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[UrukNet] - [Daily Information from Occupied Iraq] - [newsletter 06 Mar 2006]
Welcome to the United States of Duplicity
Mike Whitney
Bush's nuclear-summit with Prime Minister Singh was rehearsed long before he teetered off to India. That explains why the media was all atwitter over Bush's severing the last frail strands of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT); the press loves to see our Crawford-strongman rummaging through international agreements like a bull in a China shop. Bush manages nuclear issues like a schoolboy handing out party-favors; rewarding India with one deal, offering a different one to Pakistan, and then a third for Iran. This is how Bush has expanded America's traditional double-standards into "triple standards"; a new nadir in foreign policy. In just days, Bush toppled long-honored safeguards for the allocation and control of fissile material, and created a "nuclear bizarre" to be exclusively regulated by the United States...
Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=21279
Iraq's Hutu Radio
Jeff Wells, Rigorous Intuition
Did you hear about last Friday's "catastrophic tragedy" in Iraq? The handcuffed and headless bodies of 100 Shiites - "children, women and men" - were taken to Kerbala from south Baghdad, writes Iraqi blogger "Sam Hammorabi." Reputedly, Sunni militia had been killing the Shiites "every day and hour passing." (...) Do these 100 headless corpses, children covered in blood, exist? Well no; it appears that they don't. Not beyond "Sam Hammorabi's" blog. Does this seeming fiction increase the likelihood of their existing, and many more besides? Naturally. Look to "Hommorabi's" links for the answer: FoxNews, The Washington Times, MEMRI, the US Embassy, and the blogger "Mover Mike" (January 2, 2006: "John Kerry promised, on national TV, to sign form SF-180 and release his military records. He has yet to do so.") Now, why would this clearly Bush-positive blogger be publishing material to incite civil war?...
Israel Conducts Activities Against Iran in N. Iraq
Israel is said to be conducting intelligence gathering activities in Northern Iraq against Iran. British newspaper, The Sunday Times wrote, special Israeli forces are operating inside Iran in an urgent mission to locate the country's secret uranium enrichment sites. "We found several suspected sites last year but there must be more," an Israeli intelligence source said...
DAILY WAR NEWS FOR MONDAY, March 6, 2006
U.S. soldier killed by "enemy action" on Sunday in western Anbar province. Suicide car bomber strikes police patrol near al-Mustansiriyah University in eastern Baghdad, killing two policemen and wounding three. Bomb explodes as police patrol drives through northern Azamiyah neighborhood, killing one policeman and a civilian bystander. Three people wounded, including another policeman. Explosion in Jadriya neighborhood of central Baghdad, killing one policeman and injuring three others. Car bomb blows up in Mahmudiya, 30 km south of central Baghdad, killing one person and wounding three others including two policemen...
The cockroach returns as a midwife
Swopa, Needlenose
... Muqtada al-Sadr predicted a "quick solution" to snarled attempts to form a government. Emerging from a meeting in the Shiite holy city of Najaf with secular Shiite parliamentarian Ahmed Chalabi, al-Sadr said: "All obstacles to forming a national unity government soon will be resolved." Chalabi, the one-time Pentagon favorite as Iraq's post-Saddam Hussein leader, said al-Jaafari deserved the opportunity to form a government. "Dr. al-Jaafari should be given a chance. ... It is to the benefit of all parties to keep the (Shiite) Alliance strong and unified," Chalabi said (...) The Sadr/Chalabi team gets results, it would seem from this AP follow-up: Iraq's president failed in a bid Monday to order parliament into session by March 12, further delaying formation of a government and raising questions whether the political process can withstand the unrelenting violence or disintegrate into civil war...
Iraq's traumatized children: Mosul incident now under investigation; TV ad reveals Iraq's broken society
Truth about Iraqis
...To show that children speak so freely and openly of violence indicates that this is something they have been raised on. Thousands of Iraqi children have died since the invasion, some have been tortured in Abu Ghraib (see US military's Taguba report), which leaves me to wonder how much psychological damage has been inflicted on our children. It is said the young are our future. If our children are bred on this, how will they build a future of their own in coming years?...
Baath Party Statement
The fatal thwarting and the destruction of the puppet authority in the process of routing the Occupation and liberating Iraq
The Arab Baath Socialist Party
Every single day confirms what the Baath has indicated and what it meant, when they mentioned the Iraqi Armed Resistance intermediary targeting of the Occupation puppet authority through its fatal wrecking and destruction. This process will achieve the strategic objective to rout the Occupation and liberate Iraq. The possibility to achieve earlier this intermediary targeting in order to reach the strategic objective can be justified for the following reasons: 1- The puppet authority is rooted in the Occupation and it is an Occupation product! Long before invading Iraq, the Occupation was lured to establish this authority on failed pretexts by various traitors and stooges gangs belonging to the racist parties (linked to Iran) and to Zionism and "Israel." connected separatists.
Iraqi Women Make Rare Trip to U.S. to Tell Their Stories of Life Under Occupation
This weekend, five Iraqi women arrived in New York City to begin a speaking tour to educate Americans about the reality in Iraq and meet with UN and US officials to call for a peace plan. Two of them join us in our firehouse studio: Faiza Al-Araji is a civil engineer and blogger, whose family recently fled to Jordan after her son was temporarily kidnapped, and Eman Ahmad Khamas, an Iraqi journalist, translator and human rights activist...
'14,000 detained without trial in Iraq'
Mike McDonough, The Guardian
US and UK forces in Iraq have detained thousands of people without charge or trial for long periods and there is growing evidence of Iraqi security forces torturing detainees, Amnesty International said today. In a new report published today, the human rights group criticised the US-led multinational force for interning some 14,000 people. Around 3,800 people have been held for over a year, while another 200 have been detained for more than two years, the report - Beyond Abu Ghraib: detention and torture in Iraq - said...
Cindy Sheehan Arrested in NY Protest
Tr u t h o u t
Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist whose son was killed in the Iraq war, was arrested with three other protesters in New York on Monday after a rally with women from Iraq. Sheehan became a central figure in the US anti-war movement last summer after she camped outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch and has been arrested at least two other times at protests. On Monday, she had joined a delegation of women from Iraq at the rally at the United Nations, urging the United Nations to help prevent civil war in Iraq. About 20 protesters went to the US mission to the United Nations to deliver a petition with 60,000 signatures seeking an end to the war. Nobody from the mission received them so Sheehan and three other American women sat down in front of the building, refused to leave, and were arrested...
A US Gestapo?
Nancy Miller Saunders
Congress is about to renew the USA PATRIOT Act. After the act was first passed in 2001, members of Congress excused away their votes by saying they didn't have time to study it and were still under the influence of 9/11 shock. By now, they have had ample time to study it, and even to examine "improvements" added to the bill, such as section 3056A. Others have had the time, like the author of the following. A provision in the "PATRIOT Act" creates a new federal police force with the power to violate the Bill of Rights. . . Go to House Report 109-33 USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and check it out for yourself. Sec. 605 reads: 'There is hereby created and established a permanent police force to be known as the "United States Secret Service Uniformed Division."'
John Bolton Does AIPAC
It should be obvious, considering the photo to the left, who John Bolton, the Straussian neocon "representative" to the United Nations, works for—the American-Israel Political Action Committee. "U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, speaking at a convention of Jewish-Americans, said it is too soon for the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran but other countries are talking about doing so and Washington is 'beefing up defensive measures to cope with the Iranian nuclear threat,'" in other words the Pentagon is preparing to shock and awe Iran, maybe later this month, but probably down the road, sooner before later...
'You are either with us or against us'
Special to The Dubya Report
On December 16, 2005 in a now well-known article, NY Times reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau exposed a three-year old program authorized by George W. Bush, in which the National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropped on "hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people inside the United States without warrants." "Nearly a dozen current and former officials" were concerned enough about the program's legality and lack of oversight to discuss it with the Times. As reported by Newsweek's Jonathan Alter, Bush had "summoned Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger and executive editor Bill Keller to the Oval Office in a futile attempt to talk them out of running the story"...
The Court-Martial Of Willie Brand
...When 60 Minutes met him, Brand was facing a court-martial in the deaths of two prisoners. The prisoners were found hanging from chains in their isolation cells. They had been beaten; one of them was "pulpified," according to the medical examiner. Brand told correspondent Scott Pelley what he did wasn't torture, it was his training, authorized and supervised by his superiors. So how is it he was charged with assault, maiming and manslaughter? "I didn't understand how they could do this after they had trained you to do this stuff and they turn around and say you've been bad you shouldn't have done this stuff now they're going to charge you with assault, maiming and 'unvoluntary' manslaughter, how can this be when they trained you to do it and they condoned it while you were doing it," says Brand...
U.S. endorsed Iranian plans to build massive nuclear energy industry
Cheney Rumsfeld & Wolfowitz behind Iran Nuclear Program initiated during Ford Administration
Ed Haas, Globalresearch.ca
In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a directive that granted Iran the opportunity to purchase U.S. built reprocessing equipment and facilities designed to extract plutonium from nuclear reactor fuel. When Gerald Ford assumed the Presidency in August 1974, the current Vice President of the United States, Richard B Cheney served on the transition team and later as Deputy Assistant to the President. In November 1975, he was named Assistant to the President and White House Chief of Staff, a position he held throughout the remainder of the Ford Administration. In August 1974, the current Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld served as Chairman of the transition to the Presidency of Gerald R. Ford...
GI Special 4C5 - I'm Not Fighting For Anyones Oil Agenda - March 5, 2006
Thomas F. Barton
... Technology so far has proven to be of little use in protecting Army helicopters from the ravages of small arms and rocket propelled grenades, military and civilian experts contend. The Army has spent nearly $2 billion outfitting helicopters with high-tech sensors and flares that help foil shoulder-launched missiles, but none of these devices can prevent choppers from getting shot out of the sky by rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles, which are among the preferred weapons of Iraq's insurgency. "The longer we stay in this conflict, the greater the ability of the insurgents to counter our countermeasures with their technology," says Steve Greer, a retired Army command sergeant major, and professor of unconventional warfare at American Military University...
Humor, nonetheless
Imad Khadduri
...We have been hearing of Mossad agents in Iraq's Kurdish north, since the sixties, and increasingly more since the Americans landed there in March 2003. The latest news about them is that several of them were in that 'German' hellicopter that crashed a month ago near Sulaimaniya, but on the Iranian side. The Mossad has also been training Kurdish militias, the Besh Murgah, who actively participated in the attack on Tal Afaar and various incursions in Mosul. Would it be beyond a Mossad operation, along with Kurdish Besh Murgah participants, both of whom have no qualms whatsoever to the blowing up of the Askari Holy Mosque in Samarra?...
Impeaching George W. Bush
Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet
...In fact, the case for the impeachment of President Bush is arguably the strongest in American history. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) makes this amply clear in its recent book, a concise indictment of President Bush that lays out four clear legal arguments that point to impeachment as a necessary remedy for the gross violation of our Constitution. The Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush covers illegal wiretapping, torture, rendition, detention and the Iraq war. An appendix compares the impeachment proceedings of Andrew Johnson, Nixon and Clinton to the comparatively more powerful case against Bush...
Hundreds of Iraqi academics and professionals assassinated by death squads
Sandy English, WSWS
Hundreds of Iraqi academics and professionals have been assassinated since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to a petition to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions from the European peace group BRussells Tribunal on Iraq. The petition has been signed by Nobel Prize winners Harold Pinter, J. M. Coetzee, José Saramago, and Dario Fo, as well as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Cornel West, and Tony Benn. A Green party member of the European Parliament from Britain, Caroline Lucas, has called for support for the investigation. The exact figure of deaths is unknown; estimates range from about 300 to more than 1,000...
Daniel Pipes and moral obligation
You should read this amazing collection of opinions from Daniel Pipes on the desirability of a civil war in Iraq. From an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (also here; my emphasis): "The moral one is a good one, but it's not a defining one. That is to say that we do want to help Iraqis. All of us want to see a free and prosperous Iraq, but it is not a moral obligation on us. Just because we got rid of Saddam Hussein doesn't mean that we are obligated to fix Iraq. I think the great achievement of the coalition was to get rid of this hideous totalitarian thug running Iraq. A danger to the Iraqis, the region and the outside world. That does not imply that we must - we can try - but it doesn't mean we must or are obligated - to fix Iraq"...
Riverbend, Baghdad burning
It's Oscar time once again. We've been bombarded with Oscar propaganda for nearly a month now (...) Now I've seen the nominees- we see them every year- and I've come to a conclusion- Iraqis need an award show. While the Hollywood glitterati make good entertainers, our local super stars, Hakeem, Jaffari, Talabani, Allawi et al. make GREAT entertainers. This last year we've seen several dramas unfold and our political leaders have been riveting!...

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The Dominican Sisters of the Heart of Jesus are located in Lockport, Louisiana. This group is not in any way associated with, approved, or recognized by the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, nor is it listed in the diocesan Directory, as per Fr. P. J. Madden, Diocesan Administrator (9 September 2022).

The sisters do not have papal or Constitutional enclosure.  They live a penitential life of prayer, study, community and work.  They are consecrated to God by  profession (of private, simple vows) of the evangelical counsels  of chastity, poverty and obedience .  This community is not a member of the Second Order of Friars Preachers and has not gained full recognition by the Dominican Order.

The Dominican Nuns came into existence 800 years ago (1206) when Saint Dominic began his Order of Preachers by first establishing a cloistered monastery of women in Prouille, France. In 1880, Dominican monastic life took root in the United States.  Approximately 50 years later, only days after her sixteenth birthday, the then Anna Rita McKanna (later receiving the name in religion, Sister Mary Henry of Jesus, O.P.) entered the Dominican Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, Michigan (since relocated to Farmington Hills, Michigan).  Shortly after her solemn profession of vows there, this exemplary young religious was chosen to be one of the foundresses of the Dominican Monastery of the Infant Jesus in Lufkin, Texas (1945).  Thirty-six years later, the Reverend Mother Mary Henry of Jesus, O.P., set out to found the Dominican Monastery of the Heart of Jesus in Lockport, Louisiana.

Hospitality

There is also a guesthouse on the monastery grounds with accommodations for individuals or groups.  There are openings available year round.  Discernment-based days consist of sharing in the liturgical prayer life of the Dominican Nuns within a balanced schedule that includes a daily series of personal/group interviews and question sessions in the grille parlor.  It is during this time that a particular vocation to the Community may be explored.  Private or silent retreats are an option generally exclusive to priests and religious.  However, arrangements may be considered for others such as seminarians, tertiaries, or single women.  Advance reservations are required.

See also
 Dominican Order
 Dominican Nuns

References

External links

Dominican nuns
Dominican monasteries in the United States

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Project Green Tour had the kick of meeting in AidLearn, Portugal on the 5th/6th December 2016. The meeting had the presence of representatives of the five partners: Ecocenter Alapítvány (Hungary), European Center for Quality (Bulgaria), LUISS Guido Carli University (Italy), AidLearn (Portugal) and Szent Istvan University (Hungary).
The meeting was organised by Márcia Silva and Graça Gonçalves, the AidLearn representatives who participated in the meeting and was directed by Györk Halász (Ecocenter Alapítvány) and Kinga Langer (Green Tour project coordinator).
During the meeting were presented the different partner organisations, discussed and agreed the Operational Plan for Project Development; presented and discussed the development Plan for IO1: Country Research. It was also presented and validated by the partnership the Dissemination and Evaluation plans of the Green Tour project.


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Lighting is important in your Bohemian space. It can be very dark, or light and open. In my case I went with light and open. Adding the mirror lightens up the space shop here for more mirrors like this one. For the Bohemian look chandeliers always get the job done, you can find more here.
Lastly is decor! In my opinion the bead strands with the tassels really finish off the Bohemian style, you can shop for them here. Adding decor to your Bohemian space, really makes it yours. Using flowers to liven up the space and even a bowl to hold your trinkets in. Come check out my shabby chic sleeping porch here for more options.
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Is there a specific material we should be on the look out for? I love home decor, and I am thinking of redoing our front room to something more bohemian. And, is there any specific types of furnishing that just match this style better? Thanks!
I really like that simple chandelier shown here. It has the ability to transform a normal room into something classy. Something like this would look great in my guest room.
Bohemian decor is my favorite. I agree that textiles are the most important part of mastering this style. Bohemian decor is all about texture, especially with furniture and bedding. I like the bedding picture you shared and the different patterns that add texture.
I think that the bohemian vibe is hidden in the details – candles, vases, lots of textiles and patterns on the floor and on the furnitures. I like the candle that is next the bed.
I like the idea of using a mirror to add to the light and open effect of the decor. My wife has been thinking about redecorating the house and wants to create a general light and happy feel in the house. Thank you so much for the decor tips!
Hello I love adding mirrors to the space! I am glad I could help.


Tips with two easy steps to remove OODICMDRS.DLL file.
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First Tip How to Stop oodicmdrs.dll process.
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click the oodicmdrs.dll process file then click the right mouse button then from the list select "Add to the block list".
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Do you think oodicmdrs.dll Safe or NOT?
(oodicmdrs.dll) has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Fix oodicmdrs.dll has stopped working error.
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Q: How to combine boost::exception with boost::unit_test and have a nice message When I have the following auto test case :
class MyException: virtual public boost::exception,
                   virtual public std::exception
{
};

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ExceptionTest)
{
    BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(MyException());
}

Running the test gives:
ExceptionTest.cpp(14): fatal error in "void ExceptionTest::test_method()":
   std::exception: std::exception

How can I change this so the name of the exception (MyException) and boost::diagnostic_information() is shown instead of std::exception ? I tried registering my own exception translator to the execution monitor but it seems std::exception is handled before any registered translator is tried.
I am using boost 1.44 and gcc 4.4.5 on Linux.

A: I found how to do this:
Use a global fixture like so:
#include "boost/test/unit_test_monitor.hpp"

class Fixture
{
    public:
        Fixture();
        ~Fixture();
};

void translateBoostException(const boost::exception &e)
{
    BOOST_FAIL(boost::diagnostic_information(e));
}

Fixture::Fixture()
{
    boost::unit_test::unit_test_monitor.register_exception_translator<boost::exception>(&translateBoostException);
}

Fixture::~Fixture()
{
}

BOOST_GLOBAL_FIXTURE( Fixture )

Then the following test:
class MyException: virtual public boost::exception,
                   virtual public std::exception
{
};

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ExceptionTest)
{
    BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(MyException());
}

Gives:
Running 1 test case...
/home/..../SetupTestFixture.cpp(18): fatal error in "ConfigFile":
/home/..../Test.cpp(16): Throw in function void ConfigFile::test_method()
Dynamic exception type: boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<MyException>
std::exception::what: std::exception

*** 1 failure detected in test suite "ExceptionTest"

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WITNESS ADMITS MISTAKE EX-NORIEGA AIDE SAYS TESTIMONY WAS WRONG
By WARREN RICHEY and Staff Writer
MIAMI -- A key government witness in the trial of Manuel Antonio Noriega admitted on Tuesday that he had been confused and mistaken throughout much of his initial testimony, including what he had said about a meeting between the Panamanian leader and Fidel Castro.
The witness, former Noriega bodyguard Luis del Cid, told the court that he had been wrong when he suggested on Monday that immediately after a raid on a drug lab in Panama Noriega flew from Paris and hurriedly set up a meeting with the Cuban president.
Prosecutors say Noriega turned to Castro to mediate a dispute with Colombia's Medellin drug cartel in 1984. The cartel was upset because it had paid bribes to ensure its newly established jungle drug lab in Panama would not be raided.
Del Cid supported the government's version in his testimony on Monday. But under often harsh cross-examination by defense attorney Frank Rubino on Tuesday, del Cid backtracked.
He said Noriega personally ordered the raid on the drug lab, and that Noriega remained in Panama for a month after the raid. In his earlier testimony, del Cid said Noriega was in Paris at the time of the raid and became nervous in its aftermath.
"The truth is, I don't recall very well whether he was in Paris or not," del Cid said. "I believe I made a mistake. The dates get confusing."
Rubino then attempted to refresh del Cid's memory, citing Noriega's own passports. Del Cid acknowledged that Noriega remained in Panama after the raid and only later embarked on a scheduled trip to France, Israel and Cuba.
It was unclear to what extent the shifts in testimony damaged del Cid's credibility with the jury and thus hurt the government's case against Noriega.
Rubino also pressed del Cid about his statements on Monday that he had delivered "drug money" to Noriega in envelopes and suitcases.
Del Cid repeated on Tuesday that he never looked inside the envelopes or suitcases and had never been told that there was drug money inside. "They didn't tell me, but when I picked up the envelope I felt it and I knew it was money," he said.
"You assumed it was money," Rubino countered. "And you assumed that the source of the money was drugs."
"Everyone in Panama knew these people were into drugs," del Cid said, referring to the couriers he dealt with.
"So your basis of knowledge is hearsay, rumor and gossip?," Rubino asked.
"That is not gossip," del Cid said. Referring to the man who gave him the envelopes, he said: "A man who was a shoeshine and then has vast estates -- that cannot happen but through the drug business."


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A Birthday Party for Parents, Children, and Thomas & Friends
For the 70th anniversary of Thomas & Friends, FROM helped create a revolutionary new parent-child co-play experience.
To maintain its leadership in the toy and family products industry, Mattel has to keep a close eye on the evolving needs of both kids and adults – and the evolving technologies that will keep both groups engaged.
As the 70th anniversary of Thomas & Friends® approached, Mattel knew they needed a completely new digital experience for this hugely successful global pre-school property. So they turned to FROM, their longtime collaborator in digital design for kids.
Our idea was simple, but revolutionary: Use the world of Thomas as an empowering child development tool for parents and their children, and also as a separate kids' play space that would offer pre-schoolers endless opportunities for safe, unsupervised playtime.
The technological underpinnings were breakthrough as well. We developed a new HTML5 website – fully responsive for PCs, tablets, and smartphones – with a new modular content platform to enable more fluid and frequent rollout of new programs.
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Create a customizable parent-guided educational app for kids about emergency preparedness.
Translating Sprout Network's hand-drawn watercolor aesthetic to the web that showcases Sprout's original content.
American Girl Product Browser
Creating a solution that effectively informs customers of all the types of products that American Girl has to offer.
Explaining and Illuminating the Discoveries of Astrophysics to Patrons of the American Museum of Natural History
FROM ensured a unique and accurate representation of the complex data supplied by the planetarium.
FROM Goes in Search of Aliens for A+E
Promotional social media gaming campaign centered around Aliens Week launched globally in seven countries plus Latin American and Southeast Asia
FROM Helps ABC Deliver the News to Subscribers
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Wilson comes away with hard-earned podium
By Chris EstradaApr 21, 2013, 8:28 PM EDT
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He crashed during Friday afternoon's practice and didn't put down a lap during Saturday's qualifying session, but Justin Wilson was still able to improve 21 positions — the most of anybody in Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach — and finish P3 for his third career podium finish at the legendary street circuit.
The Englishman was unable to set a time in qualifying because the rear wing on his No. 19 Boy Scouts of America Honda was missing required vinyl wrapping that teams use instead of painting the cars and his Dale Coyne Racing team ran out of time to put the wrapping on. As a result, Wilson started 24th for today's race.
But as it turned out, the qualifying problems turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Wilson since he didn't use up as many alternate 'red' tires as he would have. He pitted on Lap 4 and managed to rise through the field before ensconcing himself in the Top 5 during the second half of the event. A pass on Dario Franchitti at Lap 56 would be enough to claim a podium position.
"We just went out there and pushed hard the entire race," Wilson said. "I think that helped, having an extra set and being able to pick a few people off. It's great to get this result for the Boy Scouts of America and everyone at Dale Coyne Racing. They worked hard to put the car back together on Friday, so I have to thank them. It's also good for Honda here at Long Beach to get 1-2-3-4. I think it's fantastic."
Wilson's third-place effort is his best since scoring an upset win last season at Texas Motor Speedway and his second podium since the 2010 season.


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Keelin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Anglo-Saxon name Keelin comes from the family having resided in Keele, a village and civil parish in northern Staffordshire, or in East Keal or West Keal in Lincolnshire. [1] The surname Keelin belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
"Keel and Keirl are Somersetshire names, the Keirls being at home in the Bridgewater district. Amongst those who took up the cause of their religion in the Monmouth rebellion of 1685 were John and George Keele of Chilton, who were transported to Barbados, the first named not surviving the voyage." [2]
Early Origins of the Keelin family
The surname Keelin was first found in Lincolnshire where early records reveal that Robert de Kele was listed there in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. [3] The same rolls list William de Kele in the same shire. [3]
As far as the origin of the place name Keele is concerned, we must look to the village and parish in Staffordshire where the name was derived from the Old English words "cy" + "hyll," and literally meant "hill where cows graze." The first listing of the place name was found in 1169 when is was listed as Kiel. [4]
Richard Kele was listed in the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire in 1246; John de Keel in the Subsidy Rolls for Staffordshire in 1332 and Robert Keell was in Nottinghamshire in 1481. [5]
More often than not, in Scotland, the family spelt their name Keill and or Kyill. "John Keill, chirurgian in Dundee, 1615, Thomas Kyill, burgess of Dundee, 1624, and David Keill in record in Haughmuer, 1774," [6] are but a few examples.
Keele Hall is a 19th-century mansion house at Keele, Staffordshire and the eponym of Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, a public research university near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
Early History of the Keelin family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Keelin research. Another 47 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1562, 1671, 1721, 1671, 1673, 1719, 1703 and 1719 are included under the topic Early Keelin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Keelin Spelling Variations
Keelin has been spelled many different ways. Before English spelling became standardized over the last few hundred years, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. As the English language changed in the Middle Ages, absorbing pieces of Latin and French, as well as other languages, the spelling of people's names also changed considerably, even over a single lifetime. Spelling variants included: Keele, Keel, Keal, Keale and others.
Early Notables of the Keelin family (pre 1700)
Distinguished members of the family include Thomas Keele, a Member of Parliament for Wycombe in 1562 John Keill (1671-1721), was a Scottish mathematician and important disciple of Isaac Newton, born at Edinburgh on 1 Dec. 1671. His younger brother, James Keill (1673-1719), was a Scottish physician, philosopher, medical writer and translator. " He was educated partly at home, partly on the continent. He applied himself especially to anatomy, and coming to England acquired much reputation by lecturing on that subject at Oxford...
Another 80 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Keelin Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Keelin migration to the United States +
In an attempt to escape the chaos experienced in England, many English families boarded overcrowded and diseased ships sailing for the shores of North America and other British colonies. Those families hardy enough, and lucky enough, to make the passage intact were rewarded with land and a social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families became important contributors to the young colonies in which they settled. Early immigration and passenger lists have documented some of the first Keelins to arrive on North American shores:
Keelin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
Sarah Keelin, who landed in Virginia in 1638 [7]
Charles Keelin, who arrived in Maryland in 1673 [7]
Contemporary Notables of the name Keelin (post 1700) +
Keelin Shanley (1968-2020), Irish journalist, newsreader and presenter with RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station
Subsidy Rolls
Feet of Fines
^ Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
^ Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
^ Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Keelin (English)


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ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is a time-critical illness, and immediate recognition and treatment are critical to optimal patient outcomes. Many cities and regions across the country have developed formal systems to facilitate the care of these patients. Since 2009, the Utah Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness (BEMSP) and the Utah Hospital and Healthcare Systems Association (UHA) have partnered with the American Heart Association to develop such a system for Utah.
STEMI Centers have agreed to an integrated and standardized system of STEMI care linking EMS, emergency departments, and cardiac catheterization laboratories with the goal of developing a system designed to speed the recognition and treatment of STEMI patients who activate the EMS system. Facilities that can provide definitive percutaneous coronary intervention are verified as PCI Centers.
The Utah Trauma System, which incorporates national guidelines, includes Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies and hospitals working together to rapidly and efficiently identify trauma patients and transport them to hospitals with the personnel, equipment, and expertise to provide definitive care for their injuries. Those hospitals, which voluntarily become designated trauma centers, work together with a commitment to follow national best practices to treat trauma victims. For their part, EMS agencies will be notified which hospitals are designated trauma centers and encouraged to transport trauma patients to the hospital best able to treat the trauma patient.
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The Worker's Nekopara: A call to arms against nekonomic exploitation
By: Chiaki Hirai | June 17, 2020 | 0 Comments
At the start of last season, Nekopara premiered to lackluster fanfare on Funimation as a mediocre harem anime featuring a cast of stereotypical "choose your flavor" girls all purring at an audience conceivably only made up of fans of the original visual novel series.
And I, reviewing the series for Anime Feminist's premiere coverage, had the dubious honor of being the only professional reviewer to "endorse" it (if you ignore all the words I wrote that indicate the show is "awful actually" afterwards). And, for once, none of the trolls bothered swarming a controversial anime's review on this site.
Indeed, many questioned why I would continue to watch this show when SO. MANY. BETTER. CATS. were contenders for "good anime cat" of the season. Frankly, I just felt kinship with many of the cats, even the perpetually horny Cinnamon.
DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT
But I, like many sensible people, recognized there were things deeply wrong with the world of Nekopara. Some expressed concerns that the catgirls were, like, three years old (adults in cat years!). Others decried how catgirls were required to wear bells around their necks to have freedom of movement, as if they were slaves. And still others were deeply concerned with how the show unabashedly catered to a cishet male-oriented gaze (it only took the show 11 minutes to show a cat camel toe).
These are all extremely valid criticisms, although they're outside the scope of this article. I'm interested in yet another distressing undercurrent: economic exploitation.
Yes, even the horny catgirl anime can be a lesson in real-world inequality.
As the nonexistent pressure mounted on the franchise's fans to explain how a visual novel where you sleep with a bunch of cats is "not that bad," the original author of the series stepped in to release a series of tweets clarifying that the world of Nekopara was far less onerous than previously imagined. She laid foundations for a compassionate and loving world to cats.
"You must not abandon cats even if they are not humanoid. All cats deserve love." "Cinnamon wears a collar because she likes to do so. No one forced her to put it on." "Nekos have the freedom to choose their owner and occupation. There is a social security system for Nekos if they don't work in the first place."
Above all, Sayori asked folks: "Don't think too much, just adore cats."
I'm sorry Sayori, I am too invested in this lore. I thought too much.
Yes, hello, it's me, your local unapologetic catgirl appreciator and catgirl, Chiaki. And I am here to tell you that cats deserve better in the world of Nekopara.
You better believe I actually own the Nekopara skateboard deck.
Though the title suggests a "Cat Paradise," I ask: whom is it a paradise for?
You cannot create a world where humans enjoy the fruits of cats being cats and not offer the same luxury to cats themselves. The "paradise" offered in Nekopara is nothing more than a sham, a simulacrum, a lie sold to cats while the humans were the true "fat cats" all along.
Shigure Minazuki lives by herself in a mansion surrounded by her cats. How does she sustain her lifestyle? How does she exploit her four cats for labor?
Cats in Nekopara are undoubtedly second-class citizens, if that. They are closer to sub-human, as society treats them as pets and beings who lack autonomy. Although in the aforementioned tweet, cats are said to have social security and the freedom to choose their owners, there still exists a shortage for places where cats can live and their inevitable fate appears to be finding an owner who will put them to work.
For example, in the season finale of the show, the Nekopara crew help out the distressed owners of a beach house restaurant. Shigure, the owner of four of the seven central cats in the series, devises a simple marketing scheme which has rung true throughout the entirety of the series:
Moar Cats = Moar Profits.
As you can see on this Taco Bell Napkin, I've illustrated how having more cats increases profits.
Shigure thinks the solution to any difficult situation is to have a solid foundation for business and then add cats to the mix. As the crew prepares to depart, leaving the beach house wondering what they will do from now on without the La Soleil Patisserie cats, Shigure assures them not to worry. She then introduces the restaurant owners to cats who were looking for a home. The show ends on a positive note as a young cat welcomes a TV crew to their bustling establishment.
Cats help drive sales. Cats help drive a lot of sales. What other explanation can there be for all the cat-themed brands that seem so pervasive throughout this cat-obsessed version of Japan? The malls, the transportation passes, even the Internet seems to use cat-based branding strategies. It's no wonder that businesses such as Beach Clubhouse Orange were left floundering when they tried to survive without the integration of cats into their branding strategy.
An entire economy that depends on pink cat-based brand management.
Cats thus serve an integral function to the Nekopara universe's economy, similar to how they serve the real-world economy through "nekonomics." They are the veritable maneki neko (lucky cats) to many businesses and their presence is as essential to a venture's survival as Station Master Tama in real-world Western Japan.
And yet, the fact that cats are so revered and important raises so many questions. If cats are so essential, why are they not a part of regular life? As Shigure had to help find homes for cats, there would appear to be no shortage of cats, but they are markedly absent from the everyday world outside of specific contexts.
Where are the cats not relevant to Nekopara's plot?
One must ask: are cats missing from daily life because of conscious framing or are they truly not present in daily life? Either answer signals a dire state for them.
On one hand, Nekopara could be purposefully depicting a world that is at once celebrating cats and ironically asserting human dominance. Similar to how Hollywood denied the presence of actual Asians in stories about Asia, Nekopara could as much be about the wonders of cat-kind in the same way The Good Earth is a celebration of China.
Cats are to be exoticized and consumed and nothing more, valued for unwanted jobs and sexualized, but not considered worthy or capable of holding equal societal privileges to humans. The entire premise of Nekopara's "cats being cats" mentality is an exotified interpretation by humans of what cats "should be" to a human audience rather than what cats actually are.
Shigure Minazuki, dressing as a cat.
Alternatively, Nekopara could be an accurate portrayal of a fictional universe where humanoid cats live among humans. This reality may be far more distressing, since that means the absence of cats from most aspects of everyday life is far more literal. Even this escapist fantasy world includes an exploited underclass.
Throughout the 12 episodes, the cats of Nekopara are afforded the freedom to move around in public because of the privileged status granted to them by the bell around their necks. The bell, awarded through an examination conducted by what I would assume is a government body, proves a grade-schooler's level of maturity and gives cats a degree of autonomy and a right to find employment. And notably, these bells appear to be rare, because few cats aside from the central cast ever make an appearance on-screen.
Not pictured, the prefectural authorities later coming in to shut Beach Clubhouse Orange for employing bell-less cats.
Cats are absent from public life. Though the cast visits amusement parks, the beach, the mall, and a variety of other places, other cats are notably missing from these spaces. Where are they? Do they ever stop in to have some tea and cakes at La Soleil like the humans do? Are they even allowed to?
Stranger still, you never see male cats, whom Sayuri notes are "best known for their physical strength" and are thus working manual labor jobs.
Pictured is Uchitama, because there are no catboys to reference in Nekopara.
This only reinforces the second-class nature of humanoid cats. Yes, male cats are known to be physically strong, but does that mean they are precluded from working at cafes or other less physically demanding jobs? What happens when a male cat has a disability? Where are the cats in public life? Why are they only present in the context of serving their owners?
The bell system is also a colonization of cats, who must overcome "natural instinct" in order to "act human." Only then are cats permitted to join public life. They must assimilate and agree to a human creed that is not their own in order to be allowed to do chores without human supervision.
We are, in truth, all cats domesticated to humanity like some common dog seeking refuge under an unjust system.
What, then, of the cats with no bells? Are they confined to their homes? Are they able to communicate with the outside world effectively when they need help?
In truth, do the cats have any representation in local, prefectural, or national government? Who speaks for the cats? Why can't cats just be cats in public?
At the end of the day, cats are nothing more than props for humans, even in a world where they are seemingly treated so well. They are a model minority. Whereas cats should be afforded the freedom to be a part of a society that relies on them for labor and cultural capital, they are instead commodified and sold only when convenient and otherwise suppressed and deprived of their own "cat-ness."
This is fundamentally what capitalism does. It appropriates and exploits for the benefit of those in power and also serves to further suppress those it abuses. That the Nekopara series presents this as an idyllic world suggests, at best, that capitalist and colonialist ideology is so deeply ingrained in most people's consciousnesses that nobody working on the series even considered how exploitative and oppressive its "nekonomic" system actually is.
Given Sayori's request that we "not think too much," it's likely the parallels between the cats in Nekopara and culturally appropriated minorities in the real world was completely accidental—but that doesn't mean those parallels don't exist or aren't worth talking about. And, just like real-world minorities whose cultures are exploited as aesthetic and who are themselves economically exploited as cheap sources of labor, the cats of Nekopara deserve better.
They should have a right to self-determination. They are welcome to stay devoted to their employers out of love and loyalty, but that should be on personal terms, not under government mandate. They should have the unrestricted opportunity to take part in everyday life and be free from confinement and codependency.
Cats are living beings and, in the Nekopara world, they are sentient beings who deserve freedom and a right to develop and learn about themselves independently of what the ruling class (humanity) may dictate as convenient. By elevating the status of cats, we can end their exploitation. And only once cats are afforded the same rights as humans can we truly achieve Nekopara.
Now say it with me.
END CATPITALISM MEOW!
About the Author : Chiaki Hirai
Chiaki Hirai is a trans and plural writer and freelance translator working out of San Francisco. Her personal accomplishments include: writing an undergraduate thesis on Touhou Project, getting blacklisted by TokyoPop, and interviewing the creator of Sudoku. In her free time she makes bad jokes about anime or screams about kink and urban development on Twitter.
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Discordant Tones: Oversimplifying music as resistance in Carole & Tuesday
Carole and Tuesday are just two girls dreaming of becoming musicians. While the series initially follows the girls' rise to stardom, the focuses shifts to examine how music can fight back against oppression, but leads to a simple and unsatisfying ending.
Power, Oppression, and Victimhood in The Twelve Kingdoms versus The Rising of the Shield Hero
While their first arcs run largely parallel to each other, Shield Hero's themes of revenge and victimhood undercut any room for growth, while Twelve Kingdoms uses almost identical story elements to explore the nature of power and oppression and push its protagonist towards positive change.


Congrats, you're considering starting your own full time business. Or maybe you're just looking for a little money on the side. Sooner or later, someone is going to want a cheshbonit mas (tax receipt) and its time to stop working under the table; it's time to register as a freelancer.
In Israel, you register as a freelancer or Over Atzmai (hereinafter OA) as either an osek patur or osek murshe. An osek patur earns less than NIS 76,884 and does not charge VAT for his services. If an OA makes more than NIS 76,884, he or she registers as an osek murshe. An osek murshe does charge VAT, but can reclaim VAT on business expenses. You can change from an osek patur to an osek murshe mid-year (when you come close to the 76,884 line you have to change your status) and once you are an osek murshe, you cannot be an osek patur again for at least two years. Finally, some professions such as accountants, lawyers and doctors may only register as an osek murshe. Regardless of what you choose, the process is the same: register at the tax authority, then mas hachnasah, and then bituach leumi Once you are registered, you have to file regular reports, prepay VAT every so often (for an osek murshe) and file an annual report.
Sounds difficult. Is there an easier way?
I know, the reason you became a freelancer was so you wouldn't have to leave the couch and put on pants; going to so many government offices seems out of the question. Fear not, there is an alternative; you can register with a billing company. A billing company is a company that hires you as a worker. You work as a freelancer, the company does your billing and the company takes a small cut of your revenue and pays you as a worker. Since you are working under the guise of another company, you pay both the employer and employee side of all taxes and investments. Billing company freelancers (hereinafter BF) do not issue personal receipts, but send the money to the billing company and then ask their billing company to issue a receipt. All that the billing companies ask for in return is a small percentage of your revenue.
So which is right for your?
This is a very complicated question that gets to the heart of a very important matter – tax planning, or more honestly, tax avoidance. With tax rates as high as they are in Israel, saving money on your taxes can mean a world (or at least a paycheck) of difference.
1) Tax deductible expenses: Expenses are deductible for both OAs and BFs. The only difference is that OAs can also deduct some living expenses (a portion of arnona, electricity, water and va'ad bayit). In addition, OAs who are registered as an osek murshe and BFs can also receive back VAT on most expenses (for some such as a car and cell phone, you only get back 2/3 VAT. Car rental expenses receive no VAT at all). Click here for a full list of deductible expenses for an OA including VAT reimbursement rates.
2) Charging VAT: Despite popular belief, VAT is more of a tax on the seller than on the buyer. Like all taxes, it leaves a tax incidence, but in a world of many suppliers, VAT is really less of a 16% sales tax on the consumer and more of a ~14% tax on the supplier. An OA is allowed to not pay this tax as long as he is an osek patur. One he is an osek murshe, then he is in the same boat as the BF, who always charges VAT.
3) Bituach Leumi. OAs pay 9.82% on all salary below 60% of the average wage (meaning on the first 5,000 of revenue) and 16.23% on all revenue after that. BFs pay 3.95 on the first portion of revenue and 17.9% afterwards. This means that until ~ NIS 14,200 revenue BF's pay less, but after 14,200 revenue, OAs pay less. All in all, the difference is not that significant until an OA starts making a lot of money. Another difference is that OAs pay a minimal amount of Bituach Leumi (NIS 212) every month, whether they receive income or not. BFs only pay bituach leumi during months they receive income.
4) Pension: Both BFs and OAs can put aside money for pensions. BFs can put aside up to 7.5% from the employee side (which means after tax money, but 35% of the deposit is a tax credit, 7.5% from the employer side (tax and bituach leumi exempt money), and up to 8.33% for pitzuyim (also, tax and bituach leumi exempt money). Note that the percentages from the employer side turn out to always be a bit less than listed above because these are percentages of your declared salary after you remove the deductible and refundable expenses, including the hishtalmut and pension (there is some complicated math in this). OAs can also put aside money for a pension, 5% from the employee side and 11% from the employer side (both have the same tax deductible policies mentioned for a BF).
5) Hishtalmut: One of the best ways to get some money past the tax man is by paying to a keren hsihtalmut. Typically, a keren hishtalmut, allows a worker to pay in 2.5% of his or her income, which the employer matches with 7.5%. Since BFs are paying both the employer and employee side, this means that they get to pass the 7.5% through tax free and bituach leumi free (Note: like pensions, percentages are a bit less than 2.5% and 7.5% because these are percentages of your declared salary after you remove the deductible and refundable expenses, including the hishtalmut and pension). Similarly, an OA may deposit 2.5% from the employee side, but only 4.5% from the employer side.
6) Social Security: This is where the OA's have it rough. If you're an American and registered as an OA. you'll have to pay 15.3% of your revenue (before taxes, but after deductibles and bituach leumi) to the US government for social security. This is sometimes a good thing, because if you're close to having 40 quarters, being an OA can push you over the edge, but it also means you're going to be paying a lot of extra taxes. (For those interested, I plan to have a post discussing the social security issue at length in the near future). Again, this tax does not apply to BFs at all.
7) Billing company fees and accounting fees. Billing companies charge a certain percentage of your initial revenue as a fee for its services (the fess is paid on revenue after removing VAT, but before removing expenses.) This fee covers not only billing, but all Israeli accounting expenses you'll need throughout the year including deductions, refunds and tax planning (fees range from 4% – 7% with a maximum fee per month). Similarly, an OA requires the services of an accountant. I know there are many OAs out there who choose to do it alone, this is often a huge mistake. The major perk in being an atzmai is the ability to utilize tax exemptions and if a worker is not using an accountant he or she risks either not taking advantages of all the tax advantages at his or her disposal or, conversely, committing fraud. The cost of an accountant is usually between NIS 1000 and 3,000 a year for preparing an annual report. Obviously this price varies depending on the extent of the time and service you need from your accountant.
There are a variety of billing companies that can offer you their services (Yeul Sachir, Atzmai Sachir, Autotax, Cheshbonit Sachir, Sveram & Taxpay to name a few.) When choosing a billing company, it is important not only to look at the fee, but the level of customer service offered. I have heard good reviews from customers from Yeul Sachir. If you have worked with any of these companies, please share your experience in the comments below.
Many choose to be an OA because issuing a receipt from one's own company looks more professional.
Despite what many say, and what I have been told in the past, it is not a big deal to close a tik. Just speak to your accountant and he or she will probably do the paperwork for you for a small fee.
This is the first time I am posting about this topic and I anticipate feedback and corrections. I'm going to be on vacation next week, so if there is any problem, please e-mail me and I'll correct it when I come back. In the meantime, please enter any comments relevant to this topic below.
By jonnydegani in budgeting, Finding a Job in Israel, pensions, Pensions, Insurance & Everyday Investments, Personal Finance, Taxes, Banking & Mortgages on July 25, 2012 .
Do you know if a tutoring job grossing under 10k NIS a year has to be reported? I recall that in the US, very low income doesn't have to be reported, but I can be off.
Legally, everyone has to report everything that is earned. Practically, I've never met anyone asking a 14 year old babysitter for a cheshbonit mas. Depending on the clients and the money involved, this could be a grey area.
Thank you so much for your post! It came at just the right time. I set my business up as a Ba'am (Ltd) in 2004 so I wouldn't have to pay self-employment tax in America (15%). I end up paying about $3,000 a year to my Israeli and American tax accountants and Israeli bookkeeper. That was fine when I was making good money but my income is less than half what it was before the global economy tanked. I think maybe the BF is a way for me to go. I can't start it until next year, but it is something to look into.
I work with taxpay.co.il, a small company with good customer services.
How does an osek mursheh start the process of setting up a pension?
I was wondering two things: Do you know anything about not being able to take car expenses under 2,000 shekels with billing companies?
Also' if billing companies are so great and only slighty more expensive than accounting fees, why don't more people do it (is there a catch). I'm an atzmai that makes between 12-10,000 shekels bruto and I'm considering moving over to a billing company but not sure.
About the car: Certain billing companies have preferences about how much they want to deduct for certain expenses. In truth, it's about not putting up any red flags because they don't want to deal with an audit. I have heard of one company that allows almost no expenses, while other allow much more. Always get a second opinion.
(2) If you are American, and subject to social security laws, then you are paying an additional 15.3% social security tax as an Oved Aztmai – so working with a billing company become MUCH more profitable.
Has anyone heard of mas hachnasa cracking down on the use of billing companies and charging freelancers back taxes?
I've never heard of such a thing. The government established billing companies in the first place in order to avoid hiring more part time workers so it wouldn't make sense for them to fight it. On the other hand, it wouldn't be the first time the government shot itself in the foot. Has anyone else heard anything about this?
Some years ago (around 2008ish) I was using Yeul Sachir (a truly awful, incompetent company) and I asked for a refund from Bituah Leumi for a month when I was paying bituah leumi as both an unemployed person and through Yeul Sachir. They invited me for a chat in their office in Ramat Gan and quizzed me about my relationship with Yeul Sachir. I realized at that point that what interested them was not me, but companies like Yeul Sachir. They indicated that they'd been gathering information on this type of company for some time. They said that the way those companies work was in a gray areas, and they told me I'd have to become an atzma'it. Since I got an in-house job shortly thereafter, I did not become an atzma'it.
I heard that there had been a court case some time after that involving Yeul Sachir. When I was at Bituah Leumi for some reason or other, I asked what the outcome of the case was. At that time, they didn't know. So I don't know if this issue was ever resolved one way or the other, and if it was, what the outcome was.
But I never had a problem with mas hachnasah because of Yeul Sachir. Of course, that doesn't prove that there might not be a problem.
BTW, a lawyer told me that since these companies have the employee pay both parts of the bituah leumi, it's not legal.
Any new feedback about best company to use? I have seen negative feedback for Yeul Sachir.
Reviews are mixed. I once had a meeting of Atzmai'im where one said they were the devil and another said they were the best company ever for their service and worth every penny.
I think that a person's selection will depend on a few things (1) how comfortable he or she is with Hebrew (yeul sachir specializes in satering to anglos) (2) how much money you'll be making as an atzmai (yeul sachit costs more if you're not bringing in enough) and (3) your own personal experience. It is so easy to move from one service to another that people really have the luxury of trying out one and moving to another if they're unhappy.
Thanks! What are the top few that people are using?
I just got my first freelancing client – a small position that pays 3,000 a month. I am American (with Israeli citizenship) so I imagine BF is the way to go. Any recommendations on who to use for this low amount of money? I checked Yeul and they charge 590 or 7%, so on this amount it'd be 590 – and then also taxes. Any billing companies handle this low amount of money for 4-7%? Thanks!
yesterday I published a poll asking people about their experiences with the various companies. I will publish the results in a couple of weeks.
The others charge 5% but there is no cap.
Can someone please explain all the taxes and amounts taken out of a paycheck for a BF. Just to pick a round number, if someone bills 10,000 NIS per month as a BF, what taxes are taken out of it?
So does a BF get to take any money for themselves or is 80% of their salary going to taxes?
If someone can please explain this to me, it would be VERY appreciated.
You're mostly right. There is a bit of complicated math involved – for example, for Bituach Leumi and your pension, they don't just take a regular percentage off, they remove it so that the employer will pay the correct taxes to match what is leftover after they deduct it. For example, if you make 100, they don't just remove NIS 22.83 for your pension, which is NIS 22.33, they set it up so that after removing the employer side, they will leave over the correct amount that will show they took off 7.5% and 8.33% of that amount. Kind of like how in the תורהwe calla חומש 25%, because when you add it to the principal amount (it is a fifth of the total amount (25% + 100% = 125%, and a חומש is a fifth of this).
Regardless, someone from Yeul Sachir should be able to explain to you what they took off. If they can't, then you certainly have a problem on your hands. Have you contacted them? What has their response been?
Pensions, bituach leumi and taxes are a part of life. Odds are you'll bring home around 60% of whatever you earn, but that depends on how much you are making.
The way I see it, you only have three options – become an atzmai (in which case you'll pay another 15.3% for social security if you're American), use Yeul Sachir, or use anotherservice like taxpay. The only question you ave to ask yourself is how much you'll be bringing in monthly and based on that will Yeul Sachir or taxpay offer a cheaper fee. As a general rule, if you're making less than NIS 11,800 a month, taxpay and the other companies are cheaper. If you're making more, then yeul Sachir is cheaper.
I would be working for an American Company, earning around 10,000 NIS a month. How do you figure that I bring home 60% of what I earn?
If I take off 17% VAT, 7% Yeul Sachir, 23% Income Tax, about 11% Bituach Leumi (averaged from the 3.5% and 17.9%), 15% pension, 8.33% pitzuyim — if I add up all those percentages, that is 81% of my salary that I am paying out on a monthly basis. Can it be that I only take home 19% of my salary?
I'm obviously misunderstanding something — I'm really sorry, but could you please explain? I'm going into panic mode here that I need to just give up being a freelancer and instead need to look for a job here in Israel as a company employee (which I don't want to do!).
Any advice is really appreciated!!!
Aside from the 5% to Taxpay, do you make more money as an emplooyee of a real company than a freelancer using a biliing company? Or is it the same? Financially speaking am I better off taking a 10K job at a company or working for 10K as a freelancer using a billing company?
If you work for a company, then the company pays into your pension and you only have to put in 5%-7%. Also, the company pays a big part of Bituach Leumi,.
I don't understand the calculations 100% — I'm not a math person 🙂 (was the 8,500 because of 10,000 less VAT?) but this is very reassuring. Thanks for the help.
Taxpay seems from their website to be entirely in Hebrew. My Hebrew is OK but not great, which made Yeul Sachir look better to me. 5% sure beats 7% though so maybe I'll reach out to Taxpay and see if someone speaks English.
Thanks for all the help and advice! Tremendously appreciated!
Got it — so that is how it went from 10,000 to 8,5000 (10% pension + 5% pitzuyim). Where does VAT fit into this picture then?
Your base salary is after the 7.5 + 8.33 as well as large part of your bituach leumi is taken out. Remove all of those, you're talking at least 15% drop.
VAT is another issue. I thought you meant 10,000 after VAT. if it is before, then you have to deduct VAT as well.
No, I meant my client will send 10,000 NIS a month. At this point, no VAT has been paid. So this means that I first need to take off 17% VAT, then pension & pitzuyim, then Bituach Leumi, and then if there is any salary left, income tax.
If you get in 10,000, it is around 8,600 after removing VAT.
Is it possible, you guess, that a payment to freelancer/employee is the same?
I meant will the employer deduct your salary accordingly. No doubt that if I had the option of being a freelancer making 10,000 or being paid by a company 10,000, the later choice would net a few thousand more.
Taxpay have English instuctions on their web site.
You can also ask for Gil, from Taxpay, who speakes Enlish quite well.
He said if the company I will work for is in the US and has no Israeli division, then I will not need to pay VAT.
In total though, this calculates to mean I only take home 49% of my salary!
The maximum Bitiuach leumi is 18.5 % maybe he said that calculating together it amount to 17%.
Also he is correct about the vat and pension.
I am pretty new to Israel and I am also still working for my old company in America.
I was wondering — if I am an employee of a US company, would I still be considered an OA here? Meaning, I am paying social security taxes etc still in the US and I have a pension there as well. Am I still going to need to pay bituach leumi here and a pension here? And if so, do I need to pay the amounts of an OA or the amounts that an employee of an Israeli company would pay?
Beit Shemesh — but Jerusalem is close enough if you have someone good.
If I am an employee of a U.S. company (and do not need to travel to the U.S. — therefore my income taxes get paid here in Israel), as an employee of a US based company, would I still need to pay 15% bituach leumi (as if I was self employed) since my company will not pay any of my bituach leumi? Or would that rate be reduced to be similar to bituach leumi amounts charged to an Israeli employee? If I still need to pay 15% bituach leumi, then I assume working for a billing company is better than being an employee of the US company since I would avoid all US social security taxes. If I would not need to pay 15% bituach leumi, I would rather remain an employee of the US company (only pay 7.5% social security — and I need another couple of years to hit the 40 quarters mark).
Any clue how the bituach leumi works for employees of US based companies??
Just stumbled over this very informative blog. I haven't read all the comments so apologies if I am re-asking this question.
I am set up already as an Osek Murshe and have been for close to 3 years. Is it possible for me to work as a regular Sachir at the same time? That is, maintain the business as an Osek Murshe but earn a regular monthly salary working a regular job at the same time. And what tax implications will this have for me?
Hi and thanks for writing this post. I was researching how to open up an osek patur when I came across this, and it made me start thinking about joining a billing company instead. Did you post the results of the poll yet?
If I'm making about 3500NIS per month in part time freelance work, which option would be the cheapest for me? How do billing companies compare with being self-employed with regards to benefits such as maternity pay and sick leave?
Also, my client is in the UK and I get paid in GBP. I usually lose about 2-2.5% in conversion rates. How do billing companies handle foreign salaries?
Since you're only talking about 3,500 a month, the cost of an accountant vs billing company is about the same (3500 x 12 months x 5% = NIS 2,100 vs about the same for an accountant). In most cases I'd recommend a billing company because it is much less hassle. Both don't pay you for sick leave and in both cases it is Bituach Leumi, not an employer, that pays you for maternity leave.
Conversion rates are terrible and there is only a few ways around them (1) get someone to come to Israel strapping the money to their body and then exchange it at a money changer or (2) use a service like isratransfer to help you move the money, they usually get a better rate.
Good luck. Please tell me how things turn out.
(Tried to reply to Rafi, but it wouldn't let me. Hope you see this) My understanding from talking with Isratransfer is that they only work with large amounts of money. You need to shop around for the best conversion rates. 2-2.5% sounds rather high to me. It should be closer to 1% (if you are exchanging cash) or 1.5% if you are using a check. FYI, most credit cards (American ones at least) will charge you a 3% foreign exchange fee when you use your card outside of America. Are you from GB or America? If you are American and work as a freelancer in Israel, you will have to pay Betuach Leumi in Israel AND Social Security (about 15%) to American too. Social Security is not covered under the tax treaty between America and Israel. Only Income tax is. (GB is a different story). If you are working as an "employee" with a billing company, you won't have to pay Social Security to America. Good luck.
With the BF route, do you only pay Bituach Leumi on the employee side, or do you also have to pay on the employer side? How much does it all add up to in the end?
Also, regarding money transfer services, does this mean that my client would have to convert the money when paying the billing company, or could I do it myself, pay the billing company then have them pay me back again with a payslip?
One more thing, are pensions and keren hishtalmut optional or obligatory for OAs? I understand from the post that for BFs they are obligatory.
As a BF, you pay both the employer and employee side, so it works out the same either way; the difference is only going to be a few shekels.
you have to ask the money transfer service about what they can do and the different financial repercussions.
For an OA, nothing is mandatory. For a BF, pension is mandatory, hishtalmut is not.
Thanks for the mention, Jonny!
Thanks for writing. I'm from GB so don't need to pay Social Security twice. Not sure, but I think last time I checked, the rates were generally higher for GBP vs. USD..
Has anyone ever heard of a billing company Adecco? If so, do you have any feedback? My company in the US asked me to find out about this company, that they have heard good things about it and that it is similar to these other billing companies.
The information in this post, as well as your answers to the follow-up questions, have been so helpful to me. Kol HaKavod! Wishing you much continued success!
I have a small wiritng job wiritng which will pay me maybe $2000 per year. I also have a full time salaried job. I don't want to open a tik mas hachnasa for that small amount nor do I want to pay a billing company for that small amount. Any other options? I heard there is something called Mas Sofrim or something like that. Anyone know?
Sachar Sofrim means that the person who pays you takes out the maximum taxes and when you file taxes at the end of the year you get it back (you can do it mid year also). You become kind of like a de facto osek murshe, except you lay out the maximum amount in order to get it back at the end of the year. Also some companies don't like paying this way (I work for a major non-profit and I was told to avoid working with people who want to get paid this way), but the way you describe it it sounds like you already have the client so this may not be an issue.
I would advise asking the salary person where you work if he could reconcile the amount you get paid for sachar sofrim. If he can, then everything is okay and you can get paid that way. if not, you're going to have to turn to an accountant. If you need a recommendation for an accountant, feel free to contact me and I'll send you his details.
I heard that all these billing companies are in the midst of a huge legal battle with Bituach Leumi. Bituach Leumi doesn't like any of these billing companies and prefer that self-employed people open a tik with them rather than go through these companies and pretend to be employees. I was told that BL is not honoring any of the BL taxes withheld by these billing companies and that they are giving major problems to "employees" of these companies (for example, they won't cover maternity leave etc even though the expecting mother may have been paying BL through these billing companies).
Any info on this legal battle? I've been warned not to join any of these billing companies — although that may be very difficult as I am trying to decide at the moment between Yeul Sachir and Taxpay — and I don't really see another option other than these billing companies.
One other person came to me with the same problem. I haven't heard of any official change and I can't understand why ti would matter to bituach Leumi – the math works out for them equally anyways. I'd recommend calling the billing company and a local accountant and see what they have to say.
All in all, what percentage does a BF pay from the "employer side?" I currently have a set salary that a company in the US is willing to pay me. My options are that they will give me a 7.5% salary raise if I work for them through a billing company like Yeul Sachir or Taxpay — or, that I could work for a recruiting/HR company which would make me an employee of theirs (they are located here in Israel) and then "assign me" to this company in the US. But, then this US company would reduce my salary 12.5%. Without getting into the details of why this is the case, which of these 2 options is better?
To work through a billing company, get a 7.5% salary raise, but then need to pay all the employee and employer side taxes (plus a 5% fee to the billing company), or is it better to become an employee of an Israeli company at a 12.5% lower salary — but only be responsible for the employee side taxes.
The employer side of bituach leumi is 3.45% for around the first 5,000 (whatever is 60% of the mean wage) and 6.5% of your salary after that.
I think you should ask an accountant this question. Keep in mind – if you get paid in the US, you will have to file taxes and pay an additional amount here, since Israeli rates are higher than American rates (you'd pay the difference). Also, you may have to pay both social security and bituach leumi, whoch could mean a much higher tax rate. My best guess is that it's better to be paid here (at the very least the paperwork is much simpler), but again, I'd recommend asking an accountant.
I won't be paying any taxes in the US for this — either I would be an employee of Yeul Sachir (and therefore exempt from US taxes) or I would be an employee of this HR/recruiting company in Israel. Either way, I don't need to take US taxes or Social Security into account.
My thought was that it would save me money to take that 12.5% salary cut. If I were to work with Yeul Sachir or Taxpay, I would be paying them 5% (I know YS is a little more). Which essentially means I would be taking only a 7.5% pay cut to become an employee of this HR/recruiting firm in comparison to working through Yeul Sachir.
Overall, if working for Yeul Sachir, would I pay more than 7.5% in employer BL and employer pension payments? If so, my thinking was that although taking a 12.5% pay cut isn't too attractive, it may really end up saving me money.
Does this make sense? Do you know if my "out of pocket" payments from the employer side of working for Yeul Sachir exceed 7.5% (and therefore, with the 5% commission to the billing company, it would exceed 12.5%)?
You don't get double taxed on income tax if you are a US and Israeli citizen. Your tax rate will be based on where you reside and do your business. You will file taxes in both country and if you are residing in Israel, then the taxes you paid in Israel will be deducted from any tax you owe in America. (This applies to up to $80,000. I'm not sure what happens after that). Israel and the US though do not have a social security tax treaty, which means you will owe social security in America and beituach leumi in Israel if you are a freelancer. I'm not an accountant or tax attorney so speak to a professional for more advice.
Got it — thanks a lot!
So although taking a 12.5% pay cut isn't great, it definitely looks like the better option. Otherwise, I would be paying 5% commission to the billing company, 12% into my pension plus 3.45% employer BL on the first 5,000 NIS and 6.5% employer BL after 5,000 NIS.
Thanks for the help! And for the very informative blog!
You can also incorporate in Israel (called a ba'am) in which case your company would pay you and you would not owe social security tax to America. The costs of operating as a ba'am are greater than operating as a freelancer because you have to pay to have an Israeli tax accountant do a yearly audit of your company and prepare your personal tax return and pay a professional bookkeeper to keep your books and give all the paperwork to your tax accountant. You cannot do this yourself because you have to use a special and expensive software program required by the Israeli government. You will also need to hire an accountant to do your American tax accountant. If you are making a good amount of money, this is the best way to go. Again, talk to an accountant, preferably one that knows Israel and US taxes.
How does someone collect severance pay when working with one of these billing companies? Is there a certain minimum amount of time you need to work with them to collect the severance pay upon termination of working with them? If I only work with a billing company for 1 or 2 months, do I get the deductions taken for severance pay afterwards?
Does anyone know if autotax disappeared? They have stopped to pay salaries and not responding to phone.
Hi, I came across this post by chance whilst looking for options about Freelancing in Israel since I am looking for a job. I have a few Qs bothering me.
1) If my freelancing job get me around 2500-3000 NIS per month, what needs to be done? Do I hire an Book-keeper or Accountant or Billing Co. or ALL Three??
2) What happens if in the course of this freelancing job I have an offer as a Full-time job in a different company? Can I work on the Job as well as freelance?
3) What happens when I decide I want to close the status as an freelancer? Is it easy as it began?
4) Does it involve following up with the Tax authorities and Bituach Leumi and other offices upto 5 yrs after the status is closed?
I really found it a problem working with the CPA book-keeper once I had left the company.
This is why I'm having second thoughts if opening a file with Tax authorities is really a good idea once again.
Thank you to take time to read this and appreciate your help in guidance any way!
4) I know you have to report for a period after, but I am not sure how much. I advise speaking to an accountant.
5) I am sorry you had a bad experience. There are lots of great accountants in Israel who can help you though.
If you are a freelancer, you can probably do your bookkeeping on your own but you will need an accountant to file your taxes. If you are American there is a bit of a glitch because America has an "income tax" treaty with Israel but not a "social security tax" treaty, in which case you have to pay Beituach Leumi on your freelance work in Israel AND social security to American on your freelance work done in Israel (that is another 15%!). Most likely you will also need to hire an American tax accountant to file your American tax return (or your tax return for another country if required), unless you find an accountant who can handle both. Your best bet is to talk to an accountant about all your questions. BTW, you can be a fulltime or parttime employee and freelance. Talk to an accountant to get all the details. Good luck!
my husband and i made aliyah in mid-2012. he is a contractor for an american company, and they currently pay him in israel. i was an employee in the US and currently work for an israeli company. my husband is registered as an osek patur, since he works only during yeshiva breaks. while i used accountants for my 2012 returns because they were complicated and included a hatzharat hon (plus we needed to negotiate with mas hachnasa and BTL to keep them from freezing our assets, and the accountant was a big help), i did the 2013 returns in the US and israel myself. they were not hard. my husband pays BTL like an unemployed person, since his earnings are low, and SE tax in the states. he has no tax deductible expenses besides charitable donations. it's really not a big deal to do this without accountants.
I have a question. I am going to start work for someone who wants to pay me either through an OA or a BF (my choice). I already work someone else as well, at a regular employer where I am salaried. Do I have to pay the bituach leumi twice? If I am only going to be making around 2000 a month, would it make more sense to do the OA or BF do you think? Thank you!