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To help you keep rapidly up-to-date about our wonderful school find us on Facebook. Look for www.facebook.com/WyrallahPublicSchool.... Read more
What parents should know about Instagram
It's hard to keep up with all the social media platforms and apps our kids want to use. Instagram is currently one of the most popular social networks for school-aged children at the moment. It's a free, photo and video sharing mobile application and social network for people aged 13 years and over. There's no age-verification process though, so younger children can create an account pretty easily, sometimes without parents even knowing. Instagram say they'll remove under-age users' accounts if they are reported. Instagram has just published... Read more
When older kids struggle with reading
When older kids struggle to read and write, the issue can become fraught for the whole family. Parents can lose their patience and blame the child or themselves and the child loses their confidence and begins shying away from reading at all. Grades fall and interest in school can flag. Kids who struggle to read often try to hide it from teachers and parents, and develop unhelpful strategies, which only exacerbate the problems. Ways to encourage effective reading in older children Ask your child what subjects they would like to read about.... Read more
Nurturing the artist in your child
Your child may not go on to become a famous musician, actor, dancer, filmmaker or artist. But by nurturing the artist in your child you can help them grow up able to think for themselves, problem solve and work out different ways to do things. They'll also be better able to see different points of view, communicate and express their feelings in different ways. Here are some top tips: Stimulate your child's senses - Provide opportunities for your child to experience different sights, smells, sensations and sounds. These sensory activities are... Read more
Building your child's reading skills
Here are some simple tips to encourage your child to become a strong reader and a book lover for the rest of their lives. Share a book at home Children love to hear a story read aloud. Try reading with different voices, lots of emotion, invented sound effects and funny faces. Change the tone in your voice and vary its loudness or softness. Have fun and enjoy it. It's a good idea to practise reading before sharing a book. Listen to your child talk about the story and the pictures. Try asking your child which parts of the books they found... Read more
Too sick to go to school?
Sometimes it's hard to know if your child is really coming down with something or just suffering a bout of Mondayitis. For safety's sake, if your child seems unwell you should always keep them home from school and seek medical advice. However, if they miraculously recover by 11:00am, ready to race around the backyard, keeping them in bed all day may send the message that staying home isn't nearly as much fun as going to school. The School A to Z website's Too Sick For School? chart will help answer your questions about common childhood illness... Read more
Sweet Dreams at School Sleepover
What a great adventure! Leaving home early on Tuesday morning to head to school and not getting home again until late Wednesday afternoon is Not your typical school day…er, night…er, day!! Kinder to Year 6, one and all, joined in the fun 'incursion' by participating in a sleepover at school. After school on Tuesday James Quinn organised some fun and active sports games, which were followed by a paper aeroplane making activity under the guidance of Nathan Rose. To celebrate Drew A's 11th birthday, after singing a joyful ¯ Happy Birthday ¯song... Read more
Sorting fact from fiction
You can't always trust what you read when researching information for homework, assignments or projects. Here are ways your child can tell a good website - or any document - from a bad one. Reader beware With so much information on the web and no-one responsible for fact checking, students need to look out for: bias and hidden agendas factual errors outdated information information which is country specific commercially motivated information. Play the detective Colleen Foley is a curriculum adviser who helps school librarians with the NSW... Read more
Social media, kids and privacy
Regardless of your child's age, the world may already know a lot more about them than you suspect. According to recent research: 92% of children under the age of two have a digital presence (it starts with proud parents posting newborn baby photos on Facebook or Instagram) a quarter of Australian children aged between eight and 12 use Facebook, despite the minimum age for a user being 13 more than 20 per cent of tweens publish photos of themselves on the photo-sharing website Instagram young people between the ages of 14 and 19 have an... Read more
What parents need to know about Kik
It seems that every few months a new social media platform or mobile app emerges and becomes popular with young people in our school community. Suddenly "everyone" is on it, according to our children. It's hard for most adults to keep up. Many parents will have recently heard about Kik Messenger and are wondering if it's safe for children. Here are some facts from the School A to Z website's technology guide: What is Kik Messenger? Kik Messenger is a free texting app available on iPhone, iPad, Ipod touch, Android, Windows, Samsung Galaxy and... Read more
The benefits of team sports
Winter sports are getting underway and many parents will soon be getting out of bed early on cold weekend mornings to transport their children to sports fields across town. The good news is that even if your child's team never scores goal, they're benefitting significantly from simply being active and involved. The long list of benefits for your child includes the development of: cooperation and teamwork skills leadership skills respect for teammates, opponents and officials a sense of belonging and team membership social interaction skills... Read more
Meeting your child's teacher
Meeting teachers to discuss your child's progress or behaviour can be daunting, but there's no need to feel anxious. Remember, you and the school are partners in your child's learning. Whether it's regular parent -teacher interviews or a one-off request for a chat, these useful tips will help you get the most out of your meeting. Do your homework Take a few minutes before your meeting to jot down any questions or comments you have. Go with the right attitude Try to approach the interview with a positive and relaxed attitude. Don't be afraid to... Read more
2014 P & C Executive!
With smiles, chatting and some tasty treats, the Annual General Meeting of the Wyrallah Public School P & C was held in the school's well-stocked library (over 40 brand new books added in February 2014!) on 6th March 2014. The President's report nicely reminded everyone present of the ongoing, excellent contributions that the P & C makes to the efficient and enhanced operation of our great small school. The conversations and discussions throughout the evening reflected the absolute support of the P & C for the school. Acknowledgement was made... Read more
The most important skill to teach your child
One common trait all successful adults have is resilience. The ability to bounce back from disappointment is something we have the opportunity to teach our children every day. As our kids constantly remind us, life isn't always fair. Is it a parent's role to constantly try to make life fair? How do we balance the desire to shelter and protect our children with the need to teach them how to cope with life's disappointments? The School A to Z website asked top teachers all over NSW for their tips for parents on developing resilience so children... Read more
Help with your child's homework in one click
The School A to Z app has been created by the NSW Department of Education to help parents and their school-aged children, wherever and whenever they have homework and study questions. It's available free for Android and Apple mobile devices, and is an essential tool containing: English A to Z - more than 350 definitions of commonly used English terms from primary and high school. Each word has an easy-to-understand definition based on the current school curriculum, with illustrations and help sheets explaining the rules of grammar. Maths A to... Read more
Help your child plan for success this year
One of the most valuable ways you can support your child's education is to help them learn how to organise themselves and plan their time. It starts as early as Kindergarten, when they need to plan going to the toilet at lunch and recess and bring things to school for different activities on certain days. By the time they're in Year 6, they've hopefully taken on much of the responsibility of scheduling their afternoons to accommodate sports, homework and other obligations. Most children find planning easier to understand when... Read more
Books to ignite summer reading
The school holiday period doesn't have to be a time when children's reading and comprehension skills take a break. If you're wracking your brains for gift-giving ideas and summer activities, why not encourage your child to dive into book one of a series? Literacy experts advise that even reluctant readers and children who struggle with reading tend to be more likely to get bitten by the reading bug when they discover a book they enjoy is part of a series. By the end of the first book, the reader is familiar with the style, the setting and many... Read more
The new curriculum and your child
How do teachers decide what your child will study each term at school? How do composite or combined classes work? Why do students at different schools seem to be studying entirely different things, despite being in the same year? And what will happen next year, when the new Australian curriculum starts in NSW for both primary and secondary schools? Understanding how the curriculum relates to the real world of the classroom and to your child's daily lessons can help you better support them with their homework and study. It will also help you... Read more
Benefits of team sports
Benefits of team sports If you want your child to grow up to be a confident and well-adjusted adult, then team sports may be the answer. Playing a team sport provides kids with important lessons in personal values. Kids learn that things don't always go their way and that they need to respect their peers as well as referees and sports officials. These experiences can influence them throughout their lives, such as when it comes to working for a boss, or respecting the police or other authority figures. When your kids take part in team sports... Read more
A better way of funding our schools
The NSW Government is introducing a new funding model for all NSW public schools that is simpler, fairer and more transparent. The funding model is a key part of a broader education reform called Local Schools, Local Decisions, which places students at the centre of school decision-making. It gives principals and their school communities a greater say over how they allocate and use their available resources to best meet the needs of their students. When fully implemented, schools will manage more than 70% of the state public school education... Read more


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Mark your calendar for a new conference. Nitrogen: Minnesota's Grand Challenge and Compelling Opportunity will be on Friday, March 6, 2015 at the Best Western Plus Kelly Inn of St. Cloud, MN.
The conference will be focused on nitrogen management for crop producers and ag professionals. Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but many factors influence the efficient use of this nutrient in agricultural systems. Managing this nutrient effectively in Minnesota is important both for financial and environmental benefits.
The planning committee identified speakers and topics to make this conference relevant and informative on current topics directly related to nitrogen for agricultural production and environmental stewardship. There will be CCA credits available.
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With the harvest season fast approaching, the application of stored manure from animal facilities on the harvested fields will soon follow. This year, pork producers need to be aware of the risk of spreading Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) through equipment used to pump and land apply manure from all farms but especially those with pigs exhibiting clinical signs of the disease. PED can be spread through oral-fecal contact, manure contaminated boots, clothing, birds and wildlife, transport trailers and other equipment.
PED is a viral enteric swine ONLY disease with clinical symptoms of diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and death (age dependent). PED was first detected in the United States this spring and as of the first of September the disease had been confirmed on more than 500 swine herds in the United States. Spread of the virus continues, and it is both a good animal husbandry practice and a good neighbor policy for all pork farmers with pigs exhibiting clinical signs of PED to obtain a confirmed diagnosis and immediately establish enhanced biosecurity practices to avoid spreading the virus within their own animals and (or) to neighboring swine herds.
Because many pork producers hire commercial manure applicators to pump and land apply their manure from a farm's storage pits, tanks, and/or basins, their equipment can easily spread this virus from infected farms (barns) to uninfected farms (barns). In response to this urgent concern, the National Pork Board (NPB) along with several midwestern universities (Michigan State, Iowa State, and Minnesota) have just released a one page fact sheet listing the biosecurity recommendations that commercial manure haulers should follow to reduce the risk of spreading this virus.
The fact sheet emphasizes the need for the manure applicator to communicate closely with the pork producers when pumping manure on a farm to reduce the risk of transferring this virus by manure handling equipment either from or to the farm.
The fact sheet is available here: NPB's Biosecure Manure Pumping Protocols for PED Control. Additional PEDV resources are available at http://www.pork.org/Research/4316/PEDVResources.aspx.
Using grid soil sampling to guide manure application can be a profitable investment, is the conclusion from case studies based on eight Minnesota farms. In fields where there is a history of non-uniform manure application, targeting new manure applications to areas with lower phosphorus and potassium soil test values can result in considerable economic returns above the cost of grid soil sampling. Variable rate manure applicators are not required when fields can be divided into application and no-application zones, with supplemental nitrogen fertilizer in the no-manure zones. The brief case studies are available on the University of Minnesota Extension web page for Manure Management and Air Quality http://www.manure.umn.edu, under Grid Soil Sampling for Manure Application. An introduction, the eight case studies, and a set of short video presentations based on the case studies are available at http://z.umn.edu/gridsoilsampling.
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A new Manure Management and Air Quality Education website has been launched. The new website provides educational materials, and current research from the University of Minnesota, in the area of manure management and air quality in livestock production.
Major categories in the new website are: manure management, feedlot and manure storage, air quality, milk house wastewater, manure pathogens, manure treatment, and manure application.
The revised website includes the release of three major additions:
The website will also provide an events calendar with local and regional manure management educational opportunities.
This website was made possible by funding from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Section 319 Nonpoint Source (NPS) Management Program from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.]]>
William F. Lazarus - Extension Economist, Jose A. Hernandez - Extension Educator, and Les Everett - Water Resources Center Education Coordinator. University of Minnesota - Extension
A new web-based tool developed by Dr. William F. Lazarus, Extension Economist and Professor in the Department of Applied Economics, is now available. The web-based calculator may be used to compare the economic value of manure from alternative manure application rates and methods. The value is based on crop nutrient needs for a specific field and crop rotation, fertilizer prices, manure hauling costs, manure type, and application method. In addition to assisting with management of current livestock and crop operations, the calculator can be useful in budgeting new facilities or evaluation of contract production through estimating the effect of manure and manure management on cash flow. The calculations can also assist crop and livestock producer estimate the value of manure that may be transferred or sold from one entity to another.
Livestock producers face uncertain markets and narrow margins. This situation motivates growers to optimize production methods, utilizing all resources including manure. In addition, an increase in the price of commercial fertilizer experienced since 2009, has heightened interest in the use of livestock manure for supplying crop nutrients and has significantly increased the value of manure as a nutrient source.
In recent years more producers have been considering the contribution of manure value to cash flow in livestock operation budgets, and seeking an appropriate market value in exchange situations between livestock producers and crop producers. More crop producers also appear to be seeking manure as a major nutrient source, either by purchasing from a livestock producer or by adding livestock to their operations, particularly swine finishing.
Determining the economic value of the nutrients in livestock manure can be tricky. Nutrients in commercial fertilizer are acquired by paying for the nutrients and a small application charge. With manure you, in effect, "acquire" nutrients by paying for the cost of application, even if you already have ownership of the manure in a storage structure.
Additionally, commercial fertilizer supplies the amount and ratio of nutrients you need or ordered. With manure, you get the amount and ratio of nutrients that it contains, which complicates the determination of a value. Even when a rate that supplies the correct amount of nitrogen is applied, the amount of phosphorous and potash applied may not match what you would have purchased commercially, and amounts applied above crop need probably have no value. In the past, manure application costs often exceeded the value of the nutrients applied. Now, in many situations, the nutrient value in the manure exceeds the cost of application.
The web-based calculator is available at http://z.umn.edu/manurevalue. For more information about manure economics please visit: http://z.umn.edu/manureworth.
Funding for the development of this tool was provided by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Section 319 Nonpoint Source (NPS) Management Program from the Environmental Protection Agency.]]>
U of M Nutrient Management Website
A new nutrient management website has been launched that houses most of the current fertilizer suggestions and data from the University of Minnesota. This website was made possible by funding from the Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council and was put together through a joint effort for several researchers from the University of Minnesota who's research focuses on nutrient management issues for several crops growth throughout the state of Minnesota. We would like to thank the AFREC program because without them this effort would not have been possible]]> This website was established in order to house much of the current publication, research reports, and selected extension presentations. In addition research reports on 50 years of soil fertility research are included from the series of Blue Books published over many years. Several publications were updated upon the release of this website while others are in the process of being updated and will be gradually added over time.
Or by clicking on this link: Nutrient Management Facebook Page
Over time we will start to update this page with photos and video clips that highlight some of the things we are seeing in the field but we also welcome people to submit nutrient management related issues in oder to make the site interactive to discuss issues that are happening out in the field.
Waseca MN, (10/1/2011) - Once soybean harvest is complete many swine farmers begin applying manure to those acres for the next year's corn crop. Manure applications in Southern Minnesota begin in early October and usually conclude by mid November. A significant proportion of the nitrogen (N) in swine finishing manure is in the ammonium-N form. If warm soil temperatures persist after application, the ammonium-N can nitrify and be susceptible to loss via leaching or denitrification. These N losses have negative agronomic and environmental implications. The University of Minnesota recommends fall fertilizer N be applied after soils are less than 50° F at the 6-inch depth. This usually occurs in late October in Southern Minnesota.
A research study was established at Waseca in October of 2010 to evaluate the application of the nitrification inhibitor Instinct™ to fall manure applications. Two research questions were addressed: 1) will the addition of Instinct to fall applied swine manure slow nitrification of N or "stabilize the N" in the manure? 2) Are early October applications of manure at the greatest risk for N loss compared to early November applications when the soil temperatures are cooler?
Treatments included two manure application timings (October and November) with three rates of Instinct (0, 35, and 70 oz./ac), plus 120 lb N/ac as anhydrous ammonia with N-Serve™ in November, and a zero-N control. Swine finishing manure was applied at a rate to give 120 lb of available N/ac assuming 80% first-year availability if sweep injected. The manure was applied to a Webster clay loam soil on October 5, and November 5, 2010. Four-inch soil temperatures in October and November of 2010 averaged 4.9 and 1.4 degrees greater than normal, respectively. Six-inch soil temperatures averaged 55.3 and 38.0 degrees for October and November, respectively.
In November of 2010 about one month after manure application, nearly equal amounts of nitrate-N and ammonium-N were observed in the October manure application without Instinct treatment; whereas significantly more ammonium-N and less nitrate-N were found when Instinct was used (Figure 1). These data clearly showed nitrification of N in the manure was reduced with Instinct.
Corn grain yields were 11 bu/ac greater when swine manure was applied on November 5th compared with October 5th, when averaged across Instinct rate (Table 1). This is not surprising considering the warmer than normal fall temperatures we observed in 2010. Adding Instinct to fall applied swine manure increased corn grain yields 10-12 bu/ac compared to without Instinct, when averaged across manure application timings. No significant interactions between application timing and Instinct rate were found. Corn grain yields were not statistically different among the November manure application with Instinct treatments and the November anhydrous ammonia with N-Serve treatment. The addition of Instinct to swine manure also reduced grain moisture about 1.3 percentage points at harvest. Based on these limited data, the addition of the nitrification inhibitor Instinct™ to fall-applied swine manure had both agronomic and environmental benefits. Delaying manure applications until soil temperatures have cooled is also a best management practice.]]>


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I struggle with trusting my SO fully and not believing everything he says :( Logically, I know I need to mature, that this mentality is unhealthy so I try my best to ignore the skepticism I feel and just have faith, just trust that hes being honest with me every step of the way but it seems to be a very challenging task for me especially since I am an EXTREMELY territorial woman and paranoid about being cheated on. Hes very territorial as well but seems to be more secure because he doesn't seem to have trust issues like I do. Its just I constantly hear about infidelity in relationships and it literally sickens me. Just the thought of someone you loving so much betraying you like that is terrible. He has not shown me any real evidence to warrant my mistrust but the thing is, people usually have no idea they're being cheated on until months or even years into the relationship! I admit, that has made me paranoid. What if this guy is good at hiding those types of things? Especially since he has a FB and I dont ('cause I dont care for one yet). He tells me he doesn't communicate with other women on there but I dont believe him. I have asked him to delete his account before but he refused, says he likes keeping in touch with his "boys" on there, putting up videos and its good for networking if he ever wants to, that I need to trust him. I decided to not bring it up to him anymore but the mistrust resurfaces sometimes. I dont have money for a professional therapist. What do I do? I want to adopt a different mentality just to gain some peace in my mind but Im having a hard time :(
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What do you mean by territorial? "paranoid about being cheated on" The dream of an unfaithful SO. Yes it is poisoning yourself.
Every item you mentioned is within yourself. IMO it is the fear of that is the problem. Not trust, but fear. Where does this come from? Security comes from within. It your fear of an event that is unlikely. But if you want to drive your SO nuts keep this up.
|Sat, 11-03-2012 - 6:02pm
Especially since he has a FB and I dont ('cause I dont care for one yet). He tells me he doesn't communicate with other women on there but I dont believe him. I have asked him to delete his account before but he refused
And rightfully so. This is highly controlling behavior and you have no right to expect him to cease using a means of communication when he's done nothing wrong. So what if he does communicate with women on FB? How is that any different to communicating with women in person? Is he also not allowed to even speak to women now?
You need to accept that there will always be women he is in touch with and the more your try to restrict that, the more you are going to push him away.
Musiclover is right that the is no sense in worrying over something when you have no reason to believe it will happen to you. That's called paranoia - and obsessing over it will only drive you crazy. No good can come of it.
I dont have money for a professional therapist. What do I do? I want to adopt a different mentality just to gain some peace in my mind but Im having a hard time :(
I know it seems like a cliche, but have you tried self help books? They are often written by psychologist so while you won't get personal treatment, you may still learn helpful tools to overcoming your issues.
|Fri, 11-02-2012 - 6:34pm
I don't know what the secret is for changing your mindset, but you need to if you ever want to have a successful relationship. It makes no sense to be worried about someone cheating who has never given you any cause to distrust him just because other people cheat. Think about that logically. Other people have lost their jobs--do you go to work every day worried about losing your job? Other people get in car accidents (and maybe you have too) but do you worry every day about getting into a car accident? Eventually he's going to get sick of being mistrusted when he hasn't done anything wrong and leave you. So you have to tell yourself logically that you will trust him unless he does something wrong.


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LONDON – Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest won the Grand Prix at last night's IPA Effectiveness Awards for its rebranding of O2, which also saw the agency pick up the agency of the year award.
Alison Hoad, convener of judges and planning partner at Campbell Doyle Dye, said: "The O2 campaign is remarkable for the scale of transformation it effected and for the completeness of its approach. The idea was totally visually integrated across all channels -- from store to brochure to broadcast -- and this maximised its power."
The Effectiveness Agency of the Year (above £100m) Award was presented to DDB London and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R after the two tied on points for winning campaigns. DDB London won a gold for dairy brand Cravendale and two silvers for Volkswagen Diesel and The Guardian. Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R also won gold for Virgin Mobile, and two silvers for Virgin Trains and Marks & Spencer.
This year, the IPA gave out seven gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze awards, as well as 13 special prizes. The five other gold awards went to: VCCP for the O2 campaign; Wieden & Kennedy for the Honda (UK) campaign; WCRS and Naked Communications for The Number 118 118 launch campaign; TBWA\London and Fishburn Hedges for the Central London Congestion Charge campaign; and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Euro RSCG London for the Tobacco Control campaign.
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There's a group in town that's busy toppling the existing gallery regime. ArtLoveMagic has proven repeatedly that this city is both unified and beautified by a collaborative web of artists whose talents run a gamut of media. Twice a year we see that network surface for a massive public exhibition, and Saturday is our chance to gaze at its fairer half, during Girl Show. The estrogen-laced powerhouse is a chance to see the best of Dallas, from jewelry makers to latex fashion designers and 2-D types like painters and illustrators, all together in one space, creating their work live. Gone is the uncomfortable search for context. At Girl Show you simply ask the artist why she chose the method she used and hear directly what she hopes to convey through her craft. For a party so large, the element of on-site creation and dialogue interestingly adds a layer of intimacy that you won't find in a traditional gallery setting. Girl Show will have another reason to celebrate on Saturday: ArtLoveMagic, the group putting on the show, just received its national nonprofit status. That means this organization can grow even bigger. Let's just hope they still remember us when they rule the world. Girl Show runs from 8 p.m. to midnight at South Side on Lamar (1409 S. Lamar St.). Advance tickets cost $10 to $25. (The latter gets you into the Blue Room. Yeah, you want to go in there.) Buy them at girlshow2012.eventbrite.com. They'll be five bucks more at the door.
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i don't think people specifically fault China (its govt.) for the poverty or corruption, as you and I mentioned, that is common in developing countries. However, the Chinese government is particularly bad in covering up a number of horrible things, including gross human rights violations, extremely poor working conditions, etc. Every month for the past several months I have read incidents of various chemical plan explosions, mine collapses, etc. where hundreds of people have lost their lives. That, plus the human rights violations (forced human testing, there was a post on this b4), territorial bullying of Taiwan and Tibet and oppression by the government don't reflect very well on the country. In the struggle to achieve development, developing nations seem to be in a position where they are attempting to balance between the easing of their environmental regulations and labor policies, but they should never lose sight of fundamental human rights, and I think this is where many feel China is lacking compared to other developing nations.
I agree, but again, very normal and common for the country in transition. They are the last gov't that will be able to manipulate the whole nation if the transition is successful.
As for the gov't censoring and not showing what they don't want you to see -- I believe our (US) gov't is the winner in that column.
However, there is nothing easier then to sell the story to the American population -- put it on Fox, CNN, NBC for 2 weeks straight and the majority will accept it -- Clinton did it with Kosovo, Bush has been doing it from the day 1 -- everything he did so far was done after the public was brainwashed first.
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Microsoft's Silverlight 3 delivers decent alternative to Adobe
No go...
Silverlight or Flash doesn't run on my ZX81 - I mean - come on !!!!
Open source closes gap on Microsoft's next Silverlight
The silverlight player with ITV for Windows OS's is rubbish as well.... you aren't missing anything.
I don't think they have the server power to cope with demand.
Open Source Headline?
Will people here please stop thinking that Open Source projects always = Linux.
This is not true !!!
Open source can run on a Windows server.
Check out http://www.dotnetnuke.com - a very successful open source framework based on .NET. it's about time this project got some more publicity from the Reg.... please broaden your minds. Just because it runs on MS software it does not mean it isn't Open Source or somehow contaminated!
Just because the base layer might not be open source, it doesn't mean that projects running above this layer aren't open source....!
The headline should have been "Linux closes gap on Microsoft's next Silverlight".
Many thanks...
Windows 7 and the Linux lesson
1 week release candidate
Ubuntu should have had the release candidate up for testing for at least a month... how could they get decent feedback from their users from within a week?
Register readers on software development
Nice survey but lots of red herrings?
C and C# should have been separated. In fact with MS and .NET framework it's pretty much irrelevant which language you are using.... it's all about CLR. The conversation should be about what platform people are using that's all.
Can somebody tell me what "Enhancement of web presence" actually means?". That's what marketing people say, and let's face it many small business are run by marketing depts and hold the IT dept by remote control (generally make 'em crash into walls).
So who isn't going to enhance their web presence?... should this be compared with all the other stuff like Web2 etc? Developing web2 - is that not an enhancement? Where was the option that they are NOT going to enhance their web presence? Maybe I'm just being dumb, if somebody can explain this I'm all ears.
Dear Obama: Please consider open-source a waste of your time
Unbalanced - no real discussion...
Silly unbalanced article, open source applies to certain things better than others... why wasn't that even given a look in? There are grey areas that are far more interesting to discuss in these forums..
After the terrible Vista a lot of people are considering Linux,. nb I use Windows XP, I'll probably wait for Windows 7.... but I do GET both sides of the argument.
Battlestar Galactica prequel shuns space, spaceships
This is really old news, months old. Did this get reported on the BBC website today or something? I look forward to find out who was elected President of the USA next week.
Terminator 6
BTW isn't this a Terminator Sarah Connor TV series clone ?
Boris cans congestion extension
THE BIG QUESTION - Will the Camera stay?
Let's it it gets scrapped 2010, is anybody asking if they are going to find a "Use" for these camera afterwards (i.e. "National Security"), or are they gonna take them down (because sat technology is now already doing the job for them perfectly well right now).
Reg readers in Firefox 3 lovefest
> Coding for IE6 is not enjoyable
Ummm you missed out IE7 as well here. Get rid of that as well.
Boy band sings praises of Windows 7
Why are they selling Windows like Marmite? i.e. You hate it but you love it... hmmm....
The advertising agency needs to be sacked, they have no idea of the customer profiles in any MS market sector.
Internet Explorer - now with 35% less FAIL
Where's the acid test score?
1&1 botches Microsoft Exchange update
1&1 terrible
Are simply terrible.... it's obvious it's a joke.
Those who say they are happy with them:
a) Have never hosted with any other company so don't know how much better it could be
b) Have never rang them
c) Probably only have a few static html pages up on the web
d) Are related somehow with 1&1
e) Have never left them, then been billed 12 months later for a service they no longer have.
For the rest of us, they are impossible.
Apple is Fisher-Price of sound quality, says Neil Young
IPOD users are t*ssers
I challenge anybody to listen to dark side of the moon in MP3 format. The Hammond organ sounds like it's on full spin cycle.
Who wants to listen to portable music anyway? We have the radio, the trees, the birds and the bees. Plus if you do stick wires in your ears you are more likely to be run over or mugged.
Dangerous mobe chargers flood UK
Excuse me, but isn't "mobe" a banned word on this website?
If not, it should be....
MS DNS patch snuffs net connection for ZoneAlarm users
ZoneAlarm's support drives me around the bend.
There is an issue with ZoneAlarm whereby if ad blocking and cookie control is set, any web applications on your local machine won't work. This has been going on for years and years and is a pain in the neck for developers.
Their "log a call" support recognises the issue, but won't acknowledge it in public as a "known issue", stating the developers will "fix it when they will fix it". Yeah right, years later still nothing has happened. I logged the issue two years ago and again a month ago.
I tried posting on their forums about this issue, and they DELETED the post, YES you heard me right. There was nothing nasty about the post other than the fact I said the bug had been going on for years.
There are lots of other posts on ZoneAlarms forums that seem to point to this issue as well....
Virgin Media ads throttled by peak time bandwidth squeeze
Virgin no longer innocent..
Why are we still talking about Virgin?
Surely all the customers must have left by now and there would be no story?
I mean... who the hell would want to stay? They make AOL look good....
An ex-virgin customer....
Firefox 3: now available bug-free, say devs
Oh really?
> If you really understand Windows....
Laughable comment, based on seriously flawed and incorrect assumptions. I suggest you contact Netscapes lawyers....
Heaviest Virgin Media downloaders face new daytime go-slow
Why are virgin customers complaining...?
Just leave as soon as possible!
I was a dedicated customer of virgin for many years, they were good, now they are crap...and they get getting worse...
Move on.... follow my example...
Russell T Davies bows out of Doctor Who
And the answer is....
I want my alien! (I live very near to gillian anderson so I want to torment her). Failing that I'll have a register T-shirt or mug... Or maybe you can give me the website for probing purposes :).
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The TARDIS wardrobe from "The Christmas Invasion".Once through the doors of the police box, the TARDIS interior has a vast number of rooms and corridors. The exact dimensions of the interior have not been specified, but apart from living quarters, the interior includes an art gallery (which is actually an ancillary power station), a bathroom with a swimming pool, a medical bay, and several brick-walled storage areas (all seen in The Invasion of Time, 1978). Portions of the TARDIS can also be isolated or reconfigured; the Doctor was able to jettison 25% of the TARDIS's structure in Castrovalva to provide additional "thrust".
Despite a widespread assumption that the interior of the TARDIS is infinite, there are indications that it is not. In Full Circle (1980), Romana stated that the weight of the TARDIS in Alzarius' Earth-like gravity was 5 × 106 kilograms (5000 tonnes). This presumably refers to its internal weight, as the external part of the TARDIS is light enough for it to be lifted or otherwise moved with relative ease (although most real police boxes were concrete and hence quite difficult to move): several men lift it up in Marco Polo, a group of small blue maintenance workers on Platform One push it along the ground in "The End of the World", and a quartet of Weeping Angels are able to rock it back and forth in "Blink", to name a few. If the exterior of the TARDIS is moved, the movement is transmitted to its interior.
In the tie-in novels, the interior of the TARDIS has been known to contain an entire city (Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible), used to encompass an entire parallel Earth (Blood Heat), and is big enough to dwarf Gallifrey itself when turned inside out (The Ancestor Cell). It is also seen to exist in multiple timelines.
A distinctive architectural feature of the TARDIS interior is the "roundel". In the context of the TARDIS, a roundel is a circular decoration that adorns the walls of the rooms and corridors of the TARDIS, including the console room. Some roundels conceal TARDIS circuitry and devices, as seen in the serials The Wheel in Space (1968), Logopolis, Castrovalva (1981), Arc of Infinity (1983), Terminus (1983), and Attack of the Cybermen (1985). The design of the roundels has varied throughout the show's history, from a basic circular cut-out with black background to a photographic image printed on wall board, to translucent illuminated discs in later serials. In the secondary console room, most of the roundels were executed in recessed wood panelling, with a few decorative ones in what appeared to be stained glass. In the new series, the roundels are built into hexagonal recesses in the walls of the new console room.
Other rooms seen include living quarters for many of the Doctor's companions, although the Doctor's own bedroom has never been mentioned or seen. The TARDIS also had a "Zero Room" — a chamber that was shielded from the rest of the universe and provided a restful environment for the Fifth Doctor to recover from his regeneration in Castrovalva — which was among the 25% jettisoned. However, the Seventh Doctor spin-off novel Deceit indicated that the Doctor rebuilt the Zero Room shortly before the events of that novel. In some of the First Doctor serials, a nearby room contains a machine that dispenses food or nutrition bars to the Doctor and his companions. This machine disappears after the first few serials, although mention is occasionally made of the TARDIS kitchen.
Although the interior corridors were not seen in the 2005 series, the fact that they still exist was established in "The Unquiet Dead", when the Doctor gives Rose some very complicated directions to the TARDIS wardrobe. The wardrobe is mentioned several times in the original series and spin-off fiction, and seen in The Androids of Tara (1978), The Twin Dilemma (1984) and Time and the Rani (1987). The redesigned version, from which the Tenth Doctor chooses his new clothes, was seen in "The Christmas Invasion" (2005) as a large multi-levelled room with a spiral
staircase. Designer Ed Thomas has suggested that more rooms may be seen in coming episodes.[16] The Doctor also mentions in "The Shakespeare Code" that the TARDIS has an attic.
No mention about seats, I know the one at the BBC doesn't have any.
Son of 419 victim contacts El Reg
Oh my god...
I just read this article... Now I want to kill myself. Please don't send any money... you couldn't afford it.
MS whips lens cap off WorldWide Telescope
Years back....
People would attempt to fix the issue before they reviewed a product....
Works fine.
Windows XP SP3 leaps into the tubes
Works for me...
System more responsive. No issues
Looking at the comments I am guessing a lot of people are stopping their installs thinking their machine is frozen or doing nothing, rather than be patient until the process is complete.
MS should have put a few more progress bars in for good measure, esp after the reboot.
Sage sees flat US market
The Sage Line 50 appliation, and associated satilite applications, still cannot install itself properly on locked down Windows XP installations. You have to loosen up your locked down XP to install it. I suspect with Vista it's worse.
For a product that's been around for so long, not understanding where to place files and registry entries for optimal security is unforgivable, esp when you consider it's financial software.
If they are not careful they will see the same thing that happened to Quark Express, being taken over by a rival package (InDesign).
Glad MS are keeping them on their toes, they have been too lazy with their monopoly.
MS pulls plugs on XP SP3 mass launch
My ZX81 runs great.. I don't need service packs or anything. I don't need a 56K modem. 3D monster maze runs fine and does not crash....
This DVD will self-destruct in 48 hours
Can't wait for the disposable PC
...running Windows Vista of course
Switch on PC, watch it grind, crash, then throw in landfill....
and of course it can be recycled, as can everything! The great thing is that the amount of petrol and resources it takes to do so (e.g. transportation etc) means it benefits recycling companies pockets (and not the planet )...
The only things that are worth recycling are cans and bottles. Period. Other materials should be buried in fully sealed landfill sites, stick a pipe in it, and the methane given off should be used to produce power.
No sense of humour? Avoid Bootnotes
Oh bugger
I filtered out that category and now all I've got is recycled BBC news stories :).
Local council uses snooping laws to spy on three-year-old
Hold on a second...
First reaction is... what the hell are they doing? Well over the top!
...but then...
What exactly then is a council suppost to do then if it suspects fraud? Ignore it? Sit on their arses?
Suggestions please?
Polish builder sacked for humping hoover
You-tube goes mobile (the pleasure is all yours :).
Quake rocks Britain
I felt a similar quake coming from or around Wales (if my memory serves me right) a couple of years ago. Didn't last long, I heard a crack sound in the ceiling, and it took me a few minutes to fathom what happened, and I concluded that this looks like a quake, I went straight to an internet chat room and asked if anybody had experienced the same thing, pretty much everybody was asking what happened. Woke up the next day, after hearing the news, and it seemed most people I knew slept through it.
Last summer we had a typhoon nearby, I saw hail and a big gust of wind, followed by very clear weather, I saw no typhoon, but I guessed the conditions would be right... I mentioned it to somebody a few hours later and somebody said a whole road had been destroyed by a typhoon,a couple of miles away.
This time around (last night) was in the same room, in my bed, around the same time as the last quake, the same crack sound above me, and the bed swayed from side to side for about 5 to 10 secs, really weird feeling. I didn't get out of bed this time, I knew I'd be waking up to the news headlines after last time.
And yes. I'm in West London would you believe!
EU to ban the patio heaters that ate the planet. Not.
Ban 'em
Hmm.. put on a jumper or put on a outside heater..put on a jumper or put on a heater..put on a jumper or put on a outside heater..put on a jumper or put on a heater..put on a jumper or put on a outside heater..put on a jumper or put on a heater.. urrghhh! I can't make the decision..... regulate it!
Seriously though, we don't need 'em anyway (jumpers I mean)....
UK military faces spectrum sell off
About time they updated their spectrums, those Sinclair machines are almost old hat nowadays.
DC Comics to kill off Batman?
A new Batman?
Well it's time for batman of the future. Qualifications are rich, smart, gadgets everywhere, big mansion.
Come on guys, you know who it's going to be (hint see picture). Yes it's MS Batman!, and hopefully he will lock up i-pod users by the dozen for crimes commited again'st humanity (string 'em up by with their pathetic "please don't mug me" white wires.....
DVLA's 5m driver details giveaway
Where's the opt out? How do you do it?
Virgin Media network collapses nationwide
Still on Virgin? hahaha!
I left last week.... best thing I ever did... consistently fast speeds, much better network reliability. Frankly I recommend going anywhere other than virgin (they used to be OK until they introduced capping). I experienced very little downtime at all when transferring (I was down from for 30 mins from midnight on the day of transfer). My advice to those on virgin. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Get out!!!
BBC's iPlayer launches Christmas Day
I leave virgin media and moving (hopefully) to a far better provider. So far the process has been simplicity itself.... the next 48 hours or so will prove the point.
I urge readers to dump virgin media ASAP. I was a happy customers of their up until Feb. It's just been my lazyness that I haven't changed till now. The service is appauling.
Where does Web 2.0 leave the BBC?
Where would the register be without the BBC website? let's face it half the stories we've already read on bbc.co.uk? :)
Ian McKellen keen to reprise Gandalf
Another great tek story by the register
Keep it up guys! I look forward to the Star Wars, Star Trek updates, because lets face it... as nerds that's all we're interested in... :)
Kaspersky: Maxtor markets password-pilfering Dutch disk drives
The first thing I do with a new hard drive is get the hammer out, bash it one. Then I jump up and down it a few times.... If I'm feeling really comprehensive about it I connect it to a Mac ;)
The BBC iPlayer 'launch' that wasn't
Another comment
I've just read a lot of comment here about the quality and how rubbish it is. How the BBC have messed it up etc.
May I remind people this is (supposed to be anyway) BETA software.
If you don't like it right now.... well give feedback to the BBC. Don't complain though.... If you are annoyed then the solution is not to use BETA software.
When it gets properly released and it's still crap, well write to the BBC board of directors and accuse them of leftie/liberal bias or something.
I have my account and I signed up last Friday
That took just 5 days, and the reason why I signed up is because I read the hype. I should be waiting a lot longer than this shouldn't I? Or have the BBC decided to pretty much push it out now after the publicity it gained?
Twitchers in a flap over 'cock' gagging
My cock
I'd just like to say that I have a far larger cock than anybody who has bothered to post here. Hell inevitably somebody was going to post this, might as well get it out sooner rather than later...
Home Secretary bigs up fingerprint-activated iPods
Good idea!
Anybody who owns an i-pod, listening to compressed to f**k music with clinky cheap earphones (that look like 1970's deaf aids), bumping into people/walking into running cars, whilst thinking they look "cool", and carrying their mobile (which probably has a perfectly good MP3 player built in) deserves to be arrested and whipped.
So taking their fingerprints in advance is a good idea in my view. Now that we can't deport terrorists it's time to look at the next easy target!
A modern-day Gerstner is needed to cure all of Microsoft's ills
Misplaced article
I'm not big MS fan but looking at the results they've done more OK! Article should have been written after the results, not before (waste of time).
Sinclair ZX Spectrum: 25 today
Get your history right!
Chuckie egg and elite were BBC micro games. Far superior than the ported Spectrum versions. I had both machines (sold my spec for a BBC micro B).
Four words for Spectrums.... ultimate play the game.. they pushed the boundaries with Knight Lore, Attic Attack, Jet-Pac, Alien-8. BBC micro users eventually got a port but by then it almost felt far too late.
And who remembers Psion flight simulator? With wonderful landscapes such as Lake round, etc.. loved that game.
AND the hobbit....! Oh no I'm thinking about middle earth.... what is going on? I'm begining to feel slightly smelly and unwashed.
Oh and the time I met Sir Clive... I was soooo excited...
My genitalia is definitely getting very small indeed thinking of all this, I'll leave the forum now before I geek myself to death and develop spots.
Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD player
PC compatibility
Could you extend this review? Apparently they work with PC's.
Would be good to hear about the ins and outs of that.
Scratch that last comment
Clearly I can't read properly.
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Gymnast Aly Raisman says she was drug tested while preparing for the finale of "Dancing With the Stars." Read more about the story.
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McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman injured while on tour (Video)
McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman were both hurt during the second night of the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions. The gold medal winners were performing along with the rest of the "Fierce Five" in Ontario, Ca., when they hurt themselves on the uneven bars Sunday night. At around the 1:25 mark in the video above, you can see Maroney hurt herself on her dismount from the...
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Raisman receives candy proposal
Gymnast Aly Raisman is so popular and desirable that she's receiving marriage proposals. This particular one stood out.
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Aly Raisman says she dropped one of her Olympic medals and dented it
Like any first-time Olympian would, Aly Raisman wore her medals almost everywhere she went when she first won them and brought them back to the U.S. Following a slight mishap, however, the gymnast said she keeps her medals at home most of the time now. During an interview WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Joe Mathieu, Raisman admitted that she recently dropped one of her two gold medals and...
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OMG! Aly Raisman accidentally tweets plans to hit up club with guys, deletes
Aly Raisman was one of the most successful Olympians on the women's gymnastics team at the London Games. She won a gold and bronze medal in individual competitions, and she scored a gold with the team. Now that she's no longer competing, the gymnast has some time to party. Raisman accidentally tweeted out her plans on Wednesday night to hit up a club with some male gymnasts...
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Aly Raisman's parents irritate man behind them
Plenty of fans have had their viewing experiences ruined by an obnoxious spectator standing up in front of them. But you'd think the dude who kept telling Rick Raisman to sit down while his daughter was going for Olympic gold could chill out. On Tuesday, as Aly Raisman put a personal exclamation point on a great gymnastics summer for the U.S. by winning gold (floor exercise)...
Aly Raisman wins gold and bronze on the final day of gymnastics
Aly Raisman finished the Olympics with a gold and bronze on the final day of gymnastics. Raisman won the gold on floor exercise and the bronze on balance beam Tuesday afternoon, becoming the most decorated of the American Fierce Five. The rest of the Americans didn't fair as well as Raisman. Gabby Douglas finished seventh on balance beam after a fall. Jordyn Wieber ended...
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Aly Raisman Wins Bronze Medal in Balance Beam Thanks to Tiebreaker
Following her balance beam routine Tuesday, Aly Raisman found herself in a familiar situation. She was tied for third place, as she had been in the all-around competition, where she lost the tiebreaker and failed to medal. This time around, however, Raisman landed on the winning side of the tiebreaker, taking home the bronze medal in the balance beam for Team USA, according to Boston...
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Being an Olympic athlete is hard -- imagine how hard it is to be an athlete's parent? America was introduced to the parents of U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman on Sunday night, and their wild reactions to their daughter's routine won over the hearts of millions across the land. It also had the side effect, according to NESN Nation's Dan Duquette, of imploring athletes everywhere...
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Any parents watching their children perform may feel nervous, but the Raismans took that to all new levels on Sunday. Lynn and Ricky Raisman, parents of U.S. Women's Gymnastics team captain Aly Raisman, were full of emotions as they watched their daughter during the qualification round in London. Their reaction was almost as entertaining as Raisman's actual routine. Check...
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The masthead on the front page of the Chattanooga Times Free Press states: "To Give the News Impartially Without Fear or Favor." In my opinion, this is a misnomer. In the Sept. 22 edition's front page is an article telling about two police officers in a city 2,500 miles away who were indicted for murder and manslaughter. While this is a horrible crime, what purpose does the printing on the front page of our local paper serve?
This is another egregious example of how unfair and biased the paper is. To print this article is nothing more than an attempt to discredit our local police department, to make it seem that this is how police officers act. It is no wonder that distrust of the police department by the citizenry exists. When there is good news about our police department, it is placed in back pages in obscure sections of the paper.
To state that this type of editorial policy is fair and impartial is an oxymoron.
What else do you want from rich?
I've been reading with dismay about the popular notion of taxing the rich. Perhaps the following story will enlighten some people.
A young man who during his second year of college lost all means of support. His mother suffered a brain aneurysm and could no longer work. His dad was a blue-collar worker and could barely make ends meet.
This boy found a part-time job and made extra money by making beer runs for the fraternity.
He was graduated with a B.S and B.A. He went on to graduate school and earned a master's degree.
He had to take loans to finish. After two years of applying, he was accepted into a medical school ... more loans.
After four years of med school and eight years of residency, he finally became one of the best surgeons in his field. He earns well over $250,000 a year. He still owes over $150,000 for his loans. He pays over 50 percent in federal, state and local taxes. He contributes generously to church and civic organizations.
This young man was in school 33 years of his life.
How can anyone say, "Tax him more so that I can share his wealth"?
Imagine how you would feel if this were your son.
Mr. Buttram provides a vague outline, but doesn't give enough facts for an objective observer to determine what taxes the surgeon should pay into the system from which he has benefitted.
He makes "well over $250,000;" one wonders: how much over?
He was in school for 33 years of his life? So, he didn't graduate from medical school until he was 39? A professional student? No wonder he has a lot of debt.
And, despite getting student loans, a lot of his education was likely subsidized by taxpayers, especially if he went to a public university. There are other questions, like how the alleged 50% tax rate was calculated. That's certainly not the federal rate. Even the poor in TN pay nearly 10% sales tax, even on food.
Taxes support facilities and services used by most of Americans: highways, bridges, schools, dams, care for the elderly, etc., etc. It's inaccurate to suggest that most taxation is for redistribution of income.
Assuming the good doctor's taxable income (after exemptions and deductions) is $373k, his federal income tax would be 29%. State and local taxes depend on location and home value. If your 33 years of school did not equip you to understand that your tax preparer is ripping you off, night school is an option.
You lefties can take every dime everyone makes forever and it won't be enough for you. It's about control. You're petty, little twits who are jealous of those who are more successful than you are. You want to see them fall even though they give you a job and pay you. IDIOCY!!
Arnold, What you fail to 'get' is that the country is 14 trillion dollars in debt. We will never pay down this debt until the tax revenues exceed expenditures. We cannot cut spending enough to make the budget balance. And any hope of 'growing or way out of it' is a pipe dream. We must combine spending cuts with tax increases. Only the most stuborn Republicans fail to understand these simple facts.
Our tax system needs to be reformed to eliminate all deductions and loopholes. Long term capital gains should be indexed for inflation and then taxed as ordinary income. Short term capital gains should be taxed at a high enough rate so that all the day traders and hedge fund managers have to go find productive work. I think 75% would do it.
Corporate taxes should be eliminated. They only hurt small businesses, and that is who creates jobs. Tax the stock dividends as ordinary income and any capital that leaves the US tax at the highest individual rate. This would encourage increased investment in the US.
It is not about redistribution of wealth or about control. It is about being responsible. I thought that was a conservative value.
RE Tax fairness. The president has proposed one simple concept. That is that millionaires not pay a lower tax rate then middle class folks - plumbers, school teachers, police officers etc. Polls show that 80% of the public supports that view in the interest of fairness.
The average adjusted tax rate for the 400 wealthiest individuals in this county is 16%. There is an enormous amount of bias and favoritism in the current tax code. It needs to be simplified and restructured.
ITguy, So you think a corporation shouldn't pay any taxes? But it is ok that a corporation has free speech rights as a personhood? It is ok for General Electric to get tax money back?
It is not a redistribution of wealth, it is a correction to the redistribution that happened under bush. If the rich companies do not want to pay taxes and do not employ workers in this country, then why do we care if they stay here? Let them leave. What would be our incentive to want them here?
ITGuy - I agree with your first two paragraphs 100%. However you are way off base on this:
"Corporate taxes should be eliminated. They only hurt small businesses, and that is who creates jobs."
That vast majority of small businesses are Sub-chapter S Corporations, LLCs or Sole Proprietorships. These business types do not pay taxes. The net profits from these business types flow directly to the owners who pay taxes at the regular earned income rates NOT corporate rate. If the objective is to help small business the tax laws should be changed to allow these business types to pay at rates established on a separate scale lower than the regular earned income rates, but not the corporate rate.
You obviously know more about the corporate tax code than I. My point is that large corporations avoid paying taxes by various loopholes, deductions and credits that are unanvailable to smaller companies. For those companies who do pay taxes, the cost of those taxes is included in the price of the product. It would be much simplier to just eliminate the corporate tax and raise the individual tax rates for the CEO etc. Also, if a company like VW starts to send their profits back to Germany, tax the hell out of it. Keep the money that is earned in the US in the US.
JustOneWoman, Corporations are nothing more than the collection of their stockholders. They should not be allowed to contribute to politicians. The individual stockholders should be taxed. Their contributions to politicians should be limited.
It is easy to demonize corporations, but they are no more evil or good than the people who run them. Since they are essentially amoral, they must be regulated to ensure that there is no harm done to the common interest.
Nothing will ever be fixed until you remove special interest money from politics. Our purchased conservative Supreme Court has made that impossible now. Democracy for now at least, doesn't exist. You are just a powerless as you feel. It will all start getting better when the global markets crash. They should have been allowed to crash 3 years ago and it is inevitable that it will.
Mr. BEN BRYCHTA would you have complained at all if the story from over 2,000 miles away was about a criminal having beaten a man to death? If the "thug" had been just an average citizen who committed such an act against a fellow citizen you'd be outraged no matter where the cime happened. You should equally be outraged when the crime is committed by supposedly well trained officers who've taken an oath to uphold the law. Otherwise, you're a hypocrit to the max!
Furthermore, you have cops committing crimes on par with and exceeding those being committed by street thugs. That doctor's oath, "First heal thyself" should especially apply to law enforcement officers. Perhaps even more so since they come into contact with citizens on a regular basis.


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By John B. Taylor

In 1977, Congress first gave the Federal Reserve a dual mandate to promote both "maximum employment" and "stable prices." At the Republican presidential debate on Sept. 12, the major candidates argued that the Fed should instead focus squarely on the goal of long-run price stability.

Responding to a question about the Fed, Rick Santorum said: "make it a single charter instead of a dual charter" institution, and no candidate disagreed. Most piled on. "Its focus needs to be narrowed," said Herman Cain. "We need to have a Fed that is working towards sound monetary policy," said Rick Perry. "The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to preserve the value of our currency," said Mitt Romney.

Some worry that a single focus on the goal of price stability would lead to more unemployment. But history shows just the opposite. A single mandate wouldn't stop the Fed from providing liquidity, or serving as lender of last resort, or reducing the interest rate in a financial crisis or a recession. But it would make it more difficult for the Fed to engage in the kinds of discretionary actions that frequently have resulted in higher unemployment.

Several times in the 1970s the Fed increased money growth, trying to reduce unemployment. But the unintended consequence was actually to increase joblessness: Higher and higher inflation rates eventually required a painful disinflation, with unemployment rising above 10 percent. From 2003 to 2005, the Fed kept interest rates extra low, partly out of concern about employment. But those extra-low rates exacerbated the housing boom, leading to a bust -- a big factor in the financial crisis that eventually caused a devastating increase in unemployment.

By contrast, for most of the 1980s and 1990s -- starting when Paul Volcker became chairman -- the Fed stressed the goal of price stability in its actions. The result was much lower unemployment than before or since.

The dual mandate language is based on an outmoded concept of a tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. Moreover, too many goals blur responsibility and accountability. The dual goal enables politicians to lean on the Fed, and people often cite it as an excuse for unconventional policies.

Indeed, one of the reasons for the growing interest in removing the dual mandate is the extraordinary discretionary actions the Fed has taken in the past few years -- including large-scale purchases of mortgage-backed securities and longer-term Treasuries, a strategy commonly called "quantitative easing."

The Fed has explicitly used the dual mandate to justify these unusual interventions. During the 1980s and 1990s, Fed officials rarely referred to the dual mandate (even in the early 1980s, with unemployment rates as high as today). When they did so, it was to make the point that achieving price stability was the surest way for monetary policy to keep unemployment down.

Research by Daniel Thornton of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis establishes these differences. Thornton traced references to the dual mandate in the written releases of the Federal Open Market Committee and documented a historically significant shift in its language. Until very recently, policy statements and directives from the Fed didn't explicitly mention the "maximum employment" part of the dual mandate in the Federal Reserve Act. The committee's members preferred to emphasize the goal of price stability and its role in creating strong economic and employment growth.

In fact, Thornton found no references to "maximum employment" in the Fed's written directives and statements from 1979, when Paul Volcker took over as Fed chair, until the end of 2008, just as the Fed was embarking on its first large-scale asset-purchase program, now known as QE1. It increased its references to maximum employment in the fall of 2010 as it embarked on QE2.

Some argue that a single mandate wouldn't have prevented the recent trend toward highly discretionary monetary policy. Professor Greg Mankiw of Harvard University argues that "If the Fed's mandate were different, monetary policy today might well be the same. That is, with inflation now below its target, the Fed could be pursuing QE2 even if it were operating under the proposed mono mandate."

But Thorton's careful historical research suggests otherwise.

(John B. Taylor is the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution.)

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