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NM pool future uncertain
The status and future of the New Milford pool is in question. "It could be the last operating year," Council President Ken Carey warned of the financially daunting work required to keep the public swimming place open another season.
Carey reported at the Thursday, July 1, meeting that a new vacuum was ready for use and work was progressing on the steps. He also noted that enough funds remained from a grant to either purchase a cover for the pool or a filtration system – but not both. Each costs about $6,500, Carey said.
Carey advocated for the purchase of the pool cover. For the past 12 years, he has been cleaning out the pool to get it ready for summer. "I don't know how many more years I have left of shoveling snakes, frogs and leaves out of there," he said.
But those repairs and upgrades only scratch the surface of the pool needs. Council discussed fixing the concrete surround in the spring of 2015; but the concrete walls of the pool also need to be replaced
Carey will bring a detailed list of plans to fix the pool to the August council meeting. He estimated that the borough would need $25,000-$35,000 to address the repair needs.
The New Milford pool was built in the 1950s and remodeled in the 1980s. With 30 years between the installation and major overhaul, "It's due," Mayor Scott Smith said.
In the past, council members noted the community rallied around keeping the pool open. Council said the community may be needed to show its support for the pool again or face closing it.
Kelsey Wages, junior councilmember and lifeguard, said the pool has been very busy this season with an average of 20 or more people using it each day.
Water from a different source continues to cause concern in the borough.
Run-off from a Peck Hill Road property continues to cause flooding problems on the New Milford Borough roadway and on private property all the way to the bottom of Montrose Street, according to members of the council.
In recent heavy rainstorms, water was shooting out over a stone wall and possibly causing damage to some private property as well as borough infrastructure. The road itself is being compromised, according to council, and stone used to reinforce ditches last year has been washed out.
Council discussed several options at the Thursday, July 17 meeting, including paving the top of the roadway. Councilman Larry White said that would alleviate some of the debris that washes into the road but cause water to run down the street "twice as fast" and possibly causing more problems for neighboring homeowners.
Councilwoman Barb James suggested having an engineer evaluate the situation and provide recommendations.
Council said the issues first began on the street when a culvert that used to divert water flow to a creek was either removed or compromised. Councilman Rick Ainey said he could see the borough joining in a legal suit if one was brought by neighboring property owners.
A natural gas vendor expo will be held August 4, 6-8 p.m., at the New Milford United Methodist Church on Pratt St. Ainey said this will be a chance for residents to meet with technicians regarding possible conversions to natural gas, as well as sign commitment letters to hook up to the service.
If enough New Milford area customers sign on, Leatherstocking will begin drawing up construction plans in the fall and has proposed to begin installing lines next year.


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We are hoping you are all enjoying the 1.0.60 update we recently released, as well as our first game design document on Fighters & Bombers for the expansion pack we revealed for the current G2G vote.
In between all these interesting things, we have even more surprises for you: our fourth free add-on:
Today, we are introducing a new hero: Berege Carter, who might ring a bell, if you paid attention or even participated in the Thousand-Year War community project and wiki! Indeed, we decided to make this new hero as a reward to our great community members for their creativity and passion for the ES universe.
Check out these links if you are interested in participating:
Berege Carter
Commander / Pilot
- Labour: 0
- Wit: 0
- Melee: 3
- Offence: 8
- Defence: 4
"A highly decorated commander in the UEH navy, Carter quit the service in 3536 when she could no longer ignore the Empire's acts of atrocity against Amoeba civilians. Now a pirate and freelance troublemaker, she is extremely wealthy and a constant source of trouble for the UEH. Though she seems to be in it for the money, in fact Carter harbours notions of building a fleet strong enough to give the Empire what it deserves. If she does not live long enough to do it, she will pass the task on to her unborn child."
That is all for now, but find out more about Virtual Awakening in the upcoming days on the Dev Blog!

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In contrast to regular 401(k) plans, where an employee's wages are taxed as income when they retire, Roth 401(k)s allow employees to contribute after-tax dollars. This could be particularly attractive to workers who are just beginning their careers and who expect to pay more in taxes in the future as their income rises.
Also, unlike Roth IRAs, these vehicles are available to individuals with income over $110,000 per year and married couples with income of $160,000 or more.
Despite these advantages, however, only three out of 10 employers surveyed recently by Hewitt Associates say they are likely to offer Roth 401(k)s when they become available on January 1.
"I don't think we need to add another level of complication until we have a much greater level of participation in our 401(k) plan," says Cindy Ellis, benefits manager at Cadmus Communications in Richmond, Virginia. Cadmus, with 3,000 employees, has a 65 percent participation rate in its 401(k) plan. Ellis says she would wait until the majority of Cadmus' workers were already in the regular 401(k) before adding the Roth option--unless employees demanded it.
Randy Boldt, director of global rewards at Motorola, agrees that the communications challenge is one of the reasons the company is not launching a Roth 401(k) plan in January. Another issue that gives Boldt pause is that under current law, Roth 401(k)s are scheduled to sunset in 2010 and the Treasury Department hasn't given instructions on how to handle the accounts if that happens.
"We want to get more guidance about some of the nuts and bolts regarding these plans," Boldt says. Since it doesn't seem that many of its competitors are launching Roth 401(k) plans, he is not concerned that Motorola will be less competitive by waiting until the middle of next year to make a decision.
Bob Hunkeler, vice president of investments at International Paper Co. in Stamford, Connecticut, had similar concerns when he first started looking into Roth 401(k)s. But he now is starting to warm to the concept. "On further review, there are some nice features about it," he says.
For one, Hunkeler anticipates that offering a Roth 401(k) will cost the company little or no money. "If we do it, it will probably be sometime next year," he says.
Currently, International Paper has 60,000 plan participants and automatically enrolls employees into its regular 401(k) plan. Hunkeler is weighing whether that would continue if the company launched a Roth 401(k).
"This is a tough one because you could argue that automatically enrolling employees into a Roth 401(k) makes the most sense, since the employees you are automatically enrolling tend to be younger people," he says.
But given the uncertain fate of Roth 401(k)s, Hunkeler thinks his company will continue to automatically enroll employees into its regular 401(k) if it adds the Roth plan.
"There is just more certainty there," he says.—Jessica Marquez


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Liberals win big majority in Canadian elections
Not Stockwell's day
Without any recounts, hand counts, or court challenges, Canadians elected Jean Chretien Prime Minister on Nov. 27 in what pundits called one of the most vicious yet dull campaigns in Canadian history. Mr. Chretien became the first leader in 55 years to win a third consecutive majority government, with Liberal candidates taking 173 seats, including 100 of 103 in voter-rich Ontario alone (151 of 301 seats in Parliament constitutes a majority). Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day, a Pentecostal pastor-turned-politician, leads the 66 Alliance Members of Parliament as the Official Opposition ("Minister in his prime," WORLD, Aug. 19). The separatist Bloc Quebecois took 37 seats, the far-left New Democratic Party 13, and the once-mighty Progressive Conservatives barely retained official party status with 12. Mr. Day had hoped that an Alliance breakthrough in politically moderate Ontario, with continued domination in mostly conservative western Canada, would force the Liberals into a minority government. But, unable to counter Liberal attacks about a "hidden agenda," the Alliance took only two seats in Ontario. One hysterical British Columbia candidate told a crowd that Mr. Day would make "all Canadians believe as he said that this Jesus Christ is the God of the whole universe." Mr. Chretien claimed that the Alliance's plan to allow referenda on controversial issues, like abortion and capital punishment, would upset Canada's "social peace." When confronted with that comment Mr. Day waffled, saying only that "abortion isn't even on the platform." The Liberals also characterized Alliance as a threat to Canada's universal health care system when its leaders suggested that private medical facilities would ease the burden on the public system. On Nov. 16 CBC News aired a piece describing how in 1997 Mr. Day told some college students that he believed that the earth is 6,000 years old, that Adam and Eve were real people, and that humans co-existed with dinosaurs. Other media piled on, and one Liberal flak held up a purple Barney doll and sneered on national TV, "the only dinosaur that walked with human beings recently was this one right here." Mr. Chretien called the election three-and-a-half years into his five-year term with the Liberals showing big leads in the polls. Some media cast the results as a stinging defeat for Mr. Day, but the Alliance gained eight seats and took 26 percent of the popular vote, up from the 19 percent that the Reform Party (the Alliance's precursor) captured in 1997. The message from Canadians, said Mr. Day in his concession speech, was, "Not yet, not this time." -Les Sillars New party takes power in Mexico
PRI was outfoxed
Not since Herbert Hoover occupied the Oval Office in 1929 has a Mexican president been elected from outside the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). But after seven decades of PRI rule-and, many say, sham elections-Mexico on Dec. 1 planned to inaugurate Vicente Fox, the maverick National Action Party candidate voters swept into power last summer. Mr. Fox, who ran on promises to end government corruption, provide opportunity for the nation's poor, and strengthen Mexico's economy, soundly defeated PRI candidate Francisco Labastida on July 2, ushering in a new, multi-party political era for the nation. The election may also have ushered in a new season for the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico. Tough church-state separation laws had generated longstanding protocols that discouraged Mexico's government officials from publicly expressing religious faith. But shortly after he won the election, Mr. Fox, a Jesuit-educated Roman Catholic, attended a Sunday mass and took communion in full view of rolling news cameras. That very public break with tradition delighted many Mexicans, 90 percent of whom are at least nominally Roman Catholic. But Mexico's newly minted chief may not be happy about policy differences he'll face with the likely new president north of his border. Mr. Fox wants to work toward open borders between the United States, Canada, and Latin America, allowing a free exchange of goods and labor similar to the system evolving in Europe. During an August visit to Austin, Texas, he pitched that idea to then-presidential candidate George W. Bush. But the governor didn't swing. "I made it very clear to Vicente Fox that we will enforce the borders so long as I am the governor and if I am the president," Mr. Bush told the Austin-American Statesman, adding that he appreciated Mr. Fox's optimistic vision. "When the wage differential narrows, then perhaps it's a strategy we can explore jointly." -Lynn Vincent Inquiring reader
Did he say that?
Jesse Jackson is known for his exaggerated rhetoric, but WORLD reader John Norton wondered whether Mr. Jackson actually said what various Internet messages were quoting him as saying: "A vote for Bush is a vote for slavery." Apparently not. Mr. Jackson seems to have said (in Minneapolis on Oct. 24) that a vote for Mr. Bush was a vote against "a century of progress" on civil-rights issues. He also apparently criticized (in Madison, Wis.) George W. Bush's intention to appoint Supreme Court justices who would strictly interpret the Constitution: "Strict constructionists never ruled slavery illegal, never ruled for a woman's right to vote, never ruled for the right to organize." But we could find no record of Jesse Jackson going further than that. John Norton will receive a WORLD WEAR cap. Indicators turn sluggish
Losing steam
The market is down and the bears look hungry. After hitting an all-time high earlier this year, the tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index in November dropped down below 40 percent of its peak. Much of the loss came because the dot-com speculation bubble exploded, but many observers fear that the decline may be a harbinger of recession. At least two major indicators point to a slowing economy. The Consumer Confidence Index fell in November to its lowest level in more than a year. The results of this monthly survey of some 5,000 U.S. households point to concern over various issues, from the stock markets to the election to the possibility of higher heating bills this winter. The Commerce Department also reported last week that the economy grew at an annual rate of only 2.4 percent during the summer, the slowest pace in nearly four years. A series of rate hikes from the Federal Reserve fueled the drop-and chairman Alan Greenspan isn't talking about lowering them yet. The federal funds rate-the interest that banks charge each other-has been stuck at a nine-year high of 6.5 percent for the last six months, as the value of New Economy bellwethers from Intel to Amazon.com slumped. At its last meeting, the Fed said it still viewed the risks as weighted toward "heightened inflation pressures," citing continued tight labor markets and this year's surge in energy prices. That didn't help the malaise that has swept away Wall Street's previous go-go attitude. Nor did this year's election jitters. Health plan ignores individual buyers
Business as usual
Hillary Clinton's 1993 socialized medicine plan is relegated to history, but a major business group is helping to build a successor. The Health Insurance Association of America, one of Hillarycare's main opponents, and the leftist group Families USA have come up with a joint proposal that attempts to provide coverage to uninsured Americans. The plan calls for more spending for Medicaid and more tax incentives for businesses to buy private insurance for workers. For liberals at Families USA, the proposal is a step toward a bigger government plan. For the industry, it's an attempt to pacify Washington and hold off intrusive regulation. But free-market health economists say the proposal doesn't tackle the main problem in health policy-a tax structure that subsidizes business health plans, but not people who buy their own insurance. They favor an individual tax credit and a move away from defined-benefit plans (which dictate coverage) toward defined-contribution plans (which provide resources for employees to choose their own coverage) among employers. They say that such programs would encourage people to make wise choices in health spending and solve the problem of people losing their insurance when they leave jobs. "Just throwing more tax subsidies on the same old system won't work," said Tom Miller, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute. France okays stem-cell research
Let them eat cake
The French government is preparing to allow research on human embryos. French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin told Reuters that this would help correct genetic birth defects and fight diseases. Stem cells from unborn babies between 7 and 12 days old will be lifted and used for transplants to patients. Mr. Jospin said the potential benefits from embryo research outweigh ethical objections. "Should philosophical, spiritual or religious motives make us deprive society and the ill of the possibility of advances in treatment?" he asked. Microsoft denounces federal judge
Trustworthy justice?
Microsoft won't go down without a fight. The world's most powerful software company last week struck back at a federal judge's breakup ruling. Its legal briefs lambasted U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson as a biased judge who compromised the "appearance of impartiality." The case hinges on whether Microsoft abused its monopoly over PC operating systems. Specifically: Did the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows help destroy Netscape? The antitrust action was the biggest since the 1980s suit that broke up the Bell System-and Mr. Jackson's ruling was about as momentous. He ordered Microsoft split into two so-called "Baby Bills," with each taking part of the business. Mr. Jackson said in a September speech that his order was a last resort forced by the company's unwillingness to make changes voluntarily. Microsoft claims that the judge failed to act impartially in deciding the case. The company asked the appellate court to overturn Mr. Jackson's order-and to find a new judge if a new trial is necessary. "By repeatedly commenting on the merits of the case in the press," the company's brief argued, "the district judge has cast himself in the public's eye as a participant in the controversy, thereby compromising the appearance of impartiality, if not demonstrating actual bias against Microsoft." The antitrust case promises to drag on for months. On Jan. 12, the government is scheduled to file its brief with the appeals court. Microsoft will have a chance to reply by the end of January, and oral arguments in the landmark antitrust case are set for late February. Mr. Jackson's ruling came in early June. Since then, Microsoft has felt its share of pain in this year's Nasdaq downdraft. The company's stock was cut in half by October from its March highs and slowly began a recovery. Meanwhile, the company's PC dominance is untouched: Windows still runs on more than 90 percent of the world's personal computers. -Chris Stamper Millionaire to build replica of the Titanic
Unsinkable nostalgia
If you can't raise the Titanic, why not build another? A South African millionaire named Sarel Gous says he wants to build a replica and set sail with paying passengers. Since 1998, he has been trying to get a new ship built, preferably by the original Belfast shipyard, Harland & Wolff, which still exists today. The London Telegraph reports that his RMS Titanic Shipping Holding Company was looking for investors to finance the project, hoping to repeat the famous voyage's route in 2004. Mr. Gous's Titanic II won't be an exact replica. It will be somewhat larger (by 71 meters) and mix modern technology with touches from the original ship. Estimated room rates are between $250 and $2,500 per night. Surely this Titanic will carry plenty of lifeboats. Titanic mania faded after James Cameron's hit movie left theaters, though millions are still curious about the voyage that left 1,523 people dead. An Atlanta company called RMS Titanic, Inc. claims legal right to the original wreck and plans to revisit the site for research and recovery. Currently an exhibit of its artifact collection is touring America; visitors receive "boarding passes" bearing the name of a real passenger on the ship. Will we ever see a new Titanic? Mr. Gous isn't alone in his quest; according to the Telegraph there are 13 different plans to build replicas of the massive ocean liner. French government, PBS honor Julia Child
Queen of French cuisine
Julia Child is still cooking at age 88. The chef who some say forever changed American tastes plans one more trip before the TV cameras. Her accent and "Bon appetit!" mannerisms make for easy parody, but Mrs. Child made haute cuisine mainstream. Since 1963 she has taped 850 episodes for audiences that gobbled up her cookbooks. A PBS tribute, "Julia Child's Kitchen Wisdom," will look back at her career this month. Mrs. Child was raised in Pasadena, moved to Paris with her husband after World War II, and published her first cookbook in 1961. The French government honored her in November with its highest award, the Legion of Honor. "I'm a cook and a teacher," she said. "We called the first show French Chef because we wanted chefs to come on the show as guests, but that never happened." Still, her introduction of French cooking to the United States had a running start on the globalization that brought Japanese, Thai, and Mexican restaurants into suburban strip malls from coast to coast.


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A few weeks back, we brought you the news that ABC was strongly considering bringing back 'Body of Proof' for a fourth season. Unfortunately, it seems that either those original reports were overblown, or ABC has since had a change of heart.
Series star Dana Delany took to Twitter today, in an apparent attempt to prevent previously burned 'Proof' fans from getting their hopes up any further: "Sorry to disappoint some, but #bodyofproof will not be resurrected. May she rest in peace. Time for new adventures!" Well, I guess that's pretty much that. If anyone would know whether the show is coming back, it would have to be its lead actress.
The online response to 'Body of Proof's seemingly impending resurrection was overwhelmingly positive, to the point where many were crediting ABC with making a smart move. 'BOP' was never a ratings juggernaut, but its numbers make most of ABC's new series look downright awful. To put things in perspective, 'Proof's series finale back in May brought in roughly double the audience that the latest episode of 'Once Upon A Time Wonderland' earned.
Sadly, fans have to go back to mourning the loss of the show they loved. Ah, the incomprehensible thought processes of network executives. The day their decisions make sense to us normal folk will likely be a precursor to the coming apocalypse.
It certainly didnt help by changing most of the actors in the 3rd season, as the network didnt (as if thats ever stopped them!) realise it changed the viewers mind in keeping up with this show, jumped the shark comes to mind.
Afaik Unstoppable was brought back from the dead & ironically the female lead was a Redhead also, as Jerry Seinfeld would say, 'Not that there's anything wrong with that!' :-)


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Looks like Motorola Droid X will land the market earlier than expected. Motorola and Verizon made the changes to move the launching date of the new Droid from August to 23rd of June. Yes, a month earlier. It is also said the training is already set to start at the end of this month. The new release date of Droid X which is on June 23 seems in line with the expected release date of the new Apple iPhone 4. According to Droid Life, the wireless carrier is advising its retail stores to have the Droid X go on sale on the 19th of July.
Verizon had announced three basic features of the Droid X. The said phone will include a 4.3 inch display, HDMI output and 720p camera. The first two features is nothing spectacular since some phones already had it, but with the 720p camera, it is wonderful. The Verizon site had originally tagged the Droid X as having a "720p screen" but later it was changed as "captures 720p" for clarification and to avoid confusion among buyers.
Apple iphone 4 is already close to this with 960 x 640 display. The display screen is very responsive to taps and other multi touch gestures. However, the Droid X prototype that was first released had the same 854 x 480 resolution as the original Droid.
Droid X has the similar look as EVO 4G. Although it is noticeable that it is longer and wider and has the four physical buttons found at the bottom of the screen. The new Motorola smartphone feels light to carry and looks portable. Another feature is the new navigation bar at the button that allows easy access to other Android panels. It will also be preloaded with a Blockbuster application and a DLNA type application.
Motorola Droid X will be run by Android 2.1 Éclair and a new UI tagged as Shadow BLUR.
The said launching of the new phone is much awaited especially by Droid fans. Executives from the company of Verizon, Google, Motorola and Adobe had already spoken of the event which is entitled as "Unleashing the Next Generation of Droid".
Well, looks like we need to watch out for more details and info of the launching of the new Droid X. Stay tune guys!
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No Pastels, PleaseTuesday, March 9th, 2010
I've been getting a deluge of spring catalogs in my mailbox. I do most of my shopping online, so I get a lot of catalogs, let me tell you. They're mainly for clothing, and I'm seeing the endless parade of women's clothing in insipid, washed-out pastels. Girly pink. Baby blue. Lavender. Pale yellow.
On top of it all, I'm seeing a lot of ruffles and frilly nonsense — nothing I would be caught dead wearing. I will, however, wear lace. Some lace. Not frothy, frou-frou lace, but Lace with a capital "L." Lace that looks something like this:
Pattern: Strangling Vine Lace Scarf. The pattern is a four-row lace repeat, which you can memorize easily. I've christened my version the Isadora Duncan Scarf since the friend who gave me the yarn questioned the wisdom of knitting a scarf with the word strangling in the pattern title.
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% Merino Superwash, Blue Curacao, approximately 190 yards. The intensity of the color is phenomenal.
Needles: US size 3, Addi Turbo Lace. These are the ne plus ultra of knitting needles. I cherish mine in a way that's almost lascivious.
Size: Before blocking: 32″ by 4.25″ ; After blocking 46″ by 4.5″
I get high blocking lace. It's the most amazing transformation. All the lumpy stitches behave themselves and lie flat, and all the yarn overs open up to show off those well-behaved stitches. I can see the allure of knitting larger lace pieces like shawls and stoles.
I'm wearing this to work tomorrow (I'm thinking with a plain ivory or white sweater). I want to skip down the hallway, "Lookit what I made! Isn't it awesome?"
Thankfully, my co-workers humor me.


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Rangers | Nomar Mazara fuels rout
Tue, 31 May 2016 02:40:59 -0700
Texas Rangers OF Nomar Mazara went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in a 9-2 win over the Cleveland Indians Monday, May 30, and he has five home runs and 12 RBI in his last 11 games.
Fantasy Tip: Mazara's power doesn't seem to be going away, and you should continue to start him in all formats.
Comment () | Share: | Source: The Associated Press
Rangers | Shin-Soo Choo on a running program
Tue, 31 May 2016 02:32:19 -0700
Texas Rangers OF Shin-Soo Choo (hamstring) is taking batting practice and continuing a running program, but a return date is still undetermined.
Fantasy Tip: Choo has been plagued by injuries the last couple of years. He is worth stashing if you have the space, but feel free to dump him for a more reliable option if available.
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Rangers | Mitch Moreland homers in second straight
Sun, 29 May 2016 15:35:28 -0700
Texas Rangers 1B Mitch Moreland went 1-for-4 but hit a go-ahead three-run homer to cap a four-run fourth inning on Sunday, May 29, in a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Moreland also connected on a solo blast in a win over the Pirates on Saturday, May 28.
Fantasy Tip: Moreland is batting .190 and has only two multi-hit games in May, so most mixed-league owners probably don't need to rush to pick him up. Strangely, today's effort gives him three home runs and 10 RBI this month, which is nearly identical to his production in April (three homers, 11 RBI). Owners can feel free to move along here, as Moreland needs to get hot pretty soon if he wants to come anywhere close to last year's numbers (.278, 23 homers and 85 RBI).
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Rangers | Prince Fielder ends long homer drought
Sun, 29 May 2016 15:10:14 -0700
Texas Rangers DH Prince Fielder cracked a solo home run for his only hit in four at-bats against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, May 29. The homer was his first since April 19, ending a streak of 131 consecutive at-bats without one.
Fantasy Tip: Batting a frigid .197 following today's games, Fielder is also nickel-and-diming his way near the Mendoza line as well. Since his last off-day on May 16, the 275-pound slugger has recorded a hit in nine of 11 games, although the last eight of those are one-hit efforts. Fielder is bound to climb over .200 and pick up the pace in the power department at some point, but the fact he is a designated hitter only in a number of fantasy leagues means there are plenty of more appealing options.
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Rangers | Three Texas starters sitting
Sun, 29 May 2016 10:36:39 -0700
Texas Rangers SS Elvis Andrus, OF Jared Hoying and C Bobby Wilson are not in the starting lineup against Pittsburgh Pirates SP Francisco Liriano Sunday, May 29. OF Ryan Rua will start in left field and is batting sixth. C Bryan Holaday will start at catcher and is batting eighth, while 2B Hanser Alberto will start at shortstop and is batting ninth.
Fantasy Tip: Rua is hitting .429 with one home run and three RBI against left-handed pitchers and can be a sleeper option in daily fantasy leagues. Alberto and Holaday have not done much at the plate this season and probably should be avoided in most leagues.
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Rangers | Jurickson Profar scores twice
Sun, 29 May 2016 06:31:22 -0700
Texas Rangers 2B Jurickson Profar went 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple during the Rangers' 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday, May 28.
Fantasy Tip: Profar has fleeting fantasy value in deeper leagues and could have a solid stretch leading off for the Rangers. It is unlikely he proves enough to stick around once Rougned Odor's seven-game suspension is finished, but Profar is a potential stash in AL-only leagues if demoted.
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Rangers | Yu Darvish wins first 2016 start
Sun, 29 May 2016 06:26:32 -0700
Texas Rangers SP Yu Darvish (elbow) allowed one run on three hits and a walk while striking out seven batters through five innings during the Rangers' 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday, May 28. Darvish hit 98 mph on the radar gun and was pleased with his outing. "Physically I felt I could go more innings, but mentally I was like 'I'm done here," Darvish said through an interpreter. "Today I was heating it up pretty good so I felt pretty good."
Fantasy Tip: If there were any concerns, Darvish squashed them Saturday. View the hurler as a fantasy ace in all fantasy formats going forward, but just note, there could be some peaks and valleys along the way given this was his first start since 2014.
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Rangers | Joey Gallo sent down
Sat, 28 May 2016 07:51:11 -0700
Texas Rangers 3B Joey Gallo was sent back to the minor leagues Saturday, May 28.
Fantasy Tip: Gallo had only one at-bat with Texas before being sent back down. Unless an injury or another circumstance opens up more playing time at the major league level, Gallo can be ignored in the majority of formats. His elite power combined with improvements in plate discipline could make him an immediate contributor whenever he sees consistent playing time, though.
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Rangers | Cole Hamels' win streak snapped
Fri, 27 May 2016 22:24:02 -0700
Texas Rangers SP Cole Hamels was touched up for six runs (five earned) on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings in a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, May 27. It was Hamels' first loss since August 7, 2015, and ended a streak of 12 straight winning decisions.
Fantasy Tip: It was bound to happen. Hamels made 19 starts in between losses, earning the "W" in a dozen of them. The southpaw hasn't been quite as sharp lately -- 4.32 ERA, 1.48 WHIP in his last four starts -- but there's no reason to panic. Weather the storm secure in the knowledge that better days are ahead.
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Rangers | Will Jurickson Profar stick with Texas?
Fri, 27 May 2016 15:57:55 -0700
Texas Rangers 2B Jurickson Profar might not receive enough at-bats to remain with Texas after 2B Rougned Odor's seven-game suspension is completed, in the opinion of The Dallas Morning News' Evan Grant.
Fantasy Tip: Profar would likely be helpful for Texas in a depth/utility role, but it might also be at the expense of his development, and the Rangers probably want him to see full-time work. He does have a week-long audition to push the issue, though. For now, view Profar as a fleeting option in cavernous mixed and AL-only formats, but it is a situation to watch.
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Rangers | Prince Fielder in career-long homer drought
Fri, 27 May 2016 15:51:25 -0700
Texas Rangers 1B Prince Fielder has gone 32 games and 119 at-bats without a home run, which is the longest drought of his career.
Fantasy Tip: At some point, Texas has to be looking for more in the heart of their lineup, as Fielder has just two home runs this season with a .193/.269/.281 slash line. It is fine to remain patient with Fielder given his track record, but he should be riding the pine and not in your starting lineup.
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Rangers | Shawn Tolleson on family medical leave
Fri, 27 May 2016 14:26:50 -0700
Texas Rangers RP Shawn Tolleson was placed on emergency family medical leave Friday, May 27. Tolleson must be on the leave list at least three days and a maximum of seven.
Fantasy Tip: Tolleson has minimal fantasy value after losing the closer job. He has allowed 18 runs through just 16 innings and doesn't warrant a roster spot at this stage of the season.
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Rangers | Jurickson Profar leading off
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Texas Rangers 2B Jurickson Profar is playing second base and batting leadoff against Pittsburgh Pirates SP Jon Niese Friday, May 27.
Fantasy Tip: With Rougned Odor suspended for the next seven games, Profar should start and set the table for a potent Texas lineup, making him very attractive to DFS gamers. In deep mixed and AL-only leagues he's worth a cheap flyer for the short term, too. Injuries have made Profar a forgotten man these last few years, but he was showing an impressive .284/.356/.426 slash line at Class AAA Round Rock with five home runs, 26 RBI and four steals.
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Rangers | Rougned Odor starting suspension Friday
Thu, 26 May 2016 14:33:56 -0700
Updating a previous report, Texas Rangers 2B Rougned Odor will begin serving his seven-game suspension Friday, May 27.
Fantasy Tip: Odor will be eligible to return for the game against the Seattle Mariners Saturday, June 4, so make arrangements to be without him until then. Jurickson Profar will be recalled to play the keystone with Odor out, and Profar's fleeting value makes him a viable add in deep mixed and AL-only leagues, especially since he'll join one of the better offensive lineups in the majors.
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Rangers | Rougned Odor's ban reduced to seven games
Thu, 26 May 2016 14:16:18 -0700
Texas Rangers 2B Rougned Odor's suspension was reduced from eight to seven games Thursday, May 26. The suspension was for an on-field altercation with Toronto Blue Jays OF Jose Bautista Sunday, May 15.
Fantasy Tip: Make arrangements to be without Odor for the duration of his suspension. The Rangers have already announced Jurickson Profar will be recalled from Class AAA Round Rock, and he could be an option in deep mixed and AL-only leagues. He has a .284/.356/.426 slash line in the minors and will jump into an excellent lineup.
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The world's leading venture capitalist of today shared the career advice below almost a decade ago. While the advice is targeted at the young, I think the experienced ought to pay heed.
Very little is guaranteed in today's business world. A lack of certainty in the global economy can take its toll on your job search. To make matters worse, after landing that plum job you may be stripped of it for reasons that have nothing to do with your job performance in the new position.
Large scale layoffs are all too common nowadays and often the last ones in are the first ones out. Many new hires are shown the door within weeks — sometimes after relocating their whole family for the new job.
This fragility is important to keep in mind when looking for a new employer. Some companies are more stable than others, and you owe it to yourself to thoroughly research those you are considering before making a commitment.
Before uprooting your life to make an ostensibly great career move, try to see past the hiring manager's rosy pitch or the recruiter's hard sell. Do the legwork and ask these 10 critical questions about your potential suitor's operations:
"Google everything," says Mark Grimm, a communications strategist and political consultant. "During an interview, I want to know everyone in the room and I want to know everything about them."
When making a huge decision to take a new job, you also want to know about the balance sheet and beyond. Dig into these resources and get an idea if the job will still be there a year after you take it.
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Good to see a bunch of lower end cameras in the listing. Also good to see a pretty good breath of different systems. A bunch of Pentax's, Oly's, Alpha's, Nikon, Canon's etc. (Boo no Panny's).
Lol, heck, an ancient entry-level Pentax K100D made it into the top few
Always good to have confirmation that it's not the camera that's important.
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Loan to Zambia was Entirely Appropriate
A Letter to the Editor
By Ernesto Hernández-Catá
Associate Director
African Department, IMF
Financial Times
February 22, 2001
Sir, Your account of International Monetary Fund and World Bank debt relief for Zambia ("Zambian aid doubts 'ignored'", February 16) completely misrepresents the situation.
Far from "ignoring" indications of irregularities in Zambian cobalt sales, the IMF was the first to raise the issue with the Zambian government, which agreed to the commissioning of an independent, outside audit as a condition for IMF lending and for IMF debt relief. The Zambian government immediately launched the audit.
It was an IMF economist who discovered the discrepancy between the market price of cobalt and the actual return under the contract signed by Zambia Consolidated Copper Mine two years ago. As a result of this discovery, the June 30, 2000 Letter of Intent for the IMF's concessional loan to Zambia indicated that the audit of the cobalt arrangement would be launched. The Letter of Intent is available on the IMF website.
It was precisely Zambia's agreement to proceed with the audit that allowed the IMF loan and the subsequent debt reduction accord to go ahead. With that agreement in place-and because ZCCM is no longer a government entity and has new management-it was entirely appropriate to move rapidly to help a country facing a heavy debt burden and severe poverty.
The IMF is extremely interested in seeing the final results of the audit when it is completed later this year, as are the Zambian authorities. The government of Zambia should be commended for addressing this issue, and the IMF has every confidence that it will be dealt with appropriately as Zambia strives to meet the urgent development needs of its people.


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BOSTON Until now, the city's first competitive mayoral race in a generation has played before small audiences: living room gatherings, law firm fundraisers and wonky forums.
But this week the campaign gets broader play, with two of the 12 candidates launching television advertising campaigns.
Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley will begin airing four spots on cable and broadcast television Tuesday, touching on gun violence, education and economic development.
And City Councilor Felix Arroyo, aiming to become the city's first Latino mayor, will start airing a 30-second ad on Spanish-language television Thursday called "With your help we will make history."
Doug Rubin, an adviser to Arroyo, declined to discuss how much the campaign is spending on the ad buy. But he said the spot will run for at least four weeks.
Conley spokesman Michael Sherry did not provide ad buy details either. But he called the campaign's purchase "significant."
The candidate, he added, will be on the air straight through the preliminary mayoral election Sept. 24, when voters narrow the field to two.
"The Conley campaign," Sherry said, "is going full throttle."
Conley has a significant financial edge over his opponents. As of June 30, he had almost $1.3 million in his campaign account. City Councilor John Connolly, second in the money chase, had about half that total.
The advertising is the most tangible, public expression of Conley's fundraising advantage yet. And Peter Ubertaccio, a political science professor at Stonehill College, said it should make an impression on the activist and donor class paying more attention to the first phase of the race than the broader electorate.
"Early ad buys like this are a cue to folks — money people, organization people — that he's serious," Ubertaccio said. "Any doubt about his ability to put this together probably evaporates when you go up early like this."
But if Conley's ad buy — rolled out for reporters Monday — was meant as an early show of strength, late-breaking news that Arroyo had purchased airtime on Univision and Telemundo undercut the message a bit.
Rubin, the Arroyo adviser, cast the ad as an effort to stir the candidate's base.
"There's a lot of excitement across the city about Felix's campaign, but in particular in the Latino community," he said. "We want to build upon that."
The ad has Arroyo talking into camera and appearing, among others, with his father — former City Councilor Felix Arroyo Sr.
"I'm running because I believe that everyone deserves to have a say about the future of our city," Arroyo says in the spot, according to a translation provided by the campaign. "With your help we will make history."
With your help we will make history
The ad qualifies as something of a biographical spot — standard for the launch of an advertising campaign.
But Conley's first foray into television — two 15-second spots and a pair of 30-second ads produced by Joe Slade White, a longtime adviser to Vice President Joe Biden — is issue-focused.
Sherry said the advertisements are designed to demonstrate that Conley, who served as a city councilor for eight years before he was appointed district attorney in 2002, is about more than law and order.
"Every child deserves the best school possible," says Conley, in a 15-second ad screened for WBUR called "Graduate." "I have two kids of my own. This is personal."
The spot, which shows Conley talking with parents and reading to students, makes a broad-brush call for "better teacher training" and says the city needs to "empower parents."
As Conley urges "more school choices," text on the screen offers the ad's most specific policy prescription: "lift the cap on charter schools."
A well-heeled education reform movement focused its early attention on three other candidates: Connolly, who has made education his signature issue, state Rep. Martin J. Walsh, who helped start the Neighborhood House Charter School in Dorchester, and Shawmut Design and Construction executive Bill Walczak, who founded the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester.
But Conley is in the running with reformers, now, after his full-throated embrace of charter schools on the campaign trail.
Other candidates in the race downplayed the importance of the early television advertisements from Conley and Arroyo.
"When the time is right, we will talk to voters by television, but right now we have hundreds of volunteers talking to thousands of voters face-to-face each day," said Adam Webster, a spokesman for the Connolly campaign.
"We think this thing's won on the ground," added Matt Patton, campaign manager for candidate John Barros, executive director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative.
Josh Gee, a spokesman for city councilor and mayoral candidate Mike Ross, said the campaign will "invest aggressively in modern tactics like targeted online ads and social media to spread Mike's vision of harnessing innovation to create jobs and improve our schools."
The state's political bandwidth was consumed, this spring, by the special election to succeed U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who resigned his post to become U.S. Secretary of State.
But the launch of the television advertisements is a sign that the mayoral race is entering a new, higher profile phase.


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Court documents: Phoenix firefighter arrested after being found with 20 pounds of marijuana
PHOENIX - A member of the Phoenix Fire Department was arrested after officers allegedly found 20 pounds of marijuana in his possession.
Police reportedly had a search warrant for a home off the Carefree Highway and were watching the area Friday.
They observed Cary Cole at the home loading large trash bags into the back of his truck, according to court documents.
He was stopped a short time later and the officer reported smelling a strong marijuana odor coming from the truck.
The officer discovered approximately 20 pounds of marijuana inside the bags, according to court documents.
Paperwork states that Cole had just left a large grow operation.
The house is the home of Mitchell Austin Cole; a neighbor at Cary's home identified the pair as brothers.
Cary is facing charges of possession and transport or sale of marijuana.
A man who answered the door at Cary's home declined to comment; no one answered Mitchell's door.
Phoenix Fire confirmed Cole's employment with the department and says they are currently working to gather more information from the arresting agencies on the incident.


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Andrea Milner
2003 Softball Notes: Saw action in 27 games for UIC, serving as a pinch-runner from the Flames after joining the team for their spring trip?missed the first four non-conference tournaments while competing as a member of the UIC women?s basketball team?did not record a hit in three at-bats during the season, but scored six times as a pinch runner.
2002-03 Women's Basketball Notes: Appeared in 28 games for UIC, while receiving the starting nod in 18 contests?averaged 4.1 points and 3.8 rebounds a game?scored 11 of her season-high 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting in the second half of UIC?s 74-70 victory over Delaware State on December 8th?had 10 points, seven assists and six rebounds against Illinois State on December 5th?totaled 10 points and seven rebounds against Troy State on December 17th?notched eight points and a season-high eight rebounds against Wright State on January 2nd?picked up nine points and seven rebounds against Butler on January 4th?made the UIC Thanksgiving All-Tournament team?tallied nine points against Mississippi on December 1st.
Prior To UIC: Milner played both basketball and softball at Iowa Western Community College?helped Reivers to district and regional championships on their way to a fifth-place finish at the National Championships in 2002?was named to the All-Region Academic team for both basketball and softball.
Prep Notes: Was selected to the Southwest Iowa select team?garnered three selections to the All-Conference team?selected to the all-area team as a junior and a senior?was named to the All-Western Iowa team as a junior and a senior.
Personal Notes: Born October 10, 1981?daughter of Brent and Diane Milner?majoring in architecture.


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BERKELEY - Redshirt junior utility Julie Oreglia has become a mainstay in the pool for the No. 5 California women's water polo team. Oreglia, who is majoring in political science and has received accolades for her studies more than once, has also fit seamlessly into the field of academics here at Cal. CalBears.com recently caught up with Oreglia to learn more about her likes and dislikes.
CalBears.com: What is your dream job?
JO: My dream job would be to own a vineyard in Napa Valley. I think it would be so fun to make all different kinds of wine, live in the most beautiful area of California and do it all for a living!
CalBears.com: You earned superior status academic All-American team honors and were named to the All-MPSF academic squad. What do you enjoy most about school?
JO: What I love most about school, which I think is unique to Berkeley, is the emphasis and importance put on small-group discussions. As a political science major, I enjoy meeting in small-class environments weekly to debate and discuss the information we are learning about. I feel I have learned to appreciate many different points of views, and became friends with people I would never have met otherwise.
CalBears.com: What is the favorite arena at which you've ever played?
JO: At home, of course! I love gamedays at Cal at the Spieker Aquatics Complex because we have home-court advantage, a rowdy crowd to intimidate the opponents, and I can always count on pump-up music blaring across the pool deck. Nothing compares to walking out of your locker room onto the pool deck, ready to win!
CalBears.com: What movie do you quote the most? What lines from that movie do you use the most?
JO: I don't have a particular movie that I like to quote. But my favorite TV show is `The Office' and I might quote it from time to time. My favorite character is Dwight, he always has the best lines in the show...but I could never pull them off!
CalBears.com: As a political science major, did you follow this year's presidential election particularly carefully? Do you follow politics in the news closely?
JO: Actually I was really into this year's presidential election. I voted in the primaries and in the general election at a polling station on Telegraph. I even attended a campaign party (I won't mention for which candidate) and helped collect donations while enjoying a live DJ and great company! I try to keep up with current events by reading a couple of news articles everyday. My political science classes also help keep me up to date, since we are always discussing current events.
CalBears.com: How have your coaches helped shape your game?
JO: My coaches have helped shape my game completely. Ever since I was a freshman, I have lived in Berkeley during the summer to play for [head coach Richard Corso's] summer club team. Rich was able to help me to focus on and perfect specific skills that strengthened my game, such as posting up in set and my outside shot, which I can transfer into the collegiate season. Assistant coach Serela Kay has been especially significant in shaping my game. Her and I share the ultimate bond, we're lefties! But really, Serela has always been able to give me tips and ways to take advantage of being a lefty for our team.
CalBears.com: In the last women's water polo Q&A, Camille Hewko wanted the next student-athlete to answer: What is your favorite food? Where would you like to be eating your favorite food? (The more descriptive, the better!)
JO: I think some of my teammates might agree with me on this, but my favorite food would have to be a large, fresh salad from Intermezzo on Telegraph. I definitely eat there at least once a week! I prefer getting my salad there and eating with friends or teammates after a hard practice!
CalBears.com: In the last women's water polo Q&A, Camille Hewko wanted the next student-athlete to answer: Would you rather be a mermaid or have wings?
JO: This is a tough one! I always pretended I was a mermaid when I was younger since I grew up around pools and loved to swim! But having wings would be awesome because I could fly anywhere I wanted and travel all the time. So I guess I would rather have wings!
CalBears.com: What question would you want the next women's water polo athlete to answer?
JO: If your life were a movie, what genre would it be?
For a complete listing of past Q&As with the California women's water polo team, click here or look on the sidebar on the main women's water polo page.


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I've just created a new survey of TV news commentators on the major networks. This is your chance to give them the grade you think you deserve. If news commentators were elected by the public instead of simply hired by the networks, I suspect a large number of these individuals would be booted out in 2010 along with their friends in Congress. Since we can't | Read More »


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On The Myth Of Ireland's Debt Sustainability
Ireland is continually held up as the poster-child for austerity-driven 'aid' and how the European Union can successfully manage an economy through a depression with no real pain for bankers. Unfortunately, as we have pointed out previously, judging a nation's progress on the back of its bond yields (when liquidity is negligible and the mighty hand of ECB-collateral-reacharound is upon us) should become anathema from any serious analysis. The sad truth, specific to Ireland in this case, is the relative size and importance of EU subsidies (and the EU budgetary allocation) mean that assumptions of current account surplus going forward (the much-needed elixir to sustain the gross debt load the nation's taxpayers now are buried under thanks to banker-transfers) leave Ireland's debt sustainability greatly in question.
Authored by Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev, originally posted at True Economics blog,
There's been some debate recently as to the size and importance of EU subsidies to Ireland and the EU budgetary allocation in the context of Irish economic growth. Here are the facts.
First up, the summary of EU subsidies, contributions and net subsidies:
Next, using the IMF WEO database, the netting of the EU Net Receipts out of of our GDP and GDP per capita:
Factoring in the net receipts into growth equation:
The above clearly shows that lower volatility in receipts has contributed to smoothing of the GDP growth rates in most periods, but exacerbated 1991 and 2001-2002 slowdowns. EU net receipts also helped fuel (not significantly, though) 2004-2006 bubble and failed to provide any support for the economy in 2008-2010 collapse.
The reason for small effect of supports in recent years is very clear from the charts below:
However, the most dramatic effect the subsidies had was registered on the side of our external balance.
Recall that international 'experts' love the idea of Irish Current Account surpluses as the driver for sustainability of our debt. Herein, however, rests the problem:
The logic of 'experts' arguments is that Ireland can sustain current levels of Government debt because we have potential to generate current account surpluses vis-a-vis the rest of the world. And their evidence of that rests on their reading of past (1991-1999) current account positions.
Alas, once we net out net transfers from EU from these... the picture changes.
In the entire pre-2010 history, Ireland generated current account surplus (net of EU subsidies) in only one year, namely 1996. When one realises that debt sustainability for Ireland requires current account surpluses to be in excess of 3% on average over the next 10-15 years, one has to be slightly concerned by the prospect (as 2014-on suggests under the current EU Budget proposals) that Ireland will no longer be a net recipient of EU subsidies.
Here's what happens were Ireland to become net contributor to the EU budget in 2014-on at a rate of 1/2 of 2009-2011 annual subsidy received. Our average annual CA surplus (per IMF projections for 2013-2017) should run at 3.585% of GDP, but factoring in EU potential budgetary changes it is likely to run at 2.825% of GDP. And since the path of the CA surpluses is expected to decline (as IMF projects) in 2016-2017, then it is unlikely that the CA surpluses will be in excess of 3% over the period through 2022.
So what about that 'sustainability' of Irish debt levels, then?
UPDATE: And extended for those who initially questioned the analysis and were looking for more depth - the following is hard to question (and tough to swallow the assumptions that 'save' Ireland)
(via True Economics): Irish Current Account And Government Debt
In the previous post I highlighted the problem presented by the EU Budget changes in the near future to the sustainability of Irish debt dynamics. I referenced expert opinions on the role of current account surpluses in determining these dynamics. here is an example from early 2011 (emphasis is mine):
"... this dependency [2010 bailout] of Ireland on foreign support is difficult to understand given that the country has not lived continuously above its means in the past. Ireland has run a current account deficit (which means the country uses more resources than it produces) only for a few years; and if one totals the current account balances over the last 25 years, one arrives at a foreign debt of about €30 billion.
This should not be too difficult to finance given that it represents only about 20% of the country's GDP of €150 billion. Moreover, Ireland is on track to run a current surplus this year and should thus not have any need for additional foreign funds."
Here's a problem - the above, as I noted in the previous post is based on some rather unpleasantly non-sustainable assumptions. Here's the arithmetic, based on IMF WEO data.
As chart above shows, Irish cumulated current account balances for the period 1980-2009 totalled -€39 billion, that's where the 'about €30 billion' miracle figure coming from. Alas, over the same period of time, Ireland received €39.4 billion worth of net transfers from the EU, which counted as a positive addition to the current account. Netting these out, Irish real 'external balance' cumulative for 1980-2009 was -€78.4 billion. Worse than that, net of EU subsidies, Ireland have run external deficits in every decade from 1980 through 2009. In other words, using the expert turn of phrase, Ireland used more resources than it produced in every decade through 2009.Now, was it true that Ireland 'has run a current account deficit only for a few years'? Why, here's a chart plotting Ireland's current account balances:Gross of EU transfers, Ireland run current account deficits in 1980-1986, 1989-1990, and 2000-2009, which means that it run deficits over 19 out of 30 years between 1980 and 2009, which is more than 63% of the time. Ireland run current account deficits almost 58% of the time in the period of 1980-2012. Hardly 'a few years'. More importantly, removing EU net subsidies, Ireland has managed to run current account deficits every year between 1980 and 2012 except in 1996 and 2010-2012. That means that Ireland was using more resources than it produced in 29 out of 33 years since 1980, or 88% of the time.For the last bit, let us recall that back in the 1990s (the period of Ireland's rapid recovery from debt overhang of the 1980s) Irish current account surpluses relative to General Government Debt stood at 26.8% (using 1999 level of General Government Debt and the cumulated current account surpluses, inclusive of EU transfers throughout the decade of 1990-1999). For the period of 2010-2017, the IMF projections imply the same ratio of less than 17.5%.Let's take a closer look at these comparatives. Irish debt peaked (for 1980-1999 period) in 1987 at 109.24% of GDP and was deflated on foot of a current account surpluses cumulated at 26.8% ratio to 1999 debt trough. For the period of 2000-2017, the debt will peak at 119.31% of GDP in 2013 and is expected to deflate at a maximum surplus rate of 17.5% (all based on IMF projections) before we allow for EU budgetary reductions for 2014-2022 period (which can bring this number closer to 14%).
- The 1990s exports boom driven by a combination of very robust US and UK growth expansions during the 1990s;
- The 1990s convergence race for Ireland to catch up with the EU capital and income levels - something that is now firmly exhausted as the potential for growth; and
- Significant net transfers from the EU during the 1987-1999 period that totalled some €12.6 billion which in 2014-2022 are likely to turn into net contributions to the EU from Ireland.
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Ireland should have never joined the "European Union". The Irish pound was correlated to sterling until 2002.
I'll trade the crazy cable, over the ponzi euro any day.
There should never have been something as Europe to begin with. No supra national bull crap, people have already no significant control of the people they are electing at the national level...
Irish foreign debt per capita is 390,000 euros and over 1000% of GDP. Click on the "Ireland" part of the pie chart.
Why wait until interest rates hit 10%... may as well just tow that country into the middle of the Atlantic ocean and sink it while there is still room.
Thats just fucked up dude.
Aye, shades of shamrocks and shillelaghs, the Blarney Stone and baloney, bangers and buttocks, it's all be a greenin' an like the Laddie's Rainbows amongst the Orange Order marchers camped on a hillside by Drumcree Church a be seekin' a defy the government ban on their parade along the Garvaghy Road,by the Catholic Church, aye but the fun o' it all....
Cannot say anything other than Bye Gosh and Be Golly, what with the Sustainability of the Debt, lads, why it be Green all the way boys, like risin' above the Bloody Brits an' their likes, drivin' them from the Emerald Isle, sustainin' our cause.
Garnerin' the support of the Be Jesus tree huggin' types, the Birkenstockers and supportin' the grand Olde Foes.
Our Debt Shall Grow in Our Hearts and Minds Forever.
An' always a payin' off on the Central Banks Rollover Facility.
As sustainable as the Lads themselves. Awaiting the next auction of the short Leprechauns, Intermediate Faeries, Long Banshees, Inflation Adjusted Changelings and lastly, the Pooka Putables.
All denominated in the Chocolate Covered Shamrocks, by the Grace of God and Murphy's Makin's.
No shit...just a couple years after I even learned about the whole Irish independence thingy with the guy on the whiskey bottle, nopw here they are back enslaved like never before. Where is the IRA on this crap?
This myth exists because the Irish have donned the horse collar without complaint.
Well, homonohumanus, you are wishing for retroactive political miracles!
I repeat the obvious points regarding why the Bilderbergers worked behind the scenes to get the EU going:
Professor and historian, Carroll Quigley, in his 1975 book, Tragedy And Hope:
"The powers of financial capitalism had (a) far reaching (plan), nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the system was to be the Bank For International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank ... sought to dominate its government by its ability to control treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the Country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
Ireland is getting screwed over, the same as the whole world, by the runaway triumph of a privatized fiat money-as-debt system, which has no apparent ways to be effectively resisted. The only thing we can actually do is watch and wait, as too much "success" by that system eventually destroys itself. (Thereafter, we might be able to survive through that, to see what the next installment of social insanities have in store for us.)
Attempts to use Irish courts against banksters:
The Irish Sue the Banks
On October 15th over 100 cases were filed in the High Court in Dublin suing various mortgage providers. The Irish People have initiated a process of suing the banks en-masse. They believe the bankers have broken the law by their practices, resulting in widespread ruin in Ireland as businesses close, mortgagors default, families are evicted from their homes, our young people are forced to emigrate and tragically, many people turn to suicide. This situation has been caused by the banks, and we will take them to task through the courts to put right their wrongs.
The Irish people generally are also taking to tax protesting, by delaying the payment of their taxes. The Irish people have a fairly fresh memory, as a people, of being colonized and screwed over by those colonizers. Their current situation is merely more subtle, since it works through the abstract monetary systems' frauds.
Of course, the entire European Union project was a stealth attack, which depended on mostly sneaking things through, while misinforming most people, and attempting to make sure that they did not get a vote, and certainly never got an informed vote. The Irish entanglement in the EU history was a good example of that process, resulting in Ireland gradually getting more and more screwed into place, as a debt slavery society, inherently heading towards more runaway debt insanity, as is the rest of the world!
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... Bilderberg conference info ... Recently, they lost some of their previous total control over dissemination of information, due to the rise of independent media sources & internet-based journalists. They intend to correct this problem and discussed it, at their annual May 31 - June 3, 2012, conference ... It is reasonable to expect that the Internet Freedoms will be shut down by more "treaties" like what created the EU. There are also reports those 'elites' have had some emergency meetings to discuss what to do about various protesting done by people in Europe.
The trillionaire mass murderers that are running the real world appear to me to only be superficially opposed by various reactionary revolutionaries, whose bogus "solutions" are mostly the same old impossible ideals, based on false fundamental dichotomies. For sure, relatively more people are waking up to more "truth" about how bad things really are, BUT THAT IS NOT REMOTELY CLOSE TO HAVING BETTER SOLUTIONS! The social space is dominated by lying elites, and reactionary revolutionaries' controlled oppositions. If enough people woke up ENOUGH, then the reactionary bullshit "solutions" would no longer be the dominant commentary about the evil elites as source of all the problems, and IF the public woke up to there being chronic political problems, which they had a responsibility to stop simply ignoring, while letting evil elites make all the decisions about their future, THEN I would think that the public was waking up enough ... However, so far, only a small minority are waking up about the magnitude of the realities regarding the small elites, and. almost nobody, only a Fringe Cubed, or a Fringe to the Fourth, are waking up to what realistically better solutions must be.
Good post :)
I know the agenda. I just wanted to point out in answer to somebody post that it is not only Ireland that should have not been enslaved into the Eurozone.
Democracy is local, I'm French, when I think about it I wish I could restore the Gaul... Tribes, organized locally around cities. Democracy is local. But that is a pipe dream.
Actually I find out arguing with people that most people are against democracy, it is a up hill battle to explain them the lacking of the elective and so called representative system. One of those day I will quote some of the thinkers "des lumieres" (18th century) on the matter. Back in time word were not bend, they knew what democracy meant and they made clear they did not want it. In a democracy, the most numerous have the power, whereas the representative system are representative not of number but classes (3 three mostly) and it is easy for the top class to rig the game.
ANyway it is pointless to speak about it, till the people don't get the reason why they are powerless in front of the abuse of the system. It is not plot but our powerless state is systemic, as we have no power and should revolt about voting. We are not citizen barely electors, the difference is sound.
Ireland is a ticking debt bomb. Just like so many other western societies.
Been ticking for a long time it seems. Wish something would blow up already. I'm outta breath.
Public reciepts from net E/U budget peaked in 1991 (just above 6%). Based on Tylers chart, that figure was .4% in 2011.
That pretty much sums up the European Union 'experiment'...
If you want to really dig into geopolitical issues/ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ei.html
Ireland page/
We left the sterling peg in 1979.
They created a mini - depression in the early to mid 80s (after a agri euro fiscal boom bust which the banks created credit on the back of) so that we could join our Teutonic friends in holy matrimony.
They finally printed in 1986 and again in early 94 after the first mini me EMU crisis - both those events were caused by exactly the same thing.
CARS and the capital they burn through for no net return.
You officially became part of the euro currency in 2002. Yes you are technically correct. My appologies/
No problem Yen
Now after all those years of the wrong monetary envoirment the entire rational domestic supply chain has been outsourced leaving no rational internal commerce.
Cork city was jammed with cars this Friday busy exporting hard currency for no net return - meanwhile the pubs are empty.
Drinking was once a form of capital control in Ireland .........now not so much.
D/O/C if you don't mind me asking? What would you classify Irelands (primary export) as?
Chemicals & other shit , but much of it is lightly taxed. (although some of it is fictional but not all)
We have probally the highest trade surplus per capita in the world.
All these weird trade inbalances really got going after the big bang in London during the early 80s.
Ireland had to game the system because it is really a non sov London back office.
We cannot sustain domestic commerce via printing.
Its why they (the banks) ran so much debt opium through this bog.
Irish people function as corporate conduits.
If Ireland is running a surplus, wouldn't it make sense to be "sovereign"? Just be a E/U trading partner?
Have a "Central Bank" , with monetary policy, to preserve the value of your (resources/exports) and keep a lid on labor costs?
Am I missing something? You are decades of wisdom ahead of me... I appreciate your time.
These international companies use this country as a base of operations that can be sunk in a emergency ......
Our very ordinary domestic economy was wiped out by these international companies in the 70s and especially the 90s.
Now we have no rational domestic deomestic economy , not even a below par domestic economy.
It no longer exists.
Ireland is actually reducing its total debt quite a lot but this can only acheived when other people buy "our" shit as the debt cannot be destroyed via paydown as all money is debt.
i.e. other people outside the state get into debt to buy the goods and services.
This further destroys the remaining rump domestic economy as it is using the wrong unit of account - a international unit,
As I said we are a pure conduit for corporate operations.
Conduits can be burned when they no longer have a use.
I.e. unlike Iceland (fishing , domestic energy etc) we now have no redundancy
Ireland is lacking leaders. You should step up! A man with your " patina" is needed.
A man with common sense, that has been around the block "several times"... A man that knows his mortality<>
Thank You again for your time.
Great insights from you both much appreciated .
DOC , am I right in getting the idea that the low corp tax rates have been counter productive and rather than attracting long term sustainable business operations it has fostered a flag of convenience enjoying class of international economic parasite?
Always in my experience.
Anything subsidixed by Govt. produces the illusion of a short term gain,followd by the
reality of long term pain.Applies just as much to corp. taxes, or any other incentives,
Politicains are however ,only about short term gain.
Statesmen are required ,but appear as extinct as the dodo bird.
Why can Ireland not do what Iceland did and just cancel the debt and move on? Surely there is enough public support for such a move, and both countries share similarities. There are probably too many NWO-owned politicians trying to keep the current system but how long can they hang on? Does the Irish public really think this will work out well for them in the end?
You have a valid point, economies of scale ( old school) ideas are hard to change... When Ireland has a whale (bankster) harpoon shoved up it's ass, a new beginning can procede.
Iceland is a land of 300K residents on a geo-thermal rock/
As Dork pointed out, there is no place for them to "move on" to. Alternatives are lacking.
Lots of corporate head offices in Ireland, there to funnel money through the lower taxation rates.
Banker left speechless by Irish Journalist
If banks were to be saved and supported to the extent that they were, the real question is WHY WEREN'T THEY TURNED OVER TO GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP UNTIL THEY COULD BE NURSED BACK TO HEALTH AND SOLD FOR A PROFIT TO RECOUP THE COSTS TO THE TAXPAYER?
Well the Irish Government is working along the Micawber belief that "Something will turn up" but nothing will. The same old clientelism, same old lies that's the order of the day in Dublin at the moment. Most of the PIIGs work on a system of the golden circle where the few always get the peaches on offer and the rest get the scraps from the table.
The pressure is on and fantasy rules in Government circles as they lick EU arse and hope that the Germans will give them 60 Billion euros give or take. What a farce, just like the rest of the PIIGs
"Anybody who has the courage to raise his eyes and look sanely at the awful human condition ... must realize finally that tiny periods of temporary release from intolerable suffering is the most that any individual has the right to expect."
Flann O'Brien
Ireland is a huge exception ... their backstopping the massive bank debt is necessary for the rest of the EU financial system (including Germany's) to survive. Greece can be allowed to fail just as soon we have an European deposit guarantuee (and not at all before that, because it would set off a pan european bank run). Ireland can't be allowed to fail at all.
the beast is on the gobble
and all that matters is we're all headed for it's belly
Enough already.
If you want to understand the post war Irish economy its best to look at private car regs
look at 1957 - Suez ?
The 70s car boom
The early /mid 80s bust
The massive post 1987 credit inflation (Single european act 1986) (small break in the early 90s - first EMu crisis)
I am going to the pub now .............
They just need to do an Iceland. Problem solved. EU and bankers be damned.
css1971 see many of the previous comments!
IF Ireland does an Iceland, then the possible domino effect probably wipes out the EU, and many big banks around the world. The same is true from many other sovereign debt insanity situations, where that country is big enough, and its debts entangled enough with the rest of the world's financial house of cards system. That is WHY central banks will just keep on making more money out of nothing, and lending that, to be paid back to other banks, so that the merry go around can keep going around, because the alternative is hush a, hush a, we all fall down! The established global system of electronic fiat money frauds, backed by atomic bombs, is NOT something that any of us can imagine finally collapsing. However, it is also something which nobody that I know can provide any rational explanation for how that kind of runaway debt insanity could be sustained indefinitely ...
Statistics are interesting but then there's life. My cousin who lives in West Cork and just had unexpected urgent heart surgery reports that the facility he used is closing; that the ambulance service is shrinking rapidly; and that the local concensus is that if you get really ill in West Cork in the future you probably won't make it.
"10,000 march in Dublin against next Irish budget":
Ten thousand reg'lar folk in the streets is equal to one fat-assed banker in a boardroom. It'll take more than 10K to move the social needle.
Only thing they could get if their demand were granted, would be Greece-like scenario. I can't blame them for refusing banksters "remedy" it's only sensible thing to do, but if their main concern is lowered spending they are completely clueless. The way out of this is default and lower spending combined. When they won't be able to loan anymore there is no way to just keep piling up deficits. Out of debt trap and out of welfare state. Probably out of UE also...
With 42.0% govt spending to GDP it is now considered normal, but this is crazy level by any standard. Regardless of good exports, regardless of more socialized countries, for any country to get to really sustainable path - spending has to be curbed. Not to get somwhere to carve the pound of flesh, just becaues it's harmful and extremely heavy burden.
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