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Ways to Say "Yes" in 2014
Have you made your New Year's Resolutions yet? Just browsing around, I'm seeing a common theme in New Year's Resolutions. Many are wanting to lose weight. Spend less money. Eat less sweets. Go on a detox. Drink less coffee.
It kinda feels like everywhere, people want to say "no" to themselves. While some of these resolutions may have a positive motive behind them (after all, don't we all set resolutions with the hopes of becoming a better person?), the constant naysaying can make the goal-setter feel trapped, restricted, or as though he/she is paying a penance for past misgivings. This is a large contributor to why many resolutions fail.
So this year, why not make a resolution to say "yes" to yourself more often? Saying yes can free yourself from all the rules, the restrictions, and the labeling of certain foods or actions as "bad". This cognitive shift can be key to the success of your goals. Giving yourself permission to do more things, give yourself more options, and love yourself through the process is a wonderful, healthy practice. You can incorporate saying "yes" into a healthy diet and lifestyle in many ways. Here are a few great places to start:
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Good-for-You Green Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
With the start of a new year, and after the extra treats of the holiday season, I like to focus on filling my plate with more vegetable-packed meals. However, even while eating healthier, I do like indulgent-tasting treats. Fortunately, this creamy dairy-free smoothie is not only a wonderful start for your day or after workout pick-me-up, it also tastes fantastic. It may look green, but it tastes similar to a creamy, dreamy pumpkin pie.
Many dairy-free smoothies use frozen banana to give body and creaminess, however my low-carb eating husband challenged me to come up with an alternative ingredient. Instead of banana, Green Pumpkin Pie Smoothie gets it's smooth texture from avocado, decreasing the sugar and carb content from what is found in the typical smoothie. A typical avocado has about 14 grams of fiber, much more than other fruits. The fiber, along with its healthy monounsaturated fat, and higher protein content than most fruits, make avocados a great energy source that keep you feeling full and satisfied longer.
Rounding out the ingredient list for this simple to blend smoothie are pumpkin and spinach. Rich in potassium, a nutrient that helps maintain blood pressure and kidney function, pumpkin is also high in fiber and contains a fair share of vitamin C, an antioxidant essential for healthy skin and gums. The dark leafy green of spinach is a nutritional powerhouse all on its own. There are few food sources that offer more vitamin K than spinach, essential for blood clotting and bone health. Recent research also shows that vitamin K may help decrease inflammation in the body. Other important nutrients found in spinach are beta-caroteen, lutein, folate, and magnesium.
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A New Year's Power Juice
Have you started the year off with some healthy goals or resolutions? I have too. And one of those goals is to drink more fresh juice. You can read about my New Year's Juicing Challenge at Gluten-Free Cat. Juicing is such a wonderful way to infuse your body with nutrients. You can drink far more nutrients than you can chew in meal. And you can also incorporate vegetables that you might not otherwise eat.
There are definitely wonderful properties in green juices, but have you considered juicing beets? You can juice both the beetroot and the greens. Here are few reasons why you might want to start incorporating beets into your diet:
1. Beets are good for the liver. Beets contain betaine, which protects the liver and aids in detoxification. Drinking beet juice can result in detox symptoms, so it is wise to start with a small amount of beets and increase slowly.
2. Beets help to prevent cancer. They detox the body of harmful toxins and prevent cancer from growing.
3. Beets are good for your skin. They prevent and treat acne and promotes healthy skin and hair growth.
4. Beets make you feel good! Betaine has been used to treat depression. They also contain tryptophan which causes that happy, relaxed feeling after a meal.
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I just think its easier to do if those resolution-friendly foods are creamy and sweet! This Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Chia Pudding is a welcome addition to your new year's table. It's loaded with protein from the sunflower seed butter and chia to fuel your new workout routine. The sweetness comes from coconut-milk yogurt, without the need for any other sweetener. A little cocoa adds chocolatey goodness.
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Does your diocese/archdiocese offer some kind of healing/support group for divorced/separated Catholics? Please check with the Family Life office. If not, then many protestant churches offer programs such as Divorce Care. There is also an online daily reflection offered by DivorceCare; I think it is called One Day at a Time. Beginning Experience is a possibility, too. If there is a Rainbows group for children, then check into that for your kids. Explore all resources. Check the NACSDC website, too.
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Hampton Inn & Suites Addison
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - This comfortable Hampton Inn & Suites is conveniently situated near the Marcus 16 Cinema IMAX, Dave & Busters, Famous Dave's and Home Run Inn pizza. We are 18 miles west of downtown Chicago and 10 miles from O'Hare, located off I-355 at Lake Street.
Hilton Garden Inn Addison
The Hilton Garden Inn Addison is located only 11 miles from O'Hare and 22 miles from Midway Airport. Certain to please executive travelers are the hotel's wide array of amenities including complimentary high-speed internet, in-room hospitality center, Herman Miler chairs and much more!
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Home is listed by the McHenry County Historical Society. Located in downtown Algonquin, it has a quiet, romantic flavor. We specialize in personal attention for our guests.
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Welcome to Victorian Rose Garden B&B for Romantic Getaways, recreation or the Business Traveler. Only 45 miles from downtown Chicago, our quiet location in Algonquins 1835 historic district lends itself to many nearby leisure activities. Take a stroll in Towne Park or on the Fox River/Prairie Bicycle Trail, walk to several excellent restaurants, or just relax on the porch swing.
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Holiday Inn Aurora North/Naperville is a new full-service hotel committed to providing the kind of service that you need and deserve. Offering all the luxury amenities you have come to expect with a warm and inviting atmosphere. We take great pride in our hospitality. Wake up to a breakfast cooked fresh to order, later enjoy a delectable dinner served in our own Kem's restaurant, Unwind in our lounge. Tired, order room service delivered hot, prompt with a smile. Enjoy our indoor heated pool and 24-hour fitness center, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet, and business center. Free parking is always available, easy access to major expressways. The Holiday Inn Aurora North/Naperville offers many inviting and inexpensive hotel package deals. Call the hotel or check our Web site for deals. Meeting and banquet space available.
Staybridge Suites - Aurora
Staybridge Suites is an all-suite, extended-stay hotel designed to make you feel more comfortable than ever before. One visit and you'll understand what we mean by Get Comfortable. Our pampered guests will enjoy the options of spacious studio suites, one bedroom suites, and two-bedroom/ two-bath suites, all with fully equipped kitchens. Wake up and enjoy our complimentary hot breakfast buffet. Midweek, we hold complimentary evening Sundowner receptions which include dinner, beer, wine and soda. The hotel has an indoor pool, hot tub and workout facility along with an outdoor sport court. A walking path from the hotel leads to the METRA station and will take you directly Downtown Chicago. Our award-winning staff awaits your arrival!
Hampton Inn & Suites Aurora
Near major attractions like Blackberry Farm, great golfing and shopping. Short drive to Hollywood Casino, Paramount Theatre and more. Amenities include 6,000 square foot swimming complex, kiddie pool, 2,200-gallon hot tub, exercise room and free high speed internet.
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Quality Inn
50 rooms and conference room within walking distance of Westfield Fox Valley Mall and minutes from downtown Aurora, Paramount Theatre, SciTech Hands-On Museum, Hollywood Casino Aurora, Two Brothers Roundhouse and antique shopping
Staybridge Suites
All-suite hotel designed for business, leisure or relocating travelers. Spacious one-bedroom and two-bedroom two-bath suites come with complimentary hot breakfast buffet and midweek evening dinner receptions. Features indoor pool or hot tub, gym and outdoor sports court, walking distance to Metra train station to downtown Chicago and minutes from downtown Aurora.
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66 rooms with hot tub suites, complimentary deluxe breakfast, free high-speed Internet, an indoor heated pool and spa, fitness room, free local calls and cable TV. Chicago Premium Outlets, restaurants, golf courses and other attractions are nearby.
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At Hansen's Motel, we offer a wide range of king, queen and double bed rooms. We also offer you the full range of amenities that you would expect in a quality motel.
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Astros seek change in fortunes against A's
Athletics aim to keep offense hot as both teams look to cool tensions
The Astros are still on the lookout for their first win against the A's this season, with the search continuing Saturday evening at Minute Maid Park.
Oakland has taken the first two games in this set of four, already having swept the Astros in three games at home last weekend. The A's hold a 41-13 advantage in runs over that span.
Along the way, the two clubs have engaged in some drama. On Friday night, Brandon Moss was twice hit by pitches in the ninth inning before teammate Fernando Abad plunked Jason Castro with a pitch in the bottom of the frame, leading home-plate umpire Jordan Baker to issue a warning to both sides.
Astros manager Bo Porter argued for an ejection because his own pitcher, Paul Clemens, was thrown out of the game Thursday after hitting Jed Lowrie, following two near misses last week. Instead, Porter was ejected.
Both sides believe the issue will be no more come Saturday, when A's righty Dan Straily and lefty Dallas Keuchel square off in the evening affair.
Straily looked sharp in two starts to open the year (2.77 ERA), particularly in a seven-inning, one-run performance in Minnesota, before stumbling with a 9.35 ERA across his past two appearances.
Overall, he is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA.
In his most recent outing, the right-hander allowed the Rangers three earned runs on six hits over five innings, striking out six and walking two. Six days prior, he gave up seven runs (six earned) to the Angels.
Keuchel lasted at least six innings in each of his past three starts, most recently limiting the Mariners to two runs on six hits in Houston's 7-2 win at Seattle. He recorded a season-high eight strikeouts in the victory.
"He's just battled so hard our last couple times out," Porter said. "Hasn't felt his best and still got us deep in the ballgame. That's a huge bright spot for us. With [Scott] Feldman out, he's been stepping up."
A's: Cespedes day to day with strained hamstring
A's slugger Yoenis Cespedes is expected to miss a few games because of a strained left hamstring sustained in Thursday's game in Houston.
The issue is believed to be minor, and Cespedes even took batting practice on Friday. Still, the A's are likely to rest him for a handful of days.
"I certainly don't think we're looking at a DL thing," manager Bob Melvin said.
Astros: Bullpen gets bad news on Albers, Crain
The Astros on Friday not only placed Matt Albers on the 15-day disabled list because of tendinitis in his right shoulder, but they also revealed that right-hander Jesse Crain, initially expected back in early May, had been set back by bursitis.
Crain, who began the season on the DL while recovering from offseason biceps surgery, has not been throwing off the mound recently because of the new issue.
"We feel like he's made a good comeback from his surgery in the offseason, but the bursitis is affecting him, so we had to get him off the mound," Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said. "He is on some anti-inflammatories. He's responding well to them, and we expect he can be throwing again soon."
Crain was signed to a one-year, $3.25 million contract by the Astros in the winter.
With Albers also sidelined, the Astros recalled right-hander Jose Cisnero from Triple-A Oklahoma City to join the big league bullpen.
Worth noting
• Jed Lowrie is 8-for-17 (.470) with two doubles, one homer and four RBIs in his past four games against the Astros.
• Oakland is 9-2 on the road, the club's best road start since also starting 9-2 in 1990.
• The Astros recorded 11 hits on Friday night, a new season high, and they have now tallied 10-plus hits in two consecutive games and three of their last four games.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I came across this group of old motor cars hidden deep within a Southern Wisconsin Forest. I wanted to make these photographs available to you. The calendar would make a great present for Father's Day.
These pictures combine my love for nature with that of Motor Cars.
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Stone rafts tend to be very poor floating devices...
A few points on this article:
Cameron knows that his chances of re-election are now very remote, hence the attachment of the 'if re-elected' condition to his statement.
He is not just making a play for the UKIP defectors, he is giving himself a get out clause. The fact the mess gets dumped on the (likely) next Labour government is just a bonus.
Cameron is also a clever man. He knows that Europe is not in good shape in the short term, and that in the long term, thanks to appalling demographics, things look even worse:
Germany may be able to survive via immigration and productivity gains to offset collapsing working population, but put simply, the EU is not a good long term bet.
That graph defines the working age as being from 15 to 64 years
In Denmark have we for instance phased out early retirement schemes and made future automatic increases in retirement age when living age increase. That is, for my generation is expected retirement age 71 years
(I am 36)
A number of eurozone countries in southern and northern europe has actually implemented retirement reforms during the eurozone crisis. That is, the graph gives the wrong impression of work force as percentage of total population
The fertility rate in Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal and others is around 1.4 / women. Replacement rate is 2.1.
A few more years to retirement will mean little if the next generation is around 60% the size it has to be to maintain population levels.
Add in the fact that graduate age workers are fleeing the eurozone's appalling unemployment rates, and you have a population disaster.
You wrote "Cameron knows that his chances of re-election are now very remote, hence the attachment of the 'if re-elected' condition to his statement."
Don't you think that the idea of a referendum is popular in Britain?
Don't you think that it will be hard for a future Labour govt not to offer a referendum? How could they appear to be "less democratic" than the Conservatives?
Mr Camron's speech is as close to diplomatic bancrupcy as it gets. The British Prime Minister looks like a little boy standing off field demanding the rules of the game to be changed so he may join in again. That's amusingly naive - or simply in panic with no option left. If only the British government would be a true advocate for European democracy - and not a puppet on the strings of City managers! British people - and the people of Europe deserve better.
There are things the continentals want, as well as those that the UK wants, the UK holds a veto over the things the continentals want.
The UK's history with the continent mainly forms one of either saving it's self or others from continental warmongering. The UK owes the continentals nothing, they still owe the UK the debt of 'freedom' bought in British stubbornness and blood.
The EU is slowly waking up to the fact that the UK will not move in the direction it wants, and could essentially block it from the direction it wishes to go.
The current stance by the continentals can only lead to a situation akin to an unstoppable object colliding with one that is unmovable, and all the fallout that would entail.
One would hope that the continentals would have learnt what happens when they fall to belligerence, one can only hope that they have and pull back before they do something they will regret.
No, the rest of Europe could for instance continue integration outside the framework of EU in order to avoid having to give any concessions to Britain
It could, but then those would not be EU rules and could not effect those that do not sign up to them. They could not be forced on new members, they would be strictly 'opt-in' as a side option.
The UK could then also decide that it is not going to fund such framework (this is also within its rights under the same rules) so the continentals would have to make it work without community funding.
Basically, the rest of EU could leave their union with Britain and recreate a union on the same foundation but without membership for Britain
A majority of the public in a number of EU countries would probably vote yes to a union without Britain
well, money
Britains net contribution to the EU budget is approximately 0,32% or 0,34% of Gross National Income for Britain. That is, the rest of Europe could live without that contribution. It would slightly increase the cost of running the EU for the rest of Europeans but per inhabitant in Europe is that an insignificant increase since the amount of European citizens is huge compared to the amount of inhabitants on some islands near continental Europe.
The advantage is, that we avoid all those constant problems created by Britain.
So the EU would fail, that is what you are saying. The eurocrats would never let that happen, you would be stuck with a reach-around treaty that is unenforceable on other members and costly to those that sign up.
Go ahead, cut off your noses.
With respect, Cutters, we've already seen what happens if Cameron/the UK tries to cherry-pick. December 2011. Cameron ends up in a minority of two (the other being the departing Czech President Claus), and everybody else continues talking.
Oh, and Cameron goes back to the House of Commons to be cheered.
"Belligerence"? I see none on display. A repatriation of powers is a non-starter. They said it off-the-record before the December 2011 summit. They said it on-the-record before this speech. And they're repeating that statement, after which they will switch to other business.
And Cameron will get cheered in the Commons again.
It is the same highly amusing situation regarding Scotlands continued membership of UK
Last year was there opinion polls indicating that the people of England was beginning to get tired of constant complaints from the scottish people and that if you asked the people of england if they should leave their union with scotland could you actually risk having the english people voting for the abolishment of their union with Scotland.
Basically, the rest of Europe is getting very tired of Britain.
Britain creates to many problems compared to the value of British contributions to Europe.
Seems to me there is the risk, that the European public would prefer an EU without Britain.
So now you are down to xenophobic comments against the UK, how very telling.
The British care not for your wish for a authoritarian state, one that continentals always seem in a rush to create.
As I said, the EU will not be able to form a new treaty, so what ever they decide cannot be bought into the community. It will be a side option to any new participants, and a burden on those that sign it.
Legally, as is explained in some above comments, there are many ways to circumvent a British veto to a treaty change, particularly if that treaty change would only affect the Eurozone. It is perfectly true that many European countries are simply "tired" of the British constant demands for opt-outs in any topic. Consequently, should a political alternative be recuced to a choice between (option 1)having an important treaty change necessary for the survival of the Euro on the long run being blocked by the UK and (option 2)the same objectives being achieved with an EU without the UK, very few governments would oppose the idea of the UK leaving. As a matter of fact, in 2005, before the Frand and Ducth voted no to the constitutional treaty, there was an already made plan agreed between france and Germany to circumvent a UK veto to the same treaty and to put Britain in front of its responsabilities.
Given this, the only valid question is as follows: what does the UK have to offer so th that the rest of the EU would consider that it would be worthwile keeping the UK at almost any cost. The answer is nothing.
As already pointed out so many times: the price for a European countries to get access to the single market without being in the EU is very simple: no seats in the Council (while all single market rules fully apply) AND financial contribution to the cohesion policy (which explains why Norway pay more per head to the EU that the UK does). This is the price that all other EEA countries pay. There is not ANY government in Europe that would be ready to offer a seat in the Council and access to the single market if there is no financial contribution to the cohesion policy. The other option left in the UK is very simple: negotiating a deep Free Trade Agreement (e.g. like Switzerland). But that means that the UK would loose part of its access to the single market (the single market goes much deeper that a FTA) AND that the UK would loose the benefit of all the Free trade Agreement negotiated by the EU, without speaking of the dramatic loose of influence Europewide and worldwide on basically ALL commercial and economic issues.
So the choice is there, but please let's not be naive about the type of concessions the rest of the EU would be ready to make given all these considerations.
Worth pointing out that Europe has already regretted giving switzerland those bilateral agreements
I find it unlikely that any other countries will be offered the same kind of deals. Well, nothing is impossible if Britain come with enough concessions to the negotiation table but I can not see what Britain have to offer there would be of sufficient interest for Europe to offer that kind of deal
After having acknowledged that the original intention of the formation of the EU was to secure peace in Europe, Mr Cameron said
"But today the main, overriding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity."
In my opinion, he is wrong there; the main, overriding purpose of the EU is NOT merely financial, it's political. No European country separately can count for much in a world with superpowers such as the USA and China. But an effective political union of several European countries most certainly could count for quite a lot.
If Britain doesn't want to be part of a political union, then it would, in my opinion, be better for it to leave the union and try to obtain reasonable terms for a financial market.
Of course I am not saying that the present union is perfect and that it can't be improved, but for me, the political dimension is the priority. Not everyone (a delicate euphemism ...) is in favour of giving up some aspects of national sovereignty, but the union won't get anywhere worth going to unless we can agree to do that.
It seems to me that it's not for the USA to say who should or should not be in the EU, that's surely for the Europeans themselves to decide.
Well what a defeatist out look you have.
You know they once said that no power could compete with France and Spain. They Said that the Dutch and the Portuguese were forever unrivalled in commerce. They said the Roman Empire could never be out done.
The 'single market' in finance is incomplete, the City is protected by WTO rules, and the continent has shot itself in the foot with the 'Tobin Tax' that will ensure that it will never have a financial sector to rival the City.
I don't see what's defeatist about saying that the main purpose of the EU is political. Nor do I see what's defeatist about recognizing that not everyone agrees with me.
I simply think that it is important to be realistic. Please explain to me how a country of around 60-65 million can hope to count for much, against others whose population, resources, etc are many times greater.
I thought this was particularly funny what Mr. Fabius said about France rolling out the red carpet for UK business wishing to come to France from the UK in case the UK leaves the EU. I think what he meant to say was roll out the Red Tape. Just show that French politicians need to have the last word even if they have no idea what they are talking about. What entrepreneur would want to come to a high tax country that thwarts creativity and overtaxes anyone who succeeds. Go figure.
British companies would have to be in compliance with EU-directives and the harmonized standards if they wanted to sell goods or services to Europe
In a number of industries are there additional legal requirements that they have a legal representation within EU (finance, medico, ...)
and in certain critical industries is it frequently a requirement for public procurement (defense since defense has waived requirements for free trade due to the long term strategic interests of the memberstates in having a healthy defense industry)
Additionally, even though tariffs on average would be 3% would there be a number of categories were tariffs would be much higher, that is, it would be advantageously for a number of companies to have a larger amount of the supply chain located within the EU
Additionally, companies selling services requiring specialists to travel to other countries to work are very much dependent upon having specialists having access to the free movement of labour within EU
Given that exports only account for 10% of all business done in the UK, and the EU exports far more than the UK, the EU will find itself having to apply UK rules and minimum standards.
Given that UK standards are much higher than EU minimum standards, this will cost continental businesses a fortune in compliance alone, then add the tariffs on top.
You are a country with a huge deficit on the national budget (a lot higher than the average of the eurozone), a huge public net debt (a lot higher than the average of the eurozone), a current account deficit (the eurozone has a global current account surplus) and you have now created uncertainty for the future regulatory framework for British companies there want to sell goods or services for markets representing more than 50% of Britains export
Do you expect Britain to keep it's credit rating? and do you expect the sterling to keep it's relative value?
Lower Sterling is good for the UK export trade, and that 50% represents only 5% of business in the UK. The UK deficit is lower than that of the majority in the single currency, the average reflecting the minority, not the majority situation, like wise with public debt.
It is not in the UK Police are fire bombed while the government kowtows to foreign demands.
The current account deficit is 'healthy' for a country that is a mass 'quantity' importer, and going by OECD figures the US market is far more important to the UK than the EU one.
Your deficit is actually a lot worse than the deficit in the worst performing eurozone countries because your deficit is primary budget deficit.
You are already using fiscal tricks like
Having the centralbank print new notes to buy newly issued government bonds in unsterilized bond purchases and having the central bank return received interest money to the treasury.
Despite that are you still having a massive deficit
The eurozone are only performing sterilized bond purchases and it is only Greece there have a special deal to get back the interest money
Britain is printing new notes to fund a huge deficit
EU is NOT printing new notes to fund a deficit and the European deficit is smaller than the british one (as percentage of GDP)
Britain is having a huge current account deficit and the eurozone is having a current account surplus
Historically has the following scenario been able to create huge capitol flight risk scenarios
1) Lots of public debt and a huge deficit financed by printing new money
2) A huge current account deficit (that is, Britain have to borrow money from foreigners in order to finance it's imports)
3) Uncertainty about the future regulatory framework and market access for the country's export companies
Cameron is gambling with the survival of Brtiains economy and international influence in order to obtain short term political party advantages.
Except that your history is one from an exporter not an importer perspective. You are economically and financially illiterate, the OECD figures prove this.
The ECB is full of toxic debt, from Greece and others. Germany sits on a economic bomb. The ECB has also announced plans to print money as Germany is struggling, its industry becoming unable to compete.
EU exporters would have to comply with our rules too. Remember we are Germany's largest European export market so the EU can't get cute if they know which side their bread is buttered.
That trade is to a certain extent components from German companies to German owned assembly plants in Britain there are assembling equipment for the EU market.
Kind of make sense if those assembly plants are relocated to the continent
With France among the top three destinations for foreign investment, you can have your pick of such entrepreneurs.
Britain is printing new notes to fund a huge deficit
EU is NOT printing new notes to fund a deficit and the European deficit is smaller than the british one (as percentage of GDP)'
Absolute crap. Neither the EU or Britain are funding a deficit through direct money printing. If you do not understand, do not comment.
'create huge capitol flight risk scenarios'
This is truly farcical. Are you even aware of the spreads over bunds charged to the southern eurozone? And how they compare to gilts?
Your sneering anglophobia is now shining through.
Technically is it moneyprinting to fund a deficit when your central bank issue new money to buy newly issued government bonds in unsterilized purchases (that is, the central bank does not soak up money via other mechanisms from the economy)
It looks even more suspiciously when the centralbank returns received interest money to the treasury
With France being such a great place for investment opportunity could you please explain to me why we are reading so much in all of the french media both left and right why France needs to reform in all areas. Why is the idea propagated by successive French governments that the country is one of the most productive in the world constantly under fire from within.
If Britain does leave the EU, which I don't think they will they will go to more business friendly countries. Do you deny that France's current reputation is not business friendly or is this simply another anglo attack against the "superior" French everything. Or a as Jacques Attali said some years ago
"You're all just jealous."
"France has many problems - high unemployment, lack of mobility, weakness of higher education, inadequate integration of minorities, public debt and threat of industrial decline, to name a few. But there is no model outside France to solve these problems."
Cough cough!
If everything is so perfect why was the Attali Commission ever named in the first place?
I really don't understand. I need an expert like yourself to explain this to me.
Britain's drift from Europe. The Stone Raft? A speech of intellect and order sending waves of fear to the EU parliament exemplified by the remarks of The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz (SPD), expressed as result of the speech is highly critical of the course of the British government. Hr. Schulz, well known for waving his index finger and having an Australopithecus body language and referred to in German newspapers as a Nobel Prize winner should ask as President of an institution of the political the dust bin his democratic legitimation and who voted him in. The EU politicians change in the Freemasonry of Brussels Scientology. An example is the representative of the open Dutch Neelie Kroes who is demanding what Lord Leveson would not dare on press freedom. The rule of the Fat-Cats may be coming to an end.
Should the referendum vote for England to eject itself from the EU, I hope the EU would have the generosity to offer those British passport holders who want the option to become naturalised European Citizens the option to do so. I don't know today if I would actually take up the offer but if the UK does eject I would seriously have to consider it.
Mr Cameron proposes amputating a limb from the EU - unfortunately, it is the UK which will end up in the medical waste bin.
If there is a lack of democratic consent for the UK's continued participation in the EU, we British only have ourselves to blame. Turnout in European parliament elections is apparently even lower than the already low participation in national and local elections, there are apparently proportionally fewer British civil servants in the various EU institutions, we pay little attention to what goes on in Europe, especially when it is isolated by bad weather, and too many take what is written in the press about the EU, Europe, and Johnny Foreigner in general as being true, without ever really bothering to find out for themselves.
It seems that the country which houses the mother of all parliaments is content to succumb to screaming jingoistic populism. As history is no longer an important subject in schools, I have no idea where this could possibly lead ...
The amount of british civil servants in brussel will most likely decline in the coming years since it would be a risky career move for british citizens due to the upcoming british referendum.
Basically, as far as i know are there a directive there says, you need citizenship in a EU country if you want to work as a civil servant in any of the EU institutions.
Simultaneously, do it sound completely unlikely that Britain will get the renegotiation results that Cameron is hoping for.
There is the power balance:
More than 50% of British export is to the EU
It is only 11% of export from other European countries there is to Britain.
Britain is hoping to get a deal there is significantly better than the one Norway has obtained and Norway did have a lot to offer in the negotiations since they were swimming in oil
Britain is hoping to get a deal there would basically unravel the EU and significantly damage the longterm strategic interests of all small EU countries and the big EU countries like France, Germany, ...
Basically, it is unacceptable if a big country could use it's size to attempt avoiding the legal duties of directives and the influence of the EF court. Small and midsized countries depend upon it in order to have benefit from the EU.
Basically, seems to me, that it is best for the rest of Europe, if Britain leaves the Union
A long period of uncertainty about Britains EU membership will be bad for Britains economy and
It would be bad for the rest of Europe to give concessions to Britain that is, the sooner Britain makes up it's mind about Europe the better for everyone and it seems obviously that Britain will not get what Cameron is hoping for.
Cameron is right and is to be congratulated on a fine speech. We can only hope that he will do what he proposes and that our EU partners will have the wisdom to react positively.
From Britain's point of view it is not desirable that we should leave the EU, but it is even less desirable that we should stay in if the EU remains unreformed.
Just as the article describes - you have completely failed to grasp how things are done between the member states of the EU. Britain almost always turns up late and arrogantly ("our EU partners will have the wisdom to react positively") wants to talk about things that have already been discussed and decided.
Cameron's speech and proposed referendum are yet another sop to the loony right. A bit like Tony Blair's promise of a referendum should there be substantial changes in the treaties, putting it in the next election period is putting it in the never-never: the Tories will not win an overall majority at the next election. Worse, the sop won't be enough, because it never can be for the fringe, who will continue to rally around xenophobic numpties like Farrage and thus cost the Tories valuable votes.
Cameron, or the next leader of the Tories has to do exactly what Neil Kinnock, John Smith and Tony Blair did: throw the militant tendency overboard.
With all respect, Britain is not interested in promoting free-trade for the sake of free trade. It promotes its own national interest. If its national interest was state capitalism, then it would promote state capitalism.
As per the reforms it pretends to enlight Europe with, please note the EU is already reforming at an unprecedented fast pace. But deeper integration is just no the kind of reform that suits Britains's national interests. My bet is the UK will vote out by 2015-2016.
The rest of Europe will probably be less willing to give concessions to Britain in future directive negotiations since everyone expect that Britain will soon leave the union.
Camerons strategy is after all a fools strategy since it is completely unlikely that he will get the amount of concessions he would need in order to convince the british public to stay in the EU, that is, it would be crazy to offer concessions to Britain in other issues since one can logical expect Britain to soon leave the EU, that is, it does not matter if Britain oppose or support specific directives.
A policy of trying to change the EU's style might be Cameron's idea - he is by no means a fool and the government-mandated democratic deficit in the EU may be at the heart of the problem. The US had a similar issue with state power, and states still manage local justice. The EU may just have chosen a poor set of things on which to standardise and a destructive lowest[productivity]-common-denominator way of resolving differences. This annoys everyone, not just the British.
So he might advocate an EU federation of common interest for example, with commissioners answerable to some democratic assembly, but with more constrained powers to interfere domestically - a bit more and a bit less unification matched.
"Smart rats know when to leave ship." (Charlie Chan)
Now, if we could just get a handle on which ship is going to sink and which isn't, ....
Incidentally, I like the extended image of the stone raft a lot. I had never heard of the book before.
"If the British were allowed to negotiate a special status within the EU for themselves, then the other 26 states would immediately demand the same. The EU would be dead".
"With all affection for Great Britain, the destruction of the EU is an absurdly high price to pay for the continuation of Great Britain's membership in the Union".
Joschka Fischer, ex german Foreign Minister, writing in the SZ (Süddeutsche Zeitung) today. He goes on, in typical arrogant Fischer style, to lambast the irrationality of british eurosceptics.
I disagree about the irrationality. The cleverer of the eurosceptics (see the Economist's excellent "euroscepticism, a tory taxonomy" article) would agree completely with Fischer's analysis of the negotiation's certain failure.
The danish politicians are out explaining in todays newspapers why
1) Denmark will not follow Britains Brixit strategy
2) The rest of Europe will never give Cameron the concessions he need to keep Britain in the EU
3) Why cameron is hurting Britains national interests
mr. fischer, ex-squatter in frankfurt, ex-leftist chav, ex-foreign minister (what a career!!), ex-butcher of serbia, current lobbyist, is one of the most controversial figures in german politics.
this characterless blaggard is one good example not only for
the "political class" in germany but in many european countries
(and usa). one should give a flying f... about his rantings.
"In parts of London tonight a slight small of rotten eggs hangs in the air; "
I think your correspondent means "a slight SMELL of rotten eggs"....
Regarding the topic itself, when Edward Heath signed to join the EC in 1972, I don't think he had in his mind to commit Britain to become a state in "the United States of Europe", towards which the continental EU is rapidly heading.
Looking back, Britain should have proposed a "Two-Tier" Europe as early as Maastricht, a European Free Trade zone and the Politically United Europe.
Maybe it is not too late to propse a "Two Tier EU" even today, with Britain proposing to head the Second Tier Free Trade Zone.
Yes, that was a typo. Now fixed. Thanks!
We should be IN FOR TRADE, OUT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.
The Isle of Man and Channels Isles already have this, so the precedent is there, it can be done!
Unfortunately for you, the access to the single market goes goes along with giving-up some national powers or competencies. When will you guys understand the EU is not a pick-and-choose basket?? That's the rule, Britain will have to accept it or leave.
' That's the rule, Britain will have to accept it or leave.'
Why? No other country does. France has never allowed any of its utilities to be in foreign hands, despite such protectionism being in blatant violation of EU law. Germany was the one of the first to break the deficit limit for eurozone members.
What is the point of following EU laws when every other country simply ignores what is not in their interest, or lies about them?
You are absolutely right but the other countries that don't respect the rules set down by the EU on competition simply play by their own rules and do as they please. So why should Britain. The EU remains socialist inspired in reality thanks to countries such as France that have shown themselves to be scared protectionists. Don't have to be a genius to figure that out.
Cameron has been clever by offering an in/out referendum in 2017. This puts the ball effectively in the EU's court because if they don't agree to some serious red meat then they risk effectively expelling the UK. Does anyone seriously think Germany would want to risk doing that to their biggest export market in Europe?
But doesn't the flipside involve the question - surely the UK does not want to lose its largest market also?
It more than 50% of Britains export there is to the rest of EU
It is only 11% of the export from rest of Europe there is to Britain
The longer Britain has uncertainty about it's future regulatory framework for trade with Europe the more investment from companies will be placed in continental Europe instead of in Britain if it is companies dependent upon trade with the rest of Europe or having a need for hiring specialised labour from the rest of Europe.
Why can't you understand that "the risk to effectively expel the UK" has been taken aboard by other EU countries long ago, thanks to the endless years of arrogant fence-sitting Mr Cameron is proposing to extend by another five long years?
The ball in the EU's court will be studiously left alone.
No it isn't. The EU counts shipping via Rotterdam and other ports as exports to the EU - e.g. they blatantly lie.
The UK is the EU's largest customer. Any idea that trade will be delimited by non EU membership is economically ignorant.
'The longer Britain has uncertainty about it's future regulatory framework for trade with Europe the more investment from companies will be placed in continental Europe'
And yet foreign direct investment in the UK is amongst the highest locally: (stats from the CIA)
'having a need for hiring specialised labour from the rest of Europe.'
Well, given the eurozone's unemployment rate compared to the UK, this doesn't seem to match current economic reality. But then not much does that comes out of Europe these days.
Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 has the Eurozone outperformed Britain in creating growth when we look at inflation adjusted growth (according to the BBC)
Purely because of the short term inflationary spike caused by a rise in sales tax.
And now check unemployment.
How is that going? Have the entire new generation of young southern eurozone workers left yet? Or there a few left, stuck in euro-created misery?
That was before the Euro crisis came on board and changed everything.
I don't view "other EU countries" as a single bloc but rather two or three (Northern European, Club Med and ex-communist) with different agendas. The big German exporters to Britain (their largest European market) have a loud voice in Berlin and haven't even cleared their throats yet. I don't see the ball going out of play that easily whatever the EUcrats think.
Cameron is set to promise a referendum in the NEXT parliament IF the Conservatives win, AFTER a successful renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the EU. Is it just me, or is Cameron trying to give himself as much wiggle room as possible?
I am sure that Cameron is a rather intelligent person, and as such he realises that the influence and cost of EU bureaucracy that the Euro-skeptics complain about, is really rather insignificant. He also knows that UK voters don't really care all that much about Europe, much less than UKIP and the Daily Mail would prefer.
All the same he still has to throw a rather meaty bone to the Tory right, under pressure from the UKIP attack dogs.
So this is a signal to Europe that Cameron is looking for some concession which looks significant but isn't, so that he can claim to be the true blue heir to Maggie Thatcher.
He has well and truly kicked the ball into touch, given Europe two years to sort out its own economic issues, before having to do any serious "renegotiation". A suitable compromise will be found, Britain will have a referendum which will pass and everyone will be happy, except perhaps for some poor buggers who have to work >48 hours a week.
One of the most interesting characters in that novel you mention is constant, the dog. He is unsure whether he should stay in France or in Spain. In the end he decides to stay in Iberia, and becomes the companion of Pedro Orce, the one who seems to have a spiritual connection to Iberia and its 'vibrations'.
I believe Saramago was a eurosceptic, pretty much as Cunhal was. Cunhal, said in the 90s that Portugal's adhesion to the then EEC , which had happen a decade before, thanks to his nemesis Soares, would prove disastrous for the country's independence, sovereignty, and industries. Portugal would simply be absorbed by the great machine created by the bigger economies within the Union which would eventually lead to a complete loss of sovereignty.
This is ironic in two ways. First, because it is the right wingers, now in power, that claim this was 'socialism's' fault, and secondly because this was said by someone who proclaimed himself a communist, but who held Britain and the US in high regard.
You can read his speech here:
Please use google translate to get the gist.
Had I told you this had been written by a British conservative, I believe you'd have actually believed me.
Makes you wonder.
I stress this quote: "in this framework (referring to Maastricht) Portugal loses fundamental aspects of its sovereignty and independence, and becomes and apendicular and peripheral state, subdued to foreign interests"
Perhaps the first time the term peripheral was used in this context?
Interesting.... And scary. A bit.
Anither quote: "to the goal of implementing the common currency - which is, in fact, a mirage, trapped in unpredictable and incalculable consequences - already the government, without taking into account the current and very specific situation of the Portuguese economy and the rigidity of external impositions, submits Portugal to grave limitations on its budget deficit, public debt, and inflation and interest rates (nominal convergence).
With the approval and istitucionalisation of the Treaty of Maastricht and the Stability Pact, Portugal 's future could be tied to such orientations from abroad by the German central bank, which will be barriers to economic growth and generators of unemployment"
Exactly the type of thing an Economist reporter would write these days.
So, Blighty, how does it feel, knowing that it was a Communist the first eurosceptic, and the first person to use the type of aegumentation used in your newspaper today in regards to the eurozone's current situation?
It IS interesting.
Caveat: I believe in the free market. I also Admire Cunhal. Am in complete disagreement with some of the things he defended such as nationalised banks, etc. my goal here is to stress the fact that Cunhal, and Saramago's , two members of the Portuguese Communist Party (quite different from all other communist parties but still communist) views seem to be in complete harmony with some of the things you read people on the completely opposite side of the ideological fence write these days.
Cunhals concise objections are interesting but they are not unique (except in the power of expression he brought to them).
In the UK the communists were also opposed to the ERM and to the euro. For the whole EEC referendum (UK 1975) it was the labour party which was split between "right wing ins and left wing outs". The Tories were much more pro EEC/EU (Enoch Powell was an outsider).
It doesn't matter whether you are conservative or communist. The points Cunhal makes here are true and they were made, almost word for word by Margaret Thatcher in the original euro discussions.
She and Cunhal identified the mechanism by which policy could be hijacked by bureaucrats in a manner that was deeply disadvantageous for the National economy - and the economic welfare of the average citizen. They identified that flexibility would be sacrificed. They emphasised that there would be no feedback loop from public opinion to public policy set by the central bank. This lack of feedback would itself destroy policy effectiveness because there would be no corrective mechanism operating for a policy body that enjoyed complete political immunity.They emphasised that interest rates, exchange rates and inflation were core bread and butter economic issues that affected everybody and that it was illegitimate to de - nationaliee them and de-politicise them.
They would have suggested very different remedies to this crisis but they would be unanimous in saying that decisions on critical economic policy could not be outsourced to functionaries at the ECB or the Commission.
Most Britons sincerly believe the EU is a wide supermarket, and as a client they want discount checks on certain products. Their vision is all about the next transaction. Short term gains and no compromise.
Very soon, David Cameron will desperately make an ultimate attempt to repatriate powers and Britons will discover that he can't, because Europe is not "à la carte". So they will have a referendum and vote OUT of the EU, and nobody will cry, except Obama.
Sorry but Europe is "à la carte". Only the Eurozone members have the set menu deal. Besides the EU is not Europe.
It is true Britons have a very naive view of what leaving the EU would look like. If only because of the politics, its very unlikely that Britain would be allowed the same terms (EEA) as much smaller Norway.
As a swede though, I would cry for a EU without the UK. We would love a two tier Europe or a more "trade and innovation"-oriented union. But that's not going to happen.
I also want a more "trade and innovation"-oriented union and it is easly achievable: start by increasing the budget of the EU. In 2012 it accounted for only 1,12% of EU27 GDP, while in the USA the federal budget is arround 4% of USA GDP. The continent is rich, has plenty of talent and qualified workers. It's just a matter of political will.
But guess what? Britain and a couple of it's followers oppose this, and believe me it's not for the sake of free trade or reform as they pretend. It's more part of the British right-wing propaganda to prevent a continental powerhouse to emerge. They've always done this.
The EU is already reforming itself at an accelerated pace, it's just not the type of reform Britain was interested in. Free trade is the pretext for them to hate the EU, although the EU is by far the largest free-trade block in the world.
The real question for GB is how to keep an economic and political influence on the world stage. Answer: being the USA's closest ally, zealously promoting neoliberalism and keeping the EU weak enough, though not entirely broken. Hence, their opposition to everything that strengthen the Union.
In my humble opinion, they will soon discover this little game is over.
Sorry but you're wrong, the EU is not à la carte.
There are community rules, even the common market has its regulation. In practice, this means all member states must concede certain powers or competencies to the community. You cannot pick and choose, it's as simple as that. But nobody is forced to be a member.
Norway had to accept:
1) Follow all directives and court sentences from EU courts except if it is directives having to do with agriculture or fishing
2) Have zero political influence on the content of directives mentioned in point 1
3) Make a larger net contribution to the EU budget per inhabitant compared to the contribution Britain is making
Well, Norway is very popular in many EU capitols due to the size of the Norwegian oil fund and the amount of strategic resources Norway could sell to other countries (oil + minerals)
Britain is quite unpopular in many capitols due to the amount of problems Britain has created in the past
I doubt that Britain could obtain a deal as good as the one obtained by Norway.
Well, Britain might say, well, we have military assets to contribute but
1) Britain always choose USA over Europe
2) The British military will most likely face huge spending cuts due to the massive british deficit.
What contributions could Britain offer to make it worthwhile for Europe to offer any kind of concession to Britain?
Obamas administration has for instance stated that Britain only have value as a special partner if Britain has secured itself a strong representation within Europe or a very huge amount of military assets (see point 2)
Seems to me, that Britain needs Europe a lot more compared to Europes need for Britain.
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While all of the open-source rage for the ATI R500 and R600 series has been about the official RadeonHD driver, it seems that the Radeon (as in xf86-video-ati) driver will support these new ATI GPU families as well. David Airlie has established an atombios-support branch in xf86-video-ati and a r500-support branch in DRM.
Well maybe I can sit on my idea of getting a Nvidia card
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after all.
Please, sir, what exactly does this mean? I have an R580.If you're using an R500 GPU, you can also check out r500-support from DRM.
I don't really get it, but isn't there supposed to be ONE driver for R500/R600 (radeonhd) ? So what are R500/600 users supposed to use?
And what's the use of developing two seperate drivers?
I don't see this as developing a separate driver -- the radeon driver has been around for years. The really cool thing about porting / adding R5xx/6xx support to the "radeon" display driver is that it makes it makes it easy for developers to start working with the already-implemented 2d acceleration, 3d acceleration (mesa) and drm drivers.
The changes from 4xx to 5xx/6xx had the biggest impact on the display driver, more so than 2d or 3d, although video support changed pretty radically as well. Using the existing 2d acceleration code makes a lot of sense because the 2d acceleration hardware hasn't changed much at all, but the *really* interesting stuff is on the 3d side :
- when we release 3d sample code it will have to be merged into a 3d driver stack before anyone can run it (I already knew this but until I heard about the radeon progress I didn't know for sure where the 3d stack was going to come from).
- since the RS690 uses a 4xx-derived 3d core the existing 3d stack already has more-or-less the right code to drive the 3d engine other than the lack of vertex shaders (this particular light bulb came on tonight when someone commented on airlied's blog)
Finally, remember that all of this is open source code under a common license, so code can flow both ways. Most cool things are developed on separate branches and then picked up in the master when they are ready...
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I would have nothing against better RV410 support as you see here:
That's my ati card I use for testing. I do not own R500/600 at all, but even this old card does not work correctly.
I'm no expert, Kano, but those screenshots in your bug report, man! Do they remind me of when I attempted to soft-mod my 9500 card into a 9700, the same effect. Back then it meant half the texture units in the 9500 were disabled/damaged, being it exactly the same die as the 9700, that meant my 9500 could only reliably use half the chip's TMUs.
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