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Celebrity Thinspiration and Pro Ana Secrets Leaked and Revealed For The First Time!
"Discover How To Melt More Than 38.5 pounds in 30 days And Say Goodbye To Stubborn Fat Forever... Or Get Stomped By Magical Diet Pills And Weight Loss Programs That Fail To Work, Continue Getting Jealous of Slim Models and Celebrities, and Watch Slim Girls Around You Woo The Hot Guys While You Think What Went Wrong!"
From Christina Clark
Author, Researcher & Fat Loss Coach
Hey ladies, my name is Christina and I have an unusual weight loss story to share with you today. I want to share my story of desperation, I know how it feels like when you are looking for help but do not know whom to approach.
One of the worst feelings is to yearn for something we always wanted yet feeling ashamed about what we currently have!
I used to feel the same about my body and health. I am sure you can relate to what I am saying in some way. The feeling when you constantly compare yourself with someone else and imagine how happy you would be if you looked like them. People often tell you to be happy with what you have, yet, somehow you cannot do away with that feeling.
I wanted to have a GREAT LOOKING and SLIM BODY that gives me a WOW feeling and makes me FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF. I wanted to walk in a party and be the PERSON EVERYONE IS ATTRACTED TO because I look amazingly sexy. I wanted the CONFIDENCE TO ENJOY EVERY MOMENT because I am HAPPY and PROUD of everything I have.
People told me to give up. My family told me to give up. I even told myself to give up. Have you ever told yourself to give up because deep down you feel like you are going to a dead end? Don't!
But before I begin, take a deep breath and take some time to...
Feel what it will be like to lose more than 38.5 pounds in 1 month... looking at your sexy, slim, happy new you in the mirror!
Feel what it will be like to wear bikini, look gorgeous, and show off that sexy body at a beach!
Think what it feels like to walk into a room knowing that people will naturally come and talk to you because you exude confidence!
Imagine how hot and sexy you look compared to your old photographs...Wouldn't it feel good?
Imagine being crowned as the "Hot Babe" by guys around you...Yes You!
Think how confidently you'll carry yourself in front of your friends and family, reflecting the new slim, thin, and sexy you!
This is the story of how I lost 38.5 pounds of fat in less than 1 month, and how I saw the sexy me for the first time in my life.
How did I do it? Well, a lot of what really worked for me is things you probably won't read about in the magazines or mainstream weight loss programs, and I know these things can work for you too!
I am not a naturally lean and thin girl; in fact, I was downright obese for many years. My parents didn't care and kept on assuring me that I was beautiful the way I looked. I used to avoid parties just because I didn't want to get any negative attention. At times, I literally used to feel like closing myself in a room and secluding myself from the world. Forget about going for a date...I simply got NO ATTENTION from boys.
You see, I had been obese and self conscious about my weight for a long time. Not only did it become a problem in my daily activities – my job, my social life and even my personal life, but it felt like a chronic disease.
Worst of all, I reached a stage where I was so frustrated that I started reading every book on the library bookshelf on dieting and weight loss. I tried almost every over-the-counter diet pill I found, went for low carb, low fat diets, and even hit my credit card limit for an expensive personal trainer...only to find that a pound lost is followed by a two pound gain...The sticky, stubborn, annoying weight always came back!
I know you can relate to what I was feeling.
That was the low points of my life – I lacked confidence and self-esteem thinking that, things couldn't get any worse than this.
One day I was just flipping through the pages of a magazine until I read an interview with Angelina Jolie. Oh my god! My eyes were shot open and I was inspired with the way she carries herself. I went crazy for days, reflecting on what was wrong with me? Why can't I be like her? I started writing down the things I did to gain this weight. For the first time in my life, I had to shamelessly accept that I had been wrong all my life. Here is what I scribbled down:
- My motto in life has always been "Live to Eat."
- In the morning, I think I'll go on a diet, lose weight, but I end up hogging on my favorite dish at the end and feel I have gained more than what I should have lost.
- I find it difficult to control what I eat, how I eat, and when I eat!
- I blamed my diet more than myself even when I know I am the reason for the weight gain albeit I had a perception that I am doing my best to lose weight.
Well I've had enough! I decided that I was going to change my life and that I would do whatever it took. I wanted to be the HOT BODY CHICK around the guys who used to refrain from approaching me.
I had the inspiration. BUT HOW DO I LOSE WEIGHT? – This was the burning question!
And then, I had a stroke of LUCK. After my graduation, I joined Fashion One Television network as a TV Producer Intern. This was not only great professionally but it was an eye opening revelation for me in my weight loss journey.
The first time I stepped into their Los Angeles office, I was shocked to see the ladies there – they were stunning! They were what I wanted to be! They were perfectly toned, had perfectly shaped sexy legs, curved buttocks, and amazing figures – they were a complete package. A girl like me could give anything to be like them! Quite honestly, I was fuming seeing them!
Being around these ladies made me think "Why not me?" Not only were they downright sexy, they had a positive attitude, the right confidence, and a brilliance on their face that would make them stand out from the crowd. I have to admit, I was jealous.
Every Fashion week, I used to ask them about their diet. "What do you eat, What do you drink, What do you do for such a sexy body? WHAT, WHERE, WHEN were on my top checklist! I made it priority to extract their "secrets", and working around them for four months allowed me to learn a lot.
I learned about things from these girls that you don't find in magazines or weight loss books. I doubt if this will be even known to a personal trainer. The results? I was spell bounded. After struggling with weight my entire life, I finally found something that seemed to work.
I lost 38.5 pounds of fat in less than 1 month!
The great thing is that unlike my past experience, I learned how to keep the unwanted fat away for good as well. I decided to turn this into my passion. "I will not be convinced merely by 38.5 pounds" became my motto.
I forgot about my interest as a TV Producer! All I wanted to do was...
Produce Results And Lose Weight!
Now that I had a baseline, I started doing extensive research during my fat loss days and documenting all the methods that were working. And here's what came as a surprise to me: These models never did took diet pills or had personal trainers!
They never spent too much time exercising. They never went for extreme starvation. As a matter of fact, some of them used to munch on food throughout the day at regular intervals. This is totally opposite of what I have been told to lose weight. It's hard to believe that these models are so slim and sexy yet maintain such a lifestyle. I thought it was their metabolism. Maybe, they were born that way? Maybe, their fat burns faster than they breathe?. That was the only answer, right?. But come on! I was fooling myself, there had to be a method to their sexy bodied success.
I took the liberty to ask all the models I came into contact with their secrets. I wanted to know their diets, their regimens, I wanted to know how they kept such perfect bodies.
After months of learning their secrets and including the same in my lifestyle, I was absolutely bowled over. I mean, shocked. How did I manage it? Well, first I accepted a bitter truth that hardly anyone knows. Only a celebrity or a model can share something like this about losing weight. It is so surprising that it will blow your mind:
One of the biggest secrets most celebrities and models have in common is they keep a food journal and monitor their weight; they never starve; get almost an hour of exercise; and eat diets with 24% fat, 56% carbs, and 19% lean protein.
That may come as a total shock to you. As a matter of fact, this is totally opposite of what you think a model would say.
I'm going to cut the long story short here...
After implementing these techniques once only reserved for celebrities and models I am a different person! Not only do I have a wardrobe full of the most gorgeous clothes, I have a slim and sexy body. And guess what, I am 32 and my body is way hotter than most of the the models I met during my employment at Fashion One TV.
Since the time I had my "Thinspirational" body transformation, people of all shapes and sizes have approached me for years as an expert fat loss consultant. Whether it was more than 50 pounds or that sticky last 20 pounds of fat, I have an unquestionable 85% weight loss success rate with my clients.
Here is what my methods are NOT:
A guide to go on diet supplements or pills, which have no results – zero, zilch, nadda!
This has nothing to do with liposuction or any surgery that can be fatal for your body!
This doesn't involve flirting with the gym machines and spending your day struggling on the treadmill!
And most importantly – You Will Not Go Hungry!
Hang on with me for a minute because what I am going to share will help you get the oomph factor and a quick skinny transformation.
- Avoid going for conventional means of weight loss. To get the body you've always wanted, you have to stick to unconventional yet highly effective ways to lose weight. If you have grown tired of diet plans that never seem to work, it's time to smarten up. The fact is that fat does not play by the rules. Nor should you. As the rest of the world turns green with envy seeing their favorite celebrities flaunt their fabulous figures months after giving birth, you too can show off that highly coveted skinny body. Whether you need to lose a few pounds or several dozens, you don't have to confine yourself on the sidelines when you too can achieve a runway-worthy body.
- Regular diet plans do not work. As per National Institute of Health, you can expect regaining 2/3rd of your lost weight within a year of completing a regular diet plan. You can also expect to regain all the weight, and possibly more, within 5 years. That's precisely what had been happening with me when I first started trying mainstream diet plans.
- Over half of the claims made on weight loss are false. Yes, that's right! You have to understand that the diet industry is lucrative with people like me and you as the potential customers. As per a study by Federal Trade Commission in 2002, 55% of all weight loss claims had a shady credibility. It has been years since the study and things have only gotten worse.
- And Finally, You are not alone! That's right! According to the World Health Organization, 1 billion of the world's inhabitants are overweight. And It's NOT YOUR FAULT. Weight loss is like an epidemic caused mainly due to increasing consumption of processed foods high in calories and lack of physical activity.
You have my commitment that this is going to be the most fun you have had loosing weight once you feel your body start to transform into a "new you".
Recently, I decided to spread what I have been teaching many others with a book I wrote that uncovers significant new 'discoveries' about celebrity weight loss while walking you step-by-step towards a new transformation. I decided to put it into PDF e-book format so that I could save the expense of printing and shipping and pass the saving on to you.
But before you get to excited, switch to fat burning mode, and try on that skinny dress you saw yesterday, you need to be aware...
Many self-proclaimed fitness experts have claimed to have mastered the secret recipe of losing weight. Most of these claims have strained credibility. Many 'gurus' will also ask you to go on Pro Ana or Mia diets. Unless you want to harm your body, avoid them like the plague!
According to the 2011 statistics published by National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, most anorexics are young women out of which 60% of all anorexics fully recover from Anorexia, 20% partially recover, and 2.3% die while seeking treatment. Moreover, almost 50% of people with eating disorders suffer from severe depression.
I know it is hard to resist such claims, but stay away from anything that harms your body!
This is the exact reason why I am here! I never took anything – no magic pills, starvation diets, powders, potions, DVD systems, Ana and Mia and the list goes on and on. And neither should you! I have been very diligent while writing my book; in fact, I have ensured that every piece of advice is up-to-date, tried, and tested. Most importantly, it is 100% SAFE! Which means you can lose weight without worrying whether this is right or wrong.
So, if you've had enough of that stubborn fat, boring weight loss exercise, diet pills and are overwhelmed with too much information, and are scared of trying something new which may harm your body, I have the answer.
30 Days To Thin : The Secrets That Will Transform Your Body!
Everything in my book is simple, concise, and clear and has been logically written for each body type while ensuring everything recommended is 100% safe. I have even gone the extra mile to document what is recommended and what is not recommended if you are suffering from any medical problem.
Here is a Quick Sneak Peek Into What You Will Have At Your Disposal To Thinspire And Get That Body You've Always Wanted
Who knew you could lose weight with Juice? Page 25-38 reveals how to lose 38.5 pounds in just 1 month with a juice diet.
Page 24-71, reveals 20 yummy recipes that will help you lose weight without starving.
Based on a TV reality show, the Biggest Loser Diet on Page 72 will help you shed 17-25 pounds a week!
Page 73 will give you recipes to help you whittle your body to your desired weight and size.
Page 92 will tell you about exercises to make you slim without befriending that treadmill.
The most awaited, Page 100 will unveil the Celebrity Success Secrets! Hear from the horses own mouth – The secrets of 15+ famous celebrities including Angelina Jolie, Paris Hilton, Katie Holmes, Julia Roberts, Kate Middleton, Anne Hathway, Megan Fox, and many more.
Page 119 talks about you! Yes, the Instant Skinny You – secrets for your quick transformation!
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Caron Stace, Texas
When I started reading Christina's book in April, I weighed 186 lbs and my waist was 45 inches. Now at the end of May (6 Weeks later), I have lost a whopping 37 lbs and my waist is now 33 inches, thanks to Christina's juice fasting diet.
For the first the time have I been able to follow something, which really works! I'm down 12 inches in 6 weeks! My husband is amazed to see me and has encouraged me to follow this guide to the end.
Donna Sweeney, Miami
I feel like a new woman. I just bought a sexy bikini yesterday and am looking forward to go to Miami Beach with my boyfriend for the first time after so many years!
The way I carry myself has improved drastically thanks to your 5 factor diet.Your book has given me a way to prove myself – that I can be as sexy as those models in the television. I have started now and no one can stop me!
Thank you, Christina for making my life awesome!
Lila Carnie, Australia
I have shed all my skepticism because this really works!I have lost 6 lbs in just 3 days!
Your diet works wonders! For snacks, I have smoothies. I am fully confident of not only following this for life but will tell my best friend, Rachel all about it.
To anyone who is reading this and wondering if this is one of those programs think again! I'll send some before and after pics soon!
Christina, Thank you once again for making me love myself again!
Donna Castaneda, Arizona
My husband usually travels out of the country for business. I wanted to give him a surprise on his 30th Birthday.
Thanks to 30 days to Thin, I have lost 35 lbs in no time. I doubt my hubby will be able to recognize me as I will be wearing the dress he gifted to me 7 years back!
All thanks to you, Christina you have added spice to my life.
Now here's what's really great: I didn't have to wait more than a minute to get Christina's revolutionary "30 days to thin". In fact it was delivered within seconds. Nothing was shipped and I had instant access to the entire program in about 30 seconds. How cool is that?
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When you order 30 Days To Thin, you will also get "How to get Skinny Legs in 14 days!" The most effective guide to getting slim and sexy legs using strange Pro Ana methods that most celebrities use to get thin legs!
You will find out:
What foods you should avoid and what foods burns fat (page 10)!
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You will also get "How to get Thin Thighs in 14 days!" You think nothing can be done about cellulite and stubborn saddlebags? A proven formula that all Pro Ana celebrities use to iron out the creases!
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Download the new 30 Days To Thin eBook and all the special bonuses now and learn how to be Thinspired, the healthy way today and for the rest of your life. I am sure that this guide can help you lose at least 35 pounds in 30 days if you follow it correctly. Even then I am giving you full 60 days to try it out and see if it helps you to lose weight. If it doesn't, you get your money back!
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Ok! Sounds Good. So What's The Catch?
Take all that time you have spent in endless diet plans, magic pills, exercises and put that in enjoying your new life. Wear that sexy dress, see the world, go to beaches, be the new party attraction, make new friends, fall in love – you deserve all that.
Without taking too much of your time, I can assure you that the cost for this package is tiny. How tiny? Well, let us do some math.
If you are just starting on your weight loss journey you will have to spend thousands of dollars hunting down the right weight loss plan, hiring the right nutritionist, the right personal trainer, and most importantly, you will be taking pain of spending extra hours discovering tricks professionals don't even know about. I have personally spent more than $10,000 over the years on weight loss products, which turned out to be a commercial junk. And not to mention, hundreds of hours in the library researching on what will work for me.
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The teens are accused of pouring black crushed rubber into the town pools in the Town of Hempstead on Aug. 21. Police say the incidents all took place between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
The damaged pools were the Slate Lane Pool, Acorn Lane Pool, Bluegrass Lane Pool, North Village Green Pool, Azalea Road Pool, East Village Green Pool and West Village Green Pool. The exact dollar amount of the damage was unknown.
Nassau County police on Monday identified the suspects as Courtney Erin Kelly, James Slattery and Alexander Maher. They're all 17 and from Levittown. Two juveniles, ages 14 and 15, also were arrested but their names were not released.
Kelly was charged with criminal mischief. Slattery, Maher and the two other teens were charged with criminal tampering.
Information about their attorneys wasn't immediately available.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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By Louis Jacobson
Published on Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 5:13 p.m.
During the Nov. 9, 2011, Republican presidential debate in Michigan, Rep. Michele Bachmann took aim at the United States' dependence on borrowing from China with the use of a striking statistic.
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest money over, we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army of China, the No. 1 employer of the world," she said.
Officially, the Chinese defense budget is $91.5 billion for 2011. But many experts believe the actual figure is higher. The Pentagon estimates that China's military-related spending in 2009 was $150 billion.
Do Chinese investors including the government collect that much in interest? We found they didn't and rated Bachmann's claim False.
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---- — For the past 14 years, the Hatchet Classic has been a day where teams find out where they are at. The young Hatchets, now 2-1, of coach Quintin Myers found out Saturday that even a letdown of five minutes can be devastating.
Breaking a 1-1 tie Bloomington South scored three quick goals in those five minutes, the last one coming with 18:31 remaining in the game. The Hatchets had managed to score in the early minutes of the game when Francisco Rodriquez connected with a header on a corner kick from Alex Ruiz.
The Hatchets had topped Northview 2-0 in the morning game, getting goals from Austin Ghirardelli and Luke Raymond. South meanwhile was pummeled 3-0 by Evansville North in the morning game.
Evansville North captured the 15th Hatchet Classic championship with a 6-0 pounding of Northview. Though disappointed with some of the play, Myers still found some positive things to build on.
"We didn't mark very well in the second half especially and allowed them too much time in the midfield," Myers said. "We talked about that and what we need to do to adjust. Goalkeeper Brooks Brown was outstanding and if he wasn't, it would have been a lot worse."
The JV tournament was won by Bloomington South. The JV Hatchets picked up a 3-0 win over Northview but fell to South by a 1-0 score. The Hatchets move on Tuesday with a Big Eight match at Vincennes Lincoln.


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That's not to say you aren't likely to also come across fish feeding far from any structure, in the middle of nowhere. Bait schools move around, and migratory predators often follow. There's no telling what those predators might be (and the not knowing just adds to the excitement when a surface commotion is spotted).
Case in point: Just more than a week before we fished with Richard, he'd been out in the same general area, and they stumbled on a school of hundreds of big, aggressive bull reds (red drum) right on top. They caught and released more than 50 that day, many on fly, until their arms wearied.
Tigers, Goliaths and Jumping Cobia
In fact, a good freelance Gulf day can be a top-notch place to put one's light tackle and light-tackle skills to the test. Even if we didn't find a massive school of reds or strike silver in the form of tarpon, we had our hands full with cobia, jacks and good-sized blacktips that often jumped repeatedly. While the jacks were "fun size," Richard says spring often means monster crevalle in these waters - roving packs of 15- to 25-pounders that'll wear down even the burliest of anglers.
Surprises run from large to small. A school of ballyhoo showed up in the line of fine chum just behind the transom of our anchored boat for a good part of the afternoon. Nick put out the sort of "brim" rig so effective for ballyhoo, and the halfbeaks quickly went after the tiny baited hooks drifting back underneath a float. Nick began quickly adding 'hoos to the livewell.
Richard hooked one to a spinning rig and drifted it back a good distance, on top (with no weight), the line clipped to a halyard at the top of a rigger in hopes a passing king would pick it up. Andy Newman of Miami kept a close eye on the rig, itching for a royal rematch after a big king had unmercifully spooled him earlier in the day. (Light tackle is not without some risks when fishing the Gulf from anchored boats!)


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500 books — that was the volume of the library of ancient Russian Prince Yaroslav the Wise, a number of which very few libraries in the eleventh century could boast. Initially its 'Lives of Saints', liturgic books and annual chronicles were but sources of most advanced and up-to-date information of the relevant realities. Along with continuous social changes people's vision of the world changed too, and changes came to the function of libraries: monastic collections were followed by academic and later on — by public libraries.
The first Moscow public library, the library of Rumyantsev museum, was opened in 1862, providing public access to more than 100,000 items. This volume mounted consequently to 43 mln items stocked by the RSL today. Quite a step as compared to Yaroslav's library, but the principal task remains, and that is — cumulating and retrieving knowledge. The RSL's mission is to make information accessible for all, students and scholars, amateurs and professionals.
Not only the volume of the RSL stocks has been growing but the range of options it provides to its readers. Its continuously developing 'E-library' project is aimed at embracing most significant achievements of academic knowledge and making them available to the public on demand.
E-library began as a collection of more than 900 thousand dissertation theses defended in Russian. This amount is extraordinary, few countries can boast of so vast a volume covering all academic fields. Since the researches have been founded on the most recent academic achievements both in Russia and the world, the collection of dissertations represents the state-of-the-art international science and humanities. The range of fields it covers is really wide: philosophy and land-tenure, genetics and history, education and nuclear physics. Accessing e-library on the web students, scholars and professors can keep in touch with the recent developments in their fields, monitor works of their colleagues worldwide and carry out researches of their own.
E-library is growing continuously. In 2009 two more collections were added — 'Early printed books' and 'Universal Collection', both built around the most relevant and valued books on the Russian history and statehood. They are directed at a user specifically interested in early social and political history of Russia.
All this said, the future remains a vital priority of the e-library. Its digital stock is planned to expand strategically into educational and academic field. The Universal Collection will be stocked up with high school reference books and manuals — the category of items most demanded and most often asked for by readers of local and regional libraries. Digitalizing this category of the RSL stocks will add immensely to educating next generations of scholars and scientists.
Another e-library's strategic development under way is a digital collection of printed music. RSL has the fullest and all-embracing collection of scores, including the complete Russian musical works and the significant pieces of the world music written in all genres at all times. These publications are highly demanded by music students, teachers and artists.
Digitalizing its collection for the members of public to access it in a quick and easy way, the RSL expands the range of educational opportunities for the Russian residents in all localities however remote from major academic and cultural centres.
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Why do people choose to be atheists?
The question of belief (and how it might be achieved) is a crucial point of disagreement between atheists and theists. Atheists contend that believers are overly credulous that they believe things much more easily and readily than is rationally warranted. Theists, on the other hand, argue that nonbelievers deliberately disregard important evidence and are thus unjustifiably skeptical.
Some theists even contend that nonbelievers do indeed know that there is a god or that there is evidence proving a god but willfully ignore this knowledge and believe the opposite, whether due to rebellion, pain, or some other cause. Despite these important differences, there is little genuine discussion on just what belief is and, perhaps more importantly, what causes it.
A better understanding of how a person arrives at a belief can help illuminate whether or not atheists are overly skeptical or theists are overly credulous. It can also help both atheists and theist better frame their arguments in their attempt to reach each other.
According to Terence Penelhum, there are two general schools of thought when it comes to how beliefs originate: voluntarist and involuntarist. The voluntarists take the position that belief is a matter of will: we have control over what we believe much in the way we have control over our actions.
Theists often seem to be voluntarists and Christians in particular commonly argue the voluntarist position. Some of historys most prolific theologians like Thomas Aquinas and Soren Kierkegaard have written that believing or at least believing religious dogma is a free act of will. This isnt surprising, because only if we bear some responsibility for our beliefs can disbelief be considered a sin punishable by sending nonbelievers to hell. Nonbelievers encounter this perspective when evangelists exhort others to just believe and to choose Jesus, reminding us that our atheism is a sin and a path to damnation.
Involuntarists, on the other hand, argue that we cannot really choose to just believe anything. According to them, a belief is not an action and thus cannot be attained by command. For example, everyone realizes that even after a person has concluded beyond any doubt what they must do, that doesnt mean that they will automatically do it. Beyond their conclusion is the fact that extra steps must be taken to actually make the action happen.
However, there does not appear to be a parallel when it comes to beliefs. Once a person realizes what they must believe beyond all doubt, what other steps do they take in order to have that belief? None, it seems there is nothing left to do. Thus, there is no extra, identifiable step which we can label the act of choosing.
But this does not mean that actions and beliefs are not closely related. Indeed, beliefs are usually the products of various actions, and we are indirectly responsible for the beliefs we do and do not hold because we are directly responsible for the actions we take. For example, one can be praised for not having any beliefs about a neighbors sex life because such a belief can only be acquired by poking about in someone elses business. On the other hand, one can be blamed for not having a belief about who should win the next presidential election because this means not having paid any attention to the recent news about the candidates and the issues.
One can be praised for acquiring beliefs through having gone to the trouble of studying, researching, and making a genuine attempt to gather as much information as possible. On the other hand, one can be blamed for acquiring beliefs through deliberately ignoring evidence, arguments, and ideas which might tend to create doubt about long-held assumptions. Thus, although we may not be able to have rules about what we should believe, we can create ethical principles about how we acquire and affect our beliefs. Some processes can be considered less ethical, others more ethical.
Personally, I tend very strongly towards involuntarism. I try to explain to evangelists that I do not in fact choose atheism. Instead, atheism is the only possible position I can have given my present state of knowledge. I can no more choose to just believe in the existence of a god than I can choose to just believe that the computer on my desk doesnt exist.


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What sunblock can dogs wear?by Dr. Susan Baker
Question: Can I use regular sunblock on my dog? — Sparkle
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Fly posting is the illegal display of advertising material, that is, any sign, placard, board or notice, usually in public places, on buildings and street furniture, without the consent of the owner. It is an anti-social activity that can make an area feel uncared for which can discourage others from taking a pride in their surroundings. In many cases it encourages more fly posting.
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Wind: Energy Past, not Energy Future (the intermittency curse then, as now)
The disadvantage of windpower as a primary energy source has been long recognized. This 1838 textbook described the competitive situation of wind as follows:
William Stanley Jevons also detailed the problems of windpower in his 1865 classic, The Coal Question,
which was the subject of a previous MasterResource post.
An issue of the Scientific American in 1891 profiled the following experimental wind turbine generating electricity in the northeastern U.S .:
So beware of the hyperbole about windpower being the next great thing. It is a very old thing that could not, and still cannot, compete with the manifold advantages of hydrocarbon energies.
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- 1 TokyoTom { 03.04.09 at 12:09 pm }
Rob, thanks for this; you are right of course about the drawbacks to wind.
Now can I interest you in some very, very old tracts on how dirty coal is, both in mining and combustion, or newer ones about deaths, health costs, damages to property that are still ongoing and uncompensated?
BTW, while you are obviously an advocate for coal, are you also an advocate that coal producers and consumers bear their own costs? Or is shifting those costs to others a right that they have homesteaded?
- 2 Andrew { 03.04.09 at 6:45 pm }
TTom, the question isn't "is coal bad?" its "is it better than (essentially) nothing?" It is. Coal, I submit, has save far more lives than it has cost, and has improved quality of life more than damaged it.
- 3 quanticle { 03.04.09 at 9:21 pm }
The issue with using past as prologue is that it completely ignores technological improvement. Given that there are improvements in battery power and capacitors every year, is it not conceivable that eventually wind power will become cheap and reliable enough to serve as a baseline energy source?
Hydrocarbon energies, for all their manifold benefits, have the huge disadvantage of being finite in quantity. Eventually we will run out of coal. Eventually we will run out of oil. Same for natural gas. Is it then foolhardy to do all we can to investigate new sources of energy so that we can be ready when that day comes?
- 4 Bob Koss { 03.05.09 at 1:38 am }
Bonneville Power Authority in the northwest had a stretch in January of 11.5 straight days when their wind generation was less than 3% of rated capacity. They also say 23% of the time over the last year they generated at less than 3% of capacity.
Fossil fuel or nuclear baseload will always be required to ensure reliability.
There are many wind generation graphs downloadable from this link. http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/business/operations/Wind/default.aspx
- 5 TokyoTom { 03.05.09 at 3:58 am }
Andrew, the question is NOT whether "coal is it better than (essentially) nothing?", just as it is not whether wind or any other energy source is perfect or preferable.
The question is whether those who engage in economic activities are bearing the costs or risks of those activities, or whether those activities appear relatively preferable to the people involved because they are able to shift damages, costs, risks and/or responsibilities for consequences to others.
True libertarians insist that individuals (and firms) bear full responsibility for harms caused to others; some in fact insist that those who are harmed without their consent have the right to use courts to enjoin the damaging activity. Maybe this all seems a little quaint to you?
My point is simply that Rob is ignoring, rather obviously and perhaps deliberately, the human costs of the use of coal.
- 6 Tom Tanton { 03.05.09 at 9:15 am }
The "human cost of coal" has been extensively studied as have most other energy (nay, all economic) technologies. That study are most often referred to as "externalities"–Guess what? The economic 'costs' of coal are mostly, if not completely, offset by the economic benefits. The negative externalities are NOT enough to offset the higher cost premiums of technologies like wind that never quite mature (most likely because of the heavy per unit subsidy they've become dependent on after 35+ years.)
Now let's see about human costs–in countries with coal (or nuclear or any meaningful) baseload power isn't the average life span about twice that of folks living in countries with no or primitive energy? Aren't THOSE folks also less educated, and less free? Do they even have 15 minutes a day of "leisure time"?Aren't those folks also burdened with spending every daylight hour finding a piece of wood (or dung) to cook their measly daily bread and using unsanitary water to boot?
I don't believe Rob is ignoring the costs of coal. I believe Sir you're ignoring the economic and human benefits of coal and modern energy.
- 7 TokyoTom { 03.05.09 at 12:08 pm }
Tom, it seems that you understand little, if anything, about free markets or libertarian principles. Murray Rothbard`s paper on air pollution makes it clear that it was utilitarian arguments like yours – "the damage my pollution does to you is fine because people want to but my products" – that industry used in the 1800s to subvert the common law and run roughshod over property rights, leading to the "pollution is free" philosophy and ruinous competition where the non-polluter went bankrupt. The upshot was the horrible pollution in the 50s, 60s and 70s that led to tremendous citizens` movements to use government to bring pollution under control – with laws signed by Republican presidents.
No externalities? Where were you? What motivated the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, SuperFund?
As for coal vs. wind, please spare me the strawman. I`m not at all suggesting that wind OUGHT to be subsidized. I`m just asking for a little intellectual honesty that will recognize that coal use IS subsidized, by being allowed to shift real and significant costs to others, and that we`d all be better off if those socialized costs were internalized.
Perhaps someday it will occur to those who (correctly) want to bash greens for their stupid proposals that they might be more successful if they were a little more consistent themselves and started exploring common ground. Where`s the post praising the federal court decision forcing TVA to do a better job at cleaning flue gases than required by the CAA in order to limit harm caused in NC, for example? Where`s the post calling for the privatization of the bumbling, polluting TVA, which keeps generating costs for taxpayers and ratepayers?
But that`s not what this blog is all about, is it? You guys are more into making enemies and fighting over government than in truly shifting risks and regulation back to markets and the courts.
As for countries abroad, this is of course unrelated to a discussion local/regional costs and energy alternatives in the US. But since you bring it up, don`t forget that the real reason why these other nations aren`t developed yet is that they`re still kleptocracies that don`t sufficiently protect private property rights and returns on investments. Why are you cheering on poor governance, instead of suggesting that they could become wealthier sooner by accelerating their move up the Kuznets curve (which is an artifact not only of preferences, but of insufficient information and laws that protect the elites over private property of the masses)?
- 8 Tom Tanton { 03.06.09 at 11:45 am }
"the damage my pollution does to you is fine because people want to but my products" –only I NEVER said that.
wrt to "by being allowed to shift real and significant costs to others, and that we`d all be better off if those socialized costs were internalized. " yes, but onlyprovided the social benefits are similarly internalized, and that the social costs of e.g. wind also be internalized. Just what value would you propose be asigned the extinction of an endangered species caused by so many wind turbines right in their habitat or flyway? According to the ESA and court decisions, that cost (at least for other technologies) outweighs any and everything. My first post only pointed out that when correctly monetized (not using cost of control but damage functions) most fossil fuel technologies STILL win (i.e. toal social costs) compared to most renewables in most cases. The question of who decides those costs and dealing with the uncertainty of those costs (and benefits) is of course at the crux. It cannot be government. Finally, since you mention it "forget that the real reason why these other nations aren`t developed yet is that they`re still kleptocracies that don`t sufficiently protect private property rights and returns on investments. " you're of course right and we do find some common ground there–problem is, though that the US is "de-developing" for exactly the same reason.
- 9 Bob R Geologist { 03.07.09 at 1:53 am }
I detect science and rationality is beginning to assert itself into the non-problem of AGW but it is still beloved by politicians for its potential for taxing energy. However, western civilization is dependent on cheap energy to thrive and in these economically uncertains times, it would be the height of folly to force us into switching to renewable but unreliable energy sources. We are blessed with at least 100 year supply of carbon based fuels . Some ancient climates are known to have had atmospheres with over 12 times the carbon dioxide we have in our air today with out harm to life. So, lets not rush immature technologies for renewable energy sources until we can do it economically. Besides, we can use more CO2 in our air as it will be good for agriculture and save billions of human lives in poor countries and we can use a warmer climate because technically we are still in a glacial mode.
- 10 Carbonicus { 03.07.09 at 11:14 am }
TokyoTom – Andrew had it "righter" than you think. The REAL question is not "whether those who engage in economic activities are bearing the costs or risks of those activities, or whether those activities appear relatively preferable to the people involved because they are able to shift damages, costs, risks and/or responsibilities for consequences to others". The REAL question is whether society WILLINGLY acknowledges and accepts those costs, risks, damages given the quality of life that they directly enable. Yes, there are real pollutant externalities with coal, oil, fossils. But we should regulate and reduce contaminants and pollutants, and have done a pretty good job of doing so, with still room for much improvement.
You might be happy to ignore this, but the facts – hard data – prove this. Look at air quality in the top 10 U.S. cities from the 1960′s to today. Look at contaminant loads to waterways, surface water quality, etc. Look at mortality statistics. As I said, we have a long way to go but we're improving.
And, while on the subject of pollutants, CO2 is not one, despite what the Supreme Court might leave open to question in Mass. v EPA, or Lisa Jackson and Carol Browner's soon to come "endangerment" finding. Factually, carbon is one of the essential elements for life on earth, like oxygen, hydrogen, and others. CO2 is plant fertilizer for 97% of the plants that cover the surface of the earth, including crops. So let's worry about "pollutants" and not elements essential for life on earth.
We accept these externalities because the benefits outweigh the costs. Imposing alternatives before they are able to meet the demand required to meet a certain level of economic output and enable at least the current quality of life guarantees that the costs outweigh the benefits for society. Go research the environmental kuznets curve.
You are simply a watermelon. Green on the outside and red on the inside. And Carbonicus exists you expose you, Gore and your camp for what you really are: eco-socialists.
Not in my country…..
- 11 Andrew { 03.07.09 at 11:30 am }
TTom, your response to me is so wrong it isn't even worth explaining it to you.
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It's an understatement to say that Electro-Voice has had significant impact on the world of professional sound reinforcement almost since its inception.
>From humble beginnings almost 70 years ago in the basement of the Century Tire & Rubber Company in South Bend, IN, the company has traditionally brought forth cutting-edge audio technology. Now part of Telex Communications, Electro-Voice (EV) continues down that path, taking an approach of applying meticulous research and development to creating user-first solutions.
EV vice president of marketing Alan Shirley, who joined the company earlier this year, notes that a recent focus has been loudspeakers. The core of this effort is defined most prominently by the X-Array(TM) Series of full-range systems, which made its debut on the 1997-98 Rolling Stones' Bridges To Babylon world concert tour. As veteran pro audio journalist Richard Buskin, writing about the tour, pointed out, "Quite simply, X-Array is the best concert sound to date in an outdoor stadium environment. Great separation on the instruments, clear musical riffs, and easily decipherable lyrics."
Since that dramatic introduction, X-Array has gone on to establish itself within the mainstream of live sound reinforcement. Subsequently, EV developed a line of X-Array loudspeakers specifically tailored for the fixed installation market (called Xi Series(TM)), which also have gained acceptance in higher end applications like performing arts centers, large music venues, and houses of worship.
"X-Array took about 70 years to develop," laughs Mike O'Neill, director of research and development for EV. "Some of the technologies and improvements in X-Array were developed by going back and properly applying some of the discoveries and principles that were written by the pioneers of our industry. We just figured out how to do it."
O'Neill rides herd over a 28,000-sq.-ft., standalone R & D facility in Buchanan, MI, also the home of EV's headquarters and main production facility, a thoroughly industrial place where things like loudspeaker baskets are formed from raw aluminum. (The company also has several satellite production facilities.) Outfitted with the latest product design tools and staffed by more than 35 engineers and technicians, the R & D center represents the heart and soul of EV, a place where numerous technologies have been refined and brought to life, with X-Array serving as only one of the more recent examples.
"We embarked on the path to X-Array when it became clear that our previous high-end loudspeakers were becoming a bit long in the tooth," explains Jim Long, director, strategic projects for EV, who has been with the company for nearly half of its life. "At the same time, we felt the market in general was searching for a new loudspeaker, something that would step beyond everything else out there. We didn't want to provide a 'me too' solution."
The journey that resulted in X-Array took about three years. Performance of the earliest prototype versions indicated that progress had been made, but something was still missing. "We started doing demonstrations of these prototypes for customers, and universally, they told us, 'Your bass is great, your highs are great, but the midrange is lacking,'" says Long. Thus began the painstaking research referred to by O'Neill, where landmark work on the principles of horn design by Harry Olson, among others, was revisited and analyzed.
Over the course of two years, close to 30 acoustical and mechanical refinements were made in the midrange horn and driver, resulting in a unique breakthrough EV terms Ring Mode Decoupling (RMD(TM)). The improvement in performance can't be defined with standard electro-acoustic measurement tools; rather it's a subtlety of distinctly better vocal clarity only detectable by the human ear.
As work continued on Xi Series models tailored for fixed installation purposes, EV approached several leading system design consultants, including Craig Janssen of Acoustic Dimensions, to develop, incorporate, and further refine several technologies. This collaborative process is a bedrock tenet in the company's heritage, dating back to co-founders Al Kahn and Lou Burroughs. The duo had begun producing microphones for their fledgling public address hire business, and they soon found a need for higher quality mics in both PA and broadcast markets.
Their first major breakthrough occurred in 1934, with the development of the humbucking coil, which drastically cut the negative effects of stray electromagnetic noise that had previously hampered microphones. Other improvements soon followed, with Kahn and Burroughs traveling the country to show off their new technology and most importantly, to gather valuable input to further improve their products. Burroughs, in particular, was synonymous with this approach, with his frequent trips often referred to as the "Dr. Burroughs Medicine Show."
"It's fair to say that Xi Series was shaped by an interchange of ideas, helping to spur our development team to a new level," states Long. Further, many of the concepts created during the entire X-Array process have been utilized in other EV loudspeakers, including the popular Sx Series, which derives its roots from the legendary 100S and System 200 portable systems devised 20 years ago.
While loudspeakers have been a primary focus, Shirley points out that other product categories haven't exactly been ignored. P Series power amplifiers, for example, were developed concurrently with X-Array, and were selected by db Sound for the Stones tour. Harry Witz of db noted the choice was made only after several days of exhaustive A-to-B comparisons of the three P Series with almost every viable touring amp models.
Digital signal processing has also drawn a fair amount of attention. While a perfect fit with X-Array, EV's 24-bit Merlin ISP-100, including a user-friendly software interface, provides optimization of loudspeaker and/or array performance parameters along with supplying other valuable system processing and routing functions. A more powerful version of Merlin was expected to hit the market at press time, in time for a full launch at the 1999 Audio Engineering Society (AES) convention in New York.
"What this all adds up to is a cohesive line of higher-end products that integrate well together or stand alone independently within a system," Long says. In addition to all of the impressive product work the company is spearheading an ongoing, aggressive educational effort on behalf of the its worldwide customer base. This year in the US alone, EV is conducting 10 modern-day "medicine shows," where the focus over the course of two days is placed upon key system design and product issues. At about half of these sessions, Robert Coffeen, PDE, a renowned electro-acoustic consultant, backs up EV's own efforts with seminars reflecting his considerable design experience.
Incorporated in mid-1930 just as the US--and the world--plunged into the Great Depression, Electro-Voice offers a chronicle rich with parallels to many linchpins of 20th-century history and popular culture.
The company's unusual name was inspired by legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne. Recovering from an illness which made it difficult to supervise activities on the team's four practice fields, he had a tower constructed which overlooked all four fields. Kahn and Burroughs were contacted to design a PA system for the tower, devising a four-speaker system with a microphone and switching mechanism by which Rockne could bark orders to each of the four squads. He reportedly called this system his "electric voice," which was adapted to Electro-Voice.
At the time Burroughs and Kahn began developing microphones, the market was virtually monopolized by Western Electric. However, this technology was targeted primarily toward parent company Bell Telephone's rapidly expanding telephone business, relying upon delicate carbon ribbon elements not well suited for performance applications. Through their landmark efforts, the duo became one of the primary forces behind breaking "Ma Bell's" microphone monopoly. By the late 1930s, EV offered a wide range of dynamic mics exceeding customer expectations in every phase, also employing modern manufacturing procedures that kept prices low.
The outbreak of World War II spurred more innovation, and with a purpose. At the time, radio communications in combat situations were estimated to have only a 20% success rate. The problem: mics in use at the time picked up as much or more battle noise than they did the human voice. Kahn and Burroughs designed a mic using a 180-degree phase shift to cancel background noise, and engineered it to be attached to the helmet. Called the T-45, it raised the success rate to 90%, and was considered so vital that a Marine Corps office later confided to Kahn that the US landing at Guadalcanal was held up several weeks until the troops could be equipped with the mic in order to reduce casualties. The company received a citation from the War Department for its contributions, and it was during this time the company transferred to its current Buchanan, MI, headquarters to meet growing demands.
The T-45 and other noise-cancelling mics remained a staple in the commercial aviation market for decades, with this same technology utilized on early Mercury and Gemini space missions. And, EV specially designed microphones for the Skylab space station, and even though threatened by a lost heat shield, this equipment functioned without failure during Skylab's entire six-year mission.
Hundreds of developments in microphone technology followed, including implementation of synthetic plastic that made dynamic mics suitable for studio use and the patented Variable-D(R) design found in the broadcast legend RE20 as well as several other models. A decade ago, EV introduced the audio world to the power of neodymium, a rare-earth element four times stronger than conventional magnets and now employed in mics produced by a divers e group of manufacturers.
"I can't stress enough the impact that EV's founders, and Lou Burroughs in particular, still have on us," Long says. "Lou set the tone for tirelessly seeking answers, and that attitude still seems to permeate our halls to this day."
The 50s saw focus expand to loudspeakers, initially concentrating on consumer audio products such as the renowned Patrician series. Gradually, focus shifted to commercial loudspeakers. Also during this period, EV created the first large anachoic chamber outside of an academic research facility, which added a new level to the sophistication of both microphone and loudspeaker testing and development efforts. Meanwhile, performers ranging from Elvis to the Beatles utilized EV mics, and in 1963, the company became one of very few manufacturers to receive an Academy Award for technical achievement, specifically for the 642 Cardiline(R) mic.
By 1967, Kahn and Burroughs were ready to move on to a well-earned retirement and sold their creation to Gulton Industries, which also acquired several other pro audio manufacturers. EV continued to grow and prosper, allowed to exist in relative autonomy through the mid-80s, when Gulton was acquired by Mark IV Industries. Under a structure created by EV (and later Mark IV Audio) president Robert Pabst, EV was strategically aligned with several other top-line pro audio companies, a formula that met with mixed success. One thing remains unaltered, however--a commitment to pushing the technology envelope. It was during this period that the breakthroughs with neodymium and Manifold Technology(R) loudspeakers, among numerous others, were introduced to the world.
At press time, EV announced that the company will be moving about 100 administrative jobs to Telex headquarters in Minneapolis, MN over the next 18 months. Some 190 jobs will remain in Buchanan with the company's engineering and manufacturing operations.
"We're constantly evaluating new directions and technologies. One intriguing area is powered loudspeakers, which appear to have a lot of potential and interest. And of course, the unabated march of digital advancements has a direct and indirect effect on so many things we do, both in the lab and in the field," concludes Shirley. "It's certainly an exciting time to be in professional audio, and to have the opportunity to rise to the challenge of creating products that make a difference."


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"Will require oil companies to take a reasonable share of their record-breaking windfall profits and use it to provide direct relief worth $500 for an individual and $1,000 for a married couple. The relief would be delivered as quickly as possible to help families cope with the rising price of gasoline, food and other necessities. The rebates would be fully paid for with five years of a windfall profits tax on record oil company profits."
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Three budget plans, no proposals for windfall profits tax, promise broken
Updated: Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 | By Robert Farley
In a press conference on March 11, 2011, President Barack Obama talked in length about his energy policy. He talked about boosting domestic oil production, energy conservation and investing in clean energy alternatives. But one thing you didn't hear was President Obama talking about the need for a tax on windfall profits for oil companies.
Two years ago, we moved this promise to Stalled when Obama failed to include it in his 2010 budget outline. It wasn't in Obama's 2011 budget. And now --even as gas prices are again on the rise -- it's not in his 2012 proposal either.
Jerry Taylor, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, said there has been "no serious push" from the administration for a windfall profits tax.
Obama made the promise back in the summer of 2008, when gas prices were at record highs. The national average for a gallon of unleaded hit a record of $4.11 on July 17, 2008. Then the market collapsed, and so did talk about a windfall profits tax.
Gas prices are climbing again, but with Republicans now controlling the House, Taylor said, "there is no way he'd get that through the Congress today."
"It's the sort of thing that polls well during a campaign, but once you get elected, you conveniently let it go by the wayside," Taylor said. "If we continue to see a rise in gas prices, I'm virtually certain we'll see a lot of conversation about that," he said. But there's no chance it will pass, he said.
Chuck Marr, director of federal tax policy at the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said that while Obama's 2012 budget plan does include a proposal to cut or eliminate tax subsidies to oil, gas and other fossil fuel producers -- $4 billion worth, according to the Obama budget plan -- "he hasn't proposed (a windfall profits tax), that's for sure."
During the election, prices were very high, Marr said. As oil prices again climb, he said. "it becomes more in play, though I haven't heard much discussion of it." And with Republicans now controlling the House, he said. "Let's just say it couldn't happen."
This promise seemed doubtful from the start. Even before Obama took office, the promise was scrubbed from the Obama campaign's transition website. In December 2008, an aide to the Obama transition team told ABC News, "President-elect Obama announced the policy during the campaign because oil prices were above $80 per barrel. They are below that now and expected to stay below that."
At the time, we thought it was too early to call this promise dead. Gas prices are unpredictable. But even as gas prices rose again this year, Obama said nothing about a windfall profit tax. It hasn't been included in any of Obama's three budget plans to date. And we couldn't find anywhere that either Obama or anyone in his administration has raised the idea. Now, even if it were to be proposed, experts say the political calculus -- with Republicans controlling the House -- makes it almost impossible that it would become law. We rate this one a Promise Broken.
White House website, Transcript of news conference by President Obama, March 11, 2011
White House website, Obama's proposed 2012 budget, funding highlights for the Department of Energy
ABC News, "Obama Abandons Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies; Liberals Smell a Corporate Rat," Dec. 3, 2008
Interview with Bob Williams of the Tax Policy Center, March 15, 2011
Interview with Jerry Taylor at the Cato Institute, March 15, 2011
Interview with Chuck Marr at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 15, 2011
Low gas prices have stalled windfall profits tax on oil companies
Updated: Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 | By Angie Drobnic Holan
Back in the summer of 2008, gas prices were at record highs. The national average for a gallon of unleaded hit a record of $4.11 on July 17.
Barack Obama, then a candidate, argued for a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
"I'll make oil companies like Exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits, and we'll use the money to help families pay for their skyrocketing energy costs and other bills," Obama said in a speech that summer.
But since then, gas prices have declined. A gallon of unleaded cost $1.94 in March 2009.
So these days, President Obama doesn't talk about the windfall profits tax. It didn't make it into the budget outline he released on Feb. 26, 2009. No one in Congress has introduced legislation to enact it. (In 2008, there were at least seven windfall profits bills.)
That's not to say that Obama has abandoned all energy taxes. His budget outline includes a cap-and-trade policy that would require carbon emitters to pay new fees ( Promise No. 456 ), as well as proposals to revoke other tax deductions for oil and gas companies ( Promise No. 2 ).
But we've seen nothing to indicate Obama intends to pursue a windfall profits tax anytime soon. If Obama was serious about this one, it seems likely it would have been in the budget outline. For these reasons, we rate this promise Stalled.
Fuel Gauge Report
, accessed March 10, 2009
Library of Congress Thomas legislative database
Office of Budget and Management, Budget Documents for Fiscal Year 2010 , Feb. 26, 2009
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SOHH recently caught up with A$AP Rocky to discuss life as he knows it since officially announcing his deal with RCA.
When asked if he knew the $3 million dollar announcement would cause such a stir on the Internet, the Harlem rapper said the public's response was something he never expected.
"People tend to make a big deal out of everything. I'm gonna be perfectly honest: I been hearing that I'm pretty big. I can go on Twitter and stuff and see that I'm pretty big, but truthfully, I don't know how big I really am yet. You know? Because it's happening to me, I can't really see it like everyone else does. But [being big] is not the most important thing to me at this moment, so I don't stress that. I'd a dope feeling, but I don't know if I'm bigger than I was a week ago." (SOHH)
Rocky went on to add that his deal shoots down the myth that an up-and-comer needs a major artist co-sign before stepping foot in the game.
"When people used to ask us who we f*ck with and who we had songs with, we'd be like, 'Us'. That's who we roll with, us." That's who we rap with. So, I guess that sh*t worked out for the better because we don't have to perpetrate and fraud like we know [astists] that we don't really know and sh*t. All we got is us, and if you f*ck with us, then we got love for you." (SOHH)
Vado, another MC hailing from Harlem, signed a deal with music mogul Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records earlier this year.
Vado is about to have a new home. The Harlem spitter confirmed to XXLMag.com that he recently inked a deal with the Interscope Records. Details of the deal are still emerging. V-Don's retail mixtape, Slime Flu hit stores last October, and was released on eOne. His collabo album with Cam'ron, Gunz N' Butta, is slated to drop next month on April 12 also through eOne. Vado will be appearing on XXL's UStream show Spotlight next Wednesday, April 6. (XXL Mag)
A record deal worth millions is not always a meal ticket to success, a lesson fellow New York MC Papoose learned when his infamous $1.5 Million dollar deal with Jive ended with an official album never being released. As of 2011, Nacirema Dream is scheduled to be sold independently.
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- 6 hard-cooked eggs
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- 1 teaspoon sugar
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- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Paprika
- Slice eggs in half lengthwise; remove yolks and set whites aside. In a small bowl, mash yolks with a fork. Add the mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, mustard and salt; mix well. Stuff or pipe into egg whites. Sprinkle with paprika. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 1 dozen.
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way too much salt. maybe too much vinegar as well. tasted awful. and I am a huge salt addict. also, the mixture was really dry so when squeezing it back into the whites it was clumpy.
I made these for Christmas dinner and my family raved over them. I thought they were just ok, but I'm not that fond of deviled eggs. Also, I never use much salt in anything. My dad always said " you can always add more, but you can't take it out"
Good if you realise this recipie over seasoned,I used 12 medium eggs,pinch of salt,3 table spoon mayo,1 teaspoon sugar,1 teaspoon mustard,1 teaspoon white whine vineger,pinch of salt and sprinkled with paprika these tasted absolutely wonderful but i dont have a strong taste for salt the person who wrote this must have a strong taste for salt
I just tried this recipe tonight. The amount of salt is way too much. It also is not sweet enough.
So terribly salty! I couldn't finish the one egg i bit into. After reading other reviews (which I should have done first!) I think I will try this recipe with 1/8 tsp of salt, or none at all.
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