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Most Cited Journal of Asian Economics Articles
The most cited articles published since 2011, extracted from Scopus.
Financial development, foreign investment and economic growth in MalaysiaSajid Anwar | Sizhong Sun
Volume 22, Issue 4, August 2011, Pages 335-342
By making use of the bank-based theory of financial development, this paper develops a simultaneous equations model that allows one to empirically examine the interrelationship among economic growth, the stock of foreign investment and the stock of domestic capital in Malaysia. The empirical model is estimated by means of the Generalised Method of Moments. The empirical analysis, based on annual data for the period 1970-2007, reveals that the level of financial development has contributed to the growth of the domestic capital stock in Malaysia but its impact on economic growth is statistically insignificant. An increase in the stock of foreign investment in Malaysia has contributed to an increase in the stock of domestic capital and economic growth but the stock of foreign investment is affected significantly only by the level of openness of the economy and its real exchange rate. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
Asian FTAs: Trends, prospects and challengesMasahiro Kawai | Ganeshan Wignaraja
Volume 22, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 1-22
Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA) activity. This has sparked concerns about the negative effects of Asian FTAs, including the "noodle bowl" problem. Amid slow progress in the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha negotiations and the global financial crisis, however, Asian regionalism seems to be here to stay. The focus for policymakers should then be how best to minimize the costs of FTAs while maximizing their benefits. Adopting a pragmatic perspective, this paper examines key trends and challenges in Asian FTAs. It provides new evidence from firm surveys, analysis of specific agreements, and computable general equilibrium estimates. It provides the following set of recommendations: strengthen the support system for using FTAs; rationalize rules of origin and upgrade their administration; ensure better coverage of agricultural trade; forge comprehensive "WTO-plus" agreements; and encourage a region-wide FTA. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia-by creating a People's Republic of China-Japan-Korea FTA, combining it with ASEAN + 1 FTAs, and then involving Australia, India, and New Zealand-to be followed by connections with North America and Europe. In conclusion, the analysis suggests a bottom-up approach to a Doha Round Agreement should be adopted. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.
Detecting bubbles in Hong Kong residential property marketMatthew S. Yiu | Jun Yu | Lu Jin
Volume 28, Issue , October 2013, Pages 115-124
This study uses a newly developed bubble detection method (Phillips, Shi, and Yu, 2011) to identify real estate bubbles in the Hong Kong residential property market. Our empirical results reveal several positive bubbles in the Hong Kong residential property market, including one in 1995, a stronger one in 1997, yet another one in 2004, and a more recent one in 2008. In addition, the method identifies two negative bubbles in the data, one in 2000 and the other one in 2001. These empirical results continue to be valid for the mass segment and the luxury segment. However, this method has also found a bubble in early 2011 in the overall market, and in the mass segment but not in the luxury segment. This result suggests that the bubble in early 2011 in the Hong Kong real estate market was caused primarily by the mass segment under the demand pressure from end-users of small-to-medium sized apartments. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.
Bank market power, economic growth and financial stability: Evidence from Asian banksWahyoe Soedarmono | Fouad Machrouh | Amine Tarazi
Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 460-470
This paper examines whether Asian banks are still prone to moral hazard in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian crisis. Using a sample of commercial banks from 12 Asian countries during the 2001-2007 period, our empirical findings highlight that greater market power in the banking market results in higher instability. Although banks are better capitalized in less competitive markets their default risk remains higher. A deeper investigation however shows that such behaviour is dependent on the economic environment. Higher economic growth contributes to neutralize greater risk taking and higher instability in less competitive markets. © 2011 Elsevier Inc..
Accessibility to microcredit by Chinese rural householdsXia Li | Christopher Gan | Baiding Hu
Volume 22, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 235-246
This paper examines the factors influencing the accessibility of microcredit by rural households in China. The empirical analysis utilises logistic regression, with data collected through a household survey carried out in one province in China. A total of twelve household-level factors are identified as determinants in households' access to microcredit, including educational level, household size, income, among others. In addition to these, results indicate that rural households' accessibility to microcredit can also be impaired by the supply-side factors (e.g., interest rates, loan processing time). The empirical analysis establishes a positive relationship between households' credit demand and access to credit. The paper thus concludes that households should be encouraged to raise capital requirements (for example, create investment opportunities in on/off farm activities) to increase their demand for credit, which can enhance their access to microcredit. In addition, microcredit institutions (such as the Rural Credit Cooperatives) should improve their lending schemes and micro loan products to better suit the diversified needs of the rural population. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
Testing for horizontal and vertical foreign investment spillovers in China, 1998-2007Luosha Du | Ann Harrison | Gary H. Jefferson
Volume 23, Issue 3, June 2012, Pages 234-243
As with many developing countries, the Chinese government hopes that knowledge brought by multinationals will spill over to domestic industries and increase their productivity. In this paper, we show that foreign investment originating outside of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan has positive effects on individual firm level productivity, while foreign investment from HKMT firms does not. We also test for both horizontal (within the same industry) and vertical (upstream or downstream) linkages from foreign investment. Using a manufacturing firm-level panel for 1998 through 2007, we find zero or weak positive horizontal externalities. However, our results show that foreign direct investment (FDI) has generated positive productivity spillovers to domestic firms via backward linkages (the contacts between foreign affiliates and their local suppliers in downstream sectors) as well as forward linkages (between foreign suppliers and their local buyers in the upstream sectors). © 2011 Elsevier Inc..
Dynamic linkages of stock prices between the BRICs and the United States: Effects of the 2008-09 financial crisisHaifeng Xu | Shigeyuki Hamori
Volume 23, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 344-352
In this paper, we investigate the dynamic linkages between the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and the United States in the mean and variance of stock prices for the period August 2, 2004, to April 30, 2010. In particular, we focus on the impact of the US financial crisis in September 2008 on the dynamic linkages between these stock prices. The sample period is divided into pre- and post-crisis periods in order to study the causal relationships in the mean and variance. The empirical results indicate that the international transmission of stock prices between the BRICs and the United States weakened in both the mean and variance on account of the 2008-09 US financial crisis. © 2012 Elsevier Inc..
Social safety nets and nutrient deprivation: An analysis of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Program and the Public Distribution System in IndiaRaghbendra Jha | Sambit Bhattacharyya | Raghav Gaiha
Volume 22, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 189-201
Using primary data collected during 2007-08 we examine nutritional status with respect to two macronutrients as well as various micronutrients of rural households in three Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and find serious deficiencies in regard to these nutrients in all three states. The impact of two policy interventions (NREG and PDS) on nutrient intake is considered and significant impacts are discovered. The impact effects of a change in these policy measures are also computed. Finally, to assess the impact on undernutrition, both the nutrient-income relation and how the proportions of undernourished vary are considered. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.
Cost efficiency, determinants, and risk preferences in banking: A case of stochastic frontier analysis in the PhilippinesM. C V Manlagñit
Volume 22, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 23-35
This paper examines the cost efficiency of Philippine commercial banks using stochastic frontier analysis and specifically incorporating risk and asset quality measures in the estimation. Consistent with earlier findings, the results show substantial inefficiencies among domestic banks and that risk and asset quality affect the efficiency of banks. The substantial increase in the cost inefficiency could be attributed to the adverse effects of the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the subsequent costs of banking reforms and regulatory changes which were enacted to stabilize and strengthen the sector. Macroeconomic instabilities, particularly banking crisis, could have distorted the incentive structure for banks, making resource allocation to achieve efficiency a more difficult task. From a policy perspective, this study highlights the economic importance of encouraging increased efficiency in the banking sector by tapping the potential for significant improvements in the banks' cost efficiency. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.
Do US macroeconomic conditions affect Asian stock markets?Seema Narayan | Paresh Kumar Narayan
Volume , Issue , June 2012, Page
The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of US macroeconomic conditions-namely, exchange rate and short-term interest rate-on the stock markets of seven Asian countries (China, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and South Korea). We use daily data for the period 2000-2010. We divide the sample into a pre-crisis period (pre-August 2007) and a crisis period (post-August 2007). We find that, in the short-run, the interest rate has a statistically insignificant effect on returns for all countries, except for the Philippines in the crisis period. On the other hand, except for China, regardless of the crisis, depreciation has a statistically significant and negative effect on returns. When the long-run relationship among the variables is considered, for five of the seven countries (India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand), while there is cointegration in the pre-crisis period, in the crisis period there is no such relationship, implying that the financial crisis has actually weakened the link between stock prices and economic fundamentals. © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Are FDI spillovers regional? Firm-level evidence from ChinaXinpeng Xu | Yu Sheng
Volume 23, Issue 3, June 2012, Pages 244-258
This paper examines whether spillovers from FDI occur at the national or regional level, using firm-level census data for the Chinese manufacturing industry between 2000 and 2003. We find that FDI provides significant positive spillovers for the productivity of firms in the same industry, but these spillovers are likely to be regional; that is, domestic firms benefit more from the presence of foreign firms in the same sector within the same region. The backward and forward linkage effects of FDI are negative with significant regional disparity. The geographic distribution of FDI also influences spillovers, with an increase in FDI inflow to the top FDI recipient provinces increasing the forward linkage spillovers. Our empirical results also suggest that domestic firms differ significantly in the extent to which they benefit from FDI, though domestic firms with high absorptive capacity are more likely to benefit from FDI. © 2011 Elsevier Inc..
The effect of financial deepening on inequality: Some international evidenceShigeyuki Hamori | Yoshihiro Hashiguchi
Volume 23, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 353-359
This paper uses an unbalanced panel data analysis of 126 countries for the period 1963-2002 to analyze the effects of financial deepening on inequality. The principal findings can be summarized as follows: (1) financial deepening reduces inequality; (2) economic growth reduces the equalizing effects of financial deepening; (3) inequality increases with an increase in trade openness; (4) the disequalizing effects of trade openness decrease as a country grows; (5) financial deepening and trade openness therefore have asymmetric effects on inequality; and (6) these effects are robust to the choice of financial variables, inequality measures, and model specifications. © 2012 Elsevier Inc..
Herding behaviour in the Chinese and Indian stock marketsPaulo Lao | Harminder Singh
Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 495-506
The existence of herding behaviour challenges the validity of the "efficient market hypothesis" This study examines herding behaviour in the Chinese and Indian stock markets; our findings suggest that herding behaviour exists in both. The level of herding depends on market conditions. In the Chinese market, herding behaviour is greater when the market is falling and the trading volume is high. On the other hand, in India the study finds that it occurs during up-swings in market conditions. Herding behaviour is more prevalent during large market movements in both markets. In relative terms, a lower prevalence of herding behaviour was detected in the Indian stock market. © 2011.
Banks total factor productivity change in a developing economy: Does ownership and origins matter?Fadzlan Sufian
Volume 22, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 84-98
This paper employs the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method to analyze the productivity of the Malaysian banking sector during the period 1995-2004. The empirical findings indicate that the Malaysian banking sector has exhibited productivity regress due to technological regress rather than efficiency decline. We find that the foreign banks have exhibited productivity regress, while their domestic peers have exhibited a marginal productivity increase. During the period under study, productivity levels seems to be positively associated with the stock exchange listed banks, but is negatively related to foreign ownership. In essence, the findings provide support to the home field advantage and the "limited form" of the global advantage hypotheses. On the other hand, the empirical findings seem to reject the 'liability of unfamiliarness' hypothesis. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.
Foreign investment and bribery: A firm-level analysis of corruption in VietnamDimitar Gueorguiev | Edmund Malesky
Volume 23, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 111-129
Among the concerns faced by countries pondering the costs and benefits of greater economic openness to international capital flows is the worry that new and powerful external actors will exert a corrupting influence on the domestic economy. In this paper, we use a novel empirical strategy, drawn from research in experimental psychology, to test the linkage between foreign direct investment (FDI) and corruption. The prevailing literature has produced confused and contradictory results on this vital relationship due to errors in their measurement of corruption which are correlated with FDI inflows. When a less biased operationalization is employed, we find clear evidence of corruption during both registration and procurement procedures in Vietnam. The prevalence of corruption, however, is not associated with inflows of FDI. On the contrary, one measure of economic openness appears to be the most important driver of reductions in Vietnamese corruption: the wave of domestic legislation, which accompanied the country's bilateral trade liberalization agreement with the United States (US-BTA), significantly reduced bribery during business registration. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
FDI and market entry/exit: Evidence from ChinaSajid Anwar | Sizhong Sun
Volume 23, Issue 5, October 2012, Pages 487-498
This paper considers the impact of FDI and FDI-related spillovers on the entry and exit rates of domestic firms in mainland China's manufacturing sector. Since we suspect that aggregate results obscure differing effects based on the source of the FDI, we disaggregate FDI into that originating from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (HMT) area and the rest of the world. The empirical analysis, based on 4-digit industry level panel data over the period 2003-2007, reveals that FDI originating from the rest of the world has made a significant contribution to the entry rate of domestic firms in China and the spillover effect arising from backward linkages is also positive and significant. However, FDI originating from HMT area has not encouraged domestic entry, whilst it has contributed to an increase in the exit rate of domestic firms. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
Capital flows and real exchange rates in emerging Asian countriesJuthathip Jongwanich | Archanun Kohpaiboon
Volume 24, Issue , February 2013, Pages 138-146
This paper examines the impact of capital flows on real exchange rates in emerging Asian countries during 2000-2009 using a dynamic panel-data model. The estimation results show that the composition of capital flow matters in determining the impact of the flows on real exchange rates. Other forms of capital flow, especially portfolio investment, bring in a faster speed of real exchange rate appreciation than foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the magnitude of appreciation among capital flows is close to each other. The increasing importance of merger and acquisition (M&A) activities in FDI in the region makes these flows behave closer to other forms of capital flow. The estimation results also show that during the estimation period, capital outflows bring about a greater degree of exchange rate adjustment than capital inflows. This evidence is found for all types of capital flow. All in all, the results indicate that the swift rebound of capital inflows into the region could result in excessive appreciation of (real) currencies, especially when capital inflows are in the form of portfolio investment. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
How Chinese firms learn technology from transnational corporations: A comparison of the telecommunication and automobile industriesXiyou He | Qing Mu
Volume 23, Issue 3, June 2012, Pages 270-287
China has been utilizing foreign direct investment (FDI) based on the strategy of " trading market access for technology" since 1978. However, there are differences in opinion regarding the performance of China's strategy. This paper examines the growth of technological capability of Chinese indigenous firms under a revised model of technological learning and catch-up based on research by Kim (1997) and Lee and Lim (2001). The paper investigates the process of industrial growth in China by developing the two cases of the telecommunication equipment industry and the automobile industry, and analyzes the aforementioned strategy from the viewpoint of technological learning and industrial catch-up. This study finds that knowledge was gained by leveraging China's huge market to " trade market access for technology" , and that indigenous firms must enhance the intensity of their efforts to assimilate acquired technologies so as to improve their technological capabilities. Through comparison of the two industries, we find that industrial policy regulating private firms' market access directly affects the performance of the industrial catch-up. © 2011 Elsevier Inc..
Formal and informal rural credit in the mekong river delta of vietnam: Interaction and accessibilityPhan Dinh Khoi | Christopher Gan | Gilbert V. Nartea | David A. Cohen
Volume 26, Issue , June 2013, Pages 1-13
This paper examines the factors influencing rural households' access to credit in the Vietnamese market. Analysis confirms an interaction effect between informal and formal credit sectors in which informal credit positively influences accessibility to microcredit programs. Ignoring this interaction effect may lead to microcredit providers making loan decisions that are less than optimal. In the formal credit sector, the lowest income group faces more credit rationing than other groups, despite the fact that microcredit programs are designed to target households at the bottom of the income pyramid. Results demonstrate that land holding status, informal interest, and informal loan duration are important factors influencing access to informal credit. Factors influencing microcredit accessibility include local government employee status, credit group membership, a " poor" certificate, educational attainment, working skills and village road access. To reduce reliance on informal credit and improve microcredit accessibility, rural households should actively participate in a microcredit group. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.
Processing trade, exchange rates and China's bilateral trade balancesYuqing Xing
Volume 23, Issue 5, October 2012, Pages 540-547
This paper analyzes the role of processing trade in China's bilateral trade balances and the impact of the yuan's appreciation on China's processing trade. The analysis is based on panel data covering bilateral processing trade between China and its partners from 1993 to 2008. The empirical results show that: (1) processing trade accounted for 100% of China's annual trade surplus during the period; (2) China's processing trade showed a significant regional bias-77% of processing imports originated from East Asia while only 29% of processing exports was destined to the region in 2008; and (3) a real appreciation of the yuan would negatively affect both processing imports and exports-specifically, a 10% real appreciation of the yuan would reduce not only China's processing exports by 9.1% but also its processing imports by 5.0%. Based on these empirical findings we conclude that the combined effect of the yuan's appreciation on the balance of processing trade and thus China's overall trade balance will be limited. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
The relationship between liquidity and returns on the Chinese stock marketParesh Kumar Narayan | Xinwei Zheng
Volume 22, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 259-266
The goal of this paper is to examine the impact of liquidity on returns on the Shanghai stock exchange (SHSE) and the Shenzhen stock exchange (SZSE). We proxy liquidity with the trading volume (TV), the turnover rate (TR), and the trading probability (TP). Using daily data for the period January 1997 and December 2003, we find mixed results on the relationship between liquidity and returns. There is greater evidence of liquidity having a negative effect on returns on the SHSE than on the SZSE. However, this evidence is not robust across the three proxies for liquidity that we use. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
Reducing informal payments in the health care system: Evidence from a large patient satisfaction surveyManouchehr Mokhtari | Mamak Ashtari
Volume 23, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 189-200
Paucity of information on the informal market for health services hampers the governments' efforts in performing their desirable roles in informing, regulating, mandating, financing and providing health services to their people. Analysis of data from a survey of almost 20,000 patients fills a void in understanding informal payments in the countries in transition. A probability model of informal payments shows that knowledge and information have significant impact on reducing frequency of informal payments. Thus, . informing patients, which is the least expensive and intrusive role of the government, could significantly reduce out-of-pocket health care spending. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
The determinants of bilateral FDI: Is Asia different?Peter A. Petri
Volume 23, Issue 3, June 2012, Pages 201-209
Intra-Asian foreign direct investment (FDI) is dominated by flows from high technology economies to medium technology economies, while FDI elsewhere primarily consists of flows among high technology economies. This distinctive pattern is not due simply to differences in the relative distribution of Asian FDI recipients by technology, or to systematic differences in Asia's technology characteristics. A gravity model analysis is used to explore whether Asian FDI patterns differ significantly from those elsewhere, and if so, in what ways. The results show that Asian FDI flows, in contrast to other FDI flows, systematically favor hosts with relatively low technology achievement and relatively strong intellectual property rights regimes. This type of " Asian exceptionalism" is consistent with " flying geese" theories that have argued that Asian development is the result of technology flows among economies that occupy nearby rungs of the technology ladder. © 2011 Elsevier Inc..
Inflation targeting and inflation persistence in Asia-PacificStefan Gerlach | Peter Tillmann
Volume 23, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 360-373
Following the Asian financial crisis in 1997-1998, a number of regional central banks adopted inflation targeting. While it is possible for the average inflation rate to be close to target, deviations of inflation could nevertheless be large and protracted. We therefore explore how successful this framework has been by looking at the persistence of inflation, as measured by the sum of the coefficients in an autoregressive model for inflation, using a median unbiased estimator and bootstrapped confidence bands. We find that persistence tends to decline following the adoption of inflation targeting. The speed by which persistence falls varies across countries. Interestingly, the economies not adopting inflation targeting show a smaller decline in persistence. Overall, we conclude that inflation targeting has performed well in Asia. © 2012 Elsevier Inc..
The relationship between technical efficiency and industrial concentration: Evidence from the Indonesian food and beverages industryMaman Setiawan | Grigorios Emvalomatis | Alfons Oude Lansink
Volume 23, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 466-475
This paper investigates the relationship between technical efficiency and industrial concentration in the Indonesian food and beverages sector. Firm-level data obtained from the Indonesian Bureau of Central Statistics (BPS) are used to estimate technical efficiency scores and calculate measures of industrial concentration. The results show that the food and beverages industry is characterized by high industrial concentration and firms in the industry are inefficient. The Granger-causality test suggests a one-way direction of causality, with industrial concentration having a negative impact on technical efficiency, at the sector level. This suggests that the quiet-life hypothesis, rather than the efficient-structure hypothesis, applies to the Indonesian food and beverages industry. © 2012 Elsevier Inc..


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Roger Ebert said in his film review, "Coppola has been criticized in some circles for her use of a contemporary pop overlay — hit songs, incongruous dialogue, jarring intrusions of the Now upon the Then. But no one ever lives as Then; it is always Now. Many characters in historical films seem somehow aware that they are living in the past. Marie seems to think she is a teenager living in the present, which of course she is — and the contemporary pop references invite the audience to share her present with ours."
You know what I was thinking while I was researching this, why isn't there a band named Marie Antoinette??? Or maybe I'm saying that because I'm listening to the movie soundtrack, and the music is so thematic that it sounds like one band. Some people don't like Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette because of the colours, the music and I have heard some complain about Kirsten Dunst being Coppola's muse. I say never mind all that. I'm not here to argue with the non believers, I am from the Sofia Coppola society. One thing I've always loved about her films… her choice in music. It always seemed as if she pictured the scene with the music already on her mind. It is indeed difficult for me to write this without picturing the film, I encourage you to watch the film and pay attention to the music.
I know this album came out in 2006, but a good soundtrack works like an album I think. There's not a 'good' time to listen to it but now, and it's never out-dated. Funny enough, the Marie Antoinette OST is a complete compilation of 80s music and classical music. I'll admit that some of these bands I did not know, in fact perhaps being more familiar with the classical music than the modern ones. Regardless, I have grown to really appreciate some of the bands that were unknown to me before. Yes, I'm one of those big nerds that hears songs in a movie then looks them up.
I really like this album because the music, especially the tracks by The Radio Dept (up to 3) have a great sense of nostalgia and colour to them. The tracks paint the pictures in my mind. If you match it with the film, it paints colours of a time lost, like Coppola's first big studio film The Virgin Suicides. Other tracks, like Bow Wow Wow's remixed I Want Candy, Aphrodisiac, Fools Rush In and Siouxsie & The Banshees' Hong Kong Garden, give the aura of decadence and good times. And, I need to mention The Cure's Ceremony, the grandeur used strategically in a crowning scene.
I treat this soundtrack like an album, a smart and colourful compilation of music that makes me wonder…
The Strokes – What Ever Happened
The Radio Dept – Pulling Our Weight
Windsor For The Derby – The Melody Of A Fallen Tree
The Radio Dept – I Don't Like It Like This
Full track listing.
Disc One
1. "Hong Kong Garden (With Strings Intro)" – Siouxsie & The Banshees
2. ""Aphrodisiac" – Bow Wow Wow
3. "What Ever Happened" – The Strokes
4. "Pulling Our Weight" – The Radio Dept.
5. "Ceremony" – New Order
6. "Natural's Not in It" – Gang of Four
7. "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" – Bow Wow Wow
8. "Kings of the Wild Frontier" – Adam & The Ants
9. "Concerto in G"[1] – Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
10. "The Melody of a Fallen Tree" – Windsor for the Derby
11. "I Don't Like It Like This" – The Radio Dept.
12. "Plainsong" – The Cure
Disc Two
1. "Intro Versailles" – Reitzell / Beggs
2. "Jynweythek Ylow" – Aphex Twin
3. "Opus 17" – Dustin O'Halloran
4. "Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" – Air
5. "Keen On Boys" – The Radio Dept.
6. "Opus 23" – Dustin O'Halloran
7. "Les barricades mystérieuses" – François Couperin / Reitzell
8. "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix)" – Bow Wow Wow
9. "Avril 14th" – Aphex Twin
10. "K. 213" – Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
11. "Tommib Help Buss" – Squarepusher
12. "Tristes Apprêts, Pâles Flambeaux" – Jean Philippe Rameau / W. Christie[2]
13. "Opus 36" – Dustin O'Halloran
14. "All Cats Are Grey" – The Cure
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A gender wage gap becomes apparent after college, with female graduates earning only about $46K on average compared to $67K for male graduates.
A B.A. in Bachelor of Arts (BA) will compensate Erskine College and Seminary grads at a much higher rate than other degrees — these alums rake in $93K on average per year. A Bachelor's Degree offers the lowest median annual financial reward (around $50K).
Competency in Administration translates into above-average pay for Erskine College and Seminary grads — they earn 18 percent more than their fellow graduates. Administration is a popular skill among Erskine College and Seminary alumni, with just under one in four grads reporting using it on the job.
A strong majority of graduates set up a 401(k) to save for retirement. For this school, a strong majority of survey participants are the recipients of health benefits, and more than half of survey participants pick up dental plans, too. Erskine College and Seminary alumni are rewarded with additional benefits, such as tuition reimbursement, a company-subsidized cell phone, and life insurance.
Alumni of Furman University pick up average paychecks of $51K, which is closest to the amount made by Erskine College and Seminary grads among similar schools. Presbyterian College, Wofford College, and Oglethorpe University are also similar to Erskine College and Seminary.
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Okay, I feel the need to correct myself after yesterday's report on the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut, which I still haven't played. After watching a few videos of the added endings, I wasn't impressed much. However, I seemed to have neglected the fact that BioWare's initial version of ME3 had utterly crappy endings with no closure at all and there was little resolution on all the characters in the game. With this new DLC, BioWare actually offers a lot of explanation on what happens after the end scene and after Shepard makes the final choice.
BioWare had a choice too. The could've just ignored the complaints from fans, like most developers would've probably done. Only they didn't. Instead they took all the criticism on board and they actually went back to the game to correct their mistakes, which is a commendable effort despite of what you may think about them as a development team.
I'll still say this again. I wasn't bothered too much by the ending in Mass Effect 3. True, I felt it left a lot things unexplained, but I wasn't as outraged as so many people were. They were pissed off because the player had very little impact on the ending and the closure of the story itself. This wasn't that much of a bother for me. Other things pissed me off about Mass Effect in general - like the decision to take a lot of the RPG elements out and to focus on action. That's bothered me ever since Mass Effect 2, but that's another issue.
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What point is there in replaying the Mass Effect trilogy? No point at all, because our choices don't mean shit. Thanks a lot Bioware, you really showed how much you "care" about your fans. Fucking Biowhores!
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Samething happening to Blizzard after they merge with Activision at the moment. As game companies gets bigger the game becomes worst, it's a pattern I notice. Just look at Kirosoft, they're a mobile games developer and their games like game dev story got more gameplay and charm more than alot of AAA games ever would.
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I used SNKRs and have used the app before to cop, but this time when I searched for other pairs a pop-up just came up that said 'Congrats a pair is yours' (or something to that extent) with no confirmation or anything. Usually it says 'congrats we found you a pair'...then if you want to complete purchase so I'm skeptical whether I copped or not. Anyone have this happen?
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The game begins with a very peaceful evening in the Mushroom Kingdom where Mario sees flying crystals in the sky. The next day, he receives a note from Bowser that contains both an apology for doing bad deeds and an invitation to his castle for a feast. Mario gathers up Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, Peach, Daisy, Wario and Waluigi to go Bowser's castle. Once they get there, Bowser uses his powers to capture and shrink all eight. The miniature eight wake up outside and go on a quest to find the star crystals to restore themselves to normal and defeat Bowser.
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Miami SWAT Buying Body Armor From Company Linked to Fraud, Prostitution
In the chaos that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001, David H. Brooks got rich. He transformed a small, struggling company called DHB Industries into one of the biggest body armor manufacturers in the nation, supplying American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stock prices soared from $2 to $20.
But as business boomed, so did expenses: luxury cars, prostitutes for his employees, plastic surgery for his wife, even a $100,000 bejeweled belt buckle befitting Tony Stark himself -- at least according to prosecutors in New York, where Brooks is on trial for fraud.
Now Brooks's old company, renamed Point Blank Solutions, has moved to Pompano Beach. And despite filing for bankruptcy and questions over the quality of its products, Point Blank is selling body armor to Miami's SWAT team.
The company has quickly distanced itself from the man who transformed it into a Teflon powerhouse.
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"Point Blank Solutions has no comment on David Brooks, as he hasn't been affiliated with the company since 2006," says spokesman Glenn Wiener. Prior to moving to Pompano Beach, the business was headquartered on Long Island, where Brooks's trial is now being held.
The company's website lists Miami SWAT as one of its customers, adding:
SWAT teams are trained to perform high-risk operations that typically fall outside the responsibility of regular officers, with duties including hostage rescues, counter-terrorism operations, high-risk arrests and search warrants, and engaging heavily-armed criminals. Because of these higher level threat situations, SWAT officers require specialized weaponry and body armor systems and accessories.
A website for a Point Blank line of body armor called PACA shows Miami SWAT officers receiving awards for surviving gunshots -- all thanks to the company's body armor. The website even quotes police spokesman Cmdr. Delrish Moss as saying, "Thank God he was wearing his vest -- because he's alive."
An article in yesterday's New York Times that described the charges against Brooks also claimed "there have been questions about the vests produced by the company, similar to questions faced by others in the industry, regarding both the use of a material now known to become more permeable in high heat and the lack of protection provided to some vital areas."
Wiener, the Point Blank spokesman, vigorously denied that suggestion, saying, "We've had no issues with our body armor, no reports of problems, and no lives negatively affected. We stand by our products and continue to get orders for them from around the world."
But an unaffiliated website apparently set up to defend Brooks's reputation does make mention of investigations into the company's body armor, alleging "he was attacked by a reporter from one of the major news companies through malicious verbal and media attacks on his body armor technology."
Brooks's lawyers began their closing arguments Monday.
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The following is a guest post from Elder Jabari Paul, a member of People For the American Way's African American Ministers in Action, following last week's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Stand Your Ground laws.
My perspective on Stand Your Ground laws (SYG) is shaped by my experience and calling as a young African American clergyman and as a native of Florida, the first state to pass this type of legislation. I believe that these laws raise important questions about the moral values of our country.
The debate around SYG comes during challenging times in America – times when the political landscape is starkly divided and mass slayings in public settings are much too frequent. These laws have been divisive policies since the first one passed in October 2005 in Florida. Public contentiousness surrounding SYG can be traced back to the choices of many politicians to ignore the will of the majority on SYG laws and to push the agendas of powerful and moneyed interest groups, like the National Rifle Association. SYG has been a wedge issue because politicians, particularly conservatives, have supported such laws to placate their base in spite of a lack of need for these laws.
Stand Your Ground has been championed by its supporters as a type of law that is necessary to prevent crime in urban areas and to protect citizens from the violence of "thugs." These arguments have clear racial undertones. Words like "urban" and "thug" have been used since America's post-Reconstruction days to speak in coded language about African Americans and other minorities. SYG tramples upon the civil rights of those perceived to be a threat. The tragedy of these laws is compounded when the person attacked is killed and only their attacker has an opportunity to tell what happened.
As a Christian, minister and an African American male under 35, my views on SYG are shaped by my culture and my religious beliefs. I believe that SYG perpetuates violence in a society that already knows violence too well. Jesus Christ taught the opposite of violence – love. In His renowned "Sermon on the Mount," Jesus said, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." In these verses, Jesus is stressing that violence should be the last form of recourse in any situation. SYG, on the other hand, justifies and can even facilitate violence.
Our country deserves better than this. The United States of America is called, and no doubt is, the greatest nation in world. It's time for our elected officials to drastically amend or repeal Stand Your Ground laws.
It's been an exciting few days for supporters of LGBT equality. Following last night's Senate cloture vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, today the Illinois House passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry, setting the stage for Illinois to become the 15th state in the nation with full marriage equality. One version of the bill has already been passed by the Illinois Senate, and Governor Pat Quinn has promised to sign it. When he does, thirty percent of our nation's states will have marriage equality.
PFAW has been on the ground in Illinois, supporting the push for marriage equality in any way we can. In addition to providing lobbying training materials so Illinois voters could bring their support for equality directly to their elected officials through calls, emails, and in-person visits, PFAW members joined thousands of friends in the March on Springfield for Marriage Equality last month.
In what the CEO of Equality Illinois has called the "national march toward full recognition of the dignity of all gay and lesbian couples," Illinois has brought us one state closer to full marriage equality nationwide. And while 15 states represents real momentum, we won't stop until every committed couple in the country has access to the legal protections they need to take care of each other and their families.
The following is a guest post by Rev. Dorothy Chaney, a licensed Baptist minister in Miami and a member of People For the American Way's African American Ministers in Action.
I have lived in Florida all my life, but here's something I didn't always know: in my state, you can be fired for being gay.
It's true – although most of us don't realize it. Here in Florida, we lack both a state and federal law protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) employees from workplace discrimination. That means that even if you are the most dedicated employee – always on time, always going that extra mile – you can still be fired because of who you are or who you love.
That's not right.
Why? First of all, because ensuring that all of us have the opportunity to provide for our families is a core American value. Passing a bill in Congress called the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would help make sure that LGBT workers across the country are protected from workplace mistreatment. It's simple – if you work hard, you shouldn't be fired because of attributes that have nothing to do with your work performance.
Second, my religious beliefs mean I am dedicated to supporting those in need. As Bishop Gene Robinson pointed out in 2011, "The scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are filled with admonitions that we will be judged by the way we treat our most vulnerable members." He wrote that we are "morally bound" to take care of those who are marginalized, such as LGBT Americans.
He's right. As a Christian minister, I have worked for many years to lift up those most vulnerable in our communities, from counseling women facing unplanned pregnancies to speaking out in support of those needing access to health care. I have come to see that in order to continue my work for justice, I also need to speak out in support of employment protections for LGBT members of my community. Though faith traditions and leaders may have differing beliefs about sexuality, surely we can agree that every person should be treated with dignity in their place of work. Every person should be able to be open about who they are without fearing for their job.
Finally, not only is passing ENDA the moral thing to do, it's also the popular thing to do. That's true here in Florida and also across the country. New polling estimates that more than 60% of Floridians support ENDA.
Unfortunately, those who don't support these protections are using dishonest arguments to try to mislead the public about the legislation. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, for example, has claimed that if ENDA is passed, "Our freedom of religion will be destroyed." This is certainly not true. The ENDA bill even carves out a specific exemption so it will not apply to religious corporations, societies, associations, and schools. The fact is, it goes the extra mile to protect religious liberty, and it is supported by a broad array of religious groups. The bottom line is that ENDA is in no way an attack on religious liberty any more than existing anti-discrimination laws are.
Others are using repugnant arguments in an attempt not just to defeat the bill, but to attack and malign LGBT members of my community. Last year, Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition went as far as using the Newtown tragedy in a misguided attempt to turn public opinion against ENDA. Referencing a school district anti-discrimination policy in nearby Orange County, Florida, Lafferty argued that while parents are concerned about "protecting our children" in the wake of the Newtown shooting, they should be worried about ENDA's "devastating effects" as "people with some real issues [play] out their personal problems in the classroom." These kinds of lies about our LGBT neighbors underscore why the discrimination protections are needed in the first place.
It is my hope that all of our elected officials will choose to stand on the side of pro-equality majorities rather than with those pushing hurtful lies about LGBT Americans. I was heartened to see that Sen. Nelson has signed on as a cosponsor. Now it's time for Sen. Rubio to step up to the plate, as well.
Because at the end of the day, discrimination is discrimination. It has no place in our hearts and no place in our workplaces.
Today, PFAW's Right Wing Watch posted new footage of Sen. Ted Cruz's father, Raphael Cruz, denying evolution, claiming that gay rights advances endanger children and warning that the United States government is controlled by Satan. These are only the most recent extremist comments from the senator's father – a frequent campaign surrogate --- to come to light. Right Wing Watch previously exposed the elder Cruz's promotion of anti-Obama conspiracy theories and Christian-Nation rhetoric, and last week Mother Jones posted videos of him saying that the president should go "back to Kenya."
On Friday, PFAW President Michael Keegan joined Rev. Al Sharpton on PoliticsNation to discuss Rafael Cruz's extremism and why it matters:
People For the American Way Director of Communications Drew Courtney appeared on Disrupt with Karen Finney this weekend to discuss Senate Republicans' reckless obstruction of President Obama's nominees to the important Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Immigration reform activists and President Obama have renewed the push for Congress to act on much-needed immigration legislation this year. We now see new movement as three Republicans have joined numerous Democrats in the House in co-sponsoring legislation that moves us closer to reform.
The question to ask going forward is whether House Republican leaders will side with extreme right-wing voices -- the same voices that shut down government -- or the majority of Americans who support a bi-partisan solution. It's a clear choice and Republican leaders in the House have the power to move reform forward. All of this is laid out in People For's recent Right Wing Watch report: Congressional Republicans' Clear Choice on Immigration.
Unable to come up with any legitimate reason to filibuster President Obama's three nominees to the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Senate Republicans have landed on a not-so-convincing excuse: They claim that the court has too many judges as it is and that it would be wasteful to fill its remaining vacancies.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa has even gone so far as to introduce a bill that would permanently reduce the number of seats on the influential court from eleven to eight (the number of active judges currently sitting on the court), thereby preventing President Obama from placing any more nominees on the court. (The president has had one nominee confirmed to the DC Circuit, compared to four nominees under President Bush and eight under President Reagan).
Grassley's bill would reduce the number of slots on the DC Circuit by three and "reallocate" two of those seats to circuits that he contends need the judges more.
There are a number of gaping flaws in Grassley's logic, the first of which is that he and his fellow Republicans were eager to fill the very same DC Circuit seats that they are now trying to eliminate back when President Bush was the one making nominations.
Then, there's the fact that there seems to be absolutely no basis for reallocating the two D.C. Circuit seats to the Eleventh and Second circuits. The official office that evaluates the needs of federal courts and makes recommendations for adding and removing seats doesn't include the D.C. Circuit in its recommendations because the court's caseload is uniquely complex and difficult to compare to that of other courts…and it also hasn't recommended that the Eleventh or Second circuits get new judges.
This was confirmed by a former Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit whose statement [see p. 34 of this pdf] was submitted into the Senate record last month confirming that his former court indeed does not need new judges:
Since my appointment to the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1990, the judges of our court annually have voted whether or not we should ask Congress to authorize more federal judges. Each time our court considers the topic, an overwhelming majority of our members have voted "no!"
Even one of the co-sponsors of the court-rigging bill – Sen. Jeff Sessions – has gone on record saying that the Eleventh and Second Circuits actually don't need new judgeships.
All of which makes one suspect that of all the goals that Sen. Grassley might have in mind with the Court Efficiency Act, the efficiency of the courts is probably not one of them.


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Is the U.S. Current Account Deficit Sustainable? If Not, How Costly Is Adjustment Likely to Be?
This paper analyzes the relationship between the U.S. dollar and the U.S. current account, dealing with issues of sustainability and the mechanics of current account adjustment. The analysis differs from other work in several respects. First, it emphasizes the dynamics of current account adjustment, going beyond computations of the real depreciation required to achieve sustainability. The analysis shows that, even if foreigners' net demand for U.S. assets continues to increase significantly, the current account deficit is likely to fall steeply in the not too distant future. Second, the paper uses international evidence to explore the likelihood of an abrupt decline in capital flows into the United States. Third, it analyzes the international evidence on current account reversals, to investigate the potential consequences of a sudden stop of capital inflows. This analysis suggests that adjustment of the U.S. external accounts is likely to result in a significant reduction in growth.
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