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by Jeff Reeves | April 7, 2010 12:58 pm
Dividend stocks are starting off 2010 with a bang after the first quarter of 2009 marked what could have been the worst period in history for income-oriented investors who look for stocks with big dividend yields. The cuts of last year have been replaced with hefty boosts to dividends for many blue chip stocks.
On March 1, Nasdaq tech stock Qualcomm (QCOM[1]) raised its dividend 12%. Among retail stocks, Walmart (WMT[2]) boosted its dividend 11% at the beginning of March. In the defense sector, United Technologies (UTX[3]) boosted its dividend in February, and Honeywell (HON[4]) should announce a dividend increase[5] at its shareholder meeting later this month. Consumer staples stocks like Kimberly-Clark (KMB[6]) and Coca-Cola (KO[7]) have also raised dividends.
The list goes on. In fact, this week Standard & Poor's announced that only 48 companies decreased their dividend payments during the first quarter of 2010, a vast improvement over the record 367 companies that slashed dividends during the same period in 2009.
The S&P also reported that 399 companies boosted dividends during the first quarter of 2010, adding $6.4 billion to the dividend rate across the market. Compared with last year's record $43.8 billion drop in dividend payouts, the turnaround is simply stunning.
It's not just old favorites like United Technologies, which has offered a dividend payment for nearly 75 years. Starbucks (SBUX[8]) got in on the party, announcing its first-ever dividend[9] just two weeks ago.
It's also worth noting that based on current cash flow and bond yields, that a growing number od stocks are likely to increase dividends[10]. AT&T (T[11]), Altria (MO[12]) and Merck (MRK[13]) are just three of the most likely companies to raise dividends[14].
Looking forward, Standard & Poor's expects continued strength for dividends as stability returns to Wall Street and the jobs picture improves. However, the company said it may take until 2013 or later until dividends return to their 2007 peak. In the first quarter of that year, while the Dow was continuing its steady march to an all-time high of more than 14,000, 740 companies raised their dividends and only 19 companies decreased them.
Obviously such a near-perfect record was not to last, much like the overly inflated housing prices and other asset bubbles around that time. And frankly, it may be naive to assume the market will get back to those days of easy dividends and huge yields. However, there's no denying that the recent shift back to growing dividends instead of cutting them is good for the market — and good for dividend investors.
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Three teams occupy more than two thirds of the Championship outright book, and two of them meet at the KC Stadium on Friday. But if Hull do to Derby what they did to Middlesbrough three weeks ago, the market could have an altogether more conclusive look come Sunday evening. Take the 7/5 on the Tigers to prevail.
Steve Bruce's men were looking like the real deal before the international break, scoring 12 goals without reply as they cruised to five consecutive wins, four of them against top-half opposition. The interruption upset their rhythm and we should forgive them for a rusty 45-minute display at Bristol City last weekend. They were firmly in control after the interval.
The Tigers have scored the most goals in the division and conceded the fewest, the true hallmark of a standout title contender. The loss of Michael Dawson for this game is a blow but doesn't inflict the kind of damage that it would on others. A central defensive partnership of Curtis Davies and either Alex Bruce or Harry Maguire is arguably as good as anything else out there.
Paul Clement is under no illusions. When asked about Hull's strengths in his pre-match interview, he cited the great balance to their squad, their tremendous strength in depth and the ability to mix things up better than any other team in the division. In many ways, one suspect they are the benchmark that Clement aspires to.
The key difference between the two sides is Premier League experience. Hull just have that extra know-how. Even without Dawson and David Meyler, they can count upon nine players with a combined total of 1,013 top-flight appearances. For all of Derby's Championship pedigree, they cobble together less than half that amount - and over 200 games belong to 33-year-old left back Steven Warnock.
Bradley Johnson would have boosted that total but he is the game's most notable absentee after picking up five yellow cards. The Rams' season can be chopped up into two starkly contrasting parts, before and after his deadline-day switch from Norwich. Winless in the first six matches without him, they have taken 29 points from 12 matches since his arrival.
For the most part, this game could be on a knife edge but Hull are capable of making a little extra quality go a long way and there's value to be found in the 2-0 correct score at 12/1. My 16-match ratings, when applied to standard goal distributions, make this outcome no bigger than 9/1, so Bet Victor are taking a chance by chalking-up a full two points bigger than anyone else.
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'Faithful Place' Takes A Grim Dublin Setting
Writer Tana French lived all over the world as she was growing up, but her books are grounded in Dublin, the city she now calls home. French tells guest host Lynn Neary how her latest novel, Faithful Place takes readers into a grim corner of Dublin where families do their best to suffocate dreams and cops are to be avoided at all costs.
LYNN NEARY, host:
Welcome back to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Lynn Neary.
Writer Tana French lived all over the world as she was growing up, but her books are grounded in Dublin, the city she now calls home. Her latest novel, "Faithful Place," takes readers into a grim corner of Dublin where families do their best to suffocate dreams and cops are to be avoided at all costs.
Detective Frank Mackie escaped from there long ago, but the discovery of a body in an abandoned house brings him back to the place and the family he hoped he'd left behind forever.
Tana French joins us now to discuss her new book. Welcome to the program, Tana.
Ms. TANA FRENCH (Author, "Faithful Place"): Thanks very much. Hi.
NEARY: Well, Frank Mackie tries to get away from this neighborhood, Faithful Place, when he's 19 years old. And I'd love if you could read a description of the night that he thought that he was getting away.
Ms. FRENCH: Yeah, sure. That'd be great.
(Soundbite of music)
Ms. FRENCH: (Reading) I was 19, old enough to take on the world and young enough to be a dozen kinds of stupid. And that night, as soon as both my brothers were snoring, I slid out of our bedroom with my rock sack on my back and my docks(ph) hanging from one hand. A floorboard creaked, and in the girl's room, one of my sisters murmured in her sleep.
But I was knighted that night, riding high on that surge tide, unstoppable. My parents didn't even turn over on the pullout bed as I moved through the front room close enough to touch. The fire had burned down to nothing but a muttering red glow.
In the rock sack was everything important I owned; jeans, T-shirts, a secondhand wireless, a hundred quid and my birth cert. That was all you needed to go over to England back then. Rosie had the ferry tickets.
NEARY: So he gets stood up by his girlfriend and it's 20 years later that he realizes that his girlfriend Rosie was killed on that night. It's a discovery of her body that pulls him back into the old neighborhood, back into the arms of his family. And that's really where the novel proceeds from.
Ms. FRENCH: Mm-hmm.
NEARY: But a lot of this story, it seems to me, is really about the idea that you can't escape your past and you can escape your blood.
Ms. FRENCH: Yeah. I think very much so. It's a book about family and about home. And Frank blamed his family for the fact that Rosie had, as he thought, stood him up. He thought the fact that his family was so permanently dysfunctional was what had driven her away, and so he ran.
But the fact is that his new family - his wife and his daughter - he hasn't made a great job of that, that this may be because in fact he tried to erase his whole sense of family.
NEARY: What is it about this idea of people wanting to erase their past or erase their connections with their family that you find so interesting that you've explored it in a couple of books now?
Ms. FRENCH: I think it could be because I do live in Ireland, I am living in Ireland. And here, over the past 15, 20 years, the relationship between past, present and future has been a very complex and very fraught one in that we had this huge economic boom.
And during the economic boom, there was a sense that Ireland was escaping from a past of hideous poverty. And there was a feeling that the only way we could grab hold of this wonderful rich consumer heaven present that we were being offered was this idea that we cannot in any way pay any respects to our past if we want to hold onto the future, that the two are somehow mutually exclusive, because that's been such a crucial tension within Ireland over the last 15, 20 years. I think that's why it keeps resurfacing in the books.
NEARY: Well, neighborhood plays an incredibly important role in this novel. Tell me a little bit more about this area of Dublin that you're writing about in "Faithful Place." It's called The Liberties.
Ms. FRENCH: Yes, The Liberties. See, for centuries and centuries, The Liberties had a separate charter from the rest of Dublin. The rules there were different. They made their own way, that's - hence the name The Liberties. That gave the area a very distinctive and very special character where people have known each other for generations; know everything about each other's family.
You can have an argument that's based on what somebody's great-grandfather did in the year 1900. The families that are interwoven by so much intermarriage and so much knowledge leads to a whole different level of intensity of community from what you get in almost any other area, I think.
NEARY: There's a really wonderful description of the neighborhood in the book that I'd like you to read. It begins with: The place was winding down for the night, if you could read there.
Ms. FRENCH: (Reading) The place was winding down for the night, and Kelly(ph) threw stuttering flickers in the Dwyer's wall. Music was seeping faintly from somewhere, a woman's sweet, wistful voice aching out over the gardens. In number seven, multicolored Christmas lights and pudgy Santas sparkled in the windows and one of Sally Hern's(ph) current crop of teenagers screamed, no, I hate you and slammed the door.
On the top floor of number five, the epidural yuppies were putting their kid to bed; daddy carrying him into his room fresh from the bath in a little white dressing gown, swinging him into the air and blowing raspberries on his tummy; mummy laughing and bending to shake up blankets.
Just across the road, my ma and my dad were presumably staring catatonically at the telly, wrapped in their separate unimaginable thoughts, seeing if they could make it to bedtime without having to talk to each other.
(Soundbite of music)
NEARY: Dublin is almost a character in "Faithful Place." And you, as I said, have lived all over the world. You could've been an international crime writer but you've really chosen to focus on Dublin. Why?
Ms. FRENCH: I think partly because this is the one place that I think I have any right to call home. It's the only place where I know the little things like what's the shortcut from A to B and what bus route do you take and where has a good pint or a good pizza. And little things like that give you the capacity to make that place come alive for readers.
And in a weird way, I think that being almost but not quite from here actually gives me, in some ways, an advantage, because there are things that you would take for granted about a place if you were born and bred there. Whereas if you're part outsider still, then you notice these cultural assumptions, these undercurrents, these things that to a real insider are so much a part of the fabric of life. And I think as a part outsider it's easier to pick up on them and integrate them into what you're writing.
NEARY: Tana French. Her new book is "Faithful Place."
Tana, so good talking with you. Thanks very much.
Ms. FRENCH: Thank you.
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I've only ever heard one of his albums so I don't have much to go on but give this a shot:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdkGpS0aQYw
November 22 06:11 PM
That's what I figured. Saw your post asking about modern bands with microtones and thought of Jute Gyte but he plays really abrasive (borderline noisy) black metal so probably not your cup of tea
November 22 05:33 PM
Are you into black metal much at all?
November 22 04:58 PM
Can I go ahead and claim a Triana rec for next years competition?
November 8 12:41 PM
yea to be fair the servers were down for a few days leading up to Friday iirc
November 4 03:09 PM
goddammit i keep forgetting! whens the vote due?
November 4 03:07 PM
Hey man, i've been in Belgrade the last four days with almost no internet connection and consequently I couldn't vote. I thought - or maybe hoped - that my absence would go unnoticed. Couldn't imagine mine would be the decisive vote! I'm voting for this round though, rest assured! You'll have my opinion by Friday
October 29 12:53 PM
I asked to NoTrap too. I thought about Titan, but do you want me to stop searching now?
October 28 02:10 PM
So you want me to listen to the two albums in this list - http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=732569
October 28 12:38 PM
Tbh, i didn't understand the following part - "jam M6 of our prog tourney and break the 8-8 tie". What do you mean?
October 28 09:37 AM
oh my god, totally slipped my mind! i rarely check anything off of 'my discussions' so i wasnt seein the lists.
October 21 06:47 PM
Apparently, the Progstreaming link works if you use Google Chrome. Just avoid Internet Explorer. Would be better to specify it beside the link. And it's weird, Progstreaming is directly connected to spotify, so the album is simultaneously playing in spotify. Hope all the contestants have spotify, in case we need it.
September 26 08:43 PM
The link Progstreaming doesn't work anymore for me :( It says the spotify application is needed. I have the free version of spotify, and the album is available there, but there is no way to give a link. It's also on Deezer, but if you don't have it, you have to subscribe. So what should we do? If there is no solution, should I take Fabio Zuffanti back? What a mess!
September 25 10:23 PM
Ahhh You're my savior! I really appreciate it. Album deserves to be known by our prog community. Thanks to contribute for its promotion. Will prepare a blurb and give you a link in a few minutes...
September 21 04:07 PM
Hi, it's me again. You know what? I regret Ingranaggi Della Valle. Excuse me if I insist. As you know, it was my first choice. So if you see an overture for it, let me know. I think you already made all the match ups. If it's more like an impossible puzzle, forget it. But I wish people came to know that exceptional album. Thanks for your attention, dude.
September 21 10:02 AM
All right, mate, let's keep it as it is, thanks anyway. I just noticed you dig Anglagard. Ingranaggi Della Valle - Warm Spaced Blue is close to the style of Anglagard with its mindblowing waves of mellotron. Ingranaggi is also symphonic prog, but it's more melodic, softer, less crazy or weird. There is always something new to discover...It's that varied. On the other hand, the music of Fabio Zuffanti is also drenched into sympho prog, but it's more immediate, accessible and easier to swallow.
September 19 07:15 PM
If it causes too much trouble, I'll keep my positions. Anyway, I like both albums equally, for some different reasons.
September 19 03:11 PM
Album would be ''Ingranaggi Della Valle - Warm Spaced Blue''
September 19 02:56 PM
Hello Friday dude. Feel free to refuse my request, but I'd like to change my album. Someone finally found a link for a streaming to my first choice. I know it's a bit late to ask you that. I really can live with my actual choice though. Both albums deserve to get known, that's a fact.
September 19 12:35 PM
haha that's okay! there's always next year
September 17 04:02 AM
Sorry i read your previous comment wrong
September 16 08:03 PM
Im on your side
September 16 07:58 PM
Lmao prepare for s***show bcuz of your comment :D
September 16 07:48 PM
I edited my last comment a little bit. All I want to tell you is I was thinking in French before writing my sentence, and visibly, it doesn't work in English with the word ''forget''. But you have to understand the sense of what I tried to say. Let say this; You won't forget King Crimson after you see them'' You see, it makes more sense like that.
September 16 05:20 PM
Lol, good one. It worked.
September 15 09:35 PM
Oh, I see they ARE in your list after all. Don't know why I didn't see them last night. I was working until 2AM, probably was bleary-eyed.
September 15 01:23 PM
Ah, that makes sense. Would have been surprised if you liked a lot of the bands that you mentioned but didn't like The Who.
September 15 01:21 PM
I was just checking out your list of favs, Friday, and one band stands out as missing -- you're not fond of The Who?
September 15 03:19 AM
k younshould still listen to sweet nothings if u havent already
September 14 05:09 PM
ok I have a little blurb if you want to change it, sorry it happened fast and did not have time to get through it, at the bottom of the comments
September 13 11:41 AM
discovered so much jewels through it
September 11 03:27 AM
do another prog tourney you ****
September 8 01:45 PM
hahaha! A good way to prevent to live other bad years in music like 2016 :) ''Do not ask what you can do for your country, but ask what your country can do for you'' hahaha
May 2 01:12 PM
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, man. Best Wishes, and God bless you!
December 23 12:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYOQ2FeCET8 SYNTHZZZZZZZZZZ
December 14 01:39 PM
So, hey you never told me. How did your Jaivas essay resulted in the end? haha
November 10 10:12 PM
Incredible. The people stand up, are counted and can never be beaten. Who knows what will happen but at least the people spoke and are being heard. Trump though. lol.
November 9 03:19 AM
i dig it as much outer and nothing but I understand why others don't.
October 23 05:43 PM
what do you think of angel rat?
October 22 03:53 PM
voivod ;D
October 22 03:50 PM
Haha, it lacks the italian identity but it might be my favorite PFM, La Conquista is seriously one of the best s***s ever
October 6 11:53 AM
or maybe don't, now that I give it a second listen, it ain't that great tbh
October 5 10:18 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3-zLKtqF7c Cool psychedelic rock with horns which is always an awesome feature
October 4 09:45 PM
check Stati di Immaginazione by PFM
September 26 10:20 PM
Awesome! I listened to all the tracks except the last one, and so far, they seemed to have really delivered yet again.
September 16 10:17 PM
Hi again Friday. The second Seven Impale full length is out today. Do you think you'd want to try it out?
September 16 01:41 PM
i thought Marching Children was about the Children's Crusade. I don't think Supper's Ready's about that? Which one I'm not gettin? haha
September 12 09:48 PM
is it? o: wow, gotta check the song's lyrics since I loved Marching Children's
September 12 08:30 PM
storm and thunder and the t/t are freakin awesome
September 11 11:28 PM
which is awesome(?
September 11 11:16 PM
What if Jefferson Airplane went prog? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-nhPqwDZs8
September 11 09:23 PM
Yeah, uni years have been by far the worst of my life, because of the people in there, not that much because of the career. If you like law you'll enjoy it, it is a beautiful career for those that love it, but the stereotype of lawyers being cruel and evil ppl is something I'm starting to believe haha
August 23 01:36 PM
I'm on third year of (at least) five needed in here. God I hate it, but I need a law degree to get into diplomacy haha
August 22 10:51 PM
law school? so I got a future coleague in here huh? Prepare to lose your social life
August 22 09:20 PM
yo check my new list m8 http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1002812
August 22 01:56 AM
I agree, and I also know that it's not meant in a salvific way. It just came way too close to that line that I thought it had to be mentioned and critiqued. It's kind of similar to Needtobreathe's recent song "Clear" which came way too close to the "is it talking about God or his wife?" line and therefore was not a good moment for the album. Hope that makes sense.
August 10 04:03 PM
Thats a monstrous argument for another day. :P
July 14 10:33 PM
Even though i like him :D
July 14 03:56 PM
I think im gonna have to disagree. Even though he isn't completely to one side of the spectrum as Trump/Sanders his ideas are still incredibly radical. 40% spending cut, elimination of the Federal Reserve, opposition of the PATRIOT act, defund military etc etc. These are all notions that the majority mainstream politicians would shoot down instantly in congress.
July 14 03:55 PM
whats your take?
July 14 10:49 AM
im a big fan of libertarian principles so thatll probably be my pick. Even though in reality his agenda is just as idealistic as that of Sander's. Oh well, i guess third party choices are more for making a statement than anything else.
July 14 10:45 AM
ill probably go with a third party choice myself, haven't decided who yet.
July 13 04:18 PM
you are right. Many trump supporters are only voting for him because they think that he is the only viible option to defeat hillary even if he isn't their first pick by choice. I know people who i highly respect that are voting for him, most of the time simply because they feel tied down to the two party system. I have nothing against the voters themselves, but i personally think that most of those labels fit the man pretty accurately.
July 13 04:17 PM
i hate the dude myself but looks as if he's gonna take the win so i better get used to him :P.
July 13 10:18 AM
My word that Sargon of wotsit hits it on the head! Thanks for pointing me in his direction, his thoughts on the Brexit/Brats are absolutely spot on.
June 29 04:45 AM
When I was at school/college/uni I was taught to respect those who'd struggled. (I honestly said thank you to a random old chap in the street after I saw Saving Private Ryan lol) The animosity shown towards 'older' people from the millenial generation is an absoulute ****ing disgrace. Where was the older generations voice when drafted? Can you imagine that now? ****ing brats don't know their born and are unbelievable hypocrites.......not you though dude :D
June 26 12:35 PM
It's the 18-24yr old demographic dude. They don't understand democracy and are so used to asking and getting their brain can't process what has happened. The system is so desperate to remain part of the EU there will inevitably be further attempts to get us back in. There has been an initial shock, confounded with Cameron resigning coupled with uncertainty but for the most part people are excited, hopeful and free.
June 26 04:26 AM
I'm genuinely shocked dude. Turns out we are a democratic nation!!! Things will be a bit rocky for awhile and it will take a few years to actually leave but this is a great day. The people spoke.
June 24 01:14 AM
Oops, your link leads toward Prog Discovery M7 but I found your Beach Boys list so yes, thanks :)
May 16 06:43 PM
Sorry, I was having quite a busy week, although I guess that's not an excuse not to celebrate the glory of prog! ;)
May 7 10:50 AM
huuuuuuh that 3.0 to RATM man!Have you checked Famous Last Words? Not as good as classic Supertramp, but the last three songs of the album kick ass
May 5 01:42 AM
Sorry man I'm out of sync with the prog tourney at the min but I'm still in.
April 28 01:16 PM
The first time I listened to DOTF I didn't really get it, but the second listen was brilliant. I will definitely be looking into more from him, after I become more familiar with DOTF. Might even check out his book, so thanks for that.
April 28 09:45 AM
I started checking out Harry patch, Delusion of the Fury, and it's very interesting. I probably should have asked you this before, but is this a good place to start? Which is your favorite?
April 27 05:32 PM
I'll try dude, but I can't promise that much since I'm on exams period :/
April 25 06:44 PM
I'll try
April 25 06:40 PM
Really? I've always heard he went into a more straightforward pop style, but it seems that I might be wrong
April 18 02:34 PM
Yeah Mass Emmanuel was certainly my favorite on there.
April 11 12:27 AM
I enjoyed it, but it's no Electric Lucifer haha
April 10 11:36 PM
It's so surprisingly creative, how did you find this?
April 10 11:15 PM
What the hell is this haha, I kind of like this so far though...
April 10 11:05 PM
two enid reviews in a week and the prog crew is nowhere to be found. boo hoo, guess that beach boys/buckley series ain't happening.
April 10 05:16 AM
A 4? nice, didn't thought you'd enjoy it that much. Besides those two songs it isn't that great imo
April 4 09:10 PM
Now you've checked all of their essential albums. You just need to jam La Ventana cause it has Mira Niñita and Todos Juntos, their most popular songs
April 3 09:53 PM
You liked it? Nice I thought you wouldn't haha
April 3 09:50 PM
I'd say that Crimson, Genesis, and Supertramp are pretty lefty too haha
April 3 08:39 PM
However, while I admit that Los Jaivas (along with Congreso and Blops) may have influenced into this political twist in latin rock (specially in Chile), I'd say that this started thanks to all the right-wing dictatorships in the continent; so in the 80's bands like Los Prisioneros in Chile (another of the international renowned chilean bands) or bands in Argentina had lefty tendencies, which as I said, remains til this day
April 3 08:37 PM
While it is true that not all of their lyrics are about political topics, I'd say that at least 50% of them are and that could be an interesting point for you essay. Latin America being the place of birth of lefty prog. That would have a huge impact, cause since then, most latin artist have lefty tendencies specially in Chile and Argentina (the other big country in latin rock)
April 3 08:34 PM
Cool article, it even cites Blops and Congreso! (the other two of the big three of chilean prog). It is true that there was a vision of rock music being more to the high-class, while the people's music was Jara's or Parra's. Los Jaivas, along with Congreso and Blops were the bands that started the trending of leftist rock (which remains til this day in latin america) and were the first bands that created more unique sounds (before that, all chilean rock was covers of north american rock n roll)
April 3 08:32 PM
Sound of "chilean piano" from chilean traditional music, I suppose you can see that his playing is pretty unique.Anyway, if you want more help just ask for it. Too many, long shoutboxes so I suppose it is time to finally click that "all posts" button in shoutbox that no one ever uses hahaPeace m8
April 3 07:53 PM
The most important members of the band are Claudio Parra, the drummer, who died and is now replaced by his daughter Juanita. Claudio definitely was one of the best drummers ever imo, you can see why on Tarka y Ocarina. El Gato Alquinta, main voice and guitar and leader of the band. Mario Mutis the bassist and one of the creative minds of the band along with Alquinta and the pianist Eduardo Parra (brother of Claudio) who is imo one of the best keyboardist ever too, he mixed prog with the classic
April 3 07:52 PM
Alturas is certainly one of the most unique live albums for the place it was played at (some years before they played a concert in the Antartica and were the first band ever to do so) but I've heard that creating an album in the heights of Machu Picchu was even more difficult
April 3 07:49 PM
As some "specific" information about the band, they founded in 1963 (old af I know) in Viña del Mar and went mainstream with their album "La Ventana" which includes their two most popular songs "Mira Niñita" and "Todos Juntos", after the coup d'etat they went to Argentina and then to Europe and in the 80's recorded their most succesful album "Alturas" and then created a live version of it in Machu Picchu along with some narration from another nobel prize winner Vargas Llosa. The live version of
April 3 07:48 PM
and literature, the way they can make everything sound great "in a poetic, romantic way" wether it is an ode to a cat (Neruda lol) or a whole political manifesto. That's all I can think of for now, if you want more specific info I could get it for youP.S: fk Nixon, Kissinger and the CIA :v
April 3 07:44 PM
That talk about latin american, and worldwide. Todos Juntos, their most popular song, is a peace anthem for latin american. The ones that don't follow that "friendship and harmony" vein go however, as said before, into political topics, the best example should be "La Conquistada" which is about La Moneda (chilean presidential palace) getting destroyed in the coup d'etat, all of this in a very "poetic" way of course. That's probably the most interesting thing in latin american music
April 3 07:42 PM
Most of Neruda's work isn't politic though. Most of his poems are odes, to common objects or persons in a way that he exacerbates many feelings, emotions and expressions. Alturas de Machu Picchu is one of those, so that's the vein the lyrics of the album follow, while Obras takes a mix between odes/poetry songs from Parra and some with social critics. Their other two important albums "El Indio" and "Cancion del Sur" which have lyrics written by them, and most of their other albums have lyrics
April 3 07:40 PM
Even outside of Latin America.Both Neruda and Parra had left-wing thinking and so did Los Jaivas, that's why two of their most important albums take lyrics from their works and that's why they lived in Argentina or France for many years once Pinochet was in the power. In the music and literature Latin America has always been "lefty", except for Vargas Llosa, so you get an idea of the topics in lyrics, poems and novels
April 3 07:37 PM
with the CIA in some pretty suspicious circumstances. Violeta Parra is one of the most important musicians in latin america, along with Mercedes Sosa, Victor Jara and Silvio Rodriguez, they're regarded as the creators of the protest song (so you can get an idea of her style of lyrics). All of them have been cited as big influences by artists like Joan Baez, Springsteen or Dylan. She commited suicide, and her song, "Gracias a la Vida" is a peace anthem that as far as I know is pretty well known
April 3 07:35 PM
mmm well, Los Jaivas are probably the most important prog band in spanish so even if they're not popular in the States they're legends in latin america and Spain, and I've heard they're pretty well known in France and Russia as well. Not a lot to say about Neruda, he's one of the better known poets of the history, worked as a diplomatic and was pre-candidate for presidency of Chile from the communist party, he died a little bit after the coup d'etat that our lovely Mr. Kissinger arranged
April 3 07:33 PM
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March 29 10:38 PM
That's on Surfin' Safari tho
March 29 08:44 PM
will do, thanks
March 29 06:20 PM
the what and who? man, i honestly don't care for mike as a person but holy s*** he really shines on the more experimental tracks tbh (the surf and car songs are just boring)
March 29 12:25 AM
man oh man honestly not looking forward to the early albums tbh
March 29 12:15 AM
probably gonna try and start the series tonight with surfin safari (haven't heard it but I honestly think the discog up until Shut Down will be easy tbh) also gotta finish the enid before the new record drops next friday
March 29 12:03 AM
you should check out the BBC doc on Dennis, s***'s heartbreaking when they show his final performance before he died. Dude sounded nothing like he did on POB
March 28 10:21 PM
Way ahead of you, Brian has some dope dance moves such as the disinterested limp wrist and the infamous where's dennis look
March 28 04:09 PM
gonna do a discog series of the beach boiz, how hard should I 5 Summer in Paradise?
March 28 01:07 AM
dammit I was hoping someone else would do the deciding vote for me
March 28 12:33 AM
Those surf rock/bm songs sound pretty badass
March 26 06:38 PM
Still need to hear Aria in full, gonna do that today
March 18 03:23 PM
Great! Glad to hear it. Thanks for taking the time to screen it. I really dig the record and I'm excited to share it. Just wanted to be sure it's a proper fit for the tourney.
March 15 04:32 PM
Thanks. I appreciate it. Just want to keep it prog! If you think it would be necessary to drop or replace it, I'm good with that. I'll leave it up to you.
March 15 02:04 PM
Hey there! Really enjoying this prog contest. I'm just curious if you are vetting the contest submissions before pairing them up for the contest. I ask because I'm hoping to get your opinion on the record I suggested. Although I'd say it's definitely prog-oriented, I'm concerned that it may not be "prog enough". Would you be OK with checking a few tracks and letting me know if you think it's fit for the tourney?
March 15 12:25 PM
I'd definitely say City of the Sun is a great and innovative take on the Graaf Generator and King Crimson (especially Wetton era) school of eclectic prog rock, bringing in a vast yet stable blend of jazz fusion, hard rock, and symphonic rock into one obscure Nordic prog gem. The beginning and ending epics "Oh My Gravity" and "God Left Us for a Black-Dressed Woman" especially show a band of the traditional prog scene that can make unusually structured songs that are second-to-none.
March 13 08:29 PM
That sounds cool. I'd love to enter Seven Impale's City of the Sun or Agusa's Tva if you wouldn't mind. They are amazing Nordic eclectic prog and psychedelic prog albums respectively, and they don't quite have 15 votes yet here on Sputnik.
March 13 06:46 PM
If I knew of an album that qualified I'd jump in immediately, but unfortunately I do not
March 12 07:56 PM
I understand. Sorry my friend. I'll try maybe next time. Sorry for the inconvenience.
March 12 08:51 AM
haha, I have no idea how you people find all those strange, unknown albums, so count me out ;)
March 12 08:27 AM
Hmm, apparently I can't focus on the competition. I'm out.
March 12 06:00 AM
put me down for Pascal Duffard (p.s. Utopia WHEN)
March 11 01:53 PM
Damn!!! Almost forgot, dude. Gonna listen asap and vote.
March 11 10:03 AM
Sorry dude, I've been lax I'm on it!
March 11 09:01 AM
ooh, yeah, completely forgot. Had a full week. Is there any problem if I don't vote? There are still some albums I haven't heard.
March 4 09:11 AM
oh yeah I know, don't worry
March 3 09:34 PM
"Such a peculiar, eccentric and light-hearted record from the Swedish arm of the Rock in Opposition movement. Musically joyous and sincere, the band blends a jazzy, free prog style with the Swedish musical tradition, creating a heartfelt record as very few prog artists have. Note: the final three tracks on the YouTube link are bonus tracks which did not appear on the original album. Make of that what you will, I guess."
February 25 08:17 PM
Thanks, Friday, for adding my submission :)You're right, since all the albums have detailed descriptions, it would be interesting for Maltid to have one as well. If I'm not asking you too much, would it be possible to change my description to this:
February 25 08:15 PM
well you know...
February 25 05:32 PM
Ehh not particularly but thanks for asking dude.
February 25 02:21 PM
I asked the meds and they gave me an answer; ''There's a known issue with the approval queues right now. Please stand by.'' So thanks anyway ;)
February 20 10:36 PM
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2211 The band is ''Procession (PROG)'' and the album is ''Frontiera''. I hope you can do it. It would be my choice for the next contest. Thanks for you're trying anyway, friend.
February 20 02:28 PM
Hi Friday, could you help me? I try to add an album in the database, and ask me why, it doesn't work and yet I did it so many times. If you wanna try, I will give you the link and all you need to succeed. Thanks in advance.
February 20 01:28 PM
Hope you read this thread. You were mentioned many times (in a good way): http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1057302
January 20 01:36 PM
Equator tho
January 7 02:00 PM
too late dude, but I'll check the s/t
January 7 01:55 PM
I've heard of 'em, but too lazy to get round to it. I've heard lots about Kimono, so I got it on the backlog
January 5 07:58 PM
Hmmmm I'll put it on my list
January 5 12:31 PM
those residents ratings. you check the unedited version of MTR?
January 5 04:54 AM
sick dude. definitely going to check asap, ill let u know what i think. thanks!
November 19 07:12 AM
Friday the 13th D:
November 13 05:52 PM
Yes, it was such a wonderful track! I love both tracks on the second record especially.
November 4 01:16 PM
Thank you for describing X to me Friday! I really liked it as you can currently see on my profile.
November 2 09:16 PM
and thanks, I'll try these
October 26 06:19 AM
what i meant is that great melodies are not enough to make a great record and no melodies don't necessarily mean your record is bad. I mean The Beatles, Buffalo Springfield, U2, Riverside etc. all have much better melodies than Diamanda Galas, Red Krayola, Tim Buckley or Faust but I don't consider them nearly as great. But of course an original record with good melodies beats an equally original record with no melodies.
October 26 06:13 AM
Nice to see you liked that soundtrack you rated. I honestly think Ian Gillan fit in immensely better in that cast than in his album with Black Sabbath.
October 3 04:59 PM
I saw Rush in Bristow, Virginia, and it was absolutely killer to hear representitives from all 8 of their first eight albums! Aside from the vocals, they still sound as fresh as back then!
July 3 03:56 PM
Good morning Friday. How did you like seeing Rush and Judas Priest?
July 3 08:53 AM
Out of the 4.5/5 Rishloo albums, I admit ranking Living as Ghosts my 3rd favorite of the last 3 albums - where Feathergun was more mainstreamed and gained my interest. But Eidolon is their magnum opus as of yet.
June 29 12:59 AM
Noticed you are into prog, w/ an impressive ratings-to-objectivity ratio (very solid). Wondering your thoughts on Rishloo? If you gain an interest, I recommend listening to their albums in the following order: Feathergun -
June 24 02:28 AM
at least as long as you know your genres hehe
June 5 02:43 PM
yeah probably, but its just so much more interesting
June 5 02:42 PM
your type of participating list is way better than mine were, cant even compare hehe
June 5 02:37 PM
So you weren't lying when you said you didn't love Bilateral :-P
June 4 11:49 PM
May 5 11:29 PM
Yeah, I knew he sampled them. I'm always just looking for something new to listen too; which is probably why my list of bands/albums to listen to is never ending lol
April 12 12:45 PM
March 30 09:42 PM
yeah that's a good one, the two before it are decent tho.
March 30 05:21 PM
no prob man, first four are great, Siren is overrated as hell, the others I haven't heard in a bit to say anything about them
March 30 05:10 PM
go in order
March 30 05:02 PM
oh shi
March 30 04:56 PM
but look what happened to that gimmick
March 30 04:37 PM
3.5 for NP do you wanna lose yr right to prog?
March 30 04:25 PM
you FOOOOOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1NkphFI3oQ
March 30 03:10 PM
Heard u liked these http://static.digit.in/default/17cdcf195e7321c1e49fdcb82279c97f9832568d.jpeg?v=1
March 25 12:07 AM
You might like this one; it's a new psych release with that classic '60s sound, Levitation Room - Minds of Our Own: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbmjRRUtkeI
March 18 12:40 PM
Yeah, one of my favorite instrumentals, goes from heavy riffing to beautiful folk, La Conquistada is also awesome; one of the most startling ballads I've heard. Sadly, some of the other songs go on in a more folky style that I get that not everyone will like
March 16 05:51 PM
Sounds like a pretty cool psychedelic-pop album, it has a great instrumentation, I'll dig it more for sure. I see you checked Los Jaivas eponymous, glad you liked it!
March 16 04:50 PM
3.5* I misclicked. ahahah man you got me. I was about to try to open a conversation on why Fragile in my opinion is better if you exclude some of the fillers (already the line-up everybody loves to love, huge step up from prev discs, less annoying Jon)
March 9 07:31 AM
Hit me up with some Christian rock recommendations.
March 3 01:54 PM
damn a 3 for After the Gold Rush :/
February 22 04:30 PM
forgot to link btw http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/66089/Todd-Rundgren-A-Wizard,-A-True-Star/ i'm on a roll
February 20 12:25 AM
hey man, i never did ask if you had any enid records? I got the stuff up to The Spell (well the spell is showing up tomorrow), and the collection is still growing.
February 19 09:59 PM
digging that enid rating
February 19 09:10 PM
Man it's incredible how far you can go with 3 bucks haha. Nice shot bro! I don't remember how ''It's a Beautiful Day'' sounds, will check. You can't go wrong with Second Contribution, a masterpiece of folk rock, and if you dig Enigmatic Ocean, you should take a look to ''Mystical Adventures'', ''Imaginary Voyage'' and ''Cosmic Messenger''. ''Jean-Luc Ponty Live'' is fantastic as well. The man is prolific and skillfull. He knows how to charm with his violin.
February 19 04:56 PM
I really like the way you're putting light through these dark subjects. It makes it all appear like a scarecrow. You wouldn't guess, but you take some weight off of my shoulders. I just decided to stop being afraid of things I don't have control of. Anyway, most of our fears never manifest. ''The Lord is my Shepherd, I will miss nothing'' (Google translation)
February 15 07:39 PM
It's a conspiratorial organization which acts in the shadow of power, controlling world affairs through governments, banks and major multinational companies and has for goal the establishment of the new world order. If they are really active, d?mocraty is largely threatened, and Big Brother settling is very near. And I think that the ''chip under the skin'' thing would have something to do with it.
February 15 07:13 PM
You are really optimistic, and I like the way you're thinking. As for the Big-Brother form of govrnment, I'm inclined to believe about a mighty secret world who has a significant influence behind the government decisions, and I named the Illuminati, or the Freemason...
February 15 06:53 PM
Kudos for your law studying. I encourage you to keep it up. On another topic, it seems that something is coming soon; The mark of the beast installed under the skin. How do the Christians can escape from that fatal curse? It's so scary. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Hope the Church of the Lord will be moved to the Heaven before it happens!...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4M49IDMGIU
February 15 02:03 PM
I was to reply to you, but I have to go for now. See you tomorrow, my friend. I appreciate all the sharing with you.
February 13 08:32 PM
You're right, it's not that I rejected my entourage, it's more like I was rejected, and even persecuted by some work's colleague. People around me didn't appreciate when I was talking about God. It's not always a fine line to be a God child (enfant de Dieu). I often asked myself ''Why am I the only one saved inside my entire family at large?'' I still can't believe it.I also noticed your knowledge about the God's things. Do you assist to some bible studies?
February 13 03:11 PM
hey man, i think you might really dig Franz Schubert if you're still looking for more romantic era classical
January 19 01:07 PM
I didn't know gnidrolog, Asia Minor or finch before you made that obscure prog thingy thanks dude
January 16 07:13 PM
I'm not very familiar with Schoenberg, although I remember really liking Pierrot Lunaire and some of his piano compositions when I heard them. That period of classical music is so rich and interesting, there's always plenty of stuff to discover.
January 15 09:59 PM
Damn, I didn't realize the elimination round was already over. I'm definitely voting this time, don't worry! Also, where are you in your classical jams? ;)
January 15 08:48 PM
Yup, I'm Greek. I'm not sure how this list is done if I am to contribute. Do I just recommend you stuff with a small description?
January 12 06:44 AM
Hey, man! I'm so glad I found your lists on obscure prog rock. This is a great thing for people searching everything they can find on this genre. I was going to recomend you Ozric Tentacles, but I see you've already rated two of their albums. Anyway, have a nice life.
January 11 05:56 PM
January 10 12:18 PM
oh damn, just realized you already rated it! :p. oh well, i still think it would be a good edition to one of your lists. I gotta step up my prog game....
January 10 12:32 AM
Hey have you heard of Il Baletto di Bronzo? Its pretty great RPI, in case you wanna put it on your list or listen to it i highly recommend it!
January 10 12:10 AM
on it
January 5 10:39 PM
I can't wait to see with which one you're gonna match up my Triumvirat. Btw, as an English speaker, do you find that the German accent of the vocals is a weakness to their overall sound?
January 2 10:36 PM
Let's prog and rock'n roll hard! We know what we like and I like what I know :D
January 2 09:57 PM
Nice track. It's not all electronic though. It contains some authentic moog synthesizer and organs and stuff. What makes me hate electronic music is the random and unfocused sonorities and the drum machines. Thanks for that track. It comes from the 70s...hard to believe.
January 2 09:14 PM
Unfortunately not. I'm not a connoisseur of that genre. The further I went is some Brian Eno stuff or some late Radiohead (and/or Thom Yorke)...oh and Tangerine Dream of course. Are Berlin School worth a listen?
January 2 07:30 PM
I see you're digging J-M Jarre. Oxygen 1V is really addictive. I have to revisit that beautiful music!
January 2 07:07 PM
Hey Friday. Thanks for the advice. I wasn't sure that the first paragraph was such a great idea after I put up the review, but I wanted to see what someone thought about it. Yeah I mean their influences though. They seem to be really influenced by Skillet and Disciple, and a little bit of Red. I should've put that in there though, I'll probably go back and edit it.
December 28 08:05 PM
That is exactly what I need to do
December 28 04:33 PM
Working on figuring that out now. Was out with relatives on the 26th and at a wedding yesterday so I haven't had much time to jam unfortunately!
December 28 01:46 PM
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So what have we learned? Well we have been kind enough to give you a brief rundown and take home message regarding the use of NMES for quadriceps strengthening during post-operative knee rehabilitation;
- Parameters; Biphasic/pulsed to maintain ROM, muscle re-education, preventing joint contractures or muscle atrophy, increasing blood flow, pain management and decreasing muscle spasm (best in early to intermediate stages), and Russian to improve muscle strength (best in intermediate to late stages).
- Dosage; according to the literature, to elicit strength gains in Quadriceps muscles post knee surgery (Russian parameter); 10-15min, 1x/day for 5 weeks, 15s:50s (on-off time) seems to be the general consensus. For earlier/acute stages; ALARA.
- NMES contraindications/precautions (post knee surgery); Contraindications - musculotendinous lesion, absence of a secure bony attachment of the muscle, superficial metal, DVT, Infection. Precautions - reduced sharp/blunt discrimination, broken skin.
- Increasing NMES frequency (>20Hz) does not increase muscle recruitment, it simply increases the rate of firing. Lower frequencies minimize electrical fatigue, thereby improving effectiveness of treatment especially in acute stages.
- NMES is effective in increasing quadriceps strength in both impaired and unimpaired knees. For optimal gains, NMES therapy combined with voluntary exercise produces significantly superior results.
- Younger and older populations benefit equally with short-term use, however in the long- term older populations may reap greater benefits as they are generally found to have diminished; baseline quadriceps strength pre/post surgery, motivation and adherence to rehabilitation relative to younger populations. However, NMES in addition to high-intensity volitional exercise produces comparable positive results regardless of one's age.
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IPL Match No 59: Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers
MJ Lumb scored zero in this game to provide the 15th occasion of an opening batsman scoring duck in IPL 2011.
JP Duminy was stumped by AT Rayudu in this game providing the 21st occasion of a batsman stumped in IPL 2011. His dismissal in this game provide the 99th occasion of a batsman stumped in IPL.
KC Sangakkara's lone catch in this game gave him his 32nd catch in IPL. He now holds the record for most catches in IPL. AC Gilchrist is close behind with 29 catches to his
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KA Pollard was playing his 100th T20 game when he appeared in this game for Mumbai Indians. Other cricketers to appear in 100 plus T20 games are - JA Morkel {150}, DJ Hussey {144}, BJ Hodge {125}, HH Gibbs {113}, LRPL Taylor {112}, SB Styris {111}, BB McCullum {110}, DA Warner {103}, DPMD Jayawardene {101}, DP Nannes {102} and AC Thomas {100}.
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KC Sangakkara's run aggregate in T20 games read 2515 at the end of this game. He became the seventh batsman in T20 games to total 2500 plus runs. Others are - BJ Hodge {3636}, DJ Hussey {3540}, BB McCullum {3011}, DA Warner {2788}, LRPL Taylor {2788} and HH Gibbs {2673}.
KA Pollard's lone wicket in this game gave him an aggregate of 96 wickets in T20 games. Oher bowlers to capture 96 plus wickets in T20 games are - DP Nannes {134}, JA Morkel {127}, AC Thomas {122}, Yasir Arafat {111}, SL Malinga {111}, AJ Hall {101}, Shahid Afridi {98}, M Muralitharan {97} and CK Langveldt {96}.
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Indoor pictures of Berlin Apple Store surface before grand opening
Pictures from inside the soon-to-open Berlin Apple Store have begun surfacing after the store allowed a certain few inside to take a sneak peak. Above and below are some of the pictures taken by Macerkopf, and they show exactly what we expected – a minimalistic, Apple Store design. The usual, yet still beautiful.
The store, reportedly, has 200 employees with over 12 languages spoken between them. The store is set to open tomorrow, May 3rd, and also is said to include a "first of its kind" in Germany in the form of a 360-degree Genius Bar. The bottom floor is your typical Apple Store while the upper floors are event space and conference rooms. As you can see below, Macerkopf spotted some customers already waiting to get in.
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Foreign policy debate: Turns out Romney's a peacenik
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Last night, Mitt Romney came out of the closet as a great admirer of President Barack Obama's work, at least on foreign policy. Turns out, Romney agrees with and would continue the great majority of Obama's policies, except Romney would be a bit more of a peacenik, except he would spend more on the military and never apologize.
Romney: "We want a peaceful planet. We want people to be able to enjoy their lives and know they're going to have a bright and prosperous future and not be at war. That's our purpose. And the mantle of leadership for promoting the principles of peace has fallen to America....
"We don't want another Iraq," said the only one of the two major party nominees who supported the U.S. decision to start that war. "We don't want another Afghanistan. That's not the right course for us."
After congratulating Obama for killing Osama bin Laden, moderate Mitt the Peacenik added: "But we can't kill our way out of this mess." So how do we get a happier, more loving, more fulfilled planet? Pretty simple.
Romney: "We're going to have to put in place a very comprehensive and robust strategy to help the world of Islam and other parts of the world reject this radical, violent extremism."
Instant polls
The snap polls by CNN, CBS and Public Policy Polling all found that most debate watchers felt Obama had "won," but – as the experience of the past two debates has demonstrated -- that doesn't necessarily translate into a change in whom the voters plan to support on Election Day (which, as of today, is two weeks off).
In the first debate, Obama seems to have been caught off guard by Romney's decision to repudiate many of the hard-right positions he had taken to get the Republican nomination. Romney did the same last night on foreign policy and, while Obama seemed more ready for it, it made for a tame evening of rope-a-dope.
Obama was on his NoDoz this time, but he couldn't get Romney to fight.
James Fallows of the Atlantic wrote: "As a matter of substance, on virtually no issue did Romney make an actual criticism, of any sort, of Obama's policy or record. Including topics where he used to disagree, like the timeline for withdrawal for Afghanistan! Instead it was, 'I agree, but you should have done it better.'"
Less charitably, live blogging on The Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan wrote: "Romney is endorsing Obama's foreign policy. Simple as that. Amazing. You cannot believe it of course. You can believe nothing that comes out of that mouth."
Even on Fox, Stephen Hayes put it thus: "In his effort not to look like George W. Bush, [Romney] ended up sounding a lot more like Barack Obama."
The rest of the Fox crowd rallied behind their man. Charles Krauthammer declared that Romney had won the debate "tactically, strategically" and in that Romney "by going large" had succeeded in making Obama look "shockingly small."
Political perceptions
One last thought. Partisan stereotypes play an enormous role in political perceptions. Democrats are suspected of being weak. So Obama has to talk a lot about killing bin Laden and being tough in other ways. Republicans are suspected of being perpetual hawks, always seeking a new war. The electorate is particularly war-weary, and in the previous debate Obama warned, apropos of nothing much, that Romney had said last night but playing into that stereotype, "we don't need another war."
It's quite possible that Romney believed his biggest risk heading into last night was that the public would see all his previous efforts to portray Obama as a weak apologizer as suggesting that Romney would get us into another war. So he decided to come to the final debate as Gandhi.
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It also turns out
That Romney can probably see Russia from his house, too. Or at least, he's determined that Iran's door to the sea is Syria. That's a HUGE boo boo if you're going to have any sort of credibility with dealing with problems in the Middle East. It almost makes you wonder if someone in his debate prep team intentionally sabotaged him on that one. Of course, it would be a bigger boo boo if more than a thimblefull of American's knew better--or at least bothered to look at a map after hearing that claim. But then, most American's were probably not watching or listening to the debate. Less political boo boo, more Honey Boo Boo!
Foreign policy
Foreign policy is not a huge issue for most voters. I know pundits like to play it up, but at the end of the day, domestic concerns matter more to the public at large. You can see it in congressional elections: A candidate whose foreign policy is based on eschatological theology (i.e. support Israel so the entire Jewish population will move there and bring about the Rapture) will continue to be elected if she or he pushes the right buttons on abortion or homosexuality. Governor Romney's recitation of the mandatory talking points, while refusing to commit to anything concrete (not wanting to get involved in hypotheticals) is the best we can expect.
It could be argued that foreign policy is overemphasized in presidential elections. After all, James Buchanan had impressive foreign policy cred, and look how well his presidency turned out.
What he said....
I too noticed that Romney's plans were strikingly similar to Obama's at the end of the day, but there was more. Romney did attack Obama and his primary criticism was a failure to bring peace and light to the middle east, and a stern whip to the Chinese.
I think Obama missed an opportunity, Romney's main claim was that he'd do what Obama did but do it better and faster. In adopting this position Romney betrays incredible naivete. Does Romney really believe that Obama or any president could have brought peace to the middles east, shut down Iran's nuclear program, removed Assad, and controlled the outcome of the Arab Spring? If so, someone should tell Romney that the White House does not come equipped with a magic wand. The president cannot simply "will" the international outcomes it desires and any assumption to the contrary betrays a striking misconception about the nature of leadership.
The other thing that struck me was the time warp. For a few minutes there I thought I was watching Reagan debate Romney. We need more ships? By the way, we the Navy has 5 more ships now than it did under G.W. Bush ( http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org9-4.htm ). Romney's economic plan is essentially the same, cut taxes wait for the magic to happen. The problem is when Reagan did it, deficits didn't matter. Almost everyone now agrees that our government deficit is not irrelevant although there is debate about surpluses and or balanced federal budgets.
Again, if Obama had developed a "magic" narrative he could have trapped Romney in it. Apparently not only will magic create jobs, reduce the deficit, and discipline China, it will bring peace to the middle east, control the outcome of he Arab Spring, and end Iran's nuclear program.
I'm obviously not a Romney fan, but I also have to say I thought he actually looked uncomfortable, and at times he was simply babbling off talking points.
Foreign policy
There have been plenty of surveys of Americans knowledge of the rest of the world and it isn't pretty.
After living in Washington, DC during both wars the top brass in the US military is very aware that the pain of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has only be felt by the US military not by the rest of the US. The world is too complex a place for short political debates and sound bites. Interesting that the fastest growing military power, China, was not discussed. It is estimated that China could be on equal military footing with the US in 10 years.
China has superior numbers. There's no way we can ever compete with that. Which means that we can't outspend them, and shouldn't, simply because we'd have to wring so much more out of the American taxpayers to keep up. The answer, then, is to plan smarter. Spend less for a better outcome. China may not like it (though it's keenly aware) that the American intellect (when it's engaged) is much more creative. Mobilizing that creativity is what will keep us safe and sound, not carrying around a bigger bat, when the rest of the world can get their own bats. And that is a major reason that Obama wins--he understands that we can't afford to play bigger. We need to play smarter.
Could be
But probably won't.
Historically, China has never been expansionist in a military sense.
And I'd question whether China is the fast growing military power proportionally, as opposed to absolute measures. As the world's most populous nation, China can make relatively small increases in the size of its military and still show large increases in absolute numbers.
However, China's main planned expansion is economic, not military.
It's main goal is controlling its immediate sphere of influence; making sure that Japan, Taiwan and SE Asia stay nervous enough not to threaten it.
It is not a military threat to us.
I'd recommend John Bryant Starr's current (2011) book on China for some good background.
I was amused by Romney's
I was amused by Romney's characterization of China as wanting a "free and open" society:
"So they want the economy to work and the world to be free and open. And so we can be a partner with China."
(end quote)
Anything you can do
I can do better,
I can do anything better than you.
That seems to be what Romney's campaign has been reduced to.
Absolutely no new ideas.
New ideas??
Obama is the Amy K of "new bold ideas."
That 10 year estimate is whacked
China just floated it's first aircraft carrier- without any planes. It's estimated that it will take them 5 years just to get that one aircraft carrier up and running with carrier based planes and trained pilots. Unless they're going to repeat process 10 times in half the amount of time we'll have 11 carriers and they'll have one. Hardly military parity with the US. Nor do they have tanks comparable to the Abrams, or aircraft, and most of all, they have no combat experience beyond getting beat up the Vietnamese.
Mr. Frenkel has hit an interesting point
How long do you think the military will be committed to fighting wars that are "painless" to most of the rest of us.
The senior Army officers I have had the privilege of knowing had a much better grasp of equality and justice than the general public. While committed to doing their job I don't believe that they will see the "painless" war as either equal or just in the long run. What then?
The "etch-a-sketch" was
The "etch-a-sketch" was shaken again last night.
I note the lack of howls or outrage from the right resulting from Romney's backing away from or downplaying "severely conservative" positions.
It is my impression that the right wing has made a generalized decision that Romney can say what he thinks he needs to say in order to win the election. The result is more important than the process. The dismissal of "fact checkers" was the big clue.
The experience with Gov. Walker should be instructive--do not disclose priorities until after an election, then ram through the mystery agenda.
As Bob Schieffer adopted the nick-name "Mat" last night in allowing the devolvment of the debate into a rehash of domestic stump speeches, one question could have been asked that bridged the national/international topic:
"What is you impression of the result of the "austerity" programs in Europe and how will the US react to the coming US austerity program?"
Europe is several years into various versions self-imposed or externally imposed versions of austerity. Their economies are still in recession (contracting) and incomes and revenues are still falling.
Our relentless of pursuit of the same austerity will be different??? Why?? American exceptionalism?
We are in for some surprises if Romney is elected.
Go along to get along
You said "It is my impression that the right wing has made a generalized decision that Romney can say what he thinks he needs to say in order to win the election."
I agree completely, and this is what scares me the most if Romney wins and if the makeup of Congress remains essentially unchanged. They'll no longer have the fear of "We can't let this President succeed whether it hurts the country or not" standing in their way. And if we think what happened when the "bottled up" Republicans in Minnesota finally got some measure of control of the agenda was bad ("Laser focus on the economy" my foot!), Romney and a cooperative Congress could make that look like nothing.
Nothing scarier than someone who says whatever will get him ahead in the moment. Especially if that person ends up becoming the titular head of this country.
Republicans always make the peace claim
But they find reasons to go war or launch military attacks. Reagan attacked Nicaragua and some little island, Bush attacked Panama and went to war in the Gulf to restore a Monarchy. Clinton did deploy strike aircraft in Bosnia but the scale and nature of that operation was very different than the others. Then of course Bush launched the Iraq war. They all claim they're going to be about peace but war and the threat of war are a primary necessity for their fear mongering politics. So the only thing you know is that one way or another Romney will find a way to fight a war somewhere.
What he said
With all of Romney's "what he said" answers, I began to wonder why he was there. They could have let Obama speak for 45 minutes straight and called it a night.
Obama also won the body language contest. Romney looked ill at ease and a bit nervous, like someone going in for a root canal.
In fairness though, Romney clearly believes that he can win on the economy, and he knew he could bring nothing to the table on foreign policy, so his strategy last night was to avoid making any major blunders (the gateway to the sea thing was a blunder, but 98% of Americans would completely miss that anyway), avoid sounding dangerous, try to sound knowledgeable by throwing out a lot of place names and geopolitical actor names, and just survive so he can put it behind him and pivot back to the economy. To that extent, I guess he succeeded.
If only last night's Obama had shown up for the first debate, it would be a very different electoral picture today.
One thing that stands out to me, in terms of style, is that neither man used humor in any of the debates. Just not their thing, I guess, neither for President Spock nor Gov. Mannequin. But when you think back to how a twinkle in the eye and a simple line like "there you go again" can charm viewers, I'm surprised that no one coached either one of them to look for such a moment. I do think that, for Obama, it would have worked to leaven his intensity a bit. He had the opportunity with Romney agreeing with him all the time. Superficial, yes, but this is the age of visual media, and these things count.
china phobia ?
I heard an Interesting report on the BBC regarding China population statistics. China will soon have more people over 65 then the entire population of the US. Where will the resources come to care for these citizens ? Will the Chinese be able to continue the growth they have shown under this population pressure ? On top of that FACTOID the population is not replenishing itself. Or at least I think that's what I am hearing.
China's problems
China is facing many problems.
Since 1978 it has had a (loosely enforced) on-child family policy, which is partially responsible for the slow down in population growth. The population shift from rural to urban is also part of the problem. This has resulted in an older population.
In terms of agriculture, urbanization has resulted in a loss of arable land. While it is about the same area as the United States, China has much less arable land. As a result, it is already a food importer, and will become more so in the future.
China has always viewed its people as its resource -- the hope is that they will become productive enough in the manufacturing sector to pay for the necessary importation of food and other natural resources. Their current outreach to Africa may reflect this.
How can you have a debate on foreign policy and completely ignore the United Nations? Priority one should be a drastic overhaul of the UN, something like this...
We can either continue to spend trillions that we don't have to play world cop or we can apply the principle of DEMOCRACY to our foreign policy. These guys aren't peaceniks.
Conservatives have no where
Conservatives have no where to go and Romney is smart enough to know he owes them nothing.
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I've decided that instead of saying that I'm going "thrifting," I'm now going to be calling it, " hunting and gathering." I have more than a few friends who just don't understand why I like to frequent yard and rummage sales. They think that "thrifting" sounds like I am out scrounging! LOL So hunting and gathering it is… Do ya think it gives what we do a little more class? Or does it sound as if I'm a pioneer woman who needs to go out looking for food for my family? *grin*
I have failed to post any of my gathered finds from the past few weeks. I really haven't been out much- it's been so hot, plus I've had other projects going on. But while reorganizing some shelves in the kitchen and in the entertainment center today, I figured it would be a good time show off some of the things that I have "hunted and gathered" recently. The husband and I traveled to Tipton, Indiana earlier in the month to shop at the Horton's French Flea Market, but I really only bought a few things. Mostly, I walked around in awe of all the gorgeous displays at this wonderful sale. I didn't purchase too many things at the outing we Buckeye Bloggers had in Tipp City a few weeks ago, either. I think on that day, I was too busy chatting to do much serious shopping!
This reclaimed wood shelf from 2-Day Designs was in one of the guest rooms up until last week. I brought it downstairs , put it in the kitchen, and filled it with white tea pots, creamers, and my new measuring cups.
This liquid measuring cup caught my eye when I saw it in one of the booths at the flea market. It's really not practical- you can't really measure anything because there aren't any markings on the inside of the cup.I have Pyrex measuring cups for that- this one is just for display. When I was little, we used to say, "It's for pretty…"
These nested measuring cups coordinate with the liquid measure real well even though they were bought at another booth. I like that they have little pouring spouts.
These porcelain fruits came from my favorite shop in Waynesville, The Peddler Shop. They fit perfectly in this bowl. I set it out on the table to photograph them, since the shelf was too dark to see them very well.
I found this piece of silver in Jean's booth at Past Perfect Vintage Home and Garden, my favorite shop in Tipp City. When I bought it, I really hoped that it would be the right size as a base for one of my cloches…..
Sure enough, my cloche fit perfectly inside it!
I didn't want to leave the cloche empty, so I placed a cherub that I found at a yard sale around the corner from me last week. Bought it for 50¢, then painted it to look like stone. It was originally pink. Eewww…..
The owner of Past Perfect added this old leather camera bag as a freebie to my purchases. He was planning on tossing it out because of a broken strap. I just doubled it onto itself, and one would never know that it was broken!
I added to my small camera collection with this Kodak Duraflex. It came from Jean's booth, as well.
These miniature spools were another find in Jean's booth. She has some of the most interesting objects! They're only about 4 inches long and I paid $1.29 for each one.
I have this really bizarre bell cloche that distorts anything inside of it, but it was the perfect size to cover the spools.
I'm thinking that this coffee bean burlap sack would be perfect to cover an old footstool. I found this one for a very reasonable price in Donna's booth at Horton's.
Well, guess the hunting and gathering will have to begin once again this week. I need my fix again!
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