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Missus well...its possible the problem isnt on your end. Sometimes people act aggressively to get email addresses, home addresses, and even PHONE numbers... but for particular reasons, might fear one person.. now... you are SO nice and honest.. that could scare some people away..... Its not that hard to meet up with a person... public place, lots of people around.. take it as it comes. I think its just *that person*..... I know someone who only met people bearing a half ton of fabric from cleaning out a stash... so to speak LOLOL I dont think its you... hugs :)
Although someone else did mention your "newness" to the QB could be a concern to some.
I did NOT say I saw you as a threat ... what I did say was that it would be one of the things that would make me slow down before I gave a resounding YES to a GTG.
I knew I should not have mentioned your screen name, and did put a cautionary comment there.
Perhaps you had shared that with this other person? Perhaps not?
And again, I did NOT say it would hold me back.
Rather that it may have been a red flag to this other person and/or others.
The thing to remember that when online, we really don't know WHO is at the other end.
Safety and precautions are ever so important in this modern-big-bad-modern-world of cyberspace.
We all hear stories all the time of meet-ups from the web that go wrong.
Just because someone is on the QB does not mean they are totally safe.
And as some have pointed out, not everyone is as outgoing and willing to GTG as you are.
In the end, don't fret over it ... move on and sure enough you'll find someone else who is interested in meeting you IRL!!!
Good Luck!
PS ... remember, I have met others from QB, so while I am cautious, I am not against doing so.
I wouldn't mind meeting someone in a public place for coffee but in today's day and age I think we all feel we need to be more careful where we go and who we meet since you really don't know who you are meeting up with and maybe there a little older and a little nervous. I think today people are not so trusting as we used to be such a shame but times are really different so I wouldn't take it personally. Sue
Of course. Have not taken it personally, was simply doing a sort of survey to see how other people felt.
QuiltE, sure I shared and always share with others as I most instantly regretting choosing my last name as a username and have requested a change due to the confusion and negative connotation of my last name. You are so right. And how do I know that this other person is safe? LOLOL...funny, all of this!
I felt bad that I pushed a meeting and posted so for reality check.
Here's one for you. Several years ago, i was part of a BB dedicated to decorating. There were about 30 of us and we'd share each others tears, laughter, trials, joys and sadness. We decided after a couple of years that we should all get together to meet. So, we planned to meet in Denver. About 20 of us from all over the United States booked flights and a hotel. Our husbands were leery, our friends were appalled, our kids had thought we went off our nut.
However, we had SOOO much fun that weekend!! We laughed ourselves silly, the hotel LOVED us and we got to know each other in person. One gal flew in from South Carolina and the one woman who lived in Denver (and now my bestest friend in the whole world) and I went to the airport to pick her up. As everyone was deboarding the plane, they kept saying - she's back there, she's coming and they were all laughing. One businessman stopped and said, "You ladies are going to have the time of your life with that livewire." We sure did!! She is now my other bestest friend in the whole world!! Out of that one trip, I got TWO "sisters of my heart, if not my blood".
Interesting topic! I can see it from both sides. I'm really an introvert although most people wouldn't believe me if I told them that! I retired as a Division Director, have held (and still do hold) offices on boards, and can handle teaching and speaking in front of large groups - even have been the keynote speaker at several events. However, THAT is not the real me! I can do those things because I force myself to do them. I really prefer solitude - quilting or reading particularly. I struggle with socially polite conversation and prefer my alone time. I "socialize" on here and enjoy it but online and in person are too entirely different animals. I would advise to offer but not to push if you want to meet outside of online. The reasons someone may not want to could be as varied as we are. I love that this board gives those that don't desire the in-person social interaction an outlet for conversation and friendship. Even an introvert values friendships and having someone there that will listen :)
The ladies in our quilt group met through this board. We saw from our profiles that we were all in the same area, set a date to meet as a group and we have been having fun ever since.
But I would advice not to push your friend. Online friends are nice to have too.
I met the wonderful woman who got me quilting by donation bags of scrap materials at a local shopping mall. After that we made arrangements to meet at the little lunch counter they used to have a Marden's in Waterville, Me.
I think a neutral place is always a good idea
I met a lady on this board ten years ago. She had visited as "a guest", said she lived in an area that I knew was close to me. I messaged her, we met for coffee and have been good friends ever since. I no longer live close to her, but we are close enough to meet in a "middle spot" every six weeks for lunch.......We were just lucky as we both "clicked". If you don't, no biggies, but nice when you do.


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Bees work pecan tress and produce a very flavorful honey. (it makes an amazing mead).
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The nation is abuzz with talk of replacing imported oil with
"biofuels" produced from homegrown materials. This past
April, for example, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency honored
singer Willie ("On the Road Again") Nelson for his efforts
to promote the use of biodiesel through his "BioWillie"
brand, which is now being distributed at filling stations
nationally. Clearly, many hurdles stand in the way of making such
biofuels commercially competitive with traditional sources. Indeed,
it remains very difficult to forecast whether powering our vehicles
with crop derivatives will ever be a truly economic proposition.
Still, it's not too early to ponder what the widespread adoption of
biofuels would mean for the environment and to take a hard look at
the best strategy available, which may require tapping a very
unconventional crop.
Some back-of-the-envelope calculations are helpful in this regard.
Michael S. Briggs, a biodiesel advocate at the University of New
Hampshire, has estimated that the United States would need about 140
billion gallons of biodiesel each year to replace all the
petroleum-based transportation fuels currently being used. This
calculation is premised on the idea that Americans could over time
switch to using diesel vehicles, as European drivers are clearly
doing. (Half the cars sold in Europe now run on diesel.) Although
one could make a similar appraisal for the amount of biomass-derived
ethanol needed to fill all of our transportation-fuel needs, it
would be unlikely that drivers would ever want to tank up entirely
on ethanol, which contains only two-thirds the energy of gasoline
gallon for gallon, whereas biodiesel (according to Briggs) ends up
being only 2 percent less fuel-efficient than petroleum-based
diesel. Hence a switchover would demand no new technology and would
not significantly reduce the driving range of a car or truck.
The chief feedstock for biodiesel is plant oil derived from one crop
or another. Many candidates have been considered—including
hemp. Perhaps a more reasonable choice is rapeseed oil. An acre of
rapeseed could provide about 100 gallons of biodiesel per
year. To fuel the country this way would thus require 1.4
billion acres of rapeseed fields. This number is a sizable fraction
of the total U.S. land area (2.4 billion acres) and considerably
more than the 400 million or so acres under cultivation in this
country. So the burden on freshwater supplies and the general
disruption that would accompany such a switch in fuel sources would
be immense.
This simple exercise is sobering. It suggests that weaning ourselves
from petroleum fuels and growing rapeseed instead to power the
nation's vehicles would be an environmental catastrophe. Are more
productive oil crops the answer? Oil palms currently top the list
because they can provide enough oil to produce about 500 gallons of
biodiesel per acre per year, which reduces the land requirement
fivefold. Yet its cultivation demands a tropical climate, and its
large-scale production, which currently comes from such countries as
Malaysia and Indonesia, is a significant factor in the ongoing
destruction of what rainforest remains there. Conservationists have
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dwindling population of orangutans, for example, which exist in the
wild only in Borneo and Sumatra. Even the World Bank attributes the
accelerating rate of forest clearing in Indonesia largely to the
establishment of oil-palm plantations. So here again, the prospect
of dedicating sufficient land to growing feedstock for the world's
transportation needs promises to be an environmental nightmare.
There is, however, a "crop" that is widely recognized as
having the potential to meet the demands of a biodiesel-based
transportation fleet without devastating the natural landscape:
algae. Some varieties of these single-celled plants can contain 50
percent or more oil. And they grow much more rapidly than ordinary
cultivars—with doubling times that can be as short as several hours.
The U.S. Department of Energy funded considerable research on
biofuel production using algae after the oil shocks of the 1970s, an
effort known as the Aquatic Species Program. Although this DOE
program was terminated in the mid-1990s, much experience was gained
through research and various demonstration projects. The results
suggested that algae can be grown in sufficient density to provide
for the production of several thousand gallons of biodiesel
per acre per year—a full order of magnitude better than can be
expected using palm oil and two orders of magnitude better than soybeans.
So it is no wonder that many scientists and entrepreneurs are once
again looking hard at the prospects for using algae to produce
transportation fuels. And sizable amounts of money are being
invested in various schemes for doing so. "When Katrina hit and
the price of diesel went to $3.20, that's when the flood gates
opened," says David J. Bayless, a professor of mechanical
engineering at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Bayless and his colleagues have been working with scientists at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory to engineer a device that can grow
cyanobacteria ("blue-green algae"). It uses carbon dioxide
from power-plant flue gases and sunlight that is captured by a
parabolic dish and distributed to the growing surfaces through
optical fibers. With his enclosed bioreactor, Bayless claims to be
able to produce as much as 60 grams of biomass per square meter of
growing surface per day, which is about twice the highest long-term
productivity achieved by the Aquatic Species Program in a
large-scale demonstration in Hawaii using open ponds. Whether
Bayless's system can be scaled up and operated economically remains
to be seen, but some people appear to think there's a possibility:
Manhattan-based Veridium Corporation has licensed this invention in
hopes of commercializing it.
Isaac Berzin, who left MIT to found a Cambridge startup named
GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, is developing algal bioreactors
that would similarly exploit the carbon dioxide coming out of power
plants to fertilize the growth of algae that can then be used to
produce biodiesel. John Lewnard, who is vice president of process
development for GreenFuel, is keenly aware of the challenges
involved in devising a bioreactor that costs little and supports
sufficient productivity that excessive land use is not a factor.
GreenFuel Technologies operated a prototype system at the MIT
cogeneration facility and is currently setting up a more advanced
bioreactor at a natural-gas fired power station at an undisclosed
location in the American Southwest, where having abundant sunlight
for growing algae is presumably less of a problem than in Cambridge.
Lewnard says that productivities of about 100 grams of algae per
meter squared per day (about three times what was demonstrated
during the Aquatic Species Program) is needed to achieve commercial
viability, adding that "we're working very hard to meet that target."
Another recent effort of this type is being carried out by Kent
SeaTech Corporation, which has its headquarters in San Diego. This
company has gained experience growing algae in conjunction with its
striped bass aquaculture operations near California's Salton
Sea. So it was poised to respond when the California state
government started looking for ways to treat the water flowing into
this closed basin, which receives huge quantities of nutrient-laden
runoff from adjacent agricultural lands.
"It's no real difficult feat to turn nutrients into
algae," says Kent SeaTech's director of research, Jon C. Van
Olst, "but how do you get it out of the water? They are almost
impossible to harvest." Van Olst and his coworkers have been
devising ways to enhance the settling of the algae, and they are
currently doing research on turning algal biomass into useful fuel.
Van Olst believes that several separate benefits have to come
together to make growing algae an attractive proposition—the
removal of nutrients from wastewater, the capture of carbon dioxide
that would other otherwise go into the atmosphere, the production of
biodiesel from algal oils and the use of the remaining biomass for
animal feeds. "All those things together might [make] this cost
effective," he says.
The people now working on these and several similar commercial
ventures are clearly eager to make growing algae a going business in
this country. Yet it's not hard to find experts who view such
prospects as dim indeed. John R. Benemann, a private consultant in
Walnut Creek, California, manages the International Network on
Biofixation of CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Abatement with
Microalgae for the International Energy Agency. He helped author the
final report of the Aquatic Species Program and has decades of
experience in this field. "Growing algae is cheap," he
says, but "certainly not as cheap as growing palm oil."
And he is particularly skeptical about attempts to make algal
production more economical by using enclosed bioreactors (rather
than open ponds, as were used for the Aquatic Species Program). He
points out that Japan spent hundreds of millions of dollars on such
research, which never went anywhere. Asked to comment about why
there is so much effort in that direction now, he responds,
"It's bizarre; it's totally absurd."
Even more telling is the reaction of Gerald R. Cysewski, president
and chief executive officer of Cyanotech Corporation, a Hawaii
company that grows algae for sale as a food supplement. Cysewski,
who holds a doctorate in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley, is
no stranger to the biofuels concept: For his Ph.D. (which he earned
more than two decades ago), he studied the enzymatic production of
ethanol from cellulose. Yet he has turned down recent offers to
collaborate on projects to use algae for producing biofuels,
preferring to keep his business focused on products that sell
anywhere from $18 to $380 per kilogram (fuel oil, he points out,
goes for something like 45 cents per kilogram). "In the
laboratory, you can create some very efficient bioreactors, but it
just isn't scalable," he says. Asked whether biodiesel will
ever be made this way, he responds: "Not from
microalgae—I just can't see it."
Even Kent SeaTech's Van Olst has serious reservations. "I'd put
myself in with the skeptics," he says. "It may work, but
it's going to take a while and a lot of research before we get anywhere."
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Happy to find a place to communicate with beekeepers and people interested in it ( like myself ) and have a place to keep abreast of the ever changing world of beekeeping or should I have said, apiculturist. Any way, it has been 33 years since I left the commercial beekeeping world and have proclaimed all these years, no business, requires more work and effort than commercial, migratory beekeeping. Maybe my veiw was tainted as I was the youngest and took the full load, work all day, drive all night, drive back, sleep a few hours, load and go again..... When I started, we handloaded 600 to 900 hives and worked the Holly/mellaleuca, orange blossom, palmetto/galberry, watermelon pollination and on to the summer yards...then repeat the process.
Now, I am interested in starting over and keep enough to pollinate all the wildflowers and gardens around here. We do have an abundance of sourwood so, I could clean up for one edible crop. Sorry, I prefer the unmixed, table grade, crops.
So, please don't beat up on me too bad.
Worked in the following operations:
Leon Wyrosdick, Archer Fl, his cousins Jeff Wyrosdick, Jeffs father, Uncle Rufus, another cousin of Leon's, Harry Austin in Plantation and Fellsmere Fl and Elgie Brown in Ft Lauderdale Fl. Sold honey to Hubbard in Eustis Fl, Phillips in Lake Wales, can't remember who in Fort Walton Beach, Fl. and made the supply runs to Dadant when it was in Umatilla. Wax from Charlotte........can't remember the last name, and was well known as one of the 2 crazy ponytailed, never shirted, never veiled ( kept one rolled up in my back pocket for the times the face was being attacked too much ) and always in the middle of the yard pulling honey or supering, unprotected. Back in the days of blowing the bees, no acid boards ever, pulling honey. Enjoyed the sweat and the tears. Too long of a boring story, I am done.
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It's time to have them back on the show again. I realize things happen but come on people grow up. Let me handle Joshua how she wants to handle him. Let the rest of us enjoy the rest of the Duggar family I love you guys and I just hope bygones will be bygones and you will be back on TV soon, Judy teman
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The Duggar's let their girls wear such heavy Jezebel make up and it's a sign the Devil's work is in their house. Josh sexually molested his 5 year old sister by touching her breasts and genitals while he was reading to her, another sign the Devil is at work in their home. The Duggar's went against God by not reporting the illegal acts to the law right away and he did it to 4 more of his sisters because it was a compulsive sexual perversion. The Devil sure is at work when Christian families have members that sexually molest their own sisters and the Holt girl Josh was courting.
The parents should of became celibate to set a good example after they found out about Josh and had all those children already. The Devil is definitely to blame.
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Derick & Ben are probably wondering what kind of inbred clan they married into. Feel sorry for those guys. I'm sure they didn't sign up for family fornication and pedophile when they married the Duggar girls. I'm sure Jill & Jessa's husband will never look at Josh or the entire family in the same light that they once did.
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I don't feel it is fair to punish the entire family for Josh sins & he didn't try to lie his way out of it. I think another network could take the family into another show. UP has their Bates friends. Jesus died for our sins…no one has gone thru life without commiting a sin but this is huge for sure! I have concerns for Josh & Anna's children. Did the Duggar parents handle it right & my opinion is NO! But Michelle kept saying that modesty is mandated as that probably made the girls feel they deserved what happened. Also I think JimBob is out of control kissing Michelle constantly. But I loved some of their shows & some great ideas. I pray for them & let go & let God send people to their lives to fix this. What is important is that no one else falls prey especially Anna & praying for u!


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Hello all, I look forward to some good conversations with you good folks.
This is my second year with the bees. I started last year with 2 sets of packaged bees and lost one over winter, bought another established hive body and have since caught two swarms in the past week. So now i have a total of 4.
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A PBX phone system or asterisk server running in a remote location to serve as an anonymous relay to yourself and the person you are calling via telephone
I just used a phone proxy from ProxyServices.com and called in a bomb threat to the school, hope they dont turn my docs over to the feds!
by MrShasta August 24, 2010
The act of complimenting - or complaining - about someone in the locale by calling a friend and voicing your opinion loudly.
<On phone> Yeah, there's a girl on the train with cracking tits, but the twat she's sitting with is playing some R&B crap out his mobile. Glad I can cain him by phone proxy; the fuckjaw can't hear me.
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Dublb, just realized I brought a machine like you got back in time to PC page 95. Amazing what you can learn by rereading our PC section...how many patterns do you have for your 340 Deco? Have you had your lessons and used it yet?
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February is UTSA Financial Aid Awareness Month
By John Shaffer
Outreach Specialist, Office of Financial Aid and Enrollment Services
(Jan. 31, 2008)--The UTSA Office of Student Financial Aid and Enrollment Services and several other UTSA offices will sponsor Financial Aid Awareness Month with a series of events throughout February. The events are to increase awareness of grants, scholarships, work-study jobs and loans -- and services available to undergraduate and graduate students.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Staff from the Office of Student Financial Aid and Enrollment Services will open the month with a pirate-themed open house, "Roadrunners of the Caribbean: The Hunt for Financial Aid," in John Peace Library Building Room 1.01.04 on the 1604 Campus. The kick-off event for students is 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6.
At the open house, students will go on a financial aid treasure hunt through the newly remodeled office. In addition to learning about the various areas of financial aid, there will be free refreshments and chances to win prizes including an iPod Shuffle.
Other offices participating in events are Office of Admissions, Graduate School, Office of Housing and Residence Life, Office of Student Activities, Tomas Rivera Center and Campus Recreation.
For more information, call (210) 458-6741.
UTSA Financial Aid Awareness Month
Financial Aid Information Session for Campus Residents
Monday, Feb. 4, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Chaparral Village Conference Center, 1604 Campus
Monday, Feb. 11, 3:30-4:30 p.m., University Oaks Academic Enrichment Center, 1604 Campus
Register at housing complex for a session.
Financial Aid Information Session for Undergraduate Students
Monday, Feb. 4, 5:30-7 p.m., Main Building Room 0.104, 1604 Campus
Monday, Feb. 11, 5:30-7 p.m., Frio Street Building Room 1.402, Downtown Campus
To register: (210) 458-6741
Open House -- Roadrunners of the Caribbean: The Hunt for Financial Aid
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Office of Financial Aid and Enrollment Services, John Peace Library Building Room 1.01.04, 1604 Campus
Information about financial aid services, refreshments, prize drawings
College Goal Sunday
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2-4 p.m., Business Building Room 2.06.04, 1604 Campus
Receive assistance to fill out the FAFSA form.
Register online: financialaid.tamu.edu/cgs
Financial Aid Information Session for Graduate Students
Saturday, Feb. 9, 10-11:30 a.m., Buena Vista Street Building Room 1.338, Downtown Campus
To register, contact Graduate School at (210) 458-4330.
Money Management Workshops for Graduate Students
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 5:30-7 p.m., Biosciences Building Room 3.03.02, 1604 Campus
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 5:30-7 p.m., Buena Vista Street Building Room 1.338, Downtown Campus
Finance graduate school the right way with tips for smart money management.
To register, contact Graduate School at (210) 458-4330.


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Summer blockbuster premieres are usually a fun way to check out fashion, just because they get so much attention. But another movie, not a superhero film or an action movie, is getting a lot of buzz right now: The Help.
Based on a very popular book of the same name, this movie tells the story of African-American women (one played by Viola Davis) working as maids in pre-Civil Rights era Mississippi, and a white woman (Emma Stone) who collects their stories. The movie premiered recently in L.A.
Emma Stone (far left), chose a Chanel dress to wear on the red carpet. I'm not a fan—it looks like a t-shirt and skirt combo from back in the day. And while I recognize the problems that a baby bump brings to choosing a dress, Bryce Dallas Howard (second from left) looks like she just stepped out of Little House on the Prairie.
Much better are the choices by Viola Davis, in a stunning red gown, and Jessica Chastain, in purple. These flattering, stylish choices make both women look fantastic. (And bonus! Style guru Nate Berkus (far right) was an executive producer.)


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Insider Threat
This type of statement has become law in the security community, but I feel its slightly misleading to the uneducated. The insider is only the biggest threat because security has been applied to the perimeter in a massively disproportional amount to whats applied internally. Security is often not as rigourous on the inside because it often impedes a companies business operations. Its much easier for companies to dump millions on firewalls and VPNs, then to spend much less on systems that your going to buy anyway with better access control. Its also much cheaper to enforce stricter policies on its users, but it will still come at the cost of potentially slowing down the business. For instance compare the cost of buying a brand new pair of enterprise class firewalls to the cost of buying more drive space for retention and aggregation of logs or turning up a tighter password policy on your network. I think the simple fact of the matter is that, if companies spent more money on internal controls and small amounts on perimeter controls, we would have a different story. Which is the bigger threat, unrestricted access for any an all outsiders or unrestricted access to employees?


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Tibetan / Vajrayana
Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
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The Center of the Sunlit Sky
Madhyamaka in the Kagyu TraditionMadhyamaka is a potent and universally accessible means of calming our suffering and awakening to our innate wisdom. The Center of the Sunlit Sky artfully rescues this brilliant teaching from its unwarranted reputation for intellectual opacity and reinstates it as a supremely practical tool kit for everyday living. The aim of this book is to take Madhyamaka out of the purely intellectual corner into which it unjustly gets boxed. It… Read More
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Timeless Rapture
Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters
Throughout history awakened ones have celebrated the rapture of mystical states with inspired verse sung extemporaneously. This book offers a rare glimpse into the mysticism of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage a tradition based mainly on the profound teaching of two women. This compendium of spontaneous verse sung by tantric Buddhist masters from the tenth century to the present includes translations as well as short descriptions of each poet's life and… Read More
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The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One
Myriad WorldsIn Tibetan religious literature, Jamgön Kongtrül's Treasury of Knowledge in ten books stands out as a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. In his monumental Treasury of Knowledge, Jamgön Kongtrül presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetan Buddhism. This first book of The Treasury which serves as a prelude to Kongtrul's survey… Read More
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The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Five
Buddhist EthicsIn Tibetan religious literature, Jamgön Kongtrül's Treasury of Knowledge in ten books stands out as a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as it was preserved in Tibet. This volume is the fifth book of that work and is considered by many scholars to be its heart. Jamgön Kongtrül explains the complete code of personal liberation as it applies to both monastic and lay persons, the… Read More
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The Robber Chief
A Tale of Vengeance and CompassionThis exciting tale demonstrates the pitfalls of anger and revenge. Wronged by a greedy jeweler, the giant Mu becomes a robber chief. Unexpected twists reveal the mysterious workings of karma. A missing purse, a golden crown, and a secret cave display great compassion. The story movingly shows that the true happiness of any one person is interrelated with the happiness of others. Chris Banigan's magical illustrations boldly enliven the narration.… Read More
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The Autobiography of Jamgon Kongtrul
A Gem of Many Colors
Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye (1813–1899) was one of the most influential figures and prolific writers in the Tibetan Buddhist world. He was a founder and the single most important proponent of the nonsectarian movement that flourished in eastern Tibet and remains popular today. Two additional texts discuss his previous lives and recount Kongtrul's final days. The Autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul is part of The Tsadra Foundation Series published by Snow… Read More
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The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment: Volume Three
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world's treasury of sacred literature. The author Tsong-kha-pa (1357–1419) completed this masterpiece in 1402 and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base his incisive insights on the classical… Read More
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Guru Rinpoche
His Life and TimesTo Tibetan Buddhists, Guru Rinpoche is a Buddha. This book recounts Guru Rinpoche's historic visit to Tibet and explains his continuing significance to Buddhists. In doing so, it illustrates how a country whose powerful armies overran the capital of China and installed a puppet emperor came to abandon its aggressive military campaigns: this transformation was due to Guru Rinpoche, who tamed and converted Tibet to Buddhism and thereby changed the… Read More
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Sacred Ground
Jamgon Kongtrul on "Pilgrimage and Sacred Geography"Sacred Ground describes two journeys: a journey outward to specific pilgrimage places in eastern Tibet, and a journey inward to the sacred world of tantra, accessible through contemplation and meditation. It sheds light on Himalayan Buddhists' concepts of sacred land, places of pilgrimage in tantric Buddhism, and how pilgrimage is undertaken. It enhances our appreciation of the world and its sacred aspect everywhere—first and foremost, where we sit now. On… Read More
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Expert recommendations for the best places to eat in four price ranges: budget ($), moderate ($$), expensive ($$$), and luxury ($$$$)
"Giant, fresh, inexpensive Italian subs will make you never want to eat at a chain sandwich shop again."—Rick Garman, author, Moon Handbooks' Las Vegas. Signature creation: The "Bobbie" sub (turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, mayonnaise); a block west of the Strip. 322 W. Sahara Avenue; tel. +1 702 474 0229. www.capriottis.com
In-N-Out Burger
"To know them is to love them. Order your fries well-done, and ask for your burger 'animal style,' off the secret menu."—Thom Wise, editor, Las Vegas Life. A California classic; slow-rising sponge dough for buns; fresh, never-frozen beef patties; hand-diced potatoes. 4888 Dean Martin Drive; tel. 800 786 1000. www.in-n-out.com
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"Authentic Russian, and a favorite of Cirque du Soleil performers. You'll feel like you're an extra in Gorky Park."—Heidi Knapp Rinella, restaurant critic, Las Vegas Review–Journal. Live entertainment; homemade vodka shots. 4825 W. Flamingo Road; tel. +1 702 247 8766.
Burger Bar
"Innovative burgers—beef, lamb, salmon—from chef Hubert Keller, with choose-your-own toppings that include foie gras, black truffles, and a grilled half-lobster."—Heidi Knapp Rinella. Vegetarian and vegan options, tasty microbrews available. Expect a line. Mandalay Place, 3930 Las Vegas Boulevard S; tel. +1 702 632 9364. www.mandalaybay.com/dining
"A locals hang-out, serving Spanish-style tapas, which means everyone can get a little something of whatever they're craving."—Thom Wise. House-made sangria; DJs often spinning into the wee hours; try the stuffed dates and filet mignon sliders. 3900 Paradise Road; tel. +1 702 369 3971. www.fireflylv.com
The Buffet at the Golden Nugget
"Recently renovated on the second floor overlooking the pool; food presented in small dishes, rather than huge steam tables, makes for more freshness."—Thom Wise. Weekend all-you-can-eat seafood dinners and champagne Sunday brunch. 129 E. Fremont Street; tel. +1 702 385 7111. www.goldennugget.com
The Buffet at Wynn Las Vegas
"More expensive than many traditional restaurants, but worth every penny for near-gourmet quality and delightful atmosphere."—Rick Garman. Airy, almost museum-like dining rooms and 16 live-action cooking stations. Wynn's Terrace Pointe Café and Sugar & Ice are just as yummy. Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Boulevard S; tel. +1 702 770 7000. www.wynnlasvegas.com
"Impeccable New French/New American food; after-dark view shows Las Vegas laid out like a giant bowl of gems."—Heidi Knapp Rinella. Respected local chef André Rochat's high-flying crown jewel is built around a wine tower. Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road; tel. +1 702 951 7000. andrelv.com/alize/
RM Seafood & RBar Café
Overlooked inside Mandalay Bay's mall, East Coast chef Rick Moonen puts sustainable seafood on your plate. Sleek dining room upstairs; downstairs café also serves perfectly cooked, market-fresh fish, hearty chowders, gumbo; raw, sushi, and biscuit bars. Mandalay Place, 3930 Las Vegas Boulevard S; tel. +1 702 632 9300. www.rmseafood.com
"Showcasing Michael Mina's meticulous style, but with meat—and top-drawer Scotches."—Heidi Knapp Rinella. Earth tones and metalwork; New American classics like duck-fat fries and truffled mac 'n cheese. Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard S.; tel. +1 702 632 7414. www.michaelmina.net/stripsteak
Rotunda-shaped room, airy atrium, and elegant patio inside Wynn's luxurious Tower Suites. Inventive breakfasts and weekend brunches (strawberry-rhubarb ricotta pancakes, poached eggs with duck hash, Kobe beef short ribs). Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Boulevard S; tel. +1 702 248 3463, 888 352 3463. www.wynnlasvegas.com
French Riviera chef Alessandro Stratta triumphs with epicurean inventions like seared foie gras with sweet onion compote and caviar with coconut-cucumber custard. Prix-fixe menus conclude with artful desserts and cheese platters; seven-course tasting menus have divine wine pairings. Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Boulevard S; tel. +1 702 248 3463, 888 352 3463. www.wynnlasvegas.com
L'Atelier Joël Robuchon
"Flawless preparation and presentation; 'Chef of the Century' considered among the world's best."—Heidi Knapp Rinella. Less aloof than The Mansion's signature dining room. Exhibition kitchen and bar; tasting-size modern French menu; Old and New World wines. MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd S; tel. +1 702 891 7358. www.joel-robuchon.com
Restaurant Guy Savoy
"Experience three-star cuisine without flying to Paris. At least try the 'Bites and Bubbles' bar menu, with menu samples and amazing champagnes by the glass."—Thom Wise. Masterful, modern French cuisine in operatic surrounds. Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S; tel. 877 346 4642. www.guysavoy.com
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So if your a small hobbest beekeeper{no more then 20 ever} and making my own queens do ya think i sould be looking at VSH breeder queens?
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Weiner on being hacked: Hey, it happens; Update: GOP congressman calls for investigation; Update: Angry exchange with CNN
posted at 6:28 pm on May 31, 2011 by Allahpundit
Via Breitbart, another bizarrely low-key reaction to what was, of course, an alleged crime, possibly motivated by espionage, committed against a sitting member of Congress. If you need to catch up quickly on this story, spend a few minutes with Bryan Preston's rundown at PJM, Jonah Goldberg's gloss at the Corner, and Peter Ingemi's list of convenient "coincidences" in Weiner's story. Here's all you really need to know: If Weiner's version of what happened is true, then the story's actually a bigger deal than if it happened the way we think. If some hacker's tooling around surreptitiously in his Twitter account, then he'd have access to all of Weiner's "direct messages," i.e. private communications, with other Twitter users. Hopefully Weiner's not so stupid that he'd send sensitive government information via a DM, but maybe he is — and even if he isn't, other members of Congress might be and they're potential targets too. Alternately, if the left's pet theory that this is some sort of deep deep right-wing undercover operation to embarrass Weiner is true, then the culprit deserves to be richly punished for what he/she has done. At a minimum, this guy's marriage could be jeopardized by framing him this way; worse, now that the story's caught on in the media, it's bound to affect his prospects for running for mayor of NYC, which he's been thinking about for awhile. Long story short, there's no earthly reason for police not to investigate this, even if Weiner himself thinks it's no big deal. It is a big deal — objectively, beyond argument, regardless of which side you're on. How come Weiner seems to be the only person who doesn't think so, such that as of this afternoon no criminal case had been initiated yet? If he thinks this is such a distraction from The Real Issues, isn't the fastest way to get past it to punt it over to the cops and let them confirm that the hacking happened? And yes, those are rhetorical questions.
I'm actually surprised that he hasn't yet settled on Tom Maguire's theory for how this will all play out:
My Bold Prediction for where this is headed – Congressman Weiner won't be filing a police report. One might think that hacking a Congressman's account to smear him and sexualy harass his Twitter followers is a big deal, but it's not like he is the governor of Alaska or anything. After a bit of scrambling Weiner will explain the absence of law enforcement by offering up a brother or cousin or college roommate who will claim to have crept onto the account and played this prank simply because Weiner jokes never get old. Har de har.
Bingo. Tomorrow or maybe Thursday, we'll be told that Weiner knew who the hacker was all along, just an old frat brother who thought he'd play a rib-ticklin' little gag on his old pal which (tee hee!) could actually have destroyed his otherwise promising political career. That's something buddies do to each other all the time, you know — ruin each other's marriages by illegally hacking into each other's accounts and making it look like they're sending crotch shots to 21-year-olds. If/when that spin finally hits the fan, remember that Maguire had it first.
One lingering question which gives me pause: Wasn't the photo posted to Twitter via Weiner's Yfrog account? If so — and I may sincerely be wrong about this — aren't all photos on Yfrog publicly viewable, even if sent via "direct message"? That is to say, you could click over to Yfrog, search for Weiner's account, and see every photo on there, even if he intended the pic to be viewed privately. If I'm right about that (and maybe I'm not), then the "Weiner sent the pic" theory requires you to believe that AW didn't realize that and actually took the extreme risk of sending a compromising photo via a photo account he wasn't sure was secure. That's not impossible — the "Weiner sent the pic" theory already imagines him taking an extreme risk by DMing someone a racy pic from his congressional account — but I never figured him for being that stupid.
Update: The heat is on.
Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns is demanding an investigation into cybersecurity issues raised by #Weinergate, saying it is vital to "ensure our national security."…
"Although this particular incident is a matter for law enforcement, it clearly indicates that hacking is a serious problem and as Chairman it would be appropriate for the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to examine the issue of cybersecurity to protect our privacy and to ensure our national security," Stearns said in an email to The Daily Caller.
Stearns is the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, a committee on which Weiner sits.
Update: Via Mediaite, full credit to CNN. They're all over this. Make sure to watch to the end, where Dana Bash notes that the police still aren't investigating — which almost certainly means Weiner hasn't asked them to.
Update: The boss emeritus has a quasi-prediction of her own:
As a dedicated Twitter user myself, the most likely scenario is that Weiner himself mistakenly DM'ed (direct-messaged) the "prank" photo to the young woman in Seattle and intended it to be private. It takes just one wrong keystroke for a private DM to appear in one's public timeline. (Allah wonders if Weiner would be so stupid as to post the photo through publicly-viewed Yfrog, but as we've seen from the recent bipartisan parade of — pardon my language — political wankers from Ensign and Edwards to Sanford, etc, etc, etc — politicians do supremely stupid things when they think with the wrong organ.
A second, but less likely, scenario is that someone with permission to post on Weiner's account (most politicians have staffers who know the password to their bosses' official Twitter accounts) tweeted the photo.
That spin would be even more convenient than Maguire's; all he needs to do is convince some poor intern to take the fall. The one hitch is that Weiner's "voice" shines through in his tweets; his account isn't the usual boring congressional account where bland talking points get posted every few hours. It's conversational, which creates the distinct impression that it really is him tweeting and not a staffer. (That's one of the reasons so many people on Twitter follow him.) In fact, the NYT had a story about his Twitter habit just this morning in which it noted that "his Twitter personality is all him." None of which is to say that it couldn't have been an employee, just that it would be odd for a staffer to be messing around with his boss's otherwise very personal account and doubly odd for him to be using it for something so risque.
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Games I Own: EVE Online
Posted on 16th Apr 2009 at 11:34 by Mark Mackay with 41 comments
We've all got those games that we keep coming back to in life. You play for a few months, a year or maybe more until your attention and enthusiasm ends up elsewhere for a time. Eventually though, you get this burning desire, like a flame rekindled, to dig out and fire up that classic for some nostalgia gaming. With its recent re-release I thought I'd talk about one such a game that I always end up coming back to, EVE Online.


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Units of Study
RLST4011 - Religious Studies Honours A
Semester 1, 2012 | Credit Points: 12
Coordinator: Assoc Prof Carole Cusack
The Honours program in Studies in Religion consists of a thesis written under the supervision of one or more members of academic staff and two semester seminars that meet weekly for two hours. The thesis should be of 20000 words in length. Each seminar requires 10000 words of written work or its equivalent. The thesis is worth 60% of the final Honours mark and each of the seminars is worth 20%.
The following seminars are on offer in 2012:
Methodology and Issues in the Study of Religion /
Secular and Civil Religion
1x 20000wd thesis (60%) and 2 seminars x 10000wd of written work or its equivalent per seminar (40%)
Kees Bolle, The Enticement of Religion. University of Notre Dame Press, 2002
1x2-hr seminar/week
Credit average in 48 senior credit points of Studies in Religion
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Hello Group,
I have recently become very interested in beekeeping as a profitable hobby due to the fact that the only present way of getting pure local honey from our island is to go out in the jungle and raid several wild hives. There are a few locals doing this and I don't approve of disrupting a wild hive and taking all of the honey with no regard to the destruction of the hive and disregard to the bee's survival. This also keeps the price of local honey high due to the risks and hard work involved.
I don't have any hives yet as I want to study around a bit to make sure that I get it right before making any investments. I hope to learn a lot from those of you that are experienced in this field and later to contribute to the groups here.


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RIT and Food Allergies
I know you seniors out there are trying to make a decision as to which university you will be attending next fall. For some of you, that decision is very much contingent on whether or not our dining services will be able to accommodate your food allergies. Keep reading for some valuable information.
I did not experience food allergies until I came to college. Making the switch from eating home cooked meals every night to mass produced cafeteria food is an adjustment for everyone, but something was amiss. I was sick all the time, and so tired. I was finally diagnosed with a severe MSG and beet sugar allergy, which explained 99.9% of my symptoms. I have been working with RIT's Dining Services to accommodate my food allergies, and I have to say, they have done an excellent job thus far. We have a dietician available here on campus (His name is Tim Keady, you can find him in the Student Health Center) and there are numerous avenues to make living and eating on campus friendlier for our food allergy students. The Corner Store and Crossroads both sell organic soups, chips, vegetables, and even TV dinners! You can petition Disability Access Services for access to a dorm kitchen to cook your own dinner, and if you want to eat on campus, Food Services makes their ingredient lists easily accessible.
I haven't been officially diagnosed for long, but so far, I haven't had any adverse reactions since, and I'm feeling a lot better. If you have food allergies and are considering RIT, don't hesitate to call the Student Health Center with questions about dining provisions. Feel free to email me if you would like any other advice on dealing with food allergies at RIT!
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Emily OkeyGracie's is pretty good with vegetarian options as well. I've, too, found that if I can't find something, just ask! I need to look into this dorm kitchen thing, I've heard there is one but I've never found it :)
JohnI Love the salad bar at SAU!
Emily OkeyMe too!! I haven't gone there in a while though. I wish Gracie's had a salad bar like that, that'd be awesome.
Alyson MooreYou are so lucky. I had the same thing happen during my freshman year, except it was cane and beet sugar for me. I wish my cafeteria had been at all accomedating. I ended up having to move back home.
Gluten AllergyI'm a little confused that you were diagnosed with MSG allergy - as far as I understand an allergy causes the body to produce anti-body (Ie G) - I don't thinks this is the case with MSG. Rather I would call your reaction an intolerance or a hypersensitivity. Or did your body in fact produce anti-body?
Sarah AlefOh snap! I've been found out! You are mostly correct, typically MSG "allergies" are actually hypersensitivity of the cilia in the small intestine. However, when I write my blogs, I'm usually writing for a more general audience, so I try to avoid phrases like Ig G and hypersensitivity. I do produce a small amount of Ig G to MSG, but the hypersensitivity is really the main issue. So yes, you are correct!
cat jarrittNice article and I can empathise with your situation. What gets me is the amount of cakes brought into the workplace on peoples' birthdays and that fact that I cant have any ! Grrrr. Now flapjack...the ones without wheat flour...that's a different matter! :D Here, too in the UK the uni canteen does not cater too well for allergy sufferers. Similar to your situation we ar lucky to have a deli over the road that caters for a diverse range of foods.
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A powerful tropical storm in the Philippines leaves thousands dead
The Philippines is reeling from a massive typhoon that hit its eastern seaboard on Friday. The powerful storm leveled nearly everything in its path and has left a possible death toll of 10,000. Officials fear the number will rise even higher than that. Supertyphoon Haiyan, called Yolanda in the Philippines, is the strongest recorded storm to make landfall anywhere on earth. "The devastation is… I don't have words for it," said Philippines Interior Secretary Mar Roxas. "It's really horrific. It's a great human tragedy."
Site of the Storm
A typhoon is a tropical storm with winds stronger than 74 miles per hour. It is the same as a hurricane, but scientists call the storms different names depending on where they occur. A typhoon forms over the northwestern Pacific Ocean, while a hurricane is born in the Atlantic Ocean or the northeastern or southern Pacific Ocean. These storms form when tropical winds gather moisture as they pass over water that is at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Philippines is no stranger to storms. Its warm ocean waters make it a prime location for them to form. On average, eight or nine tropical storms make landfall in the island country each year. But no storm has ravaged the country like Haiyan.
Haiyan barreled across the central islands of the Philippines with a storm surge of 20 feet and winds reaching 200 miles per hour. Among the areas hardest hit is the eastern province of Leyte. Its capital city, Tacloban, was almost entirely flattened. Smaller provinces are also believed to have experienced similar devastation, but are difficult for rescue teams to reach.
Aid Arrives
The Department of Social Welfare and Development says 9.5 million people have been affected by Haiyan. With power and communications down, survivors are forced to walk far distances to find help. Tacloban's only functioning hospital has just 250 beds, and medicine is in short supply.
The U.S. military arrived Monday afternoon in Tacloban with rescue teams, and the U.K., European Union, Australia, and New Zealand have also sent help. "The U.S. government is organizing emergency shipments of critically needed material to provide shelter to the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos driven from their homes by this unprecedented typhoon," said Secretary of State John Kerry.
Though aid has arrived in the Philippines, the work to restore the country has only just begun.


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Supply side economics
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Supply side economics is an economics theory built around the idea that by giving the rich enough money, tax breaks and deregulation, they will be freed from the constraints that allegedly prevent them from expanding their businesses and hiring more people. In turn, by expanding their businesses and employee pools, they will expand and fortify the nation's economic strength. According to John Kenneth Galbraith, the theory dates back to the 1890s when it was called horse and sparrow theory -- i.e., if you feed horses enough oats, it will pass through their digestive systems and their droppings will provide enough leftover oats to feed the sparrows.
During the 1980 Presidential campaign, supply side economics — also called "trickle down" economics by its supporters,[1] or "voodoo" economics by its detractors,[2] and sometimes "Reaganomics" by those wishing to deify Lord Ronald the Senile — was reintroduced to the American political debate and, to the great surprise (not to mention horror) of many responsible economists, was actually implemented by the Reagan Administration. This particular incarnation was based on the Laffer curves, and excites fiscal conservatives more than sex.
Reaganomics became a popular term in the United States for supply side economics, due to the fact that Ronald Reagan was the first president in US history to adopt the idea and (try to) put it into action.
The basic idea is that when taxes are too high, people refuse to engage in economic activity. If taxed activity drops too low, then there are fewer transactions to collect tax from. For supply siders, this mechanism constitutes the primary determinant of economic growth. They assume that lower taxes can actually increase government revenues in the long run, because the surplus income from an expanding economy is supposed to make up for the immediate effects of tax cuts.
This theory is sound only if the high point of the arc can be properly found. This curve is referred to as the "Laffer Curve," named for the economist who scrawled it on a napkin. When John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan cut taxes, government revenue went up.[3] However, under President George W. Bush taxes were once more cut and revenues dropped throughout Bush's first term, showing that US taxes were not on the far end of the Laffer curve.[4] From 2000 to 2007, revenues from the corporate income tax almost doubled. It could be argued this was due to the cut in both the dividend and capital gains tax rates,[5] but as with many analyses of economic history this claim cannot be conclusively proven or disproven. In the contrary case, President Bill Clinton slightly raised marginal tax rates, the economy boomed, and the budget for the first time in memory showed a surplus.
Description of the scheme
Laffer curves
Laffer curves show that, under certain circumstances, a government's tax revenue can actually be increased by reducing tax rates. Often, as taxes increase, they may reduce income-producing activities. For example, high tax on a commodity item may increase its price so that demand drops thereby yielding less tax revenue. Conversely, lowering taxes can actually increase tax revenue in the long term - the taxed goods become more favourable to buy. In the case of income tax, it is assumed that a high tax rate means less money available for purchases or businesses and so the economy suffers - and so a low tax rate frees up more money to drive the economy. An alternative route is that high taxes divert commerce from legitimate (and taxable) endeavours to illegitimate black markets (see below). Part of this falls under tenets called Say's Law.
Laffer etymology
"Laff" is a cartoonish respelling of "laugh". For example, "As implemented, the Reaganomic twist on Laffer curves left the wealthy laffing all the way to the bank."
Laffer as implemented by Reaganomics
The problem with the Republican implementation of Reaganomics was that it reduced taxes on the wealthy, shifting more of the tax load onto the overburdened middle class, a perversion of the economic theories of the early French economist Jean-Louis Say. One of the main arguments used to justify this upward redistribution of wealth was "When was the last time a poor man gave you a job?"
Trickle-down theory was in fact an economic theory dredged up from the dustbin of history originally called "horse-and-sparrow theory." It was postulated thusly: "If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows." Translation: "Eat Shit" Economics. Horse-and-sparrow was in practice during the 1890s, a decade that saw two banking crises. It then made a comeback in the 1920s under Harding and Coolidge under the name "Mellonomics," named after eminent banker and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon. As in the 1980s, Mellonomics created a massive wealth disparity, but far worse. Everyone now knows what the Harding/Coolidge policies ultimately resulted in. This makes the trickle-down theory something like the creationism of economics. Dress it up in the cheap tuxedo of Mellonomics and then Reaganomics (much like creationism became "intelligent design") and it becomes a "revolutionary" new theory.[6] William Jennings Bryan remarked in his "Cross of Gold" speech:
""There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up and through every class that rests upon it.[7]
It's also interesting to note that when "horse-and-sparrow" and "Mellonomics" were employed, government spending didn't change very much and each decade saw some of the most massive economic crises in history. When "Reaganomics" was employed, government spending shot up dramatically (Reagan had to pay for all those military toys like SDI) and the Fed loosened by dropping interest rates from record highs of 20+%, which it had previously enacted to stave off inflation. This was done in tandem with the tax cuts. In contrast to the earlier fiascoes, the end of the Reagan administration saw the crash of 1987 and the S&L crisis, but these were nothing like the panics in the 1890s or the Crash of '29 (obviously). Reagan-ites don't like to talk about spending or the Fed, though.
Black market
To apply the theory in the real world, first one must determine if conditions are appropriate. In general, the conditions are appropriate only if a large black market exists, that is funneling off much of what would otherwise be legitimate economic activity.[8] If they are, the next step is to simultaneously reduce tax rates and cut spending so as to keep the overall budget in a similar condition of balance as it was. This brings on a (hopefully) brief period of austerity, since to cut spending, various government programs must be cut sharply. The ensuing economic activity due to the reduced tax rates (spurring both investment and consumer spending) will then in (hopefully) short order return to the government coffers greater revenues than would have been projected under the old tax rates. The populace that survives the austerity phase will then acclaim their leadership to be geniuses.
White market
According to the theories of Jean-Baptiste Say, tax increases result in a short-term bump of tax revenues, but a long-term decline. Since politicians are uneducated in economic theory, they tend to keep increasing taxes, feeding upon the short term bump.
Conversely, if taxes are lowered, revenues will increase over time. Say's "light touch" theory was intended to apply to the full economy, and not simply the wealthiest citizens, a situation that not only widened the disparity between rich and poor, but set in place conditions ripe for revolution.
Crumb theory
As a Reagan staffer once described it, tax breaks for the poor reward them for poor financial habits. "If you give tax cuts to the poor, they only spend it on food and shelter."
Instead, according to Reaganomics, if you feed the wealthy increasing amounts, they brush more crumbs off the table, feeding those below them. Hence, the term trickle-down economics.
Attempts to apply scheme and results
In many of the post-Communist regimes, a world drop in oil prices gave the appearance that trickle-down economics worked. Ukraine in particular increased tax revenue when the taxes were lowered, as it brought many economic activities out of the black market and into the legitimate economy.
Attempts to apply half the scheme and results
Ronald Reagan ran for president of the United States in 1980 partly on a folksy version of what is now known as "supply side economics" and partly as your friendly grandfather, and subsequently won the election. He brought to the White House budget director David Stockman, who helped Reagan engineer the part of the scheme he wanted, tax cuts for the wealthy. Reagan then didn't bother to cut spending (and actually increased military spending), partly due to lack of political capital, and partly due to mendacity. Mr. Stockman quit in disgust. Reagan proceeded to run up massive deficits during his two terms: even accounting for the robust economic growth of the 1980s, the gross federal debt as a percentage of GDP increased from 32,5% in 1981 to 53,1% in 1989.[9] In relative terms, this constitutes the largest increase in government debt since World War II, and the second-largest peacetime increase ever, a close second to the years of the Great Depression. Note that Saint Ronnie neither had to wrestle down fascism nor deal with a devastating economic meltdown.
The trickle down in action
The results of the massive tax cuts "trickled down" to the state and local level, as federal funding for many projects dried up. This threw most American state and local governments into fiscal crises cyclically, forcing them to raise local taxes in order to provide services people actually wanted– or needed.
The religion takes root
As a result of this tremendous success, American radical conservatives[10][11] trumpeted a mantra of "cut taxes" as often as fundamentalist Muslims pray.
Plan W
President George W Bush wanted Americans to read his lips, so help him God.
Bush cut taxes for the rich, eliminated the inheritance tax for wealthy people too stupid to consult with a financial planner, gave away bribes called tax incentive packages, sought and got an $800 billion bailout package (which he called $700 billion bailout), and paid for it all with a Chinese credit card.
During this same period, the dollar slipped against world markets, losing so much ground that some nations chose to no longer peg their currencies to the US dollar. Once at par with the euro, the US dollar lost a third of its value. When Bush junior entered office, the Canadian dollar was worth about 65¢. By January 2008, the Canadian dollar exceeded the value of the US dollar for the first time since 1976, although it has since receded to about 90¢, due in part to governmental intervention,[12] and falling oil prices.
It's also worth noting that N. Gregory Mankiw, who was at one point the chair of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, actually lists supply-siders in his introductory economics textbook under a section entitled "Charlatans and Cranks."[13]
Voodoo economics reloaded
Never ones to be discouraged by being repeatedly and conclusively proven wrong, the Republicans made supply-side economics a centerpiece of their 2010 election manifesto Pledge to America. Once the Republicans work their magic, Americans would again be allowed to have their cake and eat it: all of the Bush tax cuts set to expire at the end of 2010 would be extended, new ones would be enacted, and yet the federal deficit would be reduced through spending cuts.[14] These would, of course, not target defense spending or popular entitlement and welfare programs, because that would be political suicide. Where exactly the necessary reductions in spending should come from is intentionally left vague. Since eliminating the federal deficit while maintaining low taxation levels would necessitate the abolishment of all government functions other than those that should explicitly not be touched,[15] it is much more likely that Republicans will conveniently ignore the deficit once they are in power again.[16]
David Stockman, one of the architects of Reaganomics, became critical of his own project after the Reagan administration. He recently reappeared to talk about his deconversion from the Church of Tax Cuts and to chastise the current GOP for its support in extending the Bush tax cuts.[17]
Other schemes
During Bill Clinton's two terms in office, taxes were raised slightly, the budget balanced, and the country's longest ever peacetime expansion occurred. The subsequent recession was arguably mild.
In fairness
Supply side economics is a valid economic theory, and there is a place for it in a modern economy. However, as with any complex matter, it is not the only solution to an economic problem, and its counterpart demand side economics should be employed to deal with short run economic problems.
Problems with terminology
Supply-side is a whipping boy for moonbats in large part due to the loose way in which the term is used. In the broadest sense, supply-side can simply refer to a school of economics that puts more emphasis on supply than demand or a certain area of economics that concentrates on supply. This is a more esoteric and academic use of the term. In a stricter sense, the term applies to the group of politicos surrounding figures like Stockman, Wanniski, Bartlett, etc. (not all of the supply-siders were actual economists) that rose to prominence through their influence on Reagan's economic policies. Finally, the term is used in the strictest sense simply to mean "tax-cuts for the rich," which the "trickle-down" pejorative is often applied to. As conservative economist Thomas Sowell writes:
""There has never been any school of economists who believed in a trickle down theory. No such theory can be found in even the most voluminous and learned books on the history of economics. It is a straw man.[18]
However, as noted above, "tax cuts for the rich" may be a straw man when it comes to real economics, but the idea has simply translated into "always cut top tax rates" for the modern Republican party. Even Milton Friedman's work did not suggest that simply cutting taxes for the rich would be a panacea. In simple terms, his famous "permanent income hypothesis" states that the average person's consumption was based more on long-term estimates of their income, implying that the rich would be more likely to just squirrel away their new tax breaks rather than immediately spend.[19] There is a good body of evidence supporting the notion that the rich will tend to save more.[20] Thus, the notions of "trickle-down" as a cure-all are far more based in political rhetoric than actual economics.
"Reaganomics worked. This is the crown jewel in Rush's crown of bullshit. This is the big lie – the one he desperately needs the working-class members of his audience to believe. If Reaganomics worked, Rush is a straight-talking champion of the little guy on a populist crusade to take the country back from those pointy-headed liberals who think they know what's good for everybody and are drunk with the power of sending out welfare checks. If Reaganomics didn't work, Rush is the carnival clown hired to distract the crowd while paramedics carry the mangled bodies from a derailed roller coaster. He does a little juggling, pulls some flowers out of his hat, and when the crowd begins to get a little anxious about the rising body count, he starts shrieking hysterically that this never would have happened if it weren't for those goddam liberal safety inspectors." - Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot (p. 124)
See also
External links
- ↑ As in, "I'll lie here in the gutter, and you'll trickle down on me, right?" — Bill Murray on Saturday Night Live
- ↑ George H. W. Bush, campaigning for the GOP nomination against Ronald Reagan in 1979-80
- ↑ Historical amount of revenue by source
- ↑ Jonathan Chait, a writer for The New Republic, has done a great deal of work recently demolishing the arguments in favor of Reaganomics, again. His book, The Big Con, explains this all in more detail.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Eat shit!
- ↑ Cross of Gold transcript
- ↑ If people are buying bread on the black market, that's a pretty good sign.
- ↑ Whitehouse.gov: Federal Debt at the End of Year 1940-2015 (Excel spreadsheet)
- ↑ Yes, that's what we used to call them before they took over the conservative movement and hid behind the label "neo-conservatives", who were really right-wing and some ex-liberal hawks.
- ↑ Never ones to allow "facts" to confuse them
- ↑ For the record, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is one of Bush's acolytes
- ↑ Mankiw, Microeconomics, pp. 29-30 [2]
- ↑ GOP.gov: A Pledge to America (PDF)
- ↑ Paul Krugman: Downhill With the G.O.P., NYT
- ↑ Jonathan Chait: The Pledge To America: Deja Vu All Over Again, The New Republic
- ↑ David Stockman on NPR
- ↑ The Trickle Down Straw Man, Sowell in Capitalism Magazine
- ↑ Permanent Income Hypothesis
- ↑ The Dynan Study, commissioned by the Federal Reserve, reviews a good amount of prior research and data.


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Contemporary Studio near the Tube (P1808)
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- Kitchen
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- Lockable room
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Accommodation summary
|Talbot Square, London Paddington, United Kingdom
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You'll find a double bed suitable for two people, a wardrobe for you to storage your belongings, an iron with table. There's a self contained kitchen with everything you need to prepare delicious meals. Has an en-suite fully equipped bathroom. Free internet is available for you. There's a communal area with washing and dryer machine. All linen and towels are provided.
The apartment is close to the Sussex Garden in Paddington. Takes only a moment walk to Paddington tube and main station and 5 min walk away from Lancaster gate tube station. It's a 10 min walk away from Edgware road tube station.
Nearest tube station: Lancaster Gate, Paddington. Lines: District, Circle, Central, Bakerloo & Hammersmith City and Central line.
British Rail: Paddington; Heathrow Express: 15 min travelling from Heathrow Airport in every 15 min. Buses: Easy access to oxford Street, Knightsbridge's Harrods and other popular areas.
House rulesRefundable Security Deposit: £400
Maid service is available on special request.
Cab service is available on special request.
Any early check-in or late check-out may be available on request. Please inform well in advance.
Key collection: Foundation, 7, Spring Street, Paddington, London. W2 3RA .UK ( less than 5 mins. walk from Paddington station/Lancaster Gate station and the apartment).
For key pick up/deposit and other we will be available from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm throughout the week and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm. If you arrive before or after these time notify us immediately.
You need to provide a copy of valid identification on your booking like the copy of your passport.
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Reviews of this property
It is really a very small but nice apartment. Expect a small hotel room with a kitchenette and a lovely balkony. It is close to Paddington Station so in the middle of everything.
If you don't need too much space it is a good place to stay.
We had a pleasant stay. Renting fully met our expectations and we enjoyed to find a very well maintained housing, clean, quietly ..... The property is very well located, easy to find and nice area, with shops nearby. We thus advise (for 2 people obviously).
Nous avons passé un agréable séjour. La location correspondait complètement à nos attentes et nous avons apprécié de trouver un logement très bien entretenu, propre, sans bruit..... Le logement est très bien situé, facile à trouver et le quartier agréable, avec tous commerces à proximité. Nous le conseillons donc (pour 2 personnes évidemment).
I stayed 10 days at P1808. The situation is as close to perfect as you get in London (close to railways, two underground stations and various buses; local shops, restaurants and bars), but still quiet. The bathroom is also OK. On the negative side, the studio is quite expensive, but very small. The cooking possibilities are rather poor, and there is no proper table at which to enjoy your meal or sit working. There was a lack of pots and other kitchen utensils when I arrived, but the assistant was very kind and provided on short notice what I needed. The internet connection was not very good. My conclusion: If you travel alone, perhaps acceptable. For a couple: not sufficient except for a short stay.
Apartment located on the first floor with a balcony, the spaces are really small and minimal but complete with all the amenities: a double bed, kitchen, bathroom.
When we arrived at the agency we were escorted to the apartment which was about very little. We found the apartment clean and tidy, as promesso.La area is recommended for the convenience to the metro since there are 2 nearby metro stations (Paddington, Lancaster Gate) and also nearby there are shops and cafes for every necessità.Consigliatissimo short breaks where the need is to have a point of reference not practical and functional for long stays as small spaces! would also like to compliment the staff Wimdu for assistance during the booking in contattatare owners.
Appartamento situato al primo piano con balcone, gli spazi sono veramente ridotti e minimali ma è completo di tutti i servizi: letto matrimoniale, cucina, bagno in camera.
Quando siamo arrivati in agenzia siamo stati accompagnati all'appartamento che distava pochissimo. Abbiamo trovato l'appartamento pulito ed ordinato, come promesso.La zona è consigliata per la comodità alla metro dato che sono disponibili 2 stazioni metro vicine (Paddington, Lancaster Gate) ed inoltre nelle vicinanze ci sono negozi e locali per ogni necessità.Consigliatissimo per soggiorni brevi dove l'esigenza sia quella di avere un punto di riferimento pratico e funzionale non per lunghi soggiorni dato gli spazi ridotti!!Inoltre vorrei complimentarmi con lo staff Wimdu per l'assistenza durante la prenotazione nel contattatare i proprietari.
Es lo que esperábamos y se veía en las fotografías.Muy , muy pequeño pero también muy aseado, limpio , bien situado en una plaza muy tranquila y cerquísima de metro y estación de ferrocarril.Múltiples servicios alrededor y Hyde Park.
La insonorización con la habitación de al lado deja que desear, se oye todo.
Calidad/precio aceptable.
Ligging uitstekend, zeker als je reist via Heathrow-Paddingtonstation. 5 minuten lopen en je hoeft niet met je koffers de metro of bus in. Koop dan zo nodig wel je HeathrowExpress-ticket lang van tevoren met korting.
De studio is klein en de inrichting is basic, maar alles is schoon en functioneert.
De sluiting van de balkondeur zou wel wat verbetering verdienen.
Het is bekend dat heel Londen duur is en dat werkt dus ook door in de prijs voor deze studio. Hotels zijn echter nog een stuk duurder.
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We wouldn't recommend this studio. Too small. In a basement. Shower mixer broken. Bathroom not really clean. Only the location was ok. 5 minutes from the tube.
Reasonable option. Very good location. Very small, but I guess that's normal in london city centre. Good balance price-quality
Good location and to visit London. No cleaning during our week-stay
Great location, it is perqueño with good conditions (bed, kitchen and utensils), but only 4th floor with stairs (no ansensor) is not easy upload them after a few drinks
Excelente Ubicación, es perqueño con buenas condiciones (cama, cocina y utensilios), pero 4º piso solo con escaleras (sin ansensor) no es fácil subirlos después de unas copas
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