Okay. So lines 2A and 2B, alimony received. So now you've got a taxpayer receiving alimony. Enter amounts received as alimony or separate maintenance pursuant, percent to a divorce or separation agreement entered into on or before. Here's the cutoff date, December 31st, 2018. Unless the agreement was changed after December 31st, 2018 to expressly provide that alimony received isn't included in your income. So in other words, before December 31st, 2018, if you were trying to make your agreement from a separation of divorce in that type of situation, you've got this weird thing where if the payment is being categorized as child support, then the person paying it might not be able to get the deduction and the person receiving it might not have to record it in income. But if it's alimony, then if it's categorized as alimony, then the person that is paying it might get a deduction and when they get the deduction, when they claim the deduction, they would generally put the social security number of the person receiving the money. The other spouse, the ex-spouse, in a similar way as you would have with the 1099, the IRS having the same kind of influence they have in business transactions, pressuring the one that gets the tax benefit. All the information including tax benefits is in here. The payer to tell them who they paid so they can go after the recipient for the taxes in that transaction and the one that got the money would have to include it in income. Now you can see that kind of makes the agreement between the two more complicated because you would think that you would just figure out then what the tax consequences would be and work that into your separation agreement to determine what the payments would be and so on and so forth that would be fair. After 2018, they basically kind of removed that so that, so whether it's categorized as child support or alimony, then the person that is paying doesn't get the deduction and the person that's receiving isn't going to have to include an income. So you can kind of think, well, maybe that's harsh on the person that's paying because they don't get a deduction anymore. But again to me, that would just mean that if you made the contract under the new agreement, you would just adjust the payments to take into consideration that now the tax law doesn't allow you a deduction. It would be a simplified agreement and you would expect if the agreement would look different than it would if the tax code was structured in the other way. But obviously if you made the decision before 2018, December 31st, 2018, then you had to structure it given the tax law at that point in time unless you changed it after that. Okay, so alimony received is not included in your income if you entered into a divorce or separation agreement and after December 31st, 2018, if you are including alimony in your income, you must let the person who made the payments know your social security number. If you don't, you may have to pay a penalty for more detail C publication 504. So if you're including it in income, then you would expect the person that's paying it would have gotten a deduction. And it's kind of like if you were doing contracting work for a company, you have to give them your number, your social security or EIN number, so that they on their end can take the deduction. So if you're so right, that's the kind of the thought process. Now there's also this definition between what is alimony versus child support, not as big a problem of a definition given the fact that the tax, there's not as big tax difference between the allocation between the two. But you know, the child support is of course the money that is being paid for the support of a child. And oftentimes the separation or divorce agreement will be specific and being able to tell you what child support and alimony is differentiating the two. But sometimes it's going to be vague. And then and if that were the case, you would have to get into the nitty gritty and say, well, okay, does does the payment stop happening once the child reaches an age of maturity, like 18 or something? If it does, you would expect that to be the child support portion. And if not, then it would be you expect maybe the alimony kind of portion, you have to kind of figure figure out what's going to be child support and what's going to be alimony. Obviously, in a divorce type of situation, you want to you want the thing in a perfect world to be as clear and transparent to both parties so that it will cause the least amount of problems as people move forward with their lives going forward. But as that's not always the case, especially when lawyers are involved in a situation, right, and they get paid for bickering, bickering is is their bread and butter. So in any case, if you are including alimony payments from from more than one divorce or separation agreement in your income into the total of all alimony received online to a so line to be online to be enter the month and year of your original divorce or separation agreement that relates to the alimony payment. Okay, payment. If any reported online to a so now you're giving the date because that will help the iris determine whether or not you're properly recording it due to the different laws that have been put in place on that cut off date. So if you have alimony payments from more than one divorce or separation agreement online to be enter the month and year of the divorce or separation agreement from which you received the most income attaches statement listing the month and year of the other agreements. So you might have multiple multiple alimony and you just you got it. But in any case, that's the general idea. We'll take a look at some software examples in a future presentation.


Alright guys, so in this video I'm going to share a lucid dreaming morning routine. Now this can be done in 20 minutes or less This is what I would suggest everyone no matter what your level of skill at lucid dreaming to do This is what I do every morning and this is pretty much going to give you lucid dreams If you just if you do nothing else but follow this routine You'll have lucid dreams sometimes without even doing reality checks during the day So if you just do this 20 minutes a day if you set aside that time every morning to do lucid dreaming exercises or techniques, I guess you could say You'll have lucid dreams and you won't need to worry about reality checking during the day Although that is a good habit to build and you know you should if you have time you should reality check during the day anyway So let's just get right into it the oh by the way Can you subscribe and click the notification bell, please because YouTube doesn't show all my videos to all my subscribers. I don't know why They just don't also leave a comment before you've even finished watching this video saying like hey I love your hat by the way, or that's an interesting plant in the background You see this plant have this is an interesting people of comments on this plant people seem to like it So morning routine the first thing you do when you wake up is you do a reality check the second You wake up you look around in your room as you're laying there like you've just woken up, right? You do a reality check and you look around and you think have I really woken up or is this a false awakening that will catch 90% of false awakenings out if you do that every morning You'll never have false awakenings and when you do have false awakenings They'll be lucid dreams instead because you'll have the habit of doing a reality check first thing So number one do a reality check catch all the false awakenings out right there number two Think about the dream that you've just had try and remember as many details as you possibly can and then write notes in a dream Journal you know you should be dream journaling But just try and write them as soon as you remember them like really really quickly after you've woken up You need to write down notes about your dream so that you don't forget any details Then obviously later on you can type them up or expand on them if you remember more After you've woken up, but just the first thing write the notes down in your dream journal and Get everything that you can remember on the paper as soon as possible Okay, so number three wake up and get out of bed, but do it slowly don't rush this Okay waking up should be of a smooth transition between being asleep and being awake and doing things in your day It should never and should never have been an instant panic to rush when you hear your alarm clock and you have to scramble out of bed and your Hearts racing and you're sad and depressed and you don't want to wake up and you don't want to get out but it should never have been that and society has created a sort of Sad version of a morning routine where you hear your alarm clock And you know that you have only a few minutes to get ready for work and get out of the door Try not to do that even if it means waking up earlier So you have time just try and smoothly and slowly Transition between being asleep and in bed and awake and doing things just slowly get up stretch relax Take in the details of the room around you listen to the birds singing outside like look at the weather Really take in the details and be alive in this moment. Don't just go on autopilot and then Only really wake up at 10 a.m. When you're at your desk Take in the details and be mindful as soon as you wake up and do a smooth transition between being asleep and being awake Okay, so number four so you've woken up now go and sit in your chair Really make yourself comfortable relax all your muscles release all the tension in your neck throat and shoulders and Meditate for 10 minutes just sit down Set an alarm on your phone to go off after 10 minutes, but make it a relaxing tone Don't make it something that's going to jolt you out of your meditation You want to slowly transition between being in a meditative state and going about your day So set a relaxing alarm 10 minutes sit there like this like I'm sitting now Relax your muscles close your eyes and just count your breaths from one to ten This is always a meditation I suggest to do because a is the simplest one I know and be it's effective It really does work and so if you can do this every day, there's not really much need for any more meditation You know, obviously you can increase the length of your meditation if you want and you'll get better results Generally up to a point right there's sort of like a sweet spot of about half an hour to an hour Where if you meditate longer than that then you might get some benefits But it's gonna obviously take up a lot of your day. I found the sweet spot for meditation is 20 minutes But like I've said, this is a 20 minute morning routine We've already done a few things in this routine So we don't really have time to do a 20 minute meditation. So we're gonna we're gonna stick to 10 minutes. Okay? So 10 minutes meditation you're gonna sit there close your eyes count your breath So you count one when you breathe in and then two when you breathe out Then three four all the way up to 10 and when you get to 10 go back to one again start the whole process from scratch Do this over and over again until the timer goes off That's all you need to focus on don't focus on your thoughts Don't think about what you're gonna have for breakfast And if you do and I should say when you do because meditation is not easy, right?  Try and catch yourself and think okay, right? I'm not supposed to be thinking anything So just go back to counting the breaths. That's all you should focus on counting from one to ten And then starting again at one and then the time will go off now when the timer goes off like I've said It should be a relaxing tone. It shouldn't be something that's going to blare out and like shock you Okay, so it's a relaxing tone. Don't turn the alarm off straight away Most people do this and then they just instantly snap out of meditation and that's it What what you should really do is listen to the alarm and As the alarm's going off to tell you that your time is up and you should stop meditating Really take 30 seconds at least 30 seconds to sit there And pay attention to how you feel pay attention to how you your body and your mind genuinely feels And I guarantee you that if you really pay attention and you're being honest with yourself You'll always feel better than if you hadn't meditated. It always makes you feel better No matter how stressed you are no matter how Tired you are or whatever the case is you'll always feel better after meditating for 10 minutes No matter what the situation so pay attention to how you feel and pay attention to the mindset and the state of mind that You induce by meditating think really carefully and feel what's going on in your body Feel that awareness and that serene sense of calmness in your mind where nothing can bother you You're in control, but at the same time you're Observing things you're not really interfering with things It's a very it's a very unique state of mind and you have to experience it to know what i'm talking about Anyway, seven minutes. That's it. That's the morning routine That's all you need to do do that every day takes about 20 minutes Sometimes you can get it down to 15 minutes if you can write fast So 15 to 20 minute morning routine do this every day After a couple of weeks or so maybe even less right you'll probably find yourself having some lucid dreams if nothing else Just from the meditation the writing your dreams down part and the reality check first thing because Most people have false awakenings every now and then but Especially the meditation and the writing your dreams down that will give you lucid dreams I guarantee you so i think one else to save this for this morning routine. 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Welcome to Sheboygan County government working for you. My name is Adam Payne. I'm the Sheboygan County administrative coordinator and co-host of this program with Bill Gehring chairman of the County Board and today We're pleased that our guest is Rebecca Pursek the new family court commissioner Today we want to give you a chance to meet Rebecca and learn a little bit about her roles and responsibilities So Rebecca why don't you start by telling our viewers a little bit about yourself and why you were interested in becoming family court commissioner? Well as far as background Adam, I grew up in rural Manitowoc County, so I'm from the area and I went to law school in Chicago. I'm married and I have a little boy at home I became interested in becoming a court commissioner Because I think it's a position that you can really use to help people and I've been prior to becoming court commissioner. I was the assistant corporation counsel in Sheboygan County for five years I really enjoyed that job as well, and this was really a natural extension of that I think. Now when people hear family court commissioner, I imagine some folks may wonder well Well, what is that or how is that different from a circuit court judge? Well a court commissioner is appointed and circuit court judges are elected I'm appointed by the judges and a court commissioner assumes some of the judges duties on their behalf And a lot of what I do are preliminary hearings on behalf of judges And we'll get into a little bit more as we go along in our discussion Exactly what those duties are. And you were appointed when? August 4th was my first day of work, so I just started this fall. And how do you like it so far? I love it so big difference appointed versus elected and Generally speaking what are what are your primary roles and responsibilities? Well, I handle a lot of preliminary Court matters in all sorts of cases. I handle preliminary hearings and mental commitment cases I do initial appearances and ordinance cases and criminal cases. I set bond and criminal cases I conduct temporary order hearings in divorce cases, and that's the first hearing that a divorced a divorcing couple has to determine on a preliminary basis how their assets will be split up and how Visitation with the kids will be handled or placement with the kids will be handled I do Domestic abuse and harassment injunction hearings in my office also handles all the small claims proceedings in Sheboygan County or most of them So very important responsibilities. Obviously people are relying on you to to make fair Decisions and hear them out. What kind of qualifications does one have to have to become a court commissioner? Well, you have to be an attorney and you have to have several years of experience before you can become a court commissioner You obviously and have to be licensed to practice in the state of Wisconsin to be appointed in the state Other than that It's up to the judges to decide what qualifications in a person They think will best fill the position and you just shared a number of the activities But if you had to sum up briefly, you know to someone about the roles responsibilities the primary Responsibilities of the family court commissioner's office. What would you say? The primary? Responsibilities are handling initial court proceedings in a lot of different cases for the judges and also Handling mediation for the judges. How many employees do you have? Well, there are three in my department all together including me There's myself the assistant court commissioner and our secretary Cindy who we could not do without And again as people get a feel for your roles and responsibilities And the court system as a whole could you just take a step back and give our viewers a Understanding of what the court structure as a whole is like and then where you fit sure It's kind of that's kind of a broad question so if I get too broad in my answer cut me off, but There are state courts and there are federal courts and within the state court system The lowest level of court is a municipal court and several municipalities in our county have municipal courts I believe Elkart Lake has one and Plymouth has one and they hear cases that involve violations of municipal law laws or ordinances that they themselves have passed At the next level is a circuit court and that's the level that I'm involved in There are five circuit court judges in Sheboygan County and then there's one court commissioner That's me and one assistant court commissioner a cases that are heard at the circuit court level can be appealed to the court of appeals Cases that are decided by the court of appeals can then be heard by the Wisconsin Supreme Court Although the Wisconsin Supreme Court does not have to take every case that's appealed to it when someone appeals from the court of appeals They file what's called a petition for review and the Supreme Court looks that over and says Yes, or no, we'll hear this case from the From the Wisconsin Supreme Court cases certain types of cases can be appealed to the United States Supreme Court and That really makes up the state court system as far as federal courts. There are two Actually, I think there are just there are three federal courts now one was just created up in Green Bay in the state of Wisconsin and those Deal with federal laws or certain laws that involve crossing of state lines such as kidnapping or drugs and There's a federal court of appeals on the United States Supreme Court So it kind of works the same way a state court does on a larger level so if someone was going to court and most of us Hope that doesn't happen, you know generally it's a place We're not real interested in going to or something's happening in our life that were that we need that type of decision making But if they do go to court and have to see the family court commissioner, what are some of the types of issues? That they would have why would they be seeing you? Well, I see a lot of people on ordinance or traffic tickets They appear before me first and I take their plea and advise them of their rights I see a lot of divorcing couples for a temporary order as I mentioned They're the first people I'm the first person they usually see to set a temporary order until their final divorce can be scheduled which is often At least four months away sometimes Frequently longer than that I see people at initial Mental commitment cases I do initial appearances for juveniles juvenile ordinance violation and Children in need of protection or services cases or delinquency petitions Small claims cases are handled in my courtroom as well and so in the more fun Opportunities and maybe why you would want to go to court would be you marry some folks as well. That's true I also perform marriages. We book about 200 weddings a year very good and the court commissioners Thank you Becca you've talked a little bit about the variety of cases that you handle in your court What do you spend most of your time on is there one area that you might spend most of your time on or is it pretty well mixed? It's pretty well mixed One of the advantages of having a court commissioner is that my calendar is I've I'm left quite a bit of flexible time So that people who come in who need to get into court right away such as a divorcing couple who need a temporary order or People who need a harassment injection or a domestic abuse injection can get in to see me right away That's another difference between the court commissioner and the circuit court judges. My calendar has more flexibility to allow quick services to people I Think I've lost track of the of the original question Was basically looking at the type of case that you handled most often. Yeah, but there is a real mix sure Roughly how many cases are handled by your office in a year? It must be quite a number because of the variety of situations you've talked about It's quite a number and I took a few notes because you really have to break them down as far as Mental commitment cases initial hearings that I do a mental commitment cases. There are about 200 of those a year Temporary orders and divorce cases. There are about 250 a year Divorces I also do do certain divorces divorces that aren't Contested I do about 170 divorces a year We do about 65 Harassment injunctions a year as I mentioned about 200 weddings a year and The initial appearances and traffic and criminal and civil cases. I couldn't even tell you I know yesterday I did 54 of them, but there's a large number of those With that variety of cases which type of cases the most routine and which might be the most interesting Rewarding to you. Well, I think the cases that are most routine are the initial appearances in ordinance cases As far as what's most rewarding I Think the temporary order hearings I do for people who are divorcing Because oftentimes they come to me the divorce has been filed, but they're still living in the same household They have no decisions about who's going to take what who's going to stay in the house who's going to leave when the children are going to be with each parent and they often can't communicate well enough with each other to decide those things on their own and They come to me and I have to make a decision for them And that's difficult to do, but it's rewarding to do because I've had some positive feedback from people who tell me that they really appreciate the way I handle the hearings They're held very informally, and I try to put people at ease because it's a very stressful time for people and after the hearing they can Start their lives as a separated couple with some Some ground rules and some focus, which is what they need to go on with their lives You've mentioned already that you marry people Do you marry people only in the courthouse or can you go to the location that they might choose there? During business hours. I have to stay at the courthouse So if you want to get married between 8 a.m. And 5 p.m. On a weekday It's at the courthouse. I can perform weddings outside of the courthouse as well Okay, and what is the charge for being married by the court commissioner? Well currently to be married there is no charge Starting in 2004 we are going to start charging $20 to do weddings in the courthouse Outside of the courthouse setting it really depends on the circumstances and how far people want me to travel or how long the Ceremony is going to be but I don't do a whole lot of those types of weddings Okay, you talked a little bit about divorces and divorce mediation. Can you talk a little further about how you do mediate divorces? Sure Wisconsin is a state that requires divorcing couples who don't have an agreement on child custody and placement to go through mediation rather than jump directly into a contested hearing and I think that that's a very good thing for families because Before mediation was required by law people would go into these terrible hearings where there was a lot of mudslinging and Then the decision would be made and they'd be expected to leave that hearing and parent together because although people are divorced They are bound together for the rest of their lives really by the children they have in common and the mediation process gets two parents together with a neutral person who's trained on How to try and reach consensus between people and the mediators about half the time are successful in being able to Reach help people reach agreements and the thing that's great about mediation is a mediator does not Suggest answers to people or two people it the mediator helps people arrive at their own answers And I think most people are happiest when they can make decisions on their own rather than have a court tell them what to do And it makes sense too because they are in the best position to know what's best for themselves and for their children and I think the mediation process is one of the best things to happen in the law in a long time I think it's an important process as far as my involvement in mediation. I'm the director of family court services So whenever a court or one of the judges refers someone to mediation that goes through my office And I actually refer the couple to a specific mediator and follow up and how the mediation is going and report back to the judges with that information Are those mediators? Employees of the county or your office or their private individuals private individuals and the county contracts with them to provide services Okay, well, you've only been on the job a short time Rebecca. You probably have watched the court commissioners function Evolve over time. Can you talk a little bit about how the court commissioners function and job has evolved over time? well There've been a number of changes To the court commissioners position. I think the first one we've already talked about which is mediation I mean that isn't the way the cases used to be handled and that's been a relatively new development Legally speaking another change that's happened in Sheboygan County is the introduction of a lot of people from different cultures We have a lot more Hispanic People who come to court and aren't able to speak English or among people We have a lot of Croatian or Serbian people in town as well and that provides challenges because The court has to be accessible to people who speak other languages and oftentimes we have to have interpreters present and that's something that's been changing and The other thing is an increase in pro se litigation and pro se is is simply a Latin term that means for self It's people who represent themselves in court rather than higher attorneys Pro se litigants have special challenges I think because there are certain procedures that have to be followed when you come to court and people without attorneys Don't always know what those procedures are but my office is is There to help people who are pro se litigants and we can provide information to them on how to make the courts a system accessible to them You talked a little bit about the language difficulties because of Sheboygan County changing Do you know upfront someone is not going to be able to speak English and then how do you deal with that? Might the session be adjourned and tell a person who can interpret can be found or Yes, sometimes we do know up front for example in criminal cases often the officer who makes the rest will note on the Citation or the police report that the person needs an interpreter, but that's not always the case and sometimes people do come to court and they can't speak English and Usually we're able to communicate well enough with them to tell them that they need to come back the following day And we'll have an interpreter present We don't provide interpreters the county doesn't provide interpreters for all cases. We have to provide them in criminal cases Or in mental commitment cases in most other cases people need to bring their own interpreters to court with them Okay, you really sound like you enjoy your job. What is the one thing that you might enjoy most about being the family court commissioner? I really do enjoy my job and it's hard to say what I enjoy most about it. I Think I'd have to go back to What I talked to Adam about which is the temporary order hearings or maybe that was you The temporary order hearings I think are very rewarding Thank you So some of our viewers may recall well, wasn't there a gentleman named Terry Burke that used to be the family court commissioner? I I know you two have a good rapport and communicate together. Where's Terry? Terry is now a circuit court judge and he took over Judge Murphy's position when Judge Murphy retired earlier this year in July And I have to thank Terry for the help he's given me in my position the transition between My taking over in his leaving has been very smooth because he's made himself available to me to answer questions And I really have to thank him for that so you feel as though you've gotten good support making that transition It's gone from my standpoint. It seems like it's gone very very well Yes, I've had very good support from Terry and very good support from all the judges for that matter They've all made themselves available to me for help Bill raised some good questions about well If someone's going through a divorce and the mediation and the opportunities for assistance there if someone is going to see you Because of a traffic violation or something like that. What are the steps that one can expect to go through? Do they have to stop at the clerk of court's office first before going to your? Department what what are the steps that a person generally goes through well on an average traffic citation the officer Indicates rate on the citation when their court date is and where they're supposed to go And that court date is always with me and it says room b10 in the courthouse Which is where my courtroom is located so when someone comes to court on a traffic ticket they come directly to my courtroom and There are often many people there because the officers write The same times on multiple citations so you can probably expect to be sitting in a room with 50 or more people and I will come out and explain to them that They'll have two options when I call their case They can plead guilty or not guilty and when they when I call their case They should come forward and have a seat at the tables that are provided And I also explain that if they plead guilty I'll assess their penalty right away And that if they plead not guilty They'll have a chance to come back to court to meet with the prosecuting attorney for a pretrial conference And that's a chance for people to talk to the prosecutor and try and negotiate a settlement of their case if that's not successful their case will be set for a trial and I also explain to people that if they think their case will get that far and go to a trial They can have a jury trial if they'd like to but if they do want a jury trial I inform people that they have to request one within 10 days of the date They appear appear in front of me and they also do have to pay a $36 fee And they make that request in writing to the clerk of court's office and pay the fee there That way if their case does go to trial They'll have a jury trial if they don't make that request they can still have a trial But it would be a trial in front of a judge alone not in front of a jury Now you said they can plead guilty or not guilty now if they have a traffic citation generally if You take responsibility for it you simply pay the fine do people Why would people go to court to plead guilty? well, I think they come to court to plead guilty Particularly if they need a payment plan because that's something I can work out with them on how much per month They'll pay towards their citation very good very good So that's generally the steps involved for a citation and you talked about the steps involved in regards to Someone getting a divorce and the the family mediation that's available. You also have a program Remember the children that's and that's part of that process. Could you touch on that a little bit? Yes? divorcing couples who have Children at home have to attend a parent education class called remember the children and the class is Designed to educate parents about the effects of divorce on children It's offered twice a month and it's taught by our mediators and I recently went through four years of evaluations about that class And I was very pleased to see that the overwhelming majority of people who attend that class loved it I had comments. I read comments such as I didn't think I was going to like this class I was forced to go and It turns out it it's great I wish I could have gone sooner and I think that's a testament both to our mediators that the teachers We have teaching the class and the fact that the the material that's gone over the class is very useful to parents and it also allows parents who are divorcing to Meet other parents in the same situation and get support from them Very good And then moving on to the other area you said that you marry folks if someone's interested in and having you perform the ceremony What steps do they have to go through to to line that up? All they need to do is call my office and we do weddings every Friday afternoon at the courthouse between three and four We do one every 15 minutes and if their date is available we can sign them up Okay So as you've touched on and you've covered a lot of information and in the the five or so minutes that we have remaining As you think about the different areas the roles responsibilities the clientele that you're working with and what would you see is What are the key challenges that you face? I think the key challenges are things I already touched on which are prosalit against people who don't have Association who need who need help in the court system and the need the growing need for interpreters in the court system And what do you think we do about it to to address that challenge? well It's funny that you should ask that at him because we're in the process I hope of developing and putting on our county website some information for prosalit against that will enable them to Navigate the court system much more easily And even if people don't have a computer at home There are computers available at the county or at the public library That people can use and I think that will be a big help and that I hope to have up and running before the end of the year As far as the need for interpreters that's something that I think we just continue to handle on a day-to-day basis as needed and As the need for interpreters grows we have a couple of interpreters who I see regularly in the courtroom and They've been fantastic. We had a situation once where someone came in He we weren't able to communicate any information to him at all And I was able to contact one of the interpreters at her home number and she agreed to interpret over the phone for that individual So you kind of have to fly by the seat of your pants sometimes But so far I think we've been doing a pretty good job of meeting the needs of the people who come to court very good So if any of our viewers or anyone else At any point has a question or a concern or a complaint. Who do they call? Well, if they have a complaint or a concern or a question I hope they call my office directly first if they feel they can't get any help there. I'm supervised by you Adam They can contact you. I'm supervised by the county board and also by the circuit court judges That's a lot of supervisors. That's right Well, it's been a pleasure to have you with us today And I know that Bill and I are very pleased with the job You're doing and we've heard nothing but good things from the judges and others and and certainly it's good that you and Terry Burke Have a nice rapport and that there's been a smooth transition. So thank you for joining us today. Thank you for having me It's been a pleasure Next month we're going to bring back a department head that I know you've heard from before Mr. Dale Paul's as you know, there's been a great deal of discussion in the county about the future of our county nursing homes It's both sunny Ridge and Rocky Knoll and there have been a lot of improvements made out there If you haven't had an opportunity to go to one of those facilities I certainly encourage you to do so Rocky Knoll Recently the county board put a ten million dollar addition out there and it's providing a very valuable service It's a beautiful facility in sunny Ridge a number of upgrades were made but with that said We're really struggling as a county dealing with the the financial constraints and frankly the lack of revenue from the state and federal level For 2004 alone. We're looking at about a 2.7 million dollar reduction and just this week depending on when you watch this Program the county board reviewed the budget and made some very important decisions and will be finding like finalizing that shortly but Dale Paul's will be with us for the next program to talk about the health care centers citizens task force a Very important committee that county board chairman Bill Gehring has appointed will be confirmed by the full county board and We're optimistic that this group of citizens as well as three county board supervisors will take a look at our overall mission roles responsibilities the financial constraints and challenges that we have as well as the escalating costs associated with the taxpayer and the property tax levied for those Nursing homes look at all of that and develop recommendations for the county board to consider about where we're headed so we're looking forward to Dale coming in and Talking with us a little bit about the charge of that task force and where we're headed So until then on behalf of the Sheboygan County board German Bill Gehring it certainly was a pleasure to have you with us today and and thanks again Rebecca for joining us can be found anywhere the people who manufacture methamphetamine aren't chemists and It's a very dangerous process. 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Money. In Australia, you will have to manage your own money so you can pay for rent, food, electricity and telephone bills, clothes, transport, medical expenses and more. Centrelink. Centrelink is an Australian government agency that can help by giving you money while you learn English, study or look for work, care for children or someone who is old or sick. You can also get money if you can't work because you are sick, have a disability or are retired. You will need to visit a Centrelink office within three days of arriving in Australia and there will be someone available to speak to you in your language. You will be asked lots of questions so Centrelink can decide which payment is the right one for you. It is important that you give accurate information and bring your travel documents on your first visit. People are entitled to different payments depending on their circumstances. Centrelink gives money to individual family members so it is important that each family member contributes money to the household. If you put all your money together, it will help you run your household better. Everyone has to follow certain rules to receive a Centrelink payment. It is important to tell Centrelink if you change address or if your job or income changes so you keep receiving your payments. It is important that you respond to Centrelink letters as quickly as possible and attend Centrelink interviews or your payments may be stopped. Ask about a healthcare card at Centrelink. This card can give you discounts for some health services and medicines and on other things like transport. If you need help with Centrelink and don't speak English, you should call Centrelink's multilingual call centre and state your language. A staff member who can speak your language will help you. 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Pentagon warns Congress money is running out for Ukraine. U.S. Pentagon controller Michael McCord has warned U.S. Congress of catastrophic consequences for Ukraine should funding for its ongoing defense be unavailable or delayed within the currently tabled continuing resolution in his letter to Minority Leader Congressman Hakim Jeffries. McCord cites specifically that Ukraine's air defenses such as Patriot and Stinger Missile Systems that have been keeping Ukrainian cities safer by destroying hundreds of incoming Russian drones and missiles every week rely on ammunition being produced in U.S. factories. Any delay in funding would endanger U.S. support to the country's ground operations at a time when Russia is ramping up operations for a winter offensive. McCord explains that a lack of funding would not only be a disaster for Ukraine but for the newly renewed U.S. defense industrial base that was largely dormant for many years. It is this dormancy that is often cited as the primary reason for the increased military ambitions we're seeing from China and Russia. The letter states that the other funding tool we need are those funds provided to replenish our military's inventories for the weapons and supplies we've provided to support Ukraine in their fight via drawdown. We have only $1.6 billion remaining of the $25.9 billion Congress has provided. Continuing that without additional funding now we would have to delay or curtail assistance to meet Ukraine's urgent requirements including for air defense and ammunition that are critical and urgent now as Russia prepares to conduct a winter offensive and continues its bombardment of Ukrainian cities. The letter also states that 155 mm unmanned aerial systems to detect, analyze and locate adversary signals and demolition's equipment. It would affect training, maintenance and sustainment of the equipment we have previously provided and other weapons for Ukraine will not be able to be supplied unless more funds are released. The other assistance will be cut.


We can't talk about budget gaming without mentioning the IdeaPad Gaming 3 from Lenovo. Earlier on, we reviewed the Intel-based 2022 laptop, which performed well, but the small battery couldn't sustain the laptop for very long. Can Zen 3 Plus and Ryzen 6000 offer something that Intel doesn't? Stick around to find out. The design is very Legion inspired, with either white or gray color with blue accents on the back. It's entirely made from plastic, which can work well, as we've seen on the new Nitro 5. However, here we have a bouncy lid and not the strongest base. Still, the portability is decent, weighing 2.32 kilograms and with a profile of 21.8 millimeters. Chassis durability aside, the input devices are still some of the best in the segment, with the keyboard being comfortable for typing and gaming, thanks to the long key travel and clicky feedback. The Touchpad has a familiar Mylar cover, which is very smooth, while the accuracy and responsiveness are up there. When compared to the Intel-powered model, you lose the Thunderbolt support, but get one Type-C 3.2 10 gigabits port, two full-sized USB 5 gigabits ports, HDMI 2.0 LAN, and a 3.5 millimeters audio jack. The laptop comes with a 120 Hertz full HD display as standard, which is decent for gaming, with a good response time, but it lacks proper color coverage for creator work. Thankfully, there are other options if you fancy better colors and a higher 165 Hertz refresh rate. The 45Wh battery pack fares better with an AMD CPU, as the laptop lasts for 6 hours and 19 minutes of web browsing, or 6 hours and 21 minutes of video playback, which is almost 3 hours more than the Intel-powered IdeaPad in both test cases. Only 2 per 100 people watching this video are subscribers. If you decide to just start following us, we'll be able to reinvest more in our laboratory, thus making even more helpful videos for you. Thank you, you're awesome. On the other hand, the Ryzen 5 6600H is behind the Core i5-12 500H in both 3D rendering and Photoshop benchmarks. However, the Core i5-12 500H is an outlier and feels more like a supercharged Core i5, with its 12 cores and 16 threads posing a challenge to even the big hitters from AMD like the Ryzen 7 6800H. As for GPU performance, despite carrying the same exact GPU, when paired with an AMD CPU, the 85W RTX 3050 is 5% and 6% quicker in 3D Mark Fire Strike and Unigine Superposition, while in games, the AMD laptop has a lead in low settings, but it evens out in higher settings. By the way, check out our new channel where we test all popular graphics cards on all popular games, on all presets. It's a lot of work and we'll be happy if you subscribe to it. The IdeaPad Gaming 3 has 3 heat pipes, with 1 shared and 1 separate pipe for the CPU and GPU, along with 2 fans and several heat sinks. The AMD processor heats up significantly, reaching 100°C and running at pretty high clock speeds during the entire stress test. The GPU performs well under stress as well, running at nearly 2000MHz, with a temperature of 72°C. Comfort is alright, as the fans aren't that noisy, while the hot spot of the base is located closer to the top, so your hands are generally in a cooler area. Upgradability is quite good, with 2 RAM slots for a total of 64GB of DDR5 memory and 2M.2 slots. However, only one of them supports Generation 4 drives, and it's the smaller 42mm kind. We'll leave our teardown video in the description, so you can check out how to upgrade the laptop. The AMD-powered IdeaPad Gaming 3 remains a good budget gaming option, despite the slight CPU performance decrease when compared to Intel. Of course, gaming performance is more important and here the AMD variant is slightly better. To us, this is a much more balanced laptop, sacrificing some CPU power for better battery life. For a more detailed look, you can take a look at our written review, which gets into every nook and cranny of the IdeaPad Gaming 3.


Well the ice and snow made perfect racing conditions on one area lake last weekend and this week's Northwood's adventure, our Josh Peterson, takes us to Garfield Lake in Laporte for some ice racing action. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. As another season of ice racing in Laporte kicks off its 2018 season on Garfield Lake. Last Saturday was a chance for all drivers to get a test drive in before the official racing season began on Sunday. By the looks of the turnout, ice racing organizers are expecting another great year. And I'm really surprised we got over 20 cars here for practice. Tomorrow is going to be a big day then. The recent cold snap has helped make the racing conditions ideal. With a solid base and enough snow to form the shape of the track, the Laporte community is ready for the rumble of the ice racers. It took us, we had four plow trucks out here and it took us three and a half hours to make everything. Which is pretty good because we didn't have a lot of snow but we needed snow for banks so it worked out really good. For one of the many returning racers, they spent the off season getting ready and rebuilding their cars for opening race day. This year I rebuilt my motor and everything so I had to get that going and just get all the tweaks worked out, try to get everything just the right way that I wanted. Jared finished the 2017 season in third place, however this year he hopes to build on that third place finish and go for the top spot. I don't like to get at least third again or more, I mean I did quite a few changes to my car so we'll see how it goes I guess. While there is a competitive nature to the sport, what sets ice racing apart is the sense of community that brings both racers, pit crew members and spectators together. In the last year and a half we've donated $68,000 to different charities. I mean if you're in need, we're here to help. Already with one weekend of racing completed, Jared Miller currently sits in first place with four total wins. Racing action continues every Sunday beginning at noon. With this week's Northwoods Adventure in La Porte, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.