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Benefits Plans - Group Life Insurance: Optional Group Term Life Insurance
If you are enrolled in the University Life Insurance Plan and want additional life insurance coverage, you can enroll in the Optional Life Insurance Plan. The Optional Plan covers you only.
- Enrollment
- Optional Plan Coverage Options
- Optional Life Insurance Rates
- Application Form
- Health Statement
- Effective Date
- Your Beneficiary
- Will Preparation Services
- When You Retire
- When Changes Occur
- How Benefits Are Paid
Enrollment is not automatic for the Optional Plan. You must enroll in order to participate.
- As
a new hire to the University.
You have 30 days to enroll. If you enroll as a new hire,
you will not be required to provide evidence of insurability
(a health statement) as long as Optional coverage is less
than $500,000. Obviously, this is to your advantage and
will save you time and effort.
- As
a newly eligible faculty or staff member. As
you become newly eligible for life insurance due to a
promotion or job change that qualifies you for life insurance
benefits, you will receive an application form. If you
enroll within the 30 days allowed, you will not be required
to provide evidence of insurability (a health statement)
as long as coverage is less than $500,000.
- At any time. After the 30 days provided for (1) and (2) above expires, you can apply to enroll at any time you choose, but you will be required to furnish evidence of insurability that is satisfactory to the MetLife Insurance Company of America. MetLife may also require a physical examination.
Optional Plan Coverage Options
If you are enrolled in the University Plan and want additional coverage, these are your coverage options:
- No coverage
- $5,000 (minimum)
- $50,000
- 1 times salary
- 2 times salary
- 3 times salary
- 4 times salary
- 5 times salary
- 6 times salary (to a maximum of $1 million).
Faculty and Staff Member Monthly Rates
View Optional Life Insurance Rates for your monthly cost.
Application Form
The Optional Group Term Life Insurance application form is available for download on this site. Complete the form and return it to the Benefits Office, either by U.S. mail, Campus Mail, or by fax to 734-763-0363.
Health Statement
If you enroll within 30 days of the date you become eligible and choose less than $500,000 of coverage, you will not need to provide a satisfactory health statement as proof of insurability. Therefore, it is to your advantage to enroll in life insurance at the time you become eligible, either when you are a new faculty or staff member at the University or when you become newly eligible for this benefit (as the result of a change in appointment, etc.).
Your Coverage is Capped at $500,000 until a Satisfactory Health Statement is Received
If your salary increase results in your coverage increasing above $500,000, you are capped at a flat $500,000 until you furnish evidence of insurability (health statement) that is satisfactory to MetLife.
In all other cases, you will need to furnish evidence of insurability that is satisfactory to the MetLife Insurance Company of America. MetLife may also require a physical examination.
Proof of good health consists of either a short-form health statement or a long-form health statement.
The type of statement you need depends on the amount of coverage you purchase. View Health Statements for more information.
You may enroll in the University Plan first (automatic to new hires and newly eligible employees) and then add the Optional Plan at a later date. You would need to complete a long-form health statement.
Effective Date
If you are newly eligible, your insurance will become effective on your service date or first day you are newly eligible if you enroll within 30 days. If you are not actively at work on the day your insurance would otherwise become effective, you will become insured on the day you return to active work. If proof of insurability is required, your insurance will become effective on the day the health statement is approved by MetLife, the Benefits Office has been notified, and you are actively at work.
Your Beneficiary
When you elect life insurance coverage for the first time, you must complete the beneficiary designation on the Change/Update of Beneficiary for Group Life Insurance form. You may choose any beneficiary you wish, such as a family member, a friend, a trust, or an organization. You can name a single beneficiary or you can name two or more joint beneficiaries to receive the insurance payment. You may change your beneficiary at any time.
If you do not designate a beneficiary, or if none of the beneficiaries you name survives you, death benefits will be paid to the first of the following:
- Your surviving spouse/OQA;
- Surviving children in equal shares;
- Surviving parents in equal shares;
- Surviving siblings in equal shares;
- Estate
If you enroll in the plan and you change the amount of your coverage at a future date, the beneficiary you designate now will remain your beneficiary until you make a change. If you wish to change your beneficiary, complete and submit a Change/Update of Beneficiary for Group Life Insurance form.
Will Preparation Services
If you are enrolled in the Optional Life Insurance Plan, MetLife fully covers the legal fees associated with the preparation or updating of a will by one of the Hyatt Legal Plan attorneys. Contact Hyatt at 800-821-6400 for additional information.
When You Retire
When you retire from the University, you will be covered under the Retiree Group Term Life Insurance Plan.
During retirement the amount of insurance will decrease as your age increases until you reach age 66, at which time coverage at $2,000 becomes effective and will remain in effect for the rest of your life. View Your Coverage in Retirement for a table showing your insurance amounts.
Under present policy, which is subject to change, the entire cost of your life insurance coverage after you retire from the University is paid by the University. Retirees with a date of service on or after July 1, 1988 will pay the full cost of benefits up to the month they turn age 62.
When Changes Occur
How Benefits Are Paid
More Information
For more information about the Optional Life Insurance Plan, view the University Group Term Life Insurance Plans book (PDF), or call the SSC Contact Center.
The University of Michigan in its sole discretion may modify, amend, or terminate the benefits provided with respect to any individual receiving benefits, including active employees, retirees, and their dependents. Although the university has elected to provide these benefits this year, no individual has a vested right to any of the benefits provided. Nothing in these materials gives any individual the right to continued benefits beyond the time the university modifies, amends, or terminates the benefit. Anyone seeking or accepting any of the benefits provided will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the benefits programs and the university's right to modify, amend or terminate them.


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Height: 58.000 cm
Width: 46.000 cm
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Stela of Nabonidus
Neo-Babylonian dynasty, 555-539
Possibly from Babylon, southern Iraq
The last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
It is not known where this basalt
Nabonidus was the
last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which stretched from the
border of Egypt to the Gulf. He was not a member of the royal
family but came to the throne after the legitimate ruler had been
murdered. Keen to show his legitimacy, Nabonidus undertook major
building works. One of his projects was in the city of Harran where
the temple of the god
H.W.F. Saggs, Babylonians (London, The British Museum Press, 1995)
M. Roaf, Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia (New York, 1990)

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KISSIMMEE — The Baker School volleyball team beat Hilliard 25-8, 25-21 and 25-15 in the Class 1A state semifinals at the Silver Spur Arena on Friday.
The Gators play in their second state finals in the last three years at noon local time Saturday against Sneads.
Baker Coach Tomikko Parks said the Gators (23-3) came out playing Gator volleyball.
"The most important thing was to come out and play our game early and put the pressure on Hilliard," she said. "We played well. We came out and executed and did what we needed what to do."
Miranda Whatmough came up big at the net for the Gators slamming home eight kills. She also had two aces, two assists and nine digs.
Hana Wadsworth had five kills, three digs, two assists and an ace. Ashley Black had seven kills, one assists, one block and one dig. Lena Daoud had a team-best 18 assists and was tied for the team lead with 20 digs.
Jordan Linzy also had 30 digs to go along with four kills. Taylor Brunson had seven digs, six assists and one ace. Brittany Brunson had three kills and one assist.
Hartley Moate had five kills and three digs. And Alex Roy had eight digs.
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin's sports editor. Email him at email@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524.


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Scott Renfro, left, with one of his attorneys, Jim Bowman, prior to a bond hearing on Wednesday.
A local pharmacist's bond hearing was packed Wednesday afternoon with friends and family members of his and his wife, who is also the victim in the case against him.
Lee Scott Renfro, 51, 15 South Hills Circle, is charged with attempted first-degree murder in an alleged attack on his wife in which he's accused of injecting her with a blood sugar reducing medication.
It happened Feb. 12 at Johnson City Medical Center, where Martha Renfro was a patient. She had apparently been admitted for problems with her blood sugar, which is something that had plagued her for several weeks prior to her husband's arrest.
Martha Renfro had been hospitalized three other times this year for the same symptoms, according to a court document.
Scott Renfro had been held on a $100,000 bond since his arrest last week. In the bond hearing Wednesday, Sessions Judge Don Arnold agreed to reduce the amount to a $60,000 property bond and a $10,000 corporate bond. A corporate bond is one through a bondsman.
Defense attorney Jim Bowman told Arnold that his client and Martha Renfro had agreed to use their home as collateral for the bond.
District Attorney General Tony Clark told Arnold he was not asking for an increase, but also didn't want to see the bond reduced because of information he said an investigator had learned.
Clark said the bond is not only to ensure Renfro appears in court, "but also has to do with public safety. This man could be a danger to himself or others."
Clark did not elaborate on any alleged threats, but Arnold said he couldn't make a decision based on Clark's remarks only.
The problem I have is I don't know what the investigator told you," Arnold said to Clark. He offered Clark and defense attorneys Bowman and Nikki Himebaugh about 10 minutes to see if they could reach an agreement without holding a full hearing.
The attorneys didn't take that break, but after Clark leaned down to whisper something to Bowman, the agreement of a split bond was revealed.
Clark asked that a condition of the bond is that Scott Renfro stay away from West Towne Pharmacy where he worked and is part owner.
Renfro will be allowed to live in the couple's home at the request of his wife.
"Mrs. Renfro is presently staying with her parents. She prefers he live in the marital residence because its next to his parents and he has been a long-time caregiver for them," Bowman said.
There was no restriction that Scott Renfro stay away from his wife. Martha Renfro and the couple's two adult daughters were both at the hearing.
When the hearing was over, more than 50 people got up and left the courtroom. Many of them stayed in the courthouse lobby for a while hugging, crying and consoling Renfro's family.
According to the warrant, Scott Renfro is suspected of injecting his wife with Victoza, described as a medication that lowers a person's blood sugar by stimulating the pancreas, which then releases insulin. A syringe with that label was found in Martha Renfro's hospital room, and her nurse discovered his patient had a small drop of blood on her leg which appeared to be coming from a small puncture wound. Scott Renfro was the only other person in the room, police said.
The warrant indicates Renfro "doesn't remember doing it," and when a nurse initially confronted him, he denied he had injected his wife with the medication. Low blood sugar, which previously has caused Martha Renfro to lose consciousness, was the reason for those hospital stays.
According to the police report, Martha Renfro's nurse walked by her room and saw the patient jump, then her blood pressure went up.
The nurse confronted Scott Renfro and later told police the man had been standing beside his wife but moved away right as her heart rate jumped up.
The nurse asked the victim if she was OK, to which she replied that her husband had pinched her on the leg. When the nurse checked Martha Renfro's leg, he "found that there was a small drop of blood on her thigh and what appeared to be a small puncture wound," Investigator Mark Stout wrote in the affidavit of complaint.
The nurse asked Renfro if he had done anything to his wife, and the man said he had not. The nurse went to get another nurse and when he came back he saw something — which turned out to be a syringe — under a blanket on Scott Renfro's lap. He took it from the patient's husband and saw it was a syringe labeled Victoza.
"The victim stated, 'Honey, you don't take that,' and then she started to cry," Stout wrote.
After the nurse found the syringe, he called police and that led to Renfro's arrest. During questioning, Renfro told police "he must have been the one who injected her because he was the only one in the room with her, but he doesn't remember doing it," Stout wrote in the warrant.
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Cuban American Bar Association (CABA)
The mission and purpose of CABA FSU LAW is to provide opportunities for student members to engage with legal professionals, further networking opportunities for members with local professionals in all areas of legal practice, and educate members about career opportunities within the Cuban Community. New networking and potential career opportunities will be created by hosting networking events through the Cuban American Bar Association, or "parent organization", inviting guest speakers to come to the school, and offering mentoring opportunities for all students, providing more internships and job opportunities, as well as professional development and job development through OCI. These will be some of the main goals of the organization with the participation of CABA members throughout South Florida and the rest of the United States.
2014-15 Executive Board
President — Joseph Salzverg
Internal Vice President — Jessica Fernandez
External Vice President — Erica Steinmiller
Treasurer — Monica Carusello
Secretary — Stacey Bosch


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Knicks made offer for Kevin Love
The New York Knicks at least tried to get involved in the Kevin Love sweepstakes. I'm sure the phone call took less than five minutes, but according to Chris Herring of the Wall Street Journal, the Knicks reportedly offered Amar'e Stoudemire, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Iman Shumpert for Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love.
The Knicks recently attempted to make a trade for Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love, offering forward Amar'e Stoudemire and his enormous expiring contract, second-year guard Tim Hardaway, Jr. and swingman Iman Shumpert, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
It seems like Phil Jackson knew there as no chance of landing Kevin Love, but followed through with the proposal to see what it would take to land Love.
Team president Phil Jackson and the Knicks were likely aware that they had little to no chance of landing Love with their proposal, which might have been more of a formality since several teams have called Minnesota to gauge what it would take for the Timberwolves to pull the trigger. But knowing that Love has quietly expressed an interest in playing in New York, the Knicks went ahead with an offer.
There is a chance the Knicks could land Love in the summer of 2015 when Love could become a free agent. The Knicks will have enough cap space to offer him a max deal. However, it seems like a slim chance that the Timberwolves would risk losing Love for nothing by having him play out his last season in Minnesota.


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Fred Perry's dynamic cover art for 'Gold Digger' No. 200
Fred Perry remains one of the hardest working men in comic books, certainly here in San Antonio if not well beyond Loop 410. So as you feast your eyes on his cover to his milestone "Gold Digger" No. 200 (above), take a moment to salute the First Gulf War veteran not only for his duty […] [Read More]
'Mars Attacks Transformers' artist Matt Frank at Heroes & Fantasies Saturday, Jan. 26
Hot on the heels of "Mars Attacks The Transformers," artist Matt Frank returns home to San Antonio to sign copies of the new comic. See him Saturday, Jan. 26, at 1 p.m. at Heroes & Fantasies, 4923 NW Loop 410. The Austin-based Frank draws some crazy cool renditions of Optimus Prime, Megatron and other classic […] [Read More]
May the Force, not mystery for mystery's sake, be with J.J. Abrams on 'Star Wars'
My reaction when I first heard J.J. Abrams will reportedly direct the next "Star Wars" movie? Then I calmed down, at least enough to have just a more sensible, if not more appropriate bad feeling about this. Funny thing is, this has nothing to do with Abrams as a movie director but everything to do […] [Read More]
A good week for comics with San Antonio ties
You couldn't pick a better week to enjoy comic books with San Antonio talents behind their pages. Today sees the release of the hilarious one-shot "Mars Attacks The Transformers," which features cartoon-colorful art by S.A.'s own Matt Frank. Then there's the pulpy goodness of "The Spider" No. 8, written by local historical fiction novelist David […] [Read More]
Joe McKinney nabs several spots on Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot
Joe McKinney could really make a killing at this year's Bram Stoker Awards — if the San Antonio horror writer survives the final cut of nominees. The Horror Writers Association has announced its 2012 preliminary ballot for the Stoker Awards, which honor works of "superior achievement" in horror. McKinney's name pops up in three spots […] [Read More]
Eckman's holds its final Live Oak toy show Saturday, Jan. 19
One last hurrah, one last chance to buy that rare G.I. Joe action figure or near-mint "Amazing Spider-Man." In case you haven't heard, Eckman's Card, Comic & Toy Show says goodbye to Live Oak Civic Center this Saturday, Jan. 19. The long-running geek fair will move on to a new home in New Braunfels. While […] [Read More]
John Picacio cover art for 'Fall of Hyperion'
Forgot how gorgeous John Picacio art can be? Here's a lovely reminder — Picacio's new cover for the limited edition volume of "The Fall of Hyperion", the 1990 science fiction novel by Dan Simmons. Subterranean Press has already sold out of the lettered edition, but you can still snag a limited edition for $150 while […] [Read More]
The Empire responds to the White House shooting down that Death Star petition
The White House recently released a hilarious response to a petition to build a Death Star. Now the Empire (read: savvy minds at the official "Star Wars" Blog) has responded as only a bunch of uptight Moffs with too much time on their hands can. In a statement released by the Imperial Center at Coruscant, […] [Read More]
Thumbing through the 'Guinness World Records 2013 Gamer's Edition'
Forget world records like most consecutive hiccups while upside-down or most railroad spikes jammed up a guy's nose. Give me the more accessible couch-spud freakdom that is setting video game records, like high scores that blow minds and marathon gaming sessions that shrivel bladders. I just thumbed through a copy of the new "Guinness World […] [Read More]
Review: William Shatner shines in his own 'World'
William Shatner couldn't have picked a better San Antonio venue for Wednesday night's performance of "Shatner's World: We Just Live In It," the Emmy-winning actor/author/raconteur's one-man show. After all, the Majestic Theatre has a history of storied ornate drama on and off its stage. And judging by Shatner's show, that's so much like the man […] [Read More]
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|Late term spontaneous abortion
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A plant pathologist experienced in protecting against biological warfare recently warned the USDA of a new, self-replicating, micro-fungal virus-sized organism which may be causing spontaneous abortions in livestock, sudden death syndrome in Monsanto's Roundup Ready soy, and wilt in Monsanto's RR corn.
Dr. Don M. Huber, who coordinates the Emergent Diseases and Pathogens committee of the American Phytopathological Society, as part of the USDA National Plant Disease Recovery System, warned Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that this pathogen threatens the US food and feed supply and can lead to the collapse of the US corn and soy export markets. Likewise, deregulation of GE alfalfa "could be a calamity," he noted in his letter (reproduced in full below).
On January 27, Vilsack gave blanket approval to all genetically modified alfalfa. Following orders from President Obama, he also removed buffer zone requirements. This is seen as a deliberate move to contaminate natural crops and destroy the organic meat and dairy industry which relies on GM-free alfalfa. Such genetic contamination will give the biotech industry complete control over the nation's fourth largest crop. It will also ease the transition to using GE-alfalfa as a biofuel.
"My letter to Secretary Vilsack was a request to allocate necessary resources to understand potential nutrient-disease interactions before making (in my opinion) an essentially irreversible decision on deregulation of RR alfalfa," Huber told Food Freedom in an email.
Tukey also conveyed that while Huber admits that much further study is needed to definitively confirm the link between Round-Up and the pathogen, "In the meantime, he said, it's grossly irresponsible of the government to allow Roundup Ready alfalfa, which would bring the widespread spraying of Roundup to millions of more acres and introduce far more Roundup into the food supply."
Huber, who has been studying plant pathogens for over 50 years and glyphosate for over 20 years, has noticed an increase in pathogens associated with the herbicide. In an interview with the Organic and Non-GMO Report last May, he discussed his team's conclusions that glyphosate can, "significantly increase the severity of various plant diseases, impair plant defense to pathogens and diseases, and immobilize soil and plant nutrients rendering them unavailable for plant use."
In his undated letter to the USDA, Huber highlighted "the escalating frequency of infertility and spontaneous abortions over the past few years in US cattle, dairy, swine, and horse operations." He reported that spontaneous abortions occurred in nearly half the cattle where high concentrations of the pathogen were found in their feed. Huber notes that the wheat "likely had been under weed management using glyphosate."
Other Research Supports Huber's Warning
Last year, Argentine scientists found that Roundup causes birth defects in frogs and chickens. Publishing their paper, "Glyphosate-Based Herbicides Produce Teratogenic Effects on Vertebrates by Impairing Retinoic Acid Signaling," in Chemical Research in Toxicology, Alejandra Paganelli, et al. also produced a large set of reports for the public at GMWatch:
Amnesty International reported. Local police and a wealthy GM rice grower were implicated in that attack.
In a 2009 study, researchers linked organ damage with consumption of Monsanto's GM maize, based on Monsanto's trial data. As we reported last year, Gilles-Eric Séralini, et al., concluded that the raw data from all three GMO studies reveal that novel pesticide residues will be present in food and feed and may pose grave health risks to those consuming them.
In a 2005 paper published in Environmental Health Perspectives, Sophie Richard, et al. compared the toxicity of Roundup with that of just glyphosate, its active ingredient. They found Roundup to be more toxic, owing to its adjuvants. They also found that endocrine disruption increased over time so that one-tenth the amount prescribed for agriculture caused cell deformation. Citing other research, they also reported that Roundup adjuvants bond with DNA.
Such negative findings probably explain why Monsanto and other biotech firms so vociferously block independent research.
Tom Laskawy at Grist estimated that in 2008, nearly 200 million pounds of glyphosate were poured onto US soils. But, he notes that "exact figures are a closely guarded secret thanks to the USDA's refusal to update its pesticide use database after 2007." This figure more than doubles what the EPA estimates was used in 2000.
Below is Dr. Huber's full letter, graciously provided to me by Paul Tukey:
Dear Secretary Vilsack:
A team of senior plant and animal scientists have recently brought to my attention the discovery of an electron microscopic pathogen that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human beings. Based on a review of the data, it is widespread, very serious, and is in much higher concentrations in Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans and corn—suggesting a link with the RR gene or more likely the presence of Roundup. This organism appears NEW to science!
This is highly sensitive information that could result in a collapse of US soy and corn export markets and significant disruption of domestic food and feed supplies. On the other hand, this new organism may already be responsible for significant harm (see below). My colleagues and I are therefore moving our investigation forward with speed and discretion, and seek assistance from the USDA and other entities to identify the pathogen's source, prevalence, implications, and remedies.
For the past 40 years, I have been a scientist in the professional and military agencies that evaluate and prepare for natural and manmade biological threats, including germ warfare and disease outbreaks. Based on this experience, I believe the threat we are facing from this pathogen is unique and of a high risk status. In layman's terms, it should be treated as an emergency.
A diverse set of researchers working on this problem have contributed various pieces of the puzzle, which together presents the following disturbing scenario:
Unique Physical Properties
This previously unknown organism is only visible under an electron microscope (36,000X), with an approximate size range equal to a medium size virus. It is able to reproduce and appears to be a micro-fungal-like organism. If so, it would be the first such micro-fungus ever identified. There is strong evidence that this infectious agent promotes diseases of both plants and mammals, which is very rare.
Pathogen Location and Concentration
It is found in high concentrations in Roundup Ready soybean meal and corn, distillers meal, fermentation feed products, pig stomach contents, and pig and cattle placentas.
Linked with Outbreaks of Plant Disease
The organism is prolific in plants infected with two pervasive diseases that are driving down yields and farmer income—sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soy, and Goss' wilt in corn. The pathogen is also found in the fungal causative agent of SDS (Fusarium solani fsp glycines).
Implicated in Animal Reproductive Failure
Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of this organism in a wide variety of livestock that have experienced spontaneous abortions and infertility. Preliminary results from ongoing research have also been able to reproduce abortions in a clinical setting.
The pathogen may explain the escalating frequency of infertility and spontaneous abortions over the past few years in US cattle, dairy, swine, and horse operations. These include recent reports of infertility rates in dairy heifers of over 20%, and spontaneous abortions in cattle as high as 45%.
For example, 450 of 1,000 pregnant heifers fed wheatlage experienced spontaneous abortions. Over the same period, another 1,000 heifers from the same herd that were raised on hay had no abortions. High concentrations of the pathogen were confirmed on the wheatlage, which likely had been under weed management using glyphosate.
In summary, because of the high titer of this new animal pathogen in Round Ready crops,[sic] and its association with plant and animal diseases that are reaching epidemic proportions, we request USDA's participation in a multi-agency investigation, and an immediate moratorium on the deregulation of RR crops until the causal/predisposing relationship with glyphosate and/or RR plants can be ruled out as a threat to crop and animal production and human health.
It is urgent to examine whether the side-effects of glyphosate use may have facilitated the growth of this pathogen, or allowed it to cause greater harm to weakened plant and animal hosts. It is well-documented that glyphosate promotes soil pathogens and is already implicated with the increase of more than 40 plant diseases; it dismantles plant defenses by chelating vital nutrients; and it reduces the bioavailability of nutrients in feed, which in turn can cause animal disorders. To properly evaluate these factors, we request access to the relevant USDA data.
I have studied plant pathogens for more than 50 years. We are now seeing an unprecedented trend of increasing plant and animal diseases and disorders. This pathogen may be instrumental to understanding and solving this problem. It deserves immediate attention with significant resources to avoid a general collapse of our critical agricultural infrastructure.
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- March
- 13
- 2009
It's hard to fathom how quickly Bassnectar's reputation arose in Columbia, MO. It wasn't that long ago he played this town's small club, Mojo's. Now he's performing at the Blue Note to a sold out crowd of 850. As we wander aimlessly downtown before the show, we run into Lorin Ashton, a.k.a. Bassnectar, who looks like a hip hop hessian in a hoodie and backpack. After a few hugs and hellos we head to the show. A few fans scream out "Slayer!" or request "Womp, Womp!" The crowd outside is eclectic and contagious. The door guy outside is giving Lorin a hard time getting through the back door. Even after explaining to him that Lorin is the headliner, he still gives the shaky head. Luckily, one of the techs on tour with Lorin shows us in the back door and we duck inside, straight downstairs to the dressing room. Suddenly we notice the door guy has followed us in and realize he doesn't work at the venue at all. Instead of throwing him out, Lorin grabs three Maker's Mark whiskeys and we're toasting to the night. As quick as we're down there the excitement moves upstairs to prepare for the three hour set. After a confrontation with the tour manager, the imposter door guy's presence is in jeopardy. His only escape is back into the mess of wild ravers. With a quick handshake and thank you to Lorin he is escorted to the main floor saying "My friend's are never going to believe this. "
As Lorin takes the stage, everyone jumps up and screams in excitement. The chaos ensues. The speakers fill the room with the familiar guitar riff from "Welcome to the Jungle" Gn'R style, but this is no ordinary intro. While it hypes up the crowd, the riff takes a sudden scratch into Lorin's adaptation and he makes it hit like a gyrating smack in the hips. Lorin orchestrates the circus of party people with broken basslines and sticky drum beats. This is when the barrage of glow sticks fly into the air. Above Bassnectar is a 50 foot long projection of glitch riot footage including break dancers freakin', boom boxes exploding, minds warping, etc. After a generous mix of breakbeat grime step, Lorin turns a 180 and pulls the crowd into a soundtrack of the twilight zone. The dancing slows in motion then picks up again just as they hear Pow! Boom Boom Ka! The crowd loses it again. Scandalous girls in the balcony are spinning their glow stick necklaces around their neck while guys in the pit are throwing their shirts off. The people outside are freaking out as well but in entirely different ways. A beautiful Vietnamese girl dances around cars while playing her feather covered flute across from a guy playing melodica dressed in a kimono. The subs can be heard pulsating throughout the streets of Columbia, and it's irresistible to stay out much longer. Venturing back through the mass of sweaty freaks, there is a sample of Cool Kids and a multi-faced Ghandi rides on top of a bear running through a dream-like forest on the projection screen.
After the show Lorin was able to expand on some certain aspects of his music with a quick interview.
What track of yours is getting the biggest response at your gigs right now?
Hmmmm…well I go in cycles with the music I create. Right now I've been making heavy crowd-response shit, jump-up woo-haa type stuff. Heads Up was great over the past months, same with Superstylin', and lately the remix of Product 01's Ready To Rage (they are all on the latest podcast!)
How do people's reactions differ when you play indoor clubs during the fall/winter compared to outside festivals during the summer?
Well festival type shows are just a different schematic. I find it is kind of like grandslammer anthem style…REALLY stand out epic shit, where as the live shows on tour allow for more deepness, oddball experimentation, and just freeform expression…it's like you kind of grab people's attention at festivals and if you hook them, then they come out on tour where it can be more intimate and in-depth.
What other artists are out there right now do you enjoy or may find influence from?
Oh So Many!!!! I have a big list of names on my MySpace page…I hate this kind of thing though cuz I don't want to leave anyone out. Most of the artists I really like are buddies who I am collaborating with (Audiovoid, Babylon System, Excision, Jantsen, Wiseproof, Mr Projectile, Si Begg, iLL Gates, etc)
I've heard you speak on the mic about political issues and taking action while everyone is at the peak of dancing and partying. Is this the ideal state you want your fans to be in?
The ideal state I would like to see people in is one of balance and awareness. Literally. Those aren't catch words. Awareness, meaning clear, smart, inspired, strong in thought (the brain is an amazing muscle!!). Balance, meaning its great to party, rage, freakout, achieve meltdown, whatever…. but I think it is key to BALANCE that luxury/privilege with some work, and we are all really capable, privileged people.
It is crucial to not preach at people, nor be abrasive. I actually do think the potential we hold inside is EXCITING, and that's what I like to share at a party, but I actually do it less than people think. I might go 10 shows without saying much, but I will speak my mind if I feel it. You going to tell me Black Flag should have shut up and just played music? No. There are no rules.
All that said, I think there are way better formats for intelligent discourse, so its more about forging a connection by any means necessary and leveraging that connection later through other avenues.
What components of your music do you feel connect the listener to your vision?
Too broad a question
Your music is a very tangible amenity to people's lives. Whether they dance to it or listen on their mp3 player does the interaction end there?
I hope not. I like the word "omni" more than "multi". Building networks, community and experiences that go beyond music.
What track (other than your own) is getting the biggest response at your gigs right now?
To be honest, Nirvana's "In Bloom".
Any new projects, or remixes in the works?
Absolutely. www.bassnectar.net/podcast go help yourself, lots of free music there. Always working on new material, but most of it ends up heavy in the live sets, releasing music is such a hassle, and we are blessed to have an amazing outlet for music right now which is wall to wall freaks at the live shows
And finally cake or pie?
Spirulina Smoothie
As one of the forefront DJ's of his time, Lorin is hooking a lot of people rapidly and effectively pushing them to rage within this new joining of cultures. Whatever comes next in this underground revolution? Perhaps it will happen at the next show.
written by Dan Leist
Political speeches?? Why can't this guy just shut up and play music? Its just like the flobots when they were at the power and light. Im sure this guy is all over Obamas nuts while he is destroying everything our country stands for. This guy is nothing more than a filthy hippie and I am sick of him and other musicians trying to push there political misconceptions onto our impressionable youth!
you sir, are the prime reason why John McCain couldn't beat a black man named Obama. You sir are a prime example of why the Republican/right-wing mentality and belief system is apart of a dying breed of "Americans."
If you cannot bring yourself to change and grow with the rest of America and humanity in general, then you shall fade into the sad, lonely remains of dead thoughts and old philosophies.
You are missing the point. You are blind to the future and the bigger picture. Please wake up or end your life. Seriously. Choose one.
p.s. Bassnectar goes hard. Great talent. Great interview as well.
I look forward to the opportunity of seeing this guy live.
Big up!
while i'm appreciating his music more and more i agree with the first comment on the board. personally, i dont' give a damn what he has to tell me about his political views, i dont' want to hear it. the scene he plays to is highly liberal anyways so he's just bumping his gums to hear himself speak on his soapbox.
i don't want to hear Colins (DJ CVaughn on 96.5 the buzz's Liquid Buzz Saturday nights) anti obama babble on the local KC forums, i dont' want to hear bassnectar's pro obama views. i just want to hear good music.
I like Obama, a lot…but again, stfu and play music. end of story.
This is ridiculous.. it's their not there.. k thanx.
You all are retarded for missing the point entirely. He's a DJ who plays music and actually has a philosophy behind the sound he creates. Name one person who actually made you dance while giving you an intellectual high at the same time.
eTard, i'm glad you have a DJ to spoon feed you your political views. i do not need his ideas or opinions in my head. just my own. that's individuality my friend, i think it is in fact you who are missing the point. i go out and figure out what's right and wrong and what i believe from multiple media sources both right and left sided. try it and have an opinion of your own, it will be the best "intellecutal high" you'll ever attain…i promise
You guys are all missing this one thing: Whether or not you agree with him, it's not a political rally. It's a party. I don't pay money to listen to someone talk about what they believe…whether or not I agree with them. I pay money to watch some badass DJs play some badass music.
It's not just youth who are impressionable, it's everybody! If we're talking politics for instance… Right wingers have Rush Limbaugh, left wingers have Bassnectar. Who would you rather listen to political preaching from? A racist wealthy conservative addicted to pain killers and slandering those who don't agree with him, or a bass hungry DJ who promotes political awareness along with his music.
I respect Lorin for his desire to make people aware of what has been happening in our country politically. Music is a form of art, and art is a form of expression. He chooses to be passionate about political expression within his music. He's not telling everyone you are either with me or against me (like a certain ex pres). If you don't agree with his statements, why throw a fuss?! Just enjoy the womp!
One thing straight: If you don't like it, don't come.
I admire Lorin for speaking his mind, especially in front of a large crowd. He does not push his ideas onto people..He shares them. Take it or leave it, it does not matter.
What matters is that you are having fun and being safe:)and getttin down with ya bad self!
Speaking out when he feels like it or when he is inspired is something Bassnectar enjoys and it will,more than likely, happen again at future shows.
So,bottom line iiis: if you dont like it, dont come.
NIXON MASK WHILE DJ'ing FTW!
Blah blah blah
Bassnectar yay!
The show rocked, my friends believe me now!
adjectives cannot describe his delicious beats. simply put, the show was amazing.
I heard him doing his political soapboxing at the granada
I wasn't impressed with what he was saying.
no one wants their political views influenced by a stoner dj
I prefer to get my information from credible / reliable sources
mixing 2 records together doen't qualify you for political punditry
my 2 cents
Fact of the matter is, Obama's a hell of a lot better than what we had prior.
Thx lorin.
Wow… you people have been in Kansas WAAYY too long…
He's a DJ, who plays music for Christ sake. He is using his music as a forum for something positive. Lorin Ashton does not press any agenda on anyone! He speaks his mind and tries to make other people THINK. His whole mantra is "Resistance is Fertile." There have been a million other artists who have done the exact same thing (Bob Dylan, Public Enemy, Black Flag, etc).
I have to beg the question, "If you took all of the politics out of their music, would it still be the same?!?" NOOO!!! It wouldn't. A Bob Dylan song wouldn't be a Bob Dylan song if you took out all the shit about the Vietnam war and the United States government. Public Enemy would not be Public Enemy, if they had not written "Fight The Power." Come on meow… if anyone here has ever taken a music history class, you know what I'm talking about. You can listen to a song or a piece of music simply for the music aspect, but you are totally missing a huge element of what the composer or songwriter was trying to say. Why? Because it isn't in context!!! Music historians think like this. They know that you can't listen to any piece of classical music without putting it into context… without looking at the political, social, ideological background/turmoil in which that work was created.
Of course, you people aren't music historians or anything close to it, so I wouldn't expect you to understand that. You see… I've got you all figured out, just like you think you have me and my friend, Lorin, all figured out. You're what's wrong with this country. You hang out at Power & Light every weekend and think that you're the center of the universe. You get your news from Fox News and the Kansas City Star. You've read the WSJ a couple times, so you think that makes you an expert on everything. You are totally that guy who stands in the back of the club, acting like you are too cool for everyone. You look at other people having a good time, so you decide to talk some shit, because you don't have the balls to standout.
You just wanna give this guy a bad wrap because he's from San Francisco, has long hair, and a bunch of dreddies like his music. I love the one person's comment about how no one wants their political views influenced by some "stoner" DJ. I think that is exactly what's wrong with Kansas. It is a bunch of ignorant people, who would like to generalize every semi-liberal person into being some sort of drug addict or hippy. That way, whatever they are "babbling" about, doesn't REALLY matter, because who cares what a bunch of hippy, stoners think… right?
I've been thinking about it and you know what I decided? I don't want people like this at the show. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME. It's people like you who ruin it for everyone else. You are the fun police. You pay your $20, stand in the back, and criticize everything that everyone does. You are the same people who listen to horrible techno/house and think, "That's great electronic music!" You are also the same dueshbag who will pay $100 to see a Tiesto or Nickleback in concert. You are a drain on society and my time… Go fuck yourself!
P.S. - He's doing more then mixing two records together… if you really knew what you were talking about, you would know this.
Music and words as an artist. dont even have to say anything logical to draw interest. you people who judge the points of view are not realizing the role it plays in the expression. ART FEEDS of FEELINGS and the media portrays an image that artist react to. It does not even have to make any sence at all. However there is a deeper meaning that you may never see. And if you only see on drugs thats not real .
Another thing, You do not realize. It is an honor to hear the words and expression of lorin and bassnectar. I see more "hope" there in the purity and quality of the samples hear regard for the "work to be done". What this is is for you and done for you and me. So i say THANK YOU…
I think Bassnectar is a great act. I'm so sick of negative people…
Listen to what someone has to say and decide if it is useful information. If you decide it is not, then move on with your life and don't worry about it! Nobody has ever been killed by listening to new ideas and viewpoints!
I for one love it when someone can party and have a good time, but also entertain thought provoking ideas and conversations. Keep up the good work lorin!
SO i have to say, props to Ryan for that eloquently put speech…I would also like to put in that Lorin puts on one hell of a show. If you don't like it, GO THE FUCK AWAY!!! We don't need you in the scene, and if you think that hes just mixing two records together, fucking open your ears. Have you ever heard music like this? These delicious beats are a product of Bassnectar and Bassnectar alone. I must give Lorin Mad Props, this is some sick shit.
We aren't all crazy hippies, although there are a lot from SF, and us kids here in Eugene can totally get on his same level obviously some of you other "Americans" (i.e. not the west coast).
Oh, and another thing, if you don't like what he has to say about your god or if he doesn't say what you want him to say, you can GO FUCK YOURSELVES! Its just an idea. Because Lorin doesn't push his ideas onto you, unlike a lot of you Christer bible thumpers do to us, he doesn't push his religion onto us, he just extends it and we gladly follow. He teaches us individuality and peace, harmony and respect for out fellow human being through pure, sweet music. Plain and simple. We find what it means to each of us, through our own expirimentation and soul searching we can come to understand ourselves a little better, our family a little bit better, and our community a little bit better. Not by some jackass preacher unloading bullshit into our heads as we sit on pews of bullshit, just eating the lies right up, the lies god tries to force feed you through a man telling you the word of god….. yet we are God and man wants to supress that feeling, with drugs and sedatives, pesticides and pharmeceuticals. Man wants you to beleive in God, beleive in this false idol that has you to beleive if you revel in the beauties of life, if you splurge and self indulge and do things thought glutinous and selfish, once in a while, you are labeled a bad person…ad god will punish you forever. Yet we fuck up, but who has the right to say they have power and control over me…..THe fuck you say? Man has no more power over me and what i do than my mother, whom i haven't seen for over two months.
Back on track, who is this god? Most people think its some dude sitting on a cloud far far above us, watching everything. Whatever, i wont argue. But People don't get it, God is much much more. You are your own God, and Lorin's music is a way to more greatly understand that concept. It goes against everything our society tells us about everything, because Religion is very personal for a lot of people, and you don't fuck with people and their religion, you just smile and nod.
Long and short of it, Lorin doesnt need to say anything about shit, he just answers questions when asked. He doesn't push his religion onto other people, he doesn't need to. We thrive on the sounds he creates, and we love him for showing us, in turn, who we really are, as human beings with no inhibitions or worries, or cares, about anything. Words cannot describe how his music has impacted the lives around him, yet no one needs to say anything, because we already know. We Recognise.
If Lorin wants to share his political views then why the fuck shouldn't he?
If you all are so into his music then at his show surely you would be too busy being mind fucked by the awesomeness to even be aware that Lorin is speaking.
You have your opinions and Lorin has his. Don't hate on him for expressing them.
You guys are so narrow-minded jeeeeeez.
Lorin you are fucking awesome, don't let shitheads bring down your positivity.
If you just wanna hear music and not pay for his outlook on shit don't buy a ticket. That's the thin I love about lorin is that when I buy a ticket it goes to a conscious being not someone with there head in the sand. Obamas got 80 to 90 percent of his campaign promises done already just get us out of the wars and close gitmo an we good all the while the GOP diggin their heels in cause they're racist fucks like hailly barber or whoever that dude is in ms.
Not everyone that likes bassnectar and goes to his shows is a democrat or hippie or whatever. I freaking love Lorin and the steriotypical mississippi redneck.I am so tired of hearing people slam on each other from different views. Of you don't agree then you don't agree. It's that simple.
this is about a music artist. Lyrics come in many forms, just cuz his are random and pointed doesnt make them any different from any other musician. Content is rarely noticed because there is so much of it thats mostly the same. When he speaks i think its justa conversational aside, a relevant monlogue to the unspoken dalogue between the dj and listener that is created when music is heard.
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Transcript:How to Make a Pumpkin WitchHi! I'm Debbie Anderson for About.com! Making your pumpkin into a witch can be a fun way to celebrate Halloween. So today, I'm going to show you how to make a witch pumpkin!
Supplies for Making a Pumpkin WitchFor this project, you will need:
- newspaper
- a large ripe pumpkin with a stem
- a permanent ink marker
- a knife
- a large metal spoon
- a witches hat with wig attached
- glue
- and a large bowl
Instructions for How to Make a Pumpkin WitchFirst, place the pumpkin on a large piece of newspaper so that it is lying with the stem pointing out to one side to act as the witch's nose. Then, use your permanent ink marker to draw a circle that is large enough for your hand on the rounded side of the pumpkin towards the opposite side of the pumpkin stem. Next, make a side-lid for your pumpkin by using your knife to cut along the circular line at an angle so that the outer edge of the lid is larger than the inner edge.
Then, scrape the pulp and seeds from the base of the side-lid. Next, cut two opposing small half circles that are just large enough for a fingertip to fit into the edges of the pumpkin's side-lid so you can easily remove and replace the lid on the pumpkin. Next, use a large metal spoon to remove all of the seeds and pulp from the inside of the pumpkin and place the contents from inside the pumpkin in a large bowl as you continuously scrape out the inside of the pumpkin.
Continue scraping the inside of the pumpkin until all of the pulp and seeds have been removed, and also until the walls of the pumpkin are approximately ½ to 1 inch thick. Next, using the stem of the pumpkin for the witch's nose, use your permanent ink marker to draw the witch's other facial features on the pumpkin. For the eyes, draw two very odd shapes above the stem of the pumpkin with one eye on each side of the stem.
Then, use your permanent ink marker to draw an abnormal looking mouth with only one or two teeth on the bottom of the mouth to make it look scary.Next, use your knife to gently cut along the lines of the witch's facial features on the surface of the pumpkin to carve out your images of the witch's face.Then, gently push the shapes out of the pumpkin with your fingertips after you have finished carving out each of the facial features.Next, place a small amount of glue on the top of the witch's pumpkin head and then place a small amount of glue on the inside seam of the witch's hat where the wig attaches.Then, carefully pull the wig hair out toward the undersides of the witch's hat and place the hat with the wig hair on top of the witch's pumpkin head to secure the hat. Finally, allow the glue to completely dry.
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Got quite a shock when I watched the news this morning. There had been a dramatic bank robbery in my hometown Stavanger. It took place in the middle of the morning rush, and Police and innocent bystanders were caught in the middle of a raging gun battle which left one policeman dead. The robbery had all the hallmarks of being committed by professionals.
As the police-station was alerted of the robbery, a lorry was parked in front of the exit of the police garage and set alight, blocking the exit so that the police cars were unable to get out. At the same time CS gas released in front of the main entrance of the police station and the bank that was being robbed. A plainclothes policeman was taken hostage by the robbers and forced lay facedown on the pavement, but was left behind when the robbers drove off.
The stolen cars that were used in the robbery were later dumped and set on fire. Most of the city centre of Stavanger is closed off, and there are numerous police checkpoints guading the main roads, airports and ferry terminals.
Here's some pictures from this dramatic event. It all sounds like a script from a movie like "Heat" or something. Definitely not something we are used here anyway.


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but the Congress! wowowow..
@luismthen: Salario y Beneficios de un Diputado (Dominicano). #VivaRD
anyone have any links to the executive branch?
but the Congress! wowowow..
@luismthen: Salario y Beneficios de un Diputado (Dominicano). #VivaRD
anyone have any links to the executive branch?
It is classified as a middle class because it lies within the middle range of incomes. It is not a truly middle range of incomes because to acquire a truly middle range one would have to absorb into that range the upper end of the lowest levels namely the upper end of the 70% range where the top salaries end at 250 bucks monthly. This would tend to bring down the middle range incomes thus creating an even more destitute middle class.
It is also reasonable to assume that if the US middle is shrinking, then the DR middle should be shrinking too. Also, if the DR middle is a derivative of the US middle since the DR depends on the US, then the DR middle will be shrinking even faster than the US middle. Just like in calculus, the first derivative is moving at a certain rate but the second rate is moving towards degradation until further derivatives are degrading so quickly they essentially are moving to ZERO to end up in ZERO.
In the same form, the DR middle which in prior times was more robust is heading towards ZERO. This correlates with a peso currency that itself is moving towards ZERO. As the DR is a derivative of the US, the US middle itself is shrinking as what was once well paid blue collar jobs have diminished and some industries have disappeared.
The DR middle as evidenced by Barnie's little table has been reduced to a mere < 20% at incomes which are themselves pitifully low. This also corroborates what is economically known as the ways the middle pays the price for currency devaluation. Since 1980 when the peso dollar parity was broken, the middle was sacrificed to save the nation. As a result, macro-economic stability was ensured at the expense of micro-economic classes.
The DR middle as the US middle has seen its wages decimated by central bank interventions to ensure the respective nations do not collapse as a result of a drop in demand. These CB interventions have collapsed the currency to plug in shortfalls in the natural organic sectors of productivity. Now, wage decimation has not come in the form of less currency per wage but in the form of a drop in purchasing power. You have more currency numerically but its purchasing power is less than in the past.
In order to plug in the shortfalls the middle has been forced to endure, the DR and US central banks embarked on a path of lax credit standards. So, they create the problem by decimating the middle and simultaneously try to solve a problem of their own making by extending credit. This only produces more problems in the form of future indebtedness.
The DR being a derivative of the US has a more rudimentary form of the same but it has borrowed, extended and increased credit to create a false sense of prosperity and herein lies the crux of the matter. The DR has more vehicles and TV's, washing machines, radios whatever is comparable when compared to its past say 50 years ago. Going back 100 years, many of these gadgets did not exist nor if some did they were not available in the DR. Anyways, there are more gadgets now and folks like Pick and Nails present this as proof of economic betterment and improvement.
That is superficially true but the reality of the situation is that extending credit to enable this alleged economic betterment in the last 50 years has produced high levels of indebtedness. This has occurred primarily at the DR governmental level where 50% of the national budget goes to paying interest and some principal. At the level of its citizens, credit has been extended in the form of buy now pay later schemes effectively creating a goods bubble where many of those goods are later taken back by the issuers
Case in point are the vast number of motorbikes in the DR which are bought on credit with small monthly payments but are usually repossessed by the dealers for non-payments. One may believe that seeing so many motorbikes on the roads is evidence of prosperity but it is all debt driven. Many are taken back by the dealers and are housed at the dealer giving a further false sense of prosperity by sheer numbers alone. This was not the case in prior periods.
From 1920-1970, that 50 year span saw a reduction of debt to the point of the national debt being paid off by the Trujillo regime in full by one check. Gov't acted prudently within the constraints of a balanced budget. In the 50 year time period prior to 1920, namely 1870-1920 the DR indebted itself to the point that the US took over operations at customs to ensure payments of money owed. Since 1970 and more so since 1980 when dollar-peso parity was broken, the DR once again has embarked on a debt driven economy.
If the past is any guide, the next 50 years starting from 1970 or 1980 for the DR specifically and the world generally will probably see a peak in debt spending and pump priming resulting in a culmination of debt driven economics. As a result of the ensuing crash which may synchronize with a worldwide credit crash, as occurred in 1929 the world will revert to sound money principles, living within your means as a social ideology and balanced budgets. Growth will be non-existent initially and extremely slow and steady later on. DR wages will reflect equilibrium with pricing and a renewed middle class will emerge. At that point the monetary, economic and social levels will move in tandem.
Interesting how some people assume the typical household has one income earner or even declares all their income...
But this has been explained multiple times on DR1, some people just don't want to get it.
Its not a problem. While those that make money from the DR do get it, those that don't continue to play their role as doubting thomases.
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The problem is that, for whatever reasons, your sayings don't match the reality in the streets, (at least my perception of it over the last 20 years) and I'm not talking of the Piantini or Anacaona towers.In the same form, the DR middle which in prior times was more robust is heading towards ZERO. This correlates with a peso currency that itself is moving towards ZERO. As the DR is a derivative of the US, the US middle itself is shrinking as what was once well paid blue collar jobs have diminished and some industries have disappeared.
Since 1980 when the peso dollar parity was broken, the middle was sacrificed to save the nation. As a result, macro-economic stability was ensured at the expense of micro-economic classes.
To understand this point better, let's look at a time when the dollar and peso were equal. From 1980-1985, they were. Since we are in 2012, let's pick 1982 and see what has happened during that 30 year period. If a dollar in 1982 was 200 an ounce and a peso was equal to a dollar, then a peso was also valued at 200 an ounce. What happened during the next 30 years proves the peso's dependency on the dollar and the dollar's significance on the middle classes of both nations
So, during the next 30 years, the value of the dollar went from 200 an ounce of gold to the current price of 1600 an ounce. At 200 to 1, one dollar would get you .005 parts of an ounce of gold. To get some perspective on what this means is that in percentage terms, it is 1/2 of 1% and that's how worthless the dollar was 30 years ago!!! Currently, it is 1600 to 1 meaning a .000625 value per ounce of gold. In percentage terms, it's .06%. So, as far as gold is concerned, the dollar has lost 99.94% of its value and what we are debating is the final .06% or about 1/20 of 1%. The dollar is moving towards its demise.
Yet as far as the peso is concerned, the dollar is fixed, unmoving, rigid and as stable as gold. WHY? The peso's value is determined by its relationship to the dollar. National dollar reserves help fix the value of the peso. The DR central bank bolsters its dollar reserves to defend the peso and vice versa. Imports must be paid in dollars. So, the dollar is the main control point for determining the value of the peso and its treated as fixed and stable as gold. Yet, as the previous paragraph showed it is anything but stable having become worthless itself.
The peso was at one time at par with the dollar. Since the early 80's, it has lost near 97.5% of its value per the dollar. If you take a 40 to 1 rate, a peso is worth 2.5 cents today. It's a whopping drop from 30 years ago. Now, if the dollar has lost 99% of its value per gold and the peso has lost 97.5% of its value per the dollar, what is the value of the peso per gold? At 40 pesos to 1 dollar and 1600 dollars to 1 oz/gold, you'd need 64,000 pesos to purchase one oz. of gold. In percentage terms, that's .002% which is so far removed from a measly 1% it's not even worth considering.
So, what does all of this currency talk have to do with the middle class. Well, as stated at the beginning the middle class is the group most affected by currency dislocations. They can easily be added to the working poor by such moves. As proven, since both the peso and the dollar are heading to oblivion the class most affected, the middle, is also heading to oblivion. And since one currency is dissolving faster than another, then as shown one currency is dependent on another.
If the middle class (the DR one) is dependent on the currency (the peso) of the nation within which it resides and that currency (the peso) is dependent on another nation's currency (the dollar), then that middle class (the DR one) is dependent on the fate of another nation's currency (the US dollar). And if the US middle class is dependent on the dollar and it shrinks because of a declining dollar, then the DR middle will shrink also because it also is dependent on the dollar's value to fix the value of their own currency namely the peso.
Thus, as the US middle class shrinks, the DR middle will shrink also and at a rate which will always exceed the shrinkage of the US middle. Just as the dollar is decreasing rapidly in value per gold so will the peso decline even faster since it depends on the dollar's value to fix its own value.
O/C; No doubt that devaluation of the dr peso will hurt peso earning folks, in purchasing power and when coming over the U.S. for vacation and shopping, standard of living will suffer. Even latter with inflation adjustments, may not fully be of benefit to all Dominican citizens.
The price of gold and connection to dollar, that is something else, since there is less than a ounce of gold per person in the planet...the price is artificially kept low,even if it seems high.
.The social class most affected by currency changes is the middle class
Agreed...whether they are caused by internal or external events.
Agreed, if by referring to the currency you are talking about the peso.Members of this class can lose their middle status and be added to the working poor if the currency deviates too much.
Agreed as to the peso, but such is not necessarily the case for all countries, nor is it an exclusive factor.Since the value of the Dominican Peso is quantified in US Dollars, then the peso is dependent on the dollar.
Agreed to some extent...but again it is not the exclusive factor.If the peso is dependent on the dollar, then the DR middle is dependent on the US middle.
Well, by all accounts the US middle class is shrinking, but that does not mean the DR middle class must also shrink. Case in point would be Bermuda. A small island nation whose currency is pegged 1:1 against the Dollar. Given that, it should move in lockstep given your premise...and such is not the case. Bermuda was and still has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.So, if the US middle shrinks, then the DR middle will shrink as a result.
And, a nations currency gaining ground on the dollar does not necessarily mean its middle class will expand. Case in point is Japan. The yen has strenthened against the dollar since mid 2007, yet the Japanese middle class has been in decline for at least the last seven years.
My point here is that the decline of the peso against the dollar and the shrinking middle class of the US is only one of many factors that can and do affect the DR middle class and the peso.
Strength of imports/exports, government structure, government borrowing and spending, commodity reserves, manufacturing, and population demographics also need to be put in the mix.
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This is fact not fiction. October of this year will mark exactly 5 years since the DOW hit its highest point ever just over 14,000. Despite the central banks of the world pumping 7 trillion dollars which they created out of thin air into the global economy, the DOW has just barely maintained a position 1,000 points below its highest ever. That 13,000 level is not due to actual growth coming from its low point in March 2009 around 6500 but its due to the dollar being cheapened therefore increasing the pricing of companies.
Remove those 7 trillion dollars and where would we be right now? Why would the central banks of the world have to inject 7 trillion dollars into the global economy at all? The answers are quite clear. Without that massive money printing scheme, we would be right now and right here in a major depression worldwide.ZERO HEDGE
Recovery? What Recovery? 4 years after central banks have progressively injected over $7 trillion in liquidity into the global markets (and thus, by Fed logic, the economy), and who knows how many trillion in fiscal aid has been misallocated, to halt the Second Great Depression which officially started in December 2007, the US "recovery" is the weakest in modern US history! How many more trillions will have to be printed (and monetized) before the central planners realize that fighting mean reversion by using debt to defeat recore debt, just doesnt't work? Our guess - lots
There is no recovery but a cover-up. Spain is on its deathbed followed by Ireland, Portugal and Greece which is already dead. The EURO is on its way out. Great Britain is under severe pressure with most of Europe entering recession once again. And don't think Germany is safe. Germany exports to the broke and busted nations of Europe. When they no longer can afford to pay for German imports, what will happen to Germany. The dollar is hitting new lows and a dollar collapse is certainly on the horizon. So, all of this talk of betterment is just for public consumption, overall nothing is getting better.
As I stated in prior posts, the monetary level where most of this carnage is taking place has been cordoned off temporarily by the central banks of the world. It is only temporary. Having plugged the cracks at the monetary level somewhat, they have no bullets left to attack the problem at the economic and social levels. That's why I have repeated many times the middle classes of the world have been sacrificed to maintain national unity in each country undergoing these stresses. The middle classes have less money and credit with which to operate.
The central banks have over time given immediate gratification in the form of cheap credit but have built up debt to levels which at present are costly and are on an irreversible path. The US debt levels are already at 100% of GDP, something also unprecedented in modern history save for WW2. The problem has only been postponed and the worst is yet to come. Best case is we get a 20 year economic malaise in the form of Japan where markets-stock, real estate and others have been on a double decade slide and the worst case is DEPRESSION.
O/c A lot to be said for Central bank's power (DR) the exchange rate is firmly unchanged, and the petro price also. None of this is subject to traditional influence of free market fundamentals. Instead is manipulated by other considerations (like elections)
The stock market is being played by people (speculators) with a lot of 0% money, so when REAL unemployment rates are with in depression numbers..and the market is fat and happy.
What is interesting in this depression unlike past ones, every one is talking about a balance budget the deficit, austere measures and all that horse crapola.
In 1940 the U.S. had an income of just over a billion, in 1942 the imperial Navy of Japan sank 4 super aircraft carriers in 6 moths (Lexington,Hornet,Yorktown,wasp) and many others, exceeding the income to replace them..did any one mention a balance budget then??? Now people loosing home and assets to a troubling degree...and the haves want a balance budget.
Btw none of that debt has ever been paid.
- Adjusted for inflation neither are really "up."
- The dollar is inflated
- There are few alternate investments available to fund managers who have BILLIONS in 401K $$$ coming in every pay period, and that $$$ HAS to be invested somewhere. There are few investments available right now with money markets at 0% and real estate still going down. Therefore there is a relative high demand on stock purchases.However, volumes are a fraction of the same levels as during the "last high" of '07.
Opinions vary, but it's hardly "crapola." In past depressions there was available economic "equity" in the form of future growth and a relatively small sovereign debt to income ratio. Debt back then was properly used for infrastructure projects. Now debt is used for Free Cheese, i.e. social entitlements. And the sovereign debt to income ratio is through the roof, and growth isn't even fast enough for population replacement.Originally Posted by pork


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Wake Forest (-13) by 19.85 over BAYLOR - Originally known as the Fighting Baptists, Wake Forest travels to Waco to meet the largest Baptist university in the world. Now known as the Demon Deacons, of course, Wake Forest is expected to contend for the ACC title. The Bears are forecasted to spend another year in the Big 12 basement where they have resided for 11 of the conference's 12 previous seasons. Art Briles makes his debut as head coach of Baylor.
Wake Forest won 41-13. The computer won SU, won ATS.
Troy (-6) by 11.11 over MIDDLE TENNESSEE - The Trojans are expected to battle FAU in a two-team race for the Sun Belt title. MTSU isn't even in the conversation.
Troy won 31-17. The computer won SU, won ATS.
Saturday, August 30
KANSAS (-37) by 40.91 over Fiu - This has absolute annihilation written all over it. I don't usually like spreads this large, but the Golden Panthers are simply awful and this spread could be achieved in the first half if Todd Reesing and Co. are clicking.
Kansas won 40-10. The computer won SU, lost ATS.
NORTHWESTERN (-12) by 17.35 over Syracuse - Greg Robinson gets another inch closer to the exit door at Syracuse.
Northwestern won 30-10. The computer won SU, won ATS.
Tulsa (-14.5) by 15.07 over UAB - It's UAB. Why wouldn't you take it?
Tulsa won 45-22. The computer won SU, won ATS.
Monday, September 1
Tennessee (-7) by 10.68 over UCLA - Redshirt junior QB Kevin Craft gets his first start in Rick Neuheisel's first game as head coach of the Bruins. Craft last started at the FBS level in 2006 with San Diego State where he threw 4 TD passes and 6 INT's. He played junior college ball last year.
UCLA won 27-24 in OT. The computer lost SU, lost ATS.
Saturday, August 30
Clemson (-5) by 1.11 over Alabama (at Atlanta) - Nick Saban looks to stop Tommy Bowden's national title run before it even begins. This just feels like a nailbiter, and maybe an Alabama upset win.
Alabama won 34-10. The computer lost SU, won ATS.
INDIANA (-21) by 10.91 over Western Kentucky - The Hoosiers haven't had enough success to strike fear in the minds of the Western Kentucky's of the world. All WKU has to do is keep it under three touchdowns.
Indiana won 31-13. The computer won SU, won ATS.
SOUTHERN MISS (-11) by 9.10 over La-Lafayette - A new coaching era begins for Southern Miss as the Golden Eagles play their first game for Larry Fedora after spending 17 seasons under the comfortable continuity of Jeff Bower.
Southern Miss won 51-21. The computer lost SU, lost ATS.
MISSISSIPPI (-9.5) by 4.68 over Memphis - Ole Miss has won each of the last three years by four points or less. Memphis won by 7 in 2004, and by 10 in 2003. The last time the Rebels beat Memphis by a large enough margin to cover this spread was 2002.
Mississippi won 41-24. The computer won SU, lost ATS.
MINNESOTA (-8.5) by 2.49 over Northern Illinois - Tim Brewster's only win as head coach of the Golden Gophers was a 6-point triumph in triple-overtime against Miami last year. Why pretend they can do better than that until they actually do?
Minnesota won 31-27. The computer won SU, won ATS.
UNLV (-12.5) by 2.35 over Utah State - The Rebels beat the Aggies 24-17 at Logan last year for one of their two season victories. The other was a shocking 27-0 shutout of Utah.
UNLV won 27-17. The computer won SU, won ATS.
Saturday, August 30
Utah by 0.70 over MICHIGAN (-4) - Appalachian State has nothing to do with this. A very good Utah team undeniably creates a challenge for Rich Rodriguez in his first game as head coach of the Wolverines.
Utah won 25-23. The computer won SU, won ATS.
NEW MEXICO by 2.81 over Tcu (-6.5) - We'll find out early if the computer's rosy forecast for New Mexico has a possibility of becoming reality. It's a season opening conference game in the Mountain West between two schools hoping to battle BYU and Utah for a league championship. TCU has won the last three meetings. The Lobos haven't defeated the Horned Frogs since 1997.
TCU won 26-3. The computer lost SU, lost ATS.
Sunday, August 31
Kentucky by 1.69 over LOUISVILLE (-4.5) - I know Andre Woodson is gone, but I'm still a little surprised that Louisville drew the Vegas favorite status. The Cardinals saw their 20-game home winning streak end against Syracuse last year and they only went 3-2 at home against FBS schools in Steve Kragthorpe's first season as head coach. A season-ending 41-38 win over Rutgers was the only Louisville home victory over a team with a winning record.
Kentucky won 27-2. The computer won SU, won ATS.
Monday, September 1
Fresno State by 1.28 over RUTGERS (-5) - An expected down year for Rutgers begins by welcoming one of the best Fresno State teams in Pat Hill's career as head coach of the Bulldogs.
Frenso State won 24-7. The computer won SU, won ATS.


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Anyone who knows me has to deal with the fact I have an unabiding love for the Buffalo Bills. The team goes back to the 1960s, when they were formed as a charter member of the upstart American Football League.
During that time, Kevin Weil, a sports cartoonist and sales executive, drew program covers for the Bills that were popular among the fans. He died Saturday at home surrounded by family after a lengthy illness. He was 79.
Weil drew the covers for Buffalo Bills games from 1960-1964 for home games in Buffalo's rugged War Memorial Stadium, and back in 2009 his work found its way back into the spotlight during the 50th anniversary of the AFL at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Here are some of Weil's covers.


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Belmont Stakes 2012: Van Berg returns to Belmont Park
Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg says he can't remember the last time he was at Belmont Park. Since it was Oct. 6, 1991 – when Fit to Scout finished fifth in the Grade 1 Beldame – and since Van Berg turned 78 years old Thursday, he can be forgiven if the memory of that day has faded.
Van Berg was set to make a rare appearance here this weekend when I'll Have Another attempts to do what Van Berg's Alysheba in 1987 could not – win the Triple Crown.
Van Berg, who ranks second all time in races won with 6,411, is coming to New York in part to visit his great nephew Mike Karlin, an equine surgeon at the Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center in New Jersey. Karlin is attending a veterinary clinic near Belmont on Friday and will take his uncle to the races on Friday and Saturday.
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While Van Berg still laments Alysheba's loss in the Belmont, he said this week that he will be rooting for I'll Have Another – and especially trainer Doug O'Neill – to break the 34-year Triple Crown jinx.
"I always thought I should have had the last Triple Crown horse," Van Berg said by phone from California. "I'm rooting for Doug and [owner Paul] Reddam, who is a great fan of the sport and a great backer of the sport."
Van Berg said that O'Neill, who was recently suspended 45 days by the California Horse Racing Board for a horse having a total carbon dioxide violation, has been portrayed "unduly unfair" by the press.
"Doug's done a damn good job," Van Berg said. "He's had some trouble, but there are five or six of them trainers that have a helluva lot worse record than he's got."
Van Berg, who has 18 horses stabled at Hollywood Park, and O'Neill are not necessarily close. O'Neill did consult Van Berg on how to train I'll Have Another in between the Derby and the Preakness. O'Neill was not planning to work the horse between those races, and Van Berg gave him the confidence not to do it.
"I told him 'You put a hell of a lot of pressure on me,' " Van Berg said.
Van Berg said the story of I'll Have Another being bought by a groom for $11,000 and then pinhooked for $35,000 is "is one of the greatest stories in racing."
In 1987, Van Berg thought he was going to win the Triple Crown with Alysheba. He wanted jockey Chris McCarron to put the horse on the lead, but McCarron didn't do it. It may not have mattered as Bet Twice won by 14 lengths and Alysheba was fourth, beaten a nose and a neck for second.
"I told him in the paddock he should be in front, and he looked at me like I was stupid," Van Berg recalled. "I said 'He can gallop faster than these horses could run.' "
Van Berg said that after McCarron rode Alysheba to victory in the Woodward Stakes in September 1988, McCarron told him "You're right."
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Nicki Minaj Reunites With Old Friends In Atlanta
Nicki Minaj had a serious ATL flashback this past weekend as she rolled through her old stomping grounds with her manager Manny Halley and boyfriend Safaree in tow for the Pink Friday Tour Atlanta stop. Back in 2008-2009, when she was hanging with Gucci Mane and they both were managed by Waka Flocka's mom, Deb had her performing all throughout Atlanta in clubs, strip clubs and small venues while she was gunning for her big moment to come. [Back then, Nicki looked a little intimidated by Deb but Deb was getting her that hood money].
On Sunday, it was all love as Nicki hit the stage to perform a scheduled 70 minute show at Fox Theater, complete with surprises from ATL friends Monica, Bobby V, Lil Scrappy, Young Jeezy, T.I and Waka Flocka. Rapper 2 Chainz, who did a few shows with Nicki & Young Money when he was going by the name Tity Boi a few years ago, opened the show. Backstage, she caught up with Monica (who she referred to as one of the biggest musical influences in her life) and Tiny for some girl talk while joking that they looked like the newest singing group sensation to her twitter followers.
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Letters on the Skin
Three women at the doctors office. The first one goes in to see the doctor. When the doctor goes to examine her he notices a big Y on her chest.
The doctor asks, "Why do you have a big Y on your chest?"
She replys, "Well, my boyfriend went to Yale and when we make love he likes to wear his college sweater."
The doctor nods and continues on with the next patient. When he examines her he notices a big H on her chest.
Agian, the doctor asks, "How did you get a big H on your chest?" The woman replys "My husband went to Harvard and when we make love he likes to wear his college sweater."
The doctors just nods his head and continues on with the last patient. As he examines her he notices once again that this woman also has a letter on her chest. A large M.
He says, "Don't tell me, your boyfriend went to Michigan?"
"NO" replys the patient "But my girlfriend went to Wisconsin"
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