 can’t be prepared for it,” Kamath says. “Sometimes you come across nothing; sometimes you come across a whole treasure chest.”
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To Fund Liberal Programs Confiscate Liberal Wealth
Head Start and an Infrastructure Bank are just two "investments" Obama can't make now but wants to once we get our fiscal house in order by raising the debt ceiling and raising taxes. But he can get his programs funded now by simply confiscating the wealth of liberals -- many of whom complain endlessly that they pay too little in taxes while others like Obama himself claim to have more wealth than he needs. Let's start with Warren Buffet, who cries out almost weekly on CNBC at the injustice of seeing his secretary taxed at a higher rate than he is. It's just not fair, and he asserts that the rich like him should pay more in taxes. In fact he's had the chance to pay more in taxes for the last half-century by simply announcing that his company Berkshire Hathaway would declare a regular cash dividend (it never has). Buffet is one of Obama's godfathers and if he declared a special cash dividend of $20B- just half of his holding company's cash hoard- then he could raise nearly...(Read Full Post)This is an app based on the website https://sky-music.herokuapp.com/, it's main purpose is to help you play, record, practice, compose and share Sky song sheets.The main features are:-Play a song-Compose a song-Record a song to a sheet-Practice a song-Share a song sheet-Import a song sheet-Change instrument-Change pitch key-Turn on/off "cave mode"-Download songs from the library with more than 250 songs and growing!-Account system to share songs between your devices-Many settings to chose from-FAQ and help page-Import MIDI songs for automatic composition-Change background picture/gif of the app-App is translated in: English, Traditional Chinese, Italiano, Franais, Portugus Brasileiro, Deutsch,,, Romn, Espaol, Ting Vit.And much more to come!If you wish to contribute, you can find the website repository here: https://github.com/thoseSkyModders/SkyMusicReminder that this is not an official TGC app, it's fan made.The app automatically updates and might take some seconds to open when there is one, be patient!This is what I keep thinking. "So you guys are having trouble moving as much product as you have been doing for the past few years, but your plan to rejuvenate your most important product line... 

And don't even get me started on the Macs. MacOS is still my favorite OS, but it's getting less and less UNIXy by the year, and the hardware, which used to be a little more expensive, but a lot better, is now quite a bit more expensive, and not as good. Essentially, the rest of the PC market woke up to the fact that the computer is more than a bullet point spec list, and spent some time on things like cases and keyboards and trackpads. 

That Dell XPS 13 is looking like a very nice replacement for my MacBook Air, and Apple may as well not even make desktop machines anymore for how shameful their lineup is these days.Leftist congressman hits bombing of Reds
THE left-leaning Makabayan bloc on Monday condemned the aerial bomb operations of the military at a peasant community in Malibcong, Abra which started last March 16.
Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao urged President Rodrigo Duterte to order a stop of the aerial bombing operations carried out by the 24th Infantry Battalion under the 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army.
“The bombings affected the economic life of the people, safety and security in the villages of Lat-ey and Bangilo, Malibcong, Abra. These even Department of Education [DepEd] officials were compelled to cancel classes in the area,” Casilao said.
Casilao said the bombings resulted the destruction of properties and livelihood. It is in fact inhumane act and violates various agreements signed by the gov’t and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines such as the Comprehensive Agreement in Human Rights and the International Humanitarian Law.
In addition, last March 18, soldiers of 24 IBPA arrested Joshua Gumatay and Antonio Ambalneg Jr., members of Kabataan Party-list in Malibcong, and accused as with link to the New People’s Army in the area, Casilao noted.
“We call on the immediate releases of the arrested youth activists,” Casilao added.
He said “the government’s all-out war gave license to the AFP to justify its act of atrocity against the people in the name of so-called peace and security, when in fact is an act of war against the people,” the party-list solon said.
“We hold the AFP for the continuing violation on the rights of the people affected by its all-out war,” Casilao said.
Casilao called on peace advocates, human rights groups and the public to expose and oppose the resurging state-sponsored violations even he rallied behind resumption of peace talks in April to properly address on both panels this grave abuses of the AFP to the masses of peasants and national minorities.“Dad.” I’m often asked if I miss Hawai‘i since I’ve been in Okinawa for almost five years now — I arrived here in July of 2010. I can honestly say that I don’t miss Hawai‘i: I can close my eyes and see Hawai‘i’s beauty and feel its spirit.
What I do miss, however, is hearing my daughters, Maile and Leila, call me “Dad.” The way they say it and how it sounds when it reaches my ears, fills my heart with pure joy. It represents the unconditional and oftentimes unspoken love between a father and his daughters. I know that I’m not the only parent who feels this joy. Anyway, that is what I miss most about being away from my daughters.
Recently, I had the pleasure of spending 10 days with both Maile and Leila — and their families — here in Okinawa and in Tökyö. Then I followed them home to Hawai‘i for another week. It was the best 10 days of my life.
“Grandpa.” Whenever Maile or Leila called out, “Dad,” when we were together, I assumed they were calling me, so I would answer them, only to find that they weren’t calling me; they were referring to their respective husbands. That meant they had given me a new title: “Grandpa.” It’s a title that makes me just as happy to hear, maybe even happier. Although my daughters are at ease calling me “Grandpa,” I admit it took some adjusting on my part. My grandsons’ pronunciation of “Grandpa” reflects their ages. But no matter how many different pronunciations they come up with, I know they are calling me, and I love it.
During their visit — and my visit home to Hawai‘i — I got to share my love with my sons-in-law and my three grandchildren — all boys. It was Joe’s and Maile’s — and their sons, Micah and Jonah — first trip to Japan and Okinawa. In Okinawa, Maile turned to me one day and said, “I could live here.” That felt so good to hear, especially since my children’s ancestral roots on their mother’s side are here in Okinawa.
This trip was Leila’s and Doug’s — and even Luke’s — second visit to Okinawa; they were here exactly two years ago. At the time, Leila was pregnant with Luke.
In Okinawa, we spent their first full day visiting Shuri Castle and window-shopping along Kokusai Dori. On the second day, we traveled north with the Noharas, my hänai family here, to see the Churaumi Aquarium. That night, we joined the Noharas for their grandson Yuta’s fourth birthday. You can just imagine the chaos of having five boys — three from Hawai‘i and Yuta and little his brother Sota — all under the age of 4 meeting and playing with each other for the first time.
The next day, Sunday, we visited the Peace Memorial in Itoman and joined some of my students at Tropical Beach, where the boys got to play on the shore of the East China Sea. Micah, who is 3 years and 9 months old, was babbling on and on in a language only he and his parents understood. One of my engineer students commented, “Oooh, advanced English.” On Monday, they took “Samurai pictures” in costume and went to the children’s petting zoo in Okinawa City.
We flew to Tökyö on Tuesday. Outside the baggage claim area, the Air Porter greeted us with a sign that read “Leila Shimokawa.”
The apartment we rented in Kachidoki had views of Tökyö Bay, Rainbow Bridge and even Mount Fuji, with snow at the summit. We spent a 45-degree day — and night — at Tökyö Disneyland on Wednesday and then visited Shinjuku on Thursday. On Friday, we ate at Tsukiji (the “real” Tsukiji, known for its fresh seafood) and visited Shibuya. We went