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I and the other judges were amazed by the variety of subject matter, creativity and composition of the portraits submitted this year. Anywn Hurxthal's playful modern take on the Hindu goddess Kali in "Cali Kali — A Tribute to Motherhood" made us pause to discuss its symbolism. We were amused by the photographer's creativity in illustrating the fine balances motherhood requires. Steve Goldband's beautifully toned black-and-white diptych "Ritual at Dawn, Udaipur" also received much of our attention. The image is a quiet and serene capture of a man bathing in the river, carefully soaking face and feet in suds in the soft morning light. I enjoyed how the photographer kept the man's face hidden so he remains an anonymous figure. Maya Maniar's captivating "Behind These Eyes," a close-up portrait of a girl, also stood out to us. The tightly cropped image draws us right into the subject's eyes and poignant expression, capturing her personality succinctly. We also really liked Steven Shpall's humorous image of a man trapped in the confines of his French press, the soft hues and framing of an accordion musician in Greg Gatwood's "Jena," the sweet moment between whispering girls in "Rachel and Catalina Sharing a Secret," and the bold portraits from Randy Mont-Reynaud and Susan Neville.
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Cali Kali — A Tribute to Motherhood
Anwyn Hurxthal
For her winning image of modern motherhood (a self-portrait of a woman equipped with six arms, balancing kids, pets and more), Palo Alto resident Anwyn Hurxthal took inspiration from ancient sources, including the multi-armed Hindu goddess Kali.
"We're living in a society that doesn't put a lot of value on parenting and family, but we balance so much," she said of her photo, which combines the current and the classic and includes themes "both sacred and mundane."
As a mother of two young children, Hurxthal said she often wishes she had multiple arms with which to physically and emotionally juggle "kids, food, toys, life" but that her photo also reminds her of her successes in balancing the demands of a family.
To capture the image, and to tie it in to its ancient inspirations, Hurxthal said she posed with several symbolic items (a skull, for mortality; an ostrich egg, for potential; a snake, for health), along with her kids and even the family's pet chicken. She took the individual photos using a remote trigger, then combined the shots together using Photoshop. Because of her hectic home life, "I had about a 20-minute window" in which to take the shots, including wrangling her kids into the frame.
Despite what she called less-than-optimal conditions, she said: "It came together in a way that symbolized what I was feeling."
She's not a professional photographer, but "I've had a camera in my hand since age 5," the Kenyan-raised Hurxthal said, describing a childhood spent photographing the African wildlife her father researched. Years spent traveling the world working with a humanitarian organization also gave her a range of international photo opportunities and encounters with other cultures that influence her use of symbolism. She's studied visual anthropology and graphic design as well and is a jewelry designer, with an online shop at www.plumitajewelry.com.
For her next project, Hurxthal said she's interested in creating an anthropological photo essay documenting family life and dynamics, ideally involving other families in the community and again incorporating symbols from cultures around the world.
Second place
Ritual at Dawn, Udaipur
Steve Goldbland
Third place
Behind These Eyes
Maya Maniar
Honorable mention
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that nancy sinatra song should be like her real life leitmotif music for when she's just walkin around every day in real life
These boots were made for waddling?
Geez, Get a few ropes and tent poles and you can sleep six.
looks like she peeled a pool table and wore it.
He seems to be the new K-Fed.
I think that's Spencer Pratt
Nice shit-eating grin on that dude.
Again, I can't get over Demis Rousos look with shaved beard and dyed hair blonde.
Right now Tiger Woods is saying "Jessica Simpson stole all the grass for the Masters tournament? Damn all these white bitches!"


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AIBU to feel frustrated? Attempted theft of bikes incident, police not interested.(130 Posts)
DH and DD(7) went for a cycle yesterday along a cycle track that runs all the way into our local city centre. It's safe (or so we thought), runs alongside a river for a few miles so is a pretty run and passes a lovely coffee shop half way through. Perfect for my eager DD cyclist.
3 miles into the run, my DH and DD were surrounded by a gang of youngsters who tried to intimidate them into surrendering their bikes. There was glass spread across the whole track and DH slowed to a halt to lift the bikes over and it was then that these kids appeared from behind pillars of a bridge. DH said that he counted approx 12 of them, ranging from about 6 years of age to 14 years of age. DH had picked up both bikes at the same time and told DD to stay close and walked the 3 metres or so over the glass. One of the older lads barged into DH but he kept walking, but all the while starting to feel real anxiety because DD was with him.
He urged her to get on her bike and gave her a shove to start her off quickly but heard some of the kids say "push her off, get the bike". He gave them an earful but they laughed at him, told him to "f*ck off" and that they all had "iron bars to batter him with". Some lads had started to jog after my DD so he flew after her but they all started chasing and throwing stones. One stone caught DD at the back of the head, thumped off her helmet and another stone caught her on her bottom. Big enough to leave a bruise.
They did get away, Thank God, but are really shaken by the whole ordeal. DD who by no means is an easy crier, sobbing and white as a sheet. DH telephoned the local police at the coffee shop, police arrived but told DH that the kids were most likely from the gypsie site nearby and were more or less above the law. They admitted that they wouldn't be following it up because it was known amongst the police that gypsie's would find out where they lived, and make their lives a nightmare. DH pointed out that there was glass most likely placed across the path to stop cyclists, and the police officer said that they'd get it swept up, but other than that, no further action would be taken.
I'm so angry about this. My gut instinct was to try and go down to the site and appeal to the Mums of these kids, but DH thinks I'm nuts. I'm not going to, but I'm appalled that these kids are getting away with it. At it's best, the whole situation has really shaken DD up, but at its worst, it could have been terrible. DH is 6ft 5' and the kids had a tough enough pack mentality to take him on.
What can I do, apart from avoid this track like the plague?
Contact the police commissioner for your area
I'm sorry but I can't believe the Police said that.
It's far more likely that they see it as a waste of time being as though there are 12 kids to identify and no witnesses.
The thing is, if the police continue to be too scared to do anything, matters will only get worse until something is done about it and if it were me, I would be fighting for that something to be done. It isn't on that people can't even ride their bike without being targetted. What next? Too afraid to leave their home?
Allowing them to get away with it will do nothing but allow them to take it even further next time because why not, when they don't have to suffer the consequences?
What would your first port-of-call be then Gruffalo?
How the hell are the police going to find time to track down, identify and speak to 12 kids who will only deny all knowledge anyway?
Gruffalo, MN wasn't the first point of call. The Police were called at the time of the incident. She's posting here because she's frustrated she's been told this will not go any further.
Most Mother's would be livid if someone had abused their family like that! I would be.
Sounds awful - doesn't really matter who is committing the crime, but if the police are not taking something like this seriously then you do need to take your complaints higher up the police force.
To actually phone someone and do something about it, like get in touch with the station or phone the IPCC. I'd also be asking why, despite not actually seeing or speaking to any of the children involved, the automatic assumption is that they're traveler's children.
My paternal grandfather was a Roma traveler, not a thief, not violent, not misogynistic, neither are my Roma family or me for that matter. So I'm going to hide this thread, since I can already see the massive generalizations and bigotry starting.
Worra - the police spend a lot of time tracking down people and dealing with cases that they know will go precisely nowhere. It's part of the job. Doesn't mean it's ok to decide not to do it even though it's a complete waste of time. This is the age of accountability. Work has to be seen to be done more than the result matters.
So what do you suggest Worra? Just leave them to it to harass, intimidate, attack, threaten anyone who dares go near them?
Of course the police should find the time to do something about this before someone gets seriously injured. It could be a child who they decide to pick on next, or an elderly person. It isn't on at all.
Regarding the police being scared. Years ago I knew someone who worked in a Catholic school where there area lot of traveller kids in attendance (when they can be bothered turning up). This person told me that the police cannot just turn up at traveller site without a warrant like they would at someone home. Not sure of the ins and outs of why though? But the site near my parents would get busted every few months or so, and I mean properly busted with the helicopter out, vans, police dogs, several cars etc. It's almost like it has to be planed with military decision.
I've googled and found my Local Police Commissioner, and tracked down his email address. Have written him a lengthy email, so I'll await his response. I've also spoken to DH and urged him to see the duty inspector today to make an official complaint. He doesn't want to complain against the officers, but I've asked him to report the incident yesterday.
He has a job near the city centre today, so no backing out.
Dahlen the Police are massively over stretched.
I could see them trying to track them down if they'd actually stolen the bikes...but not for intimidation and stone throwing where there's absolutely no proof it happened.
However, I still don't believe for a minute the Police said that about the travellers etc...
Similar incident happened to my DH and DD - except one of the group was carrying a chainsaw and DD knew some of these kids from school. She didn't know what a traveller was before that incident - she does now. Fortunately we've since met some decent ones so hopefully she's got a balanced view that one group cannot be tarred with the same brush. In their case the group were just trying to intimidate (I think) but also tried to pull their bikes from them. We didn't even bother with the police but I would think in your case the broken glass makes it a more vicious attack rather than my DH and DD's which was their version of a bit of fun (I'm sure). My DD was very upset for a while and remains nervous of coming across any traveller kids when on her own but has more or less forgotten that particular incident, I hope you get some satisfaction from the police. Keep us updated.
I believe the incident could have happened... I believe the police may have been somewhat unmotivated in investigating it... I don't believe they'd be daft enough to say that they were going to do fuck all to your face though.
I used to have to visit traveller camps in an enforcement role. As a young women I was seen as less likely to have any problems than one of my older male colleagues.
Does your local authority have a traveller liaison officer? (Or similar)
Gruffalo, you're entitled to think that.
MN is a source of support and I glean a lot of information from here.
I had this when my dog got stolen. A neighbour had seen the van, knew exactly whose it was, it was a traveller from a nearby site, the police refused to go and look, we suggested if we found him there would they come with us to get him, they said no.
OP please don't let it drop, go through all the proper channels and keep yourself and your family safe first and foremost, but something needs to be done before they throw stones at another child and something worse happens. Good luck.
Worra, that's exactly what DH has just said to me. I feel too angry to let his go, though. So don't know what else to do.
Are they legally camped?
If not, are the council trying to evict?
I am sorry your family had this experience - sounds scary. You must follow this up with the police and complain if they do not pursue this.
However, I am disgusted with your thread title. If a bunch of black kids or obviously poor-working-class-white kids attacked you, would you bring their ethnicity or culture into it?
Think before you post things like this. Not all children from the Traveller community behave this way. The stereotype is unbelievably unfair and prejudice. Shame on you.
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WHITTIER - In showdowns between cellphone towers and unobstructed scenic vistas - cellphones almost always win.
That's because under state and federal law, communications companies that operate cellphone networks have the right to build network facilities in cities' rights of way.
So when Councilman Joe Vinatieri raised a question about the placement of a cellphone tower on Colima Road during the consent calendar portion of the council's Oct. 23 meeting, expectations were not high.
"It's right in the middle of the vista," said Vinatieri. "It's sticking out like a sore thumb."
After some discussion of what the city could do - "I'm sure you don't want a Mount Wilson appearance on Colima," said one official. But they don't want people to drop calls, either - City Council unanimously approved the rights of way agreement with the condition that NewPath Networks LLC, of Milpitas, the company installing the towers, work with city staff to see if Vinatieri's concerns can be mitigated.
Council wanted staff to see if "there is some place where it would be less obtrusive," said Vinatieri in an interview Nov. 1. "If not, then it is what it is."
The two 35-foot poles NewPath will build will be used to hold antenna equipment for wireless communication - including cellphones.
The poles will be located at 5220 Colima Road and 7401 Colima Road, at Mar Vista Street, according to the city's staff report.
The pole higher on Colima was the area of Vinatieri's concern.
It's also an area of concern for cellphone companies like Verizon, which likely will have equipment on the tower.
"It's a dead spot," said Christopher L. Magdosku, assistant director of public works. "Most people know if they come down Colima Road, that is where there are a lot of dropped calls.
"That's why they're looking at that location," he said.
Magdosku said he visited the sites with NewPath representatives Nov. 2 to see if there is a way the council's concerns can be addressed.
Some of the options include disguising the pole as a light pole, changing the color of the pole and a slight relocation.
Magdosku said he will discuss the options with the city manager and report back to the City Council.
The location of the poles is determined through radio frequency engineering, said Magdosku.
Crown Castle, the parent company of of NewPath, said in an attachment to the application for approval that its network of antennas service carriers such at AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and MetroPCS.
"The elements of Crown Castle's network are unobtrusive and can be incorporated into low-profile, slim-line poles that take up little space in the public right-of-way," said the statement.
"Crown Castle's network therefore allows one aesthetically unobtrusive network to take the place of multiple antennas or macro-sites constructed by individual carriers."
The roadway area, though you can watch hawks circle in the sky and maybe spot wildlife, is not exactly pristine wilderness. There are numerous other obstructions, no U-turn signs, no parking signs, deer crossing signs.
And the city's ability to alter the location of the poles is extremely limited.
Crown Castle has a "certificate of public convenience and necessity" from the California Utilities Commission, which gives it the "authority under state law to erect `poles, posts, piers, or abutments"' in city rights of way, said its statement.
"Those are fancy words for saying they can do whatever they want to do," said Magdosku.
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Judge Sebastian Aeppli fined Rudolf Elmer, 55, more than 6,000 Swiss francs ($6,250; £4,000).
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Elmer also said that he had handed confidential Julius Baer banking files to tax authorities, and later the Wikileaks website run by Julian Assange, because he had wanted to expose tax evasion by businessmen and politicians.
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Jamie's Dream Team stays busy for sick and injured
A White Oak charity had its busiest year making dreams come true for the sick and injured.
"We had a very successful and prosperous year," Jamie Holmes said. "We did a lot. All the people we help become an extended family. We've created relationships that will last forever."
In 2005, Holmes founded Jamie's Dream Team, a nonprofit organization that tries to make life a little better for ill children and those in need.
Its first fulfilled "dream" was for 5-year-old Mallory Oross of West Mifflin, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in January 2005.
Since then, hundreds of dreams have come true.
"It was only a hope and a dream that it was going to be this big," Holmes said.
No fewer than 50 dreams came true this year, with a bulk of them being at a fashion show in May at the Dormont Hollywood Theater.
The fashion show models all suffered from some type of affliction.
"It was probably one of the best things that we've ever done," Dream Team vice president Kim Shidel said.
Holmes said everyone looked beautiful, and it was a tremendous event.
The Dream Team started the year strong by helping part-time Belle Vernon police officer Bill Haines.
Haines and his family lost their Unity Township home to a fire. The team came together in January to help Haines with various donations and assistance from Teamsters Local 205 and Busy Beaver among others.
Tiffany Weisenburger, a 29-year-old Pleasant Hills woman with acute myeloid leukemia, received a bone marrow transplant in August 2007. Her donor was Kyle Stapleton, a college student from Fayetteville, Ga.
In February, Holmes and the team helped send Weisenburger and her family members to meet her donor.
Jessica Thompson's dining room and living room were renovated in March. Jessica, 17, of Jeannette has metachromatic leukadystrophy.
The Dream Team gave synthetic hair to Noel Eversole, 26, of Glassport in May. Eversole's a mother of two suffering from an under active thyroid and alopecia.
Also in May, an umbrella stroller and a canopy wagon were given to 3-year-old John Blosser of McKeesport. John was diagnosed with neuroblastoma.
Gift cards, food vouchers and other donations were given to 3-year-old Jemma Snyder of McKeesport in June. Jemma suffered from brain damage.
McKenna May of Toledo, Ohio went to Disney World through the Dream Team with support from Give Kids The World in July. McKenna, 4, has leukemia.
Holmes helped another Toledo resident with leukemia and Down syndrome in August. Brittany Kookoothe, 12, received a customized bedroom.
Aaron Delandro, 31, of White Oak received financial support in late August. The father of three suffered from a brain tumor.
The Dream Team sent Kelly Hughes, 22, of Jeannette to Hollywood, and Virginia Buck, 9, of Erie to Green Bay in September. Hughes has an inoperable brain tumor. Virginia has Huntington's disease.
Robin Wardhall, 42, of Wilmerding went to Las Vegas also in September. Wardhall has cancer.
Gabby Hrinda, 9, of White Oak received an iPad to assist her with learning and other activities in October. Gabby had a brain aneurysm.
Devin Lint, 12, of Versailles got a computer for communication and gaming, and Tommy Enolish, 3, of Mt. Washington received an iPad in November. Devin has cancer and Timmy has autism.
December was a big month for the charity.
It helped rebuild a house for the family of 3-year-old Waylon Music. Their Kentucky home was taken over by black mold while Waylon was in the hospital with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.
Matthew Henry, 11, of Philadelphia went to Disney World with his family. Matthew was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and diplegia/hemiplegia.
Catherine Branson, 12, of Sparks, Nev. received a $7,000 scholarship for an intense physical therapy program. Catherine has an anoxic brain injury with limited mobility.
The team's working on several big projects for next year, including two dreams involving the Turtle Creek and Shaler area. Details are not being released yet.
Holmes, 25, was born with a rare disorder known as VATER Syndrome. Children born with that condition have congenital abnormalities of the vertebrae, lower intestine, trachea, esophagus and kidneys.
She's had more than 30 surgeries and medical procedures, including fusing several vertebrae in her spine. One of her kidneys has disintegrated, and the remaining kidney is not fully functional.
It's those challenges that help fuel Holmes' passion to assist others dealing with illnesses.
Major fundraisers this year were the fashion show, holiday toy drive, three spaghetti dinners and the Harff house Christmas light display in North Huntingdon Township.
Shidel said there were a lot of private donations this year as a result of more people finding out about JDT.
"There were some bigger stories that really opened us up to a lot of bigger things," Shidel said. "Pittsburgh's wonderful. We're grateful for The Daily News because The Daily News runs all our stories, and people see where their money's actually being spent. We have a lot of good things coming up."
Other donors included 84 Lumber, Royal Paint, Rain Roofing, Vince Veltri, Jaycox-Jaworski Funeral Home and Finney Funeral Home More information about Jamie's Dream Team is available online at www.jamiesdreamteam.myfastsite.net. Monetary donations to the Dream Team can be sent to 2023 Cypress Drive, White Oak, 15147.
Michael DiVittorio is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-664-9161, ext. 1965, or email@example.com.


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Hello Ladie!
I've got a long story ;-)
My positive test was March 30th. I have no idea on dates because I haven't had a cycle since 11/2006 and I've had two children! My little girl 9/2007 and my lovely boy 10/2009. This will be my third...I hope I get to stay in the Oct DDC, and have skipped the 1st trimester ;-)
I had light spotting Feb 17th which I'm hoping was implantation, and would make me 11 weeks now. My midwife left the country the day I found out and gets back Tuesday, so hopefully we'll have dates in the next week or so.
I'm a busy mom, and also run my own business. I own and operate a natural parenting/cloth diaper store here in Southern California. I haven't "felt pregnant" at all, and I think I pushed it this week. I had light spotting yesterday, and today I've been in bed with cramps and a light flow. Is this happening to anyone else? It's funny, I always tell my moms how to take care of themselves, I need to listen to my own advice.
I was pressured into an induction with my first, transferred with my second, but actually went into labor on my own! and got to 9cm at home before labor stalled. This will be my HBA2C.....
So there's my long story :-)
Welcome to our group! I hope everything is ok with you and the LO!
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Your story isnt too long, I like to read. LOL
Is your bleeding red or brown? How are the cramps doing? I have a lot of discharge but no flow or spotting of any kind. I have pains occasionally on the sides. Do you have a back up MW you could call if it turns bright or heavy?
Anyway, cant wait to get to know you! :-)
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Welcome to the DDC!
I had cramping early on but no cramping since or bleeding. I am also a busy mother with four at home and own a small, local business along with my fiancé, though ours is not baby/parenting related so I can relate!
I hope your MW has nothing but good news for you when you're able to see her! Can you get checked out at the ER to see if they see a baby on u/s, if your cervix is opened closed, and maybe if they can tell where the bleeding is coming from?
I love making a home for my man in uniform and my children.
Thanks Ladies,
It started off brown. Today it's bright. I wasn't really worried, but today my gut is telling me this isn't good.
Thanks for your support.
Hugs, mama. Hoping for nothing but the best possible outcome.
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Just adding my experience to the list...I've had cramping and bleeding, brown and sometimes bright red...I was sure I was losing the pregnancy, but it turned out to be twins (and so far they are fine). The bleeding and cramping have continued, though. I'm 14 weeks now.
I wish you the best and hope everything turns out perfectly well. How are you feeling?
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A little popup box explaining what an elite author is would do the trick.
Jordan_M said
We're seriously considering dropping the learn more. Hope this helps!
Thanks, that's enough to solve this. The issue I mentioned is mostly with new buyers who land here through search engines with the curiosity to purchase specific items but less understanding towards microstock-pricing-support possibilities. It would be better to make them learn more about the overall marketplace before author's earnings!
At first I was a little bummed to not have a chance at trying the price adjustment tool but after thinking about it:
- A price increase on files deter some buyers. Maybe not all, but some. Increasing the price does nothing but add a few extra bucks for each sale which probably doesn't compensate for the number of buyers who are turned off by the price in the first place.
- Having that gorgeous Elite Author badge on items can only help improve the sales of the item. It really helps make an item stand out and I really love the idea!
ThemeProvince said
A little popup box explaining what an elite author is would do the trick.
Jordan_M said
Here's an example of what the item badge will look like in context – it may change.
More sales for Elite, pure marketing
Need a loooooooooong time for ME to get Elite Badge
canimalition said
Need a loooooooooong time for ME to get Elite Badge
me too
Somehow i'm agreed with VF, people prefer to buy a hotdog from a normal seller in a van, and not from someone stopped in the street with a Porsche. I know Elite badge (or some paw colors) gives the authors some kind of "reliable author" status, but i don't think that badge on every item is going to make more sales. In fact, it could be the opposite, so think it twice!
Custom forum title? Ugh?
Is this an actual joke? No seriously? I was half expecting Jeremy Beadle to pop up from under my desk when I read this.
You're removing the ability for authors to set their own prices and test the impact of different price points on their businesses and replacing it with a custom forum title? This has to be a joke, right?
As someone that operates their entire business through ThemeForest, and has managed to grow a small team around it, substituting one for the other is not going to wash. And while everyone can always learn something new, 12 months access to Tuts+ is hardly a worthy replacement or incentive based on the assumption that Elite authors have already got some skills to pay the bills.
Getting straight to the point, these are things authors need to run their businesses more effectively, myself included:
1. The ability to test different price points and measure impact.
2. Analytics which allow us to track click to sale. Without any analytics we're playing a guessing game with promotions, advertising and essentially ANY marketing activity.
3. An open rating system which allows us to see why people have rated an item poorly. Without being able to see this information we are playing yet another guessing game and have no feedback loop to improve from.
These are things authors don't need to run their businesses more effectively:
1. A custom forum title.
2. More badges.


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Thursday, March 19, 2009
March Madness
. The only appropriate word right now is 'surreal.' The U.S. Treasury Department is an empty office building, the congress is having an epileptic fit about 0.01 percent of their own multi-trillion-dollar bank heist, and the president -- when he isn't attacking capitalism as a sinister Republican conspiracy -- is making campaign appearances on the Tonight Show and filling out brackets (whatever they are) for the NCAA basketball tournament. March Madness indeed.
Who is it exactly who expects us to believe that the AIG bonuses are the only money that's been wasted in the obscene orgy of government spending the malignantly destructive Obama administration has visited on the American people in the past two months? The congress that had no problem larding up an already grossly prodigal budget with $9 billion worth of special interest earmarks is righteously indignant about $165 million in bonuses they specifically authorized in their own legislation? The greed that's a necessary credential in the parasites who levy taxes is a mortal sin in the private sector that actually creates jobs and wealth. I get it. I can't wait for the federal legislation that bans bonuses and regulates salaries in the rest of corporate America. I guess the good news is that given the breakneck speed of Obama's legislative agenda, that bill will be on his desk in another three weeks.
And what are conservatives doing to stand up for our nation and our way of life? The eggheads are writing careful, measured essays on topics like "
epistemological modesty
," while the mere politicians whose job it it is to represent our interests are lining up in the same AIG gangbang that makes the Democrats so repulsively hypocritical to watch that even the braindead lib�
Shepard Smith
is outraged about it. As I said. Surreal.
Anybody else feel like forgetting March altogether and waitng for this perfect storm of idiocy to exhaust itself before we pay it any more attention? If you like college basketball, you're welcome to that as your consolation. But some of you are just as sick of
spinnaker pants
as we are of leftwing
. For them, I have a very modest diversion to offer.
Yes, it
possible to avoid basketball and
American Idol
and the next Obamessiah press conference. I can offer you what amounts to a secret television series that will soothe you and calm you down. Here you go. Twelve hours of surcease.
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Jesse Stone. Thin Ice
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
I'm sure some of you already know about the Jesse Stone movies, but if you don't, take a chance and rent them from Netflix or Blockbuster. I know they're not for every taste and younger viewers in particular may find them somewhat too deliberately paced. But that's what makes them therapeutic at a time when all hell is breaking loose and the pace of our public life is revving up to stark insanity.
Jesse Stone is a small town police chief played with quiet dignity by Tom Selleck. The charm of these movies is subtle but strong. Stone is flawed yet unsentimentally wise, believably principled, and most of all a man, though not in any stereotypical macho way. His first life was as a Los Angeles cop. His marriage soured, he drank too much, and he lost everything he cared about. The movies deal with his second life in a small Massachusetts town, where he lives alone with his dog, a bottle of scotch he rations to himself between late-night calls from the shallow ex-wife he's still in love with, and the job he takes as seriously as good men always do. The reason he's not a loser is that he knows exactly who he is and if he is in some ways sad, he's not sorrowful or lost. He understands that his wounds enable him to care more deeply about other people, even if they regard him as remote and just a little dumb. A younger girlfirend informs that he's the simplest person she's ever known -- not entirely a compliment -- and subsequently asks him if he's ever killed anyone. He answers, "Yes."
"Do you want to tell me about it?"
But she persists and he tells her about a man with a machete and the physical sense of fear. Then the shooting part. She wants to know if he couldn't have wounded the man, shot him in the leg. Stone tells her, matter-of-factly, "You always shoot to kill. It's not like the movies. There's no time. You aim for the center of the body and hope you hit it."
Then she observes, "Maybe that's what being a cop brings out in a man."
And he replies, "Maybe it's that I'm a cop because I am that kind of man."
That's really the essence of the series. Stone knows that life is a life-and-death situation, and he possesses a sense of duty and the bravery of a man who knows his capabilities without the bravado of ego. The plots have everything to do with character and just enough action and danger to create suspense, but the best moments have to do with Stone's minimalist methods for effecting justice. He can't be bullied, but he almost never raises his voice. There's a scene where the town council querulously importunes him to allocate his small police force
way, and he tersely refuses. They remind him that they have the power to fire him. He tells them, "You do. But you can't tell me what to do."
The Massachusetts setting -- a spare hilly town and Stone's lonely rented house on the waterfront -- reinforces both the ordinariness of life and the beauty of the ongoing tension between loss and life. In other words, it's hauntingly
That's why I'm recommending this right now. The writing is fine, the supporting cast routinely excellent, and Selleck seems completely at home in his part. If your appraisal of him dates back to the noise and over-the-top teevee-ness of
Magnum P.I.
, please put it aside. There's a gentleness about him, and a steely core, that 's been noted here before (scroll for
Quigley Down Under
), and this ongoing series of movies is the best thing he's ever done.
He has a stolid golden retriever for a companion. The eyes are limpid and knowing. You can imagine your blood pressure subsiding just by having this dog around. That's what these movies do. (Here's a
featuring both Selleck and the Golden. Don't pay any attention to the other bang-bang trailers. These
rapid-fire procedurals.) Give them a chance and I think you'll feel better for it. You might even make it through the middle of April without stroking out.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Goyim:
Jewish Humor
How do they do that? They must be Satanic.
. Go to Columbia or Havard or anywhere where they're celebrating Palestinians over Jews and I guarantee you you won't find people who can make you laugh. Of course, if you're a liberal, laughter is the last thing you want. YOU want social justice. Which is best achieved by enabling muslims to wipe Jews off the face of the earth. Except that if you did that, you'd also have to give up Jerry.
Well, he's not Satanic. More like a neighbor. Which is... Satanic.
Ha. What is it about those Jews? The thing that makes them funny. Could it be that they are more observant about human behavior, that they see and recognize the details of life most of us disregard or pretend don't exist? That's FUNNY. Until that suspiciously shrewd eye locks on us:
Damn. She's not funny. She makes us uncomfortable. Let's kill her.
Just kidding. We know you don't want to kill her. You're perfectly happy to let the Arabs do it, aren't you? (Although -- it sure is an uneasy feeling hoping that Arabs and Persians can do what the Germans couldn't.) But what are they waiting for? Why do they let the
ones in particular have the opportunity to speak their fucking minds?
This is the problem. Like with that bitch earlier. Let them
get serious and before you know it, they're making sense.
Some truth. Jews are screwed up. Not because they're evil or stupid or too wrapped up in the conspiracy that's made them all rich and powerful enough to rule the U.S. government. They're screwed up because their close observation of human behavior deludes them that we're all comically fallible, regardless of our origins and beliefs. Which makes them think that basic humanity should somehow overrule fanaticism, hatred, ideology, and politics. They're not opposed to arguing. They've been doing it amongst themselves for 3,000 years. But they get over it. Because there's sex and chicken salad on the table after the quarrel.
Which is to say they're grownups. Maybe the only ones. Which makes them fools. Sex and chicken salad really
be enough to bring people together. But they aren't. Not for all the rest of us. The ones who know that the only way people can ever get together is by turning every spat into a jihad and killing every single motherfucker who disagrees with us.
Like, look at today. St. Patrick's Day. Glory be. The "troubles" have started again. Isn't that wonderful? Maybe
time, we can kill them all, to the last man, woman, and child.
While the Jews want chicken salad. And maybe sex with their wife, at least once What do the muslims want? Maybe sex without having to see even the eyes of their wife, because it's so much better with another man who's already bent over his prayer rug with his ass up in the air. And then kill everyone who calls it buggering.
But pay me no mind. I'm a Scot.
think Jews are funny because 1) they only pretend to care about money, 2) they haven't, in 3,000 years, figured out the one infallible way to shut up their shrewish women , and 3) for an ancient tribe, they're damned obtuse about the mass slaughtering it takes to get the pagans to leave you alone.
On the other hand, they're the only other tribe that's as brave as we are. Except maybe the Irish, since this
their day and all, and we're trying to be polite. And the Irish are also funny.
So maybe the thing to do is join up and
the thing. Scots in the lead, of course, with the Jews and Micks following our chieftains while we put every last man of the enemy to the sword once and for all. That would be a hoot indeed.
On a more serious note -- we offer condolences to the family of Ron Silver, who made a moving
at the Republican National Convention in 2004. We don't know the right words to say, but we'd gladly join him in storming the gates of Muhammed's hellish paradise.
posted at 11:25 pm by
Monday, March 16, 2009
Stations of Loss
How much of everywhere will look like this in 2029?
. Funny how things work, how trains of thought get started and lead to other destinations. Over the weekend I glimpsed some
Top Gear
promo featuring what the Brits call a
shooting brake
' or an '
estate wagon
.' It got me wondering about the obsolete American term for the same kind of vehicle: 'station wagon.' I realized I didn't have the slightest idea where it came from. So this morning I did a Google search and was rewarded with the following from
Friday, February 20, 2009
Station Wagon, origin of the phrase
I was thinking about Station Wagons after posting about the Desoto and the Dodge a post or so down the page... and I realized that the phrase must orignate from the horse drawn wagons that went from station to station... or stages, hence Stage Coach... ergo station wagon.
Well, it made sense to me until I looked on the web for confirmation.
I was wrong.
The very first station wagons were called 'depot hacks' - they worked primarily around train depots as hacks (taxicabs). The modified back ends that made them depot hacks were necessary to carry large amounts of luggage - everyone traveled by train then, remember, and you needed a car that could comfortably carry people and large amounts of luggage from the train station to home. They were also called 'carryall's' and 'suburbans' (a name Plymouth used on their wagons until the late 1970's). 'Station wagon' was just another derivative of 'depot hack'; they were vehicles that were used as wagons (to carry passengers and cargo) from (railroad) stations.
He got it from a dedicated
station wagon website
, where there is also an excellent photographic
of this dead staple of American vehicular design.
The thing is, I miss station wagons. I've always had a soft spot for them because in my most serious car days a generation back I had a friend who loved both speed and
. His dad owned a
Type 27 Bugatti
, whose eponymous founder famously derided W. O. Bentley for making "fast trucks." But my friend preferred Bentley's vision of the
roadgoing locomotive
(cowcatcher optional) to the continental European ideal of the quicksilver scuttlebug too elusive to step on. He didn't disdain sports cars. But he preferred the big Jags -- the XK 120s and 140s -- to the Alfas, Fiats, Matras, Elvas, and Lotuses that made smallness a cardinal sporting virtue in the fifties and sixties.
Elva Courier. Cute, huh? Very Euro.
His personal ideal was American to the core, police cars and, yes, station wagons outfitted with tires, suspension, braking, engine, and audio components that would make them fast and agile enough to run down the scuttlebugs without any loss of big-car utility and comfort. As a big man and a multi-tasking one, he wanted plenty of leg and seat room, 100-Watt Stones belting from the stereo, a wide Detroit ashtray for his cigars, amusing passengers, and a few hundred pounds of tools and parts slamming around in back while he executed four-wheel drifts that would make today's fast-and-furious Hondas an endangered species if they'd interfered with his cornering arcs. Below is a picture that's close to what he'd have wanted, though he'd have switched out the alloy wheels for drilled stainless steel hubcaps, mounted the white-lettered tires with the inside blackwalls out, and he'd have fabricated his own dual exhausts, blueprinted the 440 V-8, and added fore and aft super-het radar detectors, headers, a manifold with two four-barrel Holley carbs, Koni shock absorbers, and calculated a custom camber and tow-in alignment that would have snapped the numb Chrysler steering into amazing responsiveness.
He'd also have installed metallic brakes and repainted in primer or matte.
The idea was not to look fast, but to
fast and look nondescript to cops.
Sorry about all the retro tech jargon, but the point here is that unlike today's minivans, the station wagons of old had the capacity to be utilitarian, sexy, godawful fast and, if not nimble, tenaciously
at handling. There was nothing inherently feminine about them, nothing suggestive of the bulbous wombs on wheels you see mooing blissfully down the highways of a morning, so content in the primacy of their cargo that the mother behind the wheel can't even be bothered to compensate for her abundant blindspots by checking the rearview mirror. She has no power in merging maneuvers, she veers from lane to lane as if guided by the wind-heeled spinnaker of a sailboat that knows it always has the right of way, and she has more faith in the belts and trusses of her childseats than she has knowledge of the physics that make underpowered high-center-of-gravity vehicles so incredibly vulnerable.
I'm not tring to be mean. Honestly. But surely our wives and children would be safer in transportation appliances more like the old station wagons -- lower, less tippy, with more visibility all round, lower, more solid automobile handling characteristics,
. To the ground. Yet station wagons are a thing of the past. Why?
I know it's crazy, but I also happened this morning on a beautiful but depressing photographic essay on the ruin of the City of Detroit, which you can see
. The first image was of the pathetic remains of
Detroit's great train station
, and I thought, "Hmmmm." Even if I don't know where the term 'station wagon' comes from, maybe the soul of the Detroit automotive manufacturing triumvirate does. Obviously, not every American city has lost its links with
its railroad legacy
, but Detroit definitely has, and that's the city that governs the American understanding of what contemporary transportation requirements are. Maybe their current vision of safe travel for women and children has taken on a tank-like quality because their headquarters city bears so much resemblance to a war zone.
Tell me this pic of the
Packard plant
doesn't remind you of
Enemy at the Gates
I realize I'm not making a defensible economic, historical, or rational argument. It's just a sensory reaction. But what are the odds that I'd light on the Detroit nomenclature '
wagon' and then stumble on a photo of the tragic state of the Detroit train
Now think about the kind of corrupt, tax-heavy government that has run the City of Detroit into the ground pretending that government can make up for the loss of private sector revenue. It can't. It isn't that business is the exploiter. It's that government is the parasite. Always the parasite, feeding itself on the weaknesses of the people.
All you mommies: Is that what you really want?
If government succeeds in killing the engines of capitalism and private enterprise, the portrait of Detroit you see above could be all of us in twenty years time. Think about that, why don't you?
We are the
ghosts we've been hoping for.
A final plink of serendipity. The Michigan Central Station was finished in 1913, the year the income tax was legalized in the United States. Metaphors involving cancer come to mind. More irrational poetic guff. Right?


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'Twilight' Soundtrack Goes Down in Swift Defeat
Sorry, Twilight-ers; the soundtrack for the highly anticipated vampire flick has been toppled from the top of the Billboard album chart by Taylor Swift's sophomore album, Fearless.
The 18-year-old country singer's newest offering debuted at Number One, selling a highly impressive 592,000 copies in the United States.
The Twilight soundtrack, which was released on November 4, debuted at Number One and held that spot until this week, when it slipped to Number 5, moving 107,000 units (a 35 percent drop from last week's figures).
Perhaps the record-buying public was all too eager to get the dirt on Swift's recent breakup with Joe Jonas.
Earlier this month, Taylor revealed that the album track "Forever & Always" was about her relationship with Jonas. "I think [men] are starting to realize that if they are involved with me in any way, I will probably write a song about them," Swift said at the time. "If they don't want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things."
The Twilight soundtrack features songs from Paramore, Linkin Park and Iron & Wine, as well as a track performed by the film's 22-year-old star, Robert Pattinson, titled "Never Think."
Bet you never thought that you'd get knocked off your pedestal by an 18-year-old girl, huh, Rob?


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Minneapolis Real Estate: 30 Cheap Minneapolis Homes
Here is a list of 30 cheap Minneapolis homes for sale on the IDX system that is sure to bring cheapskates out of the woodwork and bottom feeders out of the muck. Just don't call about a $10,000 home and say something like "Do you think the seller will be willing to come down on the price?" without even seeing the property first! This really happens. I kid you not.
See ALL Minneapolis homes for sale, starting with the cheapest.
Short sales and foreclosure listing inventory comprise a large part of the Minneapolis real estate market right now, which is what accounts for the low prices on most of these homes. However, it is not nearly as bad as Detroit; in Detroit you can buy bulk REO packages of 100 homes for one million dollars!
Some of these cheap Minneapolis homes will need some serious repair, but if this is will be an owner occupied property, you can use a FHA 203K streamline loan to finance both the purchase AND the repairs. If you are a Minneapolis real estate investor, keep in mind that you may never see prices this low again and that Minneapolis real estate appreciates nicely over the long term.
Keep in mind that on most of these distressed properties, the bank will not make any warranties about the condition of the property. Read about "As-is" purchases in Minnesota here.


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Am Freitag, den 29.12.2006, 23:23 -0500 schrieb Ron Carter:
> Things I would like to see:
> 1. Some better help files
What exactly is missing?
> 2. Basic configuration examples for VPN with
> different type of hardware
You have tunnels up with three different devices?
Give something back to the community:
> 3. External access to the firewall for demo's and trouble
> shooting connection when trying to establish VPN connections
Yes, tcpdump and ssh would really be nice. In the meanwhile
use /exec.php.
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|Padraig Brady <padraig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|Re: How to determine source ip address
|Gigi Sullivan <sullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:50:36 +0200
|Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>, Christopher Friesen <cfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
|<firstname.lastname@example.com>; from email@example.com on Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 06:47:07PM +0100
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Aiee :) Hello! On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 06:47:07PM +0100, Padraig Brady wrote: > >>Padraig Brady wrote: > >> > >>>I'm writing a network app (currently on linux 2.2.18, > >>>but soon moving to 2.4) that needs to build up ip & > >>>tcp packets manually. So my question is how do I determine > >>>the source ip address to use for a given destination > >>>ip address. I.E. take account of multiple interfaces/routes/ > >>>aliases/... > >>> > Chris, I'm only filling in the TCP header, and I realise the IP header > will be > filled appropriately when sent. However I need to calculate the checksum for > the TCP header which is actually calculated for the pseudo header: > > struct pseudo_header { > unsigned int src_address; /* <==-- */ > unsigned int dest_address; > unsigned char placeholder; > unsigned char protocol; > unsigned short tcp_length; > struct tcphdr tcp; > } pseudo_header; > > So I need to determine the source address before sending... When sending IP datagram, source IP address is choosen by the kernel just picking up the one bound to the outgoing interface (actually I never thought about this could work when multiple addresses are assigned to one interface). So, what you have to do is just this; look at destination IP address, use the kernel routing table to get the outgoing interface, retrieve the IP address associated with it. You can achieve all this just using AF_NETLINK socket(2) or by playing with /proc/net/route and doing a few ioctl(2) calls (SIOCGIFADDR)) If I misenderstood something, I apologize; point me out to the beginning thread then, thanks! :) > Thanks, > Padraig. bye bye -- gg sullivan -- Lorenzo Cavallaro `Gigi Sullivan' <sullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Until I loved, life had no beauty; I did not know I lived until I had loved. (Theodor Korner)
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Target: The Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica
Goal: Halt development threatening the iguanas' habitat, Jamaica's biodiverse mangrove forests
Thought to be extinct, the Jamaican iguana has experienced a remarkable recovery since 1990, when one was found in Jamaica's Hellshire Hills. With the help of programs that rear baby iguanas until they are big enough to be safe from predators, 255 iguanas have been released into Hellshire, a region part of the incredibly biodiverse Portland Bight Protected Area and one of the few places on Earth they can survive. Yet, even after investments of millions of dollars, along with the efforts of biologists and research volunteers over 24 years, the Jamaican iguana is still critically endangered.
Now, the Jamaican government has plans to reverse the area's environmental protection laws and sell the Jamaican iguanas' only other habitat, the Goat Islands nearby Hillshire, to China Harbour Engineering, Co., a conglomerate blacklisted by the World Bank for fraudulent practices. The company's plants to construct a megafreighter seaport and industrial park, according to an article in CNN, would involve clear-cutting the islands' vital mangrove forests, a natural protection against climate change, and dredging the surrounding coral reef ecosystems.
The development of the Goat Islands by China Harbour would threaten not only the diverse marine, plant, and animal life of the region, but also the people of Jamaica, where one fourth of jobs are tourism-based. Some have argued that the China Harbour development would create jobs, but in past projects, Chinese investors in Jamaica have employed mainly Chinese workers, and the Goat Islands development seems to promise no different.
Please sign the petition below, and urge the Jamaican government to uphold their environmental protection laws. The fate of the Jamaican iguana, the entire ecosystem, and the livelihoods of the local people hang in the balance.
Dear Prime Minister Simpson-Miller,
I am writing to bring your attention to the impending sale of the federally protected Goat Islands to China Harbour Engineering, Co. A conglomerate blacklisted by the World Bank for fraudulent practices, China Harbour would clear-cut mangrove forests and dredge coral reefs to construct a megafreighter seaport and industrial park within the incredibly biodiverse Portland Bight Protected Area.
This development poses a direct threat to the region's vast array of marine, plant, and animal life, notably the iconic Jamaican iguana. Believed to be extinct until 1990, the iguana has experienced a remarkable recovery thanks to generous biologists, research volunteers, and international investors.
I urge you to uphold your national environmental protection laws and deny access China Harbour access to this vital habitat and site of eco-tourism. The survival of rare wildlife such as the Jamaican iguana and the livelihoods of your people depend upon your leadership.
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EXCLUSIVE: Hot off her critically acclaimed comedy In A World…, Lake Bell is set to star opposite Simon Pegg in Big Talk Productions and Studio Canal's Man Up. The romantic comedy centers on single gal Nancy (Bell), who's mistaken for a stranger's blind date en route to her parents' anniversary, leading to her finally finding the perfect boyfriend. Tess Morris penned the script which made the 2011 Brit List, a UK-centric riff on the Black List. Pegg and Nira Park will produce Man Up for their Big Talk banner (Shaun of the Dead, Attack the Block) and have set British TV and film helmer Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners, The Inbetweeners Movie) to direct. Filming begins in January. Bell recently shot Disney's 2014 sports drama Million Dollar Arm with Jon Hamm and is currently filming the thriller The Coup with Owen Wilson. She also lends her voice to Fox's March 2014 animated pic Mr. Peabody & Sherman. On the small screen Bell recently appeared on Season 4 of Childrens Hospital and directed four episodes of the Adult Swim comedy series. August release In A World… marked Bell's feature writing and directing debut and nabbed her Sundance's Waldo Salt screenwriting award. Bell is repped by UTA and Burstein Company. Palmer is repped by WME and Independent Talent Group in the UK.
Lake Bell To Star In Rom-Com 'Man Up' Opposite Simon Pegg; 'Inbetweeners' Ben Palmer To Direct
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Love lake Bell. So talented. Can't wait.
I always try to support female directors but honestly, IN A WORLD… was terrible. I'm sure Lake Bell is talented but that film did nothing for me and that ending…BLEH.
Love her, but still waiting on "Surface: The Movie."
wasn't this bell chick in some goofy off the wall tv drama several years ago about a mother, her kid, & some really silly sea creature that kept squirming around trying to get into mother chick's denims? when do we finally hear the last of her?…she's kinda a bargain basement sandra bullock wannabe, eh?
"when do we finally hear the last of her?"
Based on this article, probably not any time soon. I don't really get why you're so down on her ("bargain basement"? "sandra bullock wannabe"???) considering you haven't seen anything she has done lately.


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MTS is investing in the community by giving $10,000 grants to 10 organizations working specifically for youth advancement and positive social change. Each grant will fund youth programming in the arts, education, recreation and sports.
On Monday, MTS Allstream CEO Pierre Blouin launched Future First, a community-investment program, with a short speech, a promo video and an explosion of confetti to top it off.
"Manitoba's youth face many challenges. Issues ranging from lack of access to education, to work and government," said Blouin during the launch. "There are many organizations in the community working to improve these barriers.
"It's our intention with Future First to provide support to these organizations and help provide the means to create new initiatives," he said.
Future First and the $100,000 in funding will be a welcome relief for many non-profits operating within tight budgets and relying on donor dollars to fund programs.
Ian McArton of Special Olympics Manitoba hopes his non-profit will be selected for a grant in 2014.
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Currency hedging and goods trade
A puzzle in empirical international finance is the difficulty in finding a large and negative effect of exchange rate volatility on international trade. A common explanation is the availability of hedging instruments. This paper examines the empirical validity of this explanation using data on over 1,000 country pairs. Which countries have currency hedging instruments is not perfectly observable. This paper deals with the problem by specifying an endogenous regime-switching regression. There are two main findings. First, there is no evidence in the data to support the validity of the hedging hypothesis. Second, for country pairs with large trade potential, exchange rate volatility deters goods trade to an extent much larger than that typically has been documented in the literature (without using the switching regression specification).
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The 54-year-old caretaker raised her arms over her face and begged not to be shot again.
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