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DIE Jovis, 3 die Aprilis,
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum nomina subscribuntur, præsentes fuerunt:
THESE Lords were excused, &c. videlicet,
Absent Lords excused.
The Lord Great Chamberlain.
Earl of Dorsett.
Earl of Devon.
Earl of Holland.
Earl of Monmouth.
Lord Bishop of Co. et Lich.
Lord Abergavenny.
Lord Mountjoy.
Lord Harvy, for Three or Four Days.
Lord Mountague's Protection forged by Mayne.
Upon the Complaint of the Lord Mountague, it is Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending on this House do forthwith bring before their Lordships the Body of John Mayne, who hath counterfeited the Protection of the said Lord Mountague.
Starkey's Petition.
The Petition of Ralph Starkey, exhibited this Day, for a Commission to settle the Lands of John Starkey, Esquire, his Father, deceased, is referred to the Lords Committees for Petitions, to consider whether the Petitioner's Demand shall be granted upon a Petition, or whether he shall exhibit his Bill.
Propositions for Trade and Shipping.
The Lord Admiral exhibited to the House certain Propositions, for the Increase of Trade, Shipping, and Merchandize; which were read, and committed unto
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Increase of Trade.
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Bromfield and Yale.
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Put to the Question, and generally Assented unto.
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Serjeant at Arms versus Dean of York and Dr. Hodson.
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Belfast — Katenia Keller, artist and author of "Pythias Sacred Geometry Tarot," will speak about her interpretation of the tarot system through sacred geometry symbolism Sunday, Feb. 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Square the Circle Gallery, 137 High St. (second floor).
The tarot system divides elements of the psyche into recognizable parts. Sacred geometry studies ratios, proportions and spatial order of the parts of the whole. This fusion of two fields of study have provided the artist with an understanding of the unfolding patterns of life forms; and the consciousness that connects the parts of the whole.
Seventy-eight paintings by Keller, the result of five years of studies by the Freedom artist, are on view at Square the Circle Gallery; For more information, call 382-6040.
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Critics of payday and car title loan stores are asking the Dallas City Council to support changes in Texas law to reduce what they say are unfairly excessive interest rates and fees.
According to Dallas officials, car title and payday loan store locations are more common in Texas than Whataburger and McDonald's -- combined.
But an industry trade group says the businesses are thriving because customers need them.
A North Texas coalition of opposition groups, including several churches, AARP Texas and the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas has formed to take on the payday loan industry.
"We don't think that there's not a place for payday lenders," Gary Godsey, Dallas United Way president and CEO. "We just think it's wrong to have the capacity to be able to charge people 500 percent interest. There's a place for a service as long as it's a regulated service."
The coalition says a loophole in state law allows the stores to call themselves "credit service organizations" and act as loan brokers and then charge fees much higher than banks and other lenders charge.
Tim Morstad, assistant state director for advocacy with AARP Texas, said state law would still allow the businesses to charge high rates.
"If we close the loophole, we're not throwing these businesses out of the state, because they should be able to operate profitably under the law as it stands," he said.
Danielle Ayers, a staff member at Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas, said she helped a schoolteacher with her loan problems.
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Councilman Steve Salazar, who represents a Northwest Dallas district with many payday loan stores, said the businesses have thrived in the absence of traditional banks.
"The banks don't want to go into an area like West Dallas, and you have payday loans that are meeting the needs of the community," he said.
The city is also promoting a program called "Bank on Dallas" to encourage traditional banks and credit unions to be more available as an alternative to high-interest lenders and to help customers connect with those banks.
Nineteen Dallas banks and credit unions are involved, with a goal of opening 25,000 new accounts with customers who have been paying extremely high rates for check-cashing and loan-store services.
Those new bank customers could save an estimated $20 million as a group by avoiding high fees, according to Lee McKinney, assistant Dallas economic development director.
"All the money they would spend at check-cashing places, loans that you get that are predatory-lending-type loans -- if we take all that money they could bring that much money back into the households of those people who are now utilizing those services," McKinney said.
Officials also said zoning regulations to restrict the location of payday loan stores are also in the works at City Hall.
The City Council Quality of Life Committee took no formal action Monday on the coalition's request for a resolution for the Legislature, but Councilman Jerry Allen promised action in the near future.
"We will regulate those," he said. "We're going to show them that we're coming to play."
The Consumer Service Alliance of Texas, a trade group representing the credit service organization industry, provided a written statement in response to the City Council committee briefing:
"Credit service organizations (CSOs) that facilitate small short-term loans in Texas are not opposed to future discussions about additional reasonable oversight.
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However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
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HARRY HILL, Cellar Master for Brennan's Restaurant, looks through the world class wine cellar that was ruined by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. By GERALD HERBERT, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Congress passed nearly $8 billion in tax breaks for Gulf Coast businesses on Friday but denied federal help for casinos, liquor stores and golf courses.
Almost four months after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the coast, destroying businesses and jobs, lawmakers responded to President Bush's appeal for revitalizing the region with a special enterprise zone.
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"It'll help to get our local government back on its feet, and it'll help to get our businesses incentivized to come back," said Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. "It'll make a huge contribution to restoring and rebuilding our city."
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PAUL GIPSON of Buras, La. cleans up inside a Family Dollar store that was flooded by Hurricane Katrina. By CHITOSE SUZUKI, The Associated Press
Numerous recreational businesses would be prohibited from using the special tax breaks. The list puts limitations on country clubs, casinos, hot tub facilities, liquor stores, massage parlors, golf courses, racetracks and tanning parlors.
A narrowly drawn exception, preventing taxpayer dollars from subsidizing gambling, means companies could consider their hotels and restaurants apart from attached casinos and take advantage of some of the tax breaks.
Sen. Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican who pushed for casinos to share in the tax breaks like any other legal business, said he grudgingly swallowed the exception.
"It's totally bad policy. It's totally ridiculous. It's totally hypocritical," he said. "But this is almost $8 billion. We had to get it done."
Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., drove the effort to deny help to casinos, liquor stores and some other recreational businesses and eventually garnered support from more than 60 other conservative lawmakers in the House.
Other portions of the bill offer special tax-exempt bond authority to rebuild ruined infrastructure, tax breaks to rehabilitate buildings and expanded tax credits to build more low-income housing in the region.
Some tax cuts would help defray the cost of demolition and cleanup, including a special deduction for cleaning up petroleum products and urban areas with environmental contamination known as "brownfields."
Small timber operations and public utilities would get special aid. Students in Gulf Coast colleges and universities would see their education tax credits double.
Individuals hurt by hurricanes Rita and Wilma would get assistance already extended to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Those included expanded abilities to recoup casualty losses and withdraw retirement funds without penalty.
The bill also incorporates some other unfinished tax business. It would extend an expiring law that lets soldiers count their combat pay toward the earned income tax credit, a benefit designed to pull low-income workers out of poverty.
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DAVID Cameron's EU renegotiation hit a stumbling block last night after he failed to clinch a deal at a cosy dinner with a top Eurocrat.
David Cameron (r) tried to strike a deal with European Council president Donald Tusk (l)
The Prime Minister dined with European Council president Donald Tusk last night in Downing Street, and had hoped to secure his much-vaunted package of reforms.
He is especially keen to thrash out an "emergency brake" policy which would let the UK stop paying benefits to EU migrants for four years.
But Mr Tusk, a former Polish prime minister, did not agree with all Mr Cameron's suggestions.
Mr Tusk and Mr Cameron shake hands in front of Downing Street before failing to reach a deal
Mr Cameron laid on a three-course dinner for Mr Tusk. There was smoked salmon to start, beef fillet with vegetables for a main course and pear and apple crumble for dessert.
The crunch talks lasted less than two hours, and he left Downing Street saying that "intensive work" was still needed.
As he walked out, Mr Tusk tweeted: "No deal yet. Intensive work in next 24 [hours] crucial #UKinEU"
Mr Cameron is frantically trying to finalise a draft deal on Monday, which will then be made public.
He claimed to have made a significant breakthrough on the emergency brake measure, but to have struggled to reach a deal in other areas.
His plan is to put the draft deal to other EU leaders today, ahead of a crucial summit in less than three weeks' time.
Downing Street said he had secured a crucial assurance on the emergency brakes.
But after less than two hours of discussions, Mr Tusk left No 10 saying "intensive work" would be required over the next 24 hours if a draft agreement was to be published on Tuesday.
A deal at the next summit on February 18 and 19 is vital for Mr Cameron to fulfil his aim to present a deal to the British public by summer.
A Number 10 spokesman said "much progress has been made" since the PM scrapped a trip on Friday to Scandinavia in favour of talks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and European Parliament president Martin Schulz.
He said: "The commission have tabled a text making clear that the UK's current circumstances meet the criteria for triggering the emergency brake.
"This is a significant breakthrough, meaning the Prime Minister can deliver on his commitment to restrict in work benefits to EU migrants for four years."
"But there are still areas where there is more to do and both agreed it was therefore worth taking the extra time to make further progress."
Eurosceptics have blasted the entire renegotiation project as a "trivial" exercise which will not fix the problems with the UK's membership.
One critical stumbling block is the UK's demand the mechanism be allowed to remain in place "long enough to resolve the underlying problem" - perhaps as long as seven years.
Others include ensuring new rules to protect non-euro countries from being harmed by decisions taken by those using the single currency were "watertight" and included a concrete mechanism for member states to escalate concerns.
And Mr Cameron is also pushing for more substantive proposals to close "back-door routes to Britain which have enabled non-EU illegal migrants to stay in Britain in recent years".
Diplomats - known as Sherpas - will meet early on Monday in Brussels and work through the day.
The emergency brake has been put forward by Brussels as an alternative to Mr Cameron's plan to impose a unilateral four-year curb which other member states ruled out as discriminatory and in breach of the freedom of movement principle.
The Prime Minister agreed to accept it as a "stop gap" measure - on the condition he received assurances the existing pressure on the UK would meet the threshold to trigger it and it could remain in place.
The agreement would mean that the four-year ban could be introduced quickly if voters chose to remain in the UK at the referendum - though it would have to await the completion of "logistical and process work" in Whitehall.
Mr Cameron insists he will not do a deal "at any price" and is prepared to hold off with the vote - which must be held by the end of 2017 - if he considers the deal on the table to be inadequate.
Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the Vote Leave campaign, said: "The final outcome of these negotiations will be a set of deeply trivial reforms that won't bring powers back from Brussels.
"David Cameron has already set out the most he's asking for in a letter to Tusk last year, so it's clear just how low the bar has already been set.
"Even with the avalanche of spin that will accompany the final deal, the renegotiation won't take back control for the British public. The only way to do that is to Vote Leave."


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A Jefferson Circuit Court judge yesterday approved a $25.7 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville and 243 victims of sexual abuse, praising the deal for giving "vindication" to victims.
Judge James M. Shake also approved a controversial plan to award attorneys' fees of 40 percent in most plaintiffs' cases for the lead lawyers, whom he praised for "phenomenal" and "compassionate" legal work.
Shake's approval releases the archdiocese and a Southern Indiana-based order of Franciscans, which was a co-defendant in some cases, from all liability in the abuse cases. The church groups settled with the victims June 10.
For the church, it ends the major part of a legal battle that began in April 2002 with the first of more than 250 lawsuits alleging a church cover-up of abuse by dozens of priests and others associated with the church over the past five decades. Ten other lawsuits are pending, and the archdiocese is preparing further budget reductions beyond a $2 million cut it made earlier this year. That cut resulted in 34 job cuts.
In his order, Shake praised the settlement as benefiting not only those involved in the lawsuits but also the community as a whole.
"The value herein is not merely financial," Shake wrote in his order. Noting that the settlement agreement requires church officials to no longer refer to the plaintiffs as "alleged" victims, Shake said, "This simple statement has provided validation and vindication to persons who have lived the greater part of their lives in fear and doubt. It is a benefit of incalculable value."
Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly, who has been criticized for allowing some abusive priests to continue in ministry in the past, applauded Shake's ruling in a statement.
"The Church must respond to victims of sexual abuse with justice and compassion," he said. "I believe that we can move forward now that the settlement has been approved, but there is much hard work that needs to be done to heal the wounds in victims' lives and in the life of the Church."
"This is truly why I chose to be a trial lawyer and represent only victims," he said. "The acknowledgment by Judge Shake that the restoration of the victims' dignity had incalculable value was as important for me to hear as the lawyer as it was for these victims."
Earlier this week, 10 plaintiffs objected to parts of the settlement and the attorneys' fees, while other plaintiffs supported them.
OPPONENTS SAID they should have had the final say in approving the settlement, and they wanted more information about how much the archdiocese had in assets. Nine of them later withdrew objections to the settlement but not the lawyers' fees.
Shake said in his ruling that the benefits of the settlement outweighed the risks to the plaintiffs if they took their cases to trial. Shake said the plaintiffs risked having their cases thrown out under Kentucky's statute of limitations because, in most cases, they were filed decades after the abuse.
Further, he said, in some cases plaintiffs lacked crucial evidence of whether the church knew about or covered up the abuse. Even in cases where perpetrators were convicted, "psychological damages are among the most difficult to prove," Shake said.
Adding the "staggering" amount of additional lawyers' costs in a trial, "there can be no question that the relief offered by the proposed settlement far outweighs the likelihood of success in many if not most of the cases viewed individually," Shake said.
Michael Turner, the first to file a lawsuit against the archdiocese last year, said news of Shake's ruling was "fabulous."
"I hate that (there was a dispute) over money; that just really bothered me," said Turner, who was abused by retired priest Louis Miller, who is now in prison on a child sexual-abuse conviction. "But I am absolutely thrilled that this is over."
William Handelman, a plaintiff who objected to the fees and settlement, said he was disappointed in Shake's ruling but accepted it.
"I guess we'll just have to live with it and get on with life, but that's a lot of money for one year's work," he said, referring to McMurry's compensation.
Kelly said every Catholic household would receive a report on the financial impact of the settlement as well as an update on how the archdiocese is implementing a nationwide policy on sexual abuse adopted by bishops last year.
"Healing takes time," Kelly said. "In the coming years, our priority will be healing the wounds of this abuse for sex abuse victims as well as for the all of the Catholic people who have been hurt by this betrayal of their trust."
But advocates for abuse victims said they will continue to advocate for changes in the church.
Joetta Blair, one of five victims of the late Franciscan priest Kevin Cole, renewed calls for Kelly to resign, noting that abusers, such as Miller, were allowed to stay in ministry.
"If he couldn't do it these last 20 years, how can we be sure he will do it right these next three last years?" she said. Kelly has said he will stay in office until he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 75 in three years.


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When asked why the new B-52s album is so sexed-up, front man Fred Schneider has a very logical response: Because were the same sexy old freaks we always were! On the aptly titled Funplex -- the bands first studio album in 16 years -- the beloved Georgia rockers get back to their roots.
Songs like Hot Corner and Deviant Ingredient simmer with the same sort of vocal harmonies and surf-rock guitar licks that made the band famous, while the title track packs up the old Love Shack and moves it to a naughty mall. Its all about sex and dancing, says Kate Pierson. Me and Cindy [Wilson] just couldnt help ourselves.
With a new record label and an arsenal of fresh, quirky songs to tear through, the group is eager to hit the road this spring and bring Fun to a new generation of fans. As long as there are dance clubs and gay bars, we know there will always be a place for us to play, says guitarist Keith Strickland. Thats always been where we call home.


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COCOA -- The St. Joseph Academy football team wrapped up its spring season with mixed results Saturday night. The Flashes played two halves against Space Coast High School, struggling early and bringing things together at the finish.
Space Coast rolled 21-0 in the first, and the Flashes fought to a 7-7 tie after the break.
St. Joe coach John David was happy with his team's performance after working out the kinks in the first 24 minutes. The Flashes, who brought just 19 players to the game, were penalized 14 times to SC's three.
"Once we got all the nervousness out, we played pretty well," David said. "That's a lot to build on for next year, that's what jamborees are all about."
Rising junior quarterback Brian Packo scored on an option-keeper with 10 minutes to play in the second half for the Flashes' lone score. Packo ran in from the 6-yard line. He went 3 for 7 passing for 40 yards.
"Once we started wrapping up and not making mistakes we did well," David said. "We got everybody in the game, everybody played a substantial amount."
Brothers Phillip and Paul Rogero, playing out of the backfield, combined for more than 100 yards on the ground. Phillip Rogero also had an interception.
The injury bug stung the Flashes early, however. Two-way lineman Carter Johnson, a sophomore, went down in the first quarter with a separated shoulder, and didn't return.
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A Chicago hound staying at Century City for the Rose Bowl. Looking for an bustling/delicious/not-so-fancy-I-need-to-wear-a-dress-and-get-my-hair-did dining option for New Year's Eve. Would love to be able to walk...so Century City vicinity would be first choice. HOWEVER, our group of 5 isn't into the whole chain restaurant thing - so I may be crazy thinking that we'll find something at CC. Read some reviews, and Craft seems appealing - but the Bazaar a little further away is making my mouth water! Guess I'm trying to say, we'd be willing to drive a short distance if the quality of food and atmosphere grows exponentially with miles travelled :)
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FORTALEZA, Brazil—Brazil made its way into the World Cup semifinals for the first time in 12 years, with goals coming from defenders Thiago Silva and David Luiz in a 2-1 win over Colombia yesterday. Brazil, which had been eliminated in the quarterfinals at the last two World Cups, will next play Germany on Tuesday in Belo Horizonte. Silva gave Brazil the lead in the seventh minute, scoring with his left knee after a corner from Neymar passed through the Colombian defense. He celebrated the goal by pointing to the emblem on his jersey and shouting, "This is Brazil, this is Brazil." Luiz added the second from a free kick in the 69th, sending a swerving long-range shot off the side of his foot into the top of the net. Colombia got one back in the 80th. James Rodriguez scored his tournament-leading sixth goal from the penalty spot after Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar brought down substitute Carlos Bacca inside the area.
Rodriguez tried to control the pace of the match at the Arena Castelao, but it was Brazil that created most of the scoring chances as Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina had to make a series of saves in the first half alone. The Colombians tried to pressure in the end after Rodriguez's penalty, but Brazil held on with tough defending. "This is a very tough moment for us," Colombia coach Jose Pekerman said. "We always had the dream of winning this match even though we knew Brazil would be a tough opponent. We knew how decisive this was, and any mistake would cost us." Colombia was coming off four straight wins, playing some of the most impressive football of the tournament.
And the Colombians, playing in the quarterfinals for the first time, had entered the match with an offensive team that had scored 11 goals, second only to the Netherlands. "After not playing in the World Cup for so long, we were able to show the value of the Colombian football and the talent of some of our players," said Pekerman, an Argentine. "They showed great spirit and presence of mind. They came to play a great World Cup, not just to participate." (AP)


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Mount Rainier park rangers are warning it may take longer than usual to rescue stranded climbers.
The rangers suspended use of military Chinook helicopters after the fatal fall last year of ranger Nick Hall. The Park Service plans to start using smaller choppers for so-called "short haul" rescues, but they're still waiting for final approval. Chuck Young is chief ranger at Mt. Rainier National Park.
Young: For the time being we are in this period where the tools we have available are not the tools we had a year and a half ago. We're hoping to get it back up to speed really quickly here.
Young says he expects the short-haul operations to be approved within the next few weeks. Until then, he says climbers should prepare for longer lag times for rescues. And he warns that under some conditions, no rescue may be possible at all. Besides the aircraft issues, the park service put new procedures in place following Nick Hall's death. Rescuers must now anchor themselves to the mountain during almost any high-elevation rescue, and they need more support from supervisors.
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Allocation of Capital, from Dan Grossman
November 30, 2009 |
Allocation of capital on a macro, national scale is an important but under-studied subject, relevant to analysis of the cureent economic situation.
While the collapse of the Soviet economy seems multi-determined and very difficult to analyze, misallocation of capital (MAC) was a key, if not the key, ingredient. From the outset Soviet Communism was famous for its Five-Year Plans for investment and capital allocation. In the beginning the Plans emphasized catching up in major industrial areas where Western countries had obviously been successful — steel, machine tools, electric power — and the growth of the Soviet economy did well. There was even talk among US experts of the higher-growth-rate Soviet economy eventually surpassing that of the US.
But by the latter 20th century, US and other Western economies had become more subtle and technologically-oriented. Economic growth depended on research and fast-moving investment into high tech areas — inventions and products that initially seemed minor or almost invisible, discoverable only by haphazard groups of large corporate and tiny individual entrepreneurs, totally unpredictable to government bureaucrats.
In this environment Soviet Communism was hopelessly outclassed. Its top-down planning and traditional love of Five-Year Plans and machine tools could not keep up with Silicon Valley. Billions of dollars of Soviet capital were being allocated to projects with marginal or even negative returns, while growing billions of dollars of American capital were being allocated to the then unusually high returns of Silicon Valley and the like. Compounded over 30 or 40 years, this makes for an incredible difference in result, collapse for one and tremendous prosperity for the other.
What are the implications of this for present times?
First, we have a situation in the US where major portions of our very large economy are being shifted from allocation by entrepreneurs, who in the aggregate know where to allocate capital (not because they are so smart but because they are governed by highly diverse market forces), to allocation by Congress and government bureaucrats, who don't. (And "don't know" is charitable, since their political incentives of pork and saving failing constituencies make the government allocations even less economic.) That has to be far less favorable for long-term US economic growth.
Second, we have China. While the Chinese are probably smarter, or more uptodate, than the Soviets were in their allocations, and are dealing with an economy much more open to market forces (particularly in having to cater to US purchasing allocations), can the Chinese in their government-directed investment and capital allocations continue to escape the defects of the Soviet allocations?
And with the likelihood of the Chinese misallocations being covered up by phony statistics over many years (the same type of phony statistics that misled not only the Soviets themselves but sophisticated outside observers such as the CIA), isn't this a situation that will sometime lead to a pretty dramatic day of reckoning?
By the way, I have not read any academic or investment research on capital allocation/misallocation and the above is pretty much off the top of my head. Thus I would be grateful for good citations or sources to contradict or modify my views, or to better educate myself in this area.
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I think Mr. Grossman exaggerates the extent to which American "capital" has been allocated by entrepreneurs in the years since 1925. Wealth has certainly been created by enterprising individuals; but the extent to which the national wealth has been allocated by the government should not be ignored. One statistic always comes to mind when I read praise for American "capitalism" — the amount of money spent on the Manhattan Project alone was more than the entire historical investment in the U.S. auto industry. Silicon Valley — which looks a good deal like Detroit in the mid-1930s these days — was very much the product of the military-industrial complex Eisenhower questioned. Mr. Hewlett and Mr. Packard got their start by selling oscilloscopes to the Army, and but for the need for control devices for ICBMs, they would still be growing fruit in the orchards around San Jose.
What defeated Soviet communism was the absence of private money, the inability of individuals to save their own wealth in a form that could be spent by them. Everything in the Soviet Union was rationed; it was the ultimate single payer system. The question for which none of us has an answer is will private money continue to exist in China when that country has its banking and credit crisis? (Of course, the cynics I know are asking the same question about the present banking system in the United States: "What do you think of the American system of private money, Mr. Gandhi?" "A most excellent idea.")
P.S. For the first 60 years the Soviets' allocation of capital was not greatly inferior to our own where military technology was concerned. Their ability to literally move their entire industrial base 500 to 1000 miles east while defending themselves against the Wehrmacht is a miracle of raw production that more than equals anything done by Kaiser's shipyards and Boeing's B-29 factories in Kansas. Imagine the German Army invading the United States through the Champlain valley and capturing Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philadelphia and New York and the United States' moving its entire steel and auto industries by rail to Nebraska in the midst of winter.
P.P.S. The B-29 was built in Kansas because of the assumption that the United States might be subject to the same kind of sustained bomber offensive that the Allies had been conducting against Germany. The failure of the Germans to develop the significant heavy lift capacity for bombing and transport is probably the single top down command decision that doomed them; if they had invested the effort into development of a 4-engine bomber that they put into rocketry, they would have won. Instead, the Allies did, which allowed them to discover after the fact — thank you, Professor Galbraith — that bombing was a complete failure.
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One could make the case that the tech bubble was partially the result of the collapse of USSR:
- The political stability risk-premium in the US went down post-Soviet threat (markets move in reverse to risk premium change)
- Defense spending went from 6% to 4% of GDP from 1990-2000 (see attached chart from this site). Some of that went toward tech investment (Note that defense spending went up post 911, and stocks/ROC 00-10 was not as good as 90-00).
- Check out what happened to Japan and Germany stocks post-defeat, and St. Petersburg post-Bolshevik.
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In a Jan. 31 letter to Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas), Elizabeth Warren revealed that the current plan calls for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to have six primary divisions.
The divisions Warren listed are a Consumer Engagement and Education Division, a Supervision and Enforcement Division, a Research, Markets and Regulations Division, an Office of General Counsel, an External Affairs Division and an Office of Chief Operating Officer.
Warren's letter came in response to a pointed letter from Neugebauer in January.
Warren also said she expected the new agency to grow by several hundred employees over the course of the year but declined to give any budget numbers until the Obama Administration releases its budget proposals. She said the agency currently has 140 employees from the U.S. Treasury Department and other departments "detailed" to work with the CFPB.
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Prior to becoming a journalist, she was a securities analyst with Kidder, Peabody & Co., and a budget and fiscal analyst for the New York State Senate Finance Committee.
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Not only did Ramona High School's boys cross country team take first place in the junior-senior division of the Vaquero Stampede at Lindo Lake Park in Lakeside, but the Bulldogs had the top four finishers.
Senior Dylan Blankenbaker, junior Forrest Riley, senior Alec Richardson, and senior Donnie McKay finished within five seconds of each other.
"It was like a blue wall coming in," said Assistant Coach Sherri Cortez.
The junior-senior course was 2.15 miles. Blankenbaker had a time of 10:33, Riley took 10:35, Richardson's time was 10:37, and McKay spent 10:38 on the course.
"That was pretty awesome," Blankenbaker said. "We all just worked together...We had a good time."
Two other Bulldogs finished in the top 10: Senior Graham Gantzer had a ninth-place time of 11:06 while junior Cory Thomas finished 10th at 11:07. Ramona's seventh runner, junior Josh Spieker, took 11:32 and finished 21st.
"It was a good race for our team, good season opener," Blankenbaker said.
The junior-senior race had a total of 118 runners, and nine of Ramona's 13 runners finished in the top quarter of the field. Junior Tristan Stidham's time of 11:45 gave him 24th place while senior Ian Pedlow was 27th after completing the course in 11:47.
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Heading into the South Beach Cinema for an opening-weekend glimpse of the dance-culture flick Better Living Through Circuitry,it's immediately obvious how far underground the rave scene still is. Although it's mere minutes from landmark dance clubs, on this Saturday evening the small theater is populated by a hearty crowd of ten people.
It is only 7:40, so maybe it's just too early for nocturnal clubbers to surface. Or maybe the word documentary is keeping crowds at bay. Whatever the case the film -- subtitled A Digital Odyssey Into the Electronic Dance Underground -- is neither a comprehensive ride through electronica history nor an exposé on raver lifestyle. It falls somewhere in between, providing neophyte scensters and outsiders a general overview of this complex subculture and the music-industry segment it supports.
Circuitry takes us jump-cut fashion from footage of blissed-out, pacifier-sucking ravers in action to interview segments with techno luminaries past and present. Jack Dangers, cofounder of the seminal early-'90s industrial/dance project Meat Beat Manifesto, weighs in on the early days of the scene. The freaky Genesis P. Orridge, a onetime member of the even earlier experimental industrial outfit, Throbbing Gristle, compares the underground aesthetic and DIY ethic of electronica to the early punk scene. Überzone, a.k.a. funky break guru Timothy Wiles, declares his debt of gratitude to 1970s German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk, taking things way back. Pop-techno trance DJ and producer BT (Brian Transeau) talks technology only fellow studio geeks would understand, and Las Vegas big-beat purveyors the Crystal Method kick it in their garage-cum-studio for the camera. Veteran DJs, producers, and musicians like Moby, Roni Size, Carl Cox, DJ Keoki, and Frankie Bones, among others, also discuss the state of the scene and its history.
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As out Austrian ski jumper Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (shown) prepared for her Olympic debut in ski jumping Tuesday, the married athlete said that she has not encountered any problems despite Russia's antigay law and violent environment.
"I think everything is being blown up bigger than it is," she said, according to Reuters. "I had a very good welcome like every other athlete. There were absolutely no problems. Naturally you have to look at it from a different point of view and always be critical, but especially in my situation, I don't want to talk too much about it."
She added, "I only want to focus on sports and I think if you're tolerant towards everyone else they treat you the same way and it gives you a lot of joy. I think you can make a statement by jumping well."
Iraschko-Stolz will compete in the final round Tuesday, ranked fifth among the competition.
- Over the weekend, out cross-country skier Barbara Jezeršek finished 19th in the 7.5 kilometer skiathlon with 40:29.5. Marit Bjoergen finished first, taking home the gold for Norway, while Charlotte Kalla of Sweden finished second and Norway's Heidi Weng finished third. According to RTV Slovenia, Jezeršek said she was happy with her performance.
- Dutch speed skater Sanne Van Kerkhof thought about ending her skating career after she fell during the 3,000 meter relay semifinals on Monday. She even almost hopped on a plane to head back to the Netherlands, but she told NUSport that she will stay in Sochi with her team, and that she will consider ending her career officially after the World Championships in Montreal.
- Dutch snowboarder Cheryl Maas finished 12th at the women's slopestyle semifinal on Sunday, she said she is headed home.
"[The Olympics] are over for me," Maas said on Facebook after her run. "I'm bummed I could not show [my] full potential. I would like to thank everybody that helped me and support me. And my fans for cheering me on. I had a great experience. Now it's time to have some fun!"


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Volunteers to test for radiation in Mukilteo waters
Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster has not yet reached waters along the Pacific coast, though scientists predict it will get here as soon as April.
Ken Buesseler, a chemical oceanographer, said no U.S. or international agencies are monitoring the spread of radiation here, so he has volunteers monitoring at 14 sites – including Mukilteo Lighthouse Park.
Buesseler, with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, reported that coastal monitoring sites in California and Washington have detected no traces of radioactive cesium from the Fukushima nuclear plant – "but models predict we will some time in 2014."
"Radiation can be dangerous, but not at the levels that are being predicted off the West Coast of North America," Buesseler said. "That being said, it makes sense to monitor."
Since 2011, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and its Japanese partners have been gathering and testing samples, some from as close as 1/2 mile from the damaged reactors – but now they need new samples.
As part of the Our Radioactive Ocean project, volunteers in Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska and Canada collect seawater with a sampling kit at their site and ship them to his Woods Hole lab.
Terry Preshaw, of Mukilteo, said she got involved in Buesseler's monitoring project because she is concerned about "scaremongering" on the Internet, with some websites saying that there are high levels of Fukushima radiation on its way here.
"My concern is debunking scaremongers," she said. "I think this is an excellent way to do that.
"I believe in hard science, and empirical data says a lot to me. I'm hoping it will say... that we're not being inundated with Fukushima radiation."
Preshaw offered to collect samples from Mukilteo's beach and provide the $100 required to get a Mukilteo site up on Woods Hole's website. Mukilteo was added to the list last week.
"People are more likely to go to the beach (at Lighthouse Park) and be in the water," Preshaw said of the new site. "So if there's an exposure issue, that would definitely be the place I would like to know about."
It costs $550 to test each sample, including the sampling kit. Preshaw said several others from Mukilteo are also interested in the project and in raising funds.
When Mukilteo's site gets the necessary funding, Preshaw said she would collect seawater at Lighthouse Park to help Buesseler monitor for radiation contamination.
Scientists are testing for two radioactive isotopes of the element cesium, which are formed in nuclear events – cesium-137 and cesium-134.
Cesium-137 has a half-life of 30 years, which means its radioactivity decays very slowly, whereas cesium-134 decays rapidly with a two-year half-life.
While cesium-137 is still detectible from nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 1960s, any traces of cesium-134 that are detected could only have come from Fukushima.
At the Woods Hole lab, scientists have completed testing for cesium on eight samples, spanning from San Diego to the Washington coast.
All eight samples show cesium-137 at "below detection" levels, Buesseler said. As for cesium-134, "we found no detectable 134Cs, so no evidence yet that the Fukushima plume has reached the coast."
Since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Japan, fallout, runoff and continued leaks from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have sparked fears of radiation impacts to fisheries, marine and human life.
"It's hard not to be concerned about this, because Fukushima had a pretty significant nuclear event that has created nuclear contamination, and no one disputes that," Preshaw said, "but what we don't know is what does that actually mean on this coast? What are we really looking at in terms of contamination?
"This is just a way to monitor and ensure that the worst case scenario is definitely not unfolding here, but we won't know until we get results."
Preshaw, who majored in biology and has an interest in marine biology, said she researched the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Ken Buesseler, and she liked what she found.
"This is someone who wants to do good science," Preshaw said. "He's not all wound up and scaremongering.
"It's really important for communities like ours to reach out and get scientific testing, so that we can be scientifically sound in our dismissal of scaremongering."
For more information, or to help fund testing at the Mukilteo site, go to www.ourradioactiveocean.org.


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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan used his latest Capitol Hill appearance Wednesday to dampen speculation that a coordinated interest-rate cut by the seven leading industrialized nations is on the way.
"I can safely say that at the moment there is no endeavor to coordinate interest-rate cuts," he said.
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Millions of Americans will be receiving 2013 open enrollment materials. Although it's tempting to simply check "same as last year," that can be a costly mistake – especially if an employer is offering different benefit plans next year or one's family or income situation has changed.
Plus, an important feature of health care flexible spending accounts, which many people use to reduce their tax bite, is changing next year (more on that below).
Here's what to look for when reviewing benefit options. Many benefit plans – especially medical – change coverage details from year to year. If you're offered more than one plan, compare features side-by-side (including plans offered by a spouse's employer) to ensure choosing the best alternative.
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• Raising maximum yearly out-of-pocket expense limits.
If offered by an employer, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs) can significantly offset the financial impact of medical and dependent care by letting you pay for eligible out-of-pocket expenses on a pre-tax basis; that is, before federal, state and Social Security taxes are deducted from one's paycheck. This reduces a person's taxable income and therefore, taxes.
It is possible to use a health care FSA to pay for IRS-allowed medical expenses not covered by a medical, dental or vision plan. Check IRS Publication 502 at www.irs.gov for allowable expenses. Dependent care FSAs let you use pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible expenses related to care for a child, spouse, parent, or other dependent incapable of self-care.
If one earns $42,000 per year and contributes $1,000 to a health care FSA and $3,000 for dependent care, his or her taxable income would be reduced to $38,000. Resulting net income, after taxes, would be roughly $1,600 more than if one had paid for those expenses on an after-tax basis.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A Southland lawmaker said Thursday that a devastating wind storm that cut power to hundreds of thousands of San Gabriel Valley customers and uprooted trees and power poles was likely a rehearsal for an even bigger disaster.
KNX 1070's Pete Demetriou reports the comments came during a public hearing in Pasadena on why it took so long for Southern California Edison and other entities to get back online after the big November windstorm.
Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena) and others offered their take on the lack of communication to the public about when power would be restored and how protocols on power restoration were determined.
"I think we should view this windstorm and what followed as a massive, unplanned, and unrehearsed disaster drill," said Schiff.
Over 400,000 Edison customers in the San Gabriel Valley, Pasadena, and Glendale were left in the dark for as long as five days after the storm had passed, leaving many to wonder whether specific power restoration priorities need to be revisited.
Ron Litzenger, president of Southern California Edison, said that while the utility uses a computerized program to maximize the efficiency of repair crew assignments, in this case the system was simply overwhelmed and was giving false readings.
"After we restored the mainline, the computer would re-poll and it would see so many customers out on the branches that it would incorrectly conclude that this must be a mainline problem, and would re-dispatch a different crew back to the mainline," Litzenger said.
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Arizona DPS: Shots hit 4 vehicles on I-10 in Phoenix; 1 hurt
Troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety are investigating a string of shootings that happened on Interstate 10.
It's the fourth shooting on the interstate, and troopers believe there could be a serial shooter opening fire on drivers.
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All four shootings happened on a short stretch of I-10 in Central and West Phoenix.
The vehicles were shot multiple times and some drivers did not realize what happened until after the shooting. Others had their windows shot out.
DPS released photos showing bullets through the windshield and passenger windows. One of the targets was a tour bus, and a bullet went through one of the seats.
Troopers say these are drive-by shootings, they believe the gunman is driving on the interstate alongside the victims and opening fire.
Investigators are asking the public to be aware, and to give them a call if they see anything suspicious.
"You should be concerned, because we have someone or som people shooting guns at moving cars on Interstate 10. It has not ended in tragedy but it could... it doesn't matter what you think you saw or what may seem odd. If it causes you pause and you think you may have seen something please call us and let us be the ones to determine if whether what you saw id valid or of concern or not," said DPS Col. Frank Milstead.
Anyone with information is asked to call DPS at 602-223-2000.
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Arkansas State Falls 74-61 to Dayton - Recap
Dayton earned a 74-61 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday, getting 18 points from Vee Sanford at Dayton Arena.
Dayton won and also put money in the pockets of their supporters by covering the 7-point spread as favorites.
Dayton got 14 points from Josh Benson and another 12 points from Kevin Dillard. Kevin Dillard contributed 10 assists, while Josh Benson cleaned the glass with 8 rebounds.
Arkansas State got 15 points from Kendrick Washington in a losing cause and another 14 points from Ed Townsel. Trey Finn contributed 4 assists for them, while Kendrick Washington had 9 rebounds.
First-half bettors who backed Dayton were victorious, as the score was 34-27 at the break.
The rebound battle favored Dayton as they grabbed 33 boards, while Arkansas State only had 30.


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I really love the nickname Rickie for a girl, but I need a cute Name for it. The middle name is to be Shea, pronounced Shay. Any ideas? Please help....
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