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It's quite annoying when you're lovable little kitten becomes a terror. No one wants them to start latching on to your fingers or hand at every opportunity. But you're in luck because training them to stop biting is not overly difficult, especially if they're still young. Older cats can also be trained, but it just takes a little longer, and will need you to be patient. If you're looking at getting your first cat today, this course is fantastic because it tells you everything you need to know about adopting a kitten, as well as tips to keep them (and you!) happy together.
The first step is to discover why your cat is biting. Often, it's due to a stressful situation, or they are acting in self defense to a perceived threat. Think back to the times that your cat has bitten you, and recall if the TV or the stereo was blaring, there are guests over or if the kids had just been roughhousing with them a little too much. Once you know what triggers their aggressive mood, you can act to manage it. Turn the TV down, put them in a different room away from the guests or manage how rough your kids are playing.
Often, cats can bite out of boredom. As a responsible pet owner, you also need to keep them entertained, as cats don't like being bored any more than people do. You need to play with them every day, and if you have the space consider also getting a second cat. They'll keep each other company and you'll benefit because they'll both be less aggressive and excited when you return home – because they haven't been alone all day. For pet owners, it's inevitable one of them will need first aid at some stage, so check out this course and learn everything you need to know about performing first aid on your cats.
When you do bring a kitten home, never ever use your fingers as toys. It's cute when you have a tiny little fur-ball nibbling on your fingertips, but this will change quickly and you don't want a fully grown cat latching on with their full strength. Teaching a cat to unlearn this behavior is very difficult, so try to always be consistent in what you allow them to do. It's better to buy real cat toys, and letting your kitten be as rough with them as they like.
You also need to show your kitten the right ways to play with you, as they are often brought home before they've learned manners from their mother. The best time to start is now! This course is aimed at first time dog owners, but many of the teachings apply when bringing a cat home for the first time as well, and it gives a quick overview of what you need to know to prepare your house for your new pet. Use your play sessions with your kitten to teach them not to bite or claw you. It's only natural that a cats hunting instincts come out when they are playing, so always remember to reinforce that they must be careful and gentle with you.
This is simple, just follows these steps
- Get your kitten excited with a game of play fighting
- Praise and give treats all the time that the kitten is being gentle
- Slowly intensify the game and the excitement level, while keeping your eyes glued on your kitten
- As soon as the claws extend or the teeth get bared, tone down the excitement, or freeze and play dead
- Normally a kitten will calm down, and retract their claws
- If they have done so, resume playing the game
- If they haven't done so, the game cannot continue until your kitten calms down.
- If your kitten bites hard or scratches you, shout "OW" and immediately stop playing, walk away and ignore them for at least 10 minutes
This reinforces good behavior, while using a very effective method of punishment that doesn't require you to hit your new pet. This is a big no-no, and should never be done. If your cat continues to bite, perhaps you need to act more dominant. As soon as you are bitten, clap your hands loudly with a slap, and say a firm and controlling "NO." Stare straight into your cats eyes with a fierce expression, but never strike or shout at your cat. After 10-15 seconds of staring, stand abruptly and leave the room, totally ignoring your cat for at least 10 minutes. Depending on the personality of your cat, decide how firm you need to be. Timid cats often bite and scratch because they are afraid, so decide on the level of aggression you need to show.
If being dominant doesn't have the intended effect, you may need to take it another level higher. This works especially well on cats that never listen to a word that you say. Grab a spray bottle or a small water gun, filled with water. Every time your cat bites you, immediately grab the bottle and spray them. You need to do it consistently and as soon as you've been bitten so your cat learns that biting equals a jet of water in their face. This won't work if you spray them two minutes after the fact, because they'll have already forgotten they bit you.
Having a pet is a fantastic chance for children to be able to play, as well as being a faithful companion for them as they grow. The downside is that pets have a shorter life span, which can leave your kids distraught should they have to say goodbye. This course teaches a wonderful way to make a memorial video, which will let your kids remember your favorite pet.
With a little training, you can teach your cat virtually anything, and getting them to stop biting is actually quite simple. Get your cat acting politely, and you'll both enjoy a much happier life at home, and share many happy memories together. Be sure to check out this recent post and learn the tips and tricks to take the best photos of your pets, and you'll love having a cute little kitten in your house – that doesn't bite!


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The Entitlement Generation
Wednesday - December 28, 2011
About 16 years ago, when our granddaughter (our first) was beginning to play soccer, we were loyal fans of her team and, like good tutu and tutu kane, we lugged our coolers and beach chairs to almost every game. Even at her young age of 6 or 7, we encouraged her to learn the values derived from teamwork and competition. But the frustration set in almost immediately: "So how many goals did you score, Sweetie?"
"I dunno, Bapa, we don't keep track."
"Oh, well it looked like you were winning."
"I dunno, Bapa, we don't keep score!"
But at each season-end potluck, every kid got a candy lei and a trophy.
Yes, those were the days of preoccupation with a child's self-esteem mustn't discourage her by withholding the thing she should have received only for winning, mustn't damage her fragile little psyche, mustn't make her think she's not as good as the kids who won. Worst of all, don't let her think she's a loser!
This misguided philosophy was to carry over to academic grades, to the workplace and to social policy. In short, you are entitled to a reward for just showing up, regardless of performance. Little did we realize, we were raising the entitlement generation.
And how has that generation manifested itself? Hello, Occupy Wall Street!
A statistical analysis of original OWS protestors in New York City's Zuccotti Park shows that two-thirds are under age 35, with a majority of those in their 20s. Although no leadership has ever emerged, nor have they ever formally articulated any "demands," their sense of entitlement comes through loud and clear: They are entitled to a good-paying job, they are entitled to a house to live in, a college education, health care, a pension plan and they are entitled to happiness. They are practically unanimous on two major issues: They are "angry" about the inequality in the world, and three-quarters of those polled voted for Obama.
Speaking of Obama, it's not likely he kept score as a kid. The "social justice" to which he so frequently refers is just another way of saying all are entitled to benefit from the labor of a few. Or, as his boyhood mentor here in Hawaii, Communist, Frank Marshall Davis, likely taught him, "From each according to his ability to each according to his need."
When talking to "Joe the Plumber" during his campaign, he paraphrased that basic Communist tenet: "You know, we need to spread the wealth around!" Is it any wonder he got the "entitlement vote"?
We must not forget that self-esteem comes more so by missing out on a trophy and working harder to earn one the next time (from loser to winner). Self-esteem and a sense of independence comes from earning one's own way. One of the most important revelations that came to me during years of solitary confinement was that I owed every success in great part to my previous failures.
When we reward a child or anyone at any age for mediocrity, we are enabling and perpetuating their mediocrity.
Suggested New Year's resolution: When faced with a choice between truth and political correctness, have the courage to choose truth.
Have a bright and prosperous 2012.
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Initially I had planned on splitting my computer usage 50:50 between Windows and Ubuntu, it's actually worked out to 99% Ubuntu and 1% Windows (I haven't been in Windows for at least 2 weeks). The switch has been so good that I also changed my work computer and teaching computer to dual boot machines. What am I enjoying about it so far?
- No antivirus: Not having this has been great. No more do I have to deal with virus updates or scanning.
- Ubuntu is better at updates: Approximately 2-3 days of the week Ubuntu has to be updated. This may seem like a lot but very rarely does it have to be restarted.
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Do braces hurt? Yes. And no.
But to patients and parents, I try to never use the P or pain word. I also like to avoid the H or hurt word. Instead, I describe the discomfort someone is about to experience during braces as just that: discomfort. Not pain.
Wires move teeth. Once teeth begin to even subtly move, each now-moving tooth sends signals to our brain. Those signals are (unfortunately) nociceptive or interpreted as uncomfortable. Again, I avoided the use of the P (Pain) word.
Those negative signals are best handled by modifying one's diet to soft things. In addition, thinking of other positive things and using your best attitude helps your sore mouth and teeth. The hurt won't last for too long, though. Usually, after hours to days most of the discomfort passes. However, if the discomfort is sufficient or simply puts one in a cranky mood one hopes to avoid, I recommend Tylenol. I don't advise on to be tough just for the sake of being tough. Yet, I don't advise taking any type of medication until one feels he/she needs it.
Motrin is truly a better analgesic, but Motrin (as an effective anti-inflammatory) blocks the tooth-moving pathway — also involving the inflammatory process. So, to block pain, but to allow tooth movement to occur most efficiently I request parents provide Tylenol. If one does take Motrin it won't absolutely stop Jimmy's tooth movements. But it is true that progress will likely slow as Motrin will more greatly inhibit the inflammatory process involved with braces.
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A Windows optional update has messed up my screen, help
This was an option update that i accidently installed without knowing what it was,
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It has messed up my resolution and i can no longer fit it to how i want, there are only 2 different screen resolutions i can use. Also, i cannot run applications such as YouCam that came with my Laptop + windows 7 beause i "do not have the VGA software" or something :/
I go to device manager and uninstall this, but everytime i turn on my laptop again, the screen resolution is still messed up and then the driver will install itself again.
I find this really annoying how i cant have my screen resolution back
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If you're "un-installing" the driver, you could try "rolling back" the driver.
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Vulnerability to nature is, unfortunately, characteristic of life for the poor everywhere. Millions of people live in conditions of poverty, malnutrition and disease and are vulnerable to natural disasters and weather-related events like floods and droughts.
At the UN's global warming conference in Nairobi, activists and government agencies were touting these problems as evidence that Africa is already experiencing the devastating effects of global warming.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that water will be drastically affected by the earth's rising temperatures, especially through a decline in rainfall in Africa. This, it is alleged, will cause more droughts and damaging floods, resulting in threats to water supplies, harming agriculture, human health and the natural environment.
Yet current predictions of adverse effects of global warming on water supplies, floods and droughts in Africa are completely unfounded, both in theory and measurement. Alarmists have been quick to uphold regional variations in rainfall as evidence of global warming -- but no evidence supports this claim.
More broadly, they have assumed that all climatic change is undesirable. In fact, an increase in the magnitude and frequency of heavy rains would be beneficial over most of Africa.
South Africa is the ideal sub-continental region to observe climatic signals related to global warming and water. The eastern part has high rainfall, while the west is an arid desert. The south receives rain in the winter, while the north receives it in the summer. The average annual rainfall for the whole region is 500mm, compared with a world average of more than 850mm.
Studying the South African data, we find that the mean annual precipitation over almost the whole of South Africa has progressively increased by at least 9 percent during the 78-year period of record with a high degree of assurance.
The 19 districts that constitute the southern and western Cape benefited from a 17 percent (57mm) increase in rainfall from 1950 to 1992. Obviously, in a region like South Africa that suffers from water shortage, such change is desirable.
Although the 1990s were reported to be the warmest decade of the past millennium, this was not reflected in an unusual increase in the numbers and magnitudes of exceptional hydrological events in South Africa.
More recently, last year's global temperatures were proclaimed to be higher than any in the recent geological past.
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The possibility that it will decrease the rainfall in the foreseeable future is remote and without scientific merit.
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College Team Academic Award recipients are active members of the United Soccer Coaches College Services Program with a composite grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster. VCU is amongst one of the 191 other schools who had both their men's and women's programs among the recipients.
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I love Brussels sprouts when they are sauteed or roasted. They take on such a wonderfully sweet flavor and tender texture. Because I like them so much when they're cooked just right, I never thought about eating them raw. But when they are very finely shredded and tossed with a delicious dressing, they take on a whole new life. This salad is a staple for Brussels sprouts season, and is a great variation on a typical slaw salad that uses cabbage.
For the dressing, you can use raw cane sugar, maple syrup, or agave nectar — each of which provide a slightly different variation on the flavor of the dressing. Go with what you like best as your vegan sweetener. I went the non-vegan route and used honey in the dressing, and a very light sprinkle of Parmesan cheese over the top. I also added toasted almonds to the top of our salad, and the added crunch and nutty flavor brought a lot to an already delicious dish. This recipe is adapted from Food52.
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Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Red Onions and Lemon-Dijon Dressing
- 1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced
- Juice from one lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon agave nectar (or use 1 teaspoon honey for a non-vegan version)
- 1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cups large Brussels sprouts
- 1/2 cup finely grated Pecorino Romano (optional, for a non-vegan version)
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- In a small bowl, soak the sliced onions in cold water. Set aside while you prepare the rest of the salad.
- In a separate small bowl, combine the lemon juice, agave or honey, mustard and a pinch of salt and pepper. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until the dressing is well combined. Set aside.
- Trim all of the Brussels sprouts by cutting off any bruised outer leaves and slicing off the hard root end. Using a mandoline or a sharp knife, thinly slice the sprouts into a very fine slaw. Toss the leaves a bit to separate them.
- Drain the onions and in a large bowl, combine the onions, sliced sprouts and dressing. Toss a few times then add the cheese (optional) and toss again. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve and enjoy!
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Chandler Jones apologized on Thursday, just hours after a police report was released detailing a bizarre incident over the weekend involving the New England Patriots star.
"I made a stupid mistake," Jones said. He went on to say that he's working hard to have the biggest game of his life on Saturday against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jones appeared in the New England locker room with 2 minutes left in Thursday's media availability. Asked if he felt the need to apologize to his teammates, he said: "I feel the need to apologize to everyone."
Jones showed up at a local police station disoriented on Sunday. Police escorted him to the hospital, where he was admitted and released the same day.
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In a report released Thursday by the Town of Foxboro, Police Officer David Foscaldo wrote that he had just arrived at work for his day shift around 7:40 a.m. Sunday when he observed a shirtless man wearing blue sweatpants on the officer parking area. He said the man had a muscular build, was over 6 feet tall and had a long wingspan.
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"In a very hurried and haphazard-like fashion, I saw this man randomly scurry through a portion of the parking lot where our police cars are parked," Foscaldo said. "This man suddenly made a 'b-line' for our police station's rear door. Without any warning or provocation, this man got down on his knees, he interlocked his fingers, and he placed his hands tightly against the back of his head. For a quick second or two, this man held this position - it was like the man was trying to surrender (he was literally 'as stiff as a board'/he was both upright and rigid). This man abruptly released his hands, and he started to move slowly toward the ground. Honestly, it appeared as if he was actively praying or worshipping. At times, this man would return to an upright position, this same movement/motion was repeated at least twice."
Because this was all happening so close to the police station, Foscaldo said he sprinted toward the man along with two other officers who were in the area.
"The above mentioned male subject was now lying in a prone position, and his arms were spread out by his sides. This man's face was against the ground and it was turned so that he watched me approach him."
Foscaldo's report said he grabbed the man's left hand and another officer grabbed his right arm. The officers asked the man to identify himself and tell them what he was doing.
"I'm Chandler Jones," he told them, and kept saying that he had "been told" to come to the police station.
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The Jones saga has been big news in New England this week as the Patriots prepare to begin their Super Bowl defense with a playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday. Jones has been practicing all week, but has not spoken publicly about the incident.
The Patriots have declined to comment, but did release a statement saying that Jones showed up for work Monday morning and participated in all meetings and practices after the incident. His teammates and Coach Bill Belichick have also said very little, other than to note that they support him fully.
The reason that Jones went to the police station in the first place remains somewhat of a mystery, although The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that Jones had a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana.
The officer's report said Jones was unable to provide a legitimate explanation for why he went to the rear door of the police station.
"It was quite evident that Mr. Jones was desperately seeking our assistance, and he had certainly not committed any crimes - nor had he violated any laws or town-bylaws. Mr. Jones was not armed, and he did not have any narcotics either on his person or in his possession."
For the vast majority of his interaction with police, Jones was "polite, cooperative, and respectful," Foscaldo wrote.
Police decided to have Jones evaluated by the Foxboro Fire Department, and he agreed, saying he would do whatever they wanted him to do. He was evaluated by paramedics and transported to Norwood Hospital shortly after 8 a.m., according to the police log.
While being evaluated by paramedics, Jones said he had left his keys at home. A police officer went to his home and found the front door open. Upon entering the kitchen, he found the keys on the kitchen counter. He also said that he noticed the smell of "burnt marijuana." He locked the house, and told dispatch what he had smelled so they could advise the paramedics.
Several lines of the police report are blacked out. It isn't clear why.


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This week, I was gallivanting again, to Bantry, in a corner of Ireland where fingers of rock point to the sea. I could wax lyrical about the beauties of Bantry and the West Cork countryside surrounding it, or about the brilliance of the authors who at the literary festival we were attending. But as I did with Sneem and with Iceland earlier in the year, I prefer to concentrate on the little random wonders that often remain unseen.
Here's a selection of ten small, sparkling moments from my stay in Bantry.
Eloquent rants about montbretia, those flame flowers.
The ship's sail that cried, 'Enough.'
The mountain filled with light and rain.
The man who let his Viking-style boat rot on a beach for seven years because he went to South America and nearly got married.
A cup of tea at the edge of the world.
The author who bathed us in warmth, humour and perfectly crafted words.
The author who drove the men away.
The barman who had never heard of Pernod.
The cable car with a psalm tacked onto the wall.
And the family who flung open the doors of their eighteenth-century farmhouse and fed us with fresh leaves, morsels of culture and tales of the Levant.


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It's easy to get here! Freeport is only a short 20-minute car ride of away from Portland, Maine and about a 2-hour drive from Boston, Massachusetts. We're perfectly located close to Maine's largest city – Portland and southern Maine's sandy beaches, yet within easy travel to mid-coast Maine's stunning rocky coast.
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Less than half a year before the start of the European Basketball Championship, Slovenia is in the final preparation phase for EuroBasket 2013, to be held in Ljubljana and other three host cities (Koper on the Coast, Jesenice in the Alpine region and Celje in the east of Slovenia). After 18 March, all sports fans will be able to buy tickets – along with the tourist arrangements for this largest sports event ever hosted by Slovenia.
Slovenia has hosted two top-level World Cup in Alpine skiing competitions so far this winter and is ready to host FIS World Jumping Ski Final in Planica between 21 and 24 March. The best Slovenian Alpine skier Tina Maze has been breaking all the records this season and her achievements are being noticed even beyond the snowy peaks.
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And Slovenia is colourful on the threshold of spring, ready for colourful Easter traditions … And young! In 2012, Maribor carried the title European Capital of Culture; in 2013, it gained the prestigious title of European Youth Capital. 2013 will be characterized by youth!
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August 12, 2014
Are We There Yet?
Editor's note: This macroblog post was published yesterday with some content inadvertently omitted. Below is the complete post. We apologize for the error.
Anyone who has undertaken a long road trip with children will be familiar with the frequent "are we there yet?" chorus from the back seat. So, too, it might seem on the long post-2007 monetary policy road trip. When will the economy finally look like it is satisfying the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) dual mandate of price stability and full employment? The answer varies somewhat across the FOMC participants. The difference in perspectives on the distance still to travel is implicit in the range of implied liftoff dates for the FOMC's short-term interest-rate tool in the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP).
So how might we go about assessing how close the economy truly is to meeting the FOMC's objectives of price stability and full employment? In a speech on July 17, President James Bullard of the St. Louis Fed laid out a straightforward approach, as outlined in a press release accompanying the speech:
To measure the distance of the economy from the FOMC's goals, Bullard used a simple function that depends on the distance of inflation from the FOMC's long-run target and on the distance of the unemployment rate from its long-run average. This version puts equal weight on inflation and unemployment and is sometimes used to evaluate various policy options, Bullard explained.
We think that President Bullard's quadratic-loss-function approach is a reasonable one. Chart 1 shows what you get using this approach, assuming a goal of year-over-year personal consumption expenditure inflation at 2 percent, and the headline U-3 measure of the unemployment rate at 5.4 percent. (As the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics defines unemployment, U-3 measures the total unemployed as a percent of the labor force.) This rate is about the midpoint of the central tendency of the FOMC's longer-run estimate for unemployment from the June SEP.
Notice that the policy objective gap increased dramatically during the recession, but is currently at a low value that's close to precrisis levels. On this basis, the economy has been on a long, uncomfortable trip but is getting pretty close to home. But other drivers of the monetary policy minivan may be assessing how far there is still to travel using an alternate road map to chart 1. For example, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart has highlighted the role of involuntary part-time work as a signal of slack that is not captured in the U-3 unemployment rate measure. Indeed, the last FOMC statement noted that
Labor market conditions improved, with the unemployment rate declining further. However, a range of labor market indicators suggests that there remains significant underutilization of labor resources.
So, although acknowledging the decline in U-3, the Committee is also suggesting that other labor market indicators may suggest somewhat greater residual slack in the labor market. For example, suppose we used the broader U-6 measure to compute the distance left to travel based on President Bullard's formula. The U-6 unemployment measure counts individuals who are marginally attached to the labor force as unemployed and, importantly, also counts involuntarily part-time workers as unemployed. One simple way to incorporate the U-6 gap is to compute the average difference between U-6 and U-3 prior to 2007 (excluding the 2001 recession), which was 3.9 percent, and add that to the U-3 longer-run estimate of 5.4 percent, to give an estimate of the longer-run U-6 rate of 9.3 percent. Chart 2 shows what you get if you run the numbers through President Bullard's formula using this U-6 adjustment (scaling the U-6 gap by the ratio of the U-3 and U-6 steady-state estimates to put it on a U-3 basis).
What the chart says is that, up until about four years ago, it didn't really matter at all what your preferred measure of labor market slack was; they told a similar story because they tracked each other pretty closely. But currently, your view of how close monetary policy is to its goals depends quite a bit on whether you are a fan of U-3 or of U-6—or of something in between. I think you can put the Atlanta Fed's current position as being in that "in-between" camp, or at least not yet willing to tell the kids that home is just around the corner.
In an interview last week with the Wall Street Journal, President Lockhart effectively put some distance between his own view and those who see the economy as being close to full employment. The Journal's Real Time Economics blog quoted Lockhart:
"I'm not ruling out" the idea the Fed may need to raise short-term interest rates earlier than many now expect, Mr. Lockhart said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. But, at the same time, "I'm a little bit cautious" about the policy outlook, and still expect that when the first interest rate hike comes, it will likely happen somewhere in the second half of next year.
"I remain one who is looking for further validation that we are on a track that is going to make the path to our mandate objectives pretty irreversible," Mr. Lockhart said. "It's premature, even with the good numbers that have come in ... to draw the conclusion that we are clearly on that positive path," he said.
Mr. Lockhart said the current unemployment rate of 6.2% will likely continue to decline and tick under 6% by the end of the year. But, he said, there remains evidence of underlying softness in the job sector, and, he also said, while inflation shows signs of firming, it remains under the Fed's official 2% target.
Our view is that the current monetary policy journey has made considerable progress toward its objectives. But the trip is not yet complete, and the road ahead remains potentially bumpy. In the meantime, I recommend these road-trip sing-along selections.
By John Robertson, a vice president and senior economist in the Atlanta Fed's research department
August 12, 2014 in Economics , Employment , Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy , Inflation , Labor Markets , Monetary Policy , Pricing , Unemployment | Permalink
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Major problems with U6 include the fact that someone working 34 hours but wants to work 35 or more is considered unemployed (not partially unemployed) -- a very loose definition of an unemployed person. Also, some policymakers conflate marginally attached with discouraged workers. Only one-third of the marginally attached are discouraged about job prospects (the other two-thirds didn't look for work because of illness, school, etc. -- i.e., for reasons monetary policy cannot address). So there are very good reasons for President Bullard's objective function to be based on U3 rather than U6. Additionally, what policymakers should consider, to follow through with your analogy, is when you arrive at your destination should you still have the accelerator pressed to the floor? Or does it not make sense to let off of the gas a bit as you approach your destination (to avoid driving the minivan right through your home).
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THIS JUST IN! – Edge of Venomverse : War Stories – Marvel Comics
Title : Edge of Venomverse : War Stories
Publisher : Marvel Comics
Writer : Assorted (Cullen Bunn, Declan Shalvey, Magdalene Visaggio, Aaron Covington)
Illustrator : Assorted (Annapaola Martello, Declan Shalvey, Alex Arizmendi, Khary Randolph)
Thoughts on Cover
Venom, one of the most despicable villains in comic book history, but also one of the most diverse creations. An alien symbiote that attaches itself to a host, bringing out the darkest thoughts, abilities, and overall darkest actions that are possible. A cult favorite for most comic book fans, even those who may not be a fan of spiderman (and if you aren't, you need to give your head a shake).
This cover does for me what I want every comic to do, question everything I am about to see. A Venom symbiote on Black Panther, Rocket Raccoon, Doctor Strange? Absolutely sucked me into the pages, as I needed to see which I would like more.
Inside the pages of this title are several short stories to introduce separate Venom controlled characters that we've all either loved, or at least been aware of their immense capabilities. Venom has started to create an army among the multiverse. The only one who can see what's coming is Doctor Strange, and he is doing his best to keep control of an already messy situation. In doing so, he needs to be careful what he does, as to not become the thing he hunts.
We get a story about Black Panther (kind of), Kingpin/Punisher, Rocket Raccoon/Captain America (Carol Danvers), and ending with Victor Von Doom, so giving us a pretty wide variety of heroes and villains. All vying for the same thing before the Venom symbiote came, power or fame. Either way, all it did was increase their abilities, and turn their minds into something it could come to easily control.
By laying out this small series of stories, it sets us up for the actual Venomverse comic, which shows an army of symbiote controlled heroes and villains taking their wrath out on the world. I am absolutely sure this will be a fun time, just like the Deadpool side stories usually are too.
What I Liked
- The stories work very well together, giving us a real look at the backbone of the coming title. I appreciated the diversity of each story, as refreshing as they were because of different points of view.
- The artwork, as almost always with Marvel, was amazing. It was well laid out, perfectly executed, and all in all worth the read more than most lately.
What I Didn't Like
- I know it was meant to give us a small glimpse, but I felt it too rushed. Most of the comics within are merely 6 or 8 pages, and really don't give us a decent understanding of why each character decided to stick with the symbiote.
- The jumping timelines thing I feel is way overdone. Marvel has used this lately as a bit of a crutch, and while I am sure some people like it, I find it to be unnecessarily convoluted, and overdone.
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I'll have to go with a Thumbs Sideways on this one. While I am excited to see what is to come, I am a bit overdone with the tropes in Marvel's recent titles.
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On the 18th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, when a truck bomb was detonated outside a federal building, family members of the 168 killed sent prayers to Boston.
A church near the former site of the bombed building in Oklahoma City was filled with 800 people Friday as they gathered to remember those who were killed and those who survived the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995.
"It opens that wound," Dawn DeArmon, whose mother, Federal Employees Credit Union employee Kathy Leinen, was killed 18 years ago, said of the Boston bombing.
The remembrance ceremony is usually held outside on the memorial grounds, but because of cold temperatures and damp grounds, it was moved inside the First United Methodist Church. At 9:02 a.m., the ceremony included 168 seconds of silence to honor the lives that were lost.
More from GlobalPost: Family and friends react: Boston bombing suspect described as 'normal'
Gary Pierson, Chairman of the Oklahoma City National Foundation said, "It all started as a peaceful day 18 years ago, but at 9:01 a.m. everything changed," said Gary Pierson, Chairman of the Oklahoma City National Foundation.
Congressman James Lankford also spoke at the ceremony, and said the Boston Marathon bombing made 18 years of grieving and healing all come rushing back.
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- My first robotic expertise (and the way it helped me progress to having my very own robotic)
- The place constructive slippage can add to your ends in a system
- What to do with the spare time you'll have as a robotic has enter into your each day duties
- What NOT to do along with your spare time! (aka distraction administration and find out how to keep away from compromising your system with the mistaken choices)
- When to place extra money on the desk
This e-book is written by a whole newbie (that's me) who progressed to turn out to be a profitable dealer (additionally me) over a interval of three years. I did it, and I might have finished it faster if I knew what I do know now. Most of my outcomes have been achieved inside a brief twelve month runway.
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The Information
Do you might want to be a genius to generate profits trading foreign exchange? No.
Do you want many years of expertise in trading and finance to make it as a dealer? No.
Is it doable to make sufficient cash to interchange the earnings out of your day job? You wager. I did it.
My robotic
Over a interval of three years I optimized and launched my system within the dwell market, supported by my robotic, Plutus. He wasn't with me from the beginning, Plutus grew to become a part of my system after I decided his work can be superior to my very own in sure circumstances. We grew to become excessive-performing colleagues as Plutus faithfully executed my directions, day-in, day-out, hail or shine. I'll inform you when he was born and the way we work collectively in my e-book.
This e-book is an opportunity so that you can use my classes discovered to speed up the outcomes you're in a position to obtain whereas making robots part of your trading system. It's one thing I want existed after I was beginning out.
I hope you get pleasure from studying how I did it, and that you simply're outfitted and impressed to commerce foreign exchange for a dwelling because of this.
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- The second 'secret' (or my tenet) which underpins all my exercise and ensures I develop my account safely and sustainably – this similar strategy will shield you from the main mistake most new merchants make
- The key query you MUST ask your self earlier than you resolve to embark on the search to make your full time earnings from foreign exchange trading
- How I launched Plutus (my robotic) with no programming expertise and no understanding of the technical platforms which run robots and Professional Advisers
- The causes I fully belief my robotic's position in my system
- Precisely after I get entangled in commerce determination making and the way I make this work (Trace: I don't do a lot of the everyday work!)
- How to verify a robotic fits your individual system
- Choosing the proper robotic for you
- The way to exhaustively take a look at your robotic earlier than enjoying with actual cash within the dwell markets. I'll stroll you step-by-step by way of my testing regime in plain english – it's not technical and never filled with trade jargon
- When simulation testing ought to play an element within the launch of your system
- The way to optimize your system with robotic help, and the way a lot time to spend optimizing earlier than dwell launch
- The advantages and pitfalls of testing in your demo account
- The way to safely progress to dwell trading out of your take a look at regime
- What number of pairs to contemplate and commerce as a newbie
- The minimal quantity it is best to enter the market with and the the explanation why I like to recommend this (trace: it's lower than most individuals spend on a vacation)
- The way to scale up – develop your account sustainably and responsibly
- The way to keep away from betting the farm on trades that received't all the time go your means
- How I commerce from trip spots and distant areas (like now!) at any time when I need
- The no-go and hazard intervals to keep away from when trading
- Drawdowns – how and when to count on and find out how to handle these
- The way to survive catastrophic market occasions and the way I got here out the opposite facet of some main surprising market modifications
- How I received fired from my job earlier than firing myself
- Various approaches to earning money from fx trading for those who don't need your individual system and robotic
- The particulars of my total 12 month scheduled experiment to show if I might or couldn't change my earnings trading for a dwelling (trace: I might!)
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As we step out onto the path that our design has for us, we only find courage to journey with associated accountability as we hold the creative tension formed by the union of inner and outer charges.
"It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between." −Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses
In this work I do as a Coach I've come to realize some important truths; one of which is that I am ultimately coaching an individual to that space where the internal and external collide.
Without a guide the resulting bang of this Impact can be deeply terrifying as one most instantly begins to search for what is wrong. Although my question leading to individual articulation of Desire & Intent is, for the person, a freeing revelation, that freedom can be accompanied by pure terror of a territory ahead, a ravaged hillside in the past, or even the view of the beautiful country suddenly brought to light.
In order to arrive at any understanding of my own creative tension, forming my commitment to Impact, I had to accept the attachment to desire while simultaneously realizing how crucial it was to let go into intent (for there, I have no control).
As we become more conscious of the need around us to which our Impact is called, we cannot allow the eagerness to fill such need take away any energy to do so.
Only in your creative tension may you let go of the narcissistic victory (a need to win/control) and flow with the Impact experience.
See companion truth−Our Outer Accountability – Living Impact


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The Psychology Of Money And How To Save It
When we asked our community recently what they'd most like to read about, the resounding answer was for advice on how to save and manage their money. So we listened.
The more we researched, the more opportunities revealed themselves. We realised the volume of hints and tips we were gathering would never fit into one article.
And so we bring to you a series on how to save money. We'll show you ways to save money at home and how to save when shopping (contradictory as that sounds). We'll also discuss how to save money in an ethical way that saves the environment at the same time. We'll have a look at how you can save money but still enjoy an active and social lifestyle. But before we approach any of these we need to understand our approach to saving money. How we perceive its influence in our lives, how confident we are to take control of it to do what's necessary to save it. I'm talking about …
The Psychology of Saving
Perhaps you're an ardent saver just looking for ways to put aside an extra penny. You'll likely be familiar with the sentiments of this article. If your spending habits are what got you into financial hot water in the first place, no amount of money saving tips will be effective until you adjust the thinking that underpins your money spending .
Or perhaps you're used to making sound financial decisions, and now you'd like to buy a house. But the idea of a deposit of $50 000 or more is so intimidating that you don't really get down to it. An example of effective saving psychology is to break down the amount into smaller milestones, with celebration markers along the way. Take the first step such as opening a savings account. Then the next step, and the next, and with each action your 'saving muscles' strengthen, your savings balance grows, and you WILL own that home.
Do You Really Need That?
The next time you reach for your purse or wallet take a moment to examine your motives. Are you collecting out of habit ('I just can't resist a gorgeous scarf!') or is there a sense of entitlement to the purchase ('I need my Monday morning cup of coffee')?
If your saving mechanisms are to work you're going to need to control your spending, and to exercise self discipline when it's needed. Which means not waiting for the denial of a purchase to feel right, but doing it because you know it's right.
Learn To Say No … And Mean It!
How often do you find yourself in a situation where you feel obliged to spend? Where you're not comfortable with the decision but can't quite bring yourself to say no? Being able to decline with confidence is critical for your financial health.
Salespeople are trained to make it as difficult as possible for you to say no to buying their product. A respectful but firm 'No thank you' is all that's needed to keep your financial plans on track.
There are other circumstances where it can be difficult to say no, such as when you're out for a meal with friends. We'll cover that in our article on 'Lifestyle money saving tips'.
Cash Is King
We've heard it before because it's true – when you hand over real dollars it feels more like you're spending your hard earned money! It's so easy to hand over a debit card, but the tactile experience of keeping cash in an envelope system and taking it out to spend it can make budgeting attempts far more effective. There's nothing that brings home the need to be frugal as a rapidly emptying envelope.
Failure Is Feedback
We're all human and mistakes happen when you get caught in the moment and make a purchase that you later regret. When you 'fall off the money wagon', it's important that you let it go and just get back on track. It's often when you've spent beyond your budget's constraints that you feel as you've 'messed up', you may as well enjoy the experience fully. And you'll go on to spend even more and derail your financial plans to where it can take a month or more to catch up.
Stop. Regroup. Make the budgetary adjustments required and get right back on track. Embrace your past experiences so that the memories of financial mistakes work for you. Allow them to help you make better decisions in the future, while leaving poor decisions in the past.
The 'Air Basket' aka. The 30-Day Rule
The greatest danger to any budget is often the need for instant gratification. Some families have a rule that any expenditure over a certain amount was placed into an 'air basket' (an imaginary shopping basket). They'd then go home and have a good think about whether it was worthwhile or not. Only when they were absolutely certain that it was important to them and worth the money, would they return to buy the item.


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Nicky Romero & Nervo "Like Home" remixed by Dillon Francis
LA's Dillon Francis has done a re-work of Nicky Romero's collab with Nervo "Like Home". If the original wasn't good enough, then this will definitely blow your mind off as Dillon takes the track to new limits, again proving his quality production skills. He's already caught the attention of some of the best players like Steve Aoki, Diplo, Drop The Lime, Will I. Am and Sinden, to name a few.
The remix will be out in a few weeks on Protocol Recordings.
Here is a preview of Nicky Romero ft. Nervo - Like Home (Dillon Francis remix) from last weekend's episode of Protocol Radio.
Nicky Romero & Nervo - Like Home - Dillon Francis Remix found onHouse


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There are LA bands and then there are LA bands. The Doors. War. Black Flag. Motley Crue. NWA. Guns N Roses. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Ozomatli. Sublime.
And then, there is Rage Against the Machine.
You can make a lot of different arguments for why one band or the other more profoundly articulates the rhythms of the City of Angels. Or which is the better collection of musicians. Or which has been more successful. Or...whatever.
But the only thing you need to do in your life in order to know that you have lived is to elbow your way into a mosh pit at a Rage Against the Machine show.
I did that for the very first time last month. In, of all places, Las Vegas.
I missed Rage during their original run. Wasn't really into any form of rock at that time. I dug their politics, though. And nearly saw them live in 2000. That was the same night I got lost in 1968. Maybe I'll tell you about that sometime.
Anyway...I picked up a Rage record on a trip to Amoeba circa 2002. Mostly 'cause I thought I was supposed to. I'm sure it stayed cased in plastic for a year or so. Then I went through a rough break-up. And every piece of music I knew well sounded like teardrops. So, I dug through my CDs looking for something that sounded like something else. Like the unfamiliar.
Back then, Rage was unfamiliar.
Within a day of listening to the self-titled debut, I purchased Evil Empire. The Battle of Los Angeles, too. And proceeded to D'Oh myself through each album. 'specially since it appeared that I would probably never see them live.
Imagine, if you will, how I felt this past Labor Day when I discovered that Rage would be performing near the same place I'd be at close to the same time I'd be there.
Me in San Francisco and LA from Oct. 14 through Oct. 28.
Rage in Las Vegas on Oct. 28.
Say it with me: "No-brainer."
I bought my Rage concert ticket before I ever bought a plane ticket. Or rented a car. I did eventually book reservations for both, though.
So, on the morning of the 28th, I picked up a different cherry red 2008 Grand Prix (What'rtheodds?) at LAX and zoomed up the 15 toward the Vegoose Music Fest. I made good time to Sin City and had enough time to inhale one last double-double from In'N'Out before I needed to find my way to the concert. What I didn't have was a room for the night or any idea where Sam Boyd Stadium was.
Vegas is the opposite of cheap. The wrong place for a broke artist to be trying to find a place to rest his head. I asked the folks at an Embassy Suite located way off the Strip what it'd cost for a night. It cost more than FREE, so I opted against booking a room thinking maybe I'd locate an available couch from an about-to-be-new-concert-friend. I did ask to use the hotel's free internet and figured out how to catch the Vegoose shuttle.
The hungover buffet of humanity assembled outside of the make-shift bus stop at the Tropicana looked just like you'd think it would. A couple painted to look like Papa Smurf and Smurfette. Four widow-peaked 35-ish guys wearing Battle of Mexico City shirts. A gaggle of backpack-wearing kids dressed in black. Three stringy-haired girls wearing mini-skirts and Uggs. In short, a little bit of everything.
On board the bus, you could hear conversations about the first day of Vegoose. Daft Punk. Iggy Pop. Public Enemy. M.I.A. Queens of the Stone Age. Enough to make me really regret not buying the full concert package and cutting my LA stay short.
You could also hear people trading war stories from Rage shows past. Somehow, I was not the only virgin on the bus. And, somehow, the other virgin was seated right next to me.
This dude from Canada. Don't recall his name. But I remember him saying that he tagged along to Vegas with his girlfriend and brother who were attending a conference. That Rage was his favorite band of ever. And that he was 10 kinds of ready to pop his concert cherry.
After he told me he was a serious whisky drinker, I figured I'd found a good ally. The bus rumbled to a stop, opened its doors in front of the stadium and we all poured out into the still falling darkness. Half of that day's show was already over, but we could still see Moe, Muse and this little band from Los Angeles.
The Canadian and I went straight to the bar. I hadn't had a good night's sleep in at least 3 weeks, so I ordered double shots of Patron and some vodkaredbulls. The Canadian joined me for a couple rounds. We wandered the festival grounds a bit. I bookmarked both Moe and Muse as bands I should get better acquainted with. And, about half an hour before Rage was scheduled to go on, we posted up near the edge of the pit.
You realize, nearly as soon as you arrive, that a Rage show will be the definition of a tribal experience. It unfolds in three phases:
1) Communion
2) Competition
3) Re-Communion
During the first phase, everyone trades stories about the experiences they've had at other Rage shows. Some are educational. Some are funny. All are violent. The veterans eye the first-timers like a mother lioness not sure whether she should suckle or suck the meat from the bones of her young cubs. By the advice they share, most clearly choose the former. When the second phase kicks in, it seems as if all of them want to act on the latter.
"Good evening, we are Rage Against the Machine from Los Angeles, California."
With those words, the crowd compresses itself and surges toward the stage as if being commanded by some high holy man. And, really, we were. I started the show 120ish feet from the stage. 90 seconds after that opening statement, after I had been slammed into the mass of bodies, I landed about 20 feet from the stage. I could hear the opening chords of Testify and, like the somethingthousand people squished against me, I began to jump, flail, yell and sweat.
I don't remember what song Rage played next. Or next next. Or next next next. I do remember thinking that I probably shouldn't be jumping around for two hours 'cause the odds of my twisting an ankle or blowing a knee out would increase exponentially by the minute. So, I planted my feet, bent my knees into a sturdy crouch, extended my elbows and tried to box out 492 people at once. The Canadian was no where to be found.
Maybe it was during Bulls on Parade. Or Freedom. Possibly during Sleep Now in the Fire. At some point, I stepped on a cell phone, swiped a paw at the ground to scoop it up and slid it into my pocket. While making that motion, I also noticed these three girls behind me struggling to stay on their feet and off of a stretcher. During a break between songs, I asked if they wanted to stay or exit.
I widened my stance, extended my elbows and built a one-man wall for them. Periodically, I'd feel a familiar hand, cheek, breast, knee or elbow being pressed into me. Mostly, they hung onto my shoulders and arms and avoided harm--as much as it could be avoided under those circumstances--for an hour or so while drunken bodies surfed above us, possessed bodies crashed into us and Zach De La Rocha's musical manifesto exploded through the wall of speakers six arms' lengths from our outmatched little ears.
All the music, of course, was familiar. Most of the standout songs from the first three albums. One, maybe two, from Renegades. When they played War Within a Breath, I tried to keep an eye focused on the stage. Zach and Tom Morello both seemed to be consumed by the energy pouring out of the controlled riot over which they proudly presided. I'd noticed that same thing at other points during the show. During that song, though, I had to wonder how much the band chemistry had deteriorated at the turn of the century for them to "No mas" their otherwise ideal sonic union and give up that high.
Maybe I didn't understand the bigger picture. I mean, what else can you say after you've synthesized 400 years of world history into a 3-minute mission statement for a new people's movement? I always thought that song was the perfect way for a band to conclude its original catalogue. At that moment, I thought perhaps I was wrong. After the show, I understood why I had been right all along.
Rage exited the stage for the first time. Without performing Killing in the Name. Most in the crowd recognized this cue to demand an encore. Hoarse voices suddenly hit the red again, barking "Rage! Rage! Rage! Rage! Rage!" After minutes, the band obliged.
The encore gave all of us who had chosen to remain in the pit another 15 minutes to beat the crap out of each other. And, then, came the signature call of a generation:
Without a hint of irony, the sentence that closed the show sounded just as sacred as the one that opened it. That, dear reader, is a revelation.
The four members of the band clasped hands and took a bow before exiting stage left. The somethingthousand people around me pounded palms, whistled and screeched their gratitude for another Rage experience.
As the applause died down, other voices piped up. "Did anyone find a red Moto-RAZR?" "Hey, I found a shoe." "Brian Dupre, meet me at the beer tent." Other hands shot up with wallets, phones, car keys and other things that are supposed to live in a person's pocket. I whipped out the phone I had found and handed it to its surprised, and thankful, owner.
Even the girls I guarded for most of the show re-appeared to give me a sweaty hug. The happy ending to this story should have featured me sandwiched between the two cute ones in a room at the Luxor. Alas, they were roadtripping back to LA (Naturally) as soon as they retrieved their car from the parking lot.
An appropriately disappointed me then joined the rest of the tribe that had warred against itself for an hour and a half as it slowly began to re-commune. We asked if the passed out girl we raised over our heads and floated to security was okay. We apologized for the accidental elbow that caused a stranger's nose to bleed a bit. We shared what little water we had left in our bottles. We bought t-shirts to declare that we had survived each other.
Then we all shot out into the night in our own different directions.
I found my way to the Strip and located some free internet so I could write the weekly e-newsletter my dayjob expects me to produce each Monday morning. After I hit the send button a few hours later, I was still pretty wired so I bought myself a drink and took a walk up Las Vegas Blvd.
Adrenaline pulsed through me like I remained trapped in the pit at Sam Boyd Stadium. Song lyrics continued to pound against my ear drums. Rage had left the stage a quarter of a day earlier, but I was, somehow, still at the show.
I stopped for another glass of Brazilian rum. The kind infused with a neutral clarity. And I started thinking.
The actual act of raging against a machine is a passionate one. Passion, by its nature, is fleeting. While Zach De La Rocha may have a brilliant command of how to state a problem and convey his own proposal for a solution, the passion his band's music inspires needs only a slogan to feed it.
As that passion wanes, desire invariably takes over. And the generation(s) to whom Rage speaks is/are no different than their mothers and fathers. Each cohort can be seduced by the idea of changing the world, but ultimately is satisfied with simply getting themselves off and going to sleep. We rage together, swell with energy and release it, screaming, "FUCK YOU! I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!" as if that's the goal. That rebellious ejaculation from the comfortable and the bored who are easily possessed by a sexy righteousness, yet never separated from the urge to sate their own palettes.
I suppose that's part of why Rage broke up years ago. And I s'pose the intoxicating energy their music produces is part of why they've booked a few new gigs this year. Why they'll book another handful here. Or there. In the years to come.
But really, what else is there for them to say?
Zach gave all of us the outline for updating the Port Huron Statement and tried to inspire us to channel the wisdom of history's greatest recalcitrants to take the world and order it as it could be. Yet, we never got past our favorite line from our first favorite Rage song:
That anarchic "you" simply doesn't lend itself to any further guidance from anyone. It just frees us to pursue our own whims. And our whims are simple. They trace the same paths as those who came before us. And those who will follow us. They take on different forms as the seasons evolve and our resources change. But they're generally timeless.
We hunt. We gather. We provide. We protect. And, then, when all of those things are settled, we pursue pleasure. With as much vigor as our circumstances will afford us.
Which explains why this middle class son of America's Golden age crawled along the Las Vegas Strip hours after Rage destroyed Sam Boyd Stadium that night. Drinking Brazilian rum. Until the sun reappeared. Signaling the opening of Del Taco. Where the breakfast burritos taste a special kind of delicious. And the only thing to rage about is the occasional absence of bar-b-que sauce.
Or, maybe, why the next Rage show isn't scheduled for tomorrow night.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
West Up: Act III: Rage
Posted by the_capital_t at 6:07 PM
Labels: my.story, Rage Against the Machine, Revolution
4 comments:
- wordsworth said...
..dawg, you have the greatest life
stories for the ages...
- May 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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- January 16, 2010 at 2:20 PM
I always inspired by you, your opinion and attitude, again, appreciate for this nice post.
- Norman
- September 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- the_capital_t said...
@Anonymous / Norman: Thanks, man. Much appreciated. That Rage show was one of my favorite nights in life.
- September 29, 2010 at 8:23 PM
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Spring is here! What better way to celebrate than grabbing a new bag, necklace, or other statement-making accessory? While pale blush nudes and whites are definitely in, the hyper brights of Spring deserve attention too, and they definitely scream for it. Here are Everybody Is Ugly's top picks for bold, bright, and beautiful accessories to liven up your Spring 2011 wardrobe!
ON THE COVER: Top to Bottom
Marni Polka Dot Leather Wallet, Nixon Time Teller P Watch, Vanessa Kandiyoti's Eye Bracelet, Mulberry Bayswater Patent-Leather iPhone Bag, Tom Binn's Ethno Teknik Necklace, Miu Miu Apple Plexiglass Bangle, Eddi Borgo Gold Spike Earrings, Yves Saint Laurent Fake Chic Crystal Ring
NECKLACES: Neon Nefertiti
The best way to go about brightening up your wardrobe this Spring is definitely in bold, statement costume jewelry. Precious golds are fine and great but vividly colored jewels and beads are eye-catching and retina-burning. Our favorite styles are shorter chunky choker styles like glass bead clusters or ancient Egyptian queen styles. They add a regal touch to any outfit without sacrificing fun. For those who are less adventurous, brightly colored pendants on longer chains are a great casual alternative.
The Best Brights: Aldo's Glass Bead Necklace / Tom Binn's Ethno Teknik Necklace
EARRINGS: Eye-catching Edie
Earrings this season are gorgeous! Take a cue from sixties starlets and hang candy colored chandeliers from your lobes. Go for multicolor or monochrome, as long as you've turned saturation all the way up, anything goes. Our choice styles are a slightly techno-futuristic twist on classic chandelier or rock-gem styles. While we love the look of pulled back hair with earrings, don't be afraid to break the rules and sport these giant gems with touseled loose hair.
The Best Brights: Asos' Deco Stone Earrings / Isharya's Short Gypsy Earrings
BRACELETS: Bold & Bright Bangles
Bracelets are definitely a statement this season, go for ones with clean lines and chunky styles. Don't forget to try layering them to create completely different looks, our favorite way to wear wrist-décor is to pair two or more watches together as bracelets. It's a quirky and fun way to mix up your look, and you'll never lose track of time!
The Best Brights: Vanessa Kandiyoti's Eye Bracelet / Aurélie Bidermann's Mint Spiked Cuff
RINGS: Rock On
The phalanges are not to be ignored! This season, the ring is nothing to be scared of; rings are the most stylish and eye-catching way to add personality to an outfit this season, hands down. Go for giant rocks and rhinestones, the bigger the better. Our best piece of advice to wearing rings is to pile them all on, don't just wear one! We think rings look best when clustered together clashing different metals and jewels.
The Best Brights: Forever 21's Beaded Flower Ring / YSL's Arty Glass Ring
SUNGLASSES: Ultraviolet Colored Goggles
Have fun with your eyewear and try oversized interesting shapes like circles or hearts. The 70s trend is in full swing and gigantic circular frames add an amazing twist to an outfit that basically no other frame can.
The Best Brights: TopShop's Round 70s Glasses / 80sPurple's Heart Glasses
BELTS: Waist-Cinching Color Clash
We all need to cinch up our outfits someway, and why not wear a belt in a contrasting bright color to liven up our look? Colorblock is definitely making a comeback and even if your outfit consists of a neon pink dress and cobalt blue tights, adding a fluorescent yellow belt just adds even more kick.
The Best Brights: TopShop's Pink Scotty Dog Belt / Miu Miu's Hi-liter Skinny Belt
BAGS: Streetstyle Worthy Wallets & Bags
Most fashion lovers and Chictopians alike are bag-crazy and it's understandable why, especially with all of the killer styles available this season. Whether in classic khaki or crazy color block, a flashy life-container is a beautiful accent. When looking for a Spring 2011 bag, go for minimalist shapes (think Celine) and super bold color. If you're a true trend setter go for texture or print; Jil Sander's acetate market bag (check out H&M's inspired tote for Fashion Against AIDS this month for $10!) or Stella McCartney's citrus fruits are a must!
The Best Brights: Miu Miu Pink Shoulder Bag / Kate Spade Tropical Print Bag
Any of these pieces really catch your eye? Comment and we'll let you know where to buy!
By Iris & Daniel
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