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A BSF trooper and a Pakistan ranger came to blows on Wednesday during the evening retreat ceremony at the check post along the border. Senior officers had to intervene to save the situation. A meeting between officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan authorities was held on the i ssue on... Thursday. When the regular 40-minute ceremony started on Wednesday by sunset and an Indian trooper started lowering the national flag, he reportedly made gestures that a Pakistan Ranger found unacceptable and he gave the former a knock with his elbow. In return, the BSF jawan pounced on him and landed a few punches on his body, when senior officers on both the sides rushed in. When contacted, BSF inspector general (Jalandhar) Himmat Singh said a minor misunderstanding occurred due to the Pakistani Ranger's elbow touching the BSF man. In Thursday's meeting, the officers on both the sides decided that commandants would brief their troops so that such things could be avoided.
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A headache for South Carolina farmers is lurking by a guardrail along U.S. Route 52 just outside of Moncks Corner.
Itchgrass, an annual tropical grass that both the state and federal governments classify as a noxious weed, has been found for the first time in South Carolina. Itchgrass can spread quickly and, if not controlled, aggressively colonize farm fields and pastures.
South Carolina is the ninth state to report the grass which can literally be a pain to remove. That's because hair-like growths on the plant can cause irritating itching on the skin if you try to pull it out. And that's where the plant gets its common name.
John Nelson, the curator of the University of South Carolina A. C. Moore Herbarium in Columbia said the itchgrass in Berkeley County outside Moncks Corner was spotted in October by a fellow scientist from Mississippi who was on vacation.
Mississippi is one of the states where itchgrass has been reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The others include Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Indiana.
"The potential is we could have infestations in other parts of the state. There's already the potential the seeds have been carried away," Nelson said, adding the grass probably ended up by the roadside because the seeds were carried there by a vehicle.
Nelson said itchgrass is thought to have originated in areas of Southeast Asia and spread around the globe.
"The climate is changing so it's likely more northern localities could be in its future," he added.
Christel Harden, the assistant department head for Clemson University's Plant Pest Detection and Nursery Certification Programs said that program representatives have been to the itchgrass site in Berkeley County. She said Clemson is working with the state Department of Transportation, which would be responsible for managing the weed on its property.
She said the site has been marked and because it's an annual grass, Clemson staffers will return in the spring to see if there are any other patches. Then they will treat them with a herbicide.
"We hope if we treat it initially that if it does not eradicate it completely, we will at least have it back to a smaller area where the highway department won't have a huge problem taking care of it," she said.
Clemson will then monitor the area several times a year to check on the status of the weed.
Harden also said there could be other patches in the state that have not been identified because itchgrass can be hard to spot. "It looks an awful lot like another common weed we have called Johnson grass," she said.
Keeping weeds like itchgrass from spreading can be problematical.
"It has seeds and they can be spread by wind, they can attach themselves to vehicles or people or animal fur," she said. "Weeds are really hard to contain in an area if you don't cut them down before they flower."


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FLINTON - Glendale had just made a big defensive stop of Williamsburg's Austin McMonagle on a fourth-and-2 quarterback sneak at the Vikings' 25-yard line.
With the score tied with 9:34 left in the game in a game being played in the rain Friday night at Dr. Roy F. Baker Field, the teams appeared headed toward overtime.
And then Glendale's 5-foot-9, 166-pound senior Doug Twigg made the play of the game.
Twigg appeared to be bottled up near the line of scrimmage on a handoff, but he broke through some tacklers, found open space on the sideline, avoided a desperation lunge by defensive back Josh Morrissey at the 30 and scampered into the end zone to complete a 75-yard touchdown run.
Glendale quarterback Gary Witherow added a 43-yard touchdown run later to clinch a 26-14 win over the Blue Pirates. Clearly, though, Twigg's run gave the Vikings (2-1) the boost they needed.
"That was huge," running back Damon Braniff said. "He stepped up big there, and no one is catching him when he gets in the open field. He's something else."
"Any time we get him the ball, I'm excited to watch," Glendale coach Matt Irvine said. "Arm tackles aren't going to cut it with him, so he's going to run through them like he did."
"There was hole and I cut back," said Twigg, who ran for 118 yards on 12 carries. "I was in the middle of a spin, and I just opened it up and took off."
On Glendale's next series, a Braniff tackle-breaking 5-yard run for a first down set up Witherow, who optioned left in a heavy rain and scored with 3:22 left.
"Any one of those three [including Twigg and Braniff] have the breakaway ability of taking the long one in," Irvine said, "and he did."
The Vikings got the ball back on that series thanks to Braniff recovering a fumble that Pirates QB Austin McMonagle couldn't handle. The Pirates coughed the ball up three times in the second half.
"The turnover battle is a big part of the game," said Irvine, whose defense kept the Pirates (1-2) scoreless in the second half. "Any time you can win that, you should win the game. So, I'm really with the kids tonight."
The Pirates scored on their first possession of the game, driving 59 yards on 13 plays - 11 of which were runs by Alan Shanholtz, who finished the game with 105 yards on 26 carries and completed the drive with a 1-yard TD run.
Glendale scored in the second on a Witherow 3-yard pass to Matt Bantly and 1-yard Braniff run. But the Pirates tied the score on a McMonagle 15-yard pass to Caleb Morrissey with 2:08 left in the half. That's about the time the rain began and continued throughout the second half.
"We just couldn't put it all together in the second half," Williamsburg coach Bob Hearn said. "Our kids played a good game against a really good football team."
Notes: The Pirates' senior captain and two-way lineman, Sean McCauley, suffered a knee injury in the second quarter. ... Jed Dishong picked off Witherow on the last play of the first half. ... Braniff (18 carries, 53 yards) was injured running for 14 yards and making a first down on a fake punt in the second quarter, but he returned to the game.
Williamsburg7 7 0 0 - 14
Glendale0 14 0 12 - 26
First quarter
W-Shanholtz 1 run (Snyder kick), 4:07.
Second quarter
G-Bantley 3 pass from Witherow (Matchock kick), 11:56.
G-Braniff 1 run (Matchock kick), 4:58.
W-C. Morrissey 15 pass from McMonagle (Snyder kick), 2:08.
Fourth quarter
G-Twigg 75 run (kick failed), 9:20.
G-Witherow 43 run (kick failed), 3:22.
RUSHING: Williamsburg-Shanholtz 26-105, Dishong 5-14, McMonagle 8-12, C. Morrissey 2-6. Glendale-Twigg 12-118, Witherow 9-70, Braniff 18-53, O'Donnell 1-4.
PASSING: Williamsburg-McMonagle 5-9-0-70. Glendale-Witherow 7-14-1-78.
RECEIVING: Williamsburg-C. Morrissey 3-30, Bookhammer 1-22, Snyder 1-18. Glendale-Braniff 2-40, Twigg 2-21, Bantley 3-17.
INTERCEPTIONS: Williamsburg-Dishong. Glendale-none.
First downs1113
Passing (comp.-att.-int.)5-9-07-14-1
Yards passing7078
Total yards207323


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In the world of early rhythm & blues and doo wop,
Hank Ballard
was the very definition of earthiness. Though influenced by high-energy gospel vocal groups,
's music with
the Midnighters
couldn't have been more diametrically opposed in terms of subject matter: his lyrics were filled with raunchy double-entendres that left little to the imagination, pushing the envelope of what was considered acceptable in the '50s. His songs were sometimes banned on the radio, but that only made him an even bigger jukebox favorite among black audiences.
's hard-driving, rhythmic style was also an underappreciated influence on the rawer side of R&B, particularly on a young
James Brown
; plus, his composition "The Twist" -- recorded for a hit by
Chubby Checker
-- became one of the biggest hits in rock & roll history.
Hank Ballard
was born November 18, 1927 (according to his birth records) in Detroit, but moved to Bessemer, AL, as a young child following his father's death. There he began singing in church and when he returned to Detroit at age 15, he set about forming a doo wop group while working on the Ford assembly line. Around the same time, singers
Henry Booth
Charles Sutton
were organizing a doo wop outfit called
the Royals
, which reputedly at one time also featured
Jackie Wilson
and future
Four Top
Levi Stubbs
; it eventually grew to include vocalists
Lawson Smith
Sonny Woods
, plus gritty guitarist
Alonzo Tucker
. Initially copying the smooth style of
Sonny Til & the Orioles
the Royals
were discovered by
Johnny Otis
in 1952 and signed with Federal Records. However, when
Hank Ballard
in 1953, they adopted a rougher, more hepped-up sound in keeping with
's numerous original compositions and
Clyde McPhatter
's first recording with the group was 1953's "Get It," which hit the Top Ten on the R&B charts, but it was the following year's ribald "Work With Me Annie" that really broke the group (they changed their name to
the Midnighters
around this time, to avoid confusion with
the Five Royales
). "Work With Me Annie" topped the R&B charts and nearly reached the pop Top 20, despite a number of radio stations refusing to air the song. It inspired a number of answer records and
the Midnighters
themselves entered the fray with the sequels "Annie Had a Baby" (another R&B chart-topper) and "Annie's Aunt Fannie." They also scored another major smash with the
-penned "Sexy Ways," which solidified their reputation as R&B's most risqué act.
However, after the momentum of "Work With Me Annie" slowed,
the Midnighters
seemed at a loss as to how to recapture it. They went nearly three and a half years without another big hit, and with the decline in their fortunes came numerous personnel shifts.
Lawson Smith
returned to the fold to replace
Norman Thrasher
Sonny Woods
, and
's guitar post was taken first by
Arthur Porter
, then
Cal Green
attempted to take his 1958 composition "The Twist" to Vee-Jay, which declined to release the version they recorded; King, Federal's parent label, issued it as the B-side of
the Midnighters
' R&B comeback ballad hit "Teardrops on Your Letter" in 1959. Still, "The Twist" gained some notice and found a fan in American Bandstand host
Dick Clark
, who brought the song to
Chubby Checker
's attention; the rest was history, as "The Twist" became the first song to hit number one during two completely separate chart runs.
the Midnighters
benefited from the exposure, scoring their first Top Ten pop singles in 1960 with "Finger Poppin' Time" and "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go." A few more R&B hits followed, generally dance-oriented songs in the vein of "The Twist," before the well dried up for a second time.
The Midnighters
gradually disintegrated and
became a solo act; by the end of the '60s, he was working with longtime fan
James Brown
, who produced several singles for
during the late '60s and early '70s. After a lengthy absence from music,
the Midnighters
during the mid-'80s, first as a female group, then male, and began touring once again. In 1990,
received his due as an R&B innovator with his election into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. After suffering for several years with throat cancer,
died quietly at his Los Angeles home in March of 2003.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The appointment of Catherine Windham as Clerk of County Council hit a snag during the March 18 Berkeley County Council meeting. Her appointment was halted by Supervisor Dan Davis, and following that Vice Chairman Dennis Fish and Davis disputed to whom she would report. According to Davis, the law states that the supervisor is responsible for the hiring and firing of all county employees except those hired by elected officials. "While it's been the practice for the last several years that the vice chairman has been in charge of the clerk of council's office, it's not the legal practice, not according to the legal statute," Davis said. "I'm basing the stance on what I've been told by legal counsel." Davis stressed that his actions at the meeting had nothing to do with Windham being appointed council clerk. "I have already designated Catherine Windham as Clerk of Council," he said. Fish disagrees with the supervisor's stance and called Davis' antics a matter of wanting to exert control over council. "It is his attempt to take over council," he said. "He no longer has the votes in council so this is his way of trying to maintain control over council where he no longer has it." Fish added that council was in compliance with the Home Rule Act. "It is the responsibility of council to appoint the clerk of council and all her duties," he said. "It made sense to make it official, and that's all I was trying to do. "(Windham has) been in the position as acting council clerk for nearly two years now and I want to make her appointment to clerk of council official." Windham was appointed Interim Clerk of Council in July 2011. The difference of opinion sparked a debate when Davis informed Fish that his resolution to appoint Windham was not on the council agenda. Davis said it had been submitted too late on Friday to be added. Fish called Supervisor Davis' tactics "a slap in the face to her and to us." "I was appalled with the way this was handled," he said. "It's embarrassing for her and her family. What an embarrassment. I am embarrassed at the way we behaved as a council in this regard." After Davis tabled the appointment until the April meeting of county council, Fish vehemently objected insisting his appointment be read into the record. Davis refused, saying additional study was necessary in regard to Windham's appointment. Fish said it was a shame. "She's been shafted in all this, and you can quote me on that," he said. "And the sad part about this is she had nothing to do with this. She's an innocent party."
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So I really like this idea of Primal eating, but I feel a lot of stuff in this community is misinterpreted primal.
First, cooking is not primal and should be minimized.
Second, large amounts of animal is not primal. Our ancestors ate leaner wild animals and not in huge quantity.
If you apply these 2 additional principals, the primal diet is correct.
Further Elaboration
The fossil evidence points to fires being a recent invention. Cooking creates all sorts of harmful chemicals.
A good Primal diet should include fruits, vegetables,nuts, and animal.
Most of it should be raw, but boiling is good for some foods. Since most of us don't have access to freshly killed meat for eating raw, boiling it and making stews is a good substitute.
The first clear evidence for hearths isn't until about 250,000 years ago. "The application of heat for food was a late thing," says C. Loring Brace, an anthropologist (see article 1)
Cooking meat at high temperature creates heterocyclic amines which are carcinogens.
While eating meat raw may be the only way to avoid HCAs fully, the National Cancer Institute states that cooking meat below 212 °F (100 °C) creates "negligible amounts" of HCAs. (ie boiling is safe) (see article 2)
True Role of Meats/Fat
Don't go for the fatty cut of beef..just get the regular piece..even then, its probably still fattier than the WILD animals our ancestors ate.
Think of wild pheasant, wild duck, alligator, deer, wild quail, snake, squirrel, wild bison, and any other wild animal you've eaten.
They are often considerably leaner than domestic animals.
While meat is important, we need to focus more on veggies/fruits/nuts. Hunting is time intensive, difficult, and at times dangerous. Picking fruits, nuts and tubers is easier, safer, faster. Gathered foods are the mainstay of a good diet and meat is an important supplement.
Bottom line: eat meat but don't gorge on fat(ex no bacon or lard). Eat more salads, fruits, nuts, and tubers.
Most African hunter-gatherers relied primarily on gathered food, not hunted food. These may be most similar to what we evolved from.
!Kung people: Animal foods contribute 33% and plant foods 67% of their daily energy intakes. Fifty percent (by wt) of their plant-based diet comes from the mongongo nut, which is available throughout the year in massive quantities.
Hunter-gatherer Hazda of Tanzania: "the bulk of their diet" is wild plants, although they live in an area with an exceptional abundance of game animals and refer to themselves as hunters
Aka Pygmies: their avg. collecting area in the African rain forest has a wild tuber biomass of >5 tons.
(see article 3)
Summary/Sample Foods
In summary, a greater focus on less cooking, more fruits/vegetables, and leaner meats.
Bad foods
processed fats: tallow, lard, olive oil, coconut milk
grilled and fried foods (many carcinogens)
grains, legumes, dairy
Meat/Eggs in Excess--- These are supplemental, not mainstays. Our ancestors had *limited* access to these foods, not kilogram upon kilo of it.
Good Foods
Leafy veggies
Starchy veggies(carrots, potatoes)
Boiled/poached eggs
sashimi and carpaccio
whole coconuts
stews* with meat, fish and veggies
(all types of meat, organs, and pieces of whole animal fat)
*Cook enough to avoid food borne illness and to soften some veggies(more palatable and easier to digest), but most food should be raw. Use as low a temperature as possible- boiling is one of the best choices, and it adds water to your diet which is also healthy.(ie soups and stews)
1. Pennisi: Did Cooked Tubers Spur the Evolution of Big Brains?
2. www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cooked-meats+Heterocyclic+Amines+in+Cooked+Meats%22.+Nati onal+Cancer+Institute.&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk]Chemicals in Meat Cooked at High Temperatures and Cancer Risk - National Cancer <b style="color:white;background-color:#00aa00">Institute</b>[/url]
3. Hunter-gatherer diets
Last edited by QuestionApple; 07-14-2012 at 11:27 AM.
Eating primal is not a diet, it is a way of life.
Don't forget to play!
stop telling me how to live my life!!!
yeah you are
lolBaby if you time travel back far enough you can avoid that work because the dust won't be there. You're too pretty to be working that hard.
Plenty of wild animals are not lean. Megafauna certainly wasn't. Bear is not -- you can render something like 15 gallons of oil off a bear. Stefansson mentiins shooting a caribou that had 40lb slabs of back-fat on it. Some marine animals come pretty heavily laden, too. John Rodgers Jewitt's memoir:
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Adventures of John Jewitt, by John Rodgers JewittTheir mode of living is very simple—their food consisting almost wholly of fish, or fish spawn fresh or dried, the blubber of the whale, seal, or sea-cow, mussels, clams, and berries of various kinds; all of which are eaten with a profusion of train-oil for sauce, not excepting even the most delicate fruit, as strawberries and raspberries.
Hunters can also be highly selective in which animals from the herd they select, going for teh largest and fattest -- and which cuts they choose to eat, which to abandon. Ethnographic accounts make that clear, as does the archaeological record -- for example, the Garnsey bison-kill site investigated many years ago by John Speth:
1983 Speth (Garnsey Bison Kill BOOK) (John D Speth) - Academia.edu
Some Native Americans have been described as living on a diet of "guts and grease" -- article, including a table showing sources of fat here:
Guts and Grease: The Diet of Native Americans - Weston A Price Foundation
And what some contemporary bands of hunter-gatherers, pushed into marginal areas like the Kalahari desert, and subject to game laws (because the game is preserved for the needs of tourism) may have to make do on in the way of food is neither here when it comes to what Palaeolithic Man did.
Stable isotope analysis of his bones shows us what he was eating, and it wasn't a handful of salad. Not that there's anything wrong with salad; but you can't live on it.
You lost me with fire as part of the fossil record (as opposed to, I dunno, maybe the *archaeological* record). Particularly as a proof of something being recent.
Where can I get my own fossilized fire to wear around my neck to show how primal I REALLY am?
Because in a world where survival hangs by a thread and every single calorie counts towards keeping me alive, you can keep that hump of fat from the Aurochs' shoulders! Give me a small the lean inner cut of tenderloin to go with these insoluble green frond's I've found!
Officially invoking Formosa.
Last edited by brahnamin; 07-14-2012 at 12:04 PM.
I'm not saying to avoid meats...but eating lard is not primal.
You have to heat it in order to render it...not healthy and not primal.
Most of the animals you mention are not in cold climates in Northern climates....not where man evolved from.
The peoples you mention are in marginal lands..not the lush rainforests filled with vegetation.
If you had plenty of vegetables/fruits/nuts around...why would you take the effort, time, and risk to hunt? An important supplement to diet, of course...but eating unlimited quantities of it isn't likely.
Please post a link to this isotope analysis that you mention.
Furthermore, all of these peoples spent a lot more time exercising (typical natives spent 8 hours per day, see article 3 in my sources above).
I think the paleo movement should definitely emphasize exercise a lot more. Go for a 5 hour hike....each day. I used to do that when I was losing weight and I lost 60lbs that way.
If we really want to go paleo, we should restructure our lives..not just our diet. Perhaps move to the countryside and become organic farmers/ranchers. Hmm..now there's an idea.
Last edited by QuestionApple; 07-14-2012 at 12:20 PM.
Yes, I used the wrong word "fossil" instead of archealogical....
but instead of adressing my point of cooking being unhealthy, relatively recent, and not primal....
you attacked my wording.
I think I need to look elsewhere if I want an intelligent, academic discussion.
PS. Mark Scisson is actually pretty good in a lot of his advice, such as intermittent fasting and other stuff...so good job to him
Last edited by QuestionApple; 07-14-2012 at 12:21 PM.
Your claim about fire alone is absolutely silly. A hearth is one thing--that isn't proof of fire. That's proof of settlement. A group of nomads isn't going to build a hearth.
Oldest recorded (possible) evidence of fire is from Israel, 790,000 years ago. Charred wood and seeds were found at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov. But even if you argued against that one, there's still Zhoukoudian, in China, which has evidence dating back 400,000 years.
Primal Journal
Homo sapiens diverged as a species about 200,000 years ago... and reached modern physiological evolution about 50,000 years ago... Homo sapiens... HUMANS... have always had fire, cooked their food, and they ate fat whenever possible because fat is calorically dense and necessary to make vital nutrients available in their diets. Choosing a fatty animal is always better to feed a subsistance group than choosing a lean animal. Too little fat can lead to illness in times when carbohydrates are not available... and they would not have always been available as the early humans did not all live in tropical areas during all of homo sapien evolution. In fact, much evidence points to some serious climate shifts (towards hot and dry/drought) in Africa that made living quite harsh and narrowed the availability of many foods, and of course even in equatorial areas foods are quite seasonal. Migration out of Africa placed humans in more temperate climes about 70k years ago. With more temperate climates comes even more harsh seasonal partitions of available foods. No doubt that during the seasons when green shoots, roots, tubers, or fruits were in abundance they ate them... either raw or cooked according to taste and digestion... but there were also months when they likely needed to subsist almost solely on meat, and that means fatty meat... not lean.
Have fun eating whatever you want.
We can all make decisions about what works best for us individually... skewing facts to try and say that it's the "Right" way however is a bit odd IMO.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
And that's why I'm here eating HFLC Primal/Paleo.
Research further instead of trolling/promoting an agenda. You are very misinformed. A diet full of lean muscle meats is a very unconventional thing and it has only been brought to the forefront in the past few decades. It's another piece of the puzzle when it comes to health issues. Muscle meat is very high in phosphate, which works in harmony with calcium. If you eat a diet full of muscle meat with no gelatin and bone barrow to balance it out, you are drawing calcium away from your bone and promoting a calcium deficiency and VERY acidic body conditions. Cancer and osteoporosis are contributed to by this condition. I'm guessing you haven't considered this.
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Don't put your trust in anyone on this forum, including me. You are the key to your own success.


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| and I agree; but probably not for the right reasons.
PCLinuxOS 2007 Test Release 4: A Review
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| All in all for a test release this is very mature and I must say
| very attractive looking Desktop Operating System. With fast smooth
| operation even with beryl running this one is a keeper.
SAM 2007 released
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| After two test releases I am happy to give you the final version
| of SAM 2007.
Tuxmachines: Sam Linux 2007--For the XFCE Lover
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| Sam Linux 2007 was released yesterday and since it's been little over
| a year since my last test of Sam, I thought I might see what was new.
| The first Sam I tested two years ago was very unstable, while last
| year's Sam was so much improved. But this year finds Sam based on
| PCLOS 2007 and it is better than ever. It looks better, it performs
| better, it even smells better.
SAM Linux 2007 [Screenshot Gallery]
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| SAM Linux is a distribution we had never heard of in the past, but
| with the 2007 edition of SAM coming out this week we couldn't help
| but to give it a try. SAM Linux is based upon PCLinuxOS and features
| a LiveCD with the Xfce 4.4 desktop. SAM Linux 2007 does include
| Beryl/XGL support, WINE, Flash 9, RealPlayer, Java, and much more.
| It is a clean distribution and looks extremely nice. If you're
| still trying to find the perfect match, SAM Linux 2007 may be
| worth trying out.


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- "Les tentacules de la pieuvre pour votre guerre!
<Arms of the octopus, arms for your war!>"
- ―Pieuvre Armement slogan
Pieuvre Armement (English: Octopus Armaments) was a private military company that operated under the mother company Outer Heaven run by Liquid Ocelot. It was based in France, and utilized the SOP system, using nanomachines to enhance and regulate their senses. The name was based on FOXHOUND member Decoy Octopus.
- "<Dive into me. A superficial death. A superficial life is death. What is life without death? What is death? A boring life. Life is overrated. Play dead. Pieuvre Armement. Irresistible attraction.>"
- ―Pieuvre Armement TV spot
By 2014, Pieuvre Armement employed an armed force the size of Canada and Mexico's populations combined, and manufactured 51.5 million firearms per year.[1]
In 2014, Pieuvre Armement was deployed in South America to fight a local guerrilla group. The South American state army fought alongside Pieuvre Armement, setting up ambushes for the rebel forces. At a village in Cove Valley, Pieuvre Armement captured several rebel soldiers and prepared to execute them.[2] Because of the low oxygen at the high-altitudes they were operating at exceeding the limits of their nanomachines, the PMC soldiers also engaged in unusually aggressive behavior, requiring Snake to be extra vigilant about their presence.[3] PMC soldiers later evacuated Naomi Hunter from the research lab in which she was being held, after Haven Troopers entered to confront Solid Snake.
Pieuvre Armement forces later suffered seizures after the SOP system was shut down by Liquid Ocelot. The nanomachines that controlled their behavior became unstable, damaging the frontal lobe of the soldiers' brains, and impairing their speech and emotions. Incapable of feeling pain, the affected soldiers engaged in destructive behavior, acting in a zombie-like fashion,[4] with their brain damage rendering them useless to their employers. [5]
Pieuvre Armement soldiers wore green and olive drab cargo pants and tactical armor. They could be seen wearing green long sleeve tactical jackets under their vests as well as baseball caps, knee pads, neck gaiters, Com-Tac Ballistic headsets, MBITR transceiver radios, and sunglasses.[6] They also wore chest harnesses that contained military glow sticks.
Their primary weapons were the Mk.17, the M14 EBR, XM320 grenade launchers (a stand-alone configuration with a telescopic stock) and, in some cases, the MP7. Their basic sidearm was the GSR. Pieuvre Armement soldiers who guarded the Vista Mansion and power station in South America used the M60E4 and M2HB machine guns, while wearing slightly different attire.[7] They also utilized custom versions of the M870 Shotgun.
Pieuvre Armement also utilized Strykers and powered suits for heavy combat with attack helicopters being deployed for close air support. They also deployed large numbers of Gekko unmanned weapons.
Unconfirmed history
|The following information has been detailed in official Konami-licensed media, written by various external authors. Its status in the Metal Gear canon is unconfirmed.[?]
During their operations in South America, the Pieuvre Armement possessed several Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft for transporting troops. In addition, at least some of them wore Protec helmets.[8]
Behind the scenes
Pieuvre Armement is one of the five subsidiary PMCs of Outer Heaven featured in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Its assistance to the South American state army, coupled with the fact that Laughing Octopus ambushes several rebels, would imply that the PMC is a guerilla warfare-based one. From the map presented in the Act 1 Briefing, its headquarters appears to be located in the heart of continental France, apparently in Limoges or Poitiers.
Compared with the other Outer Heaven PMC forces in Metal Gear Solid 4, Pieuvre Armement troops are seen to be the most lightly armored, as they seem to wear lighter vests and some are equipped with no knee pads. Helmets are not used either, possibly in order to reduce the overall weight soldiers must carry in the unforgiving climate of South America. Pieuvre Armement's equipment could be imitated by soldiers in Metal Gear Online.
Pieuvre Armement's TV spot featured a female using a spear gun, although it is not known if the troops themselves actually used it. Similarly, the TV spot also showed some underwater mines in the background near the octopus. At the very end of the ad, the Roman numerals "MMXVIII" (2018) appear, as well as some small illegible letters. The TV spot was also shown at Konami France during the game's development.
The Pieuvre Armement logo appears as a custom emblem piece in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Notes and references
- ^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions (2008).
This information is given in the 7th Circle TV game show.
- ^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions (2008).
If the player does not assist the prisoners in Cove Valley Village, the PMC soldiers will take them away and shoot them.
- ^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions (2008).
This is explained in an optional Codec conversation during Act 2.
- ^ http://natmal.net/mgsdb/?enc&id=529
- ^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions (2008).
Vamp: The test was a failure. [...] The PMCs we deployed have suffered brain damage. Nothing salvageable remains.
- ^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions (2008).
These are the soldiers who wear the hats and vests with antennas, seen mainly in Act 2.
- ^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions (2008).
Both versions of the soldiers can be seen where Solid Snake is taking cover from them while the troops prevent him from getting close to the helicopter boarding Vamp and Naomi Hunter
- ^ Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots novelization by Project Itoh (English, 2012).


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1. The goal of the firm should be the maximization of profit.
2. The goal of profit maximization is equivalent to the goal of maximization of share value.
3. One of the problems associated with profit maximization is that it ignores the timing of a project's return.
4. Although maximization of the market value of a firm's common stock is a valid objective of the firm, it is not without its drawbacks since the effects of financial structure decisions are not reflected in this term.
5. For the risk-averse financial manager, the more risky a given course of action, the higher the expected return must be.
6. The financial manager should examine available risk-return trade-offs and make his decision based upon the greatest expected return.
7. Only a few financial decisions involve some sort of risk-return tradeoff.
8. The goal of profit maximization ignores the timing of profit.
9. The sole proprietorship can be described as the absence of any legal business structure.
10. In a general partnership, all partners have unlimited liability for the actions of any one partner when that partner is conducting business for the firm.
11. The corporation is the best form of organization in terms of raising capital.
12. There is no legal distinction made between the assets of the business and the personal assets of the owners in the limited partnership.
13. The owners of a corporation enjoy unlimited liability.
14. General partners have unrestricted transferability of ownership, while limited partners must have the consent of all partners to transfer their ownership.
15. Ultimate control in a corporation is vested in the board of directors.
16. There are a significant number of legal requirements to follow when establishing a sole proprietorship.
17. Limited partners may actively manage the business.
18. The life of a corporation is not dependent upon the status of the investors.
19. A sole proprietorship is the most desirable business form in all circumstances.
20. In a sole proprietorship, the owner is personally responsible without limitation for the liabilities incurred.
21. In a limited partnership, at least one general partner must remain in the association; the privilege of limited liability still applies to this partner.
22. In a general partnership, there is a distinction between business and personal assets.
23. In order to maximize shareholder wealth, a firm must consider historical costs as an integral part of their decision-making.
24. Financial management is concerned with the maintenance and creation of wealth.
25. Shareholder wealth is measured by the market value of the firm's common stock.
26. The agency problem arises due to the separation of ownership and control in a firm.
27. There is little, if any, difference between a business error and an ethical error.
28. For markets to be efficient, price adjustments to new information must be correct.
29. Ethical dilemmas frequently exist in finance.
30. Even though diversification can eliminate risk, it also makes it more difficult to measure a project's or an asset's risk.
Multiple Choice
31. Which of the following statements best represents what finance is about?
a. How political, social, and economic forces affect corporations
b. Maximizing profits
c. Creation and maintenance of economic wealth
d. Reducing risk
32. The goal of the firm should be:
a. Maximization of profits.
b. Maximization of shareholder wealth.
c. Maximization of consumer satisfaction.
d. Maximization of sales.
33. Consider the following equally likely project outcomes:
Pessimistic prediction $ 0 $500
Expected outcome $ 500 $500
Optimistic prediction $1000 $500
a. Project Y has less uncertainty than Project X.
b. Project X has more variability than Project Y.
c. a and b.
d. Since Projects X and Y have the same expected outcomes of $500, investors will view them as identical in value.
34. Consider the timing of the profits of the following certain investment projects:
Year 1 $ 0 $ 3000
Year 2 $ 3000 $ 0
a. Project S is preferred to Project L.
b. Project L is preferred to Project S.
c. Projects S and L are equally desirable.
d. A goal of profit maximization would favor Project S only.
35. Maximization of shareholder wealth as a goal is superior to profit maximization because:
a. it considers the time value of the money.
b. following the shareholder wealth maximization goal will ensure high stock prices.
c. it considers uncertainty.
d. a and c.
36. Which of the following best describes the goal of the firm?
a. The maximization of the total market value of the firm's common stock
b. Profit maximization
c. Risk minimization
d. None of the above
37. Why is maximizing shareholder wealth a better goal than maximizing profits?
a. Maximizing shareholder wealth places greater emphasis on the short term.
b. Maximizing profits ignores the uncertainty that is related to expected profits.
c. Maximizing shareholder wealth gives superior consideration to the entire portfolio of shareholder investments.
d. Maximizing profits gives too much weight to the tax position of shareholders.
38. Profit maximization does not adequately describe the goal of the firm because:
a. profit maximization does not require the consideration of risk.
b. profit maximization ignores the timing of a project's return.
c. maximization of dividend payout ratio is a better description of the goal of the firm.
d. a and b.
39. Which of the following goals of the firm is equivalent to the maximization of shareholder wealth?
a. Profit maximization
b. Risk minimization
c. Maximization of the total market value of the firm's common stock
d. None of the above
40. In finance, we assume that investors are generally:
a. neutral to risk.
b. averse to risk.
c. fond of risk.
d. none of the above.
41. Consider cash flows for Projects X and Y such as:
Project X Project Y
Year 1 $3000 $ 0
Year 2 $ 0 $3000
A rational person would prefer receiving cash flows sooner because:
a. the money can be reinvested.
b. the money is nice to have around.
c. the investor may be tired of a particular investment.
d. the investor is indifferent to either proposal.
42. Which of the following is not an advantage of the sole proprietorship?
a. Limited liability
b. No time limit imposed on its existence
c. No legal requirements for starting the business
d. None of the above
43. What is the chief disadvantage of the sole proprietorship as a form of business organization when compared to the corporate form?
a. Sole proprietorships are subject to double taxation of profits.
b. The cost of formation.
c. Inadequate profit sharing.
d. Owners have unlimited liability.
44. Which of the following is not true for limited partnerships?
a. Limited partners can only manage the business.
b. One general partner must exist who has unlimited liability.
c. Only the name of general partners can appear in the name of the firm.
d. Limited partners may sell their interest in the company.
45. The true owners of the corporation are the:
a. holders of debt issues of the firm.
b. preferred stockholders.
c. board of directors of the firm.
d. common stockholders.
46. In terms of organizational costs, which of the following sequences is correct, moving from lowest to highest cost?
a. General partnership, sole proprietorship, limited partnership, corporation
b. Sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, corporation
c. Corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, sole proprietorship
d. Sole proprietorship, general partnership, corporation, limited partnership
47. Assume that you are starting a business. Further assume that the business is expected to grow very quickly and a great deal of capital will be needed soon. What type of business organization would you choose?
a. Corporation
b. General Partnership
c. Sole proprietorship
d. Limited partnership
48. Coplon, Inc., an industrial firm, earned $180,000 in dividends in 1993 on their stock holding in the Finco Company. How much of the dividends are excluded from Coplon's taxable income?
a. $27,000
b. None
c. $126,000
d. $153,000
49. Which one of the following categories of owners enjoys limited liability?
a. General partners in a limited partnership
b. Shareholders (common stock) of a corporation
c. Sole proprietors
d. Both a & b
50. Which of the following is a characteristic of a limited partnership?
a. It allows one or more partners to have limited liability.
b. It requires one or more of the partners to be a general partner to whom the privilege of limited liability does not apply.
c. It prohibits the limited partners from participating in the management of the partnership.
d. all of the above.
51. Which of the following categories of owners have limited liability?
a. General partners
b. Sole proprietors
c. Shareholders of a corporation
d. Both a and b
52. Which of the statements below is true?
a. The sole proprietorship and the general partnership both feature unlimited liability.
b. It is very complicated (legally) to establish a corporation.
c. No legal criterion exists for a general partnership.
d. All of the above are true.
53. Which of the following types of business forms is the most ideal in terms of attracting new capital?
a. Sole proprietorship
b. Limited partnership
c. General partnership
d. A public corporation
54. Which forms of organization are free of initial legal requirements?
a. Sole proprietorship
b. General partnership
c. Corporation
d. Both a and b
55. For these types of organization, no distinction is made between business and personal assets.
a. Sole proprietorship
b. General partnership
c. Limited partnership
d. All of the above
e. Both a and b
56. Which of the following is a significant disadvantage of a general partnership?
a. The cost of forming it is high.
b. Each partner is fully responsible for the liabilities incurred by the partnership.
c. There is a risk associated with the industry in which it operates.
d. Forming the business is very complex.
57. If managers are making decisions to maximize shareholder wealth, then they are primarily concerned with making decisions that should:
a. positively affect profits.
b. increase the market value of the firm's common stock.
c. either increase or have no effect on the value of the firm's common stock.
d. accomplish all of the above.
58. Profit maximization is not an adequate goal of the firm when making financial decisions because:
a. it does not necessarily reflect shareholder wealth maximization.
b. it ignores the risk inherent in different projects that will generate the profits.
c. it ignores the timing of a project's returns.
d. all of the above are correct.
59. Which of the following goals is in the best long-term interest of stockholders?
a. Profit maximization
b. Risk minimization
c. Maximizing of the market value of the existing shareholders' common stock
d. Maximizing sales revenues
60. Which of the following factors enable a public corporation to grow to a greater extent, and perhaps at a faster rate, than a partnership or a proprietorship?
a. Unlimited liability of shareholders
b. Access to the capital markets
c. Limited life
d. Elimination of double taxation on corporate income
e. All of the above
61. Which of the following should be considered when assessing the financial impact of business decisions?
a. The amount of projected earnings
b. The risk-return tradeoff
c. The timing of projected earnings; i.e., when they are expected to occur
d. The amount of the investment in a given project
e. All of the above
62. Financial management is concerned with which of the following?
a. Creating economic wealth
b. Making investment decisions that optimize economic value
c. Making business decisions that optimize economic wealth
d. Raising capital that is needed for growth
e. All of the above
63. Which of the following forms of business organization is the dominant economic force in the United States?
a. The sole proprietorship
b. The general partnership
c. The limited partnership
d. The joint venture
e. The corporation
64. Which of the following reasons is most responsible for corporations being the most important form of business organization in the United States?
a. Corporations have limited life.
b. Stockholders have unlimited liability.
c. Corporations are subject to less government regulation than the other forms of business organization.
d. Corporations have the ability to raise larger sums of capital than the other forms of business organization.
e. Corporations are subjected to less taxation than the other forms of business organization.
65. If one security has a greater risk than another security, how will investors respond?
a. They will require a lower rate of return for the investment that has greater risk.
b. They would be indifferent regarding their expectation of rates of return for either investment.
c. They will require a higher rate of return for the investment that has greater risk.
d. None of the above.
66. How could you compensate an investor for taking on a significant amount of risk?
a. Increase the expected rate of return.
b. Raise more debt capital.
c. Offer stock at a higher price.
d. Increase sales.
67. If an investor had a choice of receiving $1,000 today, or $1,000 in five years, which would the average investor prefer?
a. $1,000 in five years because they are not good at saving money.
b. $1,000 today because it will be worth more than $1,000 received in five years.
c. $1,000 in five years because it will be worth more than $1,000 received today.
d. Investors would be indifferent to when they would receive the $1,000.
e. None of the above.
68. Why do investors prefer receiving cash sooner rather than later, according to finance theory?
a. Incremental profits are greater than accounting profits.
b. Money received earlier can be reinvested and returns can be increased.
c. Tax considerations are important when investing.
d. Diversification leads to increased value.
69. Which of the following would be most likely to align the interests of managers and shareholders?
a. Fixed but high salaries
b. Large bonuses
c. Stock options
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
70. What does the agency problem refer to?
a. The conflict that exists between the board of directors and the employees of the firm
b. The problem associated with financial managers and Internal Revenue agents
c. The conflict that exists between stockbrokers and investors
d. The problem that results from potential conflicts of interest between the manager of a business and the stockholders
e. None of the above
71. A limited liability company (LLC) is:
a. able to retain limited liability for owners.
b. taxed like a corporation.
c. a cross between a partnership and a corporation.
d. a and c.
e. all of the above.
72. Purchasing a security of a company that is issuing their stock for the first time publicly would be considered:
a. a secondary market transaction.
b. an initial public offering.
c. a seasoned new issue.
d. both a and b.
73. Investors choose to invest in higher risk investments because these investments offer higher:
a. expected returns.
b. inflation.
c. actual returns.
d. future consumption.
74. Foregoing the earning potential of a dollar today is referred to as the:
a. time value of money.
b. opportunity cost concept.
c. risk/return tradeoff.
d. creation of wealth.
75. In measuring value, the focus should be on:
a. cash flow.
b. accounting profits.
c. time value of money.
d. earnings per share.
76. Which of the following is true regarding accounting profits?
a. Received by the firm and reinvested
b. Reflects money in hand
c. Represents actual money received and paid out
d. Equals cash in the bank
77. Which of the following statements is true regarding competitive markets?
a. Large profits exist over the long run.
b. Product differentiation produces insulation for competitors.
c. Cost advantages attract new entrants.
d. Both b and c.
78. Which of the following decrease new competition in competitive markets?
a. Economies of scale
b. Proprietary technology
c. Product differentiation
d. Both a and b
e. All of the above
79. Cost advantages in competitive markets:
a. have the potential to create large profits.
b. deter new entrants from entering.
c. can be created by economies of scale.
d. all of the above.
80. Which of the following is a characteristic of an efficient market?
a. Small number of individuals.
b. Opportunities exist for investors to profit from publicly available information.
c. Security prices reflect fair value of the firm.
d. Immediate response occurs for new public information.
81. Diversification increases when ________ decreases.
a. variability
b. return
c. risk
d. a and c
e. all of the above
82. Difficulty in finding profitable projects is due to:
a. social responsibility.
b. competitive markets.
c. ethical dilemmas.
d. opportunity costs.
83. Corporations receive money from investors with:
a. initial public offerings.
b. seasoned new issues.
c. primary market transactions.
d. a and b.
e. all of the above.
84. IBM issuing new shares of common stock would be classified as:
a. a new seasoned issue.
b. an initial public offering.
c. a secondary market transaction.
d. a and b.
85. According to the agency problem, _________ represent the principals of a corporation.
a. shareholders
b. managers
c. employees
d. suppliers
86. Investors prefer $1 today versus $1 in the future due to:
a. time value of money.
b. opportunity cost.
c. agency problems.
d. a and b.
e. all of the above.
87. Which of the following is true regarding an initial public offering?
a. The corporation gets proceeds from the investor.
b. Investors get proceeds from other investors.
c. The security is sold for the first time to the public.
d. Both a and c.
e. All of the above.
88. Which of the following is not a principle of basic financial management?
a. Risk/return tradeoff
b. Incremental cash flow counts
c. Efficient capital markets
d. Profit is king
89. Which of the following statements is false?
a. All risk can be diversified away.
b. Measuring a project's risk is difficult.
c. Projects should focus on incremental cash flows.
d. Taxes play a significant role in project analysis.
90. The opening of new international markets to the U.S. can be attributed to:
a. acceptance of a free market system by third world countries.
b. regulation of U.S. industries.
c. increase in information technology.
d. a and c.
e. all of the above.
Short-Answer Questions
91. Briefly discuss mechanisms that can be used to align the interests of shareholders and managers.
92. Briefly discuss why financial decision makers must focus on incremental cash flows when evaluating new projects.
93. Discuss the risk/return tradeoff and how it relates to finance.
94. Compare and contrast primary market and secondary market transactions as it relates to the flow of funds in the transactions.
95. Discuss how new entrants are deterred from entering a competitive market.
96. What is incremental cash flow and how is it used in project analysis?
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Buddhist Wisdom Verses Home PageNext Chapter
Buddhist Wisdom Verses
21: Kāmavaggo
Jā 136 Suvaṇṇahaṁsajātakaṁ
The Result of Greed
A golden goose goes occasionally and gives his former family one of his golden feathers and they grow rich. But greed overcomes his former wife and she plucks him. The feathers though, when stolen, are gold no more, and they sink back into poverty.
401. Yaṁ laddhaṁ tena tuṭṭhabbaṁ, atilobho hi pāpako,
Haṁsarājaṁ gahetvāna, suvaṇṇā parihāyatha.
Be content with what is received,
Only the wicked have great greed,
Because of grabbing the Goose-King,
You must loose the golden feathers.
Jā 228 Kāmanītajātakaṁ
Wisdom is the only Cure for Greed
A King receives Sakka (the Bodhisatta) disguised as a young brāhman, who promises to help him conquer three cities. But the King is so mean he doesn't even offer him lodging. In the morning the brāhman is nowhere to be found and the King falls sick thinking of his loss. Sakka preaches to him as the only way to cure his illness of greed.
402. Kaṇhāhi daṭṭhassa karonti heke,
Amanussavaddhassa karonti Paṇḍitā.
Na kāmanītassa karoti koci,
Okkantasukkassa hi kā tikicchā?
Some there are who can cure the cobra's bite,
And the Wise can cure possession by ghosts.
But no one can cure one led by desire,
What treatment can there be for the impure?
Dhp 216 Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu
Craving brings on Grief and Fear
A brāhman farmer wishing for his fields to prosper decides to make the Buddha his partner. Just before the crop is brought in floods wash it all away.
403. Taṇhāya jāyatī soko, taṇhāya jāyatī bhayaṁ,
Taṇhāya vippamuttassa natthi soko, kuto bhayaṁ?
Grief is created by craving,
From craving fear is created,
For he who is free from craving
There can be no grief, how then fear?
Jā 467 Kāmajātakaṁ
Desires are never Satisfied
A brāhman farmer wishing for his fields to prosper decides to make the Buddha his partner. Just before the crop is brought in floods wash it all away.
404. Kāmaṁ kāmayamānassa tassa ce taṁ samijjhati
Addhā pītimano hoti, laddhā macco yad-icchati.
If the one with desire succeeds
In gaining the desires he craves
He certainly will be joyful,
For he gains what a man desires.
405. Kāmaṁ kāmayamānassa tassa ce taṁ samijjhati,
Tato naṁ aparaṁ kāme, ghamme taṇhaṁ va vindati.
If the one with desire succeeds
In gaining the desires he craves
Then he will have further desires,
Just as there is thirst when it's hot.
406. Gavaṁ va siṅgino siṅgaṁ vaḍḍhamānassa vaḍḍhati,
Evaṁ mandassa posassa bālassa avijānato
Bhiyyo taṇhā pipāsā ca vaḍḍhamānassa vaḍḍhati.
Just as the two horns of a bull
Develop while he is growing,
Even so for the foolish one,
The one without understanding,
His thirst and craving develop
While they are being satisfied.
407. Pathavyā sāliyavakaṁ, gavassaṁ dāsaporisaṁ,
Datvā pi nālam-ekassa, iti vidvā, samaṁ care.
Even having been given all
The cows, barley and slaves on Earth,
It is not enough for that one,
Understanding this, live in peace.
408. Rājā pasayha pathaviṁ vijitvā
Sasāgarantaṁ mahim-āvasanto,
Oraṁ samuddassa atittarūpo,
Pāraṁ samuddassa pi patthaye 'tha.
A King, having conquered the whole
Of Earth, up to the ocean's edge,
Will still cross over the ocean,
Because he will wish for what is
On the other side of the seas.
409. Yāva anussaraṁ kāme manasā, titti nājjhagā,
Tato nivattā paṭikamma disvā,
Te ve tittā ye paññāya tittā.
As long as his mind has desires
He will not feel satisfaction,
Seeing the cure he stops desire,
He is satisfied through wisdom.
410. Paññāya tittinaṁ seṭṭhaṁ, na so kāmehi tappati,
Paññāya tittaṁ purisaṁ, taṇhā na kurute vasaṁ.
Best is wisdom's satisfaction,
Not the suffering of desires,
The one satisfied by wisdom,
Does not have any more craving.
411. Apacinetheva kāmāni appicchassa, alolupo,
Samuddamatto puriso, na so kāmehi tappati.
For he who is not covetous,
Does away with all his desires,
That person is like the ocean,
He does not suffer through desires.
412. Rathakāro va cammassa parikantaṁ upāhanaṁ,
Yaṁ yaṁ cajati kāmānaṁ taṁ taṁ sampajjate sukhaṁ.
Sabbañ-ce sukham-iccheyya, sabbe kāme pariccaje.
Just as the cobbler cuts the skin
So it fits the shoe he's making,
With the giving up of desires
True happiness can be attained.
Wishing for complete happiness,
He should abandon all desire.
Jā 14 Vātamigajātakaṁ
The Snare of Taste
A gardener named Sañjaya entices a deer into the palace through lining his grass with honey.
413. Na kiratthi rasehi pāpiyo,
Āvāsehi va santhavehi vā.
Vātamigaṁ gehanissitaṁ,
Vasam-ānesi rasehi Sañjayo.
There is nothing worse than taste is,
For our relatives and our friends.
The wind-deer from his jungle home,
Was brought under control by taste.
Jā 346 Kesavajātakaṁ
Confidence is the Taste Supreme
A teacher falls ill while being looked after by the King of Bāraṇāsī and none of his doctors can cure him. He goes to the Himālayas where he is cared for by his beloved pupil, the Bodhisatta, and gets better with his loving care.
414. Sāduṁ vā yadi vāsāduṁ, appaṁ vā yadi vā bahuṁ,
Vissattho yattha bhuñjeyya, vissāsaparamā rasā.
Whether of good taste or bad taste,
Whether there is little or much,
Wherever the faithful one eats,
He finds faith is the taste supreme.
SN 1.3.13 Doṇapākasuttaṁ
Knowing the Measure
King Pasenadi eats too much and is always uncomfortable; the Buddha speaks this verse, which the King has an attendant remember and repeat to him when he eats.
415. Manujassa sadā satīmato,
Mattaṁ jānatŏ laddhabhojane,
Tanukassa bhavanti vedanā,
Saṇikaṁ jīrati, āyupālayaṁ.
For the person who is always mindful,
Knowing the measure in regard to food,
His unpleasant feelings become fewer,
Slowly he ages, protecting his life.
SN 1.1.10 Araññasuttaṁ
Neither Grieving nor Yearning
A short dialogue between a god, who speaks first, and the Buddha in Jeta's Wood.
416. "Araññe viharantānaṁ, santānaṁ brahmacārinaṁ,
Ekabhattaṁ bhuñjamānānaṁ, kena vaṇṇo pasīdatī?" ti
"Those who are living in the wilds,
Who are peaceful and spiritual,
Eating only one meal a day,
Why are their complexions so clear?"
417. "Atītaṁ nānusocanti, nappajappanti 'nāgataṁ,
Paccuppannena yāpenti, tena vaṇṇo pasīdati.
"They do not grieve over the past,
Nor do they yearn for the future,
They live in the present moment,
Therefore their complexions are clear.
418. Anāgatappajappāya, atītassānusocanā,
Etena bālā sussanti, naḷo va harito luto." ti
It is through grief over the past,
And through yearning for the future,
That fools dry up, like a green reed
That has been mowed down in the field."
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You, like me, have probably heard for the last 40 years that tax cuts create jobs. When I went to find this in actual data I found a different relationship. Tax policy affects the labor market with long lead times. So not only will unemployment not get much better for 6 years it will probably be above 9% sometime in the next two years and wages will continue to fall behind inflation. There will be another recession, probably starting next year and stocks will be hammered.
First let's look at the data and then I will offer some possible explanations why reality is different from what I and perhaps you have been conditioned to believe. There are two employment related charts, each with several graphs. The first one is about unemployment and the second about workers' share of the economy.
The first graph of the first chart shows how the capital gains tax rate influences unemployment six years later. It might be more accurate to say this is a statistical correlation that I believe represents an actual influence. The top left graph in the chart below is a scatter plot where each point represents the average annual unemployment rate for one year and the capital gains tax rate 6 years earlier. Statistically the correlation is stronger with the capital gains tax rate leading 6 years, than the other dozen lead times I tried.
The blue curvilinear fit through the scatter plot suggests a capital gains tax rate of 25% minimizes unemployment. The high unemployment associated with the 1981-82 recession corresponds with a tax rate that is too high at 39.9%. The high unemployment rate of the last four years matches a capital gains rate that is too low at 15%. The 15% capital gains rate appears to be consistent with a 9% unemployment rate. This data is also shown in a time-series format to the right of the scatter plot.
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While the current measure of unemployment only goes back to 1948, the capital gains tax rate also has implications for what happened to employment in The Great Depression. The capital gains rate was cut from 73% to 12.5% in 1922 and remained at 12.5% until it was raised to 31.5% in 1934. If I take the mathematical formula for the curvilinear fit above and plug in a 12.5% capital gains tax rate it estimates a 12.5% unemployment. Using the six year lead time, the 12.5% capital gains rate corresponds with a measure of unemployment that was available during the Depression averaging about 13.9% from 1928 through 1939. Of course, it hit a high of 25% in 1933.
Employment also benefits from having a high top tax bracket, in part because it lowers the average tax rate. Currently the top bracket for a married filing jointly tax payer is $388,350. So a couple with ordinary income above that would pay a 35% tax rate on the portion of income above the bracket and lower tax rates on the portion below the bracket. If the top tax bracket was instead $1 million, it would lower the average tax rate of high earners even though their top tax rate might be the same.
In trying to understand the relationship between the top tax bracket and unemployment I experimented with different ways of looking at the top bracket and different lead times. The best way I found, or at least the one with the strongest correlation, was to measure the bracket as multiples of per-capita GDP with a three year lead time. The current top bracket of $388,350 is 8 times last year's per-capita GDP. The three years with the lowest unemployment in the early 1950s corresponds to the $400,000 bracket being over 200 times per-capita GDP.
This relationship is shown in the chart above by the two graphs in the middle. The best fit line in orange slopes downward in the scatter plot, which means lower brackets correspond to higher unemployment. In the time-series plot on the right this is shown with the inverted orange scale that has zero at the top.
You may be wondering why I don't show the influence of the top marginal tax rate. I did look at it and found an inverse relationship where a higher top rate corresponded with lower unemployment, but when I tried to put it in a model with the top bracket the top rate became statistically insignificant.
The influence of the capital gains rate and the top bracket are combined into a model shown in the red line of the bottom graph. The implication is that unemployment will average 9% for the next three years. The 9% rate is estimated to continue six years if the top bracket is not raised dramatically.
Obviously, other factors also influence unemployment, mainly the business cycle which pushes unemployment above the model during recessions and below during expansions.
The future of tax rates and brackets are up in the air. As it currently stands the capital gains rate will go from 15% this year to 20% in 2013 plus the 3.8% healthcare surtax will bring the rate to 23.8%. This is pretty close to optimal and implies unemployment would drop to 5% in 2019. Raising the top bracket could bring help sooner. House Speaker John Boehner proposed a top bracket of $1 million; this would be about 21 times per-capita GDP and a step in the right direction, but still modest historically.
Labor's Share
There are two measures of employment compensation. The one shown in the chart below approximates take home pay for workers. Its share of GDP has dropped nine of the last twelve years. The 3rd quarter of 2012 had an all time low share of 43.5% of GDP. Prior to 1975 it was consistently above 50%. The other measure not shown includes fringe benefits and payroll taxes. It recently dropped to a 56 year low share of GDP at 55%.
Labor's share of the pie goes up and down with the top marginal tax rate. This positive relationship shows in the green upward sloping best fit line in the scatter plot below. A seven year lead time has the strongest correlation. The times series graph to the right of the scatter plot shows labor's actual share of GDP in black and the estimate based on the top rate in green.
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The difference between the actual share in black less the estimated share in green is the residual compensation shown in grey in the middle two charts. The residual is the variation in labor's share that is not explained by the top rate. This scatter plot looks at the residual compensation compared to the five year moving average of the capital gains tax rate with a 7 year lead time. The best fit curvilinear line shown in blue implies a capital gains tax rate of 27.4% gives labor a larger share of GDP than a higher or lower capital gains rate.
The model shown in red on the bottom graph combines the influence of the two tax rates. The model suggests that in the next two years compensation will drop to 42.5% and then stay there another 5 years. So the squeeze on labor and the middle class will likely intensify in the next two years.
Perception vs. reality
The difference between the reality represented in the data above and what we have been told the last 40 years about low tax rates creating jobs may be a classic wolf in sheep's clothing story. Those who benefit from tax policy that shifts rewards away from labor toward capital convince much of the working middle class it is in their best interest. The middle class embraces what looks like a cuddly sheep and a few years later finds their take home pay is missing an arm.
We often hear the meme, "Low tax rates leave more money in the hands of business owners to create jobs." Low marginal tax rates have certainly left more money in the hands of business owners, but if the policy had been effective at creating jobs it would mean more money was paid to workers to be productive. The fact is a low top marginal tax rate means business owners take more money as personal income and labor gets a smaller share of the pie.
To my understanding, prosperity benefits from high marginal tax rates with high enough tax brackets that average tax rates remain low.
Part of the reason for this relationship is that low marginal tax rates increase the after tax cost of labor. In the 1950s and early 1960s when the top tax rate was 91%, the after tax cost for a wealthy business owner to hire a dollar of labor was nine cents. With the top rate at 35% the after tax cost for a dollar of labor is 65 cents, or if the owner can get money out of the business at the dividend or capital gains rate, a dollar of labor costs 85 cents after tax.
The lower the marginal tax rate is the bigger the after tax profit a business owner gets from squeezing the pay of labor. Performance based pay for CEOs leverages the incentive from low tax rates to squeeze worker pay even more.
Owners are reluctant to raise wages. Workers are eager for their wages to be raised, but quite resistant to reductions. It takes a long time to squeeze compensation as demonstrated in the 7 year lead times above. In the case of the capital gains rate there is also a multi-year compounding effect so that the full impact of the 2003 cut to capital gains won't be felt on labor's share of GDP until about 2014.
Contemplating what is a fair tax rate or a fair distribution of income is a pointless exercise in subjectivity where almost everyone thinks it would be fair for them to have a lower tax rate or a bigger share. A more valuable question is what distribution of incentive maximizes prosperity.
The last 12 years should make it obvious the current distribution is sub-optimal. The stock market after inflation and dividends is 5% lower than in 2000, or 24% lower if you don't count dividends. Private sector jobs have grown at an annualized rate of 0.02% vs. a long run average of 2%. Labor force participation has plunged. A shift in distribution that had more people working and fewer engaged in financial speculation would likely increase prosperity and the long run return in the stock market.
Intensifying pressure on labor will almost certainly bring a recession, which I think will start in 2013, if it hasn't started already. In the last year, corporate earnings dropped and CEOs intent on protecting profits and their bonuses will aggressively cut costs, which necessarily includes squeezing workers in hours, numbers and wage rates.
In the last two and a half years the annual growth rate in real earnings of the S&P 500 (shown below) has fallen from an all time high of 776% to -2.2%. This record volatility probably has a lot further to go on the downside. Usually when this growth turns negative a recession is near.
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Unemployment at 9% or above with plunging earnings and stock prices are probably baked into the cake. I expect helpful policy to emerge in 2013 where marginal tax rates move toward levels that will give a more balanced distribution of incentive and tax brackets will be high enough to keep the average tax rate where it is still worthwhile for the wealthy to run businesses. There is light at the end, but lag times mean the tunnel is long.
Disclosure: I am short DIA, SPY. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. There is no guarantee analysis of historical data and trends enable accurate forecasts. The data presented is from sources believed to be reliable, but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Past performance does not indicate future results. This is not a recommendation to buy or sell specific securities. This is not an offer to manage money.


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GW Softball Cancels Colonial Classic
Tuesday's Game Against UMBC Also Postponed
March 1, 2014
WASHINGTON - The George Washington softball team's Colonial Classic tournament, which was scheduled for the weekend of March 1-2, has been canceled due to unplayable field conditions.
In addition, GW head coach Stacey Schramm announced that the Colonials' game against UMBC, originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, has been postponed due to the winter storm expected in the D.C. area. The Colonials and Retrievers will now face off on Tuesday, March 25, at 3 p.m. at the GW Softball Field on the Mount Vernon Campus.
GW will return to action next weekend with the three-day Colonials Tournament, hosting Howard, Binghamton and Wagner March 7-9.


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Penrose Library
Library Computer Facilities
There are several ways in which members of the Whitman community can use the computer resources in Penrose Library:
- There are 7 Macintoshes and 35 Windows PC's located in study carrels throughout the library. All are connected to the campus network and the Internet.
- 6 wireless PC laptops and 4 wireless MacBooks are available for checkout for use within the Library. They are pre-configured to connect the campus network, the Internet, and the Library's printers. See below for checkout details.
- If you have your own laptop computer, you may connect it to the campus network, the Internet, and networked printers from within the library. You can use a standard ethernet cable connected to any of the many open network ports. Or, you can take advantage of the wireless network (requires a valid Whitman network login).
Penrose Computer Hours
Sunday-Sunday, 12:00AM - 12:00AM
There is a Student Computing Consultant on duty throughout the academic year during selected lab hours, hours are posted in each lab. In Penrose Library, hours are posted on the Technology Support Desk.
Library Tech Support Desk & Laptop Checkout
- Library Main Lobby
- Telephone: x5062
- Normal Business Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 10am-Midnight, Fri.-Sat. 10am-5pm
All of the checkout laptops are checked-out on a first-come, first-serve basis. They are available for 4 hours at a time, and late returns will incur a fine.
These machines are available for use within the library only, and may not leave the building. They should be able to connect to the campus network (and all other network services, such as the Internet and the Library printers) from just about anywhere within the Library. They are also pre-configured with the same standard suite of software available in our other computer labs.