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[V.i.d] And, first, of those which are necessary for facilitating Commerce in general a–a - Adam Smith, Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 2b An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Vol. 2 [1776]Edition used:An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Vol. I and II, ed. R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner, vol. II of the Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981).
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And, first, of those which are necessary for facilitating Commerce in generala–a1That the erection and maintenance of the publick works which facilitate the commerce of any country, such as good roads, bridges, navigable canals, harbours,1 &c. must require very different degrees of expence in the different periods of society, is evident without any proof. The expence of making and maintaining the publick roads of any country must evidently increase with the annual produce of the land and labour of that country, or with the quantity and weight of the goods which it becomes necessary to fetch and carry upon those roads. The strength of a bridge must be suited to the number and weight of the carriages, which are likely to pass over it. The depth and the supply of water for a navigable canal must be proportioned to the number and tunnage of the lighters, which are likely to carry goods upon it; the extent of a harbour to the number of the shipping which are likely to take shelter in it. 2It does not seem necessary that the expence of those publick works should be defrayed from that publick revenue, as it is commonly called, of which the collection and application bisb in most countries assigned to the executive power. The greater part of such publick works may easily be so managed, as to afford a particular revenue sufficient for defraying their own expence, without bringing any burden upon the general revenue of the society. 3A highway, a bridge, a navigable canal, for example, may in most cases be both made and maintained by a small toll upon the carriages which make use of them: a harbour, by a moderate port–duty upon the tunnage of the shipping which load or unload in it. The coinage, another institution for facilitating commerce, in many countries, not only defrays its own expence, but affords a small revenue or seignorage to the sovereign.2 The post–office, another institution for the same purpose, over and above defraying its own expence, affords in almost all countries a very considerable revenue to the sovereign.3 4When the carriages which pass over a highway or a bridge, and the lighters which sail upon a navigable canal, pay toll in proportion to their weight or their tunnage, they pay for the maintenance of those publick works exactly in proportion to the cwear and tearc which they occasion of them. It seems scarce possible to invent a more equitable way of maintaining such works.4 This tax or toll too, though it is advanced by the carrier, is finally paid by the consumer, to whom it must always be charged in the price of the goods. As the expence of carriage, however, is very much reduced by means of such publick works, the goods, notwithstanding the toll, come cheaper to the consumer than they could otherwise have done; their price not being so much raised by the toll, as it is lowered by the cheapness of the carriage. The person who finally pays this tax, therefore, gains by the application, more than he loses by the payment of it. His payment is exactly in proportion to his gain. It is in reality no more than a part of that gain which he is obliged to give up in order to get the rest. It seems impossible to imagine a more equitable method of raising a tax. 5 When the toll upon carriages of luxury, upon coaches, post–chaises, &c. is made somewhat higher in proportion to their weight, than upon carriages of necessary use, such as carts, waggons, &c. the indolence and vanity of the rich is made to contribute in a very easy manner to the relief of the poor, by rendering cheaper the transportation of heavy goods to all the different parts of the country. 6When high roads, bridges, canals, &c. are in this manner made and supported by the commerce which is carried on by means of them, they can be made only where that commerce requires them, and consequently where it is proper to make them. Their expence too, their grandeur and magnificence, must be suited to what that commerce can afford to pay. They must be made consequently as it is proper to make them. A magnificent high road cannot be made through a desart country where there is little or no commerce, or merely because it happens to lead to the country villa of the intendant of the province, or to that of some great lord to whom the intendant finds it convenient to make his court. A great bridge cannot be thrown over a river at a place where nobody passes, or merely to embellish the view from the windows of a neighbouring palace: things which sometimes happen, in countries where works of this kind are carried on by any other revenue than that which they themselves are capable of affording.5 7In several different parts of Europe the toll or lock–duty upon a canal is the property of private persons, whose private interest obliges them to keep up the canal. If it is not kept in tolerable order, the navigation necessarily ceases altogether, and along with it the whole profit which they can make by the tolls. If those tolls were put under the management of commissioners, who had themselves no interest in them, they might be less attentive to the maintenance of the works which produced them. The canal of Languedoc cost the king of France and the province upwards of thirteen millions of livres, which (at twenty–eight livres the mark of silver, the value of French money in the end of the last century) amounted to upwards of nine hundred thousand pounds sterling. When that great work was finished, the most likely method, it was found, of keeping it in constant repair was to make a present of the tolls to Riquet the engineer, who planned and conducted the work. Those tolls constitute at present a very large estate to the different branches of the family of that gentleman, who have, therefore, a great interest to keep the work in constant repair. But had those tolls been put under the management of commissioners, who had no such interest, they might perhaps have been dissipated in ornamental and unnecessary expences, while the most essential parts of the work were allowed to go to ruin.6 8The tolls for the maintenance of a high road, cannot with any safety be made the property of private persons. A high road, though entirely neglected, does not become altogether impassable, though a canal does. The proprietors of the tolls upon a high road, therefore, might neglect altogether the repair of the road, and yet continue to levy very nearly the same tolls. It is proper, therefore, that the tolls for the maintenance of such a work should be put under the management of commissioners or trustees. 9In Great Britain, the abuses which the trustees have committed in the management of those tolls, have in many cases been very justly complained of. At many turnpikes, it has been said, the money levied is more than double of what is necessary for executing, in the compleatest manner, the work which is often executed in a very slovenly manner, and sometimes not executed at all. The system of repairing the high roads by tolls of this kind, it must be observed, is not of very long standing. We should not wonder, therefore, if it has not yet been brought to that degree of perfection of which it seemsd capable. If mean and improper persons are frequently appointed trustees; and if proper courts of inspection and account have not yet been established for controuling their conduct, and for reducing the tolls to what is barely sufficient for executing the work to be done by them; the recency of the institution both accounts and apologizes for those defects, of which, by the wisdom of parliament, the greater part may in due time be gradually remedied. 10The money levied at the different turnpikes in Great Britain is supposed to exceed so much what is necessary for repairing the roads, that the savings, which, with proper œconomy, might be made from it, have been considered, even by some ministers, as a very great resource which might at some time or another be applied to the exigencies of the state. Government, it has been said, by taking the management of the turnpikes into its own hands, and by employing the soldiers, who would work for a very small addition to their pay, could keep the roads in good order at a much less expence than it can be done by trustees, who have no other workmen to employ, but such as derive their whole subsistence from their wages.7 A great revenue, half a million, perhaps* , it has been pretended, might in this manner be gained without laying any new burden upon the people; and the turnpike roads might be made to contribute to the general expence of the state, in the same manner as the post–office does at present. 11That a considerable revenue might be gained in this manner, I have no doubt, though probably not near so much, as the projectors of this plan have supposed. The plan itself, however, seems liable to several very important objections. 12First, if the tolls which are levied at the turnpikes should ever be considered as one of the resources for supplying the exigencies of the state, they would certainly be augmented as those exigencies were supposed to require. According to the policy of Great Britain, therefore, they would probably be augmented very fast. The facility with which a great revenue could be drawn from them, would probably encourage administration to recur very frequently to this resource. Though it may, perhaps, be more than doubtful, whether half a million could by any œconomy be saved out of the present tolls, it can scarce be doubted but that a million might be saved out of them, if they were doubled; and perhaps two millions, if they were tripled† . This great revenue too might be levied without the appointment of a single new officer to collect and receive it. But the turnpike tolls being continually augmented in this manner, instead of facilitating the inland commerce of the country, as at present, would soon become a very great incumbrance upon it.8 The expence of transporting all heavy goods from one part of the country to another would soon be so much increased, the market for all such goods, consequently, would soon be so much narrowed; that their production would be in a great measure discouraged, and the most important branches of the domestick industry of the country annihilated altogether.9 13Secondly, a tax upon carriages in proportion to their weight, though a very equal tax when applied to the sole purpose of repairing the roads, is a very unequal one, when applied to any other purpose, or to supply the common exigencies of the state. When it is applied to the sole purpose above mentioned, each carriage is supposed to pay exactly for the gwear and tearg which that carriage occasions of the roads. But when it is applied to any other purpose, each carriage is supposed to pay for more than that hwear and tearh and contributes to the supply of some other exigency of the state. But as the turnpike toll raises the price of goods in proportion to their weight, and not to their value, it is chiefly paid by the consumers of coarse and bulky, not by those of precious and light commodities. Whatever exigency of the state therefore this tax might be intended to supply, that exigency would be chiefly supplied at the expence of the poor, not of the rich; at the expence of those who are least able to supply it, not of those who are most able. 14Thirdly, if government should at any time neglect the reparation of the high roads, it would be still more difficult, than it is at present, to compel the proper application of any part of the turnpike tolls. A large revenue might thus be levied upon the people, without any part of it being applied to the only purpose, to which a revenue levied in this manner ought ever to be applied. If the meanness and poverty of the trustees of turnpike roads render it sometimes difficult at present to oblige them to repair their wrong; their wealth and greatness would render it ten times more so in the case which is here supposed. 15In France, the funds destined for the reparation of the high roads are under the immediate direction of the executive power. Those funds consist, partly in ia certain number ofi days labour which the country people are in most parts of Europe obliged to give to the reparation of the highways; and partly in such a portion of the general revenue of the state as the king chuses to spare from his other expences. 16By the antient law of France, as well as by that of most other parts of Europe, the jlabour of the country peoplej was under the direction of a local or provincial magistracy, which had no immediate dependency upon the king's council. But by the present practice both the klabour of the country peoplek and whatever other fund the king may chuse to assign for the reparation of the high roads in any particular province or generality, are entirely under the management of the intendant; an officer who is appointed and removed by the king's council, who receives his orders from it, and is in constant correspondence with it. In the progress of despotism the authority of the executive power gradually absorbs that of every other power in the state, and assumes to itself the management of every branch of revenue which is destined for any public purpose. In France, however, the great post–roads, the roads which make the communication between the principal towns of the kingdom, are in general kept in good order; and in some provinces are even a good deal superior to the greater part of the turnpike roads of England. But what we call the cross–roads, that is, the far greater part of the roads in the country, are entirely neglected, and are in many places absolutely impassable for any heavy carriage. In some places it is even dangerous to travel on horseback, and mules are the only conveyance which can safely be trusted. The proud minister of an ostentatious court may frequently take pleasure in executing a work of splendor and magnificence, such as a great highway which is frequently seen by the principal nobility, whose applauses, not only flatter his vanity, but even contribute to support his interest at court. But to execute a great number of little works, in which nothing that can be done can make any great appearance, or excite the smallest degree of admiration in any traveller, and which, in short, have nothing to recommend them but their extreme utility, is a business which appears in every respect too mean and paultry to merit the attention of so great a magistrate. Under such an administration, therefore, such works are almost always entirely neglected. 17In China, and in several other governments of Asia, the executive power charges itself both with the reparation of the high roads, and with the maintenance of the navigable canals. In the instructions which are given to the governor of each province, those objects, it is said, are constantly recommended to him, and the judgment which the court forms of his conduct is very much regulated by the attention which he appears to have paid to this part of his instructions. This branch of publick police accordingly is said to be very much attended to in all those countries, but particularly in China, where the high roads, and still more the navigable canals, it is pretended, exceed very much every thing of the same kind which is known in Europe. The accounts of those works, however, which have been transmitted to Europe, have generally been drawn up by weak and wondering travellers; frequently by stupid and lying missionaries.10 If they had been examined by more intelligent eyes, and if the accounts of them had been reported by more faithful witnesses, they would not, perhaps, appear to be so wonderful. The account which Bernier gives of some works of this kind in Indostan, falls very much short of what had been reported of them by other travellers, more disposed to the marvellous than he was.11 It may too, perhaps, be in those countries, as it is in France, where the great roads, the great communications which are likely to be the subjects of conversation at the court and in the capital, are attended to, and all the rest neglected. In China, besides, in Indostan, and in several other governments of Asia, the revenue of the sovereign arises almost altogether from a land–tax or land–rent, which rises or falls with the rise landl fall of the annual produce of the land. The great interest of the sovereign, therefore, his revenue, is in such countries mnecessarilym and immediately connected with the cultivation of the land, with the greatness of its produce, and with the value of its produce. But in order to render that produce both as great and as valuable as possible, it is necessary to procure to it as extensive a market as possible, and consequently to establish the freest, the easiest, and the least expensive communication between all the different parts of the country; which can be done only by means of the best roads and the best navigable canals. But the revenue of the sovereign does not, in any part of Europe, arise chiefly from a land–tax or land–rent. In all the great kingdoms of Europe, perhaps, the greater part of it may ultimately depend upon the produce of the land: But that dependency is neither so immediate, nor so evident. In Europe, therefore, the sovereign does not feel himself so directly called upon to promote the increase, both in quantity and value, of the produce of the land, or, by maintaining good roads and canals, to provide the most extensive market for that produce. Though it should be true, therefore, what I apprehend is not a little doubtful, that in some parts of Asia this department of the publick police is very properly managed by the executive power, there is not the least probability that, during the present state of things, it could be tolerably managed by that power in any part of Europe. 18Even those publick works which are of such a nature that they cannot afford any revenue for maintaining themselves, but of which the conveniency is nearly confined to some particular place or district, are always better maintained by a local or provincial revenue, under the management of a local and provincial administration, than by the general revenue of the state, of which the executive power must always have the management. Were the streets of London to be lighted and paved at the expence of the treasury, is there any probability that they would be so well lighted and paved as they are at present, or even at so small an expence? The expence, besides, instead of being raised by a local tax upon the inhabitants of each particular street, parish, or district in London, would, in this case, be defrayed out of the general revenue of the state, and would consequently be raised by a tax upon all the inhabitants of the kingdom, of whom the greater part derive no sort of benefit from the lighting and paving of the streets of London. 19The abuses which sometimes creep into the local and provincial administration of a local and provincial revenue, how enormous soever they may appear, are in reality, however, almost always very trifling, in comparison of those which commonly take place in the administration and expenditure of the revenue of a great empire. They are, besides, much more easily corrected. Under the local or provincial administration of the justices of the peace in Great Britain, the six days labour which the country people are obliged to give to the reparation of the highways, is not always perhaps very judiciously applied, but it is scarce ever exacted with any circumstance of cruelty or oppression. In France, under the administration of the intendants, the application is not always more judicious, and the exaction is frequently the most cruel and oppressive.12 Such Corvées, as they are called, make one of the principal instruments of tyranny by which nthose officers chastisen any parish or communeauté which has had the misfortune to fall under otheiro displeasure. [a–a]3–6 [1 ]Smith describes the advantages of good transport facilities at I.xi.b.5. [b–b]are 5–6 [2 ]Smith comments that government is 'properly at the expence of the coinage' at II.ii.54. [3 ]It is stated at V.ii.a.5 that the post office is 'properly a mercantile project'. [c–c]tear and wear 1 [4 ]But see below, § 12. [5 ]See below, § 16. [6 ]It is stated below, V.i.e.32, that the making and maintenance of a navigable canal is one of three trades suitable for management by a joint stock company without exclusive privilege. [d]to be 1 [7 ]See above, I.x.b.48 for comment on this point. [ee* ]Since publishing the two first editions of this book, I have got good reasons to believe that all the turnpike tolls levied in Great Britain do not produce a neat revenue that amounts to half a million; a sum which, under the management of Government, would not be sufficient to keep in repair five of the principal roads in the kingdom.e [ff† ]I have now good reasons to believe that all these conjectural sums are by much too large.f [8 ]See below, V.ii.k.56. [9 ]See below, V.ii.d.5, where Smith comments on the support given by the government of China to the improvement of roads and canals. [g–g]tear and wear 1 [h–h]tear and wear 1 [i–i]the six 1 [j–j]six days labour 1 [k–k]six days labour 1 [10 ]Smith comments on the 'wonderful accounts' of the wealth of China at II.v.22. [11 ]Bernier does not give an account which would justify this statement. Translated as Travels in the Mogul Empire by F. Bernier by I. Brock (London, 1826). [l–l]or 1 [m–m]necessary 4 <corrected 4e–6> [12 ]See above, III.ii.18. [n–n]the intendant chastises 1 [o–o]his 1 [ee* ]Since publishing the two first editions of this book, I have got good reasons to believe that all the turnpike tolls levied in Great Britain do not produce a neat revenue that amounts to half a million; a sum which, under the management of Government, would not be sufficient to keep in repair five of the principal roads in the kingdom.e [ff† ]I have now good reasons to believe that all these conjectural sums are by much too large.f [e]3–6 [f]3–6 |


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Belmont Shore and the Chicago Lions will face each other at Ray Sheeran Field on Treasure Island in San Francisco, Calif. for the Club 7s National Championship. Belmont advanced to the final with a 19-12 defeat of the Denver Barbarians and the Chicago Lions moved on by dispatching of Old Blue 19-14. Belmont and the Lions met in each other's first game of the tournament Saturday, with the Lions winning 17-12. Belmont 19-12 Denver Denver got on the board just two minutes later when Kyle Hitt took a typically hard crash up the right touch line, drawing in multiple defenders. DeAchaval supported with a powerful ruck and the Barbos swung the ball wide to Logan Colins, who banged through two Belmont tacklers for a try. DeAachaval missed the conversion, leaving Belmont up 7-5. The Long Beach club was pinged for obstruction on the ensuing restart and for another penalty at the next breakdown. Taylor Howden capitalized on the free yardage and sliced against the grain of Belmont's defense for a try to put Denver up 12-7 with under a minute to go before the half. Mike Te'o tried to pull Belmont back level with a high pop kick and gather, but he was tackled and Denver stole the ball. The Barbos drove to within meters of scoring again, but Howden knocked on while pirouetting toward pay dirt. The Barbos were caught not roling away at the tackle early in the second half, and instead of playing with advantage, Te'o intentionally dropped the ball directly in front of the ref, forcing him to blow the whistle. Before Denver had time to retreat, Te'o toed through the ball and squirted into the try zone. Moeller converted, putting Belmont up 14-12. Hitt, who had been fantastic for Denver all weekend, waved off a sub after the try and made one more surge toward the try line. He was tackled, but didn't think he was held, got up and dove into the try zone. The ref said he was indeed held and awarded a penalty to Belmont. On the ensuing possession, Moeller raced past Denver for a try to extend Belmont's lead to 19-12. The conversion attempt was missed, giving the Barbos one more restart, but two knock-ons ended their bid for the club's first-ever National Title. Belmont Shore 19 Denver 12
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7:30am Wednesday 10th October 2012 in News By Adam Richards
BASINGSTOKE MP Maria Miller will be in the national spotlight today when she gives a headline speech at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
The newly-promoted Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport, will appear on stage just before Prime Minister David Cameron on the last day of the conference.
Her speech will celebrate what she herself has called "the most incredible summer of British sport". It is titled: "Celebrating the UK".
Speaking to The Gazette, Mrs Miller said she is looking forward to the occasion.
"The plan is going to be to talk about the fantastic summer we have had in Britain, and to highlight all the things that that have been happening in terms of culture, the Olympics, and the Paralympics," she said.
"And I want to highlight the fact that the pride in Britain has been amazing in the last few months. I am very excited. It will be an honour for me."
It is believed that part of her 45-minute speech – which kicks off at 10.30am – will involve her welcoming a number of Team GB Olympic and Paralympic heroes to the stage.
Her speech is set to be one of the most high-profile public speeches ever given by a Basingstoke politician.
Organisers expect up to 13,500 people will come to Birmingham's International Conference Centre over the four-day conference.
Mrs Miller, who has been Basingstoke's MP since 2005, was promoted to the political frontline following the Prime Ministerial reshuffle on September 4. As well as her Culture, Media and Sport role, she is also Minister for Women and Equalities.
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Sir John Kenneth Tavener
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The composer is depicted in his study revising his 7-hour long piece,The Veil of the Temple. Commissioned by The Temple Church, London, it will premiere there next summer in a dusk until dawn performance. Michael Taylor exhibited twice in the John Player Portrait Award and was the winner in 1983.
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D A+F Campus Dining: It's always crowded at lunch time and I only have a few options to choose from as a vegetarian. It's all very expensive.
C A+F Off-Campus Dining: Typical chain restaurants, a few farmers markets and organic food stores but maybe one or two restaurants for vegetarians like me tops.
C A+F Health & Safety: We have little crime on campus. There are emergency blue lights and security shuttles everywhere.
C A+F Guys & Girls: They are all pretty much clones of each other. Mostly sorority and fraternity focused. A few geeks and nerds but no one really artsy or "different." Almost everyone is a bible thumper.
B A+F Off-Campus Housing: Living off campus is no struggle, as we have transits to campus, it is cheaper, and the apartments and duplexes are very well kept and secure.
C A+F Majors: I am only doing the basic courses and have not been introduced to my program yet.
D A+F Academics: I am in the Pre-Communication program so I am only doing basics. I don't really know the first thing about my major other than what my friends and Google tell me, Auburn has not outreached to me whatsoever about my major.
C A+F Academics: My biology and english professors are brilliant. The curriculum is challenging yet rewarding, and the workload is fairly balanced. My other three professors are lackluster and I have a hard time staying awake in class and motivating myself to do their work. There are plenty of study options, like SI classes after hours and the library is fantastic.
D A+F Diversity: Auburn was rated the #1 most conservative school in the nation. There are few African Americans and no Hispanics. The Asian population is oddly large. As a bisexual liberal Wiccan I keep quiet so I don't get made fun of by class mates.
C A+F Drug Safety: It's typical. I don't see much drinking or drug use unless I look for it and I don't. Lots of people get in trouble and the games are very strict on alcohol entering the stadium.
B A+F Academics: It's hard, but it's credible.
B A+F Academics: Work load depends on major and/or classes.
C A+F Campus Housing: It'll get you through your first year.
C A+F Diversity: Auburn isn't known for it's diversity.
A A+F Transportation: Drinking and driving isn't even an issue.
B A+F Facilities: When people visit Auburn, they fall in love.
B A+F Facilities: Auburn's tradition and loyalty sets us apart.
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A A+F Greek Life: It's great. I advise Greek life for everyone.
D A+F Computers: I'm not even sure if we have computer labs.
C A+F Campus Dining: It's good, it just gets repetitive and expensive.
A A+F Athletics: Auburn football is a way of life.
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I bought these watermelon flavored ices from the supermarket because they have 100 calories per cup and 0g of fat and saturated fat. But they do have 24g of sugar.
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I bought these watermelon flavored ices from the supermarket because they have 100 calories per cup and 0g of fat and saturated fat. But they do have 24g of sugar. Will eating these be against my weight loss intentions? |
Avoid You may think that this drink is only 100 calories. And that may be so. But, what it doesn't tell you is that the significant sugar (24g) will spike your blood sugar causing your body to produce more insulin. When your body produces insulin, it immediately goes into fat storage mode. So instead of burning some fat (in addition to carbohydrates), it burns 0 fat and continues to store energy reserves as fat. A rule of thumb that I use (works for me, may not for you), is if sugar is listed as the first or second ingredient and/or is more than 8g, I don't eat or drink it. This includes 0-calorie "sugars" like aspartame. Keep your blood sugar in check, and you won't need to be on a "diet". | |||||||||||||
It sounds like nothing but sugar to me. Most highly processed foods work against fat loss, and this sugar shot is no different. At the very least, it is empty calories--calories that perform no function. The thing to be concerned with is what other affects those empty calories can have on your body. It might be just enough to kick start your metabolism, and cause your brain to signal the "I'm hungry, feed me" response. If that happens, the net effect is it incites you to overeat. In general, any calorie not doing anything for you while you are attempting to lose fat will at the very least slow your progress down. It's easy to justify little cheats, and tell yourself that "it's not that bad". Until you bring yourself into discipline, you should not give yourself little treats. You should be finding out how to make the food you should be eating more tasty. | |||
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Barely taking time to celebrate their latest national championship, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ready to get back to work.
That's how they make it look so easy.
In what must be an increasingly frustrating scene for the rest of college football, another season ended with Saban and his players frolicking in the middle of a confetti-strewn field. Eddie Lacy ran all over Notre Dame, AJ McCarron turned in another dazzling performance through the air, and the Tide defense shut down the Fighting Irish until it was no longer in doubt.
The result was a 42-14 blowout in the BCS title game Monday night, not only making Alabama a back-to-back champion, but a full-fledged dynasty with three crowns in four years.
This one was especially satisfying to Saban.
"People talk about how the most difficult thing is to win your first championship," he said. "Really, the most difficult one to win is the next one, because there's always a feeling of entitlement."
Rest assured, that feeling won't last long in Tuscaloosa.
While Saban insisted he was "happy as hell" and "has never been prouder of a group of young men," it was hard to tell. He was already talking about reporting to the office Wednesday morning and getting started on next season.
"One of these days, when I'm sitting on the side of the hill watching the stream go by, I'll probably figure it out even more," Saban said. "But what about next year's team? You've got to think about that, too."
So, in short order, he'll be talking with underclassmen about entering the NFL draft, making sure everyone goes back to class on schedule, and getting started on that next depth chart.
"The Process," as he calls it, never stops.
"We're going to enjoy it for 24 hours or so," Saban said.
No. 2 Alabama quieted the top-ranked Irish on the very first drive - so much for waking up the echoes - and could've started the celebration at halftime, heading to the locker room with a commanding 28-0 lead.
The Tide (13-1) pushed it out to 35-0 midway through the third quarter on the third of McCarron's four touchdown passes, a 34-yarder to Amari Cooper with a defender nowhere in sight.
At that point, Alabama was on a 69-0 blitz in national title games, having scored the last 13 points in its 2010 triumph over Texas and blanked LSU 21-0 for last year's BCS crown.
When Everett Golson finally scored for Notre Dame (12-1) with about 4 minutes remaining in the third, it snapped a scoreless stretch of nearly two full games - 108 minutes and 7 seconds - by the Tide.
"It was just a complete game by the offense, defense and special teams," said Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley, the defensive MVP with eight tackles, one of them behind the line.
Despite the dazzling numbers by McCarron - 20 of 28 for 264 yards - he was denied a second straight offensive MVP award in the title game. That went to Lacy, who finished with 140 yards rushing on 20 carries and scored two TDs. Not a bad finish for the junior, who surely helped his status in the NFL draft should he decide to turn pro.
Lacy also was MVP of the Southeastern Conference championship game, rushing for a career-best 181 yards in the thrilling victory over Georgia that gave Alabama a chance to repeat as champion.
The Tide will have some big holes to fill, no matter who decides to leave school early, with offensive tackle D.J. Fluker and cornerback Dee Milliner also pondering their draft prospects. There's not a lot of seniors on the roster, but All-America linemen Barrett Jones and Chance Warmack and safety Robert Lester are among those who definitely won't be back.
But Alabama had some huge holes to fill a year ago, too, with five players drafted in the first 35 picks.
That worked out just fine.
The Crimson Tide wrapped up its ninth Associated Press national title, breaking a tie with Notre Dame for the most by any school and gaining a measure of redemption for a bitter loss to the Irish almost four decades ago: the epic 1973 Sugar Bowl in which Ara Parseghian's team edged Bear Bryant's powerhouse 24-23.
"The process is ongoing," said Saban, tightlipped as ever and showing little emotion after the fourth BCS national title of his coaching career. "We have a 24-hour rule around here. We enjoy everything for 24 hours."
Notre Dame went from unranked in the preseason to the top spot in the rankings by the end of the regular season, winning two games in overtime and three other times by seven points or less.
But the long wait for a championship - the Irish haven't finished No. 1 since 1988 - will have to wait at least one more year.
"They just did what Alabama does," moaned Manti Te'o, Notre Dame's star linebacker and Heisman Trophy finalist, trying to digest an embarrassing loss in his final college game.
Golson will be back.
He completed his first season as the starter by going 21 of 36 for 270 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. But the young quarterback got no help from the running game,


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I like a good discussion. I research facts to back up my opinions, and make the best decisions I can as an investor based on these facts. Discussions with others with differing opinions is the most valuable, because their insights give me other aspects to look at, and sharpen my analysis.
But lately, everything I post on patrick.net is immediately replied to with personal insults by a jealous idiot named dunross. I call him an idiot, because rather than actually debate anything with facts he merely misdirects with insults. I post copious facts backing up my beliefs, and would welcome an informed debate with anyone providing other facts to think about, but that isn't what i get, instead:
1. I don't know what supply and demand is.
2. I don't have any education, I'm just a realtard. (not with standing my graduate work in mathematics at U. C. Berkeley, or nearing 2 decades as a math professor)
3. I'm a liar.
4. all sources of reference are lies...
In 2005, when I began speculating that real estate would take a big dive, and selling my investment properties, I found this site, patrick.net. It was a great place to bounce ideas off of others, and try to think what would happen. I also wrote my ideas on zillow.com, and was continuously attacked by others (often with the same emotional immaturity as this nitwit dunross) that prices could not, would not fall. They were just as bitter, probably because deep inside, they knew they were screwed and had screwed up... Now, ironically, I get the same attacks from the other direction...
My analysis has been and continuous to be based on mathematical reasoning. You can find it here,though I no longer have the zillow account. It is fairly thorough, and treats price/rent, supply versus demand, job trends, etc. to balance out all the factors one should consider:
It even links to why buying in a dropping market is a big risk, which might be a surprise to those who try to paint me in the 'always buy' camp.
I'm sure that what dunross is, is an engineer. He thinks he is smarter than everyone else, believes he should be rewarded for his brilliance with a 100K home in san francisco with an ocean view, and it hasn't happened. So, his god has let him down, and he has to lash out. [ I worked in engineering for five years, Hughes aircraft, followed by grumman aircraft, so I know the type... ]
The thing is, his constant personal attacks, and carte blanche statements reduce the value of this site to visitors. Nobody knows the future, but that doesn't mean that thinking about it, particularly fact based analysis, doesn't have merit.
Patrick started this site with as simple but prescient notion: prices were too high compared to incomes and rents... but it has turned into a religious forum for anti housing zealots, and that isn't really worth much to anyone who is looking for a discussion or hoping to learn about the likely future of the market.


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The Feather River College men's and women's basketball teams played their first games Nov. 8. The men's team lost 56-55 against Cabrillo in the Ohlone tournament.
The women's team pulled off a 71-53 victory against Hartnell. The Golden Eagles went on to play Modesto and American River in the Cosumnes River Tournament in Elk Grove. The women's basketball team lost to Modesto 72-53 and beat American River 62-60.
In a hard-fought game, the Cabrillo College Seahawks squeaked out a victory against the Golden Eagles.
Cabrillo started strong with an eight-point lead. The Seahawks continued their domination through the first half to lead 38-28 at halftime.
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Three players on the FRC women's team scored in the double digits in the game against Hartnell. Rachelle Dennis scored 16 points, two being three-pointers.
Alexis Johnson scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Ashley Duke had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Though the Golden Eagles lost to Modesto, Dennis was able to score 12 points herself in the game.
FRC's victory over American River was hard-fought. The two teams stayed neck-and-neck on the scoreboard through the majority of the game.
FRC pulled off its win by making three three-pointers in the last four minutes of the game. Dennis made two of the three and Amy Yeager finished off the Eagles' scoring with a final three-pointer with only 30 seconds left on the clock. Yeager's shot put the Eagles up by two to take the game.
The women's team travels to San Bruno on Friday, Nov. 16 for the Skyline Tournament.
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Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi huddled with politicians Saturday to stave off what his campaign sees as a return to the policies of longtime President Hosni Mubarak, toppled last year in the country's historic uprising.
"We face desperate attempts to replicate the old system of governance in new attire that might fool some, but the masses of our people and the enlightened revolutionary forces will not give these the opportunity," the Morsi campaign said in a statement. "We must, together, seek out ways to save the blessed revolution."
Yet his opponent, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik, distanced himself from Egypt's deposed leader as he briefed reporters, saying there's "no going back" to the Mubarak years.
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The unofficial Al Ahram count gave Morsi 25% of the vote with results in from all 27 provinces, with Shafik close behind with 24% of the vote. In third at 22% is leftist Hamdeen Sabahy.
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A little over two weeks after releasing its previous 190.62 WHQL version of its GeForce drivers, NVIDIA released its brand new GeForce 191.07 driver suite, signed by Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). The suite provides driver and system software support for all current NVIDIA GeForce graphics products, GeForce 6-series and above. This release is aimed for provide application-specific performance enhancements, numerous bug-fixes related to the drivers, and included software, and improved game support for NVIDIA's SLI multi-GPU technology. As listed by the company, important changes are as follows. For a broader list of changes, please refer to the Release Notes document (for Windows 7, Vista, and XP): Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs. Accelerates performance in several gaming applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with version 191.07 drivers vs. version 190.62 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings): o Up to 12% performance increase in ARMA 2 o Up to 8% performance increase in Batman: Arkham Asylum with GPU PhysX enabled o Up to 50% performance increase in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound with SLI enabled o Up to 14% performance increase in Fallout 3 (indoor scenes) with antialiasing enabled o Up to 10% performance increase in Far Cry 2 (DX9 version) with antialiasing enabled o Up to 34% performance increase in Prototype with antialiasing enabled Adds SLI support for Aion, Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift and more. Includes numerous bug fixes, including the following key fix (additional bug fixes can be found in the release notes on the documentation tab): For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application. DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 191.07 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 32-bit | Windows 7/Vista 64-bit | Windows XP 32-bit | Windows XP 64-bit
thanks for the links and the news. I seem to be able to squeeze more performance out of my card every driver release, things get more stable on some new drivers but all of em give better average frames per second. Im currently on the 191.00 works good in all games apart from eh empire total war which i have given up on ever working fine.
It annoys me is that with every new driver Nvidia seems to squeeze some more juice out of its cards while I rarely see that with the Catalyst(but truth be told, I haven't updated the drivers since 9.4).
I think everyone here needs a visual aid to, uh.. comprehensively and correctly understand the function of said button. It's right down there.
Then you should read Catalyst news too buddy. If you look, you can see it: Performance Enhancements: Catalyst 9.8 * Battleforge DirectX 10/DirectX 10.1 performance improves up to 15-50% in CPU limited settings with the largest gains in CrossfireX configurations. * Company of Heroes DirectX 10 performance improves by up to 10-77% in CPU limited settings. * Crysis DirectX 10 Dual CrossfireX performance improves as much as 10% and Quad CrossfireX performance improves as much as 34% in CPU limited settings. * Crysis Warhead DirectX 10 Dual CrossfireX performance improves as much as 7% and Quad CrossfireX performance improves as much as 69% in CPU limited settings. * Far Cry 2 DirectX 10 Dual CrossfireX performance improves as much as 50% and Quad CrossfireX performance improves as much as 88% in CPU limited settings. * Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. DirectX 10/DirectX 10.1 Dual CrossfireX performance improves up to 40% in CPU limited settings with Quad CrossfireX performance improving up to 60%. * UnigineTropics OpenGL performance improves 5-20% * UnigineTropics DirectX 10 Quad CrossfireX performance improves 5-20% in CPU limited settings. * World in Conflict DirectX 10 performance improves by 5-10%. Performance with 9.7: # Crysis performance at very high quality preset increases by up to 8% on Radeon HD 4800 series # Lost Planet Colonies - performance increases by 7-11% when 8x Anti-Aliasing is used on the HD 4800 series products Performance with 9.6: * Company of Heores – performance gains of up to 25% for the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, and performance gains of up to 10% for the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series. * Crysis Warhead – performance gains of up to 11% for ATI CrossFireX configurations. * Crysis – performance gains of up to 13% for ATI CrossFireX configurations. * World in Conflict – performance gains of up to 30% for settings are were previously CPU limited.
Thats with AA enabled. Considering Prototype crashes to the desktop for me on Win7 whenever AA is enabled what is a 34% improvement on 0?
Seems like a 19x driver finally for me to upgrade, downloading but will read user opinions before install Cool, this is what people have been waiting for, including me although it rarely happens anymore. This is for GT200 cards (GTX 260/275/280/285/295), why they don't mention it straigh as no other series have 2D clocks. Well now the text is right for GT300 cards too, but in the meantime it confuses people, like the powerstate option that was GT200 only too.
With a whole 27w difference between 2D clocks and 3D clocks on my GTX285 when its sitting idle, I don't really see why this feature would be a deal breaker on getting better all around drivers...
Didn't work for me, straight after re-booting following install I kept getting "Host process Rundll32 has stopped working" errors. I kept trying for several hours with every possible combination of un-install methods, using Driver Sweeper, regedit, everything that was suggested to me, no joy. Re-installed 190.62, everything works fine...Some have said it worked for them though, so maybe its some obscure combination of software/hardware on my system
Not a deal braker, but maker Thanks for the wattage though, seems my 8500GT idling inside to get 2D clocks was power saving after all. Not much but 24/7/365 on it builds up. ----- Here's a 3DMark tests that I run just now. Seems these drivers are only bug fixes and specific games tweaks. No overall performance increase at all, but didn't go down either Tested couple 06 game tests with 4xAA as antialiasing improvements were mentioned on many instances. That's not any faster either in general. ASUS GTX 280 602/1296/1107 191.07 PhysX 9.09.0814 C2D E8400 FSB400 3200mhz 1066mhz 5-5-5-15 3DMark06: 14177 (SM2.0: 6525 SM3.0: 7229 cpu: 2844) | 4xAA GT1 51.143 fps, HDR1 65.122 fps Vantage: P13187 (GPU: 10965 CPU: 33644) ASUS GTX 280 602/1296/1107 186.18 PhysX 9.09.0720 C2D E8400 FSB400 3200mhz 1066mhz 5-5-5-15 3DMark06: 14003 (SM2.0: 6468 SM3.0: 7188 cpu: 2775) | 4xAA GT1 51.417 fps, HDR1 64.598 fps Vantage: P13165 (GPU: 10987 CPU: 32489)
Wow, these drivers are horrible. If anything, they have DECREASED the performance of my games, namely GRID since that's really the only game I'm playing right now. Just sitting at the main menu I was getting roughly 60fps when with the older drivers (190.89) it would stay at a constant 75fps. Then during races it would dip all the way down to the middle to lower 30's, where as with the older ones the lowest it would go was the middle 40's. Back to the 190.89's for me!
Stay away from these. These drivers do real funny stuff. 1st the screen will go blank, then once I'm forced to reboot. It will change my HDD Boot Priority. I never had anything thing happen like this before until I installed these drivers.
Just by way of an experiment I installed a fresh Vista onto my spare HDD, all I did was install the latest chipset drivers, reboot then install these 191.07's. Reboot and got the same constant Rundll32 stopped working errors! I then re-formatted and installed W7 RC, didn't bother with the chipset drivers, just installed 191.07. No errors at all, work fine. Very confused, maybe they conflict with the chipset drivers....W7 they work, Vista they don't,for me. (Both times X64)
Then can you explain why once I uninstalled these driver and went back to my old drivers. Those problems stopped?
Well, your drivers have nothing to do with your boot priories. They don't effect your BIOS settings at all. Hence it not being possible. Google the problem or something, because its just not possible for the video cards drivers to be effecting those settings.


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