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Annual Review 2011
This report reviews the Adam Smith Institute's work in 2011, covering its policy research, events, student programmes, and communications outreach.
Annual Review 2011 www.adamsmith.org The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 01 From the Directors 2011 will surely be remembered as an eventful year. From the Arab Spring and the war in Libya, to the Japanese earthquake, the London riots and � yes � the Royal Wedding, the newspapers had no shortage of things to write about. And then there was the seemingly perpetual economic crisis, which naturally loomed large over the Adam Smith Institute's work in 2011. But while many commentators and policy analysts lost their way in the face of a never-ending stream of bad news, the Adam Smith Institute spoke with clarity and force not just about the real causes of the crisis, but also about the rational ways of escaping it. Our principled approach, deeply rooted in liberty, free markets and limited government, made us stand out from the crowd; our track record opposing bailouts, exposing the unsustainability of the welfare state, and revealing the futility of government stimulus, lent our words striking credibility. Sadly, the West's economic woes look set to continue throughout 2012 � a fact that is unlikely to bring a smile to anyone's face. But this crisis remains an opportunity, as well as a threat. Now more than ever, it is vital that we come up with radical but realistic visions for change � in monetary policy and financial regulation, in education, health, and welfare, and of course, in fiscal policy. In all these areas, we must roll back the frontiers of the state and unleash the incredible dynamism of the free market. Coming up with the ideas that make this possible � we call it policy engineering � is what the Adam Smith Institute is all about. This Annual Review pulls together the highlights of our work in 2011, but a few things deserve special mention. As you'll read on p.16, Sam Bowman launched City AM's comment section The Forum with a full page article calling for `a new capitalist revolution' � relegating shadow chancellor Ed Balls to the second page. Professor Kevin Dowd's lecture (p.12) on `The Decapitalization of the West' was an intellectual tour de force, as was education expert James Croft's groundbreaking report on profit-making schools (p.8). And Freedom Week, our weeklong seminar for Britain's brightest young libertarians, was bigger and better than ever before (p.14). There are few organizations in the world as intellectually vibrant, as forward-looking, and as media-savvy as the Adam Smith Institute. Thanks to our talented staff, our exceptional network, and the generosity of our donors, 2011 was a very good year. With your support, we hope that 2012 can be even better. Tom Clougherty, Executive Director Dr Eamonn Butler, Director Dr Madsen Pirie, President 02 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 Economics Economics dominated the news headlines and the public debate in 2011. The British government started to implement its fiscal consolidation plan. Inflation continued to rise steadily. Recovery from recession faltered, and the eurozone teetered on the edge of collapse. Throughout the year, the Adam Smith Institute was busy providing a strong and distinctive defence of economic freedom, fighting back against those who argued growth could be centrally planned, who said that we could tax our way back to prosperity, or who suggested we could borrow our way out of debt. The Institute also gave voice to a positive agenda for economic reform, revolving around lower taxes, deregulation, and financial and monetary reform. coalition government's plans did not go nearly far enough, that they were only unwinding a very small part of the extraordinary rise in spending that took place under the previous government, and that there was ample scope to be far more radical. They consistently debunked the `stimulus' myth while arguing instead for a thoroughgoing overhaul of the government and the public sector. The ongoing crisis in the eurozone provided an alarming Keynes Vs. Hayek One of the key themes of the 2011 agenda was captured by July's Radio 4 debate at the London School of Economics: Keynes Vs. Hayek. Did free markets get us into this mess, and do we need government intervention to get us out, as John Maynard Keynes might have suggested? Or was it government's fiscal profligacy, monetary ineptitude, and misguided financial regulation that got us into trouble in the first place? In numerous articles, media appearances and public speaking engagements in 2011, Adam Smith Institute experts took the latter, Hayekian position. example of what happens when governments fail to bring debt and deficits under control. In 2011, the Institute's policy staff discussed the eurozone in a wide range of forums, always stressing the severity of the crisis and highlighting its roots in government incompetence. They were quick to point out that bailouts and fiscal integration would not solve the problem, and that hasty and illconsidered bank recapitalisation risked making matters worse. Instead, they made the case for fiscal responsibility and policies to boost economic growth. An agenda for growth When it came to public spending, Institute spokesmen repeatedly made clear that there was no alternative to spending cuts. Indeed, they frequently argued that the One of the biggest political disappointments of 2011 was that the coalition government's long-awaited growth strategy turned out to be a damp squib. There were no moves to The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 03 address Britain's utterly uncompetitive personal taxes. Nor was there any significant progress in cutting red tape and freeing up entrepreneurs. Instead, we saw the government involving themselves in the allocation of credit, picking industrial winners, and making dubious claims about the economic benefits of expensive infrastructure projects. A series of Adam Smith Institute projects addressed these issues. On tax, the Institute released Peter Young and Miles Saltiel's capital gains tax to 18 percent. The report was backed up by a concerted publicity campaign, and several members of parliament were seen carrying copies into the House of Commons on budget day. Little wonder that the Chancellor felt compelled to reassure the House that the 50p rate would not be a permanent feature of the British tax system, even if he did not feel able to take up the report's specific proposals. Renewable Energy � Vision or Mirage? took aim at the government's energy policy, exposing it is an uneconomic exercise in picking winners. The report argued that far from promoting `green growth' and spurring an economic recovery, the government's subsidy-intensive approach to the energy sector would actually result in an insecure and costly supply of energy, which would damage Britain's The Revenue and Growth Effects of Britain's High Personal Taxes in March, ahead of the Chancellor's budget. It argued that high personal taxes were hitting growth and would end up hitting government revenue too. It made the case for scrapping the 50p tax rate and non-dom tax immediately, reducing the higher rate of income tax from 40 to 35 percent, and cutting OPPOSITE: Clockwise: front page coverage of our renewables report in the Daily Telegraph; Eamonn writes on boosting businesses in the Sunday Post; the Daily Telegraph cover our work on the minimum wage; Tom writes in the Sunday Times on the need for deregulation; Detlev Schlichter talks to the ASI about his book `Paper Money Collapse'. 04 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 economic competitiveness. High Speed Fail assessed the case for a new high speed railway line and found it wanting in almost every respect. Crucially, analyst Nigel Hawkins said HS2 would prove enormously expensive and deliver few economic benefits. On regulation, the Adam Smith Institute's Eamonn Butler and Tim Ambler assembled a panel of five ex-regulators to write Reflections on Regulation: Experience and the Future. In his introduction, Butler argued that the regulators should return to their original purpose: to ensure that markets were free and competitive, and then get out of the way. Tom Clougherty made that same argument in a Sunday Times column based on the report. levy a proportional tax on all equity, bond and derivative trades. Exposing the flaws in this idea � which was heavily promoted by the European Union and numerous left-wing pressure groups � became one of the Adam Smith Institute's main campaigns. Two reports laid out our position: The Tobin Tax � Reason or Treason? and Hanging London out to dry � The impact of an EU Financial Transaction Tax. Author Adam Baldwin showed how a similar tax had failed miserably in Sweden, pointed out that it could severely impact one of the UK's most important industries, and argued that rather than making markets less volatile, the tax would actually make matters worse. The Adam Smith Institute said the tax would be "economic suicide". Shortly afterwards, the Chancellor echoed that sentiment. But it wasn't just taxes threatening the financial sector in 2011. Regulation also loomed large on the horizon, not least in the form of the Independent Commision on Banking, which delivered its interim and final reports during the course of So much for the City Another perilously anti-growth proposal that received a lot of attention in 2011 was the Financial Transaction Tax, also known as the Robin Hood Tax or Tobin Tax, which would ABOVE: Front covers of The Law of Opposites, The Case for NGDP Targeting and High Speed Fail. Coverage of Tax Freedom Day on the front page of the Daily Mail. The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 05 " Throughout the year, the Adam Smith Institute was busy providing a strong and distinctive defence of economic freedom the year. As far as the Adam Smith Institute was concerned, the Commission's recommendations represented a missed opportunity. They failed to address the key problem with our modern banking system � namely that governments subsidize bank risk-taking through implicit and explicit guarantees of bank liabilities. Nor did they get to grips with the systemic risk inherent in the deficiencies � current and expected � of international capital regulation. In a series of briefing papers, opinion pieces and public appearances, Institute spokesmen highlighted these flaws and advocated their own, free market approach: specfically, we must find ways of removing all government support from the financial sector, and ensure that failed banks can be resolved in an orderly fashion. Another area that the Independent Commission on Banking (perhaps understandably) did not tackle was accounting rules. Yet as a groundbreaking Adam Smith Institute study showed, this seemingly arcane policy area has had a far more profound impact on our financial sector than is commonly understood. In The Law of " Opposites banking insider Gordon Kerr exposed the way in which international accounting rules have given the impression of illusory profits on bank balance sheets, inflating bonuses and creating perverse incentives for banks to act recklessly. The report was launched at an All Party Parliamentary Group meeting in the House of Commons, and was covered by Bloomberg, the BBC, the Guardian and the Daily Mail. Money, money, money The financial crisis exposed an important flaw in our macroeconomic framework: inflation targeting failed to deliver a stable monetary environment, and allowed ABOVE: Tom Clougherty and Dr Eamonn Butler on ConservativeHome and 50p coverage in City AM. 06 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 enormously damaging asset bubbles to build up. Yet too few policymakers are thinking seriously about the alternatives. In The Case for NGDP Targeting: Lessons from the Great Recession noted American economist Scott Sumner outlined his plan for reform. He argued that a level-targeting regime for NGDP (or nominal income) futures would prove far superior to inflation targeting, and in the long run would make it possible to eliminate policy discretion altogether, so that monetary policy was conducted `automatically' in accordance with a predetermined rule. Several of the monetary experts who spoke at the Adam Smith Institute in the course of 2011 took a different, and perhaps even more radical view. In his lecture on `The anachronism of state-controlled money' George Selgin argued that the state should not be in the monetary business at all. Leading free banking advocate Kevin Dowd took a similar position in his lecture on `The " The financial crisis exposed an important flaw in our macroeconomic framework: inflation targeting failed to deliver a stable monetary environment, and allowed enormously damaging asset bubbles to build up Decapitalization of the West', suggesting that central banks could be replaced by currency boards offering full convertibility into gold. Detlev Schlichter went even further when talking about his book Paper Money Collapse, and advocated a shift to a modern version of the classical gold standard. Whatever happens in the eurozone, the monetary debate looks set to gather pace in 2012. The Adam Smith Institute will continue to be at the forefront of it. " ABOVE: Front covers for our 50p tax report, Reflections on Regulation and Renewable Energy: Vision or Mirage?. Coverage of our 50p tax report on the Daily Telegraph and Douglas Carwell MP talking about the eurozone crisis and the outlook for 2012. The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 07 ABOVE: Coverage of our report on the Financial Transaction Tax and Sam's article on the the need for a capitalist revolution in City AM 08 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 Education and Healthcare The Adam Smith Institute has long been a leader in radical thinking about Britain's public services, and has a proud history of producing hard-hitting research and innovative policy ideas to extend choice, competition and freedom in healthcare and education. This work continued in 2011. Arguably the most important piece of research published by the Adam Smith Institute in 2011 was Profit-Making clear: far from being skeptical of profit-making schools, government should embrace them and help more children to escape the failing comprehensive model. On the healthcare front, Miles Saltiel's No need to flinch laid bare the deficiences of the National Health Service, analyzing World Health Organization data to show that the NHS underperforms on both outcomes and value for money when ranked against similar countries. Free Schools by James Croft, which explored the untapped potential of the for-profit independent schools sector. Representing the first in-depth, empirical study of its kind in the UK, the report comprehensively debunked the idea that the profit motive compromises standards in education. In fact, the opposite appeared to be true. The report identified 489 mainstream for-profit schools, serving more than 80,000 pupils. Perhaps contrary to expectations, 83 percent of these schools were nonselective. 80 percent were situated in urban or suburban areas. Most strikingly of all, 41 percent operated on fee levels less than, or on a par with, the national average per pupil funding in the state-maintained sector. Yet even these schools significantly outperformed the independent sector as a whole. The report didn't just find that profit-making schools in the UK were capable of providing low-cost, high-quality, nonselective education; it also found that this was a growing and increasingly competitive market, with huge potential to increase capacity, and a strong incentive to do so. The policy implications of these groundbreaking findings were Chris Davies' powerful reflection on four decades of NHS care, Reforming the National Health Service, went further, arguing that the NHS is fundamentally incapable of serving its customers effectively. His radical blueprint for reform would see the entire NHS estate privatized, with taxpayer funding replaced by a national insurance fund capitalized with the proceeds of that privatization, and sustained by employer-employee contributions and user co-payments. Tom Clougherty's popular think piece What a free market in healthcare would look like went further still, imagining a vibrant market completely free of government intervention � and utterly unrecognisable from the healthcare sector as it exists today. The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 09 ABOVE: Coverage of our profit-making schools report in the Guardian; the front covers of our reports on Reforming the NHS and Profit-making free schools; Tom writes in The Spectator on Lansley's reforms; Allister Heath writes about our report in his editor's letter in City AM. 10 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 Adam Smith in 2011 Adam Smith (1723-1790) was the pioneer of modern economics. His great book, The Wealth of Nations (1776) explained the folly of governments trying to control and direct economic life, and the enormous gains that emerge from allowing people to trade freely with one another. This is a lesson we must re-learn today. For when individuals, and indeed countries, voluntarily engage in commercial exchange, they do so because both sides benefit. To maximise those benefits to humanity, we need to encourage voluntary exchange, not restrict it. Smith believed that a free, competitive economy was by far the best way to help the working poor. He wanted people to be able to use their own efforts and talents to improve the lives of themselves and their families. He deplored how important businesses � aided and abetted by those with the political power � actually promoted regulation as a way of keeping out competition from such sources and preventing the rise of outsiders. Having lived through a major banking crisis in Scotland, Smith did advocate banking regulation. But his concern was only to promote honest dealing in the marketplace. Provided that people traded openly and justly, and competition was maintained, the most effective regulators would be customers themselves. There is no need for detailed technical rules beyond that. Smith would also have regarded a government that spends half the country's GDP � and he was the inventor of that concept � as the greatest tyranny. He saw taxes as another way in which established interests manipulate the economy in their favour and do down potential competitors. Taxes, he thought, should be as low as possible; they should encourage, not restrict trade; and they should be simple, intelligible and convenient. So we can imagine what he might have thought of a tax code that in Britain today is now longer than The Wealth of Nations itself, and a regulatory rulebook that is even longer. When Smith's ideas were put into practice by reformist nineteenth-century governments, it produced the greatest era of free trade, discovery and progress that the world has ever known. It is an approach we must rediscover � which is one reason why the Adam Smith Institute published Eamonn Butler's The Condensed Wealth of Nations in mid-2011. Smith's original is written in a dense and archaic style which, coupled with the book's length and its many digressions, makes it inaccessible for most modern readers. The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 11 " Smith believed that a free, competitive economy was by far the best way to help the working poor The Condensed Wealth of Nations, by contrast, presents Smith's ideas in modern language, with just enough of Smith's examples and quotations to provide a sense of colour, and with marginal notes to explain how today's economic concepts have developed from Smith's early ideas. It gives the same treatment to Smith's other great " book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, and still manages to come in at just 83 pages. The following quote does not actually appear in The Condensed Wealth of Nations, but it does capture the flavour of Smith's thinking, as well as the principles that guide the Adam Smith Institute: "Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." ABOVE: Dr Eamonn Butler with David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times and guest speaker for the launch of The Condensed Wealth of Nations; the front cover of The Condensed Wealth of Nations 12 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 Events The Adam Smith Institute hosts some of the most popular events in Westminster. Our evening events bring together diverse audiences and influential academics and politicians to discuss policy and ideas. This year we have increased the number of seminars and lectures and started to film all our events to maximise the reach and impact of our events programme. Seminars & Lectures In January, Professor Steve Horwitz gave a lecture on `An Austrian perspective on the great recession of 2008-2009', Dambisa Moyo, economist, spoke on `How the West was lost' and Dr Yaron Brook, president of the Ayn Rand Institute explained `How to be a rational egoist'. During the Spring we also held a debate on the Alternative Vote, while Greg Clark MP, Mark Pennington and Tim Hellier talked on `The Future of Planning' at an evening seminar. Chris Preble from The Cato Institute came to talk to the The UK's fragile economic situation was a focus for a number of our lectures. Professor Kevin Dowd talked about `The Decapitalization of the West' whilst Professor George Selgin pointed the finger of blame at `The Anachronism of State-Controlled Money'. Detlev Schlichter argued that all paper money systems ultimately fail at his book launch, hosted by the Adam Smith Institute, entitled `Paper Money Collapse'. Dr Razeen Sally also delivered a fascinating lecture on the shift of the world economy to emerging markets and what this means for freedom. In December we sponsored a discussion in parliament on how bad bank regulation generates illusory profits to accompany our report `The Law of Opposites' by Gordon Kerr. Institute about "A libertarian perspective on foreign policy" and in the Summer the Adam Smith Institute held a panel discussion with the Free Society on "Education, freedom and the State" with speeches by Toby Young, David Davis MP, Terence Kealey and Tom Clougherty. Dr Tara Smith, objectivist and professor of philosophy delivered a lecture on `The Pursuit of Happiness � and the Tools Essential to Attaining it". On a less cheerful note, just before Christmas we held a panel discussion on "2012: the end of the world as we know it?" with Douglas Carswell MP, Jamie Whyte, Alex Massie and Brendan O'Neill. Although the panel tended to hold a rather pessimistic view on 2012 there were some glimmers of hope to cheer the audience. ABOVE: David Gauke MP, Freddie Cohen, John Redwood MP, Tom Clougherty and Allister Heath speaking at an Adam Smith Institute event at the Conservative Party Conference. The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 13 Patrons Dinners In 2011 we continued the Institute's tradition of holding private dinners for our most significant donors and supporters. Our guest speakers were Greg Hands MP, the PPS to George Osborne, David Laws MP, Sir Roger Douglas, the former Finance Minister of New Zealand, and Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, the former Scotland Secretary. All of our dinners are off-the-record and present a unique opportunity to hear the most eminent political figures talk candidly about the state of the economy and current events. to kickstart growth in the UK in a lively discussion. We also held a panel discussion on `Economic Growth and the Planning System' with Bob Neill MP, Steve Baker MP, Tim Smith from Berwin Leighton Paisner and Tom Clougherty. Parties & book launches Following tradition, the Adam Smith Institute held its annual Bloggers' Bash just before Easter, with Tim Montgomerie, Harry Cole and Douglas Carswell speaking to a packed room of bloggers and Tweeters. Our summer boat party was also well attended with a mix of students, supporters and MPs enjoying an evening cruise along the Thames despite the rain! We held two book launches this year. We launched `The Condensed Wealth of Nations' with a drinks reception at which David Smith, economics editor of the Sunday Times, gave a short speech on the many merits of Eamonn's book. We also held a triple book launch for JP's `What the Immigrant Saw', Madsen's `The Emerald Warriors' and Eamonn's primer on Milton Friedman. In December we held our Christmas Party at the St Stephen's Club with John Redwood speaking. The room was packed and buzzing with MPs, journalists, supporters and students dropping by to celebrate the end of another successful year for the Adam Smith Institute. ABOVE: Guest speaker Peter Stringfellow with Eamonn Butler at one of our student events; John Redwood speaking at the Christmas Party; Elizabeth Truss MP speaking at our student conference; and Dr Razeen Sally delivering a lecture on the shift to emerging markets. Party Conferences This year we focused on the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. We held three fringe events, all of which were a huge success and well-attended. On the first day we held a panel discussion on `The Individual v the State: The Battle for lifestyle freedom" where Philip Davies MP, Dan Hamilton, Alex Massie and Chris Snowdon discussed sin taxes and increasing interference of the State into people's personal consumption and lifestyle choices. Our most popular fringe event focused on `Wealth Creation and the Coalition: An Agenda for Growth'. David Gauke MP, John Redwood MP, Allister Heath from City AM and Freddie Cohen, Finance minister of Jersey, debated the best ways 14 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 Students The Adam Smith Institute sees student outreach and education as a core part of its activity, and it runs through everything the Institute does � from its online and social media presence, to its publications, seminars and lectures. Few think tanks attract such a youthful audience. But the Institute also runs a variety of dedicated student programmes, which went from strength to strength in 2011. The Next Generation The Next Generation is the Adam Smith Institute's group for the under 30s, which meets most months in Westminster. Guest speakers this year fell into two main camps. First, we had the `next generation' of political leaders, with new MPs Sajid Javid and Elizabeth Truss making the case for a radical, free-market government, and MEP Syed Kamal talking about his battles for liberty in the EU. Then we had three speakers adressing controversial libertarian topics: legendary club-owner Peter Stringfellow gave us his take on personal freedom; SpikedOnline's Brendan O'Neill argued the London riots were `a mob made by the welfare state'; and drug policy expert Steve Rolles advocated legalization. The Next Generation also hosted a debate ahead of May's Alternative Vote referendum, which pitted No2AV's Dylan Sharpe against the IEA's Mark Littlewood. and the profit motive' from leading libertarian thinkers. This year's ISOS debate saw philosopher-turned-journalist and media commentator Jamie Whyte face the Institute of Ideas' Patrick Hayes on the motion, `This house believes there are no such things as free markets'. In our postconference survey, 96 percent of respondents rated ISOS as `Good' or `Excellent'. The Liberty Lectures September's `Liberty Lectures' conference was open to more advanced students, and featured longer, more in-depth talks and discussions � which were subsequently made available on the Adam Smith Institute's YouTube channel. Tim Evans explored the proper role of government, Jamie Whyte wondered how moral capitalism was, Eamonn Butler explained how markets work, and Andrew Lilico examined the real causes of the financial crisis. Independent Seminar on the Open Society The Adam Smith Institute's long-running conferences for sixth-form students continued in 2011, with nearly two hundred schoolgoers hearing robust, free market talks on topics like `political interest and consumer power', `public goods and the myth of market failure', and `externalities Freedom Week Freedom Week, organized in partnership with the Institute of Economic Affairs, was the jewel in the crown of the Adam Smith Institute's 2011 student programmes. 40 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 15 " The Adam Smith Institute sees student outreach and education as a core part of its activity, and it runs through everything the Institute does students � more than ever before � came to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, for an expenses-paid week of learning about liberty and free markets. Topics covered included the Austrian school of economics, public choice theory, classical liberalism and social justice, and the history of freedom. In addition to attending lectures and participating in discussions, attendees had the opportunity to network with fellow students, leading academics, and think tank representatives � all in a relaxed atmosphere with nightly social activities. affliliated student societies and look set to continue growing rapidly. In October, they held their first Liberty League Annual Conference in London, with the Adam Smith Institute as a sponsor. Head of Research Sam Bowman chaired a panel discussion on `How the state harms the poor', while other sessions put the Chicago and Austrian schools of economics head-to-head with one another, explored whether Islam and libertarianism can be reconciled, and asked `Where next for education?' Freedom-fighting MP Steve Baker gave the keynote address. " European Students for Liberty Another great thing to come out of 2011 was the establishment of European Students for Liberty, which aims to help students acquire the skills, momentum, and connections necessary to effectively advance liberty across Europe. The Adam Smith Institute was one of the main sponsors of its inaugural conference, which took place in Leuven, Belgium, in November. The conference attracted over 220 students from 25 different countries, who enjoyed three days of lectures, workshops, and social events. The conference was also broadcast live on the internet. UK Liberty League In early 2011, three members of the Adam Smith Institute's Next Generation group independently set up the UK Liberty League, an umbrella organization for classical liberal campus groups across the UK. They already have more than 20 ABOVE: Students at our day-long ISOS conference; young people at a Next Generation meeting and students at the ESFL conference in Leuven. 16 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 Media Outreach Media outreach is a central part of the Adam Smith Institute's work. Our spokesmen regularly appear in print, and on broadcast and online outlets making the case for freer, more competitive markets and greater individual freedom. Commentary Apart from promoting our latest publications, representatives of the Institute have been commenting on topics as diverse as tax simplification, the Eurozone crisis, welfare reform, economic growth and education reform. Broadcast We regularly take part in interviews, debates and panel discussions on a wide range of programmes both on radio and TV. For example, in the last month (December 2011) ASI representatives have appeared on Sky News, Bloomberg TV, Radio 4's PM show, BBC News, BBC World Service and a number of regional radio stations. " Print Traditional print media is still one of our main sources of media coverage, with our op-eds, report coverage and comments featuring in national and regional newspapers worldwide. The Institute has a number of strong writers, which has ensured we produce a high number of comment pieces in the papers. Our Head of Research, Sam Bowman, was even given the privilege of writing the first op-ed piece for City AM's new forum section on the need for a new capitalist revolution. In 2012 we will be seeking to set up even more op-eds in order to maximise our impact in the media and to better promote free markets and limited government. Our spokesmen regularly appear in print, and on broadcast and online outlets making the case for freer, more competitive markers and greater individual freedom Online " The Adam Smith Insititute blog remains the focus of our online activity. However, we also write for a number of online news sources and blogs to complement this. In particular, we regularly write for ConservativeHome and the Spectator's Coffee House blog. Our reports and comments also often get picked up by websites such as the Daily Mail Right Minds blogs, Telegraph.co.uk and many specialist online media. ABOVE: Eamonn on BBC News discussing public resentment of high taxes. The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 17 ABOVE: Tom discusses the need to cut public spending on Al-Jazeera; Madsen calls for the 50p tax rate to be scrapped on Sky News; Sam talks about the public sector strikes on Al-Jazeera; Tom addresses the relationship between the media and politics on CNBC; Adam Smith Institute author Gordon Kerr promotes `The Law of Opposites' on Bloomberg. 18 The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 New Media Engagement The Adam Smith Institute is proud of its active following and engagement on online and social media platforms. Its blog is one of the most popular think tank destinations in the world, and it is one of the most well-followed think tanks on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. AdamSmith.org The new Adam Smith Institute website, launched at the end of 2011, is the latest chapter in our proud history of online engagement. As the first British think tank with a website, and the first with a blog, the Adam Smith Institute has always led the field in quality online content. Our new website is stylish and easy to navigate, and will set us in good stead for years to come. The website also sees the launch of a new "Articles" section, which will host thoughtful extended articles on liberty and the modern world that will consolidate its place as the go-to destination for liberal thought in Britain. Since its launch, it has hosted articles on topics ranging from the impact of profit on schooling to private security provision in parts of Kenya. Adam Smith's example of the power of specialization and cooperation as the inspiration for our group efforts. Traffic to the blog has risen by about 50% over 2011, from an average of around 2,000 visitors per day in 2010 to an average of around 3,000 visitors per day in 2011. We are aiming to increase this even more in 2012 by introducing new writers and developing the blog's voice so that it becomes the go-to place for irreverent, sharp comment from a libertarian perspective. Facebook and Twitter As the largest social network in the world, Facebook is central to our new media strategy. Our fan numbers on Facebook grew from 2,700 to over 5,000 during 2011, and our Twitter followers more than doubled from around 2,750 to over 7,000. These two platforms are critical to our continued growth and success as an organization, because they deliver a high-quality readership and allow the potential for rapid dissemination of our articles. Both Facebook and Twitter allow us to engage with our supporters and critics constructively, so that we can answer questions, share interesting links and help to foster the growth of an online community of liberty-minded people in the UK and overseas. The Blog The ASI blog remains the focal point of most traffic to our website, and is the most popular think tank blog in the UK by some distance. A group blog with regular contributions by ASI staff and external writers like Tim Worstall and Christopher Snowdon, it gives the Adam Smith Institute a platform on which to comment on the day's news on our own terms. With the launch of our new website, the blog has been rechristened `The Pin Factory' � taking The Adam Smith Institute ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 19 Youtube While we have had a presence on Youtube for several years, 2011 was the year when we fully began to embrace this platform. We have begun to record all of our events and upload them as soon as possible, giving our events a much greater impact and allowing people from all around the world to watch them. For example, a popular lecture by economist Detlev Schlichter had over 100 attendees; but this is dwarfed by the 1,300 people in Britain, the US and Europe who have watched it on Youtube. " The new Adam Smith Institute website launched at the end of 2011 The potential here is enormous: as our Youtube channel followers), it will allow us to leverage our events to give our grows in subscribers (driven by Facebook, Twitter and blog " message of liberty a truly global reach. The unified strategy of social media outreach that the Adam Smith Institute has had so much success with in 2011 will help 2012 to be our best year yet for online presence, confirming the Adam Smith Institute as the think tank with the best online presence of any UK think tank, left or right. 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Tiger Woods will not win the Masters next week, but then he hasn't won any of the past eight.
Tiger Woods is no sure bet to play in any of the major championships this year and almost certainly won't win one, but then he hasn't won any of the past 22.
Perhaps it's too brazen to call this a mid-life crisis for a 38-year-old golfer who is, after all, tops in the world rankings. The operation that he announced on Tuesday might not even be a mid-spine crisis.
The problem is that it smudges the timetable for matching Jack Nicklaus' 18 major championships, since Woods does not figure to play in the U.S. Open in June or, really, the British Open in July. Woods has been stuck on 14 since he dragged his shattered leg around Torrey Pines in 2008.
Back pain forced Woods out of the Honda Classic in Palm Beach. He shot 65 at Doral on Saturday, but on Sunday Woods needed caddie Joe LaCava to fetch the ball from the cup. Woods shot 78 that day and deserved commendation for even finishing.
When nothing improved, Woods flew to Park City, Utah, for a microdiscectomy, a procedure that takes less than an hour.
A bulging disc was rubbing a nerve, which jolted his leg and lower back with each swing.
You might ask how Woods could win an Open with a broken leg when he can't withstand this. Only he knows. Maybe all the recovery time and therapy he got between rounds at Torrey Pines got him through. And, of course, Doral and Honda aren't major championships. Torrey was a crusade.
There is also the chance that Tiger left a lot of himself on those fairways in 2008 and has not been the same since and never will be.
Others believe that Woods' curtain of intimidation was ripped down by an impudent Toto named Y.E. Yang, who stared into Tiger's eye and beat him at the 2009 PGA.
A car backed into a hydrant three months later, and golf and Woods have not been the same.
Most doctors think Woods will recover physically, if he lets himself. Dr. Michael Weinstein of Hoag Orthopedic Institute and Dr. Bryce Johnson of South County Orthopedic Specialists both said essentially the same thing Tuesday, that Woods will probably miss 3-4 months but will make a full recovery.
They pointed to Dwight Howard, who had the same procedure in April 2012. Howard played the entire 2012-13 season for the Lakers, if not particularly well, and is more or less back to All-Star form this year for Houston.
"I've probably done about 1,000 of these procedures," said Dr. Gerald Alexander, of Fullerton Orthopedic Surgery Group. "I'd say 90 percent of the patients are back to full activity, and Tiger obviously is in special condition. Like ACL procedures, it's hard to say whether you lose a step, but sometimes the emotional and mental adjustments are as tough as the physical."
Woods' whiplash motion, and his extraneous upper-body bulk, have made life difficult for his more fragile tissue. As Phil Mickelson has helpfully pointed out, his own longer, smoother swing has reprieved him of much joint or spine damage. Tiger goes after it with torque and velocity, and it's counterintuitive to swing easier.


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Nurse Role Conceptions of Beginning Students, Graduating Students and Faculty in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program
Clark, Connie Lynn
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SubjectNurses--Job descriptions--Analysis; Nursing students--Job descriptions--Analysis; Job analysis--Nursing; Teachers--Nursing--Job descriptions--Analysis
The purpose of this study was to determine ideal and actual nurse role concept ions and role discrepancies of beginning students, graduating students and faculty in a baccalaureate nursing program. Procedure. Twenty four beginning students, nineteen graduating students and fifteen faculty at two private baccalaureate nursing programs completed Pieta's 1976 tool, "Nursing Role Conceptions", measuring bureaucratic, professional and service role conceptions. Student subjects also completed a demographic data questionnaire designed by the researcher. Findings: Significant differences existed between: the bureaucratic ideal and actual, professional ideal and actual and service ideal nurse role conception scores of beginning and graduating nursing students; the bureaucratic role discrepancy scores of beginning nursing students and nursing faculty; the bureaucratic role discrepancy scores of graduating nurslng students and nurslng faculty; the professional role discrepancy scores of beginning nursing students and graduating nursing students; the professional role discrepancy scores of beginning nursing students and nursing faculty; the service role discrepancy scores of beginning nursing students and graduating nursing students and the professional ideal role score of nursing faculty and beginning nursing students. Conclusions: Socialization into a professional role orientation appeared to be occurring at these baccalaureate nursing programs. Students' nurse role conceptions changed as they progressed through their education. Recommendations: Examples of recommendations for further research include: (1)replicating this study using a larger and more heterogeneous sample and (2) carrying out a longitudinal study measuring one group of subjects at various points in their educational process.
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When extramarital affairs rock sports
The stale smell of old scandals re-emerged last week at Colorado State.
In their search for a new men's basketball coach, the Rams turned to three people that shared an embarrassing trait in common: public ordeals related to personal indiscretions.
Some might have called it a marriage counseling convention disguised as a job hunt. But there were lessons to be learned from it all, especially when you consider their connections:
It starts with the search firm. It was run by Jeff Schemmel, who resigned amid scandal as San Diego State's athletic director in 2009. Back then, SDSU had found that Schemmel inappropriately requested the state reimburse him for expenses he made for an extramarital affair in Alabama.
In his search for CSU, two candidates emerged at the end.
One was former Oregon coach Ernie Kent, who was investigated by his school in 2005 as rumors spread that he might have spent school money on an extramarital affair. The university cleared him, saying it found no inappropriate expenditures. Kent then asked for privacy as his family worked through "difficult times."
The other candidate was Larry Eustachy, who resigned from Iowa State in 2003 after photos surfaced of the married coach kissing college girls at parties. CSU hired Eustachy on Thursday, when he said he was "humbled" by what happened to him.
CSU paid $75,000 for the search led by Schemmel, who now works for JMI Sports, a consulting firm co-founded by Padres owner John Moores. Moores' ex-wife Becky stated in divorce court documents that Moores had an affair with another woman during their marriage. Moores' attorney called it "unsupported speculation." But the divorce has led to the sale of the Padres — a process that's lasted three years and counting as the team struggles to find footing on the field.
Add it all up, and there's some wisdom to be wiped from the wreckage:
Lesson 1: Second chances pay off sometimes. Eustachy's past mistakes were fueled by alcohol. He is now remarried and sober for nine years. Since his fall from grace, he's shown he's still a heck of a coach. Last season, Eustachy led Southern Miss to a 25-9 record and its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1991.
Lesson 2: Birds of a feather do business together. Guys understand guys who have made the same mistakes. They're also more likely to be more tolerant of such mistakes than others.
Right before Eustachy's hiring at CSU, CBS Sports reported that Kent was in line to get the job until a university administrator blocked the hiring. Kent and CSU denied the job was even "offered" to him. But if Kent's hiring was blocked by a CSU administrator, it stands to reason that something about Kent was OK with Schemmel but not with a key person signing off on the hire.
The process turned out to be a lot more complicated than Schemmel's previous search for JMI. In that one, Schemmel helped the University of Houston conduct a "national" and "comprehensive" search for a new head football coach. In the end, Houston hired Tony Levine, who already was on the Houston payroll as an assistant coach. Schemmel knew Levine from the 1990s, when Schemmel was a staffer at the University of Minnesota and Levine was a Minnesota wide receiver. Schemmel's fee in the Houston search wasn't disclosed.


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From the pencil to the horseshoe, the Dali to the Fu Manchu, and even the toothbrush to the paintbrush, Rowan University students will sport all types of fuzzy upper-lips at the fourth annual Mustache March on Tuesday, March 3, benefiting the American Stroke Association.
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I'd follow Sofia Vergara to the ends of the earth, which most definitely includes down to New Orleans where the busty hot Colombian actress and model is filming Heat, in a tight sweater, a very tight sweater.
I haven't been tracking this new Jason Statham thriller so much, but that all changes now. I can only imagine the wardrobe selections for Sofia range from the tight to very tight to skin tight, top and bottom. Not that she doesn't have thespianic skills, but that's not why people are going to pay $15 for a movie ticket these days. It's the body. It's got to be the body. Enjoy.


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Lenora Lynn Mahon, infant, St. Joseph, Missouri died Saturday, August 31, 2013.
She was born June 26, 2013 to Jeremy and Kristina (LeClair) Mahon in Kansas City, Missouri.
She was a beautiful little girl with the brightest blue eyes. She is in heaven now as an angel looking out for her big sister.
She was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandparents, Rosalie and Richard Mass, and Richard Mahon; maternal great-grandparents, Louis and Josephine Koesters, and Marion LeClair.
Survivors: parents; sister, Madeline Rose; maternal grandparents, Alan and Mitzi LeClair; paternal grandparents, Richard and Lori Mahon; paternal great-grandmother, Helen Mahon; and maternal great-grandfather, Keith LeClair, all from Omaha, Nebraska.
Mass of Christian Burial: Thursday 10:00 A.M. Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Omaha, Nebraska. The family will receive friends on Wednesday at 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., John A. Gentleman Mortuaries 72nd and Western, Omaha, Nebraska. Parish Rosary beginning at 7:00 P.M.
Memorial Service: 1:30 P.M. Saturday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Memorial gifts may be made to the Lenora Mahon Memorial, c/o U.S. Bank.


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Herzog, ridiculously, commands Treadwell's former lover never to listen to a tape of Treadwell and Huguenard's last moments: I love how resolutely the director exposes his own biases. But maintaining oppositions of masculine/feminine, wild/domestic, and authentic/compromised is not going to solve this puzzle. Huguenard fought that grizzly with a fry pan. Treadwell's arrogant vulnerability led to the death of his lover and one of his beloved bears. The "wild" spaces he wandered are managed preserves. The line Treadwell crossed was in living a lie--that nature has long been separated from humanity, and that redemption (particularly for men, in their "essential" physicality) can be achieved by remerging with the wild. Treadwell did not take seriously the ways in which we are inextricably connected (through the food chain, for example): He did not see (his) nature for believing in it. Herzog presents that lingering lie as a curse and a thing of beauty, acknowledging its attractions even as he elegantly damns it to hell.
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Robert DeFillippiOn Hollywood offers a lively and highly informative history of the origins and early growth of the Hollywood motion picture industry. Scott shows us the rich tapestry of personalities who created the Hollywood system. At the same time, he forcefully and effectively argues that it was self-interested intransigence and the lack of entrepreneurial vision within the New York based film industry that caused New York to squander its early dominant position. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Terms 'Operation Kamala' murder of democracy
GULBARGA: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly M. Mallikarjun Kharge has demanded that the State Government take back land given to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) in excess of what was agreed upon in the Framework Agreement.
Responding to a report that appeared in The Hindu on Tuesday exposing the acquisition of nearly 7,000 acres of excess land by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) for the controversial project, Mr. Kharge said the extent of land transferred to the company should not exceed what had been agreed upon.
Mr. Kharge said the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project taken up by NICE had been hanging fire for more than 15 years. It was time that the company executed the project as outlined in the agreement between the Government and NICE. The Government should take measures to end all speculation and allegations that excess land was being transferred to the company.
He said the excess land acquired by the KIADB should be used for other industrial purposes.
On rumours that at least three Congress MLAs — V. Somanna, Baburao Chinchansur and Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli — would be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mr. Kharge said as far he knew the three legislators would not desert the Congress. "I have individually spoken to all three legislators and they have denied that they are planning to join the BJP. They said their meeting with Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was in connection with development activities in their respective constituencies."
He termed "Operation Kamala" launched by the BJP to lure MLAs from other political parties "murder of democracy" and said it violated the anti-defection law.
"The people of the State did not give a clear mandate to the BJP, and they should have bowed to the wishes of the people. However, offering inducements in the form of money and position has set a new trend in State politics."
He accused the Chief Minister of indulging in corrupt practices to lure MLAs from other political parties to cling on to power. He ridiculed the statement of BJP leaders that MLAs from other political parties were flocking to the BJP because they accepted the policies and philosophy of the party. "Then why were the defectors made Ministers immediately after they joined the party? Without the inducement of ministerial positions, nobody will join the BJP," he said.
He welcomed the Government's decision to declare 84 taluks drought-hit. The Government should now release at least Rs. 50 lakh each for relief measures, he said.


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General Bikram Singh to visit Army SouthWestern Command at Jaipur, the test-bed for all new tactics, on the weekend.
Army chief General Bikram Singh gets briefed on operational preparedness of the South Western Army by GOC-in-C Lt Gen Arun Kumar Sahni during a visit to Jaipur.
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Gen Singh is scheduled to interact with top political and military dignitaries of Maldives, including the President, Minister for Defence and National Security, Chief of Defence Force and others. Issues of mutual interest and cooperation will be discussed during the visit.
General Bikram Singh will be visiting Maldives from May 8-10. "The visit assumes special significance in the light of improving military cooperation between the two countries in consonance with our growing bilateral relationship," says the Army.
Gen Singh reiterated that Eastern Theatre will be given due importance including requisite thrust on development of infrastructure to support troops deployed in the challenging and hostile terrain. He also took stock of the new 17 Mountain Strike Corps, which commenced raising on January 1, 2014.
General Bikram Singh, on a visit to Eastern Army Command, briefed by Lt General MMS Rai on the operational preparedness, security situation and the progress of infrastructure development in the Eastern Theatre.
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how would u pronounce this name? please help
Ri-anna, just like the pop "singer"...
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Daniel - 10/9/95 ~ Paxton - 8/9/10 ~ Abigail Grace - 5/30/13 ~ 4 Angel Babies
I immediately read it as "Ree-ahnah". With names that close to celebrity names I think most people will go with the Celebrity pronunciation since that is what it familiar to them.
Noodle + Mr. Noodle = Baby Noodle 6/14/2013 8lbs 11oz
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If you have to ask that question maybe it's not the best name? Sorry, maybe that is just the former teacher in my talking. Always feel bad when I could not get a childs name right on the first day...
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Her name will constantly be mispronounced. I never understand why parents would intentionally do this to children.
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People donate money, food, blankets and medicines
A day after a shelter for the homeless in Vasant Kunt burnt down in a major fire, help in the form of money, food, blankets and medicines flowed in from all around for the rehabilitation of the inmates rendered homeless yet again.
The caretakers at the shelter home told The Hindu that many people, who came to know about the incident from newspapers, came to the shelter home on Saturday to donate food, medicines, blankets and money. Many college students also came forward to extend a helping hand.
However, some old inmates expecting their relatives to visit them after the fire were left disappointed when no one turned up.
The good news is that besides all the help, a landowner nearby is ready to rent the shelter home founders the space to construct a permanent structure.
"We are in talks with a person who has agreed to rent us a plot for constructing a permanent rehabilitation home. We will rent the plot with token money and give the rest over the next four months. The money we collect from donations will be used to rent the space for a permanent structure," said shelter home founder Ravi Kalra.
As of now, all inmates are living under a marquee erected on the ground that housed the shelter home.
Meanwhile, post-mortems were conducted on the bodies of fire victims Ramesh Chand and Poonam on Saturday. While Ramesh was cremated at the Vasant Kunj crematorium after his nephew — a Delhi Police Sub-Inspector — identified him, Poonam's body has been preserved.
In absence of any relatives from her side, the shelter home caretakers have decided to cremate her on Sunday.
"We had found Poonam on the streets in Connaught Place. We do not even know her name. Poonam is a name that we gave her," Mr. Kalra said.
Her DNA sample has also been preserved in case the need for identity verification arises in the future.


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Mutrah to Old Muscat
From Mutrah to Old Mascat.
A taxi should not cost a lot. But i suggest you walk on the way back, it is really a very nice walk on
the corniche.
you can have an idea by visiting my travel pages .
enjoy it , i did really liked this country.
- Hiking and Walking
- Photography
- Budget Travel
Muscat Taxis
I was surprised to see that taxi drivers were locals; I didn't think Arabs stooped to such low jobs. It turns out that Oman has a law that only local nationals can be taxi drivers. Taxis here do not have meters, so you must negotiate your price before getting in the taxi. Ask a local or your hotel concierge so you don't overpay. My experience with taxis in Oman was positive; no problems as long as I negotiated the price first.
Muscat International Airport
Muscat International Airport, known as Seeb Airport until 2008, is located about 18 miles west of Muscat, the capital of Oman. The hub of Oman Air, Muscat Airport handles about 6 million passengers each year. The airport offers connections to 18 Middle Eastern cities, 8 European airports, 3 African locations, and 27 Asian destinations. The airport is undergoing a three billion USD expansion that will grow the capacity to 12 million passengers a year.
Airport stopover
I changed planes here on my way to and from India. Going my connection time was 75 minutes. I had no problems at all, the aircraft arrived on time and transfer directions were clearly sign posted. The only slight hold up is the scanning of hand baggage.
On returning I had over 4 hours before my connecting flight. The airport is clean and tidy with lots of seating areas. To change money there are bureau de change and an ATM. To spend your money there are duty free & souvenir shops, to make UK visitors feel at home there's a WH Smith. There's also a wide range of eateries, fast food, coffee shops etc. The airport also has a bar.
Taxi to old Muscat
Taxi to old Muscat from Mutrah takes 10 minutes and costs 2 rials (5 USD). The trip pass through Mutrah Fort, beautiful landmarks and viewpoins along the sea. There is also a narrow mountain road to this place called "Riyam Street". Ask the driver to drive different ways to and from. Inside Old Muscat you probably drive on Bab Al Mathaib Street to the gate of Old Muscat. And you will see Al Mirami Fort, Al Jalali Fort, Al Alam Palace and the famous, cleanest square in the world.
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Oman Air
I flew with Oman Air on a nightflight from Frankfurt to Muscat. The trip on WY114 took 6 hrs. I also flew from Muscat to Dubai. The flight attendants were mostly from foreign countries, some europeans and maybe some Malaysian. I didn't see any women with an arab appearance. The inflight service was about average. A LCD display on each seat offering many different movies made the impression better. A nice surprise was also a free pack with eye patching, toothbrush/toothpaste and some warm socks.
- Castles and Palaces
- Arts and Culture
- Architecture
Taxis in Muscat
Muscat is a city with scattered settlement between the different parts of the city. A car is must to move around. Some areas has few taxis and other areas have many taxis, like Mutrah. The prices goes down when many taxis are offering tours. From Mutrah to Al Qurm beach was 3 rials, but another taxi driver asked me for 7 rials to get back. He was the only taxi there at the moment. I bargained the price to 5 rials, and he agreed to that price when a new taxi came into the taxi stop.
All taxis in Muscat are white and orange coloured. The Taxi drivers are only local people, and not like it is in Dubai where 90% of the drivers are Pakistanis. The Omani taxi drivers are good business men and want the highest price. But they are honest, give good service and keep to the agreed price.
- Architecture
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Transportation Taxi from airport
Muscat International Airport Taxi Service's counter is just outside the arrival hall. All taxis from Muscat airport are fixed priced. Taxi to the city costs 8 rials, and taxi to Al Qurm beach costs 7 rials. Give the receipt voucher to a taxi driver, and that's all...
Taxi from the city to the airport is normally cheaper. Especially if you are in an area where it is many taxis, like Mutrah. The driver asked me for 6 rials, but I bargained the price to 5 rials. (One rial is 2,7 USD).
- Castles and Palaces
- Arts and Culture
- Road Trip
Muscat airport
Muscat International airpot (MCT), formerly known as Seeb airport, is the main airport in Oman and the hub for Oman air. It is a small airport, but it is under expansion. The airport stakes a lot on beeing a large airport for the region. The airport is located at GPS 23° 35' 30" N 58° 16' 45" E, 37km from Matrah in Muscat.
Arrivals: All passengers disembark from the flights at tarmac and take bus to to the arrival hall. Follow the sign to the Visa-couter and get your visa on arrival. Make sure to be one of the first because it will be a queue here.... Pay 6 rials (or 20 USD / 15 Euro). You can also change money here. Then go to the immigration, show your passport and the visa-receipt. The immigration officer may ask you how long you will stay and the name of the hotel. So have your hotel ready - or just say a hotel name. Stamp your passport. Then walk towards the customs. The baggage are X-ray screened before you can enter the arrival hall. Then just walk outside and go to the taxi couter. Taxi to the city costs 8 rials, to Al Qurm beach is 7 rials.
Departure: The departure hall is on the right side of the ground floor. Go inside the terminal and line up in queue for a ticket/security check (see picture 4). There are two lines, one fast track for VIP or business passengers and one for all the others. Try to get to the fast track and you may save up to 30 minutes. If you look decent and have little baggage, the chances are good. The you walk towards the X-ray and screen all your baggage (see picture 5). The check-in counters are right behind. After check-in, walk up the stairs to the gates. There are no departure tax from Muscat.
- Architecture
- Arts and Culture
- Castles and Palaces
Rental vehicles with great service!
I rented a Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 from Xpress Rent-a-Car when I was in Oman and highly recommend these guys. They delivered the vehicle to my hotel (Grand Hyatt) and did all the paperwork on the spot--and the great part was that I rented it on a Friday, when the hotel's Avis location was closed. The car was very new and worked great. I paid OMR 40/day, which included 200 km/day free.
The manager (in October 2007) was named Raj and his mobile number was +968 9288-7856. He was very helpful.
Hire a car
Ok, yes I probably paid too much at $100 for the day.....I was pressed for time and not in the mood to haggle on my last day. With gas prices the way they are now it is probably a reasonable price now anyway. Tours are quite expensive but there are a few cab drivers around that can get you to Nizwa and other sights for a little less. Since I had to catch the bus back to Dubai later in the day, a car was the smarter move rather than risking a bus ride to and from Nizwa for the day.
On a side note....Oman has radar guns with cameras spread out about a mile apart along most major highways...this poor chap complained to me that he ahs gotten around 4 tickets that year.
- Historical Travel
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Taxis Without Meter
Travelling within muscat can be a bit of a challenge. Muscat is spread out between mountains. Taxis are generally available (i got few on Eid). Taxis dont run by meters. So make sure that you ask your hotel that approximate price you should give for a particular destination. Taxis can generally ask 1 Riyal which is expensive as they normally charge upto 500 Bizas (half riyal) within Muscat.
Taxi in Muscat
Taxis are driving by locals and the fare is definitely higher when you are not arabic spoken. From Sheraton Ruwi to Muttrah Souq. I have to pay 500Bz but coming back the cab charge me OMR1. It's only 5minutes drive. Please agree on the fare first.
- Business Travel
by taxi....?
Unfortunately Oman is designed for local people to move about - by private car. Public transportation exists but the situation is far from being ideal. Add to this the fact that we visited during Eid and you can simply guess that transportation was basically non-existant.
The only comfortable way to move about is by taxi, and these are by no means cheap... let's say that they really cost a fortune -making them affordable only once in a while. There is no metre, so it's necessary to negatiate the fare beforehand.
Day tour of Muscat
If you require a day tour of Muscat, you can contact my Omani guide called Nabhan. It will cost about 20 Omani Rials per vehicle.
His handphone number is 968-99418395 and he is a very knowledgable, responsible and friendly guide. He can also check with him whether he can arrange for you a trip around Oman.
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"For the record, NO rookie QB is going to come in here and be the savior. I agree we need to draft one but this guy is really playing huge for us!"
I've been wrong about a lot of things I've posted but I have no problem admitting it. It's amazing the extent people like you will go to poison the well rather than admit you were wrong about the best QB we've had since Marino. Sad
Moore could have lead the Dolphins to 2 Super Bowls for all any of us know.
I don't believe he would have, but none of us know how things would have gone if he was our starter.


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Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting by Randy Michael
This Wiley Publishing tome is big (more than 650 pages), useful and very complete. Be warned, however, that its scope is limited to system administration. The purpose of the book is to solve "real world...problems for those who have to automate these often complex and repetitive tasks". Little information is directly employable for end-user tasks, such as printing booklets, mirroring Web sites or searching through e-mail.
The author has a lot of experience with shell scripting, and it shows. The scripts to solve each problem are well written and discussed line by line. For each, a preamble gives the big picture or introduces some command that is used in the rest of the chapter.
Anyone interested in scripting for maximum portability or ease of maintenance can learn a lot from this book. Everything needed to use the same script with Linux and all varieties of UNIX is present: Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX have one subsection each.
The first chapter is a quick tutorial of shell scripting and a summary of all the techniques discussed later. The second one goes head first into deep scripting mode, setting the pace for the whole book. It offers 12 different ways to read a file line by line, including benchmarks to find the fastest one.
The most arcane shell commands and options are explained with plenty of examples. "Here" documents, a way to feed input to a script or command within the script itself, are explained thoroughly. Readers learn more than they could imagine about traps, typeset, getopts and other techniques for managing command-line arguments.
System monitoring receives the most coverage: several chapters explain how to detect and report problems in processes, disk space, memory and CPU usage.
Other important administration activities have their own sections. The author moves with ease from system snapshots to print queues, automated FTP and building sudo from source. Several methods to add menus and progress bars to shell scripts are explained. Floating-point math, number conversion and generation of random passwords and numbers also are covered. The volume ends with 45 pages devoted to sending pop-up messages from UNIX to Microsoft OSes. All scripts are available for download at the Wiley Web site area devoted to the book.
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Man detains naked intruder armed with knife
"I don't think you could make your way up here without driving. You'd have to drive or have someone drive you. There's no taxis, no MARTA," Long said, referring to the Atlanta rail system. "If there were accomplices, they should be prosecuted."
People around town said they've heard others say they don't think Rudolph did anything wrong. Wade said she never sympathized with Rudolph, but added, "I understand why a lot of people would help him or sympathize with him."
So does Mary Jo Dockery, a 65-year-old retiree.
"If he would have come here, I'd have fed him," she said. "What would you do if Jesus came to your door, would you feed him? What he has done, God will forgive you for this."
Glenn Crowe, who lives in a home overlooking the rugged mountain road near where agents detonated some of Rudolph's explosives Thursday, said he has no sympathy for someone who takes innocent lives, nor anyone who would aid that person in avoiding capture.
"Assuming he's guilty, anyone assisting a fugitive is certainly breaking the law," said Crowe, 61.
Rudolph provided authorities with the location of more than 250 pounds of dynamite he stashed in the woods as part of his plea deal, but authorities have not disclosed what else Rudolph has told them — including whether he'll name names.
"As of yet, from talking with various people, he has not answered those questions," said Mark Thigpen, the police chief in Murphy. "Obviously, I have those same questions, and I'm hopeful he will answer those."
Nevada teacher arrested in alleged flashing
LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — A Lovelock high school teacher was arrested on suspicion of exposing her breasts to students and possessing marijuana.
Lori Ann Robinson, 35, a special education teacher at Pershing High School, remained in jail Sunday in lieu of $537,211 bail.
"We've got a couple of complaints she had bared her breasts to several different students," said Steve Von Rumpf, a detective with the Nevada Division of Public Safety.
The allegations led to Robinson's arrest last week on suspicion of open and gross lewdness.
Von Rumpf declined to discuss specifics, but said the alleged incidents occurred over the last two years.
The case surfaced after authorities investigated her brother, Joey Wilson, 32, also of Lovelock — a small farm town 90 miles northeast of Reno.
Wilson remains in jail on suspicion of sexual assault in lieu of $535,000 bail.
Robinson also was booked on suspicion that she failed to report child abuse, conspired to commit sexual assault and intimidated or dissuaded a witness.
Pershing High Principal Anita Fisk said the teacher's arrest shocked the community, but students and staff were carrying on.
"We are trying as a staff and a district to maintain what we feel is a safe and educationally sound environment," Fisk said.
Man charged with attempted murder in toll worker shooting
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man who allegedly shot and robbed a Golden Gate Bridge toll collector has been charged with attempted murder, police said Sunday.


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NEW DELHI: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) is yet to start target testing, a fundamental instrument of testing within the World Anti-Doping Code.
It is also yet to get going with its 'whereabouts' lists and testing though it had been functional since January, 2009, and has so far received details regarding 392 athletes in 13 disciplines.
At the end of the two-day conference of the Asia-Pacific Region Inter-Governmental meeting on doping in sports, the NADA Director-General, Rahul Bhatnagar, and the CEO of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), Injeti Srinivas, addressed a press conference on Tuesday, along with the WADA Director-General, David Howman.
Bhatnagar admitted that his teams were yet to visit the residences and private training bases of athletes, based on the information received through the 'whereabouts' route.
Questionable practices
Training 'at home' has become routine nowadays and there are constant reports of athletes indulging in questionable practices, away from the prying eyes of testers.
Target testing in the normal course would involve such athletes who are continuously staying away from camps and those who normally evade testers even in camps, apart from those who show abnormal improvement within a short period of time.
NADA teams do carry out tests periodically, but they are all being done at established training centres run by the Sports Authority of India (SAI). Reports trickling in from the NIS, Patiala, also suggest that, more often than not, testing teams fail to get those athletes who are top in their priority list.
Asked about testing athletes before going abroad, Bhatnagar could not provide a satisfactory answer.
Doubts are also being expressed about the need to send athletes to such centres in Eastern Europe, from where the coaches are mainly hired, on the excuse of weather, and sometimes better quality of food, when such facilities and such food could easily be made available at home. An athletics team was recently sent to even Malaysia for training.
Incidentally, the wing of the ministry that clears such tour proposals is also headed by Bhatnagar.
Bhatnagar said around 80 per cent of all the core probables preparing for the Commonwealth Games had been tested at least once till now.
In anti-doping parlance, it is important to note how frequently they have been tested rather than mere numbers since the crucial aspect always is whether the athlete could be tested during a cycle of dope-taking.
NADA and NDTL officials tried to allay the popular perception that cricketers were not being tested since they were yet to comply with 'whereabouts' rules. Srinivas said that nearly 10 per cent of all in-competition tests involved cricketers.
However, they included testing in IPL. "We test whatever the BCCI sends to us," he said. Even then the 10 per cent number quoted was news since IPL, according to some observers, only had a very minimum number of tests this year.
Still to respond
Bhatnagar confirmed that the BCCI was yet to respond to letters from NADA regarding the National 'whereabouts' pool.
The BCCI had been defying the authority of NADA despite it being a fully Government-supported and recognised organisation. Howman said the next Code compliance exercise would be taken up in November, 2011, and only then would he be able to tell whether the International Cricket Council (ICC) had been compliant or not. It was not in the fully-compliant list last time.
Howman saw encouragement in the recent strides taken by the ICC in the anti-doping sphere.
Asked about the implications of the ICC continuing to flout WADA norms and still having cricket in this year's Asian Games, Howman said it would be up to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to take up.
Compliance, he pointed out, was not just dependent on one aspect of the Code, say 'whereabouts' requirements, but involved a variety of aspects.
Asked about the inordinate delays in disposing of cases by NADA and disciplinary panels, Bhatnagar said his body was trying to cope.