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UPDATE: We have reached our stretch goal of $7,000! There will be a music video of Giant Robot Song!
New stretch goal: if we hit $7,600, I'll spend an extra day in the recording studio and record all of my Firefly songs. This will not be part of Giant Robot Album (that album will be long enough already); it will be a separate EP which will release via Bandcamp in early 2013.
The Firefly EP will include:
Firefly (Kaylee/Simon)
Watch How We Soar (Zoe/Wash)
No Power In The Verse (River, and this arrangement will be different than the Geek Girl EP arrangement)
Sending a Wave (Inara)
Big Damn Heroes (a song you haven't heard yet, written for Can't Stop The Serenity 2012)
And probably something else, I can't seem to stop writing Firefly songs. :)
Thank you for funding this project!
My name is Nicole. My band is Hello, The Future! I am the only person in my band.
For now.
So here's the deal, team. I have been performing as Hello, The Future! since May 2010. I've released three albums (Infinity Right Now, Sidekick and Other Songs, and Hello, The Future! Gets Her Filk On At Philcon) and one charity project (Mink Car Cover). I became a full-time musician in May 2012, two years after starting my project and after releasing a new song every week on YouTube for 100 consecutive weeks.
I'm in the black, but barely.
This is my project.
I'm releasing a six-song EP called Geek Girl EP. This is a collection of songs from the perspectives of six different female geek fandom characters:
Magic In Me (Julia Wicker, The Magician King)
No Hunger Games Can Get Me (Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games)
Four Hundred Years Ago (Chell, Portal 2)
I Don't Know What's Going To Happen To Me (Arya Stark, Game Of Thrones)
No One Left To Love (Johanna Mason, Mockingjay)
No Power In The Verse (River Tam, Firefly)
Many of these are songs I have played at concerts but never recorded. If you want samples, play the project video.
Notice my profile picture? The one of me in my "home office," making music in my "recording studio?"
I want to make that picture obsolete.
Giant Robot Album
If you've been following my Twitter or my YouTube or my Tumblr, you know I've been talking about this project called Giant Robot Album for almost a year.
When I went to fine arts camp, many years ago, there was this kid who got called out for drawing a giant robot in his notebook. We were told that was the wrong way to be creative.
I turned that story into a song (maybe you've heard of it) and since then have written nearly a dozen more songs about creativity, my life as an indie geek musician, and the more personal side of Hello, The Future!
I want to share these songs with you, and I want to do it in a real studio.
I know a lot of you have been with me for years. You watched as I climbed on top of my kitchen table and sang about T-Rex having feelings; you were there during my first real show at InterventionCon; you followed along as I pushed Mink Car Cover into existence, upgraded my mics, learned to use DAWs, played on a cruise ship, wrote a song called Not Blue Anymore, and moved to Los Angeles.
And we both know what comes next. My upcoming tour. Bigger shows. Submitting to record labels. New songs, better and more complicated and as real as I can make them.
But before all of that, recording Giant Robot Album in a studio. If you practice Getting Things Done, that's the most immediate next step.
Are you still reading this? Have your eyes not slipped over to the right-hand column to check out the funding levels and rewards? What are you waiting for? I have worked hard to come up with the best rewards I can for you, because many of you have supported Hello, The Future! from the beginning and I want to thank you in the best way possible.
So please go check out the rewards, and please consider supporting this project.
Thank you.
Questions about this project? Check out the FAQ
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Vitamins Prevent Hearing Loss?
Mom was right. Vitamins are good for you. They help stave off disease by strengthening the body's immune system so, indeed, you're less likely to come down with the sniffles if you eat well and perhaps take a vitamin supplement as insurance against everything from colds and flu to hearing loss.
Hearing loss? That's the news out of the University of Michigan's Kresge Hearing Research Institute where studies in the lab have shown that certain vitamins can actually protect the complex and delicate inner ear mechanism from damage caused by exposure to loud noise.
The Military Seeks Solutions to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Dr. Joseph Miller, co-lead researcher of the study undertaken at the University of Michigan stated, "If we can even see 50 percent of the effectiveness in humans that we saw in our animal trials, we will have an effective treatment that will very significantly reduce noise-induced hearing impairment in humans. That would be a remarkable dream."
Certainly, in terms of improving life quality for those who experience hearing loss, Dr. Miller is obviously correct. However, the U.S. military is also closely following this important research. Here's why:
Ear Damage
There are numerous causes of hearing loss: illness and disease, the natural aging process (presbycusis), exposure to a loud burst of noise (hearing trauma) and long-term exposure to loud noise top the list of causes.
In this case, the U-M research focuses on hearing loss caused by trauma (often seen in our military) and long-term exposure to noise as seen in loud workplace environments, and in your child's bedroom. You know, the one with the ear buds always in place at a listening level that would make a grown man cry. You bet, these tiny, electronic gizmos have produced a generation that's experiencing hearing loss at a much earlier age. Don't rock on. Please.
Free Radicals and Hearing Loss
Free radicals are highly corrosive molecules that exist naturally within the human body. They're always present. However, free radicals and their corrosive effects are produced in areas of internal damage to the hearing mechanism – specifically, the cochlea, that spiral shaped element of the human hearing machine. Exposure to loud noise creates free radicals that destroy the tiny hearing hair cells contained within the cochlea and the result? Loss of hearing.
Amazingly, however, the ear is able to heal the damage if given time between exposures to loud noise. Ask yourself how much time you give your ears or your kids' ears to recover after a few hours plugged into an MP3 player. Today, we're all plugged in and it's loud.
And it's this on-going exposure to loud noise – on the battlefield or high school football field – that creates free radicals that actually corrode the delicate inner workings of the inner ear.
Vitamins vs. Free Radicals
The medical community has long known about the dangers of free radicals. Current science indicates that these acidic molecules are responsible for the aging process itself and that, if these free radicals can be countered, we'll live longer, healthier lives. Okay, sounds good.
Subsequently, we're encouraged to eat leafy green vegetables like spinach and kale – foods that are high in anti-oxidants – the agents that combat free radicals and minimize their negative effects. But you've got to eat a whole lot of kale to produce enough antioxidants to prevent ear damage and, frankly, most of us just don't like kale.
So, lab research is undertaken at the University of Michigan using high doses of the vitamins A, C and E and the mineral (another nutrient) magnesium on guinea pigs in the lab, and the results were promising enough to undertake field testing on humans living and working in noisy environments that, under routine circumstances, damage hearing through the production of those corrosive free radicals.
In a nutshell (nuts are also high in antioxidants, as an aside), individuals who take regular doses of vitamins A, C and E, along with magnesium, before anticipated exposure to loud noise can actually prevent hearing loss. It's important to note that the pill, AuraQuell, must be taken before noise exposure. In the case of military and others who daily work in loud environments, an AuraQuell a day may keep deafness away.
Bottom line: here's how the researchers work was described in a U-M release: "The U-M researchers discovered that this new combination of vitamins, when mixed with magnesium, can prevent noise-induced damage to the ears by blocking some of these complex cellular reactions."
More Good News
In another study, this one spearheaded by the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, researchers Dr. Robert Floyd and retired Army surgeon, Dr. Richard Kopke, M.D., discovered a combination of two compounds stopped damage to the inner ear caused by acute acoustic trauma – something like an IED exploding. "This is a very exciting finding," said Dr. Floyd, who holds the Merrick Foundation Chair in Aging Research at OMRF. "The research is still at a pre-clinical stage, but we're hopeful that we soon can begin testing in humans.
If this therapy ultimately proves effective," Dr. Floyd continued, "it could also have many civilian applications, including combating age-related hearing loss."
That's good news for the one in three Americans over the age of 70 who live with some degree of hearing loss. Further, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that approximately 30 million Americans who are exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job could benefit from this important research.
So, with Aura Quell in field tests to defend against noise-induced hearing loss, and a pill designed to prevent hearing loss caused by acute hearing trauma in clinical trials, it looks like we're nearing the day when hearing loss can be addressed medically as well as through improved technology.
Now, that doesn't mean you can push the envelope of hearing health by blasting your MP3 player in the belief that a pill will come to your rescue down the road.
Currently, the best protection you have against hearing loss now and in the years to come is to take preventative steps by avoiding loud noise over long periods of time.
Give your ears a rest and protect your hearing with earmuffs, earplugs and other protective devices. You've only got one pair of ears and once those tiny hair cells within the inner ear are damaged – they are damaged.
Wise to protect what you got, yes?


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First off, many thanks to Josh Modell for filling in on last week's write-up and doing an excellent job. For what it's worth, I found myself agreeing entirely with his review after catching up with the 10th episode earlier in the week. No, it wasn't nearly as strong as the previous episode—by far the best in the series—but it was still solid, and confirmed that the infusion of fresh blood (Stephen Root, Lizzy Caplan, Zeljko Ivanek, et al.) had given life to a show in desperate need of it.
And now that they're all gone, the sucktitude returns with a vengeance…
The penultimate episode of a season is always where a great show excels the most. Think of The Wire: The Wire's penultimate episode was generally left to crime novelist George P. Pelecanos to write—he did so in three of the five seasons—and that was usually when the heavy shit went down. The final episode, in contrast, was more of a sigh, like a sorrowful morning after in comparison. Ditto The Sopranos. Ideally, the second-to-last episode is where the myriad subplots finally come together in a conclusive way and the show really starts paying off. Or, in the case of True Blood, it's the point where all the rot in the foundation takes the building down.
The end of Stephen Root's brief, touching arc on the show last week also hastened the end of Caplan's run as Amy, Jason's crazy-hippie girlfriend, but perhaps not in the way one might have expected. Amy killing off Root's character also drove a stake through the heart of her relationship with Jason, who had too much of a conscience to abide the continued abduction and slow-drain of a vampire he came to like. It's a sneaky bit of misdirection that her demise comes not at Jason's hands—he wouldn't kill her, of course, but a break-up seemed reasonable—but at the hands of the psycho who's been murdering all of his lays. To me, it's a copout, an easy way to wipe out a character whose motives and past remains a mystery. Why was she at Fangtasia that night and why did she zero in on Jason? Is her saving that last drop of vampire blood about completing the circle or was it another gateway into shared addiction? Alas, we'll never know.
And sweet lord, what a disappointment that Bill's forced "turning" of an innocent young belle was played as a big joke, and an obvious one at that. Ooo, how ironic that a sweet, Christian, home-schooled, conservative girl would become a whiny, profane, bloodthirsty handful now that she doesn't have to play by the rules? I'm not sure who's to blame—perhaps Charlaine Harris, though I haven't read her Sookie Stackhouse books—but it smacked of Alan Ball at his worst. (See also: Super-conservative bully Chris Cooper being closeted homosexual in American Beauty or all-American neighbor and military man Aaron Eckhart being a sexual predator in Towelhead. Even if these conceits were taken from novels, Ball can't seem to resist them.) Having Bill, who'd worked so diligently at "mainstreaming," be forced to turn a frightened teenager was a tragic, low moment for him, and that fact comes home at the end of the episode, when he returns to have Sookie dis-invite him from her house. But the scenes between Bill and Jessica, the girl he sired, were painfully broad, like some sort of sitcom spinoff in the making. I know True Blood is supposed to be irreverent and fun, but tonal shifts like this are hard to forgive: If we're to take Bill seriously as a character and see how he struggles with the humanity he's lost and the humanity he hopes to regain through Sookie, then why diffuse all the tension with so much disposable silliness?
Lest I bury the lede any further… hey, we know who the killer is now! It's that guy! Arlene's fiancé! The only castmember who seems to have set foot in the state of Louisiana for more than a day or two in his life! I have to admit, I guessed the wrong guy: I felt like I was on the right track when Jason was conversing with his workmates on the construction site, because the other guy—the earnest weirdo not marrying Arlene—had been my pony in this race all along. But alas, red herring. Nonetheless, there's zero reason for that conversation to talk place other than for Jason to reveal the information that Amy is a vamp-blood-drinking (and likely vamp-fucking) girl who one of them is now free to kill. Anyone get it right? Be honest now.
Finding the killer's identity involves Sam, Sookie, and their romantic baggage traveling to another town, where Sookie's telepathic flashes hold the key to the mystery. And here we circle right on back to where we started: Sam having eyes for Sookie, Sookie devoted to Bill (to a point), and the two men at odds. That leads to a brief shapeshifter-vampire brawl, which admittedly was exciting in the show's typically visceral way, but the whole love triangle (particularly the Sam part) is a bore, even with the fresh revelations about Sam and the complications of the Tara factor.
As for Tara, she gets arrested after nearly hitting a naked woman (and a hog) on the road. In the clink, she contends with her sober and newly self-righteous mother, who has the gall to kick her out of the house. Meanwhile, Lafayette discovers that the politician he's been, um, servicing is an anti-V, anti-gay demagogue when he's not enjoying the V and the gay sex. That's right: They're all hypocrites! Oh Alan Ball, you've done it again…
Grade: C
Stray observations:
• One laugh-out-loud moment, courtesy of the Merlotte's barkeep (who I remember as Lane's affable boyfriend on Gilmore Girls): I can't listen to politicians no more. I get a seizure."
• I left out any discussion of Michelle Forbes, the mysteriously wealthy social worker of sorts who comes in to rescue Tara from jail. (After being the zombie woman in the middle of the road who landed her there, of course.) Great to see Forbes, who was so chilling in Battlestar Galactica, make an appearance, even if it's this late in the game. Her presence is the one thing (beside obligation) that's beckoning me to tune in next week.
• A small but cool detail: The fact that Bill has to lay down in the earth with the woman he sired. There's an intimacy there—they're "sleeping" with each other, in a sense—that underlines just how much Bill has been forced to compromise himself.
• Sam: "Are you looking in my head?" Sookie: "I'm looking in your heart" Me, my wife: "Ugh!"


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At the 2017 Vancouver Rodeo, we'll showcase some amazing talent. We look forward to our new additions this year. Check out a few of the personalities that will be joining us for great rodeo action!
Our Announcer:
Al Parsons
We are honored to have Al Parson return again this year. Al has a unique announcing method that will get the crowds standing to their feet. It unites and melts the hearts of fans, cowboys and cowgirls alike. Within every person has been placed a desire to be different, distinctive, and to be an original. This is what you get with professional rodeo announcer, Al Parsons!
Our Rodeo Clown and Barrelman:
Joey "Hashbrown" Hackett
Joey Hackett from Hutto Texas is a home grown southern boy with family roots going deep into cajun country. Joey is a dedicated family man with 3 children. A 16 year old daughter, 12 year old step daughter, 17 year old step son who has recently joined the MARINES, and a 5 year old son who has all desires to be a rodeo man himself. From his belief in God to respect for his elders, he is very respectful and professional in every aspect. He climbs up in the stands and dances with the crowd to give them a more personal experience. Rodeo has been in his blood since a child. Still a child at heart to this day, he plays with children at rodeos to encourage the interest in rodeo into the future. Working rodeos from Florida all the way to the Monroe Washington, he brings southern and cajun humor to releive any stress or worries you life holds. Featured as the 2013 Cajun Finals Barrelman/Entertainer Of The Year. In his show, you will never hear anything you can't repeat in church. Great professional appearence and attitude to help promote your event. "Promo work is just part of the job, and I love it!"
To learn more about Joey Hackett visit http://joeyhacket4.wix.com/joeyhackett
Howell Rodeo Company, Stock Contractors
Howell Rodeo supplies the finest caliber of rodeo bucking stock to rodeo committees and rodeo fans throughout the Northwest. To consistently produce the highest quality of athletic animals for future generations of RODEO FANS through our "Born To Buck" breeding program.
Chute side Photography
Photography of the 2017 Vancouver Rodeo will be provided by Chute Side Photography.


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With four manufacturing facilities and 13 branch locations worldwide, Nazdar is the largest ink manufacturer in North America. In business nearly 90 years, the company offers the most comprehensive selection of inks available to the market from a single source. The company provides extensive regulatory compliance training to manufacturing associations and printers, making its industry presence unique.
Due to expanding regulatory compliance requirements, Nazdar had increasing MSDS, label and reporting responsibilities. With its dated legacy system and largely manual efforts, Nazdar saw room for growth. In 2008 the company began looking for a new MSDS system and particularly sought a solution that could address its extensive labeling challenges.
Nazdar experienced efficiency gaps within all aspects of regulatory compliance and wanted one system to handle everything regulatory related: MSDS, Labels, as well as supplemental documents. In order to increase user flexibility and reduce efforts from internal resources, the company was looking for a system that could:
- Develop MSDS, labels and any other documents relating
- to current regulations
- Track federal, state, local and provincial laws
- Fulfill regulatory reporting requirements
- Develop guidelines for shipment of all products from Nazdar
- Manage MSDS customer requests
- Provide user control of MSDS formats
- Eliminate the need for IT involvement
In the specific area of labeling, Nazdar cited challenges such as multiple label stocks, minimal control and flexibility, redundant systems and inefficient label creation process.
After reviewing several potential vendors, Nazdar partnered with UL The Wercs, purchasing its wide-ranging MSDS solution to address all compliance-related requirements. Attending the annual user group in 2008 allowed Nazdar's Regulatory Compliance department to take a comprehensive look at how UL The Wercs users take advantage of the enterprise MSDS system. Particularly appealing to Nazdar was the LabelWERCS module's Integrated Labeling Solution, because of its flexibility and ease of use. UL The Wercs' trusted label stock partner provided live printer demonstrations, and it was clear that UL The Wercs' unique label offering fit all of Nazdar's complex needs.
UL The Wercs' MSDS solution and LabelWERCS module have created significant efficiency in Nazdar's Regulatory Compliance department. For its nearly 20,000 products, Nazdar has been able to produce consistent globally compliant documents using one robust solution, as opposed to multiple obsolete systems.


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|Living Accessories - Felt + Leather Bowls + Vessels + Vases
|Wohn-Accessoires - Filz + Leder Schalen + Gefäße + Vasen
Raised relief textures create a wonderful experience to hold in your hand. The structures are reminiscent of patterns that only nature is capable of creating. The natural beauty of flowers, plants, dunes etc. are captured in both felt and leather. Just let your imagination run wild.
.... Mary-Ann
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Charles Walker calls on Government to create recreational fishery to preserve jobs and sea bass stocks
Charles Walker condemns the EU deal which restricts recreational sea bass fishing whilst permitting a 1 tonne increase for inshore fleets. He calls on the Government to seize the opportunity to create a recreational fishery that is the envy of the world, preserving sea bass stocks whilst creating jobs for charter captains and fishing guides, and in hotels and restaurants.
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con): Thank you for calling me to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Government negotiated a stunningly bad deal. I cannot think of a worse deal that they could have come back with for recreational bass fishermen in this country. It is no good beating around the bush.
I make no apology for enjoying visiting the website of the Art of Fishing in Wadebridge. I have never visited the shop, but I hope that my hon. Friend the Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann) will send the team my regards when he sees them this or some future weekend.
Why was the Government's deal so stunningly bad? They have come back and trumpeted a six-month closure. That sounds like pretty good news, until we realise that they have negotiated a four-month derogation for gillnets and hook and liners. Over the next 10 months, each of the boats will be allowed to take up to 1.3 tonnes a month—in other words, 1,300 fish a month, or 13,000 fish a year. Indeed, it is a 1 tonne increase on what they could take last year.
Let us be clear: anglers account for less than 10% of the bass killed and taken out of this country's waters, yet the value of recreational bass fishing is estimated to be £200 million to the economy, while the figure for bass stocks landed by commercial fishermen is an estimated £7 million.
Mrs Sheryll Murray: Will the hon. Gentleman not acknowledge that, according to the European Commission, recreational sea anglers take 25% of the total stock caught, and that the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas has increased that figure to 30%?
Mr Walker: Only in the strange world of the European Union can a few thousand blokes with fishing rods—well, a hundred thousand-plus blokes—
Melanie Onn: Blokes?
Mr Walker: And ladies—account for 25% or 30% of all the hundreds of thousands, the millions, of bass that are taken. There they are, those recreational anglers, filling up their wheelbarrows and taking them down the high streets of our fishing communities! What a load of rubbish that is. It defies belief that organisations that pretend to be serious expect us to swallow such utter nonsense.
Let us be clear about this. The value of a bass on the dock is about £3.50. The value of that same bass to recreational angling is about £100. It is worth 28 times more to recreational anglers than it is dead on the slab, going to market.
Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP): The hon. Gentleman is making a very good case for getting out of Europe. Does he feel, as I do, and as many other Members in the Chamber do, that it is about time we had control of our fishing grounds around the shores and in the seas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? We make the decisions, and let us do it ourselves.
Mr Walker: Of course I agree that we should have control of our fishing grounds, which is why I shall be voting to leave the European Union, but that is an argument for another time. I do not want to stand here and attack commercial fishermen who fish for bass, because I think that there is a golden opportunity here. As was pointed out by my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Torridge and West Devon (Mr Cox), there are very few fish left in the sea for inshore commercial fishermen to target.
Oliver Colvile: I thank my hon. Friend—my very good hon. Friend, whom I have known for many years—for giving way. Do we not need to ensure that a bass stock is available? That is key, because if there are no bass, there will be nothing for anyone to fish for.
Mr Walker: My hon. Friend has made an excellent point, although I do not think that the proposals that were negotiated, or agreed to, by the Government take us any nearer to that stage.
As I was saying, there are very few fish left in the sea for inshore commercial fishermen to target, and once they have finished with the bass, there will be nothing left. So here is the opportunity: let us create a recreational bass fishery that is the envy of the western world. In 1984, it was decided in the United States, on the east-coast Atlantic seaboard, that the inshore striped bass fishery would be recreational only. That fishery is now worth $2.5 billion to the economy, as people from around the world travel there, booking charters and staying in hotels in order to go out and catch those wonderful fish.
This is the opportunity that remains open to our coastal communities. As my hon. Friend the Member for North Cornwall said, it has been seized in Ireland, and that recreational fishery is now worth £71 million a year to the entire Irish economy.
Mr Cox: Does my hon. Friend agree that the fishing tackle industry, and the supply of fishing tackle, are vital to all these crucial areas? May I commend to him the Summerlands fishing tackle shop in Westward Ho!? It is a superb exponent of that particular art, and I hope that he will go and see it and buy something from it.
Mr Walker: I think that, during his speech, my hon. and learned Friend unwittingly invited my hon. Friend the Member for North Cornwall and me to join him for a bit of fishing. We shall be able to introduce him to the delights of recreational angling, and that fishing shop will be the first place that we visit after breakfast, at 9.30 in the morning.
But I want to be serious about this. There is a huge opportunity here. As I have said, the value of recreational fishing—bass fishing—to the Republic of Ireland's economy is £71 million. The value of the entire commercial catch of bass in this country is £7 million. I put to my hon. Friends representing fishing communities that the real prize, the real money and the real future for their inshore commercial bass fishermen is being at the forefront of creating recreational fisheries. There is a laboratory—a live case study. We can forget Ireland and the USA because they are established and thriving. The Isle of Man has decided to pursue that route to create jobs for charter captains and fishing guides, and jobs in hotels and restaurants. That is the opportunity that presents itself.
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP): On the words expressed earlier about the Europe and the CFP, does the hon. Gentleman find it remiss of the Prime Minister that he did not prioritise fisheries in any part of his negotiations with Europe?
Mr Walker: I wish the Prime Minister would be more bullish when he comes to defend fishing interests. I remember fishing with the hon. Gentleman in Shetland. He was sitting on the side of a beautiful loch as it neared midnight on about 8 July. He said, "Charles, why are you using a fly and not a worm?" I leave him to justify his position in that matter with his own constituents.
Let us not make this a row between recreational fishermen and inshore fishermen, who have also had a pretty rough deal. Without threatening jobs, could we start to think collectively about creating a new opportunity for what remains of our inshore fleet to thrive and prosper, and about having a sustainable fishery and not one that is here today, gone tomorrow? As my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Torridge and West Devon made clear, many fisheries around his coast have been here today and gone tomorrow, and they are now in the last chance saloon.
I have spoken for longer than I thought I would, and I took a couple of interventions, which I greatly enjoyed, but be in no doubt that the Government will continue to be harried and harassed on this matter, because there is no other word to describe their dealings in the European Union but failure.
4.7 pm
Earlier intervention in the same debate
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con): Am I right in thinking that my hon. Friend enjoys visiting The Art of Fishing in Wadebridge—one of the best tackle shops in the country, let alone Cornwall?
Scott Mann: That is a shameless plug, but it is a fantastic fishing shop, I have to say. The chap there has some very good fishing rods and tackle that can be purchased at very reasonable rates.
Later in the same debate
Mr Charles Walker: Does my hon. Friend agree that the great advantage of commercial hook-and-line fishing is that there is a greater chance of returning undersized bass or bass over a certain size that we might want to release for breeding?
Mrs Murray: I completely agree with my hon. Friend, but my point is that some commercial vessels rely on catches of bass and it is too costly for them suddenly to change their gear.


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I've always wanted to make a soft enamel pin, and I don't get to use Illustrator that often, so I was very excited to see this class
1) There were so many inspiring soft enamel pins on Pinterest. I especially loved the ones that the artists made card backings for - super cool! The book and quill one is so detailed - I also liked the style of the goth mermaid pin and the bright colors of the push up pops
2) My fav pin on the http://www.applemetalcn.com/ website was this one because it demonstrates some great color options - I'd love to use some bright colors in my own design.
3) Sketches coming soon - I'm going off the favorite animal theme. I'd like to do something involving a unicorn. I have a tshirt design called "Hipster Unicorn" that I might redraw and modify into pin format.
I did some sketching to explore what I could reasonably include on a small pin. I also brainstormed the shape of the pin itself and what kind of tattoo I wanted to go with.
The finished pin! I'm really happy with how it came out, and was glad I got a chance to use Illustrator since it's out of my comfort zone and I usually use Photoshop for everything. Thanks for the class!


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It's almost spring (we're counting the days) and that means that Destination Innovation is fast approaching! The yearly event is presented by the NVTC Technology Innovations Committee and Capital Business, and highlights technology advancements emerging from our region.
This year, in addition to an exhibition, networking, industry speakers and innovation pitches, an exciting new element has been added: online voting! Twenty-nine innovative companies will compete in four categories for online votes on the Capital Business website in round one of the competition. In week one, voters selected their favorite companies in the Social Category. You can vote in the Commerce Category now through March 7.
Online voting for the remaining two categories will take place later this month:
- Government (3/10 – 3/14)
- Security (3/17 – 3/21)
The top four companies in each category will then exhibit and compete during the Destination Innovation event on April 2, 2014 at The Washington Post headquarters.
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The warm sun kisses his bare skin, it infiltrates past his outer layers and warms his soul. Laid flat on his back, he seems totally relaxed. His eyes are closed, his feet are bare.
In his own mind he could be anywhere…but he wasn't, he was laid out on the street. Filthy and alone.
Laid out on his back, his shirt has risen up above his stomach exposing his skin to the sunlight. Unfortunately, the sunlight is the only positive in this image.
His skin is marked with baked dirt and where it isn't it's covered with scars. The souls of his feet black as the night and most likely tougher than steel.
I say "most likely" because I didn't get close enough to tell. I was just another passer by.
I saw but made no attempt to help. I cannot justify my actions no matter how much time I had left on my lunch break, regardless what meetings I had booked.
I failed. I failed to fulfil my responsibility as a human.
That could be me. Laying on the ground, hundreds passing me by. His eyes were shut but I bet he could hear every footstep that passed, and didn't stop.
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute." Proverbs 31:8
It doesn't make up for my failure but at least I have spoken. Consider those unfortunate on the street as human, worthy of your compassion. Do not disregard them as simply part of the urban scene.


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Philip Glass Disney opera to get UK premiere at ENO
Philip Glass's opera about Walt Disney is to get its UK premiere at the English National Opera (ENO) next year.
Acclaimed British baritone Christopher Purves has been cast as Disney, while soprano Janis Kelly will play the role of Disney's studio nurse.
Cloud Atlas writer David Mitchell will see his latest libretto premiere, which features 3D film sequences, at the ENO in 2013.
He has collaborated with Dutch composer Michel van der Aa on Sunken Garden.
The opera is described as an "occult mystery film opera".
Van der Aa, who is also a film-maker, will include the use of electronic instruments in his score.
It is not the first time Mitchell has written for an opera - he worked on Dutch opera Wake, about an accident in a Dutch firework depot, which premiered in 2010.
The novelist, who has been nominated for the Booker prize twice, won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize for his novel The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.
Glass's Disney opera will receive its world premiere in January in Madrid.
The ENO 2012/2013 programme will also include the first full professional staging of Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrim's Progress, since the Festival of Britain in 1951.
Speaking about the new season, the ENO's artistic director John Berry said: "Our sights are set on keeping ENO relevant and the exciting home for modern opera in London."
The schedule also includes revivals of The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni.
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We offer courses for personal interest, lay, licensed and ordained ministries that are Biblically based and mission-focused.
Our specific focus within the wider range of training opportunities offered by the diocese is to provide ministerial formation rooted in both sound theological learning and practical ministerial experience in local churches and mission contexts, so that people are equipped for ministry in the contemporary world.
Students studying with YSOM come from many different church traditions, social backgrounds and with a wide variety of academic and life experience and ability. This diversity of Christian experience makes for a stimulating learning environment where all, staff and students alike, can learn from each other.
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is a 1963 British film based on the classic novel by William Golding. This symbolic and cautionary tale about the fragility of civilization has been required reading in most high schools for several decades.
The story is about a group of English schoolboys between the ages of 7 to 11 who are stranded on a deserted tropical island with no adults to guide them. Over time most of them discard the rules and manners of their upbringing and degenerate into a savage horde.
The majority of the boys form a primitive, loin-cloth wearing tribe that creates its own mythology and rituals. A smaller group rejects the tribe and clings to the familiar habits of civilization.
The film, shot in black-and-white on a limited budget, retains the lyrical quality and much of the symbolism of the novel. It has the look of an art-house film, as well as a surprising amount of nudity for its time.
The spanking scene[edit]
The corporal punishment scene happens near the end, around the 1:12 mark. In their cave headquarters, the tribal chief has a naked boy severely beaten with a switch rod. Out of the four strokes, we see two hard impacts to the boy's backside, filmed from a side view. The chief and his cronies laugh sadistically, revealing the cruelty of children (and society) without rules. This may be the earliest example of a purely sadistic corporal punishment scene to appear in a mainstream film.
See also[edit]
- The History of spanking in film
- Spanking in mainstream films
- Spanking on television
- Lord of the Flies on Wikipedia
- Educational Edition (Paperback) ISBN 0-571-05686-5


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Recently, I had the chance to take Inside on a test drive and I must say that his indie puzzle platformer is unique in more than one aspect.Playdead's epic creation was released on Steam back in July, and it managed to completely reshape my attitude towards 2D puzzle platformer games. Spiced up with some horror elements, Inside is a game that will constantly keep your brain at work, and you will often find yourself shocked by the visuals. From chasing dogs, to mind controllable zombie-like beings, you will find plenty of creepy segments that might just give you a few nightmares.
At one point, our hero, a mysterious boy, finds himself chased by an awkward little girl with scary long black hair in a submarine and you must constantly turn towards the girl to avoid getting drowned. Bouncing around with the aforementioned submarine was really an entertaining feature of the game, and so were the endless puzzles that had to be solved in order to progress.Player reviews on Steam indicate that Inside is really a successful indie game, which is nowadays not an easy thing to find since there are tons of indie games out there that are clearly rushed and incomplete. As I mentioned earlier, Inside successfully got me to lose my skepticism towards puzzle platformers and side-scrolling games, as the developers of this particular title managed to build a beautiful but slightly grotesque world that the player strives to uncover.


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Election 2014 Special Section Closed...
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Thank you to all the people that wrote, emailed, phoned and did everything you could to help the three candidates. Thank you to all three candidates for running, it definitely kept the Tideline lively for the last few weeks! The Elections 2014 Special Section is now closed for voting day. We will post the results as soon as we have them, hopefully by 9pm on Saturday November 15th. The Special section will then re-open for another week and then close.
Thanks for your participation and understanding!
Election by voting will be held on
Saturday, November 15
, 2014 to elect one director for an approximate 4 year term of office commencing in December 2014:
Delia Becker
Noba Anderson
Bruce Brown
On general voting day,
Saturday, November 15
, 2014, polls will be open to qualified electors between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following locations:
Klahoose Community Centre
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Residents of Electoral Area B (Cortes Island) who are registered to vote with Elections BC may already be included on the list of registered electors for their voting jurisdiction. Those residents who are not currently registered to vote may register at any voting opportunity, advance voting opportunity, special voting opportunity or in conjunction with mail balloting. To register as a resident elector, a person must meet the following qualifications:
Canadian Citizen;
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Non-residents who own real property within Electoral Area B may be able to register as non-resident property electors for this election. To register as a non-resident property elector, a person must meet the following qualifications:
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Qualified electors may register and vote at the polling location of their choice but may not vote more than once.
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Existing structures that are threatened with coastal flooding or erosion often can be elevated to raise the living space above flood level. If your property is located in a flood zone, you may be required by your town's floodplain management ordinance to have the lowest structural part of your house be elevated above the base flood level. This elevation factor for safety, called freeboard, is one foot for most Maine communities, with a few communities adopting a higher standard. Consult town officials for your local standards.
If you have an older structure that has been flooded and does not meet current standards, or any time you are doing substantial improvements to your structure, consider the cost of elevating the structure using flood vents, a flow-through foundation, or a pile foundation, especially if structural improvements are substantial, meaning the cost of the improvements meets or exceed 50% of the value of the structure. A substantial improvement to a structure requires bringing the structure up to code, including to floodplain management standards. Increasing the elevation may lower insurance costs.
The concept behind both these foundation types is that water, sediment, and debris can travel through the foundation, thus not applying significant pressure and lateral force to the foundation which can cause structural failure. Both applications can significantly reduce potential flood damage to a structure.
Many of the state requirements regarding elevation of structures, including a review of techniques, are outlined in Chapter 5 of the Maine Floodplain Management Handbook. Your town may have additional requirements that meet or exceed minimum state standards. Contact your local Code Enforcement Officer for more information. You may also want to review the FEMA Coastal Construction Manual and the FEMA Home Builder's Guide to Coastal Construction Technical Fact Sheets. The Coastal Construction Manual is available as a CD or in print copy by calling FEMA Publications Distribution Facility at 1-800-480-2520, and should also be available for review at your local town office or public library.
If you consider elevating your structure, think about making other improvements to make your home more storm and flood resilient, such as elevating utilities or tying down heating fuel tanks. Also, consider elevating your structure over and above the elevation required by your floodplain ordinance, in order to take into account expected rates of sea-level rise and higher future floodplain elevations, while lowering your flood insurance premiums.
Follow the steps below to gain the environmental and regulatory information needed for decision making. The steps are listed in general order although some steps may be conducted concurrently.
1) Contact local, state and/or federal regulatory officials. Individuals experienced with coastal regulations may not need to consult officials in all cases; however, if in doubt seek regulatory advice before proceeding with a project.
2) Obtain an environmental assessment from a certified engineer or other qualified professional with expertise in coastal geology and flood hazards. In most cases local, state, and/or federal regulators can help direct you to the best professional discipline to assist with your specific project. Sometimes it is helpful to have the consultant completing the environmental assessment and the construction contractor present at regulatory consultation meetings.
3) Evaluate your risk. Check your insurance coverage to make sure you have adequate liability coverage related to loss due to shoreline erosion or flooding, as well as flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program.
4) Develop a mitigation plan if professional and regulatory consultations result in a recommendation that you elevate structures to address coastal erosion or flooding concerns.
5) Be Neighborly. If the plan involves work at or near a property boundary, or if elevating a structure may affect an abutter's "viewshed," consider sharing the plan with the abutter(s) to make sure they fully understand the work to be performed and the potential impact to their property. This consultation is a courtesy at this stage, and not a regulatory mandate; however, obtaining "buy in" from abutter(s) can potentially avoid neighbor disputes that may lead to costly permitting and/or construction delays.
6) Need a local permit? Share plans with local code enforcement in order to determine what, if any, town ordinances (such as shoreland zoning) may need to be followed when elevating a structure.
7) Need a state permit? If the plan involves alterations below or within 75 feet of highest annual tide (HAT), within or adjacent to another protected natural resource as defined by the Maine Natural Resources Protection Act, or within a development permitted by the Site Location of Development Act, a state permit will likely be required. When possible, plan to meet standards of a permit-by-rule to simplify the state regulatory review process; otherwise an individual permit may be required. Alterations to a development or a lot within a development permitted under the Site Location of Development Act may require the revision or amendment of the development's permit.
8) Need a federal permit? If the plan involves work below the highest annual tide (HAT) and/or in a freshwater wetland or habitat for endangered or threatened species, a federal permit(s) under the Federal Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Act may be required. Share the plan with all applicable federal authorities in order to determine what permits may be necessary.
9) Hire qualified contractors who are experienced with the best practices associated with construction in or adjacent to natural resources.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Hornets "unboxed" the 2018-2019 season schedule Friday evening on social media and for the first time in four years, Charlotte will open the regular season at home.
The Hornets will face Giannis Antetokoumpo and the Milwaukee Bucks for the season opener on October 17 at the Spectrum Center.
As for highlights of the Hornets home schedule, LeBron James and the new-look Los Angeles Lakers will visit the Queen City December 15 and the Hornets host Charlotte native Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and two-time defending NBA champions Golden State Warriors on February 25, 2019.
The 2018-2019 season marks the 30th anniversary of the team's inaugural season in the NBA. The Hornets will be wearing their throwback uniforms several times this season, as well as playing on a "classic" themed court.
The Hornets are looking to bounce back after failing to make the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. Charlotte finished 10th in the Eastern Conference last season after finishing the regular season with a 36-46 record.
The Hornets named former San Antonio Spurs assistant James Borrego as their head coach in May after the team fired Steve Clifford mid-April.
Stick with WCNC.com for the latest Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers updates.


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Western Price Survey
Week's End Edition
Electricity prices declined ahead of the New Year on lower spot natural gas prices, which fell 20 cents to 35 cents/MMBtu this week at key Western hubs.
By Thursday, spot gas prices at the San Juan Basin had dropped about 37 cents for the week to $5.64/MMBtu. Malin gas, which had traded above $6/MMBtu at the start of the week, was trading at $5.80 Thursday. Southern California border gas followed the same trajectory (see chart).
Trading this week has been abbreviated in honor of the New Year, and markets will be closed on Friday. On Thursday, peak power was bought and sold for Monday delivery.
Power demand steadily dropped this week from 30,000 MW on Monday to around 28,000 MW on Wednesday, according to the California Independent System Operator. Thursday peak usage was projected to fall to 25,600 MW.
Since Monday, California daytime prices declined $2 across the state to $52.47/MWh at North of Path 15 and $50.95 at South of Path 15. But nighttime trades rose about $1 to average $43.36/MWh in the north and $41.31 in the south.
Palo Verde peak prices fell $3 to $47.17 and off-peak values gave back over $4 to $33.57/MWh.
In the Northwest, Mid-Columbia prime prices dropped $4 to an average of $48.07/MWh, while off-prime trades inched down $1 to $43.37. California-Oregon border prices were nearly identical (see chart).
A blast of cold weather across much of the country drew down natural gas supplies by 124 Bcf last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. At 3.276 Tcf, stockpiles across the country are about 13 percent higher than last year and the five-year average.
Western supplies dipped by 11 Bcf to 453 Bcf and now stand 12.4 percent higher than the same period last year and nearly 17 percent higher than the five-year average.
A cold snap and attendant higher demand have driven natural gas prices on Nymex to their highest levels in nearly a year. On Monday, natural gas for January delivery settled at $5.99/MMBtu, the highest closing since Jan. 5, 2009. However, prices have come down since then as traders booked profits and the January delivery expired on Tuesday. On Thursday, prices for February natural gas closed down 13 cents at $5.57/MMBtu.
After the holidays, natural gas prices will likely recover as the winter heating season ramps up and power demand remains high. In the coming year, prices are expected to rise as the economy recovers and demand at factories and other businesses picks up. The recovery is expected to begin mid-year, and natural gas contracts reflect that expectation. Contracts for June delivery on Nymex closed at $5.61/MMBtu on Thursday and ran as high as $6.55 for December 2010 delivery.
But continued high production levels could have a negative effect on prices. Next year, natural gas production is expected to increase by nearly 4 percent while consumption is projected to drop by about 2 percent, the EIA said. Although energy drillers have dialed back the number of rigs in operation across the country, there is still a large supply glut thanks to a tremendous boom in production over the last few years. By the end of this winter, the country will likely see the biggest storage levels for the winter heating season since 1991.
Higher crude-oil prices have also pressured natural gas prices. Falling crude supplies, higher demand and an unexpected dip in claims for unemployment benefits last week helped boost crude-oil futures to $70.36 Thursday, a seven-week high. Also on Thursday, the U.S. Labor Department reported new claims for unemployment benefits had declined to their lowest point in 17 months. Supplies of crude are also at their lowest point since March, according to the EIA, and fell last week by 1.5 million barrels.
All the West Coast nuclear facilities have returned to full power with the sole exception of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The plant's 1,070 MW second unit remains closed for the replacement of its two steam generators [Kristina Shevory].
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This cute guy went to live in Lancaster County, PA.
Meet our mares and their current stallion, along with those trouble-making yearlings and ponies who once lived on the farm
This cute guy went to live in Lancaster County, PA.
Peaches & Cream's 2013 Colt [SOLD]
Sassie's 2013 Filly– SOLD
Mooney's 2013 Filly
This sweet gal is joining the herd permanently! We've named her Martee Luna
Pebbles's 2012 Filly
This pony has a beautiful pattern.
Lizzie's 2012 Colt
This colt has some unique spots on his side, and a dog bone on his nose. Too cute.
Sky's 2012 Colt
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This little boy is not-so-little anymore and is ready to move off the farm. He has been gelded and is for sale for $500.
Bayberry's 2012 Filly
This little girl is sold.
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I used to play Final Fantasy Online (11). And I really enjoyed it. I haven't played much at all in the past year or so. And I haven't logged in at all in the past three or four months. Well, just a few days ago I logged in and after waiting several hours while it updated and patched I finally got into the game…. and was shocked.
There was nobody there! Literally not another player anywhere in sight. I roamed around various places looking for anybody and didn't see a single person!!! What the heck is going on. I felt like Charlton Heston in the Omega Man. Or, for the younger generation, I felt like Will Smith in I am legend.
Wow, had the apocalypse happened in the game? Was everybody dead? Did I somehow manage to turn a Multi Player game into a single player game?
Well, my guess is that everybody has migrated over to the new release of FF14. It's a good guess. So what am I to do? Dunno. I don't want to go to the new game. There is still lots for me to explore and conquer in this game.
I guess that is the way of the world, (even online worlds). They grow old and die.


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Interactive installation
The sonett ›Vowels‹ by the French poet, Arthur Rimbaud, explores the fundamental elements of language. Abstract, phantasmagoric images are assigned to the vowels and build the background to the animated typographical interpretation of the sonett. Images, typography and sound together build a magical experience that corresponds to the effect of the poem.
The installation was presented during the first ›body as interface‹ exhibition in 1999. The exhibition ›Body as Interface‹ in the E-werk, Weimar, was the first exhibition of student work from the Bauhaus-University Weimar in Germany devoted entirely to the discussions and research of interactive new media. Developed and presented in 1999.
More video excerpts from this project: https://vimeo.com/album/2961714


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It would need to be pretty laid back/glacial at least for the now. I think I could manage 2-3 exchanges/turns per week.
I know of at least one potential player. Anyone else interested and if so which face of Humanspace to explore? Interstellar scoundrels/ tomb robbers/treasure hunters? Empire Navy or Scouts? Sword and Planet plus Shén on Mars? Space Legionaires on Tekumel? Orions (Áylita needs Men)? Other ideas?
Other space news...
The Treasure of the Amethyst Dragon/DOOMQUEST Micro-Campaign is taking a bit longer than expected but should be finished soon and I'm still interested in an eventual Skype play test event.
The creator of DOOMQUEST dropped by ix and he has a new blog.
At Netherwerks, the Young Space Lord's Guide to Building Solar Systems, more than a great beginning for the future pulp planetary system generator planned for Humanspace Empires: Book 3. Green Suns Included!
At the Expanse, there is an original Humanspace monster, the Necobra, inspired by a notorious Warhammer mini.
...and Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind discussed at Old School Heretic.


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There is a new ebook by Tyler Cowen about how growth rates and progress in general has declined since 1973. There is a podcast here where he discusses the argument.
The book, is short you can read it in an evening, and published only in ebook format. It is a bit like an evening with your smart friend as he explains something rather than an economic treatise thats full of equations and aids insomnia. It is well worth the 4 dollars and few hours it takes to read.
Loads of commentators have examined various parts of the argument for stagnating progress. I even joined the argument here. I am going to try give a few datapoints that relate to Ireland that are part of the great stagnation argument here. Ireland has not been stagnating since 1973. In that time we moved from an improvished bachwards country to a modern well off one (and then slipped back somewhat again).
But there some areas where we are stagnating in similar ways, there are areas where we made similar mistakes to the Americans (and the rest of the OECD) and if we can expect a similar decline in growth here that means we should alter our expectations.
Stagnating medicine
We spend too much on medicine and do not get good value for that spending. There is a piece here by Ronan Lyons where he argues convincingly that with our age profile we should be spending a third less than what we currently do on medicine
It is generally agreed that access to the health system in Ireland is bad. If we spend more than we should and people cannot get healthcare as easily as other OECD countries do it is fair to say that Irish healthcare is not improving our quality of life the way it should be
Stagnating education
'In the past decade, funding per student has been increased in real terms by 61 per cent, yet performance has decreased by 15 per cent.
This disconcerting news was reinforced before Christmas when the international ranking of the reading, mathematics and science skills of Ireland's 15-year-olds was published. Reading skills dropped from fifth to 17th, the sharpest drop among 39 countries, with one quarter of all 15-year-olds classified as effectively illiterate. This was more politely termed in the report as "below the level of literacy needed to participate effectively in society".'
We are spending more and getting less on education. Literacy is one of those basic measures that is hard to fake. Anyone who leaves school illiterate is a failure of our education system. In this school education area Ireland seems to have stagnating improvement.
Expecting too high growth
One of the major conclusions of the book is that Americans expected growth to continue at previous rates and this facilitated the financial crisis. People believed house prices would go up forever without wages increasing at the same rate. When people realised that they could not afford their debts and no one was going to buy them off them the house of cards collapsed.
In Michael Lewis' Vanity Fair piece makes a similar claim that Ireland expected too much growth
'An Irish businessman named Denis O'Brien sat on the board of the Bank of Ireland in 2005, when it was faced with the astonishing growth of Anglo Irish, which was about to double in size in just two years. "I remember the C.E.O. coming in and saying, 'We're going to grow at 30 percent a year,'" O'Brien tells me. "I said, How the fuck are you going to do that? Banking is a 5-to-7-percent-a-year growth business at best."'
If the financial crisis in America was aided by delusions of future growth the Irish collapse was to an even greater extent.
Expecting growth to be much higher than it will be leads you to paying too much for things. For example buying empty buildings on the grounds that NAMA will make a profit on them eventually.
Other Claims
There is a very interesting section on how the internet might entertain us but does not provide many jobs. There is a similar argument to in "An Exodus Recession?" that because we can sit at home and look at youtube essentially for free the recession both does not feel as bad but is measurably worse as people do not go out and spend money on cinemas etc that employ people.
This does not relate specifically to Ireland though I do think the internet has improved our lives in ways that are hard to measure and that probably help those who like reading and arguing more than they help the average person.
Cowen also claims that increased emphasis on scientific research could again get progress moving faster again. I was watching Bronowski's the ascent of man last night from 1973, the year Cowen claims the stagnation began. Bronowski gives a warning that the next step in mankinds progress is dependent on science and that if we don't prevent scientific progress from stagnation some other civilisation will.
Expecting growth to return now
I have heard many people running for office who claim anyone who questions that we can return to the good old days of 5%+ growth of being unpatriotic. In this narrative our debts are huge but they were in the 1980's as well ans well soon have 5%+ growth that will evaporate our debts for us.
The evidence is that once countries get as rich as we are now their quick growth from playing catchup then slows. Some of us might be able to get more productive now but not nearly the increase that happened in the 90's when we went from working on farms producing vegtables and potatoes to producing Viagra and Pentiums.
We are not going to have the growth rates we had in the 90's we like the rest of the OECD have entered a period of lower growth, what Tyler Cowen calls 'the great stagnation'. Anyone who says we should plan for Ireland growing at a rate higher then the 6.7% interest rate on the ECB/IMF loan are is trying to get you to take on billions of their debt.
The great stagnation a great short book. Though its arguments apply to America the lessons of what they Japan and other countries who developed before Ireland are important for us to learn.
Friday, February 18, 2011
The Great Stagnation in Ireland
Posted by Iamreddave at 4:31 AM
2 comments:
- Pageturners said...
I'd love to buy this book, but Amazon lists it as being unavailable in my country, and I can't see anywhere else to buy it.
- red dave said...
It is a great book. It is really annoying when these restrictions stop you giving the author money.
The book does seem to be out there on the torrent and file download sites. I would rather the author could get paid for his work rather than that being stopped artificially.
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A fragment of moon rock, held by the National Archives of Australia, is making a rare appearance in the new exhibitionFrom outback to outer space: Woomera 1955 - 1980 now open in Adelaide.
The free exhibition is a partnership between the National Archives of Australia and the State Library of South Australia.
Curated by space historian and curator Kerrie Dougherty, the exhibition explores life in the 'top secret' outback town of Woomera, the very heart of the space race for Australia. This year marks the 70th year of Woomera's establishment.
'The State Library and the National Archives are strongly linked through our extensive collection material as well as through our colocation in the State Library building. A collaboration of this nature was a natural extension of our shared presence in Adelaide,' said National Archives of Australia Director-General David Fricker.
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This transcript of our hourlong conversation was edited for length and clarity.
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Q: If a deep European recession develops, what will that mean for U.S. stocks and/or banks?
A: Europe is in a recession. And if it deepens, the biggest thing is, it's hard to predict what the impact in equity markets is going to be in the short run. The only thing you can expect with any certainty is the volatility is going to continue.
I think the most important element in our markets over the next few years is controlling, in a sense, what we can control in U.S. markets. And that would be the debt-deficit situation. If the U.S. has a credible plan to get its fiscal house in order — by the way, it doesn't have to happen overnight, either. We don't have to go to a balanced budget tomorrow. But if there's a plan that people can extrapolate and say we're on a good path there, it will remove so much of the uncertainty from the market.
Q: So are you bullish on the economy?
A: I am neutral on the U.S. in the short run until this issue gets resolved. I am actually very bullish over the long run.
Ours is still the most vibrant economy in the world. If you look, one of the best correlations to GDP growth is growth of the employee base.
And over the next 20 years at our employee base, the number of working people will actually grow more here than anywhere in the developed world, with the exception of India. Despite the K-through-12 issues on education, we still have the best university system in the world.
Q: How do you assure the "little guy" about investing his savings in a 401(k) and that buy-and-hold still works?
A: We think we help the little guy compete. We've got very sophisticated people facing off against all these sophisticated constituencies that are out there on behalf of the investor.
This is an old example: indexing. There's kind of a mythology out there, somewhat perpetuated by us, that we invented indexing.
We didn't invent indexing. Indexing was invented on the West Coast in 1971 by Wells Fargo investment advisers.
So our genius was applying an institutional concept to the retail investor. A lot of the work we do in different funds or advice or so forth is trying to give what I call institutional sophistication to retail investors so they can benefit from it.
Q: What other examples do you have?
A: Let's take a target-date fund, which looks like this really simple, one-stop shop. It's actually very sophisticated. You've got asset allocation among stocks, bonds, cash, sometimes other asset classes.
It's being constantly changed as you're aging. Probably the most important element is it's being rebalanced on a regular basis.
Most individual investors don't have the discipline to do that on their own. We do record keeping for about 4 million participants in 401(k) plans. The [market] peaked in October 2007, when the stock market was at 14,000, and then you went through this horrific downdraft. Our average participant was back to whole by the end of 2009, early 2010. Now, 90 percent are ahead.
Q: Are those gains because stock prices have risen?
A: And contributions [to the plans] at cheaper prices. Now, is it phenomenal returns? No. You put it in the context of what was going on.
The people I feel horrible for [are the ones who were] planning on retiring at the end of 2008. I had a plan sponsor say, "Bill, how do you answer this question? My participants said, 'I've contributed to my plan for 25 years. I've done everything you told me. I've been balanced and diversified. I was going to retire at the end of the year, and my account's down 25 percent.' "
Q: What was your answer?
A: I said, "Joe, you've got to just be very honest. You needed to be fully invested. You needed to be fully diversified. But if you didn't, your standard of living isn't going to be what you thought it was going to be. Or you're going to have to work a couple of extra years." It is what it is. The only way to do it is to be brutally honest, and we're always talking to people about saving more than you think you should.
Q: What is the worst idea to come out of the investment world during the last 10 years?
A: There were so many bad ideas. Certainly one is the structured investment vehicles that so many funds invested in. You were packaging up all these components, bond components, and they get AAA ratings. Yet when you look at the underlying tranches, they weren't AAA.
I tell you what I'm worried about. There is a tremendous amount of product proliferation going on right now. You can see it in most of the exchange-traded-fund area.
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It's a horrible thing for investors. Investors tend to be always too late to some little sector movement.
Q: What is the best idea?
A: Target retirement funds. They are incredibly simple to understand, yet incredibly sophisticated underneath. Obviously, I think ours are the best. A couple of our competitors do it really well, also. I think 401(k) participants are much better off as a result.
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A: It's mostly family time and exercise. I'm kind of an endurance person.
Q: What kind of endurance? Marathons? Running? Triathlons? Rowing?
A: I do a little of each, actually. Season by season … A lot of cycling these days.
Q: What do you read?
A: I read a lot of fiction now.
I really like biographies when they are really well done. I'm reading [Walter] Isaacson's Steve Jobs book. When [David] McCullough came up with "1776" a few years ago, I probably read that twice. I just found that incredibly useful.


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It's 8.30 and Dark Out. Who Wants to Rob a Mariott?!
Wheat & Weeds – "Earth Hour" is Smart Business
Mariott's turning the lights out at its hotels. And here's a list of buildings participating in New York City alone:
Landmarks in NYC that will hit the lights on the 28th include: Empire State Building, Citigroup Center, Coca-Cola Billboard in Times Square, New York Life, Time Warner Center, The New York Public Library, 7 World Trade Center and the other Silverstein Properties buildings, The Helmsley Building and other Monday Properties buildings, and the Grand Hyatt New York. You'll pardon me if I suspect environmentalism isn't all that's at work.
Imagine being the CFO of an enormous office building or hotel chain and being able to deprive your tenants and customers of an hour's worth of power without their being able to complain. (I'm guessing no one's rent/bills will be pro-rated). Kaching! Nothin' but net.
This is like 10 years ago when hotels started placing those little "save the planet"/ "help us to be good corporate citizens" signs in the washrooms asking you to please admire their thoughtfulness in not wanting to give you fresh towels (although they're available should you be selfish enough to insist). That this would also cut their water bills and allow them to hire fewer people for the laundry room had nothing to do with it I'm sure. Marketing genius. …
For some businesses, at least, Earth Hour is unsafe, not to mention expensive and with potential legal problems:
The first concern is security cameras. If they turn off, say, a lobby's lighting, they've essentially lost their security system as well, as their cameras can no longer see what is going on inside. If their remote cameras go down, the building owners I spoke with said they would need to hire additional security guards to ensure the safety of their assets and those of their tenants.
So it's stimulus too! A marketing triumph and eligible for a couple billion from TARP!
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The "Great Recession" of 2008-2009 represents a turning point in world history. In the decade since this event capitalism has failed to develop the productive forces and put in place a meaningful recovery. This has led an important layer of workers and youth to look for alternatives. Increasingly, the ideas of socialism, Marxism, and revolution are gaining support in one country after another. In Canada, the revolutionary socialists of Fightback and the International Marxist Tendency are leading the way and giving a Marxist perspective on current politics. More and more youth and workers are adopting a Marxist analysis of the capitalist crisis. Towards this end, we present Fightback's 2018 Perspectives - The need for a militant workers' movement as a discussion document for all those who aim to link revolutionary theory with the real life movement of workers, youth, and the oppressed.


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Brandie Broihier | @brandienic Long rumored release of the iPad 3 confirmed: Apple has just sent out invites to an iPad event for next Wednesday, March 7. Mac nerds, prepare to celebrate. Or kick yourself for buying an iPad 2 last week like I did.
As a self-labeled Mac addict, this blog assignment is of particular difficulty for me. How can I possibly be neutral, objective, and thoughtful when my initial response is, well yeah of COURSE you need an iPad.
So I started by looking for images of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. I was hoping to find visual proof that I am, in fact, correct in my assumption that iPads are a life necessity. Instead, I found this.
While this clearly realistic update to Maslow's work of genius appeals to my inner nerd, it seems, perhaps, that not everyone views ridiculously expensive technology in the same positive light as myself.
Last week I admitted to my Dad that I'd bought an iPad, and wanted his recommendation on super cool apps. Instead, he responded with words like "responsibility" and "choices." I guess he didn't approve of my purchase.
Sigh. What's a girl to do? If Carrie Bradshaw was into technology like she is shoes, I'd have an easy quote bank to justify this somehow.
I like my money right where I can see it... hanging in my closet.
Well, Carrie, I agree. Kind of. Except I like my money in a sweet aluminum and glass casing where I can Facebook, Tweet, email, listen to music, and be super productive.
On a more serious note, there are pros and cons to making a major purchase like a tablet of any brand. Tablets are not cheap, and while gadget-addicts like myself may occasionally confuse need and desire, a tablet cannot be considered a necessity.
That being said, here is my personal list of the top 5 reasons why you should buy an iPad:
1. Productivity - Imagine four iPhones stuck together to make one really big screen. That big screen provides ample opportunity for emailing, networking, FaceTime , document building, and more.
2. Size Matters - iPad portability is efficient. Next to ordinary computers, tablets by design are comparatively lightweight and relatively easy to carry around.
3. Entertainment - Marinate on this: Netflix for your kid in the doctor's office waiting room. Games, apps, magazines, the list goes on.
4. Style - It's sleek, it's sexy, and you know it makes you look cool. Anyone who says differently is probably jealous. Carrie Bradshaw would buy matching shoes.
5. They are really, really, really fun. The graphics are beautiful, the apps are big enough to enjoy, and the options are growing.


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It almost turns my head out of joint when you look at the ceilings of the Tessin Palace. A lavish pictorial world of Baroque is opening up. With the help of skilled restorers have cracks in the color disappeared and ceilings restored.
Lost in translation? Not at all. In fact, I think it just adds to the charm.
But I digress... the following images, showing details of the recently restored ceiling in the Palace of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger in Stockholm, speak for themselves. And, it tickles me that in the translation, the pre-restored condition of the ceiling is termed an 'injury'. It is a rather good credo with respect to rehabilitation, reclamation and preservation...
|A piece of the parlor cornice
|The Atrium
|The Philosopher Diogenes
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