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Facebook wants to read your thoughts
Facebook has announced a major breakthrough in its plans to allow people to type just by thinking of the words they want to use. It sounds like the stuff of Sci-Fi, but it could soon be a reality.
Two years after the company first revealed it was looking into the possibility of the technology, Facebook has revealed it can now use data from brain activity as people speak, to instantly decode what they were saying and translate it into text on a computer screen.
Facebook hopes it will pave the way for a "fully non-invasive, wearable device" that can process 100 words per minute.
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Pinterest says it has 300 million monthly users
The week after Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat revealed the Q2 revenue reports, Pinterest has also given an update on its performance.
As with its competitor, Pinterest is performing well. The social media platform now has 300 million monthly active users, a 30% increase on last year.
Most interestingly to brands, Pinterest has included insight on Average Revenue Per User. The results from Q2 reveal and average figure of $0.88 – up from $0.69 last year. This shows how the platforms effort to boost its e-Commerce credentials has been effective.
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Facebook ads Instagram scheduling to Creator Studio
It was good news for social media marketers this week as Facebook has finally allowed brands to schedule content on Instagram via an official app.
Instagram scheduling has been a headache for social managers in the past, leading to several third party apps developing their own software. However, these were often subject to several restrictions.
This new option comes with increased capacity, allowing you the option to better see exactly what an Instagram post will look like before it is published.
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Facebook finally admits to owning Instagram & Whatsapp
If you've been living under a stone for the past few years, you might not have realised that Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
But it's taken the behemoth until now (a mere seven years) to fess up to owning the platforms. It acquired Insta for $1 billion back in 2012. Then Mark Zuckerberg acquired an eye-watering $19 billion on WhatsApp a few years later to ensure eyeballs on his growth engine.
Finally, Facebook is adding its branding in the form of 'Instagram from Facebook' and 'WhatsApp from Facebook' on the platforms.
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YouTube video download resolution increases
There's some great news for YouTube Premium subscribers, you can now download videos for offline playback at better resolutions than before.
The channel's increased the playback limit from 720 pixels to 1080 pixels. The full HD option appeared when YouTube premium users tried to save videos on their phones.
Before you get too giddy with excitement, hang fire. The features being rolled out slowly across YouTube apps for iOS and Android. You should make sure you're running the latest version of the app before attempting a download. Once it does work, you should notice a difference on phones with bigger screens and sharper resolutions.
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He's back! Terminator launches Shrewsbury comic festival
The Terminator helped launched a new festival that is coming to the county town in the summer.
A sculpture of the famous automaton, that has appeared in numerous comics as well as on film, announced the new festival for Shrewsbury in style.
The biggest names in comic art will descend on the town on the first weekend in June.
Some of the world's finest illustrators and comics writers live in or around Shrewsbury and are giving their backing to the Comics Salopia festival – including Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, John Wagner, the co-creator of Judge Dredd and Marvel artist Christian Ward whose work includes Thor and Black Bolt.
UK Comics Laureate, Charlie Adlard, and Shrewsbury's former mayor Jane Mackenzie came up with the idea for Comics Salopia, along with experienced comics festival director Shane Chebsey.
They aim to inspire visitors of all ages with an exciting two-day celebration of comics art and storytelling and hope it will attract thousands of visitors to Shropshire from across the UK, boosting the local economy.
"The vision is for a festival that supports all forms of comics," Charlie said. "Comics are for everyone, aged nine to 99. The perception in the UK is that they are just for kids, but really it's just a different form of reading."
The festival will be supporting the new local charity, Share Shrewsbury, which was recently set up by Jane. All festival proceeds will be given to Share in order to help it to raise awareness about substance misuse, and support local people in recovery.
Jane said: "I am delighted that this festival will be helping local individuals, and their families and friends, who are affected by addiction."
From Marvel superheroes to The Beano, Peppa Pig or more grown up material like Hellboy and The Walking Dead, there will be something for everyone. Visitors will have the chance to watch some of the world's most renowned comic artists at work.
For serious comics fans, there will be ticketed master classes and seminars, where some of the biggest names in the film and publishing industry from around the world will share their secrets of success.
The festival will take place in key locations across town with The Dana Prison as a Judge Dredd zone; a whole host of writers and artists from the pages of the iconic 2000 AD comic book will be appearing at the prison during the festival, exhibiting their work and interacting with fans.
Other venues will include The Castle Grounds, Shrewsbury Library, The Town Square, The Museum and Art Gallery and The Guildhall.
There will be inspiring workshops hosted by world famous illustrators and artists for both children and adults, including a special kids' zone hosted in Shrewsbury Library by Peppa Pig publishers, Redan, who are based here in Shrewsbury and are the biggest publishers of children's comics in the UK.
Shane added: "It was very obvious straight off the bat that we both shared similar values and aspirations and both cared deeply about Shrewsbury being represented as the hub for innovation, originality and creativity that it really is, on the national and even international stage."
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At a "Women in Entertainment" event on Monday, actress Jessica Chastain unloaded on Hollywood's hypocrisy, exposed in a glaring way over the last two weeks by the accusations of sexual misconduct against megaproducer Harvey Weinstein, whose alleged behavior was an "open secret" in Hollywood for decades.
At ELLE's "Women in Entertainment" event, in a room The Hollywood Reporter notes included many famous faces, Chastain laid bare the egregious "disconnect" between what Hollywood preaches in public and what it actually practices behind closed doors.
"This is an industry rife with racism, sexism and homophobia," said Chastain, who was one of the actresses to quickly come out in condemnation of Weinstein and those who looked the other way over the decades. "It is so closely woven into the fabric of the business that we have become snowblind to the glaring injustices happening every day."
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One day the right is mocking Hillary Clinton for taking a fall while walking down a flight of outdoor steps in India. The next day the left is mocking the president's weight. Must we be so infantile in our criticisms? Aren't there enough issues of substance for us to discuss and debate?
I don't want to name names here, but suffice it to say that some major voices on the right seemed to enjoy watching Mrs. Clinton's struggles in India. After all, she's the fading icon of the left, the very image of failed policies and ideas. Mocking her is fine. That's what we do to our political opponents.
And how many times did we replay the video of Mrs. Clinton collapsing during the presidential campaign, only to be whisked away by her bodyguards? Was this simply a concern for her health, which would have been legitimate for a presidential candidate? Or was it a matter of enjoying our ideological opponent's apparent frailty? Were we concerned or were we gloating?
Conversely, without naming names on the left, Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been appearance-shamed more than once (quite cruelly and baselessly at that). And the president's weight has been a matter of ongoing mockery, most recently from a major magazine. But they are both fair game, since they represent the worst of the right. They are liars. They are hateful. They can be vilified. That's what we do to our political opponents.
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And does anyone really think that those fat-shaming the president are genuinely concerned about his health and well-being? That they're concerned that, if he doesn't get in better shape, he might not serve out his term, let alone another term?
It's one thing for political cartoonists to ply their trade with exaggerated and embarrassing caricatures. That's what they do, and sometimes, putting aside the insulting caricatures, they are brilliant in their craft. Their artistry conveys a powerful message. Plus, public figures know they're going to be caricatured. (Think, for example of Barack Obama's ears or George W. Bush's puzzled look.)
It's another thing, though, when political commentators on the right and the left get pleasure out of mockery and insult. (And I don't mean mocking someone's position. I mean mocking their appearance or their health struggles.)
Unfortunately, the mocking game plays well, like throwing meat to a bunch of hungry sharks. The insults lead to a feeding fest among the faithful followers.
In my view, when we degrade others in such childish ways, we ultimately degrade ourselves. We make ourselves less credible. We make our positions less worthy of serious discussion. We make our viewpoints less tenable.
Let me drill this home with a hypothetical example.
Imagine that I'm debating a liberal university professor about the culture wars. Someone in the audience interrupts the debate, calling me some crude name. In response, I shout—no, sing—back, "Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." And I do this while shaking my head as if to say, "Na-na na-na-na! You can't hurt me!"
How would you respond to the rest of my presentation? How seriously would you take my scholarly arguments?
Or what if I got upset with my debating opponent and began to insult his choice of clothes or the way he wore his hair or the names of his wife and children? Would I enhance my position in your eyes? Enough said.
I personally believe that the depth of our convictions can best be seen against the backdrop of fairness and civility. In other words, we can be definitive and dogmatic, convicted and clear, incisive and insightful without being mean-spirited, let alone childish. In fact, when we hold our ground with grace, we expose the incivility of our opponents.
Let them degrade into the name-calling. Let them make the threats. Let them act like children. They hurt their cause, not ours.
You might say, "But these days, the president is leading the charge, calling others by crude names and mocking their failures."
I don't disagree. But since when did the bad behavior of a leader justify the bad behavior of a nation? And are you going to tell me that the mockery and insult and mudslinging wasn't here on both sides long before the election of President Trump?
Right now, our nation is precariously divided, and it's becoming increasingly rare that both sides can come together for serious debate and discussion. But there are life-and-death issues that divide us, because of which it is imperative that we get our message out loudly and clearly.
To the extent we can step above the fray, acting like adults rather than children, we have a chance of being heard. And personally, I want to be heard.
As for Christian leaders, there's a biblical passage that speaks directly to us: "A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people. Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people's hearts, and they will learn the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil's trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants" (2 Tim. 2:24-26, NLT).
If this was good enough for Paul, it's good enough for me.
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Prof. Amitava Chattopadhyay is an expert on branding and his research has appeared in leading journals including the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Marketing etc. Most recently, he has published a book entitled The New Emerging Market Multinationals: Four Strategies for Disrupting Markets and Building Brands.
Professor Chattopadhyay is on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Long Range Planning, and many others. For his research, he has been the recipient of several awards, including the Robert Ferber Award. He is a Fellow of the Institute on Asian Consumer Insight. He is on the advisory boards of several companies and a consultant to multinational firms. Professor Chattopadhyay is co-directing INSEAD Leadership Programme for Senior Executives – India.
Professor Chattopadhyay holds a PhD from the University of Florida, a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a B.Sc. (Honours) degree from Jadavpur University, India. He was one of the keynote speakers in the Leadership Summit 2016, organized by Bangladesh Brand Forum on 23rd April at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka. In an exclusive interview with Bangladesh Brand Forum(BBF), Professor Chattopadhyay shared his insights on Leadership and Innovation.
BBF: How does it feel visiting Bangladesh?
Amitava Chattopadhyay: It's always good to visit Bangladesh. I feel completely at home here because I grew up just across the border and there isn't much difference between Kolkata and Dhaka. I feel very at home over here.
BBF: You said branding and innovation are inextricably linked. Would you like to explain about it?
Amitava Chattopadhyay: If you think about, what is a brand? A brand is a promise to a customer to deliver against a certain set of needs that the consumer has. And delivering against it is about constantly making sure that the best possible solution for that need is offered. Now, given that the world is changing, if you keep offering the same solution, it will become out-dated, and eventually, your brand will die. So, brands will need to adapt to continuously meet the needs of consumers. Ultimately, combining traditional and modern methods is the best way to grow your business. For example, one of my friends who lives in North Carolina has used a combination of vehicle wraps charlotte nc and online marketing campaigns to boost his business and has seen his customer base grow exponentially. To provide more context, I'll use the example of Dell. During the late 1980s, when Dell was founded, they used to sell over the telephone. You'd call to a 1-800 number in the US, and you would place an order for your computer, and Dell shifted it. Then, the internet happened, if Dell had continued selling over the phone, they would've died. But they moved from telephone sales to online sales. Dell knew that consumers don't just buy computers, they buy a whole set of things which would inter-connect. So they started selling printers and other digital things. As they recognized that the consumer's needs were evolving, they kept adapting their offerings in order to keep the consumers happy. They needed innovations. They moved from telephone to online, which was a business model innovation. Selling other products was an innovation in terms of offering a whole suite of products, instead of just computers. They may have moved to a more eco friendly branding option (like those on https://weareleach.com/eco-materials/) in response to the rising demand from the public. That's what I mean when I say, 'Innovation is the foundation of branding,' because the world is not static. Business owners know the importance of branding and creating a name for themselves in the business world. With the help of companies similar to super cheap signs, finding creative ways of raising awareness may come sooner than you think.
BBF: Could you briefly share about the four Strategies for Disrupting Markets and Building Brands?
Amitava Chattopadhyay: Rather than talking about the four Strategies, let me tell you about the essence of the book that you are referring to. International businesses always looked and said that the emerging markets have companies that compete using their lower cost of labor, and so they can produce cheap goods, that is their competitive advantage. So, they will never be the big branded players, but they can always compete because they produce something for less. But I think what we have seen in the last 15-16 years, is the emergence of certain companies that are selling branded products at premium prices. Today, for example, we have brands like Samsung, LG, Haier, and HTC. These are household names, but not long ago, people didn't even know that these brands existed. Going back 10-12 years, people didn't even know what Haier was, and now, they're one of the biggest household companies in the world, and they did not do this by selling for a lower price, they did it by being much more innovative. They took the idea of low cost, and applied it in the context of innovation. They do that in two ways. There are innovations at the process level, and there are innovations at the product level.
At the product level, they're able to throw more people at the problem due to lower cost structure. This allows them to design and deliver innovative products at a lower cost. Taking Mahindra and Mahindra as an example, when they released the Scorpio, they developed it in 18 months for 150 million or 125 million dollars. If that same car had been designed in Detroit, that car would've taken 3 years and perhaps a couple of billion dollars to develop. So, you are able to develop products faster and cheaper. There are other forms of innovation too. Take Mindray from China. They make medical diagnostics equipment. They compete with GE, Siemens, Phillips and Toshiba, which are the world leaders in medical diagnostics equipment. Mindray uses the same sort of advantages that we talked about with Mahindra and Mahindra, but they also do other interesting things. For example, if you make a new medical diagnostic equipment from GE or Phillips, you would get a dedicated microchip for each function. Mindray uses software to do the things those microchips are able to do. The advantage of doing this is that it's a one-time startup cost, but the variable cost is zero. So, they are able to manage the costs better.
Secondly, if you have a range of, for example, ECG machines, each ECG machines have microchips. You have a bunch of inventory, and each of them requires specific designing and is expensive because it is custom made for you. If I develop a particular software for one ECG machine, with just little tweaks in the software, it could be used for other models of ECGs. So, not only do you have a one-time development cost, but with a few minor modifications, it can be used across different machines requiring similar functions, further reducing cost. Thirdly, markets for developing nations have been exceptionally good at processing innovation. For example, India's IT industry. The reason for its success is not because of lower cost but it is driven by the creation of a business model called "The Global Delivery Model". In the old days, if you had an IT project, you would sent a fleet of engineers into the company. But now, you sit at you home country, the engineers log in remotely, and then you build systems and processes that allow you to do the job without physically going there. This lowers cost dramatically, because now, your engineers are at a lower cost location. You're working in a context where, when they are sleeping, you're working. So, if you're doing a project in the US, then 10-12 hours would be removed from your geography. When their systems are 'idle', you can work on their systems rather than being disruptive. By doing things like this, you can actually create systems and processes which are more efficient. You have to convince your clients that you are capable of doing your job, so you have to document the systems and processes by which you are going to do it, and if you talk to a consultant from an Indian company, they'll say that their ability to deliver projects on cost, on time, is far higher than what it was 40 years ago, when 'body shopping' was the model, where you'd have to send the bodies across to work on projects within the company. So, innovation and how the business processes work rather than just raw cost advantage is being used to succeed.
BBF: You are extremely connected with your readers or audience via your website. This is really an incredible practice. What inspired you to do such?
Amitava Chattopadhyay: Actually, it was a student of mine who inspired me to do it. He told me to take the stuff that I talk about and build a website so that I could communicate with a wider audience, and I thought it was a great idea. He was kind enough to help me design the website and I was very pleased with all the great stuff that he did. Not only did he inspire me, but he also helped me to do it.
BBF: You have shared many musings on your website, covering different topics. One interesting topic you talked about is how to communicate a new product effectively. Please share few words on that.
Amitava Chattopadhyay: When we think about communication, we think about it in a very narrow way. We think that it is the marketing and advertising people in the organization that are doing it I think that fundamentally, every action that a brand takes is communicating something, and to my mind, you have to bring the whole organization around to say if they are doing the right thing to communicate exactly what we want. For example, if I see a van carrying a brand on the roadside and the van driver is driving rashly, or if the van is not maintained, then that impacts my beliefs on that brand. So our perspectives about communication are very narrow and we only emphasize on the bit that we formally do. Even on customer service- how you dress, how you speak, how many rings it takes for the customer hotline to pick up, how many hours or days does it take for the brand to respond to your call for service. All of these communicate about the brand. If I meet someone who is a great person, then I can say that the brand that employs you must be a great brand, but if you were someone who I didn't like, then my perspective of the brand would be negative. We really have to think about what we are trying to communicate, and that means we have to look at the people we employ, the kind of infrastructure that we deploy-everything has to become aligned so that the right things are projected. Again, going back to the Indian IT industry, if you visit their so called 'campuses', it's as if magically, you've stepped from the developing world to the developed world. It has modern buildings, has well paved roads, golf carts carrying people from one place to another. It's like a magical transformation. Outside, is the rest of India, and inside you have the developed world. What they are trying to communicate is that they are just as good as any IT solutions provider from the developed world, and by having these 'campuses' give that same feel.
BBF: You also said that the shape of a company's logo matters. Tell us about that.
Amitava Chattopadhyay: Let me take your question in a slightly broader perspective. We looked at shapes in that particular research, and what we were saying is that the shape that a company's logo has leads people to make certain inferences about that company, which then influences judgments of the products and services that those companies offer. The perceptual characteristics of logos should go towards color, towards any sounds associated with the particular company. For example, Harley Davidson motorcycles have a patented sound. The sound is deep and powerful, and when you hear that sound, it gives you an impression of what the motorbike is like. With a bike like that, it is crucial that you pay a visit to someone like One Sure Insurance to ensure that whatever may happen, that bike is covered in all circumstances.
BBF: Recently you tweeted, "When building a castle (#brand) build the foundation first." What exactly do you mean by that? Can you explain?
Amitava Chattopadhyay: It was a tweet with a link about Walmart exiting much of its business from Brazil. It was an article that talked about the fact that in Brazil, the various offerings that Walmart had lacked clarity in the consumers' minds. The result was that they had expanded quite rapidly, and since a large number of stores did not perform well, they had to shut them down. So essentially what I was saying is that, before you start expanding, you need to be clearly articulated about what you stand for and which consumer groups you are addressing.
BBF: In your opinion, what is leadership, and what are some of its characteristics?
Amitava Chattopadhyay: Leadership to me is about being able to get others involved in an endeavor to along towards a common purpose. You have to have the capability to bring people on board, to view a common purpose and to act in a consistent manner- that would be some of the fundamental advices for leadership.
BBF: What are your observations on Leadership Summit 2016?
Amitava Chattopadhyay: It's an interesting summit. I was unable to attend the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions, with Prof. Cummings was a excellent talk and I enjoyed the facilitation of team 'Boom Boom', which was a great idea because I think we need to recognize future talent and in some sense, the summit itself shows leadership by Bangladesh Brand Forum by bringing an important topic into focus and giving it the attention that it deserves. I think that it is interesting because the event is nice, and at the same time, it is also showing leadership, which is great.
BBF: Tell us about your topic.
Amitava Chattopadhyay: My topic for the talk was that, many organizations see innovation as important but they feel that to have innovation, what we need is tools, processes, money, etc. And they invest a lot on that part. But I think that it is inefficient because it's not just about the tools and processes, it's equally, if not more importantly, about the culture of the organization. And having an innovative culture requires active engagement in leadership. That piece is what I wanted to emphasize in my talk.
BBF: What would be your message for the aspiring future leaders?
Amitava Chattopadhyay: I think a key element of leadership is being able to think outside the box and take risks, and I think that's a capability that one needs to develop and nurture and in many ways, our culture conspires against that. In fact, in the morning session that I was referring to, we were talking to university students and the issue was how to succeed in life, if you will become a leader. It is, if you will, breaking out of doing things the way everybody does it to doing it the way one thinks it should be done, and having the self-confidence to step out. Let me give you my personal example, when I finished my BSc degree, I did rather well in my university and I got a scholarship to do MSc, but I decided to get a job, and start working. My relatives were critical about my decision for leaving my education to pursue a career. Two years after I started working, I realized that without getting an MBA, there was very little future for me in the job that I had. So I got into an MBA program, and I did quite well. The people who were critical of me now were criticizing me for leaving my job to pursue my MBA. So, you're always wrong, some people will always find fault with what you do and you need to build the self-confidence to say, "This is how I want to build my life." I think that is a sense of personal leadership. Yes, I need to hear what other people had to say because I need to reflect on the merits of what they're saying but I also need to learn how to make my own decisions that I think are right for me, my organization and the current moment in life because that's my job as a leader.


text: We told you we'd be back soon. Like, really really soon. Here we are. Yes, it's first impressions time again, and while winter is generally a slow season for anime, there were a lot of series that caught our interest when we looked at its chart back in December. We didn't check out everything – last fall made us learn the hard way that just because you watch more doesn't mean what you watch will be good – but we did check out everything that seemed important and intriguing to us or surprisingly good to other anime critics. Like last fall, we won't be posting scores this early. This is simply our thoughts on the pilot of each show we watched, followed by whether we thought it seemed worthy of continuation. We've also added little summaries to each entry below, just in case you're out of the loop (and there's nothing wrong with that!). Let Justice-sensei put your ignorance to ease.


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Shall the City of Hoboken continue annual rental increase protections for current residents of rent controlled properties but allow property owners to negotiate rents for vacant apartments and exempt buildings with one-to-four units and condominium units from the rent leveling ordinance by adopting the proposed amendment to Chapter 155 of the Code of the City of Hoboken?
If approved, the changes would mean buildings under rent control of four units or less and condos would no longer subject to the regulation. Some are concerned smaller buildings would see tenants under pressure and forced out as state law doesn't provide protection against their removal.
Larger buildings would see de facto vacancy decontrol. There is anxiety among tenants about the enticement to push out tenants for higher rent at prevailing market rates.
|City Clerk James Farina drew the lots yesterday on the candidate ballot positions.
Yesterday, candidate positions on the ballot were drawn. According to the Jersey Journal, ballot positions will be:
Mayoral candidates: Tim Occhipinti 1J, Ruben Ramos 3J, Mayor Dawn Zimmer 5J (incumbent)
At-large City Council seats (bracketed): Laura Miani 1K, Eduardo Gonzalez 2K, and Joe Mindak 3K -- on "Vision for Hoboken" team with Ramos. Frank "Pupie" Raia, 5K Peter Biancamano, 6K and Britney Montgomery-Cook 7K -- on "One Hoboken" ticket with Occhipinti. Patricia Waiters 9K -- independent. David Mello (incumbent) 11K, Ravi Bhalla 12K (incumbent) and James Doyle, 13K -- on ticket with Zimmer.
In addition, Hoboken school board candidates will be on the ballot.
Those positions are:
James Gilbarty, 1I, Brian Murray, 2I, Leon Gold 3I (incumbent), Natalie Rivera 4I, Irene Sobolov 5I (incumbent). Vanessa Falco, 6I, Patricia Waiters. 7I, and Jennifer Evans, 8I
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Being the Oddball Isn't *Always* Fun
I'm finding out that it's one thing to know theoretically that something is a controversial topic, when you are surrounded by either like-minded people or those who are respectful of decisions and opinions differing from their own.
It's another entirely to find out concretely that it is indeed dear to the heart of someone who has made their career choice based on a position opposite yours, and to find yourself asking that person for assistance.
In short, we do not immunize our children. Apparently in some places that is a graver offense than in others. We have moved from a place that either had more lax regulations, or else a higher population of non-immunizers (so that the "officials" were more used to dealing with the issue), into a place where I have yet to meet one other family (my own extended family excluded) that doesn't immunize. This is probably also a result of the drastic culture-shift we have made, along with our geographical move.
That, in itself, doesn't bother me. I've never minded being the oddball in a group. In fact, I often expect that status (0;
But now, one of our children is having a health issue that is entirely unrelated to being unimmunized, and we are having a BEAR of a time finding a Dr. even willing to look at her.
Where we lived before, we had a dearly loved Dr (who became a family friend), who disagreed with my choice but respected me as the parent. Every visit (he made HOUSECALLS!!) he would ask me if I've decided to have anyone vaccinated, and mildly tell me he was obligated to give me his professional opinion, and then we moved on to giving my children the best care we could, between us. I credit him, without unnecessary drama, with saving the life of one of my children, as well as, on a separate occasion, myself.
Here, I can't even get past the receptionists. I mention "unvaccinated" and I can hear the screech of the brakes and the walls slam up. After a full 30 seconds of silence (I'm not kidding), I hear her clear her throat before she asks me again about taking my child to the doctor for her "shots". I tell her again that my child is unvaccinated, and that that is the reason I am requesting the specific doctor that I am: because on my first call to their office to find if any of their doctors will see an unvaccinated child, I was told that there is one on a team of more than 6.
That alone boggles my mind. Are they really concerned about the child's overall health? Or about making all the charts look alike?
I guess here is where I still only theoretically understand the controversial aspect of this topic. I don't consider it any of my business whether anyone has their child vaccinated, and I expect the same respect in return. I just didn't realize it until I failed to get it.
The receptionist refused to make an appointment for my child until after she had asked her office manager and the doctor in question, which might not happen until next week. Then, she'll "get back to me".
I wish I could type the tone of her voice. I know that she intended me to feel like a humiliated, ignorant, negligent, selfish excuse for a mother. Instead, I felt like a Mama Bear.
I've been hesitant to even call a doctor, thinking that things may go this way, and hesitant to trust the opinion and advice of anyone who so blatantly refuses to even consider the evidence and research that supports my decision. I don't ask to be agreed with, but I expect the maturity and education to at least concede that there is valid data on both sides of the question. I admit that much. If someone won't, then how are they to be credible in my eyes on other topics where I'm going to perceive that I'm only receiving their dogmatic stance without all sides and data being presented and considered?
I don't oppose medical treatment where needed. My child had life-saving surgery for something that could not have been prevented or forseen. I had surgery for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, without which I would have bled to death. I regularly take doses of iron supplements that would be lethal for an average person, and it keeps me alive. But I want to be very much active in the decision making processes for the healthcare of my children, I want to understand the issue, the implications of all treatments, the prognoses for each of them, and I want to ponder and pray about which is the best course of action this time, for this child. I do not want "standard procedure" just because it IS standard procedure.
Right now, I'm trying to remember that it is the receptionist that I've spoken to, not the doctor. And that, as far as I've currently been told, this doctor is open to seeing unvaccinated patients, which hopefully means open to allowing me to be a participant (parent!!) in my child's care, and that we can be a team, working together for the good of my child.
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Is Africa Under The Weather?
Posted by Simon Adebola on February 3, 2008
The challenge of bringing about change on the African continent has been affected by various compounding factors. The political and leadership situation, poverty, education, healthcare and other socio-economic factors have long been issues of concern. These are worsened by the various wars and resultant humanitarian crises that have ensued over the last four decades. As the continent has progressed through these and kept up its unerring pursuit for peace and relief, seeking to make its way out of the maze, their still remains another major issue threatening to weaken these survival efforts. It is the issue of the effects of global warming and climate change and their impact on African development.
A look at the executive summary of the section on Africa in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change shows grim forecasts for the continent based on their review of research conducted into the likely impacts of observed trends and the confidence levels of these forecasts. I would like us to consider a brief excerpt from this report and look at how we could use space science and technology in mitigating these potential adverse effects. It must be noted that the application of SST serves Africa well, be it utilized as a pre-emptive or developmental tool, so the aim really is to bring on board the necessary tools for development and not to 'scare' people.
– Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and climate vulnerability, a situation aggravated by interaction of 'multiple stresses', occurring at various levels, and low adaptive capacity (high confidence)
– African farmers have developed several adaptation measures to cope with current climate variability, but such adaptations may not be sufficient for future changes of climate (high confidence)
– Agricultural production and food security (including access to food) in many African countries and regions are likely to be severely compromised by climate change and climate variability (high confidence).
– Climate change will aggravate the water stress currently faced by some countries, while some countries that currently do not experience water stress will become at risk of water stress (very high confidence).
– Changes in a variety of ecosystems are already been detected, particularly in Southern African ecosystems, at a faster rate than anticipated (very high confidence).
– Climate variability and change could result in low-lying lands being inundated, with resultant impacts on coastal settlements (high confidence).
– Human health, already compromised by a range of factors, could be further negatively impacted by climate change and climate variability, e.g., malaria in southern Africa and the East African highlands (high confidence).
With the phenomenal losses being faced by various countries all over the globe as a result of disasters caused by natural hazards and other effects of climate change, the use of earth observation satellites as sources of crucial information at every stage of the disaster management cycle is becoming standard practice. The disaster management cycle, with successive phases of response, recovery, mitigation and preparation, is made more effective by utilizing SST at each phase. Hazards such as floods, droughts, soil erosion, coastal erosion, landslides, earthquakes, fires, oil spills and other geological and climatic hazards could be predicted and effectively monitored with earth observation satellites. The role of remote sensing satellites if maximized would result in the saving of lives and prevent the loss of billions of dollars being annually incurred. Also the role of landscape ecology and landscape epidemiology in the areas of environmental conservation and healthcare has huge potentials in sounding warning signals and also in monitoring the impact of mitigation measures.
An effective response to disaster is greatly dependent on the existence of a sound telecommunications infrastructure. With widely dispersed rural communities, the coverage needed in Africa can best be gotten by telecommunications satellites which would serve as a backbone for dispatching and coordination relief efforts and in educating farmers in rural communities on current adaptation measures and best practice in coping with agricultural challenges. This has been successfully practised in India. The opportunities are numerous but the need to develop these systems and integrate them into ongoing efforts would better prepare the continent to handle the challenges posed by global warming and climate change.
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As expected, there are a ton of cases available for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. As Samsung has shown they are the most popular smartphone maker, and thus case manufacturers make a ton of cases for their products. Verus sent over a bunch of cases for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge for us to check out. One of which is the Verus 2Link. Which is a really nice thin case for your Galaxy S6 Edge. It is a hard case, and not a TPU case. It comes in two parts, there's the bottom, then the top part covers most of the back. You just slide them on the device and they'll lock into place. Making it easy to put on your device.
Verus also included a soft-feeling coating on the back of the case, to make it easy to hold on to so that you don't drop it. After spending over $700 on the Galaxy S6 Edge, that's the absolute last thing you want to happen, right? It also provides full side, top and bottom protection for the Galaxy S6 Edge, and also allows you to still use the edge of the display. Additionally, Verus has made cut outs for volume rocker on the left side, power on the right side, as well as the IR Blaster and microphone hole on the top. On the bottom there are cut outs for the headphone jack, USB port, and speaker. Of course, on the back there's also a cut out for the camera and flash.
The Verus 2Link case is available in 6 colors over on Amazon. You can see them all here. It starts at $16.99, and does use Amazon's Prime shipping so you can get your case with free 2-day shipping. That's always a plus. We have the emerald green color here for the Galaxy S6 Edge, and I must say it does look really nice. Since Samsung isn't bringing the green Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge over to the US, I guess this is what we'll have to put up with if we wanted the green Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge.


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At the request of Eric Mukherjee, I'm here to see whether Northwestern's slipper still fits. If they beat Yale, they'll be playing on the big stage. In the other key game, Michigan plays Stanford to try to finish the playoff rounds still unbeaten.
Dylan says "We didn't even have a hype video!"
Max starts Northwestern off with a geo tossup. American history bonus; Northwestern 30-0.
Isaac gets CE for 10. Yale gets 20 on RMP.
Another geo tossup. Max negs, Jacob picks it up. Yale 50-25.
Adam S. powers bio! They get a bio bonus for 30.
Isaac negs lit! Adam S. picks it up for 10. Northwestern gets 10 on the bonus to go up 90-45.
Dylan gets art. 100-45. Jacob . 100-65.
Jacob negs lit when he can't pull the title. Northwestern can't convert.
Stephen gets physics. Greg gets the next tossup, and Northwestern leads 125-100 at the half.
Tossup 12, geo again. Dylan powers! Lit bonus for 10.
Dylan gets lit for 10. Physics bonus. 20. Northwestern up by 80.
Adam gets social science. 10 on the art bonus. 200-100 Northwestern.
Chem tossup to Adam Silverman! Northwestern is rolling. Can Yale break their momentum? If Northwestern didn't get only 10s on three bonuses…
Adam S. negs history. Yale picks it up.
Tossup 17, literature. Adam S. gets it. 20 on a TV bonus. 235-120.
Adam F. powers RMP. 10 on a math bonus. History next.
Isaac negs it. Dylan picks it up, and Northwestern begins stalling the geo bonus. Adam and Dylan pull 30!
Isaac gets a tossup and is rewarded with a trash bonus.
Trash tossup, Greg gets it. Northwestern gets 30. I think they've clinched with 3 left. 315-170.
Adam F. negs lit, Max picks it up. And that's game! 355-170!
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Latest ASLEF News
The Jack Leslie statue campaign
Information For ASLEF Members
28 July 2005
It's been a rough time for our union. In recent weeks it's got considerably worse. When Dave Tyson was called in on 21 May by the Assistant General Secretary Mick Blackburn to investigate with our Legal Officer John Usher an incident that had occurred the previous evening in the garden of the house next to the union's head office, little did he know this would lead to the suspension of three elected officials and three members of staff.
No person suspended in connection with the alleged incidents has been disciplined or charged.
The Legal Officer and Vice President quickly concluded, after speaking to a number of people, including witnesses to the incident who watched it from the windows of their homes, that there were serious issues of conflict in relation to the events. Presented with the statements of these witnesses on 25 May, the EC agreed unanimously that they had no choice other than to suspend all those present at the barbecue and to look for someone, or a panel of people from outside the union, to conduct an investigation and report as soon as possible. Keith Norman was brought in to the role of Acting General Secretary.
On Wednesday 26 May we, along with John Usher met with Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC. Brendan Barber has provided us with help with putting together a panel of three people. The three are all highly respected and senior members of the Labour Movement and legal profession. The panel will be chaired by Professor Aileen McColgan, Professor of Human Rights Law, Kings College London and Barrister at Law. Her two wing members are Roger Poole , formerly AGS of Unison and John Sheldon, former joint General Secretary of Civil Service union P CS and Chair of the Civil Service Appeals Panel. It's their job now to conclude the enquiry in to what happened on that night at No. 7 Arkwright Road and it's aftermath.
We are grateful to the members of the panel for agreeing to serve and to the TUC for providing the secretariat to the enquiry.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
"I hope this enquiry can contribute to restoring stability in ASLEF after what has been a difficult and turbulent period."
The panel is sitting this week to consider all the evidence, including the media reports of the incident and the statements of those who have been suspended and those who witnessed the incident. All those suspended will have the opportunity to speak to the panel .
The panel has been asked to make findings of fact and to report them as soon as possible to the EC, which must take responsibility for any disciplinary action that may follow.
In addition, we, along with National Organiser Andy Reed and the Legal Officer met with the Trade Union Certification Officer (CO) on Friday 29 May. The CO is appointed by the government and has statutory obligations to watch over trade unions. We met the CO's Assistant, Gerard Walker, and told him what has happened and also discussed the on-going separate enquiry being conducted by Matthias Kelly QC into the finances of our union.
The CO's office are sympathetic and understanding to our situation. Gerard Walker was also sympathetic to our decision to suspend the Annual Assembly of Delegates (AAD), even though it puts the union in breach of our Rule Book.
We were also able to tell him that staff at Arkwright Road are fully behind us, along with the almost every one of the officers. We must remember that it has been a difficult time for the staff.
Any change in administration is tough. Two people in finance were suspended by the incoming general secretary Shaun Brady, without reference to the EC. Eight months later they remain suspended and are yet to be charged. That is not good employment relations. We will do our best to progress that situation too for the benefit of ASLEF and the staff.
There have also been allegations about our computer system and its maintenance. This is another concern to us, but in contrast to those suspended by Shaun Brady, all those suspended on 25 May will either be charged or exonerated within a week or so. But as we've already said, no one has been charged or disciplined in relation to these events. The EC will consider fully the findings of the independent enquiry before taking further steps.
We cannot have the ASLEF ship without a captain and rudderless for long. It is great the staff are pulling together to help us shore up the breach. Indeed two former members of staff have returned, temporarily.
That's why the independent inquiry in to the recent events is so important. ASLEF's reputation as a strong and powerful trade union and a major influence within the wider labour movement has to be restored. We love this union and want to make sure it does the job you want it to. We are distraught about the press coverage and you must be shocked and feel let down too.
Meanwhile the enquiry by Matthew Kelly QC continues. At last he is receiving full cooperation by all the officers and staff at head office. He was intending having a substantial interim report ready for AAD, but now we hope to have his final report ready by July.
That's another good reason for delaying conference. It is important that conference is in the best position to assess the big picture and whether there has been any serious wrong doing. We believe we can rely on a report from someone as eminent as Matt Kelly QC to give us a thorough and robust analysis. Members will be kept in the picture as soon as the report becomes available.
Rightly, the Certification Office was concerned about reports in the press about financial problems, but remember this - Matthias Kelly QC has been speaking to him personally and the CO does not wish to exercise his statutory powers to send in his own investigator - and he, at least, is as happy as he can be with the enquiry now underway, which will be concluded very soon. Then we will report to the members and the AAD delayed for a short time. At most it will be a matter of a few months until the membership and conference will be fully informed and we will move forward.
It's been a bad time for our union, and no one can deny that. But it's also an opportunity for us to sort out months of turmoil and to move on. We hope that you will support us in doing that.
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Water is directly responsible for millions of deaths every year. Water is in the system of every person who has died from cancer. Water, mixed with sodium, is toxic for many types of plants. Ingesting water can be fatal within minutes for young children. Evil world dictators are universally linked with water consumption. Water can be found within a quarter mile of all bee hive losses. With the proper spin, omission and phrasing, it is possible to use facts that make just about anything sound scary. Despite these unsettling facts, there will not likely be any efforts launched for a nationwide label on all products that have any association with contamination from water. None of the above statements about water are in any way untrue, but because everyone has first-hand experience with water every day, they know better. There is significant potential for the generation of fear, however, when spin-laden scare tactics are applied to things people are less familiar with, including genetic modification, pesticides and large farms. A few scary sounding ingredients or practices can conjure up quite a bit of fear in a hurry. Before you know it, people are protesting in the streets anti-Monsanto style without any real inkling of what is really happening. With this in mind, it is always interesting to read about the realities of situations that have been the source of so much unfounded fear. I recently read an excellent article comparing the use of glyphosate to a homemade, unscary-sounding herbicide concoction of vinegar, salt and dish soap. Both herbicides have pros and cons depending on the specific situation, but glyphosate is lower cost, more effective and less toxic in many ways than the homemade herbicide. Here is the science behind the assessment from weedcontrolfreaks.com. It is a fascinating read, enjoy.
In the meantime, I plan on writing my congressional representatives about this water labeling idea (and not a watered down version either), organizing an anti-water rally at the Statehouse, and lobbying Big Food to eliminate water from their production practices, taps, and ingredient lists.
At all costs, we must thirst for the truth! As citizens we must unite to protect our bees and children by keeping our heads above water when it comes to unfounded fear-inspiring misinformation!


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The Dirty Truth About How Much Protein To Build Muscle
One, protein produces a terrible energy resource. It's better to eat small quantities of protein during the day rather than a very large serving only a couple of times. If you feel whey protein protein proteins are just meant for muscle development, then you're developing an enormous mistake. Grass Given whey protein protein may also help you with unwanted weight-loss and it'll enhance satiety.
The Downside Risk of How Much Protein To Build Muscle
Proteins are often known as the principal building blocks of the human body. It's practically impossible to find the necessary amount of proteins to create muscles through diet alone which is exactly why many athletes together with bodybuilders utilize protein supplements. Whey protein may also increase the blood flow to muscle tissue which assists power protein synthesis more. If you don't know anything about whey protein protein protein protein, you will need to hunt for skilled assistance before with it to remember to must do the best factor.
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Proteins are usually believed to boost health. It is something that you really need while you're trying to lose weight. Whey protein may be the most frequently occurring and most affordable type of protein powder on the marketplace. If you don't know anything about whey protein protein, it is wise to look for expert assistance before utilizing it to make certain you do the ideal factor.
Protein are found in a wide variety of food items and will be discovered in the greatest quantities in meat. Protein has a good deal more other results but it doesn't do the job well unless it's linked with carbohydrates, so that's the reason why we speak about the right portions of protein in the key meals with carbohydrate only because they work together. Eating protein can harm your kidneys. Eating adequate protein is essential for hair growth because hair follicles are made from mostly protein.
Protein is necessary for tissue development. In addition to that, it can help you feel full for longer, so make sure you consume your proteins. In-taking vegan protein is the best method to get muscle naturally.
Protein is a non-negotiable portion of the human diet. It is the next one that has a lot of information and misinformation around it. How much protein to construct muscle you need is dependent on several aspects including the degree of your physical activity.
If you wish to build muscle effectively, it takes more than simply working out with weights. It is very important to be aware that the muscles can't grow without proteins, and all proteins comprise of 2o different amino acids. Muscles often require protein to fix the tears due to strenuous and intense exercise. If you're aiming to obtain muscle as well you'll also should raise the amount of protein you consume. If you try to build muscle whenever you are carrying an excessive amount of fat, you will only put on far more fat than muscle due to how your insulin sensitivity will be quite poor. If you want to rapidly build muscles and have zero wellness concerns, isolate or even hydrolysate whey protein might be the very best alternative for you. By having the method exercise program, you will be in a position to create the muscles of your whole body, along with the most important muscle teams like chest, shoulders, chest, arms, and following all, your midriff.


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Popehat: Internet Businesses Rejecting Racists Is an Exercise of Free Speech
So I put out the Popehat Signal Wednesday while guest-hosting Sirius XM Insight's Stand UP! with Pete Dominick, to gain some clarity from one of the best First Amendment commentators in the biz, lawyer Ken White. We discussed his great Charlottesville piece, "America At The End of All Hypotheticals," chewed on the ethics of outing alt-right demonstrators (he's fine with it as long as you've ID'd the right people), and then pivoted to private-company disassociation from deplorables:
Matt Welch: […] What should we think about free-speech implications, if any, of large, broad-based Internet service kind of providers kicking people off for their racisty conduct and life?
Ken White: […] [H]ere's where I part company with a lot of other free speech advocates. I think those companies have a right to free speech and free association. If I'm going to go all Romney on you, I'll say corporations are people, too. But instead, I can just say these are businesses run by groups of people, and their free speech desires and free association desires are just as valid as those as the Nazis.
If they don't want to host Nazis on their private platforms, then that's a free speech choice. Whether or not I agree with it, it's on a plane with the decisions of the Nazis to be Nazis in the first place. So, this is…a situation where some people are suggesting somehow that Group B should shut up and refrain from speech, refrain from free association, to make Group A more comfortable in its speech. I don't think that's a coherent philosophy.


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What Happens To Your Vagina After Sex? 7 Things To Expect
All the good feels, body shivers, and explosions during sex take your body on a blissful ride. But once the party's over you're vagina may need a few minutes to hit the reset button. If you don't know what happens to your vagina after sex, you'll feel more connected to your body after learning the facts.
You already knew the vagina was super amazing (I mean, what other body part that can provide a passage from the womb to the world?) and it continues to be full of surprises. Because even when sex is over, there is still some action going on down there.
Most women want to know their vagina is healthy, and tend to fret when something feels off. The good news is most vaginal changes after sex are things you won't feel or realize are happening. There are, however, a few post-sex occurrences that may cause concern, shock, or discomfort for you making you question if all is well down there. Although it's likely that these differences are only temporary, be sure to call your health care provider when any changes in your vagina cause you to worry. To figure out what your body's experiencing after getting busy, learn what's behind these seven common after sex vaginal changes.
1. It Plumps Up
After the deed is done, the vagina gets bigger — temporarily. It's possible you won't even realize this, unless you feel a pesky burning sensation when you pee. According to Prevention magazine, because there is engorgement of vaginal tissue, peeing could cause you to feel a stringing or burning sensation soon after sex. Most likely this will subside after a few minutes, but if it doesn't be sure to call your doctor.
2. It Feels Itchy
Can't fight the urge to scratch down there after a romp? There could be a few causes. Feeling itchiness in your vagina after sex likely means you're reacting to lubes or condoms or all that friction caused irritation, as Glamour magazine explained.
3. It's Color Changes
While you're getting it on, the skin can become flushed and even a shade or so darker. But after the show's over, the vagina returns to its normal color, according to Women's Health Matters, from Women's College Hospital.
4. It May Bleed A Little
It may be shocking to find you're bleeding from sex, but it's actually very common. As Mayo Clinic pointed out, most of the time vaginal bleeding after sex is harmless. However, if the bleeding bothers or concerns you, you should make an appointment with your doctor.
5. It's Stonger
That raised heart rate you experience when getting busy does more than just make you break a sweat — you're giving your lady parts a mini-bootcamp. According to Women's Day magazine, sex is a workout for the genitals and strengthens the vaginal muscles, much like doing Kegels.
6. It Feels Heavy
In a perfect world, you should be orgasming every time you have sex, but there are those days when you just can't seem to reach the finish line. And on those days, more than your expectations feel heavy. According to DIan Kerner, Ph.D., a certified sex therapist who told In an interview withWomen's Health magazine, certified sex therapist Dr. Ian Kerner said that, "like their male counterparts, women can experience pelvic heaviness and aching if they do not reach orgasm."
7. It Returns To Your Normal
The vagina is designed like an elastic band, and can expand and contract as needed, but always regains it's original shape. No matter how much it relaxes during sex, the vagina always returns to its regular tightness, according to Cosmopolitan magazine.


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As part of its radical but still mostly undefined tax plan, the Trump administration proposed a tax holiday for corporate earnings stored overseas. Reporters have been hearing on background that the tax rate would be slashed from 35 percent to 10 percent.
But judging from the last time it was tried, most of the cash Donald Trump would allow megacorporations to bring home from overseas at a bargain-basement tax rate would end up being used by corporate executives to inflate the prices of their stocks, thereby enriching themselves and their biggest investors — and doing little to employ Americans and grow the real economy.
From 2004 to 2005, the Bush administration and Congress tried a one-time tax repatriation holiday, cutting the rate to 5.25 percent.
A Senate study in 2011 found that corporations brought $312 billion they had stashed overseas back to the United States, avoiding $3.3 billion in taxes as a result of the repatriation rate. But the top 15 companies that took advantage of the holiday actually reduced their total U.S. employment by 20,931 jobs.
Meanwhile, the report surveyed studies of all 840 corporations that took advantage of repatriation and concluded that there was "no evidence that repatriated funds increased overall U.S. employment."
So what did the companies use the money for? The report found that two things increased dramatically after repatriation: executive compensation and stock buybacks.
The top five executives at the top 15 repatriating corporations saw their annual compensation increase by 27 percent from 2004 to 2005. Meanwhile, the top 15 repatriating corporations increased their spending on stock buybacks 16 percent from 2004 to 2005 and 38 percent from 2005 to 2006.
William Lazonick, an economist at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, has long studied the issue of stock buybacks. He noted in a Brookings paper published in 2015 that corporations have essentially established a "buyback economy": Between 2004 and 2013, 454 companies in the S&P 500 Index did $3.4 trillion in stock buybacks, "representing 51 percent of net income. These companies expended an additional 35 percent of net income on dividends."
"Why are you giving these companies any tax breaks when the vast majority of the profits are just being used to boost stock prices?" he asked in an interview with The Intercept.
Corporations are hardly concealing the fact that they'd like to repeat the 2004 tax repatriation experiment.
In January, The Intercept reviewed dozens of earnings calls and investor briefings and found many executives suggesting they'd use another repatriation holiday to increase stock buybacks and acquire other companies.
For instance, Cisco Systems Chief Financial Officer Kelly Kramer told a securities analyst, "We would have a blend of actions we can certainly take with our dividend as well as our share buyback, as well as leading flexibility for us to be able to do [mergers and acquisitions] and strategic investments."
Bush himself realized that the country had been swindled — at least according to a 2015 interview with former president Bill Clinton. Clinton told Inc. Magazine about a conversation he had with Bush. According to Clinton, Bush said "I hope you can figure it out. I'd never fool with it again. They gave me all these promises about, we'd sign a one-time, 5 3/4 percent repatriation tax, they'd put the rest of it into jobs and pay raises."
Instead it went into management pay and stock buybacks, Clinton noted. "And he said, 'I'm done with it.' It was really a touching conversation. He really felt personally burned by his constituents."
Whether you agree with bringing offshore profits back to the US or not, there is a big elephant in the room. Corporate revenues are taxed at least 3 times; corporate income tax, employee income tax and shareholders tax on dividends. Is it fair that the Federal government takes that much? Don't know but if its more profitable to operate from another country the US won't benefit from any taxes.
They're not benefitting from any taxes now, because companies can avoid taxes through loopholes.
The significant marginal tax rate cuts would boost incentives to work, save, and invest if interest rates do not change. The plan would also reduce some tax distortions in the allocation of capital. However,increased government borrowing would push up interest rates and crowd out private investment, offsetting some or all of the plan's positive incentive effects. Offsetting a deficit this large would require unprecedented cuts in federal spending. Large reductions in the corporate rate and the repeal of deferral would reduce the incentive for firms to recharacterize their domestic income as foreign-source to avoid US tax. The lower corporate tax rate would also decrease the incentive for a US corporation to move its tax residence overseas (a so-called corporate inversion). As many people have mentioned this 'voodoo economics' did not work the first or the second time around, so why would it work the third time round. I understand there are a lot of different variants and economic interpretations but its not looking good for ordinary people. No wonder he wanted to do AHCA first to get the money to off-set on paper, that also wouldn't work
It didn't work for Regan with his trickle down program, it didn't work for Bush and it won't work for Trump. Look where the deficit is now and watch it balloon. This country has no money, broke, to spend on the infrastructure since it will go to the military.
It has no money because corporations don't pay taxes, neither do the ultra rich, and what's paid is wasted on bankers' wars. Regulate the banks and break them up.
The problem here is that unless that 35% tax rate is addressed, these companies will never repatriate their off-shore holdings. If Trump wants to pay for all those infrastructure improvements, that money has to come from somewhere. And 10% or 15% of $3 trillion certainly isn't chump change. Am I lying? 15% of AAPL's $250 billion cash horde is better than nothing.
Better to fund improvements with public infrastructure banks.
Why pay the private sector interest on debt when the state has the power to issue the credit itself? Why do we only let the State issue credit when it bails out Wall Street banks?
That is just encouraging them to offshore their earnings. We need to change the tax laws to where they can't funnel billions in profits from U.S. sales into offshore shell corporations. Not reward their bad behavior. We need to close loopholes, not help companies take advantage of them. And Trump isn't paying for any infrastructure improvements. Everything but the military is being cut for the sake of tax cuts for the wealthy. Focus on reality, not shiny, pie-in-the-sky promises.
You think those companies will pay any taxes if they can legally avoid them?
Remember that money spent on "jobs and pay raises" are, by definition, no longer profits. It's one thing to say that corporate profits are spent lavishly on buybacks and dividends (which is true), but it can be much harder to quantify bona fide investments in growth & wages because those are buried in the asset and expense lines of the financial statements.
I remembered that story early this morning. Whomever the opposition is should run ads using the CEOs words all over the country.
If I remember correctly, the Congress was also pissed.
Wasn't "never again" a sort of rallying cry?
Do I remember correctly that during the Bush cuts that few people talked about how Bush lied when he said most of the cuts would go to the middle class? Why is yours the first story that I read to cover repatriation?
Have "they" learned anything?
How on Her Green Earth do politicians think they can continue to get away with this scheisse?
This story needs needs to be everywhere.
Thank you, Zaid Jilani.
How on Her Green Earth do politicians think they can continue to get away with this scheisse?
past experience. what reason is there to believe they wouldn't get away with it?
There seems to be a persistent stupidity about why these companies would even consider hiring new people or increasing production in the US, with their money. Our economy is stagnant so there are no new jobs for the new hires or demand for new production. There might be prospects for expansion in the foreign markets where these profits originated.
Trump's deal with these corps will bring the government about $250 billion in new taxes and a steady yearly flow of tax revenue from these profits being returned under the new rate. There is no reason for these corps to hoard that money offshore anymore. What they do with their profits after taxes is their business.
What does this prove? Give a corporate CEO an inch and they'll demand a fucking mile.
Thieving wallstreet got their pimped out CEO's to squirrel the money offshore to bankrupt the US economy by draining it of cash flow that supports values and cash circulation so that thieving wallstreet predators could cause public services and structures to fail so that these thieves could then get the pimped out ceo's to put that money into funds to buy up public properties and structures so that thieving wallstreet predators could charge more money to the public which the public does not have because the thieving wallstreet monsters drained the cash from the economy.
so that the thieving wallstreet monsters could instead loan cash into the economy to enslave the public into unrepayable debt so that they could rob them of their homes and take their first born who would have to sell his future for a "loan".
but this is just one of those evil fairytales we read as children, yes?
They see corporations as constituents.
Neoliberal economics only works for the top 1% or so. It basically got started in the 60's with big boosts from Nixon and then was shot past the Moon when Reagan let the brakes off entirely. Supply side or trickle down market systems don't fucking work for the vast majority of working Americans; it never has and never will. The capitalists have been looting the people forever and are now poised to bring down their house of cards entirely and the world economy with it. Only this time there won't be any bailouts to save it, because money is basically superfluous, created from various manipulations to imply growth. This type of capitalist system can't continue to 'grow' forever in a finite system of resources to exploit.
Trickle-down economics never has succeeded and never will work to create prosperity for all. The economy as a whole has never thrived under this depraved theory of economics. It always, only advantages the already filthy rich.
Donald, how will the US. finance all those wars…..
I'm sure builders of Money Bins will at least have booming business (and those making the glue that holds $100 bill cigars together). That's what businesses need when they have money, after all. /s
You call that a failure? Just as for Bush, Trump's fiduciary duty is to make money for his sponsors. Anything else would be unethical.
I'm not Trump supporter (far from it) but, correct me if I'm wrong here, Trump is not proposing a tax "holiday" but a permanent corporate tax cut. I think there's a significant difference there. A tax holiday is just a short window in which corporations can bring their money home. Naturally they will use this opportunity to enrich themselves and their cronies as much as possible, but it does nothing to spur long term job creation or any other domestic investment, precisely because it's just a temporary window.
Cutting the tax rate permanently is a different story, and removes one of the biggest incentives for corporations to setup shop overseas. Naturally, the cronies will continue to enrich themselves, but might they also be more inclined (or at least, less disinclined) to open more offices in the US?
Corporate taxes as a percentage of the federal budget started going down in the 1970s under Nixon, the same time as the squeeze was being put on the 'middle' and working class by Friedman's Chicago-school neoliberal austerity policies later combined with Art Laufer's supply-side nonsense. Here are the corporate percentage of the federal budget over time:
1950 – 38%
1955 – 38%
1960 –
Percent of budget paid by corporations:
Both and more besides. The repatriation is allegedly temporary. The overall tax cut rate will probably be for ten years.
They also want to kill the inheritance tax.
And who is going to make up the difference in taxes the working class. An then the states will raise the taxes also.
The corporate-paid percentage of federal budget has decreased steadily beginning in the 1970s under Nixon with Friedman's Chicago-school neoliberal austerity policies and went on steroids under Reagan with Art Laufer's supply-side nonsense. This trend has been continuous under Republican and Democratic administration?s. The percentages are here:
1950 – 38%
1955 – 38%
1965 – 33%
1970 – 27%
1975 – 24%
1985 – 15%
1995 – 21%
2005 – 23%
2015 – 18%
If corporations paying fewer taxes was any incentive for them to stay home and / create more jobs, I would think that our economy would be booming.
And this reduction of corporate taxes helps explain why roads, bridges, infrastructure in general make the US resemble a third world country with a deadly, violent, out of control military.
I believe that this is not an accident but the result of policy choices our ruling elite have made, sometimes with the voters blessings.
What do you think?
2nd 100%, bc no thoughts are given to planning, in the short, mid and long terms. People who plan and regulate-discipline are successful. So it is with countries, the seatofyour pants- willynilly is the way to loss and perdition.
A new kind of fascism has taken over America: the merger of corporations and government whereby corporate power dominates. With the emergence of ever-larger multinational corporations — due to consolidation facilitated by the Federal Reserve's endless FIAT money — the corporatocracy has been in a position to literally purchase the U.S. Congress.
CORPORATE FASCISM: The Destruction of America's Middle Class
July 1, 2013 GAO: U.S. corporations pay average effective tax rate of 12.6%
Which Corporations Control the World?
A surprisingly small number of corporations control massive global market shares. How many of the brands below do you use? It's a Small World at the Top.
It's not often that the results of a survey come out to 840 to 0, or some similarly 100% outcome, when numbers as large as 840 or so are involved.
Meanwhile, the report surveyed studies of all 840 corporations that took advantage of repatriation and concluded that there was "no evidence that repatriated funds increased overall U.S. employment."
So you want to tell me that if you had money in an overseas account (nevermind fatcat for the moment), and right now it costs you 35 to 50% of it, to bring it home into your checkbook, that if you got a deal for 10% you would not take that deal? Of course you would! It is after all, your money. The reason you had to move it off-site was to protect it from theft. Now, all taxation is theft, but 10% is a lot cheaper cost.
Now if someone told you, you are only allowed to earn a living if you give all your money away, or if you spend it just the way we wise overlords demand of you, you would rightly go tell the fool to go jump in a lake. You might offer him a lifejacket, but then for what he just wanted to do to you, you would rather keep the life jacket until you found someone more deserving.
Your knowledge of economics is sorely lacking.
Avelna2001, you don't know me, or my background at all. You accuse me of having a wanting economic understanding. I assure you, I understand the various schoools of economics, and I know a basic thief when I see one.
I also know the various political persuasions and how others' try to claim they rightfully own what they did not produce.
The people who want other people's money through the years have devised many a confidence game to take it, but none so clever as those who claim 'thus sayeth the law!'
" you don't know me, "
But we recognize your lack of entropy …
rings like a dead bell
Entropy, yeah that must be it!
Maybe you mean empathy?
Well now tell me, if a thief steals from me, and I chase him down and wrestle my money out of his hands, and he screams "you are stealing from my children!" What should I do? Give it all to him because he thinks I have enough? Give it all to him because he wasted his money and still needs to eat? He might have come to me nicely, and asked. Maybe I would give him some money or take him to the store for groceries. Being proud does not excuse theft. Now, he may ask me, and might not have anything to give. The money I have may be spoken for in the budget, and if I give anything, I won't have enough for my needs. But at least, the action is voluntary. If no government has stolen from my gross wages, I may indeed have money to give, or loan to those in need, or at least more to help my own friends or family so as not to burden others.
Deontology trumps utilitarianism every time. Do things right, for the right reasons. Just because you need something does not mean you just get to take it.
We only have the obligation to First, do no harm. We have no positive obligations. That is why grace is an important quality to teach others, especially children. This way, they may learn the value of helping others without feeling obligated.
When a baby is born, they have an inherent right to apply the labor TO THE EARTH and enjoy the fruits of their labor. However, the Earth is now mostly privately owned- so the worker does not have the option to apply their labor to the Earth. Instead, they must sell their labor, and compete with others in the same boat, DRIVING DOWN what they can earn by their labor. Most of the excess ends up going to the owner of land. This is an unfair situation that leads to distorted systems of taxation- trying to ameliorate all of the problems that arise from human beings who have lost access to the Earth.
So, you claim that taxation is theft, but in my opinion, you fail to recognize the prior theft that has occurred, which is the monopolization of land, resources, the Earth itself. Obviously, we can't go back to a "commons." However, a simple solution would be to collect on behalf of the community the increased value of land and resources, which the owner of land DOES NOT CREATE, as the proper source for the funding of government and the communities needs.
This was the solution proposed by Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and a line of economists through Henry George, but has never been implemented.
So, I will agree with you that the state should not take money that someone has earned. However, a good deal of the wealth of major corporations and billionaires lies in their assets and the inflated value of real property. In many cases, the value of these assets are not the result of their labor or effort, but due to their location, monopoly value, etc. And so, a portion of what we call their "profits" are not profits, in the classical sense, but more accurately, economic RENT. This economic rent, as Smith, Ricardo, Mills point out, must be collected on behalf of the community- otherwise, the market can not operate.
We may know enough of you to understand what we need to know.
You're not even responding to the point of the survey. The survey was about whether or not those with the tax slashed income would use at least some of the repatriated money to
increase overall US employment, as was the spoken intention of the tax slash, or, as they chose to do instead, enrich themselves without contributing to overall US employment. All 840 chose to enrich themselves.
You've claimed down thread to understand economics, but since you didn't understand the most basic subject of the survey, I certainly do wonder if you understand much of anything else about what you've supposedly read in this article/post.


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Jesus was determined to fulfill His purpose even under difficult circumstances and knowing that some wanted to kill Him. He would get up early to pray and receive instructions on what to do.
Each of us has a purpose and to be determined to fulfill this purpose, it's important that we go to God in prayer too. If we have the right instructions and plan for our day, we have a better chance for things to fall into place so we accomplish more than we ever thought we could. Then day by day, our purpose is fulfilled.
Writing and reading about faith gives one a great purpose because we can highlight thoughts or ideas that encourage, energize and inspire just like this video: Every Good Thing – The Afters.
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will. – Romans 12:2


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First, thanks to Roger and Gordon for being our Myspace friends. You can be our friend, too.
Also, here's a clip with Jack singing:
Finally, just to let you know - we do not approve of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It's not funny. It's as simple as that.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Jack Sings and Other Things
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