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Super Committee Vs. Fiscal Commission: It's Different This Time
In December 2010, the President's Fiscal Commission failed to garner the necessary supermajority to pass its plan to reduce the deficit by $3.9 trillion over ten years. Now, with the Congressional Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, commonly known as the Super Committee, starting work on its effort to propose $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions, some have speculated that history is about to repeat itself. However, a closer examination of the two bodies' purpose, structure, and powers reveals a night-and-day difference - the Super Committee is designed to succeed, while the Fiscal Commission was not.
First, the two bodies have different purposes. The Fiscal Commission's goal was to identify "policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long run," exactly the type of high bar grandiose objective that has led to failed attempts to solve the gridlock on fiscal reform for decades. The Super Committee's target, while insufficient to completely solve our country's long-run fiscal challenges, is big enough that lawmakers have within reach the means to make a significant step forward in addressing our fiscal imbalance.
The Super Committee requires only a simple majority vote to recommend a plan. The Executive Order that established the Fiscal Commission required a supermajority vote (14 of 18 Commissioners) to pass its recommendations. Furthermore, one-third of the Fiscal Commission members were private citizens, appointed by the President, who did not face the political constraints that make deficit reduction so difficult. All members of the Super Committee are Senators and Representatives and were chosen by the Congressional leadership.
Most importantly, the Super Committee is embedded in the legislative process. While the Fiscal Commission was established by an executive order with the President as the intended audience for its recommendations, the Super Committee was established by law, and its recommendations are guaranteed expedited consideration in Congress with no opportunity for filibusters or amendments. It is a lawmaking exercise, first and foremost. And furthermore, a sliding scale backstop ensures that if the Super Committee's policies save less than $1.2 trillion within the budget window, automatic across-the-board spending cuts will sop up the remaining deficit reduction target. The prospect of automatic cuts to both defense and nondefense spending beginning in 2013 gives the Super Committee an incentive to succeed that the Fiscal Commission never had.
While each of the 18 members of the Fiscal Commission were truly dedicated to their task, success was not in the design. They had no means by which to overcome the structural limitations under which they were organized. With a simple majority requirement, a truly bipartisan structure of only lawmakers, and the real threat of sequestration, the new Super Committee is designed to succeed.
Despite its obstacles, the Fiscal Commission made some good tax policy proposals, whose intent the Super Committee would do well to heed. First, support for curtailing "tax expenditures" and reducing individuals' statutory tax rates was enjoyed by most if not all Commissioners, and is sound tax policy. Lowering tax rates is always a pro-growth reform, and base broadening, if properly constructed, can be too. Second, a majority of the Commissioners favored reducing the corporate statutory rate and moving toward a territorial tax system, which would also promote growth and economic efficiency.
Not all aspects of the Fiscal Commission's tax plan promote growth and efficiency. For example, the Commission's proposal to raise the tax rate on capital gains and dividends would discourage capital formation and reduce wage growth over time. The Super Committee certainly should not make the tax burden on capital formation higher than it already is. In fact, pro-growth base broadening must distinguish carefully between the changes that promote efficient allocation of resources and those that discourage saving and investment.
The Super Committee's job is a challenging one, especially considering their November 23 deadline for a vote on a deficit reduction package. In addition to finding mandatory spending cuts and entitlement reforms, the committee faces significant hurdles in translating the broad income tax recommendations of the Fiscal Commission into legislative reality.
Transition rules may prove quite complicated, and the day when the tax code can be rid of most tax expenditures could be a decade from now. And the members must wrestle with the politically sensitive questions of what tax expenditures to protect and what overall level of tax burden is appropriate. These problem are not insurmountable, but with just ten weeks to work, the Super Committee will need to think hard and fast if it is to design a better tax system with less government meddling and lower tax rates.


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By checking your skin regularly, you will learn what is normal for you. It may be helpful to record the dates of your skin exams and to write notes about the way your skin looks. If your doctor has taken photos of your skin, you can compare your skin to the photos to help check for changes. If you find anything unusual, see your doctor.
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A VERY unusual pet shop has opened it's doors in New York. Look closely at the bird cage and the fish bowl, and you'll see why the lady on the left looks so shocked!
The animals in the shop are behaving really weirdly, like this TV mad monkey! But none of them are real, because the shop is actually an art exhibition by graffiti artist Banksy.
The creatures look really cool, but there's a serious side to the exhibition too. It's to make people think about our relationship with animals, and how we treat them.
These fish fingers swimming around in a gold fish bowl show that lots of people love keeping fish as pets, but think it's ok to eat them too!
And check out these chicken-shaped chicken nuggets, who dip themselves in sauce!
Banksy said: "I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing."


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Abdel Karim, a refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan, walks his children to school in early November in Cairo. Karim has taken adult education classes sponsored by St. Andrew's Refugee Services, which is supported by Catholic Relief Services.
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CAIRO -- Refugees from South Sudan living in Egypt say the outbreak of violence in their homeland is caused by political squabbles over power, not conflicts between tribes.
"There's a problem there between the Dinka and the Nuer, because the Dinka are the majority and control the government, leaving the Nuer with no power," said John Yien Ruach, a Nuer refugee from South Sudan living Cairo. "But here in Egypt the two tribes get along fine. We live together, talk together, and on Christmas day we prayed and celebrated together."
Yien, an evangelical pastor in Cairo's refugee community, said he spoke by phone Dec. 31 to his uncle in Malakal, capital of South Sudan's oil-rich Upper Nile state, which rebels loyal to the country's ousted vice president, Riek Machar, seized briefly before being driven out by government troops.
"He said that things had calmed down. After two weeks of war, things were now OK. They're living in the U.N. camp there and want to leave. Yet there's no way to leave. We'd like them to come here, but that's too dangerous. People are saying the U.N. wants them to go to Ethiopia to be refugees there," Yien told Catholic News Service.
More than 1,500 South Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt have registered with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Officials admit many others are living in Egypt but have not registered.
Along with other refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan, and a much larger recent influx of refugees from Syria, they fled fighting and hardship at home. There are no formal refugee camps for them in Egypt, however. Like a majority of the more than 15 million refugees in the world, they have moved into crowded urban neighborhoods, often cramming several families into one apartment.
Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR's deputy regional representative in Cairo, said it is preferable for refugees to live in urban settings where they can maintain their independence, even if they have no formal access to the labor market.
"No one wants to be in a camp where you have to be fed rations on a daily basis, where you don't have freedom of movement, and where you have no choice about where you live or where your children go to school. That's the great thing about governments allowing refugees to settle in urban areas," she told Catholic News Service.
Kris Ozar, head of programming for the Cairo office of the U.S. bishops' Catholic Relief Services, agreed.
"You never want to have people in a camp setting, no matter how robust the services you provide," he said. "Ideally you get people living in host communities where they can integrate and live in peace, make new friends, expand their social networks and get on with their lives. It makes service delivery a bit difficult, and you've got to go out and find pockets of displaced people in order to deliver services."
Such urban refugees inevitably face problems, however, when the local population is less than welcoming.
Ochan Jok, a refugee from Malakal whose black skin and ritual scars on his face make him easily distinguishable from most Egyptians, said he is often called "monkey" or "donkey" when he walks down the street in Cairo. His wife, Martha Lual, also from South Sudan, said she regularly gets called a prostitute simply because of her race.
Jok and Lual, who receive a regular cash grant from CRS to cover some of their children's school costs, have not given up on their homeland, however.
"Someday when my children graduate as doctors and teachers, they can return to South Sudan and help our country develop," Lual said.
Yet children bear the brunt of mistreatment. Abdel Karim, a refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan, said that when his 9-year-old son Ziad was called racist names by Egyptian boys at their suburban Cairo school, his son refused to fight, instead telling his tormenters that Allah forgave them for their behavior. That earned Ziad even worse treatment, and teachers had to take the boy to the hospital with a cut on his head.
Asked about tension between refugees and Egyptians, Ozar said he could not speak for the refugees.
"You hear things on all sides, both minor issues and more complicated ones. For the most part they are being welcomed, but no integration is seamless," said Ozar, who coordinates a variety of services that CRS provides to refugees, including educational support and livelihood training.
"There are many challenges, and children can be brats no matter where you go in the world. Whether you're in suburbs in the U.S. or in government schools in Egypt, kids will take every opportunity to poke fun at others. All that happens here. But are those behaviors unique here? Absolutely not. There are always challenges when new people come into crowded classrooms that are already stretched," he said. "But my hat's off to the government of Egypt for doing its best to open the doors and utilize its already stretched resources to serve new populations coming in."
Yet most refugees from South Sudan say they do not want to stay in Egypt. Tan said the "ultimate dream" of the refugees is to have the United Nations resettle them in a new country.
The UNHCR is currently resettling about 2,000 sub-Saharan refugees from Egypt to other countries every year. Most go to Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Yet, South Sudanese have not been eligible for resettlement for several years, as resettlement countries felt that repatriation to their newly independent country was more suitable. With the outbreak of violence in December, that perspective may soon change.
"We hope they'll change their mind because of what is happening now in South Sudan," said Yien. "No one wants to go home. Those of us who are here want to be resettled somewhere else."
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And here is what I've grown recently: Mustard and Kale microgreens. Both are good. The kale is mild, the mustard a bit spicy. I think I'm a microgreens fanatic.
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Wildcats vs Bulldogs Final: 34-20 - Recap
The Wildcats were Gator Bowl winners on Tuesday, coming out on top of the Bulldogs by a score of 34-20 at EverBank Field.
The Wildcats were a 1-point underdog in the win, and managed to turn a profit for their supporters. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 54.5.
Trevor Siemian completed 12 of 20 pass attempts for 120 yards for the Wildcats in the win. He was picked off 1 time by the Bulldogs defense.
Josh Robinson rushed for 91 yards for Mississippi State, while LaDarius Perkins added 84 yards. Tyler Russell threw for 106 yards for the Bulldogs, while receivers Arceto Clark and Malcolm Johnson had 36 and 24 yards respectively.
Mississippi State lost the offensive yardage battle to Northwestern 357-292 yards in Tuesday's game. Northwestern had more first downs as that total ended up 19-18.
The time of possession battle favored Northwestern as their offense was on the field for 33:48, longer than the 26:12 of their opponents.


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This week, John has started tweeting some best quotes and ideas from the Slow Church book... If you use Twitter, make sure that you follow us: @SlowChurches . Watch for our tweets and Retweet your favorite ones. (If you have a copy of the book already, feel free to tweet your favorite quotes using the hashtag #SlowChurch. )Even if you aren't on Twitter, you should be able to read the quotes here: https://twitter.com/slowchurchesHere are a few of my favorites: Our calling into the abundant life of #SlowChurch begins and ends with the love, patience, and longsuffering of G … [Read more...]
Tiny Tastes of Slow Church
In Sickness and in Health – Guest Post by Justin McRoberts
One of the wonderful things that happened at The Festival of Faith and Writing last month was that I had the opportunity to meet singer/songwriter Justin McRoberts. We had some good conversations, and he was very interested in Slow Church. Justin recently wrote a wonderful book entitled CMYK: The Process of Life Together -- which I read in one sitting this past weekend! -- and which I hope to review very soon for The Englewood Review of Books. He recently sent me an excerpt from this book that is very pertinent to Slow Church, and I am delighted to share it with you here.Be sure to check … [Read more...]
Englewood Christian Church's Story…
I didn't realize until yesterday that this article was online. It is an excellent reflection on our experience here at Englewood Christian Church.Those of you who were at the Slow Church conference on Saturday morning, might remember the first few paragraphs of this as it was read by our pastor Mike Bowling (FYI: a recording of that talk will be posted online soon). FROM RURAL STREET TO URBAN AMERICA: THE ENGLEWOOD STORY Kyle Mobley, Tracy Taylor, and Michael Bowling via Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis 3, vol. 2 (August 2012)This article … [Read more...]
A School for Kindness?
One of the most interesting new books released this week is Congratulations, By The Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness by George Saunders. This hardback volume contains the graduation speech that Saunders gave at Syracuse University in 2013. Although you can read the full text of the speech online, this lovely hardback would make a wonderful gift for all your friends and family who are graduating this spring! [Also, watch a lovely video excerpt of the talk here ]I was especially captivated by this passage: Each of us is born with a series of built-in confusions that are probably s … [Read more...]
Is Jesus the Answer? [A Reflection on the Slow Church Conference]
Is Jesus the Answer? A Guest Post By Peter Stevens Last week, I attended the Slow Church Conference. While driving down Keystone Avenue in Indianapolis, I saw a church sign that read, "Jesus is the Answer." I've heard this a million times. Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of the saying. While I understand the intent behind the statement is probably someone trying to share the Gospel, the statement itself seems to fall short. There's no discussion of how Jesus is the answer or what the question is. I think to many it seems like we are trying to offer Jesus as the solution to any problem without qu … [Read more...]
Scott Thumma: Further Conversation on Sociology and Slow Church.
You might remember from the recent Religion News Service article, that one of the people interviewed was sociologist of religion Scott Thumma, who said: Scott Thumma, a sociologist of religion at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Conn., says the slow church movement makes for good theology. But it likely won't work for most churches, he said, for the same reason that the slow food movement failed to gain mass appeal."We'd all like to have a slow-cooked, three-hour meal, with locally grown produce," he said. "But few of us have the time or money for it."Likewise, few people would be drawn to the i … [Read more...]
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From: "G. Fletcher" <>
Subject: Re: What year is "MDCCCXXXIX" - thanks
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:30:30 +1100
Paul Pearce wrote in message <>...
>Since no one actually knows a Roman our Latin is a bastardised form of
>what we believe it would be. Numbering often causes problems and I have
>seen people argue over such matters. One persaon replied suggesting IM,
>but this is 999, however CM is 900 and CCM could be 800. So another
>option for 1839 could be MCCMXXXIX. Now I know a lot of folk will argue
>for the version with D or 500 in it, but in truth there is no absolute
>definite rule.
My understanding is that there is a definite rule:
The Romans used a numbering system that was based on additions and
I = 1, II = 2, III = 3, IV (5-1 or 1 before 5) = 4, V = 5, VI= 5+1 or 6;
VII = 7, VIII= 8, IX = 9 (or 1 before 9) and X = 10.
Following this pattern, and remembering that the Romans never used more than
3 of the same symbol in a row, the rest of the numbers can be made up to 39
when the new symbol " L" was used to designate 50 ; (L was based on the idea
of the Legion or 50 soldiers) so 40 become XL or 10 before 50.
Other symbols include
C for 100 (based on the initial C for Centurion - a leader of 100 men)
D for 500
M for 1,000
For numbers greater than 3 999 (MMMCMXCIX) a bar was added, but I forget
which numbers where then used.
While we haven't meet any Romans, we can still understand their numbering
system. It is only the pronunciation of the words that we cannot understand
as there was no way of phonetically recording it at the time.
Gerry ( a product of an old bush school!!)
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Please join the College of Liberal Arts for the University Forum Lecture "Art and the Historical Image: Painting Nuclear Testing," a talk by Kristian Purcell, artist and curatorial assistant, The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford, UK.
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Hansen noted that the field of political science has dissected no single subject as intensely and for as long as it has elections.
"The military tends to protect its own, up to a point," Hansen said.
The adoption agency that arranged the placement last spoke to Hansen in January and found nothing amiss.
"The military is very independent of the media," Hansen said.
Tobin, the little consumptive, sampled in this peculiar way, as did the hammer-handed Hansen of the every-ready scowl.
Its cause was discovered by Hansen in 1871 to be a specific bacillus.
Two or three of his business associates were coming to dinner; Hansen was to drive them all into the city later.
Hansen's note of alarm in 1854 was echoed by Leverrier in 1858.
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Nac, Chapter 445B, Chapter 445, Air Controls – General Provisions (doc, 58 KB)NAC 445B.259 [445.686] Monitoring systems: Performance evaluations. 1. During any performance tests required under NAC 445B.252 or within 30 days thereafter and at such other times as may be required by the director under § 114 of the Act, the owner or operator of any affected facility shall conduct continuous evaluations of the performance of monitoring systems and furnish the director within 60 days thereof two or upon request more copies of a written report of the results of such tests. These evaluations must be conducted in accordance with the specifications and procedures provided in this section and NAC 445B.260. 2. Except as provided in NAC 445B.260, continuous monitoring systems listed within this subsection must be evaluated in accordance with the requirements and procedures contained in the applicable performance specification of Appendix B of 40 C.F.R. § 60. Continuous monitoring systems for measuring: (a) Opacity of emissions must comply with Performance Specification 1. (b) Nitrogen oxide emissions must comply with Performance Specification 2. (c) Sulfur dioxide emissions must comply with Performance Specification 2. (d) The oxygen content of carbon dioxide content of effluent gases must comply with Performance Specification 3. [Environmental Comm'n, Air Quality Reg. §§ 2.17.3 & 126.96.36.199, eff. 12-4-76]—(Substituted in revision for NAC 445.686)
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Location: Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME
For more information: Larissa Vigue Picard; 207-774-1822 x215; mainehistory.org/programs
Leonard Reich, Colby College Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, will reflect on the causes and effects of the energy crisis decade, and comparisons to our current energy concerns. Part of an ongoing series of talks related to MHS's current museum exhibit, Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine.


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Semi-arid climat generally describes regions (non-polar) receiving low annual rainfall (from 250 to 500 mm) and generally have a short-grass or scrub vegetation. The K—ppen climate classification for semi arid climates is either BS for steppe climates or BW for true deserts. For people who enjoy the really dry and humid weather, splurging from their personal budget to visit the desert like regions is very much worth it to them no matter the cost.


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The Illustrator for Lunch™ series are short video courses you can study in bite size pieces such as at lunchtime. In this course you'll learn to draw cartoon style art in Illustrator and color it using Live Paint. The drawing is provided for you - so you'll get practice with the Pen and Pencil tools and learn to use the Live Paint tool color the drawing.
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Grilled Picnic Chicken Recipe
This tasty chicken marinates overnight. The next day, I just pop it on the grill for dinner in no time. —Cindy DeRoos, Iroquois, Ontario
- 1-1/2 cups white vinegar
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 6 tablespoons water
- 4-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 broiler/fryer chickens (3 to 4 pounds each), quartered or cut up
- 1. In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Remove 1 cup for basting; cover and refrigerate. Pour remaining marinade into a gallon-size resealable plastic bag; add chicken. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight, turning once or twice.
- 2. Drain chicken, discarding marinade in bag. Grill chicken, uncovered, over medium heat for 15 minutes on each side. Baste with the reserved marinade.
- 3. Grill 10-20 minutes longer or until the juices run clear, turning and basting several times. Yield: 12 servings.
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The hotel was lovely however we were extremely disappointed when we were arrived and were advised they had overbooked and we were to be relocated to an 'equivalent' hotel for one night (although we had booked and paid in full well in advance). We were placed in another hotel for one evening which was much below the standard of the Peace Laguna room we had originally booked. The room was disappointing however more alarming was the breakfast served at the other hotel had insects in the rice (which other guests were eating), fruit was of poor quality and limited selection available.
I was extremely dissatisfied and requested on more than one occasion that I speak to the manager (which did not happen). I also requested a refund for the first night due to the poor nature of the alternate hotel offered which was declined. We were offered a dinner and bottle of wine which I believe was not adequate however did not wish to further ruin our holiday by arguing with staff.
I had a similar experience a number of years ago in Bangkok when arriving at the Lebua State Tower - we were offered an alternate hotel for the first night which was complimentary and we were more than compensated during our stay at the Lebua - all of which was without asking.I am sorry to say this was not a similar experience at the Peace Laguna and although the actual nights we spend at the resport were lovely, I would be reluctant to recommend the Peace Laguna to friends or family.
The room at the Peace Laguna was lovely and spacious and the remainder of our stay was very enjoyable. Only comment I would make is regarding the 'gym' - most equipment did not work and was poorly maintained - don't even bother considering using it.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Delightful setting with several lagoons and a great location. The Peace Laguna Resort & Spa is 4 star resort situated in Krabi, close to Ao Phra Nang Beach, and is made up of 149 cottages & rooms nestled snugly on a tranquil lake. The resort encompasses a very special blend of lush, unspoiled, tropical beauty and modern, luxurious living. It's quality and style blended with nature and is framed by a giant granite outcrop. The cottages are uniquely crafted from an embryonic spiral design and are equipped to the highest standards. Well located, only a short distance from all of Ao Nang's main attractions. Set against a backdrop of limestone cliffs around a central lagoon ... more less
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Mises Daily Articles
Economic Lessons of Tea
The lessons to be learned from food are limitless. Almost any food you can name--if you study its history--has something to say about economics, politics, history, or culture.
For whatever reason, tea, particularly the plain old regular types we all know (such as the "black" tea found in cheap boxes of 1,000 teabags at the local grocery gigamart), seems to teach more lessons by its history than almost anything else we could eat or drink.
The first thing tea history demonstrates is that free trade and free markets are reliably impressive. Tea first became known to a few in the west in the 1500s, and by 1620 it was exported from China to most all of Europe--on private ships. When an entrepreneur saw an opportunity, even in the face of months-long voyages, dangers, hardships, crude technology, and monstrous business risks (imagine coming back from a voyage and finding the product was out of fashion!), the product found its market.
Another tea history lesson is that without government micromanagement of money and markets, things get less expensive; markets for goods and services approximate the perfect-competition model, and prices approach marginal cost. In the first decades of the 1600s in Holland, tea was enjoyed by only a wealthy few, as it cost over $100 per pound. By the later decades of the same century, tea was so affordable it was available in restaurants. Things keep getting more expensive for us today because the government keeps messing with our money (1, 2) and absorbing half our productivity.
Tea keeps on teaching: There's nothing government can do that private enterprise can't do better. The John Company, in the 1700s, was granted by the government of Great Britain a monopoly on all trade to the Orient. Built mainly on the tea trade, the John Company was permitted--and able!--to occupy and govern territory, coin money, build forts, declare war, pass laws, and more.
True, without government-sponsored monopoly power, a single firm wouldn't have been able to develop all those capacities quickly or easily, but this is still more evidence that individuals and corporations can accomplish whatever needs doing, without government providing the infrastructure or funding (3; PDF file).
And even tea history is written by the victors. The British East India Company, the one we've all heard about, was not the biggest player in the tea business during its entire history. In the early 1700s, the John Company was the big one, and East India, facing bankruptcy, was forced to appeal to the government for help. The companies were merged, and East India--the name of the combined company--was the biggest player by 1773 (the Boston Tea Party). Since East India won the right to keep their name, and because our revolutionary history was written by the victors in America, few Americans or Brits have heard of John Company.
But the tea history lessons continue, next reminding us that government corporate welfare hurts the consumer (that's you). The John Company and East India, after the government-brokered/enforced merger, were granted monopoly rights over all trade with India and China. The result: the price of tea remained artificially high for Brits all over the world, including those in America fighting for their independence. It's worth keeping in mind that monopolies don't arise without the help of coercive government.
Tea's history in the U.S. proves that a free economy makes your life better. It was America that invented iced tea and the paper teabag, the two most important innovations in tea history. It is noteworthy that both these inventions surfaced before World War I, when the federal government began its twentieth-century booming expansion into internal economic and external political affairs.
Aside from powdered instant tea and new marketing of the same old products, there appears to have been virtually no further substantial innovation in the American tea industry until the 1980s and '90s, which brought us mass-market herbal "teas" (herbal teas aren't really tea), fruit-flavored teas, single-serving prepared iced tea bottles and cans, and more. Perhaps the governmental shocks to the economy of WWI, the Depression, WWII, and the welfare state of 1950 forward kept teamen on their heels for most of the century.
The history of tea reinforces even cultural lessons, such as the one that you can expect the South to make anything its own. Along with mint juleps, pork barbeque, watermelon, and cooking with lard, the South made tea its own way, in the form of sweetened iced tea. There's no restaurant in the South that won't assume you mean "sweetened" when you order iced tea, and there's no place you can go where iced tea isn't the most-ordered beverage.
Finally, tea reminds us that if you dig a little, the history of a single food item can teach more than a textbook, and the lessons strike you immediately and intuitively. If boring old tea can teach us this much in a few minutes, imagine what something nourishing, like beef, has to say.
Unfortunately, most of the lessons boil down to the ineffectiveness of governmental impingements on the economic activity of people wishing to exercise freedom of choice in producing and buying goods and services. This is the very lesson which, it seems, never will be learned.


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Release Date: 1958
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Plot Summary
Now working as an attorney for a major corporation, Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) takes his wife, Jane (Patricia Breslin), and their two kids on a trip to his home town, where they reunite with Andy's mother (Fay Holden) and sister (Cecilia Parker). Soon Andy's mind turns to business, and he tries to convince his superiors to build a factory in the small town, which would allow him to move back and improve the local economy. Unfortunately, a corrupt businessman (Frank Ferguson) has it in for Andy.
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Sara Haden, Joey Forman, Jerry Colonna, Vaughn Taylor
Director: Howard Koch
Genres: Comedy
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Very clean, very friendly, everything very good! A 4* hotel which has actually deserved 5* ---
Friendly staff, nice view from the balcony. Central located and parking facilities. The ceasar salad in the restaurant was awful and the beer was served in a longdrink glass. Minibar at the room was noisy.
Friendly staff, clean facility and a good restaurant too. Excellent stay.
the evening meal at the restaurant was simply superb excellent facilities/comfortable well-equipped room too noisy but they did change our room with no fuss/ breakfast was poor
Restaurant open until midnight. Not easily available 230 VAC power outlet.
Brekfast is the best
Staff was excellent.
Excellent location (next to City Hall Square), spacious rooms with brand new and modern furniture, luxury bathroom, a/c and all facilities expected from a four star hotel. Excellent continental breakfast. A very good restaurant with exquisite cuisine (both Romanian traditional dishes and Italian/French ones) open until late at night. Staff very helpful and affable. Private parking available for just 5 euro/24 hours. Nothing to complain about. Would certainly recommend it as a sejour place and great stop-over-night for people travelling to Romania by car.
services / facilities
cleanliness of the room, new furniture, bed, tv, cleanliness of bathroom shower cabin was moving, not a nice view, some noise from the main street
Very good looking, nice sfaff, we were just transiting Arad and the location was good A minor complaint about the water running on the bathroom floor while taking a shower... Also the quality of the breakfast can be improved
Spacious, modern rooms, friendly staff Breakfast very poor
the price batroom, breakfast, general unconfortable aspect
This hotel was very nice, exactly like in the pictures on the website. I would give this hotel 4 starts, not 3, and I reccomend it to anybody who has to stop in Arad.
Located nearby to our destination in Arad. Easy to find on main road into Arad. Staff were friendly and spoke very good English. Made us feel at home. Very large room No elevators. Things had a not-finished feel - electric wall plugs came out of wall, furniture was scant.
It is a good hotel in a nice city of Romania ,and at the west border of the country.Everything was OK.
The rooms are clean and comfortable. The restaurant coupled to the hotel is good. When coming from abroad by car the hotel is placed in an advantageous position on the road from the border.
Garded oarking Breakfast
Kind staff; good restaurant
clean and confortable
Hotel stuff excellent. We take 4 person rooms but is for only 2.25 persons. Room space is OK but beds are terrify not for even 3 years old children's.
comfort wirelles was not working in the room
The personnel was very kind and helpful. The window was broken,m therefor there was noise coming from outside.
location no lift
The staff was very helpfull and friendly. The airconditioning didn't work, it was terrible hot in the room, with open windows lot of noice from outside, the pool was empty (altough it was 28oC). The breakfast was very poor.
Nice Rooms, Helpfull Staff No Private Parking Space
The staff were very friendly and helpful and the little garden with the pool was delightful. We had room 6 which didn't have an actual window to look through which felt a bit odd. Also, the bedding was not cotton which made it rather hot to sleep in.
The garden and the swimming pool were great. Very nice, big and comfortable rooms and very clean bathrooms.Very nice and helpfull staff. The noise from the main street. No restaurant to eat, but they have catering from nearby.
The staff was friendly starting from guiding us in to the hotel via phone. They were great with suggestions of what to do in Arad. The room was clean, spacious. The staff did everything to make our overnight there a pleasant stay.
Exccelent service,exccellent staff,comfortable,clean
Camera foarte mare, calitate deosebita a serviciilor, merita toate cele 4 stele; doar amplasarea nu este cea mai buna, fiind localizat pe o straduta secundara, iar de la geam poti vedea case vechi cu animale...
nice hotel, nice pool to relax after a working day breakfast could be better
Nice idea , nice construction , big rooms , nice personnell , friendly athmosphere , verry clean . view from the balcony in the yard of the poor neighbours - too big contrast between luxury and dirt .
Good room and bathroom;nice garden-restaurant ;air conditioned;very clean all over very small and uncomfortable pillows;poor ventilation of the bathroom
It was nice and clean. The breakfast was very tasty, but it was a bit noisy at night.
Everything No
Kindness of the personnel
ok, the food was not so great, coffee was not very good, but they had very nice staff i did not like the shower cabin - I took a shower and the entire bathroom was filled with water due to poor instalation of the cabin
quite good resteurant, hotel is clean very low wi-fi signal, breakfast could be better
Friendly and attentive staff, pets welcome, good cuisine. Staff not speaking English, noisy street (but it's OK by closed windows)
Very clean, quiet, excellent food at a very decent price!!! Very good services, excellent quality of furniture, cozy atmosphere and friendly stuff!
Friendly service and can do attitude Couldn't fault this place
We stayed at Pension Apfehaus enroute to Romania. It is just out of Arad so an ideal stop off point. Its very much like hotels we have stayed in in Belguim/Netherlands and a very good standard.The lady managing the hotel was so helpful. On our arrival she said she would open the restaurant for us and cook a meal. We stayed here on our return 10 days later and she was waiting for us with the same abliging service. Bigger and better signage would be a big advantage for the hotel and for travellers travelling round the bypass in Arad as they are about 3km's off the main road but well worth the little detour. Quite Happy
The situation, countryside, excellent room and the staff.
Excellent family-run hotel conveniently located on the outskirts of Arad, extremely clean, cosy, peaceful, recently built. The rooms are spacious and very well equiped. Quite simply, a piece of Austria.
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Norwegian Sky 8/15-8/18/2008: Norwegian Sky Cruise Review by Preds
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Norwegian Sky 8/15-8/18/2008
Destination: Bahamas
Embarkation: Miami
I have a few comments on the Sky itself, and then on the staff and entertainment. Though the next few paragraphs might sound bad... don't mistake them to mean that we did not enjoy our cruise. That couldn't be further from the truth, we had an incredible time, but there were a few miscues along the way that we did indeed notify NCL about.
I'm an NCL supporter, but the Sky herself was subpar IMO, particularly when compared to the other NCL ships I've been on (Gem, Spirit, Pride of Hawaii/Jade and the Star). The condition of the public areas were OK, but I didn't care for the ship's overall layout. It was the least intuitive layout of all the ship's I've been on. The ship felt very narrow, the public spaces and More particularly the entertainment seemed small. I don't get how the Sky is classified as a 77,000gt ship while the Spirit (which felt significantly bigger) is only 75,000gt. I also didn't care for the cabins and their small bathrooms and tiny showers w/curtains. We also noticed several decks had a sewage smell around the forward and aft staircases, but didn't notice it in the hallway near our cabins.
Our cabins definitely felt worn. They also reeked of smoke, thus we called Reception for an ionizer and they responded within minutes. The safe didn't work in 8019, so again we called reception, and security responded within a reasonable time but was unable to fix the problem (ie. the safe does NOT work in 8019).
We found 2 brand new screws laying around the floor of our cabin in 8019 and pointed them out to the cabin steward who took them and said he'd notify the carpenter. We later noticed that the top closing bar hinge for our our bathroom door was barely hanging on by the last few threads of a single screw, with 2 empty holes. Presumably what the screws were intended for. Thus we pointed this out to our cabin steward and told him that the screws we had handed him earlier were likely to repair the hinge. Well, this problem was never fixed... no biggie, the door still worked I guess. 8019 continued on with yet another issue after my brother I took showers in the evening on Friday. We got up early to go into Nassau on Saturday. When we returned to our cabin (8019) we noticed a stinking smell (kinda like rotting feet) and soon realized that water had leaked from the bathroom into the main cabin area (after I stepped on the carpet in my socks and soaked my foot)! We again notified reception, and maintenance was sent with a blower to try and dry the rug (we had this for the remainder of our cruise). The odor improved marginally, and the carpet never got completely dry. IMO, this cabin should not be in service. Aside from reeking of smoke, 8018 had no issues, and the inside across the hall 8113 was fine from the get go.
I also want to note that we had NO A/C in our cabins for several hours on Sunday (after returning from GSC). It was incredibly hot in our cabins, and it only intensified the odor issues we were having from the mildewy carpet outside the bathroom in 8019. I saw another poster mention that deck 8 lost toilet service for an hour, but I never noticed that. Our toilets worked fine!
We found the food on the Sky to be good to very good. Lunch on Friday at the Palace Dining Room was very good, and dinner that evening in Cagney's was excellent. We also enjoyed Le Bistro quite a bit (I even tried Escargot for the 1st time! The buffet was OK in terms of quality of food, but the selection was limited, and the setup of the Buffet is terribly inefficient and congested. We avoided it whenever possible.
Our cabin stewards certainly tried hard, but they seemed to struggle speaking English, however, whey were definitely responsive to our requests for the most part. I felt bad for them because our cabin in 8019 was pretty much a disaster LOL. We found the waitstaff to be very good in general, though Ernesto in Cagney's was absolutely excellent. The Front Desk certainly tried to respond to our issues, and always with a smile, but it seemed there were some things beyond there control. Overall we didn't really have any problems with the service on the ship, and definitely could see the crew trying to go above and beyond, despite the lack of control of the sip's environs.
The entertainment was the real highlight of this ship, specifically Comedian Tim Kaminsky. He was incredible. For those that were on our sailing, I was a member of the "Buffalo Family" that Tim certainly had fun with. My younger brother was Toto in the Wizard of Oz, and my father was the one dancing bare-chested and twirling his shirt at the show Friday Night, and hysterically subbing in for the role of the Lion in Wizard of Oz on Sunday night. My sister was also the younger female who played Tim's arms so well early on, but was so busy laughing she couldn't do the Macarena properly! Our family had a blast with Tim. We spent quite a bit of time talking with him at both the Margarita and Beer Tastings, as well as in Le Bistro and a few other venues throughout the ship. Great guy. Great comic. DO NOT MISS HIS SHOWS! As for other entertainment, we didn't make the Carnivale party, and only briefly watched part of the White Hot party before moving on to more interesting activities (for us at least). We missed the Soul Rockin Nights show, but I've seen it before and wasn't too fond of it on other ships. The Cruise Director (Matt), was OK. He certainly had energy. We missed the Newlywed game, but caught the Quest game, quickly realizing with just our sister amongst us it was useless to try and compete as it got crazier and crazier, thus we just observed (though that nutbag Tim smacked both my brother and myself with wet kisses... ewww)!
Anyhow, despite all the issues with our cabin, we never let them bother us. We were there to have a great time, and most certainly did. NCL needs to continue working on the problem cabins. It seems the things they addressed in the wetdock were mainly the casino, and new flooring and loungers on deck 12. Aside from that, I didn't notice much else new.
For a 3 day cruise, we found the Sky to be sufficient, with a hard working crew, a fun atmosphere, and good food... hopefully they can upgrade the cabins some for the future, but I wouldn't let that stop us from going on her again. If you're easy going and ready for a good time, the Sky can definitely deliver... especially if you're lucky enough to have Tim Kaminsky on your sailing (he's there for another 2 1/2 weeks)! Less
Published 08/22/08
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Whatever this Khania may have been to me in the past—if she was anything at all—that story is done with.
I had seen and heard too much, and this woman called Khania guessed that I had seen and heard.
Now they had been drawn, and between them, in her royal array, stood the Khania still as a statue.
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Leo asked the Khania what happened if there was a bad season.
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It worked well, for truly there is no one whom I hate more than the Khania Atene.


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With its wide, sandy beaches, historic pier, and a century-long history as a seaside destination, Santa Monica has become renowned as the epitome of refined beach resort towns. And within its small cadre of trend-setting establishments, no hotel embodies the spirit of beach chic as Shutters on the Beach, which celebrates its 20th birthday this year.
Over the course of its first two decades, the hotel's reputation for style has been honed through strategic partnerships with world-famous designers and luxury brands, such as Kate Spade's retro beach bicycles and the reinvention of the guest rooms by Michael S. Smith, who also happens to be the White House decorator. Most roomies have balconies to drink in the ocean views, and the beach-house ambiance feels as if the whole building had been transplanted from Martha's Vineyard or the Hamptons, which was the intent of original developer Sam Stein. That timely yet timeless architecture is but one of the reasons that Shutters, a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, regularly makes best-of and must-visit lists from such travel authorities as Travel+Leisure and Frommer's.
But all of that impeccable taste might never have transpired had Santa Monica history taken a different turn way back at the end of the 19th century, when the local powers-that-be decided that the town should be the de facto port for the city of Los Angeles, not a family-friendly vacation mecca. Santa Monica founder John P. Jones was among the leaders of this initiative, even going so far as to become a partner in the building of a mile-long wharf that allowed trains to carry freight to and from ships docked in the Pacific Ocean. But San Pedro ultimately won out over Santa Monica, which changed the seaside community's destiny.
Jones was also responsible for the community's first resort development, the Santa Monica Bath House, which was located on the beach at the foot of Utah Avenue (now Broadway). Over the next few decades, a slew of bathhouses sprang up for the beach-loving public. Then, in the 1920s, the more affluent began to rub bronzed elbows at members-only beach clubs, which dominated the oceanfront scene. Dues were roughly $10-$12 a month and provided members with access to high-class amenities such as lounges and on-sand dining establishments. One of the most upscale and exclusive of the beach clubs was the Deauville, which boasted French-style turrets and even a private glassed-in beach; its dining room could accommodate an outstanding 1,200. The Edgewater club stood on what is now the site of Shutters on the Beach and was one of the more popular oceanfront destinations during its time.
The beach clubs were responsible for creating not only a new culture for the upper class but also for bringing several sports to the mainstream populace. Beach volleyball was developed and later refined right on Santa Monica's fine sands by none other than Duke Kahanamoku, who is also credited with helping to spread the sport of surfing and for whom the chain of Duke's restaurants is named. When the Duke, as he was called, came to the mainland from Hawaii to act as the athletic director for the Santa Monica Beach Club, he transformed the sport of beach volleyball from a leisurely pastime to a competitive and rugged activity.
The golden age of Santa Monica's beach clubs, however, enjoyed only a short-lived history before the Great Depression brought property prices crashing like tidal waves. Today, little remains of the elaborate buildings that were home to Santa Monica's famed beach houses, and the Deauville itself was torn down in the 1960s after suffering a devastating fire. After serving as a shooting location for director Ida Lupino's Never Fear (1949), the Edgewater itself became a hospital, the Kabat-Kaiser Institute, which some patients report also was home to a radio station before the building was eventually demolished in the 1960s.
But even with the passing of the first gilded age of beach culture, the shore still packed in the crowds. In the 1930s and 1940s, Santa Monica Pier was home to several boarding clubs, which helped introduce the sport of paddleboarding to the mainland. Paddleboarding soon gave rise to surfing, and by the 1950s, a new Southern California craze and the culture it spawned had gone national.
Since the 1990s – and, perhaps not coincidentally, the opening of Shutters – Santa Monica's star has again been on the rise. The beachfront is once more a destination for guests from around the world, whether they're visiting for a film festival, doing business as part of the burgeoning Silicon Beach scene, or simply kicking up their heels in a beach chair and waiting to be pampered. But no matter what they come for, you can rest assured they'll be doing it in style at this luxury hotel in Santa Monica.


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