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xD don't worry what they do with it ... You aren't the one building it.
If you're too scared, just send the idiots who're willing to pay for design sketches to me. I got plenty to sell them. lol
Go for it. I'm sure that you can make some quick money selling your designs. It's really pretty easy to do. The contractor can take care of all of the systems/structural stuff. All you need to do is be creative!!!
wow.... I wish I knew this when I was in HS. :)
Some easy money.. huh?
I would like to see these "designs" that you would be selling to a client.
As a high school student, I doubt they are worth the paper they are drawn on.
You might also want to consider selling your designs to busy architecture offices. Some ready made designs could be real time savers for them and thus of value.
CD.Arch, it's good to be young and ambitious. I'm interested to know what kind of design were you thinking of selling and to who? to Architects? I know the majority of Architects wouldn't use anybody's design but their own even if they were given to them for free. Either that or they will completely change the design. I don't know, I think it might be an ego thing. 9 out of 10 Architects think that they are better than other Architects and "designing" are their greatest assets so to spend money buying a design from somebody else would be very rare. Designing is the fun part yet very hard to get right, that's why you only see the experience people in charge of the design while the graduates end up being the cad monkey in an office. Why would they be buying designs and not do their own design but pay cad monkeys to draft them up if they want to save time.
What if you sell your design to a client? well unless you can bring the project all the way to the final product which is the building, the chances are they will take your design and go to a building designer or an Architect, the designer or architects will probably tell the client that the design is not practical and completely change it.... probably even make fun of the design and tell the client it is probably done by an inexperience person.
The only thing left is family. Your family will be the only people who will be paying for the design. Most people start their business selling to family and friends. So I think this is your best bid. But sooner or later they will run out of steam trying to keep that motivation up for you. Unless they are well off.
My advice is keep that ambition with you, make it through high school, get yourself into a design school and learn the theory behind good designs. Once you finish your degree, get a job in a good firm and learn from there.
Good luck
I hear McDonald's is hiring... probably more reasonable money there. There are real graduates attempting the same thing the OP suggest, not sure how a HS student can compete with that.
I still doubt your designs are worth a crap, but the fact that you put yourself in a position to sell designs as a high school student shows ambition and suggests that you have more business acumen than about 99% of practicing architects out there.
Snoopy is wrong...I wouldn't recommend studying design and going into the internship pipeline. If you have clients willing to pay for your work, go for it. This country was built on charlatans, invent who you want to be, sell it to yourself, sell it to the world.
Can I ask why you need the money for my friend? Sometimes people need money desperately and they get all motivated and come up with all these great ideas. Sometimes those ideas are too good to be true. I have a college of mine who found out that her 2 year old son had cancer. Very sad. She is in need of money. She does fun raising along with her familiy. They have now raised over $100,000. Also appeared in local newspapers.
Chigurh, I'm not sure if you're mocking the HS student or encouraging him. You are assuming that his work is worthless without even seeing it and then telling him that he can sell it to clients. You should know that designing buildings isn't something anyone can do out of the blue. You have to be able to explain and evaluate, there are environmental and cultural aspects to consider. Assuming you are an Architect or a designer being here. However I do agree with you that CD.Arch shouldn't be taking my advice if his motive are not design based but rather money making. Maybe a major in finance is more suitable.
But if you need the money for say an Xbox console or something then yes Mcdonalds are your best bid. You don't need a car to travel to Macdonalds. I'm sure there are public transports that can get you there. I doubt that everyone need to own a car to visit a Macdonalds store for some food.
Sadly a perfect example of Chigurh's point about "This country was built on charlatans, invent who you want to be, sell it to yourself, sell it to the world" is Hernan Diaz Alonso being appointed director of Sci-ARC.........
Hey Snoop, All I'm saying is that if he can swing it without school, he should.
There are tons of developers that market themselves as "designers" and when they need something done, they find the people to do it (craigslist drafter posts) or they fake it till they make it.
School is not necessary for success even in design and I'm sure you know that most architects suck at the business side of the practice. This guy seems to have that figured out, so regardless of the validity of his designs, he should just sell what he can make money and do it as long as he can be successful.
Are there not any businesses that you can walk to from your home? If so, can you just get a job at one of those? You're in high school, you really don't have the pick of the litter when it comes to employment. Just get a job that pays above minimum wage and work your butt off.
Are we talking houses and strip mall build-outs? If so an unlicensed person can do these in my State without a seal. It depends on licensure/seal laws in your particular state. Follow gruen, its ok for "designers" to do work but if they want a seal you have to do the CD's. If not, stay away. All this stuff is are cheap developers cutting corners at your expense. Just remember if something goes wrong you'll be "The Daddy".
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Hallelujah! was written by Leonard Cohen and has been recorded/performed by many others. I didn't realize quite how many before seeing this list at My Old Kentucky Blog. Ironically, until today I don't think I ever heard Cohen's own recording of the song. The version most of you have probably heard was performed by Rufus Wainwright for the Shrek soundtrack.
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Miss Kitty's Evolutionary Potato Salad (By Florida Native)
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This is my 'evolutionary' potato salad recipe. I started making this when I was about 17 years old, and have changed ingredients over the years until it got to this point -- now, I like it just the way it is! My biggest change was once I was making this for a party and mistakenly put chili powder in instead of paprika. I got upset, but added the paprika anyway, and off we went. I got more compliments on my "messed up" potato salad than on any other occasion! And it tasted GOOD. So I stuck with it. Some of the measurements are approximate (mayo especially) as I just dump stuff in, stir it up, and taste it until it's right. And how wet you like your potato salad is a personal thing. I just KNOW when it's the right consistency for our family.
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My goodness this is tasty. I wish all my 'errors' would result in something this good. I ended up doubling the chili powder and loved every bit of it. Made this for our annual New Years BBQ, and it was enjoyed by all. Thanks for a great recipe FN. This is going to be my 'go-to' potato salad. :) Thanks also for being such a wonderful Secret Santa. You sure spoiled me.
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- 8-10 medium red potatoes, peeled, rinsed, and cubed
- 6-8 hard-boiled eggs, coarsely chopped
- 2 celery ribs, finely diced
- 14.79 ml Dijon mustard
- 236.59-354.88 ml Hellmann's mayonnaise (when adding mayonnaise, depending on how much mayo you like, add 1/2 cup at a time until the desired)
- 0.59 ml chili powder (to taste)
- 1.75 ml paprika
- sea salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 3-5 dill pickle spears, chopped (I use Claussen)
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- Peel potatoes, rinse, slice and cube. Place in boiling pot of water with salt and pepper to your taste. Boil 10-15 minutes, or until just tender when pierced with a fork.
- Remove from heat, drain, and cool potatoes.
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This coming weekend is the Bill Koch Ski Festival, so in honor of the weekend I've made something for the kids to play with, if yours are anything like mine. I've converted some Arc GIS files to a Google Earth File, so now you can fly around Rikert in Google Earth and see where you went skiing for the day. Chester Harvey in the Geography department has made a new trail map for Rikert based on this shapefile, and I've taken the trail names both off of that new map, as well as the older traditional map. So the Google Earth file is still a rough draft, and some of the trail names may be a little off, but it's still fun.
Right click here, and choose Save As, then don't forget where that is. Clicking on that file should open it in the right program. Naturally, you will need Google Earth installed on your computer. I've been having bad blog luck, and just clicking on the file itself will probably lead to a page of gobbledigook.


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Saturday, March 17, 2012
A Great Spring'tacular Thank You
Thank you..........to all of you who have linked up to my craft portion of The Great Spring'tacular Link Party Parade. I am truly honored that you joined me. Being that this was my first party, and not being well known, I worried that I wouldn't get anyone to link up with me. So, I very humbly thank each of you.
Thank you..........to those of you who weren't able to share a craft with me, but took the time to leave kind comments and/or visited the many blogs who linked up.
Thank you..........to the girls, Debbie, Shannon and Debbie. It has been a pleasure working with you girls!
Thank you..........to Debbie of Debbiedoos for answering all our endless questions and for working with three girls who were new to all things link party related.
Thank you..........to those of you who had to bear with me while I got my newbie linky issues taken care of. Some of you may have had to link up again and yet again until I got it right. I probably should thank Brent of Linky Tools as well. The issues were all my own, he was polite enough not to let me know that. LOL
In other words, thank you, sweet friends, for making The Great Spring'tacular Link Party Parade a big success!
***My Craft Party link will remain open until Tuesday, March 20. Click here to link up.
16 comments:
- Linda @ A La Carte said...
I'm so glad you did the linky party and I enjoyed seeing all the crafts!
hugs, Linda
- March 17, 2012 at 12:12:00 PM EDT
- Diane said...
This was a ton of fun! It's amazing how many talented people are out there that want to share their love of crafting, sewing, painting, designing, etc. Is there a Summer Party in the works???
- March 17, 2012 at 2:26:00 PM EDT
- Leslie said...
Darn... I forgot. I need to catch up with the link party and get some inspiration. Happy st patty's.
- March 17, 2012 at 3:35:00 PM EDT
- NanaDiana said...
I am so glad you got the "bugs" ironed out! You did it, girl! I'm proud of you! xo Diana
- March 17, 2012 at 4:55:00 PM EDT
- Audrey-eleganteconomies.blogspot.com said...
Yaaay, Gina! Thanks for hosting!
- March 17, 2012 at 6:15:00 PM EDT
- Gypsy Heart said...
I wish I had been able to join in. Next time ok? :-)
You did a fabulous job!
- March 17, 2012 at 10:01:00 PM EDT
- ImSoVintage said...
Maybe one of these days I will actually finish a craft and then I will join in if you still have the parties. Glad it went well for you.
- March 17, 2012 at 10:31:00 PM EDT
- sweet violets said...
You did a super job!!! I enjoyed every craft, hope to join in next time....hugs...cleo
- March 17, 2012 at 11:49:00 PM EDT
- reFresh reStyle said...
Gina, I must admit I was a nervous wreck leading up to this! It's hard doing something the first time, for me anyway! But, you guys made it so much fun~I hope we get to do it again! Now that we've got our first time outta the way! Have you're having a great weekend!
- March 18, 2012 at 1:09:00 AM EDT
- The Polka Dot Closet said...
You ladies did great!! The dress form party was my linky party and I was all stressed out, but it worked out and now were pro's
- March 18, 2012 at 1:12:00 AM EDT
- Kelly @ Live Laugh Rowe said...
Hi Gina! Great blog :) Thanks for linking up to the blog hop! New follower!!
- March 18, 2012 at 3:27:00 PM EDT
- Fox Hollow Cottage said...
What a great post G! Just the sort of thing that makes you so special and such a joy to party with. It was wonderful getting to do my first linky with YOU. Mwah! Luv ya.
- March 18, 2012 at 5:24:00 PM EDT
- Debbiedoo's said...
Hi Gina...yes I am still here. Been heck the last few days I tell ya. Here is my new URL http://debbie-debbiedoos.com. I have to add yours back too.
- March 18, 2012 at 11:24:00 PM EDT
- Cindy Adkins said...
Hi Gina,
I'm glad it was such a success!! and I hope you have a beautiful week ahead, my creative friend!
- March 19, 2012 at 12:13:00 PM EDT
- ✿ⒹⒺⒺ✿@ A Lapin Life said...
Hi Gina,
Thanks for having the party! :)
- March 19, 2012 at 8:48:00 PM EDT
- Tammy Henderson said...
Hi! I just wanted to pass along an award to your blog! It is called the Liebster Blog Award and is given to up and coming bloggers. I think your blog well deserves it! I love your creations! come check out my blog for all the details of the award so you can pass it on too!
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And with secure managed cloud application services it also means that companies can avoid security and reliability worries, and enjoy the fact backups are now a maintenance task for someone else to handle for them.
Starting with business solutions, Leancall is a cloud based predictive dialling solution which doesn't require any hardware or even contracts – you simply choose a payment plan and the software runs through a web browser. It operates on a pay-as-you-go basis which is only really possible if they're able to use the cloud to rapidly scale to meet usage – something which would be impossible if additional customers meant adding new hardware on a daily basis.
In terms of business administration, project management and accounting services have long made use of cloud computing. The likes of Freshbooks and Kashflow both provide invoicing and bookkeeping for businesses. For project management, there are a million simple task applications, including the extremely attractive Wunderlist, and the long-established RememberTheMilk.
Moving up a level the legendary Basecamp works for individual projects whilst Liquid Planner is extremely capable for company-wide project management
Meanwhile combining two massive trends at the moment, Kaggle uses cloud computing to provide a crowdsourcing platform for big data. That means data analysis and interpretation suddenly becomes available to businesses which can't afford to hire data scientists on their team, as suddenly the global pool of data talent becomes available.
Zillabyte, formed by three former Google and Intel engineers, not only provides users with data sets, but also the algorithms and processing to do something with them.
In March they were also joined by InsightsOne, which processes masses of web data in real time against structured data sets to determine which customers will want to see offers, and when. Meanwhile cloud-based analytics and business insights startup Cetas was acquired after just 18 months by VMWare particularly because of the elasticity of the way their software utilises resources.
Mixing business and consumer products in the cloud:
There are even more products to consider when you look at the crossover between business and consumer services, such as Google with Google Apps for Business comprising of Gmail, Google Docs etc, and Microsoft now offering Office 365 for online collaboration in addition to Hotmail.
Individuals and business use also crosses over with popular online storage services such as Dropbox which has over 50 million users. And customers are paying businesses via cloud-based payment and commerce solutions, such as subscription service provider Zuora.
There's also probably not a business in the land which hasn't been powered by, and argued over, the songs on one of the many cloud-based music services!
Contributing writer: Dan Thornton is an experienced writer, blogger and digital marketer. He's worked with the UK's largest magazine publisher, national radio stations, and consults everyone from small start-ups to global businesses, as well as running his own small network of videogames sites.
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Yes..it's dilapidated well...not really. It's just abandoned for good. No more trains pass this track any longer. The newest one is underground a few meters away from it. So, sometimes..we just cross over it to get to the bus stop, cos it's closer. We need not go down into the underground crossroad to reach the street.
What we love about this location is the fact that wild flowers were just springing up all over the place so as to make it a good spot to hang out or walk around.
The heat in the summer could be distressing, but...the wind just keeps on blowing from all directions in this area...that at times it cools us down.


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Vertebrate Pest Management (WILD5004)
Vertebrate pests occur in many parts of the world, and can pose significant problems for management of habitat, agricultural productivity, human and wildlife health. This unit focuses on vertebrates that have been introduced to new environments, and considers in detail the impacts and management of pest vertebrates in Australia. Steps in pest management are reviewed, from problem analysis to acceptable levels of control, using case studies of multiple vertebrate pests. Traditional mortality methods as well as emerging management tools are reviewed. The Unit is taught full-time over 7 days at the university farm "Arthursleigh" near Marulan NSW. There are lectures, tutorials, and a variety of practical classes.
Our courses that offer this unit of study
- Graduate Certificate in Animal Science
- Graduate Certificate in Environmental Science
- Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Animal Science
- Graduate Diploma in Environmental Science
- Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Studies
- Master of Animal Science
- Master of Environmental Science
- Master of Veterinary Studies
- Master of Wildlife Health and Population Management
Further unit of study information
The Unit is taught in a full-time week at the university farm "Arthursleigh" near Marulan NSW. There are lectures, tutorials, and a variety of practical classes. Please see the Wildlife Masters Website for the timing of this course (http://sydney.edu.au/vetscience/wildlife_masters/program/index.shtml).
The assessment of this unit occurs both in the full-time week and in individual written assignments done in the student's own time. The full-time week contributes (40%) of the total mark through a number of individual and syndicate tasks, with presentations to the group. The remaining 60% comes from two written assignments of 3000 words (20%) and 5000 words (40%) respectively.
Unit of Study Handbook is the primary reference.
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Study this unit outside a degree
Non-award/non-degree study
If you wish to undertake one or more units of study (subjects) for your own interest but not towards a degree, you may enrol in single units as a non-award student.
Cross-institutional study
If you are from another Australian tertiary institution you may be permitted to underake cross-institutional study in one or more units of study at the University of Sydney.


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Go Inside Jean-Claude Van Damme's New $6M Mega-Mansion
Jean-Claude Van Damme sure knows how to "kick" it in style.
The Expendables 2 star has splashed out $6 million on a brand new mega-mansion in the Marina Del Rey, Calif. neighborhood of Los Angeles — and we're taking you inside the home.
Cue the pun: As the real estate game can be a real "Bloodsport," 52-year-old Van Damme reportedly dished out well over the initial asking price of $5,850,000 to ensure he came out on top in the bidding war to snap up the incredible pad.
According to the real estate listing, the home boasts six bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms — with plenty more luxury amenities fit for a celeb.
The waterfront abode also features a deluxe master suite with his-and-hers baths and a steam shower, commercial elevator, bar, library and office, billiard room, gym, rec room, 3D home theater, state-of-the-art Sonos audio system, eight fireplaces, an exceptional kitchen, open floor plan and — of course — ocean views.
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On January 1, 2007, Ban Ki-Moon, South Korea's former foreign minister, will become United Nations Secretary-General, following Kofi Annan's ten-year tenure. Annan inspired the world with his diplomacy and leadership on poverty reduction and human rights, but the war in Iraq divided the world and drew attention and financial resources away from crisis regions and critical long-term problems like climate change, disease control, sustainable energy, and access to water. With the recent elections in the United States and the rise of Asia's global influence, there is an opportunity to turn the world's attention to the most critical challenges facing our planet.
In addition to the long-term challenges of poverty, the environment, nuclear proliferation, and UN reform, the new Secretary-General will inherit a long list of hotspots: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Myanmar, Sudan, North Korea, and others. Recent attempts to influence developments in these countries through threats and sanctions, and sometimes war, have failed. Most are less stable today than they were five years ago. Clearly, a new approach is needed.
The leading Asian countries, including Ban's South Korea, have long favored a balance of diplomatic approaches and economic incentives as the way to solve complex challenges. Rather than relying on sanctions and threats of force, the idea is to underpin long-term prosperity in today's unstable regions. This balanced approach is important because most of the world's hotspots are in trouble not only, or even mainly, because of politics, but because of the underlying challenges of hunger, disease, and environmental crisis.
Consider Darfur, a crisis that has been debated in the UN Security Council as a confrontation between the Sudanese Government and the people of Darfur. But the deeper truth is that Darfur is unstable because it is home to an impoverished and fast-growing population without adequate supplies of water, food, health clinics, schools, and other basic services. Rather than focusing on sanctions, the major powers would do much better to work with Sudan's government to propose and help to finance long-term development strategies.


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Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban: 'Eh, Screw It. We'll Just Buy One.'
With every celebrity and their brother having a baby right now, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban weren't about to let an uninhabitable uterus keep them from the latest Hollywood fad. Which is why they've announced today they have a brand new baby via a surrogate that they're both apparently the biological parents of. The AP reports:
The couple announced Monday the arrival of Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, born on Dec. 28 at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital.
Kidman and Urban released a statement saying they are "truly blessed" and thanked everyone for their support, "our gestational carrier" in particular.
Twenty years from now when anthropologists attempt to figure out why the hell there's so many fucking people on the planet, I hope history looks harshly upon 2011 Hollywood and particularly the Kidman-Urban clan for pissing in the face of nature. Also, it'd be funny if it made a few Botox jokes even though it looks like Nicole really did get that monkey off her back. I'm guessing so she didn't frighten the baby because there's nothing children love more than seeing skin sloughing off the face of the woman rocking them to sleep. It's like a warm bottle of milk.
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By Kathryn Watson – Watchdog Virginia
ALEXANDRIA — Gov. Bob McDonnell says it's going to be up to the federal government to bring the Affordable Care Act and its health-insurance exchanges to Virginia.
He's not going to do it.
With a week remaining before a Nov. 16 deadline for submitting plans for a health-insurance exchange to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, McDonnell laid the issue at the feet of the feds.
"I don't want to buy a pig in a poke for the taxpayers of Virginia," McDonnell " told reporters on Thursday.
Going against his April declaration in HB 2434 to move forward with a state exchange — a virtual marketplace in which people can purchase health insurance coverage from government-vetted insurers — McDonnell surprised even the conservative advocates like Americans for Prosperity Virginia State Director Audrey Jackson, who had opposed a state exchange.
But Jackson and tea party activists see the governor's path as a potentially winning strategy to undermine Obamacare.
"Federal exchanges have to be funded through the federal government, and since those funding bills have to go through Congress, they're not going to be funded," Jackson predicted.
That, at least, is the hope for Jackson and other conservative groups like AFP. While states have to fund exchanges they set in up — to the tune of roughly $50 million to $100 million per year per state, according to AFP State Policy Manager Nicole Kaeding — the feds are responsible for funding federal exchanges.
"Given the financial status of the federal government with the high debt levels and the deficits, I think that casts doubt on the ability of the government to expand the bureaucracy further," said Mark Daugherty, chairman of the Federation of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots.
Of course, the possibility of funding any federal exchange through new taxes is always a concern, said Jackson.
"We'll continue to fight tax increases," said Jackson.
Daughtery said tea party members are ready for the fight.
"Tea party folks going forward (will) continue to put pressure on our respective congressmen and congresswomen," Daugherty said.
At the state level, Kaeding said AFP will be working to make sure the Legislature doesn't try to push a state exchange in January.
"We're working hard to make sure that outcome is met," said Kaeding. "And we would love to even see them proactively pass a piece of legislation saying that they will not create an exchange."
Karen Hurd, chair emeritus of the Virginia Tea Party Alliance, said tea party members are turning their attention to the 2013 gubernatorial race, in which Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling have both announced bids for the Republican ticket.
"We know Cuccinelli will fight it," said Hurd. "I don't know how hard (Lt. Gov.) Bolling will."
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Demalangeni Shawl
Demalangeni is a triangular-crescent shaped shawl. It is worked from the bottom edge up. The lace border is worked along the full width of the shawl, and then short rows are used to fill in the body with a simple textured stitch that resembles mock cables.
Though the pattern is correct as written (tech edited and test knitted), I admittedly goofed and had to adjust my stitches, which accounts for the random decreases on rows 17 and 20. So adjusting the size, without having to do a lot of your own fudging, may be a challenge. If you want a larger or smaller shawl, and to work the pattern as written, I suggest casting on the following number of stitches:
246, 312, 378, 444, or 510.
Then on row 20, purl 119, 152, 185, 218, and 251 respectively.
Suggested cast-on method: Long tail cast-on without estimating tail length, via Coco Knits
About the name, since it seems to be a common question ;)
Demalangeni is the name of a beautiful 12 year old girl that I met in Swaziland, Africa in the summer of 2011. I met her at our church sponsored Care Point where approximately 200 needy or orphaned children are fed two meals each day. She was bubbly and intelligent. Her favorite subject in school is English, and she said that she liked it best because it allowed her to communicate with us Americans. So this pattern is dedicated and shared in her honor. More about my short moments with her on my blog. To learn more about Swaziland, check out BeyondSurvival.org


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North American PS Plus Additions for May have been Announced!
As usual, the guys at Sony let us know what to expect this month in terms of PS Plus, and I must say guys, this shaped up to be a pretty good batch of games. (Note: Games may necessarily be released in this order.)
Sleeping Dogs
Finally, Sleeping Dogs is making its way to the North American PS Plus program! Considered one of the surprise gems of 2012, Sleeping Dogs is one of the finest examples of a open world sandbox game. Fluid combat, interesting story, and tight driving controls made this game one of the best of 2012; all of us at Analog Addiction absolutely loved it and recommend it to all! Hell, many of our own editors considered it among their personal game of the year!
Pinball Arcade
Pinball Arcade will also becoming to PS Plus and will include four tables for play – including Arabian Nights, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Theater of Magic, and Black Hole! This is a Cross-Buy title, and will be available on both PS3 and Vita for free with a PS Plus subscription.
Knytt Underground
The unique adventure/platformer, Knytt Underground (pronounce K-nytt) will also be coming to PS Plus late this month. A game featuring plenty of challenge, and even more exploration, its the biggest little game out there! It also boasts a rather interesting story, but I will say no more! It will be a Cross-Buy title, so play it on your PS3 or Vita!
BlazBlue: Continumm Shift Extend
PS Vita
Finally, PS Vita is a getting BlazBlue: Continumm Shift Extend. Promoted as the spiritual successor to Guilty Gear, BlazBlue is possibly the most unique fighting game this generation – boasting some of the most diverse fighting characters and a fighting system that has captured the heart of this writer. Even more, it includes an very lengthy story that will entertain as much as it will confuse you. Among my favorite fighting titles this generation, this title really shines on the Vita and is a welcome addition to Instant Game Collection.
That is all for this month in May. What do you think about this Month? Do you like it? Are you let down? Let us know in the comments below.
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A TEENAGER who is to face trial by jury accused of burgling a house has been remanded in custody.
Paul Curtis is said to have made off with three laptop computers, a games console and a handbag and its contents during the alleged raid.
The 18-year-old, of Welcombe Avenue, denied a charge of burglary at Swindon Crown Court. It is alleged he took the items from the property in Beaufort Green, Park South, on Friday July 27.
Judge Euan Ambrose adjourned the case to November 7, when he is to face trial, and remanded him in custody.


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LONDON (Oct. 29)
Colonial Secretary William Ormsby-Gore announced today that the six-man Royal Commission under the chairmanship of Viscount Peel will leave for Palestine at the end of next week to begin its investigation of the Arab disorders which lasted nearly six months and took a toll of more than 300 Arab, Jewish and British lives and caused economic destruction estimated at $14,000,000.
The Colonial Secretary declared that the Holy Land was now generally quiet and that steps have been taken to reduce the reinforced British garrison, numbering approximately 30,000 effectives. (War Minister Sir Alfred Duff-Cooper yesterday announced that the 15,000 troops recently sent to Palestine would be recalled immediately.)
Casualties during the disorders, which broke out in Jaffa on April 19 and ended October 12 with the official termination of the Arab general strike against Jewish immigration and the Government, were officially put at 1,651 by Mr. Ormsby-Gore. Of this number, 314 were fatalities, divided as follows: Moslems, 187; Jews, 80; British troops, 21; Christians, 10; Moslem policemen, 8; Palestine and British personnel, 7; Jewish personnel, 1. (Figures compiled by the J.T.A. put the Jewish dead at 88.)
Total population of the Holy Land was estimated by the Colonial Secretary at 1,335,000, of which 370,000 are Jews.
Replying to a question by Col. Josiah Wedgwood, Laborite, Mr. Ormsby-Gore admitted that a virtual armistice existed in Palestine. He deplored all military activities, except defensive or retaliatory, on the ground the Government wished tranquillity during the Royal Commission investigation.
Col. Wedgwood urged the disarming of lawbreakers. He asked if martial law would be used if necessary to disarm the rebels. The Colonial Secretary replied that no question had arisen of delegating further powers to Lieut. Gen. John G. Dill, commander-in-chief of the British forces in the Holy Land.


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Here's a new song that I finally finished this week after fiddling with it for months. It's a macaronic song in Manx (Gaelic) and English that I was inspired to write after seeing young herring gulls squawking away at their mothers. I wondered what they might be saying if they could speak, and this is what I came up with. On the short promenade near where I live many people eat chips from the nearby chip shop, and the seagulls will eat any leftovers.
This is the first song I've written in a language other than English.


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Avukas will be an active sponsor of the world premiere of "The Pioneers," Hebrew opera, November 25, it was announced yesterday. The New York Opera Company will present the work, written by Jacob Weinberg, at Mecca Temple.
"In undertaking sponsorship of the opera for the first evening, jointly with other groups. Avukah is functioning in accordance with its desire to promote every form of group activity among Jewish students through which may be transmitted the spirit of Palestine," a statement issued by the organization said.


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Discussion in 'Assassin's Creed' started by tazz55555, Aug 24, 2012.
They could work with King Arthur, that would be original. Plus, plot with Excalibur would be fun.
King Arthur is more synonymous to fiction rather than non-fiction. It would not go very well as AC games are based on historical time periods.
And it's not 100% proven that it was real. So no. Would not work and I have no interest in playing a King Arthur game. That would make Assassin's Creed feel like some lighthearted. Assassin's Creed is about Assassins and Templars, and it has a realistic component to it. It has a menacing and serious tone.
Did you watch that King Arthur movie they made like 8 or 9 years ago with Clive Owen and Keira Knightley? It was kind of a crappy film on its own, and the historical accuracy is sketchy at best, but it had potential. You should check it out and imagine how the tone and atmosphere would work for AC. I think it would be epic, personally. And Arthur is confirmed to have existed, at least in the AC universe. The glyph puzzles show him as a wielder of a Sword of Eden.
Hmm true but in my opinion I'd hate to see a King Arthur game. There's MANY better historical periods and settings to have an AC game set in.
Well, they could make up a fanciful story with Merlin having control of an Apple of Eden and extracting Excalibur from one of TWCB. Assassin's Creed was never about 100% reality. Hell, there was no family of Auditores who had close links to Da Vinci, the Medici, Sforza, Borgia, Palaialogos families. So I suppose they could make that happen.
ok so what does TWCB stand for?
The ones Who Came Before. And alot of the stories about Arthur are lighthearted, but as Assassin's Creed always points out, these books were written by men, so they are likely false in details. Like Merlin and Arthur are Templars and you are a French/English assassin who must take them down.
Wasn't King Arthur before the crusades though? So where are the templars coming from?
I don't give a $h!t where the next game takes place. As long as it ends up in my game room for me to play it, I'll be happy!
The Templars existed long before the Crusades, it's just that they (along with the Assassins) became a public faction in that era, before slipping back behind the scenes. I believe Cain himself was portrayed as a Templar, so they go WAY back.
I don't mean in the Assassins Creed universe I mean in reality.
Technically, King Arthur did come before the Templars. But one can see some silmilarities, such as knights fighting for Christianity, etc.
King Arthur was a good guy though so they couldn't make him or the nights of the round table templars. Well, maybe Lancelot cuz he was of questionable moral standing, but the rest were good guys.
But that's the beauty of Assassin's Creed. They can paint practically anyone as a Templar, because the Templars aren't technically the bad guys. Sure, the Borgia of Ezio's day were indisputably evil, but look at other Templars in AC1. I myself questioned killing Garnier de Naplouse. They could easily make Arthur a target.
And just to refresh my memory, what did Lancelot do that was morally questionable? I seem to remember he was accused of having an affair with Guinevere, but that's hardly a capital sin from the Assassin perspective.
That I do remember. There's no good or evil fight in Assassin's Creed, merely two contrasting ideologies. Arthur's England would be perfect for it.
In this case, the assassins would be the ninjas. Go head to head with the Samurai, who would most likely be painted as templars.
He tries to be good, but uses Excalibur to maintain control, taking away free-will and pushing the assassin's to murder him.
it's great that way cuz it allows them to put historical characters on either side of the conflict and the whole story will still make sense.
But I don't know if they would want to besmirch a person's character just for the sake of making a game, I know I wouldn't.
They already kinda crossed that line by making FDR and Churchill co-conspirators of Hitler. And they don't even know if Arthur was a real guy anyway.
Tyranny of King Washinton. All I have to say.
during the wild west
I'd love a viking setting!
just think how awesome it would be if it were set in the voctorian London!
I'd definitely go for a feudal japan setting , looks freakin awesome
1960's!!!!!!!! Vietnam, Kennedy Assassination, Hippies, etc...
As long as we're sticking to reality here... King Arthur is as far as historians know for sure, a fabricated story... There are some theories that he was a real historical character but nothing concrete has ever come forth. Most people just think the story is just that.... a story.
It's not helped by the fact that most of what we know comes from Bede the Venerable, who was a complete liar.
Yes, but in AC2 they confirm his existence in the truth, where 16 says he wielded the sword of eden.
Since firearms have become more apparent in AC3 it's going to have to be some time setting where firearms were prevalent such as the American Civil War , for example.
I think they just discovered accurate rifles at the time. So, it'll turn into another third person shooter, which is not AC3.
That's why the next AC should be in a place where guns are not as effective.
One of the best options would be to use a larger time period, such as the Industrial Revolution starting around 1750 (or, if you prefer, 1790 with the advent of the cotton gin in the U.S.) and going from there. You could have it span multiple Assassins across multiple continents since the advent of steam power which would give rise to fossil fuels took quite awhile. This would encompass the early years of the U.S. (you could play with the Aritcles of Confederation and the writing of the Constitution if you liked), would get through the French and Indian War, the War of 1812, the American Civil War, The French Revolution... (my world history is a bit hazy, I know there were other major conflicts that could frame an AC game during the couple hundred years but I can't remember them all). Either way, you could, in effect, get yourself all the way to WW1 or even to the Great Despression and WW2 if you like. Spanning many, many games, and many characters without too much difficulty.
For those of you that are worried about the use of rifled weapons, etc, and making it more a 3rd person shooter than an AC stealth-based game, realize that at least during the early parts of the Industrial Revolution, militaries were very slow in taking up any new technologies because of the prohibitive costs associated with them. During the civil war we had moved to mostly rifled barrels (those were issued to infantrymen in the later years, in the earlier years the smooth bore musket was still very common) however we hadn't yet adopted magazines and so shots had to be loaded individually. Rate of fire tended to be roughly 2-3 shots per minute for a well trained infantryman.
So, if done correctly, many many AC games could come out of the Industrial Revolution, and as you begin to look at the begining of what would become Big Business/Corporations (think U.S. Steel, etc) and fights for freedom and then the rights of African Americans as well as women, laborers (unions) vs employers, etc etc. LOTS of fodder for the Assassins and Templars to get involved in!
Either way, I think we've got plenty of great AC games to come and I for one can't wait!
What I like about AC is it seems to center around a historically consistent story that gives an alternative explanation for significant events that shaped western history and politics. I think the success of the French Revolution, or the rise and fall of Napoleon according to AC would be good choices. Also, Russian Revolution, Spanish Conquistadors, Dark Ages and the Black Death, and finally the Industrial Revolution. The style of AC does not seem well suited to a modern shooter, and I would not be interested in an AC version in Asia unless it involved Genghis Kahn.
or Feudal Japan or India.
I agree but it's going to be difficult for Ubisoft to find this perfect balance. I was thinking of the Foreign Legion ( 1700's era ) which was travelling all over the world and had the biggest variety of nationalities and characters so an assassin would blend in perfectly plus the 1700 period would also stop the more accurate firearms and like you said stop it from being a 3rd person shooter. But that's just my opinion
That would work. Of course, I still think Feudal Japan, China, India, Egypt, Australia or King Arthur's England is a better idea. Then again, that's just my opinion.
I'd feel strange going from this massive focus on firearms back to having no firearms though.
I suppose, but they can bring in firearms to China, India (during the British invasion) and Australia.
Now that would be interesting !
1800s England could have some cool settings. you could track Jack the ripper!!!
Victorian England would be awesome. Imagine climbing the Big Ben and the Tower of London. That would be EPIC!!!!!
Based on the look of the naval battles in AC3 I think it would be cool to do an open world pirate/assassin game. I am not sure who would be the opposing force in such a game. Thoughts?
Hmm... I think it should be held next around the Canadian War years... like Connor can participate in the War of 1812 since the setting of AC3 is in the 1770-ish era....
I'm thinking feudal Japan/China. imagine niccolo/ marco polo sets up an assassin brotherhood but they lose contact. Europeans (maybe Ezio's buddies?) return to Japan and find the ninjas (who are assassins but wear black instead) and the two join up. A bit like Ezio going to Constantinople


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General Assembly's 68 th Session
Further push to achieve anti-poverty targets to be focus of UN General Assembly's 68 th Session
The General Assembly is opening its 68 th Session on 17 September with a focus on the theme: "The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Setting the Stage." In these changing times, global leaders and citizens everywhere are coming together to reshape the world and the lives of its inhabitants. This is also the aim of the several high-level events which will be held at the UN Headquarters, which, taken together, represent a turning point in our collective approach to dealing with the problems faced today by people and the planet.
Millennium Development Goals, post-2015 development agenda
On 23 September the UN Secretary-General will hold a day-long event on MDG Success: Accelerating Action, Partnering for Impact, which will highlight several high-profile initiatives including Every Woman Every Child, Zero Hunger Challenge, Scaling Up Nutrition, Global Education First and the Deputy Secretary-General's Call to Action on Sanitation.
The President of the 68 th General Assembly, John William Ashe, will hold a Special Event on the MDGs on 25 September, where the Secretary-General will present " A Life of Dignity for All" - his new report on accelerating progress towards the MDGs and advancing the UN development agenda beyond 2015.
Sustainable development, Rio+20
The 20th and final session of the Commission on Sustainable Development will be held on 20 September. The Commission, will now be largely replaced by the High-level Political Forum on sustainable development which will hold its first meeting on 24 September. On the same day the Secretary-General will announce his plans for a 2014 Climate Summit in his address to the General Assembly. The summit, which will take place one year ahead of the 2015 Climate Change Conference - when countries have said they would finalize a binding climate agreement - will focus on mobilizing and catalyzing action on climate change.
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Queensland gas hub begins trading
The utility's senior manager for policy and government affairs, Donovan Marsh, says regulatory frameworks for the sector are inconsistent and inefficient, while rapid growth in the gas sector has clouded contract pricing in uncertainty, making business planning difficult.
"Political blockages have prevented projects from moving forward," Marsh told a conference in Sydney on Thursday. "The government needs to play a significant role in educating the community on gas and dispelling myths."
EnergyAustralia is Santos's partner in the $2 billion Pilliga coal seam gas project in NSW, which is struggling against opposition from environmental groups and some local farmers. Santos says the CSG resource can be safely developed and is needed to help meet a shortfall in NSW gas supplies set to emerge once the Queensland LNG export projects start over the next two years.
Currently, proven and probable gas reserves on the east coast show a shortfall against projected demand, but the volume of gas resources that could be developed is much larger.
Gas producers say they have gas to sell, but many buyers complain of being unable to lock in supplies under the long-term contracts they need for their businesses.
"We need to look at futures markets and spot markets," says Marsh. "Retailers don't know what to pay for gas. Customers don't know what the price is or how to plan for their businesses. Without a transparent market we're stuck."
In an effort to improve transparency in gas pricing, a voluntary gas supply hub has been set up in Wallumbilla, Queensland and started trading on Thursday. The hub is an exchange for the wholesale trading of natural gas. The enormous LNG plants being built on Curtis Island in Gladstone have put the domestic market under pressure and increased the need for transparent and flexible transactions between buyers and sellers.
Located west of Brisbane, Wallumbilla was proposed as the site for the hub because of the rapid and significant growth in coal seam gas development in the region. Wallumbilla is at the intersection of three major gas transmission pipelines: the South West Queensland; Roma to Brisbane and Queensland Gas pipelines.
"The focus is building transparency, optionality and competitiveness going back to the marketplace," Australian Pipeline Industry Association policy adviser Steve Davies told the conference. "This is a low-cost trading opportunity to trade in gas."
There is no real market to assess the real price of gas on the east coast.
"We have no real ambitions in volumes or numbers," Davies says of the Wallumbilla hub. "Liquidity will take care of itself if you get the market right."
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United Fresh 2013 has a discovery theme, but no ocean lies between points A and B for the aspiring produce industry Columbus.
"There's always a lot of focus on the business that takes place on the trade show floor, but we're big into making it so that it's not just a bunch of walking around," said Tom Stenzel, president and chief executive officer of the Washington, D.C.-based United Fresh Produce Association.
"We've got over 20 different business suites that companies have taken where they will be holding their business meetings right on the show floor," he said.
Topics, turnout
Educational workshops on the Food Safety Modernization Act, labor and immigration reform, and new transportation regulations will also be held near the exhibits.
The May 14-16 show is set for the San Diego Convention Center.
Turnout is running ahead of last year's event in Dallas, Stenzel said in late March. The trade association estimated more than 5,000 attendees and 250 exhibitors in San Diego, where the theme is Discover Fresh Horizons.
An opening night party will be on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Midway aircraft carrier.
The keynote speaker at the first general session May 15 is Walter Robb, co-chief executive officer of Whole Foods, who will discuss how his company grows its customer base.
The Packer's Produce Person of the Year award winner will be recognized at the opening breakfast.
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," are scheduled to give the May 16 keynote by way of commentary on political trends and their effects on the produce industry.
The chairman's reception later that day at the Marriott Marquis will honor winners of the annual Produce Excellence in Foodservice and Retail Produce Manager awards.
For the first time at United Fresh, the post-show conference topic on May 17 will be Produce Marketing and Merchandising.
"One reason we're doing it after the show closes is that a lot of the produce company marketing guys are fully engaged Wednesday and Thursday," Stenzel said.
"But they're the ones who will come, along with retail, on Friday when they no longer have to be at their exhibits."
Representatives of Stemilt Growers, Nielsen Perishables Group, NPD Group, Harold Lloyd Presents, Sansolo Solutions, Hartman Group and other companies will speak.
Previous post-show conference topics included food safety, sustainability and others.
"This is the first time we've had it on produce marketing and merchandising," Stenzel said.
As it did for the Dallas event, United Fresh is running a weekly local restaurant promotion, "A Taste of San Diego," leading up to the show.
Every Thursday from January to May, the trade group is drawing one winner from among registered attendees, giving each a $100 gift certificate to a San Diego restaurant.
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Rangers beat the Red Wings Last night, 3-2 at Madison Square Garden. The game marked Marian Gaborik's first appearance as a Ranger. The Blueshirts looked fantastic in the first period, but listless through the final two. I think we all hope they buck this trend quickly.
However, the young crop of Ranger hopefuls continued to impress. Matt Gilroy looks like a shoe-in for a defensive spot on the roster and Michael Del Zotto is making it hard for the Ranger decision makers to send him back to the OHL.
On the forward side of things Evgeny Grachev continues to make a statement with his poise and confidence on the ice and Enver Lisin showed great finish on a nice pass from Gaborik in the first stanza, That goal combination may have won Lisin a first audition as possible linemate for Gabby once the season gets underway.
Some Other Musings from last night.
Don't Believe The Hype: The comparisons to Gilroy being like or reminding fans and TV media of a Brian Leetch are absurd. Matt Gilroy is already 25 years old has only played in ONLY five pre-season games and by that age Brian had already played in 353 NHL games scored 78 goals and recorded 289 assists for a total of 367 Points. Leetch accumulated all this while taking care of his defensive zone in phenomenal fashion. If you feel the need to compare Gilroy to anybody how about a young James Patrick, that I might buy into.
There's Always One: The only new face that has yet to impress this preseason happens to be one of the Rangers more expensive UFA signings in Ales Kotalik, so far Ales has been wild with his shot from the point on the power play and a virtual non factor even strength.
Vinny Prospal Invasion: Vinny Prospal scored a nice unassisted power play goal in the first period, and was interviewed between periods, which made a bigger impression on me than his goal. Vinny strikes me as evil, but the good kinda evil like Sean Avery. He will speak his mind, cause the odd bit of controversy and shoot from the hip both with his words and his stick.
Grachev and Del Zotto Time Bombs: We would all love to see this infusion of youth make the Rangers squad but besides being unable to return to their OHL teams, if both Grachev and Del Zotto make the Rangers squad, they also become pros. Which means the free-agency clock on their careers begins ticking immediately. This may be a factor into the Rangers decision against keeping these two around with the big club for this season. The Rangers have very little wiggle room as is with the cap especially with several overpaid players already with long term contracts and let's not forget Marc Staal is due for a large payday next year.


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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Flash is dead, Steve Jobs is dead
Five statements about Flash totally misleading:
1- Flash is the devil, the virus of Matrix: This has become a Credo for fanboys
2- Flash is about games and porn: Not for Apps, Advertising, Websites, desktop applications or RIAs.
3- Flash is dead, Steve Jobs is dead: Probably they are but their memory and work will be always live.
4- Flash developers are mobile developers: Nothing to do, just a few %
5- AIR is the same as Flash: I would say Air has better fame than Flash, perhaps because of Android
Five conclussions:
1 -The death of the multiplatform developer
2- FlashPlayer is death, long live to AIR (remember: The web is dead, long live to Apps)
3- Adobe strategy has been really "strange"
4- Mobile has killed Flash, at least FlashPlayer
5- If you are a Mobile programmer, go to HTML5
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text: Comments on: Conservatives warn Mitch McConnell they're watching him closely http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2013/01/09/conservatives-warn-mitch-mcconnell-theyre-watching-him-closely/ Covering Kentucky politics and government Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1 By: Buck Feshear http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2013/01/09/conservatives-warn-mitch-mcconnell-theyre-watching-him-closely/comment-page-1/#comment-151956 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:31:12 +0000 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=23219#comment-151956 McConnell is a RINO. He's not a conservative. He needs to be primaried. Unfortunately I see no prominent conservative Kentuckians who could take him on. ]]> By: Samuel Melton http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2013/01/09/conservatives-warn-mitch-mcconnell-theyre-watching-him-closely/comment-page-1/#comment-151955 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:07:21 +0000 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=23219#comment-151955 I hope someone else with Kentucky in mind steps up and opposes Mitch. It's time the next generation started calling the shots. ]]> By: Tom http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2013/01/09/conservatives-warn-mitch-mcconnell-theyre-watching-him-closely/comment-page-1/#comment-151950 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:07:18 +0000 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=23219#comment-151950 AND so is Santa Claus! ]]> By: Steve http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2013/01/09/conservatives-warn-mitch-mcconnell-theyre-watching-him-closely/comment-page-1/#comment-151949 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:51:40 +0000 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=23219#comment-151949 Hope McConnell gets Tea Partied in May. He's a deal maker for neither party. Certainly has few fiscal conservative principles i.e. the bailout of 2008 and the fiscal cliff of 2012. ]]> By: tafugate http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2013/01/09/conservatives-warn-mitch-mcconnell-theyre-watching-him-closely/comment-page-1/#comment-151947 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:08:29 +0000 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=23219#comment-151947 mcconnell is always on the lookout for an opportunity. he fiercely opposed rand paul, until rand paul won, now they're the best of buds. or at least that's mcconnell's story. he also said if jesse benton could get a rand paul elected, then he should be a lock. mcconnell's nothing if not opportunistic. ]]>


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Batista always deserves to be a front runner because Vince/HHH/Stephanie have a fetish for the man.
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The BRICs Are Coming--Fast
In less than 40 years, China is likely to surpass the U.S. as the world's largest economy and, together with Brazil, Russia, and India -- a.k.a. the BRICs -- will overshadow the economic might of the seven leading industrialized nations of today. So says a Goldman, Sachs & Co. report on these largest emerging economies released on Oct. 1. The provocative conclusions, which initially stemmed from a demographic study, are already attracting wide interest. Goldman's Dominic Wilson, who co-authored the report with fellow economist Roopa Purushothaman, spoke recently about the study with International Finance Editor Chester Dawson.
What must go right to bear out your forecasts for the BRIC economies?
The main requirements are sound macroeconomic policies, reasonably open trade and domestic policies, relatively stable political systems, and political transitions that don't disrupt the growth process. If you compare the growth tracks that we're predicting [for the BRICs] to the growth Asia's "tiger" economies have achieved, we're not asking for them to be miracle economies.
What about supply shocks like the oil crises of the 1970s?
Higher oil prices are probably not critical. Lots of events -- protectionism or misguided policy -- would be worse. If you look at, say, the history of a place like [South] Korea, which was a very rapid development story, it managed to deal with the most severe kind of oil price shock.
How is your study different from other bullish BRIC projections?
Rather than simply extrapolating current growth rates, we have something that captures the whole process of demographic change, capital accumulation, and diminishing returns with development. The other part of it that's distinctive is its explicit modeling of the impact of exchange rates on the spending power of these economies. The balance [of rising gross domestic product] is something like two-thirds from faster growth and one-third from rising currency [values]. So tying that exchange-rate development to that growth story helps give a more integrated picture.
Will the Group of Seven industrialized nations be sidelined?
In some ways, their relevance is already coming under question. We just had a G-7 meeting in Dubai a few weeks ago in which one of the major topics was the flexibility of Asian exchange rates, and in particular whether the Chinese yuan should be either revalued or made more flexible. Yet China was not at the table to discuss [it], and that raises some issues about how useful a forum that is.
So is the U.S. in economic decline?
Although the relative importance of the U.S. declines quite considerably, it's still one of the two largest economies [with China] at the end of the period and still the richest economy. So it's not a story of dramatic decline of the U.S. Because of its favorable demographics [such as a stable birth rate], it ends up looking a lot better than the other developed economies. And on an income per capita basis, really only Russia will move into the income levels of the developed countries. So you'll have a situation where the largest economies of the world are no longer necessarily the richest countries.
Although India's growth rate is expected to beat China's, why won't its economy overtake the U.S.?
India certainly approaches the kind of levels of spending that you'll see in the U.S. and China, but it doesn't overtake them. If we ran the process out another couple of decades, the projections would imply that it would. India has the highest growth rate across this period and one that declines much less sharply than the others. But their starting point is really so far behind even a country like China that the time horizon we're talking about -- four or five decades -- just isn't long enough.
What are the implications for investors from the rise of the BRICs?
The area that people get most excited about is the stage of very rapid penetration in consumer products. We've found the sweet spot is around $3,000 to $10,000 per-capita income levels. Probably the first economy to hit those levels -- and fairly soon -- is Russia. China will take a little bit longer, with the sweetest period beginning probably in about a decade.


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America's Asia:
What explains the perception of Asians both as economic exemplars and as threats? America's Asia explores a discursive tradition that affiliates the East with modern efficiency, in contrast to more familiar primitivist forms of Orientalism. Colleen Lye traces the American stereotype of Asians as a "model minority" or a "yellow peril"--two aspects of what she calls "Asiatic racial form"-- to emergent responses to globalization beginning in California in the late nineteenth century, when industrialization proceeded in tandem with the nation's neocolonial expansion beyond its continental frontier.
From Progressive efforts to regulate corporate monopoly to New Deal contentions with the crisis of the Great Depression, a particular racial mode of social redress explains why turn-of-the-century radicals and reformers united around Asian exclusion and why Japanese American internment during World War II was a liberal initiative.
In Lye's reconstructed archive of Asian American racialization, literary naturalism and its conventions of representing capitalist abstraction provide key historiographical evidence. Arguing for the profound influence of literature on policymaking, America's Asia examines the relationship between Jack London and leading Progressive George Kennan on U.S.-Japan relations, Frank Norris and AFL leader Samuel Gompers on cheap immigrant labor, Pearl S. Buck and journalist Edgar Snow on the Popular Front in China, and John Steinbeck and left intellectual Carey McWilliams on Japanese American internment. Lye's materialist approach to the construction of race succeeds in locating racialization as part of a wider ideological pattern and in distinguishing between its different, and sometimes opposing, historical effects.
"Through a densely historicized, insightful reading of literary naturalism, Colleen Lye makes important contributions to understanding U.S. political, economic, and social history. . . . This is an exemplary work of materialist study of literature and history that humbles most literary critics and historians."--Mari Yoshihara, Journal of American History
"America's Asia offers an original, wry, relentlessly sustained, solidly researched, and trenchantly historicized way of refiguring the making of Asia/Pacific-U.S. relations. Probing the racial dynamics of global modernity and class tensions in spectacular new ways, Lye's book shows the invention of the Pacific Rim as a horizon of US global expansion as much as a racial frontier of Asian management and exclusion. A superb, far-reaching and important work."--Rob Wilson, University of California, Santa Cruz and author, Reimagining the American Pacific
"A combination of literary criticism, history, race and ethnic studies; and political theory and history, America's Asia places meticulous analyses of a critically defined historical field within a theoretical framework that greatly extends the significance of this period and these issues to the question of American modernity."--David Palumbo-Liu, author of Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier
"No student or scholar of Asian America can afford to ignore this book. Lye is as mindful of the broad strokes of history as she is of the detail of literary texture, of the domestic as of the global. She engages with radical theories of interpretation, the trajectories of gendering, as well as the vicissitudes of U.S. Marxism. It is a learned book; the documentation alone is a brilliant aid to scholarship. And it is also a wise book: its premises rethink white supremacy as merely a racial ideology."--Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University
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Davin J. Carey
Managing Financial Advisor
Davin Jacob Carey is a long-time resident of Ventura County, recently moving to the North Ranch area of Westlake Village with his fiancée, Lindsay Preisler, a kindergarten teacher in the Los Angeles area.
As a child, Davin acted in TV shows, movies, and national commercials. After retiring from the limelight, he decided to pursue his interest to trade stocks with some of his earnings, an act he has continued since age 10!
Davin attended Buena High School and excelled academically earning top marks in Honors and AP classes. He is a graduate of San Diego State University with a degree in Real Estate Finance as a recognized member of the Dean's List and an invited member of two National Greek Honor Societies: Gamma Sigma Alpha and Order of Omega.
After his freshman year in college, Davin decided paying rent was a poor investment. Utilizing his real estate knowledge and his new Real Estate Salesperson License, he bought his first investment property which he occupied as a student and rented to others. Eventually, as an active member of the international Jewish Fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Davin held nearly every Executive Board position available, ranging from Fundraising and Social Chairs to Treasurer and President.
At the culmination of Davin's college career, his motivation lead him to build on his stock trading experience and obtain the required financial licenses to engage in the rapidly-expanding financial services business at Carey & Hanna. In a few short years, his work caused the exponential growth of financial planning and investing. Now, as Lead Financial Advisor, Davin enjoys meeting, planning and heading research, business development and client relations for the investment clients. Davin also maintains several business relationships as a coach and mentor for other local businesses and strategic partnerships.
Davin has continued to grow his professional life and now holds a California Real Estate Broker License as well as various financial services licenses, insurance licensing and a mortgage loan officer. He is a knowledgeable professional in his investment field and has received numerous awards which have contributed to the growing success of full client services provided by Carey & Hanna. Now as the Financial Services Manager, he oversees a number of support staff.
For fun, Davin is the consummate "information hound" and entertaining "fun fact" guy. He also is a recreational shooter, amateur road cyclist, scuba diver, avid traveler, film and TV aficionado, Scotch connoisseur and "parent" to Han Solo, Lindsay & Davin's Poodle-Beddlington Terrier they rescued after Christmas 2013.