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I'm not saying the Flyers wouldn't have signed anyone if they waited on Leighton, I'm just saying that could have been the result. If the Flyers waited until free agency, I'm not sure what their top dollar would have been, and I don't know what other team's top dollars would have been. I doubt the Flyers would have offered Niemi $2 million since that is what they offered Turco. They probably could have matched Mason at $1.85, but would Atlanta have upped their offer? Same thing with Ellis. Maybe they could have gotten Turco too if they waited a little longer, but I'd rather have Leighton than have all of these guys sign and Leighton sign somewhere else.
The point is that everyone acts as if the Flyers could have had any goalie they wanted and they "foolishly" chose Leighton, when the fact of the matter is that they offered money to the two best goalies out there and got turned down. There was no reason to believe that it would be different had they waited until free agency. I know there were reports in the media that it was a thin market or whatever, but as a GM, are you going to take the media's word over the word of the two best goalies out there? It turns out Turco and Nabby were not good indicators of the market, but from a GM standpoint, do you really want to risk having no goalie because there are reports in the media that it is going to be a slow year in the goalie market?
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Listening to a recording can never replace the joys of live performance. But if you don't live in London, opportunities to explore quirky new repertoire can be thin on the ground. CDs most often excel as introductions to composers and works that you've never heard before. We've all experienced those small moments of rapture when a previously unknown piece bowls you over. You immediately skip back to replay it, usually at higher volume, before you hassle your friends and family to listen too. Major label releases of standard repertoire can still delight; Beethoven and Tchaikovsky have had a good year. Too many of us take music for granted, streaming it through smartphones and consuming it passively through crap headphones. Whereas a good CD heard through a nice set of old-fashioned speakers can provide hours of erudite, sensual pleasure for the price of a round of drinks. Everything in the following list is worth a punt – each one worthy of a five star rating.
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The charismatic, effervescent Jeremy Denk couples a stern, imposing reading of Beethovien's thorniest sonata with a generous selection of Études by the brilliant Hungarian maverick György Ligeti. Attempting to get one's head round the various technical devices used by Ligeti is difficult enough, and a few seconds of listening to Denk's astounding playing is enough to persuade anyone with pianistic ambitions to seek out a more sensible career. You can imagine that the endless practice required to perform these works would be enough to tip a player into madness, but Denk allows us to appreciate Ligeti's fierce intellect, the wisdom underlying the surface craziness. Music which dazzles, frightens and always entertains.
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This cycle emerged a few months after Riccardo Chailly's celebrated Leipzig set, and was overlooked and patronized by many critics. The naysayers were wrong. These are supremely enjoyable performances, imperious and refulgent in a highly anachronistic way. It's perfectly possible to love period instrument performances and also appreciate Thielemann's readings. They're big boned, sumptuously upholstered and always highly musical, played by an orchestra whose old-world sound suits the music perfectly. Beethoven's rough edges and seismic shocks can be smoothed over, and Thielemann's flexible approach to tempo might irritate purists. It didn't annoy me. Beethoven emerges as friendlier, cuddlier and better dressed than he usually seems. And in an age of soulless downloads, Sony's luxuriant presentation, each disc stored in a highly desirable cloth-covered box, makes the package even more desirable.
Bruckner: Symphony No 9 (with Finale completed by Samale-Phillips-Cohrs-Mazzuca) Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle (EMI)
This latest incarnation of an ongoing project by a team of four musicologists to restore the last movement of Bruckner's valedictory Symphony no 9 is a life-enhancing experience. Bruckner's sketches were far more complete than is commonly realized, and only 28 bars had to be newly composed. Sir Simon Rattle compared the restoration to surgically reconstructing a face after injury. If you were hearing the symphony for the first time, the Finale would seem an entirely fitting, uplifting apotheosis. If you're used to the familiar three-movement incarnation, be prepared to be shocked by the new material's craggy magnificence. Brilliantly performed, too.
Tom Cunningham: The Okavango Macbeth Edinburgh Studio Opera/Bawtree (Delphian)
Tom Cunningham's unpretentious, accessible opera was written to a libretto by Alexander McCall Smith and first performed in a converted garage in Botswana, christened The No 1 Ladies' Opera House. Shakespeare retold with baboons – McCall Smith was intrigued by the notion of baboon society's matriarchal nature. The action is observed dispassionately by a group of primatologists who stubbornly refuse to intervene. Cunningham's background as a choral composer mean that he writes effortlessly singable music, and this feels far more than a string of catchy arias and choruses. Lucidly orchestrated and beautifully sung.
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Any time you go into Provo you are asking for your team to overcome a lot to escape with a win and on this night the Spartans just could not pull it off. BYU was all over them from the early stages and really seemed energized by the insertion of new QB Riley Nelson to the lineup. A dominant game all night for the Cougars who pick up a much needed win to get a little momentum going. (more…)
Prospect Preview: San Jose State v. BYU
Friday, October 7th, 2011
San Jose State will travel to Provo for a battle with the Cougars. We expect this game to get pretty lopsided in a hurry as we don't see a way that the Spartans can stop this BYU offense. BYU will have to contain RB Brandon Rutley but in the end we think the team with the superior talent wins and that's BYU. (more…)
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Advantage Card to Offer Bonuses
Henrico County and several county business associations are partnering to create a new program that they hope will boost county businesses and save shoppers money while celebrating the county's quadricentennial celebration in 2011. The county and the Eastern Henrico Business Association, Lakeside Business Association and Henrico Business Leaders this week unveiled the Henrico Advantage Card (HAC) program, which will offer cardholders rewards when they make purchases at participating retailers.
The card is free and will be available at various retail locations throughout the county. Shoppers who show the card while making purchases at participating stores, restaurants and other businesses will receive "bonuses" for doing so – such as a discount on their purchases or a free gift, for example.
The participating businesses will determine what type of bonus to offer, and when to offer them, and all current offers will be displayed on the program's soon-to-be completed ed website – http://www.HenricoAdvantageCard.com.
The program is not expected to begin officially for several weeks, but organizers already are lining up corporate sponsors, whose advertisements will be featured on the website and weekly e-mail newsletters distributed to cardholders.
"The effort is all about buying and shopping locally," said Henrico County Finance Director John Vithoulkas, a member of the program's organizing committee. "We obviously want regional residents to spend money in Henrico. We've had conversations with some of our businesses about the concept, and the initial feedback has been extremely enthusiastic."
The concept for the program was hatched when Varina District Supervisor Jim Donati visited The Berkshires region of western Massachusetts, where many local businesses use a local paper currency called "Berkshares." That four-year-old program was designed to save shoppers money (they can purchase Berkshares for 95 cents on the dollar from local banks) and boost local spending (since only local merchants accept Berkshares).
"This local currency has gotten a lot of attention nationally," Vithoulkas said. "We thought about [currency]; we also thought about a local coupon that looks like [currency] – and what if we put local figures on it and tied it to the 400th anniversary?"
Ultimately, the organizing committee – which also includes EHBA president Mark Romers, Henrico Business Leaders founder Joe Winston and several other individuals – opted to create the Henrico Advantage Card as a simple way for retailers to offer their own unique specials to shoppers. An initial batch of 10,000 cards was printed last month, with subsequent printings expected as those cards are distributed.
The program is expected to continue through Dec. 31, 2011.
Once the program's website becomes active, shoppers can visit, submit their name and e-mail address and find out where to pick up a free card. They'll also be able to view all current participating businesses and their active offers and sort merchants by industry or region.
"It's designed so businesses can go in and and fairly easily put promotions and offers out to residents," Vithoulkas said.
BB&T already has signed up as a major program partner and will offer the cards for distribution at each branch location in Henrico County. Organizers expect to add several other major sponsors soon. Several sponsorship levels are available.
The program's expenses – design and operation of the website and the printing of cards and other materials for retailers – will be financed through the sponsorships. Retailers who merely want to participate in the program but do not wish to serve as sponsors will be able to do so by purchasing a basic "retail kit," which will permit a business to list its information on the website and receive identifying in-store materials to display for customers. The basic kit is expected to cost less than $100.
"I know of no other locality that has undertaken an effort like this," Vithoulkas said. "It's a unique partnership: the county provides time, expertise and seed money – less than $10,000 – and businesses [do the legwork]."
Editor's Note: Citizen Publisher Tom Lappas has been involved as a member of the organizing committee as a representative of the Lakeside Business Association.
MADD to host candlelight vigil Dec. 2 at UR
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will host a candlelight vigil of remembrance and hope Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at the University of Richmond, outside the Cannon Chapel. The public is invited to attend and join MADD to honor victims of impaired driving crashes, while helping to remind the community to be safe during the holidays. > Read more.
Tournament supports adoption efforts
Among participants at the Seventh Annual Coordinators2Inc Golf Tournament and awards luncheon Oct. 3 were (from left) Rebecca Ricardo, C2 Inc executive director; Kevin Derr, member of the winning foursome; Sharon Richardson, C2 Inc founder; and Frank Ridgway and Jon King, members of the winning foursome.
Held at The Crossings Golf Club, the tournament will benefit placement of children from Virginia's foster care system into permanent families through Coordinators2. > Read more.
A.C. Moore to host winter craft day for kids
Event will help kick of Marine Corps' 'Toys for Tots' campaign
All 140 A.C. Moore locations will serve as drop-off centers this year for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, and all toys collected will stay in the local communities served by the stores in which they are donated.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Willow Lawn location will kick off the month-long program by hosting a "Make & Take" craft event for kids. Children ages six and older will be able to make a craft and take it home with them. Representatives from the Marines will be in-store to teach customers about the Toys for Tots program. A.C. Moore team members will be on site to help with the crafts. > Read more.
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The Dominion GardenFest of Lights Grand Illumination takes place tonight at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! This year's theme is "A Legacy in Lights: 120 Years from Bicycle Club to Botanical Garden," which celebrates the Garden's history. You can also celebrate Thanksgiving again – tomorrow at Henricus Historical Park. More great events – Lavender Fields Herb Farm and Wilton House Museum will both host their holiday open house events this weekend. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
A hero is born
Disney's 'Big Hero 6,' lovable robot Baymax delight
It may be time for Olaf to step down as our nation's reigning cartoon character. Big Hero 6, the latest animated feature from Disney, contains a challenger to the throne: Baymax (Scott Adsit), another lovably chubby white wonder, who will bring joy to children's hearts and invade every home in America inside a six-foot pile of Disney merchandise.
Big Hero 6 (based ever so slightly on a Marvel comic of the same name) is the story of Baymax – and also his closest companion Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter). And then also their four friends, all of whom join together to form the titular superhero team.
At first, though, it's only Hiro, a young boy and an engineering prodigy, who'd rather spend his time in underground robot fight clubs than do something productive with his gifts. > Read more.
Authentically Italian
Bella's feels – and tastes – like Italy should
Short Pump is known for its share of chain restaurants and strip malls, but diners looking for something more distinct can certainly find it without heading downtown or to nearby Charlottesville.
In fact, local husband-and-wife restaurateurs Valeria Bisenti and Doug Muir brought a taste of Charlottesville (and Italy) to Short Pump when they took a chance and opened Bella's second location in the same shopping strip as Wal-Mart and Peter Chang China Cafe. (Bella's original location is on Main Street in downtown Charlottesville.)
For a local Italian restaurant, Bella's is as "Mom and Pop" as its gets. Valeria is Mom, and Doug is Pop. Since its opening about six months ago, diners have been eating rich comfort foods and drinking Italian wines. > Read more.
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Driven by a renewed interest in vinyl, increasing digital download music sales and Blu-ray-based home theaters, the home audio category is experiencing a resurgence.
With the audio category more diversified than ever, it's now more important for consumers to find products that offer value, performance and versatility. One of the newer speaker companies to represent these traits is the direct-to-consumer company Zu Audio. The Ogden, Utah-based company's latest speaker product is the freestanding Omen Def, which offers home audio enthusiasts a competitively priced, highly efficient loudspeaker that can be driven by a variety of amplifier products.
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San Francisco receiver Kyle Williams and running back Kendall Hunter both were hurt on the same play during the second half of Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints. Niners officials said Williams had a knee injury and would not return, while Hunter hurt his ankle and was questionable. The club did not specify which leg was hurt for either player. Both had help off the field and were soon after taken by cart to the locker room. They were injured on a running play in which Hunter carried the ball for a 2-yard gain late in the third quarter.
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Bold burglars have city residents uneasy
The five burglaries happened between 11 a.m. on Saturday and 10:20 a.m. on Sunday.
In one case, a brazen thief broke into a Walnut Street home when the homeowner was outside mowing her lawn.
In another instance, a thief tried to break into a Laurel Street home at night while the homeowner was sleeping. The burglar was thwarted by safety stops on the windows, police said.
Burglars mostly stole electronic items, but coins were taken in one instance, police said.
The city averages 15 burglaries — both commercial and residential — a week in the summer, though break-ins spiked to about 30 a week during a two-week period in mid July. Many of those burglaries since resulted in arrests.
The Aug. 24-25 burglaries are as follows:
• An Elmwood Avenue resident reported finding his side porch door shattered about 11 a.m. Saturday and his house ransacked but nothing appeared to have been taken.
• A Brown Avenue resident reported about 4:30 p.m. that he left the house for about an hour and returned home to find the door unlocked and electronic items taken. No sign of forced entry.
• A Queen City Avenue resident returned home about 5:30 p.m. Saturday to find someone broke into his apartment through a side window. Two gaming systems were taken.
• A 49-year-old Laurel St. woman woke up Sunday morning to find a hole cut in her window screen and the window partially opened. Safety stops prevented it from being completely opened. She believes someone tried to get in overnight as she slept. She had been burglarized Aug. 17 when someone was able to push open a window and steal a laptop just inside the window.
• A Walnut Street woman told police about 10:20 a.m. Sunday that her home had been broken in to while she was in the back yard mowing her lawn. She and a neighbor spotted a man walking in the alley and through yards and decided to check the house. She noticed a porch door screen pushed in, her purse ransacked and coins missing. It appears the suspect may have been scared off since other valuables were left behind.
The city had 77 burglaries reported between Aug. 1-23. This compares with 64 burglaries reported during the same time frame last year.
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Re: Manitoba Hydro's halcyon days are gone (June 4). Well, that about does it. Time to start the plans to move away from the province I love until sanity is restored. I'm a young man and refuse to be yoked to nonsensical debt because no one in charge of the NDP can apparently do basic math.
A minimum of $1-billion extra to put Bipole III on the west side even though the bid for UNESCO status on the east will be deferred for at least a year and the lines could have been placed there with very minimal damage and higher energy efficiency.
Even worse, the $20-billion price tag for the proposed Keeyask and Conawapa projects will no doubt be low and recovery of it nigh impossible with the energy glut the U.S. is experiencing. Unless the Oklahoma twisters scare the Americans into going green and buying our hydro energy in order to fight climate change, spending this much money may well bankrupt our province.
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The Blind Auditions continue as coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Shakira and Usher are there to find the next voice of the competition. They meet before and Adam and Blake decide to haze the new judges, but decide against it. Host Carson Daly is back to introduce the oncoming artists.
First up for the night is Tawnya Reynolds (32) from Nashville, TN. She says that she is Country to the core and she has been shot down by every label. She is at a point where she is looking forward to learning something. She comes out and sings "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys." Adam and Shakira turn around. Usher turns around. Adam says that she shouldn't listen to Blake. Shakira says that she is Blake's successor because she has an English to Country Dictionary. She tells Tawnya that she has a great voice. Usher says that he is ready to help her out and Blake says that Usher did discover Justin Bieber. Tawnya eventually goes with Shakira's team.
Next up is Josiah Hawley (27) from Fort Smith, AR. He says that he started singing at 13 and says that his dad is a Jazz pianist. He has been traveling as a model, but music is his heart. He comes out and sings "Sunday Morning". Blake turns around. Usher turns around. Adam turns around. Afterwards, Adam says that there moments that weren't working for him, but there were great qualities in his voice. Blake says that he is great and says that he is cool. Usher says that he has everything to help him being great. Adam says that he can pick the guys and lose or pick him and win. Josiah eventually goes with Usher.
Up next is "Midas Whale" from Rexburg, ID. They say that they make Folk music and say that their sound is not typical for a show like this. They come out and sing "Folsom Prison Blues". Usher turns around. Blake, Shakira and Adam turn around as well. Afterwards, Blake asks where they are in their music and says that he can help them out. Shakira says that they make her smile and they speak Spanish to her. Blake says that they lost. Usher says that he was first to turn around. Adam says that they are going to do great. They eventually decide to go with Adam.
Next is Abraham McDonald (35) from Los Angeles, CA. He says that he was a shy kid and that after a contest, his life changed in music. He sees this as an opportunity and wants to become better. He comes out and sings "Best Thing I Never Had". He tries his hardest, but no one turns around. Usher says that he has a big voice, but there were a few moments that were shaky. Shakira says that he was lacking some points.
Up next is Cathia (19) from Bronx, NY. She says that she is proud of her Latin culture and says that she studies Music Business and says that she wants to improve as a singer. She comes out and sings "No Me Doy Por Vencido". Usher turns around. Shakira turns around. Blake turns around. Shakira says that she is phenomenal and says that she should be on her team. Blake says that he loved everything that she sang and says that Usher and Shakira don't have experience. Usher says that he did well at the Latin Awards. Shakira says that she was with Gloria Estafan when she merged into English. Cathia eventually goes with Shakira.
Last up for the night is Sarah Simmons (22) from Memphis, TN. She is studying music and says that she was born to sing. Music has been a release for her and says that her dad has been clean for a while now. She comes out and sings "One Of Us". Adam and Shakira turn around. Usher and Blake turn around. Afterwards, Adam says that was incredible and says that 150% she can win this show. He says that he knows that he can do this with her. Blake says that she is in his Top 3 singers. Shakira says that her voice is great and she needs a female coach. Usher says that she was shocking and says it was great. She eventually decides to be coached by Adam.
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Systems of Capitalism 2October 23, 2014 - by David Gleicher
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In his classic work,The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of of our Time, Karl Polanyi locates 1795 to 1834 in England as the the decisive moment when an industrial capitalist system took shape. 1795 is marked by the passage of the Speenhamland laws. The latter constituted a major reform of existing Elizabethan laws. It changed the basic allowance arrangement by which the State provided economic support of the needy, notably assisting for the first time low wage laborers in addition to the unemployed. Like the preceding Elizabethan laws, Speenhamland was administered by the locality in which an individual was registered.
1834 is marked by the complete repeal of Speenhamland and beyond that the elimination on principle of State allowance-giving, on the social responsibility of insuring the life of the impoverished. The principle as initially put by Mandeville in the Fable of the Bee (1714) is: Private vices are social benefits. It is of course at the core of Smith's celebrated Wealth of Nations, written some sixty years later. Thereafter more moderate ways were found of expressing the principle instead of vice. Terms that are now universally known and believed in: free market, free enterprise, entrepreneurial economy; capitalism, individualism, liberalism and so forth.
The principle, once having emerged in the 18th century, has under-girded arguably the most influential conception of social life since the idea of a self-regulating market system caught on. And it is as robust and widespread a view today as any other in the 300 years after the publication of Fable of the Bees. The radical removal in 1834 of all State obligations to the needy is generally treated as a great triumph of the classical school. David Ricardo, the leading thinker of the school spear-headed the drive to get the State not to act to support life, but to adopt a laissez-faire policy. Polanyi quotes a populist writer of the time, Joseph Townsend, who voices (much like Ayn Rand) a faith in the principle so strong that he considers sacrificing for others--all charity by implication--to be socially harmful.
"The Poor Laws proceed from principles which border on absurdity, as professing to accomplish that which in the very nature and constitution of the world, is impractical. But once the indigent were left to the mercy of the well-to-do, who can doubt that the only difficulty is to restrain the impetuosity of the latter's benevolence?" (1944: )
As discussed in the previous entry it is clear that control of labor processes by owners of industrial capital was not attained until the mid to late 19th-century, in tandem with mechanization The repeal of Speenhamland was a tactic that severed the rural poor from their localities by taking away the allowances connecting them to a locality. Beyond tactics, it should be noted, this was part of the larger erasure of the peasant village, the cultural attachment of peasants to the land. Without income support many were forced eventually into the newly industrializing cities. In doing so labor was established as what Polanyi calls a fictitious commodity. That is, it is an actual human activity whose purpose vis a vis capital is to be bought and sold as an object.
The forces moving things toward labor as commodity, control of labor processes, and mechanization come together during the second half of the 19th century. Taylorism was still being diffused across industries as late as the turn of the century. The repeal of Speenhamland back in 1834 certainly was a factor, but the two other forces in their own right were far more powerful in freeing the supply side of the burgeoning industrial labor markets. .
However, for Polanyi the effect of the repeal in freeing up early-19th century labor markets is secondary. Rather he sees in it an historic cultural shift. A social entity for the first time openly sheds responsibility to support the needy, indeed adopts it as a principle not to give aid to them. This is the darker meaning of laissez-faire. Of particular interest to us here is Polanyi's juxtaposition of an infinite loss to humanity, the degradation of life, to that of a commodity, and on the other side ultimately trumping it, the great harm that would be done by trying to recoup the loss.
"Under Speenhamland society was rent by two opposing influences, the one emanating from paternalism and protecting labor from the dangers of the market system; the other organizing the elements of production, including land, under a market system, and thus divesting the common people of their former status, compelling them to gain a living by offering their labor for sale ... By 1834, there was a general conviction--with many thinking people a passionately felt conviction--that anything was preferable to the continuance of Speenhamland. Either machines had to be be demolished ... or a regular labor market had to be created. Thus was mankind forced into a ... Utopian experiment." (1944: 80-81)
Polanyi bases this on his own economic analysis of Speenhamland. Unlike the Elizabethan laws the worker allowance was now designed to provide all workers with a putatively livable income, At a set-income level or below the worker's allowance became the amount required beyond the wages paid by the employer, to reach that income level. It was required that the able worker be employed to qualify for the allowance.
According to Polanyi, what actually occurred during the crucial years of Speenhamland was an economic disaster, causing such great harm to both capitalists and the impoverished that there was no choice but to embrace laissez-faire. As he sees it, labor during the period was rendered terribly unproductive. And in the range below the set-income level the employer lacked the leverage to do much about it. There was no way of raising the wage rate as a carrot, or reducing it as a stick. On the other side of the coin the employees had no leverage to raise wage rates. And in any case below the set-income level, again, an increase in the wage rate did not increase the income of the laborer. It simply reduced the allowance.so there was no incentive for the workers to push for a raise.
But there is a telling lacuna in Polanyi's discussion. It is apparent in the repeated qualification that wages are equal to or below the set-income level. At its roots is the requirement--found in the negative in Elizabethan laws--that the able worker who can be employed must work no matter how low the wage, In the Elizabethan laws only the disabled, or able workers who genuinely cannot find employment at any wage, that receive an allowance. In Speenhamland, because of this requirement, the employer does have leverage. If the laborer refuses to work he may lose his allowance (and his wages). Putting this in reverse, absent the linkage of the allowance and employment the laborer would not accept a wage equal to or less than the set-income.
This leads to the conclusion that the repeal of Speenhamland does not mark a great transformation,as posed by Polanyi. The historic removal of the State's responsibilities was the enclosure movements in England which peaked well before 1795-1834. The separation of peasants en-mass from the land throughout the eighteenth century was led by merchant and banking capital--mercantilism--spawned around the 12th and 13th century. By the 18th century there was a significant capitalist force acting on the economic system.
The repeal of Speenhamland is better understood then as marking the first transformation of capitalism. The latter is no longer dominated by the circulation of commodities via merchant and banking capital. It is becoming a system of industrial capital. It depends crucially on laborers controlled by capital in production, along with the circulation of merchant and banking capital. That basic control of labor was achieved for the most part by the last decades of the 19th century. This does suggest, however, that another transformation is quite possible. In particular, some 100 years later that is just what is happening.


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Confessions of a "Paulbot"Submitted by spacehabitats on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 08:28
We supporters of Ron Paul have been labeled with a number of unflattering terms over the years. But one of my favorites is the term "Paulbot".
The term conjures up images of clone armies; mindless hordes sweeping locust-like across the political landscape.
The irony is almost laughable.
We "Paulbots" are some of the most diverse and undisciplined bunch of people you will ever meet. Far from compromising our individuality to some hypothetical hivemind, we tend to be so opinionated and independent in our thinking that it is hard for us to agree on a time for tea.
Of any group of Americans today, we are probably the LEAST likely to fall into lockstep behind a populist demagogue or charismatic cult figure.
And yet that doesn't stop our detractors from trying to marginalize us through fear and ignorance. They intentionally confuse our conviction and enthusiasm with fanaticism. Sophisticated cynicism is an attitude that has been encouraged by the political establishment. Any group that truly threatens the status quo is automatically labeled a "cult". And this is a task made simpler because it has been so long since any large group of people have acted decisively, intelligently, AND independently without a hidden agenda.
But is it a cult when many people simultaneously decide to vacate a burning building?
And therein lies the ultimate irony.
We "Paulbots" are the ones who have seen the danger. We don't share a common religion or even an ideology. We disagree with one another about many things and often don't even agree with Ron Paul. But we DO share a love for our freedom, and we HAVE seen enough of the truth to know that it is in jeopardy.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man WILL behave oddly. And if you get enough one-eyed men together they will inevitably act with inexplicable passion and in unison to things that are invisible to the majority.
As a result it is easy for our opponents to label us as "wacky," our behavior as "bizarre," and our movement a "cult."
Easy, but very, VERY wrong.
Am I a "Paulbot"?
Sure, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
But that doesn't mean what you think it means.
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as always love your pics!
No One But Ron Paul 2012!
Thank you!!
Doing my part for the cause of Liberty!!
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
What's your model #?
I'm an earlier model. Good post and nostalgic walk down memory lane. RAM of course.
"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
-George Washington
Laws of Paulbotics:
Laws of Paulbotics:
1) Commit no acts of harm to a human or fellow Paulbot.
2) Support only those politicians who follow the Constitution.
3) Assimilate the Mittwits.
LOL -Paulbots must assimilate the Mittwits!
Awesomely hilarious!
The enemies' use of Paul"bot" serves to reaffirm their lack of originality and understanding -lack of originality as that was used years ago on G.W. Bush with "Bushbots" and lack of understanding as it actually fits supporters of Bush, not Ron Paul.
It's been neat to see posters such as the one above, and so many other clever comments embrace the term "Paulbot" and have fun with it, something Bushbots would not be able to do.
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. Ps 120:7
Better to be divided by truth than united in error.
The local church(not a building -a people) is the missing link. The time to build is now.
One thing Ron Paul supporters
are not is robots...non-conformists, most certainly.
Some of the most independent people on the planet.
I love it.
The law cannot make a wicked person virtuous…God's grace alone can accomplish such a thing.
Ron Paul - The Revolution
Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms. Ron Paul
u, PAULBOT?
i, PAULBOT
Great post! We're paving the way for the 45th POTUS!
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I, Paulbot. Me like.
Looooove it!!
Can you make it into a Facebook Cover for the Timeline??
Whaaaaaa? lol
what's the size? Sorry I don't FB all that much.
Wait.... got it.... stand by....
HERE IT IS (with a little extra):
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Can you post a screen grab?
I'm curious to see this FB Cover you speak of in action!!
And you're very welcome! Thank YOU for the added inspiration!
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I can get screen shot but I
I can get screen shot but I don't know how how to upload it here :(
You can use...
tinypic.com to upload and then cut n past the image link ending in .jpg here (like the ones in my signature below)
Just make sure your personal stuff is cropped out ;) if it's too much, don't worry about it, I can use my imagination :) works pretty good.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I did it! (I think?)
http://i48.tinypic.com/xnyssx.jpg (with your original size)
http://i48.tinypic.com/jzkht.jpg (re-sized the profile pic covers part of it, is a shame because is brilliant!)
I played with Microsoft Picture Manager for a while and came up with this version below...Let me know if is ok for me to use it.
Because of you I was able to not only get a great cover but also learn how to resize a picture and be able to post them! Thanks so much for humoring this techno-challenged lady learn something new! GB
That's great!
Always great to learn something new. Student for Life, I say ;)
That's a shame that the image is partially covered. If only....
How's that work!? :)
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
You're awesome!!
You should have a Facebook Covers page like this one http://www.firstcovers.com/tags/2/covers.html?infinity
but with a Liberty Theme...I think it would be a hit!!
May I use this?
I need to plagiarize parts of this post for my next letter to the editor in my small town in southeast New Mexico. This comment is so on target.
Ron Paul 2012; Rand Paul 2016
It shouldn't be necessary
Make an intermediate copy of the parts you want to use. Track down the copyright holder, and ask, "may I use these parts or your work, with attribution?" and if they say yes, then do it.
Or, just go ahead and rip him off, like everybody else does.
Freedom is my Worship Word!
Well said!!
There is no such thing as a typical Paulbot except in an inherent love of freedom and respect for the Constitution. Better a Paulbot than a Romneydroid any day! :o)
Even a Romneydroid is better than;
An Obamaton.
I am ....
I am Paulbot, all your delegate are belong to us.
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.
-- Frederick Douglass
Freedom is my Worship Word!
Maybe we should be called
Great Post!
The Paulbot post nailed it! Thanks!
We are like a "herd of cats"
The only things we agree on are that humans have a right to be free and the Ron Paul is more likely to allow us to be free if elected than any other candidate for POTUS. Other than those two positions we often disagree. We share the common goal of being free.
"Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire."
My Dad (1915-1998)
Dad used to say, "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to remain uninformed."
Personally, I have a different tack - I'll do my best to inform you!
Freedom is my Worship Word!
Name-calling is the last resort of a failed argument.
Even a grade school child knows this.
And yet how many times have we seen attacks against Ron Paul BEGIN (and end) with this, without even attempting to debate the issues?
"There, I've called you a funny name. Now go away."
The Virtual Conspiracy
So True...
...This is why I ask, "WHY?" to RP detractors and they have no thoughtful, reasoned response, only the talking point they hear from the mind control media. I am out all the time campaigning and talking with ppl, going door to door, working events and on the phone and sometimes (like now) the group think can get overwhelmingly depressing, and it's hard to go on. (I am often reminded of the Borg ~ "resistance is futile..."!) Then I think how hard it must have been for Ron Paul all those years in Congress, talking to brick walls, and I rally and go out again and keep trying to spread the word.
Don't get me wrong, there is some love and interest out there, but the entrenched, mind-controlled masses still out number us.
If my need to be RIGHT is greater than my desire for TRUTH, then I will not recognize it when it arrives ~ Libertybelle


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Facebook struggling to find 'immersive' Home on Apple's iPhone
>Who wants a phone that doesn't offer or run your preferred software?
Preferred software, maybe. But if Facebook's website is anything to judge by (changes without informing users or obtaining consent, constant push against the boundaries of what people consider acceptable re their privacy etc), there is no guarantee that a Facebook app will remain as it was when you installed it; I wouldn't trust it not to 'creep'.
Besides, if you don't know what you are doing, you are probably better off in the walled garden. If you do know what you are doing, you can jailbreak the phone and visit Cydia.
Microsoft brings back Windows watch after Apple seeks 'flexible' bod
Actually, with respect to the gist of this article, there a couple of MS OS devices that do support Bluetooth Low Energy:
Nokia Lumia 820 and 920
Microsoft Surface Pro
Re: Just as Eadon predicted - iWatch COPY CAT FAIL
Actually Eadon, half the time MS have put out a comparable device before Apple... the failing hasn't been in being a copycat, but trying to bring it to market before the technology allows it to be really mass-market. Windows XP Table Edition came out well before the iPad, and has been widely used by professionals in certain fields - my mechanic has used it for years on Tough-book clones for using various engine diagnostic software, for example. Just because you haven't seen it in a trendy coffee-shop doesn't mean it was a failure.
And again, MS have made and sold a 'smartwatch' before, so I can't work out that is copying Apple.
>The Pebble watch has minimal features and only lasts a week. It also adds drain to your phone battery. Mostly from keeping the Bluetooth connection alive at both ends.
There is a more suitable Bluetooth protocol, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_low_energy, but it isn't currently support by Android- so it doesn't make sense for the Pebble watch to use it either.
Re: meh....
>Is that "anecdotal evidence"? If some guy turned up to photograph a wedding with a Casio Exilim I'd guess he was either a rank amateur, a chancer or otherwise undeserving of the huge fee most wedding photographers charge.
By 'mirrorless', I mean just that: an APS-C or medium-format mirrorless camera, such as made by Sony, Leica or Canon, not a holiday-snaps point-and-shoot as you had assumed. The purpose of the second camera is usually to avoid having to frequently change lenses on the primary (DSLR) camera, and it doesn't necessarily require the functionality provided by a bulky mirror box.
Re: I'm waiting for the
Lots of men have a beard these days- In support of my claim, I cite the 2013 Oscars ceremony. Which is why I have become more regular in my shaving.
Re: The Watch to watch is open
Agreed... 'telemedicine' is on the rise, as are lower cost medical monitoring devices (Lidl had a wearable heart-rate / blood pressure logger for about £20 the other day, my diabetic mate's device for analysing his blood looks like a funky little MP3 player...)
Bluetooth Low Energy is an open standard, but isn't supported by Android yet.
Re: nope
>Wearing an iWatch will be like saying "I'm a mug, so mug me".
You haven't thought this through.
My date on Saturday did express unease at walking from her hotel to meet me, since she was using her phone's sat-nav to find the restaurant. It should be obvious that using a watch to show bearings to waypoints would be a far less conspicuous way of navigating.
After dinner we hit a bar, and there were a fair few people blokes wearing watches that would cost far more than any smartwatch would. However, this was only evident to me because we were stood in close proximity waiting to be served, and their man-jewellery wasn't obscured by a jacket or shirt-sleeve as it probably would be walking down the street.
Re: Compelling reasons for a smart watch?
Casio already sell a Bluetooth watch with a two year battery life. Okay, the features are limited (though actually useful), but there is always going to be a trade-off against battery life.
You are right in your suspicions that it might be tied to one platform - this Casio watch only works with Apple iOS stuff. However, that is not Casio's fault, because "At the time of writing, there is currently no support for [Bluetooth Low Energy] LE in the Android OS[51][52], although some devices (e.g. Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1[53]) have compatible hardware." (Wikipedia)
You've put too much faith in the Reg article, Mark 1 2.... whilst they said MS were acting 'hot on the heels' of an Apple rumour, it could also be said they are acting in the wake of their own previous efforts, as well as more recent real products and crowd-sourced interest by Sony, Samsung, Pebble and I'm Watch.
>but the battery life will suck. Even with induction charging it will be a pain.
It depends on the feature list. If you want the bare minimum, such as incoming message notification, you should be able to get a couple of years out of it.
With current tech, it might just look like an existing watch:
It looks like a normal G-Shock (admittedly not the smallest or most subtle-looking of watches, but far from rare). It is reported to have a two-year battery life based on being connected to a phone for twelve hours a day, and features the following:
- Notification of incoming calls and e-mails via the watch
- Phone Finder function to enable iPhone alarm function from the watch
- Warning vibration when the watch loses its connection to the iPhone
- Time adjustment by synchronizing with time data received from the iPhone
- Built-in tilt sensor to detect movement in the watch, while it is in power-saving mode, to
automatically reconnect to the iPhone
> Why have a timepiece on my wrist when i have one in my phone...
>Still, it is one of those classic "if it works for me it doesn't have to work for other people" kind of thing.
Quite. Personally, I just find it more convenient to look at my wrist than rummage in my pocket for my phone
In a similar vein, I was chatting to my mate who had been charged with conducting a time and motion study in his workplace, but the middle management were sniffy about authorising the purchase of a stop-watch (mainly because they could only use specified suppliers who would charge around £50 per unit). Don't you have a stop-watch on your phone? I asked.
"Yeah, but it doesn't look good if you're walking about the factory floor looking at your phone... it looks like you're faffing around. If you're holding a stop-watch, management can see that you're working".
It's a bit like professional wedding photographers, many of whom would be happy to use a mirrorless camera, if only as a back-up to their DSLR, but they know the clients expect to see some whopping great lumps of Nikon.
British designer builds $15m iPhone for Hong Kong mogul
Re: And the ring tone is...
Hehe... reminds me of a cover of a Beezer annual from the 1980s... one lad is walking along, chuffed to bits with his new personal stereo, until he sees a Richie-Rich-like boy, being followed by a helicopter that is suspending a hi-fi speaker on each side of his head!
I thought that Fabergé had set the trend for an object being more highly valued for the sheer man hours involved in its creation, rather than just the high material cost, back in the late 19th century. It would be interesting to know how much this crusted iPhone is worth as scrap- probably a high percentage of the reported £15M sum. Though commodity markets are famously volatile, it will probably hold its value better than any other handset out there.
Oh, I don't think think that 'designer' is the correct term for the craftsman who created this thing.
'Charge memory' boffins: Hungover Li-Ion batts tell fat whoppers
Re: The widespread belief that lithium-ion batteries don't suffer from "charge memory"
My Sony phone had an option to stop charging at 95%- though it seems to have disappeared with the ICS update. Back in pre-iPod days, it was Sony who put more effort into promoting their portable audio players as being 'premium', and claims of quick charging often formed a part of it.
Ban drones taking snaps of homes, rages Google boss... That's HIS job, right?
> cheap camera-toting aircraft can be used by anyone from terrorists to quarrelling neighbours
Terrorist A: So, we want to to blow up a crowd of people here and inflict a lot of casualties, but where best to plant the bomb?
Terrorist B: I know! I know! We could use an RC quadropter with a video camera to survey the area first.
Terrorist A: Nah, we can't do that, that would be illegal.
Um, how would any legislation work work, exactly?
Flexible flywheel offers cheap energy storage
Re: Context
For grid storage, containment isn't that much of an issue- you just choose a remote site and place the whole thing in a big hole, and maybe grow a copse of trees around it.
Re: Gyroscopes in cars
> I have a mental image of the driver putting his foot down and the car just rearing up on its back wheels
Hehe.... that would be the equivalent of having your internal combustion engine attempt to turn all your petrol into kinetic energy in one go... (not good)
Re: It does not work!
You really aren't missing much in this video. It is 1:17 long, and spends that time telling you that a motor is also a generator, and that it takes energy to make something spin. That it is it. It is wholly generic, except for the last two seconds when the voice-over tells us "we have developed a new way of making fly wheels, then it fades to black.
Wales slams Amazon over lack of Kindle support
Re: The welsh lobby
>Because publishing is not a charity. If your Welsh speakers buy the books, people will spot the market.
You may have missed the point: The publishers want to publish in Welsh, all they need from Amazon is to have a Welsh Language category.
Re: Actually, if they designed their admin software properly
Latin was the lingua franca of science for a long time.
>As welsh is only spoken in Wales
Re: The welsh lobby
And there are more Welsh speakers in the US, and in Patagonia, than in Wales... the former got very vocal when Bill Clinton used the verb 'to welsh' to describe a group that had reneged on a deal.
I was amused to visit the Regional Museum in Ica, Peru, to see the name Adolfo Bermudez Jenkins writ large across the entrance.
Movie review: Oblivion
Re: Damn, two sentences ending in a preposition?
>"And then on from there to Saturn's moon Titan, where Earth's population evacuated to."
It's a new form of spacecraft propulsion... you have the reaction mass.
The sub-editor character in season 5 of The Wire explained it well to an underling:
"Buildings are evacuated, people are not. Well, you CAN evacuate a person, but I don't think that's what you mean in this context"
Slightly off topic
I was just thinking about sci-fi films that have used a real, solid location instead of CGI sets... interior locations that spring to mind (and please contribute):
Aliens- an old power station
Silent Running - an aircraft carrier
The Abyss - an unused cooling pond at a nuclear power station
Re: "Tom Cruise" - Hollywoods permier scientology creepozoid
> Movies really suck these days since the studios became corporate.
Digital cameras have reduced the cost for independent film makers, as digital cinema has reduced the cost of distribution... but yeah, if you want a film with a freak-off big budget, you need to go corporate. However, more can be done with less- ideally through imaginative location-scouting than CGI.
Okay, we're not all lucky enough to live near a city with a few arts cinemas, but hell, more people are able to afford a large TV and sound-system in their own homes these days. There are plenty of interesting films being made and released on DVD n BluRay- how are you with subtitles?
Yeah, it's true that Mssrs Cameron and Scott's returns to the sci-fi genre were disappointing, but we've had Moon, District 9, Primer, Dredd...
Dubai splurges on 700hp, 217mph Lamborghini police cruiser
>and this Lambo has more than enough giddy-up to overtake lead foots (lead feet?) with effortless celerity.
Really, what if the offending motorist is also in a stupidly fast car?
Re: The Saudis used Lambos too...
RRC, the Italian police's Lambos were more of a PR effort.
Re: Well...
Not just the Subaru Impreza, but a Prodrive-tuned Subaru Impreza, from the company who did Colin McRae's winning cars. Humberside police were the first to have one, as a few criminals tried some off-road evasive tactics. As well as being faster, the Prodrive versions have panels underneath to protect the car from rocks and debris.
Facebook Home gets SMACKDOWN from irate users
Re: FB Phone
Ideally, one would be able to get the useful functionality of a Facebook-like service whilst retaining control through using an open-source peer-to-peer social network... I'm sure Eadon would approve, too.
I wish Diaspora well, though I've only just read of the sad death of its co-founder in 2011.
Re: I wonder...
I can't imagine it does one's battery life much good, either.
Chinese boffins predict iPad-sized supercomputers
Re: Supercomputer Ipad
I seem to recall that Minds cheated by keeping most of their 'hardware' in hyperspace, or in some folded dimension or somesuch!
Re: Using what definition of supercomputer?
>Using what definition of supercomputer?
Yeah, I was wondering that too...
Jeff Goldblum used to profess am opinion on this!
Moist iPhone fanbois tempted with golden Apple shower offer
Re: RE: unique to iPhones?
>Seeing as Apple haven't threatened to sue anyone over it, I think it's safe to assume it's iPhone only.
I've seen advertisements in engineering journals for 3M's version of the tape years before the iPhone was released.
Space elevators, vacuum chutes: What next for big rocket tech?
And it's a good book for the author's notes at the back, in which he outlines the history of the space elevator concept- and also owns up to shifting Sri Lanka onto the equator.
Handwriting beats PowerPoint's teaching power says MIT boffin
Its amazing how people don't get it.
I have one friend who occasionally send me one long paragraph, a rant about all the different issues and annoyances he is currently suffering with his PC... I keep trying to educate him about bullet-points - or even just line breaks - but it doesn't seem to sink in. I try to get him to look at the way (some) instruction manuals, texts-books or magazines are laid out to clearly present information, but no...
On another note:
One small backward step we have is that many of us use webmail through a browser, depriving us of the line indent traditionally associated with the Tab key.
The article reminded me of the text books on electronics written by Forest M Mims III
Link to a picture of one his book pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Mims#Author
An interesting bloke, worth spending five minute reading about. He made an analogue computer in high school, then a navigation aid for his blind grandfather using infra-red LEDs, and developed an interest in amateur rocketry (which caused some panic since he was posted in Vietnam at the time).
Geolocation tech to save 60 Londoners from being run over next year
Re: @Madra - Harsh but fair...
Especially those who don't use them on mini-roundabouts.
'Sorry, I don't get the drama around having an always-on console'
Re: 'Sorry, I don't get the drama around having an always-on console'
"That one bloke who ranted on about it isn't indicative of Microsoft's official position on the matter whatsoever, especially as he has nothing to do with the development of the next Xbox at all."
It is important for companies to get their message out clearly about their products . Anything that has to be explained away (even if the explanation is valid) or clarified is taking away from the attention that prospective customers will give to your proper message.
Far more people will hear "MS man said..." than will hear "...but he was speaking in a personal capacity and is not related to the project being discussed" and that's just the way the world works.
He was well aware that there was an information vacuum on the subject, and that rumours and opinions were circulation, because it was what prompted him to make the remarks in the first place.
Go-go Gadget watch? Apple posts job ad for 'flexible display' bod
>That wouldn't be news. Or "biting the hand that feeds IT".
Nor are regular Reg sections such as 'Geeks guide', 'Product Roundup' or 'Antique Code Show', so I'm not sure of your point.
Rather that drip feed 'iWatch' rumours, lets have a round up of other attempts at a smart-watch, past and present.
We could include the Casio Databank watches, the Swatch pager watch, that Microsoft thing one held in-front of a monitor... current efforts include the Sony watch, Pebble, I'm Watch, and a Casio G-Shock with Bluetooth.
Microsoft Xbox exec quits after ENRAGING the INTERWEBS
No more than your PC is... you might have only have turned it on to watch a locally-stored movie, but if it finds an internet connection it will still want to check for updates etc I can always turn off my WiFi or unplug the ethernet cable, though.
Two minutes sounds a little excessive to connect to XBOX Live, though.
... time machine. Iranian Dr Who claims he invented a ...
Re: If they had a time machine...
>They could look back and see that their religion was a made up crock...
What have you got against Zoroastrianism?
Sonic the Hedgehog
Re: my favourite game
On Green Hill Zone, couldn't you gain two extra lives, then kill yourself and get them again to slowly build up a reserve of 'lives'?
Too busy on the Dreamcast playing House of the Dead...
Re: Sonic
I think there was a soundtrack album recorded by an orchestra, too!
Re: The speed.
Myself and my teenage mates didn't have a Megadrive, but we rented one from the local video shop for the weekend, with Sonic 2. It was ace!
Re: Not Sonic's first appearance in a Sega game...
Dang Babbit55, it only allowed me to reward you +1!
Google asks Blighty to slave over its Maps for FREE
Right o, I've got some tigers and sea monsters to add!
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