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Justin Moyer is on the editorial staff of Outlook.
When Google honored African American author Zora Neale Hurston with a custom logo — a Google Doodle — on its homepage earlier this month, the company won praise.
Time and the Los Angeles Times wrote approving stories. "Google's tribute was fitting for Hurston, who was 'a groundbreaking experimental novelist, champion of black vernacular culture and a daring anthropological scholar,' " Daphne A. Brooks, a Princeton University English professor, told the Root.
And the world kept turning. Another day, another Doodle.
But is Google the right booster for one of the Harlem Renaissance's greatest treasures? We'd be appalled if McDonald's used Martin Luther King Jr.'s image to sell hamburgers or if Coca-Cola put Mohandas Gandhi on a soda can. So why is it any different when a tech behemoth uses Hurston to hawk searches?
Since Google began Doodling in 1998, it's aligned its brand with some of the greatest human beings who ever walked the Earth, borrowing the pixie dust of Gandhi, MLK and others. In a role once reserved for the U.S. Postal Service and its stamps, Google now decides who deserves tribute — Hurston yes, Malcolm X no.
It's time for the company to stop folding major political and cultural figures into its logo.
Remember: Google is embroiled in privacy lawsuits around the globe even as it criticizes the National Security Agency for invading Americans' privacy. It protests censorship yet continues to expand its presence in China. It's been accused of manipulating search results to benefit its business and may be the world's largest copyright violator. It celebrates great African Americans in Doodles but won't release its minority hiring statistics.
When Google goes deep, its Doodles rob honorees of context. The logos reduce legacies to cartoons, turning icons into iconography.
Google's insistence on associating itself with greatness is more insidious than a college freshman putting up a Che Guevara poster in a dorm room, unwittingly celebrating a violent Marxist whose role in Cuba's revolution helped isolate the nation for half a century. With Doodles, a company with unprecedented reach into our private lives incorporates history into its brand — a brand most Westerners with a computer stare at every day. That's not just creepy, it's downright Orwellian.
Google has caught flak for its Doodle-ocracy before. It's been accused of insufficiently marking Memorial Day and Veterans Day . For the past several years, the site has restricted views of a rainbow banner honoring Gay Pride Month to those who search "pride related" terms such as "LGBT" and "marriage equality." And last year, the company was hammered for showcasing labor organizer Cesar Chavez on Easter Sunday instead of that guy who rose from the dead, Jesus Christ.
Every brand must know its place. We don't expect or need to learn history from highway billboards or television advertisements. When we do — when Apple sells computers with a "Think Different" ad featuring Gandhi , or Nike uses the Beatles' "Revolution" for a TV spot, or Mercedes buys MLK's image to sell cars — capitalists turn artists and statesmen into salesmen.
Of course, Google searches are free. Though the company does sell Doodle T-shirts , one could argue that the Doodle isn't a shill.
"They've decided to continue something that started in the wonky, hacker spirit," says Scott McCloud, the author of "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art," who worked with Google's Doodle team to design a logo for cartoonist Will Eisner . "I don't think they're looking at it as a chance to siphon the rep from historical figures."
In the past three years, Google has indeed Doodled uncontroversial geeks such as Julius Richard Petri , inventor of the Petri dish, and Robert Bunsen , inventor of the Bunsen burner. Even when not focused on science or technology, few Doodles — progressive reformer Jane Addams , painter Pablo Picasso , filmmaker Ingmar Bergman — stir strong emotions.
But Google also Doodled JFK on the 50th anniversary of his inauguration. It Doodled Sputnik on the 50th anniversary of its launch, provoking conservative ire. The site went Doodle-less on Sept. 11, 2011, and slapped a black bar over its logo to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in 2012. That same year, Google commemorated Memorial Day with a small flag — a Doodlette.
McCloud says the scrutiny of Doodles may reflect the company's growth. When the company Doodled Claude Monet in 2001, for example, more people had probably heard of the impressionist painter than the scrappy search engine challenging AltaVista for market share. Now, when the company spotlights someone, Google and the Doodle are also in the spotlight. Besides, McCloud thinks Doodles differentiate Google from stodgier companies.
"If it was Microsoft in 1993, do you think they'd give a f--- about the guy who invented the Petri dish?" he said.
Those who keep the flame burning for long-deceased authors and scientists are certainly eager for Google's help.
"Zora being captured as the Google of the day has elevated her in terms of recognizability," said Victoria Sanders, the literary agent who represents the Zora Neale Hurston Trust. Sanders pointed out that "Their Eyes Were Watching God" rose from 550 to 173 on Amazon's bestseller list after the Doodle — no mean feat for a book written more than 75 years ago. "Is it a wonderful surprise? Yes," she said.
But if an artist's legacy is for sale, is it compromised? Sanders — who worked with Google on the Hurston Doodle and licensed the author's image to a bank for a five-figure sum — doesn't think so.
"My job is to try and continue to sell Zora Neale Hurston's books and raise her profile domestically and internationally," Sanders said. "At a time we're seeing decreased readership . . . anything that shines a light on one of the great American writers is fine by me."
Google's light, however, can be diffuse. When we search under Hurston's Doodle, are we just honoring "Their Eyes Were Watching God," a touchstone of 20th-century literature that offers a gritty view of a black teenager's life in Florida circa 1900? Or are we endorsing Hurston's Republican politics and status as "America's favorite black conservative," as Columbia University linguist John McWhorter has dubbed her?
After the Doodle, Hurston became a mere vassal in Google's empire, the lucky winner of a lottery for attention. Doodles manufacture cognitive dissonance by importing iconic people or events into a search engine, deflating their importance. Sure, the site marks International Women's Day. But it also pays tribute to aliens.
Why is Google Doodling at all?
"It's about this 'aha' moment or moment of joy or surprise" for the site's visitors, says Krisztina Radosavljevic-Szilagyi, a Google spokeswoman. "The Doodle team," about 10 full-time staffers who design the logos, "is really in a fortunate situation where they truly go by what they think is a worthy person or event to celebrate." The company doesn't think Doodling denigrates historial figures — "our intent is completely the opposite," Radosavljevic-Szilagyi said.
This sounds harmless, even if the Doodle team — which doesn't study Google's search data when deciding whom or what to Doodle — is cloistered and less than democratic. (At least the Postal Service has a Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee.) Yet we must remember how far Google, the world's most popular Web site, has wormed its way into our lives.
"We are not Google's customers: we are its product," Siva Vaidhyanathan writes in "The Googlization of Everything (and Why We Should Worry)." "We — our fancies, fetishes, predilections, and preferences — are what Google sells to advertisers. When we use Google to find out things on the Web, Google uses our Web searches to find out things about us."
Google is everywhere, mediating everything. For example: By the time this article is edited and published, it will be a product of hundreds of Google searches. Reporters and editors use the site all day — fact-checking material, finding sources and reading breaking news.
If Google wants to be the premier search engine, it should bring us the best information in a neutral, unopinionated fashion — not pitch us on the legacy of a great thinker, no matter how worthy. And if this ubiquitous company is going to live up to its motto — "Don't be evil" — amid controversies over labor unions and monopolistic behavior , it can at least avoid treading on sacred ground by logo-izing Rosa Parks or Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai .
Gandhi, not to mention Jesus, is doing fine without Silicon Valley sponsorship.
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Monday, 15 December 2014
Denmark's Cecilie Copenhagen:A New and Happening Designer
Posted by Reem Adeeb
Thanks to my friend Ahmed. A ...I have become an Instagram addict...and that's a sincere thanks. It has opened my horizons and eyes and has led me to this fabulous new Danish designer:
Cecilie Copenhagen....who has this fabulous,eye opener collection of Keffiyeh cotton ...that takes Keffiyeh to a whole new level and not just as a "statement scarf" of the masses.
Don't get me wrong as a proud Palestinian, I wear mine with Panache ...but the use of this eponymous fabric has turned it into a must have collection.
The collection is vast and you have a choice of colours on Cecilie's online store as well as styles : short dress,long/short skirts/shorts/tops etc....
My only problem...and this is a conundrum: they only come in tiny sizes!!!!!!
Size 1: 34-36 EU
Size 2 : 38 EU.....
SERIOUSLY?.....Hmmmmmm???!!! Please don't tell me that Cecilie is a sizist?
Sizes : 40 42 and yes a 44....are seriously neglected and only happen to be the healthy sizes for the general female population out there.
Haven't we been told by the lovely Meghan Trainor that it is "All about that Bass...no treble"? Huh? No truer words have been spoken.
Unless they size super big!!!.... I shall remain a disappointed bystander who will not be able to purchase anything from Cecilie but will have to content myself to admire the pieces from afar and suggest to my young, lithe friends out there like lovely Stephanie and Mael B, gorgeous Melanie S in Miami...(and I could go on)...to check this out.
Available at retailers in Denmark,Belgium, Germany and at Browns in London: South Audley Street W1
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- Spaceblog said...
Too stupid about the sizes! Then it's not for me too.BTW found a shirt by a danish designer in New York. Do you know Peter Jensen for MAISON KITSUNE'??
- 15 December 2014 at 17:53
- Reem Adeeb said...
Yes I am familiar with Peter Jensen....kinda! Maison Kitsune does ring a bell.
Glad to hear that I am not the only one who thinks the sizing is stupid'
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Several thousand of the five million manufacturing jobs America lost since 2000 came out of the Asheboro, N.C., area -- once a thriving factory hub. But as Scott Pelley finds, despite the lingering economic damage this trend is causing, there is hope in pickle maker Jenny Fulton and others like her, whose innovative businesses are defying the trend. Pelley's report from this perennial election battleground state will be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Oct. 28 at 7:00 p.m. PT/ET.
Fulton and her friend, Ashlee Furr, were laid off stockbrokers until Fulton decided she would try to make a living from what she knew best. "I grew up on pickles. My grandmother used to make pickles," she tells Pelley. So they started Miss Jenny's Pickles and soon after, set their sights on selling them abroad. They wound up selling them in China after Fulton slipped a jar of her pickles to the head of the Export-Import Bank by befriending his driver. "You have to think out of the jar, you know. If you're selling pickles, you better be creative," says Fulton.
Miss Jenny's Pickles employs just a handful of people, but other innovators have put many more to work. Technimark employs 800 workers in a business that competes effectively against Chinese companies by turning around plastic products here in two weeks, instead of the two months it can take the Chinese to produce and ship. Klaussner furniture had to lay off half of its workers because of cheaper Chinese imports, but had an out of the jar thought: sell some of their sturdier furniture to the rising Chinese middle class, for whom "Made in America" is a status symbol. They kept their factory open.
The "green shoots" these and other innovators represent in the economic rubble of North Carolina's Randolph County have knocked the unemployment rate down to 9.5 percent from 13 percent. But people are still being laid off faster than new jobs are created. Sugar and Bobby Berry were just celebrating Bobby's new job at a cereal plant after losing a factory job three years ago. But Sugar, his wife, then learned the wire-factory job she had worked for 27 years was going away, probably overseas. The economic recovery politicians promise just keeps receding in front of the Berrys. Says Bobby, "I just lost confidence in all of [the politicians] to tell you the truth. They'll make these promises around election time...I don't even know if I'll vote."


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The top 3 will hit the road for "The Voice" tour next month, but that's not all they have in store. We caught up with the trio backstage. Here's what we found out:
Josh Kaufman: "Obviously, there's 'The Voice' tour this summer, so that's coming up pretty quickly and it's going to be a lot of fun… then it's a matter of figuring out what a record is going to look like… at the root of everything I do is kind of a soulfulness. That's going to be there at the heart of whatever it is, so I think you can take that and add a pop element. You can add a rock element to that. You can go a lot of different directions, but it is definitely going to be centered on soul."
'The Voice' Finale Recap!
Jake Worthington: "My future plans obviously are to continue to work toward a music career. This show has made me a business, made us all a business now and I'm ready to hold on to that and stay cool and ride that train. If Blake has any input into that I'm willing to have him along. That's all up to him… I'm excited!"
Christina Grimmie: After coach Adam Levine confirmed that he was 100 percent planning to sign Christina to a record deal, she said, "Adam is the best! It is going to be awesome to just get into making music… I want to get down to business, go on tour and write some music."


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Birthday Ideas~
I like to make birthdays a very festive occasion at our house...big party or not...but on off years - years when the kids don't get a big "friend" birthday party - I like to do a little something extra to make the day special since I'm not spending my energy creating all sorts of party fabulosity. (That is a word, right?)
With the advent of Pinterest (if you're on Pinterest - I'd love to have you follow my boards) collecting fun ideas has been a breeze - more like an addiction actually.
Here are a few of the amazing ideas I've collected...
Aren't these pom pom cake toppers adorable?? I bet the Princess would be head over heels for these. Available on Etsy.
Traditionally, I make a balloon "chandelier" to go over our kitchen table, but these paper spheres from Martha Stewart might be fun switcheroo.
These balloons hanging from the ceiling would be a fun way for the Princess to wake up in the morning. Via The Pleated Poppy.
Or I could create a Princess version of these balloons that I made for the Hubby on last year's wedding anniversary.
The Princess would simply adore these ballerina cupcakes (don't know if I could make the frosting look quite that adorable though.) Via TheSweetTable.ca
I *could* make some of these letterpress stamped cookies though using the Princess' monogram. Via CreatureComfortsBlog.com
Creating some cute birthday labels and putting them on the bottom of pink kisses would make the Princess' day. Available on Etsy.
Creating a little garland out of old baby photos embellished with tiny birthday hats would be a fun way to celebrate. Via CookieMondays.com
Or I could decorate a wall with fabulous pinwheels like these. via CraftyAfterAll.blogspot.com
I love the idea of creating a garland out of fairy lights and paper cups. Via HomeConfetti.blogspot.com
Or a pretty garland out of felt flowers and thread. Via gdanfamily.blogspot.com
Now comes the hard part...narrowing down all the great ideas. Wish me luck!


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See also: behaviour
Alternative forms[edit]
From Middle English behavoure, behaver, equivalent to behave + -ior, apparently in simulation of English havior, haviour, havour. Compare Scots havings ("behavior"), from have ("to behave").
- (General American) IPA(key): [bɪˈheɪvjɚ]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [bɪˈheɪvjə]
behavior (usually uncountable, plural behaviors) (American spelling)
- (uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
- (uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
- (uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
- He was on his best behavior when her family visited.
- (countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
- (countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
- (uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
Usage notes[edit]
- Adjectives often applied to "behavior": human, animal, physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, organizational, corporate, social, collective, parental, interpersonal, sexual, criminal, appropriate, inappropriate, correct, incorrect, right, wrong, good, bad, acceptable, unacceptable, poor, ethical, unethical, moral, immoral, responsible, irresponsible, normal, odd, deviant, abnormal, violent, abusive, aggressive, offensive, defensive, rude, stupid, undesirable, verbal, nonverbal, learned, professional, unprofessional, adaptive, compulsive, questionable, assertive, disgusting, self-destructive.
Related terms[edit]
the actions of organisms
way an animal or human behaves or acts
way matter or systems behave
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
Further reading[edit]
- behavior in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- behavior in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
Further reading[edit]
- "behavior" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 43.
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Article By Ralph T. Niemeyer (EU Chronicle)
For 31 years the Right Livelihood Foundation is organising annual awards in the Swedish Parliament the day before the official Nobel Prize, the "Alternative Nobel Prize", for achievements in the field of sustainable development and civil society.
This year the award was handed over on 6 December to Dr. Ruchama Marton. She was especially active against the torture of Palestinian prisoners, her campaign culminating in a decision of the Supreme Court making it illegal. In 1988 she founded at the start of the Intifada 'Physicians for Human Rights-Israel'(PHRI).
PHRI is an organisation of Israeli and Palestinian physicians that stands at the forefront of the struggle for human rights – particularly the right to health – in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
"The organisation lobbies the state of Israel, demanding that all residents of Israel and Palestine get the same access and right to health care regardless their legal status, nationality, ethnicity or faith"
PHRI also provides health services to those residents of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory who otherwise would not receive proper health care.
The different departments of PHRI cover among others prisoners and detainees, migrants and undocumented People, status-less persons and right to health in the unrecognised Negev villages.
Dr. Marton visited the EP upon an invitation by MEPs Csaba Sógor and Indrek Tarand as well as former German Green MEP Frank Schwalba-Hoth.
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This Day of Archaeology 2012 I was on holiday! My wife (not an archaeologist) and I had long promised to take a few days off at the end of what we knew was going to be an exceptionally busy June, so on this Friday June 29th we were taking the day off as part of a long weekend. What do archaeologists do on holiday, you ask? Well this archaeologist goes to the spa. Normally, I'm an archaeologist working jointly between local government and the university sector, and consequently I spend a lot of time cooped up in offices bent over a computer or in meetings about heritage policy and site management. As a result, a good way to rapidly unwind is for me to go to a spa, to move from pool to sauna and back again – and if the nearest/nicest spa to me happens to be in the historically rich and aesthetically pleasing city of Bath, then all the better for it. So, my wife and I got the train over from London and did *not* work on the train but actually read fun, non-work books (unusual in itself). We then pottered around the town pleasantly blending a bit of window shopping, real shopping and lunch, before spending the rest of the day in the wonderful 'new' spa complex in the middle of the city with its awesome rooftop pool from which we could laze around in the hot waters, gazing at the historic buildings and idly chatting about everything and anything under the sun. Drinks at a little bar we'd spied earlier followed (a martini being this diggers hit of choice), then dinner at a restaurant well recommended by the bar manager, before home to an early night in our hotel, full of food, snoozy and a hell of a lot more relaxed than the day before. It may not be every archaeologists dream day off, but it works for this one…
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ExMon : ExMon (Microsoft Exchange User Monitor) is a tool to Identify and Troubleshoot issues on Exchange Server (2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 & 2016).
Using ExMon tool, Administrator can view the following:
1: User Activity
2: Mailbox Access
Incoming requests in isolating the possible causes in the real-time scenarios and for better understanding of User current usage pattern.
3: IP Addresses used by clients
4: Microsoft Office Outlook Versions and mode, such as cached Exchange Mode and Classic online Mode
5: Outlook client-side monitoring data
Resource usage like:
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c: Network bytes
Download the ExMon for Exchange 2013 & 2016 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51101
Installing ExMon Tool :
1: Click the Download button on this page to start the download
Do one of the following:
To start the installation immediately, click Run.
To save the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save.
To cancel the installation, click Cancel.
To install Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor, please make sure you follow the instructions provided in file 'Using_ExMon.doc' which is in the self-extracting package.
After Installing while running we are getting error : UnKnown StartTrace error (183)
This error is because there is an Old Event Trace is still running in the background. There you need to stop this old trace using the tool called Tracelog.exe in the older versions of Windows Servers like (win 2000 & 2003).
But in Windows Server 2008 & above you can stop the old Event Trace using toll called Logman.exe
If it is in Running Status then stop the Exmon trace using the command:
Command : logman Stop "Exchange Event Trace" -ets
Alternate Step:
If this this doesn't work using command line then you can stop it in server Manager.
As we are aware that whenever you run ExMon tool this creates its own session:
Server Manager -> Diagnostics -> Performance -> Data Collector Sets -> Event Trace Sessions -> Exchange Event Trace
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In a story May 8, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Education Department, incorrectly reported that 14 school districts were being investigated for possible violations under a Supreme Court ruling that children brought into the U.S. illegally are guaranteed the right to a public education. The Education Department said Friday that all but three of the complaints had been resolved.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Schools facing federal scrutiny on enrolment
Schools facing federal scrutiny on enrolment
By The Associated Press
Children brought into the U.S. illegally are guaranteed the right to a K-12 education under the 1982 Supreme Court decision Plyler v. Doe. In 2011 and again Thursday, the Obama administration issued guidance reminding schools, districts and states of their legal obligations from the ruling. The Education Department said it has received complaints against 14 different schools or districts since 2011. All but three of those complaints have been resolved, according to the department.
Here's a list of the schools and districts and the status of the complaints:
Maricopa Community College District, Arizona(asterisk): Allegations resolved, case closed.
Douglas County Public Schools, Colorado: Allegations resolved, case closed.
Basis DC Public Charter School, District of Columbia: Agreement reached, department's Office of Civil Rights monitoring.
Capital City Public Charter School, District of Columbia: Agreement reached, department's Office of Civil Rights monitoring.
Jefferson Parish Public School System, Louisiana: Still under investigation.
Kentwood Public Schools, Michigan: Allegations resolved, case closed.
Kansas City USD 500, Kansas (four complaints): Agreement reached in three cases, department's Office of Civil Rights monitoring. Complaint withdrawn in fourth case.
Oak Grove R-VI School District, Missouri: Allegations resolved, case closed.
Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico: Still under investigation.
Durham County School District, North Carolina: Allegations resolved, case closed.
Lancaster Fairfield Community School, Ohio: Case closed, technical assistance provided.
Bucyrus City School District, Ohio: Referred to Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, allegations resolved.
Beaufort County School District, South Carolina: Still under investigation.
Waynesboro County School Division, Virginia: Agreement reached, department's Office of Civil Rights monitoring.
(asterisk)Complaint is from a charter high school the college operates.
Source: Education Department's Office of Civil Rights


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<![CDATA[Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO has ended her term as the first female Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia today, after performing her last public appearances in this role.
Dame Quentin left Government House with a full police escort bound for the Australian War Memorial. She arrived at the AWM with her husband, Michael, and both were greeted by Dr Brendan Nelson, Director of the AWM. She went on to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in a mark of respect in her role as Commander-in-chief of the Australian Defence Forces.
The retiring Governor-General then toured the roll of remembrance and braved the rain to wave to onlookers, including a large group of schoolchildren waiting to visit the AWM. After this visit, Dame Quentin was driven to the Royal Australian Air Force base, Fairbairn. This base is home to 34 Squadron who operate the VIP fleet for the Australian Government, servicing a wide range of clients from the Prime Minister to Royalty.
At RAAF Base Fairbairn, she was received by the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife Margie, as well as opposition leader, and her son-in-law, Bill Shorten. The Federation Guard were out in force to give the Governor-General a proper send off as Dame Quentin reviewed the troops and received a 21 gun salute.
She was then flown to Brisbane to be reunited with her family, her children and grandchildren, who greeted her with a handmade poster saying "Dame Dee Dee, we love you, welcome home". Dame Quentin has made it clear she hopes to write a book to tell her story about her time as Governor-General.
Peter Cosgrove will be sworn in as the next Governor-General on Friday 28th March at a ceremony at Parliament House.
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This course develops student's ability to use personal computers to produce pro forma financial statements and other projections of financial performance and financing needs. Applications software include a statistical forecasting package and a financial spreadsheet. A broad range of forecasting techniques are discussed as is the interpretation of economic forecasts provided by third parties. Decision situations will be modeled using techniques such as sensitivity analysis and "Monte Carlo" simulation.
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After a stellar premiere almost 40 years ago, Pippin is returning to Broadway this season. It is a story of a young prince who is on his death defying journey to find his "corner of the sky." With Pippin tickets get on board with the prince on his search for meaning and reason of existence and discover what will he choose; a happy but simple life or a risky life for the sake of single flash of glory. With a bold new staging set against the soaring score by Grammy Award winner, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is an existential musical comedy that you must watch.
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Pippin the musical was originally produced and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse in 1972. The music and lyrics are by Oscar Award winner Stephen Schwartz, whereas the book is by the author Roger O. Hirson. The first show of Pippin by Broadway Productions premiered at the Imperial Theatre and before closing in 1977 it ran for a total of 1,944 performances. Pippin has also been staged by other production companies in different years. These include the West End production of Pippin which hit the theatres in 1973 and Cambridge/A.R.T in 2012 among many others.
Pippin is an energetic show in which the story of the prince on his quest for significance is told by the leading player of the troupe. In the original Broadway production this leading role was played by Ben Vereen who won a Tony Award for this very portrayal of his in the musical. Pippin is an inspiring tale where you get to know about the importance of happiness and how small amounts of it are necessary even when people have money and fame. The latest production of Pippin by American Repertory Theater in Cambridge was most notable for its circus acts created by Gypsy Snider. It was directed by Diane Paulus who has won Tony Award for 'Best Music Revival for Hair' and the Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. With its breathtaking acrobatics feats by Les 7 Doigts de la Main, it was a captivating production that featured the sizzling choreography Chet Walker in the style of original director, Bob Fosse.
Pippin has been praised by Scott Miller, a famous scholar in the theatre world, in his book 'From Assassins to West Side Story'. According to him this musical, though under-appreciated or not fully comprehended has much more depth to it than what people generally realize. Since the musical was produced by many other productions on lines very different from the original Broadway production, it lost its standing. However, Scott assured that if done exactly the way Bob Fosse had envisioned, this show which has now got a reputation of being cute is actually a very surreal and provoking one. To revive the original Pippin in theatres, Broadway took up the responsibility and early this year it was decided to transfer the production of Pippin by American Repertory Theater to Broadway. The cast will remain the same as it was at A.R.T i.e. Matthew James as the little prince, Andrea Martinas Berthe, Patina Miller as Leading Player, Charlotte d'Amboise as Fastrada and Terrence Mann as King Charles. The show has been scheduled to be premiered in the theatres this spring.
The original Broadway production of Pippin has won four Tony Awards and five Drama Desk Awards. Most of these awards have been given in the category of best direction and best choreography which was done by none other than Bob Fosse. With favorites like "Magic to do" and "Glory" and "Corner of the Sky," it is the 31st longest-running musical of Broadway which you can watch live with Pippin tickets as it makes it return to the Broadway this season. So, get your hands on the Pippin tickets without wasting any time to get your seats reserved for the show's premiere.
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Tyla Garw is a hamlet within the parish of Llanharry in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, and is located to the west of the Afon Clun, near Pontyclun. Wikipedia
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Opened September 2018, ekam Yoga is a space where everybody is welcome to come and absorb the benefits of yoga & meditation in a [...]Distance: 5.82 miles.
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Is the Bull Market Over for Gold?
Here's why Goldman says to short the shiny metal. Jack Otter and Brendan Conway also explain why Jim Rogers' new Exchange Traded Note stopped trading.
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I ... more evidence that the great bull run in gold is finally coming to an end and Jack Otter their stock come ... under Brendan Conway who is the focus on Funds blogger ... ah so brand and Goldman Sachs downgraded gold having gone positive only ten years too late in twenty ten ... Goldman said by gold ... here's a good trade ... it's a lot recently and Goldman says this is a ... strange kept getting on the trend has been meeting Wall Street firms are turning negative on pool ... hall in which ... first aired by ... on bolts on least dozens and ... today says ... that's it ... we had to run its sexy note I'm sure all that was me yet investors plow ... add a lot of reasons behind this let's start with really number one defense ... write soon ... the backdrop is that the Federal Reserve ... seems to be inching closer to the position that ... many in the market and it's it's it's time to taper off of its asset purchases ... that have been holding up the price of ... risk assets getting people interested stop away from bonds ... in layman's terms printing money ... instead when the prices are running and swimming gold bulls really Ron and feel like all this the US money is going nowhere Nevada own gold ... right right so so the fact that the tone is changing ... and that even the things that the Fed is saying publicly changing has been a real test for gold bulls and I think is the principal reason you see gold price down ... you also importantly we just had a couple reasons to be afraid that Cyprus get a lousy lousy jobs number ... and it neither time with the gold bulls really able to mount a rally ... that's right ... right that's actually to the point that Goldman strategist raise that if it were two thousand and eleven when say ... both of them is the occasions for hand ... holding these use ... to rally around ... you the price of the metal ... no Cyprus where the European debt crisis ... we are adjusting to us but it did much recall struggling ... so how much of an ounce of gold really worth the money right um it would appeal Gold It's ... discernible my ... hobby horses Jack is that the key difference with call is that ... there is no accepted way to value ... his words whenever you pay for it doesn't have a dividend ... doesn't have earnings ... that's what's interesting tree in my ... also today Brendan were getting what I'm calling it a big lesson in a very small security I thinly traded ETN ... you're pointing out is not trading today and we should all be aware that won ... him to ... stop sometimes when there's a new product of the market writes his is a good idea behind it is not a lot of money ... maybe there's some glitches to be ironed out ... it appears as though that's what happened in the case of these ... Royal Bank of Scotland ... notes ... of them teamed up with a well known commodity investor Jim Rogers ... so watch this series ... of new products this morning are some ... of which in the underlying index certain ... trading this morning if you're moving traders obviously you can ... always look for track record ... when something beyond the market for awhile we got ... off to


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As a person with diabetes, your risks for complications are higher. Although still uncommon, it is more likely for you to have:
· A reaction to certain drugs used during the procedure;
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· A delayed healing process.
For these reasons, it is important for you to attend all scheduled, follow-up appointments and return sooner if any of the previously mentioned symptoms, or other unusual symptoms develop. Infections are a concern for this procedure, so your doctor will treat any early suspected infections more aggressively with the knowledge that you are a diabetic.
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Greetings from the Yukon Territory, I'm Rob Hewer & this is my partner Tatiana. As your guide I offer you 40 yrs experience travelling the lakes & rivers of one the most beautiful unspoiled wilderness areas in the world. I have literally spent thousands of hours exploring the Yukon's waterways, gaining a unique knowledge of it's wilderness, history & the ways of its wildlife… This is literally my backyard!
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About the ProductA collection of metal furnishings that takes a classic design and reinterprets it with extreme irony. Curled up iron rod which used to enrich and adorn handcrafted armchairs in bygone days are now made with an industrial process which produces furnishing distinguished by complex patterns with a row of diamond shapes, thanks to EMUes advanced technology in working metal. The geometry of the design gives a three-dimensional look to the objects whose curvilinear profile outlines sweet and sensual furnishings characterised by the elegance of former times. Chair, armchair and pouffe are made of hot-dipped pre-galvanised rod, while the seat is in steel tube and ironed sheet metal. Re-Trouve comes in six fashionable colours. To prove the flexibility of the industrial process utilised to realise furnishings in the Re-Trouve family, the starting element of the armchair becomes the structure of the table and the big vase, while the starting element of the chair becomes the structure of the table and the small vase. The tables have solid sheet metal top while the vases are completed by a vase in Deruta enamelled terracotta.
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EMU - Elettro Meccanica Umbra - was started in Italy in 1951 to produce military equipment; specifically radios. The founders of EMU, brothers Aldo and Angelo Biscarini, and Dante Menconi, stumbled on a process to plasticise the metal components of the radios to protect them from the weather.
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quote: I'm enjoying the cash flow, and hope to have enough passive income to do a bit more long-term traveling someday, so maybe it makes sense to keep it indefinitely?
quote: TD Ameritrade based on a friend's advice. I've read up a little bit on the Vanguard 500 fund (VFINX)
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quote: nvest $2,000 - $5,000 + all at once in the VFINX, which is a pretty decent amount, IMO. Then, there are other times (like today) where our percentage of pay earmarked for stock purchases only amounts to $500 or so.
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UCONN FOOTBALL: Blue/White game on tap Saturday at Rentschler
Four former UConn captains will serve as "Honorary Captains" for the annual Blue vs. White spring football game on Saturday at Rentschler Field. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. and admission and parking are free.
The Blue captains will be 1967 captain Roy Lawrence and 1969 captain Tony Casarella, while the White captains will be 1981 co-captains Ken Sweitzer and Dewey Raymond.
Lawrence played on the offensive line for the Huskies from 1965-67 and was named to UConn's 100th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1998. He was an All-Yankee Conference pick in 1967. In addition to his offensive line duties, he also excelled as a kicker and, in 1966, he booted a 50-yard field goal -- the longest in New England history at the time. He is a native of Islam, N.J., and had a long career as a teacher in the Columbia school system.
Casarella moved positions frequently during his Husky career from 1967-69. A fullback in high school, he moved to tight end as a sophomore at UConn, then played defensive tackle as a junior and center as a senior. He is a native of Harrison, N.Y., and is a retired math teacher from Rockville High School.
Sweitzer is one of the most successful quarterbacks in UConn history. He was an Honorable Mention All-America pick in 1980 and '81 and was the 1981 Yankee Conference Offensive Player of the Year. He remains fourth in school history in both total offense and passing yardage. He was also named to the 100th anniversary team. Sweitzer was also an All-Yankee Conference and All-ECAC punter and started his Husky career as a wide receiver before switching to quarterback as a junior. He is currently the owner of Sweitzer Insurance, LLC., in his native Madison.
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College Football News – Guilford's Satiir Stevenson Named to D3football.com All-America Team
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College's Satiir Stevenson (Roselle, N.J./Abraham Clark) added Third Team D3football.com All-America recognition to his list of 2013 honors. Stevenson was named one of 25 American Football Coaches' Association Division III All-Americans last week. He is the fifth Guilford student so honored and the Quakers' first since Kevin Vaughn '09 in 2008.
D3football.com published its 15th All-America team just prior to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, NCAA Division III's national championship game, last Friday night. The three All-American teams and honorable mention selections were elected by website staff members and NCAA Division III sports information directors.
Stevenson earned First Team All-South honors from D3football.com earlier this month and his second straight First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) award in November. The junior safety led the league with four interceptions and ranked 59th in NCAA Division III with 0.4 thefts per game. He also paced the Quakers with a career-high 81 tackles (47 solo), the league's eighth-best figure. Stevenson broke up five passes, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble. He had two 10-tackle efforts, including a career-high 16 at Catholic University. His 11 takedowns helped the Quakers to their first win at Bridgewater College since 1998. Stevenson made a career-high two interceptions in Guilford's victory over Shenandoah University. After three seasons, the team captain ranks seventh in school history with 10 career interceptions and is a three-time All-ODAC honoree.
Stevenson also returned punts for Guilford, averaging 8.2 yards per return, which stood second in the ODAC. He fielded 18 punts and compiled 147 return yards with a long return of 25 yards. His 8.2 yards-per-return average stood 66th among NCAA Division III leaders and ninth in school history.
Stevenson helped coach Chris Rusiewicz's Quakers post the program's first winning record (6-4) since 2007. Guilford finished second in the ODAC with a school-record 5-2 mark. The Quakers could return as many as 18 starters in 2014, including Stevenson.


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The Damage to the US Brand
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An Exorbitant Privilege
A Friction-Free World?
A Small Percentage of Americans
The Damage to the US Brand
An Open Letter to My Senator, Ted Cruz
Code Red, Science Saves the Future, New York, Florida, Geneva, Saudi Arabia, and Canada
The term exorbitant privilege refers to the alleged benefit the United States receives due to the US dollar's being the international reserve currency. The term was coined in the 1960s by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (not Charles de Gaulle, as many think), then the French Minister of Finance, later President of France, and an early and major proponent of a United States of Europe. This was prior to the gold window's being shut by Nixon. Giscard saw the Bretton Woods monetary system not simply as a way to balance international payments but as something that was giving the United States a significant advantage in the world. He was right.
Under Bretton Woods, the US would never face a balance of payments crisis, because it purchased imports in its own currency. That exorbitant privilege could not redound to a country whose currency had only a regional reserve currency role, but in the postwar era the US dollar reigned supreme around the world.
Academically, the exorbitant privilege literature analyzes two empiric puzzles, the position and the income puzzle. The position puzzle consists of the difference between the (negative) U.S. net international investment position (NIIP) and the accumulated U.S. current account deficits, the former being much smaller than the latter. The income puzzle consists of the fact that despite a deeply negative NIIP, the U.S. income balance is positive, i.e. despite having much more liabilities than assets, earned income is higher than interest expenses. (Wikipedia)
What that means in practical terms is that the United States can purchase more with its currency than it produces and sells. In theory those accounts should balance. But the world's reserve currency, for all intent and purposes, becomes a product. The world needs dollars in order to conduct its trade. Today, if someone in Peru wants to buy something from Thailand, they first convert their local currency into US dollars and then purchase the product with those dollars. Those dollars eventually wind up at the Central Bank of Thailand, which includes them in its reserve balance. When someone in Thailand wants to purchase an imported product, their bank accesses those dollars, which may go anywhere in the world that will take the US dollar, which is to say pretty much anywhere.
Other currencies can also function as reserve currencies if there is sufficient trade between countries. The euro, the Canadian dollar, the Aussie dollar, and the yen are examples; but the US dollar is the 800-pound gorilla.
There have been other global reserve currencies. The British pound sterling served as a global currency prior to the ascendance of the dollar. In most ways, we in the US act as if our dollar will always be the world's reserve currency. History suggests, however, that reserve currencies come and go. The US dollar will remain the dominant reserve currency only as long as we respect the responsibility that comes with our exorbitant privilege.
That privilege allows US citizens to purchase goods and services at prices somewhat lower than those people in the rest of the world must pay. We can produce electronic fiat dollars, and the rest of the world accepts them because they need them to in order to trade with each other. And they do so because they trust the dollar more than they do any other currency that is readily available. You can take those dollars and come to the United States and purchase all manner of goods, including real estate and stocks. Just this week a Chinese company spent $600 million to buy a building in New York City. Such transactions happen all the time.
And there is one other item those dollars are used to pay for: US Treasury bonds. We buy oil and all manner of goods with our electronic dollars, and those dollars typically end up on the reserve balance sheets of other central banks, which buy our government bonds. It's hard to quantify the exact amount, but these transactions significantly lower the cost of borrowing for the US government. On a $16 trillion debt, every basis point (1/100 of 1%) means a saving of $1.6 billion annually. So 5 basis points would be $80 billion a year. There are credible estimates that the savings are well in excess of $100 billion a year. Thus, as the debt grows, the savings also grow! That also means the total debt compounds at a lower rate.
Just as an aside, $80-$100 billion a year will buy a lot of healthcare. Hold that thought as we continue to look at currency trading and reserve currency status.
Let's return to our example of trade between Peru and Thailand. There is presumably little reason for a furniture manufacturer in Thailand to take Peruvian money (which is called the nuevo sol). Let's assume this piece of furniture sells for 32,300 Thai baht or about $1000. So the buyer in Peru takes 2,764 nuevo sols, buys 1,000 US dollars, sends them to Thailand, and voila! his teak table comes in on the next boat.
Except that it isn't quite that simple, as anyone who has done a substantial foreign transaction knows. You have to go to your local bank, which probably goes to its correspondent intermediary bank, which in turn deals with a large international investment bank, which then sends the money on to an intermediary in Thailand and then to a local Thai bank. At every step along the way there is a "toll" charged. While much smaller than it was a few decades ago, those tolls – that "friction" – can add up to a sizable sum. Depending on whom you ask and what you count, the total amount of currency traded per day is as much as $4 trillion, and just a few "pips" taken out to grease the skids tally up to a rather tidy sum.
(For the curious, a "pip" stands for "percentage in point" and is the smallest increment of trade in foreign exchange [FX] currency trading. In the FX market, prices are quoted to the fourth decimal point. For example, if a bar of soap in the drugstore is priced at $1.20, in the FX market the same bar of soap would be quoted at 1.2000. The change in that fourth decimal point is called 1 pip and is equal to 1/100th of 1%.)
Currently, there are only about seven currencies that are traded in serious amounts, although theoretically every currency is trading in some manner. When I was traveling around Africa, I would often come across a street in a city where currencies were being traded. The rates were much better than you could get at the local bank. Going with an "official" rate often means suffering a real loss in local buying power, and thus the spreads on some currencies are much wider than on others. No one wants to get stuck with an Argentine peso for very long outside of Argentina, and even inside Argentina the locals exchange money into pesos only when they need local currency. When I was last there, using a credit card cost anywhere between 10-15% more (if a local establishment took credit cards at all), because the store would have to cash in at the official rate rather than the street rate.
And while the "friction," or transaction cost, of trading a euro for a dollar and vice versa is a much smaller percentage, it is there. And thus the need for dollars to grease the wheels. To trade goods between Peru and Thailand, intermediaries usually have to find dollars.
But the key word in that sentence is usually. This week, London and Hong Kong agreed to begin trading in Chinese renminbi. The "extra" friction once incurred in converting to the US dollar will disappear, and the cost of doing direct transactions will fall. This absolutely makes sense for the two countries, and over time it will make sense on an ever-larger scale. Currencies are increasingly becoming mere electronic blips. For young traders, sitting at an FX desk is just another computer game, but if they are good at it, they get paid real money. Killing pips can be more profitable than killing zombies ever was.
The dollar is the world's reserve currency because it is a no-brainer trade. You don't have to think about your risk. If you take a ruble, you need to think about your risk and maybe buy some insurance. You ask yourself if you can trust Putin with your money. Even today, if you begin to stockpile renminbi, what can you do with them? You need to find something to import from China. There is risk to that trade. Not as large a risk as in the past, but more than if you deal in dollars.
Unless we damage our brand. Unless we start making that 27-year-old trader sitting at an investment bank in London think for a fraction of a second before he hits the button. He is in the business of killing pips, and if you increase his cost, even by 1/1000, the difference shows up in his bonus.
You scoff? Then why did credit default swaps on the US Treasury market rise over the last month? If you are buying US Treasury bonds, you are by definition seeking to avoid risk. You want zero risk, and last week the world markets decided – while watching CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Al Jazeera, and reading the running commentary in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, on Reuters, and in gods-know-how-many blogs – that there was indeed some small risk, and so they wanted to be paid more for holding Treasuries.
The world looked at the US, and unlike in the dozens of debt-ceiling games of chicken our politicians have played in the past, this time the fight at the edge of the cliff made the rest of the world nervous. In the past, you "knew" that the adults were playing a serious game over budgets, but there was always the sure sense that they would do the right thing and not risk the brand.
You can call it media spin or whatever you like, but this time there was a real sense that the adults had left the room. I totally understand why it happened, but the reaction from around the world was akin to watching your parents fighting and not being sure what would happen. I mean, you get used to your parents quarreling from time to time, but when they threaten to shut down the marriage and blow up the house, you might start to worry.
A Small Percentage of Americans
I read a note from my friend Barry Ritholtz about the recent events, which I found amusing in its viewpoint. I cut Barry a lot of slack, as he is one of only three or four Jacob Javits Republicans still in existence and should probably be preserved somewhere as a historical curiosity. (For those of a younger persuasion, or from outside the US, Jacob Javits, was a very liberal Republican Senator from New York. Yes, there was a day when the Republicans had a significant and decidedly liberal branch.) Barry wrote:
Amongst all of the background nonsense since October 1, the noise about the deficits was not really about budget deficits at all. Rather, it was about a decidedly narrow ideology held by a small percentage of Americans. Their belief is that government should be much smaller. This is a legitimate political ideology, one that has persisted over the centuries.
Actually, Barry, it is only a small percentage of the people on the island where you work (Manhattan). Out here in "flyover land," it can be a sizeable majority. And as Barry agreed in a conversation today, it really depends on how you frame the question.
If you asked people in 2008 whether they wanted access to more affordable healthcare, a majority said yes. A large majority also did not want to see their taxes raised. Sizeable majorities want smaller government and also want to preserve Social Security and receive more Medicare benefits. The fact that these desires are not consistent with one another is not a trivial issue. In fact, it is the source of our political divide.
The Republicans got into trouble when they made the recent debt-ceiling crisis about the trees rather than the forest. I would agree that Obamacare is a rather sizeable tree, but the forest is our unmanageable deficit and growing debt.
The questions the American people are ultimately going to have to answer are, "How much healthcare do we want, how much do we want to pay for it, and how will we pay for what we want?" Everything else in the national budget can be accommodated rather easily, as such things go, at least from a deficit perspective. Take a little here, give a little there. But with healthcare, there are no small gives and takes.
Barry cited a study by the IMF showing that we in the US pay lower taxes than people do in other OECD member countries. The study is both revealing and misleading. Here is the chart that suggests, according to Barry, that Americans are undertaxed:
The misleading part is that this chart does not include state and local taxes but rather focuses on top marginal federal income tax rates. But the top marginal rate in some states can be much higher, depending on local property taxes and whether there is a state (and even local!) income tax.
In general, the OECD countries have some form of universal healthcare. But most of them also assess a value-added tax, or VAT, which is basically a consumption tax. A VAT means that everyone pays a substantial tax on every purchased item. This is how these nations finance their large government budgets. Marginal rates in the US have been pushed about as high as they can be. The only remaining source of real revenue is the middle class, and raising taxes on them is a non-starter. The only other way to raise enough to pay for universal healthcare is with a VAT. But that approach brings on another whole set of problems, too many to get into today.
Most everyone knows that the budget deficit cannot be sustained indefinitely. There must be significant entitlement cuts, significant tax increases, or some combination of the two. If we continue along the same path without some serious compromise, we will replay the debt-ceiling crisis again and again. It will not go away unless both sides are willing to compromise. Either that or the voters will have to make a firm decision one way or the other. Right now, the people we have elected to federal office do not appear to see compromise as their mandate. Until that dynamic changes, we are going to continue to put the brand of the US dollar at risk, something which must not be allowed. The cost in cold hard dollars of trashing that brand is a budget buster in and of itself.
The one thing the US dollar has going for it right now is that other candidates for the world's major reserve currency all have even more serious problems than the dollar does in the near term. Most are just too small. If Canada were about ten times bigger, its dollar would be formidable. The euro is still an experiment. If Marie le Pen is France's answer, someone is asking the wrong question. Ditto for many other countries in Europe. The jury is still out; that said, if the euro still exists in five years, it will begin to take on a much larger role.
But the idea of some basket of currencies appearing on computers as tradable reserve currencies is not out of the question, technologically. It would not be convenient, at least at first – but if the dollar loses its luster? When that buyer in Peru wants a table made in Thailand, he does not care how the transaction is facilitated. He has neuvo sols and wants a table. And foreign exchange traders exist to make a few pips by helping him make that happen. They really just want the easiest and safest way to trade. In our own self-interest, we do not need to make the world look beyond the dollar.
An Open Letter to My Senator, Ted Cruz
While it is difficult to hide the fact that I am a Texas Republican, I try to keep politics out of this letter except as politics affect economics and investment; and generally I think I succeed. At one point in my life I was heavily involved in Texas politics; but that was well over ten years ago, and I have no intention of ever getting more than casually involved again. But that doesn't mean I do not have an interest in what is happening on the state and federal levels. I have sat down with many politicians over the years, and I still do, though I meet with more Democrats these days than I did in the past, in my current role as economic commentator. Politics is where the realm of ideas is fleshed out into legislation that we all have to live with. More and more, I wonder what sort of world my adult children and their children will be left with. And while longtime readers know I am optimistic about the future, the paths to get us there are many and twisting.
So, for those who want to forego my thoughts on Republican Party inside politics, I suggest you move on now, as this is going to be one Texas Republican talking to another. And I get that I risk being seen by many as someone who is willing to use the word compromise. I recently had dinner with my friend Ron Paul, who for years gave no quarter in Congress. I get the value of staking your reputation on a set of principles. But I also think I see the nature of the task in front of us, as well as the political realities that will pull us down if we don't meet the challenges they pose. So, with that, let me offer some unsolicited advice to Ted.
Dear Senator Cruz,
Congratulations on getting through a rough primary and on to the Senate. Not that it makes much difference now, but I did support you in the primary, not for the reasons most people reading this letter might think, but because your opponent committed an unforgiveable sin while in office. He raised taxes in a particularly offensive way (the corporate gross receipts tax), which I regarded as a barely legal fiction to get around our state constitution. That is something I do not think should be encouraged in Texas politics.
I should note that I met your wife Heidi last week and got to spend some time with her. She is your best asset. If you ever decide to go back to private life, there is another Cruz I might vote for in Texas.
As you might guess from the lead-in to this letter, I am quite concerned that your latest effort to roll back Obamacare might not have been as benign as you thought for the long-term "brand" of the US. Hopefully, there will be no real long-term damage. Perhaps, when the dust settles, your misguided tactics will amount to no more than a political version of New Coke. When Coca-Cola rolled out New Coke, the market rejected it, and the company recovered and moved on. New Coke is now merely an interesting footnote in the business school curriculum.
But that brings up the question of what to do now. Let me offer a few thoughts. First, you are right to be concerned about the effects of Obamacare on the public, and you have correctly gauged public angst. I totally get the polls that say something like 60% would like to see the law repealed or significantly changed.
But we need to remember that a majority in the country also want some type of better healthcare system. They are not for a return to what we had back in 2008. There was a reason Obamacare passed, and there was a reason Obama was re-elected even though his healthcare law was unpopular. The simple fact is that a majority (even if a small one) of the country did not trust Romney to manage a new healthcare system. Yes, I know there were lots of other reasons, but that was clearly a leading one.
While you can likely get broad agreement that the country should balance its budget and that the debt is a growing concern, the manner in which you go about dealing with Obamacare is critical. All the country heard during this last debt-ceiling fight was that a sizeable number of Republicans wanted to defund Obamacare. While most people might agree that Obamacare needs to be fixed, simply going back to where we were is not what they want either. They may not know what they want, but 2008 is definitely not it.
President Obama is never going to agree to a dismantling of the Affordable Care Act. It is just not in his DNA. I am convinced he will walk away from any deal if that is the price. And you should be walking away, too. Here's why.
We can see how Obamacare is rolling out. It's a train wreck in the making. It doesn't matter whether Obama throws (Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen) Sebelius under the bus, the structure is fatally flawed, at least from our perspective. The program amounts to a huge middle class tax increase, and when healthcare rates go up – and you and I believe they will – the tax will be even more onerous. Hospitals are going to see their budgets cut and will be forced to lay off personnel even as their workload increases. The vast majority of people are going to be shocked at how much healthcare will still cost with Obamacare.
There is going to be a real opportunity to fix the problems in the future. If we are right about what will happen, the demand for change will be overwhelming. Even the Dems will be scrambling to make major changes to the program. But right now, in the wake of the recent congressional debacle, I wonder whether the public would be willing to trust us to manage that change. It's very possible, even likely, that the Dems will run on a strategy of "the problem with Obamacare is that the Republicans won't let us fix things." I would, in their place. Right now, they still think that they just have a programming problem and that a few software patches will make everyone happy – but a year from now? It is going to be all about whom voters trust to fix the problems.
Healthcare is a very personal issue. It is probably the most contentious topic I run into when I am out on the road talking to people. There is a sizeable contingent of the country that agrees with you, but it is unlikely to ever be a majority. The majority wants healthcare to change, not simply revert, but not until they feel they can trust the agents of that change.
Right now, why not focus on the things you can get real agreement on? Reduce the deficit and make some entitlement reforms. If a chance for something like real tax reform offers itself, then take it. Forget the all-or-nothing strategy. It is all well and good to talk that way, but it is a terrible way to actually govern. Think back to Reagan and Tip O'Neil. Or Gingrich and Clinton. Few men could talk a better fight than those gentlemen did, but then they sat down together and talked and governed. And the country was better off for it.
Why not show that you can find solutions? Obama and Reid are going to need some help in the near future. Everyone knows there are some obvious fixes to the (so-called) Affordable Care Act that would make us all better off. So give them those fixes, and get some things we want in exchange. Show that you can govern. Show the country that you will do the right and necessary thing in the short term, even while keeping your eye on the long term.
If Obamacare becomes the political problem we both think it will, then we can get the votes to fix it, because the people will give us the votes if they think they can trust us to make the changes. If on the other hand Obamacare works well enough that a majority prefer it, then we will have to work on changing things gradually, as the Dems did for 50 years with regard to their desire for universal healthcare.
You are now the de facto leader of the Tea Party movement. The Republican Party needs those votes if they are going to promote change. But the Tea Party needs the rest of the Party's voters as well if they want to see change. You don't want to chase the at-the-margin independent who normally leans Republican over to the other side by scaring them.We must create a strong coalition of people willing to work for change, or the Party will become a semi-permanent minority party that is unable to effect substantive change, however compelling its ideals. The GOP had been a minority in the House for 40 years when Gingrich was swept in on a wave of desire for change.
The big battle that will come later in this decade is not going to be over healthcare but over the debt and entitlements. If we don't deal with the deficit and run-away entitlement spending, we are going to be forced to make very unpleasant choices. We will face losing a great deal of what our forebears have bequeathed us in terms of our place in the world if we don't answer these big questions correctly. There will be no greater economic or political battle in our lifetimes. The challenge will require statesmen who are philosophically grounded and who understand the ramifications of the decisions that will be made. When that battle comes, we need to be a credible political force if we want to be able to determine the outcome and make sure the future is secure for our children and grandchildren. A minority party that knows it is right is still a minority party in a democracy.
The Dems are digging a very deep hole for themselves, but right now we're down in that hole with them: the approval rating of Congress is at an all-time low (which is really saying something), and the Republicans are taking the brunt of the public's displeasure. Only one party is going to climb out of the hole and fill it, and it will be the party the public thinks is credible and reasonable with its arguments and programs.
I want the winner of that battle to be the smaller-government team. So do you. But if we don't lay out a plan that can convincingly demonstrate how to fix the problems we face, then simply saying there is a problem won't be enough. We have to show that we can govern, and we have to demonstrate that we can keep our eyes on the whole forest rather than focusing solely on axing the ailing healthcare tree, if we don't have the votes to do it.
Yours for the long run, John
Code Red, Science Saves the Future, New York, Florida, Geneva, Saudi Arabia, and Canada
Next week I am off to NYC to do a week of media as we roll out my new book, Code Red. I will see my first copies when I get to the hotel on Monday, and it will be shipping to bookstores and Amazon during the week. I am truly excited about it, and the advance reviews are coming in even better than I expected. I always get nervous about these things.
I will be with Tom Keene Tuesday morning on his radio show and other outlets throughout the week, with more getting booked as I write. My co-author, Jonathan Tepper, and I will be speaking on Tuesday the 22nd for the World Policy Institute at 6 pm, in Manhattan, as part of their occasional World Economic Roundtable. There will be a wine reception. Space is limited, so if you wish to attend, please RSVP to email@example.com. Venue details will be included in your RSVP confirmation.
Then the next night, October 23rd, there will be a book-launch party from 5:30-7:30 at the Hyatt Union Square, 134 Fourth Ave., in The Fourth-Botequim restaurant. There will be light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. As one of my closest friends, you are of course invited.
Science Saves the Future – the "virtual conference" I recently hosted with my newest colleague, Transformational Technology Alert editor Patrick Cox – came together even better than I thought it would, and I had high hopes to begin with. If you watched the event, then you'll probably agree that while the ideas we discussed may seem shocking now, they're likely to be old hat in 15 or 20 years. What you witnessed during the event was akin to hearing Henry Ford lay out his vision for changing transportation before the first Model T rolled off the production line. Instead of transportation, though, the guests you heard were talking about the biggest potential transformation of all: life extension. Patrick did a wonderful job summing up all the arguments and explaining the opportunities in simple terms. And he has just released a report on three companies he thinks have the most near-term potential in this space. I urge you to read his report by clicking here.
I will be back in NYC on November 12 for a special event (details to come). I will then fly down to be with my good friend Cliff Draughn at Ponte Vedra, Florida (south of Jacksonville), on November 14. You can find out more by going to Cliff's website at http://www.excelsia.com. And then it's back to NYC in early December and later that month to Geneva. In January I will visit sunny Saudi Arabia for the first time and am open to other speaking engagements in the region. I go from there to a speaking trip that will take me through three cities in Western Canada, where the weather will be quite the opposite.
Yesterday my doctor and good friend Mike Roizen was in town for a speaking event, and we got to spend some time together. I showed him my new apartment, which is under construction. They are putting in the floors, and admittedly there is a lot still to be done. When he asked when I would get to move in, I responded, "I am promised November 14." He laughed and said, "If you had told me December 14 I might have believed you, but I think November is a tad on the optimistic side." That has been the response of late, but if you can't trust your contractor's spreadsheet, what can you trust? You have to believe in the model, right? Don't tell my contractor, but just in case, I have not given up the lease on my temporary living quarters. I am sure that's an unnecessary precaution. Surely.
This has been a very difficult letter to write for some reason – perhaps because I think the issues are so very important – but now it's time to hit the send button. Have a great week.Your nothing if not an optimist analyst,
John Mauldin
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Suit Colors Depending on Skin Tone
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