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Responding to external and internal pressure for change the slow reform of EC
competition law since the 1989 Merger Regulation can now be seen as a major
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Current Situation and Methods of Improvement; D. Waelbroeck. 3.
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Create a New Retro Text Effect in Photoshop
Faking aged, printed media has been massive since the 'grunge' style first became mainstream years ago. Textured work with a vintage feel is still very popular, but more recently it's the 'new retro' style that's captured the imagination. The general idea is to create a vision of the future… from the past. This effect is good for all sorts of projects, flyers, websites, posters. It works particularly well with music based projects. I'll take you through the motions for type and, if you dig then I'll show you how to incorporate images next time.
Here's what we'll be creating. Click on the image for a full preview.
Step 1
Create a new canvas in Photoshop, we'll be working on a 250 x 180 mm sized canvas in RGB mode at 300 dpi. This is important because the values for filters that work on pixel sizes will need to be amended if you're working on a different sized canvas.
Step 2
In Photoshop select the Gradient Tool (circled) and click the Gradient Editor (circled) on the Options Bar (Window > Options) to edit the gradient. Change the two colour values as in the screen grab, you'll need to click the little colour tab and the rectangle marked 'Color'. Enter the two values in the field marked '#' in the Color window that pops up. Change to a Radial gradient in the Options bar and draw from the center outwards.
Step 3
Select the Horizontal Type Tool and a font you want to use. I've gone with a classic, if not overused, sans serif font called Avant Garde. I then did a version using Century (a serif font), which worked a lot better.
Type in SHINY and then go to Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay and set up as in the Photoshop screen grab.
Then add a Stroke and an Inner Shadow layer style to the text using the screen grabs as guides.
It's also worth mentioning that I had to reduce the Kerning in the 'N' and the 'Y' to even out the spacing.
Step 4
Create a new layer beneath SHINY, then select both SHINY and the new layer and go to Layer > Merge Layers. This will cause Photoshop to rasterize both the text and the Layer Styles so that we can build more Layer Styles on top. There's possibly a better way to do this though simply rasterizing the text layer will not do this, not in CS2 anyway.
Then add a Gradient Overlay Layer Style as shown in the screen grab.
Repeat the layer merging process and add another Gradient Overlay (with the black and 50% black). Once again, repeat the merge process so there are no editable Layer Styles left on your text.
Your text should look something like the screen grab.
Step 5
Duplicate SHINY (Layer > Duplicate Layer) and apply an 8 pixel Gaussian Blur filter (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) to the copy. Make sure the original is above it in the Layers palette.
Step 6
Duplicate SHINY (the un-blurred layer) and go to Filter Blur > Radial Blur. Set it to Zoom, Best quality and apply at 100%. Set start point to be centered at the bottom in relation to your text.
Step 7
The zoom isn't quite the right size for our needs. Go to Edit > Free Transform to bring up the Free Transform bounding box. Hold shift whilst manipulating the corner points to constrain the aspect ratio.
Then add a Smart Sharpen (Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen). Add a Layer Mask (Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All) and erase the parts you don't need using the Eraser Tool as set up in the screen grab. Rename this layer ZOOM_BLUR.
Step 8
Duplicate ZOOM_BLUR and set the copy's Layer Blend Mode to Multiply.
Step 9
CTRL+Click on ZOOM_BLUR's Layer thumbnail (not the Mask thumbnail), this will create a selection from it. Then go to Select > Inverse Selection.
Create a new layer beneath ZOOM_BLUR and call it FILL_LIGHT and fill it with White.
Apply the same Gradient Layer Style (don't do the Inner Shadow or Stroke) as you did for the text in Step 3.
Create a Layer Mask and use the Eraser Tool to delete any unwanted areas. I find you get better results by reducing the Opacity of The Eraser Brush to around 30% and repeatedly chipping away at the mask so it blends. Use the screen grab as a guide.
Finally, reduce the Layer's Opacity to 50% and move it below SHINY in the Layers Palette.
Step 10
Select the Line Tool. Set it to Shape Layers on the Options Bar, with an 8 pixel Weight. Draw in a white Line. Use Rectangular Marquee Tool to mark off a rectangle spanning the length of the line you just made.
Select the Paintbrush Tool and set up a big soft-edged brush. Take the Flow down to 21 and start to draw in some glow, making more passes over the edge that connects with the line. Use the Screen Grab as a guide.
Select this layer and the line layer and merge them. Rename this layer TWINKLE and apply a Gaussian Blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) as in the screen grab.
Step 11
Use the Eraser Tool (set up as in the screen grab) to delete the hard edges.
Duplicate TWINKLE and move it parallel. Duplicate it again and use the Free Transform Tool to rotate (90 degrees), resize and reposition.
Step 12
Create a new layer and fill it with black. Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare and set up as in the grab.
Try and center the flare so all the elements line up on top of each other.
Adjust the Levels (Image > Adjustments > Levels) to knock out unwanted glow and increase the center. Then go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.
Select your four associated layers (TWINKLE and its two duplicates and the lens flare) and group them, call the group STAR.
Step 13
Use the Free Transform Tool to rotate, resize and reposition the star. Make duplicates of the STAR group and rotate, resize and reposition. As each element of the STAR group is on its own layer you can tweak each part of the star until you're happy.
Create a new layer beneath all your STAR groups and call it GLOW. Select the Brush Tool and set up as in the screen grab, then draw some extra glow behind each star picking a brush size to match.
Step 14
Group all your image layers (except the background) together and call it SHINY. Duplicate this group and go to Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical. Create a Layer Mask for the group (Select the Group and go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All) and use the Gradient Tool, set to Linear with white and black colours to mask off the bottom, creating a reflect effect. Reduce the Layer Opacity to around 50%.
Step 15
Now go grab your favourite old paper textures. These ones from bittbox are pretty good. I used paper2.jpg, pasted it into the document and moved it to the top of the layer palette. Change the Layer Blend Mode to Multiply.
It looks too dark currently so go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels, check the box marked 'Use Previous Layer To Make Clipping Mask' and set up as in the screen grab. To increase the texture, duplicate the paper layer, desaturate and set it's layer Blend Mode to Hard Light. Drop the layers Opacity down to 58%.
Step 16
Select ALL of your layers and merge them together. Put this new layer at the top of the layers palette (we'll keep the originals just in case). Duplicate this layer and desaturate it.
Then go to Image > Adjustments > Invert. Apply a 40 pixel Gaussian Blur, turn the layer Blend mode to Overlay. Add a Levels Adjustment Layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer >Levels) as in the screen grab.
Step 17
Go to Mode > Grayscale. Select Flatten in the pop-up window. Then go to Mode > Bitmap and follow the screen grabs to deal with the Bitmap and Halftone Screen pop-up windows.
Once it has been applied, select the entire canvas and load it onto the clipboard (CTRL+C). Go to your History palette (Window > History) and click back to just before you changed to Grayscale Mode. Then paste the copied bitmap layer and move it to the top of the Layers palette.
Select the Magic Wand Tool and un-check the Contiguous box on the Options bar. Use the wand to select any patch of white on the bitmap layer, then delete all the white.
Step 18
Change the bitmap layers blending mode to Soft Light and it's opacity to 80%. Then tweak the opacities of your other three final layers as shown in the screen grab. These should be your merged art layer, the copy which was desaturated, inverted & blurred and the Levels Adjustment layer. The copied art layer should also be set to Overlay.
That's mostly it… But if you want to get proper old then head over to Deviantart.com or brusheezy.com and get yourself some dirty/grunge brushes and paint in a final layer of scuffs and dirt. Don't use white but a creamy off-white such as #ddc8b3 as your foreground colour. This will add to the aged feel. It's worth creating a new layer to draw on and experiment with your brushes.
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About the Author
James Davies writes tutorials for various magazines and websites when he's not designing gig posters, t-shirts, catalogs, magazines, etc.
33 Comments
Logo BlissOctober 7, 2009
wow what an amazing tutorial..
naaniOctober 8, 2009
its great one
Bariski | TutZone.netOctober 8, 2009
Wow very detailed post buddy. Bookmarked for future use. Thanks.
Tutorial LoungeOctober 8, 2009
i really like your effect. thanks
Juliet TownerOctober 8, 2009
Hey, thanks for spending the time to make the tutorial.
When I get to step #4 I get lost. I think something's missing.
AUDIOMINDOctober 8, 2009
You say in Step 7 to "……….erase the parts you don't need using the Eraser Tool as set up in the screen grab."
What parts?
ElenaOctober 8, 2009
This looks so cool! Usually I just bookmark text effect tutorials but this one I had to tell you how impressive it truly looks. Great job.
James DaviesOctober 9, 2009
Hey guys,
Thanks for your comments so far. OK Audiomind, step 7, that was a little vague of me, apologies. Check out the two screen grabs under step 7 and you'll see that the first one shows the zoom ending in a straight, hard-edge at the top. The second one is a little more curved as I've used a 771 pixel, 0% hardness eraser at 23% opacity (set in the options bar) to chip away at the edges. I hope that helps, if not then maybe email me at email@example.com and we'll see if we can rectify the problem. OK, Juliet Towner, I've read through step 4 a few times and all the info I need to finish the step as in the screen grab is there. That's not to say that you are wrong but perhaps I haven't explained it in a way that you can relate to. Please let me know which part of step 4 confuses you, maybe email me a jpg of where you get up to and we can sort this out.
Sincerely, James
yanahOctober 10, 2009
this explaination is not clear!
AjayOctober 12, 2009
Nice Tutorial!
angelaOctober 20, 2009
what are the settings for the inner shadow in step 3?
JasonOctober 20, 2009
I found the reflection effects particularly useful!
dominikNovember 1, 2009
very nice, even though i adid not do it, the image is great
eddieNovember 4, 2009
hey i tried this and its great, learned a couple of different little things along the way that I didn't think about before. Thanks a lot.
Anthony HornDecember 2, 2009
this is super hard
Static MDecember 2, 2009
this tutorial dont work after step 10. It fails.
Static NDecember 3, 2009
im completely agree. Supreme Fail.
NDDecember 3, 2009
You FAIL.
This was so easy. you just fail at computers.
NDDecember 3, 2009
For all of you people who can't figure it out you just need to think a little bit and you will get it. It is not the tutorial that fails it is you.
Dwayne C.December 3, 2009
LeonDecember 4, 2009
The twinkle effect doesn't really work for me
KellyDecember 30, 2009
I really want to add this knowledge to a design i am working on. Only I get confused in step 4. When I merge the new layer an shiny layer, where do I have to place another gradient overlay? When the two are merged you can't use the effects anymore. HHow do you make another two gradient overlays (the black ones)?
Please help me!
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KellyJanuary 4, 2010
When I try to make a star it all goes wrong… what to do with the black fill of the layer? In your screen shots the background of the twinkle isn't black at all… whats missing?
Thanks a lot!
KellyJanuary 4, 2010
its not october 7, but 4th januari 2010
ReyJanuary 18, 2010
Really cool turtorial, thanks for the step-by-step. I too got caught up on the star steps, but I just changed the blend mode to screen, and it seemed to work for me. It took some tweeking, but I was able to complete my version.
RasheemaJanuary 25, 2010
This tutorial was great, however you have some steps in the wrong place
Moh SalamiFebruary 25, 2010
Yeah, as Kelly said, what to do with the black fill of the layer? In your screen shots the background of the twinkle isn't black at all… whats missing?
KamranMarch 13, 2010
I really want to add this knowledge to a design i am working on. Only I get confused in step 4. When I merge the new layer an shiny layer, where do I have to place another gradient overlay? When the two are merged you can't use the effects anymore. HHow do you make another two gradient overlays (the black ones)?
Please help me!
TTARNovember 16, 2010
An interesting effect, an nice final result.. Thank for the easy to follow tutorial…
CgbaranJanuary 22, 2011
Great tutorial thanks
Finn HarriesMarch 6, 2011
Hi, i am near the end of this tutorial however i have encountered a problem that i can't fix and i would really appreciate your help.
I applied the greyscale and the bitmap and then flattened the layer and all that however then it just locks all my layers into one called background. It has got the bitmap effect and its in grey and i can't do anything from here. Please help!
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Keep up the good writing.
AnelizeJuly 13, 2012
This is where nothing comes together for me:
Step 4
Create a new layer beneath SHINY, then select both SHINY and the new layer and go to Layer > Merge Layers. This will cause Photoshop to rasterize both the text and the Layer Styles so that we can build more Layer Styles on top. There's possibly a better way to do this though simply rasterizing the text layer will not do this, not in CS2 anyway.
I work with CS5 and I rasterize the type layer then I add the gradient overlay,and then I merge the layers. The final result is only the gradient that I did last…in one word it is not merging the layers.
Can you please help me out with something more explanatory?


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A Small Business Owner Responds to Paul Krugman, Nobel Ignoramus.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 06:55 PM
Paul Krugman, the Nobel Ignoramus, recently wrote a column for the New York Times entitled, "The Angry Rich." According to Krugman wealthy people are angry because money to which they feel entitled is being taken away. Krugman is outing himself as a socialist by admitting publicly that he considers the idea of wanting to keep more of your own money an entitlement. Radical leftists lie and distort to incite class envy. They call it greedy to want to keep money that you earned, but its not greedy to demand that government steal it from you and redistribute it to those who never earned it. Thats an interesting interpretation of greed.
Krugman forgets to tell his readers that this "angry minority" pays the "disproportionate majority" of the taxes. The top 1% of earners pays almost 40% of all income taxes. The top 5% pays 70% of taxes. The top 25% pays almost 100% of taxes. Damn right the rich are angry. Its always easy to vote for tax increases on someone else- especially when it gets redistributed to you.
Yes, were angry. We are tired of being scapegoats and punching bags. We are tired of politicians taking our hard-earned money and wasting it on bloated government spending; more government employees who receive guaranteed jobs and obscene pensions for life; unnecessary wars; vote-buying earmarks; corrupt bailouts to campaign contributors; and trillion dollar handouts described as stimulus.
Krugman reports that these are desperate times for people who have lost their jobs or homes. This is true. But who will create the jobs to help all these people? Assuming they still have the money- small business. Entrepreneurs who pursue the "American Dream do so by creating businesses, creating jobs, and spending money on equipment and raw materials. They make their employees and the employees of the places they buy from, rich too. How many millionaires did Google, Cisco, Apple, and Microsoft mint? How much money did their employees spend? How many Americans were enriched by all this success?
Krugman says real rage and suffering isnt found among the rich. In his socialist mind its only found among the poor. Well Mr. Krugman, my friends are mostly small business owners. They arent rich like your limo-driving, private jet-flying, Gucci-wearing, leftist, New York Times readers. My friends are working rich. And they are suffering in record numbers. They are losing their executive jobs, never to find another. They are struggling to make payrolls, so their employees can pay the mortgage- while they themselves forgo a paycheck. They are losing their small businesses, along with everything theyve worked years to build. They are spending their retirement money on their own survival, or their childrens college education. They are desperate- you just dont notice up there on the top floors of the New York Times.
This is precisely why there are no jobs- the working rich are in trouble, under siege and being squeezed by the economy and government. And as long as people like Mr. Krugman are in power, there will be no new jobs. The truth is socialists like Obama and Krugman wouldnt know how to create a job, if it hit them in the face. The only way they know how to create jobs is by taking $40 million from taxpayers pockets to create twenty temporary jobs at a cost of $2 million each. Thank goodness we have Nobel Prize winners like Krugman and Obama to save us.
Its small business owners earning $250,000 to $500,000, not the titans on Wall Street, who will be hit by Obamas gigantic tax increases. Yet Obama and his leftist cronies chose to bailout Wall Street and give sweetheart deals to the big shot execs at AIG, Goldman Sachs, and GM. Its no coincidence that Obama was the biggest beneficiary of their campaign contributions. During all this time, Obama did nothing for small business. Now Krugman and Obama demand higher taxes on the rich and use Wall Street titans as the scapegoat to hide who will really be paying the tab.
Krugman denigrates and taunts people who make $250,000 to $500,000. They can afford higher taxes is his leftist chant. But take another $50,000 in taxes from a family making $400,000 and you've just put two of their employees making $30,000 a year directly in the unemployment line. You'll spend about $400 a week in unemployment insurance for the next 99 weeks for each of those employees, for a net loss to the government of $30,000 or so. That kind of economic model only works in books written by Karl Marx, and taught by Nobel Ignoramus Prize winners.
Krugman calls the rich in America the worlds luckiest people. Are you joking? The majority of the rich you are referring to, toil at their small businesses 60+ hours a week, sacrificing family and quality of life. Unlike government employees, they have no short workdays, no 3-day weekends, no summers off, no guaranteed jobs for life, no bloated pensions.
These heroes of the business world that Krugman derisively calls rich and greedy took on hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to fund their educations, then risked hundreds of thousands more to start their small businesses. Their reward for all this hard-work, sacrifice and risk-taking from socialists like Obama and Krugman? A greedy government that demands more and more in return for nothing. Sorry Mr Krugman, I dont need partners like that. Usually partners like that are called organized crime.
Mr. Krugman says the rich arent willing to sacrifice. Not true. The rich are willing to sacrifice, but they are not willing to be sacrificed, while the American Dream is forever destroyed.
Krugman says the rich are angry and out for revenge. Well thats not hard to understand when a productive minority of risk-takers and job creators is being lynched by a dysfunctional group of socialists that believes keeping some of your own money is an "entitlement." Soon we intend to insure that Nobel Ignoramus socialists like Krugman and Obama and are never again allowed anywhere near the American economy.
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The Reagan Libertarian Contract with America
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 02:29 PM
A Detailed and Specific Plan to Save the U.S. Economy
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.
-- Ronald Reagan
I am a proud Reagan Libertarian. Ronald Reagan turned the worst economic slump since the Great Depression into the greatest economic turnaround and expansion in world history with one simple stroke of genius -- the largest tax cut in U.S. history (ultimately reducing top marginal tax rates from 70% down to 28%). That tax cut benefited and motivated the groups that produce virtually all of the jobs and tax revenues in America -- small business owners and taxpayers. These are the very groups that President Obama chooses to punish, instead of reward. Obama redistributes money from taxpayers and small business owners to his voters -- who create virtually nothing, pay almost no taxes, create no jobs, and ask for handouts and entitlements from cradle to grave. In short, Obamas voters are bankrupting this once great country. This is precisely why the U.S. economy has fallen off a cliff. We are staring at the abyss -- economic Armageddon, chronic massive unemployment, and worldwide depression. It is time for dramatic measures to stave off disaster, deficit, debt and depression.
It is time for a Reagan Libertarian Contract with America, a daring plan aimed squarely at motivating entrepreneurs, small business owners, and taxpayers. These are the people who risk, invest and build America. Without their cooperation, motivation, and success, there can be no recovery. This daring plan is the polar opposite of the Obama socialist plan. But unlike Republican plans, it places equal importance on limiting the size of government, shrinking spending, and limiting the power of politicians, as opposed to simply cutting taxes.
Can it be done? Look south to communist Cuba to see Raul Castro cutting 500,000 government employees, with a promise to cut 500,000 more. Castro is privatizing vast swaths of government and encouraging Cubans dependent on communism and big government to find a private sector job, or start a small business. Even communists are getting the message that desperate times call for daring measures (and a dramatic change in strategy).
Or look north to our neighbor Canada, which in the late 1990s stared down economic disaster and debt, and pulled off an economic miracle with both spending cuts and tax cuts. Canadians turned a large deficit that threatened to destroy their economy and credibility into a budget surplus. If Cuba can do it if Canada can do it the greatest nation in world history can do it bigger and quicker.
Here is the 20-point Reagan Libertarian Contract with America:
#1) One-Year Income Tax Vacation -- Award every taxpayer in this country a one-year income tax vacation. This plan costs about the same $1 Trillion that Obama spent on his failed Stimulus-to-nowhere. But watch this version of stimulus turn a bust to boom as taxpayers and entrepreneurial risk-takers invest record sums, now sitting on the sidelines, into business creation and expansion, stocks and real estate- thereby creating a jobs explosion.
#2) Welcome taxpayers back from the income tax vacation with a permanent and simple Flat Income Tax, combined with zero Capital Gains tax. This emulates the most successful economy in the world- Hong Kong. Start the flat tax at 20%, to be reduced to 15% when the budget deficit is reduced to no more than 3% of GDP. This combination will stimulate and reward risk-takers and small business innovators, thereby creating millions of new jobs.
#3) Offer angel investors a New Investment Tax Credit. Investors would receive dollar for dollar tax credits up to $100,000 for investments in IPOs, secondary offerings, startups, and new real estate developments. This would stimulate the economy by rewarding entrepreneurship and job creation. Two of every three new jobs are created by small business. But almost 100% of these jobs come from business startups.
#4) Suspend the Employer Payroll Tax for two years. Small business needs a break. Give them two years without having to pay for the payroll taxes of their employees. The savings will be invested in new job creation, expansion of a business, a new startup, or capital improvements. Millions of new jobs will be created overnight.
#5) Cut the corporate income tax rate from 35% (currently 2nd highest in industrialized world) to a flat 15%...but in order to pay for it, eliminate all corporate welfare. We should support free market capitalism -- not a crony capitalist government that picks winners and losers, and awards favors, subsidies, and sweetheart deals to the biggest campaign contributors.
#6) Turn illegal immigration from a cost to a benefit. First, secure the borders with a combination of virtual technology and greatly enhanced border security. Then offer INSTANT CITIZENSHIP for any immigrant in the world that brings $250,000 or more to invest in a U.S. home or business within six months of arrival. This brings tremendous wealth to America; creates millions of new jobs; ends the real estate, foreclosure and banking crisis; and brings in new employers and employees to resolve the Social Security crisis.
#7) Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up the entire U.S. budget. They will single-handedly destroy the U.S. economy within twenty years. Social Security can be secured and the debt reigned in with an immediate rise in the age of retirement to age 68 for anyone younger than 55 and within five years raise the age of retirement again to age 70. This phase-in secures Social Security without raising taxes.
#7a) Combine this age raise with a Partial Privatization of Social Security for younger workers. This gives younger Americans ownership of their own retirement accounts. Upon death, it belongs to their family.
#7b) Convert Medicare & Medicaid into block grants and hand the entire budgets to the states. Let each state offer higher deductibles and incentives for recipients to save money on medical care. States get to keep the savings. This will turn the states into competitors, fostering competition to attract new residents and taxpayers.
#8) Legalize, regulate & tax online gaming and medical marijuana -- raising almost $300 Billion over the next decade, directed to deficit reduction.
#9) Dramatically cut the size of government with an immediate freeze of all government hiring; freeze all salaries; and immediately cancel all cost of living raises and step-up raises. This freeze should stay in effect until the average compensation of government employees is equal to the private sector.
#10) Implement government employee pension reform by changing from defined benefit to defined contribution plans (just like a private sector 401k). This eliminates all debate over age of retirement for government employees and how government pensions are funded. It no longer matters, as the government is no longer responsible for funding their retirement.
#10a) Ban unionization of government employees, thereby eliminating collective bargaining. Government employees shouldnt be squeezing taxpayers.
#11) Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution to take effect after the end of the Income Tax Vacation.
#12) To achieve a balanced budget, institute dramatic cuts in government spending -- 30% across the board cuts for all departments, no exceptions (including military and defense) phased in over 3 years (10% per year). After that, limit any increase in spending to population growth plus inflation.
#12a) Give the President the line item veto to carve additional waste out of each and every bill passed by Congress.
#13) Audit all federal agencies and programs to determine if they or their spending are Constitutional. This would automatically result in the banning of TARP, stimulus and bailouts FOREVER.
#14) End the Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- that includes bringing home the 50,000 troops remaining in Iraq presently.
#14a) Demand Congress issue a formal declaration of war before fighting any future wars (unless responding in self-defense). This would reduce the likelihood of future wars, thereby saving taxpayers billions in potential deficit spending.
#14b) Phase out ALL foreign aid by cutting out 10% per year for 10 years -- thereby giving all our allies time to prepare.
#14c) Dramatically cut the number of military bases across the globe -- specifically Japan, Germany and South Korea. It is time for our rich friends to pay their own way.
#15) Repeal Universal Healthcare, institute Tort Reform, expand freedom of consumer choice (allowing consumers to buy across state lines), and expand HSAs (Health Savings accounts). Make all health costs -- including insurance -- 100% tax deductible.
#16) Education -- Eliminate the Department of Education, redirect the funds to the state and local level. Ban unionization of teachers. End tenure -- job security and compensation must be based on performance. Encourage school choice, parental freedom, and vouchers at the state and local level. A well-educated country is essential to the economic future of America. Teachers unions have damaged education almost beyond repair.
#17) Energy -- Encourage unlimited offshore drilling to dramatically lessen our dependence on foreign oil. But in return for unlimited drilling, end all special tax breaks and subsidies to the oil industry.
17a) Have the U.S. Government offer a $27 Billion prize to the company or companies that find an economical, domestically-sourced replacement for fossil fuel. The amount of this prize is roughly equal to the annual budget of the Department of Energy. By offering a prize for performance and closing down this agency, we save the taxpayers tens of billions in future spending. And once a company succeeds and claims the prize, we eliminate the motivation of going to war to secure access to foreign oil. This open source problem solving should be used to solve many of the biggest challenges facing our country.
#18) Perhaps most importantly, LIMIT THE POWER OF CONGRESS:
a) Limit all members of Congress to two terms.
b) Limit the amount of time Congress can meet to only four months per year. The less time they have to create more laws, the less damage they can do to the American people and the U.S. economy.
c) Limit Congress to passing only bills that are PROVEN constitutional (Enumerated Powers Act).
d) Place a three-year moratorium on passing any new rules, regulations or mandates on the American people or American business.
e) Immediately ban Congress from hiring staff with outstanding tax debts or liens. If the people that run the country cant pay their tax bills, they have no right to ask us to pay ours.
f) Require that all bills be read out loud in front of a fully assembled Congress before voting on them. This will put an end to 2,000 page laws that no member of Congress ever reads, but all Americans are required to follow.
g) Post all bills online at least four weeks for public vetting before voting on them.
h) Mandate that all bills passed by Congress also apply to members of Congress.
i) Allow the legislatures of two-thirds of all states to overturn any Federal law or regulation. Its time to provide states with a check on a runaway Congress.
#19) Forever ban the word czar from our governments vocabulary. No President should ever be able to hire cabinet level executives without vetting and approval by Congress.
#20) Audit the Fed, then aim to eliminate this unaccountable organization that has done such damage to the U.S. economy.
This 20-point "Reagan Libertarian Contract with America" will put the U.S. economy back on solid ground. It will create millions of jobs- just as Reagans tax cut did in the 1980s. It restores economic freedom. It rewards entrepreneurship. It stimulates small business. It limits the power of government- just as the Constitution demands. It proves that Libertarianism is the very heart and soul of conservatism. Ronald Reagan would be proud.
The author of the Reagan Libertarian Contract with America is Wayne Allyn Root, the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee. Wayne is Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee. His new paperback will be released next month, The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with GOD, GUNS, GOLD & TAX CUTS. His web site:
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Citizen Revolution- One Nation Under Tea Party Revolt!
Thursday, September 16, 2010, 02:52 PM
The Peasants With Pitchforks are Coming.
Obama continues to name Czars without any vetting or confirmation from Congress. His latest Czar appointed only days ago -- was the Asian Carp Czar. Im not kidding (I wish I were). Well if Obama thinks his unaccountable executives are czars, then King Obama and Queen Michelle must consider the rest of us serfs and peasants. But theres a hitch in this scenario. When peasants with pitchforks decide to revolt, it usually doesnt end well for the ruling class.
When I wrote my book, The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts, I predicted that Obamas radical Marxist agenda would lead to a citizen revolution, the likes of which had not been seen in this country since 1776. I predicted that this revolution to take back our country would be led by a coalition of Libertarians, conservatives, disgruntled Republicans, independents, taxpayers, small business owners, gun owners, patriots, and Christians. That revolution now has a name: The Tea Party.
And who are these new revolutionaries? Many of them are reenacting the 60s revolution. They have evolved from peace and pot to pitchforks from tie die to torches from denim to deficit and debt and from communes to condos. Today the Holy Grail isnt Woodstock, its Washington. Why the change? It's called financial responsibility. The me generation is now all about THE GRANDCHILDREN. And the same people who changed the world in the 60s with their passion and enthusiasm are about to change the world again.
The remarkable Tea Party victories on Tuesday night are yet more proof this is not business as usual. Entrenched incumbents and establishment D.C. insiders are being swept away like debris in a tsunami. Most importantly, it isnt only liberal Democrat scalps the Tea Party is taking. At the top of the list are the enablers- big government RINOS (Republicans in name only). Exhibit A is Michael Castle. The longtime Delaware Republican Congressman is normally the kind of GOP insider that survives times of voter unrest. Political insiders like Castle have always known how to turn on the charm, raise lots of money, and use that money on advertising campaigns to convince voters that next time theyll vote with the people. Its always next time. Except for Castle there will be no more next times. This citizen revolution sent Castle to the unemployment line. Dont let the door hit you on the way out Mike.
Castle is a RINO who votes gave bi-partisan cover to big government expansion and an ever-expanding welfare state. Castle was the exact type of Republican fraud who through his compromise and bi-partisanship (see SELLOUT) made fiscal conservatives and free-market Libertarians fighting for the survival of our children and grandchildren appear as extremists, radicals and nutcases. The reality is the extremists are those who have bankrupted our once great country and left us with over $100 Trillion in debt and unfunded liabilities.
It is the so-called bi-partisan moderates that have sold out our childrens future- saddling them with unsustainable deficit and debt for decades to come, in order to bring home the bacon to their districts today. GOP Rinos such as Castle and blue dog Democrats such as Nebraskas Ben Nelson are the problem, not the solution. How can you be a blue dog when you vote for bigger government, universal healthcare, cap and trade, stimulus, bailouts, earmarks, and financial reform bills that demand banks give out small business loans based on affirmative action? How can you be a patriot and demand Cornhusker kickbacks?
In the end Im rooting (excuse the pun) for V.E.T.O. -- Vote Everyone of Them Out. Republicans, Democrats, lawyers, lobbyists, union bosses, D.C. political insiders and incumbents of all stripes -- its time to clean house and throw all the bums out. If America is to be saved, its necessary to throw out both the socialist, entitlement-addicted Democrats and the establishment Republican enablers like Mike Castle, Charlie Crist, Rick Lazio, Lisa Murkowski, and Bob Bennett. The debt and deception stops here -- with the Tea Party.
The Tea Party candidates have been successful in primaries because they have been singularly focused on the most important and pressing issues our country faces today: the economy, jobs, government spending, government employees, and the unchecked growth of the deficit and debt. These issues should have been Obama's only priority. Instead, we got a healthcare bill that will ultimately bankrupt the country, more government employees, and a stimulus that only stimulated the ratings of Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. But wait, Obama isnt done yet. He still has card check (unionize the entire nation) and cap and trade to ram through in the lame duck session of Congress after hes lost in a landslide. And you wonder why the people are angry?
The peasants have awoken from a long slumber. The time for excuses and promises is over. All that is left is for the winners in November to deliver -- shrink government, cut government employees and pensions (as Cuba is busy doing right now), dramatically lower the deficit and debt, and dramatically reduce spending, while lowering taxes (as Canada has done for the past decade). Deliver or the Tea Party promises to throw this class of bums out just like the last one and theyll be patriots for doing so. As Thomas Jefferson once wrote, a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
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Is Obama Smarter Than a Communist?
Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 09:22 PM
America loves the hit TV show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? That inspired me to ask Is Obama smarter than a communist? Raul Castro, the leader of communist Cuba, just announced that Cuba is laying off 500,000 government employees. Bravo! Its about time. Cuba is finally reforming their economy and headed in the direction of capitalism. Like China and the Soviet Union before it, Communist Cuba has finally figured out that everyone cannot work for government- at least not if you want your people to prosper, or your economy to avoid insolvency and bankruptcy.
I only wish we could say the same for America. Incredibly, President Obama is headed in the opposite direction. Under Comrade Obama, America is expanding the number of government employees and the size of the welfare state. Obama must not have noticed that after years of government control of the economy Cuba is an economic basket case, with its citizens living in abject poverty and misery. If he has noticed- and its kind of hard to miss- then why is Obama aiming America towards this disastrous Cuban model? Is it purposeful? Or pure idiocy, arrogance and ignorance?
Lets compare Communist Castros economic ideas to our own leader, Comrade Obamas:
While Communist Castro admits that having the government do more to control the economy and create jobs is a horrendous failure, our very own Comrade Obama has added over $4 trillion in debt to grow government, reward his Democratic cronies (with stimulus and bailouts), and control the economy to create and save jobs. Castro can only sit in stunned silence as Obama makes the same mistakes that ruined Cuba's economy and left his citizens in poverty and misery.
While Castro explains his cuts of government employees by saying We cant keep supporting inflated payrolls, and is now encouraging entrepreneurship, small business creation and capitalist reforms, Comrade Obama steals from future generations to save government jobs, hire more government employees, and preserve the obscene raises, pensions and benefits of government employees (that are 70% higher than comparable jobs in the private sector). Only days ago Obama spent $26 billion more to save teacher union jobs for the very people that are presiding over the disastrous failure of government-run education. Where does Obama get the money to pay for all these government employees? By redistributing income from private sector taxpayers who are losing their jobs and small businesses due to Obamas oppressive regulatory and tax burdens. Dont forget that Obama exempted only one group from the rules, regulations, and taxes of Obamacare - government employees! Castro is shaking his head in disbelief.
Communist Castro is busy privatizing businesses - giving taxi licenses to entrepreneurs, giving land to free market farmers, and selling government-run barber shops to small business risk-takers. Communists are embracing free enterprise, free markets, entrepreneurship, small business creation, and fiscal conservatism. Meanwhile, Obama is busy punishing and micro-managing banks, Wall Street, and credit card companies, while orchestrating government takeovers of healthcare, automakers, student loans, manufacturing (through cap and trade), and everything else he can grab through Chicago-style intimidation and communist goon tactics. Castro can only shake his head at the tragic mistakes being made.
Communist Castro says, Stop expecting too much from government. He hints that there will be even more economic reform- perhaps ending or cutting back on government subsidies for housing, transportation and food. Meanwhile our Comrade Obama asks government to provide ever more- from student loans, to lifelong free healthcare, to asking government to subsidize delinquent homeowners. Under Obama we see record increases in Americans accepting welfare, food stamps, and free breakfasts and lunches at school. Castro is mortified- he already knows where heavy-handed government control leads.
Communist Castro says the free lunch for Cuban workers is over. He speaks of government employees who do little or nothing all day. From now on Castro says, Workers will be paid according to results. While Castro understands this is the only way to bring prosperity to his people, Obama is hiring more government employees to stand around and do nothing, while he supports government employee union demands for lifetime jobs, early retirement, and obscene pensions- none of which are available in the private sector. Hand in hand with his shameful bias towards government employees, Obama keeps extending unemployment benefits towards infinity. Why not? Afterall, next to government employees, Obamas most loyal voting bloc is Americans receiving handouts from government.
Communist Castro is firing his Czars, while Obama names a new one on a daily basis- including only days ago, The Asian Carp Czar (No, this is not a joke). Did you ever think wed see the day where Castro is shocked at the size of Americas government?
While Communist Castro says, We must increase the number of jobs where Cubans can go into business for themselves, Obama is punishing entrepreneurs and small business creators with gigantic income tax increases, healthcare taxes, capital gains taxes, dividend and savings taxes, and any other taxes he can dream up (such as a new VAT tax and possible new raises in FICA taxes for the self employed). Its all enough to make Fidel Castro get up off his deathbed to shout Viva La Revolucion!
Communist Castro knows from experience why we have no new jobs in America. While Cuba moves away from communism with capitalist-style reforms, Obama leads America away from capitalism and towards Fidel Castros utopia of starvation, deprivation, levels of poverty never imagined in America (not yet anyway), and of donkeys pulling broken-down carts on the streets of Havana.
I can only conclude that Obama is NOT smarter than a communist. Communists at least learn from their mistakes. And if Obama isnt smarter than a communist, then hes most certainly not as smart as a 5th grader either.
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A Small Businessmans Urgent Plea to Obama: Please Play More Golf and Take More Vacations!
Monday, August 30, 2010, 01:45 PM
We are in midst of an economic Armageddon. For months I have described it as The Great Depression II. The politicians that run our country and economy are useless idiots -- although some might find that comparison offensive to useless idiots. Each move they make, the economy gets worse. Each dollar they spend to save the economy results in more economic decline, fewer jobs, and lower tax revenues. No coincidence.
Speaking of useless idiots, enter Joe Biden. As job reports get bleaker and businesses fail by the thousands each month, Vice President Biden repeats endlessly, like a Stepford wife, that the stimulus is working just fine and has saved and created millions of jobs. Perhaps Biden believes if you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes the truth. Or at least you keep your job as Vice President.
Obama repeats endlessly that its Bushs fault, even though we have lost millions of jobs, while adding over $4 trillion to the nations debt since Obama become CEO of the economy. Recently the nations debt increased by more in one day than the entire annual deficit in 2007. I am no fan of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but according to the Congressional Budget Office, Obamas one-time stimulus program enacted during his first month of office cost $100 billion more than the entire 8-year Iraq war.
Then theres Ben Bernanke- the hopeless, hapless, clueless Fed Chair who should be CEO of the Keystone Cops. He never saw the recession coming, then denied it existed, then announced it was over, then denied we could experience a double dip recession, and now acknowledges that the economy is deteriorating so rapidly the Fed might need to intervene to prevent a double dip. If I didnt know better, Id swear our Fed Chief had morphed into Sgt. Schultz on Hogans Heroes responding to every question with, I see nothing! This useless idiot spends so much time in denial, youd swear the Great Recession was hiding in the Witness Protection Program.
What we have is an incompetent Fed Chief, working for a Stepford-wife Vice President, working for a detached, golf-playing President, who bases his economic plans on the wisdom of Karl Marx. It is a deadly combination for the American economy.
But are they useless idiots, or is this a plan? As Ive written before, I believe that Obamas goal is to purposely overwhelm the economy, pile up debt to the point of collapse, redistribute wealth, and fatally damage capitalism. This plan has given government the opportunity to take over vast swaths of the economy (automakers, healthcare, banking, student loans), and made historic numbers of Americans dependent on government assistance and government jobs. Enter Socialism from Stage Left.
How do we know this is a purposeful plan? Because no one could be so ignorant of basic economics and business to not know the following:
*Redistributing money from one group (small business owners, taxpayers and job creators) to hand it to your Democratic voters doesnt improve GDP or create jobs -- it destroys them.
*Extending jobless benefits endlessly doesnt create jobs. It guarantees that those who pay the bill (small business owners) will not create a single job, while those receiving the benefits have no urgency to look for one.
*Handing billions of dollars out in Stimulus and bailouts to government employee unions and Democratic campaign contributors doesnt fix an economy. It just makes millionaires out of your cronies.
*Spending $26 billion to protect government employee union jobs doesnt help the economy recover. It just adds $26 billion more to the national debt, and makes our childrens future even bleaker.
*Asking the Fed to create endless fake debt-based money has never created a single real job.
*The largest tax increase in history that takes effect on January 1st will not increase tax revenues -- it will cause small business failures, lower consumer spending, and put millions more in the unemployment line.
*The financial reform bill demanding affirmative action loans to minority small businesses puts the entire economy at risk. Isnt this the same requirement Congress imposed on banks that resulted in sub-prime home loans leading to the collapse of the real estate market?
*The multi-trillion dollar Universal Healthcare bill wont help the economy recover, but it will raise all of our healthcare costs and taxes. The cap and trade bill they so desperately want to pass will double or triple our utility and gas bills. The moratorium on oil drilling has cost 100,000 jobs. Could any President be this ignorant or reckless by mistake?
Critics are complaining that Obama spends too much time playing golf and taking vacations. But I see a solution to our economic crisis. Please, Mr. President, stay on vacation and away from the economy. Perhaps you could explore the far reaches of Siberia or Antarctica? How about a safari in South Africa? Or better yet, tee it up night and day Mr. President. Dont be guilty. We desperately need you to develop your inner game of golf. Name Tiger Woods your Golf Czar. Work on your putting stroke. Get that handicap down to zero. Practice makes perfect. Play 36 holes every day- minimum. The more time you spend on the links, the less time you have to think about Karl Marx. As your golf score goes down, the U.S. economy can only go up.
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Officially, it's an arson. La Crosse loggers general manager Chris Goodell tells us this afternoon that the fire department has termed Sunday's fire at Copeland Park intentionally set. The dugout and bleachers along the third base line were both torched. Both need to be completely replaced. No suspects yet, but police have collected footprints of those who apparently ran around the bases either before or after setting the fire. No dollar amount on the damage yet and no word on whether it will be the city or the Loggers who will pay for repairs.


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Mike Murillo's rise to Mustang-racing stardom began behind the counter at the now-defunct Chief Auto Parts in his home-town of San Antonio, Texas. Selling parts gave him the cash needed to scrounge together bolt-on parts to build power and speed. Eventually, he took his prized '89 Mustang LX coupe to the tracks in San Antonio and nearby Houston, looking for some quarter-mile fun. There, Mike encountered MM&FF's True Street class, and he quickly became obsessed with modifying his Mustang. He jumped into the FFW Mustang racing scene with both feet. After many wins and some of the most interesting and popular late-model Stangs ever built, the charismatic Texan has become one of the legends in Mustang Shootout drag racing.
As time passed, the kid from San Antonio converted his MM&FF True Street ride into an FFW Modified 5.0 class-legal racer. The class eventually morphed into Outlaw 5.0 and, ultimately, into what we know today as Street Outlaw.
Racing Mustangs paved the path for Mike to open Texas Jam Racing, one of the first specialty Mustang shops. A personable and fun attitude allowed him to sell his knowledge and experience to fellow Mustang owners while filling his need for all things Blue Oval. The mantra for the Texas Jam shop was Eat, Race, Die-exactly Mike's philosophy on life. His desire to race brought him to destinations all over the country, competing with his black coupe. Through his outstanding performances and efforts, Mike became one of the first Vortech factory-backed racers. Proud of his native Texas, he then came out with the "Star" car, which amounted to the LX being covered with a huge Texas state flag paint job. To say this car was popular would be a gross understatement.
And then came the wins, as he collected five FFW titles before making the switch to the newly created NMRA circuit in 1999. It took three years for Mike to make it to the top of the podium in NMRA Super Street Outlaw, a feat he accomplished in 2002. "Winning the SSO championship was one of the toughest things I've ever done in my life," he says.
After that, Mike's attention switched to raising his family and building Murillo Motorsports. But he still needed to race, and his FFW and NMRA championships were followed with yet another championship at the '01 World Ford Challenge. As if seven national titles weren't impressive enough, he beat up on the brand-X racers in the Clash of the Titans, where he gathered three more series' titles.
While Mike took a hiatus from heads-up drag racing during 2003-2007, he stayed busy at the racetrack with an assortment of toys. He wanted to have something to show customers he was still on the cutting edge, and in fact, MM&FF featured one of his eight-second street cars during that time ("Back to the Streets," Jan. '05). He had a few other hot rides that saw weekly action at San Antonio Raceway, among other tracks in Texas. As Murillo Motorsports grew and his kids got older, the itch to race started again. "I wanted to get back to racing, but also to do it the right way," Mike says. "We took our time with this car and did everything the way it's supposed to be done."
It took three years of chopping, cutting, and rebuilding an existing Outlaw 10.5 Mustang, but the wait was worth it. Mike bought this LX as a roller in 2002, and it was raced for the duration of that season. It was then parked after a violent wheelie destroyed important pieces and components.
Mike had Bill Buck Race Cars of Austin, Texas, handle the chassis upgrades that included an SFI-certified 25.2 chassis specification, a new rearend housing, suspension components, and many other odds and ends needed to get the '93 up to snuff for an attack on the six-second zone. The front struts and rear shocks are Santhuff pieces, custom built for 10.5W-type racing. Bill Buck will handle all of the chassis tuning, including making sure the four-link rear suspension is set up properly.


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Volti, Ch. 8, Genetic Technologies
This week's theme is those medical and biological technologies that involve basic revisions of the nature of the organism. We touched on these last week when we discussed genetically modified foods. But they go much further. One version of the basic question is whether we should try to improve the human design by tinkering with genes, either to remove vulnerabilities to disease or to improve various features (or to add new features). This, say critics, is meddling with nature, playing god, pushing beyond "natural" limits, altering "human nature" itself, and it should not be allowed. Others, however, are quite excited at the prospect; extreme proponents include the transhumanists(see below). Less extreme proponents note that some people have clearly advantageous genes, such as the one
found in one family
of Limone, Italy, that in effect makes them
immune to high cholesterol
. In time, perhaps, we could give everyone this gene. Should we? The ethics of im-proving the human species is a very touchy subject. Eugenics dates back to the early 20th century, when in many countries (including the US) it led to such things as programs of sterilization of the "unfit" (the retarded, mentally ill, and even minorities). Improving genes seems much more benign, but so far very few people proposing doing this in any permanent fashion--that is the new changes are not done in such a way that they can be passed to future generations. This may change in the future, once we have more confidence in methods and results; remember the idea of "halfway technologies" from last week.
Volti refers to replacing defective (meaning responsible for diseases such as cystic fibrosis) or undesirable (meaning normal versions of the Limone gene) genes as the "genetic fix." The effort to apply such a fix to genetic diseases has a long history, with many ups and downs, in part because the delivery mechanisms for new genes have proved to have problems. However, the effort does go on with a
trial of gene therapy for cystic fibrosis
starting in March 2012.
Volti mentions that one of the issues that has arisen with the discovery of disease genes and the construction of modified versions involves patents. These are often criticized on the grounds that they make tests and treatments more expensive. This spring the Supreme Court
ruled against patenting human genes
, sending the issue back to lower courts.
The transhumanists (see Issue 19 in Taking Sides) are very optimistic about the potential for improving the human body and even mind, not just with genetic engineering but also with implants and add-ons. Observers such as Maxwell Mehlman see the technology as developing in this direction and say there will be a need to keep it from creating new class divisions. There may therefore be a need for government actually to subsidize the technology for everyone. Others, such as McNamee and Edwards, are very worried by the prospect. Should work toward "transhumanist" technology be forbidden? Or just put on hold while we think out the implications? Scott discusses the 2002 four-year moratorium on embryonic stem cell research. The aim was "to force scientists and supporters to write guidelines and rules to regulate hESC research." There is a risk in such a move that it may be repeated, amounting to the same thing as a ban. Another risk is that it may delay genuine benefits. On the other hand, as things worked out, it forced researchers to look for alternative ways to produce stem cells. A major step occurred in 2007, when
researchers announced
that they had been able to convert mouse skin cells into stem cells with all the potential to become other kinds of cells seen in embryonic stem cells.
Some of the objections to genetic technologies, especially as applied to humans, seem to center on the idea that the more we know, the less room is left for fate or free will. We seem locked into a particular destiny. But genes rarely force a particular outcome; identical twins do not always develop the same diseases or display the same tendencies to crime or nobility.
Questions for Discussion
1. In time, genetic engineering seems bound to mature as a medical technology. One result may be that many current medical technologies will no longer be needed, for they will be revealed as halfway technologies (in the sense of time-buying technologies). What current medical technologies are we talking about here? What problems do you see in shifting to the new "genetic fix" technologies?
2. Does it seem likely that
allowing transhuman enhancements would create a world of two classes, normal humans and enhanced posthumans?
Would such a change be consistent with egalitarian ideals?
What bodily or mental enhancements would you find desirable?


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Jordan Murdock is in Riley Hospital in Indianapolis. He's the 13-year-old young man who was injured in the tractor/semi-truck accident on State Road 67 north of Worthington on Wednesday evening, June 25.
Today the Murdock family posted a "Thanks!" on the GCDW site to all of the people who have posted comments on the news story about Jordan's accident. They appreciate all of the well wishes and have been able to read them to Jordan.
The family has also established a "Caring Bridge" website for Jordan. A "Caring Bridge" site is a place for the family to post updates on his progress and interested folks can visit anytime. Since they're just getting it started, they haven't had a chance at this moment to post much information yet but they may when they have a chance.
But even more important - Jordan's "Caring Bridge" site has a guestbook - you can sign in and send a message to Jordan and/or to his family. Since they are able to read these notes to him, it would be a great way to give him a boost by letting him know of all the people that are thinking of him.
To visit Jordan's site, go to http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jordan...
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"These reports from this meeting show just how many drugs and how many different types of drugs are in the pipeline," Gandy said. "We're excited to see drugs make it to phase 3, where they're about to be approved."
But the news for Alzheimer's medicines was not all good.
"Federal funding for Alzheimer's disease is being cut," Gandy said. "In 15 years, the cost of caring for Alzheimer's alone in this country will be equivalent to the current entire Medicare budget."
"We need for the public to lobby their lawmakers. Without the research, we won't keep having these medicines."
While several promising treatments were discussed, many researchers hoped to delve to the root of the problem: detecting Alzheimer's before it becomes problematic.
"A lot of this work is for early identification, so can we identify people in the early stages or when they're normal but have a risk profile," Petersen said. "Then, to the extent we can get in there with these therapies, again, the sooner the better, we can make some major inroads into this disease."
Inroads that will hopefully come soon enough to help treat the millions whom the disease will affect in the future.
"The public has to appreciate that science moves slowly and incrementally, but if you look at now compared to five years ago there has been significant progress, and that's really where we're going," Petersen said.


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"It all started with 'The Phantom of the Opera,'" said Sophomore Theater and English major Makayla Baker. Baker credits her passion for theater to a viewing of the famous musical. "I first watched 'Phantom of the Opera' in 7th grade and I automatically fell in love with the theater in the film. I went on to do theater club in high school because of it." At EMU Baker has participated in three plays and been costume designer and assistant costume designer for "On the Verge" and "Time Stands Still." During the summer she continues acting in McCoy's community theater in Moorefield, W.Va., the same place from which her most recent theater endeavor sparked — directing. "I have done plays at McCoy's before, the play 'Les Miserables' this past summer, and I overheard the public relations and director talking about needing new directors. I told them that I would be interested and they got excited at the idea because of my previous experience."
Since the end of December Baker has been directing the play W;t, introduced to her by Theater professor Heidi Winters Vogel. "There was a long process of just talking and finding a play that would fit the community, but I proposed it to the board of directors. They were a little hesitant because they didn't know if my commute would put a barrier on rehearsals, but my friend was an advocate and convinced them I would make a really good production."
The show is about Vivian Baring, a 50-year-old English professor diagnosed with ovarian cancer. "The play is about her journey of learning what is most important in her life and how far human compassion can go, something she has not previously focused on in her life. The play focuses on the importance of human kindness over the pursuit of knowledge, as well as the family aspects of terminal illness, life support, and what is life after death." The play's opening was this past weekend with shows on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. "The first weekend went great, not a fantastic turnout, but a lot of conversation has been sparked, and that is what I wanted: conversation and change."
The performance took place at McCoy's Grand Theater, an hour and ten minutes away from campus. For the past few months Baker has been commuting back and forth to make this production possible. "I commute on Sundays, Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, and sometimes Thursdays to rehearsals. Practices began at seven on weekdays and two on weekends. Community theater is different than theater at EMU. There is less time to rehearse because the actors are community members with other responsibilities." While directing, different aspects of community theater made Baker responsible for more than one job. "In EMU theater you have someone for each different job, and at McCoy's I was director, sound board controller, costume designer — basically a little bit of everything. I often had to stay late after rehearsals to clean up or work on painting."
One area that Baker felt needed work was the minor characters in the play. "I wish I could have had more rehearsal time to develop the minor characters. I had a lot of time with the major characters: when we could not meet we would Skype, but I was not able to do that with the minor characters and I wish I could have." Also, because of the sensitive material in the play, she had to determine how to be the leader that the actors needed. "A lot of my cast members have had close family members die of cancer and they looked to me as the leader to portray what is going on. They often had a hard time coming out of those characters, and it has been challenging learning how to connect with them."
Baker's desire to direct at McCoy's stems from positive past experiences with that theater. "During Les Miserables my friend from high school died in a car accident and I was at McCoy's in the middle of play rehearsal when I found out. Everyone was supportive, they were like a family to me and I wanted to give back to the community what they had given to me." The play continues next weekend with tickets for students costing seven dollars and ten dollars for adults.
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