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This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on May 19, 2021, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here:  https://impactpricing.com/blog/how-to-become-a-pricing-expert/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn

This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on May 12, 2021, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here:  https://impactpricing.com/blog/a-question-about-pricing-models/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn

This is an article published on April 21, 2021, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here:  https://impactpricing.com/blog/a-question-about-pricing-models/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn

This is an article published on March 31, 2021, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here:  https://impactpricing.com/blog/pricing-is-not-driven-by-supply-and-demand/  If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn

This is an article published on March 31, 2021, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here:  https://impactpricing.com/blog/why-you-need-to-price-before-during-and-after/  If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn

This is an article published on April 7, 2021, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here:  https://impactpricing.com/blog/how-to-price-hardware-like-its-software/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn

This is an article published on May 21, 2021, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here:  https://impactpricing.com/podcast/blogcast-4-pricing-consultant-vs-pricing-advisor-whats-the-difference/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn

To start with, I strongly believe finance should NOT set prices. Now don’t get me wrong – finance cares a great deal about pricing, because part of their job is to monitor profitability. They need to determine how profitable the company will be, and pricing is a major part of this. They care about pricing, but they should not SET prices. Here’s the problem: those in finance don’t know the real value of their products. If they set prices, the only strategy they use is cost-plus pricing. Anybody who knows anything about pricing knows this is the wrong answer if the goal is to maximize profit. This isn’t to say finance teams can’t play an important role in pricing. There are many ways, including: Margin guidance: Finance knows what investors/owners expect in terms of overall margin. They can give guidance to those in charge of pricing, who then can ensure the blended margin, across all of their products, achieves the margin goal. Margin floor: Some companies set a margin floor, meaning they won’t accept any business at a margin below that level. I’m not a huge fan of margin floors, because sometimes companies can accept business at a loss in order to gain other business at a profit. However, one of the roles of finance is to mitigate risk for the company; margin floors help significantly in this capacity. Price monitoring: Now is where those in finance and pricing can and should work closely together. Finance constantly collects and analyzes data about the business. The two groups should think about what information around pricing will help them understand the health of the business. For example, monitoring average discounts by product could indicate that market conditions have changed. The win/loss ratio is another indicator of changes in the market. There are many other KPIs or measurements that can be monitored by those in pricing and finance. Pricing committee participation: some companies have a dedicated pricing committee where representatives from different parts of the company come together to discuss and improve pricing practices. Finance should absolutely be one of those participants. As price methodology changes are suggested, finance plays a critical role in projecting the financial impacts of those changes on the business. Price leadership: In a rare but powerful role, finance can take the lead on pricing. In this role, finance directs and monitors all pricing activities within the company. They spearhead the finding and fixing of all the profit leaks, including the product lines, sales, and even accounting. This is an ideal role for finance for several reasons: Pricing success is vital to the success of the company. Nobody else in the company generally takes on this role. Finance often has enough power to strongly influence all departments, and all levels. Finance already works closely with every department in the company. An engaged and informed finance department can allow a company to have far more successful pricing. It’s just that finance should NOT set prices. They know numbers, they just don’t know value.   Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/should-finance-influence-pricing/    If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact.   Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn  

Many companies use cost-plus pricing. In fact, I’d say nearly all hardware companies, and service companies with fixed costs, use cost-plus pricing in some way. And yet, pricing people know this isn’t ideal (or at least, they should) since it leaves money on the table. Most of the time, cost-plus pricing doesn’t make sense. Imagine you build a product for $10, and want a 50% margin. This means you price is at $20. But what if your market would pay you $50? Shouldn’t you try to capture that? And what if your market would only pay you $15? At $20, you either leave money on the table, or you don’t sell. It’s an arbitrary number, based on what you want – rather than a meaningful figure, based on your customer’s willingness to pay.  We should always, as much as possible, price based on how much our buyer is willing to pay. Easily said, hard to do. Now, why do companies use cost-plus pricing? It’s usually because they want to cover their costs while being competitive on price. Finance set margin goals for the company, and this becomes the cost-plus price-setting mechanism. Note however, that this is not a great reason to do cost plus. It might look like you’ll meet your margin goals on paper, but it doesn’t optimize the return on your innovation. That being said, I can think of a couple of instances when it makes sense to use cost-plus pricing: If you have tens of thousands of products to price, it would be cumbersome and unrealistic to use value-based pricing (VBP) on every single one. Imagine you are pricing every item at a retailer, or every item at a distributor. Pure VBP isn’t practical in these circumstances. However, in these situations, we can and should use VBP for portfolios of products. There may be brands or product lines where you have no competition, for example. Those should have higher margins. The brands or product lines that tend to attract new customers should have a lower margin. Even though you are likely using a cost-plus pricing model, the ‘plus’ part doesn’t have to be identical for every product. The margin you can earn should be dependent on the product, the competition, the buyers and their buying process (especially the last two). The other scenario where cost-plus pricing makes sense is when your costs fluctuate dramatically. For example, in the chemical industry, it is common to quote prices as a function of the price of a raw material. Buyers see this as fair, and it helps finance people maintain their margin goals. However, even in this situation, you still want to use the underlying principles of VBP to determine what margin you should charge different types of customers or situations. So, yes, cost-plus pricing can make sense some of the time. However, blanket cost-plus never makes sense. Even when we feel we have to use cost-plus pricing, we should still look for ways to charge our buyers as close to their willingness to pay as possible. Don’t just accept cost-plus pricing on its own. If you do, I guarantee you’re leaving money on the table. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/when-you-should-use-cost-plus-pricing/   If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn  

When the Wuhan virus, aka the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, started to roll around the globe in January 2020 and countries worldwide began shuttering businesses and schools, terrified people did as they were told and masked up and hunkered down in their homes. The mainstream media happily perpetuated a fear of the “deadly virus” that would wipe out huge numbers of the populous. And pharmaceutical companies quickly saw a business opportunity that would turn out to be extremely profitable. Amid the global terror, caused by a “dangerous” invisible enemy, a miraculous cure was needed, and at warp speed.   Read Full Article Here!

On April 20, 2021, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled  Procter & Gamble Will Raise Prices in September. Here are the first three sentences:   Procter & Gamble Co. this fall will start charging more for household staples from diapers to tampons, the latest and biggest consumer-products company to announce price hikes.  The maker of Gillette razors and Tide detergent cited rising costs for raw materials, such as resin and pulp, and higher expenses to transport goods.  The announcement, which came as P&G disclosed its quarterly financial results, follows a similar move last month by rival Kimberly-Clark Corp.   “Blame costs. Announce your price increases. And watch your competitors.”- Mark Stiving   In these three sentences are three incredible lessons on raising prices.   Lesson 1: Blame costs Costs probably did go up, but I would bet the costs went up much less than the price.  Costs are pretty much the only reason customers accept for price increases.  The truth is probably closer to this sentence.  “P&G will raise prices so they can make more profit because they believe their customers are willing to pay more.”  It’s probably true, but they could never say that.   Lesson 2: Announce your price increases Notice that last month Kimberly-Clark announced a price increase (and they blamed increasing costs).  Their price increase isn’t due to take effect until late June.  Since I’m writing brutally honest news copy, this is what their news release could have said, “KC is announcing a price increase for late June, but they will only implement it if competitors like P&G also agree to a price increase.”  To say this out loud is a violation of the law.  It is illegal to collude with competitors.  But the implication is there.   Lesson 3: Watch for competitor price increases – Decide carefully P&G likely saw the KC announcement and thought, “we could raise prices or we could keep prices low and take some additional market share.”  But what would happen if they didn’t raise their prices?  KC likely would not have gone through with their price increase and market shares don’t change.  However, if P&G raises their prices, KC goes through with their price increase, market shares still don’t change, and everyone makes more money.  This is called implicit collusion.  Nobody talked to anybody, they just made assumptions about how the other company would act.   It is possible that I am completely wrong on this.  It is possible that costs really did go up.  That both KC and P&G independently and myopically decided to raise their prices for the sole purpose of covering their costs. But that doesn’t negate the lessons.  Blame costs, announce your price increases and watch your competitors.   Resource Mentioned:   Procter & Gamble Will Raise Prices in September   Read Full Article Here: impactpricing.com/blog/three-lessons-from-a-pg-price-increase/    If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving:  Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn  

President Joe Biden’s executive orders in his first several days have set a record. He has issued 25 of them already, more than either of his two immediate predecessors — Donald Trump and Barack Obama — and far more than George W. Bush and Bill Clinton before them. Ronald Reagan issued none during the same time span. Read Full Article Here!

Let's be honest, the competitive nature of today's sportswear industry has left up-and-coming business owners scared. But is it really that scary? Not really, especially when you know how to market a clothing line! Learn how your new brand can rise above its competition by understanding 2020's sportswear marketing trends!Read Full Article Here on Marketing SportsWear >

In this Episode Marisa shares an Article from NPR, titled "Lengthy Detention of Migrant Children May Create Lasting Trauma". Read Full Article Here:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/23/753757475/lengthy-detention-of-migrant-children-may-create-lasting-trauma-say-researchersMarisa mentions the book "Your Body is Your Brain" by Amanda Blake. To learn more about this incredible book click here: https://embright.org/book/DO SOMETHING!!! This is the number for the congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121

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“Whatever you thought 2020 was going to be about, think again!” The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison has certainly laid down the challenge for all of us. As accountants/business advisors/bookkeepers, what services can you offer to your clients to assist them to “Survive These Difficult Times” which in a few short weeks have grown from the consequences of clients suffering from drought, bushfires, floods and cyclones to a worldwide major health problem which has caused severe disruption to international tourism, supply chain havoc, caused illness and quarantine for 104,000 people resulting in over 400 deaths. COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has definitely got the world’s attention.   Read Full Article Here

Most businesses in Australia are now operating within “difficult times”. We seem to have had one crisis after another relating to droughts, bushfires, floods, cyclones, and now the Coronavirus! There is significant uncertainty as to what the outcome of these events particularly the Coronavirus is going to be. These difficult times affect all types of businesses – small, medium-sized and large businesses, miners and exporters together with farmers, fishermen, tourist operators including accommodation, restaurants and cafés, bars and nightclubs Farmers have also been caught up in the ongoing problems whether they are fruit and vegetable growers, producers of beef cattle, lambs, pigs and dairy cattle for milk. Universities and some private schools are also suffering as are accommodation and food outlets near universities. Pharmaceutical suppliers have also been affected by problems caused by the Coronavirus in overseas countries.   Read Full Article Here

The start of a new decade!   2020 heralds the start of a new decade – “The Decade of Change”.  Many people expect this decade to introduce significant changes to the accountancy profession – some observers believe that 80% of the current work been undertaken by accountants will have disappeared by the end of this decade!   Your opportunity to offer a broader range of professional services: Whilst software and technology developments are taking over many of the traditional roles performed by accountants there are still tremendous opportunities for accountants in public practice to offer a broader range of “Business Improvement Services” to assist your clients to run better businesses.   Clients looking for assistance in operating their business: Many small and medium sized enterprises are seeking a “Chief Financial Officer” type service to assist them to add value to their business...   Read Full Article Here

The Federal Treasurer, Mr Josh Frydenberg has announced details on the Australian Business Growth Fund which the Australian Government is contributing to along with investments from the top banks (a total investment of $520 million). The Fund which is expected to launch in the near future will provide long-term patient equity capital to 30 to 50 firms a year with annual turnovers between $2 million and $50 million. The aim is to make it easier for small businesses and medium sized enterprises to access equity, which will allow them to grow and employ more people. The Government believes that access to equity capital will help to reduce business risks for small businesses and medium sized enterprises because it will reduce their reliance on debt financing and will give greater confidence to the SME community.   Read Full Article Here

If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/ To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please  Email John This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 17, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time. My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is from the eighteenth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Malavagga. In the Malavagga the Buddha teaches the importance of wholehearted engagement with his Dhamma. The Buddha taught a Dhamma to develop awakening - full human maturity - in this present life. “There is no hidden path or other understanding. All fabrications are impermanent. Awakened minds are stable...”  (Dhammapada 18) Read Full Article Here:  https://becoming-buddha.com/stainless-malavagga-dhammapada-18/ Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta. My live talks and classes can be joined live: Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079 Android Device: Zoom Android App IOS Device: Zoom IOS App New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019. New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel  New and archived audio:  Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/ Thank You. Peace.

If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/ To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please  Email John This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 10, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time. My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is from the twentieth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Maggavagga. The Maggavagga is remarkable in its clarity and directness of the Buddha’s words and his singular path to the cessation of craving rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths. “Of all paths, the Eightfold Path is unsurpassed. Of all truths, the Four Noble Truths are incomparable. The noblest attainment is dispassion. The One Who Knows (The Buddha) is foremost among teachers.....”  (Dhammapada 20) Read Full Article Here:  https://becoming-buddha.com/maggavagga-the-eightfold-path-dhammapada-20/ Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta. My live talks and classes can be joined live: Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079 Android Device: Zoom Android App IOS Device: Zoom IOS App New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019. New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel  New and archived audio:  Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/ Thank You. Peace.

If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/ To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please  Email John This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 6,  2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time. My Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the nineteenth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Dhammatthavagga. The Dhammatthavagga teaches the importance of developing the Heartwood of the Dhamma - the Eightfold Path. “Judging mindlessly does not define a judge. The wise one knows both right judgment and wrong....”  (Dhammapada 19) Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/judgment-and-wisdom-dhammatthavagga-dhammapada-19/ Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta. My live talks and classes can be joined live: Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079 Android Device: Zoom Android App IOS Device: Zoom IOS App New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019. New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel  New and archived audio:  Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/ Thank You. Peace.

If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/ To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please  Email John This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 3, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time. My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is from the twenty-fourth chapter of the Dhammapada. The twenty-fourth chapter of the Dhammapada is the Tanhavagga. Tanha means "thirst," "craving," "desire," and constantly grasping after satisfying life experiences. “The mindless person, the currents of craving flowing unrestrained, are always grasping after pleasure and are swept away by the flood of their own passionate thoughts....”  (Dhammapada 24) Read Full Article Here:  https://becoming-buddha.com/abandon-craving-tanhavagga-dhammapada-24/ Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta. My live talks and classes can be joined live: Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079 Android Device: Zoom Android App IOS Device: Zoom IOS App New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019. New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel  New and archived audio:  Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/ Thank You. Peace.

If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/ To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please  Email John This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on July 30,  2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time. My Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the sixteenth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Piyavagga. The Piyavagga teaches the hurtful results of unskillful desire rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths and the liberation from stress and suffering developed through the skillful desire or true affection or “holding dear” the Buddha’s Dhamma. “The wise Dhamma practitioner, intent on release (from wrong views) dwells in profound wisdom, free of all sense desires. This Dhamma practitioner is in the stream of my Dhamma...”  (Dhammapada 16) Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/piyavagga-skillful-desire-dhammapada-16/ Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta. My live talks and classes can be joined live: Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079 Android Device: Zoom Android App IOS Device: Zoom IOS App New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019. New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel  New and archived audio:  Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/ Thank You. Peace.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) â?? With about one month to go before he leaves office, President Barack Obama gave some exit interview-type advice to his successor Donald Trump: Donâ??t rely too heavily on executive orders. In an interview with NPRâ??s Steve Inskeep on Thursday that aired in its entirety Monday on Morning Edition, Obama said itâ??s preferable to work with Congress. â??Keep in mind, though, that my strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done,â?? Obama said from the Cabinet Room in the White House. â??In my first two years, I wasnâ??t relying on executive powers, because I had big majorities in the Congress and we were able to get bills done, get bills passed. And even after we lost the majorities in Congress, I bent over backwards consistently to try to find compromise and a legislative solution to some of the big problems that weâ??ve got â?? a classic example being immigration reform, where I held off for years in taking some of the executive actions that I ultimately took in pursuit of a bipartisan solution â?? one that, by the way, did pass through the Senate on a bipartisan basis with our help.â?? Read Full Article Here: http://truthfeed.com/seriously-execut... Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted. "Fair Use" guidelines: www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html Check out our website : http://seekingthetruth.info #############################################

Sheriff Joe has new information involving Obamaâ??s birth certificate and today he held a press conference to discuss. From WND: Itâ??s an issue that badgered, befuddled, bothered, bugged and bedeviled Barack Obama from before he was inaugurated until well into his second term. Now it could rain on his legacy. His birth certificate. The issue is that the U.S. Constitution requires the president to be a â??natural-born citizenâ?? but does not define the term. Scholarly works cited by the Founders defined it as a citizen at birth, born in the country to two citizens of the country, or merely the offspring of two citizens of the country. The birth certificate Obama displayed on the White House website as â??proof positiveâ?? of his eligibility states he was born in Hawaii to an American mother and a Kenyan father. Some immediately pointed out alleged anomalies, questioning its validity, while others argued it also could prove his ineligibility because his father was not a citizen. Some of the lawsuits argued Obama was a dual citizen at birth through his father, contending the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born citizens. Read Full Article Here: http://truthfeed.com/breaking-video-s...

Native Opinion Episode 33 “We Know What’s Best for Us” To Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion We have a new Native News Resource page. We consider these to be leading news agencies reporting from Indian country and first nations. See: http://nativeopinion.com/media-resources/ Please take our Survey! Http://www.nativeopinion.com/survey Native News: (1.) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASES REPORT ON FIRST-EVER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT LISTENING TOUR FOR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS bY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF / CURRENTS, EDUCATION / 15 OCT 2015 http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/u-s-department-of-education-releases-report-on-first-ever-school-environment-listening-tour-for-native-american-students/ (2.) LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO REFORM THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE BY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF / CURRENTS, HEALTH / 19 MAY 2016 http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/legislation-introduced-reform-indian-health-service/ (3.) Title: Breaking: Scotus Overturns Ninth Circuit, Upholds Tribal Court Convictions Article Date: 6/13 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/06/13/breaking-scotus-overturns-ninth-circuit-upholds-tribal-court-convictions-164779 The Supreme Court is often described as a “hot bench” – a place where the questions fly fast and furious. But when the Court heard oral arguments today in the case of Michael Bryant, it was more like a lukewarm bench: three of the eight Justices – Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Elena Kagan – did not ask any questions at all, and the five Justices who did ask questions had far fewer than we would normally expect. What was scheduled as a sixty-minute argument took only forty-four, with lawyers for both sides sitting down before their time was up. Although the relative dearth of questions in the case makes it harder to make predictions about the outcome of the case with any confidence, it seems likely that the Court will reject Bryant’s challenge, and the government will prevail. Read Full Article Here: http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/04/argument-analysis-a-quiet-bench-on-uncounseled-tribal-court-convictions/ (4.) TITLE: Breaking: BIA Publishes Final ICWA Rule
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Every sport has championship-tier athletes. Every instrument has skilled musicians. So it should go without saying that every video game will have talented gamers that have completed some tremendously impressive feats of gaming. Here are a few of our favorites. Perhaps what’s most impressive about this accomplishment isn’t so much that Darbian beat the former fastest time–it’s that the former fastest time was also his own former record! That’s right, Darbian beat the record, then beat his own record, making himself a two-time world record holder. Now THAT’S truly an admirable feat! READ FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://equityarcade.com/2016/05/16/very-impressive-feats-in-gaming/

The ‘90s was a bit of a simpler time. Sure there was an abundance of technology like video games and cell phones, but they weren’t as prominent or flashy as those found today. Nowadays, the video game industry is considered huge, and it’s difficult to live without a smartphone—at least for younger people. With the prevalence of DLC, patches, and graphically-pleasing tech, several ‘90s kids, like myself, can’t help but pine for the olden days. But what exactly do we miss about ‘90s gaming? Well that, my friends, is what we’re going to touch upon. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://equityarcade.com/2016/05/03/things-from-90s-video-games-we-miss/

NBA TV - Lebron Blocked By Gasol, JR Smith Needs To Go! Bulls Beat Cavs In Front Of President Obama  NBA TV News - With Obama watching, Bulls hold off Cavaliers 97-95CHICAGO (AP) For all the talk about their fast-paced offense, defense once again lifted the Chicago Bulls in their season opener.Pau Gasol's block of LeBron James and a pass deflection in the closing seconds helped preserve the win for new coach Fred Hoiberg. And that had to please the president.Nikola Mirotic scored 19 points and Derrick Rose added 18 to lead the Bulls to a 97-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers with President Barack Obama watching on Tuesday night.After Gasol blocked James' potential tying layup in the closing seconds, Jimmy Butler then broke up an inbounds pass intended for James as time expired.Obama sat courtside for most of the game as his beloved Bulls got contributions from a variety of players to knock off the defending Eastern Conference champions and give Hoiberg a narrow win in his first game."That is how we are going to win every game," Rose said. "It kind of feels good going into every game knowing you have the possibility of winning. You have a chance of winning every game because we are so good and deep."James scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, but the Cavaliers came up short against the team they knocked out in the conference semifinals last season. Read Full Article Here: http://www.nba.com/games/20151027/CLECHI/gameinfo.html?ls=iref:nba:scoreboard Like, Share, Compare To Your Favorite, then Return To The Best @GmiasWorld There can only be 1 Gmia. Subscribe ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorld Follow Gmia On Twitch ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTwitch Follow Gmia On Twitter ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTwitter Free Podcasts (iTunes) ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldPodcast Free Podcasts (Android) ►https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.libsyn.android.podcastBox&hl=en Gmia's Website ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldWebsite Like Gmia On Facebook ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldFacebook Follow Gmia On Instagram ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldInstagram GmiasWorld Tee's ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTShirts Gmia's Sound Cloud ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldSoundCloud Music By @ZaneAlexanderNC

(CNN)Former NBA star Lamar Odom, who won two championships and later married reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, is hospitalized after being found unconscious at a brothel in Nevada. Odom was found unresponsive Tuesday at the Love Ranch in Crystal, the Nye County Sheriff's Office said. Crystal is more than an hour's drive northwest of Las Vegas. "When they took him to the Pahrump hospital, the people there told us, 'He doesn't look good. He doesn't look like he'll make it, and if he does, he won't be the same,' " brothel owner Dennis Hof said. Read Full Article Here: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/14/us/lamar-odom-condition/ Like, Share, Compare To Your Favorite, then Return To The Best @GmiasWorld There can only be 1 Gmia. Subscribe ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorld Follow Gmia On Twitch ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTwitch Follow Gmia On Twitter ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTwitter Free Podcasts ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldPodcast Gmia's Website ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldWebsite Like Gmia On Facebook ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldFacebook Follow Gmia On Instagram ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldInstagram GmiasWorld Tee's ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTShirts Gmia's Sound Cloud ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldSoundCloud Music By @ZaneAlexanderNC

NFL NETWORK NEWS - Steelers outlast Chargers in thrilling winSAN DIEGO -- Le'Veon Bell scored on a 1-yard wildcat run as time expired to give Mike Vick and the Pittsburgh Steelers a stunning 24-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Monday night.With 5 seconds left, Bell took the direct snap, ran left and was buried in traffic before diving for the end zone and getting the ball across the line as Donald Butler dragged him down.Thousands of Pittsburgh fans waving Terrible Towels went nuts as the Steelers improved to 3-2. San Diego dropped to 2-3. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2015101200/2015/REG5/steelers@chargers#menu=gameinfo%7CcontentId%3A0ap3000000556017&tab=recap Like, Share, Compare To Your Favorite, then Return To The Best @GmiasWorld There can only be 1 Gmia. Subscribe ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorld Follow Gmia On Twitch ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTwitch Follow Gmia On Twitter ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTwitter Free Podcasts ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldPodcast Gmia's Website ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldWebsite Like Gmia On Facebook ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldFacebook Follow Gmia On Instagram ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldInstagram GmiasWorld Tee's ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldTShirts Gmia's Sound Cloud ►http://bit.ly/GmiasWorldSoundCloud Music By @ZaneAlexanderNC