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A landmark in Palm Springs for 16 years. The Village Pub offers an American/ international menu catering to all your needs. Live music and dancing till 2 a.m. seven nights a week. DJ upstairs at the Loft,
$5 1/2-lb. certified fresh Angus beef burgers, $8 with fries and a Village Idiot Craft Brew.
$2 beers and $3 bites during happy hour.
Four indoor/outdoor bars. Huge patio overlooking famous Palm Canyon Dr. Come dance under the stars; go where the locals go.
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Bernabé is part of the group. She is 49, married, and the mother of three children, ages 33, 30 and 29. Approximately 18 years ago, she dreamed about having her own business in order to help her husband, but she couldn't leave her small children alone to go out selling. Currently she has a small grocery store.
Bernabé dreams of expanding her store so that it will be an established business, and of employing people to run it. This way, she will be able to assure her future and that of her family.
Dentro del grupo se encuentra Ma. Bernabé de 49 años, casada y madre de tres hijos (33,30 y 29); hace aproximadamente 18 años soñó con tener su propio negocio para apoyar a su esposo, pero no podía dejar solos a sus pequeños para salir a vender; actualmente tiene una tiendita de abarrotes.
Ma. Bernabé sueña con ampliar su local para que sea un negocio establecido y tener personas a su cargo para atenderlo, de esta manera poder asegurar su futuro y el de su familia.
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In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
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Yesterday, I was honored to have been invited by Melissa at 320 Sycamore – one of my favorite blogs – to share my favorite things. You can find them here. While you are there – you have to also check out her kitchen remodel. But her post today is just awesome – you want diy reality?. I love seeing the real of our homes and lives. I always feel like I am the only one with insane messes all around my house while everyone else has a home ready for a photoshoot at any second.
Speaking of messy – I am at Simple Mom today sharing about The Messy Table.
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Regarding the following Ground service Equipment:
I recall whilst visiting Adelaide in 2001 that we were allowed to exit out 737 a/c from both the front and the rear doors.
I have deplaned from many a/c useing stairs before, but these were 'covered' stairs. I mean, you were covered ONLY while you came down the stairs.
What was the point of having covered stairs? I didn't understand. I mean, it WAS raining that day. And for few seconds that we WERE on the flight of stairs, you are dry, but then you have to WALK on the tarmac, into the airport anyway. So you get wet just the same.
So is there a functional point to having such equipement?
Opps, here is a photo of a SIMILAR stairway.
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Spaghetti Squash with Fresh Tomato and Basil Sauce
This recipe substitutes spaghetti squash for pasta and is topped with fresh tomato and basil sauce.
Be sure to use the ripest tomatoes you can find.
- 1 lb ripe tomatoes, cut into chunks (3 cups)
- 2 Tbsp thin slivers red onion
- 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp minced garlic
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp dried oregano
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup thin slices fresh basil
- One (2 ¼ lb) spaghetti squash, cut in half lengthwise, seeds removed
Put tomatoes, onion, olive oil, garlic, salt, oregano, and pepper in a large bowl and toss to mix.
Let stand, tossing occasionally, until very juicy, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, put squash in a microwave-safe plate or bowl. Cover and cook on High until strands of squash separate when flesh is scraped with a fork, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Scrape spaghetti squash from peel with a fork to form strands.
Stir basil into tomato mixture. Mound squash on serving plates and top with sauce.
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I was just wondering with all the mounts and dismounts why more people don't race with just plain platform pedals or cage pedals. I had a tough time clipping into my stock WTB spd-style pedals with thick mud on the shoe bottoms.
I was just wondering with all the mounts and dismounts why more people don't race with just plain platform pedals or cage pedals. I had a tough time clipping into my stock WTB spd-style pedals with thick mud on the shoe bottoms.
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That is a good question. I never really thought about it even though I have seen individuals at cross races with caged pedals. I found nothing relating directly to pedals but I did find on pg 26 of the online USCF 2003 regulation book section 1J2 that: "Riders are responsible for thier selection of competition equipment and for taking reasonable precautions to insure that its condition is adequate and safe for use in competition." It also went on to say in the next section that the chief referee may inspect any bicycle and if he/she deems it a "danger to the rider(s)", it will not be permitted in the race.
As far as what pedals to use, I recommend the Crank Brothers Egg Beaters. With 4 sides of entry I never have to look down to see what way to rotate the pedal after the remount and mud is not an issue due to the open design of the pedal. This is just my opinion, I have heard some people say that they do not like the fact that there is not supportive platform like with the Time pedals or the Crank Brother's Candy version.
Whatever you get, I do not recommend a flat pedal due to the fact that your foot may slip off at high speed and also you loose a lot of power transfer when you use a soft soled shoe rather than a mtn bike style shoe.
Good point about the soft and/or flat soled shoes neither of which is good in cross. I have been considering the Egg Beaters and Time ATACs but I wish there was a way to try each before dropping $100 on a set. I'm leaning toward the Time ATACs but the Egg Beaters' four-sided entry seems like an excellent feature too.
sure you COULD use platform pedals in cross. Back in Pittsburgh, there were a couple races I did where my pedals (SPDs at the time) clogged on the first lap and I might as well have been using platforms. The result? Any steep downhill bumpy section made me have to ride with my legs clamping the top tube to keep from pitching me. Not much fun.
My local bike shop let me try the Eggbeaters before I bought them.I love them.The Time pedals are easy to get into but you have to twist too far to get out of them.I like the Eggs better.


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scientific public health agency must carefully investigate and evaluate all possible causes before deciding whether the product actually caused the medical problem," the FDA said in a statement.
Elaine Lutz, a spokeswoman for Living Essentials, distributor of 5-Hour Energy said the company is "unaware" of any deaths proven to have been caused by the consumption of the energy shot.
Lutz said Living Essentials takes reports of any "potential adverse event tied to our products very seriously.
We fully comply with all of our reporting requirements."
She added that the company is strictly regulated by and complies with Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act as regulated by the USFDA.
The drink is a "compact sized energy shot intended for busy adults," she said adding that "5 hour Energy is marketed to hardworking adults who need an extra boost of energy.
"The dietary supplement has no sugar, contains only four calories and no herbal stimulants...It contains about as much caffeine as a cup of the leading premium coffee.
"When consumed according to our recommended use guidelines, 5-hour Energy is an effective dietary supplement, although individual results may vary," she said.
Lutz stressed that any complaint filed against the drink with the USFDA does not mean that the dietary supplement was "involved, caused or contributed to the adverse event being reported."
In August, the New York attorney general began an investigation into 5-Hour energy and its rivals Monster and Amp to look into whether the products' labels match their actual contents.
Last month, the FDA had received reports of five deaths, which were attributed to Monster, which is another popular energy drink.


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I just built a front wheel.
Mavic Open Pro with Hoshi spokes on a Dura-Ace 7600 hub.
I use the bike about 3 times a month on the track for hobby events, and also daily to commute to work. So I wanted a machined wall for the front brake. That's why I decided to get the Open Pro.
No brake on the rear wheel.
What rim would be a good option in the same price range?


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Born on May 2, 1963, Sexy Miss Lizz is both the star and creator of her very own website. Being a happily married stay-at-home mother of five, it's hard to imagine that she has the time to run and operate her own website, but apparently she does and she's done an admirable job of it.
SexyMissLizz is a boring-looking site that isn't all that fancy, but is fairly easy to navigate. All the links can be found on the left-hand side of the screen, so getting to the videos, photos or extras is as easy as can be. If you just want to see what's new, all you need to do is look at the homepage. It looks like you can expect a new update each week.
All 299 movies are downloadable, but there are a few things about them that you should be aware of. For one, the quality can vary wildly. So some offer good-quality playback while others are below average. Secondly, they don't all come in the same format. I found some Windows Media files and some MPEGs. Another issue is that many are only offered in clips.
Despite their inconsistencies, they're still worth a look. Their subject matter is pretty diverse, so no matter what your tastes, there's bound to be a film or two that's right up your alley. Some are very softcore, while others are the exact opposite. For example, in one, Lizz does nothing but walk around in a sexy outfit, while in another she and another chick suck her husband's cock while he's dressed up as a snowman.
The picture section is divided into four groups and each one contains multiple galleries. In all, there are 500 photo sets and, just like the videos, they showcase a variety of porn and a vary of qualities. If you look around enough, you'll come across some high-res images.
Members can also check out her blog, her bio and a bonus site called Miss Piss. However, for many folks, what will be most appealing is that Lizz does live cam shows (I've included some of her recorded ones in my video total). She also does vlog posts (separate from her text blog) and although I was able able to access the last three, I didn't find any archives with older entries (assuming there were any).
Sexy Miss Lizz's material doesn't always look fantastic, but there's more than enough of it to keep most of you happy. So if you'd like to see more of this hot MILF, go ahead and treat yourself to a membership.
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Make that score 100 instead of 10
Awesome lady!
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Miss Lizz rocks!
She is sooo sexy and a very sweet lady.
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Definately the best site I ever joined. 100% amateur, none of that glossy model type pics you see on some sites. This gal could be your neighbor and instead of the usual 20 year old, she's a mid 40's foxy milf! Very down to earth and enjoys corresponding to her members. Her site has everything, pics from rated G to rated X. Also have videos and files of her voice. She used to cam shows but with her kids, she really don't have the time. Her pics are anywhere from goofy, everyday, glamarous and sex.


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Mad about Tiramisu Again
I'd bought a 9″ square cake ring and couldn't wait to put it to use. I was too lazy to bake a cake from scratch, so I put together a dessert that didn't require baking, but could still fill up a cake ring.
This italian dessert can be put together on a wimp, unless you're baking the sponge fingers or sponge cake layers instead of using store-bought ladyfinger sponges. All you need is some heavy cream, mascarpone cheese, sugar, Amaretto, expresso and the sponges.
Normally, I would have piled on the mascarpone cream, but my family had complained that the last one I made had too high a cream-to-sponge ratio. This is the waistline-friendlier version with 2/3 the amount of cream. No complaints received this time!


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By Porsche (with a tidy 552 bhp).......
The new Porsche 911 GT2 has been spied testing at the Nürburgring.
Set to appear for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show next year, the car is again based on the latest 911 Turbo.
These spy shots show that while the car still seems to share much of its bodywork with the current GT3, extra flared wheel arches show it has become wider than the outgoing model.
A new side air intake also distinguishes the GT2 from its younger GT3 sibling, while a new fixed wing and larger wheels and brakes give a hint at some of the performance expected from the car.
A top speed of more than 200 mph and a 0-62 mph time of close to 3.0 sec is expected from the GT2's 552 bhp twin-turbocharged 3.9-litre flat-six engine – something it shares with the new Turbo S.
The GT2 will take much of its mechanical underpinnings from the Turbo S, including its dual-clutch automatic gearbox. However, the GT2 is likely to ditch the Tubo S's four-wheel drive system in favour of rear-wheel drive. A new four-wheel steering system will make its debut on the GT2.
An RS version of the car, putting out more than 620 bhp, will be revealed in 2015.
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text: Recycle old bits of crayon.Here's an interesting idea that you can involve the kids in: when you (or, hopefully, your kids) wind up with the stubby ends of crayons, don' t throw them away. Rather, hold onto them until you get a bunch, then melt them in muffin pans in the oven to make multi-colored "cookies". Guaranteed to appeal to the child who likes his coloring to incorporate a little bit of chaos.


text: Last year I did a complete teardown of my bike cleaning and re greasing everything. My track is a bit dusty and I'm about to do it again. Just wondering how often you guys do a complete service of every bearing? And how many of you have sealed bottom brackets and or headsets?


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The Europe Crisis From A European Perspective
Submitted by Chris Martenson contributor Alasdair Macleod
The Europe Crisis From A European Perspective
The purpose of this report is to give readers the essential background to the economic problems in Europe and to bring you up-to-date in what has become a fast-moving situation. At the time of writing, there has been a lull in the news flow, but that does not mean the problems are under control. Far from it.
Flawed from the Start
When we talk about Europe today in an economic context, we really mean the Eurozone, whose seventeen members are the core of Europe and share a common currency, the euro. The euro first came into existence thirteen years ago, on January 1, 1999, replacing national currencies for eleven states; Greece joined two years later. In theory, the idea of a common currency for European nations with common borders is logical, and it was Canadian economist Robert Mundell's work on optimum currency areas that provided much of the theoretical cover.
However, the concept was flawed from the start.
The euro would have made sense if the economies of the member states had been allowed to converge -- that is, evolve -- so that they had similar characteristics. While this was the intention from the outset, the mistake was to put convergence in the hands of politicians and their economic advisers, who (if not representing socialist parties) were and still are all interventionists. This meant that they pursued their own national agendas by intervening in their respective economies while paying lip-service to the greater European ideal. Therefore, convergence was never going to happen.
The point everyone missed is that the only way convergence could occur is if all member states relinquished government planning and control of their individual economies, so that an undistorted free market across national boundaries could have developed. Instead, central planning by individual member states was the order of the day. Control mechanisms, such as limits on government borrowing as a proportion of GDP and permitted budget deficits, were breached with impunity, and the fines that should have been imposed under the Stability and Growth Pact of 1997 were never implemented. Today all Eurozone members are in breach, with the minor exceptions of Finland, Estonia, and Luxembourg.
The naïve ambitions behind the Maastricht Treaty were only the start of the euro-fudge. The whole point of the euro, so far as France and the Mediterranean countries were concerned, was to escape the monetary straitjacket of the deutschemark, with which their individual currencies were unfavourably compared in the foreign exchange markets. The Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, was truly independent of government, and operated with the single mandate of price stability, while the other national central banks were extensions of high-spending governments. It was to de-politicise note issuance that, based on the Bundesbank model, the European Central Bank (ECB) was created to be independent of all governments.
Looser Standards, Easier Money
However, while the Bundesbank was focused only on price stability, the ECB relies on a wide range of indicators to guide monetary policy. So where the Bundesbank was single-mindedly objective in its approach, the ECB has become variously subjective, being able to choose its statistical indicators at will. While the ECB is regarded by most commentators as following restrictive monetary policies, they are considerably more expansionary than the old Bundesbank.
Anyway, the result was that borrowing costs for France and the Mediterranean countries fell rapidly to a significantly lower margin over Germany's, which was taken as the "risk-free" rate. European banks geared up their lending to benefit from the spread, locking in a one or two percent differential between German bond yields compared with, for example, Italian government bonds. Gearing (i.e., levering up with further debt) this differential ten or twenty times was a no-brainer, particularly when it was backed by the implicit guarantee of the whole system. This was party-time for banks, and amounted to ready finance for profligate governments, which was the underlying reason that Greece joined -- to benefit -- two years after the start of the Eurozone.
In order to be eligible for monetary union in the first place, the future Eurozone members had to put their houses in order to meet the convergence criteria. For those with unacceptable debt-to-GDP ratios, this meant shifting debt "off balance sheet," typically by dropping nationalised industries from the national accounts. Various other fudges were devised to make appearances acceptable for the target year of proof of convergence: 1997.
This means that even today, declared government debt is only part of the whole government debt story, with government guarantees, actual and implied, giving a far greater potential problem than headline debt figures suggest.
The Party Kicks into High Gear
Greece was a special case, joining the Eurozone two years after the start. She had so mismanaged her affairs before entering the euro that membership in the Eurozone amounted to a rescue of Greece's finances. Interest rates for government borrowing in drachmas had been over 20% for much of the 1990s. By 1999, when her plans to join the Eurozone began to be discounted, Greece's short-term government debt yields had fallen to 7.25%. By 2005 they had fallen to only 2.5%, and even 10-year government bonds yielded less than 3.5%. At the same time, Greece's official central government debt rose from €83.22bn in 1999 to €175bn in 2006, rising further to €264bn by 2010.
Bank lending was expanding rapidly in other countries as well, particularly Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. And it wasn't only government: The private sectors of these latter three countries experienced property bubbles on the back of easy credit that sooner or later were certain to burst.
When things are booming, politicians take the glory and revel in their supposed success. At the domestic level, they loosen constraints on spending. They delude themselves that the boom is the result of their economic policies, so they extend planning and controls over the private sector at the behest of favoured pressure groups. Most European parliaments are coalitions, whose cohesions are bought through favours and money, corrupting the whole political system. And at the pan-European level, boom-times also encouraged politicians to grab their share of glory on the bigger stage by trying to outdo each other in their support of a common European ideal. Theirs is still a world of imagined power and uncontrolled spending. The EU budget, an expense on top of national accounts, is seen as a source of funds for everyone to grab before the annual budget allocations are used up. The result is that the EU budget has been unable to pass an audit by its own auditors for the last seventeen years.
With this gravy-train in operation, it is hardly surprising that the politicians and their favoured appointees lost touch with economic reality. The extraordinary lack of humility from European leaders is evidence of this, and entirely human.
Reality Intervenes
Economic conditions have now changed, with fear of deflation replacing easy money from before the credit-crunch and the Lehman crisis. From then onwards, banking changed from a world of expansion, of using all devices, including off-balance sheet vehicles, and hypothecation of collateral, to expand their lending. It was replaced with a sudden awareness of risk, of falling property prices and over-extended construction businesses.
This rude shock was a global phenomenon, affecting the US and the UK as well as mainland Europe. To stop the global banking system from going into a systemic melt-down, Sovereign states agreed to stand behind their commercial banks, guaranteeing all deposits. In effect, they were committed to underwriting balance sheets that totalled multiples of their own GDPs, turning a banking crisis into a sovereign debt crisis.
This was bad enough for countries with their own currencies, but Eurozone governments cannot support themselves with monetary printing, control of this function having been passed to the ECB (the exception is the TARGET settlement facility, which is described below). So while the US and UK were able to print dollars and sterling respectively via quantitative easing (QE), Eurozone governments were unable to do so.
The Importance of TARGET
The reason quantitative easing has been so useful to governments elsewhere is that it allows government deficits to be funded without paying interest rates demanded by bond markets. For that reason, interest rates in US dollars, pounds sterling, and Japanese yen can be held artificially low despite government guarantees to underwrite their banks' liabilities. The further advantage of QE is that it provides commercial banks themselves with liquidity to offset contracting balance sheets. In the absence of QE, Eurozone governments cannot so easily address their immediate financial and economic obligations, and so they face the scrutiny of risk-averse bond investors.
Of course, central banks are careful to de-emphasise the reasons for QE stated above. But the publicly stated reason, which is to help kick-start an economy, is obviously relevant where economic recovery is prevented by the actions of banks worried about deposits walking out of the door. This problem and that of capital flight are generally avoided in the EU periphery countries by the smoothing operations of the national central banks, which control the cross-border settlement system known as TARGET (an acronym for the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross-settlement Express Transfer System).
Money flowing, say, from Greece to Germany is replaced by the Bank of Greece issuing euros to leave the quantity of money in Greece unchanged, and the inflow into Germany is neutralised by the Bundesbank withdrawing euros from circulation for the same reason. Both trade imbalances and capital flight are accommodated by these means, and there is therefore no net currency issuance to accommodate them. By this mechanism, local banks facing depositor withdrawals in favour of stronger banks in other jurisdictions are kept solvent without recourse to the ECB.
If it wasn't for TARGET, the ECB would have had to step in to stop banks in the periphery countries from collapsing. Instead, TARGET has bought time by smoothing capital imbalances and can be expected to continue to do so. The effect has been for national central banks in the periphery nations to operate their own, hidden version of QE, concealed from public scrutiny because it is offset by money being drained elsewhere from the system, mostly by the Bundesbank in Germany.
Dangerous Imbalances Are Building
In the accounts of the central banks, the withdrawal of money in Germany by the Bundesbank is balanced in this example by a loan to the Bank of Greece, and since the Bank of Greece is guaranteed by the Greek Government, this is an extra, hidden government debt of which bond markets are generally unaware. Loans under TARGET by the Bundesbank and other national central banks to the Bank of Greece at end-2011 stood at about €100bn, which is a combination of Greece's cumulative trade balance with Eurozone partners and capital flight. To put this in context, Greece's GDP is estimated to be about €220bn, so the other national central banks are stuck with unsecured loans on their books that amount to 45% of Greek GDP. And remember, this does not include capital flight over the last three months, which in all probability will have accelerated.
Other TARGET "assets" in the system at year-end were €195bn owed by Bank of Italy (11.7% of GDP), €170bn owed by Bank of Spain (12% of GDP), about €120bn owed by Bank of Ireland (75% of GDP), and €55bn owed by Bank of Portugal (30% of GDP). Exposures in the form of loans are over €500bn to the Bundesbank, and a further €370 to the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Finland and the ECB itself.
These are serious imbalances, particularly for the smaller countries, and without them not only would their commercial banks have already folded, but asset prices would also be considerably lower. While these outcomes have been avoided so far, growing imbalances (if left unchecked) can only result in the eventual collapse of the TARGET system.
Conclusion (of Part I)
The above summarizes the essential background to the problems faced by the Eurozone.
In Part II: What Lies in Store for Europe, we address the logical next question: How will the tragedy play out from here?
We look at the critical roles played by Germany and the ECB, the only two entities with enough clout to determine a permanent outcome for the current Eurozone. And we examine the fast-eroding fundamentals for Spain, Italy, and France that will soon force a decision on the euro's fate.
Lastly, we recognize that the European credit crisis offers a rare opportunity for investors: a near-certain bet.
Click here to access Part II of this report (free executive summary; paid enrollment required for full access).
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Nice foto... But this graphic would have been better...
Superficial and clumsy, if you want to be generous. Perhaps you might want to encourage the non-Euro readers to read up on some history of the idea? Just a thought. The common currency is only the latest installment in this ongoing 'project'.
This 'straightjacket' nonsense needs to end, as if somehow the euro is holding back would-be Full Bloom economies.
Government debt is backed with what you'll make next year.
It's actually a guarantee to the banks that they'll be able to take it from you and give it to the banks.
So: the government sells people to the banks by going deeper into debt.
People thinks it's normal but it's still slavery as we know it.
How can people take from others for their own profits without anybody questionning it?
Robosigning used to be a big deal, BUT WHERE'S MY SIGNATURE THAT SAID I WANT TO PAY FOR ALL THIS CRAP?!?!?
Only thing that will end this joke, is if the Bundesbank grows a set, and says enough. Until that happens, nothing changes, print, print, and repeat.
Ah, a US citizen canadian is behind the economical theory so why not a name like nunatsiavut economics, I dunno, a name that stops from associating this theory with US citizens...
Would work in the same intent as voodoo economics.
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so why not a name like nunatsiavut economics, I dunno, a name that stops from associating this theory with US citizens
Perhaps the better name would be Zhou Enlai blobbing up Chinese citizenism Tibetan indentured servitude economics.
Ah, but that would require self indiction and not allow Chinese citizenism face savery...
Would work in the same intent as Chinese citizenism roadside doodoo economics.
Chinese citizenism new world odor.
That could do. Everything that avoid association with US citizenism, US citizens, will be welcomed.
Is the US killing the EURO?
an intesting read....
This article points out the problems with the USD, but fails to mention how f*^cked up the Euro is. Jibberish.
I don't think the euro needs anything else to fuck itself into oblivion
I had posted over 8 months ago on my blog "Systematically Undermining the Euro and Social Safety Nets"
The two goals they had in mind: killing two birds with one stone and remember we threw the first stone.
all future wars will be fough through finance and technology.
"The euro would have made sense if the economies of the member states had been allowed to converge -- that is, evolve -- so that they had similar characteristics."
So what does the economy of Alabama and New York have common? Or Vermont and Texas? Eurocritics always use double standards that no group of nations in the world could even implement.
USA is weak because so many states are weak and many are dependent on useless federal pork projects, especially military ones. Eurozone is quite strong because it is diverse, much more shock resistant. Germany is now experiencing quite good times, eight years ago it was doing badly while Italy and Spain were doing very well.
3000 years of history shows that europe will never merge.
All those who ever thried failed.
Charles magne, Napoleon, Hitler....
OK, let's go back 2000-3000 years. What was Rome then? Greeks before that? And from where did the white Americans came from? Did they somehow magically change mid-Atlantic from being "barbaric, mutually hostile" Europeans to Americans on their way to the "promised" land? Aliens dosed them with radiation to change their brain structure?
I am betting for USA breaking apart instead. EU is still quite loose free trading union, Holy Roman Empire (the one after the fall of actual Rome) was somewhat similar and that one lasted in various forms almost one thousand years.
The US may very well break up eventually, and this will force a major change in Europe. For the first time in three generations they will actually have to pay for their own military defense instead of just handing the bulk of the cost off to the US.
In any case there is probably going to be an eventual limit on how much the Germans will tolerate in the name of having intergenerational guilt shoved down their throats, the bills are going to be tremendous for keeping much of the rest of the zone floating. At this point it is quite clear that they will pay to keep things going and some of the other countries are going to use that in their own favor. Germany will get fleeced for awhile but it cant last forever.
For what its worth Europeans didnt change mid-Atlantic, there is plenty of mutual regional hostility here. Probably more than in Europe.
It just a myth that Americans "paid" for the defense of Europe. There are lot of more men who had to go through obligatory army service in western Europe than in US during Cold War. You got selective concription during Vietnam but that was it. Of course the mandatory training was only up to one year and mostly basic training plus some advanced training but more than what it was in the US.
France, Germany, UK are all quite big weapons dealer in the world and can manage to defend their own nations just fine. In matter of fact there is still a large surplus of weapons, mainly tanks, that even UK is considering STORING them to Germany due lack of storage space! We are talking about thousands of tanks.
Germany has sold a lot of tanks all around at the price of scrap metal because there is no need for them anymore. There was a huge buildup of weapons during Cold War.
With small arms there are even more huge collections everywhere, not to even mention the weapons left behind from USSR era in the other side. Americans think they have a lot of guns but it is nothing compared to vast weapons depots still existing in Europe. We are talking about a machine gun or rifle to every single citizen.
Hey you, ZH editor. You should do an article to debunk this asteroid mining concept. This link is a good start : http://www.yourmedievalfuture.com/?p=437 The asteroid mining news blurb may have been part of some disinformation campaign or an attempt to mislead the public perception on resource depletion issues. Or somebody might have been looking to dupe some investors. Questions for those mining guys : What concentration of valuable minerals are you expecting to find out there? Are those concentrations typical in meteorites that are already on the earth? If these minerals are embedded in rock or iron or manganese and impure and separation needs to be done then exactly which process is going to be used? Which machines and chemicals will you be taking to an asteroid? Do those processes work in zero gravity and zero atmosphere? How much tonnage are you bringing back per mission? What are the energy calculations for de-orbiting that mass? How big a heat shield will be needed? Shirley, someone must have done some calculations on weight, volume, and the amount of fuel to get out of orbit, get back, and de-orbit. Is the back of that envelope or that napkin still available? Or did it get tossed out after those "wannabe mining" guys ate lunch together? Talk about building a proverbial bridge to nowhere. Hope they are not going to be using government money for any funding. WAIT!!! That just might be it. Maybe they are just tring to divert some public funds to pad some corporations bottom lines with no real hope for a profitable business model. Wouldn't that be a swindle?
Hey you, ZH editor. You should do an article to debunk this asteroid mining concept. This link is a good start : http://www.yourmedievalfuture.com/?p=437 The asteroid mining news blurb may have been part of some disinformation campaign or an attempt to mislead the public perception on resource depletion issues. Or somebody might have been looking to dupe some investors. Questions for those mining guys : What concentration of valuable minerals are you expecting to find out there? Are those concentrations typical in meteorites that are already on the earth? If these minerals are embedded in rock or iron or manganese and impure and separation needs to be done then exactly which process is going to be used? Which machines and chemicals will you be taking to an asteroid? Do those processes work in zero gravity and zero atmosphere? How much tonnage are you bringing back per mission? What are the energy calculations for de-orbiting that mass? How big a heat shield will be needed? Shirley, someone must have done some calculations on weight, volume, and the amount of fuel to get out of orbit, get back, and de-orbit. Is the back of that envelope or that napkin still available? Or did it get tossed out after those "wannabe mining" guys ate lunch together? Talk about building a proverbial bridge to nowhere. Hope they are not going to be using government money for any funding. WAIT!!! That just might be it. Maybe they are just tring to divert some public funds to pad some corporations bottom lines with no real hope for a profitable business model. Wouldn't that be a swindle?
Made me laugh.
Who cares? All those questions, while being relevant and sound, are already answered. And the answers do not matter.
Black friday on world's resources, US citizens credit cards is throbbing.
The euro would have made sense if the economies of the member states had been allowed to converge -- that is, evolve -- so that they had similar characteristics. ________________________________________________
Well, converge? The US exhibits economical divergence between states so what?
This is US citizen cultural thing. You know, they call you to behave a certain way because so they say, it is the way they have achieved success.
Here, economies should have been left to converge etc...
Yep, save that was not the trick and still not is the trick.
With this gravy-train in operation, it is hardly surprising that the politicians and their favoured appointees lost touch with economic reality. The extraordinary lack of humility from European leaders is evidence of this, and entirely human.
No.It is entirely European...
There is nothing wrong with the euro; it will not break apart. No one is leaving, they even have a new unofficial member, Swizerland. In Europe governments can go bankrupt but the euro is not affected; the ECB will not print to save the countries. Price stability.
Price stability?
Today they showed how prices have increased since 2000.
On average goods and services cost 62% more here in europe.
Our wages did increase but not 62%!
A few months ago I had to hire 9 new people for my department. All fresh from school. My budget was 2k a month per person... That's as much as I got when I came out of school 13 years ago!
SD, you've been around a long time. I haven't seen Trav777 in a while. Any insights?
He could cross the line with all his toes.
How do you get banned on ZH?
Under the tenticles of the squid it is best not to be too certain--all bets are off.
The point everyone missed is that the only way convergence could occur is if all member states relinquished government planning and control of their individual economies, so that an undistorted free market across national boundaries could have developed.
Convergence? Of what and to what end? Convergence in flscal matters, that no one goes broke unless everyone goes broke? Convergence on monetary units, which was never an issue when metals were used?
I think the original point was to force a centralization of government planning and control of all economies. Undistorted free market access was never the plan anywhere. The goal was to drive everybody slowly to bankruptcy, penury, debt slavery, without being able to point a finger at any single culprit.
Why would anyone believe that convergence in any behavior between Germans and Greeks is a reasonable thing to expect in a free society? And why would it be necessary for a shared money to work? The idea that Germany and Greece should get the same rates on borrowed money was always a idiotic idea, and more so when the equal rates appeared long before it was clear that equal behavior never would. Well, I suppose it was clear to everybody who had never drank the water in Brussels that Greeks were not Germans and vice versa. But what potent water that must be to generate the dreams of the Eurocrats.
Together we stand, divided we fall.


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In Cincinnati, the W.E.B. DuBois Academy was put on the Ohio Department of Education's (ODE) closure list in 2009. According to the Policy Matters report, the same school and some of the staff remain, but under a different name: Cincinnati Speech and Reading Intervention Center (CSR).
Before 2009, Dubois Academy was CSR's sister school. Dubois Academy focused on grades four to eight, and CSR took up kindergarten through third grade. But when Dubois Academy was asked to shut down, CSR suddenly decided to expand to teach kindergarten through eighth grade, and it conveniently moved to the Dubois Academy building in the process.
The report also found some staff remained at the former DuBois Academy facility. Out of eight teachers from Dubois Academy, three still work at CSR.
Still, the school did change its sponsor from Educational Resource Consultants of Ohio to Richland Academy — a sign of some institutional changes.
Before it was placed on ODE's closure list, Dubois Academy gained three straight "Academic Emergency" ratings. Between 2007 and 2010, it received more than $3.6 million in state funds. In the preliminary 2011-2012 report card, CSR gained a rating of "Continuous Improvement" after receiving an "Academic Emergency" rating in the 2010-2011 report card.
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An eighth school in Cleveland — Hope Academy Broadway —
shut down one year before the state mandate kicked in,
citing an inability to find a sponsor. A year later, it reopened under a
new name — Broadway Academy. In the process, the school retained 11 Hope Academy Broadway staff members.
In a statement, Piet van Lier, the report's co-author, called the loophole a "systemic flaw" that undermines Ohio's education system: "Until Ohio strengthens its charter-closure law, the state will continue to fall short of the goal of improving public education for all Ohio's children."
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who was presiding over the case, was previously criticized by The Enquirer
for not following proper procedure, but dropping the charges and
letting the student withdraw his guilty plea may put the judge in the
legal clear. Lyons says he regularly seals cases for students.
The old building for the School for the Creative and Performing Arts will be converted into 170 apartments.
Northern Kentucky University could soon ban smoking on campus. Several other schools in Kentucky are already tobacco-free. The Ohio Board of Regents encouraged Ohio campuses to ban smoking on July 23.
Applications for Gov. Kasich's worker training vouchers are going fast. The program is meant to improve Ohio's business climate. It reimburses businesses for eligible employee training expenses in an effort to make Ohio companies more competitive and improve workers' skills.
A portrait of Jesus will remain in an Ohio school after 300 people showed up in support at a school board meeting. An atheist group is already planning on suing the school over the portrait. In a letter, Freedom from Religion Foundation claims that "if a district were to promote a religion over non-religion, it would impermissibly turn any non-believing student, parent, or staff member into an outsider."
With former governor Ted Strickland dropping out of the governor's race, The Washington Post posted an early look at whether Gov. Kasich can survive re-election. At this point, Kasich's most likely opponent is Ed FitzGerald, former mayor of Lakewood and Cuyahoga County's executive.
Apparently, Australia is so hot meteorologists had to add two new colors to heat maps to properly show the country's temperature. Americans can probably relate, considering 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded for the United States.
The cure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria may be panda blood. Will pandas abuse their newfound powers to take over the world?
The fiscal cliff was averted, but some Greater Cincinnati politicians didn't do much to help. U.S. Speaker John Boehner voted for the final fiscal cliff deal, but Republican U.S. Reps. Steve Chabot, Jean Schmidt and Mike Turner voted against the deal. Ohio's U.S. Sens. Rob Portman, a Republican, and Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, voted in favor of the deal.
U.S. Congress may have averted the fiscal cliff, but the spending cuts were only delayed for two months. For jobs at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, that means another congressional showdown in March could decide the fate of thousands of jobs. On the other hand, no one is surprised Congress reacted to a crisis by kicking the can down the road.
As part of the fiscal cliff deal, Ohio's wind industry should feel a little safer thanks to the extension of wind energy tax credits. Still, advocates are frustrated funding for wind energy is part of a "stop-and-start policy" that can suddenly continue or end depending on last-minute congressional deals.
The Buckeye Firearms Association is training and arming 24 teachers through a pilot program in the spring. A previous CityBeat analysis found no evidence that arming teachers would help stop gun violence; in fact, armed people tend to be in greater danger of violence.
Ohio and Kentucky are still in the bottom half of Forbes' ranking for businesses, but they're showing improvement.
The Ohio Liberty Coalition, a tea party group, is not happy with Gov. John Kasich. The group is upset Kasich supposedly violated the state's Health Care Freedom Amendment by signing legislation that compels all Ohioans with health care insurance to buy autism coverage. If even conservatives are angry at Kasich, who's happy with him?
Cincinnati-based Macy's is closing six stores, but none of them are in the Cincinnati area.
Surprise! Research has linked being overweight (but not obese) with lower risk of mortality.
During her final days as commander, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded a tour of the International Space Station.
A new study found newborn babies know the difference between their native language and a foreign one.
A pro-gun group called the Buckeye Firearms Foundation says it plans to send 24 school teachers through a training program to avoid mass murders in Ohio schools, which it called "victim zones." The organization, which has been holding classes for cops and civilians in rural Adams County near Cincinnati for about 15 years, calls the program the Armed Teacher Training Program. So far, there is no word about how many teachers have applied, but the firearms group says it has been flooded with applications.
This move by the in-state gun lobby — which appears to be trying to capitalize off a tragedy linked to another slaughter — echoes the National Rifle Association's call for arming teachers after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It seems designed to push back against efforts to control access to assault rifles and plays off fears that teachers can save students by shooting it out with bad guys. In online photos at the Adams County site, there are people with military style guns, all apparently engaged in legal activities on private property.
The three-day shooting course for teachers in Ohio is supposed to cost $1,000, and the firearms association says it will pick up the tab for the educators it accepts into the class. That means it's putting its money where its munitions are — it is serious about training but does not offer to arm the teachers or buy them guns and bullets. It says it will keep the names of the teachers secret if they ask for confidentiality. The instructors are supposed to include "professional law enforcement personnel" who have faced active shooter situations:
"We believe that while there are many things we can do to help avoid mass murders at schools, it is imperative we allow teachers and administrators to respond quickly and effectively. That means having at least a few armed personnel on the scene so schools are no longer 'victim zones.' We have resolved to create a curriculum for a standardized Armed Teach Training Program which can be adopted around the county."
More information about the Tactical Defense Institute can be found here. The questionnaire to apply for the Armed Teacher Training Program can be found here.
Facing tight budgets, Ohio schools, including Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS), are considering open enrollment.
The move would open school doors to neighboring communities. It was
previously considered by CPS a decade ago, but the plan didn't have
enough support from the district's board. It might now.
Next year could be challenging for Ohio schools. Butler County schools will begin the year by implementing a transition to the Common Core Curriculum, new evaluations for teachers and a new method of rating and grading schools. The state is also expected to change the school funding formula.
seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate remained relatively flat at 6.9
percent in November, according to data from the Ohio Department of Jobs
and Family Services. The city's unemployment did not tick up or down
from the 6.9 percent rate in October, but about 1,300 dropped out from
the civilian labor force as it shrank from 145,600 in October to 144,300
in November. Hamilton County also remained flat at 6.3 percent as 3,500
left the labor force. Greater Cincinnati ticked up to 6.2 percent from
6.1 percent, with about 6,900 leaving the labor force between October
and November. In comparison, the state had a seasonally unadjusted rate
of 6.5 percent and nation had a seasonally unadjusted rate of 7.4
percent in November. Unemployment numbers are calculated through a
household survey. The unemployment rate gauges the amount of unemployed
people looking for work in contrast to the total civilian labor force.
Since the numbers are derived from surveys, they are often revised in
later months. Federal and state numbers are typically adjusted for
seasonal factors.
Police in Kentucky are now using playing cards to catch suspects. Trooper Michael Webb says the effort has helped crack three out of 52 cases so far. That may not seem like a lot, but Webb puts it in perspective: "Two of the cases were double homicides so that's four families that have gotten closure and have had some kind of ability to deal with the situation. The third one was a single murder and obviously that family has been able to have closure. So we've got five families that have been able to have closure as a result of this initiative."
Another casualty of the fiscal cliff: milk. It turns out milk prices could soar to $7 a gallon as Congress fails to adopt a farm bill. President Barack Obama and legislators are expected to discuss a fiscal cliff deal today.
As some companies shift to social media, Facebook may topple CareerBuilder for job opportunities.
On Christmas Day, 17.4 million smart devices turned on for the first time. In the first 20 days of December, only 4 million Android and iOS devices were turned on.
What does 2013 hold for science and technology? Popular Science takes a look. Expect more supercomputers and less solar activity!
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Retirement Rates for Doctorate Social and Behavioral Scientists, 1993 - 2008
Notes: Labor force is defined as those employed plus those unemployed and seeking work. The retirement rate is the proportion of the labor force who report they are retired.
*Figures for Sociology and Other Social Sciences for 1993 and 1995 are estimates. During these years, reported retirement counts combined Sociology and Anthropology. Disaggregated data for these fields are not available.
The majority of the sociologists who are not in the labor market are retired. While the retirement rate for sociologists leveled-off in 2003, retirements among PhD sociologists have steadily increased between 1995 and 2006 by about 19 percent per year, the highest among these fields. Retirements rates have continued to increase, as of 2008 (the most recent year for which data are available).
- Unemployment Rates for Doctorate Social and Behavioral Scientists, 1993 - 2008
- Unemployment Rates for All Social and Behavioral Scientists, 2003 and 2006
- Unemployment Rates in Science and Engineering by Degree Level, 2003 and 2006
- Involuntarily Out-of-Field Rates for Doctorate Social and Behavioral Scientists, 1993 - 2003
- Replacement in the Social Sciences: Ratio of the Number of New PhDs Awarded per Each
- Retirees in Selected Social Science and Behavioral Disciplines, 1993 - 2003
ASA computations based on data from the National Science Foundation, Science Resource Statistics, Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States (Arlington, VA: NSF, 1996 - 2008). Retrieved from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf13302/content.cfm?pub_id=4214&id=2 (October 2013).
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The President of the Ohio Senate says a controversial abortion bill will not be brought before his members for a vote during the lame duck session. That news is drawing mixed reactions and as Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports, some abortion opponents who back that bill are not giving up the fight yet.
Opponents of abortion have been trying hard to get the Ohio Senate to vote for the heartbeat bill legislation that would outlaw abortion at the point a fetal heartbeat can be detected. There was hope that the Senate would pass it in the remaining weeks of the general assembly during the lame duck session. But Senate President Tom Niehaus says he's not going to allow that bill to come up for a vote now.
Niehaus: "There were a lot of factors but I personally had some of the same constitutional concerns that I had a year and a half ago. And that's as far as I want to go right now."
Niehaus says the legislation could be brought up by the next general assembly. And that's what concerns Kellie Copeland of Naral Ohio.
Copeland:"The Senate president has pledged that something won't happen in the next couple of weeks but that doesn't mean that they won't be back with these attacks in January and that's why Governor Kasich has to make a pledge to the women of Ohio that he will not stand for this ,that he will block any efforts to restrict access to women's reproductive health care."
But Janet Folger Porter, one of the key supporters of the heartbeat bill, is not ready to give up on it yet.
Folger Porter :"What the outgoing president has to say isn't nearly as important as what the incoming president and the other 21 Republican Senators, all of whom ran on a pro-life platform by the way, what they can do about it. That's what matters."
Folger Porter wants 17 Republican state senators to sign what's known as a discharge petition that would force the president of the senate to put the issue up for a floor vote. She says that tactic has been used successfully in the 1990's.
Folger Porter: "We faced the same kind of objections back then, they said, 'get it next year'. It's too extreme. Not going to happen. Well we saw it happen and I know we can see it happen again."
Folger Porter says she's not at liberty to talk about senators who might be willing to sign the discharge petition. But the incoming Senate President, Keith Faber, a conservative Republican, isn't going to sign it.
Faber: "I would not. I think discharge petitions are both bad form and something that has have consequences above and beyond that concept. I think there was a discussion had and considerations made and from that perspective, I think the caucus will support the president."
But Folger Porter is working to make sure the caucus doesn't support President Niehaus's decision. She wants heartbeat bill supporters to barrage senators with phone calls, asking them to sign the discharge petitions. And Folger Porter says has a stern warning for Republican Senators who don't sign it.
Folger Porter: "If they don't care enough to sign that discharge petition, then I don't care enough to ever help them again."


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For some reason, my computer decided to give me Safari, so that makes 3. Do I need more? Are there anymore? Do I really need 3? Maybe I should just get a Mac...
For some reason, my computer decided to give me Safari, so that makes 3. Do I need more? Are there anymore? Do I really need 3? Maybe I should just get a Mac...
I use Firefox and keep IE around for the odd page that will not work properly with Mozilla. I can't think of a reason I would need any others.
I went on a taste test binge recently and I like Firefox the best.
I actually tried Navigator again for the first time in years (it's going away anyway), and pretty much have weaned off IE.
Safari is okay (we just bought a new Mac, so there it is, but I am typing this in Firefox, and use that on my PC at work). I tried Opera but it didn't wow me.
I use Firefox for general Web browsing because with adblock, flashblock, and noscript, I can actually browse text on sites, and not wasteful, intrusive, and annoying Flash ads (which always leave shared objects in efforts to try to cross site track people who do clear cookies.)
For the sites that I am concerned about having glitches on (say I'm filling out an application form, and some Javascript the site has doesn't fire off, corrupting my submission), I'll fire up IE7.
Other sites that require IE, I fire up a dedicated XP virtual machine in Virtual PC that rolls back all changes when closed, fire up IE in that. If that VM gets hit by malware, who cares... it goes poof the second I close the window.
I use opera, i like it better than fire fox. seems faster and includes most stuff so there is less crap to add-on.
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Your computer gave you safari because of a shotty forced upgrade from Apple (itunes)...
I stoped using iTunes, stuck with WMP, might try win amp soon.
I use firefox alone, with ie tab (and a whole buncha add ons) .
It turns out some programs use the ie internet settings for their conectivities, so I use that for proxies and stuff.
I have three as well after the Safari version was slipped in on the iTunes upgrade. Knowingly selected to load for trial.
The PC version is not as featured as the Mac version is.
Prefer FF, and if you keep it minimal, it is reasonably quick. I also utilize the Pocketware (flash drive) version on corp laptop to avoid employer issues, along with Thunderbird for email retrieval from Gmail via imap settings.
IE kept, just because, there are times, and sites that demand because the code support team did not test for other browsers.
I browse from at least 4 different platforms, and firefox is easiest to maintain compatibility between the four.
I do remember when it was a big issue, but I haven't seen it in a long time.
Netflix has a "watch instantly" option that doesn't work on anything but IE.
Your computer came w/ Safari and it isn't a Mac?!?! Wow...clearly I'm out of the loop, I thought Safari was only for Macs.
I have a Mac (two actually) and I have 4 web browsers: Safari on the OSX machine, and IE, Netscape Navigator, & iCab on the OS9 machine. And I may still look into Firefox or something else that is consistent and reliable enough that I don't need to keep 4 web browsers around!
Apple has been bundling iTunes and Safari with their updates for QuickTime on Windows computers.Your computer came w/ Safari and it isn't a Mac?!?! Wow...clearly I'm out of the loop, I thought Safari was only for Macs.
I mainly use IE6, but I also have Netscape 7.2 and Firefox 2. I got Netscape because it worked better than IE in one particular chat room that I frequented; but that chat room has gone away, so I almost never use Netscape anymore. I don't recall why I got Firefox, but I use it for Bike Forums...when I installed it and it imported the bookmarks from IE, it put them in alphabetical order, so Bike Forums is near the top of the list and easy to get to. I could move it in IE's list, but I'm lazy...
I've tried IE7, but don't like it much...everything seems to take extra clicks compared to IE6.
Say it how ya like, but since quicktime is a royal PITA, i tend to think that itunes is the one that comes with the added software
Firefox. And, wait until 3.0 - I've been running the beta, and it's FAST. It's significantly faster than ANY other browser; opera, Firefox 2, IE, Safari, whatever.
As far as sites that don't work with Firefox, the vast majority of them (all except those that use ActiveX, which hardly anyone does anymore) can be made to work just fine by just installing a user agent switcher add-on and telling it to lie to that site and say you're running IE. Firefox will run the site fine, the site is intentionally breaking itself when it realizes you're not running IE.
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It's always a +1 decision since many people still use IE-specific code - aaaaaaaarrrrrgh!
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i don't even use Safari on my Mac. every time the PC tries to install it, i deselect it.
Firefox and IE for me, in that order.
that said, there should be lots and lots of browsers - competition is good. even though you end up with issues with standard non-compliant pages.


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Medicalisation is a term given to the process by which aspects of life hitherto considered ordinary or natural come to be seen as medical disorders. It can be benign. Ailments that a darker age viewed as a sign of personal failings – insanity say – have lost their moral sting and are on their way to being as value-free as a dose of eczema. But there can be disadvantages. Medicalising a problem can also mean that responsibility for solving it is passed to doctors or, more worryingly for some, the pharmaceutical industry. While few would query the medicalising of schizophrenia, shyness might be a different matter. The recent on-line publishing of a draft of DSM-V, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has introduced a number of potential new disorders, including binge eating and 'temper dysregulation'. What a less scientific age might have called the sins of gluttony and wrath are on their way to being diagnosable disorders and, presumably, disorders that will invite pharmacological regulation. While the loss of moral opprobrium clinging to these conditions will please some, others will argue that an unintended consequence will be a loss of personal responsibility for behaviour. In your view, is the widening of the net of psychiatry a good thing?


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