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I've been back around for a bit and realized I haven't seen mention of Operation Ward 57.
Operation Ward 57
These folks are legit and I've been trying to help them when I can. Even to the point of telling customers I'll knock off the cost of a shirt or blanket from their bill if it's donated to one of the guys.
The lady who runs this is a VA nurse who saw the need and decided to help.
Hits close to home for me and probably many here.
They try to take care of what the VA does not supply combat amputees and their families.


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Oooh, nice pic, Robert209! Is it a "genuine" Syma? What's the revision on the PCB? Just randomly curious 'cos if it flies well, that's good enough for me!
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@Robert209 : (and well, to everyone else in this thread) I apologize for propagating the idea that "genuine" symas are the only good ones. I stand by my statement that if it flies well and is can be maintained easily then that's all that matters. It seems that even among the "genuine" symas, there are variations in color design that seem to be "value added"(???) features, like these new symas on Amazon. These don't show up (AFAIK) on the official syma web sites, so I'm curious as to where they come from. However, I figure that as long as the PCB is S107R5 you're guaranteed functionality. Attractive canopies and blade colors are just a bonus.
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My main blades are basically cool for now, but maybe on the next order, I'll get along with the original color, get some black ones... -Rick |
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The PicooZ mod doesn't get around because it is worthless. If you have the need for speed, you might go that route. I have seen modded S107 so fast that it will strike its own blades and fall out of the sky. What's the fun in that? So, I'm done for speed. There is only so much speed you could get for an IR control coaxial that is designed to fly indoors, before you have to put on the brakes. Am I making sense?
If speed is what you want, you ought to eventually look somewhere else where it could fly outdoor for some elbow room and enjoy that speed. IMHO, IR coaxial just doesn't have the main ingredients for that kind of flying. But that's just me. I am here to discuss facts, and not to step on anyone who wants speed. To me, my S107 gives me the most enjoyable, relax, and precise indoor flying. I'm not afraid to take it to the hospital with me to cheer someone up there. Would I do that with some of my other outdoor flyers? Nooooo. So, I love my S107 for what it is for. So, I don't go crazy in modding it. |
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Researchers are working on stretchable batteries, bringing bendable devices closer to reality
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A group of researchers have create battery that is thin, flexible and stretchable up to 3 times its size. They've achieved the flexibility without comprising performance or power, which makes it a pretty exciting development towards flexible devices being an actual thing.
There are currently two approaches to this flexible technology, and both have their advantages. The first of which is the "pop-up" architecture which you see in the image above: These are small embedded circuits connected by wires and widely spaced. This allows for circuits, but actually doesn't work for a stretchable battery as that would need the components to be more tightly packed together.
The second concept uses long S-shaped wires that expand when stretched, then contract to their original position. Their shape also allows them to be placed in the small spaces between the components of a battery. Co-author of the study, Yonggang Huang from Northwestern University, describes it as being similar in a way to yarn:
"When we stretch the battery, the wavy interconnecting lines unfurl, much like yarn unspooling. And we can stretch the device a great deal and still have a working battery."
Pair this with Samsung's flexible Youm display technology [2], and we're getting closer than ever to seeing a working bendable phone! Why we would need such a thing, researchers have probably yet to figure out…
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Inherited color vision problems
Most color vision problems are inherited (genetic) problems with the cone cells in the eye that see color. Inherited color vision problems affect both eyes equally, are usually present at birth, and do not change during a person's life.
The most common color vision problems are inherited problems that make it harder to see red or green, so it becomes difficult to distinguish between shades of these two colors. This type of problem affects about 8% of males and less than 1% of females. A rare type of inherited problem that affects the way a person sees blue and yellow shades occurs equally in men and women.1
Types of inherited color vision problems
There are four main types of inherited color vision problems.
The most common type of color vision problem, called anomalous trichromacy, occurs in people who have all three types of cone cells (for seeing red, green, or blue) but are missing or have an abnormal amount of one type of cone cell, or one type has a flaw in the pigments that the cone cells use to sense color.
- People with this type can see all three colors—red, green, and blue—but not as well as people with normal color vision. That is, they see different shades of colors than people with normal color vision.
- The most common color vision problem is trouble seeing red and green. This problem varies greatly from person to person. Some people have only a little trouble seeing red and green, and they may not even know that they have a color vision problem. Other people may have a very hard time seeing red and green.
Another type of color vision problem, called dichromacy, occurs when one of the three types of cone cells is missing. That is, a person can only see two of the three colors.
- Most people with this color vision problem can tell the difference between blues and yellows but have trouble seeing reds and greens. (A very few people in this category can see reds and greens but not blues and yellows.)
- People with this type of problem have more serious color vision problems compared with the first type (anomalous trichromacy).
The third type of inherited color vision problem, called blue-cone monochromacy, occurs when two of the cone cells (red and green) are missing.
- This problem affects only boys and men.
- Distance vision is often poor, and boys with this condition may have shaky eyes (nystagmus).
- A boy or man with blue-cone monochromacy relies only on his blue cones for color vision.
The fourth main type of inherited color vision problem, called achromatopsia, occurs when all three types of cone cells are missing.
- A person with this color vision problem cannot see any color, only shades of gray, black, and white.
- People who have this type of color vision problem may also have other vision problems, such as poor distance and reading vision and sensitivity to light (photophobia).
- This type of color vision problem is the rarest and most severe.
- This is also called rod monochromacy, because the person must rely on the eye's rod cells for vision.
Genetics of inherited color vision problems
Most color vision problems are inherited flaws in the genes that control the production of the cone pigments of the cone cells in the eye that see color.
The genes for the cone cells involved in seeing red and green colors are on the X chromosome. Females have two X chromosomes. Males have only one X chromosome and a Y chromosome, and they receive their X chromosome from their mother.
- A male will have a red/green color vision problem if the flawed gene is on his single X chromosome. A female must have the flawed gene on both X chromosomes to cause color vision problems, and this happens much less often.
- A woman who is carrying a gene for this type of color vision problem has a 50% chance of passing it on to her sons (because they will receive one of her two X chromosomes). Her daughters will have the color vision problem if they receive the flawed gene on the X chromosome from both the mother and the father. This is much less likely to happen.
- A woman may carry the gene for red/green color vision problems without being affected but may pass the gene on to her children. This is why a color vision problem may "skip" a generation in families that have a history of color vision problems.
The genes for the cone pigments involved in seeing blue colors are not on the X chromosome but on a non-sex chromosome that both males and females have. This means blue color vision problems occur equally often in males and females. However, these types of color vision problems are relatively rare.
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Those who watched Charlie Brooker's 'Black Mirror', were no doubt transfixed by the futuristic realism of the plots, and the creation of worlds that are uncomfortably similar to our own. You will have no doubt been impressed by the VFX (well, those that you noticed) that created the settings on which the plots to unfolded, and of course a considerable amount of the action!
For such a contribution, we can thank MPC who, continuing their fruitful creative relationship with channel 4, worked their didgital mastery on the series, and who have kindly agreed to work on the highly anticipated second series.
MPC's Michael Gregory commented "It was great to work with 4Creative again after the success of series one. It was another awesome script – with a lot of different VFX required as ever and we had a lot of room to be creative"
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Recloose On His DJ Career: "Expect To See Me in the Club Well Into My 60s"
What can you tell us about your DJ and Electronic Music Production program at Auckland's Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand? What sort of education do your students receive there?
I've been program-leading and teaching here now for four years. While we focus a lot of energy on technical skills (production and DJing), our larger goal is to encourage original artistry. We do this by first explaining to students just how much competition is out there (especially with the proliferation of laptop producers and DJs) and how important it is to set yourself apart from the pack with original ideas and music. Through their production and DJ work, we give them feedback on how they might develop their sound and test the bounds of their personal "comfort zones." We also spend a lot of time looking at the pioneers of electronic music and DJing -- using them as examples for the type of radical imagination our own students must exhibit to be successful in this field.
You're also working on your masters program at the Institute. How do you plan to apply this education to your career in the future? Do you see yourself eventually transitioning to a full-time academic type of role, if and when you get tired of the club scene?
I've been spending the last year interviewing artists, reading and writing about music -- and Detroit music in particular. All of these activities feed into my own inspiration, challenge me, and keep me learning. It also gives me other outlets to forge a career and earn money. But having said that, I don't think I'd be a very good academic if I wasn't also a practicing artist. So expect my to see me in the club well into my 60s.
Your Fingertips label has been kind of quiet lately. What do you have in store for the label in the future?
Fingertips has always been pretty quiet. To date, we've only really done a few projects: a live recording of the band in 2007 and a Hit It & Quit It radio compilation in 2011. I am always amazed at (and maybe jealous of) artists who can juggle their own labels on top of everything else. It is no easy feat. Chalk it up to having kids? I'm making excuses now.
So what can we expect from you next? Any forthcoming projects or releases?
I've just completed remixes for Motor City Drum Ensemble (release imminent) and one for Funkadelic's "Sexy Ways" that will appear on a Westbound-commissioned remix compilation featuring some of Detroit's finest producers. Beyond that, I'm working on original material for labels Rush Hour and Delusions of Grandeur, as well as setting up some studio collaborations that I'm not at liberty to expand on, but I'm very excited about. I'll keep you updated via my website recloose.com.
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It has been 10 years since the federal government raised its minimum wage to the current $5.15. Back then, an hour worked would buy four gallons of gas. Today…only two.
According to the Iowa Policy Project, more than 250-thousand Iowans, about 18 percent of the workforce, earn less than $7.25 an hour, the level sought by Democrats in Congress and the Iowa legislature. But there are other challenging and more complex economic issues confronting lawmakers. Indeed, raising the minimum wage is likely the least contentious matter on the current economic agenda.
There are thousands of Iowans toiling at minimum wage, but even in the state's poorest reaches, most workers are laboring for more money. For example, in the southern Iowa community of Melrose, the town's commercial mainstay, the Melrose market, a restaurant and grocery, workers make more than the proposed minimum.
Darlene McLey: With the high school and college girls, it depends on their experience. If they've done it before, they can make $7 an hour and they can keep the tips. My cooks I pay $9 an hour because they know what they're doing. And it varies from $5.50 to $9 an hour.
Mundt: Melrose has seen more prosperous days, but the community is stable. Its commercial district is now owned by either the city or by a not-for-profit preservation group. Melrose may be dormant, but it's not decaying.
Darlene McLey: My biggest customers are all the people that live in this community. They take care of us very well.
Mundt: The Melrose market is part of what economists label as the service and hospitality sector of the economy. Its clientele ranges from tourists heading for lake rathburn; hunters heading for the field; farmers, residents like the local green hat society; and even the railroad. Trains stop so crews can carry out the market's half-pound burgers. While most Iowa business owners are not greatly concerned about a higher minimum wage, many do say they are pressured by property tax trends. To counter inflation nearly three decades ago, the legislature enacted a law restricting the growth of residential and farm property values for tax purposes to no more than 4 percent annually. The legislation required that the department of revenue make adjustments to ensure that the 4-percent limit was in place. To that end so-called rollbacks, portions of the market value of residential and farm properties, were removed from taxation. Over the course of years, the taxable share of the market value for residential property has fallen dramatically. Today two properties with the same market value, one residential, one commercial, will carry markedly different tax burdens. That is a disturbing trend to the state's urban-based businesses, but not so much to rural entrepreneurs.
Doug McLey: It's not as bad down here for us.
Darlene McLey: There's no money here. I mean in southern Iowa, we're one of the lowest tax rated there is.
Mundt: But Doug and Darlene McLey say their area doesn't demand much tax funding and the market value of their property is less than it might be if it were in urban Iowa. While minimum wage and commercial property tax trends are not important issues to Melrose's main business, both owners and staff, including the town's mayor, Christine judge, say the rising cost of health insurance could become a critical matter. Currently Melrose market employees are covered by spousal benefits. Doug and Darlene are covered by Doug's National Guard retirement benefits. The McLeys fear the cost of health insurance could become a factor in their business's wages, and they view it as a deterrent to those who might want to start or expand a business.
Doug McLey: I was reading one of our magazines that we usually get in our business, you know, and what it costs for health coverage and this and that, and it's terrible.
Darlene McLey: I can't imagine a whole family. That would be $500 to $800 a month. It would be as much as your house payment.
Mundt: Mayor Judge says the scarcity of jobs with health benefits is already affecting the area's labor pool.
Judge: I worry about the younger people. I have younger, you know, young adults, and that's one of their main considerations. And I worry about the upcoming classes. You know, heck, you can get a job, but if the benefits aren't there -- I think it's very important.
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The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, on Tuesday demanded firm diplomatic action from the Centre to stop the frequent attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy.
The Sri Lankan envoy in New Delhi should be summoned to lodge India's strong protest against the attacks.
Replying to a special mention by Opposition members in the Assembly, Ms. Jayalalithaa said attacks on fishermen continued unabated due to the inability of the Union government, which, perhaps, considered Tamil Nadu fishermen as those from outside India.
While reiterating her demand for abrogation of the maritime boundary agreement between India and Sri Lanka in 1974, under which Kachatheevu fell on the Sri Lankan side, she pointed out that though the treaty ensured that the two nations could exercise their traditional rights in their maritime boundaries, Sri Lankan Navy's attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen were on the rise. Despite her repeated pleas to the Prime Minister since 1991 for retrieval of Kachatheevu or, as a minimum measure, lease in perpetuity to get fishing rights for the State's fishermen, no action had been initiated so far.
Accusing former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi of failing to bring pressure on the union government to retrieve Kachatheevu, Ms. Jayalalithaa said the former Chief Minister forgot the issue after he came back to power in 2006. However, he had passed a resolution in the TESO conference on August 12, 2012, for regaining control of Kachatheevu by India and creating a naval base either in Dhanushkodi or Mandapam Camp.
Expressing concern over four incidents of attack on Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy in the last one month, she said Kachatheevu should be annexed with India if a permanent solution was to be found to the fishermen issue.
She had filed a petition in the Supreme Court in 2008 seeking to declare the Kachatheevu treaty as null and void and the State's Revenue Department had been included as a party in it.
A petition for expeditious hearing of the case had been filed in 2012, Ms. Jayalalithaa said and expressed confidence that she would be able to find a permanent solution through legal means to the fishermen issue also, as in the Cauvery river water dispute.
Earlier, speaking on the motion, 'Anitha' R. Radhakrishnan of the DMK said an atmosphere should be created for Tamil Nadu fishermen to continue with their occupation without fear.
P. Mahalingam of CPI (M) drew the attention of the House to the tension and fear stalking the fishermen community in Nagapattinam. K. Ulaganathan of CPI called for firm steps from the Centre to stop the attacks.
A. Ganeshkumar of PMK appealed to the State government to initiate action against the attacks using the Coastal Security Group as no action was forthcoming from the Centre.
M. H. Jawahirullah of the MMK described fishing as the most hazardous job in Tamil Nadu today.


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Posted by Jennifer Sokolowski on April 7, 2011 02:00 PM
Beer lovers celebrating the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at the end of this month will have several special brews to choose from as English brewers tout their ties the royal event.
The Windsor & Eton Brewery, for example, has come out with a Windsor Knot beer, which was created with barbecues and street celebrations in mind, Master brewer Paddy Johnson told Reuters.
"We tried to design a beer that's light in flavour and colour, so that it will appeal to a lot of people, but has also got a very memorable flavour to it," he said. Much like the royal wedding, in fact.
Windsor and Eton Director Will Calvert pointed out that the beer, available bottled and on tap, is a perfect fit for the royal wedding, with Windsor being Prince William's surname and Eton being where he and his brother, Harry, went to school. One beer review describes the taste, fittingly, as "sweet."
Meanwhile, JW Lees brewery, based in Middleton, Manchester, is using the bride's surname as the basis for a celebratory brew, Middleton's, that features a photo of the royal couple on the label. The beer is available at JW Lees pubs, the Manchester Evening News reported.
"This is an opportunity for everyone from the community to get behind the royal wedding. It's a fine-quality product like the people who are getting married and it's good to celebrate the occasion," said head brewer Michael Lees-Jones.
The beer doesn't stop there, though. Brewer Greene King has also created a Celebration Ale in honor of the nuptials.
"We hope that Britain's national drink, real ale, will be on offer at the royal wedding reception," Greene King Brewing & Brands Managing Director Euan Venters said.
If the royals want real ale, they will also be able to choose from Adnams Southwold's Royal Wedding Ale and Better Half ale from Wadworth brewery in Devizes, Wiltshire.
Other royal wedding brews on tap include Kiss Me Kate, a pale beer from Nottingham's Castle Rock Brewery that head brewer Adrian Redgrove said is "elegant, tasteful and British to the core," and Marston's Brewery's Perfect Union — a brew approved by the Duke of Kent, no less.
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ITC rules that Samsung infringed on key Apple patents, older products facing ban
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The US International Trade Commission has ruled that Samsung has infringed on two key Apple patents. The result is an import ban against some of Samsung's older products, with the company having a 60-day Presidential review period similar to that of Apple's recent situation [2].
But while the ban on Apple's products was eventually vetoed, it is highly unlikely the same will happen for Samsung. This is because Samsung's patent violations do not involve standard-essential patents. Apple released a statement to AllThingsD, praising the ITC for "protecting real innovation":
"With today's decision, the ITC has joined courts around the world in Japan, Korea, Germany, Netherlands and California by standing up for innovation and rejecting Samsung's blatant copying of Apple's products," Apple said. "Protecting real innovation is what the patent system should be about."
Despite the ruling, the legal battles between the two companies are far from over. A trial is scheduled in November for a redetermination of the amount (originally $1.5 billion) that Samsung must pay Apple for winning a major patent lawsuit last year.
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"...its impact could cost the economy up to a percentage point of growth in 2013."
What a crock.
AMERICA managed, more or less, to avoid tumbling over (running into?) the fiscal cliff, but there is still an awful lot of fiscal tightening programmed for 2013. The tax deal struck to start the year extended most of the Bush tax cuts and delayed the sequester, but the stimulative payroll tax cut was allowed to expire, and is now taking a hefty bite out of paychecks. The delayed sequester is now scheduled to hit in March; its impact could cost the economy up to a percentage point of growth in 2013. Should America be worried about the rapid pace of fiscal consolidation?
Stipulate first that this is no way to handle fiscal policy. America's strategy has been to try and fail to reach budget deals, then to threaten itself with clunky automatic cuts if it can't reach a deal, and then to allow most of those automatic cuts to occur in lieu of a deal. Very little of the stuff everyone agrees ought to happen to the American budget—tax reform, more public investment, efforts to rein in health-cost growth, and so on—is actually materialising. Instead the path of least political resistence is the order of the day.
Further, there is very little reason to think that short-run deficit cutting is a good idea. IMF research suggests that under current conditions, with slack in the economy and the central bank's policy rate close to zero, the multiplier on government spending may be higher than normal. Rates on American government debt are at historically low levels despite steady economic growth. And the Congressional Budget Office now reckons that deficits will fall dramatically to 2014 to near primary balance, leading to stabilisation in the level of public debt to GDP by the middle of the decade.
Acknowledging the above but recognising that the sequester is set to happen automatically and may well come to pass, how should we think about these cuts? In a New York Times column, Tyler Cowen argues that with a bit of tweaking the sequester wouldn't be quite so bad as policy. I'm somewhat sympathetic to this view. Defence spending isn't great stimulus, and given the need for defence cuts and how difficult it is, politically, to make them happen, I'm a little reluctant to pass on the chance to rein in military budgets.
The key question, then, is whether the cuts can go through at acceptable economic cost. Mr Cowen makes a useful point in favour of the defence sequester. While low bond yields indicate little risk of government borrowing crowding out private investment, the market for college-educated workers is considerably tighter, and defence ends up soaking up a healthy number of such workers (directly and through contracts). The multiplier on military spending might then be expected to be relatively low.
But it is also important to take into account the direct effect of any government outlay on government borrowing, for several reasons. First, as my colleague has argued, reduced American borrowing amounts to reduce creation of safe collateral, which could exacerbate a safe-asset shortage, potentially destabilising financial markets and setting back recovery.
More generally, America's economy seems to be suffering (perhaps not exclusively but meaningfully) from a shortage of demand. There is, in other words, an excess supply of saving. Government borrowing has been acting to mitigate some of the damage from excess saving; but for that, the market-clearing real interest rate would probably be even more negative than it already is, further complicating the Fed's job.
As for that, there are hints that the Fed's changing framework is giving it more traction at the zero lower bound (and/or that the real interest rate is becoming steadily less negative, which one would expect as private actors make progress deleveraging). A quick and dirty sense of the Fed's control over the economy can be gleaned from measures of inflation expectations. Here's one, taken from the difference in nominal and inflation-protected Treasury yields:
The Fed has done a better job keeping expectations (this is 5-years ahead) above 2%. That's been true even in early 2013, when it has been clear that a steady dose of fiscal tightening would in fact be hitting. There are certainly other things going on; one could say that what we're actually seeing is a reduction in euro-crisis fears and that expectations would be even higher without the prospect of austerity. And one would probably be right.
Given the spit-and-duct-tape nature of American budgeting these days, one has to make difficult choices. My strong preference would be to restore the payroll tax cut, even to cut rates by more and possibly link the rate to unemployment. (To satisy those worried about Social Security's finances you could set the stabilisation path such that the full-employment payroll-tax rate is higher than the current rate.) I'd also be trying to borrow to fund any public investment that looks like it might generate a positive return. Goodness knows America has plenty enough of those.
But the sequester involves the application of Keynesian considerations to decidedly sticky budget line items. Where the payroll-tax cut could quite reasonably be expected to lapse as the economy improves (before it improves enough, as it happens), we can't count on defence cuts being back on the table in a few years. Taking that into consideration alongside the Fed's recent actions I'm not at all convinced that the sequester hitting would be a net negative for America. It's not the policy I'd choose. But that is basically never a realistic possibility.
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"...its impact could cost the economy up to a percentage point of growth in 2013."
What a crock.
Fiscal deficit isn't the cause of current financial troubles in the U. S.; rather deficit is the outcome of not efficiently allocating available scarce economic resources (land, labour, materials, minerals, capital, entrepreneurship). Only such economic activities should be carried out (not only in the U. S. but in each country) which is beneficial to the society. For example, choices of producing goods and services be decided based on the opportunity cost to optimise resource utilisation. But such an economic planning and implementation is not to be seen in any country. Note that money or capital alone can't ensure an economic balance. Such a balance can only be maintained by utilising the various resources efficiently. After all, resources are the "underlying" that need a careful study and handling for a balanced economic living or economic equilibrium. A sub-optimal resource utisation is bound to give undesirable economic results like deficit, recession, inflation, poor monetary and fiscal policy.
"And the Congressional Budget Office now reckons that deficits will fall dramatically to 2014 to near primary balance, leading to stabilisation in the level of public debt to GDP by the middle of the decade."
Oh c'mon...that sentence is blatantly disingenuous. The CBO goes on to predict that, absent any action by the federal government to reduce entitlement spending, the deficits will increase significantly beginning in 2018. How could they not? The population of those over 65 will (according to the Social Security Administration) increase almost 35% in the decade of the 2020s and another more than 30% in the decade of the 2030s. The CBO predicts that entitlement spending and interest on the resultant debt will crowd out all other federal spending.
To imply that the deficit problem will be resolved by the middle of this decade is just dishonest.
It's 78 million babyboomers [those born between 1946 and 1962], out of a total population of about 350 million. About 22 % of the population will retire, thus start collecting Social Security and start using Medicare.
Since both programs constitute almost 50% of the yearly federal budget, the politicians elected to run the country really have to do something about it.
Democrats don't want to do something about it, because the seniors rely upon those programs both for a monthly guaranteed income and medical "insurance".Thus they are voters.
Republicans want to do something about them because 22% of the population will be retirees, and historically, the senior citizens vote, enmass.
Rep. Ryan wants to eliminate 50% of the babyboomers from the entitlement programs, by moving those age 54 and younger don't get Social Security or Medicare, rather get 401K and a voucher to buy medical insurance.
It's politics, and about voters, it's not about financially what's financially affordable and for the good of the American people.
The senior population (65+) in the US as a percentage of total population is now at an all time historical high...13% (according to the 2010 census). That percentage will increase to 19% by 2030 and 22% by 2050....and those 85 and older as a percentage of the senior population will increase from 14% currently to 22% by 2050. The dependency ratio (number of seniors to every 100 people 20 to 64 years old) is projected to climb rapidly from 22 in 2010 to 35 in 2030.
"Even if they're a positive economic force, the baby boomers will still have different kinds of needs than the younger population does," says Wm. Frey of the Brookings Institute. "That dichotomy may bring up contentious issues in elections: Should resources go toward schools and affordable housing for younger people or should it go toward senior services?"
Until the Economist can detail how Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, rest of Europe, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Philippines, Israel,Canada, etc,etc can defend a theater conflict without the US military in the lead, cutting defense much more than the 800 Billion already cut under this administration (that's right - 800 billion already on the books - oh that's right - how quickly it's forgotten), talk of additional defense cuts demonstrates an astounding ignorance of US and world security issues. These countries have willingly put the US in the lead role for military security for several generations now. Would you trust Japan, South Korea and Australia to be able to prevent eventual China regional domination in the part of the world that will account for the majority of world trade in the next 20 years? Our grateful friends in France couldn;t even mobilize 10 fighter jets to Mali without US military assistance. Oh, and how soon we forget how the US had to lead from behind in NATO's "lead" role in suppressing Gaddhafi in Libya a few years ago. For these so called experts like Tyler Cowen and types like Alice Rivlin who have no expertise whatsoever in military and security strategy and tactics to breezily call for cuts to the US defense budget without describing the detailed implications is irresponsible.
If any of them had accompanied their analysis with detailed analysis of the effect on implementation, only then would they have any credibility. They would probably fnd that there is still nor "free lunch".
under bush jnr (2000 budget), defense spending was .33 Trillion; the 2012 budget had defense spending at .93 Trillion.
between 1986 and 2000, defense spending was consistently under .33 Trillion.
between 2000 and 2009 defense spending grew from .33 Trillion to .8 Trillion.
between 2009 and 2012, it grew from .8 Trillion to .93 Trillion
If we (us) were able to meet our 'commitments' all those years whilst spending less than .33 Trillion, i am quite sure we could cut .6 Trillion and still maintain our readiness.
In addition, the us government (2012) had to borrow a little over $1 Trillion. Were we to cut .6 Trillion from the budget, our borrowing needs would drop to .4 Trillion.
(source of figures: http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/)
the defense department is routinely unable to account for 100s of billions of dollars in spent funds (per auditors from the gao).
under bush jnr (2000 budget), defense spending was .33 Trillion; the 2012 budget had defense spending at .93 Trillion.
between 1986 and 2000, defense spending was consistently under .33 Trillion.
between 2000 and 2009 defense spending grew from .33 Trillion to .8 Trillion.
between 2009 and 2012, it grew from .8 Trillion to .93 Trillion
If we (us) were able to meet our 'commitments' all those years whilst spending less than .33 Trillion, i am quite sure we could cut .6 Trillion and still maintain our readiness.
In addition, the us government (2012) had to borrow a little over $1 Trillion. Were we to cut .6 Trillion from the budget, our borrowing needs would drop to .4 Trillion.
(source of figures: http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/)
the defense department is routinely unable to account for 100s of billions of dollars in spent funds (per auditors from the gao).
This reply simply proves the point in my original post that bean-counting unaccompanied by analysis of global and national security based on real credentials is vacuous at best. Any analysis of the impact of sequestration on national security and military readiness cannot be explained by simple arithmetic and vague references to one's own "surety".
see above
Israel receives not $3billion but $6billion EVERY YEAR in civil and military so-called aid and loan guarantees. It is NOT required to account for the use of these monies. It can and does use them for various unknown expenditure which could be political, civil or military. Some is used to buy US made hardware.
Many Israelis have a higher standard of living than the majority of Americans. The entire concept of giving unaccountable monies from the US tax payer to a prosperous foreign state at the demand of the AIPAC lobby is a scandal of huge proportions. That's scary!
Don't forget the additional billions given to Egypt, which, in effect, are protection monies paid to keep Egypt at peace with Israel.
I say let the sequester happen. Then we will see if all this pontification about the detriment to the economy is correct. If the sequester costs us one percentage point of growth, it will hardly be noticed next to Obama's massive buildup of regulations, and incentives for people to go on the dole instead of working. Deficits do matter, because they create debt. We are dangerously close to the point of no return, if not already there, on our debt.
Saying that the government deficit will resolve itself assumes that the economy will improve. Under the current policies, we can expect our economy to do nothing of the sort. Indeed, this very publication has tried to cast a nice rosy light on the fact that there was a contraction in the 4th qtr of 2012. One more qtr like that one constitutes a recession.
I would like to know who this Tyler Cowen is, and how he became such an informed authority on our economy. That "The Economist" takes their information from a New York Times columnist, gives me pause.
Actually, defence has been a boon for the economy in many areas of the country for years. It is also one of the few areas of government spending we can actually see something to show for it. It is also one of the few areas the federal government is supposed to have a hand in.
The bottom line is, what this economy needs to grow again, is what The Economist, and this Presidential administration continues to ignore. It needs to know the rules of the game, long term, so that those who are inclined to invest in business, can determine if they stand to profit. Until the rules stop changing, no sane person will be investing in anything.
in reality the beneficiaries of defense spending are the defense contractors and military personnel.
in the aggregate, building a road or bridge would have a greater overall to the economy than building a new $1 billion bomber.
Perhaps you are being a little short sighted in your statement. Both of your examples of public spending have potential to benefit the local economies where they occur. The employees of the defense contractors, and the military personnel spend money in their local economies, thereby benefitting the greater economy. The construction workers that build the roads and bridges spend money as well. It may be difficult to quantify the value of a road or bridge to the economy, though I agree it is great.
A strong military may be equally difficult to quantify in its value to the economy, but it does have definite value, and unlike roads and bridges, it is a responsibility of the federal government, as outlined in the Constitution.
personally, having served as a us marine, i support the military.
however, i have issues with the defense contractors who milk both the taxpayer and the pentagon.
your point about defense spending benefiting the local economy is valid, and truth be told, due to national security concerns, defense contractors are far less likely to export us jobs (when i worked as an engineer for a very large telco, we had to get clearance to provide certain encryption protocols to foreign clients).
however, i am not too inclined to make the claim that spending on defense would provide a greater fiscal stimulus than public works projects. i will take it upon myself to delve further into this, such that i have facts and not preconceptions.
Building a bridge or road also has the esteemed effect of adding to the continuing costs of maintaining that bridge or road. That maintenance is a good part of the current fact we can't afford to maintain the roads and bridges we have. And, work on infrastructure repair employs a hugely different kind of employee, both with antique skill sets (no BSs for leaning on a shovel, and is Civil Engr considered anything but bottom of the engineering food chain) and road gypsy lifestyle.
Military gear can easily be mothballed or, as in the case of so many federal projects, just dropped when the need no longer exists. I've seen more than my share of federal project 'things' just left by the wayside, but I've rarely seen a bridge/road roped off.
Defense spending also drives research; just how much more research is needed to build another road or bridge, and how sell-able is that anywhere else in the World (again, anyone can lean on a shovel). DARPA started the internet, not ASCE.
Almost 80 years ago, FDR's New Deal, which is government stimulus, was supposed to pull America out of economic depression. While a myrid of public works projects put some people "back to work", and gave america the added public benefits of available & affordable electricty, water, sewer systems, government stimulus didn't energize America's economy and end economic depression. It was America's entry into WWII and afterwards Truman's Keynesian economics where the Federal Government became the single largest buyer of America products [the military industrial complex], that brought America out of economic depression and kept America from slipping back into economic depression. It also is responsible for the "America" , it's standard of living, it's culture and society today.
Politicians believed that if they end the cold war [thus end keynesian economic theory, used that money elsewhere, and relied upon "technology" to fuel economic growth, America would continue being the strongest economy in the world. The result is America today.
So economic stimulus isn't the panacea for a struggling economy. While it may forstall economic decline, it doesn't fix underlying economic problems, just as it didn't fix underlying economic problems almost 80 years ago. For economic advisers and so called economic experts to advise politicians that "stimulus" will make the economy grow, is to ignor the real underlying problems of a service based economy, consumer based economy.
so your solution is to waste billions of dollars to build bombs and fighter jets and tanks that have 0 economic value?
I didn't say the "military industrial complex" is the solution, all I said was my viewpoint of the fundamental change in American economics. I cited Roosevelt's administration's New Deal, Truman's Keynesian economics that America operated under for almost 60 years, up to Reagan's administration, and the end of that economic model in the mid 1980s, to an economic model that is service based. That today's Federal Government has yet to replace the old Keynesian economic model for an industrial America, to a economic model for a service based economy that employs a large population of middle class wage workers, thus maintains America's standard of living for the general population.
Government stimulus doesn't solve the economics of employing large numbers of a population, and keep them employed while mitigating the swings of supply and demand ups and downs of private enterprise which inherently provides instability in employment.
A political mutant of the invisible hand seems to have grabbed the body politic by the throat (pandemic Dr. Strangelove syndrome). Elections are where unsatisfactory performance is punished, but incumbent return remains high. We have met the enemy, and he is us -- Pogo
The best thing about the sequester? It forces the obstructionist Democratic party to actually prioritize their social spending. No budget for four years and you call the GOP obstructionist?
no budget for four years? Excuse me, but how does the government continue to function in the absence of an approved annual budget? I have heard the same argument from several viewers of Fox News, but passing the budget is the Congress' job.
Furthermore, discretionary non defence spending is roughly 5% of GDP. Democrats have hardly created a European style socialist utopia!
The House (Republican controlled) has been consistently passing a budget only to have it rejected by the Senate (Democrat controlled). The government has been forced to get by on temporary spending bills.
Mk6JNWJBdK, an approved budget is not required to fund government operations. Funding by continuing resolutions has been going on for four years, in the absence of approved budgets. The government is currently operating under the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Pub.L. 112–175), which provides funding through March 27, 2013. It was signed by President Obama on September 28, 2012. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_resolution
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Another sad gloomy day? Stocks ended a quiet session with slight moves on Monday as investors found few reasons to keep pushing shares higher following a six-week advance, though the longer-term trend was still viewed as positive. The benchmark index is up more 6.4 percent in 2013, putting both the S&P 500 and Dow industrials near multi-year highs. The S&P is less than 4 percent from its all-time intraday high of 1,576.09, hit in October 2007. "This is still a market that looks terrific, but when you're up for six weeks in a row, everyone is going to want to take a pause going into the seventh week even if there is no bad news out there," said Eric Kuby, chief investment officer at North Star Investment Management in Chicago. Volume was light, with about 4.812 billion shares changing hands on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and NYSE MKT, well below the daily average so far this year of about 6.48 billion shares. Wall Street was modestly lower throughout the session but regained some ground in the final hour of trading as Google Inc (GOOG.O) rebounded off earlier losses. Shares of the Internet search giant dipped 0.4 percent to $782.42, recovering from earlier declines of 1 percent after the company said in a filing former chief executive Eric Schmidt is selling roughly 42 percent of his stake in the company. Also in the tech space, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) rose up 1 percent to $479.93 after the New York Times reported the iPhone maker was experimenting with the design of a device similar to a wristwatch The Federal Reserve's Vice Chair Janet Yellen, seen as a potential successor to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke next year, said the Fed is still aggressively stimulating an anaemic U.S. economic recovery that has failed to bring rapid progress on employment. I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA
Even the IMF -- THE IMF -- which last week said that austerity was damaging, has labeled the US fiscally profligate. A new IMF study looks back at fiscal policy around the world since 1800 and finds that the US was fiscally profligate from 2009-11 (Also France, 2002-11 and others). The result is in Table 13 of the study:
Washington Post Article
you clearly didn't read the working paper by the IMF. Thanks for the link, I did get to read it.
Excess supply of saving? Have you checked the retirement savings of your average 55 year old? You need to read your own articles.
It's important to understand, and most people do not, that the sequester barely results in a reduction in nominal federal spending spending (it is probably about equal to real spending from last year). The "cut" is from America's baseline budgeting approach, which assumes government programs grow at various rates, mostly slightly above inflation and population growth.
Contrary to the claim in this post, there will not actually be a reduction in aggregate federal government spending as a result of the sequester, though it may be slightly smaller as a percentage of the economy. It is hard to see how that could have much economic effect on an economy as big as the U.S.'s, although obviously some local and industry-specific economies will be significantly affected.
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - John F. Kennedy
I miss that America.
The old ABC song, "That was then, but this is now" comes to mind.
Fruit's grown rotten on the bough
Reap what you sow, with a counterfeit plough
Yeah, yeah, yeah
"Let every banker know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any regulation to assure the survival and the success of the financial system."
Tell that to family members of the 50,000 KIAs in Vietnam.
Meanwhile, Bush43 and Cheney got out of a nice South Vietnam vacation.
Then the draft was ended.
Reagan had a better policy. During the Iran-Iraq war we supplied both sides with arms or data. That allowed them to keep busy for a while.
Now, we are basically broke.
Having wasted our military and finance on defending the export nations, the sea lanes, etc., since WWII.
Yes, and we sacrificed our own liberty (and much more) for the sake of those grandiose commitments to others who more often than not didn't request them. Now what?
The best thing about the sequester? It hits Base Republicans hard! This will teach them to be obstructionist. They need a wakeup call.
The GOP has been advocating policies detrimental to its male white working class base for decades. Don't worry, they will continue to blame Obama.
R.A. argues well that sequestration would not be especially harmful -- although, certainly, not a boon! He laments that "the path of least political resistence is the order of the day." Twas ever thus!
Politics in America (as in most countries) does not consist of philosopher-kings and enlightened discourse. It consists of the bump and grind of interests. Because public reporting is near an all time low in America, voters are fed a steady diet of "obstructionism" and "refusal to compromise" as what afflicts both politics and economics today. We are at that "low" because the reporting is so mindlessly partisan. If the GOP refuses to raise taxes then it is being "obstructionist" and will not "compromise." If the Democrats refuse to cut social programs they, on the other hand, are "protecting America's most vulnerable."
The collision of the Tea Party with go-along to get-along DC politics is actually a sign of seriousness in the American polity. Its prescriptions may not be correct but it at least challenges conventional wisdom. Similarly the sequestrations are nothing more than spending cuts agreed upon by Congress and signed into law by President Obama.
The sequestrations may be a meat-cleaver but we are past the point at which a gentle nick from a scalpel will suffice. The whole thing may be messy and leave a lot of blood mixed with the sawdust on the floor but it IS an attempt to reduce the deficit.
We ought to thank R.A. for treating the sequestrations as something other than the End of the World. But, perhaps he could give credit where credit is due. Somebody's ox is going to have to be gored if we are to get the federal budget under control. Well . . . the ox targeted by sequestration (largely defense) is as good as any other so why not start there?
Mr. Obama got his huge tax increase last month. It was probably a sound idea for the country as a whole. Now, let's gore someone else's ox and cut spending. No one ever said, after all, that there had to be anything pretty about a gored ox.
Is any part of the budget subject to a return on investment (ROI) calculations? If not, wouldn't it be useful information for all expenditures? No doubt there would be extended, emotionally based disagreement on the way the calculation was done, but isn't that what is happening now?
It's desperately American - the only way to get overdue cuts in spending on the war machine, is through the deranged blunt instrument of a 'sequester', another Republican 'Trojan Horse' gift to a fragile global economy. We thank you.
Other cuts in spending are in the wrong places, and at the wrong time - and why is austerity so popular with TE? Life is not a bed of roses for Greeks and many Europeans, and it never was. The Fed is sitting on $3 trillion bonds which will balloon to 15 within a decade - why not pay off some national debt with that printed money fat, instead of screwing over the American taxpayer and worker?
The US lets its central bankers off, way too easily.
After reading both this and the Tyler Cowen columns, I'm at a loss.
The issue that neither seems to address is the impact of sequester-induced layoffs on a recovery that is constrained by ongoing deleveraging. If the result is a lower GDP trajectory over the coming years, even putting aside other considerations there is a real possibility that the debt-to-GDP ratio would not improve all that much, or might even worsen.
Spending-to-GDP is already falling, and has been for a couple of years now, courtesy the modest recovery. In general the fiscal trends are positive, i.e. quite sustainable as the recovery gains traction. To risk that bird in the hand, the two in the bush had better be pretty fat, well-known, and slow-moving.
Consumption spending that makes up so much of GDP is a very low-leverage basis on which to finance our debt. What we need is a different measure -- perhaps debt-to-production in tradeable sectors would be more useful in terms of understanding our debt load (although I doubt it would be more optimistic).
And if there were government layoffs, wouldn't that mean that those resources are being left (not taxed or borrowed) to the private economy, thus holding out the likely prospect of such jobs being promptly re-created outside of government? One could also argue that given the disparity of compensation relative to productivity, we'd see a higher number of private jobs in relation to the number of public jobs reduced (in addition to more real productivity in the economy).
Not to flog a dead horse, but there is already too much underutilized capacity, due to lack of demand, which is due in no small part to excessive consumer debt and unemployment. More layoffs, public or private, aren't likely to help this. And as a businessman, I can say that the only way falling employment helps me is by making it somewhat easier to keep the employees I already have in line without wage increases.
Very well written but it assumes that government layoffs will result in
increased private sector jobs. The myth of government workers being
overpaid is just a myth. When these lower paid workers ARE let go
there will be shockingly higher saleries for these new private sector
jobs resulting in higher unemployment--but seeing this Fact is
ignored will result in less confidence (yes it could go even lower
yes) in Conservative government. Probably, one consequence would be
private sector economists seeking jobs in the USA government--
ironically in lower paying Department of Labor economist jobs.
Government spending, whether funded by taxes or borrowing, removes real wealth from private hands--increasing waste and malinvestment. It's a fallacy that the elite illuminati can make better decisions (from a collective prosperity standpoint) than millions of private entrepreneurs. And it's not as if modern governments consist predominantly of the best, brightest and most selfless servants--even if central planning was not impossibly inefficient.
Secondly, when the stated objective is to drive productive investment, why decry the alleged shortage of "safe assets" that are generally not going to fund increased productivity (making wealth involves risks)? Furthermore it's doubtful that there truly is a shortage of safe assets--the problem is that the private seekers of safe assets (banks, pension plans, insurers) are of late having to compete with the endless purchasing power of central banks. There would be a shortage of rocks if the Fed had an open ended policy of buying them.
Accordingly, this article posits the wrongheaded antithesis of a market-driven recovery. What is instead needed is reduced or at least flat government spending (whether the budgets are balanced or not is somewhat immaterial), a tapered end to central bank purchases of 'safe assets' and ideally a prioritization of the remaining government spending toward matching subsidies to lower level governments and private entities for investment in the 'commons' whether it be pollution remediation or infrastructure maintenance/upgrade.
Hi Pacer,
I completely agree with you. Wikipedia makes the folowing statement about The Economist Magazine: "The magazine is written by young people pretending to be old people...If American readers got a look at the pimply complexions of their economic gurus, they would cancel their subscriptions in droves"
These young little 24 year old kids writing for The Economist aren't old enough or wise enough to fully understand the risk associated with massive government overspending. They do not realize that it is their future that's at risk because of these huge mountains of government debt.
Not bad for a quote that was written 22 years ago. What other relevant data do you get out of Expedia?
Wikipedia *quotes* Michael Lewis as saying the above. Wikipedia itself makes no such claim!
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League night is here!!! On our Grand Prix Track every fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm. Trophy, medals, and prizes!
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THE Board of the Australian Rugby League met today and resolved to support the 16 NRL Clubs in their funding application.
ARL not opposing clubs request for more funding
FOLLOWING a meeting of the 16 NRL Club Chairman at Phillip Street today, ARL Chairman Mr. John Chalk has issued the following statement:
Australian lineup for October 16 test
THE Australian Rugby League has today selected the following players for the Test against New Zealand at Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle, on Sunday, October 16, starting at 4pm...
Junior Kangaroos squad named
ELEVEN players with NRL experience have been named to represent the ARL Junior Kangaroos for their upcoming international against the New Zealand Junior Kiwis on Sunday, October 16, at Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle.
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Louisiana redfish, practically hooked into extinction because of the blackened craze of the 1980s, forgoes that treatment for a buttery sauté that gently complements the heavy white flakes of the fish. Toasted rice is a perfect foil, a sly twist on New Orleans pecan rice. Spaghetti strands of zucchini, usually bland and watery, are nicely seasoned, and the horseradish in the horseradish sauce hardly registers (just as well, as the mild wine sauce works fine). Grouper braised in sauvignon-leek broth with butter lettuce and roasted potatoes -- oops -- they forgot to bring those. The potatoes arrived a few minutes later, without our asking, with an apology from the waiter. They were cooked just right.
Dinner, after a proper interlude, slides seamlessly into dessert, as Valerie Paz's clean creations play to a similarly simple but striking tune as the food. Plum and hazelnut composition is the most ambitious and delicious: A circular base of hazelnut cake topped with the same size disk of tart-sweet plum ice cream and crowned by two battered and fried plum halves. A plum sauce spiked with dessert wine was pooled on the plate. Five textures, three temperatures, and innumerably subtle shades of tart, sweet, creamy, nutty, and fruity tastes in one dessert -- yet it's just cake, ice cream, and plum. Other homemade ice creams and sorbets also are available, like chicory coffee and an intense, brownielike chocolate-pecan made with deeply bittersweet, obviously top-quality chocolate. Another winner: Esther's mango pie, with soft flaky crust, moist mango custard, and fresh whipped cream. Mangoes and plum make great sense, as both are in season now. For that matter so are all the foods on this menu.
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Because of a strategically quiet opening and general sluggishness of season, Liaison is operating with a somewhat skeletal crew. No problem during our visits, but if favorable reviews and positive word of mouth should suddenly fill the seats, I fear they'll be hard pressed to keep up the quality of food and service. Are Wessel's management skills as stellar as his cuisine? We'll see. Meanwhile Liaison demonstrates in compelling and delicious fashion just how much more less can really be.


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What: Recycling Event at Chesterfield Mall When: Saturday, October 25th, 2014, 11:00am to 1:00pm Where: Chesterfield Mall 291 Chesterfield Mall Chesterfield, MO 63017 (by Jared Jewelry) Why: 100% of the proceeds will benefit Rebuilding Together St. Louis which provides free home repair for … Continue reading
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9th Annual Trivia Night!
Friday September 12th! Event Details: $200 per table, up to 10 guests per table. Doors open at 6pm and trivia starts at 7pm. Location: Electrician's Hall 5650 Elizabeth St. Louis, MO 63110 Beer, Soda & Snacks Provided DON'T … Continue reading
Rock The Forest 2014
Check out our video from that night! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152153626270965 Rock The Forest 2014 A funky fund raiser that's more tie-dye than black tie! Saturday June 28, 2014 Sherwood's Forest – 2651 Barrett Station Road – Des Peres, MO 63021 Featuring … Continue reading
October 6th Build with Boeing, Vinson Mortgage, Harrah's, Citi and many more
Rebuilding Together has a build day coming up on Saturday, October 6th. We will be working On ninteen projects, with New Sponsors Vinson Mortgage and Harrah's Hotel and Casino, veteran sponosors; Boeing, Eagle Bank, Centene, Bank of America, and Citi. We … Continue reading
Dart St. Louis - 9/25/2012
DART St. Louis is coming Tuesday night, September 25, 2012 as part of STL Design Week. September 25, from 6-9pm (rsvp) FK Photo Studio, 2745 Locust Street, 63103 (map) All creative St. Louisans are invited to participate, regardless of photography experience. … Continue reading
10 Years for West County Center
$10K for Rebuilding Together STL Now through September 19, the shopping center is partnering with Eagle Bank And Trust to invite shoppers and residents of all ages to sign a 10th Anniversary Commemorative Banner. For a $1 … Continue reading
July 14th Build with Boeing and Citi
Rebuilding Together has a build day coming up on Saturday, July 14th. On Saturday the 14th, we will be working On two projects, one with Boeing volunteers for their Global Day of Service and one with Citi Group volunteers. With … Continue reading
Sangria Showdown - April 16th 2012
Can you beat Onesto's sangria making champ? Join Rebuilding Together on Monday, April 16th for a sangria making and tasting contest. $50 to enter the contest (wine included) $30 to taste! For tickets call Ontesto's at 314-802-8883.
Rhine Haus Happy Hour - November 9, 2011
Please join us on Wednesday, November 9 at the newest German eatery and pub in town for free appetizers-including pretzel bread and German sausages- from 5:30 till 7:30, and drink specials all evening. There will be opportunities to enter drawing … Continue reading


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Christian Slater-starrer Stranded begins production in Sask
Sci-fi thriller Stranded began production Monday in Regina's Saskatchewan Production Studio.
The feature film, directed by Roger Christian and written by Christian Piers Bentley, stars Christian Slater (pictured), alongside Canadian actors Amy Matysio (Just Friends), Michael Therriault (Total Recall) and Brendan Fehr (Bones).
Stranded centres on the events that follow the collision of a meteor with an astronaut crew's moon base. The meteor carries spores that can replicate, reproduce and mutate cell structure, leading to deadly consequences.
Kevin DeWalt, Mark Montague and Isabella Battiston are producing, and DeWalt, David Cormican and Becki Hui are exec producing, with Danielle Masters on board as associate producer.
The film is produced by Minds Eye Entertainment in Association with Moving Pictures Media, with financial assistance from eOne Films Canada, Cinemavault, Image Entertainment and federal and provincial tax credits.
eOne Films Canada holds Canadian distribution rights, while Cinemavault has international rights and Image Entertainment has U.S. rights.
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Welcome to all new students and welcome back to the old ones!
PaganSoc is up and running this year too, and to keep up-to-date please like us on facebook on St-Andrews Pagan Society
On Wednesday 11th we will host our first event, themed on Sexuality and Paganism.
You will be able to meet other Pagan and Pagan-curious folks for an evening of tea and pie while chatting about the Pagan ethos surrounding sexuality.
Find us in the Lounge room of the Mansfield building (blue door opposite Student Union), 7pm onwards. Just bring an open mind, and we will provide snacks
As usual we will have a stall at the Freshers' Fayre, 11am-2pm on Sunday 15th.
Remember, our membership is just £3 for the year – and we will give you free or discounted access to all our events: workshops, meditation sessions, talks… You can sign up for our mailing list and buy your membership at any of the two events mentioned above.
Hope you have fun!!
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ASHLAND, Ore. – Gardners and growers in Ashland celebrated spring Saturday with an open house at the Ashland Greenhouses.
The event is an annual tradition for the garden business, which has been around since 1906. But the current owners say this year stands out as it's shaping to be their best year yet.
They say current drought conditions are driving demand for drought resistant plants, as well as food items.
"The drought is causing increased prices at the grocery store, so we're seeing more people are wanting to come in and raise their own vegetables and gardens for the year," said owner Kelly Brainard.
Brainard says drip irrigation, mulching, and other water-saving techniques are becoming popular with or without the drought as unpredictable rains over the long term force gardeners to adapt.


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The Erkoform-3d™ is the latest advancement in thermoforming dental technology. Designed to thermoform and imprint the opposing bite for optimum fit, this unit includes a touchless temperature control, reserve vacuum, preprogrammed settings and a touch panel screen. No compressed air supply is required—simply plug it in to begin thermoforming!
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