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Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa
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Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk
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"Everything was great except for the restaurant. It was early season so only the lounge was open and it was packed. There was only one waiter and he was slammed. He did a great job and kept a positive attitude but dinner took about an hour and a half and the foot was mediocre at best. I blame mana..."
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Well-located in exclusive South Kensington, this 4-star hotel is less than half a mile from London's Natural History Museum and the Royal Albert Hall.
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This elegant 19th-century town house is just over a quarter mile from Royal Albert Hall and Hyde Park. It features a small gym, spacious bedrooms, and a bar with a patio for snacks and tapas.
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Millennium Hotel London KnightsbridgeWith a prestigious location on Sloane Street, in the heart of fashionable Knightsbridge, the 4-star Millennium Hotel has luxury rooms, a stylish cocktail bar and modern Chinese cuisine restaurant.
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Millennium Gloucester Hotel LondonSituated in stylish Kensington, the 4-star Millennium Gloucester Hotel London is 330 ft from Gloucester Road Tube (subway) Station, and offers elegant air conditioned rooms, 5 eateries and a fitness...
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The location and excellent cleanliness of the room.
More sugar in the tea tray, would have been good.
The Breakfast was great at the hotel, really sets you up for the day. The location for what we wanted was good with easy access to tubes and areas we wanted to be, easy for seeing a show as on the Piccadilly line a couple of stops from Covent garden. Hotel quality was lovely, we picked a nicer hotel as it was my birthday while we stayed, we normally stay in the large chain of hotels with purple logo but you can tell the difference!
The Pillows as usual in a hotel are just not the same as home, the two pillows seem to high and the one seems too low. The toilet was annoying, the bathroom fittings are high end and probably designer but after you have finished the toilet needs cleaning. I am a very clean person and this upset me. The air con was blowing hot air which made the room very warm, the temp didn't drop below 23degrees, we should have reported it but decided not to and just opened a window, this is not a fault of the hotel.
the dinning room badly needs an update,we had dinner there on Tuesday when we arrived ,it was poor and over priced we did not eat in there again.
Breakfast was very poor quality
The façade of the hotel on arrival, quick and efficient booking in, the very clean room and bathroom with little extras, the relaxing lounge and bar area with a toasty fireplace. Pleasant staff. A good restful night. Very calm and relaxing. The good location. Would definitely recommend to friends.
Speaking for us, the experience was a good one and there was nothing to dislike but other people may think differently.
Relaxed but efficient atmosphere. Convenient for V&A, Natural History Museum, Harrods and Bibendum.
first room we were given was a building site breakfast very poor
Boutique ambience. Good food at diner. Staff lovely
Arrangement for breakfast - like a bus tour. Did not do justice to all other great aspects
Location was excellent Room size was very good Bathroom was very clean (& new) Staff were very friendly (nothing to much trouble)
Morning biscuits only supplied for one day. They should be each morning as most hotels give this service. Thank you
Convenience to shops and museums
Fine quality food for breakfast but would have enjoyed it more if it had been warmer
location breakfast included spacious bedroom helpful staff
mechanical noise outside bedroom
location bar service
reception staff, bad English, slow in talking to us, room small for the price, bit shabby. Could have got a better room in a better hotel for the same sort of price ( £280) Had breakfast in room, plenty of it, shame it was cold !! Very dissapointed
Friendly, efficient staff and management. Good 'team' approach throughout the hotel. Spacious, quiet, special needs room with wonderful, accessible bathroom. Superb location, so close to sightseeing venues, e.g. V&A Museum. Lounge bar and restaurant provided wide range of food and drink options.
Minor point, given the considerable benefits of being given an upgraded room (which was much appreciated)-no view from the room's 2 windows. Opaque glass prevented this. Suggest window panes are changed to enable a view when next maintenance upgrade takes place.
superb dining room and lounge area. excellent breakfast buffet.museums and shops nearby public transport on doorstep
The comfortable bed, good breakfast and excellent location.
The door to the bathroom keeps closing on it's own.
professional staff and sevice
The generic standard of the Hotel. Almost all of the staff (see over) were very polite, helpful and friendly. The food was excellent.
The size of my room. The senior concierge - he stopped the reception staff from releasing my case because he was busy and it was not their job!! Leaving me to wait until the junior concierge returned - poor PR !!
Grand room-very comfortable, delicious full English breakfast, friendly staff
not a thing!
location. fantastic breakfast range, fantastic meals, decor of room, spotlessly clean.
bed far too hard
Almost everything. Great location and good room sizes for central London. Friendly staff.
Hot breakfast items were on the cool side.
Dinning room for breakfast too crowded, tables a little too close together. Carpets in rooms a little tired looking and towels looked grey and thin.
The location
Great breakfast, comfy room, great staff, great shower
Bathroom in need of update
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I have nothing negative to say about this hotel.
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'Sons of Anarchy' Season 6 SPOILERS: Charlie Hunnam Confirms Multiple Deaths Occurring In SAMCRO? [VIDEO]
Currently in the thick of things, FX's hit TV series, Sons of Anarchy, has continued to pique its fans' interest over how the remainder of season 6 will ultimately unfold.
Currently in the thick of things, FX's hit TV series, Sons of Anarchy, has continued to pique its fans' interest over how the remainder of season 6 will ultimately unfold.
E! Online recently spoke to Charlie Hunnam (Jax Teller), who warned fans on what they should anticipate for the latter half of its sixth installment, which clearly won't doesn't seem too promising for SAMCRO.
"We're in the sixth season now and in the third act of this epic story he's been telling; traditionally in the third act of a story, particularly a violent story, is when people start to die and when things really start to happen," he said.
The 33-year-old continued to elaborate on the touchy topic of character deaths, even going as far as confirming that some of his castmates will indeed be biting the dust on-screen.
"I think unfortunately we're going to lose a couple of cast members this year, but obviously we can't say who! Lips are sealed, lips are sealed!" Hunnam added.
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Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif has confirmed that it has discussed the crisis in Iraq on the sidelines of the negotiations about the Islamic Republic's nuclear program in Vienna.
Zarif went on to say that due to the deteriorating situation in Iraq, the issue was mentioned briefly during the nuclear talks, Iranian official IRNA news agency reported on June 17.
Meanwhile, Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on June 16 that his country has not held any talks with the United States over the situation in Iraq.
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The group seized large swathes of western Iraq's Anbar Province in January, including much of Fallujah and parts of Ramadi, flashpoints of the U.S.-led war in 2003.
Following the increasing tension Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Ground Force Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said on June 15 that the Iran's armed forces are completely prepared to take military actions against the ISIL, if the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei orders.
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Why I Cannot Stand Axis Powers HetaliaEDIT 5/11/2014: Guys. GUYS. STAAAHHHP. This journal is fucking FIVE YEARS OLD, and that's about how old all of you are acting. I would say sorry for ~ruining your life~ by venting about your favorite sparkly animoo, but I'm not. And if your whole identity is really tied up in a fucking fandom, you have serious issues. Seek help. Disabling comments when I can, because whether you're trying to prove some stupid point to me, defend me, or logic this out with me, you're all equally retarded. Go home, boys and girls, show's over!Why I Cannot Stand Axis Powers Hetalia5 years ago in Personal More Like This
So a few friends have been asking me lately what I've got against this inexplicably popular series that seems to have popped up recently called Axis Powers Hetalia. They love it... and I HATE it. Hate it hate it hate it!!! But the mere fact that it fills me with boiling rage everytime I think about it is not a good enough reason for them, so I guess I'll try to piece together why it pisses me off so very much. -I'm- not even entirely sure why I d
Feminists Aint What They Used To BeFeminists Aint What They Used To Be9 months ago in Personal More Like This
Today is International Women's Day, which should be a celebration of women and their accomplishments, but more often than not, is coopted by radical feminists in order to push their myopic worldview and agenda.
Too many times, when someone like me expresses our disdain with modern feminism, the knee-jerk reaction from feminists is "Oh yeah! What do you have against equal rights for women?!"
I don't think anyone else can offer a better rebuttal to this insipid question than Bernard Goldberg.
The following is an excerpt from his book "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America." The entire book is exactly what the title says: a list of people whom Bernie feels is making America a worse place to live. It's an amusing and equally enlightening read, and one that I highly recommend.
Before his epic list, he offers a few pre
500.000 KIRIBAN500.000 KIRIBAN2 years ago in Personal More Like This
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STFU About Male PrivilegeIf perchance you encounter a feminist complaining about "male privilege", show them this chart, and hopefully, it will shut them up—if they're intellectually honest (which is a big "if" for feminists!):STFU About Male Privilege8 months ago in Personal More Like This
Reminds me of an excellent Duckman rant: "Like I'm supposed to take women on how they 'feel' seriously? You want to be accepted for your minds, but you throw a hissy fit royale if someone isn't saying you look great 30 hours a day. You say you want a nice guy but you only give it up to the creeps. You get to stay home, not go to war, live longer, and have sex whenever you want. So remind me again: exactly what is there to complain about?"
Tumblr SJWs In A NutshellThis comic perfectly epitomizes the glaring hypocrisy of Tumblr "Social Justice Warriors", especially in the second panel (because gender "equality" doesn't apply towards grown men liking a little girl's cartoon!):Tumblr SJWs In A Nutshell9 months ago in Personal More Like This
Proud To Be A Democrat: Proof You Can't Fix StupidRepublicans are often belittled as the stupid party--and in many cases, they are--but if this letter to the editor from a "proud democrat" is any indicator, the Democrats have their fair share of stupid:Proud To Be A Democrat: Proof You Can't Fix Stupid2 years ago in Personal More Like This
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Republicans and "so-called" conservatives are at it again. They are claiming that the Constitution gives people the right to have guns without the permission of the government. If that were true, then how could New York and Chicago have laws against it?
We Democrats are sick and tired of Republicans constantly using the Constitution to cover up their true plans, which are to make us all afraid of everyone else. Our great
Debating Rape Culture With Linkara And ChickLast night, I was involved with my first heated Twitter debate, and ironically enough, it was with two of my favorite internet reviewers: Linkara and Nostalgia Chick.Debating Rape Culture With Linkara And Chick2 years ago in Personal More Like This
Lewis, Lindsay, in the slim chance either of you are reading this, I mean no ill-will towards either of you. I enjoy your reviews immensely.
However, you two should stick to reviewing comic books and movies. Political commentary is not your forte.
Anyway, the entire debacle started when Lindsay tweeted this:@Linkara19 @krameralex95 Who fuckin cares if women are like... in any way oppressed... I mean they can vote and hold office.And herein lies the problem I have with feminists: we have a fundamental difference in what constitutes "oppression."
To me, people suffer "oppression" when they are systematically den
Un-ghosted Lucien Lachance in Skyrim ScreenshotsA while back I encountered the bug where the Spectral Assassin is missing the ghost effect when you summon him. I thought I'd take some screenshots so that everyone can have a better look at what Lucien looks like in Skyrim.Un-ghosted Lucien Lachance in Skyrim Screenshots2 years ago in Personal More Like This
I didn't spend too much time trying to capture cool poses or get great shots. But maybe later when I'm feeling more creative I can take some nicer screenshots. Anyway, click on them to get the full size.
Just for fun, I tried removing Lucien's hood using the console.
AND YESSSSS THEY GOT HIS HAIR RIGHT :h
Up, Up, and Away: Superhero CosplayThey might not have powers, but these superheroes look ready to save us all. Here are some of the best superhero cosplays from around deviantART!Up, Up, and Away: Superhero Cosplay9 months ago in Art Features More Like This
Black Widow by BlackMageAlodia
Tony Stark 01 by xxTonyStarkxx
The Huntress by Neferet-Cosplay
robin commission by ohjimmyboy
Barbara Gordon - Batgirl IV by Knightess-Rouge
Bethesda Moving On ...Augh, so many feels ... Here's the word from Bethesda's official blog this morning:Bethesda Moving On ...2 years ago in Personal More Like This
Skyrim has been a labor of love for us since we started designing it in 2006. We never imagined it would become the phenomenon it has. And that is because of you, the fans. It was all of you who made it a success. We can't thank you enough for embracing the game, spreading the word, and making it your own.
For the last year and a half we've been working on new content for Skyrim; from the game updates, Creation Kit, Steam Workshop, Kinect support, to DLCs. Parts of our team have also been in pre-production on our next major project, and that game is at the point where it requires the studio's full attention to make it our biggest and best work yet.
Even though we're moving on, we'll still have minor updates to Skyrim as needed. We've invested so much of ourselves into Skyrim and will never truly say goodbye to it.
We loved hearing your stories, your in-game triumphs, and your suggestions. One thing stuc
Community Projects Update - March/AprilHello deviants! Here is your Community Projects update for March/April 2012.Community Projects Update - March/April3 years ago in Deviant Events More Like This
Table of Contents:What are Community Projects?Busy BusyCommunity Projects GuideCategory Structure ImprovementsDaily DeviationsProjects ListingComing Soon
What are Community Projects?
Community Projects are part of the life of deviantART. Each year deviants come together from across the globe to collaborate on projects, the goals of which range from raising awareness and fundraising for charity to providing team-building or skill-building activities, and more!
In my role as Community Projects volunteer, I am here primarily to help facilitiate various ongoing projects on deviantART. My
INDIEGOGO ENDED!! Phase one is over!EDIT: 11/18/2014INDIEGOGO ENDED!! Phase one is over!2 months ago in Personal More Like This
So, as I said of tumblr, I want to thank everyone for their support! We collected almost 10000 through Indiegogo donation! I know it's far from what the goal is but don't worry! We are planing phase two of the campaign! We will not stop just because we didn't reach our goal out of a first try! We will fight until we finally get there!
To everyone who donated and shared the campaign: Thank you! Your support is what helped us get even this far, we really couldn't have done without you! ;u; As I said above, we will continue to fight until our goal is reached so we aren't stopping just yet!
I will update everyone once phase two starts and I will most likely reopen Special Order (and add new ideas for it). If I still owe you those, don't worry! I quite busy with the School Festival (which was a total success! The
Skyrim Mad Lib Feature!Here are the 'winners' of the Skyrim Mad Lib Challenge!Skyrim Mad Lib Feature!2 years ago in Personal More Like This
Most Ludicrous:
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Most Grin-Worthy:
Cool Art:
Honorable Mention:
Best in Show:
To check out the rest of the 'Skyrim Mad Libs' you can do a Deviantart search or check out my favorites.
I got a laugh out of all of them, not just the ones featured here. Thanks to everyone who participated!
December Pinup and Glamour DDsDaily Deviations from last month -December Pinup and Glamour DDs11 months ago in Art Features More Like This
Pinup & Glamour Photography Galleries
In case you missed any, here they all are in one delicious chunk.
Last DD Roundup of the Year! Hope you've all had a great year and I'll see you in 2014!
Due to the nature of these Galleries, you are likely to see a bit of skin, tease and sensuality.
So if that aint' your thing, we won't hold it against you, but you might prefer some of the other features from the rest of the CR Team
Burlesque 10 by idelsyluvsrubber
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2011 BMFAC News UpdateBMFAC winners published in print magazine!2011 BMFAC News Update3 years ago in Art Features More Like This
The 25 winners of the Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest were contacted in mid February to supply large format files of their winning images and also a short bio explaining their interest in fractal art, software used and general information about their work if they chose to do so. We were also informed that the first exhibit would be held in Logroño, in Northern Spain. Javier Barrallo, a Professor of Mathematics at The University of the Basque Country, Spain and also one of the panelists for the BMFAC was our contact for this. The current exhibit will be in the Casa de la Ciencia (House of Science), in Logroño, the Capital city of RIOJA until June 10th. I'll post a few pictures Javier sent further down. Javier also says he will send more pictures soon.
Also when I was contacted in February, Javier informed me that he had written an article about the BMFAC for a Spanish scientific magazine with all the winning images i
Calling all the Fallen Angels!Okay. So I just got the best idea ever.Calling all the Fallen Angels!2 years ago in Personal More Like This
To appreciate Black Veil Brides for all they have done, from making amazing music to making inspirational quotes and all that fun jazz, I figured something we all could do.
Here my plan: Make a video or collage (mix up of pictures) of all us Fallen Angels/Bridesmaids and Ushers and send it to them. (Andy's and Jake's dads too, that way theres a better chance of them seeing it.)
Collage would be a lot easier, but then again theres not as much space, but a video might take a bit longer. It depends on how long it'll take to get enough people to make a whole video with the duration of the song.
Take a picture of yourself looking as much as yourself as possible, not just BVB attire but stuff you actually like to wear. Band shirts, tank tops, long sleeves, skirts, jeans, 10,000 bracelets and necklaces, anything. If you want to (advised) hold a sign (or caption over the picture) "We are the fallen angels" or the BVB symbol/star. Remember, LOOK LIKE YOUR
Troll Slang and Swear WordsReading through the forums of Trollcall.net I found these troll slang and swear words. If you are easily shocked or offended I suggest you do not read further.Troll Slang and Swear Words4 years ago in Personal More Like This
One of the most versatile words in the Zandali language. Vekk actually means crooked, dishonourable, but it is used as an expletive for all occasions.
Example - In Uldaman, the over-confident orc warrior in your party charges forward into a room and is attacked by seven dwarves at the same time. In the battle that follows everyone in the party comes close to being killed.
"Vekk! What the vekk are you doin', mon? You almos' got us killed, you vekking piece of vask."
A noun that means excrement. Vask is used to describe something that is unpleasant or worthless.
Example - A troublesome guild-mate tells you that he has been given special voodoo powers by the High Priest of a long-lost tribe of trolls.
"Hah! Dat is da biggest cart-load of vask I ever heard."
A Zandali word for a no
2012: The End of the World! Oh, and SkyrimMerry2012: The End of the World! Oh, and Skyrim2 years ago in Personal More Like This
End of the WorldChristmas everyone!
To 'celebrate' the world ending, here is an atrocious old comic I did, mocking the the movie, '2012'.
Beware, the comic's art and writing are intentionally (and perhaps slightly unintentionally) very BAD.
OR, you can spare your eyes and read why the world is NOT going to end (on the 21st) here: http://www.gotquestions.org/questweek.html
Skyrim Stuff!
I was telling :iconNorroen-Stjarna:
"Dragon skeletons love to randomly fall out of the sky in my game. Once Cevenor was leaving Breezehome and a giant dragon skeleton crashed right down on his head. Fantastic."
And then she drew Cevenor thusly. I nearly spit out my coffee ...
Also, did you know that Cicero also read my book, 'The Spyder in the Cracked Mirror'?? Check this out!
New Skyrim comics keep churni
Long RantKatze, would you shut the fuck up? Your annoying me and a lot of people so much right now.Long Rant10 months ago in Personal More Like This
Stop saying that every Oc that has the same hair color like you doesnt mean that they are cloning your oc. See a lot of people have that hair style. Not just you.
Your being so damn rude with everyone currently.
Calm your little "diva attitude"
Your not the only pony Oc with those colors.
And if you get just one little comment telling you to make this better, you just go super saiyan bitch mode.
Hello! They are trying to help you!
Literally, most of my friends agree with me.
Tone down your little bitch mode.
And for gods sake stop makig eveything a pony.
And btw we all saw what you commented on a personal pony you made
And your comment said
"can you please stop this look like shit?? i don't give a shit !!! i got this oc from someone else one more and i block you, im sorry, but im SICK of you
Im sorry but do you know what english is.
And thats a really stupid reason to block someon
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Koreans tout standard for US mobile TV
LG and Samsung have teamed up to have their respective technologies accepted as the American standard for mobile TV, just as Dish starts casting around for someone to help them build such a network. America already has a couple of broadcast mobile TV networks based around Qualcomm's MediaFLO technology. But last year the Open …
The standard is the easy part...
Now they have to find some one that wants to (and will pay for) watch TV on a 2" screen.
Like I want to pay to watch TV on a 2.5" screen. Thanks but no thanks!
Paris because her workign at NASA makes more sense.
... so I am to watch microTV? No thanks. However, "mobile TV" does make sense if you got a PSP, and are stuck in a long commute in public transportation systems.
But on a standard cellphone display? I doubt it.
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If A-VSB is approved, it will be a good thing for all DTV viewers.
The current VSB standard is somewhat more susceptible to interference and distortion of the encoded signal. Multipath, AM interference and doppler shifts in the carrier frequency all affect VSB to a greater extent than DVB-T. This is the trade off for having a more power efficient transmission scheme.
Supposedly, A-VSB will do several things. First off, it will offer improved error resilience in the VSB modulated packets in the form of a new reference signal. This will help DTV receivers when faced with a signal degraded by multipath or doppler shifting. Second, A-VSB will offer new encoding modes that support greater amounts of error correction (at the cost of lower data bitrates). However, since many people have suggested that A-VSB would be rolled out with MPEG4-AVC/H.264 video encoding, such bandwidth losses would be partially offset.
Besides, who needs 1920x1080 video on a 6" screen?
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Film festival showcases online cat videos
The Walker Art Center, a well-regarded museum of modern art in Minneapolis, on Thursday is presenting its first "Internet Cat Video Film Festival."
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MINNEAPOLIS — Warning: This is a story about online cat videos. If you're among the seemingly tiny minority of the general population not interested in watching a one-minute clip of a cat in a T-shirt pounding on a keyboard, then move along.
For everyone else, a new measure of respectability is looming for an Internet pleasure that is both massively popular and, for some people, a bit embarrassing. The Walker Art Center, a well-regarded museum of modern art in Minneapolis, on Thursday is presenting its first "Internet Cat Video Film Festival" to showcase the best in filmed feline hijinks.
With about 70 videos over 60 minutes, the Walker is mounting a social experiment as much as a film festival. At issue is whether cat video lovers used to gorging on the clips in the privacy of their homes will do so in public — an online community of fellow aficionados interacting face to face for the first time.
"It is a cultural phenomenon that raises some interesting questions," said Katie Hill, the Walker program associate who first suggested the festival.
But Hill, a self-described "art historian and cat lady," was quick to add: "I'm not a behavioural psychologist, I'm not a sociologist. I just think they're funny and cute, and I think a lot of other people do too."
The numbers bear it out. Some of the classics of the form have racked up tens of millions of YouTube page views. The aforementioned "Keyboard Cat" posted 26.3 million page views since it was posted in 2007. A 30-second clip titled "Very Angry Cat" — can you guess the plot? — has 78.5 million page views since 2006.
"Some you just watch over and over and over again," said Angie Bailey, a cat blogger and owner from Chisago City, Minnesota, covering the film festival for the website Catster.com. "When you want to laugh and feel good it's sort of an escape from what happens in the real world."
Walker programmers got about 10,000 submissions for the festival after initially expecting several hundred. They whittled that down to the 70 videos to be shown on an outdoor screen on the museum's grounds.
Afterward, festivalgoers will be able to vote online for a "Best in Show" award. In addition, the Walker programmers picked a "Golden Kitty Award" to be bestowed at the end of the night.
"The Walker has advised, if you bring your cat put it on a leash," said Josh Feist, a Minneapolis arts administrator who planned to take his cat, Pickles, to the show. "It could be potentially crazy if there are hundreds of people who bring their cats. It will be interesting to see what develops."
Get the video cameras ready.
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Definition of hooah
- slang used by Army soldiers to mean just about anything except "no."
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- Slang used by hardcore soldiers, usually Airborne or Rangers. Refers to or means anything and everything except no.
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- an enthusiastic yell or war cry.
Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Captain T. from Baton Rouge, LA, USA on Jun 09 2005.
- used in the US Army meaning, hello, good, cool, or acceptance with enthusiasm. Not to be confused with the Marines Corps motivational term Ooh-Rah.
Hooah, Sergeant!
Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Captain T. from Baton Rouge, LA, USA on Jun 09 2005.
- used by the United States Army as an affirmation or to express pleasure.
Last edited on Jun 16 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 16 2012.
- There are many theories about the etymology of "hooah". One is that it's a pronunciation of "HUA", which is an acronym for "heard, understood, acknowledged."
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Australia is experiencing a 'once-in-a lifetime' boom in the terms of trade. We are indebted to Treasury's Dr David Gruen for some highly relevant analysis, presented last week and linked here.
However, there is one important issue left unanalysed by Dr Gruen. This blog draws attention to the issue, which concerns growth of non-farm GDP, which was faster in the 1970s than in the latest decade. I offer two possible hypotheses to explain this apparent anamoly - Australia has caught the so-called 'Dutch disease or else in the 1970s there was a Schumpertarian response to wild economic policy.
I suggest that if we do not understand this issue it is very hard confidently to prescribe macroeconomic policy.
This boom is expected to last for years, even decades, whereas previous large spikes in the terms of trade in the late 1920s and early 1950s were very short-lived.
Australia's terms of trade rose at about the same pace in the four years from early 1970 as in the corresponding period from mid 2002, but thereafter fell away while in the current decade the terms of trade have continued to rise, although with a setback in the crisis of 2007-08.
Chart 1 Terms of Trade
Note: The 2011-12 Budget forecasts are used for the assumed future evolution of the terms of trade.Source: ABS Cat. No. 5206.0 and Treasury.
As the graph shows, Treasury predicts only a gradual reduction from current record levels. Although the rapid growth of China, India, Indonesia and other developing nations is expected to support this assumption, current events in the Eurozone are capable of inflicting a set-back at least as serious as that in 2007-08.
(The Economist this week asks of the Eurozone 'Is this really the end?' The answer is 'Yes, Unless Germany and the ECB move quickly, the single currencys collapse is looming'. The breakup of the Eurozone would be very messy and involve sovereign, corporate and bank failures that would make the credit cruch following the failure of Lehman Brothers look like a bankers picnic.)
David Gruen's analysis is based on a careful comparison of the implied effects of the terms of trade increase in the 1970s with the current rise, which has already lasted more than twice as long and reached levels above the spikes in the late twenties and early fifties of the twentieth century.
There are major differences between the two periods in both the policy framework and the economic response.
In particular:
* Now there is a floating exchange rate, wheras in the 1970s the currency was 'fixed' except when it lurched up (to US$1.49 if memory serves) and then was levered down, in both cases by amounts decided by Cabinet with Treasury advice. (And it should not be forgotten that Treasury opposed the floating of the Australian dollar in 1983).
* Now inflation has been low and stable, although early in 2008 there was a massive consumption boom (growth of 9 % in 2008) that nearly created a serious inflationary outbreak despite the 'independent' RBA having an explicit mandate to contain goods and services inflation.
* Government spending as a ratio to GDP fell during this boom (except for what Dr Gruen calls a 'well timed' increase during the global crisis, whereas it rose sharply in the 1970s.
* The rate of unemployment has been falling for most of the current commodity boom, with some modest reversal during the global crisis and perhaps again from now, likely to be especially marked if the Eurozone indeed implodes.
Chart 4 Growth in non-farm GDP
Source: ABS Cat. No. 5206.0 and Treasury.
The really interesting graph shows growth of non-farm GDP. Dr Gruen notes that 'Non-farm GDP grew by an astonishing 8.8 per cent over the year to the March quarter 1973, at a time when the economy was already operating at close to full capacity. Non-farm GDP growth then turned briefly negative on two occasions following the 1970s terms of trade peak in 1975 and again in 1977.
'As Chart 4 shows, economic growth has been much less volatile this time around, with a standard deviation of non-farm GDP growth in the current episode only a little more than half that during the 1970s one.
'The lower volatility of economic growth this time around is all the more impressive given the much bigger, and more sustained, current terms of trade shock, as well as the unwelcome arrival of the global financial crisis in the middle of it'.
However, my reading of the graph suggests that average growth has also been lower this time round. Less volatility certainly, but a steady decline in growth except when the boom almost got out of hand in 2006, with subsequent experience including two years of near zero growth including the current year's likely outcome.
This point is not made by Dr Gruen, but it is just possible that lower average growth, despite far stronger terms of trade, is a symptom of an Australian version of the 'Dutch disease'. This is a highly controversial statement, but one that cannot be ducked. There is an extensive literature on this matter, sometimes presented as 'the resource curse'. Henry would welcome comment from anyone who has studied this question closely, or understands the point I am trying to make and has an opinion on the matter. Contact Henry here.
In terms of stability of outcome, there can be no quarrel with Dr Gruen's main conclusions: 'The current macroeconomic framework represents a crucial improvement on that in place in the 1970s. It has helped mute the business cycle. It cannot, however, deliver us a bullet-proof economy. Sufficiently large shocks, or macroeconomic policy mistakes, can still occur and can still generate severe macroeconomic difficulties as the experience of the major advanced economies over the past several years amply demonstrates.
'Two decades of good macroeconomic outcomes without a recession is an impressive achievement. But it should not tempt us to embrace the dubious notion that the business cycle has been consigned to the dustbin of history'.
Let me ask my question as simply as possible. Suppose all our improved economic management has simply smoothed the business cycle, at the cost of lower overall growth?
Suppose the tariff cuts of the Whitlam era, the lurching currency, the damaging real wage hikes, rapid growth of government spending and other impediments to smooth and predictable growth somehow stimulated average growth? Or perhaps the many inefficiencies in the previously protected Australian economy were blown away by the mad policies of the Whitlam era, a Schumpetarian response? Either way, Dr Gruen's analysis raises at least one question that it fails to answer.
I suggest that if we do not have an answer to this question it is very hard confidently to prescribe macroeconomic policy.
But, in any case, if the Eurozone implodes, all bets will be off. China, India and Indonesia surely cannot keep growing at recent rates in the face of renewed developed nation recession. And if growth in these nations is slower, Australia will not be immune. The flexible exchange rate will provide some shock absorbing protection, and (if achieved) continued sensible wage outcomes might also help. But the Treasurer's determination to return the Federal budget to surplus (presumably as advised by Treasury) will in all probability be a drag on economic activity. Quite possibly the currently predicted recovery will be postponed, perhaps for some time.
The greater question of whether the resource boom is a blessing or a curse remains to be answered. Watch this space.
A closely related article is linked here.
'THE trajectory of Australias relative decline now seems set with the nation in denial of its economic challenges and suffering a malaise in its political decision-making signalling that a country that cannot recognise its problems is far from finding their solution.
'Australias political system is in malfunction. The evidence has been plentiful for some years and continues to mount. The origins of the crisis are deep-seated. This is the reason it is unlikely to be easily reversed. The nations economic advantages are extensive but unless buttressed by effective public policy they will erode relentlessly'.
This is the opening to Paul Kelly's latest commentary about Australia's grid-locked politics and near-certain relative economic decline. Every voter should read this article and contact their local member to give him or her a wake-up call. It is available here or in the printed edition of the Australian yesterday.
One example, close to Henry's heart, concerns monetary policy. Since the RBA is formally independent of Australia's grid-locked politics, the problem comes from deficient understanding, or reluctance to innovate to solve a problem that has been obvious now for over a year-and-a half.
Glenda Korporaal yersterday reviewed the RBA's latest comment on monetary policy. She says 'yesterdays glass-half-empty statement from Martin Place reveals a sense of frustration at the RBA with the stubbornly high dollar.
'A month ago, the bank was hopeful that some easing in the exchange rate could assist in achieving balanced growth in the economy, but now its not so sure.
The exchange rate remains high by historical standards, particularly given the declines in key commodity prices (which is what it said last month) and hence is offering less assistance than it might in achieving balanced growth in the economy. (Read: now we are really getting impatient that the dollar isnt coming down).
More here.
Henry must admit his own frustration. In his case it arises from having proposed a solution eighteen months ago to be met with a lofty silence from the RBA.
Here is a link.
Since then I have done a lot of work on asset inflation and monetary policy, mostly reflected in the regular articles on monetary policy in 2013 and 2014 posted here.
The rule that 'monetary policy cannot serve two masters' (a much ignored dictum of Milton Friedman) is slowly being taken up in the search for policies to curb housing booms. The traditional approach - and I confess to supporting this until my Pauline insight reported in January 2013 - was to use monetary policy (ie, interest rate policy) to moderate asset inflation. That is, to raise interest rates more than would be required to control the economy in efforts to contain goods and services inflation when assets such as housing are looking dangerously uppity, and prior to that to talk about the dangers of excessive house price increases and threaten to raise interest rates.
Now good thinkers, including the new governor of the Bank of England, Ben Bernanke himself and (I believe) senior people in the RBA, are considering or (in the UK case implementing) what is called a 'macroprudential' policy to directly curb house price inflation by controlling bank lending for housing.
This I am sure will create a lot of debate in coming years, but I feel that policies like that are going to be essential. 'Monetary policy cannot serve two masters', in this case control the overall economy sensibly and also 'influence' house prices in an appropriate way.
My simple point is this. If respectable central bankers see the necessity of curbing house prices, why not do something about a stubbornly excessive exchange rate? Something other than cutting interest rates, which has been the unstated (in my view) approach in recent times in Australia.
For more views on the BIS approach to asset bubbles, and related matters, discussed on Tuesday, see James Saft of Reuters.
Happy new year, gentle readers.
'An organization representing the worlds main central banks warned on Sunday that dangerous new asset bubbles were forming even before the global economy has finished recovering from the last round of financial excess', reports Jack Ewing of the New York Times.
'Investors, desperate to earn returns when official interest rates are at or near record lows, have been driving up the prices of stocks and other assets with little regard for risk, the Bank for International Settlements [BIS] in Basel, Switzerland, said in its annual report published on Sunday.
'Recovery from the financial crisis that began in 2007 could take several more years, Jaime Caruana, the general manager of the B.I.S., said at the organizations annual meeting in Basel on Sunday. The recovery could be especially slow in Europe, he said, because debt levels remain high.
During the boom, resources were misallocated on a huge scale, Mr. Caruana said, according to a text of his speech, and it will take time to move them to new and more productive uses.
The BIS has been ahead of the general curve in advising on how to moderate asset booms so thay don't turn into bubbles. 'Bubbles' do not slowly deflate, but rather pop.
The USA has experienced three major stock market booms in the twentieth century - in the 1920s, in the 1950s and in the 1990s. The first such boom turned into a bubble and burst, helping to produce the Great Depression. The booms in the 1990s burst and marked the end of the so-called 'Great Moderation. The US Fed's rapid easing of monetary policy helped stave off serious recession but re-ignited the stock boom and this led directly to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). (Why the asset boom of the 1950s, extending into the 1960s did not turn into a bubble is worthy of careful analysis.)
As The BIS said in the quote above, the world economy is still struggling with the aftermath of the 2007 market crash.
This writer said in late 2010, in the opening paragraph of Great Crises of Capitalism: 'The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 might still produce a great depression. Massive monetary and fiscal stimulus has been thrown at the problem. Major financial institutions, with one exceptions, have been bailed out by taxpayers. The problems created by excessive debt and over-easy monetary policy have been 'solved' by more of the same'.
Now the BIS is warning of renewed bubble problems and it is time for investors to be especially cautious.
The summary of the BIS report is as follows: 'A new policy compass is needed to help the global economy step out of the shadow of the Great Financial Crisis. This will involve adjustments to the current policy mix and to policy frameworks with the aim of restoring sustainable and balanced economic growth.
'The global economy has shown encouraging signs over the past year but it has not shaken off its post-crisis malaise (Chapter III). Despite an aggressive and broad-based search for yield, with volatility and credit spreads sinking towards historical lows (Chapter II), and unusually accommodative monetary conditions (Chapter V), investment remains weak. Debt, both private and public, continues to rise while productivity growth has extended further its long-term downward trend (Chapters III and IV). There is even talk of secular stagnation. Some banks have rebuilt capital and adjusted their business models, while others have more work to do (Chapter VI).
'To return to sustainable and balanced growth, policies need to go beyond their traditional focus on the business cycle and take a longer-term perspective - one in which the financial cycle takes centre stage (Chapter I). They need to address head-on the structural deficiencies and resource misallocations masked by strong financial booms and revealed only in the subsequent busts. The only source of lasting prosperity is a stronger supply side. It is essential to move away from debt as the main engine of growth'.
Access to the full report is available here. It is worthy of careful reading and even more careful thought.
For later discussion of the BIS approach to asset bubbles, and related matters, see James Saft of Reuters.
Here we are, in the British Airways lounge in Heathrow after an hour long queue to dispose of the baggage. Twice in the past week, a fellow queuer (sic?) told us, there were major problems at Terminal 5, which is dedicated to BA. The problems involved luggage, and just as we joined a summer Saturday queue the system for sending luggage to be sorted and loaded stopped.
'Why don't they tag it and pile it up somewhere?' Henry asked a tall, courteous fellow traveller. Said traveller went to inquire from a BA staffer, only to return to report 'They heard you'. Tags were being added to bags and the owners were being sent to a muster point to dispose of them. Presumably in many cases that would be the last time anyone saw them, but that is the case even when the mechanised system is operating. Our line inched forward.
Just as it was our turn to tag and dispose, the mechanical system cranked into action. We wished the bags a fond farewell and headed to the security check. As when we came into the country from mother Russia, the security and customs staff were far more numerous, with far better systems, than their Russian counterparts. Soon we were having porridge and kippers for breakfast in the BA lounge.
We have just spent two days and three nights with a dear friend in London. Mrs T went to look at galleries while Henry and friend worked on their research project, aimed to test rigorously if current US monetary policy risks creating systematic instability in the US and therefore the world economy. It is likely to come down to how the monetary system interacts with the 'real' sector and how asset inflation influences both. Expect another report in a few months, gentle reader, because the research involves building, estimating and examining the dynamic properties of a model for the US similar to the RBII model of the Australian economy but with asset inflation added. (Here is a link to the non-rigorous version of the research so far completed.)
By amazing coincidence, the debate on how to handle asset inflation is raging in the UK. Today's FT includes a nice article by John Authers titled 'Rate rises pose biggest test for BoE bubble theory'.
The BoE has announced a 'macroprudential' policy (as recommended by Henry and colleagues in the aforementioned paper) to deal with asset inflation, specifically house price inflation, in the UK. No-one thinks there is a general housing bubble in the UK, but there is (it can be argued) in London. So the BoE has to tread carefully. The specific policy involves a 15 % cap on the proportion of mortgages that can cover more than 4.5 times the borrower's income.
Furthermore, lenders must carry out a new test of affordability in which they work out if borrowers could still service the loan should interest rates rise by 300 basis points. The BoE says 'this is not a stringent cap'.
Many other central banks will be watching this approach to controlling asset inflation with great interest. (Until now there has been a non-policy of 'benign neglect', wait for the crash and clean up afterwards with very low/near zero interest rates. But the BoE, and one seems to remember the RBNZ, have discovered the stunning fact that 'monetary - interest rate - policy cannot serve two masters' and have decided a new policy - or an old policy - of controls on the banks - is needed.) Of course, as currently specified, this policy does not cover lending to fund share inflation, nor the sort of progressive tightening (preferably based on well understood rules with automatic tightening that Henry advocates), as an asset bubble develops. And the BoE governor says interest rate hikes are still a 'last resort' to deal with asset inflation. But it is a good start, and one can be confident that this will be a large area for debate in coming years.
London is booming and, except in the poorest parts of the Scottish Highlands and western Isles, so is most of the rest of the UK economy.
David Cameron is involved in the S**tfight with other Eurozone leaders, and Henry's money is on the UK leaving the EU in due course. Kulture
Links to Henry's ramblings in St Petersburg and Scotland are available below. Thanks to Fiona Prior, most of the individual reports now have images.
Scotland the Brave, and sometimes foolish.
Mother Russia guards her borders. But why, comrades, that is the question.
Henry has been too busy to follow the footy, but assumes the season is over for his beloved Caaarlton! Tomorrows game with Collingwood may be the best realistic chance to stay in touch with the finals. Henry also assumes the Swan's millionaire forward line is wreaking havoc, and that Hawthorn is fighting on, along with Freo, Adelaide's Power and Mr Ablett's Suns.
The local (ie global) press is focussing on the WORLD CUP, where a star player has been kicked out of the game, even training for the game, for 4 months for biting an opponent, apparently his third such transgression.
A person of amazing insight in one of the hundreds of newspapers available in London argued that biting is a deep human instinct inherited from our carnivore ancestors and FIFA should go easy on the poor superstar. But his sponsors are abandoning him and his club has him on the market for 180 million Euros, so after a nice rest, and one hopes some serious psychotherapy, he'll come out snarling for another club.
Makes the AFL's 'supplements' scandal look pretty tame.
Poor old England, losing a test series to Sri Lanka after their belting by Mitch Johnston and his mates in Oz. Much heart searching after the self-congratulation of their own win over Australia on doctored pitches in England, was it earlier this year?
Image of the week
Iona, courtesy Google images and Fiona Prior
After escaping Mother Russia only after thorough administrative survaillance - why were they being so careful about letting bog-standard tourists leave? - Henry and Mrs T arrive safely in Scotland. Though St Petersburg had been fun, it was a relief again to be in a free nation, correction, apart of a free nation, where about 45 % of its people would like to be freer, but poorer, with their own nation.
As with reports from Russia, the latest will be at the top, making travel into the past relatively easy.
Farewell bonnie Scotland, home of the brave, and the foolish.
Harris and Lewis, siamese twins of islands.
Over the Sea to Skye, where Bonnie Prince left dressed in Fiona McDonalds dress.
And. so to Iona, the place where Christianity was introduced to the Picts and the Scoti.
Scotland, Bonnie Scotland - Arrival, inducing mild euphoria at again feeling free.
The Bank of England has signalled that the next change of interest rates is likely to be up, while the ECB has just made cash rates slightly negative. The US Fed is 'tapering' its bond buying project, and today we learn from the FT that central banks generally are planning to cut their bond holdings to minimise capital losses when interest rages generally begin to rise. Forecasts for global economic growth have been reduced, and world trade has started the year very slowly, indeed may have fallen slightly.
Does the phrase 'dog's breakfast' leap to mind?
Economists had been hoping for stronger, not weaker growth of wotld trade but, if the sluggish start to the year continues, 2014 might be the third year in a row that world trade has grown less than, or no more than, growth of global GDP.
So far at least, the global economy is looking a lot like Japan in the 1990s - sluggish growth, slow recovery and low inflation, tending some think to actual deflation, of goods and service prices. This is a natural consequence of large debt levels, with these levels still growing.
At the same time, differently to Japan in the 1990s, global asset inflation has shown unusual strength, plausibly reflecting unusually easy global monetary policy - near zero cash rates and 'quantitative easing', ie bond buying. Prices of shares, and house prices in many countries, have boomed despite sluggish global economic activity.
When and if the US Fed, and other important central banks, begin to raise global interest rates, there will be repurcussions beyond rising bond rates. One must assume share prices will fall, possibly by large amounts, from record levels. House prices will lose bouyancy, and may also fall substantially. If all this is happening while economic activity is still sluggish, questions will be asked about the job being done by major central banks, and governments are likely to clip the wings of the central bankers.
That will be a pity, but one can make an argument that it will reflect the unwillingness of central bankers to work out how to deal with asset inflation. Trouble is, will politicians, advised by national Treasuries and Departments of Finance, do any better?
More here from the (later) pages of the Financial Times.
Crashing the party
There is a new way of doing business in the UK. This is called 'sharing' - people my rent out a room, or their house, or call a non-cabbie car hire network, or rent a dress if they are a gorgeous young thing with a big date and a low budget.
Phillip Inman of the Guardian wrote yesterday about this development, and Henry cannot wait for it to get to Australia. It could be called monopoly busting, whether the monopoly is the taxi companies, who are unreliable, or the golden legion of real estate agents, or the department stores who extract massive profits from selling nice dresses to poor but attractive young women.
Naturally, there new economy forces are being fought by the pld economy monopolists in the UK, and no doubt the monopolists in Australia are watching and readying themselves for battle.
Elderly British survey fillers are against the new economy development already described, but younger Britains are more likely to embrace the idea. Phillip Inman explains the economics behind this movement: 'This rising tide of self-employment accounts for two out of five jobs created in the past year, pushing the number of people who work for themselves to one in seven of the workforce. While many will be self-employed out of necessity and earning, on average, about 40% less than their employed counterparts, a sizeable proportion consider themselves entrepreneurs and are excited about being their own boss.
'Analysis by the Royal Society of Arts shows that for every worker who loses out there are three who say they benefit. It is an entrepreneurialism that the RSA argued is indicative of an unstoppable shift.
'Respondents [to a major survey] cited factors such as being able to live where they want and work around caring for older relatives or children. The rising cost of childcare was a key consideration, as was the escalating cost of commuting.
'Largely unspoken was the lack of pay, wage rises and decent pensions on offer in mainstream jobs culture.
'The tax system also encourages workers to look beyond the workplace for extra income. A combination of income tax and national insurance places a 32% marginal tax rate on standard rate taxpayers. Capital gains tax by contrast charges the basic rate taxpayer a rate of 18%, and a higher-rate taxpayer 28%. As such, gains on wealth are more lightly taxed than earned income'.
Henry notes that an effective tax rate on conventional paid employment of 32 % perfectly explains why people will accept 40 % lower incomes in the self-employed sector - most of the 'Self-employed income is from the black/gray economy and therefore effectively untaxed.
Henry knows of many young Australians with fine education, positive attitudes and no jobs in the standard economy or poorly paid jobs with little prospect of advancement. Crime is one solution for these kids, but being self-employed is the logical alternative.
In the UK, a peer of the realm, Lord Young, is reporting on this phenomonon and pressuring the government to relax rules that support the monolply positions of entrenched enterprises like the London cabbies. One hopes that Maurice Newman can find the courage to address these issues as they affect Australia's struggling manufacturing economy.
Read more from Phillip Inman here.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have".
This quote from Thomas Jefferson might serve as daily support for Joe Hockey as he tries to make Australians give up the entitlement mentality. Henry is overseas, but did hear on BBC news (the only English language news channel available in our modest hotel) that New Zealand has raised interest rates.
What is New Zealand up to? Is it possible that the difference from Australa is more realistic government and people quickly fixed the budget (GST hike, low top rate of income tax) and then got on with making a living.
More here on the tax policy that seems to have done wonders for our cousin over the ditch. Source: Tom Hazledine and The Conversation.
A canny friend said overnight: 'The Australian housing situation is becoming serious. Before the budget it was carrying consumption with it although that is now cooling. No sign of life in tradables investment including new resources.
'Our share market boom is now just banks ... monopoly plus the Fed'.
He later reported that we are getting a new bout of currency appreciation after the Euro relaxations last week ... 'even as resources prices fall in a heap'.
This makes the case for Henry's tax on capital inflow, iniatially proposed here (and in The Australian) 18 months ago.
The alternative is further cuts in interest rates, which would repeat the mistakes of America and the Eurozone.
It is only lack of national confidence that prevents taxing capital inflow: enter, stage left, senior official (wringing hands) 'we are a capital importing nation and cannot choke off that source of national prosperity'.
Henry and Mrs T spend the best part of two days exploring the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg this week and will provide a seperate report in due course. But getting in was a nightmare, despite booking on line and thereby supposedly 'avoiding queues', and finding ones way around was almost as bad.
Amazing collection, many Rembrants, a lot of Titians, one Georgioni (a rare example) and not an Australian impressionist to be seem. What do these Ruskies think thay are doing, ignoring Streeten, Roberts, Condor and the rest of our boys. Come to think of it, this creates an opportunity, especially if Australia does well enough in the World Cup to hit the news here.
Visit the Hermitage here, where a virtual tour is on offer. www.hermitagemuseum.org
We took in a performance of Magic Flute at the new Marinsky Theatre last evening. Of course it was in Russian, and a shouted 'Nyet' and other gutteral noises does not fit naturally with Motzart's music, but small matters like that were ignored as the performance had style, humour and great singing.
Coming home as the sun was threatening to set at 11.30 pm was a strange experience, but the streets were busy and cars and busses were battling it out as if it was peak hour. Thursday was Russia's national day and both it and Friday are holidays, so there was a festive air about the place. We were helped to find the appropriate bus stop at 11.15 pm by two American gals, from Texas and Ohio respectively, working here and learning Russian as they go. Two Japanese girls got on the bus at the next stop, waved off by a young Japanese couple from the front door of their home. Its all happening in St Petersburg, folks.
Here is the Mariinsky's website. www.mariinsky.ru
And here is Henry's collected trip reports. http://www.henrythornton.com/blog.asp?blog_id=2785
St Petersburg is a place Mrs Thornton has long wished to visit. Naturally this led eventually to the idea of Henry and his sweet lady flying to the former Russian capital city, captured by Peter the Great from Sweden, a once serious player in Northern Europe's wars and in European politics generally.
As usual, Henry feels constrained to provide reports for his faithful readers, who no doubt are missing the usual trenchent commentary on matters economic and political. And travel broadens the mind, so it is to be hoped that Henry returns to Australia - that miracle economy - freshly reinvigorated andwith a mind broadened if not deepened.
Time will tell but, in the meantime, here is an index of Henry's reports from St Petersburg. It will be updated each time a new report is posted, with the latest on top so no-one can feel she is being tricked into reading any report twice.
(If coming new to this e-journal, consider starting from the bottom and moving up.)
Military might and reflections on departing.
Is the Russian Empire experiencing a slow, ultimately false, sunset or is it toward the end of a long decline that is destined to turn Russia into a poor, undeveloped nation whose great days are steadily fading further into history? That question is beyond my current pay grade, gentle readers but, as previously noted, there is a lot of room for improvement in matters economic.
We leave Morther Russia with great memories, but with this question seriously on our minds. Very likely, we shall not pass this way again
The Hermitage
The Hermitage will blow you mind, and even the digital tour may cause you to buy a ticket to St Petersburg
Gilded palaces, forests and public transport.
Henry masters (!) St Petersburg's public transport and visits more gilded palaces and their grounds.
White nights in St Petersburgh - Peterhof
Henry makes only his second visit to Russia. In 1973, he briefly visited Tashkent, on route to the socialist finishing school known as the London School of Economics. Sadly for the socialist cause, almost all the teachers at the LSE proclaimed the power of capitalism. Much to Henry's father's delight, Henry returned with a totally different outlook on life.
Finally, after six long years, US jobs have surpassed the previous peak in January 2006. In previous post-war recessions, the previous peak has been exceeded in just a few years, often only one or two years. The latest result came after four months of over 200 K new jobs created in a row, the best result for 14 years.The rate of unemployment held steady at 6.2 %. The US share market hit a new record.
There is a catch, of course. During the Great Recession, as the post-GFC downturn has been labelled, a lot of American workers dropped out of the workforce, and the data suggests that many will not be back. This is the outcome in many countries, and suggests that future economic capacity will be limited compared with pre-GFC estimates. This is an issue that has been discussed by Gavyn Davies of FT fame, in an article just posted,
Davies says that central bankers, especially in the USA and UK, strongly believe that the damage of the GFC can be repaired, in the sense that pre-GFC trendlines for GDP can eventually be recovered. After all, 'none of the growth fundamentals in the system the state of technological knowledge, the available labour force, and the amount of fixed investment that is profitable to deploy has been permanently destroyed by the Great Recession', although the loss of skilled and experienced workers might take a long time to replace.
'A more pessimistic view is that the Great Recession has resulted in a permanent (or at least very long lasting) loss of economic capacity, in which case it would be inflationary to attempt to re-attain previous trendlines. On this view, the global economy has now locked on to a different path, with its effective capacity being much lower than previous trends might imply. The latest estimates of capacity published by the IMF and OECD, who should be able to do this sort of work better than most, clearly imply this'.
A reason, apart from loss of skilled labor, is the debt overhang that helps to explain the very slow recovery of US jobs already noted. Japan is the example that people who worry about debt fuelled economic bubbles point to, perhaps an extreme example due to the size if its asset bust and the extreme aging of its declining population.
The Economist, like the FT another venerable newspaper, has a proud record of warning that the debt-driven market bubble of the 1990s, which crashed and was revived twice by near zero interest rates, would eventually create serious economic mayhem. Henry is with the pessimists on this issue, and has asked his asset management to begin reducing his risk profile.
Despite the causes for caution - possible permanant loss of economic capacity, new share price records and the clear challenge of returning US monetary policy to a sensible neutral position - Wall Street's fear gauge has fallen to a seven-year low. This is a clear warning sign, suggesting a new take on the old adge about the time to sell being when the lift drivers are at their most enthusiastic.
Greetings, gentle readers, from Dubai airport, en route to St Petersburg. The airport at Dubai is growing before one's eyes and is full of Airbus 380s. As we sit in the lounge we hear announcements of flights to just about every destination one could imagine, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Seattle, Entebbe, Venice, Muscat, Houston, Colombo, Dusseldorf, Kabul, Algeirs, ...
Australia is (almost) at the end of the road, although we were on a flight that started in New Zealand. This is the mini-state that already has a freer trade deal with China and no budgetary problems despite being derided with sheep jokes. When we checked in at Melbourne we found the Qantas first class lounge was closing for the night, although we were on a joint Qantas-Emirates flight. The Emirates first class lounge in Melbourne is far more modest that the Qantas equivalent, but we were welcomed and Henry was, gasp, upgraded, due presumably to his long and dedicated work as a Qantas travellor.
In Dubai the equivalent lounge reaches Qantas standards but is built on an industrial scale. More evidence that Qantas international is doomed, and one reads in the Weekend Australian that we are still debating the easier visa regulations for brikkies and chefs, fruit picking is almost all done by kids from overseas and unions are fighting hard for 200 % loadings for work on Sunday.
One is everyday reminded there is a lot of ruin in a nation, and that successive governments just do not get what is needed for Australia to reach its potential. We shall travel on to Mother Russia, and look forward to young Henry's take on the issues of the week. We already know that Russia has even more onerous regulations than Oz, given the amount of paperwork that is required to get a visa so we can inject somw vital dollars (little dollars, but still hardish currency) into the Russian economy.
Caaaarlton! went down to Geelong by 5 points overnight, but Henry has still not found a balanced discussion of the game. Did they fight the game out or throw it away by f**kwit brain snaps as they did last week?
Clearly it was a great game. But seems it was umpire brainsnaps, as suggested here.
Delicious to learn that ASADA's star witness has been pinched by the plod for allegedly dealing in drugs, and that Mr Dank is on their list also. The supplements saga gets more farcical every week, and it is surely time for ASADA to apologise to those whose reputations have been trashed and get its act together .
We wish the lads well who are about to take on the might of world futball. Just one win and two draws/small losses would be likely to see us all watching the games in the wee hours. Great pity about renewed allegatons about briberygate.
Courtesy The Australian


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