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Academy Awards To Change Nomination Process For Best Original Song Oscar
Five songs will be nominated for Academy Awards in the Original Song category after the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved additional rules for the 85th Academy Awards.
Changes in the Original Song category were the most significant of the board¹s rule changes.
The academy spells it out: During the nominations process, all voting members of the music branch will receive a reminder list of works submitted in the category and a DVD copy of the song clips. Members will be asked to watch the clips and then vote for not more than five achievements in the category. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.
The academy has tossed out a math-heavy system of the last two years that resulted in the category looking barren as only two songs were nominated last year and four the year before.
A maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film. If more than two songs from a film are in contention, the two songs with the most votes will be the nominees.
Spotify's Boyfriend Hits a Brand New Low
Just a lazy, late-August summer day ahead a three-day weekend. And the worst day yet for Facebook on Wall Street. As of this writing, shares of FB are grovelling above $18, based on continued investor skepticism over Facebook's flimsy model.
This is now a huge problem for Spotify, which is now effectively married to a company with serious monetization, valuation, and long-term survival questions. Indeed, it seems that Facebook is dragging down everyone, but Spotify has almost irreversibly structured its application around Facebook logins and sharing functionality.
Perhaps the more insidious tie-ins are financially oriented. Spotify gives lip service to subscriber gains and profitability, but all of that is speculative at best. The real bonanzas here have little to do with actual profitability, and everything to do with frothy IPOs and ridiculous acquisition multiples. This is classic Silicon Valley-meets-Wall Street gamesmanship, which is exactly the reason why investors like Goldman Sachs are at the table in the first place.
The question is whether a Facebook-hitched tech company will ever float again. Souring analyst sentiment, corrosive insider trading, executive departures, and a looming leadership crisis spell serious trouble, which means Spotify's grandiose IPO and liquidation plans are also in serious trouble.
Facebook is plunging for a reason, though respectable companies sometimes have crappy stocks. The deeper question is whether Facebook is even around when we all grow up. I'm not sure anyone really knows the answer to that question. [DigitalMusicNews]
The Extremely Chaotic State of Music Pricing Today
No wonder music fans are confused! Here's a sampling of some of the most popular ways to pay (or not pay) for music today… [DigitalMusicNews]
Pensado's Place #81 – Producer, Engineer, and Author: Ken Caillat
In the 81st episode of Pensado's Place, Dave and Herb are joined by GRAMMY Award-winning producer, engineer, and author, Ken Caillat. Ken co-produced and co-engineered Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album, Rumours which won the GRAMMY for Album of the Year. His work and experience on Rumours served as the basis for his book "Makring Rumours". Also the father of singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat, Ken produced her albums Coco, Breakthrough, and All of You.
This Week's Album Sales
Bolstered by strong sales from the Christian market, tobyMac should win the fight for #1 next week, the first Christian/gospel artist to do so in recent memory. Here's how it looks headed into the Labor Day weekend, with no releases selling in six figures:
*tobyMac (Forefront) 60-65k
*Slaughterhouse (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 50-55k
Trey Songz (Atlantic) 40-45k
*Alanis Morissette (Collective Sounds) 35-40k
Now 43 (Capitol/EMI) 30-35k
2 Chainz (Def Jam/IDJ) 27-30k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 21-24k
fun. (Fueled By Ramen) 19-22k
Maroon 5 (A&M/Octone) 19-22k
Rick Ross (Def Jam/IDJ) 18-21k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 17-20k
One Direction (Syco/Columbia) 17-20k
Zac Brown Band (Atlantic) 14-17k
Lumineers (Dualtone) 13-15k
DJ Khaled (Cash Money/Republic) 13-15k
Of Monsters & Men (Republic) 13-15k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 13-15k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 13-15k
*Debuts (8/30p) [HitsDailyDouble]
10 Mistakes Artists Always Make
Shouts to Rap Rehab for coming up with this dope list. I'll skip right to the countdown, cause I know that's all you care about. Read on below:
Mixtapes: I noticed a lot of artists will spend money on studio time, features and beats to record a mixtape but spend no money or very little money on getting the product (Mixtape) out to the people. Marketing and promoting a product is just as important as the product itself. I personally think it's better to just push one song and spend money on marketing and promoting it, instead of doing a whole mixtape.
Videos: A lot of artists get a video made and just post it on Facebook and Twitter. It takes more than those two social networks for your video to get some decent views. You need presence on media and blog sites too. Also, I notice some artists have no description about the video or any type of contact info. How do you expect people to get in touch with you if they run across your video on Youtube.
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Performance: A lot of artists perform at the same venues over and over which is filled with the majority of other artists. It's only so far your buzz can grow from performing in the same areas, at the same venues. You should branch out to other cities and perform, meet and network with new faces every month.
Promoting On Social Media: I noticed a lot of artists sit on Facebook and Twitter and promote their music and shows to the majority of other artists. It's true that you can turn another artists into a fan, but your main focus should be to get regular people (people who don't make music) to become a fans.
Radio: I see this way too often. Artists trying to get their song on the radio and don't even have the song registered with BDS or Mediabase. Getting your music played on radio and not having your music probably registered is pointless. You have no way of proving to a label that you are getting radio spins.
Graphics: I see a lot of artists put out low quality mixtape cover designs or flyers for their show performance. Your mixtape cover or flyer could be the deciding factor in whether or not someone takes the time to listen to or download your mixtape or show up at one of your shows.
Misuse of Social Media: This is a real BIG mistake that artists make. A lot of artists sit on Facebook and Twitter all day spamming people with your music links. Mentioning or posting links on random people's Facebook wall who don't know you is the quickest way to get you blocked or ignored. It's best for artists to hold a short conversation with a person and ask them to check out your mixtape, video, or song. Try it. I promise you that you will get more people to listen to your music and give you feedback.
Contacting DJ's: A lot of artists expect a DJ to play their music in the club, on the radio during their mixshow, or add it to one of their mixtapes when in fact, your music is not industry quality or your song is not club or radio material. That will mess up a DJ's name if he plays your song and bore the crowd or audience. Make sure your song is professionally mixed and mastered.
Copyright and Publishing: Way too many indie/upcoming artists are uploading their music to the internet and sending it to A&R's, DJ's, or label reps, but don't have their music copyrighted and published. That should be the first thing you do when you finish recording a song. People can steal your music if the proper paperwork has not been filed. And trust me when I say it has been done plenty of times.
Campaigning: A lot of artists don't do a music campaign before and after releasing a mixtape, video, or song. Announcing it via Twitter and Facebook isn't enough. It's only so many people you can actually reach out to doing only those two things. Contact media/blog sites and see how you can get your music submitted for posting consideration. Contact radio stations, whether internet, commercial, or college radio, and set up interviews before and after you release a song or mixtape. Find out what events and showcases are going on in your state and contact the event planner to see if you can book a performance slot and make sure you bring cds and merchandise to sell or pass out. Also, contact your local newspapers for press coverage.
Kreayshawn Goes Punk with Kid Cudi, Clicks with 2 Chainz on Debut
Somethin 'Bout Kreay, which she describes as a "musical ride through time."
Due September 18, the project features the singles "Gucci Gucci," "Go Hard (La.La.La)," and the 2 Chainz-assisted "Breakfast (Syrup)," with contributions from Chippy Nonstop, V-Nasty, Sissy Nobby, Jean Baptiste, Diplo, and Kid Cudi, who appears on "Like It or Love It."
The WZRD frontman plays guitar riffs on the punk-influenced record. "It came together really organically, just how punk music does come together in a whatever, f**k it type of mood, and it ended up becoming something really cool," said Kreay, whose mother was in an underground punk band.
After her murderous collaboration with 2 Chainz on his 2011 mixtape T.R.U. REALigion, she reconnected with Deuce on "Breakfast (Syrup)." "We just have a lot of good chemistry as far as us being really open and funny and carefree and stuff like that, and I think that's why we make a good little pair. We're so opposite that opposites attract."
One rapper she wasn't able to get on the album was Waka Flocka Flame. "I really wanted a Waka Flocka feature on my album, but I just missed it," said the 22-year-old, who will launch her "Group Hug" tour in November. "I definitely feel like my next collaboration has to be with Waka Flocka or I'm not collaborating ever again." [Rap-Up]
Breakfast Club Interviews Keyshia Cole
With her Boobie by her side, Keysh appeared on Power 105 this morning to discuss marriage, her brief hiatus from music, forthcoming LP Woman To Woman, BET reality show Family First and more.
Top 10 Tracks of the Week
TOP 10 TRACKS OF THE WEEK: The leaderboard is once again topped by Taylor Swift, whose latest retains its momentum, and then some, while Maroon 5's "One More Night," the second single from Overexposed, goes #7-4-2, adding another 25k. The lone newcomer is Neon Trees' "Everybody Talks," which jumps five slots to #10.
1. Taylor Swift, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – 307k
2. Maroon 5, "One More Night" – 195k
3. Flo Rida, "Whistle" – 180k
4. Fun., "Some Nights" – 169k
5. Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, "Good Time" – 144k
6. Justin Bieber f/Big Sean, "As Long As You Love Me" – 131k
7. Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe" – 122k
8. Phillip Phillips, "Home" – 109k
9. Cher Lloyd, "Want U Back" – 107k
10. Neon Trees, "Everybody Talks" – 99k
In a shocker, Mumford & Sons' "I Will Wait" plummeted from #10 to #27 in its third week on 51k in sales, 50% of last week's total. [HitsDailyDouble]
Kendrick Lamar Pushes Back Album Release
Kendrick Lamar fans will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on his album. The Compton rapper's highly-anticipated debut has been pushed back a few weeks.
Interscope Records has officially announced Monday, October 22, as the new release date for good kid, m.A.A.d city. It was previously slated for October 2.
Crowned the "new King of the West Coast" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, the 25-year-old captured the attention of Dre with his 2010 mixtape O(verly) D(edicated) and earned wide praise with his indie-issued album Section.80. Earlier this year, he performed alongside his mentor Dre at Coachella.
So far, the album has spawned the Dre-assisted single "The Recipe" and the T-Minus-produced "Swimming Pools (Drank)." He has also recorded a collaboration with Lady Gaga called "Partynauseous," which is expected to make the cut.
Prior to the album's release, Kendrick will headline the "BET Music Matters" tour with special guests Stalley, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock. See an itinerary below.
Kendrick Lamar Tour Dates
Sept. 7 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
Sept. 8 – Richmond, VA – The National
Sept. 11 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
Sept. 12 – Baltimore, MD- Rams Head
Sept. 13 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA
Sept. 14 – Washington, DC – Howard Theater
Sept. 15 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Sept. 16 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur Theater
Sept. 19 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
Sept. 20 – Detroit, MO – Royal Oak
Sept. 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Epic
Sept. 22 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Sept. 23 – Chicago, IL – The Congress
Sept. 25 – Tallahassee, FL – The Moon
Sept. 26 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
Sept. 27 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore
Sept. 28 – Orlando, FL – Plaza Live
Sept. 29 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Sept. 30 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
Oct. 1 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theater
Oct. 6 – Fresno, CA – Big Fresno Fair
Oct. 7 – Pozo, CA – Pozo Saloon
Oct. 8 – Denver, CO – The Ogden Theater
Oct. 9 – Blacksburg, VA – Burruss Auditorium – Virginia Polytech University
Oct. 10 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
Oct. 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theater
Oct. 13 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
Oct. 14 – Seattle, WA – The Neptune
Oct. 16 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
Oct. 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
Oct. 18 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater
Oct. 19 – Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Cafe
Oct. 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
Oct. 26 – Morgantown, WV – WVU Collisuem – West Virginia University
MusicSpray Offers Lifetime Distribution for $99
With the fallout of Jeff Price and Peter Wells leaving TuneCore, the business practices behind digital distribution companies have certainly taken center stage in recent weeks, with many musicians now taking a closer look at whom they entrust their catalogs with. While a plethora of options still exist from familiar names like CD Baby, ReverbNation or Ditto Music – each with similar, yet uniquely different pricing structures – one South Korean startup is hoping to shake up the game byoffering a distribution model not yet seen before.
Music Spray is a South Korean digital distribution startup that offers unlimitedlifetime digital distribution to iTunes, Amazon and more for a one-time fee of $99. Musicians can release as much content as they want, for as long as they want, forever with no yearly membership fees. Music Spray is powered by Pison Contents, the exclusive online distributor for iTunes in Korea and releases their music to other leading music distribution sites like Melon and Bugs Music, the two largest and most famous music sites in Korea.A unique model indeed, but there already exist a few complications for wider audiences outside the Korean market. Most obviously, only the Korean language is available, but the company has said that many other languages including English and Chinese will be supported later this year. When the multi-language version becomes available, musicians around the globe will be able to release content onto the global market.
Another big question mark looms in the company's future. While still new and reportedly seeing considerable traction, it's still too early and tough to gauge whether or not Music Spray will be around as long as the terms of their distribution model (forever), even after they've expanded to become multi-lingual. Some would also argue that perhaps the concept of $99 lifetime digital distribution is too good to be true and not very sustainable, as bookkeeping alone and other practices being a major yearly cost for distributors.
Either way, Music Spray is an interesting entry that can offer a unique solution for musicians while claiming an uncovered territory in the digital distribution space. We'll be sure to keep an eye on them as they grow and expand overseas. [Allindstrom]
Universal Music Group Reports Quarterly Revenue Gain
Universal Music Group today reported 88 million euros ($110.4 million) in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization on revenues of 961 million euros ($1.2 billion) in its quarterly earnings report. That's up slightly from the 86 million euros in EBITDA posted in the second quarter of the prior year, when revenues were 982 million euros.
For the first half of the year, UMG reported 156 million euros in EBIDA on revenues of 1.9 billion Euros. That represented an 18.2% increase from the 132 million in EBITDA reported in the first half of 2011, when revenues were $1.86 billion.
In its earnings press release, the company said that its revenues were boosted by releases from "Justin Bieber, Madonna, Nicki Minaj and Les Enfoirés bolstered by the breakthrough success of new artists such as Lana Del Rey and Gotye."
The company also said it had enjoyed increased music publishing revenues and improved recorded music sales in North America and noted that an 8.9% increase in digital sales and higher license income almost offset the falling demand for physical product and lower merchandising revenues.
The company also said that UMG sales in the second half of 2012 will be boosted by new album releases from the Killers, No Doubt, Robbie Williams, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Florent Pagny, Girls Generation, Diana Krall, Eros Ramazzotti and Alejandro Sanz.
Meanwhile, Vivendi, UMG's parent company, reported adjusted net income of 706 million Euros ($885.9 million) on revenues of 6.97 billion euros ($8.7 billion), for the quarter ended June 30. That represented a 20.1% decline from the adjusted net income of 884 million euros posted in the second quarter of the prior year, when revenues were nearly 7.1 billion euros.
The only insight the conglomorate gave about its still pending acquisition of EMI Music was to note that approval had been received from Japan, New Zealand, and Canada.
Frank Ocean To Perform On SNL Season Debut
Frank Ocean will be there to start the new season of SNL on September 15th, along with guest host Seth MacFarlane. Frank's had somewhat of an up and down summer, releasing an acclaimed album but being forced to cancel a number of his shows which put in in the dog house with fans. Either way, Frank is in high demand these days so putting him on SNL is only natural. Let's hope he tears it down and starts the season off with a bang.
Via Hypetrak.
Pandora Releases Financial Results
The NY Times recently reported it and now Pandora is confirming it. The good news is that total revenue is up over at Pandora, a 51% year over year increase, in fact. The bad news is that profits are nonexistent. Pandora announced a $5.4 million second quarter loss probably attributed to the higher royalties they've had to pay as listening has gone up. They're not alone however, as Spotify is having similar issues. Keep your head up, Pandora. Here's to hoping things get better.
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Hip-Hop Manager Chris Lighty Dies
The hip-hop community is mourning the loss of one of its pioneers. Manager Chris Lighty has died after reportedly committing suicide.
Hip-hop journalist Touré tweeted that Lighty shot himself. "Chris Lighty, smart and successful record exec, and an undeniably great guy, is dead. Self inflicted gunshot wound. Tragic," he wrote.
As founder and owner of Violator Management, Lighty was instrumental in the careers of superstars including 50 Cent, Diddy, and Mariah Carey.
Some of his friends took to Twitter to express their sympathy. "R.I.P CHRIS LIGHTY THE MAN THAT SAVED MY LIFE!!!" tweeted Fat Joe. "I Would Be Nothing Without YOU!!! My Kids Appreciate YOU God Bless Chris Lighty."
Nick Cannon also expressed his sadness. "I'm devastated right now. I can't believe my big brother Chris Lighty is gone… He was a pioneer, a mentor, and a great friend RIP." [RapUp]
September Album Release Estimates
SEPTEMBER SONGS, 9/18: We've been focusing on next month's double-dip Super Tuesday in this space, and we're not about to stop now—not with the promise of an escape from the seemingly endless summer doldrums. Here and immediately below are the latest first-week sales estimates for the latest releases from acts who have meant something commercially in the past. And if some of these numbers strike you as optimistic, bear in mind that this is an inexact science.
Nelly Furtado (Geffen) 25k
G.O.O.D. Music Compilation (Def Jam/IDJ) 200k
Carly Rae Jepsen (Schoolboy/Interscope) 100k
Michael Jackson, Bad – 25th Anniversary Edition (Legacy) 150k
The Killers (Island/ID J) 125k
P!nk (RCA) 200k
Wiz Khalifa (Atlantic) 250k
Additionally, Ne-Yo (Def Jam/IDJ) moves to November. (8/28a)
SEPTEMBER SONGS, 9/25: There may be fewer releases on the second Super Tuesday of the month, but they're likely to collectively outsell the batch above, led by neo-folk-rock avatars Mumford & Sons.
Green Day (Reprise) 150k
Lupe Fiasco (Atlantic) 150k
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 400k
No Doubt (Interscope) 175k
Cher Lloyd (Syco/Epic) Barbra Streisand (Columbia) and Diana Krall (Verve) all move to October. (8/28a)
Maschine MK2 Controller, Custom color kits, and Maschine stand
Native Instruments released information about the refreshed/updated Maschine MK2 controllers with the color pads, similar to Traktor F1, as well as new customization kit options and a new Maschine stand.
Beatmaking with iMaschine and Ableton Live – Making Music With Apps
'Making Music with Apps' series Danny J Lewis shows you how you can put together professional sounding tracks on the move. In this tutorial he starts off with the beatmaking using Native Instrument's iMaschine.
This approach is all about making the most of the unique qualities of each app and recording the results into Ableton as audio clips. The advantage is that you are committing the sound that you have made to audio so there is no temptation to endlessly fiddle with the synth parameters or the intricacies of the midi patterns and you can get on with the task of arranging the parts to make that banging tune that your 8 bar loop had promised! http://www.pointblankonline.net/
UMPG extends worldwide publishing agreement with Darius Rucker
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has extended its worldwide publishing agreement with multi-platinum selling artist/songwriter Darius Rucker.
The agreement encompasses his forthcoming album as well as previous works, Learn to Live, and Charleston, SC 1966.
Kent Earls, executive vice president/general manager, UMPG Nashville said: "We're thrilled to extend our already successful relationship with Darius Rucker.
"Darius has raised the bar with his upcoming album and we look forward to many more years of hit songs, including the newest single, True Believers."
Rucker commented: "UMPG has been a partner from the beginning – since Learn To Live – and they are as passionate about my music as I am.
"For me, that's what's it's all about. I can hardly wait to share this new music with the fans."
Rucker's platinum-selling debut album, Learn to Live (Capitol Records Nashville) went to No.5 on the Billboard 200 Top Albums chart and became No.1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums.
It produced three hit singles (Don't Think I Don't Think About It, It Won't Be Like This For Long, and Alright) that reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. All of the songs were co-written by Rucker.
In 2009, he won top honors from the Country Music Association (CMA) including New Artist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Awards.
Rucker, managed by McGhee Entertainment, has sold over 25 million albums – both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. [MusicWeek]
Liberty Media Raises Stake In SiriusXM Again To 48.8 Percent
John Malone's Liberty Media continues to slowly raise its stake in Sirius XM Radio.
The satellite radio firm, led by CEO Mel Karmazin, reported in a regulatory filing late Tuesday that Liberty has bought additional stock to take its ownership from 48.1 percent to 48.8 percent.
It paid around $2.53 each for about 40 million shares in the roughly $100 million purchase.
The latest acquisition of Sirius shares by Liberty comes just weeks after the company's most recent increase in its stake. Liberty management has said it plans to take control of Sirius, but has kept its options open for when and how.
Earlier this month, Liberty filed a second application with the FCC asking the agency for approval to take full control of Sirius by buying enough stock to take its stake to more than 50 percent.
Liberty management has signaled it could replace Sirius CEO Karmazin, whose contract expires at the end of the year, pay dividends, buy back stock and spin off its Sirius stake to Liberty investors once it takes control.
Digital Music Sales Expected To Grow 15%
Ovum also states they expect to "see high digital music growth in most regions across the globe, with exceptions being North America and Europe, where mobile music (ringback tones) is expected to actually decline by 5-7% (although this excludes unlicensed, non-music, and mobile subscriptions)."
"The decline in the growth rate of mobile music from previous forecasts is mainly due to the underperformance of ringback tones, the dominance of free ad-supported music, and data costs that are making over-the-air (OTA) mobile music less appealing to consumers," said Ovum's consumer telecoms analyst Mark Little.
Ovum concludes that the main driver of digital music in the forecast period will be subscriptions, due to it being "a format that can be easily bundled by service providers, as well as offered directly, resulting in increased penetration of subscriptions around the world".
Ovum says the main driver of digital music will be subscriptions, due to it being "a format that can be easily bundled by service providers, as well as offered directly, resulting in increased penetration of subscriptions around the world."
This comes as no suprise, as in western countries smartphones are utilized with subscription-based music services. However, Ovum states that telecommunications companies are helping to drive subscription growth with more mobile music bundles – pointing to significant growth in South & Central America, which have each seen over a 50% compound annual growth rate. [Allindstrom]
Sound Off with Peter Rosenberg from Hot97
"This ends when someone is no longer on the box, and I say that knowing it could be me."
The NY Radio Wars have been heated all summer, and we felt it was necessary to hear from both sides of the FM dial. We sat down with Hot 97′s own Peter Rosenberg to discuss him landing the gig at WQHT, what happened at Summer Jam and the feud with Power 105.1. For more, log on to Allindstrom.com today. [Allindstrom]


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Police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Piya Utayoh said all police stations have been told to warn all service venues such as hotels, restaurants and karaokes not to support or get involved with the betting on Euro 2012.
Those found allowing gambling at their venues would be charged with violating the gambling Act and their business permits be revoked.
The Euro 2012 football matches are scheduled to run from June 8 until July 1 in Poland and Ukraine.
The spokesman added police would also ask administrators of educational places to monitor their students so they would not become involved in gambling on the Euro matches.

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First red carpet slip up (imho). Almost all the pieces are great, we've seen them before (the bow tie looked great with a black button down at his Roxy show, the casual sweater looked great with a t-shirt on the Glee Project.), but together… Not so great. There's just no excuse for those ill-fitting jeans and this is at least the second time he's worn them. He's been doing red carpets for six months, this was bound to happen sooner or latter. I'm harsh out of love.
I love the scarf and the fingerless gloves. And the Sassy Gay Darren pose. And it's that scarf I have! I love that scarf.
SERIOUSLY, where does the man find these shoes?! I was just about to post this when I noticed it was in the submission box! Great minds think alike I suppose. :) I love his shoes. I love that he pairs these silly vintage shoes with classy suits and then poses like a freak at events. He's classy, but silly, and it's wonderful.
OMG. The cut of that lapel (am I a total RANDO for noticing details like this?) No you are not because it is gorgeous. /drools over the bowtie


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2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Match Highlights Online
>> Saturday, April 21, 2012
Match highlights, featured interviews and daily highlights for the 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters are available for viewing online here. Currently available videos are: Quarterfinal action between Nadal vs Wawrinka, Murray vs Berdych and an all-French clash between Tsonga and Simon. | Video: Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters - QF Hot Shot (Djokovic) Novak Djokovic showed why he's the best in the world with this incredible point against Robin Haase. |
Other video match-ups available: Tsonga vs Simon Highlights (Monte-Carlo QF) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon met in an all-French clash for a place in the Monte-Carlo semi-finals. | Simon Interview (Monte-Carlo QF) The No. 9 seed came up against countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals. | Legends Borg and Lendl Reunite Former champions and tennis legends Bjorn Borg and Ivan Lendl reunited at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. |
Nadal vs Wawrinka Highlights (Monte-Carlo QF): Rafael Nadal looked to maintain his perfect record against Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter-finals. | Nadal Interview (Monte-Carlo QF) The reigning champion was seeking his 40th consecutive win in Monte-Carlo and a place in the semi-finals. Nadal Interview (Monte-Carlo QF/ESP) The reigning champion was seeking his 40th consecutive win in Monte-Carlo and a place in the semi-finals. |
Djokovic vs Haase Highlights (Monte-Carlo QF): Top seed Novak Djokovic came up against first-time quarter-finalist Robin Haase in Monte-Carlo. | Djokovic Interview (Monte-Carlo QF): The World No. 1 continued his quest for a first title at the Monte-Carlo Country Club against Robin Haase. | Murray vs Berdych Highlights (Monte-Carlo QF): Third seed Andy Murray and sixth seed Tomas Berdych met in the first of the Monte-Carlo quarter-finals. | Murray Interview (Monte-Carlo QF) The British No. 1 attends his press conference after facing Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals. | Berdych Interview (Monte-Carlo QF): The Czech was looking to reach the semi-finals in Monte-Carlo for the first time since 2007.
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters - Thursday Hot Shot by Nadal: Rafael Nadal produced another moment of magic, this time a sublime lob against Mikhail Kukushkin. | Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters - Thursday Round-up: The top four seeds were back in action in what was an emotional day for Djokovic and a dramatic one for Murray. | Nadal vs Kukushkin Highlights (Monte-Carlo 3R): Rafael Nadal continued the defence of his crown with a third round clash with Mikhail Kukushkin in Monte-Carlo. | Nadal Interview (Monte-Carlo 3R) The seven-time champion assesses his performance against Mikhail Kukushkin. |
Djokovic vs Dolgopolov Highlights (Monte-Carlo 3R): Following the death of his grandfather, an emotional Novak Djokovic took to the court against Alexandr Dolgopolov. | Tipsarevic vs Simon Highlights (Monte-Carlo 3R): Seventh seed Janko Tipsarevic faced French No. 3 Gilles Simon in the third round. Fans can also watch 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters match highlights online through the ATP website link here.


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Hotel Restaurant Le Paris is one of the smaller accommodations in La Baule. If you are looking for a budget stay, a 2-star room can be found here. Amongst the popular sights accessible on foot from here are 269 Gallery and Seawater Spa Centre.
A restaurant is just one of the general areas on offer at Hotel Restaurant Le Paris. Pets can be brought by guests. Take your pick from 16 rooms found here.
Hotel Restaurant Le Paris rooms have wireless high-speed Internet access (complimentary). If you are a person that spends a lot of time in the bathroom, you will be pleased with a complimentary toiletries set that is present.
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Every new year inspires a slew of good intentions. Here are some easy ones: Resolve to spice up your life! Yes, when the Spice Girls come to the Bell Centre as part of their reunion tour on Jan. 31, but also with the help of the organic spices and dried herbs distributed by Arayuma. All of their products are grown by a Fair Trade farmers' co-op in Sri Lanka, and even the boxes they come in are woven by the farmers' family members. Find their goods in most health food stores or at www.arayuma.com.
Resolve to keep on giving. We all feel a little spent from the holidays, but that doesn't mean the homeless are any more sheltered nor the wartorn any more at peace. Remember how privileged you are and help in any way you can, such as by donating your time or, best of all, your money to the tireless organizations that strive to change the world, like the Maison du Père, Brewery Mission, Santropol Roulant, Unicef, Red Cross, Amnesty International or Oxfam.
Resolve to free your creativity: starting on Jan. 23, UQÀM starts its new semester of Les Cours du samedi, a panoply of three-hour arts courses for kids, teens and adults until April 12. Prices for a 12-course run range from $160 to $200, and the course subjects include still-life drawing, acrylic painting, working with paper and collage, digital photography and watercolour. Learn more and register now at www.lescoursdusamedi.uqam.ca.
Resolve to eat more spaghetti! Though he does warn against food fads that suggest all you've got to do is add one thing to your diet to achieve overall good health, Dr. Joe Schwarcz's freshly published tome An Apple a Day (HarperCollins) contains some fascinating information about different food properties. Like how tomatoes – especially when cooked – are filled with a compound called lycopene that has been proven to protect from prostate cancer, among other benefits. So boys, take to the sauce!
Resolve to appreciate good things in small packages, like a smaller house, a smaller car, smaller meals and the latest in Drawn & Quarterly's Petits Livres series, three gorgeous little comics by, respectively, nouveau surrealist C. Von Szombathy, dreamy illustrator Julie Morstad and wordlessly witty comic stripper Guy Delisle. Swing by the D+Q store (211 Bernard W.) and see – you'll want them all.
Resolve to be entertained, which will be a piece of cake for the next while thanks to the folks at Centaur (453 St-François-Xavier). Starting today and till Jan. 19, it's their annual Wildside Festival, featuring five cutting-edge performances by Montreal and Canadian independent theatre companies: …And Stockings for the Ladies, by Attila Clemann and Zach Fraser; The Cyclops, by Paul Van Dyck; Jake's Gift, by Julia Mackey and Dirk Van Stralen; Teaching As You Like It, by TJ Dawe; and The Girl With No Hands, by Talya Rubin and Hour's own Jodi Essery. Surf to www.centaurtheatre.com for info.
Resolve to hump on hump day! In one of the most credible studies correlating overall health with sexual frequency, Ireland's Queen's University tracked the mortality of 1,000 middle-aged men over the course of a decade and found, as published in 1997 in the British Medical Journal, that those who reported the highest frequency of orgasm enjoyed a death rate half that of the others. Frequent sex is also said to improve your sense of smell, overall physical fitness, reduce risk of heart disease, diminish depression, not to mention generate incredible fun! Read Vixen for other sexy resolutions.


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Referral fees in an employment context are considered wages
May 11th, 2009, 3:50 pm
In a landmark employment law case recently decided, Attorney Jeffrey Mazer, of the Mazer Law Group, LLC, an attorney who our firm works with very closely on all employment law related matters was victorious in a decision, where A Superior Court judge has ruled that if an employee brings in work to a company, and that company in the normal course of business pays some sort of referral or commission based fee, then that fee is considered a part of an employee's overall compensation. As such, even if an employee were to be fired, quit, or is otherwise not with the company any lead from that former employee that results in a sale, settlement, or any other financial benefit must be paid to the former employee. Should the employee not receive their fair share of the fee or sale, the employee would be entitled to 3 times the normal compensation pursuant to the Massachusetts Wage an Hour Act.
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Black Atlantic x Love Fever present Moodymann w/ Wbeeza, Citizen + AA @Oval Space LDN
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MOODYMANN W BEEZA CITIZEN A&A Advance tickets - http://bit.ly/moodymannticketweb After our Sunday afternoon session with Wolf + Lamb at the beginning of the month, we collaborate with Love Fever once again for another big room disco featuring the Motor City enigma we love to love – Moodymann. Kenny Dixon Jnr should need no introduction – he has a sound all of his own, very different to many of his Detroit peers, releases most of his work on vinyl and is well known for his intimate DJ sets and deeply eccentric behaviour. We have worked with KDJ for the last few years and feel that we may well have found the perfect space for him to do his thing. The much needed addition to London's proper warehouse scene – Oval Space; who have now installed a pretty serious ventilation system, enlarged the outside terrace and improved the already impressive soundsystem. Support comes in the form of elusive South London producer Wbeeza, Love Fever's Citizen and, of course, residents A&A. The Wolf + Lamb party witnessed giant balloons falling from the ceiling to a soundtrack of classic house and some seriously sleazy disco, while we sweated it out together through the haze and red light. You shouldn't really need to know any more. We are waiting on the powers that be to confirm running times, but we are looking at an all night session, with, quite possibly another guest and a BBQ in the afternoon. 10pm - 6am £10 / £15 / £20 http://www.black-atlantic.com/ |
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Ten years since loss of space shuttle Columbia
The only way out of the Columbia darkness, for Clark, has been to move forward. "It doesn't mean I don't miss Laurel or have remorse about what happened," he said. "But you cannot be living in this kind of grief-stricken mode. ... Laurel would kick my ass if that happened to me."
The shuttle commander's widow, Evelyn Husband Thompson, finally feels free to start giving back, now that her youngest, Matthew, is 17. She wanted to focus first on her two children and then on her marriage five years ago to Bill Thompson, a widower she met through church. Bill provided the crucial male role model that Matthew so desperately needed following the accident, she said.
Now, his mother said, "he enjoys his private life."
"It was tough. Overnight, my children were thrust into this international stage," Thompson said. Having the last name "Husband" drew grief-stricken stares for the longest time in Houston, home to Johnson Space Center. "With the mercy of time, people really don't recognize it as much as they once did," she said.
Her new passions, each purposefully low-profile: her neighborhood YMCA where Husband once coached children, a ministry for widows at her church, and a Christian organization that helps fatherless boys.
"These three areas right now just fit me to a T, and I know that they would really please Rick," Thompson said in a phone interview Tuesday.
"We just still miss Rick so much," she said. "The sweet part of it is that we have made it 10 years, that God has been faithful in our lives, and we have been able to find joy in the midst of a lot of sorrow."
Daughter Laura, 22, is working on a master's degree in theology. Matthew is a high school sophomore. The entire family, as well as close friends, will gather at Kennedy for Friday's memorial service, which also will honor the seven astronauts who perished during the Jan. 28, 1986, liftoff of Challenger and the three killed on the launch pad in the Jan. 27, 1967, Apollo 1 fire.
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September 20, 2012 10:00 ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 20, 2012) - Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will attend the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremony hosted by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC). The event will take place at the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto, on Friday, September 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m.
At approximately 7:20 p.m., His Excellency will address our Canadian athletes and acknowledge their great performances at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games:
"As patron of the Canadian Olympic Committee, I had the privilege of cheering on our Canadian athletes as they competed in London. I was amazed by their determination, their courage and their perseverance. They each embody the give-your-everything Canadian spirit, and they have the admiration and gratitude of an entire nation. I look forward to addressing them at the Hall of Fame Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremony, where I will once again personally congratulate them on their successes," said His Excellency.
About the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremony
The Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremony is the COC's most prestigious annual event during which Olympic heroes are honoured and Olympic legends are inducted. The event also serves at the official 'Welcome Home' celebration for the Canadian Olympic Team following the Games. For more information, visit http://olympic.ca/.
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The COC leads the achievement of the Canadian Olympic Team's podium success and advances Olympic values in Canada. Independent and predominantly privately funded, the COC delivers resources that Canada's elite athletes need to perform at their best and to give their everything every day. The backbone of Canada's Olympic movement, the COC works with National Sport Federations to prepare the Team for the Olympic, Youth Olympic and Pan American Games. For more information, visit http://olympic.ca/canadian-olympic-committee.
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May 16, 2011 at 9:00 am
I recently left a great job at the White House, serving President Obama and Vice President Biden and working with an inspiring team of smart, dedicated economists.
Our office played an integral role in implementing the Recovery Act—I was the Vice President's chief economist, I worked with a brilliant staff, and "Sheriff Joe" was the implementer-in-chief. For a Keynesian economist, this was an exciting and challenging assignment, and under the guidance of the VP, that intervention broke the back of the great recession and significantly pulled forward the recovery that's now underway.
I got to weigh in on the most important economic policies of the day, often with the President himself, whose economic vision I still very much believe in and support. I had a really cool office, a decent parking space, and I even met George Clooney once in the White House (not to mention Bo!).
How could you leave a job like that?
It's not, as some accounts suggested, because ideas that I was associated with, like more stimulus, are off the table. I'm not happy about that and, in fact, I believe that if we were to make policy based purely on the economics, more stimulus would be at the top of the list. Excess capacity in the private sector, most importantly in the job market, is still the biggest problem we face, and given the cost of capital right now, the best way to both reduce unemployment and the short-run deficit is to grow faster.
So if it were up to me, I'd step a bit more on the fiscal accelerator. But that's not why I left.
I left because I was frustrated. Not with what was going on inside the White House, but with what is going on outside.
The national debate over economic policy is way off track and the stakes are as high as can be. In every important area of economic and social policy—health care, fiscal policy (deficits, debt, taxes), public investment, retirement security, climate change, education, job growth, income distribution—there's so much misinformation, so many false assertions, that it is impossible for anyone paying attention to evaluate the choices with which they're faced.
Most important, as the 2012 election season gears up, we are poised to have a fundamental debate about the size and role of the federal government. But absent straight talk and plain, understandable facts from both sides of the argument—about the costs and benefits engendered by this choice—it will be impossible for voters to make an informed choice.
Let me be clear about where I stand. I view the conservative agenda right now as trying to implement a large shift in who bears the risk of those events in our personal and economic lives that are inadequately handled by private markets. In my view, to get this wrong means significant disinvestment in public goods from education to infrastructure, diminished health and retirement security, more booms and busts—a move from "we're in this together" to "you're on your own."
But let me also be clear about this: there's a legitimate argument to be had about this choice and I don't assume that if the quality of our economic debate were suddenly vastly improved, my view of what's good economic policy would prevail. A majority of the American electorate might well decide, once they had the facts, that they wanted a quite different sort of government, one that was much smaller, did less, and cost less as well.
But that's not the argument we're having. Conservatives essentially argue we can have it all for less: get government "out-of-the-way" and health care, job growth, investment, upward mobility, would be enhanced, not diminished. These claims are difficult to defend using facts—as opposed to assertion—and part of this blog will be devoted to sorting through them.
Democrats lately seemed to be trapped in a position that amounts to: "sure, we have to cut and shrink—just not as much as the other guys want."
There's got to be a better way—a way to widen this terribly narrow debate.
Why couldn't I do more to help from the inside? One reason is that in order to move the ball forward, you need consensus, and in today's politics, that is particularly elusive. And that makes it especially hard to call out people and their arguments. There's a reason why Jon Stewart can speak truths that highly-placed elected officials cannot. When you're on the inside at a time like this, you're constantly balancing the risk of losing the support of people you need to lead.
So, not meaning to be at all grandiose, I'm going to try to do my part to improve the debate from the outside, to make sense out of the arguments, to go for truth over truthiness, to elevate the facts of the case in a way that's respectful to all sides of the case. It's also my hope that by dint of my recent experience at the White House, I can imbue this blog with a sense of political realism that's sometimes missing in critical commentary.
And while I have only one voice, I'm joining a choir that already makes some very powerful music (Paul Krugman's voice is particularly notable, and his list of other choir members looks a lot like my own).
We are still a great nation with a tremendously flexible economy. Yes, it's an economy that has a long way to go to get where it needs to be—from the middle class on down, conditions are still extremely tough. But I intimately know how deeply screwed-up things were a few short years ago, and I'm frankly surprised by how well we're doing relative to where we were.
Our workforce is highly productive, our capital markets among the most developed and fluid in the world, our technological prowess and entrepreneurial spirit as strong as ever. But if we don't start getting a lot smarter about the choices we face, these great institutions will erode. Of this I am certain.
So enjoy the blog. I was going to say: "let me know what works and what doesn't"—but I have a feeling I don't need to tell you that…
Great post. I look forward to following your blog. Congratulations on your new endeavor.
Congrats Jared on your new address. Your wise counsel on budget and tax issues, and on Social Security and Medicare reform will be much needed in the months ahead. A definite addition to my blog roll.
The America I grew up in was about "we."
Today American's are mostly about "me."
Most Americans would rather shop than pay taxes to replenish what they have taken from the nation's common wealth, or to pay our national bills. Let others like China or Japan pay our bills.
America has an "empathy deficit" that is far greater than our national deficit and there needs to be more discussion of our empathy deficit and our responsibility as citizens to replenish the nation's common wealth in proportion to what we take from it.
Income taxes are the dues we all owe this great nation. Income taxes are required to keep America a great nation – a nation about we, the citizens, not about greedy corporations and individuals only concerned about me.
Thank you for starting this blog.
I have heard that there are people out there (so called Americans) like this that exist but have never truly believed it. Call it wishful thinking. This is one of the most shocking things I've come across in quite sometime. I can only guess that you are either broke, a government worker, living in a basement, or a combination of the three. How sad.
I am impressed by your guess. I particularly like your "so called Americans."
As so often, leaping from a few uttered opinions to personal characteristics, reveals more about the guesser than the "guessee". (But sure, I am broke and I am a government employee.) The funny thing is there are so many people out there who are neither of the three, and still share Andy's feelings.
And about "so called" Americans, did it ever occur to you that your United States of America is only part of the two half continents called the Americas? Thus, Fidel Castro is not a socalled American, he IS an American like you and unlike me.
But what you mean is that somebody who isn't of your opinion is really more like Fidel Castro and not a "true" citizen of the U.S. I was happy enough to having been born after WWII but the husband of my god-mother was hanged for being "un-German" during WWII.
Both assumptions in the ignominious tradition of Martin Dies and Joe McCarthy are preposterous: Neither is only the U.S "America", nor is only right wing ideology "American".
"The national debate over economic policy is way off track and the stakes are as high as can be. In every important area of economic and social policy—health care, fiscal policy (deficits, debt, taxes), public investment, retirement security, climate change, education, job growth, income distribution—there's so much misinformation, so many false assertions, that it is impossible for anyone paying attention to evaluate the choices with which they're faced."
This is a major truth of our time and a major challenge to our democracy. The abundance of information and perspective available to Americans is greater than it has ever been. Yet people who study these things tell us we like to hear opinions we agree.
More worrisome, while we can feel pity for "anyone paying attention", I fear the impacts of those who vote and barely pay attention, if at all. We end up with democracy by media, for media, of the corporations.
Excellent Post. I am looking forward to more insights. Truth telling is a good outside business.
I agree with Michael. He sums it up well. I am often reminded of what a person I respect told me. There is this 1/3 that will always vote one way, and 1/3 that will always vote the other way. Then there is this 1/3 in the middle that will vote on the weather of the day, if it's raining they won't come out, the last sign they saw on the way to the polls, the last issue they had had with the government. Just shallow. I was at a forum last week, one of the presenters said, that Facebook is the equalizer after many years of not having the money to run those expensive media campagins. I hope so. And I don't believe that the American people who still had a roof over their heads, money for a weekend getaway and new vehicle payment money left in the checkbook really realize the condition of the economy Sept.2008 or why. How bad things were the day Pres. Obama was sworn in. These stories need to be told and retold as we head to 2012.
If it's the same Michael Herron that I know, he is a fabulously smart and rigorous social scientist who has done great work on the butterfly ballot and on numerous other aspects of modern American politics.
I think that the fundamental problem is that it IS impossible for voters to make an informed choice about ISSUES.
In the same way that we do not have a poll about which blood vessels need to be clamped during brain surgery, we also should not have a poll about whether more or less government spending is needed during a recession. Yet this is exactly what the media does, despite the fact that most of those polled cannot balance their checkbooks.
Most intellectuals like you and I tend to overestimate the average person's intelligence by about 20 points. This is easily fixed by going to youtube and doing a search for "Jaywalking" and watching some of those.
The point that I am making is easily proved in a logical way by the following example:
Suppose you go downtown to do some shopping before an important doctor appointment at 2pm. After doing some shopping, you look to see how close it is to 2pm, but find you have forgotten your watch (and phone), and stores make a point of never having clocks (true). Two gentlemen are standing near you, and you ask them "What is the time?". Both look at their watches, and one says "1:55pm" and the other says "1:40pm".
So, do you have more time or not? Who is correct? You have no way of knowing.
One of the biggest secrets of life is – People who ask questions have no way of evaluating the truth of the answers they are given.
When people hear the factually false statement: " We don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem " – they have no way of determining that it is false, since they have neither the time nor the training to properly evaluate the statement.
So, as with the two men with watches, they end up choosing whichever personality seems more trustworthy to them.
Politics cannot be about issues, it can only be about who is more convincing.
Note that about 30% of people are birthers and another 30% are truthers, despite contrary evidence being widely available.
In 2010, Krugman's blog and column made the economic truths widely available, but his readers were outvoted by those who believed blogs saying the opposite. With all due respect, one more blog, however true, is not what will make any difference.
Great to have you with a platform to weigh in on the economic issues of the day!
I'm with Larry on this. Welcome, and thanks for starting the blog!
Look forward to regularly reading your posts. While your observation about the inability of most folks to sort through all the available information is true, the fact is that the more folks involved doing honest legwork, doing the explaining, will win out.
I believe the 2012 election will turn out to be one of 'buyer's remorse' where the Tea Party will be shown the door. Why? Because their harsh social and economic views are inconsistent with the majority opinions of how the world should operate.
So post often.
Welcome to the jungle. You should try to average two F-bombs a week. And I'll be disappointed if you don't insult Greg Mankiw before the month is over.
When Max Speaks, you listen. O.K.?
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Dear Mr. Bernstein,
You write:
"The national debate over economic policy is way off track and the stakes are as high as can be. In every important area of economic and social policy—health care, fiscal policy (deficits, debt, taxes), public investment, retirement security, climate change, education, job growth, income distribution—there's so much misinformation, so many false assertions, that it is impossible for anyone paying attention to evaluate the choices with which they're faced."
How can you have an intelligent discussion, if you omit from list the single, dominant item of the discretionary budgett, namely, military spending, which for years has fluctuated in the 50% to 60% range? The budget-cut show Democrats and Republican put on, with all its bipartisan hyperventilation, is about just a tiny fraction of what has already been swept under the rug of the Washington consensus before the media arrive on the scene to do their so-called reporting.
How much brainwashing did it take to cause this national delusion, in which you seem to participate without the slightest hesitation?
Looking forward to future posts!
I am thrilled to have the voice of a sane economist added to the public debate. That aside, Mr. Bernstein goes far too easy on the present occupants of the White House.
Interestingly enough, the White House has tremendous power to shape the debate. But that power is rarely employed.
Jared Bernstein writes that "I believe that if we were to make policy based purely on the economics, more stimulus would be at the top of the list." But when has the White House ever said that? Has President Obama or any member of his economic team (in an official capacity) ever claimed that the 2009 stimulus bill was too small? If so, such comments were rare and not part of a concerted effort to shape public opinion.
Even worse, when President Obama first extended the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and then most recently cut a deal on spending, he praised those deals on their merits. He bragged about the "historic" spending cuts. He didn't say that the GOP forced him to agree to a "job-killing" budget deal.
Yes, there is a lot of economic misinformation out there. And this White House has decided, for rather shallow political reasons, to play along with the nonsense.
The number one economic issue is, and has been for quite a while, the horrendous increase in income and wealth inequality; stagnant incomes for 90% of us, and truly insane increases for the top 1%. I am not sure what the solution is… increase miniumum wage, increased EITC, more progressive taxation…?
But anybody who leads with talking about the deficit, to say nothing about tax cuts, should be hooted off the public the stage.
Looking forward to reading your commentary!
Wonderful posts – linked over from Ezra Klein's blog, and I'm really, REALLY glad I did. I've read all the posts you put up so far (thru "The Correct Diagnosis" posted Tuesday night 5/17) and I must thank you for your clear language. I'm no economist, but try to understand things as best I can, and your way of explaining things helps a lot. Chances are I won't agree with everything you say, but if the entries so far are a good example, I'll not regret reading a single word. Thank you!
Consider yourself added to my RSS, if that means anything!
Unfortunately the administration validates all the false claims and all the false choices by buying into the Republican rhetoric about a fiscal domesday being around the corner. I would like to see someone in the White House (preferably the president) paint a picture of what this country would look like today without deficit spending on things like unemployment, Medicaid and food stamps.
Jared, you've been an important voice in our economic dialogue since I was in college. Glad you're back on the outside. Some topics to explore:
What can be done about housing so the ongoing crisis doesn't wipe out what little savings the Middle Class still has?
What can be done to improve income inequality?
What can be done to create jobs now?
Good luck.
Thanks for a job well done with my tax dollars…and I am so, so glad to have you back on the outside working for the WITSs so the YOYOs don't prevail.
Hi, Jared. Any explanation as to how we just hit the debt ceiling (again) and are 14 trillion in the hole? When you say you worked with a smart and inspiring team of economists in the WH I'm curious to know what the terms "smart" and "inspiring" mean exactly? I do applaud you for not running away from your record though as most would certainly do as fast as humanly possible.
"I view the conservative agenda right now as trying to implement a large shift in who bears the risk of those events in our personal and economic lives that are inadequately handled by private markets."
Great point. Our society right now functions too much like a slot machine. Nine out of ten people who have no or inadequate health insurance won't have a problem–but one out of those ten people will, and likely go bankrupt as a result. Same with payday loans, mortgages, etc. If 1 out of 10 airplanes had serious issues, people would notice pretty quick. If one out of a thousand oil wells leaks millions of gallons into the gulf that is highly visible. But at the moment you have a substantial portion of the population that thinks everying is A-Ok because they haven't had the bad luck to be affected by a problem.
So you left a job in which you COULD make a difference for a mininal role in which you become just another meaningless jabbering voice outside the halls of power?
Then again if this is the kind of decisions you tend to make then Mr. Obama, and the country, are probably better off without you.
Prof. Bernstein, thanks so much for the post. I look forward to reading sane, reasoned dialogue rather than the shouting match that much of the web has become.
Finally, some econmic and politcal sanity in a sea of far right and far left kool aid aimed at voters who would vote race or religion and not pay attention to economic issue that will leave them destitute!
The fundamental problem as I see it is the following: If the Ship of State has a rudder, who is manning it? You refer to the "discussion," the "debate" and the "legitimate argument," but we are drowning in all of the above. But none of that has anything to do with the implementation of policy as far as I can see. To the contrary, the exercise of power and the implementation of policy takes place on another plane that is not accessible to reasonable discussion or to popular input, whether it be the vote or the public forum–which is precisely, I would assume, the reason you left government. The true nexus of power is not in "ideas" as explored in public forums; it is in the simple fact that the arguments of the greed merchants have carried the day. I don't know how it can be put any more plainly than with a simple aphorism: He who has the money makes the rules. Everything else–all the media hoopla, the political subterfuge, the propaganda and disinformation, the endless "debate"– are just window dressing in an attempt to explain to ourselves what is painful for us to admit: we are an oligarchy whose citizens–through sloth, ignorance,inattention and self indulgence–have allowed our country to be systematically taken from us. We are all guilty, individually and collectively.
Could be that the only thing more difficult than figuring out how best to improve our situation — is describing the solutions so clearly that most ordinary folks (like me) will find the explanation agreeable. Please do keep trying (it is really important.)
You said you left because of the poor quality of the political discussion in the country.
Don't you think it's the president's job to design, shape, and drive national political discussions instead of only reacting to political debates designed and led by others and otherwise staying cloistered up in the white house?
If it's not the president's job, then whose is it?
And if you think the president's already trying to drive the national discussion, isn't the base quality of the national discussion proof that the president is failing?
"In every important area of economic and social policy—health care, fiscal policy (deficits, debt, taxes), public investment, retirement security, climate change, education, job growth, income distribution—there's so much misinformation, so many false assertions, that it is impossible for anyone paying attention to evaluate the choices with which they're faced."
Fundamentally, this is due to recent historical advances in measuring our social, economic and technological environment causing people to assume that the 'system' of judgements and evaluation heuristics they encounter are accurate.
Most people assume that other people are doing the hard work of evaluating whether these metrics are accurate, while at the same time almost no one listens to people who point out the flaws in the validity of these metrics, due to the perception that a standard for evaluation can only arise by replacing the previous standard when neither is likely to be inherently more accurate.
This can ironically be seen in a paper that introduced the idea of "countersignalling" (http://zhongwe2.serverpros.com/cs/), in which the authors failed to perceive the importance of the limited information available to participants in a game on their choices to signal or not signal, due to the significant lack of homogeneity of society on a large scale which results from active and conscious efforts by the participants and the implications of being aware or unaware of the decisions of other players resulting from this non-homogeneity.
Within this context, any efforts to "educate people on more accurate standards to evaluate information" on these major issues, is likely to lead as much overall harm as it does good, because the assumption that the newly learned methods are accurate will naturally lead to problems when those specific methods deteriorate in quality or when methods on other issues are assumed to be just as accurate, when in fact they are not.
Similarly, inaccurate standards will lead to an eventual improvement in the evaluation methods due to the system failures which will result, causing discussion and analysis of the specific failures. Educating people on how to critically evaluate information regardless of existing metrics is a somewhat more difficult thing to do, but a system similar to the one described at http://pastebin.com/Q86Zhgs9 should work.
The Keynesian intervention of recent years was nothing but the last shot of morphine in the medic's field kit. The United States is now unable, and Europe unwilling, to face facts and take necessary measures. Control of events is very nearly entirely out of the hands of government and industry authority. The much despised free market is close to breaking the last shackles … check the price and yield of Greek sovereign debt, and that of other, larger troubled European nations.
The only thing left is for central banks to buy unlimited amounts of debt in a futile attempt to prevent the inevitable.
Don't for one second fool yourself, the sovereign debt of the US, at this point, is basically backed by the United States Marine Corps.
The underlying structural collapse of the financial markets continues to vividly develop. And the structural decline of the US economy, which began around 1970 and tipped decidedly negative by 1980, also remains completely ignored. Keynesian interventions were never intended to address these types of structural catastrophes. And deficit stimulus spending cannot fix the collapse of either the financial sector or the manufacturing base. Impossible.
It would be a ray of light to simply see someone lay the cards on the table: US post-War prosperity was the direct result of a nearly complete absence of foreign competition, and the selfless labors of The Greatest Generation. We benefit from neither of those factors today. We either develope a new model for American prosperity, or the lower 1/3rd of America slides off into the Third World. Period.
I'm a libertarian and strongly oppose Keynesian policies and government intervention in all public matters, but I must say that this is an excellent, articulate blog. I have long believed that despite the vast amount of "information" available to the public, Bernstein says it best – "it will be impossible for voters to make an informed choice."
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Sir Paul is a lovely man. He was truly in love with Linda and I'm sure without a doubt that her death was a major loss to him. Because of her passing should Sir Paul live the rest of his life alone? I think not. He has a huge heart and a lot of love to give (just wish it were me). About the dress. At her age ( and his ) it should be kept simple and elegant which I think Stella accomplished. I think the issue here is all about age. Really how many people get married at the average age of 60 between the two of them? The dress was just fine along with Sir Paul's suit. Everyone needs a little education in style and glamor and that is why there are professional fashion designers like Stella. Now on the other hand Ringo went all out in his black jeans and T-shirt. There was a lot of guidance needed there. "Ringo this was a once in a lifetime wedding not a rock concert".
didn't the one legged chick wear the same shyt? and didn't they get married at the exact same place? yawn
I totally agree with Artemis. The dress looks like a nightshirt. But Nancy was smart to accept it as is.
I think the dress shows Stell'as limits as a fashion designer. It is ok but nothing special and it does not seem to have a great fit. When I saw the first picture, my first reaction was that her outfit looked like a highstreet find. Not what you expect when a fashion designer hand-crafts an outfit especially for her father's new wife.
tasteful for their ages. wish him the best. he never spent a day apart from linda and appears to believe in marriage hope it works out for them and he is NOT a dumb ass


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One of the most distinctive instrumental groups of the '50s and '60s, Johnny & the Hurricanes produced the Top Ten hit "Red River Rock" and scored several other instrumental hits that mixed rock & roll with traditional melodies. Originally known as the Orbits, the group formed in Toledo, OH, in 1958 and was led by saxophonist Johnny Paris; other members included organist Paul Tesluk, guitarist Dave Yorko, bassist Lionel "Butch" Mattice, and drummer Tony Kaye. After a stint recording with rockabilly singer Mack Vickery, the group traveled to Detroit, hoping to become a backing band for up-and-coming singers. However, a pair of music promoters, Harry Balk and Irving Michanik, signed them as a group on their own, and they recorded their first single, "Crossfire," for the Twirl label in 1959. "Crossfire" went to number 23 and the group moved to the Warwick imprint for "Red River Rock," a rock & roll instrumental of the standard "Red River Valley" that peaked at number five. The Hurricanes responded to their success with more of the same, delivering "Reveille Rock," "Rockin' Goose," "Revival," and "Beatnik Fly" over the next year, touring extensively all the while. Eventually the pace -- and lack of further hit singles -- caught up with the group, and Johnny & the Hurricanes disbanded in 1965. Paris moved to Hamburg, started his own label, Atila, and in 1970 formed a new Hurricanes lineup that toured until November 2005, two weeks before Paris took ill and was hospitalized. He died on May 1, 2006, due to pneumonia and septic blood after a splenectomy. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi
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This is something I have been wondering about for a while now; and trying to work out the best way to frame the question to the forum.
How has acupuncture philosophy changed your outlook on life in general?
I agree, it is a pretty clumsy way of getting to the point, but over 35 years of practice and teaching I've seen some interesting reactions from students studying CM. More than one has turned away from it because it is not "Christian� – others have felt that it involved magic, and yet others saw a connection between acupuncture and spirituality. Certainly Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism have all had an influence on CM thinking as well as other lesser known schools of philosophy. Having taught students who have mostly come from a Judaic/Christian background it would be interesting to explore the impact of these differing philosophies on current practitioners.


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That's quite a bulky title to carry around, but the 60-year-old laughs it off.
"I never set out to achieve anything that's happened to me," Meinzer said. "It's always been a case of someone else recognizing the love I had for the art."
At noon today, Meinzer will receive some further recognition. The Frontier Times Museum in Bandera is inducting Meinzer into its Texas Heroes Hall of Honor.
It's a designation reserved for "remarkable individuals and wondrous characters who, through their leadership, creativity, example and hard work, keep the pioneer spirit alive and help keep Texas, Texan."
That description isn't selling this year's class short. It includes the consistently outrageous fringe politician Kinky Friedman, Houston Livestock Show mastermind Louis Pearce, highly decorated Bandera cowboy Scooter Fries, and the late rodeo legend Toots Mansfield.
Meinzer says he's still trying to digest the "tremendous honor."
But his work speaks for itself: 20 photography books, 250 magazine cover credits and a whole cupboard's worth of awards.
Not bad for a guy who started out studying wildlife biology at Texas Tech University.
Meinzer, who grew up in a ranching family, got his first real camera for a class assignment. He used a 35 mm shooter to collect data on wild species.
As soon as he had to hand it back to the professor, he went out and bought another one.
From there, it was a career of trial and error. But what kept Meinzer questing for just the right shot, with just the right light, was an abiding love for his home state.
"You can never see it all," Meinzer said. "Even after 30 years, wherever I travel I see something new."
But seeing something new is the name of the game. Meinzer claims that he's "never left a footprint" on the trails at Big Bend National Park. Why go there to shoot, after all, when that landscape has been so well-documented?
The greater challenge, Meinzer says, lies in the unknown.
"I'd rather go out to places that are less-seen, if they've been seen at all," Meinzer said.
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