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"In follow-up to our announcement in late November, we've been working diligently to restructure the secured notes under terms that we believe are beneficial to our stockholders. This restructuring, which relieves the Company of approximately $3.4 million of amortization and debt service costs and $500,000 of interest expense per quarter, is a major step towards our goal of generating consistent profitability and positive cash flows."
"It provides a strong platform for restructuring the company. And it moves us closer to the goal of emerging successfully from court protection as a viable steel producer at Lake Erie and in Hamilton."
"The third quarter results demonstrate the continuing competitive challenge we face and the vital importance of securing a consensual restructuring which will enable us to move forward with our strategic capital program,"
"This restructuring has been nothing like what anyone would have anticipated for a whole range of reasons, driven by the fact that we started to make money."
"As with anything, you have to restructure your priorities constantly. There might be days when ... I'll say, 'OK, I've gotta go home and spend time with my kids.' They're my life."
"In particular, the developed countries, while enjoying low-cost imported goods and services, have to restructure their industrial sectors quickly to create job opportunities and export advantages to improve their competitiveness and dampen protectionism."
"He can, if he does the restructuring smartly, save more than he will be paid. He is a master at this, and it is not an easy task."
"In recent years with the airline restructuring, we think there is less disparity at the top of the pay scale."
"All in all, we find the restructuring removes several overhangs on the stock, namely TWE-related complexities and lack of AOL carriage, on terms favorable to the company."
"China's iron and steel industry has entered an important stage of strategic restructuring, which can help solve a series of problems in the industry."


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Kevin at Lakeshore Laments brings to our attention today an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by two economists from the National Bureau of Economic Research, Robert Barro and Charles Redlick, who point out that government stimulus spending doesn't have the same punch to the economy as reductions in the tax rate:
The existing empirical evidence on the response of real gross domestic product to added government spending and tax changes is thin. In ongoing research, we use long-term U.S. macroeconomic data to contribute to the evidence. The results mostly favor tax rate reductions over increases in government spending as a means to increase GDP.
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American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Launches New Site for Parents and Caregivers: MyChildrensTeeth.Org
May 02, 2012, 10:31 ET from American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
New Site to Address Pressing Questions on Children's Oral Health
CHICAGO, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), the recognized leader in children's oral health, announced today the launch of its new consumer-based website, http://www.mychildrensteeth.org. A comprehensive resource for parents and caregivers, MyChildrensTeeth.org gathers together all of the AAPD's articles and information that are useful to the general public in one convenient place.
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Some of parents' most frequently asked questions of pediatric dentists are answered on the site, such as:
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The AAPD launched the new site in order to meet the growing need for high quality, evidence-based dental information that gives the most up-to-date information on children's oral health directly to consumers. AAPD CEO Dr. John S. Rutkauskas said, "One of the primary challenges in dentistry is keeping parents fully informed on good oral health practices, so they can lay down a foundation of oral health that their children can follow all their lives.
"This new site will inform parents and caregivers and empower them to start making informed choices for their children as soon as possible, all driven by the best dental science and practices available."
The site provides access to the AAPD's full line of brochures, covering issues like fluoride, diet and snacking, dental care for infants, toddlers and teens, as well as the importance of regular dental visits. A section on recent pediatric dentistry items in the news, where AAPD members provide important tips and information and address current news stories dealing with children's dental health, is also available.
The same Find a Pediatric Dentist tool that has connected patients and pediatric dentists since the launch of the original AAPD website in 2002 is also available on MyChildrensTeeth.org.
"The Find a Pediatric Dentist tool is consistently one of the most used and most useful features the AAPD provides," Rutkauskas said. "Adding it to this site just makes sense: we can connect parents with the best information and then immediately to our member providers. If you know your ZIP code, you're just a click away from knowing a pediatric dentist in your area that can treat your child. It really is that easy."
The AAPD launched MyChildrensTeeth.org in conjunction with a website for Pediatric Dentistry Today magazine (http://www.pediatricdentistrytoday.org), and a full redesign of its main site at http://www.aapd.org.
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The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) is the recognized authority on children's oral health. As advocates for children's oral health, the AAPD promotes evidence-based policies and clinical guidelines; educates and informs policymakers, parents and guardians, and other health care professionals; fosters research; and provides continuing professional education for pediatric dentists and general dentists who treat children. Founded in 1947, the AAPD is a not-for-profit professional membership association representing the specialty of pediatric dentistry. Its 8,400 members provide primary care and comprehensive dental specialty treatments for infants, children, adolescents and individuals with special health care needs. For further information, please visit the AAPD website at http://www.aapd.org or the AAPD's consumer website at http://www.mychildrensteeth.org.
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El resurgimiento del interes actual por el arameo biblico se manifiesta principalmente en la traduccion del texto Peshitta al espanol. Este texto, obra cumbre de la literatura aramea, dejo registrado para la posteridad el mensaje del evangelio y de los apostoles en un idioma claro, sencillo y directo, que es el significado de "Peshitta." El arameo era poco conocido para Occidente, pero su uso en el Oriente fue muy extendido, llegando incluso hasta China e India. En la actualidad, los medios nos han dado a conocer la existencia de comunidades arameas en el Medio Oriente, que aun hablan el arameo y conservan su ensenanza basada en el texto Peshitta. Al final de esta obra, el lector podra encontrar una relacion de textos relevantes y tablas de diferencias entre los textos tradicionales del hebreo y griego y el texto Peshitta, que le ayudaran a profundizar en el estudio y entendimiento de la Palabra de Dios registrada en este texto.
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The current renewed interest in Bible Aramaic is mainly conveyed by the translation of the Peshitta text into Spanish. This work, the ultimate masterpiece in Aramaic literature, left the message of the gospel and the apostles as a historical record in a "clear, simple, straightforward" language, and this is--incidentally--what the word "Peshitta" means.
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Heart's Burden - Poem by Leslie Alexis
You're wise, can you help me answer this?
What force drives one to surrender their kiss?
Besides insanity I find no candidate.
Without madness all will be celibate!
Yet we love and live daily in its quest.
It's the cause of every suit-every fancy dress.
To impress- to find or keep someone to love.
Love's a burden whose weight is ne'er spoken of.
The heart is heavy, every one of its cells full.
Yet it craves love like a gluttonous fool.
It deems itself complete as apple of her eyes
And to her every beckon it acts as if obliged:
Directing its eyes to look the other way,
Directing hand not to touch or with others play.
And if they stray the heart breaks the heart
that at times it wishes to do away with some parts.
It thinks it best that eyes lose sight than look
on 'other, or tongue be dumb than share its brook.
It refuses to give the one it holds dirty water.
The one it loves it considers heaven's daughter
and it is this which saves the wayward factors.
For the sake of seeing the one who give it laughter
Eyes remain, only because its heaven is her smile,
And heart wonders why these parts give a while
To any but she, who gives love to last an eternity.
The heart is burdened, and its burden lies with me.
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Very interesting development, I wonder what role Wrathion will play at the end of the expansion though.
Very interesting development, I wonder what role Wrathion will play at the end of the expansion though.
He who sees his own doom can better avoid its path. He who sees the doom of others can deliver it.
And the promise of the dance studio finally being done.... and then gets scrapped right before the xpac goes live... again!
Isnt the Cloud Serpent World Boss called Na'lak the STORM LORD?
Its likely the Crown of Heaven drops from Ra-Den though, and the Spirit of the Storm Lord from Na'lak.
20 Secrets of Empire will probaly be from a new raid drop. Same s*** as the tokens from last 2 raids
40 Trillium Bar .. well gota save those. Not realy hard too get it you can transmulate ore into it.
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and most likely the A Reckoning Quest is the one that you get to wait until 5.3
Was just wondering, is that quest text for alliance only ? Or both factions ? Because if Horde players gonna be forced to work with that cu...te aliance prince im gonna reconsider writing application to burning legion.
On serious with all "garrush is evul" combined with "you will work with rainbow princess AND enyoj it" MoP feels like purgatory for horde.
Storm Lord=the new cloud serpent world boss. This has nothing to do with Raden. -_-"
Guys, Nalak, THE STORM LORD, which is one of the World bosses, is what Wrathion is refering to. Ra-Den is another thing, hes a watcher, and you cant progress through LFR and/or in the world like we've been able to, since hes Heroic ONLY boss.
Also.........WHAT ARE YOU UP TO WRATHION.
If it's Ra'den..that's odd. 0.o;'
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Do you know how many people are still stuck on the first questline along with gathering Valor for the second?
I am cuz I'm lazy when it comes to Valor.
And to be honest, killing the PVP faction leader in Krasarang is a bitch on a PVP server, so that'll take a while.
Along with the fact if the next patch has people having to gather mats to craft things, then it'll split the gap further.
So please, think logically and don't want to part the "elites" from the "scrubs".
It's already been done.
First of all, the legendary will not require Ra-Den. He's not like Heroic Madness, he's going to drink your tears with lunch.
Secondly, and on topic, I wonder what Wrathion's plan is. Will he organize the Siege of Orgrimmar, or is his plan even more sinister.
Example the 6000 valor quest, that takes at least 6 weeks to do. That's long as fuck. Yeah the other two quests are simpler, especial if your on a PVE realm, but still 6 weeks at a minimum.


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Anyone going on this fabulous 27 day cruise? This is a bucket list cruise for us!
Anyone going on this fabulous 27 day cruise? This is a bucket list cruise for us!
Congratulations! That is an outstanding itinerary to be looking forward to!
Just got word that Egypt is out altogether. Oh well, we will still enjoy this cruise and pray that things will quiet down over there before we die so we can finally get to see Egypt.
That's a shame that your itinerary had to be changed, but how much worse it must for the people who are caught up in the conflict!
Where are you going now that Egypt is off the table?
Hi Char, I am praying for those poor people over there, in all the countries that have to live under such dictatorial ways. Can only imagine how terrible it is, but glad to see them all finally going against these monsters. Hoping that God in his mercy will give them the strength they will need to succeed.
We now will spend 2 days in Istanbul, and go to Malta. It is still a wonderful cruise for us because we have never been to any of these places. wishing you a great weekend.
Amen to that, Jeanne!
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Album Rating: 5.0I dunno, when I saw them at the fest, they were tight as fuck. Lots of movement, pretty much dead on, and had a killer atmosphere with all of the lighting and what not. The song that they played at the Starland Ballroom show wasn't the one we heard.
[quote=francesfarmer]How long ago did you see them?[/quote]
Two years ago this december
Yeah then they defenitely played a different 'new song' for you guys.
Yeah, that just reminds me of how stupidly long it is taking to make this album. It will probably never come out.
I spoke to John recently about the album (he interviewed them at that fest in florida) and according to Drew and Kathy the new album is about half-written.
Album Rating: 5.0Well, let me set the story straight on that one. He didn't really interview them, but sorta asked Kathy when the album was coming out and she said "When we finish writing it" and which point he said "you guys aren't done? I mean, you were looking for a Piano player like 8 months ago". After that she just sorta muttered and went back to packing up her shit. It was pretty lulz.
I don't like your review anymore.This Message Edited On 11.14.07
I bet you were all kinds of star struck like the time I asked Billy Werner for his autograph
Album Rating: 4.5I just listened to this again today, still a great album. I wanted to see them live but most of the dates near me were week nights and two/three hours away.
This review isn't as informal as some of your other newer ones, but I think I like that more. This Message Edited On 11.14.07
hey jungler want to go on the 19th with me
just joined the site after about 2 months of plundering through any and all music I thought might interest me. After becoming addicted to The Kidcrash's "Jokes", this seemed like another album that I would love to hear. Anyone able to direct me to a place where I could download it? I can't find any working torrents.
Album Rating: 4.0soulseek
Problem is, my router is retarded, and even with the ports set up through port forwarding, it refuses to work. Same thing with Emule, which is what I always used to use to find entire albums.
Album Rating: 5.0Order it. It's like $10.
Album Rating: 5.0Buy it. The packaging is fucking incredible.
I bought it a few days ago.
Album Rating: 5.0fuck Interpunk they're out of stock.This Message Edited On 11.18.07
Label website has it for $10 and they don't charge for shipping.
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"We've all got friends on the East Coast." Guitarist John McAllister talks about the benefit gig to help the Red Cross effort for Hurricane Sandy victims that he and his band, the PettyBreakers, are spearheading. "We have a lot of friends who are touring musicians and who are off tour during the winter months. We'd been talking about doing something good, you know, and then we became aware of the hurricane." One thing led to another. A concert was planned with some of the band's friends, including Jesse Valenzuela from the Gin Blossoms, guitarist Keith Scott from the Bryan Adams band, blues guitar rising star Joe Bonamassa, and Ron Blair, bassist from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
"We felt Ron's addition would make the perfect addition to this group," says Oceanside rock photographer Rick Gould, who is helping the PettyBreakers organize the show, "since the PettyBreakers are a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tribute band and Blair already knows the material." He laughs.
The PettyBreakers were San Diego Music Award nominees in 2012. They launched in 2009, says McAllister, 48, of Solana Beach, who covers the Mike Campbell guitar parts. Ozzie Mancinelli is Tom Petty in the band. The problem with running such a group, McAllister says, is that "the songs sound deceptively simple. When you try to re-create the sound that is on the record, you hear all these little subtle things happening." He explains that understanding the way that Petty's arrangements work is the key to a Heartbreaker tribute band's success. Gould says the show's review-style format will have each of the guests performing with the PettyBreakers and showcasing their individual favorite Heartbreakers material as well as playing a song or two of their own. Gould says to expect more surprise guests and merch raffles. For those who can't attend, donations will be accepted at pettybreakers.com.
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Education Secretary, Michael Gove recently proposed that school holidays should be made shorter to improve children's academic performance. But learning can take place beyond the classroom and according to a new survey carried out by The Adventure Company, taking your child on holiday can actually help them with their school work.
In the family adventure specialist's poll of more than 4,000 parents, almost nine in ten (87 per cent) said that going on holiday had helped their child with one or more school subjects, most notably geography (69 per cent), history (59 per cent) and languages (49 per cent).
Some parents also thought that their child performed better in science, religious studies, maths, social studies, politics, home economics, PSED (personal, social and emotional development) and photography classes as a result of experiences they had while on holiday.
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"As a former teacher I know just how valuable time at school can be, but learning doesn't have to stop at the end of term," said Claire Wilson, mum and Managing Director at The Adventure Company. "There's no greater classroom than the incredible world that we live in and going on the sort of holiday where you can introduce your child to different cultures, customs and experiences can have real educational benefits as well as helping them develop a wide range of personal skills and attributes.
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ahh the hypocrasy im going to keep my mouth shut on this one but there is so much i want to say.
ahh the hypocrasy im going to keep my mouth shut on this one but there is so much i want to say.
This video only makes sense . You can have a black caucus but not a white caucus ( that would be racist) . You can have black awareness month but not white awareness month ( again , racist) . Geographically , you can be the predominant color/race and still be the " minority" and expect special treatment.
Our world has been shaped by people "trying to do the right thing" , people with their own form of guilt about what ancestors may or may not have done to others , and people who pander to others causes for the sole purpose of power .
As has been said , there can be no hate crime against a white person . Whites have already been charged , found guilty , and sentenced for eternity . You won't see any charges of hate crimes against whites .
Well this is where my dog loving attitude comes into affect. Since when traveling instead of all the BS of legal paperwork i take my 94 pound train APBT. He is my best friend and is always hungry. which by the way it only costs 25.00 in most states to license the dog as a security dog. he helps keep the problems at bay but works really good with the other big dog that is always on my person.
Semper Extrema --Numquam in Meddia
One of the people has turned himself in according to drudge. You can find it middle column under the pic of the guy riding the bike.
Cincinnati section 8 my neighborhood(PriceHill) in 2000 to remove these welfare rabbits from the old downtown neighborHOODS to reclaim those areas.I see more crime,public drunkiness,fighting in the street than I do on the tube.I keep a loaded SAR1 by my front door,and my PF-9 next to my keyboard.
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I've been wanting to post this screencast for a while now - because it shows off one of the killer features in Vista - Windows Meeting Space.
Imagine the scenario; you've sat down for a coffee in your favourite caffeine outlet and you're meeting with a couple of people. You've all got wireless laptops but the presentation you want to share is only on your machine and you need to share the presentation in order to effectively get your point across. You've also got some backup case studies in word document format which you'd also like to share. What's more, you'd really like the other attendees to make changes to the document in real time so that you can capture their thoughts effectively. Oh no, there's no wireless network for you to connect to either so getting all these documents to each other is going to be a pain, better use a USB pen and wait 5 minutes until everyone's got a copy - what a waste of time.
Well in XP this would be an impossible situation to manage, but with Vista and Windows Meeting Space you can overcome all the challenges above very quickly and easily. Meeting Space allows instant collaboration and sharing of meeting resources even without the presence of a wireless access point. It automatically creates a secure ad-hoc wireless network that your attendees can connect to and then provides an intuative environment from which to share all your resources in a very effecient manner.
The screencast Matt and I recorded below shows off how simple it is to collaborate using Meeting Space and have a really effective meeting wherever you happen to be. It's longer than the normal three minute screencasts I produce, but I hope you like it.
Video: View on Vista - Windows Meeting Space


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This is another band like Poopfist or something?
Album Rating: 3.5As does My Little Pony.
"France has metal? France has GOOD metal?"
Gojira, Gorod, Hacride, Benighted, Kronos?
Album Rating: 3.5Most/all of those are pretty pathetic.
"Frozenvain you're pretty stupid"
"Most/all of those are pretty pathetic."
Since when?
Album Rating: 3.5Maybe I'll write a review for some of that shit and you'll see why then. My opinion is currently not backed up with an actual argument.
I'm actually surprised that you think they are pathetic based on your current ratings.
Album Rating: 3.5Early Gorod is pretty enjoyable, from what little I've heard. Their latest offering has half the original band missing and isn't too varied when it comes to interplay with the instrumentation. I feel like they've devolved to something more simple.
I haven't actually listened to Benighted. The others are simply not very good.
My ratings were wiped a few months back because I had an opinion.
"My ratings were wiped a few months back because I had an opinion."
Sounds like standard sputnik stuff to me.
I think Gorod is at least a good band overall and Benighted rocks. The only album that I have actually heard by Hacride is Lazarus which I thought was kinda neat, but it kinda got boring over time. Kronos last album is decent, but I do however really like Gojira. From Mars To Sirius is an amazing album in my opinion (hope I won't get banned for that).
Album Rating: 3.5As long as fans of Bring Me the Hairspray are still around here, "Gojira liker" is an insult of far lesser magnitude.
Album Rating: 3.5Beeeeeeeeef.
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BERKELEY (KCBS) – One of every seven students enrolled at the University of California this fall will be a freshman from out of state who will pay an extra $23,000 in tuition.
Admissions officials said most of the 5,000 non-resident freshmen who notified the university they intend to register this fall will attend UC Berkeley, where they will make up nearly one-third of the incoming class.
"They began growing that population not just this year but in recent years," said Pamela Burnett, interim director of admissions for all 10 UC campuses.
Non-Californian freshmen have jumped from being just 8 percent of their class last year to 12 percent this year.
Nevertheless, Burnett conceded, enrollment at UC Merced remains well below expectations.
"We would like more people to appreciate everything that the newest campus has to offer."
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Trichomoniasis, or commonly referred to as Trich, is a veneral disease of cattle caused by a single-celled protozoan parasite. Trich causes infertility, open cows, and abortions in cows and heifers.
The protozoan organism lives in the microscopic folds of the skin that line the bull's penis and internal sheath. In the cow or heifer, the organism lives in the cavity of the vagina and uterus until her immune system eventually destroys it. That destruction process (immunity) may not occur for 3 to 20 weeks. Also, the immunity is short-lived, so a cow or heifer can become infected again by an infected bull.
How is Trich transmitted? Trich can only be spread during the breeding act, and can be carried by male or female. The disease may be spread from cow to cow by a bull. So it is nearly always a disease of cattle that are naturally bred, as opposed to Artificially Inseminated (AI) cattle. Very rarely, can it be transmitted by contaminated semen or AI equipment. Carrier bulls show no outward signs of infection. Older bulls over 4 years of age are of most concern.
The cow, after having been infected at breeding, may rarely show a very subtle, very mild vaginal discharge (5 percent to 15 percent) of infected females, 1 to 3 weeks later. A fetal loss at 50 to 70 days of gestation is common among infected females, the fetus is very small at this time only about 1 inch in diameter, so you will rarely see the cleanings or aborted fetus. So, there are no outward signs that the bulls, cows, or heifers are infected.
What is the primary sign that your herd is infected with Trich? It is a prolonged, drawn-out calving season, with a disappointing total calf crop and/or a high open rate at pregnancy check. The first year or two of infection in your herd may be very low, but in following years it will increase to being more noticeable by fewer calves on the ground and more open females. The immunity lasts 2 to 6 months, and females will be susceptible to re-infection late during current breeding season or the next. Less than 1 percent of females can become chronic carriers.
Is there a treatment for Trich? There is no legal treatment for either males or females, known infected bulls should be sold for slaughter only.
How can I tell if my herd has Trich? In spite of the fact that bulls don't show any signs, the organism is easier to find in bulls than in cows, because bulls become "carriers" while cows eventually shed the infection. Bulls need to be sexually rested for at least 14 days prior to testing. A PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test can be collected by a veterinarian and sent to a veterinarian diagnostic lab. The sample must arrive in the lab within 72 hours of collection. The test is looking for the Trich DNA.
How does Trich enter a herd? Several possible ways–purchase of infected animals by buying non-virgin bulls that have not been tested for Trich and/or open/short bred cows. Also if your cows come into contact with infected animals, such as the neighbor's bull in your pasture or your infected animals in a neighbor's pasture.
How do I prevent Trich in my herd? Trich test every bull before each breeding season. This may be easily done when semen is checked or evaluated during a breeding soundness exam. Maintaining a young bull battery is advisable and cull all open cows and heifers. Biosecurity is never perfect. Keeping your herd separate or isolated from others is best.
In 2013 the Kansas Veterinary Diagnostic Lab tested 6,900 samples for Trich which resulted in 0.7 percent positive or 25 new herds became positive for Trich in Kansas. This doesn't sound like much, however in 2012, 17 new herds tested positive for Trich and in 2011, 14 new herds were tested positive. Bottom line: it is increasing throughout the state. As a matter of fact the NW to NC region of Kansas appears to be the epicenter of Trich.
Stacy Campbell is Ellis County agricultural agent with Kansas State Research and Extension.


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Roger Wiegand
November 2, 2009
[efoods]The stats and growth prognostications from tout television, New York banksters, our Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, and various U.S. Government fiscally incestuous cabal members are replete with liars, exaggerators, and crooked politicians. The U.S. Government and several others are economically dead; they just haven't admitted it yet.
The United States' financial affairs are an empty burning hulk of disaster.
There is not enough taxing power, stealing power, money and bond-printing power on this globe for these dudes to worm their way out of a major collapse. It may take some time, but its coming for sure. There is no way out except to inflate. And, we know how that one ends. Read about Germany's hyper-inflation of 1921-1922.
We are not yelling fire in this theatre of the absurd but rather giving an untenable situation the cold, blank, fishy-eyed stare of an auditor. Two and two isn't 20 and never will be. Most everyone is broke and going broker. Even those with no debt and holding supposedly strong assets in government paper and real estate reside in quicksand. Why, because these assets are only worth what a buyer will pay for them on any given day. And, on this day, most asset values are plummeting.
There is simply way too much debt, way too little cash and credit, and an astounding inability to pay the bills.
The stock and bond markets are one big phony scam with the exception of those holding hard asset reserves in precious metals. Food and energy assets roll up and down like a yo-yo along with the latest media fiction and last quote on the dollar. Oil and gas reserves along with real food as in grain, meat, vegetables, etc. have true value. This value is volatile as it relates to fiat currencies being diminished by the hour as governments race to manufacture new money using computers and printing presses.


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Raekwon – "Son Of Sam" [LISTEN]
Hip-Hop grants most good MCs a three to five year shelf life, and that's if they're lucky. Meanwhile, Raekwon has been spitting for OGs and hustlers for upwards of 20 years. Credit that to his consistency and transparency. Let's not forget his quality bars like the ones provided on his latest drop "Son Of Sam."
The soul oozes out of a menacing boom-bap beat by Frank G and RoadsArt, and proves to play up to The Chef's strong suits. In other words, expect potent verses that paint a picture of interactions between street figures. Listen closely, because the tale gets very intricate.
"Son of Sam" is possibly the first offering from Raekwon's forthcoming sixth studio album, F.I.L.A. (Fly International Luxurious Art). The legendary rapper's collaborative project with Scram Jones, The Chef vs. The Beast, can whet appetites until the project releases some time this year.
Hear "Son of Sam" below.
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Man arrested in Fourways shoot-out
Johannesburg - A man has been arrested for attempted murder during a shoot-out with police in Fourways, Johannesburg, on Thursday morning, Gauteng police said.
The shoot-out happened on Witkoppen and Main roads while police were chasing a Honda Jazz they suspected was stolen, Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said.
The car was spotted in Randburg and it sped off when police tried to stop it. The two men inside the vehicle allegedly fired shots at police, who returned fire.
The driver was shot and wounded and taken to hospital. The passenger was taken into custody and charged with attempted murder. No firearms were found in the car.
The police members involved in the shooting were unharmed.
"On further investigation, it was established that the vehicle had not been stolen and belongs to a vehicle dealership company," Dlamini said.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate would investigate.


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Marriage is likely to be an important battle in the coming election. The Conservatives believe that children tend to do best in two-parent families and that marriage works to cement these. So the Cameron is committed to promoting marriage through the tax system, even as he flip-flops on the details.
Labour's position – broadly shared by the Lib Dems – is more equivocal. Sometimes Labour policymakers resort to the argument that there is no evidence that marriage works. Short of finding a large number of couples who want to get married, and denying half of them the opportunity to marry, we will never know, they say, whether the sort of people who are destined to stay together get married, or whether marriage helps people to stay together. More often Labour nods towards the benefits of marriage, but argues that it is not the state's job to lay down the law on how people should conduct their family life – especially when so many people do an excellent job bringing up children outside marriage and so many others do a make a poor job of bringing up their children within it. Subsiding marriage risks stigmatising the children of parents who are not married – and parents who are unmarried through no fault of their own. The money it would cost is better spent supporting families who need it most.
What should we make of these arguments? We can dismiss the first anti-Tory argument in the time it takes to say "with this ring I thee wed". True, there are limits on the sort of controlled social scientific experiments we can conduct on couples who want to get married. So what? Marriage is not some unique and mystical thing, without parallel anywhere else in our social life – though its supporters sometimes argue as if it is. It begins with a solemn and public vow or promise. And there is plenty of evidence that promising makes a difference to people's behaviour. (Just recall the discomfort you felt when you last broke a promise). And marriage promises – generally made before an audience of family and friends, and with a huge amount of emotional (not to say financial) investment – are going to be particularly powerful. We can be confident that the act of marriage does increase the chances of a couple staying together.
What of Labour's other arguments in favour of not being in favour of marriage? The argument that it is wrong as a matter of principle to encourage marriage – "marriage is a private matter" – is also pretty weak. Forcing people to get married would indeed be illiberal. But the Conservatives aren't proposing to force people to marry – merely to encourage them. This very much in line with the "liberal paternalism" championed by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thayler in their bestselling book Nudge and acclaimed by all the political parties. Subsidising marriage is not different in principle from subsiding families' access to museums or concerts.
Labour is on firmer ground when it argues that there are better ways of spending the money a marriage subsidy would cost. The poorer a child is, the less likely his or her parents are to be married. Conservative proposals are only ever going to persuade a small proportion of poor unmarried parents to marry, so most of the subsidy will go to better-off families.
There is one more fundamental argument against the Conservative position, however, that is not often heard, but should be taken seriously – namely that their proposals, far from supporting marriage, will weaken it. In last year's Reith lectures, the Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel argued that many of our most important institutions and ideals are defined in opposition to the market and that extending markets into them could be deeply corrosive of these ideals and institutions. (He cited the examples of paying surrogate mothers to carry foetuses, appointing private security companies to run prisons, or paying mercenaries to fight our wars).
But marriage is a clear example of an institution defined in part against the market. True, marriage is some times described as a contract, but it is not a market one. You only have to think of the unease that pre-nups arouse in us to get this point. You only have to look at what people spend on weddings (the average wedding costs more than £20,000) to see that the normal financial considerations don't apply.
Yet the Conservative subsidy would seem to treat marriage like just another market relationship, subject to the ordinary rules of selfish utility maximisation, and so weaken it. If people are to be encouraged into getting married through financial rewards, who is to say they are wrong to opt out of family life when it gets expensive? If a new mother or (more likely) father finds that the costs of parenthood outweigh the benefits, even including the subsidy, why shouldn't she or he leave? The argument is not absolutely deadly. Most other European countries subsidise marriage without apparently undermining the institution. But the argument should trouble the Conservatives more than it does.
Where does that leave the debate? Labour's arguments are not as strong as they first look. But neither are the Tories'. For me the argument that a marriage subsidy could "marketise" the institution tips it against the Conservatives.
But there is a far better option staring the parties in the face. The obvious answer is to invest money in a different sort of public promise – birth or "baby-naming" ceremonies. A policy that promoted these would incorporate the Conservative insight that public promises do make a difference, with the Labour one that many children will continue to be born out of marriage and that many marriages fail. Parents who would never consider marriage might be willing to participate in a ceremony committing them and their friends to do their best by their newborn child.
And promoting a new universal promissory ceremony of this kind would be surprisingly easy. Parents already have to register a newborn baby at a registry office. It is simply a question, as I have argued elsewhere, of building on this, and turning what is currently a banal bureaucratic exchange into a public commitment .
Labour should recognise that promises do make a difference. It should also remember that citizenship ceremonies and civil unions have been some of the very best and most popular policy reforms of the last 10 years. Committing the party to promoting baby-naming ceremonies could draw in the goodwill that these ceremonies have created and show that Labour understands the importance of vows publicly made. The Conservatives, meanwhile, need to temper their enthusiasm for the rite of marriage with a more up-to-date support for rites of birth.


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Paper scraps… card makers, scrapbookers, papercrafters of all kinds… we all tend to hoard paper scraps. We can't figure out what the best way to store or use them is, but we keep them anyway because they are just too pretty to throw away.
We're not going to tackle the storage today, but I am going to share a card idea with you that will help you use up some of your pretty paper scraps. A stack of these thank you cards would make a GREAT gift!! (and use up lots of your paper scraps )
Make this card in just a few simple steps…
- Gather your pretty paper strips and cut them into different widths and lengths if they aren't already that way.
- Cut the ends of each strip with the corner of a square punch to make a banner end.
- Arrange them on a card front mixing busy patterns with monochromatic ones.
- Add a greeting.


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Shaun Jamison is voting for Tammy Lee in the 5th Congressional District race. As a supporter of the Independence Party, he is glad to see someone talking about the issues and not getting involved in the partisan mudslinging.
With the growth of the IP, he feels that Minnesota has the chance to be a leader in breaking away from the two-party system.
In his opinion, Lee combines the best of both parties: fiscal responsiblity and the protection of our rights and personal freedom. He also has two young children and is committed to strengthening our schools and early childhood education. Jamison is a law professor from St. Louis Park.


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The other day I was walking through Forest Park when I noticed a swamp!
Now I knew that Forest Park's 1,371 acres contained three museums, a zoo, a couple of golf courses, playing fields, a forest and a multitude of lakes, streams, ponds, fountains, waterfalls, cascades and a Grand Basin, but I had never heard about a swamp. Well, unlike California, because of all the rain we've been having we have more water laying around than the ground can suck up. The swamp was formed by the rain that fell on the verdant hilly golf course you see in the background of the photo. While I didn't see any gators in the swamp, I wouldn't get too close.
The French Heritage Of Saint Louis Was Showing Saturday Afternoon
Possibility. Opportunity. Potential. As another year gets underway, let's celebrate the new. (For more information, go here!)
My NEW photograph is one I took a week or so ago as 2014 began to dwindle away into another winter day. It was a photograph of Roxy Paine's 56 foot tall stainless steel sculpture of a barren tree (Placebo) standing on a hillside next to the Saint Louis Museum Of Fine Art. I've seen the work every time I've visited the museum and photographed it uncounted times more. But this winter afternoon as the sun was beginning to set I saw the work in a new way.
Except for the evergreen trees that stood to either side, it was as barren as the other trees in the surrounding forest. But it stood there gleaming in the fading winter sun offering hope of warmer times to come. Like I said, I had photographed it many times before. But every time before it had always been from a different point of view that showed the work standing alone. This was the first time I had photographed it as part of the forest that shared its hillside. It made a big difference.
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Winter!
The sun was shining brightly … the sky was a deep cereulian blue … and the trees were noticeably bare … even though the solstice is officially still three weeks in the future, all of the indicators say it is already here!
Rob's Random Ramblings And Observations – 11/29/2014
This week, share a photo that says "adventure." It could be an image of someone setting off on an epic journey, a photo you took on an adventure of your own, or something more metaphoric that represents a personal or psychological adventure. For more information go here.
Several times each week, I go past this bronze interpretation of ADVENTURE. It is the statue of King Louis IX of France leading the Seventh Crusade in the 13th Century. Louis was a wise and just monarch, but a terrible Crusader. He was defeated in both of his Crusade attempts … but his statue really does say ADVENTURE.
I have taken multiple photos of this statue over the years. And my attempt this week was the first time I was able to capture all of the details of the statue. The skies were extremely overcast and there was no direct sunlight.
The day started off by first being cool … having great Saint Louis blue skies with floating puffy white clouds. And I decided to get out and seize the great day while I was able. I decided to start with a walk in the park which I captured with my pocket camera.
The main entrance to Forest Park is the JEFFERSON MEMORIAL dedicated to our third president who had the foresight to buy the Louisiana Territory from France. The memorial is also the home of the Missouri History Museum. Notice that the Museum is also celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the city of Saint Louis. They have a great exhibit celebrating the anniversary running through next February, but I didn't want to waste the day inside a museum. So I went around the museum and into the park.
But first I had to walk around the TROLLY.
No, this is not the trolly that Judy Garland rode on in Meet Me In Saint Louis. This is the trolly you will be able to ride on later next year, when it travels from the Museum to the entertainment center of the historic DELMAR LOOP in University City.
Once inside the park, I discovered another SAINT LOUIS 250 Birthday Cake.
There's 249 more of them scattered around the metropolitan area. But I wasn't looking for cakes, so I continued my journey into the park along the Grand Esplanade.
You know, the park has something to interest almost everyone …
Bikers and runners …
Lovers of forests …And waterways …
And duck families!
And that brings us to the second reason for my walk in the Park.
The Boathouse is located on Post Dispatch Lake in the heart of the park. If you're athletically inclined you can rent a paddle boat and wear yourself out exploring the waterways in the park. The Boathouse is also a damn fine restaurant and that was why I was there. I was meeting a half dozen people I used to work with for an ungodly amount of years for one of our regular lunch get-togethers.
Naturally, we opted to dine outside to enjoy the view and the fantastic day. The conversation was great! Ditto the food! And it was a totally enjoyable day!
30 DOC – Origami Butterflies … Day 15
Today has been totally strange day. First we broke a 123 year old weather record for the lowest high temperature for July 15. Our high for the day was a very pleasant 76 degrees which was one degree lower than the previous lowest high recorded in 1891. I'm not complaining, because last week we were sweltering and sweating. Only one problem I had to go grocery shopping and my MetroBus goes through Forest Park and apparently everybody decided to take a trip to the zoo which caused a massive traffic jam in the park and delaying my travel time by about 25 minutes. I'm not saying we have stupid drivers in the Wicket City, but everyone was so desperate to find a parking spot they paid no attention to the YELLOW stripes painted along the curbs, or the NO PARKING SIGNS, or the FIREPLUGS along the streets. There wasn't an empty parking space on any of the streets through the park. And did I feel upset when I saw the Park Rangers slapping PARKING TICKETS on any of the cars illegally park. HELL NO! Stupidity pays a lot of the city's bills.And as soon as one of the returns to the car and drives off … some other fool will fill the spot.
Anyway, I'm late in posting my daily origami butterfly. Basically because I couldn't get an internet connection for the past three hours. Probably, another foolish driver hit just another utility pole and brought down the cable again. That's the problem with living in a city that's been around for 250 years. It will be years before they get around to burying the utility wires.
And since it is already a half hour into July 16, that's all I have to write.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic
Share a photo of what "relic" means to you — it could be your still-running 1979 Honda Accord Hatchback, a historic building in your town, or an old, rusted farm implement poking up through the long grass in a field.
Apotheosis of St. Louis
Most people think this statue that stands at the top of Art Hill in front of the Saint Louis Museum Of Fine Art is the same statue of Louis IX Saint and King of France that stood at the DeBaliviere entrance of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (aka. The Saint Louis World's Fair). It isn't, it's a copy. The original statue created by sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus was made of plaster, horse hair and paint like most of the exhibition buildings that had been built for the Fair. Two years after the fair grounds had been demolished except for two structures, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company decided to commemorate their very successful fair with a bronze replica of the statue. Niehaus supposedly wanted too much money to cast his work in bronze, so the LPEC awarded the project to W. R. Hodges, a local artist. Until the Gateway Arch was constructed, this statue was the most photographed site in the city. I still photograph it several times each year. The photo shown here is my latest and current favorite.
For some unknown reason, our daily rains failed to show up for FRIDAY 13! Instead, Renee and I woke up to rediscover a heavenly blue sky and sunny day you can only find in the Wicket City on the best of all possible days. And while I could have stayed home and mowed the lawn again, I said NO WAY! Today was my day for day tripping! So I slathered on my sun screen … (yes, I had a small basal cell growth removed from my cheek this winter) … and headed for my corner MetroBus stop.
The first thing I discovered was birthday cake celebrating the 150th Birthday of the City of Saint Louis. As you might have figured out, this one was sponsored by the Saint Louis Shakespeare Festival n' Forest Park. Every spring the Shakespeare Festival stages one of Shakespeare's plays in a natural amphitheatre on the side of Art Hill.
This year they are staging TWO plays. Henry IV and Henry V on alternating evenings. And yes, admission is free … but you can leave a monetary donation if you are so inclined.
For those of you who need to brush up on your Shakespeare, they do supply a plot outline and character list billboard.
Feel free to brush up by clicking twice on the photo.
Naturally the stage is positioned in a small forest of tall trees.
For seating you have the option to rent chairs, spread your blankets and pillows on the ground, or bring your own favorite chairs.
Notice that some early arrivals have already staked out their blanket and chair places. Refreshments are available from a multitude of vendor tents at the top of the hill. And there is a long line of Port-a-potties for nature calls. Prior to the start of the play, buskers, minstrels, jugglers and magicians stroll through the audience. It's a real fun night! Especially when it doesn't rain.
Tomorrow, Part Two – I Talk To The Animals!


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Legal Question in Traffic Law in Florida
I received a speeding ticket in GA but have a FL drivers license. If I would like to reduce my points by taking an online driving course, do I take a FL approved course or a GA approved course? To which clerk do I submit my certificate of completion? Georgia or Florida?
Asked on 9/22/13, 5:03 am
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Natalie Hall The Law Office of Natalie D. Hall, P.A.
It is a Georgia case therefore all courses and requirements have to comply with Georgia law and documents must be provided to the specific Georgia court clerk.
Answered on 9/22/13, 5:11 am
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