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Homebirth dream!
It was awesome and strange! I had a baby girl in a pool in our dinning room. I scooped her up and she smiled at me and my mom! Next thing im trying to get in the shower and DH is pissing me off for some reason, then he tells me he wants to name the baby "Izzy"...after my moms dog.:eek:
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Haha. Gotta love pregnancy dreams!
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:lol: That's funny! Does DH like that name?? Did you have gender prego/baby dreams with Charlie?
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I cant remember if i did or not! im deff feeling girl again though..and DH is NOT naming our baby after my moms dog...lol
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LOL! Well, it started out sweet!:p
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:lol: That's cute! lol
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LOL! OK, I must have preggo brain! The way I read it was NOT the way it was intended. By dream I thought you meant "ideal" and knowing you that you are a doula I thought it was going to be a story about one of your attended labors. I got so confused reading your post. :lol: Wow, I need to go to sleep!
Anyhow, lol about your dream.
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- I have been working on a DRAFT, repeat DRAFT, of an organizing document for WAA. It is NOT set in any stone, but we have to have something to work with/from in April. Whether we start over from scratch or change or accept, it does not matter to me. I have NO stake but trying to give us a start. Lots of stuff is just basic procedure necessary in any such document. I am still working on the **BOD representation part .... I am not satisfied, so particularly give me your input. Also what is below is NOT, repeat NOT NOT NOT the complete document - just first couple of sections. If anyone wants to see the rest, let me know.
1.0 Name & Purpose - The organization is titled World AquaChallenge Association - WAA. It is a non profit educational/ recreational water sports entity. The WAA objectives/mission statement are as follows:
to carry on activities devoted to the advancement of WAA sport
to promote, teach, encourage and train WAA sport athletes, referees and coaches
to support youth WAA sport programs
to create a world wide WAA organization
to create, define and promote WAA sport(s)
to create, develop and maintain rules and regulations for the play of WAA
to sanction and arrange for the organization of WAA world, zone and regional competitions
to support the creation, production and licensing of WAA sport equipment
1.1 Definitions
1.1.1 Annual general meeting (AGM) is named: The Congress
126.96.36.199 The Congress is the highest deliberative body and authorizes the actions and decisions of the Ex Comm and/or BOD.
1.1.2 Executive Committee (Ex Comm) - President, Exec VP and Exec Sec/Treasurer = 3
**1.1.3 Board of Directors (BOD) - Ex Comm members plus world directors of refereeing, rules and tournaments plus one elected person from each continent where at least 1 country/federation plays WAA and one representative from the AAC.
22.214.171.124 Continents where more than 3 countries play WAA are entitled to representation based on the following data:
1-2 = 1 rep 3-5 = 2 reps 6-9 = 3 reps
184.108.40.206 Representatives are called/referred to as Board Representatives, aka Board Reps
1.1.4 Continents - standard inhabited continents - Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Oceania
1.2 Discrimination - The Association shall not discriminate in any way on the basis of age, color, creed, national origin, race, religion or sexual orientation.
1.3 Language
1.3.1 The primary and working language of the Association is English, and English is the default language.
1.3.2 French and Spanish are the also primary languages.
1.3.3 Other languages used but not limited to: German, Russian, Dutch, Japanese, etc
1.4 Calendar - the WAA calendar is 1 January to 31 December.
1.5 Athletes Advisory Council (AAC) - is an advisory group composed of a man and women representative from each member nation/ federation. Members are appointed biennially, in writing, by the national federation or WAA executive in that country. Each representative has one vote.
1.5.1 The Council's purpose is to consider, discuss and advise the Ex Comm and/or BOD and/or World Directors on issues of concern to players of the sport.
1.5.2 The Council elects one member as their representative to the Board of Directors.
2.0 Membership
2.1 Application - applicants must complete the official membership application and submit required fees upon application.
2.1.1 Membership dues/fees are annual and set by The Congress.
2.1.2 Dues/fees are reviewed biennially at the even year meeting.
2.1.3 Dues/fees are due by 1 February yearly.
2.2 Membership Categories: there are several categories of members
2.2.1 National WAAtic Sport organizations
2.2.2 federations, clubs, associations, societies, etc
2.2.3 such organizations represent WAA Sport in their country and/or territory
2.2.4 one such organization is allowed from each nation
2.2.5 the name of the organization must indicate the territorial extent and tradition of the country represented.
2.2.2 Continental organizations - each continent where WAA is played may form a Continental entity which may apply for membership in WAA.
22.214.171.124 Each entity may join WAA without the power of vote.
184.108.40.206 Each entity may attend meetings, speak and serve on committees and/or working groups.
2.3 Termination of Membership
2.3.1 Membership is terminated after 2 consecutive years of on payment of dues/fees.
2.3.2 Membership may be terminated for cause as stipulated in section XXX of this document.
2.4 All member federations must complete an annual status form with information including current name, address, email, phone of federation president, treasurer; national WAA executive, secretary, treasurer, rules director, chief referee, teams manager; list of usual competitions; and so forth.
2.4.1 The status form is due to the IF by 1 February yearly.
3.0 Government
3.1 Annual Meeting (AGM), The Congress, is annual
3.1.1 At the World Championships in the even year
3.1.2 In the odd year at a location to be determined; meeting could be virtual.
3.2 Executive Committee
3.2.1 Is composed of the president, exec vp, exec sec/treasure
3,2,2 meets quarterly via phone conference, tela conference, etc.
3.3 Board of Directors
3.3.1 Is composed of the president, exec vp, exec sec/treasurer, directors of standing committees: referees, rules and tournaments, chair of AAC and all continental representatives.
3.3.2 meets annually in person or by phone or tela conference.
3.4 Standing Committees - including but not limited to Referees, Rules, Tournaments and ACC.
3.4.1 Meet annually
18.104.22.168 in the even year at WC
184.108.40.206 in odd year with The Congress or other times as needed via email, tela or phone conference, etc.
3.4.1 Committees are composted of 1 member from each member nation/federation as appointed by that member.
188.8.131.52 Representative to the Referees Committee must be at least a level 2 international referee; level 3 is required if certified.
126.96.36.199 Representative to ACC must be active player with world experience, in any division, in last 6 years.
3.5 Regional or Zone/Continental Representatives - appointed by the president with approval of BOD.
3.5.1 appointed persons in each zone/continent who are a resource for new and current participants of WAA.
3.5.2 persons who assist in organizing regional and/or zone - continental competitions.
3.5.3 each chairs a meeting of their regional, zone, continent at least once a year at a competition or other suitable event.
3.6 ACC meets to discuss and give advise on issue of play, issue of equipment and issues of safety.
3.6.1 Meeting is chaired by person elected from within the members who only votes in case of a tie. A permanent secretary may be appointed or the IF exec secretary may act in that capacity. the chair solicits, forms and distributes the agenda for any meeting.
4.0 Officers, Directors,
4.1 Elected Officers
4.1.1 President
4.1.2 Exec VP
4.1.3 Exec Secretary/Treasurer
4.2 Elected Directors and their Committees
4.2.1 Each Committee shall have an elected Director
4.2.2 Each Director shall appoint an Assistant
Director and Secretary.
220.127.116.11 Minutes of all Committee meetings shall
be produced and published.
22.214.171.124 All Committee minutes shall be
distributed to all Committee members, the Exec Committee
and the Board of Directors.
4.2.3 Committees and their Directors shall operate
and be governed by the WAA Constitution and Bylaws.
4.2.4 Standing Committee include, but are not
limited to, Referees, Rules and Tournaments.
4.3 Administrative Liaisons, Chairpersons, Regional/Zone Reps
4.3.1 The President, with the approval of the Exec Comm, may appoint such administrative liaisons and/or chairpersons as needed.
5.0 Conduct of Business
5.1 Parliamentary Authority - unless otherwise herein specified, parliamentary procedures shall be followed and Robert's Rules of Order shall prevail.
5.2 Quorum: At any meeting of a WAA deliberative body, a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the membership of that body shall constitute a quorum.
5.3 Voting
5.3.1 Each member federation/country has one vote
18.104.22.168 President, Chair, Director votes only in case of a tie
5.3.2 Proxies - each member may carry one proxy
184.108.40.206 Proxy must be in writing; it may be general or it may be specific to the agenda. It is good only for the meeting/agenda indicated and must be renewed at least yearly.
5.4 Elections
5.4.1 Qualifications
18.104.22.168 Nominations are made by member federations
126.96.36.199.1 Signed by the federation president or WAA executive of the federation.
18.104.22.168 All nominees must be in good standing with their federation.
5.4.2 Nominations
5.4.3 Term of Office
220.127.116.11 each term of office is 2 years
188.8.131.52 terms shall rotate so not all offices become available in the same year,
5.4.4 Election Rotation
126.96.36.199 Elected officer rotation
188.8.131.52.1 in even year: president, sec/treasurer
220.127.116.11.2 in the odd year: exec vice president
184.108.40.206 elected committee chair rotation
22.214.171.124.1 in even year: chair of referees, tournaments
184.108.40.206.2 in odd year: chair of AAC, rules
126.96.36.199 The AAC representative to the BOD is elected annually.
5.4.5 Removal of Elected Officers and/or Directors
5.5 Non Competitive Grievances
5.5.1 Such grievances are brought firstly to the relevant standing committee.
184.108.40.206 Committee grievance decisions may be appealed to the Ex Comm.
5.5.2 If no committee is relevant, the grievance is heard by the Ex Comm.
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I went to see "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with a young Chinese man
said to me, as if I didn't know this, "Of course it has a tragic ending.
It's Chinese!" That awakening, plus seeing the movie in a Chinese filled
theatre, taught me something. I rented "Lan Yu" expecting a Chinese
I didn't get one. There were no intense cultural overtones, just
references. Mao, Tiannimen Square, Russians, yes. The matriarch's New
Year's dinner was the closest thing to Chinese culture. But, of course,
Beijing and Hong Kong are cosmopolitan. The plot even makes fun of Lan
being thrust into the city from the country.
I put this movie in the category of "Parting Glances," "Steam," and "Love, Valor, Compassion," definitely not "Philadelphia." That's a high compliment for me. I've seen boring, "go for the audience impact" Gay movies. This isn't one, thank goodness. It's a love story with the complexity of approach/avoidance conflict, embraced by friends who are straight, even though the story is about Gay love. And it's about one-sided love, growing love, fearing the loss of love, committment anxiety, and all that, the same as in straight relationships. It has acceptance and tolerance and is totally devoid of sneers from the homophobic thrown in to thicken the plot.
The character development is a little sparse, but actually we learn about them quickly. There's no long wind up. Skillful! The character depth is what grows. Lan Yu grows. His lover doesn't, until it's too late.
The direction and photography were subtly superb. I didn't catch on until far into the film how good the photography was and placement of the characters. The acting was excellent -- or was it their direction?
How interesting that the clearly more submissive character is the stronger one.
Did those who hated this movie notice all of that, or are they jaded? I wouldn't like to be at a play or movie with them.
Wonderful movie. I cried. I laughed. I'm still feeling it. Very few movies do that to me.
I expected something tepid and tormented, like "East Palace West Palace" and
instead found a wonderful drama about the China of the 80s and
A successful businessman sees, at a fancy party, a young man brought to the party by another attendee. He and a co-worker decide to pounce: they take him (Lan Yu) out and treat him royally. The young man winds up staying with the businessman, who gives him money, but is ambivalent about whether he wants to see Lan Yu again. He feels that he can have relationships and remain unattached.
Lan Yu shows up periodically over the course of years, and the businessman gives him larger and larger gifts, including a fancy house in the suburbs. But the businessman meets a woman who translates for him in a deal he's making with Russians. He decides to marry the woman. Lan Yu will not put up with it and refuses to see the businessman.
The businessman's shady deals get him into trouble, and he loses almost everything. Then Lan Yu comes back into the picture and . . . (I'll leave it there).
Besides being a wonderful melodrama, this is also a hot gay film. Full frontal and dorsal nudity, some sex. The men are hairless and sexy, but real. Lots of kissing.
And all the time you're wondering: did they actually film this in China? Do they allow this in China? How did they get away with this....It must have been filmed in Hong Kong. Well, according to the Sundance website, this was filmed in China, and based on a short story that appeared only on the Internet.
It's by far my favorite Chinese movie, and if you're interested in gay life in the new China, this is the one to see.
It has an overall feel of an Eric Rohmer film, the portrayal of the reality
of emotion and connection in the stark environment of modern Beijing and
Chinese society is a feat of amazing subtlety.
Perhaps incomprehensible to people in a society long open, the stark contrast between the comfort of rare privilege and emotional squalor and the material squalor of the young student/architect and emotional richness there goes beyond the triteness the another user accuses this material of.
I am fairly jaded westerner moved to emotional resonance, (certainly not the result of the melodramatic ending I could have done without.)
Generally I'm not a big fan of melodrama, and LAN YU is a classic,
Sirk-league piece of melodrama, so I can't say I loved this film. But
it is impressive in a number of ways - the depiction of intimacy, and
of a slowly-developing relationship is very well done, and this film is
very obviously the work of a thoughtful and talented filmmaker. I also
liked the cinematography - very un-flashy, which serves the material
well: a dry, slice-of-life look which stands apart from the dramatics
of the plot, and definitely underscores the normality (or validity) of
gay relationships, perhaps in a culture that is still coming to terms
with such relationships. The dinner scenes - which are beautifully shot
and staged - stand out.
It should be noted that director Stanley Kwan has a handful of other artistically notable films to his credit, with ROUGE and ACTRESS generating acclaim around the globe. Kwan claims Hollywood melodramatist Douglas Sirk and Japanese contemporary dramatist Yasujiro Ozu as major influences, and both of those influences are apparent here - the studied, careful mis-en-scene of Ozu; and a story balanced between social critique and three-hanky melodrama, in the fashion of Sirk. Kwan is also one of a small (but growing) number of out Asian filmmakers, and noting this (and his artistic influences) helps to understand the overall importance of this film.
If some of the most creative and engaging gay film being made today is coming from Asia, Europe and Latin America - which I believe to be true - then this film is definitely among the best of that wave. Worth a look.
I found this particular film very moving. Regardless of the the way the two characters meet for the first time it is about relationship, not sex. (despite Handong, struggling to perceive it the other way around). Nice and subtle, seem bereft of any cheap cinema tricks. I guess that goes back to the Asian culture towards homosexuality and is the reason why I prefer Asian gay-themed movies to European or north American main stream production. I wish there was more of this kind of movies portraying man to man relationship as based on feelings rather than sex. Stanley Kwan joins Ang Lee in leading the way... In my opinion, along 'Farewell My Concubine' the best gay-themed Chinese movie.
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I have waded through some pretty sniffy comments on how ordinary this movie is. Admittedly, it is a little like Love Story, with Ali MacGraw, which WAS banal and boring, badly acted and badly filmed (boy meets girl, boy gets girl, girl dies). The setting in Lan Yu, however, with its awesome director, lift it way out of the ordinary. Never mind the snide reviews. These actors are hot!
LAN YU is another indication that films from China are becoming increasingly more poignant, less dependent on spectacle, and certainly more daring in view of the political milieu. Director Stanley Kwan not only has courage to make this poignant film, he also has the gifts to create an atmospheric, gentle, quiet, and luminously photographed love story. He draws understated performances from his actors, never stooping to caricature, always respectful of the inherent delicacy of his subject matter. Lan Yu is a handsome young gay architecture student who becomes involved with Hangdong, a closeted Beijing businessman. The affair they pursue is subtle yet not without passion, the kind of understated passion that rings true rather than playing for sensationalism. The plot twists and turns - Lan Yu is set aside by Hangdong for a "proper marriage" which leads to divorce and to other losses, bringing Hangdong back to seek his real love - Lan Yu. The change in their relationship speaks loudly for a wider acceptance of same sex love. To reveal the ending would be a disservice to the viewer. Part of the joy of this simple story is the sensitivity of Hangdong's colleagues in responding to the his various dilemmas: there is no "bad guy", no prejudice, no castigation - these friends are committed and make homophobia seem merely a foreign, unimportant word. This film is a model of restraint and intelligent, finely crafted story telling. The actors are uniformly excellent and win our hearts. Highly Recommended!
Basically, this is the story about a well-to-do Beijing businessman with
questionable business principles who enjoys the company of young male
students whom he treats as his play thing and pays them for their sexual
Lan Yu a somewhat shy architectural student attending a University in Beijing is enticed into the businessman's home where he is subsequently seduced.
In the ensuing months the relationship deepens and they become lovers meeting at every opportunity. The emotions are subtly portrayed by the two actors. We hang on every word spoken and get caught up in their feelings. "We must never become too close", says the businessman. "It is right and proper for a man to have a wife and children". Such are his thoughts....
Secretive though their relationship may be, it is never sordid. They feel so relaxed in each other's company. The tiny rooms and narrow passageways are almost claustrophobic. Note the device of photographing reflections in mirrors so often throughout the film. An interesting technique which is constantly repeated. In a mirror you see a person lying in bed. Beyond the camera you hear a door closing. You know that some one has left the room, though you do not see it. And note the frequent use of close-ups so important in emotional scenes. A hug, a kiss, a sob, a tear....so meaningful...and each emotion tugs at your heart.
Shakespeare said "Parting is such sweet sorrow". Here we have such sorrow, but then the joy of re-uniting, followed alas! by a new tragedy that parts them once more.
The final scene when the businessman stops his car at the building site and then speeds on ever so quickly with the concrete pillars flashing by is a fitting ending in itself. I think the song detracts from the mood and would be better omitted.
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Before my comments about Lan Yu, first some comments on the
First of all, I don't really understand how someone can call the relationship/love affair in this movie "stereotypical". Or put it another way, does it really matter? Two-third of movies produced are either about "straight" relationship, or of stories surrounding it. When we go to see a movie strictly about boy-and-girl falling in love, do we immediately say the relationship is so "stereotypical" just because the movie is about the relationship? Why it seems that a gay movie about a gay relationship HAS to somehow have something more to be non-stereotypical? If everytime we go to see something like, say, "Tricks" we have to say, "ah, so stereotypical", you might as well avoid the lot if it. If you find the gay relationship in this film stereotypical it is probably because they are human too.
Second, why internationally acclaimed directors from Asia have to somehow show more (Asian) characters to "worth the praise"? World cinema is a global scene - if someone in Asia can make as good a movie as his/her French, German, US counterpart while not inventing anything new or introducing any "Eastern" elements, why can't s/he still deserve the same level of international (aka Western) recognition? In other words, why can't Stanley Kwan get the recognition by recycling Western ideas and technique to tell a wonderfully crafted story in a beautifully understated movie?
Back to the movie - it's a great one because Kwan was making something that is very close to his heart. The direction is close to flawless and he (and the writer) has very successfully limited the scope to focus on the two leads and their relationship with all other important outside elements (economic development in China, corruption, etc) and major historical events (June 4, etc) as background. Examples of outstanding scenes include the night of June 4 when Handong (Hu Jun) was driving in his car looking anxiously for Lan Yu (Liu Ye), who has obviously participated in the student protest. It was done tasteful with just the right level of drama and hints to tell you the state of both characters' minds.
Kwan's major talent, IMHO, is on directing actors. No matter what one says about "Center Stage", his milestone, he has successfully transferred Maggie Cheung from a "flower pot" (actress with no brain) to an international acclaimed actress. Hu and Liu also got their big break from Kwan - I know now as I have a chance to watch some of Hu's TV drama series in which he plays the typical and boring macho cop. The sparkle between them in the film is simply brilliant - from the few playful/romantic bedroom scenes to Hu's visit to the hospital to identify the dead body of Liu.
And too bad if you don't like seeing Lau Yu being killed at the end - it's in the book.
Locally, this film played to mixed critical reviews, but I am absolutely enamored by Stanley Kwan's brilliant, understated film style. While LAN YU is a fairly ordinary love story, a rich man falls for a younger, more humble male novice from the country, and what was supposed to be a one night stand turns out to be the subject of this 9 year film exploration, taken from the popular e-novel BEIJING STORY released anonymously on the Internet in 1996, and while one would believe that this story has been told over and over again in nearly every culture, the way that this story is filmed is anything but ordinary. Stanley Kwan is simply a superb director, visually stunning with layers of rich texture, subtle with very dark interiors, extremely detailed with only glimpses of color, a slow measured pace that examines the psychological inner needs of these characters, both of whom are superb in this film, Jun Hu as the older businessman and especially Liu Ye as the younger character of Lan Yu. The obvious comparisons would be Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung in Wong Kar-wei's HAPPY TOGETHER, which has much more razzle dazzle and high energy than this film, or perhaps Leslie Cheung and Fengyi Zhang in Chen Kaige's FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE, which has a much more broad and epic subject matter. Here the film confines itself to two men almost exclusively, and their screen chemistry IS the film, as how they react and what they have to say to one another is remarkably moving in it's brevity as well as it's honesty. I found the last half of Hou Hsiao-hsien's 2001 film MILLENNIUM MAMBO was very much in the style of Stanley Kwan, the energy simply stops and the film crawls into a ghost-like crevasse, a mind-numbing, desolate despair, while LAN YU, also filmed in 2001, adds Hou's ritual of letting his camera hover over a festive table of people eating and catching the power of human interplay in their most ordinary moments. My chief complaint is how the ending misses the mark. Maybe I'm missing something here, but the entire film builds to an emotional intensity that simply dissipates, like letting the air out of a balloon, and I, for one, was disappointed. Again, while a simple story, this film has extraordinary emotional complexity which makes this one of the best films I've seen this year.
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At the door, former Pansy Division drummer Dustin Donaldson accepts crumpled dollar bills from a stream of Mission regulars whose precisely colored hair turns the crowd into a gathering of animated Skittles. In keeping with the evening, Donaldson has added a bright yellow lei to his congenital rock 'n' roll attire (a leopard-spotted jacket and bright floral shirt, with a pair of unbearably hip sunglasses holding back his bleached-blond hair). Still, it is the nearby tray of pineapple upside-down cake that gives our conversation about I Am Spoonman, Donaldson's new post-Gary Numan experiment, such a surreal aspect.
The gooey confection made of candied pineapple rings is just one of the delights offered at the "Grog Grotto," a grass-covered table manned by a lei-addled woman named Baby Doe. Here, while sipping on a glass of "Venom" (a blend of cheap champagne and fruit juice) the tiki virgin might invest in a $7 tiki mug or peruse copies of Tiki News. As is made evident by articles in the 40-page bimonthly zine, this might be just the beginning of an uncontrollable obsession.
"Tiki is a religion," says 40-year-old Michael von Sternberg without irony. "But if it gets too popular it can no longer be true tiki."
Stroheim, who is clad in prerequisite Hawaiian duds made more legitimate by an old totem hanging around his neck, smiles. "The tiki gods were symbols of fertility, but it is the trickster aspect that I think appeals to most people," he says. "Polynesian folklore says that the tiki gods would trick even their daughters into having sex with them." For the past three years, Stroheim and his partner, Sven-Tiki, have been chronicling tiki history and craft in the pages of Tiki News, which gives detailed accounts of tiki bars and artists as well as cocktail recipes and record reviews. Despite large Estrus ads, TN is definitely not a moneymaker, but, as Stroheim says, it is a good way to bring the fanatics together.
"Brother Cleve from Combustible Edison sent me photos of his [tiki] mug collection," offers Stroheim. "I have them on file with all the other photos that people have sent. Tiki News kind of connects the dots, if you know what I mean. We get letters from all over -- Sweden, New Zealand, Canada." Although Stroheim only relocated from L.A. six months ago, he is more than a little familiar with the tiki bars in San Francisco, and in almost any other city, for that matter. "The drinks at the Tonga Room may be expensive, but good cocktails are an art form. Those bartenders are not beerslingers, they are mixologists. If you order a mai tai at the Tonga Room, that is what you are going to get."
In recent months, a number of tiki upstarts have joined the ranks of the more established rooms -- Trad'r Sam's, Trader Vic's, and the Tonga Room. There is now the fashionable Lilo Lounge in Potrero Hill, and even bars like Dalva and the Holy Cow are advertising weekly tiki DJ nights. This comes as no surprise to Stroheim, who says the very word "tiki" conveys fun and excitement. "It just rolls off the tongue. Unfortunately, a good tiki bar takes a healthy investment on the part of the owners. Tiki masks cost money, and it's hard to find carvers these days. Most places come off as a bit thin. 'Tiki' becomes just another word for lounge." Of the Chameleon, he says that it is not quite the right atmosphere for a genuine tiki night, but that it has the appropriate homey feel. "Tiki bars in the '50s were neighborhood bars with a regular crowd. We have that here."
Despite an evident lack of "historical authenticity," the throng gathered does seem to take great and noisy pleasure in sucking up their flower-garnished cocktails; there are enough vulgar floral patterns in the room to make Bob Hope gag; and, as the night wears on, gangs of straw-hat-wearing patrons begin to run amok. When the Aquamen launch into "Jose Cuervo" -- just one of their many tributes to booze -- a pigtailed girl performing a hula beneath a burning tiki torch arrives at an adjective to perfectly describe the night: "It's a giggle."
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One might say Democratic presidential front-runner and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton has been cooperative with the investigation into her use of a private email server. After all, she did apologize for maintaining a private email server, appeared before Congress on many occasions to offer up her side of the story, and spent hours testifying about her role in the handling of governmental emails. All the while, as Western Journalism has reported, the investigation into Clinton's handling of classified information has continued to the point the FBI has reportedly offered immunity to individuals involved in the scandal.
But when it comes to whether or not Clinton broke the law and may be indicted by the FBI, Clinton's tone apparently changes from apologetic to dismissive and contemptuous.
Take, for instance, the question Univision's Jorge Ramos asked Clinton during a Democratic debate. Ramos asked Clinton, "Would you drop out of the race if you get indicted?" Clinton avoided the question but replied, "Oh, for goodness sake, that's not going to happen. I'm not even answering that question."
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Clinton was a guest on NBC's Today show. Matt Lauer, using a soft-spoken and kind tone with Clinton remarked, "Do you know what I hear a lot? That they (Republicans) are clinging to the hope, that the way they'll be able to deal with that is that in some point between now and the election, that they will get to see Hillary Clinton in handcuffs. There will be some kind of political perp walk based on your private email server."
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"Oh, my goodness," Clinton exclaimed, laughing it off. "Well, Matt, I know that they live in that world of fantasy and hope because they've got a mess on their hands on the Republican side. That is not going to happen. There is not even the remotest chance that is going to happen."
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Appearing dismissive of the FBI investigation, Clinton said, "I think it's a security review. It is a security review. There are lots of those that are conducted in our government all the time. You don't hear about most of them. You hear about this one because it does involve me, that's why it gets so much attention. But I will tell you…we're moving forward, the Republican's fondest wishes will not be fulfilled."
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An analysis of population growth, Green Revolution and terms of trade in the presence of cropsharing in agriculture
This explores the welfare effects of some persistent trends in some developing countries on different groups of farmers. It takes a general equilibrium approach in modelling a representative developing economy comprising a manufacturing sector and an agricultural sector where both self-cultivating landlords and tenants carry on production. It is shown that while population growth tends to depress welfare of both the tenant and the landlord, Green Revolution has the opposite effect such that when both trends are present, peasants may or may not be better off. An adverse movement in the agricultural terms of trade reduces welfare of the landlord, but the tenant is made better off.
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Prime dairy opportunity in the west
A fully equipped 50ac dairy farm at Tample and Cashel near Charlestown Co Mayo is on the private treaty market with a guide price of €350,000.
About 33ac of the holding are located in the townland of Tample and come with extensive and comprehensive farm buildings.
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The facilities also include cubicles with cow mats, a suspended feeding passage and slurry storage with 147,000 gallon capacity.
Among the range of other buildings on the farm is a walled two-bay hayshed with lean-to, an enclosed three-bay shed and a lean-to with six loose boxes and an overhead loft.
There is an extensive covered yard with excellent cattle handling facilities.
The lands are described by Paddy Flynn of selling agents Galway Real Estate as made up of good quality, well fenced ground serviced by mains electricity and piped mains water with a natural water supply provided by a river that runs through the property.
A parcel of 17ac at Cashel, Charlestown is divided by the road giving excellent road frontage and leaving approximately 8ac of good quality land at one side and 9ac of lesser quality land at the other side of the road.


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In each of the activities conducted in these two days, we were able to
see the friendship and links between Danes and Mexicans, he said.
· The signing of various bilateral instruments during this state visit
confirms the will for dialogue and cooperation of both governments, he declared.
· President Peña Nieto thanked Queen Margrethe II for the hospitality
towards him, his wife and members of his delegation during their stay in
As the last event of the State Visit to Denmark, President of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife, Angélica Rivera de Peña, hosted a dinner in
honor of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and His Royal Highness Prince
Consort Henrik.
The President of Mexico noted that in each of the activities undertaken
during his state visit, "We witnessed the friendship and links between Danes
and Mexicans."
He declared that the signing of various bilateral instruments during
this state visit confirms the will for dialogue and cooperation of both
President Peña Nieto thanked Queen Margrethe II for the hospitality
towards him, his wife and members of his delegation during their stay in
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your affection and warmth, creativity and vision of life away with us from this
visit," he said.
The Mexican president told Queen Margrethe II that, "Danes value your
intelligence and leadership, sensitivity and humanism. He also hailed her work on behalf of the arts and
culture in Denmark, especially through the study of the remarkable Danish
writer Hans Christian Andersen, whose work is world heritage."
Earlier, President Peña Nieto and his wife, Angélica Rivera de Peña,
attended an event organized by the LEGO Foundation, during which they observed
several teaching and learning techniques such as using the educational tool Six
Bricks and solving math problems with robots.
The event was also attended by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince
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Parliament Pia Kjaersgaard at Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the three
branches of the Danish government. The gathering was attended by leading members of the Danish legislative
There, the President spoke about the political and electoral reform
passed by the Mexican Congress in 2014, which introduced legislative re-election
and more equitable gender representation in both chambers.
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his delegation were driven to Copenhagen Airport to return to Mexico City,
where they are expected to arrive in the early hours of Friday.
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Unanswered: tricks to effectively hide a shared mdb folder?
I want to use an MDE file against a mdb in a shared Workgroup Folder on a TCPIPO network.
One of the security issues - especially when not having a server in the network, only Windows XP workstations, is that one want to restrict the access to the MDB file where all the data/tables etc. are stored.
By using registry entries like NoDrives in Windows, the hiding is not efficient, as one can access the "hidden" (sharename$) drives trough the command prompt or through any other application that does not use Windows standard File/Open dialogue boxes.
A way to for example get to know the name of the connected but hidden share where the mdb resides, is to simply disconnect the network cable and restart the PC that should link to the shared folder. Then Windows will pop up a dialog box during start-up, stating that it failed to connect drive X: to \\pcname\fullhiddensharename$ ...
Am I forced to use a full-fledged blocking program like the one they use at internet cafes - for example CyberPuesto - to restrict user access sufficiently?


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Sitting calmly on a chair in the middle of a cramped downtown studio with no hint of a breeze wafting through the window, Dakota Grosvenor sips from a bottle of Glaceau Smart Water. Ignoring the handful of people milling about, the 15-year-old patiently submits to the ministrations of a makeup artist bent on transforming her fresh sophomore face into a severe 16th century matron — with false eyelashes and a Chanel élan.
The Rancho Santa Fe teen is preparing to do what she has known she's wanted to do since she was a toddler. Model.
"I think it was like how the models held themselves, how they carried themselves," said Dakota of her fascination as a 3-year-old accompanying her model mother, Joyce Grosvenor, on photo shoots. "There is something about standing in front of the cameras, knowing what is needed and the looks you can create with yourself."
On this sweltering July day, Dakota willingly spent hours to have her eyes painted gold, green and red, her honey blond hair tugged into a sleek chignon and her slim, 6-foot-1-inch frame enrobed in a gown that weighs more than 20 pounds. This so she could stand stock still for another hour and a half before the board of directors of the Timken Museum of Art in Balboa Park, her assignment a preview of coming attractions later this month.
Dakota is one of 16 models who will wear costumes elegant and edgy made by Fashion Careers College students and grads for the Timken's third annual "Art of Fashion" on Aug. 28. The models will pose en tableaux in front of the Timken masterworks that inspired their ensembles and during the evening will stroll in their up-to-there high heels through the museum.
Designer Jesus Estrada, an FCC grad and a season seven contestant of "Project Runway," created the voluminous emerald green gown Dakota will model during "Art of Fashion." The dress is based on Bartolomeo Veneto's circa 1530 "Portrait of a Lady in a Green Dress." To achieve the form-fitting look he wanted on top, Estrada had to literally sew Dakota into the gown's bolero-style jacket.
When cameras trained on Dakota posing in front of the Veneto oil painting, she instantly morphed from So. Cal. volleyball-loving teen to fierce fashionista. As she looked into the camera, it was as if to challenge it, defy it not to find her cool and collected.
"I love getting to wear clothes that are tailored to me," she said. "I like how when I am in front of the camera; I feel confident.
"There is something different about taking pictures with my friends and taking pictures in garments that are tailored. There is a regalness."
At 12, Dakota modeled in fashion show fundraisers and attended Lady Annaly's Summer Academy in England, where, in addition to etiquette, she learned the skills needed to be a professional model, including that total calm in the face of a camera lens.
"I had to practice posture," she said. "I had to learn to take elongated strides and create a beat for myself that I could follow.
"The motto I follow is 'Be the hanger. Let the clothes do what they are supposed to do.' And I had to get used to cameras. I was completely scared of it."
Not anymore. Dakota recently signed with Brand Models in Orange County, her first professional foray into the business where, when she is called for assignments, she will have to hop on the Amtrak at a moment's notice to get to Los Angeles, where most of the work is located. And, if she can swing it with her school schedule, she may be going to New York next month to be a runway model for designer Jesus Estrada during Fashion Week.
To mentally prepare herself for assignments, Dakota talks to friends beforehand about anything and everything — from guy problems to when they are going to the beach next. A true teen, if she can't talk, she will text.
"I do that to ground myself, and then I kind of look around and see what the atmosphere is like, and then I'm pretty much ready to go," she said. "I can't go into a situation uptight."
To meet the physical demands — including keeping her 26-inch waist in check and her stamina from flagging during arduous jobs like the Timken event, Dakota works out nearly every day, concentrating on her abs four times a week and cardio every other day. Recently, playing competitive volleyball helped keep her in runway shape.
And she is vigilant about her diet.
"I have to watch what I eat most importantly," she said. "My mom is insanely thin, but my dad's side of the family doesn't have the best metabolism. I have to be careful."
The only thing that occasionally undermines her determination?
"I am the ultimate baker," she said. "I recently taught myself how to make a double chocolate buttercream espresso cake.
"I don't eat what I bake. I give it to other people. I actually find more enjoyment in eating the batter. By the time it's ready to go in the oven, I'm satisfied."
When she is not thinking about how to advance her career, the La Jolla Country Day honors student loves to play with her three cats, study Greek mythology and go with friends to the beach. Last summer, she went to Kenya to help build a school, and she says she will always keep community service a priority, as her parents have. This fall, she is planning a trip to the Dominican Republic to teach children how to speak English.
But, it always comes back to modeling.
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Music: 'Echo' from the Past
By Steve Morse
The Spokesman-Review — Friday, September 3, 1999
CONCERT PREVIEW: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
With: The Blind Boys of Alabama
When: Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m.
Location: The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash.
Tickets: Tickets are $32.25 and $52.25, available through Ticketmaster outlets or by calling (509) 735-0500.
In latest album, Tom Petty returns to bolder rock sound.
First, ticket prices. They're still skyrocketing for big-name rock acts. The Rolling Stones shattered all illusions with the $300 and $650 ticket peaks for their spring tour. And this summer's Bob Dylan/Paul Simon bill and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have $100-plus prices — mere chicken feed next to the Stones, but still deflating to fans who believe in rock as a populist, Everyman genre.
How refreshing, then, to hear Tom Petty cling to virtual working-class hero status by keeping his tickets about $50 for a summer tour with his band, the Heartbreakers.
"I don't want to wind up just playing to the elite," says Petty. "I see some people that don't mind that, but I don't think my fans would appreciate it too much.
"I think sometimes we're fools for not going for the dough, but I don't want to feel that we're taking advantage of people," adds Petty, a hardscrabble Gainesville, Fla., native who now lives in Los Angeles. "I don't think ticket prices have to be so high — and we're not at the point where we're trying to cash in and retire or anything. We don't even use sponsors."
Petty, whose new album, "Echo," reaffirms his role as one of rock's great songwriters, is so adamant on the ticket issue that he also dismisses the "golden circle" seating concept that has been fashionable in recent years.
"I won't go for golden circle seating," Petty says of those higher-priced seats. "I always resisted that and have had huge arguments with promoters about it. I just don't think that one part of the audience ought to be treated better than the other, or served drinks during the show."
(There are two seating prices at The Gorge, but no golden circle.)
Petty recently played a week of dates at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco — and loved it because his fans had equal access at getting up front. "If you wanted to get up front, you just had to kind of work your way up there. Nobody was paying more to get there," says Petty, who used the shows to debut the tracks from his new CD, as well as range into cover songs from everyone from Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry to the Box Tops and the Delmore Brothers.
"We hope to bring some of that same spontaneous spirit on tour," says Petty.
A similar exuberance marks "Echo." It's filled with high-energy rock 'n' roll and suggests a return to Petty's early, Byrds-and-British Invasion-influenced sound. It's a departure from the Heartbreakers' last hit disc, "Wildflowers," which was milder and more deliberate (and also sold 3 million copies).
"We set out to make a rock 'n' roll record this time," says Petty. "We purposely wouldn't write any slow songs until the very end of the record, because sometimes ballads creep in and you get a whole load of them.
"I just felt like I had done a lot of stuff based around the acoustic guitar, so with this album, I set it up as more of an electric thing," he says. "We have such a good little rock 'n' roll band, and I wanted to get them on record doing what they do best. With the last few albums, I've been really concerned with craft. But here, I just wanted to catch the vibe of what the band does with a song."
The stars of the Heartbreakers, apart from Petty, are guitarist Mike Campbell (who sings a track for the first time, the raucous "I Don't Want to Fight") and keyboardist Benmont Tench, whom Petty has known since the age of 11.
"The Heartbreakers started in 1976, but I've played with Mike and Ben since 1970," says Petty. "I grew up with these people. I'm much closer to them than to any family members. We've spent a long time together."
That long time has taken Petty through nearly 20 Top-40 hits, from the early "Breakdown" and "Don't Do Me Like That," to "You Got Lucky," "Jammin' Me," "Free Fallin'," "Mary Jane's Last Dance," and "Learning to Fly." Whatever the trend of the day, Petty seems to have transcended it all with his honest, sometimes defiant, sometimes whimsical, music.
The new album runs from the chiming rock of "Free Girl Now" (about a woman freed from an abusive relationship) to the Everly Brothers-like "Accused of Love," the tongue-in-cheek "Swingin'" (with humorous references to Benny Goodman and Sonny Liston), and the gentle "Room at the Top," a tribute to deceased Beach Boy (and Petty idol and friend) Carl Wilson.


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It was all worth it for Jovelyn Gonzaga
During the off-season, Jovelyn Gonzaga had a dilemma. A long overdue mandatory training with the Philippine Army was waiting for her that would have sidelined her for at least one year. But it would have halted her volleyball career.
"Sobra akong na-stress before ng liga na 'to. Kailangan kong i-weigh mga bagay bagay. Hindi ko lang kailangan i-consider yung isa kasi family ko 'to, passion ko 'to," Gonzaga reflected.
After months and months of deep pondering, the 25-year-old ultimately asked for an honorable dismissal from the Army, signing with the rebuilding Cignal HD Spikers together with Rachel Daquis and Royse Tubino.
Their journey with a rebuilding team was challenging, to say the least. The team's new acquisitions needed to become familiar with one another in just a few weeks time as they prepared for the 2017 Invitational Cup. Moreover, they needed to get rid of the losing culture that has plagued the franchise since 2014.
But in the end, they were able to overcome — eventually winning the tournament with a 2-1 record in the Final Round.
"Key was our teamwork. Kasi nakita niyo naman na everyone of us stepped up sa game against Foton and sobrang nakakatuwa kasi yung pinaghirapan namin nakita namin sa game against Foton," the native of Ilo-ilo added.
"Yung goal namin na kung paano namin tatapusin yung tournament nagawa namin so ang saya and fulfilled."
And besides the championship, Gonzaga was named as the tournament's MVP, her second in the pro league. It was an unexpected one for the National Team pool member.
"'Di ko inexpect kasi sobrang after lang ako sa manalo since nga alam naman natin na Cignal, for the past few years, hindi sila nagkakaroon ng place so mas nag-focus kami sa ipa-champion natin 'to more than the individual awards.
"Itong back-to-back MVPs bigay na lang ito ni God and sukli na rin ito ng mga pinaghirapan ko sa team. Sobrang thankful ako sa lahat ng naniwala and kay God. Okay na ako kanina eh. Sobrang di ko in-expect kasi nakita naman natin yung nilaro ng team," the 5-foot-8 opposite spiker furthered.
And for her, she has no regrets about the decision she made.
"Thankful talaga kasi nag-meet halfway and talagang kay papa God talaga 'to lahat," the now-two time MVP admitted.
"Almost na aalis na ako but talagang di ko ma-explain and dumating ako sa point nag-meet halfway."


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'I was trying to crawl out with friends, that's when we realised people were trapped' - Spain student bus crash survivor
A British student on a bus which crashed in Spain, killing 13 women, has described trying to crawl out of the vehicle after waking up and seeing people lying on the floor.
Tallulah Lyons, a second year student at the University of Southampton, was one of a reported 34 people injured when the bus, carrying 57 passengers, crashed on a highway on Sunday while returning from the country's largest fireworks festival.
Two Irish students were also injured while on their way back from the renowned Fallas fireworks festival in Valencia when the coach hit the barriers of the AP7 highway near Freginals, halfway between Valencia and Barcelona.
Seven of those killed in the crash were from Italy, Catalonian Interior department director Jordi Jane told reporters.
The rest of the victims, all aged between 19 and 25 years old, were made up of two Germans, one Austrian, one French woman, a Romanian and a woman from Uzbekistan, the official said.
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Ms Lyons, who is in Spain for a semester of her English degree, told the BBC: "I just remember waking up and people were on the floor.
"I was trying to crawl out with friends - and that's when we realised some people were trapped. It took about two hours to get everyone out."
Ms Lyons is reported to have suffered broken bones in the accident.
A University of Southampton spokeswoman said: "We are very pleased to hear that Tallulah is safe and recovering. We have made contact with her to extend our full range of support services."
The British Foreign Office said: "Consular staff have been deployed to visit a British national who was injured following the coach crash in Tarragona, and we remain in contact with the local authorities over the situation."
One of the injured Irish people is understood to be a student at University College Cork.
In a statement on its Facebook page the university said the student is believed to have suffered an arm injury, adding: "The University wishes to express its condolences to the families, friends and wider university communities of the students who died in this tragic accident."
Television images from state broadcaster TVE showed the bus also crashed into an oncoming car on the opposite side of the road.
The bus driver was held at a police station in the city of Tortosa, according to Mr Jane.
Spanish interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said the driver passed alcohol and drug tests.
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Predictably Irrational : The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions Paperback
by Dan Ariely
Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day?
The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions. Why can a 50p aspirin do what a 5p aspirin can't?
If an item is "free" it must be a bargain, right? Why is everything relative, even when it shouldn't be?
How do our expectations influence our actual opinions and decisions? In this astounding book, behavioural economist Dan Ariely cuts to the heart of our strange behaviour, demonstrating how irrationality often supplants rational thought and that the reason for this is embedded in the very structure of our minds. Predicatably Irrational brilliantly blends everyday experiences with a series of illuminating and often surprising experiments, that will change your understanding of human behaviour. And, by recognising these patterns, Ariely shows that we can make better decisions in business, in matters of collective welfare, and in our everyday lives from drinking coffee to losing weight, buying a car to choosing a romantic partner.
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Review by ivirago
I enjoyed this - well worth a read. Some interesting experiments talked about in this book - particularly made me think about the rigour that's involved in trying to make sure your observations are valid - hard work!
Review by stefano
Very accessible description of various experiments in micro-economics. The outcome is invariably that decisions are heavily influenced by factors that are either un-acknowledged (influence of non-monetary set-up in cheating) or not accurately accounted for (e.g. physical arousal). This is not a comment on the book itself, but these ideas have by now been so widely disseminated in popular science publications that I don't feel I have learned very much from the book that I hadn't already read about elsewhere. Maybe one thing: that much of the thinking that led to this book was triggered by a very traumatic experience, 70% third degree burns from a magnesium flare left Ariely hospitalized for many months at age 18.
Review by raycun
Essentially an attack on the idea that people make rational economic decisions, and when they don't the market smoothes it all out, through the medium of simple experiments that show some forms of irrationality that we're all prone to. Nicely self-deprecating.
Review by adendate
Ariely's quintessential argument is that "chicago boys" classical economics fails to consider the irrationality of individual consumers, that said irrationality is actually quite predictable, and that this predictablity has far sweeping economic implications.Without wanting to repeat past reviews, my single biggest qualm with the book was the final point of Ariely's assertion - the implications of these small irrationalities to the broader economic environment. For example, consider his point that things labelled "free" attract a disproportionate reaction from the buyer (that is, a reduction in price from $4 to $0 produces greater behavioural change than a reduction from $20 to $16, even though the marginal benefit is identical). This is a fair point for the individual consumer, but "so what" for the market as a whole? Were the subprime mortgages packaged with other investments overlooked because they were percieved as "free" by buyers? Do people often fall in to deep debt because of "interest free" luxury purchases, reducing the savings rate of individuals and leading to investment bubbles? I can't answer these questions, and Ariely didn't even attempt to. As such, his point - while meaningful for individual consumers and potentially for marketers, fails to abstract to the greater economic realm.If the scope of the book is to inspire consumers to reflect upon their behaviour, the book is a superb success. However, for anyone with an academic interest in macroeconomics, the book fails to make its message relevant.
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