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Much has been written on the butch/femme dynamic and whether it is incompatible with Women's Liberation. Indeed, much has been written about "the Butch Identity" and "the Femme Identity," including by Lesbians like Dirt and Bev Jo who are extremely gender (transgender) critical. Bev Jo suggests that the "Butch Identity" is the "true woman identity" because it does not cater to the Male Gaze, thus concluding that Butches are somehow more oppressed than Femmes (who, presumably, are Femme because they want to cater to the Male Gaze).
There is a lack of recognition, it seems, among these transgender-critical activists that Butch and Femme are also gender. And although you might arrive at a different conclusion about the relative harms or benefits of Butch and Femme as "beauty" or "cultural" practices by Women than the conclusion you would reach about a grown man deciding he's a lady and trying to enter women-only space (I know I would), it seems somewhat dishonest to not acknowledge that Butch and Femme are both part of the Big Ball of Crap We Call Gender.There are at least two aspects to this debate one can explore. First, the actually personal. You are a Lesbian. You self-identity as Butch (or Femme). You find "the Other" to be sexually attractive and you seek to partner with them.
That's awesome.
Have a great time.
I am happy for you.
I am not interested in parsing your desire in this post. That is, this aspect of the debate is not the subject of this post. You might want to do that, but your personal attractions are yours. Enjoy!
Secondly, and more importantly for this post, the Butch/Femme dynamic is a topic worth critical examination outside of your personal desires.
That is, radical feminists have the obligation to examine what these concepts of Butch and Femme mean and represent in our culture (just like we examine harmful beauty practices like wearing makeup, shaving, high heels, uncomfortable clothes, etc.).
Like, we need to critique images like this:
As Feminists, we need to ask questions constantly, here are some discussion topics:
How the world perceives and treats you, and what that says about our society and who it values.
How the Butch and Femme identities are two sides of the same Gender coin that limit the full potential of who a Woman can be.
How Butch and Femme are the same gender that we critique when we critique Transgender.
It's not any different.
If you think it's different, how? On what basis? Because you know what "the natural state of Woman" is?
Can you take me for a ride?
The ever-quotable Ariel Levy says something in Female Chauvinist Pigs that I like to quote, a lot, because it fits in with a lot of what we talk about when we talk about (Trans)Gender:
Americans gave up the idea-or tried to, or pretended to-that there are certain characteristics and qualities that are essentially black and essentially white a long time ago. At the very least we can say that it would be considered wildly offensive and thoroughly idiotic to articulate ideas like that now. Yet somehow we don't think twice about wanting to be 'like a man' or unlike a 'girly-girl.' As if those ideas even mean anything. Like which man? Iggy Pop? Nathan Lane? Jesse Jackson? Jesse Helms? It is a staggeringly unsophisticated way to think about being a human being, but smart people do it all the time.
Butch and Femme are not "special" or immune from criticism because Lesbians do it. Indeed, one might argue that Butch/Femme paved the way for Transgender, with numerous formerly self-identified butches (Pat Califia, Leslie Feinberg) having moved on to the Trans identity.
And the "oppression" that "Butches" experience is not more worthy, more important or more oppressed than the oppression "Femmes" experience – it's all rooted in misogyny, but instead of focusing on the Problem (i.e., Patriarchy, i.e., Men), some Women in some Lesbian communities decide to make the Femme the enemy of the Butch.
What garbage. What a zero-sum game.
This is identity politics.
Hey, Butches, did it ever occur to you that when you are discriminated against, it's because you are "visibly lesbian" based on cultural stereotypes of what a "Woman" (i.e., heterosexual Woman) is supposed to look like? So it's not actually Butch Oppression from which you suffer – it's misogyny. Did it ever occur to you that gender non-conforming straight Women have similar issues? (Here's a hint – they do).
And Butches, Femmes get massive harassment that we often don't (I don't identify as Butch, but I get "read as Butch" enough that I think I can include myself here, although I am sure some True Butch Gender believers will say "oh she's not really Butch." What the fuck ever.) Let's look at street harassment, for example. I have "Femme" friends who get ass-grabbed, breast-grabbed, asked if they are "working." This is rooted in, again, misogyny. It's different than the kind of street harassment I get (I get called "dyke.")
Is that their "Femme Privilege" for "catering to the Male gaze"?
Is that "their fault"?
Does it matter how we get street harassed? Is one more important than the other?
Do you realize that you sound like Trans activists?
Until we see each other as Women, all impacted as Women by the Big Ball of Crap We Call Gender (remember, gender? a tool, an intentional strategy to ensure Women know their role as breeder and whore?), you are engaging in meaningless exercises of who is Teh Most Oppressedests.
Butch as identity politics! Just like Transgender activists.
Just stop.
There is no "natural state" of Womanhood in Western culture. We are all fucked in the head by our culture. Every last one of us.
If we can understand that, and then turn our gaze to "the reason" for why we are all fucked in the head (HELLO GENDER. HELLO PATRIARCHY), maybe that it a place to start.
Oh, and try some compassion. Meet Women where they are at, not where you think they should be.

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At the very least you should consult with a high risk OB. You have long standing diabetes, and even brand new diabetes puts you at risk for high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia and pre-term birth. The placentas of diabetic women deteriorate much faster than those of non-diabetics, and they will likely recommend that you not go past 39 weeks, because the placenta is calcifying, dying at that point, and may not be able to adequately support the baby. My OB would have let me go to 41 weeks with heavy monitoring, but I didn't want that, and in the end, we had to deliver at 37 weeks because I was entering pre-eclampsia (I'm type 2 and lost my first pregnancy to diabetic complications).
Typically, when you hit the third trimester, you will head to the hospital twice a week for non-stress tests (NSTs). Your insulin resistance meds will increase in dosage and may be dropped in favor of insulin, because those pesky placentas increase your insulin resistance drastically as they grow. You will always be chasing your blood sugars. It's a giant pain in the ***. I had to get an insulin pump.
No one is going to let you birth at home. Midwives don't usually accept diabetic patients. I wanted a home birth. I really did. My SIL has had 2. But I'm glad I didn't get one. My son was born sick, nobody knows why, but after 12 days in the NICU he came home the picture of health and is still healthy as a horse, all because he got immediate high level care. Seriously, my kid is a Mexican jumping bean! Right now, he's watching his favorite movie because I just needed a break!
I am cautious. I lost my first son to something called diabetic embryopathy. If your a1C is below 10, it won't happen to you. It's incredibly rare. I didn't know I was diabetic. So it isn't going to happen to you or anyone else. I never got the happy birth I wanted, and I grieved over that for months. But at the end of the day, my son's needs were met by the birth I had. I still dream of that perfect birth, that low risk pregnancy, but looking over at my little guy, dancing to his movie, I'm glad i sucked it up and did it the high risk way.
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The New York Times has called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to remove New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez from his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations committee.
Under the editorial headline "Mr. Menendez's Ethics Problem," the newspaper said Menendez "was never a distinguished choice for chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the position he ascended to this month by virtue of seniority."
"Concerns about that quality gap have sharply escalated amid new disclosures about Mr. Menendez's use of his position to advance the financial interests of a friend and big donor," the Times wrote. "Instead of trying to protect Mr. Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, needs to remove his gavel, at least pending credible resolution by the Senate Ethics Committee of the swirling accusations of misconduct."


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The Australian version of The X Factor has been commissioned for a second season, according to reports.
The reality television series, which is judged by Kyle Sandilands, Guy Sebastian, Ronan Keating and Natalie Imbruglia, is believed to have become a hit with viewers during its first two weeks on air.
Although Channel Seven has not confirmed the move, a spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph: "Nothing is confirmed but feel free to speculate."
The show has been surrounded by controversy following Sandilands and Keating's recent marriage splits, and former host Matthew Newton's alleged beating of girlfriend Rachael Taylor.


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THE father of a 32-year-old Perth man who was allegedly assaulted while drunkenly hugging nightclub patrons and later died says the person who pushed his son was "a normal human being who overreacted".
Zak Alan Harvey was intoxicated outside the Capitol nightclub at about 5am on Sunday when he began hugging people.
It is alleged he grabbed a 26-year-old man around the shoulder and neck, and was pushed away, causing him to fall to the ground and hit his head.
Mr Harvey was taken to Royal Perth Hospital in a critical condition and later died.
Police revealed yesterday that the man who pushed him had been charged with grievous bodily harm.
Peter Harvey said he heard the tragic news from his other son as he and his wife were in Esperance on their way to a holiday in Victoria.
They were planning to meet the 32-year old – who he described as a very gentle, kind, energetic man – in Darwin while he was on a road trip he had long been looking forward to.
"When I heard it, the first thing I thought was ... violence is not an answer," Mr Harvey told 6PR Radio today.
"I feel so sad for the guy who did it. I'm sure he's just a normal human being who overreacted. "His life will be hell for a long time, I would imagine."
He said his son had no animosity or violence in him and was inclined to give lots of hugs.
It was a cruel twist of fate that he "tried to hug a chap who didn't want him in his face".
Mr Harvey said some of his son's organs had been donated.
"Our son is still out there in a small way," he said.
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There are a lot of things in this world that give us reason to doubt the existence or non-existence of the paranormal. From strange stories of coincidence that seem too odd to explain to haunted dolls — even film footage showing paranormal activity, this subject has been documented thoroughly.
However, I have found three movie curses or coincidence that are not as well known as others, such as the curse surrounding The Omen. So, here are three movie curses or coincidences that I think are worthy of note.
1. The Conqueror (1956)
This movie was released in 1956 and features the legendary actor John Wayne as the infamous Genghis Khan. As you can imagine, this film had its fair share of problems while shooting.
For example, lead actress Susan Hayward was attacked by a black panther and survived. The crew and cast were almost killed by a flash flood, and they were exposed to very high levels of radiation during filming. 91 of the 220 people involved in filming and production of this movie passed away from cancer, which is an astonishing number of people to be afflicted by the same illness.
2. A Confederacy Of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces is a satirical novel by John Kennedy Toole published in 1980. The book was highly lauded by critics and Toole was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer prize, however things got strange when it came to making a movie adaptation.
The unfortunate events are as follows: The lead role of Ignatius J. Reilly was offered to John Belushi, who died soon after accepting the role. Then, the role was offered to John Candy, who accepted but died of a heart attack soon afterwards. Then, the role was offered to Chris Farley, who died of a drug overdose soon after. The role was then given to Harris Milstead, who then also died shortly thereafter.
Where as this might just be a coincidence, I personally wouldn't accept that role, given the fate of the last four actors who agreed to do it! However, Zach Galifianakis would be perfect for the role, but he'd better steer on the side of caution for this one.
3. The Ghost Of Goodnight Lane
The story of Ghost of Goodnight Lane is a strange and creepy one.
There is a haunted movie set in Texas owned by the Media World company and this was the setting for the movie Ghost of Goodnight Lane. Paranormal investigators were sent to the location to verify the stories of hauntings, and the investigators confirmed them with evidence of disembodied voices, etc. The investigators had no trouble saying that the stories were true.
The cast and crew were having visions of a male, one production member was slapped, and numerous cast members heard their name being spoken. There were also set pieces being moved during filming. Perhaps filming a movie about a haunted set, on a haunted set was a bit too tongue in cheek.
Well, that is all for this time folks. Let me know of any more curses or coincidences that you know of in the comments section below. I look forwarding to finding out all the facts about them.
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Discussion in 'Gamers' Pulse' started by TheGreat8, Aug 15, 2009.
game looks sick
The clouds make everything looks bad in comparison.
Just hoping those god rays are actually rendered and not just part of the sky texture.
i cant imagine its that hard to render clouds these days
shit looks
It would not be worth it. To generate a cloud then have enough lighting and particle effects to make it look good wouldn't be hard at all but it would take up all your resources. It's a waste of time when a skybox like this will work perfectly fine.
Shit looks bomb.
To me, id love to see fallout done with this engine if it was fleshed out a bit to handle all the items / dialog / etc that is a requirement for fallout.
Watching the trailer they dropped on friday, it kinda looked like fallout 3 in my mind should have.
Either way, im excited for id and this new engine. Ive been a supporter of their work for ages now and id love to see them get back in the mix with a contender for what epic has to offer engine wise ( everyone is using the unreal engine, not that thats a bad thing, i just like variety yanno? )
Gonna be rad. But like usual, itll take a monster rig to run this shit. Too bad i dont game on PC. But this might make me upgrade at least my video card.
Not so sure. This new engine is being optimized to run at 60fps on lowly consoles it should run on PCs decently unless you're pushing some crazy high res
fallout 3 would look fucking sick in that environment.
So this game is pretty much Fallout 3 without the RPG elements? That's what a trailer video gave me the impression of... looks much better than Bethesda's F3 engine though. I'll probably check this out.
I'm guessing we'll never hear the end of it being compared to fallout 3
Just like it.
Quit crying.
id software generally makes extremely efficient engines. One of the big parts of this game is getting megatexture implemented correctly, since quake wars wasn't the greatest showcase for the technology. It's called virtual texturing now with id tech 5 [doom 4, rage], and it will become a new industry standard.
Oh yes I'm crying
Why the hell do faggots have to compare everything in such a way?
NBA 2k9 has basketball It's just like NBA JAM!
Yeah, you are crying. Why do faggots get their panties in a bunch over the fact I compared one game to another? Why do YO care? I made a simple comment and you attack me over it. Get over it. The RAGE trailer reminded me heavily on Fallout 3, except with a more southern feel, with vehicles, and no RPG elements. How many open world post-apocalyptic games taking place within the US with a first person perspective have come out within the past year?
And all basketball games look the same to me .
Cliffs on rage?
never heard of it
unless its that game which randomly generates wepons giving thousands of possible models
Yeah, I got a mod like that for FO3, adds several hundred weapons... sounds cool at first until you realize 90% of them are redundant and worthless once you get a half decent one, then your back to using 3-4 different ones.
the game you are thinking of is borderlands. beyond that though, im not really sure about much info on rage, looks nice but havent read much about it yet
ill look into this when i can be arsed
Eh, sorry I was just irked last night because I got done arguing with people on another board who kept saying it was a Fallout 3 rip-off, when you said nothing of the sort
It's okay It just looked a lot like Fallout to me. I doubt it's a ripoff though, it's not like Bethesda came up with the idea of a post-apocalyptic shooter.
(This is based off information I heard months ago when details were first trickling out)
Its essentially a hybrid deathmatch racer/fps set in an open world. You are given quests that require you to travel to some spot in said world. Enter the death race, as rebels attempt to hinder your questing. Once you have exploded all the buggies and arrived at your destination it throws you into fps mode as you blast through a temple / building / post-apocolyptic wasteland to find the treasure or what-have-you and complete the quest!
Now doesn't this game sound about ready to rock your fuckng socks off? I know MY dick's hard.
the environments look incredibly realistic, but no matter how good the engine is, if you character modelling sucks, the people won't look good.
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Mr. Wayne Stephens 74 of LaFayette, Alabama died Saturday January 3, 2015 at the Bethany House Hospice.
Funeral services will be held at the Sandy Ridge United Methodist Church Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 2 PM with burial in the church cemetery, with Rev. Steve Dunton officiating.
Visitation will be held at the Sandy Ridge United Methodist Church Monday January 5, 2015 from 5PM until 7PM.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Sandy Ridge United Methodist Church 6096 CoRd 105 LaFayette, Al. 36862.
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A/N OMG ty so much on the positive reviews on "Stefani VS Katherine" :P keep the reviews coming :) Im gonna need at least like 10 more reviews to continue this story...
Jacob and Leah had finally found her shoe and just as they were ready to leave for a day out, they had gotten caught up in looking through the old photos that they had once lived through.
Leah had reminisced through these photos so many times, she knew every story behind everyone of them perfectly.
She would tear up and laugh and grimace at all of them until she came across one that would complete her. Leah blinked back the happy tears as she laid her eyes on the beautiful photo.
The photo was in vivid color.
It showed a fifteen year old Leah and a newly turned fifteen year old Jacob Black. They were dressed up, Leah in a short pink dress and Jacob in a fake-me-out tux.
They had their arms wrapped around each other, in a slow dance.
Leah hung tight to Jacob's neck and Jacob's shy hands were around Leah's waist. Her head was in the crook of his neck and Jacob's expression was shocked yet at ease. He looked happy.
Leah couldnt help but notice in the backround of the photo was nothing but trees and a light campire going strong. The two were right in the middle of the fire and it looked as if they were glowing. Jacob was holding Leah tight as if she were to drift away.
The two looked as if they were in love.
"Having fun?" Leah asked Jacob as he slumped on the wooden stump.
He snorted a laugh of sarcasm. "Sure, sure."
"Ha...same here." Leah sat beside him on the stump, not caring about the pretty pink dress she was wearing.
Boredom struck the two the minute they arrived at this campfire. Why would they wear such nice clothes to a campire? Well, this campfire was considered to be special since this was the first "family reunion" since Seth was born.
Everbody else seemed to be having a good time except for Leah and Jacob.
They would much rather be swimming in La Push or cliff diving.
Anywhere but here.
Jacob secretely wished he could be alone with Leah because lately hes been feeling this strange tingling in the pit of his stomach. He wanted to just be alone with her...tell her things he's never told any other girl. Leah has been his "girlfriend" since their tyke days and lately, he's obvously felt something more than a little crush on Leah.
Jacob got a tad excited and he stiffened up a little. His eyes widened and he sat up and put his arm around Leah's shoulder. She slouched back and rested her head on his shoulder.
The rest of their tribe seemed to be having a good time but for some reason Leah and Jacob couldnt adjust.
Then by the blazing fire, Jacob's father, Billy began to lightly strum his old guitar.
Jacob enjoyed the sound of his dad's music.
He thought of this as the perfect oppurtinity. The soft music, the twilight time, the roaring fire, the woods...
"Hey, Lee. You wanna dance?" He aksed her with every bit of courage he had.
Leah seemed shock and Jacob knew for certain she would shoot him down. But to his surprise, she had already stood up and was reaching for his hand. He took it and Leah led him to a darker spot in the dimlit forest.
Jacob placed his hands on her hips and she began to sway, offbeat. She hooked her arms around his shoulder and smiled at him.
Jacob blushed and his hands roamed lower down her hips. She didnt object.
"Is it okay...if I hold you like this?" He asked, nervously.
She nodded and looked away to the ground, obviously nervous as well. "No, it's fine." she continued.
The leaves crunched under her heels and a owl hooted in the distance. Leah jumped and held him tighter. Tighter than shes ever held anybody in her life. Jacob's hands went slightly lower and this moment was too perfect to get away from. Two youngings in almost-love holding each other tightly at a bon-fire neither wanted to go to.
They swayed in silence for a few more moments until Jacob's heart stopped beating just as Leah said something he yearned to hear her say.
"Im in love with you." she whispered and tore her eyes away from his. She placed her head in his neck and lightly purred.
Jacob smiled and sighed. "I love you," he gasped out.
Jacob nor Leah though that it was too early but Jacob's whole world would come crashing down when Leah met him...She met Sam.
Jacob remember that day vividly. It was the best day of his life.
Jacob & Leah, 2004 -Bonfire
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LORD Hutton yesterday ordered "an urgent investigation" into the leaking of his findings on the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly to The Sun newspaper.
A spokesman for the Hutton Inquiry said the probe would include the six parties to the inquiry who were given copies of his report 24 hours before publication, its printers and the inquiry team itself.
The solicitor to the inquiry, Martin Smith, has been ordered to establish what happened to each copy of the report and who had access to it before publication.
The judge will decide his next steps once that investigation has been completed.
The Sun's political editor Trevor Kavanagh published extracts of the report's main conclusions on Wednesday, morning hours before Lord Hutton began reading a public summary of his findings.
The inquiry spokesman said, "Following the disclosure by The Sun newspaper of some of the conclusions of Lord Hutton's report before its publication, Lord Hutton has put in train an urgent investigation into the handling of those copies of the report released to the parties to the inquiry in advance of publication.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and Conservative Party leader Michael Howard both called for an inquiry into the leak.
The six parties to the inquiry who were given advance copies of the report were the BBC, its reporters Andrew Gilligan and Susan Watts, the (House of Commons) Speaker's Counsel, the Government and the Kellyfamily.
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HIPAA is big, but privacy is bigger. Health care providers and others in the health care industry must take a broad view of any privacy issue and remember that HIPAA is only part of any privacy law analysis. Individual states have privacy laws that are often more stringent than HIPAA and that must be considered along with HIPAA.
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At the temple with a ward member...
too bad the photo turned out so dark
hola family!
merry post christmas! it was fun talkin' to you all. glad that everyone had a good time at the mag pad and grandma and grandpa's place was a huge hit!
The family acting out the Nativity on Christmas Eve.
monday was our huge mission christmas party. it was a lot of work for a lot of people. it was at our stake center and the whole mission was there.
sis gill and quizon from the mtc district!
on christmas eve a family from the ward took us to a thai restaurant for lunch. i really like thai food. then we hung out with them for the rest of the day. someone that sis. valencia knows made us these cute missionary stocking with our "picture" on it! they were so cute and they filled them with goodies! so nice of them.
opening up our stockings from the valencias!
christmas day we got up and worked out at our little gym, opened presents (thank you thank you thank you for all the gifts! it was so fun to open them that morning!),
So many presents! Thank you everybody!
we had a couple really good lessons with some less-active ladies in the ward. one of them we took a ward member and that was really good because she basically saved the lesson because she could relate with the less-active who is having trials because of the choices of her young adult children. the other one was with a lady who actually texted us and asked us to come over and she fed us lunch and everything. she does want to come back to church but she doesn't have the support of her nonmember husband. but it was a really good visit. the spirit was definitely there.
wanna hear another cool story? so we have weekly visits with another less-active family on friday nights and we show up and they have this 18 year old kid there that we met at the ward christmas party. he's kind of a foster kid and they were letting him stay there for a couple of days. we didn't know he was going to be there but we had already planned to do a lesson on the restoration. so we give them the first lesson and we thought it was a total flop because there was tons of distractions during the whole thing but talking to family in the ward that he normally lives with they said he liked it and it made sense and he was excited to do his reading that we gave him! cool!
our ward got split on sunday. brought back memories with the monrovia and duarte ward changes. a chunk of our area got put in the reedville ward that also meets in the same building. sis newman and i are bummed because we lose a potential investigator who actually has a lot of potential. she is a 16 year old high school kid who i don't know how well she will connect with elders. ugh. oh well, it's the spirit that will convert her not the missionaries. the elders we share the ward with are super bummed because they have lost pretty much all there investigators but the reedville elders are totally pumped.
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Travel to Accra – Bustling Capital of Ghana
Founded before the 16th century when the city of Ayawaso was established 15 km inland, Ghana's capital stretches along the Atlantic Coast and north into the interior. A smaller town was built on the coast for the trade of slaves, gold, oil and ammunitions. Forts were built by the Dutch, Danish and British (Fort James). The British gained control in 1874 and made Accra their capital. The city has subsequently expanded considerably, surviving two serious earthquakes in 1862 and 1939.
Originally built around the port, its architecture ranges from large and elegant 19th Century colonial buildings to skyscrapers and apartment blocks made of concrete, glass and steel in the 1970s.
The centre of Accra contains the main banks, the large department stores, the Cocoa Marketing board headquarters and a whole area known as The Ministries, where the government administration is concentrated. Most people still live in the poor shanty towns which have grown up around the edges of the city and near the port.
Among the highlights of Accra are the National Museum, with its splendid display of exhibits that reflect the heritage of Ghana from prehistoric times, the National Theatre with its distinctive modern architecture, the centre for National Culture, Independence Square, the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, the fishing port at James Town and Makola Market.
The City is home to fine public buildings reflecting its transition from 19th century suburb of Victoriaborg to the modern metropolis it is today. Spreading along the Atlantic coast, the city is well endowed with luxury as well as great value hotels, excellent restaurants and nightclubs. A range of absorbing museums and fine public monuments, modern business and commercial areas, as well as busy markets and tree-lined residential suburbs, is already to be explored.
The beaches of the Atlantic coast are popular with visitors and Ghanaians alike. Labadi and Kokrobite Beach, just 25 km west of Accra, are particularly popular at weekends, expect to pay an entrance fee to use the beach. At busy times you will find beach entertainers busking for a small fee, together with beach sellers selling trinkets and souvenirs.
Further along the coast is the quieter Ada Beach and the estuary of the great River Volta. The fine sands of the estuary and the Atlantic coast provide popular resort areas. Watersports and river trips make this a great place to relax, while the waters off the coast teem with game fish.
The most touristy area of Accra is Osu. It's located quite close to the Art Centre and Liberation Square. The main street (Cantoments Road) and those around the area have plenty of good hotels and restaurants of all kinds. Fast food like burgers and pizza is widely available. International foods like Chinese, Indian, Lebanese, French are also available.
- The dusty roads that lead into Central Accra are lined with open-fronted shacks and stands selling everything from cooked food, trousers and haircuts, electrical goods, or cast iron gates.
- Accra has a great choice of luxury as well as great value hotels, excellent restaurants and nightclubs, a range of absorbing museums and fine public monuments.
- If you're into the club scene, there are loads of places to choose from. Depending on the style of music, atmosphere and crowd you prefer.


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Office supplies retailer Staples Inc. today announced the launch of its first two "omnichannel stores" that aim to bridge the divide between its various retail channels.
The stores feature several large kiosks. Some of the kiosks let consumers buy from the retailer's site optimized for tablet computers, while others enable shoppers to get specific information, such as where to find ink and toner. While most Staples locations feature a web-connected kiosk, the omnichannel stores feature several scattered throughout the store, says a spokesman for Staples, No. 2 in the 2013 Top 500 Guide.
The retailer is also arming employees with tablets that enable them to give shoppers additional product information and check store inventory levels, the spokesman says.
The omnichannel stores, located in Norwood, MA, and Dover, DE, are roughly 12,000 square feet, about half the size of the retailer's largest stores. Staples' typical stores range from 18,000 to 24,000 square feet and carry between 7,000 to 8,000 SKUs, the spokesman says. The omnichannel stores have 6,000 to 7,000 of the retailer's best-performing SKUs, such as office chairs, excluding large items that sell better online, like desks, he says.
Staples is reacting to a significant shift to buying office supplies online. In 2012, Staples sold $10.3 billion online, making it No. 2 in the Internet Retailer 2013 Top 500 Guide. Those web sales represented 42.2% of Staples total 2012 sales of $24.4 billion. Its main competitors also are top online retailers, as Office Depot Inc. ranks No. 7 in the Top 500 and OfficeMax Inc. No. 11.
Staples new omnichannel stores also have a designated area with storage lockers for shoppers to pick up orders placed online.
"We listened to our customers and provided the products, services and features they need to succeed," said Demos Parneros, president, North America stores and online. "Our stores make efficient use of space while offering more products and services than ever through our mobile and online features."
Staples plans to eventually convert 45 of its 24,000-square-foot stores into omnichannel stores via a combination of renegotiating its leases and relocating to smaller locations, the spokesman says. Staples has 1,536 stores in the United States.


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A lot of developments lately! The in-app menu's got completely redesigned, both outside and inside. Additional graphics modes: translucent, wireframe, solo give a whole new level of experience and usability. A really great contribution comes from Dale Mertes (dale AT uchicago.edu), University of Chicago scientific visualization expert. Vladimir Cerovic (nvidiatech AT gmail.com) He drastically reduced complexity of all the subdetectors and made UV unwraps of these really complicated shapes. Hope to see performance shoot up and make for an enjoyable experience even on less than high-end graphics cards. The new realease is less than a two weeks away...
The application loads the event data from the Google Application Engine web server. This gives us possibility to know where the user comes from. This is it.
After two weeks delay, the ATLASrift application was approved and published in Oculus Share:
This is a prerelase version which works with pre-0.6 oculus runtime. Version compiled for runtime 0.7 and packed for Windows 10 is almost ready. The 0.7 is a huge improvement, application is smoother and debugging screens for measuring latences etc are really helpful...
The first Pre-Release was just submitted for a review to OculusShare!
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A lot of interest today at DPF 2015 poster session. I could never get tired of listening: "Amazing!", "Oh!", "Oh god!", "Wow...". But explaining even just the basics for 6 hours, made me loose my voice and my legs to start complaining. Here just a few photos:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153020632940205.1073741853.5... and one video: https://youtu.be/VbSZhLr25E4
We will be presenting ATLASrift at the poster session of DPF2015 https://indico.cern.ch/event/361123/. People will be able to test application during the session.
The first video tutorial - very incomplete is here!


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UPDATE Issued at 1015 PM CST Thu Nov 16 2017 Rain is occurring across parts of central and western ND currently...and will be drifting east-northeastward as the night progresses. ND DOT road temp observations show some upper 20s and low 30s across the region. Thinking is that all you need is a little rain to really make things slick. The northward extent of the warm nose is a little in question, but with the new GFS coming in with +5 in southern Grand Forks County...confidence is higher that there will be a lot of melting despite some zippering of the sounding as it cools to the wet bulb temp and then possibly changes to snow before ending. Precip should end in the northeast by sunrise or so. Another band will affect the far southern border near SD to Wadena around sunrise to noon...but freezing rain less likely. Will have to be monitored, however. UPDATE Issued at 713 PM CST Thu Nov 16 2017 Updated forecast to increase precipitation probabilities based on latest hi-res models. Echoes are expected to get stronger over the next few hours as frontogenesis area shifts east. If that is the case, icy roads may become a problem. Will be monitoring it this evening. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday) Issued at 323 PM CST Thu Nov 16 2017 Precip chances and type will be the main forecast challenge for the period. Water vapor loop shows southwesterly flow aloft over the Northern Plains, with a weak shortwave moving through ND into MN ahead of the main upper trough. Some radar returns have been blossoming over the far eastern counties in response to this weak shortwave, but nothing so far has been reaching the ground. Will keep some low POPs in the far east but think by the time the layer saturates the shortwave will be mostly east of us. Think the better chances for precipitation will be later tonight as a decent shortwave moves into Manitoba and pushes the surface trough into the Dakotas. There will also be a decent warm layer aloft moving into the CWA, so there will be the potential for some mixed precip overnight. The models have been putting out very light QPF, although some of the high resolution models put out a band of 0.10 plus amounts over northwestern MN. This would fit with some frontogenesis going on, although how much moisture will be in the good dendritic growth layer may be in question. Will continue to keep some light mixed precip of mostly SN/IP although some FZDZ or FZRA isn`t out of the question if we lose ice aloft. Clouds will keep sfc temps from falling off too much, but reading will remain well below freezing. Tomorrow, the surface trough axis moves off to the east, and there will be a shift of winds to the northwest. This will bring some cold air advection, but the worst cold air holds off until after Friday and there will be some offset by the westerly fetch. Clouds will keep highs fairly close to the lows so continued with upper 20s northwest to near 40 in the south. Precip from the first shortwave will be still pushing through the southeastern counties tomorrow morning, with another round starting to develop over southwestern ND by afternoon with the next shortwave arriving. Most activity will be to our south and west but will keep some low POPs going in Ransom/Sargent counties. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday) Issued at 323 PM CST Thu Nov 16 2017 As an upper trough axis with weak mid level energy moves through Friday night, some spotty light precipitation in the form of wintry mix or flurries will remain possible along the SD border Friday night and again Saturday for the Lake of the Woods area. Otherwise there is no significant precipitation in the forecast through Monday. Northwest winds will advect significantly colder air in for Friday night through Saturday night. This will result in lows in the single digit to teens Friday night and even colder Saturday night, with highs only reaching the teens to 20s Saturday. For Sunday and Monday, expect a warming trend. Ridging aloft will build in and bring a drier and warmer air mass to the Northern Plains. Remaining snowpack will limit warming in the north, but temperatures are generally expected to remain near to slightly above normal values. By Monday, highs look to range from the upper 20s in the north to the middle 40s in the south. Model confidence is pretty good through Monday, but weakens by Monday night as an upper low moves through the Canadian prairies. This system will bring the next round of small chances for precipitation to the area, but more importantly, close proximity to the upper low will yield a significant cool down from Monday to Tuesday. Thus, precipitation in the Tuesday to Wednesday timeframe would mainly be expected to fall as snow. Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday travel timeframe, the general outlook slightly favors above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation. While there is low confidence in the deterministic models 6 to 10 days out, there is no strong signal for significant weather impacts in the forecast area during that period. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night) Issued at 1145 PM CST Thu Nov 16 2017 Freezing rain and sleet appear likley at DVL over the next few hours...but the likelihood drops by the time it move east to GFK. Did include a tempo of one hour at GFK...but tough call. TVF likelihood is lower...so did not include FZRA there as latest HRRR runs have had precip to the north or just skirting TVF. Cigs should be VFR in all areas except BJI tomorrow. Also, There may be some vis reduced due to snow at DVL or GFK at the back end of tonight`s precip. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 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Sarah Jane Smith returns to Earth and carries on with her journalist career. Now, in 1981, she has managed to rebuild her career and has come, a matter of days before Christmas, to her Aunt Lavinia's (a famous scientist) house in the sleepy English village of Moreton Harwood to write a book and to rest after her world-travelling assignments. However, her journalist's nose sniffs out another mystery when she arrives to find Aunt Lavinia gone, and nobody knows where she is, but the local rumour is that she was the victim of a local witch coven.
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Why currency wars fail
"Devaluation rarely helps the economy rarely, but it can help investors' Matt Lynn
"This year, currency fracas could morph into global currency war". David Petitcolin
How do we get out of a debt problem and stagnation that only worsened with stimulus?. The concerns about an all-out global currency war, triggered by Japan's latest move, was discussed by the G-20 and in Davos as central banks become increasingly politicized and intervened.
Japan's prime minister Mr. Abe, said that with the dollar above ¥85, "companies that haven't been paying taxes until now can pay taxes" because a weaker yen lifts profit. Really? Or is it a case of exporting at no profit because planning was made at an unsustainable yen exchange?.
As a friend of mine at the Bank of Japan once said "it's true it's not showing much effect, but we don't know what else to do". This, while the Asian central bank posted a whopping ¥233 Billion loss as its soaring balance sheet hit a record ¥156 Trillion ($1.7 trillion).
First, low rates, disproportionate spending in high-risk assets with poor results, impoverishment and useless stimulus plans. Consequence is more debt and low productivity economies. The solution, according to our governments? Repeat it. "Stimulate to combat unemployment."
An unquestionable 'success'. In the US five trillion dollars of stimulus to reduce unemployment by an imperceptible amount, with an average bill of 'only' $2.5 million of additional debt for every job created … even if we accepted the ridiculous premise that all jobs gained were a result of stimulus and monetary policy (an implausible starting point, because most of the job creation is coming from the oil sector). In the UK, after stimulus, Olympics devaluation and zero rates, the country faces a triple-dip recession … and stagnant unemployment. The solution? Repeat it!.
To "repeat" such a "successful" formula, governments have to steal from the pocket of savers: taxes, depreciation and manipulation of the cost of money. And, of course, unemployment doesn't fall… certainly not because of government intervention. Textbook financial repression version 2013.
Repatriation of gold and "competitive" devaluations
Central banks devaluing currencies to "improve competitiveness and lower unemployment". Are we sure? Last week we discussed Germany's gold repatriation decision and now we read about similar decisions in other countries like India, Azerbaijan … even Switzerland debates the possibility of repatriating their precious metal reserves. The Standard Bank physical gold index reached historical highs. Physical gold, not financial derivatives. An attempt to ring-fence value amidst financial uncertainty.
Repatriation of gold reserves is no accident, it's not technical. It is part of the mistrust in a global monetary system that is out of control. Even a senior Chinese official said on Friday that the US should cut back on printing money if the world is to have confidence in the dollar.
Consequence 1: risk soars
One effect of this currency war is the pursuit by investors of yield at any cost to compensate for the fear of the loss of value of money. That is, less interest accepted for higher risk.
According to Bloomberg, the demand for junk bonds and debt of troubled countries has soared to levels of 2009 . Companies on the verge of bankruptcy issue bonds with demand exceeding supply by ten times
I think it's great to take advantage of these euphoria and high demand periods … to avoid repeating past mistakes. But not if one takes the opportunity to borrow even more.
The overall bond bubble is magnified including so-called high-yield. Do you remember Michael Milken and Drexel? Repeat!.
Consequence 2: unemployment doesn't fall, but inflation rises
It still amazes me to read that some people think that monetizing debt creates jobs.
Unemployment is reduced when economic activity recovers, when we see real private investment.When we establish a monetary bubble, the effect is counterproductive, because money is invested in short-term financial assets.
The risk-return of productive real economy investment is simply unaffordable compared to that of liquid financial products.
Central banks will penalize investors for being conservative. But these, in turn, do not put money to work for fifteen years, and less so in real assets, until they see a secure environment and growth opportunities. So money goes to the place that central banks are going to support until their final defeat: financial risk assets.
In the meantime, economic activity is contracting . That is why the velocity of money collapses. There is little trust in a system that represses and creates fake money. Inflation increases, even if it is disguised in official figures.
My readers will remember the "competitive devaluations" of Spain in the 90s, and their futility. Devaluation did not solve the structural problems of high deficits, soaring unemployment and debt … until the free money from EU funds appeared. After devaluations of over 20%, unemployment in Spain remained at over 21%, and deficits above 6% per annum. Prices soared.
"Beggar-thy-neighbour policies would not be healthy", as the Fed's Charles Plosser said. The main risk of massive devaluation is impoverishment and stagnation, added to the fall of productive investment.
After thirty-two years of "economic experiment" in Japan, the country has achieved a 'very social' 300% debt to GDP and structural unemployment unchanged from 2004 levels.
This is why the Bank of Japan's decision to raise its inflation target of 2% and buy 147 billion of assets per month is seen as very negative for European exports. It does not solve Japan's problems and runs the risk of impoverishing others.
Surprisingly, the common view is that Europe should participate in this crazy war. We frequently hear that the Euro crisis is all Germany's fault, who refuses to turn on the money printing machine. We hear things like "it's criminal that Spain has 26% unemployment just because Germany doesn't want more inflation"… As if we learnt nothing from the 90s' competitive devaluations. It doesn't work. Repeat.
Yet monetary expansion in the EU and the ECB's balance sheet is being carried out very quickly as we have seen in the chart above … we just do not see the euro devalued. Why?
Europe-Spain, Germany and Italy in particular- have improved their exports due to a policy of "internal devaluation"-reduce costs-wages- and selling at dollarized prices. This means that a large part of the recent years' export success, up to 80% according to Goldman, comes from selling in dollars or equivalent.
Germany knows that the vast majority of transactions in euros are made between EU countries. Therefore, to try to artificially devalue the common currency has the risk of being like a shot in their own foot. Inflation in the Euro-zone could spiral alarmingly. It has happened many times in the past. In the European Union offices in Westminster House they are well aware of this. I have often talked about it with MEPs but, unfortunately, there are a few who consider forcing inflation a "lesser evil" and that "it would not hurt to try."
In Europe, banks have returned 137 billion of LTRO loans, but if we go into a devaluation spiral, the risk of lending to low productivity-high risk government sponsored plans increases. I fear that the European Central Bank will fall into the trap of aggressive monetary policies when the current appetite for debt is reduced.
Consequence 4: High risk and volatility
Currency Wars had a very remote strategic sense when they were not global and concerted, only when there was:
The central banks' balance sheet is like the cockroach motel. What goes in does not come out. Central banks have stopped sterilizing and now must continue to implement unconventional measures to sustain the perennial sovereign credit bubble driven by unsustainable spending.
How to profit from currency wars?
Energy commodities, physical gold, and inflation-linked asset-backed securities.
A structural problem of debt and spending, lack of growth and de-industrialization is not solved with cheaper debt and devaluation. The solution is innovating and growing the high-productivity areas. That does not happen when we print money and manipulate interest rates. It encourages borrowing, mal-investment and maintains declining zombie sectors.
"Currency devaluation is merely a transfer of wealth from all of a nation's citizens to politically favoured industries, usually export industries. It is no different from giving a subsidy to any domestic producer. The subsidy is paid by all the citizens of the subsidizing country, not by the foreigners who buy the subsidized good. They get a bargain.
Furthermore, devaluation does not make a nation more competitive. It does nothing to spur increased domestic saving or external capital investment, which lead to the increased application of capital per capita, the only sources of increased worker productivity and the only sources of increased real wages. Devaluation does not reveal the onerous, wealth-destroying effect of economic regulation, not does it reveal the true costs of the welfare state, which relies on high taxes to fund present consumption at the expense of future prosperity. What the state spends cannot be saved and invested, no matter how cheap the currency." Patrick Barron (more here)
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Very impressed by your post. It is cogent and clear-minded. And I agree with just about everything you wrote.
The world's debt/gdp is 1/12 to 2 times what it was in 1929-33. This suggests a massive amount of debt destruction still to come, since we really have not started to destroy debt on any large scale. Japan and Britain are still accumulating debt (above 500% debt to GDP and climbing) — America has reduced debt a bit, but not much (I'm not sure this includes the Fed liabilities)…Russia's debt is 80%/GDP and falling. Do you think the ruble would be a good place to invest because of this? Ore will Russia have to join the devaluation plays? MJC
Thanks Michael. I believe "commodity"-lnked currencies like the RUB and the NOK will outperform this year. Agree. These countries do not need to devalue constantly because of their oil and gas economy.
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