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The team at Michael Bell One have years of experience in digital marketing. Whether we’re tasked with designing a brand new website or bringing an SEO campaign to fruition..Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB), which can never seem to catch a break this days, is now being probed by the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, for suspicious activity stemming from an Estonian outpost of Danish bank Danske Bank (OTCMKTS:DNKEY), Danish for “Danish Bank”. Danske bank has admitted to the Fed that about $230 billion in money flowing through it through Deutsche Bank may have been “dirty”, which could mean anything, but probably means money laundering or tax evasion. Estonia has the reputation for being a hub for money laundering from countries of the Former Soviet Union, which is an improvement from having a reputation for being part of the Soviet Union, or the ESSR, as Estonia was called until 1991. In its defense, Deutsche said that its ability to know about other clients as a correspondent bank is limited. So case closed. Deutsche is down 94% from its all time highs hit in April 2007. It’s been all downhill from there.
Trump to Government Workers: You’re Furloughed!
The partial government shutdown got an inch closer to being resolved yesterday as the Senate is reportedly “moving closer” to a deal on border wall funding in exchange for concessions to Democratic leaders. Specifically, the deal the Senate will be voting on won’t contain any funding for a border wall, so it’s actually completely baffling how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConell thinks that this thing will pass at all. So really, we’re back to square one. The theory, technically speaking, is that the act of voting on something that President Trump has no chance of signing will get the Senate in the “voting mood” or something like that, dim the lights, and they’ll remember how amazing it feels to vote on something. From there they may end up voting on something that will get the government fully funded again, for a few days maybe.
In Reuters diplomatic language, “…the Senate action (of voting) could set the stage for the type of bipartisan negotiating that will be necessary to end a shutdown that began on Dec. 22.” Reuters went on to pull at the heartstrings by saying that “Affected federal workers are struggling to make ends meet.” Oh the humanity. One wonders what will happen when nobody will lend the United States any more money. Meanwhile, cash lender stocks like EZCORP are doing well since the shutdown on the business of these poor souls. (NASDAQ:EZPW).But they’ll only do well if the shutdown eventually ends.
Battle of the weed growers. Green Growth (OTCMKTS:GGBXF) wants Aphria (NYSE:APHA), and is valuing the company at $2.77B Canadian. The current valuation on the Toronto Stock Exchange is $2.36B Canadian. Green Growth already owns 3 million shares of Aphria, or about 1.2% of the company. Aphria has not received a formal offer and thinks that Green Growth is undervaluing the company, so Green Growth will go on a buying spree and see how much its shareholders actually value the company, hence the hostile nature of the bid. Because marijuana is still technically illegal on the federal level, Green Growth, a US company, would be violating federal law if it Acquired Aphria, so Aphria shareholders would have to move to over the counter and off the NYSE.
J.C. Penney To Follow Sears?
J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) is circling the drain, down to its last $400 million in market cap. The dying retailer had a disappointing holiday shopping season and struggles to fill executive vacancy spots because nobody wants to or is qualified to work for it. Rumors out of the Wall Street Journal suggest that bankruptcy is imminent, though uppity snippets from the J.C. Penney executive staff suggest otherwise, using words like “strength” and “depth”, though the only strength the stock has shown is its propensity to fall into the depths. Sort of like that psalm, where the psalter is calling out from them. The retailer is leveraged 11:1, so we’d say that yeah, bankruptcy is imminent.
The full unedited video shows that Planned Parenthood didn't sell any body parts. 

&gt;Stop spreading disinfo.

Yeah right!  The woman doctor said "no."  But that can't be heard?  How unusual is that, not to hear the woman say no.

&gt;since day one.

Nope. Not what this says

&gt;I've read the emails. I've watched the short-version video. I've read the website and the other anti-abortion action groups' press releases. I've even poked through all the primary sources posted so far in the "Document Vault."

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a43326/center-for-medical-progress-planned-parenthood-abortion/

 They released an edited version and the unadulterated (such as it is) original which proves that the doctor was NOT involved in "sale" of anything was not immediately completely released as explained above.HomeArticleHey Santa, Wine, Brandy or Port?
In many ways, Christmas Eve is much more fun than the big day itself. The sense of anticipation, the excitement of things to come and a variety of Christmas Eve traditions. Ours starts with Christingle at our local church when I become all sanctimonious by reminding the children that Christmas “isn’t just about presents”. Then comes new pyjamas and a book. The boys receive these on Christmas Eve so they can wear new pjs and hopefully get excited about having new reading material. A new book the next morning would get tossed aside fairly quickly amidst a sea of noisy presents – but on Christmas Eve, everything is savoured.
But the really important annual ritual is choosing which refreshments to leave out for Father Christmas. As a child, I distinctly remember my Dad telling me that Santa really appreciated a “nice drop of Scotch”, along with a homemade mince pie and the all-important carrot for Rudolph. Fast forward 35 years and this line-up hasn’t changed much, but the whisky has been replaced with a large glass of Rioja. And boy, does Santa enjoy his red wine!
few years away, Santa is very much ahead of his time when it comes to technology and, after some careful planning with the satnav in late December, the sleigh pretty much drives itself. Help from the reindeer is vital, though, as these are the only animals trained to fly at hypersonic speeds. Phew. Satisfied, for now.
But something tells me this conversation might crop up again. I decide to ask my friends what they do. The drinks vary – Brandy, Prosecco, Port, gin & tonic or mulled wine. Gotta love friends. This year, Santa will be getting a slightly larger measure than usual. Cheers! And here’s to a very merry Christmas.Today when I think of airports I am reminded of the touching beginning and ending sequence of my favourite movie Love Actually where friends and family are re-united at Heathrow Airport. The pure joy and happiness of the airport hello-goodbye greeting is beautifully encapsulated by this montage as dozens of real life people share embraces, caresses and kisses. That's the thing about airports though, there's this happy energy about them that makes you feel like anything is possible. People are either excited because they are heading away on a holiday or a trip, or they're happy to be arriving home after time spent away from their loved ones.
Once you make it beyond the airport's main hallway, though, and pass through immigration into the departure lounge you enter a liminal space – a place of transition that is neither here nor there where everyone is a stranger. In spite of the geographical solitude, this border between what was and what is yet to come is still the site of possibility and everyone who enters it has the potential to be changed. No matter where you are going and what you are doing, the experiences you have, the people you encounter and the sights you see while away will change you; even if only in a small way. So as we wait patiently on the threshold of travel there's an air of expectation and excitement as we ready ourselves to move across the limits of what we were into what we can be.
But that is what I love most about airports; the possibility of what can be. Luckily for me, that'some day I'll fly' away is in fact tomorrow.
See you on the other side!
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So here's what I often wonder about couples reuniting after a long abscence at the airport. How do you make sure you "look the part"? Assuming you're wanting to show effort, how awkward is it trying to "freshen up" in those airplane bathrooms!?!
Hmmm, yes, freshening up in bathroom on a plane is impossible! My tact is to make a run for the first toilet I see when I disembark. There's always one just before immigration (it also pays to impress immigration officials) and then one again in baggage claim, so it is a good way to kill some time while you wait for your luggage.As a special program of the NJ350 Capital Celebration Family Festival on June 22, the NJ State Library will host a free program "An Hour with Ben Franklin"