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alcoa, barwon water: in partnership to 'make an impact' on climate change
A program that originated to help Alcoa employees become part of the solution to climate change is being shared with the wider community starting in Geelong, Victoria.
'Make an Impact', which was founded by the Alcoa Foundation and Greening Australia in 2006 to help Alcoans reduce their personal greenhouse footprint, has taken on its first 'Associate' in Barwon Water.
Make an Impact is a program that aims to change the way people think in our carbon constrained world. It includes: access to an online energy use calculator that provides users with customised action plans to help them reduce their water and energy use; regular workshops run by 'green experts'; and take-home Toolkits with corresponding activity worksheets to get the kids involved.
As a Make an Impact 'Associate', Barwon Water employees now have access to the program's resources - enabling greater positive environmental change at an individual level within the Geelong community.
The program also includes a comprehensive website that is accessible to anyone with the Internet, which features a range of carbon reduction tips to help individuals make changes at home, while on the move, at the shops, in the garden and at work. Featuring discussion about the impact of climate change worldwide, and facts about Australia's greenhouse footprint, the website is also a useful resource for school students and can be accessed at
Barwon Water General Manager Capital Projects and Greenhouse Paul Northey said Make an Impact was in line with the corporation's values, which included a commitment to environmental sustainability.
"Barwon Water as an organisation has set targets to reduce emissions and has greenhouse gas reduction programs in place through our Greenhouse Strategy," Mr Northey said.
"Make an Impact complements these actions by giving employees the chance to implement change in their homes, as well as at work."
Currently more than 1400 Alcoa employees in Australia are part of Make an Impact, making simple and practical changes to their homes and lifestyles.
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Posted By anomoleee On January 13, 2011 @ 12:58 pm In Old Infowars Posts Style,Police State | Comments Disabled
Paul Lewis, Rob Evans and Vikram Dodd
Guardian UK
January 13, 2011
The controversy over a police surveillance network embedded in the environmental protest movement has deepened dramatically after the Guardian identified a second undercover officer who spent years living a double life as an activist.
The woman's name has been known to a group of six activists since Mark Kennedy – the police infiltrator identified by the Guardian on Monday as having spent seven years inside the movement – claimed she was also a police officer when confronted by them about his own identity last October.
Senior police chiefs said they were concerned for the safety of the second spy, and a major operation involving several UK forces is now under way to identify other operatives whose safety may have been compromised by Kennedy.
The second spy spent four years living as an environmental activist in Leeds, gaining the trust of dozens of activists and playing a central role in planning a demonstration to shut down Drax power station in North Yorkshire.
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A New Outlet for Broadband
The emerging field of BPL – broadband Internet access over common power lines – is nearing some large-scale rollouts.
As several companies conduct experiments using electrical wiring in the home to provide broadband Internet access, the phrase "plugged in" may take on a whole new meaning.
Currently, most power lines are "dumb" conduits, used to transfer electric current. But they're actually capable of carrying data as well. Therein lies the excitement behind the emerging field of broadband over power lines, or BPL.
Last week, Houston, Texas-based energy company CenterPoint and IBM announced a trial run that will provide BPL service to 220 homes in the greater Houston area. And two weeks ago Current Communications Group, a Maryland-based company offering broadband over power lines, announced that it had secured $100 million in venture financing from Google, Hearst, and Goldman Sachs. Meanwhile, other BPL trials are currently underway in Manhattan, Cincinnati, and parts of North Carolina.
So, in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision that cable companies don't have to share their lines with other ISPs (the "BrandX Decision"), consumers around the country may soon have a third choice (in addition to cable and DSL) for getting broadband.
BPL technology has been in the works for more than five years, but several factors have come together recently to speed up its commercial viability. In October 2004, the Federal Communications Commission announced its support for standards for the technology – an important step. Also, several states, including Texas and California, are developing their own legislation to iron out remaining regulatory issues among utilities and BPL.
Meanwhile, on the technology side, increases in chip speed have combined with cost reductions for key components, such as adapters and chips, to pave the way for more economical deployments of the technology.
"We've been chomping at the bit with BPL," says Ray Blair, vice president of IBM's BPL initiatives. "Now we can run."
Others are also enthusiastic. "We're finally seeing the pieces are all in place," says Kevin Brand, vice president of product management for Earthlink. The Internet provider currently has several small BPL trials around the country and Brand says subscriber feedback so far has been "very positive."


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Happy New Years from 25L$ Tuesdays!
It always seems amazing that it's the end of the year… or should I say the start of a new one? Always makes me feel like "Where did the last year go!?"… Another year older, another year progressed in life. Sometimes it leads you into the contemplative: A year lost? A fulfilling year?… I think in my case, it's been a wonderful and exciting year… Even though I wish there was more months left in it as I did not finish all I wanted, I look forward to the new one because there is still so many possibilities. So many things I have yet to do, or finish – so many people to meet, things to make!
I hope you all can be so positive too, and look forward to your new year! Do you have any resolutions? I don't ever do them, I figure if I don't make them I'll never be disappointed… Mainly I just hate the gym!
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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Red Cross is sending Red Cross nurse Cheryl Taylor to Little Rock, Arkansas to help with the disaster relief efforts.
Mike Sagara with the American Red Cross tells KGUN9 that Taylor is the second person to be sent from the local chapter.
Dan Coto, Regional Disaster Program Officer left yesterday for Little Rock.
The Red Cross is providing comfort and hope to thousands of people across 12 states whose lives have been turned upside down by devastating floods and tornadoes, said Sagara.
Trained Red Cross workers are providing shelter, food, relief supplies, health services, emotional support and other assistance to those in need.
About 280 people spent Wednesday night in 25 Red Cross and community shelters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
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Volunteers are also helping to replace prescription medications and eyeglasses. More workers, supplies and equipment are ready in case they are needed.
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Number and incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by occupation, 2009
July 13, 2011
In 2009, the total number of reported nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases that required days away from work to recuperate was 1,238,490 cases for private industry, state government, and local government; the total incidence rate was 117 cases per 10,000 full-time workers.
There were 7 occupations in 2009 that had
- at least 20,000 cases of nonfatal occupational injury or illness requiring days away from work,
- an incidence rate of 300 or more cases (per 10,000 full-time workers),
- at least one-tenth of one percent of total employment.
These occupations were police and sheriff 's patrol officers; nursing aides, orderlies and attendants; light or delivery service truck drivers; laborers and freight, stock and material movers; construction laborers; tractor-trailer truck drivers; and janitors and cleaners.
Among these 7 occupations, laborers and freight, stock, and material movers had the highest number of days-away-from-work injuries and illnesses cases: 64,910 (primarily in private industry); their incidence rate was 407 cases per 10,000 full-time workers.
Police and sheriff's patrol officers, which registered 35,590 cases of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses (primarily in local government), had the highest incidence rate: 603 cases per 10,000 full-time workers.
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants, with 50,620 cases and an incidence rate of 456, required a median of 5 days away from work to recuperate. Tractor-trailer truck drivers (47,790 cases, incidence rate of 328) and light or delivery service truck drivers (32,210 cases, incidence rate of 410) had the longest absences from work among these 7 occupations—a median of 15 and 14 days, respectively.
These data are from the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities program. See "Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away from Work, 2009" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-10-1546, to learn more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Number and incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by occupation, 2009 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110713.htm (visited October 13, 2015).
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The First International Emergency Settlement Conference was held in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, from 15-20 April 1996, with support from The Ford Foundation and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Disaster Management Center (UW-DMC) and InterWorks, with more than 150 participants from 49 countries, the gathering was an integral part of the ongoing Emergency Settlement Project, which began in 1993.
The conference goal was to provide a first public forum for gathering and documenting experience into a consensus of principles, standards and best practices. As international, national and non-governmental organizations share their understanding of issues, new approaches and quality tools for field use can be developed and taught. One anticipated result is an improved collective capability for managing humanitarian assistance for emergency settlements.
Keynotes for the conference were delivered by Mary Anderson (Collaborative Development Associates), Edmund Cain (UNDP-Emergency Respoonse Division) and Gene Dewey (Congressional Hunger Center). Also at the keynote session, a computer-based demonstration introduced a graphic technology for highlighting the many links among often separated sectors of emergency humanitarian assistance through a unique Matrix Analysis. Conference workshops debated and refined the twenty-four discussion papers prepared beforehand with input from 75 humanitarian assistance professionals representing over 50 different organizations. These papers were bound into one volume and distributed to facilitate the discussions. Conference participants identified several additional Cross-cutting Issues for discussion and inclusion in subsequent documentation. The week closed with a public lecture titled "Refugee Women in Emergencies," presented by Ann Howarth-Wiles, a senior advisor for women's issues from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. That lecture also keynoted a one-day workshop on "Women's Issues in Emergency Settlement," sponsored jointly with the University of Wisconsin-Women's Studies Program.
The concurrent workshops used material developed and reviewed by conference contributors as the foundation for 24 topic area discussions. The goal for each six-hour workshop was to refine the discussion paper into a coherent draft of principles, best practices, standards and field tools for one topic. Every workshop was led by an experienced facilitator and extensive discussion notes were transcribed. Workshop participation varied from six to sixty persons depending on the topic.
Discussion topics for the workshops were originally divided equally into four broad themes: Identification and Planning of Emergency Settlements; Political, Security, Protection, Civil and Human Rights Aspects; Basic Assistance Needs; and, Social, Psychological, Economic and Developmental Issues. The first day's discussions unearthed additional topics, which were then discussed further in the evenings. Optional evening sessions were also arranged on these topics: ReliefWeb(link exits this site) the UNHCR CD-ROM "Refworld," university collaboration, disaster shelters, refugee reproductive health, crisis in the "culture of violence," the Complex Emergency Training Initiative (CETI)-Health Sector and local emergency operations centers.
The material developed and reviewed by conference contributors and edited into twenty-four papers was bound into one volume and distributed beforehand as the Conference Preliminary Proceedings. The Foreward, the Workshop Topics and one sample topic paper, "Environmental Health," are available for review at this Web Site. Click here for an order form for purchase of the complete Preliminary Proceedings.
For the five days of the conference, more than 150 people from 49 countries debated the issues of emergency settlement. Conference participants represented 75 organizations including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, the United Nations, educational institutions and the private sector. Ten Ford Fellows and Scholars and thirty-four UNDP Scholars provided special assistance to the leaders of the conference and workshops.
There is a summary of the major points which conference participants gave as answers on questionnaires distributed at the close of the conference. Questions were asked about Conference Usefulness, Project Recommendations, Project Topic Suggestions and Project Future. As the Emergency Settlement Project evolves into its next phases, it will attempt to incorporate these concerns and answer these questions wherever possible. All conference participants also received a followup Next Steps Survey Form, which you may complete and return, if interested.
As part of the conference, there was a special one-day workshop on "Women's Issues in Emergency Settlement." Since conference participants had already identified "gender" as one of the additional cross-cutting Issues for discussion and inclusion in subsequent documentation, this workshop served to elaborate on the subject.
Development of materials and support for this conference came from many individuals at the University of Wisconsin and InterWorks. The conference coordinators gratefully acknowledge the special efforts of the following individuals: Lynne Bethke, Crystal Busby, Charles Dufresne, Jim Good, Eva Jensen, Jeff Klenk, Marcy Ostrom, Sheila Reed and Philip Sargisson.
Another important task was transcribing the workshop discussions. For that support, special thanks go to Kevin Bohrer, Annie Gazdag, Laura Good, Kristen Johnston, Jennifer Laack, Guy Lawson, Rebecca Furth, Maria Moreno, Ray Peña, Cassie Rademaekers, Andrea Robles, Don Sauer and Joy Wrolson.
The first phases of the project were primarily for information gathering and applied research about problems and possible solutions for the critical issues confronting emergency settlement situations. Knowledge and experience about principles, best practices, standards and field tools were shared at the conference, and will continue to be augmented and improved by other forums. The evolution of this body of knowledge into a collection of practical Learning Resources for use and/or modification by individuals and organizations worldwide is the task of the project's next phases.
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Winter Hike Recommendations
Does anyone have any recommendations for early winter trips in the Southern Sierra's? We're looking for something in the 20-40 mile range. We are willing to use snowshoes, but we do not w...
Re: help me! september in the sierras
That kind of mileage gives you a lot of options. I would probably do the last 100 miles of the JMT. You would be starting at a trailhead in the Bishop / Rock Creek vicinity and finishing in Yosem...
Re: I don't get wind shirts
Eric I own the Zealot, but have had minimal use with it. I am an advocate for the use of wind shirts. I have the Golite Wisp Shirt, which I always carry. There are so many varying conditions w...
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I get it, but I have never seen anything like that done. An irregular circle would be even better, it would make for a more fluid connection of the quilt body and the footbox. The best way to do ...
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If you can use a sewing machine, it is pretty easy. It is a trapezoidal design, just like a Nunatak or Cocoon quilt. The width should taper from top to bottom based on your size and preference. ...
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There is some good comparison info here. http://www.mountainlaureldesigns.com/fabric.php
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Anyone know where you can still buy Atlas Race snowshoes? The seem to be out of stock everywhere, but still on the Atlas site.
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If you don't already own the Serenity shelter, I would consider the MLD Bug Bivy instead. I have the MLD Poncho, and use it with the MLD Superlight bivy. I think you could clip the Serenity...
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I'll be there on the weekend of the 15th of this month, maybe we'll cross paths. I'm not doing the Rae Lakes Loop, I'm doing a loop from the eastern side which puts me at Rae Lakes...
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I love this stove for use with pots 20 fl. oz. and under. It supports most pots well. My favorite cook system, when I'm cooking only for myself, is- The Esbit wing, 600ml Evernew mug, homemade a...
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Beauty Abroad: Garnier Self-Heating Sauna Mask Review
Absolutely lovin' the fact that Garner makes mask treatments in Asia! Dude, WTH? Why do we never get the cool stuff?
Recently, the Muse came across Garner Self-Heating Sauna Masks at a local Asian beauty shop so I hauled five packs, shrug they sounded good and the price was right at $3.00 for two.
What did I think?
Jump for it!
They stink!
Aw, I so wanted to love them but I'm not really all that impressed.
These come in a dual pack so you basically rip one package apart and you end up with two masks, kinda nice right?
Garnier Pure Self-Heating Sauna Mask formula is supposed to be like Biore's Self Heating mask but it fails miserably. It's a bright blue mask you massage on, particularly paying attention to your t-zone. As you massage, yes you guessed it, it will heat up…but nope, no go. Heating action is very minimal, can barely feel it. I thought nothing of this as I assumed I'd go about rinsing off the mask and proceed to feel the "burn" during my rinse. Nope, no heat, no burn. The idea is to leave the mask on for 3 or so minutes and the self heating action will open up your pores and deep clean your face…oooo…ahhhh! No sense denying my face felt pretty darn clean after use however a tad on the dry side but that's not a surprise as it's probably best suited when my skin is oily in the Summer rather than dry in the Winter.
The packaging is a real problem for me. I generally like the idea of ripping apart and getting two masks for the price of one however it proves difficult and messy to get the mask out as it's a foil rip open package and you're left to digging the mask out with your fingers or trying to squeeze it all out, bit messy and not nice.
It's marked up for oily, acne, or combination skin types but I'd avoid it if you're anything else but oily as it will make you feel a tad tight after use.
Overall, the idea is nice but it's not really worth tracking down when you can get better results with Biore Self Heating Mask.
Meh, not so fab.
If you want to try 'em I suggest heading to an Asian market or beauty store in your area however I did Google around and Sasa has them but they are showing as out of stock plus they are marked as $2.10 and I paid $3 for one pack that held two masks, so online the price is cheaper.
Disclosure: The following item was purchased by me for review purposes (and because I like flinging my money at makeup products of any kind) on Musings of a Muse. For further information please see my FTC Guidelines or my Disclosure/Disclaimer posts.
3/3/10 7:27 yuki:
Ive used this mask a few times!! It worked one me though… I felt the heat! I didn't really want it to be very hot as in Malaysia, it's hot enough without the self heating mask =) hehe…
My face did feel fresh and clean after using it but one thing that really annoyed me was the SMELL!! It's toooooo much! couldn't take it… had to breathe through my mouth the entire time… Have u tried Montagne Jeunesse's Vanilla fudge heating mask? It's even hotter but then the formula is too watery… keeps on dripping… horrible experience with it… every 30 seconds, have to wipe it off…
wonder whether the biore one is available here? hehe…
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Omg you didn't have these? We got these for a couple of years! This stuff is the best! There are 2 others which is the lemon whitening peel off mask and the firming leave in mask. I buy it in bulk when there's a sale!
3/3/10 10:59 Fabiola:
Funnily, I was just going to suggest the Montagne Jeunesse mask. It's a pity though that the heating doesn't last that long. It feels nice and warm as you're applying it, but then…nothing! I'd really like a mask that would leave my face feeling warm for a good solid 10-15 mins. or so. I've given up on masks that come in sachets anyhow. Have you perhaps tried Freeman's range of masks? I quite like their cucumber peel-off mask. Pulling the stuff off your face is quite fun, haha (I have the feeling I come across as a complete nutjob, what with talking to brands and an appreciation for pulling things off my face :-D).
3/3/10 15:06 Allegra:
It happens all the time in Europe regarding the US market: MAC collections are launched about 1 or 2 months after they do in USA and there are a lot of products that we don't get here.
5/22/11 0:27 turquoise:
i like it, but the cucumber one (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/selfheatingsaunamaskqv9.jpg/) is better.
they help me to reduce oil production in my face, but the cucumber one affected longer than the zinc one.


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(Aug 24, 2010) It was reported on August 11, 2010, that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) have proposed media regulations that would see the establishment of a Media Appeals Tribunal (MAT) to adjudicate complaints about media stories and make journalists legally accountable. (Zach Zagger, South Africa Journalists 'Appalled' by Proposed Media Regulation, PAPER CHASE NEWSBURST (Aug. 8, 2010), http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/08/south-africa-journalists-appalled-b
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Money and finance play a deeply fundamental role in your life. Now, let an expert professor lead you in a panoramic exploration of our monetary and financial systems, their inner workings, and their crucial role and presence in your world.
As a guiding theme of these 36 content-rich lectures, you observe the ways in which economies require efficient and evolving financial institutions and markets to fulfill their potential. In building a full view of our financial system, you delve into these and other vital subjects: central banks, commercial banks, and the Federal Reserve; interest rates and interest rate policy; bonds and stock markets; and foreign exchange and international banking.
Across the arc of this lecture series, you'll tackle key topics that shed light on the functioning of our financial system as a whole. You study the critical subject of inflation and its relationship to the consumer price index and to excess money growth. You'll investigate the causes and implications of the federal deficit and the national debt. In the international arena, you'll learn about the implications of trade deficits in global economic relationships and the question of monetary policy coordination between nations, weighing the significant benefits to the global economy of cooperation between central banks.
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"Desperately needs the study guide to understand"
Although the conceptual portions of the course were easily understood, much of this course cannot be retained or understood without the study guide. When the speaker goes into great detail of equations and charts, it is impossible to follow while driving or just listening.
Only about a third of this course was understandable/useable without the study guide.
Until Audible gets the rights to allow you to download the study guide, I would not recommend this course. Too much valuable information is lost without it.
"The fundamentals, skipping the hype and trickery"
This lecture series does what academics do best for me (full disclosure, I am one): based on much painstaking background work (invisible to the listener), the professor puts together plain, clear explanations, and a map, in effect, of what the parts are, how they work, and why they are this way. (Thus some parts may be obvious to the listener, but the overall content is very good.) Meanwhile, the technical terminology is built right in.
A critical point is, the professor does not have an axe to grind, a hidden agenda. I have heard and read countless explanations since 2008 of banking, finance, Great Recession, the history, etc., from politicians, authors, news, etc., in which (1) the fundamental concepts are not made clear, and (2) the speaker/writer starts right in with a biased, often emotion-laden, simplistic "explanation" designed merely to manipulate the listener, mostly because there is a hidden interest somewhere: getting election/power, selling splashy books, etc. The listener can come away "feeling smart," and perhaps in a suitable emotive huff of anger at the supposed "bad guys," without ever learning a reasonable amount about the underlying business / topic. THIS audio is the antidote. To paraphrase Hendrix: learn before you burn.
The prof uses generally smaller words, and speaks in a slower cadence, than some others, which I appreciate, as this fits well with listening while doing another activity like driving, or my endless hikes (sometimes while reacting to traffic, etc.). I am able to mix all this together and come out with good comprehension, without a lot of rewinds.
"Bank mysteries only somewhat less mysterious"
I listened to this to help me gain a deeper understanding of what the hell it is that the Fed and other central bankers do. It helped somewhat. Salemi's explanations are clear and he's unbiased in his presentation (unlike, say, Ron Paul's End the Fed). The topics cover more territory than just central banking. Here are the lecture titles to help you know what the course covers:
1. The Importance of Money
2. Money as a Social Contract
3. How Is Money Created?
4. Monetary History of the United States
5. Local Currencies and Nonstandard Banks
6. How Inflation Erodes the Value of Money
7. Hyperinflation Is the Repudiation of Money
8. Saving—The Source of Funds for Investment
9. The Real Rate of Interest
10. Financial Intermediaries
11. Commercial Banks
12. Central Banks
13. Present Value
14. Probability, Expected Value, and Uncertainty
15. Risk and Risk Aversion
16. An Introduction to Bond Markets
17. Bond Prices and Yields
18. How Economic Forces Affect Interest Rates
19. Why Interest Rates Move Together
20. The Term Structure of Interest Rates
21. Introduction to the Stock Market
22. Stock Price Fundamentals
23. Stock Market Bubbles and Irrational Exuberance
24. Derivative Securities
25. Asymmetric Information
26. Regulation of Financial Firms
27. Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Reregulation
28. Interest Rate Policy at the Fed and ECB
29. The Objectives of Monetary Policy
30. Should Central Banks Follow a Policy Rule?
31. Extraordinary Tools for Extraordinary Times
32. Central Bank Independence
33. The Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar
34. Exchange Rates and International Banking
35. Monetary Policy Coordination
36. Challenges for the Future
For what it's worth, I had a really hard time finishing this, taking almost four months. I'm generally not a fan of the Great Courses (I listened to two others on cybersecurity and critical decision-making). The courses seem to share the same strength: organization/conceptual clarity in surveying the various topics you might expect to find under the topic's umbrella. But they also share the same weakness, i.e., a certain superficial quality. I did not think that Salemi dumbed down the lectures as I felt with the other Great Courses. But, IMHO, he did not linger long enough on some difficult issues.
Also, you should know that this lecture series comes from a video. Salemi references many graphs, charts, and formulas that you obviously can't see. In some cases (e.g., the explanations of several formulas), the absent visuals made the lecture quite hard to follow.
Salemi, while an excellent lecturer, is one of the slowest speakers you'll find on Audible. At 2x speed, he sounded like a normal lecturer.
All in all, while I'd recommend passing, I'm not sure what book out there is better as a survey of these topics.
"Visuals and mathematical formulas expressed."
Need to stick with principles and inferences as charts and formulas used for visual explanation of ideas is not effective in an audio format.
Yes very much. Most of their courses are well suited for audio.
The professor was not the problem. The format was the problem.
It did give principles that could be understood and were well explained. It just could not be followed once formulas and charts were being referred to.
"Good info but listening not enough. Need visuals"
I bought this course after having listened to or read a number of books on economics. I have been trying to find the person who has some idea of what we should expect in the future. A fool's errand? Not as much as one may think!
The course is about as comprehensive on the subject as a reasonable person could expect. He begins with the basics: what money is, and then proceeds gradually to the point where one cannot keep up without being able to look at the visual aids he refers to. Beware, this is a deeper subject than you may have thought.
My only real criticism is that when he mentions the sub-prime mortgage collapse he seems to be obtuse about what the prime mover of the fiasco was, namely government pressure to lend money to folks who could not afford it. He mentions this not at all. He gives no mention to what I saw on a firsthand basis: Persons who became mortgage brokers almost overnight during the early 2000s, who had money to loan to anyone. "If you know someone who wants to buy a house, send them to me. I have people who want to lend money!" they spouted cheerfully. I thought it peculiar at the time but after the collapse came I learned that most of the badly written mortgages were sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, quasi-government organizations who took any and all paper off the hands of these unscrupulous agents. These ubiquitous brokers generated mortgages solely for the fees they could charge, only to unload the risk on the taxpayers via Freddie and Fannie. To neglect this aspect of the collapse is hardly commendable. It leaves the student uninformed of something very important. Is there a political allegiance here? I wonder.
Nonetheless, he redeems himself at the end where he states flatly that without a policy change a crisis IS coming. He does not elaborate but seems to assume that his listener now has enough information to reach that conclusion on their own. I guess that's so. This prof. is one of many economic gurus who see trouble on the horizon.
What everyone should know? Indeed!
"Needs the visual accompaniment"
Yes, I like audio courses, and the lecturer did a fine job. His main issue was referring to pictures and graphs that the audio listener can't see (not his fault)
Another educational book.
Reliant on graphs.
I would not sell this audiobook. It really needs the visual portion to be understood. It was also misleadingly placed in under "Personal Finance" but I thought the focus was more on banking history, and basic economics. I equate "Personal Finance" with more of a focus on financial literacy.
Reading, the arts and physical activity clarify, explain, illustrate, and interpret life's goods and bads.
"You Too Can Understand Finance and Banking"
This is a very useful course if you 1) want to review finance, money, banking and trading, or 2) are without knowledge and want a primer on the subjects. Well instructed; very well instructed.. After a listen, a very long listen, you will have a grasp of the world of finance and banking.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed this course. I have listened to it every morning whilst I drive to work and over the period of a few weeks feel as if I now understand some fundamentals of economics that have alluded me to date. I come from the East End of London, and back in the day when I went to school we were never taught any of this type of information. I run a business which nowadays is no mean feat. CEOs have to understand complex and demanding information. The learning never stops. These courses are really helpful and this particular course is easy to really one of the best I have listened to. The lecturer is a consummate communicator and I am pleased I have invested my time in listening to this course.
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"Informative and well presented"
I admit it, I am a bit of a geek when it comes to social studies, particularly history, politics and economics. I am absolutely fascinated with the ways that humans interact with each other. In fact, I have often thought about going back to school to study economics.
Professor Salemi clearly understands the material, inside and out. What's more, he presents the material in a way which is not only clear but compelling and interesting. He is able to speak at a level which is accessible without being condescending.
I listen to a lot of spoken material (I am in the middle of two other audiobooks now and I subscribe to several podcasts). I find myself rationing this one because I like it so much that I want to save it for a time when I can really enjoy it.
My only critique (and the reason why I gave four stars for story) is that some of the material is very basic and information that I have known a long time. As I said, I am a bit of a geek with social studies. For me, it is a good review. If you are unfamiliar with money and banking, it is good that Professor Salemi outlines the basics.
Two thumbs up!
"Great overview of banking"
I've never really had a college level economics class, i took AP Micro and Macro econ in high school so always got out of having to take economics in college. So I really enjoyed this series. They covered many topics in a surprising depth including one topic that was key to an interview I had literally a week or two before I listened to the lecture that covered it. Would have saved me lots of time on google.
I think it teaches much more about the monetary system then I would have learned if i had actually remembered my AP econ classes, plus I didn't hear JMK mentioned in every sentence. Which I think is always great when discussing the banking system. If you have an interest in money and banks, I would strongly recommend this course.
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"There are plenty of fireworks among the three and the strong supporting cast as old secrets come to the surface in this absorbing family drama." (Publishers Weekly)
"The Irish setting and warmly described family relationships will appeal to fans of Maeve Binchy." (Library Journal)
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the story is good - characters are largely well drawn (although kate is a bit of a cartoon character) but the book really comes alive in the parts dealing with hong kong in the 50s. In my opinion Moyes is at her best in dealign with the war/post war era (this book is probably not as good as ship of brides but still worth a listen).
Where the book is weaker is in the reading - the actress in question can come across as a bit one dimensional . That said it is still a good listen.
"Another brilliant storyline from Jojo Moyes"
I would definitely listen to it again as it was such an entertaining story and I could really identify with all of the characters
Too many to choose from!
She brings warmth and fun to the telling of the story. She interprets the characters of the story superbly.
Both....I balled my eyes out when the old horse died!!!
I have loved all of Jojo Moyes books that I have listened to. She is a superb storyteller and keeps you hooked the whole way through her books. I have listened to every one of her books on Audible now and am looking forward to some new ones coming through.
"Average book not Jojo at her best"
No there would be many others further up the list. The characters were a tad flat
Not her at her best out of the 4 I have read this would de at the bottom
"Another Jojo Moyes' masterpiece!"
This is right up their with the best of Jojo's books.
The narration was excellent!
Yes, I didn't want to put it down.
"Not very enjoyable"
Having just loved Me Before You and The Girl You Left Behind, I couldn't wait to hear this story. But I'm afraid I was disappointed. I found the characterisation somewhat shallow and the story a little trite. I also found the narration rather patronising and glib. Maybe this was what spoilt it for me to some extent.
I love Jojo Moyes I've never read (or listened to) any of her books and not enjoyed them. I also enjoy it when two stories run alongside each other; in this case past and present. I thought the narrator was very good and the different voices and accents were excellent. Keep up the good work Jojo!
"Not for me"
This book was to long winded. Surprising as I have listened to several books by Jojo Moyes which I have enjoyed. I was bored with it, gave up & returned it.
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Bomb blast wounds Pakistani children
Taliban suspected of attack on primary school
A girl injured in the Bannu blast is taken to hospital
- ucanews.com reporter, Bannu
- Pakistan
- September 6, 2013
At least 16 people, mostly schoolchildren, were wounded in a powerful bomb blast in Pakistan's troubled northwestern region on Thursday.
The explosion took place near the Government Girls Primary School No 1 in a crowded market in the Bannu district of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders lawless tribal regions.
Police suspected Taliban militants of being behind the bomb, which was planted beneath a sewerage line and exploded a few minutes after children walked out of the school.
Of the 16 victims brought to District Hospital, 12 were schoolchildren, mostly girls, according to medics. Seven people have been discharged while nine children remain hospitalized.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing. Taliban militants have however carried out bombings on hundreds of schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal agencies over the last few years.
The group has also banned girls' education in North Waziristan, which is described by Western countries as a safe haven for terrorists.
Hours after the attack, the English daily newspaper Dawn quoted intelligence sources who said that a missile strike by an unmanned US drone killed four suspected militants in Ghulam Khan town in North Waziristan.
Last year, a Taliban gunman shot education campaigner Malala Yousafzai in the head for speaking out against the group's repressive activities in the Swat Valley. After undergoing emergency treatment in Pakistan, she was airlifted to a hospital in the United Kingdom, where she has been living since.


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Github Co-founder Tom Preston-Werner is taking on a new position as president of the popular project hosting and code repository while Co-founder Chris Wanstrath is now CEO. Wanstrath will lead execution of current key initiatives while Preston-Warner will take on R&D and scout out new opportunities, according to a blog post.
Story posted at: github.com


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Mrs. Flinger: A work in progress
Fixing Mrs. Flinger Feb 20, 2015
I'm currently working on this website. I want to add back the links to blogs I love, some ways to find content easier, and put in archive, at last, some of the ancient articles. Come back to see updates.
The plight of the working mom Apr 14, 2010Read more
The Next Time I Move, It Will Be Via Tornado Apr 13, 2010Read more
My Very Own Jillian Michaels Apr 08, 2010
#Fitness#Weght Loss and Body ImageFunny thing about Teh Interwebz: You just might find out someone lives 1.1 miles from your new home. And that someone just might be like SO SUPAH AWESOME that you trade emails and find out you're eight thousand shades of the same. Maybe you even share the same tummy issues and love of wine and eating clean and working out. So maybe you start hanging out. Funny thing about hanging out with someone sorta like you: It freaks people out. You mean there are TWO OF YOU?! Yes! YES THERE IS. And that somone maybe happens to attend the same boot-camp class you do at the YMCA and probably has seen you there before but now you know to look for each other. And maybe you sort of wish you didn't, but not until after the fact. Last week I went to bootcamp with my new friend Ashley.... Read more
Given the Ability to Fail Apr 05, 2010Read more
I'm a Libertarian, not an asshole Mar 31, 2010
#Life#Getting to know me#Rants and RavesI was at the gym a few days ago when this commercial came on. Maybe it was the hormones, maybe it was the stress of moving, maybe it is me being all "woman-like" but I started to tear up right there at minute 11 on the elliptical. Shortly after, I went to the weight room and saw a little old lady shuffling her workout mat back to put it away. The woman could barely hold herself up, let alone this large green workout mat. I offered to take the mat and put it away for her. She thanked me. It wasn't too long after that I turned on the car and heard the craziness that is now our country. People hating white people and not calling it racism. People lashing out. Others telling people to give is their duty and others fighting being told what to do. It's at this point... Read more
Drishti Mar 26, 2010Read more
Northwest Profile: Runs Barefoot In The Rain Gal Mar 25, 2010
#Fitness#Weght Loss and Body ImageYou probably don't know the "northwest profile" commercials from Pemco, unless you live here. Or you listen to Seattle Internet Radio in an effort to step up your coolness. Or you're a seattle northwest wannabe. (Or, rather, soon-to-be Seattle-ites.) However, if you're from the Northwest, these profiles sort of hit home. Really close to home, actually. As in: Me. Here she is, ladies and gentlemen, Northwest Profile #39: Runs Barefoot In The Rain Gal. You can find her on a weekday morning or early on the weekend running along the Burk Gilman or Samamish Trails. She's got her orange REI rain-repelling super-wicking fast-drying hoodie. She's listening to acoustic angst folk music counting her miles with her Nike+. It's fifty and pouring.... Read more
Waiting for the Internet Birth Mar 24, 2010
#Life#Getting to know me#Rants and RavesHey, remember that time I was all, "OMG WE GOT A HOUSE AND WE GET TO MOVE!" Fuck that. Moving is hard, yo! It's not just the new-ness of the place, or the old-ness of someone else's dirt, it's the alone-ness, the "what are we doing-ness" of our lives. Disrupting the routine is no good, people. NO GOOD AT ALL. But not having internet? That's death. Monday was our scheduled day. "Your rep will be there between 8AM and 5PM Monday, March 22." Awesome. I can totally unpack and not have internet for two days in our new house right? So I unpacked and I paced. I glanced out the window every few minutes. I kept the music low so I could hear the door. I waited. It started to feel really familiar. Akin, if you will, to those last... Read more


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Meet Melanie Chadwick
A freelance illustrator living and working in Cornwall, Melanie Chadwick has spent that last few years building quite an artistic stable – in addition to illustration she also does design and screen printing. She now owns a screen print workshop and operates an online shop, Mellybee, which sells her quirky homeware and stationery products. Check it out – they make great gifts!
The complete package
Melanie likes to give her customers a full experience of everything she's about – and we absolutely love how she's used MOO Business Cards to make some genuinely adorable inserts. On the front, it's "Thank You" and on the back, as you can see, her customers get a checklist of: Your Order (yay!), Your invoice (eek!), Your sample (woo!) plus a promise of a special surprise and a discount code for net time. It's quite literally the complete package.
Want to try?
If you're an online retailer, it's a really brilliant idea and an easy one to adapt for your own purposes. Why not design a Business Card that's similar – but with your own special touch? Customers always appreciate pass-along MiniCards with discount codes (it's a great way to create a word-of-mouth buzz!) or perhaps little information cards about the product itself, like "How to take care of me" for handmade clothing, or recipe suggestions for ingredients? The choice is endless!
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WASHINGTON (Detroit Free Press) -- President Barack Obama will sign the federal farm bill - a massive piece of legislation given final passage Tuesday in the U.S. Senate - while visiting East Lansing on Friday.
The White House confirmed Tuesday that Obama will sign the bill after an event at Michigan State University early Friday afternoon, during which he will discuss the legislation's importance to the economy. The farm bill was shepherded to final passage by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
While in East Lansing, the president will also "see firsthand the research that institutions like MSU are doing to create jobs and drive innovation that benefits farmers, ranchers, our rural communities and our nation as a whole," the White House said.
The event is to be held at the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center, a source with knowledge of the event told the Detroit Free Press.
"This is an important piece of legislation for the country. It not only provides strong support for new research enterprises, but it also strengthens and grows Michigan's agriculture economy and helps sustain America's global competitiveness," MSU President Lou Anna Simon said in a statement. "As the pioneer land-grant institution in America, we are honored and pleased that President Obama will be signing the farm bill on MSU's campus."
Tuesday's 68-32 vote in the Senate culminated some three years of work on the legislation, which initially split over cuts to food stamps. It was approved in the Republican-led U.S. House last week.
The legislation ends the practice of providing direct payments to farmers while keeping other price-loss protections in place. Officials say its provisions could greatly help Michigan growers of cherries, apples and blueberries because it increases programs boosting so-called specialty crops and for the first time expands crop insurance to fruit and vegetable growers.
The Michigan Farm Bureau praised the bill, saying it ends years of uncertainty for growers and moves "away from controversial direct payments to growers.
"Obviously, this is welcome news for farmers in Michigan and across the country," said Wayne H. Wood, president of the Michigan Farm Bureau. Stabenow, he said, "worked like a farmer to keep this bill moving forward, making fixes and fine-tuning all the little moving parts."
At the White House's request, the Michigan Farm Bureau recruited farmers from five regions to meet with the president and discuss the need for immigration reform, said Ryan Findlay, national legislative counsel for the Delta Township-based group.
Findlay said he expects those farmers will be audience members, although he had not received confirmation from the White House late Tuesday afternoon.
"We're looking at this as an opportunity to discuss immigration reform," said Findlay, who said Michigan farmers were hurt by a labor shortage in 2013 during a strong growing year.
"Those farmers will tell you there were policy changes in (Washington) D.C. that limited the number of migrants entering the U.S. and policy changes at the state level that prevented those workers from traveling around the United States," he said.
A third factor: At least some migrant workers who went elsewhere during the drought-ravaged 2012 growing season changed their work pattern and did not return the following year, he said.
Joshua Pugh, a spokesman for the Michigan Democratic Party, said MSU's reputation for agricultural research earned it national recognition.
"This is just an incredibly important bill for Michigan's economy, and the U.S. economy," Pugh said.
The farm bill has been a long time coming. The last farm bill was approved in 2008. The Democratic majority in the Senate helped approve a previous farm bill, but it failed in the House when Republicans couldn't initially settle on how to handle the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP - otherwise known as food stamps - and how much to cut from that program.
As passed, the legislation trims $8 billion from food stamps - more than the $4 billion cut in the earlier Senate bill, but less than the $40 billion initially proposed in the House.
"This is not your father's farm bill," Stabenow said. "There are a lot of reforms in this farm bill."
The legislation makes its cuts by reducing waste and abuse in the program and reining in a mechanism by which some states award extra food stamp benefits to individuals and families that received token amounts of home heating assistance. Winners of substantial lottery or other gambling prizes also will no longer be able to collect food stamp benefits.
By Todd Spanger, Gannett Michigan


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First he was recognized in Washington, then on ESPN and now Ted Kremer has his own Topps baseball card.
Kremer is featured in the 2013 Topps Update baseball set released last week. The Update set features players who switched teams, rookies, memorable moments and All-Stars. There are also variant cards, one of which features Kremer.
The regular card No. US268 features Reds first baseman Joey Votto at the 2013 All-Star Game at New York's Citi Field. There's two variations, one that has a picture of Votto and teammates Aroldis Chapman and Brandon Phillips at the All-Star Game, and another with ...


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NYC Shootings Up 28% as Police Divert Resources to OWS Protests
John on October 23, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Scarce resources, isn't that always the problem? Since the protests began, shootings in other areas of the city have spiked:
The number of people shot surged 154 percent two weeks ago — to 56 from 22 over the same week last year — and spiked 28 percent in the last month…
Four high-ranking cops point the finger at Occupy Wall Street protesters, saying their rallies pull special crime-fighting units away from the hot zones where they're needed.
Since Occupy Wall Street took over Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, the NYPD has relied heavily on its borough task forces, the department's go-to teams for rowdy crowds.
But such protest duty takes the special units away from their regular jobs — patrolling public housing and problem spots and staking out nightclubs plagued by violence, supervisors said.
"Normally, the task force is used in high-crime neighborhoods where you have a lot of shootings and robberies," said one source.
"They are always used when there are spikes in crime as a quick fix. But instead of being sent to Jamaica, Brownsville and the South Bronx, they are in Wall Street."
Of course the protesters have a right to protest, but there is a cost associated with it. Police have spent more than $3 million so far dealing with OWS. Pulling those cops from their high crime areas has also resulted in a spike in violent crime. At some point the city needs to say enough, limit the time and place these protests take place, and get back to work dealing with the real troublemakers.
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So here's how they stacked up in our Kentucky Poll of 600 likely voters in the May 18 primary.
Fifty-three percent either disapprove or strongly disapprove of Jim Bunning's performance, while 38 percent give him a "Thumbs up."
Mitch McConnell didn't fare much better, 49 percent disapproving or strongly disapproving of the Senate minority leader's performance, versus 41 percent who think he's doing a good job.
Women were bigger critics of both senators than men, while both men received approval for their performances from two-thirds of Republicans. And it's not surprising that Democrats were tougher on both men.
Here are the numbers:
QUESTION: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Mitch McConnell is doing as U.S. Senator?
QUESTION: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jim Bunning is doing as U.S. Senator?
Six-hundred likely voters were interviewed for the poll from May 2nd through May 6th.
The margin of error is no more than plus or minus 4% percentage points.


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July 30
Podcast Episode
Day in Tech History: July 30th
Yesterday - Tomorrow - Day In Tech History
Prev: July 29 - Next: July 31 - Full Catalog list at Day in Technology History Project
The Lisa Project to develop a US$2,000 computer similar to the Apple III begins under the leadership of Ken Rothmuller. The project's target release date is March 1981.
The software applications bundled with the Apple Lisa finally operate together under the machine's operating system for the first time.
Tandy announced the Color Computer 3, featuring 128K of RAM (upgradeable to 512K), output to a composite video monitor or analog RGB monitor, and a paged memory management unit which breaks up the 6809's 64k address space into 8×8K chunks. This model is meant to compete with the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST systems.
IBM, Motorola, and Apple's PowerPC announce an alliance to produce PowerPC processors.
Atari Corporation hosts a special meeting of stockholders in the offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. in Palo Alto, California. The meeting only takes about four to six minutes to vote on the merger between Atari Corporation and JTS Corporation. The outcome of the vote is approximately forty-two million votes in favor of the merger and about eleven thousand votes against, ratifying the decision. The new parent company will take on the JTS name while Atari will be designated a JTS subsidiary. Upon the conclusion of the meeting, Sam Tramiel arranges to pick up the severance checks for himself and his siblings. Jack Tramiel, former chief executive officer (CEO) of Atari Corporation, agrees to remain in order to assist the companies with smoothly transition.
Motorola releases the 333, 366, and 400 MHz PowerPC processors. The processors will be used in the upcoming PowerMac G3 Pro line, as well as a revamped PowerBook G3. The chips consume far less energy than the older, slower G3s.
Jcx.Software releases VS.PHP, a text editor, for Microsoft Windows.
Google acquires Omnisio to put annotations on video.
Scrabulous comes back on Facebook, this time it's called Wordscraper – new rules and a different game board to skirt the Scrabble trademarks.
Apple releases the 2 TB Time Capsule with built-in 802.11n router for $499
UK health authorities – in attempt to reduce the number of STD's – start giving away prizes to those who get checked.
Time Warner announces they will be partnering up with Clearwire WiMax.
Guy Adams had his personal Twitter account shut down because he tweeted NBC's top Olympic exec's email address. Guy worked for the publication - the Independent
Google adds new features to Hangouts Video chat software. Users don't need a Google+ account, and can do a 15 participant hangout from a Chromebox
Apple acquires for $30 million, then shuts down Swell.


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This film image released by Sony-TriStar Pictures shows a scene from 'Evil Dead.' / AP Photo/Sony-TriStar Pictures
Some things should just not be tampered with.
It�s best not to mess with creepy demonic books that conjure up untold horrors. That�s the message conveyed in Evil Dead. (2 stars out of 4; rated R). Let�s add a warning about reboots of dances with demons.
The original Evil Dead, one of director Sam Raimi�s earliest films, had almost equal parts gore and comedy. For fans of the genre, that�s hitting it out of the park--especially since the 1981 horror classic was shot on a budget of $350,000.
The remake is produced by Raimi and Bruce Campbell, who co-starred in the original. But this latter-day version, as directed by Fede Alvarez, goes overboard on the gruesome and scrimps on humor. Raimi�s Drag Me to Hell was a much funnier chill-fest.
Sure, this is a higher-budget re-tread. But a remake shouldn�t exist simply to ramp up the graphic violence, even if special effects have improved immeasurably in the past 30 years. Humor should be effectively tweaked too.
And what about the fear factor? Re-making a horror flick seems pointless if it fails to frighten. It�s billed as �the most terrifying movie you�ll ever experience.� Hardly. While the grisly pandemonium is undeniable, actual scares are in short supply.
But if you must revisit the creepy cabin where a quintet of pals are terrorized by demonic forces, be prepared for unrelenting gore. The film delivers blood, guts and viscera by the gushing bucketful. Tongues are sliced, arms are severed and faces punctured by nails.
In the three decades since Raimi made Evil Dead, many have copied, adapted or borrowed from his low-budget playbook. --in the woods and otherwise. It�s tough to pull off something ingenious and truly horrifying. What made last year�s Cabin in the Woods such a smart and entertaining film was how it injected new life into a well-worn genre by adding an ingeniously clever meta-story.
So when one of the five friends is possessed here and spouts nasty invective, why must her voice sound like Regan in The Exorcist? Do all demons take over the vocal cords of their victims and utter the same kind of profanities?
Mia (Jane Levy) is the possessed girl in question. She�s had a particularly rough go of it since arriving at her family�s remote cabin to detox after struggling with drug addiction.
Also on hand is her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) and pals Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) and Olivia (Jessica Lucas), who also happens to be a nurse. Olivia takes over the particulars of Mia�s woodsy intervention, imposing a group staycation. She�s a tough taskmaster and also happens to be black. So guess who�s the first demonized victim?
The rustic dwelling is the worse for wear since Mia and David last visited. But that�s the least of its problems. The basement is essentially the tunnel to hell.
The few laugh lines are delivered by Eric, who is also the guy who stumbles on the ghastly tome that unleashes all manner of torment.
Clearly scrawled across it is a dire warning: �Don�t say it, don�t write it, don�t hear it.�
An extra admonition should have been spelled out: �Don�t remake it.�


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By >Daimaou - G.G-B
The Seiko Instruments Inc Bluetooth watch
Seiko Instruments Inc announced their first Bluetooth watch yesterday, the BT Watch or CPC TR-006 ver.1.0. This hi-tech watch is packed into a very stylish casing and this watch will be released onto the market at the end of this year or beginning 2007. This watch is in fact an extension of your phone, and you'll be able (at first) to play around with the volume of the ringtone of your phone. It can also alert you when you have an SMS or email, and it can display the number and the name of the person that is calling you. Finally, it will also alert you when the Bluetooth connection between the watch and phone is broken, so you won't forget your phone anymore. This is a product that might change our lives a bit, the way we use a phone and even appeal to the technophobes. As this phone is not released, we really hope that Seiko Instruments Inc will add more functions in the final version.
A demo video is available on WBS TV Tokyo's website:
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Harold Eugene EdgertonAmerican (Fremont, Nebraska, 1903 - 1990, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Baseball Swing Multiflash
n.d.photograph | gelatin silver print
Not on view at this time; find out where you can see works from our collection at locations around the Bay Area while our building is closed for expansion
8 in. x 10 in. (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)
Acquired 1993
Collection SFMOMA
Accessions Committee Fund purchase
© The Harold & Esther Edgerton Family Foundation


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No matter which major you choose, the core curriculum is your foundation. Giving you a Christ-centered perspective on the arts, sciences and humanities, the core is a vital part of a liberal arts education. All students are required to take the following courses:
Freshman Experience
1 Credit
Biblical Studies
9 Credits
6 Credits
12 Credits
Natural Science
8 to 10 Credits
Physical Education
2 Credits
Social Science
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Political Science
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I am using Frenzy1 (based on FreeBSD6.1) installed on the hard disk, every so and so the system crashes, mainly when I play with it tweaking it, etc... I don't mind the crash but then when it reboots I can not get FreeBSD to start again, it freezes rebooting in the middle and I get the message:
/ was not properly dismounted
R/W mount of / denied. Filesystem is not clean
And thats it, the only way around it is reinstalling.
Any clue about what I can do or what provoques that message so I may not do it again?
Notice that I have no command prompt because the computer freezes in the middle of the boot and does not give me a change to use the command for anyting, I tried booting in single and safe mode but the same thing happens.