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San Francisco 49ers
Frank Gore - #21 - RB
|5' 9"/ 217 lbs.
|Coral Gables, FL
|Miami (FL)
|Years played
|2005, 3rd round, 1st pick by 49ers
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Gore was fined $10,500 by the NFL on Wednesday after he wore his socks too low in Sunday's NFC championship game at Atlanta, an equipment violation. It marked the second time he was fined this season.||||||| Gore says he was so focused on winning the game and getting the 49ers back to a Super Bowl at last that he didn't give his uniform all the attention he should have. He did his part on the field, though. Gore rank for touchdowns of 5 and 9 yards in the Niners' 28-24 comeback victory over the Falcons, putting his team in position to capture the franchise's sixth title.
Gore managed just six carries for 28 yards in the 49ers' blowout loss at Seattle on Sunday night.||||||| The 49ers fell behind early and Gore quickly became an afterthought.
Gore carried the ball 12 times for 63 yards and a touchdown during Sunday's 27-13 win over Miami.||||||| Gore has now found the end zone in three consecutive weeks. He remains a high-end No. 2 RB going forward.
Gore is nursing a wrist problem for the Niners.||||||| He expects to play Sunday against Miami.
Gore was limited to 58 yards on 23 carries by St. Louis, though he did register a touchdown.||||||| Gore hasn't run for 100-plus yards since Oct. 18 but is still essentially a must-start in all leagues.


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The Eagle-Tribune
---- — HOOKSETT — Residents and visitors welcomed news yesterday that ground has been broken for a significant upgrade of the Hooksett welcome centers on Interstate 93.
Gov. Maggie Hassan, other state officials and representatives of The Common Man restaurants wielded shovels and oversize cutlery yesterday in the ceremonial event.
The Common Man has a 35-year lease with the state and will fund construction and operations at the welcome areas on both sides of the highway. the state Liquor Commission will continue to fund and operate the two state liquor stores there.
The redesigned centers will feature multiple dining options, a visitors center, gas stations, a bank, a country store and the state liquor stores.
"The Hooksett Welcome Centers project is an innovative public-private partnership that will help boost our economy and support our tourism industry by providing a high-quality welcome for all visitors to the Granite State," Hassan said. "With the project estimated to create over 130 long-term jobs, the new Welcome Centers will help spur economic growth and offer a uniquely New Hampshire experience that showcases what makes our state special."
New construction will feature "mill-building architecture." The Common Man dining options will include a 1950s-style diner, am Italian farmhouse restaurant, a deli and a breakfast option.
There also will be a 24-hour convenience store, two new liquor stores, a bank branch, and an interactive visitors center. Irving Oil will have two gas stations and there are plans for electric vehicle plug-in stations. At 20,000 square feet, the new liquor stores will be twice the size of the existing outlets.
"This is a unique and innovative project involving all New Hampshire-based companies from the owner/operator, bank, architects, construction, and other partners," said Alex Ray, owner and founder of The Common Man family of restaurants in New Hampshire. "As a long-time resident and business owner in New Hampshire, I'm really looking forward to a fresh statement for visitors and residents at these welcome centers and service areas."
The project is expected to bring 137 full-time jobs to the area.
Both welcome centers and the liquor stores will remain open during construction, which is scheduled to be completed in April 2015.

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Good infrastructure didn't save Europe from its economic policies from catching up with it, it can't save Brazil, (even in the 80's Brazil had relatively good infrastructure for a developing country at that time,)
For that matter the Soviets had very good infrastructure (and education), and even India had its national railways,
I'm not sure you realise just how bad Brazil's infrastructure is... and the 80s Brazil did not have "relatively good infrastructure", the dictatorship did an appalling job while in power and the lost decade after they finally admitted how useless they were and quit was a direct result in General's failure to do anything other than delay Brazil's problems down the barrel of a gun.
@ Jintelo
Your "good infrastructure didn't save Europe" comment is intriguing.
Firstly Europe is not "lost" as can be evidenced by the UK economy regaining the 5th biggest economy title from Brazil, even when "Europe is in crisis" as Brazilians have convinced themselves to feel good about themselves. Yes that's why there are something like 10 million Brazilians living in Europe (most of them illegally) and not the other way around! strange that eh!
Secondly and about the infrastructure, Brazil has only 0.5% of its roads covered with asphalt of concrete, yes less than 1% of its roads! The rest are dirt tracks... AND Brazil transports more by road than the USA and Russia combined.... because there are no train services from state to state... guess what, Brazil boasts of having 6 different track gauges making it impossible to have a national rail service... some great planning that was by the competing interests of the Coffee Barons.
Road deaths are the 8th highest in the world. While other countries (the USA and EU included) are building "smart roads" for driverless cars, Brazil´s answer to driverless cars is to kill all the drivers.
Then there is the enhancements roads bring, they connect people thereby increasing trade, competitiveness, access to health and education.
So name me 1 EU country with a lower GDP per capita than Brazil....
Yes Germany, UK, Ireland, Holland, Denmark etc etc all have 4 times higher GDP per capita than Brazil because they are focussed on the future, not skimming off the top of Infrastructure budgets and screwing their own people in the process.
And you read the Economist!!! Jeeez
I was very worried when I read the news about the goverment's desire to change the Fiscal Responsibility Law, and I think it is the clearest sign yet that the PT is desperate to pursue growth at any cost. I think the fiscal mismanagement could become much worse in the next two years leading up to the 2014 election. But at the end of the day I think the unemployment number is far and away the most important indicator. If unemployment stays low, the PT wins in a landslide. If it doesn't, things could get interesting.
Plenty of Latin American leaders have won reelection recently despite poor fiscal management and high inflation. Hugo Chavez and Cristina Kirchner are certainly the first two to come to mind. But the two of them depended on high commodity prices to boost their oil and soy exports, respectively. But Brazil doesn't have any major export to prop up its entire economy in a similar fashion. Mineral prices are falling, agricultural exports are only a minor part of GDP, and deep-sea oil production is going at a very slow pace. I don't really see what possible stimulus package could boost growth in a major way in the short term. It looks like Brazil is inevitably bracing for a prolonged period of sup-par economic performance. Even if Dilma does win reelection in 2014, I have a feeling the PT will be pretty unpopular by the time 2018 comes around.
Chavez and Kirchner governments lie through their teeth and about the economy and almost lavish spending on certain segments if the population. Effectively bribing their populist arse into power with increasing their fiscal mismanagement.
Dilma would need to start limiting the free media, lie about the economy, continually attack another country as imperialist (UK and US are already taken) and quite literally become an autocrat.
Argentina and Venezuela are only one crisis from falling over. Hopefully Brazil isn't.
"I was very worried when I read the news about the goverment's desire to change the Fiscal Responsibility Law", I wouldn't be. One of the marks of the PT administration is to do as little as possible to rock the boat. The PT "tweak" they don't swing hammers around. Even things that seem like a big deal aren't.
The PT's popularity is going to depend of the effective implementation of the planned infrastructure projects. Appalling logistics is Brazil's biggest economic bottlenecks, it distorts everything; export competitiveness but more importantly internal costs and therefore inflation.
When the road, rail and ports come online over the next 5-10 years this should be addressed. The sale of the contracts to the private sector offers hope it will work. I was in Guarulhos airport two week ago and I was amazed at the change in only 3 months since the sale of the concession, new high quality bathrooms, less hassle with lines, helpful staff. I was very surprised, fingers crossed this is the shape of things to come.
I agree that the PT will probably tweak the law, not gut it. But it's still very worrying for Brazil's long-term fiscal outlook. The country is going through a massive demographic dividend, but over time as the population ages growth will slow and pension liabilities will mount, and debt will explode. This is exactly what we're seeing in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Aging societies represent a very new economic challenge that we're just starting to understand. The fact that the government is already resorting to raiding the sovereign wealth fund while it continues to let the cost of its public sector expand uncontrollably reinforces the fear that, later down the road, the country could be headed for a Southern Europe style sovereign debt crisis. What Brazil needs isn't a massive Keynesian stimulus to spur growth, it needs structural reforms that fix its underlying competitive weaknesses.
I certainly agree with you that the infrastructure projects will be a big boost, improving on a major competitive weakness while also providing jobs for lots of construction workers. It's great to see that the PT has finally changed its "all privatizations are bad" philosophy to be a bit more practical. But these projects will take years to kick in; construction shouldn't start until 2014 at the earliest, and given the slow pace of things here in general, maybe even later. Not in time to make a big difference for the next election.
The PT's popularity is going to depend much more in the short term on the unemployment rate, which has been going in its favor for a while. But in general it is quite hard to maintain a low unemployment rate amid low-growth conditions for an extended period of time. When growth is low, job creation tends to lag, and eventually the unemployment rate ticks up. The only economy I can think of that has had low growth and low unemployment for an extended period of time is Japan, but that has a lot to do with the fact that it is the oldest country in the world and thus has a lot of retirees and few workers. I highly doubt that the unemployment rate will still be about 5% by October of next year, but who knows, maybe I'll be surprised.
Agreed on the comment about structural reform. But politics is politics and the Brazilian system adds to the difficultly of getting things done quickly and efficiently, there are so many competing "bancadas" within the parliament it really is a miracle that Brazilian politics operate at all. That said the government efficiency - or lack of - is improving. Over the past 15 years there have been very real and recorded improvements in education and health, but it is still a massive lottery. Live in a small wealthy southern city and you will get European levels of public service, in a city of north... forget about it.
On pensions, there is encouragement there as well. It is often forgotten in the noise, but the Mensalão was primarily about vote buy to pass important pension reform. Plus Dilma stared down the public sector unions last year and won and she stated in a interview at the end of last year that tax harmonisation and reform was this year's battle.
It is going to be an interesting year.
Is Brazil running to be the next Argentina? Just keep Mantega in office, and for sure this will be the result.
It seems a subcontinental contest:
Who has the worst and ill-prepared left ruling class?
Argentina and Brazil are both eager to win, getting at least even in this central issue.
You are joking?
Mantega has been Finance Minister over a period of the worst international crisis in living memory and you are complaining about what exactly? Low growth? I'm not sure if you are old enough to remember Collor, but the last time Brazil was hit but a international crisis the government froze everybody's bank account and raided their savings, inflation spiralled to around 1000% and the country nearly collapsed and had to go begging to the IMF for a bailout. Now Brazil is a contributor to the IMF.
Mantega might not be the most exciting guy on earth by you can hardly accuse him of the kind of poor management that is going in in Argentina.
Don't worry, BR-NZ, just some kids trying desperately to sound smart, pure nonsense, talking about things they know nothing about. Ignorance is bliss.
So, you guys must have been living under a rock between the Collor presidency and Guido becoming minister. Or were 1994 (Mexico), 1997 (Russia), 1998 (Asia), 1999 (Brazil macro), 2001 (9/11), 2002 (liquidity crunch in connection with the Brazilian presidential elections) no crises? Some of them could certainly have been managed more aggressively, but it was mostly Pedro Malan's conservatism and credibility that built up the trust that allowed the fat years that followed under Lula.
Now, with regards to Guido, the forecasting Elf, it's crystal clear to many people that he is not terribly endowed and one can speculate if TE's recommendation for Roussolph to fire him did not delay something she had already planned.
Also, I wonder what names could be considered to replace him - scary!
Not much could go wrong, because in Brazil there were no markets for the structures that generated the bubbles that ultimately blew up in developed markets. Plus leverage was generally very low. So all he had to do was sit back and watch. Sure, some sector specific consumption-enhancing measures were taken, but in the long run we see those are all the more disrupting.
"Brazil is a contributor to the IMF" - the surpluses are not the government's merit, but the result of the commodity boom which Lula was able to enjoy (and also fund the Mensalao).
Geee. What happened. I thought, as per reader Abelardo Jurema that "Brazil had the UK's economy in the bag". Oh well. Not surprising he doesn't show up anymore.
Anyway. We all saw that before. Welcome to high inflation and low growth, Brazilians.
I predict that in the comments of this very article we will have at least one of these:
-"You shoulda taka care of the Englanda economy. The royalty costa lota maney! Don't interfere our country, most beautifa in the world Brazil!!!!!!"
-"Yeah but Brazil is still growing more than the UK" (completely ignoring the article's "Stung by criticism, Dilma Rousseff, the president, pointed out that Brazil is still growing faster than Europe. That is true, but hardly a very illustrious comparison: most other emerging economies, including in Latin America, are doing far better.")
-"Chinaski you have psychological problems and hate Brazil"
Now the most classic one (my comments in brackets):
"Brazil is a young country (colonized much before America) and all countries have challenges. Change is occurring slowly (slower than other countries i.e. Brazil is lagging further and further behind) but there are lots of good points. The production of sweet potato and the consumption of air conditioners is up 2.34%. Plus Brazil has the best HIV programme in the world."
Just wait and see....
The article gets the economics right, but the politics wrong. Given the sizeable reduction in Brazil's real annual interest rate (down to 2%, from 13% a decade ago), it is correct to argue the country can lower its primary surplus without jeopardizing public debt dynamics. The point missed, however, is political and a key one. If President Dilma Rousseff's administration lowers the official primary surplus target, powerful political lobbies in Congress (such as public workers and retirees) will mobilize almost immediately to capture the extra money the lower fiscal target will leave on the budget table. If the government maintains the target as is, the president (and not the lobbies) can choose where the extra budget money can go to. And given Brazil's infrastructure needs, it is far better to allocate the extra money to investments than to payroll or retirement benefits.
Alexandre, the lack of investor confidence is the central issue Dilma is facing right now. You know, there's poor dialogue between the government and several sectors. Dilma has a terrible weakness that is centralizing decision making, which causes the delay in some relevant matters. Besides, some of her closest assistants are terribly weak when compared to many of those during Lula years, even weaker if we compare to FHC staff. Anyway, many predictions or analysis made by "The Economist" about Brazil proved wrong, for good or for bad. Nice to read your comment.
Wrong, guys, the problem is Brazil has the government its people deserves.
Bravo, Sir.
A pity our previous dialogue in a different article was deleted.
I salute you!
Gee you just stepped in dung. The scent will follow you all over the website.
Wait for it. A rabid bark is on its way.
Wow! Deep analysis... You really added something, MM4E. lol
Well, I favor that simple approach to the convoluted approach that relies on 'deep analyses' used by the Brazilian government and its highly efficient and agile 30+ ministries, resulting in very specific interventionist, opaque and trust-eroding policies. The wobbly implementation and legal framework supported by the 'black box' Judiciary obviously don't help either.
For your benefit, the most efficient economies function with simple, general and transparent rules - no 'porems', no 'despachante', no 'costas quentes', no almighty 'cartorios'. But, obviously, that would mean the elimination of thousands of positions that are filled not with the most competent, but with the relatives and friends of politicians - who would want to eliminate the chance of that 'mamata'?
So, who can change all that but the government, which is elected by whom?
You started well, but then your lack of knowledge let you fall into the most hilarious clichés. Interesting… I've seen that before… You should disguise it a little better. Just saying…
"For your benefit, the most efficient economies function with simple, general and transparent rules".
Really? Did you read the previous posts?
"no 'porems', no 'despachante', no 'costas quentes', no almighty 'cartorios'".
Here we go again... C'mon man, I know you can do it. Try again.
"obviously, that would mean the elimination of thousands of positions that are filled not with the most competent, but with the relatives and friends of politicians".
Again, did you read what that Alexandre guy and then what I wrote? So, mentioning "mamata" is the best you can do? The whole problem, in your opinion, is that Dilma's government is corrupt? That's all? Sorry, MM4E, but your train of thought is really poor. Using your empty style, I'd say you have no "estofo" to argue about economics or politics. You're just in the wrong place. No offense. Lots of wrong things in Brazil, but you'd rather call the kids and try some video game forums.
If the President's closest assistants are weak (your point), her dialog is weak (your point, too), it would seem there's no leadership at all.
But, in a democracy, however incipient, that means congress and the senate taking over (remember the constant remarks about the need to find compromise with congress?) - who elects congress and the senate? You guessed it, the people. Where does not one week go by without news of wrongdoing, cronyism and corruption? Congress and the senate.
Hence, back to my original point, but I was glad to spell it out to you.
All other thoughts are really secondary - the decision being that of allocating more of the (doctored) surplus to infrastructure would mean more of what we're already seeing: Projects that take 5x as long and cost 5x as much as they would in normal circumstances (i.e. with at least semi-honest agents involved). The decision to 'strengthen' government staffing would only further bloat the notoriously inefficient state.
I am still struggling with understanding your remarks on my age and video games, but I will take those as compliments.
MME4, you should read it again. I said, "the lack of investor confidence is the central issue Dilma is facing right now". Can you understand how this situation impacts on our economy?
Sorry, but once again you made just some simplistic remarks on the scenario. "Projects that take 5x as long and cost 5x as much as they would in normal circumstances". Be more specific. So, do you think this is the root of our problems? How often do you think it happens? Just like your friend (or your other nick), you based your opinion on common sense, nothing else. Like I said, there are thousands of problems in Brazil, and I'm very critical towards them, but the same way I can't stand those that see some kind of wonderland here in Brazil, I have no patience with people that can barely organize their thoughts, have no knowledge to share, and keep saying the same cr@p over and over.
Time to Ms. Rousseff use its PhD in Economics.
OMG, she hasn't one.
It was just an official CV misunderstanding, some years ago (circa 2009).
"If it goes, it goes, don't force it".
Don't worry, Guido the Forecasting Elf is using his.
Can someone give input on Brazil's big events, like world cup And Olympics? What impact will it have on economy?
Can someone give input on Brazil's big events, like world cup And Olympics? What impact will it have on economy?
Infrastructure works (many of which only to be concluded after WC 2014) pushed through with emergency government funding, costing 3-5x the price of what they should....
Unfortunately for the author of this ominous article, rainfall is picking up all over the Brazilian territory, hydroelectric power supply is getting back to normal, and electricity fares will be cut down, thus making Brazilian industries more competitive, which proves that wishful thinking cannot make a powerful economy fare poorly.
Joacyr - grow up, nobody wishes the negative upon us. However, that ridiculously little is accomplished by the governments in Brazil is a fact you cannot seriously dispute.
With regards to making Brazilian industries more competitive, it is certainly not with Guido's constant meddling and sector-specific measures that any efficiency will be achieved. Furthermore, ordering a reduction in energy prices top down contributes to economic uncertainty (have you seen the impact of securing the diesel price top-down to contain inflation on Petrobras' cash situation?)
Dear MM4E, (Does it stand for "My Mighty For Eeners"?)
Your unfathomable naïveté (nobody wishes the negative upon us - LOL) can only be surpassed by your unawareness of what has been going on. The decrease in electricity fares springs directly from the Brazilian government's decision to abolish major taxes in the electricity sector. The measures will come into effect in 2013 and consist of the abolition of the general reserve reversion tax (reserva global de reversão or RGR) and the fuel consumption account tax (conta de consumo de combustíveis or CCC), as well as a 25% reduction in the energy development tax (conta de desenvolvimento energético or CDE). Those taxes were enacted during previous governments to subsidise investments in the electricity sector and help fund improvements to Brazil's vast electricity grid. Although they were initially intended to be temporary measures, they have persisted and increased over the years, resulting in Brazil having one of the highest electricity costs in the world. Besides that, the Brazilian government has decided to renew a number of electricity concessions due to expire between 2015 and 2017. Those concessions will be granted for a period of up to 30 years.
As you will have noticed, no top-down measures have been laid out.
If you are really serious about posting sensible and unbiased comments and making your case, make sure you strive your utmost to do some previous reading so as to get all of your facts straight.
Kids will speak their minds without checking their facts beforehand so maybe I am not the one in need of growing up after all.
"As you will have noticed, no top-down measures have been laid out."
Come again?
I am sorry. I do not usually suffer fools gladly.
@Joacyr: Please explain, for I don't quite follow you
@Joacyr said "The decrease in electricity fares springs directly from the Brazilian government's decision..."
Government decided (as you well pointed out) to bring electricity prices down at a time when the country does not have enough electricity generation capacity. That is exactly the opposite that should happen. Scarcity should bring higher prices. Higher prices would bring energy saving measures. Lower prices will, surely, bring higher consumption and risk of supply interruption to the economy. So the poster you are replying to was correct. End of story. All of your rushed facts do not change that.
Cooking the books and denying the obvious - more trust-enhancing attitudes by Brazil's government.
It's quite saddening to see Brazilians self-loathing attitude toward their own country. It really doesn't leave much guessing as to why the "future" never sets foot over here.
I think you are right. Let's all think positive and forget about the negatives and everything will magically improve!!!
Not everyone is like that, by a long way.
Remember reading posts here you get a tiny sliver of Brazilian attitudes, a very narrow band of people. An English speaking Brazilian that reads the economist is not really a very broad segment of the population ;-)
That people argue over "low growth" in Brazil in the during the worst international economic crisis since the Great Depression shows how far the country has come in the past 20 years.
Brazil is a massive country and talking about it like a homogenous, singular entity is journalistically convenient but really does help to understand the country. The regional, social class, etc. differences in growth, income, infrastructure... long list, are such that even GDP figures aren't really that helpful.
This week a business survey indicated that 70% of businesses are planing to hire more staff this year. In the end this is all that will count come elections in 2014. The average Brazilian - like the average anyone - just wants a job to pay the bills and get on in life. Employment levels and inflation are the single most important factors in Brazilian politics, not growth, which is just a number on a page to most people.
Boring is the new exciting in Brazil and I say that is a good thing.
So tell me what country on the planet you think is a "homogenous, singular entity" and Brazil´s size doesn´t mean it is more difficult to manage, that is just an excuse, almost all Brazilians speak the same language don´t they? Imagine the government of Switzerland, the different languages, cultural groups, geography etc., funny how they manage to make things work eh!
You are aware of a little thing called history?
It's not an excuse, it is a reason.
In the last 500 years Brazil has had the last 17 of anything that could be called competent management. Regional developmental levels variations are so vast, that using Switzerland an analogy is laughable. Try using Southern Europe and North Africa mixed together as your baseline.
Just look at how screwed up the US is, this paper frequently says the US us becoming ungovernable, well, Brazil is barely governable for many reasons as well. The political system seemed have been designed to make life as difficult as possible. The Federal system in Brazil basically forces the States to compete with one another for Federal resources, you have crazy situations were State to State you have different taxes so a box of orange juice can be taxed multiple times before it even arrived in the shop.
Brazil is improving on most metrics, some surprisingly fast, some depressingly slow. But I have a feeling many people here don't understand just how badly Brazil was managed by the dictatorship. 1995 was effectively Year Zero. Things could be improved a lot faster, but there is the reality of the politics to take into account. Very few parties in Brazil has any ideological foundation, most a simply vehicles for gaining resources from the Federal Government.
Me, like a couple of the others that post on Brazil are not dupes, we are fully aware that Brazil could be a lot better, but we actually know how bad it was. It is not like Brazil was doing fine and then FHC, Lula and Dilma came along and wreaked everything (they have all had exactly the same policies). To understand why people are critically supportive of the PSDB-PT administrations you need to understand the reality of the past and present. Again, not an excuse, it is a reason.
Personally I think all of the "Brazil Takes Off" rhetoric of this and other papers, then the "Brazil Growth Terrible" slap-down is just journalism for the sake of journalism. The headline should have been, "Brazil Finally Stabilised, Economy Now Normal." but that doesn't sell papers.
Total inflation on the first two years: IGPM on Fhc, 35.58%; Lula, 23.66 and Dilma, 22.91. On IPCA numbers: Fhc, 40.84%; Lula, 24.30 and Dilma, 21.11. We are after the long time spent on high interest rates on Fhc's government that harmed our industry so badly. Yes, we have many problems, but the numbers show we´re after them.
Cant't compare Brazil and other emergents. There are too many differences starting comparing our per-capt revenue rate with theirs. What we´re doing indeed is bothering a lot of interests while we´re correcting mistakes done since we opened our economy.
Please, I´d like to correct these numbers: IGPM on Fhc, 25.84%; Lula, 22.19 and Dilma, 13.31. On IPCA numbers: Fhc, 34,11%; Lula, 17,61 and Dilma, 12,72.
Cant't compare Brazil and the europeans. There are too many differences starting comparing OUR per-capt revenue rate with theirs.
The article gets the economics right, but the politics wrong. Given the sizeable reduction in Brazil's real annual interest rate (down to 2%, from 13% a decade ago), it is correct to argue the country can lower its primary surplus without jeopardizing public debt dynamics. The point missed, however, is political and a key one. If President Dilma Rousseff's administration lowers the official primary surplus target, powerful political lobbies in Congress (such as public workers and retirees) will mobilize almost immediately to capture the extra money the lower fiscal target will leave on the budget table. If the government maintains the target as is, the president (and not the lobbies) can choose where the extra budget money can go to. And given Brazil's infrastructure needs, it is far better to allocate the extra money to investments than to payroll or retirement benefits.
I don't quite get the point of "extra money". It's not extra, it's not a surplus, it's borrowed and interest accrue. All decent and serious countries account REAL surplus and deficit spending in its reports. By "primary surplus", we Brazilians are actually going every year deeper into debt, check our gross debt, it's increased tenfold in the past decade. What the government is trying to do is spending even more than it already does. We're on the road to Greece, just give us more time and we'll get there for sure.
@ Leandro,
Oh come-on! We are in a far worse condition than Greece, when we crash, which we will in due course, we will have no education programmes, health services, infrastructure and security to show for all the money spent.
At least Greece has all those things, albeit suffering under the strain of austerity a bit at the moment, but they have all those things never-the-less, whereas we are spending all this money and we don't even have compare to how Greece has developed.
Someone tells to The Economist that China's Growth doesn't mean that chinese people are less poor. Many chineses work to earn lows salaries and live under line of poverty. They are like slave.
What does The Economist think about that? And about the others latin american countries? You can say that Mexico, Venezuela, Bolívia grow their economy more than Brazil, but you can not say that poor people are earning more money.
That's the point. All those countries need to make poor people earn more money and have a better life.
In another wise, The Economist are right.
How can we believe in brazilian economy if the brazilian government is making up part of the results. I was ashamed when I heard that Guido Mantega, economics minister, asked Geraldo Alckmin, São Paulo's Governer, to hold on the public transport's increase for the better inflation outcomes in the end of the year.
First of all, it drives me insane these articles without authorship! My grandmother, if she was alive, could actually write an article like that. Pile and pull information, or if you may, statistics together, and then moan and groan about the Brazil perspective to survive it is not difficult. Sad people do that every day. Was that the idea of the digression "Wrong numbers"?
For a developing country where the rich (at about 150 thousands Brazilians) show more ostentation than in any other country of the world, and where the poor (at about 190 million Brazilian), fights every day to make it through life, growing 1% compared with economies like the USA, which is expected to growth 3%, it is an achievement.
As a humanist, and realizing the challenging days that not only Brazil, but every country faces ahead, including the likelihood of dragging more people to financial struggle and below poverty line, I wish I could know someone who knew the magical solution to avoid that. I'm sure that middle income American families, rich French citizens who became Russians to avoid paying taxes, Kenyan farmers growing corn to feed their cattle, and a bunch of other friends, would also be extremely happy to see everything going well for everyone.
From a humanist point of view, I believe that it is good when not only Brazilians, but everyone around the world is exposed to financial struggle. It took a while to Brazil be affected by the economic crisis. And the intrusive digression of "wrong number" shows that, with a kind of commemorative flavor though. Nevertheless, what our dear authors forgot to mention, is that Brazil is just experiencing the internationalization of the consequences of all economic disparity between countries.
As a BRAZILIAN and as a humanist I accept the fact that this internationalization of poverty of the world will bring treats to Brazilians, but I will make sure, that every time I read silly reviews I will fight so hard to show that the BRAZILIAN situation is not DIFERENT AT ALL from any country of the world.
as a humanist, you supposed to know that it because people like u this country is a mess
Ha. Spot on.
"First of all, it drives me insane these articles without authorship! My grandmother, if she was alive, could actually write an article like that. Pile and pull information, or if you may, statistics together, and then moan and groan about the Brazil perspective to survive it is not difficult. "
The classic "attack the messenger".
I mean, will BRAZILIANS (with all caps!) ever learn.
Are the GDP figures not already adjusted for inflation? I thought changes in GDP were typically reflected as real GDP, which if this is the case, to reapply on the graph to the right would be doubling up.
Please, write about "brazillian bubble"!
You might be interested in a website devoted exclusively to the topic: brazilianbubble.com.
None with a bit of sense of responsability can trust this government. The PT -Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) sold every kind of ilusions and dreams to millions of brazilians without scholarship and bought votes with a lot of fake social programs monthly paid with only wish to be a long time in charge. There is no need of academic economic graduation nor home administration capabilities to see everyday how this government are lost for the functions which was elected. This "back to the past" projects the worst economic and social scenario for up to 200 millions of peoples for next years.
Meanwhile new city governments increased the annual land taxes by more than 1,000% in some of the most important and industrial cities, so the industries will pay a little bit less for energy, but will start the year paying much more for everything else, what a great deal, competitiveness will actually get worse. The residents/consumers will have much less money to spend, or will increase their debts, and residential and businesses rent prices will go up too. Investment in construction will become less attractive and less lucrative , just to place the cherry on the top of the ice cream.
Thats a nice start to 2013.Dilma and Mantega don't even want to hear about that, its a "local issue" in their minds. But in order to feed their rusty and useless government machine, or their "companheiros", they will have to perform much better than that. Since Dilma is still learning "in loco", we should be scared.
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Make your predictions for the following in the comments section or just make fun of my answers. Let's have some fun.
The starting line up game one will be.
PG - Vasquez
SG - Ben Mclemore
SF - Shawn Marion * (Trade with Dallas that sends Thorton and IT to Dallas for Marion)
PF - Carl Landry
Plays off the bench
PG - Ray Mccallum
SG - Salmons
SF - Mbah a Moute
PF - Patrick Patterson
C - Jason Thompson
Sits the bench and does not play
Jimmer Ferdette
I know it is kind of cheating putting a trade in there. But I think they will make a move for a defensive SF and clear out the glut of guards that we have. If no trades go down I think Mbah A Moute starts and Salmons backs up the SF. IT would be first PG off the bench with Mccallum on the pine. I think the regime will want to play their rookies ASAP, so I would not be surprised if a trade sent a few guards away for a small forward. I just hope we avoid Wallace (bad contract/hurt) or Granger (damaged goods).
I predict a 39 win season. A DMC all-star appearance. And all things going in the right direction.
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Joe the Plumber on Rick Santelli, John McCain and Sarah Palin
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I could not shake the sense that Rick Santelli, CNBC's Angry Man, was going through the same media cycle that Joe Wurzelbacher was. So, at an Americans for Tax Reform luncheon today, I asked Wurzelbacher if he agreed with Santelli's appearance last week, in which Santelli blasted the mortgage rescue plan and saying that there was a "silent majority" that was sick of bailing out losers. Wurzelbacher smiled, and said he'd seen Santelli, but he wasn't ready to call Santelli the leader of a popular movement.
"You're asking me to comment on what other people think," said Wurzelbacher. "I can't do that. He's right that this plan is rewarding bad behavior, without a doubt. And I appreciated his passion when he was speaking."
Several times, once without being prodded, Wurzelbacher lit into the presidential candidate who lifted him out of obscurity.
On the housing bubble:
John McCain likes to say: Well, I warned about this! Well, I didn't hear him. And I listened. He might have said it in certain circles but I didn't really hear him. If he was thinking that was really going to be something he ought have made a bigger stink than he did.
On the Straight Talk Express:
John McCain's a politician. I don't really have a whole lot of respect for politicians. I did not agree with the amnesty bill he tried to put forth before running. I thought it was just about the most asinine thing I'd ever heard. You go ahead and let people break laws, then you pardon them and welcome them in? It makes no sense.
Three years ago he was the favorite among Democrats. That always bothered me. Then he talks about reaching across the aisle. I'm tired of reaching across the aisle. You got voted in, supposedly, because of your ideas, your principles, your values, and yet you're supposed to reach across the aisle and bend on those things to get things done? You don't sit there and say, 'I'll give you Park Place for Boardwalk.' There's too much wheeling and dealing in politics. You don't coerce, and see, that was my problem when I was on the bus. That was the word that was used on the bus. "Coerced." That's a bad word. When John McCain sat there and said, "Well, some senators had to be coerced," that pissed me off. That really upset me.
On Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin:
Absolutely incredible woman. Actually really wants to serve America. Do I think she should give 'em another chance? I dunno. I mean, America tore her up. The media in general. But of any of the politicians I've actually met she seems the most sincere. She actually wants to do what's right for America. She didn't have that gleam in her eye of power an money, she had that 'I want to serve' look. That's the kind of character and leadership we need. When you go into politics you want to help your fellow man, not help yourself. I think I've got a pretty good B.S. detector and I didn't smell any from her.
Wurzelbacher wasn't thrilled by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's GOP response to last night's presidential address. "The only one I can see who I'd considering voting for is Newt Gingrich."
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Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
Joe the Fake plumber is a piece of shit idiot
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 2:17 pm
Weird. This is like reporting. On a blog.
Do your bosses know you're doing this?
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
My B.S. detector is screaming.
Joe sounds like every used car salesman I've ever met. He's got his meal ticket from the RNC or some Grover Norquist group. When's he going to start that plumbing company?
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
everyone who actually met sarah palin loves her
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 4:48 pm
Ron Paul here.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 6:35 pm
*waves at Navy* Like anyone cares what Joe the Plumber thinks.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 7:44 pm
I agree wholeheartedly with Wurzelbacher's comments here. I do think he would like Jindal better the more he knew about him. I liked Jindal's comments last night.
I like some things about Newt, but then he turns around and says something supportive of the left, and I'm left dumbfounded. For instance, he said at one point that he really liked how Obama's appointments were going. Even a political novice has to know about all the tax cheats that Obama had appointed to his cabinet. Good grief Newt.
It sure is interesting to see the comments by those that disagree with Joe though. The arguments against his beliefs are so powerful. This one, "Joe the Fake plumber is a POS idiot" was very powerful. I'd never heard the reverse argument to Joe's beliefs before. I may have to re-evaluate. NOT
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 7:44 pm
Palin is the real thing. That is why her favorability rating nationally has gone from 49 percent right after the election to 52 percent in January. At the same time her unfavorability rating has declined by 7 points as more people go from the unfavorable column to the undecided column. Looks like the 24/7 carpet bombing of her by the media isn't paying big dividends. Interesting, how 0bama job performance rating is now declining to 58 percent while Palin's rating is moving up.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
My BS detector is screaming at you. I can smell a hippy lib from a mile away-hippies all smell for some reason. If you had a real job, you wouldn't have to buy a used car-you could afford a new one. I guess now you are waiting for 0bammy to give you a smart car. Make sure you get the model with casket handles so we can chunk you in the ground when you get hit by a shopping cart at the grocery store.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 7:54 pm
sarah keeps getting more popular as time goes on–they see she is real –one of us–
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
maggie pie you are a loser and so jealouse of sarah—-
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
Who the hell cares what Joe the pretend plumber thinks? He's an idiot.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
Right on Fuck You! I agree!
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
I'm glad to read he had such nice praise for Governor Palin!
Palin 2012!
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
"Absolutely incredible woman."
Yes, she is!
Palin 2012!
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:09 pm
"She didn't have that gleam in her eye of power an money, she had that 'I want to serve' look. That's the kind of character and leadership we need."
Right on Joe, right on!
Palin 2012!
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:23 pm
Just because someone is likeable does not make them Presidential material. Please ,the woman needs at least 10 more years of tutoring to be even marginally politically astute. Did you all not listen to her interview?
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:27 pm
It was not John McCain who "lifted Joe the Plumber out of obscurity." Mr. Wurzelbacher asked the single most incisive question of the entire campaign. The recognition he subsequently received was based on that very fine merit, which put our professional journalists to shame.
It is no secret that Joe was more fond of Governor Palin than he was of Senator McCain. In fact, his sentiments also reflect a large segment of the American public, as validated through exit polls.
Finally, I have to wondr what author David Weigel means with his lead statement: "I could not shake the sense that Rick Santelli, CNBC's Angry Man, was going through the same media cycle that Joe Wurzelbacher was." What is he getting at here? It is vague. It is not an argument — something that all journalists are supposed to make in a lead sentence. It leaves the impression of a private joke that is neither sensible nor all that funny, save for a group of privileged insiders.
This is not entirely surprising, coming from Mr. Weigel. He is the same author who wrote an article on STDs called "Bristol Palin's Party," with the grand idea that it was funny. Fortunately, the editors of the Washinton Independent came to their senses, changed the headline, and apologized to the public. It was not funny, but in poor taste, and a shameful revelation of the paper's innate bias. I appreciated the paper's prompt action then, but I guess there's no lasting cure for a skewed worldview.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:32 pm
Remind me again why Joe Wurzelbacher's opinions are relevant?
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
Let me guess, Arlene. You're a woman that wears very comfortable shoes.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
As soon as you remind us why yours are.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
If Sarah is turned loose she would make mincemeat out of Katie Crap and Matt Lier and the rest of the commy-simps.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
Because I don't reply with the answer of a 4 year old? Nyah nyah, pyew pyew!
Seriously, why does anyone give two shits or a rat's ass about what this man has to say? He is truly an idiot. I actually pity his fans.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
Huh, didn't she already blow that chance? ;)
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 10:35 pm
"Mr. Wurzelbacher asked the single most incisive question of the entire campaign."
He did indeed…in Bizarro World.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
Oy…define, "us?" She does not represent my best interests. Plenty of others obviously agreed!
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
My goodness. When are you guys going to stop whining about the results? We had to suffer through 8 wretched years of the R-word.
Her daughter was more eloquent in one interview than she was for the campaign duration.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 11:02 pm
Mr. Wurzelbacher, like 47% of America, saw the writing on the wall. The Generational Theft Act comes as no surprise to us. So, seriously? Jane, I hope you're still laughing all along the way to Obama's "Bizarro "Poor House.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 11:23 pm
Kind of like 2004's 48% thinking clearly and – get this – a majority in 2000?? The R-words took 8 valuable years and turned our surplus into a deficit. Is this what you mean by Poor House?
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 11:33 pm
Jane, the BIG reason we had a deficit was because like every democrat, Clinton slashed and burned the defense budget, and declared a "peace dividend". That loser Jimmy Carter did the same thing, and Obama is talking about cutting 25 percent of it as well.
Reagan built a deficit fixing what Carter did, and Bush had to fix a whole lot of what Clinton did. Remember, the stock bubble burst about the same time Gore was trying to steal the election, and Bush walked into a recession.
And since Clinton had refused to fight Al Qaeda in a meaningful way, even after they bombed the World Trade Center his first year in office, we had 9/11.
Building up to finally end terrorism for good cost a lot of money. But at least it was well spent. It's 71/2 years since we have been attacked. Can't put a price on that.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 11:39 pm
Get used to it. After Obama destroys America, you'll have a hard time getting a democrat elected as dog catcher!
Right now Palin's approval ratings are as high as Obama's. And while her disapproval ratings have fallen, Obama's have risen greatly.
He is everything us "evil Republicans" warned the country he was, an empty suit socialist who doesn't have a clue.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 11:42 pm
Jane seems to be pretty much a biotch.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 11:43 pm
2 timer ago? 5 minutter ago?
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 11:44 pm
Hmm, glitch is gone now.
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
Don't be stupid.
Governor Palin is very politically astute. Past that, she is a highly competent Chief Executive.
Sarah Palin is the only governor in any of the 50 states who knows how to compute the Net Present Value of Cash Flow and relate it to a state's budget.
She is the only governor in the union who had the foresight to save some of the state's money, and cut spending!
And her state's budget is 90% derived from volatile oil revenues. Meanwhile, most other Governors preside over horrific deficits and have stable and predictable tax bases.
Alaska has no state income, or sales tax.
Let me clue you in on some facts.
Governor Palin has the highest popularity of any Governor in America. She is a recognized authority on energy issues, having run the largest oil and gas regulator agency of it's kind.
She is also a tough reformer that when push came to shove, took down the entire leadership of the Alaskan Republican party, INCLUDING the sitting Republican Governor!
Some resume facts:
City Council Woman, Wasilla, Alaska
Mayor, Wasilla , Alaska. Two terms, term limited out.
President of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.
Chairman. Alaska Oil And Gas Conservation Commission. The largest oil and gas regulatory board of it's kind in the nation. STRONG ETHICS REFORM
Governor Of Alaska.
Chairman of The Interstate Oil And Gas Compact Commission. As voted in by other Governors.
Chairman. National Governors Association's Natural Resource Committee. As voted unanimously by the other 49 Governors.
Vice Chairman. National Republican Governor's Association.
Commander in Chief of the only National Guard in the nation that is on permanent deployment.
If anything, she's one of the most experienced Governors to ever be considered a candidate, since Ronald Reagan.
Palin is a born leader, someone who gets it.
Everyone who has ever worked with her gives her high praise.
No less than noted liberal Camile Paglia sings her praises weekly over at Salon.com. Henry Kissinger said, after they met, the he was highly impressed. Even Loren Michaels, from SNL has heaped praise on her.
I trust what these folks say over what someone who has never met her says.
Plus the fact that her peers, other mayors, other Governors, consistently choose her to lead them really says all you need to know about her.
Comment posted February 26, 2009 @ 12:00 am
You stay classy there you subhuman liberal scumbags.
Comment posted February 26, 2009 @ 11:09 am
(cue screeching brakes and backup engine)
I saw the WTC bombings from my bedroom window, so don't lecture me on terrorism.
You need to brush up on your history a bit, since Reagan was the one who planted the Al Qaeda roots against the Soviets.
Comment posted February 26, 2009 @ 11:25 am
Why do some conservatives believe I'll tremble in my boots if you call Obama a "socialist?" I'm supposed to be frightened by inexpensive education and healthcare?
The US's greatest asset is our cultural melting pot, but it's best not to be so arrogant to think we are the best at everything. The country is in its teenage years, raging hormones and all…we need to incorporate our youthful energy while also looking to elders for advice on their own past growing pains. I just don't buy into the "sucks to be you" philosophy that is prevalent among some who believe that people should never, ever need assistance. If half of the population has no access to education or healthcare, how is our overall infrastructure supposed to be strong as a country? You can't very well bite into a sandwich when the interior of your tooth is rotten, can you?
On ratings, the person in the spotlight is always going to have the biggest shift in ratings either way. The fact is, most people don't even care about Palin, therefore the sampling of rating participants is smaller.
Comment posted February 26, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Gary, no matter how extensive your list, that doesn't change the fact that she doesn't represent my beliefs. Many, many others feel the same. I too am extremely industrious, successful, and popular among my peers, but I'm not going to get my knickers in a knot if someone thinks I ought not to be representing that person because of ideological differences. That's what elections are all about.
Comment posted February 27, 2009 @ 4:13 am
TRIG PALIN IN 2056… The Republican party is so inbred at this point that little Jindal's, baby Bush's and Dole's will create a three headed VP candidate to run with him.
Cheney grandchildren, while the most intelligent of the declining brood, will be excluded from running because of their unpure adoptive bloodlines…
Comment posted February 27, 2009 @ 12:13 pm
TRIG PALIN IN 2056… The Republican party is so inbred at this point that little Jindal's, baby Bush's and Dole's will create a three headed VP candidate to run with him.
Cheney grandchildren, while the most intelligent of the declining brood, will be excluded from running because of their unpure adoptive bloodlines…
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In Your Street: Woodards View
8:09am Tuesday 13th May 2014 in News By Ben Leo
The residents of Woodards View are a lucky bunch.
The hustle and bustle of everyday life does not seem to rear its unwanted head in this tranquil road in a sedate part of Shoreham.
And with the town's famous shingle beach and an abundance of fresh sea air at their fingertips, it was easy for residents to explain why they love their road.
The road's name is attributed to Nathaniel Woodard, a 19th century vicar credited with founding an impressive 11 schools for the middle classes in England – including Lancing, Hurstpierpoint and Ardingly Colleges.
Born in 1811 in London, Woodard was confronted with poverty for most of his life and was privately educated at home by his religious mother.
At 30 he was given the job of curate in the poor parish of Bethnal Green in the East End of London, where he eventually started a church school for the children of deprived parishioners.
He moved to Shoreham in 1846 when he took up another curacy at St Mary de Haura Church, where he was again struck by the levels of poverty and lack of education among his middle class parishioners.
He grew concerned for the educational welfare of middle class children, sparked by an observation that the church was providing an education for poorer families, the wealthy had private tutors but the middle classes were being neglected.
From here, he started St Nicholas' boarding school in 1848.
It was merged in 1849 to form the College of St Mary and St Nicholas, which eventually evolved in to what is now the architecturally stunning Lancing College.
Often described as an "educational visionary", it was his formation of Lancing College that kick-started the Woodard Corporation, now know as Woodard Schools, which has grown to be the largest group of independent Church of England schools in Eng- land and Wales.
Woodard was documented as being a "thrifty man", stemming from reports that the windows in Lancing College's chapel are made of recycled beer bottles – green on the north side and brown on the south.
Additionally, the floor in the chapel is covered with Portland stone, salvaged from a boat wreck on the Sussex coastline which Woodard purchased for a paltry £1.
But with so many new schools to build and fund, being thrifty seemed a necessity.
His success was recognised in 1870 when Oxford University made him a Doctor of Civil Law and he was made canon, or priest, of Manchester Cathedral.
He used his pay packet to fund the building of further schools across the country and raised around £500,000 before his death in 1891.
Today, Woodard lays to rest in a tomb in the chapel of Lancing College.
But his name is forever etched in the history books of Shoreham thanks to the construction of houses in Woodards View in the 1950s.
DARREN REILLY, 40, and MICHELLE BRENNAN, 37
Michelle said: "We were living in a flat together and have just moved across the road to our new house. We didn't want to leave Woodards View as we like it so much.
"We saw this was for sale and came to view it and saw its lovely big garden, which our two-year-old son will love.
"It's all happened really quickly and took us six or seven weeks to move from our flat across the road.
"The community is great here.
"There's a wild load of retired guys across the street who are always having get-togethers and drinking wine.
"Tomorrow we're off to another party with a neighbour, so everyone is really lovely and welcoming." Darren added: "We've been
living in the street, including in the flat, since 2006. I grew up in Mile Oak and Michelle is a Shoreham girl.
"We both snowboard and try to go abroad once a year.
"This year it will be France but I've been to Austria too. Michelle enjoys swimming also.
"There are a lot of windsurfers and paddleboarders round here because it's a good location for the beach.
"When it's windy, like it is today, it is ideal for the surfing guys."
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Forestry worker killed by falling log in Wairau Valley; concern at safety record
A Marlborough forestry worker was killed today in the Wairau Valley. The 53-year-old man was leading a crew of four when he was killed by a falling log.
The owner of the private block and the man's workmates tried to remove the log, but he was pronounced dead by emergency services at about 10.30am.
Police said a workplace accident investigation is under way.
The Marlborough Express said the workers were cutting pine trees on a vineyard property.
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WorkSafe New Zealand says news today of a death in the forest sector is deeply saddening.
WorkSafe NZ General Manager Health and Safety Operations Ona de Rooy said after delivering an appalling safety record in 2013, to have a death just 16 days into the new year demonstrates just how much this sector needs to change its behaviour.
"We have identified an alarming rate of safety non-compliance amongst cable logging operators – nearly half of the 162 we've visited weren't operating in compliance with the industry code and we had to take 203 enforcement actions to force those operators to comply. We had to shut 15 of them down they were so dangerous," Ms de Rooy said.
"We are so concerned at this level of unsafe practice that we have sought meetings with individual forest owners to make very clear to them that they have significant responsibilities under the Health and Safety in Employment.
"We will want to see their safety plans for the contractor crews demonstrate active management of safety standards. If they are deficient, we will be holding them to account.
"The issues that are becoming apparent lead us to conclude that there are deeply ingrained systemic issues in this industry," Ms de Rooy said.
"The regulator cannot be solely responsible for making sure this industry is safe. We will use every power available to us to push this industry to safer operations. But until every forest owner, every contractor, their national associations, worker representatives and the workers themselves take personal responsibility for operating safely, the culture in this industry will not change and more families and communities will be grieving over a dead or injured forestry worker.
WorkSafe NZ has expert forestry health and safety inspectors on their way to the fatality in the Wairau Valley and a serious injury near Whakatane.
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And yet Judith Collins has axed the CTU – Biz NZ work safety programme. Collins is unmatched for sheer stupidity.


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---- — The World Series is in full swing, and none of us would have imagined a year ago that the Red Sox would be the odds-on favorite to win the trophy.
This band of bearded Bostonians has blasted its way to the World Series with an impressive number of walk-off homeruns, playoff grand slams, smart moves on the roster, and yeoman work through the dog days of the summer -- the time of year when many teams start to fade and crash.
Boston sports fans are once again living the kind of sports fantasy story that for most sports towns is only seen in a storybook movie. We celebrated this same improbable story line with the 2001 New England Patriots, and again in 2004 with the historic Red Sox "Idiots" who broke the curse of the Bambino. The same formula exists this year, as if by design.
Adding to our postseason enjoyment is the collapse of the New York Yankees, who failed to make the playoffs and face a grim outlook for the immediate future, with their overpriced stars on their last legs or headed elsewhere.
Of course, the same could have been said, and was, about the woeful 2012 Red Sox.
But out of the ashes of despair emerged the this year's triumphant comeback.
Let's turn the clock back to those ashes of one year ago. Clubhouse bickering, management dysfunction, and bad chemistry landed the team in last place. It was the bookend to an embarrassing collapse in September 2011, when the Sox spun out of control amid clubhouse binges on fried chicken, beer and childish behavior. Both collapses cost the Sox managers -- first Terry Francona and then Bobby Valentine -- their jobs.
This year was supposed to be the start of a recovery, under a new coach with many new players. It was supposed to be the "rebuilding year" that would see the Sox emerge from the dark basement and perhaps peep a bit at the light. But sports chemistry can be a strange thing -- as bad as it can be, it can also coalesce into a perfect solution. And that is what this year's Sox became.
New players like Johnny Gomes, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew and Mike Napoli, and superstar closer Koji Uehara have added significant talent to solid veteran lineup. Players have stepped up to achieve when their contributions have been most needed. Coach John Farrell brought the professional and cerebral leadership that the team so badly needed.
And then, there are the beards — the wild facial manes that bind the team together. Like the self described "Idiots" of the 2004 Red Sox, and the Patriots of 2001 who eschewed the normal routine of having each player introduced by name and instead came onto the Super Bowl turf as a team, there is a sense of collegial camaraderie and team dedication.
We have a ways to go before the series ends, and St. Louis is a tough opponent. This year's Sox seem to have the formula that gives them a better than even chance at winning, and creating a solid chemistry for seasons to come.


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(SW01) Cardiff Group
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Cardiff group organises walks in the south Wales area and beyond, including the Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains, Gower, Wye Valley and many other locations. Walks vary from 2 to 20 miles, and happen on Wednesdays (3 different distances), weekends and Thursday evenings in summer. One Saturday each month is a Stepping Stones walk - short, flat and easy going.
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We're a small, but active & friendly group. Our walks programme is varied. The Heritage Coast, Gower, Brecon Beacons, Wye & Neath Valley are all close by.
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Swansea Ramblers has a programme of weekly walks of varying lengths. If you are new to walking why not find out what it's all about by coming along on one of our regular Saturday short walks and join the growing number of people who walk with us for the fun and socialising on leisurely walks. We often finish a walk at a local pub where we can continue socialising over a drink and maybe a meal. If you are an experienced walker, then you could try some of our longer Sunday and midweek walks.
On our doorstep is the Gower Peninsula which was the first place in Britain to be designated as an "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" (AONB) with sandy beaches, limestone cliffs and plenty of country walking. The group also makes frequent visits further afield, such as Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and other areas.
We would also like to expand the walks we provide (e.g. additional midweek strolls, evening walks, etc.) so if you would like to offer to lead a walk for Swansea Ramblers, please contact us.
Photographs of many of our previous walks are on our local website so have a look and see who we are and where we go.
A free series of Self-Guided Walks are also available on the web site. You can find us at: www.swansearamblers.org.uk
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Are you young or young at heart? Looking for a friendly walking group that offer a range of walks, social activities, weekends away and holidays to suit all abilities with like minded people? Congratulations, you've just found us!
We offer at least one walk a week and usually more during the summer months. Walks vary from a 3 mile stroll around a park to 19 miles+ in the mountains. There is something here for everyone who loves walking or would like to get into it.
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The Tawe Trekkers are a friendly group aimed more towards the younger walker in the Swansea area.
We're quite a new group but our membership is expanding, as is our scope for exciting new walks and events.
We meet in the Brunswick pub in Swansea every other Thursday.
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The use of mobile apps for business continues to grow. Although their development and upgrades can be costly, mobile apps are a powerful way to conduct many business operations, including procurement and supply chain functions.
A study by AnyPresence Inc., a Reston, Va., company that specializes in mobile business processes, products, and services, finds that 31.5 percent of respondents have deployed or will deploy mobile apps for procurement, among other functions, in the next 12 months. An equal proportion will do the same with apps for supply chain partners and shipping and distribution.
The findings are timely. Yesterday, I wrote about one reseller of ERP manufacturing software that forecasts a bigger role for social media and apps in a variety of business-to-business areas. The flexibility and power they provide in monitoring, analyzing, and updating supply chain operations and related transactions will enhance productivity and, ultimately, increase revenue.
Companies that aren't looking at mobility in procurement and supply chain should consider adding the capability. Following are some of the AnyPresence study's findings.
A mobile app for business is, of course, radically different than one for consumers. The front-end interface must be robust, AnyPresence says, and aesthetics is not as important as practical functionality. On the back end, "controlled access to core enterprise systems must be managed," the company says. Crucial to app development and deployment is the ability of a company's IT department to understand and adapt to enterprise mobility strategies, while assuring that standards in security, testing, and operation are maintained.
AnyPresence finds that over the next 12 months, more companies will opt for custom development and platforms to avoid the system limitations of third-party developers. In fact, over the next 12 months custom development and platforms or frameworks will be in use by 39 percent of respondents — up from 27 percent now.
In selecting deployment options, most in the survey (52.1 percent) report they are using or will use on-premise server-side components in their data centers, although 43.8 percent also plan to use a private or dedicated cloud server, and 38.4 percent would additionally consider a public cloud. Third-party-managed or co-located servers (cited by 13.7 percent) and combinations of public and private data centers (19.2 percent) did not attract much interest.
It generally takes at least three months to develop an app, more than 50 percent of respondents say, which means ROI is a concern, especially since the average cost of development is $25,000 to $50,000 for 27 percent of participants, and $50,000 to $100,000 for another 27 percent. Some companies are making considerable investments — $100,000 to $500,000 by 24.3% of AnyPresence survey participants — while only 10.8 percent bring in a custom app for less than $25,000. The remainder are not sure or don't know their cost.
AnyPresence encourages companies to be flexible in app development and avoid the use of proprietary systems and technologies, which can limit benefits and lock a company into a system that may be unable to meet all of its needs or grow with the business.


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Jul27-08, 12:45 AM
how to measure the spin angular momentum of blackhole..is there any specific formula for blackhole Or the usual J=mvr is used...if so,what does r stand for? Is r the radius of blackhole Or the distance from the center to the event horizon?
Aug13-08, 02:40 AM
As no-one has answered this question, I'll give it a go.
As you've realised, establishing angular momentum for a black hole is quite tricky. One way is to take a look at the proximity of the inner edge of the accretion disk (sometimes referred to as the marginally stable orbit) with the event horizon. For a static black hole, the MS orbit is quantified as 6Gm/c^2 (while the event horizon is 2Gm/c^2). For a rotating black hole the equation for the MS orbit is more complex but based on the spin parameter (a unitless quantity between 0 and 1, 0 being a static black hole and 1 being an extreme Kerr black hole), 0 would put the MS orbit at 6Gm/c^2 and 1 would put it at the event horizon. The mass of a black hole is relatively easy to establish, so if we have established the mass and we look at the proximity of the marginally stable orbit to the event horizon, based on where it should be if the black hole was static, we can make a reasonably accurate guess at the spin parameter (sometimes expressed as a, sometimes as j), if we say the spin parameter is 0.8, we can use the following equation to establish angular momentum-
which becomes
where j is the spin parameter between 0 and 1, J is the angular momentum in Nms, c is the speed of light in m/s, G is the gravitational constant and m is mass
Based on a 10 sol mass black hole with a spin parameter of 0.8, the angular momentum would be 7.0454x10^43 Nms.
It's also worth noting that the event horizon of a black hole also reduces due to rotation (though not to the same extent as the MS orbit) so it might be a process of trial and error before the correct spin parameter is established. The equation for the outer event horizon is-
where R+ is the outer event horizon, M is the gravitational radius (M=Gm/c^2) and a is the spin parameter in metres (a=J/mc).
There are also be other ways of establishing spin, such as looking for frame-dragging effects and studying the redshift/blueshift of matter as it rotates around the black hole.
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