Duke Energy is [URL="https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/2019/03/14/south-carolina-duke-energy-proposed-rate-hike-called-outrageous-and-preposterous/3155063002/"]facing opposition[/URL] from Anderson residents on whether to raise its monthly charges.

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Duke Energy wants to bring up it's "basic facilities charge". The basic facilities charge is essentially a base price that you pay for service from Duke Energy. By bringing...

This is just something I've had rolling around in my head after a conversation with a friend.

The id is the only part of the personality we’re born with; the other two, ego and super-ego, develop as we grow. The id is pure drive, solely fixated and focused on obtaining satiation of need-based appetites. This is primarily grounded in the things needed to survive - food, safety, comfort/contact etc. We see the id rear its head and reveal itself when those needs aren't met. We...

John 10:10 (NIV) - "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

John 10:10 gives us a current perspective for a supernatural shift out of a performance mentality and legalistic thinking.
The thief in the garden is the same as the thief that we battle today. When we are engaging in legalism we are referring to believing that we are righteous because of what we do rather than focusing on what Christ...

This is interesting, Tableau (based on Seattle) will start using tech to track the "homelessness problem" in fifty US cities. This hit close to home (chuckle: literally) because they're local to me, just down the street actually (Kirkland campus).

https://www.king5.com/article/tech/t...6-678c1e14dbfb

Related: An Analytics/Big Data "Story"

Some years...

So true. Sometimes in my shoes i feel it's easy to not work. At least I'd get free health insurance. And in some shelters you can live comfortably.