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In March 2012, Amazon dropped the prices of its online file storage web service, S3, by 8% to $0.115 for the first gigabyte. Within 48 hours, Google responded with a similar price cut for its storage services. Then, on Nov. 26, 2012, Google announced a 20% price cut for its storage, which, within 48 hours, was matched with a 25% drop by Amazon and was followed by Microsoft's 28% reduction in prices of Azure cloud storage. The price wars are nothing new in this industry and with Google's general availability of Compute Engine, coupled with attractive discounts, it has certainly ramped up the competition.
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After struggling for weeks and weeks in stages one through four, Republicans are finally entering the final stage of grief over the death of their belief that President Obama would begin offering concessions in exchange for an increase in the debt limit.
The catalyzing event appears to have been an hour-plus-long meeting between Obama and congressional leaders at the White House on Wednesday. Senior administration officials say that if the meeting accomplished only one thing it was to convey to Republican leaders the extent of Obama's determination not to negotiate with them over the budget until after they fund the government and increase the debt limit. These officials say his will here is stronger than at any time since he decided to press ahead with healthcare reform after Scott Brown ended the Democrats' Senate supermajority in 2010.
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Here is the question what are they trapped about though. People have been talking about them giving concessions and raising the debt limit but by all practical purposes if they do we are doomed.If they take the austerity route which is quite possible we are in for a hard road ahead. Every focuses on the idea of the shutdown and the debt ceiling but what do we really need to do. What are they really planning to do? And the further question: Is everyone hiding out pointing fingers because they fear the reprocussion of what is required?
Bottom line: They are all trapped to some degree or another. We cannot simply go on like this.
by guerrilla girl on Oct. 7, 2013 at 7:10 AM
Austerity is a proven failure. Ugh
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by Emerald Member on Oct. 7, 2013 at 7:55 AM
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No it isn't. History shows the economy recovers best when governments spend less and tax less, as the recoveries up to the 1920's prove. The great depression spending more and taxing more, stagnates recovery. just as it is proving, today.
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Austerity is a proven failure. Ugh
Minnow Slayer
Not true for some EU nations such as Great Britain.
Raising the debt ceiling basically tells our lenders we will pay them what they are owed. Are you guys suggesting we act like deadbeats and not pay our bills?
Raising the debt ceiling basically tells our lenders we will pay them what they are owed. Are you guys suggesting we act like deadbeats and not pay our bills?
Quoting Carpy:
No it isn't. History shows the economy recovers best when governments spend less and tax less, as the recoveries up to the 1920's prove. The great depression spending more and taxing more, stagnates recovery. just as it is proving, today.Quoting NWP:
Austerity is a proven failure. Ugh
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by Emerald Member on Oct. 7, 2013 at 8:03 AM
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We do not need to raise the ceiling to pay what we owe.
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Not true for some EU nations such as Great Britain.
Raising the debt ceiling basically tells our lenders we will pay them what they are owed. Are you guys suggesting we act like deadbeats and not pay our bills?
Quoting Carpy:
No it isn't. History shows the economy recovers best when governments spend less and tax less, as the recoveries up to the 1920's prove. The great depression spending more and taxing more, stagnates recovery. just as it is proving, today.Quoting NWP:
Austerity is a proven failure. Ugh
Minnow Slayer
by Emerald Member on Oct. 7, 2013 at 8:03 AM
5 Reasons Why Austerity Failed in Greece
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Greek citizens spoke loud and clear during the last election. They will not tolerate further cuts and skyrocketing joblessness. The conflict over cuts has resulted in Greece's failure to form a new governance system. Additionally, austerity has hurt the nation, increasing a political polarization that has hurt Greece and the euro.
As we have watched this economic trainwreck occur, many have chimed in with various insights ranging from Greece's entitlement system to corruption with their various economic models demonstrating the benefits of austerity, and yet the question remains - why hasn't this worked?
Here are the top 5 reasons Greece continues to fall and why austerity worsened its economic situation:
1. Greece is Greece's largest revenue generator:
40% of Greece's GDP comes from the public sector – this includes government jobs, entitlements, as well as government contracts Greece businesses have relied on. Austerity has mandated that Greece pays outside creditors first. When the largest revenue generator does not/cannot pay their bills to private business, business fails, banks fail, and citizens become outraged as they continue to struggle to put food on the table and a roof over their heads.
2. The Protests:
15% of Greece's GDP comes from tourism. A politically unstable nation is not a desirable vacation destination and cuts into revenue potential.
3. A History of Corruption:
As Policy Mic Pundit, Romain Champetier, details in his article, Greece's political system has been mired in debt and corruption for centuries. This level of corruption has led to ineffective policy, excessive government bloat, numerous governance model changes, and a dependency on the government due to policy instability.
4. Lack of Economic Diversity:
Outside of the government, tourism, and the shipping industry, Greece has not diversified their private sector economy to better absorb economic shocks and reduce the risk of complete economic implosion we see today.
5. Excessive and Unstable Taxation and Budgetary Management:
Greece taxes everything. Since the implementation of austerity, Greece's tax rates have fluctuated and only increased. Each tax increase and change has been met with more cuts to aid and more loopholes. Another challenge in stabilizing Greece's unstable tax structure is the volume of tax evasion that occurs. The unintended consequence of austerity is reduced resources to combat institutionalized evasion. Because the tax structure has become completely fluid, their budget management practices become more fluid as Greece tries to fit their national budget into their unstable tax policy.
Greece has some tough decisions coming up and there are no signs of political stability for the country, or region, much less budgetary and tax stabilization. Their financial sector has completely failed to plan for the worst case scenario by independently rising their capitalization ratio (in layman's terms – their nest egg) further eroding the Greek citizen's confidence in their national economic security thus causing a run on banks.
The first step all European nations in the Eurozone must take is to realize that neither Hayek nor Keynes will be the end-all, cure-all. Secondly, their citizens need to hire managers, not charismatic 'leaders' carrying false hopes. Third, they must declare a financial sector holiday to fully assess the depth and breadth of the contagion, force the clearing of bad financial practices, and create a plan to emerge on a more solid footing.
All countries will continue to struggle and be riddled with strife until the macroeconomists come to their senses and realize that cutting to cut works about as well as spending to spend. They simply must find balance. Until the balance is found, Greece, and other nations, will struggle.
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by Emerald Member on Oct. 7, 2013 at 8:08 AM
Why European Austerity Fails
Voters in Greece and France on Sunday voted decisively against the austerity policies of their governments – and for good reason. European austerity has failed, producing higher unemployment while doing little to repair the fiscal imbalances it was supposed to fix.
But why? The comments to my last week's column: Austerity, And The Failure of the Governing Elite, revealed widespread confusion if not complete misunderstanding of why a policy that has been the focus of the governing elites in Europe, at the IMF, and in Washington, has gone so far awry.
Ever since the 1930s when classical economics allegedly could not explain sustained 20% plus unemployment and idle factories, we have been taught a government-centric view of the economy.
- An increase in government spending adds to demand and therefore "stimulates" economic activity directly or through the magic of the "multiplier." The Obama Administration, for example, argued that every dollar in its $787 billion stimulus bill would lead to $1.50 of additional output, and hence would keep the unemployment rate below 8%.
- Raising taxes on the rich can lead to more growth because those with high incomes do not spend all of their money, and besides, they can afford it.
- The budget deficit is the key fiscal variable. Austerity policies see little difference in the macro economic effects between reducing government spending and raising taxes on the private sector. Both reduce demand. To the extent a difference exists, tax increases are preferred because the government will spend all of the money it collects, while those taxed may have saved some of the money, thereby reducing consumer demand.
The problem with this government-centric view of the economy is that it treats the private sector as a mere appendage to government. From the vantage point of the individual worker or saver in the private sector, these same actions look quite different.
- An increase in government spending does not add to aggregate demand. Every dollar the government spends must be taken first from individuals or companies. All that has happened is government spending has displaced private sector spending or investment. In addition, since individuals are better at spending and investing their own money than elite public servants, every dollar of increased government spending would lead to less than a dollar of additional output. A more recent economic study indicates every dollar of increased government spending leads to a fall in total output of as much as 40 cents.
- Following the same logic, a reduction in government spending does not reduce aggregate demand. Instead, it increases the resources in the hands of individuals in the private sector, leading to an increase in output and employment.
Of course, a sharp reduction in government expenditures is likely to cause a short run dislocation in the economy. It takes time for employees who are laid off, or vendors who lose a key customer to find new work or new customers. But, this adjustment is no different from those that take place when companies have to downsize or adapt their operations to changes in consumer preferences.
An extreme example is provided by the U.S. experience after World War II. Total federal spending was slashed 38% in 1946 and another 38% in 1947 or by a combined 29% of GDP. That is equivalent to reducing current federal expenditures by $4.4 trillion in two years. The federal budget went from a $54 billion deficit to a $3 billion surplus. Eight million men and women (12 % of the workforce) were released from the armed forces. Real GDP did decline by 11% in 1946. But, the economy stabilized in 1947, and then grew by 4.4% in 1948.
The reason European austerity has failed is not because of the reductions in government spending, but because those spending cuts have been paired with tax increases. The Europeans are struggling to reduce government spending by less than 5% of GDP. But unlike the U.S., which paired extreme budget cuts with across-the-board reductions in personal income tax rates, the European austerity combines spending cuts with massive tax increases. The result is a toxic brew which shrinks both government and the private sector, producing recession, rising unemployment, and massive budget shortfalls.
Here's why:
A tax increase does far more than simply take money out of the private sector and give it to the government. Increases in marginal tax rates also reduce the opportunities for domestic economic activities in the same manner as increases in tariffs shrink the opportunities for international trade.
For example, a 2-percentage point increase in the Value Added Tax raises the price of goods and services by 2%. Faced with higher prices, individuals demand less, both because prices are higher (the incentive effect), and because the same amount of euros can now purchase 2% fewer goods and services (the cash flow effect). Suppliers, faced with the fall-off in demand, may choose to absorb some of the tax by lowering the price they receive. However, the lower price received reduces both their desire (incentive effect) and ability (cash flow effect) to maintain the current level of supply.
As noted above, the cash flow effects are offset at least in part by government spending. But, here is what the government-centric view of the economy completely overlooks: The combination of higher prices-paid and lower prices-received shrinks the opportunity set for mutually beneficial exchanges, so fewer exchanges – and less economic activity – takes place, even if every dollar of tax revenue is spent. Imagine for example what would happen if a 20% tax were imposed on the proceeds of selling a stock. On a $20 stock, the bid-ask spread would widen from 25 cents to $4.25! In order for the seller to still receive $19.75, the buyer has to pay $24. We can only imagine how much the volume of trade would fall, and how many individuals associated with the securities business would lose their jobs.
The higher the marginal tax rate – whether it be a VAT or income tax or property tax – the greater the spread between the price paid and the price received, and the greater the obliteration of economic activity that otherwise would have taken place.
The final error of the government centric view is that the budget deficit is the key economic variable. Instead, chronic and exceptionally large budget deficits are a symptom of a government sector that has become over-sized relative to the private sector.
Austerity that combines the "shared sacrifice" of spending cuts and tax increases fails because it seeks to maintain this imbalance. However, the contraction in the private sector typically leads to increased government spending on unemployment and other relief payments, further increasing the size of government relative to the private sector.
by Emerald Member on Oct. 7, 2013 at 8:09 AM
The solution to Europe's sovereign debt crisis is the policy mix that worked in the U.S. after World War II: monetary stability, reductions in government spending that shrink the size of government, and reductions in marginal tax rates which permit the private sector to expand. Reducing government-imposed rigidities in labor markets also would increase the opportunities for mutually beneficial exchanges, thereby leading to increased employment.
But, most of all, resolution of Europe's debt crisis requires that, if not the governing elite themselves, then a majority of voters recognize the governing elite are not capable of managing the economy, and demand that those in power, with new found humility, admit the spontaneous order of the market, rather than government programs, is what will produce economic growth, rising living standards, and ultimately the revenues required to restore fiscal balance.
Private sector growth, not austerity or increased government spending, is the answer.
by Platinum Member on Oct. 7, 2013 at 8:15 AM
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The recoveries up to the 1920's had nothing to do with spending and taxing less, quite the opposite:
The Economics of World War I
"The total cost of World War I to the United States (was) approximately $32 billion, or 52 percent of gross national product at the time."
Did World War I produce a major economic break from the past in the United States? Did the U.S. economy change in some fundamental and lasting ways as a result of that war? NBER Research Associate Hugh Rockoff addresses these questions in his recent study Until It's Over, Over There: The U.S. Economy in World War I (NBER Working Paper No. 10580). After surveying the U.S. mobilization and financing for the war, Rockoff concludes that perhaps the greatest impact of World War I was a shift in the landscape of ideas about economics and about the proper role of government in economic activities.
When the war began, the U.S. economy was in recession. But a 44-month economic boom ensued from 1914 to 1918, first as Europeans began purchasing U.S. goods for the war and later as the United States itself joined the battle. "The long period of U.S. neutrality made the ultimate conversion of the economy to a wartime basis easier than it otherwise would have been," writes Rockoff. "Real plant and equipment were added, and because they were added in response to demands from other countries already at war, they were added precisely in those sectors where they would be needed once the U.S. entered the war."
Entry into the war in 1917 unleashed massive U.S. federal spending which shifted national production from civilian to war goods. Between 1914 and 1918, some 3 million people were added to the military and half a million to the government. Overall, unemployment declined from 7.9 percent to 1.4 percent in this period, in part because workers were drawn in to new manufacturing jobs and because the military draft removed from many young men from the civilian labor force.
Rockoff estimates the total cost of World War I to the United States at approximately $32 billion, or 52 percent of gross national product at the time. He breaks down the financing of the U.S. war effort as follows: 22 percent in taxes, 58 percent through borrowings from the public, and 20 percent in money creation. The War Revenue Act of 1917 taxed "excess profits" -- profits exceeding an amount determined by the rate of return on capital in a base period -- by some 20 to 60 percent, and the tax rate on income starting at $50,000 rose from 1.5 percent in 1913-15 to more than 18 percent in 1918. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo crisscrossed the country peddling war bonds, even enlisting the help of Hollywood stars and Boy Scouts. The prevalence of patriotic themes created social pressure to purchase the "Liberty bonds" (and, after the armistice, the "Victory bonds"), but in practice the new bondholders did not make a tangible personal sacrifice in buying war bonds, since the yields on the se debt instruments were comparable to those on standard municipal bonds at the time. As Rockoff notes, "patriotic motives were not sufficient to alter market prices of assets during the war."
As part of the war effort, the U.S. government also attempted to guide economic activity via centralized price and production controls administered by the War Industries Board, the Food Administration, and the Fuel Administration. Rockoff judges that the overall impact of these programs on reallocating resources was "rather small." Timing played a role, since some of the agencies were only established once the United States entered the war, and they took time to begin fulfilling their roles. Also, management problems emerged. For example, the War Industries Board attempted to create a "priorities system" for determining the order in which producers would fill government contracts for industrial goods. Unfortunately, all policymakers gave their order the highest rating ("A"). Leaders then created several higher priority ratings (such as "A1"), with much the same result. "Replacing price signals with priorities is not as simple as it sounds," surmises Rockoff.
Finally, the author assesses the legacies of World War I for the U.S. economy. When the war began, the United States was a net debtor in international capital markets, but following the war the United States began investing large amounts internationally, particularly Latin America, thus "taking on the role traditionally played by Britain and other European capital exporters." With Britain weakened after the war, New York emerged "as London's equal if not her superior in the contest to be the world's leading financial center."
In matters of economic ideology, Rockoff argues that, although the U.S. government took on such an active role in economic affairs during the war, this evolution did not ratchet up the government role in peacetime. Subsequent increases in federal spending resulted mainly from war-related matters (such as veterans' benefits), and the most of the wartime regulatory agencies soon disappeared due to the efforts of conservative politicians. Nevertheless, the successful wartime experience "increased the confidence on the left that central planning was the best way to meet a national crisis, certainly in wartime, and possibly in peacetime as well." This view became increasingly important after the Democrats reached power during the Great Depression. "Almost every government program undertaken in the 1930s reflected a World War I precedent," explains Rockoff, "and...many of the people brought in to manage New Deal agencies had learned their craft in World War I." The author concludes that the scope and speed of gove rnment expansion in the 1930s were likely greater because of the impact of the war on the world view of new economic and political leaders, who in turn inspired future generations of reformers. "For America, to sum up," writes Rockoff, "the most important long-run impact of the war may have been in the realm of ideas."
-- Carlos Lozada
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No it isn't. History shows the economy recovers best when governments spend less and tax less, as the recoveries up to the 1920's prove. The great depression spending more and taxing more, stagnates recovery. just as it is proving, today.Quoting NWP:
Austerity is a proven failure. Ugh
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David Hockney is considered to be one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. A new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery brings to together a unique selection of paintings and prints which chart the early development of this iconic British artist.
David Hockney: Early reflections goes on display at the Walker Art Gallery from 11 October 2013 to 16 March 2014 under The Arts Council Collection Partnerships supported by Christie's scheme.
The exhibition is part of National Museums Liverpool's Modern Masters series, part funded by the European Union - the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Featuring work from the Walker's own collection, including Peter Getting out of Nick's Pool, which won the John Moores Painting Prize in 1967, together with key pieces from the Arts Council Collection and other loans, the exhibition explores Hockney's early influences.
With almost 40 pieces on display dating between 1960 to 1978, the exhibition is an insight into Hockney's prodigious talent which was evident even as a student.
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Head of Fine Art, Ann Bukantas said: "David Hockney is one of the most important artists of our time. This exhibition goes back to the roots of his success, before he became an international star. We explore the influence of art school and life in London on Hockney's drive to express a new artistic direction, his sexuality, and a burgeoning self-belief.
"The exhibition also follows his transformative move to sunny Los Angeles, where his work becomes more openly homoerotic and celebrates his glamorous location and way of life, alongside his rise as an international name.
"The Walker's Peter Getting out of Nick's Pool has a central role in the exhibition. As winner of the John Moores Painting Prize in 1967 it represents the success of this striking change in approach and technique.
"We are really excited to be working with the Arts Council Collection to include several important pieces, particularly the Cavafy series of prints and the major painting from his Royal College days, We Two Boys Together Clinging (1961)."
Grouped thematically, the exhibition is divided into four sections:
An audio guide will accompany the exhibition.
The exhibition is part of the Homotopia festival 2013.
The John Moores Painting Prize 2014 calls for entries is open from 22 July to 25 October 2013. More details: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/johnmoores
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Artist biography
Born in Bradford in 1937, Hockney's stellar reputation was established while he was still a student; his work was featured in several of the annual Young Contemporaries exhibitions, one of which heralded the birth of British Pop Art. He visited Los Angeles in 1964 and settled there soon after. He is closely associated with southern California and has produced a large body of work there over many decades. In recent years the artist has relocated to Bridlington, Yorkshire where his work has focused on documenting the rural landscape. The artist was elected a Royal Academician in 1991 and recently appointed a member of the Order of Merit by the Queen.
About the Arts Council Collection Partnerships supported by Christie's
The Arts Council Partnerships supported by Christie's is a partnership with four regional museums. During the four year scheme, which started in 2012, the partner museums – Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries, Manchester Art Gallery and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool – will create a dynamic programme of displays and exhibitions based on loans from the Arts Council Collection combined with their own collections.
Over the course of the scheme, the Arts Council Collection will also provide sustained curatorial and technical support in developing displays and exhibitions of works from the Collection, as well as offering a place on the Acquisitions Committee each year for one curator from a regional museum partner. The support from Christie's for an initial period of two years will go directly to the museums towards curatorial research, transport, display and education.
Arts Council Collection which is run by Southbank Centre on behalf of Arts Council England, is one of Britain's foremost national collections of post-war British Art. As a collection 'without walls', it has no permanent gallery; it can be seen on long term loan to museums, galleries, schools, hospitals, colleges and charitable associations and in touring exhibitions and displays at home and abroad. It is also, importantly, one of the most widely circulated and easily accessible collection of its kind, with nearly 8000 works available for loan. Established in 1946 to promote and enrich knowledge of contemporary art, the Collection continues to acquire works by artists, many at an early stage of their career, living and working in Britain and to foster the widest possible access to modern and contemporary across the UK. It includes work by Francis Bacon, Tracey Emin, Lucian Freud, Antony Gormley, Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney, Anish Kapoor, Henry Moore, Bridget Riley and Wolfgang Tillmans. For more information visit www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk
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One of the finest art galleries in Europe, the Walker Art Gallery is home to renaissance masterpieces, Tudor portraits and one of the best collections of Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art in the country. An outstanding display of contemporary art includes work by David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Banksy.
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A presentation exploring the darker side of corporate gene patenting.
On March 10th, 2009, the Center for Inquiry-Transnational in Amherst, New York, presented a talk by philosopher, attorney, and author David Koepsell.
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Shall I send a picture of my undies??!! Sounds like fun.

QUOTE (EricR @ Mar 9 2003, 12:45 PM)

 Shall I send a picture of my undies??!! Sounds like fun.

Well you haven't changed your avatar in a few days so the underwear might be a bit ripe, dont know how much fun that would be......
Well I was in La La Land for a week so couldn't get to apug. Actually I kind of like Felix, I think I'll keep him for a while.
Hey I could do a whole series, Eric's undies around the world. Or we could start a new gallery of just shots of our own undies. Lets see how creative we can all get! We could publish a book called Analog Undies. Considering it's -22C up here right now that lets out doing anything outdoors for now.
Maybe they better be the heavy red flannel ones? -22C sounds brutal to a skinny guy like me.
Eric, I really think that you are a swell fellow...I don't care what the others say about you. Psst...for a little gratuity, I will let you in on the real scoop...
What's the post card thing? Is it a post card I make with a photograph, kind of like the travelling portfolio? Or is it just that I go down to Hollyweird and buy some touristy cards and send you all one? Or something else?
Sure. I'll do it. I will send a note to Nigel. Anything else I need to do?
I could have a lot of fun with the "frozen assets" comment, but like most boards I would imagine we follow the 12 year old rule. That is to say we shouldn't post anything we wouldn't want a 12 year old to read.
David, once I get home and get your details, I'll send you the details to get at the address list. There's a couple more names going on the list. Sean is going to get sick of my e-mails with 'here's a new list'
I was printing some postcards yesterday (well trying to with my sons aged almost 4 and just over 1 assisting!) and I'd printed about 8 and was thinking.. hmm just how many do I need? To the delight of No1 Son, we did another two (he exclaims "ahhh Magic!" as the print appears Not sure what No2 Son thought of being locked in a room with dim red light! ) but I think I needed to print a few more! At some stage I imagine we won't be sending one to everyone on the list all at once!
Also, this pic was a stright print wheras my 1st one had several (4-5) steps to get it right (IMO). Much easier!


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You cannot see God in person because God is not a person, God is not a body; God is not a human being. Can you see the fragrance? Can you see the words that I speak? You can see my lips moving, my hands etc but can you really see the words? Can you see the body of the sound? You can't see the body of the sound and the body of the fragrance. You say that I am sad, I am happy. Have you ever seen what sadness looks like? Have you ever seen what happiness looks like?
You experience these things. So God cannot be seen as a person. I am sorry to say that, but that's the truth. Those people who say I have seen Ram,
Krishna, Shiva or Hanuman and they say that they believe that they have seen the God, I would just comment that it is just a fragmentation of their mind. It is just an imagination of their mind.
It is the conditioning of human mind that we tend to believe in some form and we say this is God and then we wish to see them again in our prayers and in our dreams and if some one sees that, then they are so happy. Well, if you want to remain in that paradise, go ahead continue being in that state. But the truth is far far away. Sri Krishna himself said in Bhagavad Gita that I am the one who can not be seen with the eyes, I am the one who can not be touched with hand, I am the one who can not be heard because I am not just a sound.
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Black Lives Matter protesters and their supporters pride themselves on being a grassroots, street-level movement. However, when you take a look at the money these folks are raking in, it becomes clear they've been bought off — even spawned — by big government progressives.Yes, the BLM crowd are nothing more than pawns being used by radical leftists to further press their agenda down on the American people.
We reported yesterday about the hacked emails that confirm billionaire leftist donor George Soros gave large sums to fuel the BLM "movement," and now this:
The Washington Times is reporting, For all its talk of being a street uprising, Black Lives Matter is increasingly awash in cash, raking in pledges of more than $100 million from liberal foundations and others eager to contribute to what has become the grant-making cause du jour.
The Ford Foundation and Borealis Philanthropy recently announced the formation of the Black-Led Movement Fund [BLMF], a six-year pooled donor campaign aimed at raising $100 million for the Movement for Black Lives coalition.That funding comes in addition to more than $33 million in grants to the Black Lives Matter movement from top Democratic Party donor George Soros through his Open Society Foundations, as well as grant-making from the Center for American Progress.
"The BLMF provides grants, movement building resources, and technical assistance to organizations working advance the leadership and vision of young, Black, queer, feminists and immigrant leaders who are shaping and leading a national conversation about criminalization, policing and race in America," said the Borealis announcement.
In doing so, however, the foundations have aligned themselves with the staunch left-wing platform of the Movement for Black Lives, which unveiled a policy agenda shortly after the fund was announced accusing Israel of being an "apartheid state" guilty of "genocide."Released Aug. 1, the platform also calls for defunding police departments, race-based reparations, breaking, voting rights for illegal immigrants, fossil-fuel divestment, an end to private education and charter schools, a "universal basic income," and free college for blacks.
Did you catch all that?Whoever floats BLM the cash to continue their day-to-day "operations" is controlling their activities, and in this case, that means big government liberals bent on keeping power through manipulating minorities into voting Democrat in major elections.
If there was any doubt this was the case, the fact that George Soros is a big donor spells it all out pretty plainly.
This is something most of us already knew right from the get-go, as the group was born from a false narrative being pushed by leftist media who seized a few incidents of racial tension in our country and capitalized on it to create a rift among Americans.
Such a stunt provides lots of ratings and ad revenue, plus it pleases progressive politicians, which makes the media lapdogs wag their tails.
For BLM, this isn't about equality, it's about the money. If it was a movement truly committed to eradicating racism and policies that harm blacks disproportionately, perhaps they would do better to focus on the liberal policies that have decimated the black community in an effort to keep blacks on the Democrat plantation.
[Note: This article was written by Michael Cantrell]


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"Sudden sensory neural hearing loss" is a known entity. It can happen to anyone with out warning but no direct relationship with rhinoplasty has been reported. So if you or some you know lost hearing following rhinoplasty is mostly coincidental.
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Hearing loss related to rhinoplasty
Hearing loss after rhinoplasty
It is highly unlikely that the hearing loss is related specifically to the rhinoplasty. However, profound sinusitis or a serous otitis media following general anesthesia may be one cause and sensorineural loss from antibiotics could be another. Have your ears examined.
There is NO association between Nose surgery and hearing
regarding : "Can you lose your hearing after rhinoplasty?" . While people can always lose hearing and even go deaf after a rhinoplasty ( due to loud sounds, trauma, stroke, certain medications etc), the two are NOT related. Nose surgery cannot anatomically affect hearing.
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"Desecration of the memory of those who gave of their lives for peace and freedom" - vicar speaks out over war plaques theft
PUBLISHED: 07:00 06 February 2013
The memory of 11 villagers who died in the first world war has been desecrated by the theft of two plaques commemorating the conflict.
The brass memorials show scenes from the nativity and crucifixion, and were erected on the wall of All Saints Church in Narborough, near Swaffham, in 1919, together with a list of the men who died in battle.
The thieves caused £1,000 of damage when they broke in through a window between 6pm on Thursday, January 31, and 9.30am on Friday, February 1.
Rev Stuart Nairn discovered the theft when he opened the church on Friday morning.
He said: "There is the upset of the church being invaded in this way, and the much greater upset at the desecration of the memory of those of the first world war who gave of their lives for peace and freedom.
"Police seem to agree that it looks like these have been stolen to order as nothing else in the church was disturbed except the window they broke. We do feel they have very much been stolen for their artistic value."
Rev Nairn announced the theft at his Sunday morning service in Castle Acre, and said parishioners were upset by the news.
He said: "People are generally appalled. I have been a parish priest here for 25 years and it is the first time we have had anything of this particular nature happen."
Narborough Parish Council chairman David Williams said it was especially disappointing as the plaques were particular to the village.
Det Sgt Pete Jessop, of the Radar team, whose brief includes rural crime and metal theft, said metal theft fell across the whole country last year, but there had been an increase in heritage crimes.
He said there was a secondhand market for this type of plaque, and churches across the county had been victims.
He said: "We take it very seriously because of the heritage value and the value to the church.
"The theft of a plaque has far reaching implications around the community."
He said scrapyards would be notified, and in previous cases their actions have helped police make arrests when people tried to sell stolen items.
Rev Nairn said the church would stand firm, and added: "The important thing about churches is they are open for people to come in and pray. That has to be their prime purpose and we are not shaken from that purpose."
Anyone with information should contact PC Joanna Higgins at Dereham police station on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.