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Thread: Yes, for a girl...
June 22nd, 2013 01:17 AM #6
Asa is my top choice for a boy, so I love it. I've seen it used on girls too, and I suppose it could work- but I think it's works better on a boy. I'm just not a fan of Rhys, Reese or Reece. I just don't like it for either sex. August (my second choice) is all boy to me. I love it, but I can't see it on a girl. Augusta is nice though.
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June 22nd, 2013 01:27 AM #8
August and Rhys I could actually see on a girl. I do prefer Reese for a girl, but they're pronounced the same. One word of warning with Asa (and Asher, too) is that they are both Biblical names. I've seen a number of posts as to why Jews may be offended by the use of Cohen... In the most respectful way that I can say this, it could be quite offensive to religious people if you name your daughter after a man in the Bible. I'd recommend Aysa, which is pronounced the same... but might be a tad less offensive.
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June 22nd, 2013 02:15 AM #12
Definitely not Augusta, it's a whole different image and feel to me.
We're atheists, and with that statement alone I've probably offended a few religious people. Can't say I'm not used to it, but it's never something I intend to do. I meant does Asa appear too Bible-y, like the names Ezekiel, Abel, etc. are so strongly tied to the Bible?My cherished daughter, Rowan Jane. ~b. 10/2011~
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IMO, Asa is very Biblical, like Ezekiel, Abel, Job, Ezra...they are not common enough to overcome the Christian overtone. I do like tfzolghadr's suggestion of Aysa - the 'y' makes the name feel more exotic and international.
Not a fan of Reese/Rhys/Reece, seems a bit flimsy. Plus, you'd have two names that begin with 'R'.
Of the three, I'd go with August.


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The 2013 NFL off-season might not be the most exciting in NFL history, but nevertheless there are many high-end talents available on the market on both the offensive and defensive sides of the football. The market is especially deep at running back, wide receiver, and along the offensive line, so once the signings start, make sure to keep up with FantasyGuru.com for instant analysis in our Free Agency Tracker. The new league year begins March 12 at 4 p.m. Eastern, giving the NFL a juicy primetime free agency special, and it's possible many of the top names below are locked up in the days – or even hours – after the new league year starts.
Under the 2011 NFL CBA, players who have accrued four years of service time are designated as unrestricted free agents – you might remember that only players with six years of service time could be UFAs once the last CBA expired and the league played without a salary cap.
Below, we have an extensive list and analysis of skill-position players and top offensive linemen and IDPs who are still on the market in 2013. Some of these guys will make an impact next year, and many will not. We have you covered either way.
To start, a primer on the 2013 free agency process:
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These are terms you'll hear a lot in this article and over the next few weeks. These brief descriptions should have you adequately prepared for the whole process.
Unrestricted free agent: Any NFL player who has accrued four or more years of service time and has an expired contract. An unrestricted free agent is free to sign with any team in whatever situation for whatever contract he deems most beneficial, with no penalty to the acquiring team.
Restricted free agent: Any NFL player who has accrued three years of service time and has an expired contract. Restricted free agents are free to negotiate on the open market. Once a player is given an offer sheet, his previous team has a seven-day "right of first refusal" period to match the offer.
If the controlling team declines, the acquiring team could be forced to pay a draft-pick penalty for signing that player to a contract, the cost of which is depending on the RFA tender offered to the player by his previous club. On the flip side, if a player is not offered an RFA tender by his club, he becomes an unrestricted free agent.
Teams can also work out trades with interested parties, adjusting the terms any draft-pick compensation the player's RFA tender would require (the Dolphins and Patriots did this in 2007 with Wes Welker).
Exclusive rights free agent: Any NFL player who has accrued two or fewer years of service time and has an expired contract. The term "free agent" is a misnomer, in that the player has no contract, but his rights are controlled by his team unless that team willingly decides to release him. If an exclusive rights free agent is tendered a contract (at the veteran minimum), he must sign it if he wishes to play because he has no negotiating power.
Franchise tag: Any player who will become an unrestricted or restricted free agent can be designated as his club's franchise player. If a player is designated as a franchise player, he is tendered a one-year, guaranteed contract. To make a complicated scenario simple (and trust us, it's complicated), the franchise tag under the new CBA signed in 2011 is calculated as a percentage of the salary cap using the salaries of highly paid players at the tagged player's position, which reduces the overall value of the tag (this was a "win" for the owners in the CBA negotiations). Every dollar of the franchise tag is guaranteed.
If a player is designated a franchise player, he can sign the one-year deal immediately, and he can continue to negotiate a long-term deal with his club. However, once a deadline in mid-July passes, the franchise player is no longer free to negotiate a long-term deal and must either sign the franchise tag or hold out (teams can also work out trades). Moreover, if a franchise player holds out past a certain date late in the NFL season, he is no longer free to sign the tag and will go without pay for the entire 2013 season (Vincent Jackson came dangerously close to this date during the 2010 season).
A player can be either an "exclusive" or "non-exclusive" franchise player. A "non-exclusive" franchise player is free to negotiate with other teams, like a restricted free agent, and like in an RFA scenario, his previous club is given right of first refusal. If the club declines to match an offer sheet, the player's previous club is awarded two 1st-round picks as compensation. Because of this, we won't often see a "non-exclusive" franchise player sign with another club.
Transition tag: Like the franchise tag, the transition tag is a way for teams to retain their unrestricted or restricted free agents under a one-year guaranteed deal. However, there are some differences, explaining why it is not as prevalent as the franchise tag. First, and most notably, the transition tag is "cheaper" to the offering team, as it takes into account the salaries of 10 players instead of five, like in the franchise tag.
However, transitioned players are always free to negotiate with other clubs, like restricted free agents, and their controlling clubs are given right of first refusal. But there is no draft-pick compensation for being unable to match an offer sheet, unlike the two 1st-round pick compensation on a franchised player.
This has led to very interesting scenarios in the past, in which teams included "poison pill" clauses in their offer sheets to transitioned players, making it essentially impossible for a player's old club to match the offer (Steve Hutchinson and Nate Burleson were signed with "poison pill" deals). The risk was minimal for offering teams – they didn't have to pay any compensation, like they would have to under an RFA tender or a franchise tender.
That's why the tag is little-used. While there is less financial commitment, there is a greater risk to the club offering the tag.
In previous years, teams could use both the franchise tag and a transition tag. Under the new CBA signed in 2011, teams can choose only one of the two tags.
Note: Players are essentially listed in order of their projected fantasy relevance. We have a complete list of 2013 free agents here
Unrestricted Free Agents
Tyler Thigpen (Buf) – Thigpen once again served as a backup in
Matt Leinart (Oak) – Leinart couldn't even keep his backup job over Terrelle Pryor late in the 2012 season, so it's no surprise that the Contra Costa Times doesn't expect the 2006 draft bust to be back with the Raiders in 2013. Leinart has earned respect in recent years for his ability to absorb an offense, but his performance on the field simply hasn't matched that. With the Raiders, in two games, he posted only 16/33 for 115 yards and 1 INT, meaning he hasn't thrown much more than a check-down pass since 2009 with the Cardinals. If he's going to be as much as a #2 QB next season, he's going to have to improve his play. His best shot might be to latch on as a #3 somewhere.
Charlie Batch (Pit) – Batch started the year as Pittsburgh's #3 QB, but he was thrust into the lineup when Ben Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich both went down with injuries. Batch, who turned 38 in December 2012, played horribly in a road loss to the Browns, and he followed that by handing the Ravens a loss in
Byron Leftwich (Pit) – Leftwich once again came back to the Steelers on a one-year deal in 2012 to serve as QB Ben Roethlisberger's backup after breaking his arm in the preseason in 2011, when he was placed on injured reserve and missed the entire season. Leftwich, who turned 33 in January, came in for Big Ben in Week Ten against the Chiefs, and Leftwich got the start in Week Eleven against the Ravens. He broke his ribs during the
Jordan Palmer (Jac) – Palmer was a street free agent until Blaine Gabbert landed on IR with a shoulder injury in November. He acted as a backup for Chad Henne for the rest of the season and didn't appear in a game. Palmer hasn't thrown a pass since 2010, and has thrown only 15 in his career, so if he's signed anywhere this off-season, it'll be as a #3 QB or camp body.
Note: We have a complete list of 2013 free agents here
Running Backs
Unrestricted Free Agents
Cedric Benson (GB) – In a bit of an unorthodox move for the Packers, they signed Benson to a one-year deal late in the 2012 off-season with a need at RB. With Alex Green still coming back from a knee injury and James Starks battling turf toe, Benson entered the season as the unquestioned starter and did a fine job before going down with a foot injury. Benson wasn't outstanding, but he gave the team a back they could trust as a complement to the high-octane passing game, and they actually had a strong commitment to the run, due possibly (likely) to protection issues. In the first five games, he ran for 248 yards and a TD on 71 carries and had 14/97 in the passing game, which was good for a solid 8.1 FPG. Unfortunately, that would be all the Packers saw of Benson, as the injury turned out to be a Lisfranc sprain. Benson was put on the designated-to-return injured reserve with the hope he'd be able to come back in late November, but he ended up needing surgery and remained on IR for the rest of the season. He's expressed an interest in returning to the Packers in 2013, but he's aware that at 30 years old, it'll be up to the team if they want to bring him back. Of course, the Packers aren't exactly in great shape at the RB position with DuJuan Harris looking like their best option at the end of 2012, so there's a chance Benson could return as a possible fallback option if necessary. That seems like a long-shot, though, and GM Ted Thompson at the combine expressed intrigue when asked about Harris. Of course, they also have Alex Green and could be looking at RB in the draft. If Benson isn't back with the Packers, we wouldn't be surprised to see him remain on the market for a while, just as he did last year, especially coming off an injury-shortened season at 30.
Kevin Smith (Det) – Smith was solid for the Lions after being signed as a street free agent in the second half of the 2011 season, but after opening this past season as the starter, he found himself on the bench more often than not in the second half of 2012. Smith started the first two games, but gave way to RB Mikel Leshoure after he returned from his suspension in Week Three. Smith ended up being a healthy scratch for the next three games and was reportedly in danger of being cut, if not for Jahvid Best's inability to return from concussion issues. Clearly, the team felt journeyman Joique Bell was a better option, and despite Smith's impressive production in 2011, it's hard to argue. Smith ended up with just 8 carries the rest of the season and ended up with 37 carries for 134 yards and a TD and 10/79/1 as a receiver in 12 games. Smith expressed disappointment with his role after the season and considering how little he was used, we wouldn't expect him back in
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Brandon Jacobs (SF) – It looks as if Jacobs is at, or at the very least close, to the end of his playing career. Jacobs was suspended the last three weeks of the regular season for conduct detrimental to the team. The 49ers then cut him just before the playoffs started, so no team could sign him for the postseason. We doubt there would've been any suitors for Jacobs, who played in just two games with 5 carries for 7 yards. The team brought in Jacobs to be the guy to spell RB Frank Gore in short-yardage and goal line situations, but it never worked out that way for Jacobs. The 30-year-old Jacobs won't be back in
Stefan Logan (Det) –
Restricted Free Agents
Note: We have a complete list of 2013 free agents here
Wide Receivers
Unrestricted Free Agents
Brandon Lloyd (NE) - Lloyd was released by the Patriots on 3/16, so he is free to sign with another team at any time.
Steve Breaston (KC) – Breaston was one of the 2012 season's mysteries, landing in the doghouse on a 2-14 team that could have used all of the weapons it could get. A year after posting 61 catches and nearly 800 receiving yards, Breaston caught only 7 passes for 74 yards in 10 games, and was listed as a healthy scratch six times. He's had knee problems in the past, but there's no reason to believe the old injury crept up to slow him down this season, and it's likely that he just clashed with former coach Romeo Crennel. Even though the new staff led by Andy Reid gives Breaston a chance at a fresh start, it was never likely that he would be given the chance to play out the remaining three years on his five-year, $23 million deal, so the Chiefs cut him in February. Breaston will be 30 in August, so we doubt he'll draw much interest in the way of a multi-year deal, but he should be able to convince a team that he can help in the slot and on returns. As ESPN.com pointed out, the Chargers and new OC Ken Whisenhunt could be a fit, given Breaston's experience under Whisenhunt in
Brandon Stokley (Den) – Stokley's career was salvaged, thanks to his friendship with Peyton Manning. After working out with Manning during his recovery from multiple neck surgeries, the Broncos signed him to give their new QB a familiar face in the receiving corps. Acting primarily as the team's slot receiver, he caught 45/544/5 on 57 targets, with nine starts in 15 games, putting him at 5.6 FPG. This comes a year after he had just a single catch in two games during a short stint with the Giants. In fact, it was his highest catch total since 2004, which not surprisingly, came as Manning's teammate with the Colts. Stokley, who turns 37 in June, said he would like to keep playing for the Broncos but knows it's up to the team. While
Randy Moss (SF) – Moss came into 2012 with some modest expectations after sitting out the entire 2011 season. The 49ers used Moss as mostly a role player during the season, although he was elevated to the starting lineup when Mario Manningham went down. Moss still had some vertical speed left, but he had little else to bring to the table. He didn't have much fantasy value, but did a fine job, catching 28/434/3 (15.5 YPC) on 49 targets (57.1% catch rate) for 3.8 FPG. Moss, who just turned 36, doesn't have the same speed he once had, but he could still make plays downfield and was a nice, big target in the red zone. Moss, who proclaimed himself the greatest wide receiver of all time before the Super Bowl, wants to play in 2013, but he didn't exactly like his reduced role with the 49ers in 2012. Moss obviously thinks of himself more highly than
Sammie Stroughter (TB) – Stroughter showed some potential as a slot receiver during his first two seasons with the Buccaneers, with 55 catches in 2009-10. However, he has just 5 catches in his last two seasons, largely because of injury issues. He has played in just eight out of a possible 32 games the last two seasons, and he played in just two games in 2012 before a broken right foot landed him on the injured reserve. The Buccaneers used Tiquan Underwoodin the slot and he performed well, hauling in 28/425/2, so if Stroughter has a future in the league, it might be outside of the Buccaneer organization.
Restricted Free Agents
Brandon Banks (Was) – The diminutive Banks (5'7" and 155 pounds) is almost strictly a return specialist at this point. He will see the occasional snap on offense on a gimmick run play or on a screen pass. He finished with 8 catches for 15 yards and added 7 carries for 36 yards. Banks was active in 12 games this season, and he finished with 705 combined return yards, with 527 kickoff return yards and 178 punt return yards. He doesn't bring any value to a team outside of his return-game abilities, so he will have a limited number of teams looking for his services.
Note: We have a complete list of 2013 free agents here
Tight Ends
Unrestricted Free Agents
David Thomas (NO) – The Saints' release of Thomas was a bit of a surprise, because he was a relatively cheap backup for TE Jimmy Graham, who had injury problems this year. But suffice it to say that fantasy players won't miss him much. In 15 games this season, Thomas caught only 11 passes for 86 yards, but 4 of them went for TDs, meaning he was much more of an annoyance than an actual valuable fantasy handcuff when Graham was struggling. He is a rock-solid NFL TE, a decent enough blocker who can catch the ball and move the chains, but he isn't going to be a guy with whom you'll ever look to fill out your fantasy roster. His career-highs of 35 catches and 356 yards were three years ago, and it's likely that the Saints want to get a little bit more dynamic behind Graham in the event he struggles with injuries again.
Kevin Boss (KC) – Like Austin Collie, Boss is a free agent who has to seriously take into account his potential quality of life after football before deciding to sign elsewhere. Just two games into his Chief career, Boss suffered a serious concussion in Week Two and was lost for the season. The Chiefs had no choice but to cut him loose after only one year of his three-year, $9 million deal, and now we just cross our fingers and hope Boss can stay healthy (he's had at least three serious concussions in his career). At his best, he is an "old-school" TE, a guy who can catch the ball adequately but also provide strong support in the run game and pass pro. If he catches on somewhere, it'll be as a #2 TE.


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Notebook: HP Spectre XT TouchSmart 15-4000ea (Spectre XT TouchSmart 15 Series)Processor: Intel Core i5 3317U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.2kg
Price: 1200 euro
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We'll say this, though: The HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook is a milestone. Watch the ultrabook market over the next year. Watch as heavyweight chips join incredible screens as the norm rather than the exception. If you pick up an HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook now in full knowledge of its piffling flaws, you won't be disappointed - you'll just be ahead of the curve.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/11/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
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HP's Spectre XT TouchSmart 15-4000ea is certainly an attractive and well-built laptop. However, it does stretch even Intel's vague definition of the term 'Ultrabook' to the limit. And beyond. The HP Spectre XT TouchSmart 15-4000ea does have other features that stand out, though. Its touch-sensitive screen feels smooth and responsive when using the Metro interface of Windows 8 – although we still feel that touch-screens are a bit of a gimmick on laptop PCs.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/14/2013
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In terms of thickness and weight, this is unquestionably an Ultrabook. But once you open up the Spectre XT TouchSmart and switch it on, it feels like you're working with a larger, beefier notebook that suffers few of the obvious Ultrabook compromises. Connectivity is good, avant-garde even, and the combination of quality keyboard, large trackpad and ultra-responsive touchscreen display makes for very flexible handling. Sure, it's expensive, but quality costs.
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Shane Claiborne is an activist, author of Jesus for President, coauthor of Common Prayer, and is a founder of The Simple Way, a community in inner-city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world.
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LifeVerseGender: male1 Stars Out Of 5"Passionate" isn't enoughSeptember 24, 2012LifeVerseGender: maleQuality: 2Value: 1Meets Expectations: 2This review was written for The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical.The word "revolution" would have you believe this book presents something new. But it's the same old same old: turn Christianity from a faith centered on salvation and heaven to just another wing of liberal political activism. This is evident in the Foreword, where Wallis perpetuates a familiar liberal cliché when he praises the "new generation of Christians who want to live their faith in this world, not the next." That is a false "either/or" that liberals have used to bash conservatives for fifty years. It's not a matter of either this world OR the next, as you will find if you visit any evangelical church's website and look at the various ministries they perform. Evangelicals regard the next world as a higher priority but keep plenty active in this world. For liberals, the afterlife is an afterthought, and it plays no role in their ideology.
Claiborne on the next page launches into the same harangue, "Christianity has offered little to the world, other than the hope that things will be better in heaven." Does he know nothing of Christian history? Mission hospitals, abolishing slavery, monasteries and convents that ministered to the sick, the poor, orphans, the charities that always sprang up in the wake of any religious revival. And how little he seems aware of what conservative churches do today. Like so many in his age bracket, the world only began when he first came on the stage. Typical of the young, he can't see past the end of his nose. Typical of the "emergents," he defines himself not in relation to real evangelicals, who engage in a multitude of charitable ministries, but in relation to the old straw man, the evangelical who thinks only of heaven - never mind that none of us has ever MET that straw man.
He claims to be distancing himself not only from evangelicals but from "secular activism" as well. There's no evidence of that in the book, except that, unlike the secular activist, he will tack on "I love Jesus" to whatever photo-op charity he is involved with at that moment. He claims that a college teacher told him, "Don't let the world steal your soul," and then goes on to try convince us he avoided that fate, but the faith he presents here is decidedly worldly. "I don't really fit into the old conservative-liberal boxes." In fact, on every issue, he is solidly liberal. He does, of course, embrace the "radical" title. We are back in the 1960s again, and the smirk of the "radical" opposing the "system" hasn't changed one iota.
There is much self-congratulation here. An "all-night vigil and sleep-out" turns into a pizza party, yet somehow he recounts this as having some effect on the war in Afghanistan. (Burying a dead cat a midnight will rid you of warts too.) He and his fellow "radical" Christians believes everything they do is a blow against the big three sins - racism, militarism, and materialism. Frankly, for all his criticism of people conforming to the culture, these "radicals" look just like secular liberals. Like secular activists, they focus on poverty, war, and (the biggie) the environment. Having given up belief in an afterlife, the libs can't help but focus on "sustainability."
The Bible isn't important to this writer (except any verses that happen to contain the word "poor"), and he states (as every "emergent" must, inevitably) that doctrines/beliefs just aren't important for him. Well, of course not. Doctrines require thought, and his whole generation is oriented on feeling. (Yes, I know - feelings DO matter, but Christianity doesn't require us to abandon thought.) Feeling, not thought, leads him to take the usual liberal positions on pacifism, capital punishment, etc.
"When people hear you wrote a book, they listen to what you have to say," he says. Not necessarily. Some readers are savvy enough to know that there are plenty of books full of bad, unbiblical ideas. I don't doubt that this author and his "radical" pals mean well, and maybe they really do feel their acts are Christian, but it is clear in this book that he has no respect at all for people who lived before him, no conception that there might actually be good in many traditions, no ability to learn from people with more experience of the world. His understanding of the Bible is shallow, to put it mildly, and he quotes it only to back up his pre-deteremined "radical" positions. His theology, if that is even the right word, is equally shallow. Like so many of the young, he thinks "passion" and good intentions are enough. Maybe in time he will mature. -
Ricky Pierce4 Stars Out Of 5May 18, 2010Ricky PierceThis review was written for The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical.I found this book to be very challenging to my discipleship. Made me realize that I'm not on a level of service or devotion to Christ that I should be.
Papa Giorgio1 Stars Out Of 5January 14, 2010Papa GiorgioThis review was written for The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical.Half Star Too Many Says,One of the first things I did is stop at page 34 and go to his appendix and simply follow some of the links that the money from the sales of this book go to. What did I find? You can see what I found in more depth.I found a person beholden top anti-Christian Marxist ideals that connects the reader to some of the most atheistic/Marxist/Leninist sites imaginable... not to mention an extreme form of liberal Christianity. One can also find throughout this book by Shane Claiborne the following (keep in mind I could have been more exhaustive in my examples, but these should suffice):Shane is also very antithetical to police (p. 122), anti-military (pp. 95-96, 122-123), and teaches a "kingdom now theology" (pp. 62, 87), calls for overthrowing a particular social order using Marxist/Leninist speak (p. 129), and the like. Why this book is even considered in the panoply of Christian literature is beyond me. But I hope that others with discerning ears and eyes will put this book in its proper place by saying along with me that even half-a-star is too much. I recommend a book sold here at CBD to help the student work through some of these issues (not Shane's issues specifically), it is "Reclaiming the Center: Confronting Evangelical Accomodation in Postmodern Times"I will recommend CBD pick up Bob Dewaay's book, "The Emerging Church: Undefining Christianity." This topic will get more and more needed and CBD should be ahead of the curve.
Christopher Moore5 Stars Out Of 5May 18, 2009Christopher MooreThis review was written for The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical.This is one of those rare books that peals away the scales from our eyes and lets us look again at what it really means to be a follower of Christ. This book is for all of us who have ever thought, there has to be more to Christianity than this.
Jessica B.5 Stars Out Of 5March 18, 2009Jessica B.This review was written for The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical.I discovered this book last year when i was in college and as i began to read it i became so excited about what it was saying that i started telling many others that they HAD to read it- that it would change their way of thinking. When my friend Chris finished reading it- he left his well paying(yet unfulfilling)job in Ontario to come work with the homeless here in Calgary. After i finished the book i left my home in Nova Scotia to come work with the homeless here also. I then heard about a guy working within the same organization as me that was a very successful mechanic- left his job and came to work with the homeless because he read this book! It is starting a Revolution! And it is Irresistible to people! This is worth every penny that you spend on it- then you must pay it forward to someone else when you are done with it.
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Ben Bernanke is a highly educated PhD from Princeton who has never worked a day in the real world since he graduated from college in 1975. His entire life has been spent in the ivory tower of academia surrounded by models and theories that work perfectly in the comfort of his office. After building his reputation as an "expert" on the Great Depression by studying it and reaching the wrong conclusions, he came down from his ivory tower in 2002 to join an organization that has systematically destroyed the value of the US currency, thereby undermining the well being of the once vibrant middle class.
He became a member of the Federal Reserve and has served his masters (Wall Street Banks, Mega-corporations, Washington politicians) unswervingly since. When he makes his now regular appearances on 60 Minutes, he tries to give the appearance of being someone concerned about the average American. The facts in the real world completely obliterate the lies he nervously mouths while answering softball questions underhanded to him by corporate media mouthpieces. His quivering lip and nervous ticks reveal his true nature. How could Bernanke blatantly take measures that destroy the lives of millions of Americans? Maybe Dr. Seuss had the answer:
It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all,
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
Whatever the reason, His heart or his shoes,
He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos,
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown – Dr Seuss
If the Grinch had been pimping for a small pack of Grinchsters who impoverished the honest people of Whoville, then the Dr. Seuss poem would have perfectly described Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve and the banksters that run the show here in the USA. The actions taken by Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan and their brethren on the Federal Reserve over the last quarter century have destroyed the middle class and left senior citizens impoverished, while enriching its Wall Street masters. Now he is stealing Christmas from the hard working middle class of this country.
Bernanke's latest theoretical venture into manipulating the puppet strings of the economy began with his speech at Jackson Hole in August and concluded with his Op-Ed on November 4. His master plan to buy an additional $600 billion of Long-term Treasuries is being implemented on a daily basis. This QE2 follows his previous QE1, which consisted of buying $1.4 trillion of toxic mortgage securities from his masters, the insolvent Wall Street banks. What follows are Ben Bernanke's own words:
"I believe that additional purchases of longer-term securities, should the FOMC choose to undertake them, would be effective in further easing financial conditions." – Ben Bernanke – August 27, 2010 – Jackson Hole
"Given the Committee's objectives, there would appear–all else being equal–to be a case for further action. For example, a means of providing additional monetary stimulus, if warranted, would be to expand the Federal Reserve's holdings of longer-term securities. Empirical evidence suggests that our previous program of securities purchases was successful in bringing down longer-term interest rates and thereby supporting the economic recovery." – Ben Bernake – October 15, 2010 – Boston Speech
"To promote a stronger pace of economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its mandate, the Committee decided today to expand its holdings of securities. The Committee will maintain its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its securities holdings. In addition, the Committee intends to purchase a further $600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the second quarter of 2011, a pace of about $75 billion per month." – Ben Bernanke Fed Announcement – November 3, 2010
"This approach eased financial conditions in the past and, so far, looks to be effective again. Stock prices rose and long-term interest rates fell when investors began to anticipate the most recent action. Easier financial conditions will promote economic growth. For example, lower mortgage rates will make housing more affordable and allow more homeowners to refinance. Lower corporate bond rates will encourage investment. And higher stock prices will boost consumer wealth and help increase confidence, which can also spur spending. Increased spending will lead to higher incomes and profits that, in a virtuous circle, will further support economic expansion." – Ben Bernanke – November 4, 2010 – Washington Post Op-Ed
Ben and his friends on the Federal Reserve have a PR machine to help sell their lies. Let's assess whether Ben and his Federal Reserve have helped or hurt the average American.
Throwing Senior Citizens Under the Bus
Then he slunk to the ice box. He took the Whos' feast, he took the who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice box as quick as a flash. Why, the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash. – Dr Seuss
There are approximately 40 million senior citizens living in 25 million households in the US. According to the Census Bureau, more than 12 million of these households survive on less than $30,000 of income per year. The median household income in the US is $49,777. A full 70% of all over 65 households make less than the median income. A recent study found that 58% of those between 60 and 84 will at some point fail to have enough liquid assets to allow them to get through unanticipated expenses or declining income.
The vast majority of their income is from Social Security payments. Most senior citizens are rightly risk adverse and dependent upon income from certificates of deposit. During the 1990's and as recently as 2007, a senior citizen could get a 5% return on a CD. Many of these people depended on this interest income to pay their everyday expenses. Below is a chart that plots the average interest rate for 6 month CDs since 1964. Today the average rate on a 6 month CD is .30%.
Ben Bernanke is to thank for this poverty enhancing rate. He reduced the discount rate to 0% while paying interest on deposits at the Fed. The affect of this policy has been to transfer hundreds of billions to the Wall Street criminal banks from the pockets of senior citizens and other Americans dependent upon interest income to sustain their meager lives. A brainless CNBC anchor can look at this chart and realize that the Federal Reserve caused the housing crisis by driving down rates from 2002 through 2005. Ben Bernanke, who never saw the housing collapse coming and personally had an exploding adjustable rate mortgage, has learned nothing from the prior disaster. He has driven rates down to 0% in order to force people into speculative investments. The Federal Reserve is a perennial bubble blower. This will likely be the final bubble of Bennie's career.
These recent actions by the Federal Reserve are just the tip of the iceberg. Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve and the US Government have systematically screwed senior citizens for decades by purposely understating CPI. The result has been that the cost of living adjustments to Social Security has seriously lagged real inflation. For the 2nd consecutive year senior citizens will get no cost of living increase on their Social Security. The average monthly Social Security payment is $1,074. While seniors struggle to make ends meet, Wall Street banks are handed billions in free money by Ben Bernanke. The chart below details the COLA increases since 1975. Alan Greenspan and his commission began manipulating the CPI in the early 1980s.
a The COLA for December 1999 was originally determined as 2.4 percent based on CPIs published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pursuant to Public Law 106-554, however, this COLA is effectively now 2.5 percent. |
Since 2000, seniors have seen their monthly payment increase by 27%, or less than 2.5% per year. I challenge anyone to convince me that inflation has been 0% for the last two years. I have calculated my real inflation and it is four times the government reported figure. I suppose government bureaucrats and Federal Reserve Chairmen don't fill up their gas tanks or go food shopping. John Williams at www.Shadowstats.com calculates the CPI as it was calculated prior to the Greenspan fraud. Based on this true assessment of inflation, prices have increased by 100% since 2000, or 8% per year.
Only an Ivy League academic could examine the following yearly price data and conclude, as Bernanke has, that inflation is well contained:
- Unleaded gas up 24%
- Heating Oil up 28%
- Corn up 50%
- Wheat up 48%
- Coffee up 56%
- Sugar up 27%
- Soybeans up 30%
- Beef up 26%
- Pork up 22%
- Cotton up 101%
- Copper up 33%
- Silver up 72%
I wonder what a can of Who Hash will cost in 2011?
The truth is that senior citizens spend a much higher percentage of their limited income on the basics of housing, transportation, food, and insurance. So, these increases have a much greater impact on seniors than rich bankers and Princeton scholars. The figures for key items over the last decade prove the point that seniors have fallen further due to the inflationary policies of the Federal Reserve.
Category | Expense | Cost in 2000 | Cost in 2010 | % Increase, 2000 – 2010 |
Housing | Homeowner's insurance (annual) | $508.00 | $1,059.00 | 108% |
Real estate tax (annual) | $690.00 | $1,223.88 | 77% | |
Heating oil (gallon) | $1.15 | $2.88 | 150% | |
Natural gas (per thousand cubic foot) | $6.37 | $10.39 | 63% | |
Electricity (per kw hr) | $0.08 | $0.12 | 50% | |
Transportation | Regular gas (gallon) | $1.26 | $2.75 | 118% |
Medical | Medicare Part B premiums (monthly) | $45.50 | $110.50 | 143% |
Food | 10 lbs. potatoes | $2.98 | $4.98 | 67% |
Eggs (dozen) | $0.93 | $1.79 | 93% | |
Ground chuck (lb.) | $1.90 | $2.83 | 49% | |
Bread, white loaf | $0.91 | $1.36 | 50% |
Helping Housing?
And the one speck of food That he left in the house,
Was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse.
Then He did the same thing To the other Whos' houses
Leaving crumbs Much too small For the other Whos' mouses! – Dr. Seuss
Not only was Ben Bernanke complicit in aiding Greenspan in creating the housing bubble by keeping interest rates too low for too long, completely missing a two standard deviation (PhDs love this stuff) price bubble right in front of his eyes, telling Americans that we had a strong housing market, telling Americans that housing price declines would not affect the economy, not regulating or policing the rampant mortgage fraud that was happening under his nose, and aiding and abetting the very criminal banks that created the bubble, but now he has blatantly lied by saying his QE2 $600 billion monetization of our debt is to support the housing market. If you believe this, I have some prime real estate with great views in the mountains of Afghanistan to sell you.
In his October 15 speech, Bernanke assured the world that QE2 would reduce long term interest rates. On November 4, he stated:
"Lower mortgage rates will make housing more affordable and allow more homeowners to refinance."
On October 7, one week before Bernanke gave the green light to QE2, the 10 Year US Treasury rate was 2.38%. Today it stands at 3.3%, almost 100 basis points higher. I'm guessing this guy isn't very good picking his weekly football pool. Interest rates have done the exact opposite of what he proclaimed they would do. These rates have surged in the face of an already weakening economy, as unemployment continues to rise and home prices continue to fall. A 100 basis point rise in Treasury bonds piles approximately $120 billion more interest expense per year onto the backs of future generations.
The rate on 30 year fixed mortgages has surged to 5.07% from 4.4% in mid-October. That should do wonders for refinancing and home purchases. Bernanke's actions have priced millions of people out of the market. He has inflicted more damage on an already teetering housing market and has insured that home prices will plunge by another 20% in the next year.
Despite the trillions of dollars thrown at the housing market by Bernanke and Obama through home buyer tax credits, mortgage modification programs, purchasing toxic mortgages from the criminal banks at 100 cents on the dollar, artificially reducing mortgage rates, and forcing those government run disasters Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHA to backstop more bad loans, home prices are resuming their downward trajectory to fair value. That value is at least 20% lower. With 22.5% of all properties (10.8 million properties) with a mortgage having negative equity, the housing market was already in dire straits. With the surge in mortgage rates caused by Ben Bernanke's actions, a rapid plunge in prices can be expected in 2011, resulting in more foreclosures and negative equity swamping millions.
The truth is that Ben Bernanke could care less about the average American homeowner making $48,000 per year. The real purpose of QE2 was to further enrich his masters on Wall Street and the ruling elite who control the wealth in this country.
Wall Street Wealth Bailout
"When the Fed uses QEII to subsidize the largest players on Wall Street, it is disadvantaging the smaller, better run banks, and it is also playing with politics. Priyank Gandhi and Hanno Lustig, in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper issued in November (No. 16553), suggest that the implicit collective guarantee extended to large U.S. financial institutions reflects an annual subsidy to the largest commercial banks of $4.71 billion per bank, measured in 2005 dollars. But, even more important, the paper notes that subsidies for the "too big to fail" banks shows the Fed's willingness to support the equity markets, an extraordinary and ultimately political act that requires further hearings by the Congress." – Chris Whalen
Chris Whalen and a few other brilliant analysts realize the true purpose of Ben Bernanke's actions. Bernanke even revealed his true intentions in his November 4 Op-Ed:
"Higher stock prices will boost consumer wealth and help increase confidence, which can also spur spending."
On August 26, the day before Bernanke's Jackson Hole speech, the S&P 500 was at 1,047. Today, it stands at 1,247, a 19% increase in the face of weakening economic conditions for the middle class worker. The more speculative NASDAQ stood at 2,119 on August 26, and today sits at 2,649, a phenomenal 25% increase as more middle class Americans have lost their jobs. Over this same time frame, according to the BLS, there are 500,000 less Americans employed.
The truth is that Ben Bernanke's sole reason for implementing QE2 is to enrich the few at the expense of the many. The chart below paints the picture clearer than the lies and misinformation you will get from CNBC and Fox. The top 1% wealthiest Americans own 60.6% of all the stocks in America, with the next 9% wealthiest owning 37.9% of the stocks in America. That leaves a full 1.5% of stocks in the hands of the remaining 90% of Americans. Who is benefitting from QE2?
Part 2 of the table clarifies who Bennie is working for. The 90% of Americans have 42.3% of the liquid deposits, 61.5% of residential investment and 73.4% of the debt in the country. Ben Bernanke's actions have resulted in liquid deposits paying 0% interest (19 largest banks out of 7,700 banks control 50% of all deposits), residential real estate prices declining, and the cost of carrying debt to rise. Meanwhile, the top 1% convinced the public they needed a tax cut so they could continue to buy gifts like Clive Christian's $247,000 Imperial Majesty perfume, packaged in a diamond-encrusted Baccarat crystal bottle.
Table 2: Wealth distribution by type of asset, 2007 |
Investment Assets | |||
Top 1 percent | Next 9 percent | Bottom 90 percent | |
Business equity | 62.4% | 30.9% | 6.7% |
Financial securities | 60.6% | 37.9% | 1.5% |
Trusts | 38.9% | 40.5% | 20.6% |
Stocks and mutual funds | 38.3% | 42.9% | 18.8% |
Non-home real estate | 28.3% | 48.6% | 23.1% |
TOTAL investment assets | 49.7% | 38.1% | 12.2% |
Housing, Liquid Assets, Pension Assets, and Debt | |||
Top 1 percent | Next 9 percent | Bottom 90 percent | |
Deposits | 20.2% | 37.5% | 42.3% |
Pension accounts | 14.4% | 44.8% | 40.8% |
Life insurance | 22.0% | 32.9% | 45.1% |
Principal residence | 9.4% | 29.2% | 61.5% |
TOTAL other assets | 12.0% | 33.8% | 54.2% |
Debt | 5.4% | 21.3% | 73.4% |
From Wolff (2010). |
Of course, we all know the rich create all the jobs. Too bad they were created in India and China. No more conclusive evidence of the Federal Reserve destroying the American middle class can be found on the US Census Bureau site. The median household income in the US reached its all-time peak in 1999 at $52,388, in today's dollars (key data point). Ten years later the median household income is $49,777. The standard of living for the median household in the US has fallen by 5% in the last decade, even using the government manipulated CPI.
The mainstream media will not report this fact. They will report the non-inflation adjusted figures that show a 22% increase in the median household income. They do this because they know that the average American has no clue what the term "inflation adjusted" means. Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve, and the ruling oligarchy can only retain their power through the use of inflation, while slowly destroying the currency, impoverishing the masses and enriching them. The website www.mybudget360.com has suggested the proper mission statement for Bennie and the Feds should be:
"To aggregate as much wealth into the banking system while eliminating the American middle class by a slow systematic dilution of their currency and financial well being and standard of living."
Table H-6. Regions–All Races by Median and Mean Income: 1999 to 2009 | |||||
(Households as of March of the following year. Income in current and 2009 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars (28)) | |||||
Region and year | Number (thousands) | Median income | Mean income | ||
Current dollars | 2009 dollars | Current dollars | 2009 dollars | ||
2009 | 117,538 | 49,777 | 49,777 | 67,976 | 67,976 |
2008 | 117,181 | 50,303 | 50,112 | 68,424 | 68,164 |
2007 | 116,783 | 50,233 | 51,965 | 67,609 | 69,940 |
2006 | 116,011 | 48,201 | 51,278 | 66,570 | 70,819 |
2005 | 114,384 | 46,326 | 50,899 | 63,344 | 69,597 |
2004 | 113,343 | 44,334 | 50,343 | 60,466 | 68,662 |
2003 | 112,000 | 43,318 | 50,519 | 59,067 | 68,886 |
2002 | 111,278 | 42,409 | 50,563 | 57,852 | 68,976 |
2001 | 109,297 | 42,228 | 51,161 | 58,208 | 70,521 |
2000 | 108,209 | 41,990 | 52,301 | 57,135 | 71,165 |
1999 | 106,434 | 40,696 | 52,388 | 54,737 | 70,462 |
While real average weekly earnings for the average American are lower today than they were in the early 1970s, you will be happy to know that Wall Street bonuses have recovered nicely from the dip in 2008. Compensation at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citicorp increased by 31% in 2009. Average compensation rose by 27% to more than $340,000. Bonuses jumped above the $20 billion mark in 2009, but sadly trail the record of $35.5 billion in 2006 just before Wall Street destroyed the financial system of the entire world. According to the NYT, 2010 will be a banner year:
"Wall Street's five biggest firms have put aside nearly $90 billion for bonuses. Whether it's for jewelry, high-end clothing or apartments, bonus spending has long fed a post-holiday boom in January and February, especially in Manhattan and expensive suburbs like Greenwich."
I'm sure this information warms the cockles of your heart.
At the end of Dr. Seuss' poem, the Grinch repents and brings a happy ending to Whoville:
That the Grinch's small heart Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light,
And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast!
And he, HE HIMSELF! The Grinch carved the roast beast! – Dr. Seuss
Even if Ben Bernanke's heart was to grow three sizes, he would be discarded by the other Grinchsters (banksters) like piece of Whoville tinsel. The truth of our current situation is better captured by Mick Jagger in his song Sympathy for the Devil:
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
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November 27, 1997 Torah PortionShabbat Thanksgiving http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/item/torah_portion_19971128 |
In 1620, our Pilgrim ancestors escapedthe tyranny and religious persecution of the Old World and braved atreacherous journey to find freedom on this continent. They landed atPlymouth Rock, Mass. Settling at the edge of a vast wilderness, theynearly perished. They were rescued by generous natives who broughtfood and taught them to survive in this land. A year later, thePilgrims sat down to a feast of thanksgiving in gratitude to thenatives who welcomed them and in gratitude to a providential God whoprotected them. And, so, we gather each year to share ourappreciation for our freedom, our blessing and our bounty. My ancestors weren't here in 1620. But this is mystory, and this is my holiday nonetheless. My people also knewtyranny. They lived in fear of the knock at the door in the middle ofthe night. They too dreamed of freedom for their children, endured aharrowing journey, and found here a New World, open to theircontributions of talent and energy. For a Jew with a sense ofhistory, America is a miracle. Other lands of the Diaspora affordeddegrees of security and opportunity. But only America has offered agenuine sense of belonging. It is not just the Bill of Rights that openedAmerica to us. It is this remarkable congruence of the American storyand the Jewish story that gives us a sense of being at home here. Weshare the experience of exodus, of journey, of God's protection, ofreaching the promised land. We share the imperative to protectliberty, to express our gratitude, and to share with those in need.Thanksgiving, the sacred festival of American civic religion,uniquely captures the miracle of homecoming that Jews share with allother Americans. One year, as we began our Thanksgiving feast, myson became very upset: "You forgot to make 'Kiddush'!" he cried. Fora Jew raised in the rich symbolism of Jewish tradition, there issomething wanting in Thanksgiving. We need a Thanksgivingseder. As a beginning, I offer the following prayer,composed by Ina J. Hughes, as a kavannah, a meditation, for yourThanksgiving table: We pray for children who sneak popsicles before supper, who erase holes in math work books, who can never find their shoes. And we pray for those who stare at photographers from behind barbedwire, who can't bound down the street in a new pair ofsneakers, who never "count potatoes," who are born in places we wouldn't be caughtdead, who never go to the circus, who live in an X-rated world. We pray for children who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls ofdandelions, who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunchmoney. And we pray for those who never get dessert, who have no safe blanket to drag behindthem, who watch their parents watch them die, who can't find any bread to steal, who don't have any rooms to clean up, whose pictures aren't on any body'sdresser, whose monsters are real. We pray for children who spend all their allowance beforeTuesday, who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pickat their food, who like ghost stories, who shove dirty clothes under the bed and neverrinse out the tub, who get visits from the tooth fairy, who don't like to be kissed in front of thecarpool, who squirm in church or temple and scream in thephone, whose tears we sometimes laugh at and whose smilescan make us cry. And we pray for those whose nightmares come in the daytime, who will eat anything, who have never seen a dentist, who aren't spoiled by anybody, who go to bed hungry and cry themselves tosleep, who lie and move but have no being. We pray for children who want to be carried and for those who must, for those we never give up on and for those who don't get a secondchance. For those we smother and for those who will grab the hand of anybodykind enough to offer it. Ed Feinstein is rabbi at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino.
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1 April 2008
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Mr CRAIG BAUMANN
(Port Stephens) [1.31 p.m.]: This afternoon I pass comment on the proposed construction of a new Nelson Bay ambulance facility. In the 2007 budget the New South Wales State Government announced that it would undertake planning for a new Nelson Bay ambulance station as part of a $14.4 million refurbishment package that will result in new ambulance stations opening in Dubbo, Auburn, Liverpool, Port Macquarie and Ryde. The New South Wales Government has provided only for planning towards such stations in both Nelson Bay and Deniliquin. At this stage, almost 12 months on from the announcement, the Port Stephens community remains in the dark about what shape the proposed new station will take.
I have been informed that those responsible for overseeing the construction of a new ambulance station in my region are leaning towards a site adjacent to the Tomaree Community Hospital—which was known as the Nelson Bay Polyclinic before the Government changed its name as part of a cynical marketing campaign. I have also been informed that a new ambulance station might be up and running by June 2009. If that is the case, the clock is ticking for the community to have its say about the proposed new site for the ambulance station. It is unreasonable for the Tomaree community to be kept in the dark about this matter. No-one knows the region like the people who live there. The bean counters in Sydney and Newcastle who are responsible for deciding on the location of a new ambulance station are not locals and without thorough community consultation could not possibly have a grasp of the unique challenges that administering emergency services in this region presents.
The proposed site is inappropriate for a new ambulance station for several reasons. Commonsense dictates that an ambulance station should be located as near to the local hospital as possible. But senior Department of Health figures might have neglected to inform the ambulance station project planners that Tomaree Community Hospital is not a hospital. The overwhelming majority of patients need to be transported to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle for emergency procedures and for nearly all surgery. It is therefore imperative that a new ambulance station be constructed as near to main arterial roads as possible to facilitate the swift transfer of patients from the Tomaree Peninsula to John Hunter Hospital as easily as possible.
The preferred site would be somewhere near the corner of Gan Gan Road and Nelson Bay Road. This intersection is close to the geographic centre of the area that the station would service and is linked to most parts of the Tomaree by arterial roads. It is nearly equidistant to Soldiers Point, Salamander, Nelson Bay, Shoal Bay, Fingal Bay, Anna Bay and Bobs Farm. This would also make an ideal location for a future NSW Fire Brigades station. Ambulances operating from the comparatively remote Tomaree Community Hospital would run a maze of residential streets, increasing response times and putting lives of patients and road users at risk.
I reiterate: No public announcement concerning the future of the Nelson Bay ambulance station has been made. What little information I do have has been hard to come by. I take this opportunity to remind the Minister for Health that my door is always open and I would relish the opportunity to take her for a drive through Nelson Bay to show her the logistical difficulties that her department will face in making a new ambulance station a reality. With the next budget looming on the horizon I hope the Government will furnish the people of Port Stephens with more details as to how and when this new ambulance station will come to fruition. When one considers that of the $14.4 million allocated for station upgrades last year only $80,000 was spent on planning for Nelson Bay, it is not surprising that little progress has been made. Clearly more needs to be done; we are moving ahead but not in the right direction.


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Bioequivalence Study on Pseudoephedrine HCl 120 mg ER Tablets Under Fasting Conditions
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Compare bioavailability of Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride extended release tablets (Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited) against reference product Sudafed ® 12-hour tablets 120 mg (Warner-Lambert) under fasting conditions.
Condition | Intervention |
Healthy |
Drug: 120 mg Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride extended release tablets |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Bio-equivalence Study Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: Open Label |
Official Title: | Comparative, Randomized, Single Dose, 2 Way Crossover Bioavailability Study of Ranbaxy and Warner - Lambert (Sudafed ® 12 Hour) 120 mg Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride Extended - Release Tablets in Healthy Adult Volunteers Under Fasting Conditions. |
- Bioequivalence [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Enrollment: | 36 |
Study Start Date: | June 2004 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2004 |
Primary Completion Date: | June 2004 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: 1
120 mg Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride extended release tablets of ranbaxy
Drug: 120 mg Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride extended release tablets |
Active Comparator: 2
(Sudafed ® 12 hour) 120 mg Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride extended - release tablets
Drug: 120 mg Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride extended release tablets |
Detailed Description:
This was an open label, randomized, single dose, 2-way crossover, relative bioavailability study performed on a total of 36 healthy adult subjects (20 males and 16 females). Thirty five (35) subjects (19 males and 16 females) completed the clinical phase of the study. In each period, subjects were housed from at least 10 hours before dosing until after the 36 hour blood draw. Single oral 120 mg Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride doses were separated by a washout period of 7 days.
A total of thirty six (36) subjects (20 males and 16 females) were enrolled in the study. Out of which a total of thirty five (35) subjects (19 males and 16 females) completed the clinical phase of the study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 55 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- All subjects enrolled in this study met all inclusion and exclusion criteria, and were judged by the investigator to be normal, healthy volunteers
Subjects were included in the study if they met all of the following criteria:
- Healthy adult male or female volunteers , 18 to 55 years of age
- Weighing at least 52 kg for males and 45 kg for females and within 15% of their ideal weights (table of 'Desirable Weights of Adults', Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1983)
- Medically healthy subjects with clinically normal laboratory profiles and ECGs
Females of child bearing potential should either be sexually inactive (abstinent) for 14 days prior to the first dose and throughout the study or be using one of the following acceptable birth control methods:
- Surgically sterile (bilateral tubal ligation, hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy) 6 months minimum
- IUD in place for at least 3 months
- Barrier methods (condom, diaphragm) with spermicide for at least 14 days prior to the first dose and throughout the study
- Surgical sterilization of the partner (vasectomy for 6 months minimum)
- Hormonal contraceptives for at least 3 months prior to the first dose of the study
- Other birth control methods may be deemed acceptable
- Post menopausal women with amenorrhea for at least 2 years will be eligible
- Voluntarily consent to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects were excluded from the study if there was evidence of any of the following at screening or at any time during the study:
- History or presence of significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, hematologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, immunologic, dermatologic, neurologic, or psychiatric disease
In addition, history or presence of:
- Alcoholism or drug abuse within the past year
- Hypersensitivity or idiosyncratic reaction to Pseudoephedrine or any other sympathomimetic amines
- Glaucoma or hypermetropia
- Female subjects who are pregnant or lactating
- Positive results on HIV, HbsAg and HCV tests
- Subjects receiving a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor or within 14 days of stopping use of an MAO inhibitor, or any sympathomimetic amines
- Subjects who have been on a special diet (for whatever reason) during the 28 days prior to the first dose and throughout the study
- Subjects who through completion of the study, would have donated in excess of:
- 500 mL of blood in 14 days
- 1500 mL of blood in 180 days
- 2500 mL of blood in 1 year. 8. Subjects who have participated in another clinical trial within 28 days prior to the first dose.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00779831
Canada, Quebec | |
MDS Pharma Services | |
Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada, H4R2N6 |
Additional Information:
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | Dr. Tausif Monif, Ranbaxy Research labs |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00779831 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | AA16795 |
Study First Received: | October 23, 2008 |
Last Updated: | October 23, 2008 |
Health Authority: | Canada: Health Canada |
Keywords provided by Ranbaxy Inc.:
Bioequivalence Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 120 mg extended release tablets |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ephedrine Pseudoephedrine Adrenergic Agents Anti-Asthmatic Agents Autonomic Agents Bronchodilator Agents Cardiovascular Agents Central Nervous System Agents Central Nervous System Stimulants Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |
Nasal Decongestants Neurotransmitter Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Pharmacologic Actions Physiological Effects of Drugs Respiratory System Agents Sympathomimetics Therapeutic Uses Vasoconstrictor Agents |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on April 16, 2015


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CARG is basically a standard library function(complex function) which calculates the argument of complex number. It passes a numeric or logical argument by value. It returns phase angle of complex number(a+bi) in polar form within the range [π,-π].
This function passes a numeric or logical argument by value instead of using the Fortran standard of passing arguments by reference. When the argument is of type, character at that time the CARG function will convert the argument to a C string. It can only be used as an actual argument when invoking a subroutine or function. A complex number can be represented as:
- (in rectangular co-ordinates)
where 'A' is real part and 'B' is an imaginary part.
- (in polar co-ordinates)
where r = cabs(z) is the radius and a = carg(z) is the phase angle. Hence this function returns phase angle of complex number Z when it is used in polar co-ordinates the return value is ranges from [π, -π] and when we use this function, we required to use <complex.h> header file.
In general, this function calculates argument of a complex number.
double carg (double complex z);
float cargf (float complex z);
long double cargl (long double complex z);[1]
Syntax of this carg function is as follow:
carg (item) |
In this, 'item' may be of any intrinsic type except complex & 4 byte logical.It is a data object for which to return a value.
When the argument is numerical or logical, at that time value of item is placed on calling stack, rather than its address. If argument is of the type character, the fortran length descriptor is removed and the character string is null terminated. The C data type of the result is shown in following table:
fortran type | fortran kind | c type |
Integer | 1 | signed char |
Integer | 2 | signed short int |
Integer | 4 | signed long int |
Real | 4 | float |
Complex | 4 | should not be passed by value; if passed by reference (without CARG) then it is pointer to a strcture |
logical | 1 | unsigned char |
logical | 4 | must not be passed by value or by reference |
char | 1 | char* |
Example 1Edit
/*conversion of a real number from its Cartesian to polar form*/
int main(){
double complex z = -4.4 + 3.3 * I;
double radius = cabs(z);
double argument = carg(z);
double x = creal(z);
double y = cimag(z);
printf("cartesian(x,y):(%4.1f,%4.1f)\n",x,y); printf("polar(r,theta):(%4.1f,%4.1f)\n",radius,argument);
return 0;
Example 2Edit
This example compute and print argument of (1+i)
USE CARG_INT USE UMACH_INT IMPLICIT NONE ! (declaration of variables) INTEGER NOUT REAL VALUE COMPLEX Z ! (compute) Z = (1.0,1.0) VALUE=CARG(Z) ! (print the result) CALL UMACH(2,NOUT)


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Level | 70 Requires Level 50 |
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Category | Daily PvP |
Rewards | +419 11 99 at level 70 |
One of the daily battleground PvP quests for money and bonus honor points. See Event calendar on the official site for which battleground has the daily PvP quest.
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