Caution....... Information Zone

Todays world depends on information, whether you access information, via the Facebook, twitter, blog's such as this one, cable, radio, local TV, magazines, mail, or even the old fashioned way talking with someone doesn't matter. This article isn't meant to put down any of the ways we communicate today, I love the ease of sending a text or email. Even with that said each of us should take caution. Gone are the days when a writer verified their sources. Confirmed statements made and so on. A good example of this is are a few topics that are our in the "world wide wind" right now. Global warming, political scandals, conspiracy theories can all quote sources that appear to be valid on both sides of those issues. So how do you and sort through all of the confusion?

 Its not easy! Who do we believe? Where can we find reliable information? Can't I just ignore everything? Lets start by addressing these questions.
First, Can't I just ignore everything? That is a dangerous and slippery slope, as well as is the opposite, paying attention to everything. We need to be informed but we also need to be able to discount those things that don't matter. Ignorance is not bliss, an example of this is opening a business and then learning from the IRS that you were supposed to make tax payments... Just because you aren't aware of something does not excuse you from the consequences. So be educated, learn what you can and be sure sure to know things you are responsible for.
If you choose to ignore information you are setting yourself up for surprises, and those surprises might not be pleasant. Even though the ostrich may bury his head in the sand, the world keeps on moving around him.
Second where can I find reliable information? I have come to the opinion that the only reliable source that you can find comes from you and your experiences. Things you have proven to be true. The lines between fact and fiction have become blurred to a point that unless you have had experience or knowledge it a guessing game. One thing that is lost in this world of information and impersonal communication is intimate relationships. Now I'm not talking about anything that goes on behind bedroom doors here. I mean true meaningful relationships with individuals, where you communicate and talk, share and listen, build trust and faith in another human being. Sometimes this is easier done with a loyal dog, our you favorite cat. But unless we can have those kinds of relationships, we truly are left to our own experiences and understanding. Trusted relationships can help us as we sort through information, its a sounding board. Its not a perfect solution but is helps us in so many ways. Now with all of that said where do we find the information? Information isn't hard to find, its just knowing what is true that is difficult. Hiefetz and Linsky tell us to "get to the balcony".  Meaning when you have your information take a step back go to a place where you can look at it form a different perspective and sort out whats the most important. It all goes back to paying attention, learning what you can on both sides. Leaning on your life experiences and those trusted allies that you have built relationships with.
So who do we believe? Whether you like Glenn Beck or not,  I like the fact that he repeatedly says "don't believe me....find out for yourself".  The truth is out there...its our responsibility to seek it, hold on to it, and pass it along to the best of our imperfect ability.

God Bless and have a great day.......... Bravehaven

Geo engineering and Chemtrails........?

We recently were made aware of some buzz about Geo engineering, and the possibility of contrails from airplanes actually being chemtrails? In doing research we have found discrepancies on each side of the coin.

 So that is the conundrum that is placed before us. Is it fact? Or is it fiction? Or does it lie somewhere between.  We are soliciting your comments help and input. Please provide us with links to your resources..


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Bravehaven

You'll be sad if you miss it

Don't miss the Coach Scott Fields show this Monday night 5/12/14. 7:30p mtn time The Las Vegas edition.... Best Selling Author and Motivational Speaker Dan Lier Former UNLV Runnin' Rebel Evric Gray Alta HS standout Trevor Hill

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Unified Police have released an endangered missing advisory for a 15-month-old child. Sophea Larsen was in the care of Jamie Webb when a court order was issued to take the child away and have her turned over to her mother, police said. Police say Webb is a transient and has an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Jaime Webb | Photo Courtesy: Unified Police Jamie Webb | Photo Courtesy: Unified Police UPD officers located Webb Tuesday and attempted to serve him with the court paperwork. Police say Webb did not have the child with him and fled on foot from officers. The child was not located in the vehicle Webb left behind. Detectives say they have followed up on all known locations the child could be and have not found her. Police say they are issuing an endangered missing advisory because they are concerned for Sophea’s welfare. In an interview with FOX 13, Sophea’s mother, Danielle Larsen, said the little girl was taken from her after Webb choked her. She said that was in February. Larsen tearfully described to FOX 13′s Ben Winslow how Webb taunted her over text messages about her daughter. “He told me I missed her first steps,” she cried. Larsen said Webb had been texting her, refusing to take the little girl to a doctor’s appointment because he was afraid he would be arrested. Since Sophea disappeared in February, Larsen said she had been trying to get the court and police to listen to her. But because Webb is considered Sophea’s father, and because it was considered a domestic dispute, police could not do as much as they wanted. On Tuesday, Larsen was granted a writ of assistance from the courts allowing the police to take Sophea into protective custody. When they attempted to serve it, Unified Police said, Webb fled. Sophea was not with him. Anyone with information as to the location of Sophea Larsen is asked to call Unified Police at 801-743-7000. Sophea is 18 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. She is Caucasian.

Utah Girls escape because of doing the right things

WASHINGTON –  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan renewed a fight with Democrats over spending cuts and deficit reduction, unveiling an updated Republican budget plan Tuesday that aims to cut spending by more than $5 trillion over a decade and balance the budget in that time. 

Similar to past proposals, Ryan's plan would include cuts to food stamps and major changes to government-sponsored health care for the poor and working class. Ryan's plan would also cut Pell Grants for low-income students and pensions for federal workers, while steering away from cuts to benefits for senior citizens, at least in the short term. 

"This is a plan to balance the budget and create jobs, and it builds off a simple fact: We can't keep spending money we don't have," Ryan, R-Wis., said in a statement. 

Unlike many spending proposals floating around the Hill, Ryan's aims to balance the budget within 10 years, in part by cutting more than $5.1 trillion. Whether that plan would actually work remains to be seen -- and, as in past budget cycles, Democrats made clear they would not be supporting his approach. 

"Because of a stubborn unwillingness to cut the deficit in a balanced way by closing tax loopholes for the wealthy and well connected, the House Republican Budget would slow the economy, stack the deck against the middle class, and threaten the guaranteed benefits seniors have paid for and earned," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement. 

The House GOP proposal would reprise a voucher-like Medicare program for future retirees that would be the basis for GOP claims that the measure would drive down government debt over the long term. 

The plan should skate through the Budget Committee on Wednesday but faces challenges on the floor next week since it endorses a bipartisan pact -- negotiated by Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., in December -- to increase agency operating budgets this year and next. 

Many conservatives who opposed the pact last year would have to reverse course and embrace them as part of the GOP budget. Democrats who helped pass the Ryan-Murray pact in December will oppose the GOP plan. 

The legislation promises to serve more as a political and policy statement by House Republicans than a realistic attempt to engage President Obama and Democrats, who control the Senate, in any serious effort to further cut the deficit. Election-year politics are in play, for starters, as are entrenched differences over spending and taxes. 

At issue is the arcane congressional budget process, which employs a non-binding measure known as a budget resolution to set forth goals for future taxes, spending, and deficits. But follow-up legislation is usually limited to one-year appropriations bills rather than more difficult measure to deal with the government's long-term fiscal challenges, which are fueled by spiraling health care costs and the retirement of the baby boom generation. 

Ryan's budget brings back a now-familiar list of spending cuts to promise balance, including $2.1 trillion over 10 years in health care subsidies and coverage under the Affordable Care Act, $732 billion in cuts to Medicaid and other health care programs, and almost $1 trillion in cuts to other benefit programs like food stamps, Pell Grants, and farm subsidies. While repealing the benefits of "Obamacare," Ryan would preserve its tax increases and cuts to providers, including cuts to private insurers under the Medicare Advantage program. Republicans have attacked Democrats for the Medicare cuts used to finance the new health care law. 

As in the past, Ryan has steered clear of cuts to Social Security and promises steady increases for veterans. But he faced a more challenging task to promise to balance the budget by decade's end than he did last year because the CBO projects lagging revenue estimates. 

But steep cuts to Medicaid, which Ryan proposes to turn into a block grant program managed by the states, could drive millions of people from the program, including seniors in nursing homes and tens of millions of children from low-income households. Ryan proposes to cut projected costs of Medicaid and other non-Obama-sponsored health care programs by 17 percent over the decade. 

Ryan's budget claims balance by 2024, but relies on $74 billion in savings in that year from the macroeconomic effects of cutting deficits, which CBO says would have a long-term positive effect because it would free up savings and investment capital. Democrats are sure to seize on the maneuver as phony math; without these projections, however, Ryan's budget plan would fall almost $70 billion short of balance. 

Earlier versions of Ryan's plan have passed the House three times since the GOP seized control of the chamber following the 2010 mid-term elections. This year's version may prove more controversial because it begins to implement cuts to future Medicare beneficiaries. Under the plan, people who enroll in Medicare in 2024 would be given a subsidy -- dubbed "premium support" by Republicans, derided as a voucher system by Democrats -- with which they would purchase health insurance on the open market. 

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