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The Nintendo Wii system is one of the most popular home video game systems currently available. Nintendo recently announced it has sold over two million Wii consoles in Australia.
Millions of people have been attracted to the Wii because of its motion controllers. Many Wii games encourage players to get off the couch and move their whole body. Some occupational therapists even recommend Wii as a form of physical therapy for people with a disability.
Wii Remote
The Wii comes with a controller called a Wii Remote. The Wii Remote is strapped to a player's wrist and held in the hand. You then move your arms as required. For example, you might pretend you are swinging a golf club or tennis racquet when playing Wii Sports.
The good news for people with a disability is exact motions are not always required to play. As long as you can move in the rough direction required, the remote still registers your movement. It then translates your movement into on-screen action. For example, a flick of the wrist is all that is needed for 10-pin bowling.
Wii Fit
Wii Fit is one of the console's most popular games. It uses another controller called the Balance Board. As a wheelchair user I need to make a few adjustments to the way I use the Balance Board.
I am not able to play all of Wii Fit's activities. But the ones I can play are great exercise for my legs.
Favourite games
I am able to play many Wii games. Some of my favourites include:
- Wii Sports - An addictive collection containing boxing, golf, tennis and 10-pin bowling.
- Order Up – A fun game where you run your own restaurant. For some parts of the game I need to hold the Wii Remote in a different way to what is suggested on the screen.
- New Super Mario Bros. – A platform game that brings back memories. It is hard for me to play because it requires a lot of physical dexterity. But it is still a lot of fun.
- Wii Fit - A fun game designed to improve your fitness. It uses the Wii Balance Board. I play it in a sitting position from my manual wheelchair. I am not able to play all the games. But I can play the balance games and some of the strengthening modes.
There are many other Wii games you could try. I would suggest you or hire them to see if they are suitable for you.
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A couple of years ago a Chicago teen pregnancy campaign featured some posters of boys showing off their 'pregnant' bellies. The posters were put up near high schools to highlight the impact of unprotected sex and the significance of shared responsibility. The campaign revolved around reducing teen pregnancy rates as well. Earlier a similar campaign in Milwaukee had been successful in bringing down the teen pregnancy rates.
This was an advertising campaign. But, what if boys could become pregnant? Is it possible to defy nature? Can a man's body bear a child? A definite no is the answer. Although hypothetically, a man can implant and incubate an embryo in his body so long as a placenta is attached to his bowel (the implantation will occur here through an ectopic or external pregnancy) only to deliver the child through Caesarean, it will not be possible to separate the placenta from man's abdomen and therefore can pose a high risk to his life. So, in short – No! Man cannot defy nature in terms of childbearing. But by any chance if there were going to be medical miracles, this is what would be expected of pregnant men:
1. They Will Look Like Snobs Showcasing Their Evergrowing Belly:
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And no, people would not dare to touch his belly. People would receive him on a red carpet, offer him a throne, order him the finest drink, book him a limousine and make sure the star gets home sober.
2. Paternal Leave Would Be Longer…EHM…(did we hear infinitely long?)
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And your employment will still be safe.
3. News Of Childbirth Would Be Celebrated Like An Aggressive Victory:
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Man, we just thought even a Manchester United victory never witnessed such reception!
4. He Will Be Racking His Nerves On Nearing The Due Date:
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As if women don't get nervous! But men might just want to jump off from a rooftop before labor kicks in!
5. He Will Be Annoyed On Being Asked If Childbirth Was The Equivalent Of Getting Kicked In The Balls.
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Boy, who could tell that!
6. The Gags Will Be As Smooth As Licking:
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So he will not have to scurry around for the nearest washroom. He will take it in his stride like it's an entitlement.
7. A Pregnancy Confirmation Will Come As An Ego Booster:
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Sure, he will be a swell at his ability to get impregnated!
8. But In Private This Is What He Will Say:
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FYI, pregnancy needs guts.
9. He Can Get Away With Annoying His Partner:
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She will be helpless at him beating around the bush.
10. He Will Be A Bit Vain At Combating Aromas Of Foods:
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A little unlike women who can see it through with more refinement ;)
11. This Is How He Will Take His Baby Kicking Inside Him:
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It looks like a cool juggler's act when it happens inside us women, eh?
12. He Will Be Hailed 'Cool' Under All Circumstances:
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Any why not! He will be celebrated before, during and after the bump anyhow.
13. He Will Be Free To Express His Disapprovals Just About Anytime, Anywhere:
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There will be no questions on his mood swings.
14. He May Not Be Listening And Will Direct You To Repeat Like You Said Nothing…
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And women will be expected to come the full circle again!
15. If You Happen To Skip Cooking A Meal, This Is What He Will Say:
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The quiet authoritativeness, for sure!
16. He Will Have No Inhibitions About He Feels:
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And his partner will be obligated to nod, rather than resist the change.
17. He will get away with a beer belly:
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Yes, it will be hard to differentiate it from pregnancy and they could get away with that for months!
18. They Will Have More Reasons To Be Sedentary:
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19. And This Is How They Would Condole:
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20. "I Don't Like To Have Twins"….
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And they will never be ready for another pregnancy!
Sure, if nature could allow, women might want swap their pregnancies with their partners for a one-off!
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Castle Hotel, Co. Meath
Cost: €50 euro includes notes, e-resources, current research and certificate for CPD.
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) offers a unique blend of two solid therapeutic approaches. These two therapies are on the cutting-edge of evidence-based psychotherapy today.
During the workshop participants will have the opportunity to learn about common problems that often complicate interventions for depression and anxiety such as avoidance, rumination, self-criticism and intrusive emotional memories. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on how best to integrate a range of interventions and techniques to support patients presenting anxiety and depression. The UK National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) has endorsed MBCT as an effective treatment for prevention of relapse. Research indicates that MBCT may be as "effective" as anti-depressants for preventing relapse in recurrent depression (University of Oxford in Lancet Journal, 21 April, 2015).
This workshop will be presented with a combination of seminar, discussion, meditation, visual presentation, and reflection within a skills-based learning environment.
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Facilitator: Gerry Cunningham has been extensively trained in mindfulness-based approaches and studied for three years at Department of Psychiatry, Oxford University under the direction of Mark Williams (MSt in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy). He has attended training in mindfulness and cognitive therapy with Zindel Segal, John Teasdale, Aaron Beck and mindfulness training retreats with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jack Kornfield, Daniel Siegel, Christina Feldman and the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University.
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Tim Flanagan's The Moon Stealers The Children of the Light is the final book in his four book Moon Stealers series. Completing the circle of the original story arc, the tale combines fantasy and science fiction in a fast-paced action adventure set in post-invasion England. In a bit of a flip-flop from the first book Georgia, Steven, and Tracker are now the ones seeking to enter their enemy's domain on a rescue mission, while the children, Sir Edgar, and their allies from the Faerie world are trying to understand what's happened since they left. The Moon Stealers remain a threat, but the real enemies are their fellow survivors, especially Coldred's community on the Isle of Wight.
With all of the action now in the apocalyptic remains of our world Mr. Flanagan once again returns to a multi-threaded writing style, with a new turn. Just when you think he's tying things together for a predictable finish, he breaks characters off in new directions. These unexpected story arcs provide new twists for the characters and surprises for readers. That's great story-telling technique and Mr. Flanagan does it well. My only quibble is that the ending sequences for some of the arcs seem a little rushed, although some might say leaving me wanting more is exactly what good writers should do.
Appropriate for tweens there is no foul language or sexual content of any kind. The Moon Stealers The Children of Light features more descriptive action than its predecessors. There are many action sequences with violent content and death, but nothing that ventures into gratuitous. If it was a movie the action sequences are descriptive enough to earn a PG-13 rating. With that qualification, I recommend The Moon Stealers The Children of Light as a fantastic conclusion to Mr. Flanagan's imaginative fantasy and science fiction adventure series.
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Airbnb has been a hit in the Asia-Pacific region and is now one of its fastest growing markets as both guests and those with space to share have embraced the service. Airbnb attributes its success in Southeast Asia to the incredible array of experiences, stories and cultures people want to explore.
"We know that people all over the world want a new kind of travel. They're no longer satisfied with the same cookie-cutter experiences that have been offered for years, or going to the same tourist traps that everyone's already seen," Robin Kwok, Country Manager of Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan, explains. "People, especially millennials, want unique and authentic experiences; the kind that allow you to really get under the skin of a place, discover its hidden gems and understand its real character. In other words, people want to live like locals."
And live like locals they did. Nearly 11 million guests utilised Airbnb to book rooms in Asia (excluding Australia and New Zealand) last year and the firm recorded an astonishing 177 percent growth in the region. Malaysia and Thailand proved to be particularly popular with inbound travellers. A total of 700,000 people stayed in Malaysia last year using Airbnb while Thailand welcomed 774,000 inbound guests via the service.
Airbnb works with the government for a positive solution
The company's success in Malaysia has not gone unnoticed and there have already been talks between Airbnb and the Malaysian government as the two look to create a beneficial partnership. The ultimate goal of Airbnb is to guarantee everyone can benefit from home sharing including the countries themselves.
"We're having meaningful and productive conversations with the Malaysian authorities, who are excited by the prospect of home sharing and the benefits Airbnb is already bringing to tourism in Malaysia," Kwok notes. "We look forward to working with them to develop a clear and simple framework that allows everyone to get the best out of home sharing and promote Malaysia as a global destination."
Creating an authentic experience
Until recently, Airbnb has been all about homes, letting travellers see cities through the eyes of a local, by staying in their homes and experiencing an authentic side to a local neighbourhood. That's all changed with the launch of Trips – an enhanced product – which offers guests not just Homes, but also authentic local Experiences and insider Guidebooks all in one place, allowing travellers to immerse themselves completely during every aspect of their trip. Experiences – of which there are now 800 live across over 20 cities – are handcrafted activities led by passionate, local experts which offer unprecedented access to communities and places you would never otherwise come across.
"We want to make this process seamless and simple, and make sure that the trip itself is memorable, authentic and unique. That's why Trips is such an important milestone for us; we're taking that first step to move Airbnb beyond the concept of home sharing, with Experiences and Places now helping travellers see the true character of a city, through the people who live there," Kwok says.
And Airbnb isn't stopping with Trips. As travelling evolves, both in Southeast Asia and internationally, it wants to find new ways to simplify how plans are made.
"Our ultimate goal is to take this even further, and for people to be able to research, plan and book every aspect of their trip through the Airbnb app, becoming an end-to-end hospitality solution," Kwok proclaims. "At the moment, people have to go to lots of different places to research and book different elements of their trip – flights, accommodation, what to do when they reach their destination."


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It took NBC nearly two years to hire Sasheer Zamata. NBC interviewed her 3/12. And she trained at a camp founded by SNL stars…
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"Charles C. Johnson is a careful reporter… an expert at digging through public records to find graft or hypocrisy."—Dave Weigel, 09/30/13
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@EricBoehlert Yeah, and I only got the article from that issue of them talking about him being in Playgirl. I didn't get the full issue.
Kind of odd that David Weigel won't print my statement on the article about me. I guess the Journolist dies hard.
@MichaelLinhorst @larsolsson @garonsen I'm man enough to admit that it is.
@EricBoehlert I didn't see the front page. The actual article sounds like every other college student.
On my work: Ruby Cramer discovers freelance journalism then Dave Weigel learns that autistic researchers don't get satire.
@EricBoehlert You are aware that the Daily Princetonian is a serious college publication? That it has one parody issue that isn't funny?
@stribs It wasn't a smear campaign but an honest mistake and I've apologized to Kirkpatrick already.
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During her recent recovery from breast cancer, Meryl began designing a line of Healing Mats. These hand hooked mats document the dragonfly process of healing as an opportunity to transform, adapt, find joy and dig deeper into her emotions. Meryl has developed a unique process of writing on the linen around her design to highlight the inspiration for each mat. The original design above is from this series, called Love Letter.
Meryl has dedicated her life and the next phase of her career to developing a process, a community and a mechanism for women to transform their relationship with their bodies and discover what makes their heart sing. Her usual clients and students include women who have had health wake up calls, are in a period of transition or are feeling the need to find a renewed sense of meaning at a time in their life when everyone is telling them to slow down or be happy with the great job they have.
A healing mat is a positive reminder to take it one step at a time, put your feet down, feel the fibres and take a breath before you start each day. It can represent an important step in your healing, and can be a symbol that gives you hope. Hooking a healing mat can be an opportunity to discover what makes your heart sing.
She teaches Hook a Healing Mat workshops, works with women one on one to create and tell the story of their healing journey and is available to speak on the topics of Reinvention & Transformation, Tapping into Your Creativity to Raise Your Voice – one woman's story of how a health wakeup call propelled her on a creative journey to find and heal herself. Meryl's best selling book One Loop at a Time. A story of rug hooking, healing and creativity, published by Full Circle Publishing is now available.
Meryl's winter Hook a Healing Mat workshops through Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design were SOLD OUT! Stay tuned for the four week spring session, to be announced soon. Meryl also offers a two day Hook a Healing Mat Workshop, this spring being offered in Vankleek Hill, Ontario.
Course description: A healing mat is a love letter to yourself. Through rug hooking and writing discover how to set positive healing goals, reconnect with your creativity and joy. Create a reminder to take it one step at a time, put your feet down, feel the fibres and take a breath before you start each day. Original design by instructor, each mat will have their own healing phrase/mantra.
To register for the upcoming four week spring session at NSCCD click here or call 902-492-2524. To register for the two day session in Vankleek Hill, Ontario click here.
Here are some comments from participants in Meryl's Hook a Healing Mat workshop:
"I am taking Meryl Cook's course, Hook a Healing Mat. I am a total beginner in rug hooking or any kind of handwork and I did not know what to expect. From the beginning, I have felt safe and supported to try something that is outside my comfort zone. I am gaining confidence with hooking the mat and surprisingly, to me, I am feeling calmer when I see what I have done. The fibres and colours are so beautiful and I am learning to appreciate small steps in a process. My intention is to learn to be more gentle with myself and I feel I am on my way towards that goal. Thank you, Meryl!"
"Meryl is using her favourite medium to gently guide us through a unique process of discovery. It is far more than a skill-learning class. I do not know where this will lead me but am encouraged each class to open up and create freely without rules and boundaries."
"I find the workshop very inspiring, not only because I wanted to learn how to hook, but because of the spiritual aspect of it. The process of including writing along with hooking makes our project more personal and meaningful."
"Awakening is how I would describe the Healing Mat Workshop. The workshop has re-awakened my creative and spiritual life. Instead of just surviving and making it through each day. I now embrace nurturing my life once again. Playfully and spiritually The Healing Mat workshop had reminded me who I am."


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An energy company executive in West Virginia who has lambasted his prosecution and conviction on mine-safety conspiracy charges lost his effort in the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to revive his challenge.
Donald Blankenship, the former chief executive of coal giant Massey Energy Co., was convicted at trial on a misdemeanor charge and sentenced to a year in jail and a $250,000 fine. He was released from custody in May. His company owned the Upper Big Branch coal mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, which was the site in April 2010 of the deadliest coal mine disaster in decades—a coal dust explosion that killed 29 miners. The mine had a history of safety violations.
The justices rejected his petition, filed by Zuckerman Spaeder's William Taylor III, without comment.
The petition claimed that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit was wrong to hold that a person "willfully" violates a mine safety standard if he acts in reckless disregard of the standard's requirements. The high court's past precedents, Taylor argued, required at a minimum actual knowledge that his conduct was unlawful.
Taylor had urged the high court to summarily reverse the lower court because its rationale could be applied in future cases—especially in cases against corporate officials—to any criminal statute that criminalizes only willful conduct.
"This case stemmed from a rush to judgment at the highest levels of the federal government," Taylor told the Supreme Court. "It was permeated throughout with unchecked abuses of power by prosecutors intent on securing a conviction by any means possible in order to assign to petitioner blame for a terrible tragedy. This prosecution begs for scrutiny by this court."
Blankenship, writing in May in an open letter about his case, said: "The Supreme Court only agrees to hear a small percentage of cases brought to it. This case begs to be one of those cases that the Court agrees to hear. The First Amendment right to free speech and the American judicial system's integrity are both at issue."
The U.S. Justice Department, then led by Jeffrey Wall, the acting U.S. solicitor general, had urged the justices not to review Blankenship's case.
The Supreme Court's decision comes as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with its repeal of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, a set of sweeping regulations blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court and subsequently put on hold by a Washington federal appeals court.
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Targeting Inflation
New Fed Chairman Bernanke is on record as wanting to execute monetary policy so as to aim at some unspecified, positive rate of price inflation, although he promises not to unilaterally institute such a policy.
While we can be reasonably sure that he will not aim at a price inflation rate of 6%, it is not easy to understand the significance of much smaller rates.
The simplest way to understand price inflation rates is to roughly calculate the loss in the purchasing power of the dollar between the birth and the death of someone who survives to an age of 72 years.
Price Inflation Rate = Approximate Loss of Purchasing Power in 72 Years
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0.5% = 30%
1.0% = 50%
2.0% = 75%
3.0% = 87%
4.0% = 94%
5.0% = 97%
6.0% = 98%
What Don is saying is that
What Don is saying is that your money will lose 87% of its purchasing power after 72 years of 3% price inflation, and 98% after 72 years of 6% inflation, etc. Another way of looking at it is to calculate the amount of purchasing power left in, say, $1000 dollars after 72 years:
0.5%: $697.05
1.0%: $484.99
2.0%: $233.49
3.0%: $111.57
4.0%: $52.91
5.0%: $24.89
6.0%: $11.62
And no, I don't know why my numbers aren't consistent with Don's.
Brandon, Your residual value
Your residual value numbers are clearer.
And no, I don't know why my numbers aren't consistent with Don's.
My numbers were deliberately rough, but the problem is that your calculations were of the form .98*72 for 2%, when they needed to be (1/1.02)*72, for example, where '*' means 'to the power of'.
Regards, Don
This makes me so very, very
This makes me so very, very sad.
And the moral of the story
And the moral of the story is: don't hold long-term assets as cash.
Look at it another way. If Bernanke swore on his mother's grave that he would target a 1% rate of price level *deflation*, then after 72 years your purchasing power would double instead of being cut in half. Is that better? If so, then 6% deflation would be even better - after 72 years the purchasing power of your initial $1000 would be $64,000!! Heck, why stop there, why not target 10% deflation, or 20%?
That's absurd, of course (as in reducto ad). But if the dramatic erosion of purchasing power under even modest persistent inflation is as scary as Don's numbers make them out to be and thus is something to be avoided, wouldn't dramatic appreciation of purchasing power be something to be sought?
The answer is that the erosion or appreciation of the purchasing power of cash is irrelevant. Nobody holds cash for long-term investment - they lend it out to people who need it for short-term use or they invest it in capital.
What's relevant is whether people can predict the value of a dollar at some point in the future, so that they can assess the real value of an investment with some nominal-valued payoff. The easiest way to do that would be if dollars were constant in value for all time, i.e. if inflation and deflation were zero. But as long as the rate of inflation or deflation were constant, it could be any size and still allow money to be used as an intertemporal measure of value.
Practically speaking, inflation is never going to be constant no matter what the central bank's target is (even if it's zero). It's going to wiggle up and down unpredictably within a certain range; the best the central bank can do is try to keep it within a certain range and centered around a certain value. Price level changes would probably be most predictable if the inflation target were zero. But even a small-but-nonzero target would be about as easy to keep stable as a zero target.
So in short, I agree that zero inflation is best, but for a completely different reason: stablity and predictability of money's funtion as a measure of value rather than preservation of the long-term purchasing power of cash holdings. And while zero inflation is best, small and stable inflation isn't all that bad.
Are you suggesting that the
Are you suggesting that the difference between a 98% loss in purchasing power and a 99% loss in purchasing power is the same as the difference between a 5% loss in purchasing power and a 6% loss in purchasing power? Clearly, it is not. I don't think you can draw any conclusions from these numbers.
Eddie, Money is a commodity
Money is a commodity that is the most salable commodity at any given time and place, and is neither a store of value or measure of value. That money, by definition, can be rendered in an exchange ratio for almost any other thing, allows things to be measured against each other using money (whatever it is) as the common denominator. Keeping supply constant for whatever money you're using gives an absolute and clear view on supply and demand signals for every other commodity.
That bit of throat clearing aside, the natural state of industrial production is such that, ceteris paribus, "hard" money (commodity money whose supply is dictated by market forces and not fiat/whim) will naturally appreciate in value over time; for example, gold money is increased by mining processes, which are (except in dire circumstances indeed) going to grow at a much slower rate than general industrial production. If gold is your money, then everything relative to gold will increase, and thus prices fall (i.e. money appreciates / there is "deflation").
Steady price inflation via willfull monetary inflation reverses that process, and is essentially a tax on cash-holders; willful deflation (aside from 'natural' deflation due to production) would essentially be a tax on producers- either way the person or entity monkeying with the money supply in either direction is extracting value/rent from the economy.
As such active manipulation of supply distorts the information aspect of prices, it is generally a bad thing. If we must have monetary inflation, a neutral Friedmanite rule would be better than active management (ala index funds v. actively managed mutual funds), but it's still rent extraction nonetheless.
(look to the Mises institute to find works on why gold mining, due to the inflationary effect of the increase in money supply with gold-money, ultimately only returns the normal rate for mining- I'm at work so I can't look for the link).
However, what we don't know
However, what we don't know (and what is not captured in any of these measures) is how quality translates into price and what you can purchase for each dollar. Quality increases will reflected in higher prices in many cases, but CPI reflects that as "inflation". But surely that's not an erosion of purchasing power...
If your $1000 now is worth only $16.50 in 100 years, the sadness may be averted by mentioning that $16.50 buys a ticket to Mars that can get you there in 2 weeks; comparatively that's worth millions (as well as being impossible by current technology) so we're left scratching our heads as to how bad (if bad) the devaluation is.
eddie, The real problem is
The real problem is that the FED exists to have a monetary policy. Prices in a market system are both motivators and signals that align the relative value of specific resources with the subjective values that consumers assign to the final products and services which employ those resources.
Whenever the government creates or destroys money or credit, or when it taxes or spends, it inevitably distorts the pattern of relative prices that would otherwise result from the desires of consumers and the actions of businessmen and entrepreneurs to best satisfy those desires. Government intervention cannot be neutral. Without government intervention, prices would change, but in relationship to supply, demand, valuations and human ingenuity. When things like computers, or food, fall in price due to improved engineering, competition, etc., other prices would tend to slowly rise in a dispersed fashion in the absence of a determined effort to inflate the money supply.
In the short run, it is the distortion of relative prices that is the primary negative effect of intervention. In the long run, saving is futile without a financial expertise in investing, whether innate, learned, or employed.
Regards, Don
Brian: As such active
As such active manipulation of supply distorts the information aspect of prices, it is generally a bad thing.
On the contrary - a credible commitment by a central banker to maintaining a stable rate of price level inflation or deflation *adds* to the information aspect of prices, because it provides a more stable environment for economic actors to make intertemporal comparisons. It removes one dimension of uncertainty and noise when making plans that involve the future. If you believe such a commitment from a central bank, then you will know that a dollar ten years from now will buy the same amount of a broadly-defined and slowly-evolving basket of goods as it does today - if the central bank's committed inflation target is zero. If it's positive, you'll know not only that it will buy less, but you'll know how much less. If it's negative, you'll know how much more.
With commodity money, there are no such assurances. The value of gold (for example) relative to other products depends on the production cost of gold relative to other products (neglecting here for the sake of argument gold's non-monetary value). The gold price of land, labor, and capital is determined by the amount of land, labor, and capital it takes to produce gold. If the efficiency of gold production increases faster than the efficiency of production of all other products, then prices rise; if it increases more slowly, then prices fall.
Tell me: how well do you think anyone can predict the trends in gold production efficiency relative to all other production efficiency for the next ten years? The less well we can predict that, the greater the risk premium investors and lenders will demand - which means there will be fewer resources available for profitable investment and capital growth.
If we must have monetary
If we must have monetary inflation, a neutral Friedmanite rule would be better than active management (ala index funds v. actively managed mutual funds), but it's still rent extraction nonetheless.
Friedman presented his rule as a counterpoint to the then-fashionable ideas of using monetary policy to target unemployment and output. The key insight of the monetarists was that actively managing money in that way is not only futile but harmful. Maintaining a constant money supply, or as Friedman grudgingly suggested, a constant rate of money supply growth, were proposed in hopes that such a rule would prevent policymakers from trying to control the economy through monetary policy.
"Stop trying to control the economy" is the right goal for monetary policy. But constant supply, or constant rate of supply growth, are the wrong mechanisms. Constant price levels or constant rate of change of price levels are the right mechanism.
Inflation targets constrain the central bank's discretion and thus their ability to try to produce non-monetary outcomes using monetary policy. Inflation targets restrict the central bank's concern to the domain of the value of money rather than macroeconomic variables that they have no true ability to control. Inflation targets are good, whether explicitly rule-based such as the Talor rule, explicitly adopted but with a discretionary implementation as Bernanke has suggested in the past, or merely implied as Greenspan is generally believed to have adopted as a de-facto strategy.
Don, Whenever the government
Whenever the government creates or destroys money or credit, or when it taxes or spends, it inevitably distorts the pattern of relative prices that would otherwise result from the desires of consumers and the actions of businessmen and entrepreneurs to best satisfy those desires. Government intervention cannot be neutral. Without government intervention, prices would change, but in relationship to supply, demand, valuations and human ingenuity.
By and large, I am of course in complete agreement with you concerning the nature of prices and the deleterious consequences of government intervention and distortion. You describe these things quite eloquently.
However: In my view, a central bank manipulating the money supply in order to maintain a small and stable rate of inflation is not harmful intervention. It is, in fact, the optimal policy for a central bank to adopt. The fact that there is a government monopoly on central banking is the harmful intervention that we good libertarians know must be there somewhere. But if we're going to have a monopoly forced upon us, we should at least be glad that it is following good policies (targeting price level) rather than bad ones (targeting unemployment and output).
I maintain that if there were not a government monopoly on central banking, competition would cause most central banks to adopt policies similar to the ones the Fed has been pursuing for the past decade or two, and that by doing so the banks would best serve not only their customers but also the economy as a whole.
A dictator that does the right thing is still a dictator (boo) but is still doing the right thing (yay). In this case, we're lucky that the Fed is doing the right thing.
Eddie has made me less sad.
Eddie has made me less sad. Thank you, Eddie.
And of course, when that
And of course, when that residual 2% that is left after a 72-year life at 6% inflation is passed on to the heirs, it will be subject to the estate tax, further reducing it. I don't recall seeing anywhere in the US Constitution anything about the government owning its subjects and all of their property.
Worrying about inflation in
Worrying about inflation in this way is like dreaming about the possibility of going back in time, taking $10,000 with you, and seeing what you could by during the Depression, for example.
Not an economist, but as I understand it, an economy with no inflation for an extended period is likely a stagnant economy.
What's worrisome is when "big minds" try to engineer a specific rate of inflation. It's not likely you can make one number better without screwing something else up.
Worrying about inflation in
Worrying about inflation in this way is like dreaming about the possibility of going back in time, taking $10,000 with you, and seeing what you could by during the Depression, for example.
The point of worrying about inflation is to realize that the purchasing power of cash is constantly being eroded. It's nearly impossible to use cash as a store of value over long periods of time. Over the long term, "money in the bank"... isn't. Thus, it makes sense to explore other options for keeping/growing purchasing power.
Greg, Not an economist, but
Not an economist, but as I understand it, an economy with no inflation for an extended period is likely a stagnant economy.
This has no validity whatever. The primary driver of price inflation is monetary supply inflation. The secondary driver is likely the increased availability of credit over time that serves as a substitute for the demand for cash balances.
Working against price inflation are new and existing consumer products under the condition of ever increasing productivity. Also working against price inflation is an increasing economic population, as each new individual brings his own new demand for a cash balance.
Regards, Don
Jonathan, The point of
The point of worrying about inflation is to realize that the purchasing power of cash is constantly being eroded. It's nearly impossible to use cash as a store of value over long periods of time. Over the long term, "money in the bank"… isn't. Thus, it makes sense to explore other options for keeping/growing purchasing power.
This is one of the many ways that monetary supply inflation serves the purposes of the central government.
The near futility of saving cash produces an increased demand for the government debt that allows government spending to exceed the already massive tax revenues that are collected.
Regards, Don
Greg P, The US economy had
Greg P,
The US economy had 50% deflation from 1800 to 1900 (i.e. sitting on your cash gave a 100% return over 100 years), and no one would say that the US economy was "stagnant" in the 19th century. We emerged as a major industrial world power.
Inflation is unnecessary and ultimately venal.


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Oasis Pedestal Block
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Yokohama Tyre enters sponsorship with Horsepower Adventures.
Yokohama Tyre has announced a new sponsor partnership with Horsepower Adventures (HPA), an off-road driving experience company operating on Mexico's Baja peninsula. Yokohama is now the official tyre of HPA and will supply its Geolandar tyres for all of HPA's highperformance, tour and support vehicles that are used on the tough Baja landscape.
Yokohama's HPA sponsorship also includes branding at the 50-room Horsepower Ranch Resort located in the mountains above Ensenada, Mexico, a popular spot with off-road enthusiasts, according to the tyre maker. Fardad Niknam, Yokohama Tyre director of LTR segment development, commented: "We are going strong in Baja – it's the gateway to off-road racing. Partnering with Horsepower Adventures is a great way to get more involved, support the off-road community and highlight our Geolandar line of tyres, including the new Gelolandar M/T G003."


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Les Vergers
Goult, Vaucluse
A charming hillside cottage for four (six at a squeeze) with pool, superb Luberon views, lovely colourful garden and all Provence to visit
€130 p/n
How to book
If you have any questions or want to enquire about dates, use our form to contact Colin Johnson.
From €130 per night
From €900 to €2095 per week
High on the edge of popular Goult, in a colourful garden with panoramic Luberon views, this recently-renovated hillside cottage is cosy, comfy and not at all pretentious. House, garden and pool are well hidden from the road by luxuriant vegetation, even better you can ditch the car and walk to buy your daily bread (and croissants) and stroll to restaurants in the evening. You are greeted by local couple Camille (who speaks fluent English) and Jean-Raphael, and you'll find a bottle of chilled wine in the fridge: climb up rustic stone stairs to the more secret part of the garden, past the owner's vines (his pride and joy) to a bench with fine views and feel glad to be here. The big airy living room is bright with its orange and ochre furnishings and the nicely-tiled, green and white, galley kitchen has all a good cook might want. Not large but prettily done, the two double bedrooms face south while the twin room and en suite shower are more compact. There's masses to visit: medieval hilltop villages, Roman towns, Cistercian abbeys, the ochre mines of Roussillon…
- Hot tub
- WiFi
- Swimming pool
- Mobile reception
- Oven
- Breakfast included
- Open fire / woodburner
- Hob
- Parking on premises
- Barbecue
- Free parking nearby
- Meals available
- Paid parking nearby
- Breakfast available
- Accessible by public transport
- Central heating
- Wheelchair access
- Limited mobility
- Air conditioning
- Washing machine
- Garden
- Television
- Tennis court
- Credit cards
- Pets welcome
Family friendly
- Baby monitor
- Children welcome
- Books and toys
- Babies welcome
- Stair gates
- High chair
- Pub/bar within 3 miles
- Restaurant within 3 miles
- Shop within 3 miles
- Bikes available
- Food courses
- Kayaking
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Booking information
- Check in
- 4pm-6pm
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- 9am
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- Minimum stay: 7 nights. Parking on-site.
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- No smoking
- Smoking not permitted anywhere in the property.
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- Restaurants 5-minute walk.
- Nightly price
- from €130
- Weekly price
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- €500
- 1 House for 6
- From €1304 beds3 bedrooms
The house is easy to live in, with everything we needed, and the outside area is very private, pretty and calm. Being able to walk for fresh croissants to eat at home, looking at gorgeous Luberon views, was a bonus. Even more so being able to walk to a choice of 3 very good restaurants. It is best to book a table in advance. Goult is pretty but less crowded and touristy than the other perched villages we visited. Colin was quick and helpful at every stage and likewise the managers. We enjoyed our stay so much that we have already booked for next year!
A wonderful holiday in this lovely house with its beautiful garden and pool. What a treat to be able to walk to bakers, butchers, green grocers, grocers, cheese shop, bar and restaurants. Goult is a beautiful and quiet village, perfectly situated for visiting other places of interest in the area. Colin was very helpful and always quick to respond to queries.
The neighbourhood
Local points of interest from Colin Johnson
- Enjoy the fabulous view across the valley every morning from the outside table, or sitting in the shade of trees above the house. Watch the light change as you sit by the pool as the sun goes down. The Luberon mountain seems different every time you look!
- We are 5 minutes walk from the village centre, with cafe, baker, butcher, cheese shop and general store, and several good restaurants. The weekly market has local goat's cheese, and an excellent fish stall, or you can browse the gift and antique shops
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After 25 years in the restaurant business, Mike Richey knows that an offer of a dollar more per hour from a competitor can be too much for an employee to refuse. Richey, who operates five Golden Corrals, wishes his employees well when they leave. But that's not the end of the story. A couple of weeks later he calls them to ask if they'd like to return to their old job--a practice that has paid off for him over the years.
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I strongly believe in always giving not just 100%, but 110 % in whatever you are doing. I believe that there is no such thing as "quitters." Quitting is another way of saying you're physically and mentally weak and it has never been accepted in my household since I was young kid. I was always taught that you stick to the fight when your hardest hit. This is saying that life is not fair at all. You are going to have your struggles, your battles and sometimes they come at you very hard. This only tests you as a person, and if you can hang in there through the worst of times and stick it out, then you will have a better chance at succeeding in life. My mom and dad also taught me that whenever you go to do something, give everything you got. Always try to do a little bit more than what you think you're capable of doing, because if you do that, then you know for sure you will not be failing and that you're not a quitter. Whoever said life was going to be easy anyways? When you are born, your are NOT guaranteed to an easy life. It starts off with being young and in kindergarten when you're trying to remember that long, what seems to be a never ending alphabet. You keep trying and trying and trying until you have it down pat. Then, you will eventually run into school work, projects, papers and then final exams. There are also sporting events where you find yourself or your team down by a run or a certain score in the closing minutes, seconds or innings of a game. I can remember one specific game last year where our coach had just called a time out with a little under 5 minutes to go in the 4th quarter because it looked as if our team was falling apart and was about to quit. I glanced up at the scoreboard to only see us down by 10. As a privilege and honor of being named our basketball team's captain, I took our 5 guys we had on the floor and said "Listen, we are not quitting or laying down right now. There is still too much time on the clock. We can do this, just go out there and for these last minutes of the game, give it your all. Give MORE than what your body thinks is physically capable of doing. You got all night and all day tomorrow to rest, but right now, we have a ball game to win. DON'T QUIT!" Sure enough, we break out of our huddle and end up winning the game by 6 points. What I'm trying to say is that if you make up your mind that you're just going to quit, then you will not get anything accomplished. Throughout your life you will find yourself struggling, because believe it or not, your life is full of twists and turns that just make you want to give up and throw it all away. But like I said, I believe you have to stick to the fight when your hardest hit, and never ever give up.
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The suspect has been dubbed the "serial pooper," "mystery pooper" and the "bowel movement bandit" after dropping deuces on 19 parked cars in Akron.
This man is armed and dangerous, with his weapon of choice being his anus.
The offender was literally caught with his pants down on Wednesday after being snapped defecating on someone's car.
Police said the man, who has been nicknamed the "serial pooper," the "mystery pooper" and the "bowel movement bandit," has been linked to 19 incidents involving human feces being left on parked vehicles dating back to May 2012.
The man, who police said usually strikes between 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., was caught on camera by a resident Wednesday.
Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards said all of the incidents have taken place in the city's Castle Homes area.
Edwards said the suspect could face charges including criminal mischief if he is identified, UPI News reported.


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When Sam Elmazi (Dosage, Second Wife, The Foreigner) opened Strange Servant in December 2017, he wanted to give Dingley Village locals something new. Something strange, even.
This, he has delivered.
While the menu brims with Melbourne classics, there's a twist to each. There's smashed avo, of course, but Strange Servant's is "bashed", then smeared with baba ganoush and chargrilled corn salsa. There's also sticky black-rice Bircher, and house-cured salmon with beetroot, pickled zucchini and dill goat's curd.
The cafe is in a small suburban pocket, but the baristas work with Fitzroy's Industry Beans coffee. Mad As A Hatter chai and Golden Grind turmeric lattes are almost as popular, along with the selection of freshly squeezed juices.
The space is small, but doesn't feel cramped. The bright interior contrasts with the dark facade. There are exposed white brick walls, dangling light bulbs and touches of teal throughout. Splashed across the rear wall is large mural by WA WA WA Designs and Danielle Weber. The anonymous face is inarguably the centrepiece of the venue.


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LODI - Georgina Perez was drinking coffee with family when she was gunned down in front of them. Police say the bullet that killed her that morning in 2007 was fired by a teenage boy seeking a gang rival.
LODI - Georgina Perez was drinking coffee with family when she was gunned down in front of them. Police say the bullet that killed her that morning in 2007 was fired by a teenage boy seeking a gang rival.
The suspected killer has never been arrested in connection with the 49-year-old woman's death; investigators say they still don't have enough evidence.
And the woman who did face a jury - she drove the get-away vehicle, buried the weapon and lied to detectives - was recently acquitted of murder and convicted of a lesser charge.
So for Perez's family, the pain is still raw some 20 months later, closure a distant hope.
"It's so hard for us still," said Alma Contreras, Perez's 34-year-old sister, from her home in the Kings County city of Corcoran. "We want justice."
It remains to be seen if that will come. With few fresh leads, detectives have little to go on.
"We're still in pursuit of trying to find evidence," said Lodi police Det. Adam Lockie, the lead investigator on the case.
On Oct. 4, 2007, Perez became Lodi's first and only homicide victim of the year around 12:40 a.m., when two bullets were fired at a duplex on Swain Drive.
Authorities say the suspected shooter, who was 15 at the time, targeted the wrong half of the building. The teen, who had previously fought with a boy he believed lived in the duplex, couldn't see his intended victim because he shot through draped windows, police said.
Instead, police said, he shot a mother of eight who had driven three hours to visit her 8-year-old grandson before his birthday.
Police arrested Amera Khalid Addi, now 21, two months later. After initially lying about her involvement, the woman named the suspected shooter and led investigators to the buried handgun at Lodi Lake, prosecutors said.
Her word and the weapon weren't enough to arrest the alleged shooter, authorities said. The handgun had rusted so badly detectives couldn't retrieve evidence.
Addi, on the other hand, was charged with murder, shooting into an occupied dwelling and being an accessory after the fact. Under state law, suspects can be charged with murder, even if they did not pull the trigger, if they are believed to have aided in the crime.
During a seven-day trial, prosecutors argued Addi was so entrenched in gang life - she dated a documented and jailed gang member, investigators said, and detectives found gang writings in her room - that she knew the shooting would go down.
Her defense attorney said Addi was merely a witness to the crime and misled police because she feared for her safety.
After nearly two days of deliberating, jurors decided there was not enough evidence to find Addi guilty of murder.
They convicted her, however, of helping cover up the shooter's crime. She'll be sentenced in August and faces three years in prison, but she could receive a year and a half of credit for time served since her arrest.
New evidence against the alleged shooter remains elusive, Lockie said, but he maintained the investigation has not hit a dead end.
"There weren't a whole lot of witnesses. The witnesses we have were pretty much involved," and have been uncooperative, the detective said. "Sometimes time has a way of making people think about things and do the right thing."
Contact reporter Daniel Thigpen at (209) 546-8254 or email@example.com.


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I was prescribed Prednisone, 40 mg. 1X a day for 5 days. Then was told to just go off of iit without tapering now I am having problems with blurred vision. Anyone have this problem?
What will happen if you stop taking Prednisone abruptly without tapering off?
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S_Hart; Don't worry yes that can be a side effect, both of taking Prednisone or just stopping it abruptly don't worry it well go away I am guessing you were having problems and the doctor just stopped you which is okay your vision well clear up you should notice from a day or two as the medication clears out of your system. That was a pretty strong dose you were on and most the time they do taper it down, but you might have had this happen too. Have a good day and try not to worry.
Thank You Chuck, that makes me feel better.
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It came about that after apprehension and processing and release by the authorities, Glasseye was saved by the Reverend Sarah.
Kelly began the legwork for a story on the Reverend. Another one. "Are you numbering them? Perhaps some kind of inventive letter/title combination?"--her brother Martin: a typical reaction.
"But this one will emphasize Sarah's work with the black community. It could go right into the Lift your Face & Lift the Race series, plus a tie-in with Lanny's talk show. If he likes it."
"Yeah. And when has he not liked a suggestion of yours."
"What are you trying to say?"
"Me? Nothing."
Kelly delayed a few beats, then picked up again. "Plus, in this case I've got contacts via the Coney Island. Isn't there some veteran guy who went back to VietNam and became like a monk or something, who's Glasseye's cousin? And Mac having that knife fight with him, Glasseye I mean? Or maybe it was really the cousin. Did they really hold a sheet between them by their teeth?"
"Sister. Who hangs out at that place? and which one of us disinfects the bottom of her shoes every time she's forced to step in there? Are you not aware that I your humble servant have gainful employment at a newspaper, and am dependent on a few live contacts in the community for the admittedly meager food which reaches the fundus of my stomach?"
"Well yeah but. How many people read--"
"DON'T even start on that again." The skin on Martin's neck, getting those blotches.
Kelly backs down. "You know, I don't think we even need to fight any more. The people who watch our show aren't even the same ones who read your paper anyway. It's not like we have to fight for an audience."
"Oh. Okay. I feel so much better."
"Good. Now, personally, I think if you didn't charge people a quarter to buy it--"
"Aargh. Fifty cents. Four bits."
"Whatever. I've seen free papers in big cities."
"Well. There's a solution."
"Good. Now we don't have this discussion again. So what do you think about --"
"Listen. Just a minute. Have you even stopped to think about how this all looks?"
"This--which this?"
"Being saved, after getting off by the skin of his teeth."
"She was the one who sought him out, Martin."
"Yeah, but come on. Who's going to hear that story and not see his great penitance as some kind of cop-out for what he did? Now I admit there's a lot of people watching the evening news who are not exactly critical thinkers, but it kind of has a smell to it."
"Are you saying something about the Reverend Sarah? That's an interesting perspective. Since when have you forgiven anyone for anything? Seems to me I get comments every few months about some damn record cover of yours that I supposedly set a drink down upon and left a slight ring--"
"It actually tore part of the top layer of paper off, to be precise."
"Martin! That was in high school. I was fourteen years old!"
"That album would have been worth some money now, in pristine condition."
"Glasseye has just as much right as anybody to find salvation. I have a right to tape a story on it. It's been a long time since you were in church."
"Same goes for you."
"But I'm not taking the attitude that it can't be true! And I don't think you can go around saying you already know everything about what happened. You weren't there. There are larger forces than us."
Martin just watched her. This was kind of a step up for her, in their arguments. He couldn't tell whether to be impressed or irritated.
"Okay?" she said.
"Okay," he said. Still, she was wrong.
She especially wanted shots of Glasseye at home with his grandmother, who after personal visitation by Sarah, forgave him for breaking her shoulder.


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'It was an early morning yesterday, I was up before the dawn'
You promised me nothing
So I gave you my everything.
But when the clock chimed you dashed because you had dined,
You had hit it so you thought it best to quit it.
Yes, I awoke and wondered where you were,
The mystery boy from the night before,
Destined to remain an enigma
In yellow street light.
My mornings couldn't be for you,
For all of you,
One and the same,
The boys my mother warned me about.
Not anymore.
I found yoga, read, ran, sprinted
Towards another type of person
That I wanted to be,
Because then, perhaps, you could love me
Without the need to leave me.
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This book has been a life-saver for me, on more than one occasion. On a recent post, fellow-blogger and narc-fighter Vicarious Rising wrote the following insightful comment, "I think the paranoia [of a narcissist] has to do with both the idea that everybody is looking at the narcissist since they are so über important and that they are terrified of being revealed as frauds...And they probably also figure that everyone is thinking as deviously as they are, which means they have righteous cause to be paranoid."
The concept of narcissists' extreme paranoia is a fascinating topic for another day, what I'd really like to focus on is the idea that Vicarious mentioned about how narcs "figure that everyone is thinking as deviously as they are." Reading that made me think of the excerpt I'm about to share from my anti-narcissist bible. It's kind of a mind-fuck, but in a good way, in that it'll get you thinking and maybe even answer a few questions for you. (Bolding for emphasis mine):


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"I never intended for this to even get to where it's at now," says Luis Vasquez, discussing his band The Soft Moon, a post-punk outfit of which he is essentially the nucleus, playing the role of frontman, sole songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and visionary. "The first album is pretty much just made up of loner songs that were never intended to surface," he says.
The Soft Moon's stellar second full-length album Zeros was released on Halloween. The Soft Moon is essentially the audial manifestation of Vasquez's own nucleus. "I let my subconscious guide me in terms of writing, just letting whatever happens, happen naturally. I tend to keep it basic and primal," he says.
Primal is perhaps the perfect word to describe the aesthetic quality and feeling of The Soft Moon's creations. If Vasquez's debut LP The Soft Moon evoked primal human nature and its relationship with sound through dark, noise-driven beats, creeping synthesizers and buried, whispering vocals broken with primal yelps, then Zeros is a wonderfully complimentary follow-up album, going both deeper and further than before.
Zeros, released via Captured Tracks, invites listeners into Vasquez's mind, and in doing so reveals a microscopic lens on our own natural impulses. "I have this obsession with biology, with the human body," says Vasquez, "I'm really intrigued by it but it also freaks me out."
One prevalent example of experimenting with his own body and evoking a primal tone is his use of heavy breathing and mantra-like, buried vocals. "I have a hard time with verbal communication and I think that translates in the music," Vasquez says. "There's frustration in the vocals because aesthetically they're meant to sound like they're held back. The breathing and the moaning and screams and yelps for me are just very biological, representing my human body and my curiosity."
Complimenting his obsession with the body, Vasquez also cites the idea of the apocalypse as a strong concept in Zeros. In a sense, the album is about how humans might respond to the end of the world.
The album begins with the end. The first track, "It Ends," is a strong and loud industrial song called that Vasquez says "represents the world ending sonically." The following heavy breathing "is meant to represent me going out of consciousness and into my internal world."
His internal world contains tracks like "Machines," which Vasquez imagines to be played at "an end of the world basement club at 4am." The title track "Zeros" carries a slightly more optimistic tone, with the kind of synth that fits well in soundtracks to dark 80s high school dramas like Heathers or The Breakfast Club. However, the only vocal presence in the song is Vasquez's repetition of the word "fall" over and over. "It represents the decline of the world. My music is about my decline and my biology and the apocalypse."
These tracks are intricately crafted with layerof accent sounds, buried lyrics and sighs, spider-web synth that creeps in and out among constant heartbeats of percussion and deep, strong bass lines.
Like The Soft Moon's debut LP, when listening to Zeros, it's not hard to find similarities to early goth bands like Bauhaus and Joy Division, though the band is far from retro; Vasquez says that the band's resemblance to post-punk and goth music is completely organic.
"I never listened to goth music growing up," he says. "The farthest I got into goth was probably The Cure. If my music comes off as dark it's because my thoughts are filled with anxiety. I didn't have the best upbringing so I think my childhood kind of plays into that. My thoughts and emotions are dark."
Funny, because Vasquez comes off as really optimistic and friendly in person, with a genuine eagerness in his voice. When I ran into him in February after The Soft Moon's show at The New Parish in Oakland, Vasquez was a little sweaty and out of breath, but he was all smiles, open to talking for a minute and letting me take his picture, though when I bring this up he laughs, "I was a wreck that day. Hopefully the show was okay."
Describing that show as "okay" would be a total understatement. Part of the impressive impact of the show came from the visuals, an overwhelming swirling of black and white spirals, starkly contrasted growing geometric shapes illuminated in flashes of light, all of which are a huge factor in creating the full-sensory experience that Vasquez strives for in his live shows.
As for the visuals on the upcoming tour for Zeros, he is working something new. "I want to tie in the zeros concept. I want to evolve it to color. We do this thing when we play live, we switch to red for the encore. Maybe you'll see more of that in the future."
The visuals of The Soft Moon's live shows are not the only thing that's evolved in the creation Zeros. The entire album was written during the daytime, between days of touring on the road, as opposed to the previous album which Vasquez wrote late at night and early morning. This album was also the first Vasquez has recorded in a studio, at Roominator Audio in San Francisco.
"At first I was very hesitant to take my project to a studio," he says. "It's like taking your baby to a babysitter." Vasquez also says that his time in the studio lent to his increased experimentation on the new album.
Still, Vasquez says that when creating music, he needs to be isolated. "I tend to run across the street and grab a six pack and drink and feel the buzz and then work on my music, all alonem," he says. He purposely avoids being exposed to any other music when he's writing and recording.
"Sometimes when I'm in a car and the radio is on, I'll turn it off," Vasquez says. "I'm influenced too much, I'm like a sponge. If I'm working on a song and I have a concept in my head about that song, and I listen to something else that's completely different, it will kind of throw me off."
When he's not on tour, Vasquez can sometimes be found roaming shows at the Independent, Cafe du Nord, and Rickshaw Stop, and cites Radio Habana in the Mission District as one of his favorite bars. "It's a tiny little bar owned by this little old Cuban guy. He has all these dolls with dragon heads—it's pretty wild and cool." Vasquez also has a resident DJ night at Bar 355 in Oakland on the second Thursday of every month, where he plays post-punk, new wave and kraut rock.
If in the debut album Vasquez allowed The Soft Moon to step out of his bedroom in Oakland and into the open night on stages around the world, then Zeros is the band's rising sun. The album is pure post-punk magic, orthodox in style without ever verging on the edge of imitation, making it a perfect album for anyone who craves a modern twist on classic goth.
The Soft Moon performs at The New Parish in Oakland on December 14th and at Mezzanine on December 15th.