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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

IRS will refund $1.2 billion in late tax filing penalties to 1.6 million taxpayers – UPI.com

“The penalty relief issued today is yet another way the agency is supporting people during this unprecedented time. This penalty relief will be automatic for people or businesses who qualify; there’s no need to call.”

The IRS issued a notice Wednesday detailing the penalty relief, which will be issued automatically to taxpayers who have filed their late returns on or before Sept. 30.

The IRS said the step is being taken so it can focus resources on processing backlogged returns in an effort to return to normal operations for the 2023 tax filing season.

The penalties will be waived, abated, refunded or credited. Many of these penalty refunds and credits are expected to come by the end of September, according to the IRS.

Source: IRS will refund $1.2 billion in late tax filing penalties to 1.6 million taxpayers – UPI.com

A Promise Made … And Kept

Filosofa's Word

This week, President Biden announced his student loan forgiveness program … a long-awaited program to help those lower-and-middle income people who are struggling under a mound of student debt.  Since this is a program that helps real people, not wealthy corporate executives, it was to be expected that the Republicans would be up in arms, and they did not disappoint. It is reminiscent of the hue-and-cry when President Obama announced the Affordable Care Act, aka ‘Obamacare’.  I’ve read a number of editorials, both pro and con, but I think Robert Hubbell sums it up best …


Promises Kept.

Robert B. Hubbell

25 August 2022

       President Biden kept another campaign promise on Wednesday by announcing a student loan forgiveness program that will cancel up to $20,000 for certain borrowers. Importantly, the plan also provides relief to future borrowers by cutting in half the amount that borrowers have to pay each…

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News–notícia

Coisas da SIL

As notícias tristes assusta. As inesperadas amendronta. As sem graça deixa a vida amarga. Doe e deixa tudo confuso. Perde a alegria, perde a sintonia o brilho e a sina. Mesmo que você se perca de tempo, mesmo a notícia sendo veloz, não se permita ao abalo. Respira, pensa e reflita. Em palavras e fácil, mas na prática não é. Sempre é bom ter alguém pra conversar e espairecer as ideias pertubadoras, fazendo mininizar as angústias. Ouvir dizer que algumas situações, pensamentos e ações podemos controlar em momento, claro tudo é muito confuso, mas é possível. By: Coisas da SiL

News

News

The sad news scares. Unexpected frightening ones. The dull makes life bitter. It hurts and leaves everything confused. Loses joy, loses tune, shine and fate. Even if you lose time, even if the news is fast, don’t allow yourself to be shaken. Breathe, think and reflect. In words…

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Marii Freire

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

A Simone tem uma frase que eu acho bárbara:
“NÃO SE NASCE MULHER: TORNA-SE MULHER .” A verdade é que, ao nascermos, já temos que nos encaixar num padrão definido do que é ser mulher, do que é por exemplo, viver e ocupar um lugar de subalterno. Todavia, a mulher desenvolve um comportamento de vanguarda, ela “é um ser que vai além…”. Diz-se que essa mulher é uma pessoa que estar à frente do seu tempo, porque rompe padrões já definidos e expressa as suas ideias. É uma mulher confiante, vou usar essa palavra ” confiante” porque para ser ousado dentro de uma sociedade, é necessário primeiro, o ser humano ter a capacidade de acreditar que ele é capaz. E pautado nisso, neste momento, eu recordo de uma outra frase, agora de Gabriela Manssur que diz o seguinte: ” LUGAR DE MULHER É ONDE ELA QUISER “. A Gabriela vive…

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Denmark hopes artificial reefs will restore cod

Darcy Hitchcock

Cod are apex predators in the cold waters off Denmark. Their decline has led to more crabs which eat the sea grass seeds, and sea grass captures and buries carbon dioxide in the sea floor.

“To solve the nature crisis, we must leave nature in better shape than before.”

Bo Øksnebjerg, WWF Denmark’s Secretary General

https://orsted.com/en/sustainability/our-priorities/nature/3d-printed-reefs-biodiversity-restoration

So World Wildlife Fund and energy company Ørsted are deploying two types of artificial reefs near their offshore wind turbines. Boulders in wire boxes protect baby cod. And now Denmark is sinking 3-D printed reefs, each weighing half a ton, to support a wide variety of marine species.

“We must give nature and wildlife a hand, while trying to solve our climate crisis by expanding our renewable energy production at the same time,” Bo Øksnebjerg, WWF Denmark’s Secretary General, said. “To solve the nature crisis, we must leave nature in better shape than…

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♫ Unchained Melody ♫

Filosofa's Word

The other night, I stumbled across this song in my archives that I played a couple of years ago.  I took a minute to listen and thought it was about time to play it again, since so many of you loved this one.  When I last played this, a number of readers suggested other versions by artists such as Ann Wilson, Roy Hamilton, The Platters, and Marc Martel, but since I didn’t want to put multiple versions here, I simply provided the links … click on whichever one you might wish to hear.  My favourite remains the Righteous Brothers, but perhaps only because that is the one I’m most familiar with.


This is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the little-known prison film Unchained (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan…

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COVID-19 in Clarksville: Schools enter 2022-23 with over 100 active student cases, 68 employee cases | ClarksvilleNow.com

There are currently 105 active student cases, and 107 students are in quarantine, according to the CMCSS COVID information site. There are 68 employees with active cases, and 57 employees are on leave because of COVID-19.

While most experts agree that vaccination is the best way to combat the virus, Johnson said the district will not be hosting any vaccine clinics or requiring that students take the shot.

“COVID-19 vaccines are not included in the Tennessee Department of Health’s immunization requirements for admission in schools and are not tracked by the district,” Johnson said.

Source: COVID-19 in Clarksville: Schools enter 2022-23 with over 100 active student cases, 68 employee cases | ClarksvilleNow.com

Agriculture Secretary Announces Second Round of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Recovery Grants (Pennsylvania)

Today Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding opened applications for the second round of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) recovery support for poultry farmers and integrators who suffered losses in HPAI Control Zones (the 10-kilometer perimeter around an infected, quarantined farm).

Pennsylvania’s poultry industry contributes $7.1 billion to the economy and 26,600 jobs. Avian influenza directly impacted 17 poultry farms in Lancaster and Berks counties this spring and summer, causing a loss of more than 4.2 million birds. It also was recently detected in a backyard flock in Northampton County. The commonwealth’s new HPAI Recovery Reimbursement Grant Program provides $25 million to help bridge the gap for affected farmers and facilitate a path to recovery.

“Thanks to the work of Governor Tom Wolf and the General Assembly, we’re able to continue to roll out this $25 million recovery program to help Pennsylvania’s poultry industry recover from avian influenza,” said Redding. “Pennsylvania’s poultry producers and integrators recognize the ongoing threat to our food system due to upcoming wild bird migrations. Together, we remain vigilant. We’re prepared to continue fighting this threat.”

Source: Agriculture Secretary Announces Second Round of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Recovery Grants