatives available to help you acquire great visitors numbers to your website.You could have sponsored Facebook blog posts where you could publish your NGO's pictures, messages, and endorsements of volunteer or recipient of your NGO which subsequently will order even more focus of people.You could prepare for some events in public locations like train terminal, bus-stop, malls, gardens, hospitals where a brief appealing video clip, dramatization, flash-mob dancing from your volunteer will function to gather individuals tourist attraction as well as afterwards you can advertise your NGO to them, which subsequently could help you acquire some financing too, so attempt to plan as much as public activities as you can.Keep your web site/ Social visibility up-to-date & maintain it s content updating regularly that will additionally assist you to improve your online visibility.
Many civic minded entrepreneurs may take into consideration starting a nonprofit organization for the betterment of their community. Unfortunately, the majority of company people equate running a nonprofit with volunteer job. You could be an individual with the independent spirit and also business acumen essential to begin a successful nonprofit; you could also be asking yourself if you can make a suitable living doing so. While there are limitations on if the organization itself can reveal a profit, there are many possibilities for you to directly make money with a nonprofit company.
1. Research and get federal government, structure as well as corporate grants that allow a section of the approved funds to be alloted toward administrative costs. Within the group of administrative expenses exists the wage and also benefits package of the CEO, director or whatever title you choose to lead your nonprofit company under register a business hmrc.
2. Hold charity events for your cause( s) that are organized to assign a portion of the funds elevated to functional expenses– the expense of placing on the fundraiser– and also management prices. Many people that take part in fundraising understand that there are prices associated with the activity; these will certainly likewise consist of the expenses connected with your salary as well as those of the business leadership.
3. Budget plan your salary, advantages and also bonus offer bundles symmetrical to the amount of income your company will certainly create during the year. Since your management initiatives will straight affect the quantity of funds increased over the year, you can create a settlement bundle that will appropriately pay you according to how efficient your initiatives are.
4. Generate profits for your organization with passive sources, including leas, aristocracies, investments, or passion repayments. If your organization is a 501( c) 3– a tax-exempt organization– you will have to understand any type of federal government limitations on this sort of revenue. However, any kind of extra financing for the organization could include in the complete amount of your personal profit as soon as you have dealt with the goal of the nonprofit.
5. It is feasible to attain individual value running a nonprofit without getting any type of cash money. As an example, several nonprofits have the ability to supply vehicles, possessed by the organization, for the individual use of the organizational leadership. In addition, gas cards, meal gratuities, and travel expenses are all areas where the nonprofit can conserve you loan by selecting up the expense as well as raising your disposable earnings consequently register a business hmrc.


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The Luminaid is a lightweight, solar powered, inflatable, waterproof LED light. Did you get all that? The Luminaid isn't going to blaze a trail through a dark woods for you, but it is going to light up your tent, for free, for a long time. It folds up to the size of an iPod and can clip on the outside of your backpack to charge it during the day. At night, it offers plenty of light, allowing you to get situated in your tent. It's a fantastic little light.
These little adhesive lights are awesome. Forget glow sticks. These work for 80+ hours and can be seen from ½ mile away. We can think of all sorts of camping situations where they'd be handy. Stick one at your campsite entrance for family members coming back in the dark. Put them on your kids bikes and/or backpacks. Put one on the pit toilet at a primitive campsite. Simple to use, and 80+ hours of run time make it worth the purchase.
This thing is like the ultimate multi-tool for campers. You can sheer the limbs off 3 inch deadfall and cut it up with the bow saw for the fire. Instead of using your foot, you can pound tent stakes in with the Woodsman. And if you had to pound them in, they're not coming out easy. The Woodsman has a tent stake puller as well. The ax came surprisingly sharp. It's a little tricky getting used to the ax-to-saw conversion, so read the instructions. All in all, a nice addition to the camp box.
If you're the kind of camper that favors remote campgrounds and even more remote trails it's smart to have some kind of foolproof way to communicate in an emergency. The Delorme inReach allows you to stay in touch with friends and family anywhere on the planet. Share GPS coordinates, allow people to ping your location, and even post to social media to share your adventure. The safety plan (cheapest option) is $9.95 an month for 10 messages – plenty to send help your way if the unexpected happens.


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BOT Press Release No. 72/2020
Monetary Policy Report, September 2020
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) released the September 2020 issue of the Monetary Policy Report. The Report, published quarterly, is aimed at enhancing public understanding of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)'s policy stance and its assessment of Thailand's economic outlook. Details are summarized as follows.
Monetary Policy Conduct in the Third Quarter of 2020
At the meetings on August 5 and September 23, 2020, the Committee voted unanimously to maintain the policy rate at 0.50 percent. The Thai economy was expected to gradually recover in line with the relaxation of COVID-19 containment measures in Thailand and abroad. However, the Thai economic recovery would take at least two years before returning to the pre-pandemic level and would be highly uncertain. Nonetheless, the Committee viewed that the extra accommodative monetary policy since the beginning of the year as well as fiscal, financial, and credit measures additionally announced helped alleviate adverse impacts, and would support the economic recovery after the pandemic subsided. Moreover, a further decrease in the policy rate would be less effective in the current context and could increase vulnerabilities in the financial system. The limited policy space should therefore be preserved for the appropriate and most effective timing. Also, the Committee deemed it necessary to encourage financial institutions to expedite debt restructuring for households and businesses to have a broader impact and accelerate lending under various measures to address liquidity problems in a targeted and timely manner consistent with business restructuring.
Looking ahead, the Committee assessed that the Thai economic recovery would take at least two years before returning to the pre-pandemic level and would face high uncertainties. Moreover, the recovery would be greatly uneven among economic sectors and firms in different segments. Government policies should therefore be implemented in a targeted and timely manner to facilitate appropriate adjustments, while policy coordination among government agencies would be crucial to ensure more coherent and consistent measures. Going forward, fiscal and supply-side policies should be given a greater role in order to address excess production capacity, as well as support the changing economic structure, patterns of business operations, and labor skill development consistent with the post-COVID environment. The continued accommodative monetary policy would complement fiscal policy through low costs of borrowing and ample liquidity in the financial markets. In addition, the continuation of financial and credit measures, particularly debt restructuring, would help reduce vulnerabilities of households and businesses.
Assessment of the Economic and Financial Outlook as the Basis for Policy Formulation
1. Global Economy
The global economy was expected to contract this year due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on private consumption and investment, as well as manufacturing production and exports. As a result, many countries, especially major advanced economies, were expected to enter a recession this year. However, the gradual relaxation of containment measures and government stimulus measures introduced in many countries could lead to a faster-than-expected recovery of trading partner economies. The Committee thus revised up economic growth projections for Thailand's trading partners to a 4.5 percent contraction in 2020, followed by a 4.4 percent expansion in 2021. However, there remained risks that trading partner economies would underperform the baseline projection due to several factors, but the likelihood that trading partners would re-impose strict and nationwide containment measures declined. Trading partner economies could underperform the baseline projection due to a more severe and prolonged outbreak than previously assessed as a result of an emergence of the second wave of the outbreak, greater vulnerabilities in the global financial system, and re-intensifying trade tensions between the U.S. and China. On the other hand, trading partner economies could outperform the baseline projection should the pandemic end sooner than expected, or monetary and fiscal measures implemented worldwide turn out to be more effective than expected.
Governments in various countries worldwide continued to implement monetary and fiscal measures to alleviate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments continued to introduce series of relief measures aimed particularly at SMEs, households and employment. At the same time, central banks in major advanced economies continued to maintain accommodative monetary policy, including both quantitative easing and low policy interest rates. Meanwhile, some regional central banks eased monetary policy further.
2. Financial Conditions and Financial Stability
Overall financial conditions in Thailand remained accommodative. The real policy interest rate remained low compared with those in other emerging markets. Short-term interest rates in the financial markets stabilized at low levels consistent with the policy rate. Meanwhile, long-term government bond yields increased slightly in tandem with the U.S. Treasury yields and also due to bond-switching activities which contributed to a larger supply of long-term government bonds. Corporate credit spreads remained high, although the spreads of investment-grade bonds began to narrow somewhat. The minimum lending rates (MLR) remained at low levels, while the new loan rates (NLR) for corporates gradually declined, consistent with the accommodative monetary policy and as a result of soft loan programs. Corporate financing continued to expand, albeit at a slower pace as some businesses had already raised funds to increase liquidity in the previous period. With regard to exchange rates, the baht against the U.S. dollar and the effective exchange rate depreciated from the previous quarter, with high exchange rate volatilities during the third quarter in line with investors' risk sentiments. Nevertheless, the Committee assessed that if the baht were to appreciate rapidly, the economic recovery could be affected. Therefore, the Committee would closely monitor exchange rate developments in order to assess the necessity of implementing additional appropriate measures.
The Thai financial system remained highly vulnerable due to this year's economic contraction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to more vulnerable financial positions of households and businesses and consequently increased risk of defaults. However, the implementation of proactive financial and credit measures, coupled with more targeted measures, such as the DR BIZ program and the debt consolidation program for retail borrowers, would help mitigate these risks.
3. Economic and Inflation Outlook
The Thai economy was projected to contract by 7.8 percent in 2020 as the economy in the second quarter was severely affected mainly by the strict containment measures both domestic and abroad. However, latest data suggested better-than-expected developments in several economic growth components, including private and public investment as well as private consumption that gradually recovered. Nevertheless, Thailand's tourism and merchandise exports continued to contract markedly. In 2021, the economy was projected to expand 3.6 percent, as merchandise exports would gradually improve. Meanwhile, exports of services would recover at a slower rate as the re-opening of the country would only allow a limited number of foreign tourists. With regard to domestic demand, public expenditure would remain an important economic driver. Meanwhile, private consumption would gradually pick up, but would be restrained by vulnerable and highly uncertain household income as well as elevated household debt. Therefore, the economic recovery would take at least two years before returning to the pre-pandemic level.
Assumptions underlying the economic projection in this report are summarized as follows. First, there would be no severe second-wave outbreak of the COVID-19 in Thailand. Second, the re-opening of the country to foreign tourists would commence in the fourth quarter of 2020, but only for a limited number of tourists due to strict screening and quarantine measures. Third, there would be a widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines in Thailand from the fourth quarter of 2021 onward.
The tourism sector would recover slowly due to the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak situation abroad. As a result, the re-opening of the country to foreign tourists would be uncertain and would only allow a limited number of tourists. The re-opening was expected to commence with the Special Tourist Visa (STV) scheme in the fourth quarter of 2020, with strict screening and quarantine measures. The number of foreign tourists was thus projected to record 6.7 million and 9 million in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
The value of Thai merchandise exports would decline 8.2 percent in 2020. Exports to ASEAN and the Middle East remained subdued in line with the outlook of trading partner economies, while exports to major advanced economies and China started to pick up. In 2021, exports were projected to grow 4.5 percent, but the recovery would be gradual due to trade protectionist measures and slow economic recovery in trading partner economies. Moreover, a large proportion of Thai merchandise exports was affected by the COVID-19, especially automobiles, and machinery and equipment.
The current account balance was projected to register a surplus of 14.0 billion and 14.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The current account balance was revised down from the previous forecast due to a larger deficit in the services balance, mainly as a result of a sharp decline in tourism receipts. Meanwhile, trade balance would register a smaller surplus due to the increase in the value of merchandise imports, in line with larger-than-expected merchandise exports volume and domestic demand in 2021, as well as higher global crude oil prices.
Private consumption would contract in 2020 before expanding in 2021. Looking ahead, consumption was expected to expand at a slower rate than previously assessed as the labor market remained vulnerable. The number of workers unemployed or underemployed (working less than 4 hours per day) would remain high, while employed workers were expected to earn less than previously due to both lower wages and overtime. Household debt would also rise. Nonetheless, government measures would help shore up purchasing power to some extent.
Private investment would sharply decline despite better-than-expected outturns in the second quarter of 2020. The contraction would be due to high levels of excess production capacity and uncertainties surrounding the economic recovery in Thailand and abroad. Nevertheless, infrastructure investment projects, especially the public-private partnership (PPP) projects both within and outside the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) as well as investment in the 5G network, would help boost confidence and private investment to a certain extent. This would facilitate a gradual recovery of private investment.
Going forward, the Thai economy would remain highly uncertain and could face downside risks, depending primarily on the impact of the COVID-19. The possibilities that the economy would underperform the baseline projection would be due to the following factors. First, the global economy could enter a severe recession, which would then weigh on Thai merchandise exports. Second, Thailand could experience the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak, triggering another round of lockdown measures in some areas. Third, the recovery of the tourism sector could be slow. Fourth, government relief measures could be delayed and smaller than expected. Fifth, balance sheets of businesses could deteriorate and thus caused many businesses to shut down permanently. Sixth, default risks of businesses and households could significantly increase. On the other hand, there were possibilities that the economy would outperform the baseline projection due to (1) a faster-than-expected development of COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, (2) better-than-expected impacts of additional government stimulus and credit relief measures, (3) a larger-than-expected expansion of domestic demand driven by infrastructure investment and PPP projects which could incentivize the private sector to invest more than expected, and (4) more relocations of production base to Thailand of multinational corporations thanks to Thailand's success in containing the spread of the virus.
Headline inflation was projected to be negative in 2020 mainly because of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second quarter. Nonetheless, latest data suggested that headline inflation would be higher than previously assessed. This was on account of a gradual increase in crude oil prices in response to higher oil demand, following the relaxation of containment measures in several countries, and the reduction in oil production in accordance with the agreement among major oil producers. In addition, food prices increased due to supply-side factors, while core inflation edged up because of a smaller-than-expected impact of government measures to reduce utility expenses. The Committee thus projected headline inflation to be negative 0.9 percent in 2020 and turn positive at a level close to the lower bound of the target at 1.0 percent in 2021. Core inflation was projected to be 0.3 and 0.2 percent in 2020 and 2021, respectively. In this regard, there remained downside risks to headline and core inflation projections in line with risks to crude oil prices and the economic growth projection.
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E-mail : MPStrategyDiv@bot.or.th
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iRJ – Tell me a little about your home town in Puerto Rico, your early beginnings, and how you began with the music.
MZ – I grew in San Juan, Puerto Rico in a neighborhood called Santurce. It was a very traditional neighborhood linked to a lot of folklore. Music was around all the time. There was a gentleman in the neighborhood who taught music to kids for free every day. The idea was he'd teach you music theory and once he thought you were ready, you'd pick an instrument and join the marching band.
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iRJ- So what year did you move to the US?
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Q: I have this for loop "for (int a = 1; a <= floor; a++)" twice in my code. The first one works fine, but the second one doesn't read the floor variable #include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string location;
    const int minFloor = 1, maxFloor = 5, minRoom = 1, maxRoom = 30;
    int floor, room, singleRoom, doubleRoom, kingRoom, suiteRoom;
    int singleRate = 60, doubleRate = 75, kingRate = 100, suiteRate = 150;
    double income, occupancyRate, total_of_rooms, occupiedRoom, unoccupiedRoom;

    cout << "\nEnter the total number of floors in the hotel: ";
    cin >> floor; // not more than 5

    while (floor < minFloor || floor > maxFloor)
    {
        cout << "\nTne number of floors should be between 1 and 5 !! Please try again." << endl;
        cout << "\nEnter the total number of floors in the hotel: ";
        cin >> floor;
    }

    for (int a = 1; a <= floor; a++)
    {
        cout << "\nEnter total number of rooms in the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> room; //not more than 30

        while (room < minRoom || room > maxRoom)
        {
            cout << "\nThe number of rooms should be between 1 and 30 !! Please try again." << endl;
            cout << "\nEnter total number of room in the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> room;
        }

        cout << "\nHow many SINGLE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> singleRoom;

        cout << "How many DOUBLE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> doubleRoom;

        cout << "How many KING rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> kingRoom;

        cout << "How many SUITE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> suiteRoom;

        int totalRoom = singleRoom + doubleRoom + kingRoom + suiteRoom;

        while (totalRoom > room) //checking the sum
        {
            cout << "\nThe total number of occupied rooms exceeds the total number of rooms on this floor. Please try again !!";

            cout << "\nHow many SINGLE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> singleRoom;

            cout << "How many DOUBLE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> doubleRoom;

            cout << "How many KING rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> kingRoom;

            cout << "How many SUITE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> suiteRoom;

            int totalRoom = singleRoom + doubleRoom + kingRoom + suiteRoom;

            if (totalRoom < room)
                break; //break cause otherwise this thing won't stop
        }

    }

   for (int a = 1; a <= floor; a++) //for some reason it doesn't read the floor variable
    {
        income = (singleRoom * singleRate) + (doubleRoom * doubleRate) + (kingRoom * kingRate) + (suiteRoom * suiteRate);

        total_of_rooms = room;

        occupiedRoom = singleRoom + doubleRoom + kingRoom + suiteRoom;

    }

    cout << "Hotel Income: " << "$" << income << endl
    << "Total # of rooms: " << total_of_rooms << endl

    << "Total # of Occupied Rooms: " << occupiedRoom << endl

}

If you input 2 for the floor variable then the first time it does work, I get asked the number of rooms in both 1st and 2nd floor. But at the end when is time to make my calculations for the income it shows only the income as if it was only 1 and not 2. Also tried with different numbers in every way possible.
the input for floor should be 2.
Then 1st floor: 20 rooms. single 10, double 2, king 1 and suite 1.
2nd floor: 10 rooms. single 5, double 1, king and suite 0.
The final income should be 1375
Total of rooms 30
occupied rooms 20 and unoccupied 10
What I get is income: 375
total rooms: 10
occupied 6 and unoccupied 4

A: The income and total_of_rooms and occupiedRoom are being reset.
You want to accumulate them.
Try += instead of = for those variables.
You need to do these calculations in the end of the first loop:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string location;
    const int minFloor = 1, maxFloor = 5, minRoom = 1, maxRoom = 30;
    int floor, room, singleRoom, doubleRoom, kingRoom, suiteRoom;
    int singleRate = 60, doubleRate = 75, kingRate = 100, suiteRate = 150;
    double income = 0, occupancyRate, total_of_rooms = 0, occupiedRoom = 0, unoccupiedRoom = 0;

    cout << "\nEnter the total number of floors in the hotel: ";
    cin >> floor; // not more than 5

    while (floor < minFloor || floor > maxFloor)
    {
        cout << "\nTne number of floors should be between 1 and 5 !! Please try again." << endl;
        cout << "\nEnter the total number of floors in the hotel: ";
        cin >> floor;
    }

    for (int a = 1; a <= floor; a++)
    {
        cout << "\nEnter total number of rooms in the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> room; //not more than 30

        while (room < minRoom || room > maxRoom)
        {
            cout << "\nThe number of rooms should be between 1 and 30 !! Please try again." << endl;
            cout << "\nEnter total number of room in the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> room;
        }

        cout << "\nHow many SINGLE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> singleRoom;

        cout << "How many DOUBLE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> doubleRoom;

        cout << "How many KING rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> kingRoom;

        cout << "How many SUITE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
        cin >> suiteRoom;

        int totalRoom = singleRoom + doubleRoom + kingRoom + suiteRoom;

        while (totalRoom > room) //checking the sum
        {
            cout << "\nThe total number of occupied rooms exceeds the total number of rooms on this floor. Please try again !!";

            cout << "\nHow many SINGLE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> singleRoom;

            cout << "How many DOUBLE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> doubleRoom;

            cout << "How many KING rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> kingRoom;

            cout << "How many SUITE rooms are occupied on the " << a << "th Floor: ";
            cin >> suiteRoom;

            totalRoom = singleRoom + doubleRoom + kingRoom + suiteRoom; // removed the local variable

        }

        income += (singleRoom * singleRate) + (doubleRoom * doubleRate) + (kingRoom * kingRate) + (suiteRoom * suiteRate);

        total_of_rooms += room;

        occupiedRoom += singleRoom + doubleRoom + kingRoom + suiteRoom;

    }

    cout << "Hotel Income: " << "$" << income << endl
    << "Total # of rooms: " << total_of_rooms << endl

    << "Total # of Occupied Rooms: " << occupiedRoom << endl

}

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Ahhh. Halloween. It truly is my favorite holiday. I mean, like really. Even as I got older and it shifted from candy to booze and scantily clad women, I kept my love of the fall holiday that lets you forget yourself, if only for an evening. As such, now hosting an annual Cocktails, 365 Halloween party, we've been having to figure out the best way to create drinks that a lot of people will like without completely breaking the bank.
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Combine the Kool-Aid, juices, and vodka in a pitcher and stir well. Fill a rocks glass with ice, and fill halfway up with the punch. Top with the ginger ale. Garnish with something creepy.
Almost like wedding punch, but with booze. Here's the dangerous note — you pretty much can't taste the liquor. But it's there. Lurking. We premiered this at the Halloween party on Saturday, and tore through several pitchers of it. Relatively fast. Citrus, just a bit of sweet, and that nice bit of bubble from the ginger ale.
So, make sure you have enough on hand.


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As aging farmers retire, lawmakers explore how to boost beginning producers
By: Allison Winter - July 15, 2022 6:14 am
Michael Monthey, an apprentice in the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship program, moves a herd of grazing cows to a new grazing area on Scott Mericka's farm in Dodgeville.
WASHINGTON — More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years, but the steep price of entry to start a farm, along with rising input costs and volatile markets, make it tough for young and beginning farmers to take their places.
"Farming is inherently a risky business, but in the environment we are in right now, that risk is elevated," Nathan Kauffman, vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Omaha, Nebraska, testified at a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing Thursday.
The current financial outlook for farmers is particularly challenging.
Farmers face rising costs for not only farmland, but also fertilizer, fuel, seeds and chemicals. These rising costs are due in part to the war in Ukraine, strains on the global supply system, inflation and severe weather.
Meanwhile, high crop prices that have buoyed farmers over the past year are expected to go down.
"Uncertainty about the outlook for the U.S. agriculture economy is high and will depend significantly on global factors, particularly the war in Ukraine and the strength of global economic activity," said Kauffman.
Demand for farm loans is expected to rise notably, and capital expenditure is expected to decline in the coming months for the first time since 2020, according to Kauffman.
House lawmakers are looking for ways to mitigate some of these risks and support young and beginning farmers in the next farm bill, the sweeping legislation that will set programs and funding levels for farm and food support for the next five years.
"It is a national and very critical issue. And we must ensure that the next generation of men and women can take the place of those who are retiring from this grand occupation called farming," House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, a Georgia Democrat, told his colleagues at the hearing.
"This is very critical to me. And credit is one of those tools that we must make readily available," Scott said.
An aging demographic
Aging farmers and the price of entry in the industry pose a challenge for U.S. agriculture.
A third of America's 3.4 million farmers are over 65, according to the most recent agricultural census from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The census was taken in 2017 and published in 2019.
At the time, nearly a million more farmers were within a decade of the milestone retirement age of 65.
The census found that 27 percent of farmers qualify as "new and beginning producers," with 10 years or less of experience in agriculture. Most of those farmers have operations that are smaller than average, both in terms of acres and value of production, according to USDA.
Members of the House Agriculture Committee said they are particularly interested in whether young, beginning or underserved farmers have access to credit, so they can get started in the high-capital world of agriculture."In any agriculture operation, one of the most critical relationships the farmer may have is with his or her lender. This is especially true for young and beginning producers. Farming is capital intensive," said Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on the committee.
"The cost of entry is incredibly high and can act as a barrier to entry for these new agriculturalists trying to start or grow their farm operations."
Challenge for federal loans
The Agriculture Department's Farm Services Agency has an array of different loans available to farmers, including one targeted at young and beginning farmers.
But in practice, producers say the federal loan process can be laborious, slow and hard to access.
The struggle to obtain a loan can be especially acute for Black farmers, who can face racism and discrimination in applying for a loan, according to Dania Davy of the Alcorn State University Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center in East Point, Georgia.
Black farmers have reached out to her group for help when the Farm Services Agency recommended they use their credit card instead of a federal loan, or when loan delays put a generational family farm at risk.
"As we review the farm bill and prepare for the scheduled reauthorization, we must make use of the opportunity to prevent the looming threat of loss of Black farms, land and livelihoods that has been institutionalized by racially disparate credit access," Davy told the committee.
Davy recommends a more robust civil rights process at the local level with farm loan field agencies.
Julia Asherman, who owns a small organic farm in Jeffersonville, Georgia, was able to finance her operation with three different Farm Service Agency loans.
But she said even her success story highlights some roadblocks in the process. It took two months for her to get approval for her loan and there was no option for pre-approval before she identified land to purchase. In a competitive market, a landowner would likely move on to the next bidder rather than wait that long for a loan.
"Farmers easily lose out on potential properties by not being able to act fast, and I've known several farmers personally who have not been able to use FSA loans to purchase for this reason," Asherman said.
Asherman has a three-acre certified organic vegetable and specialty cut flower farm with five employees, three full-time and two part-time — a business she runs with no off-farm income.
But the FSA loan process is geared toward much larger operations, and it was a struggle to prove the validity of her farm.
"Their expectation of what a farm would look like, what it would gross per acre, and what it could produce per acre was in a totally different realm from what my understanding was, because they were really talking about a different kind of farming," Asherman said.
The hearing was one in a series as the House Agriculture Committee ramps up its oversight work for the 2023 farm bill.
Hearings are set in Washington this month to examine farm credit, crop insurance and forestry programs. Lawmakers plan to take their show on the road in August with field hearings slated in committee members' districts across the country.
by Allison Winter, Wisconsin Examiner
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Allison Winter is a Washington D.C. correspondent for States Newsroom, a network of state-based nonprofit news outlets that includes the Wisconsin Examiner.
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Advanced lifesaving camp is developing the next generation of high quality lifesavers, arming them with the skills, experience and knowledge to take to their clubs, careers and personal lives.
Run over five days in September, the camp challenges lifesavers to improve their skills and knowledge to a gold medallion standard. The program utilises a both the class room and a number of unique beaches giving lifesavers and potential lifeguards exposure to new and exciting locations, putting their skills to the test.
The program is run by a team of experienced lifesavers and lifeguards, including state and national lifesavers and lifeguards of the year. As well as guest presenters from medical expertise and other emergency services.
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First, it's not evil we're dealing with here, it's hate. To the extent that figures like Breivik are demonized, especially using religious allegories (like: the Devil), it moves us away from a more practical understanding of what he did.
Second (and a hat tip to photographer David Brabyn on this), although it's obvious why, he notes how unusual it is that a photo wouldn't be retouched to eliminate the red-eye.
@BagNewsNotes Mind bending. And there is the possibility that they added them. Also want to hear from the tog. Who didn't retouch? PJ or PE?


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First Aquino-generated IRA highest for LGUs in 3 years
One new province, 5 new cities change the distribution scheme among local governments
Angela Casauay
Published 9:45 AM, January 10, 2013
Updated 5:49 PM, January 12, 2013
MANILA, Philippines - Local government units (LGUs) are set to receive an internal revenue allotment (IRA) in 2013 that's highest in the last 3 years, and the first to be generated under the current administration.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced on Wednesday, January 9, that the total P302.3 billion that will be released to LGUs is a result of higher tax collections since Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III became president.
The IRA for a current year is computed based on the national government's gross internal revenue collection 3 fiscal years earlier, as prescribed in Section 284 of the Local Government Code. The 2013 IRA is based on the P822.6 billion collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in 2010.
The IRA received by local governments in the first years of the Aquino administration, 2010-2012, were based on BIR's collections under the administration of President Gloria Arroyo. During those years, the LGUs received P265.8 billion, P286.94 billion, and P273.3 billion (as opposed to the P219.9 billion cited in a DBM press release).
DBM Secretary Florencio Abad said gross tax revenues collected in 2010 climbed to P822.6 billion from P750.3 billion in 2009, when the economy was still reeling from the impact of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis.
"With bigger IRA shares now available to them, our local governments will have more legroom to boost their operational efficiencies and improve the delivery of key goods and services to the public," Abad said in a press release.
New provinces, cities
Under the Local Government Code, 40% of BIR's annual collection goes to LGUs. The amount is divided thus: 23% for the provinces, 23% for cities, 34% for municipalities, and 20% for barangays.
Within each level of local government, the shares are distributed this way: 50% according to population; 25%, land area; 25%, equal sharing. Allocations for barangays, on the other hand, are determined through population (60%) and equal sharing (40%).
Under the administration of former President Gloria Arroyo, the release of the IRA became automatic and direct to the LGUs, on a quarterly basis, to avoid delays and the propensity of higher local chief executives for using it as political tools against lower-level local officials.
In most municipalities, the IRA accounts for 90% of their income. LGUs are mandated under the Code to allocate 20% of their IRA to development projects.
The 2013 IRA should be divided among 80 provinces, 143 cities, 1,491 municipalities, and 42,028 barangays -- the latest official count of the National Statistics Coordination Board, although the DBM press release cited different numbers of provinces, towns, and barangays.
The province of Dinagat Islands will be getting its IRA share for the first time after the Supreme Court upheld in September the constitutionality of its creation. In 2012, it was getting its IRA as a municipality of Surigao del Norte.
Five municipalities were converted into cities in 2012, and will thus see their IRA shares tripled this year: Bacoor and Imus in Cavite, Ilagan in Isabela, Mabalacat in Pampanga, and Cabuyao in Laguna.
The higher allotment for LGUs is in line with the position stated by Aquino during the presidential campaign. He said LGUs could get higher amounts of IRA through efficient tax collection on the part of the national government, and there wasn't necessarily a need to increase their percentage share in the BIR collection. - Rappler.com
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Buyers define marketplaces
A marketplace business connects buyers and sellers in exchange for a cut of the revenue. Some of today's biggest companies, such as Amazon, Uber, and Airbnb, are marketplaces. Yes, these companies changed how millions of people work and earn money. However, the core innovation of these businesses is how they use technology to solve customer problems.
In 2017, I struggled to hire full-time software developers but found many that were willing to work nights and weekends for extra money. So, I started Moonlight as a marketplace to connect developers with weekend work. Thousands of software engineers quickly signed up, but hiring managers showed less eagerness to join. It turned out that you cannot kickstart a marketplace with sellers alone. I learned a valuable lesson: buyers define the market.
Startups seek to build something that people want. Finding this product/market fit once is hard - but in a marketplace, you must do it twice. Buyers and sellers on a marketplace have separate wants and needs, each with a distinct set of quirks. The critical insight is that these challenges are not equal - because you are dealing with money.
The demand from buyers will inevitably attract a supply of sellers. There are more professional drivers today than there were ten years ago because Uber and Lyft expanded the market. When there are new ways to earn money, labor will follow. Fair pay gets sellers on a marketplace.
Aggregating sellers does not make a marketplace. Marketplaces earn their cut of revenue by being able to find buyers better than the suppliers alone. Personal shoppers existed long before Instacart, but it was hard for them to find customers. If sellers can find enough customers on their own, they don't need the platform - leading to disintermediation. Disintermediation killed marketplaces such as Homejoy and Handy.
Marketplaces justify their existence by solving a buyer's problems in a novel way. They identify some business transaction where the buyer is under-served by an existing seller, and where technology can transform the relationship. People couldn't reliably get transported by taxis and were happy to spend more money on Uber. Hotels were expensive and conventional, so travelers spent money on Airbnb instead. Searching for a particular product at stores was hard, so Amazon built a product search engine. Technological innovations such as the internet and smartphones meant that these businesses could not have existed sooner.
Marketplaces must create demand, then that demand attracts sellers. After the initial influx of developers to Moonlight, we spent most of the next few years changing the product and pricing to attract hiring managers as buyers. The business grew and was ultimately acquired earlier this year. We thought that Moonlight found a new way for developers to work, but its real innovation was changing how software teams hired.
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