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Back home to snack, shower, and suit up. A few quick thoughts on the Carichuri-Rosendo line:
- It felt good to get back out in line for the first time since March 1. Still, I needed my winter gear this morning even though I would have killed for this morning's weather during my wintry waits.
- I've moved my on-the-ground photos and commentary to my twitter feed.
- No Vox Populi column coming out of this morning's wait. Almost exclusively lawyers, law students, aspiring law students out there. Wonderful people, all, but not enough variation in "why are you here?" answers for a compelling story from line.
- The line exploded just before 7am. Up there with Citizens United and McDonald. Peculiarly, not much chatter in the line about this morning's cases, whereas for previous cases, long line or not, there was considerable buzz.
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- "Most tents looked almost ordinary; their owners had clearly tried to make them as Muggle-like as possible, but had slipped up by adding chimneys, or bellpulls, or weather vanes."
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The Quidditch World Cup Campsite[1] was a Muggle campground located in Dartmoor, Devon, England, next to a "nice deserted moor." The manager of this campsite was Mr Roberts.
In 1994 the moor next to the campground was chosen as the location for the 422nd Quidditch World Cup Stadium. Many wizards came to watch the Quidditch matches in August. Some wizards stayed at this campsite, while others camped at Mr Payne's. Since these were Muggle campgrounds, a delegation of Ministry of Magic employees (including many Obliviators) were summoned to the campsites in order to hide all magic from unsuspecting Muggles. This proved a hard task, since many wizards were reckless about their magic: some wizards added chimneys, bellpulls or weather vanes to their tents, others let their children play with magical toys in plain sight. Also, the Ireland supporters had their tents covered with live shamrocks, while the Bulgaria supporters had set up moving posters of Viktor Krum. This attracted, of course, the attention of Muggles who had to have their memories erased regularly. In fact the campsite manager had to have his memory altered several times a day. Arthur, Ron, Ginny, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Fred and George Weasley spent the day before and the night after the final match in a tent at this campground.[2]
The night after the Quidditch World Cup final between Ireland and Bulgaria, a group of Death Eaters rampaged across the campsite, setting many tents on fire and torturing many wizards and unsuspecting Muggles. Mr Roberts and his family were levitated into the air and humiliated publicly. Most people ran away into the nearby woods, as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were told to do.[3] Fortunately there were no casualties. The next morning most Muggles had their memories erased.[4]
Three years later, in 1997, Harry, Ron, and Hermione paid a return visit to the area surrounding this campsite, spending a night in the nearby woods while on the run from Death Eaters. They Apparated to the site, set up protections, spent the night, and quietly departed once again the following morning.[5]
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault
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- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the campsite is an all-wizard location, although some stills show muggles being levitated.
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- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) - Handheld versions
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9 (The Dark Mark)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 10 (Mayhem at the Ministry)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 14 (The Thief)


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It's my last column of 2006, and I don't have much new lesbian entertainment news to report this week aside from Rosie and Donald's flame war, which Scribe Grrrl aptly described as akin to watching Jenny and Max fight on The L Word (and about as much fun).
But I do have some AfterEllen.com news for you. A few months ago, I announced that we were planning to change the name of AfterEllen.com, for a handful of reasons (hard to get taken seriously when people think you're an Ellen DeGeneres fan site, etc.). Since then, we've received a deluge of emails from readers asking us to reconsider – I had no idea how attached people were to the name! – so after much discussion and thought, we've decided not to change the name, after all. At least, not now. That probably means we won't be getting interviews with Anne Heche or Alex Hedison anytime soon, but I can live with that if you can.
But wait, there's more! In early January, we'll be relaunching AfterEllen.com with the same content, but a different look and feel, and some cool new features – like the ability to comment on articles, a search box that actually works, and a better forum.
To prepare for the relaunch – and because it's the holidays and even professional lesbians need some time off – we won't be updating the site next week (after we post Karman's South of Nowhere finale recap tomorrow). But we've got some great new articles coming the first week of January, including reviews of Dirt and the new season of The L Word. And later next month: the return of Scribe Grrrl's L Word recaps, new weekly recaps of Bad Girls (also written by Scribe Grrrl), AfterEllen.com podcasts, and more.
And now, on to this week's column, which I've named Best. Lesbian. YEAR. Ever. because it's – you guessed it – all about 2006.
First, here's a clip from the 2006: The Queer Year special I took part in last month, in which a bunch of us chatted about the year's GLBT entertainment and pop culture news – I chose this one to feature because it has a funny quote from Jenny Shimizu explaining that she's not a big Xena fan because "I like women I can bully":
I don't know how exactly to square that with her dating Angelina Jolie, so I'm not even going to try. You can watch the rest of the Queer Year special online here.
Second, I've spent the last few days pouring over every column I've written this year, assembling the most interesting, newsworthy, or funniest bits to present you with the "best of" Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. in 2006, starting with last January. So stroll down memory lane and marvel at how little much has changed since this time last year.
Have a great holiday, and see you in 2007!
In her Best Actress acceptance speech, Mary Louise Parker (who now stars in Showtime's Weeds, but will always be Ruth in Fried Green Tomatoes to me) did say that she wanted to make out with Elizabeth Perkins, so at least we had a Funny Lesbian Moment.
And in the night's Cool Straight Woman Moment, Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) won a Best Supporting Actress award. For those still wondering, the woman Oh called "my rock" in her acceptance speech is her sister, and not, alas, her secret lesbian lover.
Uh, Jennifer? Any mistakes you might make during filming are the least of the show's problems so far this season. Seriously.
Naturally, the anti-gay American Family Association is claiming responsibility for the show's demise, nevermind that the main reasons advertisers weren't there was because neither were the viewers, not because they were afraid of the AFA. But okay, sure, AFA, go ahead and take credit for this. You can put it on your list of accomplishments, after electing President Bush, and giving real Christians a bad name. But I repeat myself.


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President John Dramani Mahama has found time during a busy Presidential campaign and three days before the crucial election to tell us all via the Daily Graphic "Why I wrote my book".
He uses the article in the state owned newspaper to officially announce the launch in Ghana of his memoire 'My First Coup d'Etat: memories from the lost decades of Africa' and urges us all to commit our memories to paper.
OK, Mr. President, I have a memory and also a question for you? I remember that you cut short your U.S. book tour and cancelled a prestigious launch event in Atlanta, Georgia at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum set for 19th July 2012.
This seemed very strange at the time because Atlanta has a large African-American and Ghanaian population, which is exactly the demographic your US publisher would want sell your book to. So the question is; are you sure it was merely a co-incidence that your cancellation of this event came just a few days before the death of President John Evans Atta Mills?
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But that statement is not true is it Mr. President? You did not fulfill all the events planned by your publisher to launch your book. In addition to the cancellation in Atlanta you also cancelled a launch event in Seattle.
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Gorgonzola Cheese, 1 1/2 oz weight
Bacon, chopped 1/4 cup
Roasted Roma Tomato, 2 each
Whole Egg, 1 each
Margarine, 1 Tablespoon
Salt & Pepper Blend, 1/8 teaspoon
Crispy Potato Strings, 1/4 cup
In a stainless steel bowl, toss lettuces, ranch dressing, Gorgonzola Cheese and bacon together until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
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Fry egg in a sauté pan with margarine to your desired doneness, being careful not to break the yolk.
Pile salad in center of salad bowl in a high tight mound.
Place tomatoes against side of the salad bowl.
Place fried egg over top of salad being careful to not break yolk.
For Roasted Roma Tomatoes:
Half Roma tomatoes and toss in a bowl with Canola oil, salt and pepper.
Roast in the oven at 350 degrees, skin side down, until barely roasted, about 12 minutes. Cool in the refrigerator and then drain excess juice.
For Crispy Potato Strings (can use canned potato strings also):
Julienne a good frying potato (Kennebecs work well)
Soak in cold water to remove excess starch. Drain water
Fry at 350 to a golden brown
Drain well on paper towels, season with salt and pepper
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Deletion of Any Single Gene Provokes Mutations Elsewhere in the Genome – "Johns Hopkins researchers report that the deletion of any single gene in yeast cells puts pressure on the organism's genome to compensate, leading to a mutation in another gene…. 'The deletion of any given gene usually results in one, or sometimes two, specific genes being "warped" in response….'"
Self-heal like Wolverine? Gene discovery might hold clues – "In a discovery by a Harvard researcher, a reactivated gene found in embryos helps mice regrow clipped parts of their ears and toes. Could the 'fountain of youth' gene hold promise for humans too?" – i want one! – h/t mike anissimov!
Gene Variants Up CKD [chronic kidney disease] Risk in Blacks – "A high-risk genetic variant conferred a significantly increased risk of progressive kidney disease in African Americans, at least partly explaining a racial disparity in end-stage renal disease (ESRD), investigators reported here. Analysis of black and white patients in another trial — half with diabetes — showed kidney function declined almost three times as fast in blacks with the high-risk APOL1 profile as compared with whites…."
Genetic clue to high heart risk of black Americans – "The gene that produces the protein [PC-TP which activates a clotting factor called PAR4] is four times more active in the platelets of black Americans than it is in white Americans." – h/t hbd bibliography!
Europeans and South Asians share by descent SLC24A5 light skin allele – "'We date the coalescence of the light skin associated allele at 22–28 KYA. Both our sequence and genome-wide genotype data confirm that this gene has been a target for positive selection among Europeans. However, the latter also shows additional evidence of selection in populations of the Middle East, Central Asia, Pakistan and North India but not in South India.'" – @dienekes'.
The ancestors with no descendants – "On the eve of the last ice age, Siberia was home to a people who were related to modern Europeans and Amerindians but not to modern native Siberians. So concludes an analysis of DNA from the remains of a boy who lived 24,000 years ago at Mal'ta near Lake Baikal, Siberia…. [T]he Mal'ta people probably looked very much like native Indians with a more European skull shape, perhaps like the Ainu of northern Japan or the Kennewick humans of North America."
Political colour is half genetic – "New study provides definitive evidence that heritability plays a significant role in the formation of political ideology, regardless of how ideology is measured, the time period or population sampled." – @ScienceNordic.com – the photo caption is pretty funny/telling: "Imagine if scientists could identify the 'liberal' genes and genetically modify babies so that they all voted liberal when they grow up? Brave new world?" (and the first comment is priceless!) – h/t ray sawhill!
It's not just conservatives that support discrimination against their ideological foes – "'Discrimination by liberals has received scant attention in the literature, despite this being a prevalent concern in conservative rhetoric. By only examining conservative biases, social scientists fail to fully explore political intolerance in America. This research helps fill that gap….' When opposing groups were seen as violating core values, liberals were just as likely to support discrimination against same-sex marriage opponents, religious fundamentalists, Tea Party protestors, and prolife people as were conservatives against feminists, atheists, leftist protestors, and prochoice people."
Politics Has an Odor – "[C]onservatives are significantly more likely than liberals to detect [bitter tasting] PTC [phenylthiocarbamide]." – h/t jayman!
Study: Your brain sees things you don't – "Our brains perceive objects in everyday life of which we may never be aware, a study finds, challenging currently accepted models about how the brain processes visual information."
New evidence on the biological basis of highly impulsive and aggressive behaviors – "Physical and chemical changes in the brain during development can potentially play a role in some delinquent and deviant behaviors."
Root of maths genius sought – "Entrepreneur's 'Project Einstein' taps 400 top academics for their DNA."
Has a 15-year-old explained the Flynn Effect? – on elijah amstrong and michael woodley's newly published paper! – from steve sailer.
Is young Woodley down for the count? – never! (^_^) – from dr. james thompson.
Religions of the American Nations – "[T]hese differences [regional cultural and political divisions in america] stem from the *genetic* differences in the descendants of these initial settlers (suffused with the genes of subsequent immigrants, particularly in the old North)." – from jayman.
In Hookups, Inequality Still Reigns – "[A] study of 24,000 students at 21 colleges over five years found that about 40 percent of women had an orgasm during their last hookup involving intercourse, while 80 percent of men did." – h/t john durant!
The Co-Villains Behind Obesity's Rise – "Not everyone, however, has the same gut bacteria. And, interestingly, the composition of this bacteria correlates with obesity…. [T]he bacteria study found that the 'obese gut bacteria' had an impact only when the mice were fed diets heavy in saturated fats." – h/t jayman!
Rich Chinese Couples Turning To American Surrogates For Easier Immigration And 'Designer Babies' – "Another factor that has some Chinese couples choosing American surrogates is a desire for 'designer babies.' While most couples still use their own eggs and sperm, making the child biologically theirs, Reuters reports that more and more people are open to egg donation, to get what some clients believe are smarter and better-looking children. 'Lots of clients that are Chinese do use tall, blond donors,' Jennifer Garcia, who works at Extraordinary Conception in California, where 40 percent of clients are Chinese, said in the report." – h/t mark krikorian!
CRISPR gene therapy: Scientists call for more public debate around breakthrough technique – "'I'm sure there will be some concern about the possibility that the technology could be used for "enhancement" rather than repair, veering from medicine towards eugenics,' [professor wells] warned." – oh noes! not "enhancement"! *swoon!* h/t anatoly!
Should state education be abolished? – "New York City adopting Finland's education system is not going to make New York like Finland…. In the game of life the dice are loaded and trying to make teachers responsible for making life fair is deluded and unfair to them…." – from ed west.
Shaker Heights – from greg cochran.
John Derbyshire's Modest Proposal On Politics and Intelligence – "And the too-dumb-to-vote segment is only a part of the problem we conservatives have with universal suffrage. Here's another part: too *smart* to vote…. At the very highest levels of intelligence, the correlation between IQ and sensible political opinions may actually be *inverse*: the more brilliant you are, the dumber your politics. Albert Einstein thought well of Stalin; Hitlerism got its first mass following in the highly-selective German universities."
Amid austerity and debt, Denmark remains happiest nation – "The second pillar of happiness is a high level of trust between people, even for a stranger on the street…." – crazy danes! (~_^)
Introducing the Mongol Project – "'I will now tell you all about the Tartars and how they acquired their empire and spread throughout the world.'" – excellent! – from t.greer.
Early uses of chili peppers in Mexico – "Chili peppers may have been used to make spicy beverages thousands of years ago in Mexico…."
Case of Insect Interruptus Yields a Rare Fossil Find – "[T]he oldest fossil of two insects copulating." – 165 million years old!
This Is How Much Money You'll Make Based on Your Personality – d*mn. =/
bonus: Another Word for "Holocaust" – "[O]ne would have to be smoking banana peels dipped in formaldehyde and sprinkled with PCP to assert that both events [the holocaust and the holodomor] receive a similar amount of attention in Western media and academia." – from jim goad. of course.
bonus bonus: Swedish cinemas launch feminist movie rating – hahahahahaha!!! heh. wait. (*hbd chick wipes tears from eyes*) heh. – "To get an 'A' rating, a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man…." – hahahahahaha!! – "The entire 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, all 'Star Wars' movies, 'The Social Network,' 'Pulp Fiction' and all but one of the 'Harry Potter' movies fail this test," – so, except for The Social Network, all of my faves. this is going to be a REALLY handy movie rating system. whatever movies they FAIL, i will go see! (^_^)
bonus bonus bonus: Strange Doings on the Sun – "Sunspots, Which Can Harm Electronics on Earth, Are Half the Number Expected" – ruh roh.
bonus bonus bonus bonus: Large magma reservoir gets bigger – ruh roh.
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: This amazing fruit fly evolved to have pictures of ants on its wings – srsly! – h/t jayman!
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But for host Steve Harvey and the woman at the center of the event's botched coronation, the crowning and un-crowning of Miss Colombia was much more than embarrassing.
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"I blew it in a big moment," Harvey told TODAY's Natalie Morales of the moment on Dec. 20 in Las Vegas when he accidentally crowned Miss Columbia Ariadna Gutierrez the winner. Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach, was the actual winner.
"And the person that was hurt the most was [Gutierrez]," Harvey added. "That was the greatest regret for me."
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Henry is Big Bird's friend, and the central character of the book My Baby Brother Is a Little Monster.
When Big Bird asks Henry to go to the park to play baseball, they are delayed by Henry's baby brother Calvin. As they wait for Henry's mom to get Calvin ready for the park, Henry begins to get more and more frustrated by his brother's antics. He knocks over the blocks that Big Bird and he were playing with, and he pulls at Henry's fur.
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Wisconsin's attorney general said Monday a fatal police shooting in Milwaukee that sparked two nights of violence was recorded by not one but two body cameras.
The state is investigating the Aug. 13 shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith. Authorities have said he was fleeing police and that footage from the officer's body camera clearly shows Smith holding a handgun and turning toward an officer when he was shot.
Attorney General Brad Schimel said authorities are reviewing that as well as a second video recorded by another officer's body camera. He says the vantage points are similar.
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He said the unrest that broke out after the shooting hampered the investigation progress but "all significant witnesses" have been interviewed as of Monday.
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Doom 3 (PC) review
"How scary is Doom 3? Scary enough to place you in a pitch-black room with five demons who want to maul your brains out, and scary enough to keep you from holding your gun and flashlight at the same time. Given the abundance of exploding air vents in Mars City, is there seriously no duct tape one can use to attach his flashlight to his assault rifle? Or, if nothing else, is there no way to hold the flashlight and your damn pistol at the same time? The pistol is a one-handed weapon, and I can see that my characters left arm functions just fine, so whats the problem? You know, the old Resident Evil games employed tank-like controls to increase the tension of enemy encounters; it was a survival horror trick. But then Capcom matured and made Resident Evil 4, which proved its possible to scare players without physically handicapping the main character. Doom 3 doesnt even technically qualify as a survival horror game and its preoccupied with pulling rubbish like this."
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It's no secret that growth rates have, at times, slowed in recent years in China. The same is true of other once-high-flyers in the well-known BRICs group—India, Russia and Brazil.
That trend has prompted at least one investment firm to turn its focus from these nations to another group, which it's calling the TIMPs: Turkey, Indonesia, Mexico and the Philippines.
While the BRICs are "still in position to be among the leaders in global growth in the years ahead," the TIMPs could become the next generation to watch, says Bob Turner, chairman and chief investment officer of Turner Investments, which has about $10 billion in assets under management. Some investors, Turner points out, have turned on the BRICs "like bicycle-racing fans repudiating Lance Armstrong."
"Their economic performance since 2000 has been on balance superior but also something of a disappointment, impaired by imbalanced economies, political corruption and poor demographics," wrote Turner in a quarterly report released Friday.
"We believe other emerging nations are poised to challenge the BRICs over the next 30 years—and in the process inspire an acronym denoting their status as a new engine of global economic growth," he added.
What's so hot about the TIMPs?
- Turkey, for instance, has been labeled the "Hottoman Empire" for its recent stretches of robust economic growth, positive working-age demographics, strong tourism and productive auto industry;
- Indonesia is seeing private consumption rise along with its expanding middle class;
- Mexico, once again a manufacturing hotspot, has a new president who is looking to open up a strong energy sector to investment; and
- The Philippines continues to benefit from growth tied to call centers and money inflows from citizens working abroad.
On a combined basis, the BRICs' economy grew nearly 10% in 2007. However, growth slowed to 6.3% from 2011 to 2012.
In the past two years the MSCI BRIC Index has declined a cumulative 12.62%.
In the case of Turkey, it's growth was a sizzling 9.2% in 2010 and an 8.5% in 2011. It is looking at growth rates of 3% to 4% for 2012 and 2013, however.
Indonesia is the world's fourth-largest nation by population. In 2012, foreign direct investment reached nearly $23 billion, a 27% jump over 2011.
For its part, Mexico has surpassed Brazil in GDP growth, with gains of 3.9% in the past two years. In addition, Goldman Sachs predicts the nation will be the world's fifth-largest economy by 2050.
Like Turkey, it has an excellent location to take advantage of shifting patterns in global trade. International trade contributes 60% of Mexico's GDP, Turner says.
The Philippines benefits from low inflation (about 3%) and high GDP growth (about 6%). "We think that pattern should remain in place for the next three years," the investment expert explained.
Offshore call centers located there brought in about $11 billion in revenue in 2011, and the Filipino government hopes to raise that figure to $25 billion by 2016. (Last year, the Philippines lured 70,000 call-center jobs formerly based in India.)
Still, despite some short-term challenges, the BRICs "should remain critical to global growth for a long time to come," Turner notes. "But we firmly believe … the TIMPs should fulfill their own potential as rising economic juggernauts."
Read BRIC Inventor O'Neill Checks Out Early From Goldman Sachs on AdvisorOne.


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Talkin' Pitching
Pitchers started Day 5 with a base running discussion by Davey Lopes in the clubhouse at 10 a.m. No one is expecting pitchers to be base stealers but knowing how to take proper leads off bases, how to read defenses, taking an extra base, etc., can mean the difference between a W and an L.
Lopes had the same drill with catchers earlier in camp. He'll conduct on-the-field drills with position players soon.
At 8:30 a.m., pitching coach Rich Dubee conducted a meeting with the nine catchers in camp. He along with Ramon Henderson, Mick Billmeyer, John Russell, Mike Compton, Rod Nichols, Gorman Heimueller and Carlos Arroyo have been meeting every a.m.
Idea is to get catchers to exchange information and learn every pitcher's strengths, weaknesses, tendencies. Catchers need to know their pitchers inside and out.
Every day catchers warm up different pitchers (29 are in camp). The following day, each catcher talks about the pitchers they had: what pitches worked, what didn't, release points, delivery issues, etc.
Tomorrow is a vacation day for this early morning meeting. It will resume the following day and continue for most of the spring.
"You're going to be warming up pitchers and catching batting practice starting on Wednesday" explained Dubee. "We'll schedule time when you aren't catching to get in your BP time. Start out emphasizing fast balls and change-ups. Use signals as you would in the game. Repeat bad pitchers. Repetition is a way of correcting mistakes."


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Noted bubble expert Nouriel Roubini, professor at NYU's Stern School of Business and chairman of Roubini Global Economics, channeled PIMCO's Bill Gross late last month by employing a soup metaphor to warn of economic woes to come.
The problem, Roubini noted, is the tradeoff between restoring robust growth and maintaining financial stability. The former requires policies that would potentially lead to economic bubbles while the latter does little to stimulate employment.
He begins by noting the alphabet soup of measures central banks been "served up" in recent years: ZIRP (zero-interest-rate policy); QE (quantitative easing, or purchases of government bonds to reduce long-term rates when short-term policy rates are zero); CE (credit easing, or purchases of private assets aimed at lowering the private sector's cost of capital); and FG (forward guidance, or the commitment to maintain QE or ZIRP until, say, the unemployment rate reaches a certain target).
"And yet, through it all, growth rates have remained stubbornly low and unemployment rates unacceptably high, partly because the increase in money supply following QE has not led to credit creation to finance private consumption or investment," Roubini wrote on the Project Syndicate website.
Instead, he added, banks have hoarded the increase in the monetary base in the form of idle excess reserves.
"There is a credit crunch, as banks with insufficient capital do not want to lend to risky borrowers, while slow growth and high levels of household debt have also depressed credit demand," he writes. "As a result, all of this excess liquidity is flowing to the financial sector rather than the real economy."
Indeed, Roubini argued, the U.S. stock market and many others have rebounded more than 100% since the lows of 2009; issuance of high-yield junk bonds is back to its 2007 level; and interest rates on such bonds are falling.
"The collapse from 2007 to 2009 of equity, credit and housing bubbles in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, Iceland and Dubai led to severe financial crises and economic damage."
So, are we at risk of another cycle of financial boom and bust?
The trouble is that if macroeconomic policies advocated by central banks don't work, the interest rate "would have to serve two opposing goals: economic recovery and financial stability. If policymakers go [slowly] on raising rates to encourage faster economic recovery, they risk causing the mother of all asset bubbles, eventually leading to a bust, another massive financial crisis, and a rapid slide into recession."
If they try to prick bubbles early on with higher interest rates, he countered, they will crash bond markets and kill the recovery, causing much economic and financial damage. It's a case of "damned if they do and damned if they don't."
"For now, policymakers in countries with frothy credit, equity, and housing markets have avoided raising policy rates, given slow economic growth," he concluded. "With asset prices continuing to rise, many economies may have had as much soup as they can stand."
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It will end as it began, in the crucible of combat.
The nations of Europe have been forged by war into instruments of terrible power. The ancient kingdoms of Africa and India; the golden cities of the Americas; the nomads of the Russian steppe; all have in their time fought the dominion of Europe, and all have been destroyed in their turn. Only China remains, a wounded dragon struggling to keep its foes at bay. Now a new age of iron and steam power promises to multiply the strength of nations. The subject peoples groan under the yoke as the prospect of successful revolt dwindles. Only in the quarrels of their overlords is there hope for them; and those struggles now have the power to kill men by the hundreds of thousands, in such wars as even Europe's blood-soaked history has not seen.
And what of that troubled continent itself? Its thronging masses have such prosperity as their grandfathers could only dream of; daily its factories churn out such amounts of goods as nations might before have made in a year. But still its rulers are not content. In the cold corridors of power men plot the fate of nations, calculating the weight of armies and guns, ships and shells. Their ancestors have struggled for half a millennium to win the hegemony of Europe, and even were they inclined to heed the voice of sanity, to cease their plans for war and enjoy new-found wealth, that trap of their own making enshrouds them; for who would be the first to lay down his arms, and trust in the goodwill of others?
Europe is a glittering beacon, a powerhouse of wealth and industry, an example to the world – and it is a charnel house of shattered dreams, where widows wail in the wake of broken armies. Only time can show which fate is the truer; whether it will be an Age of Trade – or of Dominion.
So, we've struggled through Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis. Now we'll be expanding our battles to the industrial age! Nine Powers remain, where once there were many : England, Burgundy, Spain, Norway, Poland, Italy, Byzantium, Persia and China. The question is, can China with its vast population catch up to the established industries of England and Spain? Will Belgium be able to turn its German population into the enormous industrial machine they deserve to be? Can Norway overcome the handicap of small numbers, through high technology? Stay tuned!
Here is Europe after the first session.
The players should be familiar to those who've followed our game through Europa, but let me give a quick rundown of strengths and weaknesses in Vicky. Norway, as mentioned, has a very small population. However, our literacy is the best in the game, as is our tech base; it may be possible to turn this into a sufficient advantage that Yngling rule will again spread back into Germany, or further over the Americas.
England has Norway's handicap to a rather lesser extent, but at this stage they are not feeling the pinch – hence their First Power status. Coal, iron, colonies, largest navy in the world; not a nation to tangle with. However, they will be in trouble as the need for industrial POPs becomes more pressing; one might expect them to attempt to deal with the threats to their hegemony before that happens. On the other hand, Bob is a peaceable sort of fellow; we may see a more or less historical England, which doesn't fight to stay on top, at least not pre-emptively.
Burgundy (Belgium) on the other hand, with French+German culture, will feel no such pain. Had it been up to me, they'd have felt a gangbang in our last EU2 session, but that proved impossible to arrange. They'll be a juggernaut once they get their industries properly organised; it is to be hoped that a coalition can deal with them before that happens.
Finally, Spain, second only to England in power and size. They have a new player, Samilou, an experienced Vicky veteran – indeed, it may be that superior skill will prove more decisive in the long run than simple numbers. The rest of us are Vicky noobs, after all! So, three giants; their respective strengths : A good start, a huge population, and skill. And on the outskirts, Norway, always looking for the main chance; patiently awaiting the day when our foes will be weakened, and the berserker hordes let loose to pillage the ruins of a continent.
Poland is at war with China, as is Byzantium; they appear to be winning, at the moment. That should change when China gets its player back; if anyone wants to assert Western superiority by taking command of one of these nations, please feel free. Drop me a PM. 🙂
South America, divided into Burgundian and Spanish spheres of influence.
North America, with four divisions. Unfortunately I was late in the colonial race due to a crippling lack of explosives; it took me some time to get my factories properly set up. 😦
Asia, where China is not looking as strong as we expected it to be.
And Africa, off-limits until 1860. Then we should see some scrambling.


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President Obama winning would have satisfied most Democrats, winning decisively in the Electoral College was a bonus.
And it only got better for progressives from there as an array of victories, big and small, tangible and symbolic, trickled down in elections and ballot measures around the country.
From a stunning Senate wave to new ballot measures on drugs and gay marriage to meltdowns among their favorite nemeses, Democrats had plenty to rub in conservatives' faces (and they did, often, on Twitter).
Here's a quick rundown of a few of the more savory wins for the left.
•A Landmark Night For Gay Rights
Remember 2004, when a gay marriage backlash helped sweep President Bush into a solid victory over John Kerry? Tuesday was the opposite of that.
Multiple states legalized same sex marriage — Maryland, Maine, and Washington — becoming the first to do so by popular vote instead of court decision or legislation.
Minnesota voters rejected a ban on gay marriage. Making the victories extra sweet: polling evidence that Obama's personal endorsement of gay marriage, another watershed validated by the election, was a difference-maker in Maryland.
But the biggest moment may have been in Wisconsin, where Tammy Baldwin defeated a former governor, Tommy Thompson, to become the first openly gay senator in history. At least as remarkable is that her orientation was a complete non-issue for both parties in the campaign.
After what's already been a hugely successful few years for gay rights advocates, there's little question which direction the country is heading. As Mother Jones' Adam Serwer put it on Twitter:
The GOP will recover. But the anti-gay rights people? This is the beginning of their ragnarok.— AdamSerwer (@AdamSerwer) November 7, 2012
• Karl Rove Sets Billionaires' Money On Fire: Karl Rove was the bogeyman that powered thousands of Democratic fundraising emails to their supporters. And they had reason to be scared. Exploiting new rules under Citizens United and a general outpouring of disgust for Obama from the nation's richest citizens, Rove raised hundreds of millions of dollars from mega-donors, much of it anonymously.
Now he has to explain to the billionaires why their unprecedented spending earned them ... nothing. For all the money spent, there's still a Democratic president and, almost as unbelievably, a net gain in the Senate.
Just that thought would have been enough for Democrats, but Rove happened to be on live TV as the results were called on FOX News for Obama. In an epic on-air tantrum, he refused to acknowledge Obama had won, sending anchor Megyn Kelly walking off-set to ask the network's vote analysts to explain for him why tipping-point Ohio was lost to Romney. Democrats will be replaying this clip for years to cheer them up in their darker moments.
• Two Words: Allen West
The most most prominent members of the tea party — we called them the "tea party Mt. Rushmore" in September — faced very tough races last night, giving Democrats standing to say the movement is looking weaker. Two of the Republicans Democrats love to hate went down in defeat, meaning the next Congress will have no Allen West (FL) or Joe Walsh (IL). Michele Bachmann (MN) survived, with her Democratic opponent conceding on Wednesday. Of the most incendiary tea party voices on the hill, only Steve King (IA) had a drama-free night.
Look for Democrats to cast the West and Walsh results as proof they had a good night despite failing to win back a House majority.
Update: Nov. 7, 1:00 PM: At the end of the first count West was down more than 2,000 votes. But the AP never called the race and on Wednesday West's campaign said it's not ready to throw in the towel.
• Pot For Everyone! — Liberals in Colorado and Washington are probably celebrating Obama's re-election in their usual fashion. But this time it's legal.
In a development right out of one of David Simon's daydreams, two states passed landmark ballot measures legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. This puts them afoul of federal drug laws and sets up a likely confrontation with the Obama administration, which has been cracking down recently on medicinal marijuana in states that allow it. But the results pointed to a huge cultural shift in the direction of laxer drug laws, especially out west.
• Stardom Denied Mia Love … For Now
Saratoga Springs, Utah, mayor Mia Love was one of the few objectively breakout stars of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Republicans were excited at the prospect of having their first black female member of Congress after public polling showed her pulling ahead in her race against incumbent Rep. Jim Matheson (D). Those polls proved to be wrong, and Matheson came away with the win Tuesday. Given Love's growing national profile in Republican circles, it's unlikely her defeat Tuesday pushes her off the scene for long. But Democrats kept one of the GOP's brightest prospects back in Utah for at least another two years.
•The Kids Are All right
Democrats felt good about their big margins with Latinos and African Americans heading into the election (and even better heading out of it as their voting coalition steamrolled Republicans in states around the country). But the young voters who showed up for Obama in 2008 were another story. Polls showed them significantly less enthused, and the Romney campaign thought the rough economy would be enough for them to bring some over to their side. It wasn't a coincidence that the most memorable line of Paul Ryan's convention speech was about "fading Obama posters" on their walls.
But in a happy surprise for Democrats, they showed up in droves for Obama again in 2012. Voters under 30 made up 19 percent of the electorate per exit polling, an increase in their share from 2008. And Obama still blew out Romney on the margins, winning their vote 60-36. As the Republican Party gets older, the prospect of a rapidly growing generation of reliable Democrats that actually shows up on Election Day is about the worst news possible.
•Trump's Meltdown
If you thought Karl Rove's five stages of grief on FOX News was fun, you should have had Donald Trump's twitter feed bookmarked in your browser. Obama's crassest opponent let loose with an epic screed that translated loosely to "I'm melllllting, I'm melllllting!"
This last one might have just been projection:
Oh, and did we mention Elizabeth Warren won?


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You've just finished building your dream PC and it doesn't boot. What do you do next? How do you diagnose the problem? Are there faulty components? Join us 2pm CST Thursday, Dec. 15th on Twitch while we go through the process we went through to identify a hardware issue we recently ran into while building a system.
I'll be covering what the completed build symptoms were, what the process was to get it to boot, and then from there what was necessary to efficiently identify the faulty component. We'll finish up by repairing the faulty component and (hopefully) successfully booting the system.


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Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Bake: 25 min.
Makes4 servings
- 3 medium carrots, sliced
- 2 medium red potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 medium turnip, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1 jar (4-1/2 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained
- 4 green onions, sliced
- Pastry for single-crust pie (9 inches)
- Place the carrots, potatoes and turnip in a large saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add the broth, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
- Drain vegetables and place in a large bowl; stir in the white sauce, chicken, peas, mushrooms and onions. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. round baking dish.
- Place pastry over filling; trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in top. Cover and freeze for up to 3 months or bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly.
- To use frozen potpie: Remove from the freezer 30 minutes before baking. Cover edges of crust loosely with foil; place on a baking sheet.
- Bake at 425° for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 375°; remove foil. Bake 55-60 minutes longer or until golden brown. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.
Nutrition Facts1-1/2 cups: 620 calories, 31g fat (15g saturated fat), 105mg cholesterol, 1360mg sodium, 56g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 6g fiber), 28g protein.
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Great for the cold winter nights... YUMMY.
Nov 18, 2009
Easy and deelish!
Mar 19, 2009
To cut down on the fat content you could eliminate the butter altogether and add the flour to the broth and use fat free chicken broth. I made it this way and it still tastes great and my family loved it. Pat
Mar 19, 2009
If indeed the fat content is correct, you would be consuming almost an entire day's worth of the saturated fat allowed in the average 2000 calorie diet.
Mar 19, 2009
But just think how much fun and tasty it will be eating it! Don't think of the calories or fat grams, etc. OR: just don't make it and deprive you family of some really tasty food!
Mar 19, 2009
The first time I tried this, I went exactly by yhe recipe except for the turnip. My husband and I never liked turnips. Next time I tried the canned peas & carrots, & the diced potatoes,and drained the vegetables in a large colander. My husband said the more times I make the better it gets. I remember the store bought chicken pot pies my mother used to get.Those were not pleasant memories or smells either. But this recipe changed my mind.
Mar 8, 2009
We have made this recipe twice. I don't like mushrooms so we omit that and add corn instead. I was pleasantly surprised by the turnip, never had eaten one before. The first time the thyme was too overwhelming, so I just sprinkled in a small bit the second time. We also use a crust on the bottom, bake it for about 15 minutes alone, then add the filling and top shell to finish it off. It's fantastic!
Feb 23, 2009
I made this recipe and it was FANTASTIC! I used a brown onion instead of the green; I never tried turnips before... I was pleasantly surprised. My fiance said this was the best potpie he has ever eaten.
May 2, 2008
I tried this recipe last night and we liked it a lot. I don't like turnips so I substituted more potatoes and we both don't like mushrooms so I just left that out. I also wanted a traditionl onion taste so I used chopped onion for the green onion. The next time I make it, I think I will use a little less thyme. It was a little strong for me. I think I will put a little garlic in it next time also. I used store bought pastry and also used canned potatoes and they worked out just fine.(Didn't have any fresh potatoes on hand)


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Construction of new Frear Hall student residence complex underway at UH ManoaUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
UH Manoa Chancellor's Office
A ceremonial groundbreaking event today marked the beginning of construction for the first new student residence hall at UH Manoa since the late 1970s.
Developers American Campus Communities (ACC) expect the new twin-tower Frear Hall complex to be completed and ready for student occupancy as the fall semester begins in 2008.
Last month, university Regents approved a development agreement and construction contract with ACC and a financing plan that pays for the new dorm with $25 million in general obligation bonds and $46 million in revenue bonds, both appropriated through the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in 2005.
"This is a landmark day for UH Manoa," said Chancellor Denise Konan. "This is a perfect way to proceed toward our Centennial commemoration that begins in a few weeks, and a perfect way to demonstrate to our students that community matters.
"We are committed to fulfill university policy that 25 percent of our students have the opportunity to live on campus," Konan added. "Our investment today will pay off in students who are more engaged in their educational experience in the years ahead."
The new Frear complex — which will provide more than 800 new bed spaces for students in two 12-story towers — replaces "old" Frear, constructed in the mid-1950s as a women's dormitory for 144 students. The building had fallen into serious disrepair and had not been occupied by students since 1997.
The Frear Hall name memorializes Mary Dillingham Frear who served as a UH Regent from 1920-1943.


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Although expensive, tuition covers only 88 percent of an Ithaca education. The college is fortunate that many parents help bridge the financial gap by supporting IC beyond tuition payments.
Last fiscal year, more than 21 percent of all parents of students and of alumni made a gift to the Parents Annual Fund. Contributions directly support our schools, athletic activities, and other programs. These vital gifts help purchase cutting-edge technology, bring important lecturers and guest artists to campus, and support faculty-student research and internship opportunities.


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Crock Pot 'Baked' Potatoes Recipe
I'm always looking for new crock pot recipes and have been meaning to make these for quite some time. This is a great way to make "baked" potatoes on a hot summer day without heating up the house. I loved the fact that the potatoes were ready when I got home from work. All I had to do was throw some steaks on the grill, make a quick salad and dinner was done in less than 20 minutes. The potatoes come out with a deeper yellow color when cooked in the crock pot but they taste just like they do in the oven and the clean-up is quick and easy. Top with your favorite fixins!
Crock Pot "Baked" Potatoes
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 4 • Serving Size: 1 potato • Points +: 4 pts • Smart Points: 5
4 medium russet potatoes
aluminum foil
Toppings (extra pts): light sour cream, fresh chives, bacon bits, broccoli, cheese
Wash and scrub potatoes until clean. Dry thoroughly. When dry, prick potatoes with a fork and wrap in aluminum foil.
Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4.
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Bread or Tehilim
Upon arrival in one of the DP camps in Europe shortly after the end of World War Two, Rabbi Eliezer Silver, one of the leading rabbis in the U.S., made an effort to lift the spirits of the pitiful surviving Jews by organizing a communal Kabbalat Shabbat prayer service. Noticing the refusal of one particular Jew to join the service Rabbi Silver asked him for his reason.
When we were in the concentration camp, the fellow explained, there was one Jew who had a Sefer Tehillim. In their dark moments there were hundreds of Jews who wished to pour out their hearts to Heaven by reciting Tehillim psalms from his book. But he insisted on receiving three slices of bread for each hour that his Tehillim book was used. If a religious Jew is capable of exploiting others in such a way I dont want to be part of the religious community and their Kabbalat Shabbat!
Without any hesitation the brilliant rabbi responded. Too bad that you look at it this way, he said in a compassionate tone. I see it in an entirely different light. Look how noble Jews are if hundreds of them were prepared to sacrifice their bread in order to say Tehillim!
After a few moments Rabbi Silver and this Jew could be seen walking arm in arm towards Kabalat Shabbat.


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Besides the close to sure call-ups of Shane Lindsay, Eduardo Escobar, and Hector Santiago before tomorrow's game Kenny is thinking about calling up Addison Reed BUT:
Manager Kenny Williams said this week that he is prepared to recall [Addison] Reed only if the White Sox are in contention. It's possible that Williams might wait to make a decision on Reed until he knows where the team stands after this weekend's series against the Tigers.
One move Williams doesn't seem prepared to make is to call up outfielder Jordan Danks, the brother of pitcher John Danks, who will start in the series opener Friday. Williams believes the White Sox have enough outfield coverage at this time.
What about Lastings Milledge? He's hitting .291/.361/.431/.802.
UPDATE: The Sox called-up Reed, Lindsay and Escobar.
BTW, Sickels is giving a B+ grade to Reed. /UPDATE
Other White Sox links: Ozzie Guillen is rather a popular topic.