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The Industrial Commission of Arizona is responsible for administering and enforcing Arizona's employment laws. Those laws relate to workers' compensation, wages paid, child labor, and laws regarding the welfare and safety of employees across the state.
In Arizona, employees must be paid at least twice a month. An employer is required to designate at least two days per month as fixed paydays. Those days cannot be more than 16 days apart. If the scheduled payday is a holiday or weekend, the employer must pay their employees "before" the holiday or weekend. They must ensure the pay periods are not more than 16 days in between.
Employers whose principal business resides outside the state of Arizona, as well as their centralized payroll processing, may be excluded from the 16-day limitation and may implement a once-a-month pay period. However, this exclusion is only for employee positions that are of an executive, professional, administrative, or outside salesperson capacity per the definition under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The exclusion is also inclusive of supervisory positions per the definition under the National Labor Relations Act.
The Minimum Wage for Arizonian Workers' Act was first implemented in 2007. The state's minimum wage was increased on the first day of January each year thereafter in accordance with the cost of living increase. In January 2014, the minimum wage was $7.90 per hour. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, the Arizona minimum wage increased to $8.05.
Employers that are excluded from the Minimum Wage Act are:
Only a small number of businesses exist that are not under the FLSA, either by enterprise or individual employee coverage. If an "enterprise" is involved in producing goods for any type of commerce covered under the FLSA, or any type of interstate commerce, the enterprise is subject to the FLSA regulations. Employees participating in these types of activities would be covered under FLSA, making the enterprise subject to the FLSA regulations.
Employees That Are Excluded From the Minimum Wage Act Are:
The Minimum Wage Act applies whether an employee is part-time, full-time, or working on a temporary basis. Employers must pay their employees at least the minimum wage per hour.
Waitresses, waiters, bartenders, busboys, bellhops, hairdressers and valets usually receive tips from customers; therefore, employers can pay them less than the required minimum wage. In Arizona, employers must ensure their tipped employees are being paid up to the minimum wage amount, which can include tips up to $3.00 as a portion of that wage. For instance, with the current minimum wage of $8.05, an employer could pay his tipped employee $3.00 less, making their paid wage $5.05. This is not considered an exclusion to the Minimum Wage Act because the employee is expected to make the $3.00 per hour via tips received.
Unlike many other states, Arizona does not have an overtime law. However, federal overtime laws will still apply for any employees that are covered by the FLSA. According to the FLSA, employers must pay at least one and a half times the employee's hourly wage for any time worked that exceeds 40 hours in one week.
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Lou Reed has masterminded the video for Susan Boyle's version of 'Perfect Day' just months after banning her from covering his 1972 classic.So sweet! And Advanced, of course.
Reed refused to let Boyle cover the track on an episode of America's Got Talent earlier this year, but had a change of heart a few weeks later and allowed her to include the track on her album.
Following the u-turn, Reed asked to be in involved in the production of the video, which was shot on the banks of Loch Lomond, according to the Sunday Mail.
"I wanted to create a beautiful and intimate piece shot in Susan's native Scotland and she quickly agreed," Reed told the newspaper.

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Heatstroke Awareness Day 2015
June 01, 2015
This year, more pets have died in a tragic, uncalled for heat related accidents. Some are drying related, some are temperature related, some are left in hot cars or outside on days that are too hot with no water or protection from the heat.
It SHOULD NOT be happening at all but it happens all the time. Unfortunately there are no solid statistics on how often it happens, but even ONE death is way too many and the madness needs to stop!
I want to start off by sharing my story.
About 15 years ago I had a lab mix come into my shop for a shavedown. All went well. Dog was well mannered. Easy groom. No issues. Went from our place to the vet clinic for shots and an exam. No issues found at all according to the vet records.
Fast forward three days and I get a call saying he has a sore on his hip and they are taking him to the Emergency Vet clinic. It was seen and treatment prescribed. Several days later I get another phone call saying the dog had a severe thermal burn and it was spreading as tissue died!
Well, I was in shock as to why they were telling me this when I don't have a dryer with heat. I knew this did not happen in my shop. It had to have happened at home or at the vet clinic, but I KNEW that when he left my shop he was fine.
The vets could not give me a definite diagnosis, but the dog was undergoing Burn therapy, including daily scrubbing of necrotic tissue and skin grafts. The vet bill 15 years ago was over $4000.
Long story short, I refused to pay ANY vet bill without proof we had caused the injuries and got sued!
That began my investigations into how dryers work and the most efficient dryers to have in the salon. I spent hours talking to the people at Sahara Dryers and other groomers. I already knew that fans worked better than most other dryers, but this studying made me much more determined than ever to never use a heated dryer.
I have used this knowledge to write numerous articles on this subject and preach heavily on the safety and effectiveness of cool air dryers. I FIRMLY believe that not one pet should ever die from being groomed. There is no reason for animals to die from heat!
I ask every single groomer who still uses cage dryers this question: "Would you leave your dog in the car with the windows rolled up in summer?" You always get a horrified look and an adamant "NO!" and yet many people still use a heated dryer pointed into a closed on three sides cage or vari-kennel. In my eyes there is not difference between the two.
I have done testing with a stand dryer pointed into a cage in my cage bank and watched the temperature rise to over 120 degrees Fahrenheit in less than 5 minutes. Scary to think that in some grooming shops or vet clinics there would have been a dog in that cage!
I have reposted several articles I wrote in the past few years to help educate you on this serious veterinary public health concern.
By the way, the case against me was resolved in my favor. It turns out that the original diagnosis was a vaccine abscess. How that got turned into a thermal burn is beyond me.
However, there is no doubt that many cases of death or serious injury occur monthly in every country around the world, mostly due to people who don't use the equipment carefully and properly.
My experience taught me a lot because I was trying to protect myself. Many people do not have that knowledge, and while common sense tells you to not allow dogs to overheat or to use dryers that are capable of burns, but we all know common sense is not so common any longer.
I do put a fair amount of the responsibility for these dryers causing damage on the manufacturers. They make dryers who get too hot. They put no warning labels on the dryers and there are no owners manuals provided to show you how to safely use the dryers.
If these dryers were made for use on humans there would be a massive recall and warnings on the dryers. Because they are made for pets, there are not. It is sad, but it is factual.
Please take time to read the blogs posted by Mary Oquendo, Daryl Conner, Mellissa Francisco and myself. Share them with everyone you know! Pet groomers and pet owners alike need to know the dangers of these tools so that they can be used responsibly and safely and so that owners can ask informed questions to protect their pets.
The FaceBook page Heated Cage Dryers Can Kill has stories and photos that will help drive this point home. PLEASE! Share this! Let's get the word out to as many people as possible!
If we are vigilant and educate ourselves and others as to what the dangers can be and we can save lives! We are on the front lines, and as such need to make sure we protect as many animals as possible.
This year we will be adding more blog posts and articles from other writers as well. Our genuine hope is to save ONE LIFE! If we did then it is all worth it.


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Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' (Winter Flowering Cherry)
Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis' is a wonderful garden tree, flowering throughout the winter from autumn in mild spells - so a really useful resource for bees. There's not much forage about at this time of year. This variety of Winter Cherry has masses of semi-double pinky-white flowers opening from deeper pink buds, which give it its alternative name of Rosebud Cherry. Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis' has attractive foliage which turns from pale bronze in the spring to yellow in the autumn.
Size: 125-150cm
Flowers: December - February
Soil type: Most fertile well drained soils
Supplier : R.V.Roger
We supply Winter Cherry trees as bare root, so they are only available between October and March.
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text: Meg of "MegaCrafty" has been seeing tons of projects for felted acorns again this year. Today she is showing us an easy way to make the felted balls you need for these projects. And it's great to do with kids. They love the "magic" that happens during the felting process and this technique contains the soapy water mess. I could not wait and tried her method this morning. The first two times I used way too much water and my dish soap is very sudsy and I kept dumping and rinsing the soap out. "My efforts are pictured above". The last two I made I used very little water and soap and it worked well. One of the balls I mixed the black and orange and then I cut it in half with a scissor. Be sure to follow Meg's instructions and you will have success. Thanks Meg for the fun tutorial.


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By Melik Kaylan
17 June 2013
One can understand why self-appointed despots might move early and hard, even semi-democratic despots of the Russian or Iranian variety, against a small, peaceable protest in a public place. They fear for their legitimacy. They distrust the populace. They've seen the spontaneous multiplier effect of social media. But why would a duly elected leader such as Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan resort to provocative brutality so gratuitously? That is, to the extent of calling his own legitimacy into doubt by hurtling the country toward full-blown strife in a very short time. The kind of instantly extreme anti-democratic measures he has deployed can only lead to retro-prosecution of his henchmen or he can kiss goodbye all sense of future public trust in the justice system. You would think that politicians globally have learned to respect the eventual backlash of citizens abused en masse in the present.
There can be no debating the extent of the abuse, the arrest of scores of lawyers who defend the rights of protesters, doctors who treat their wounds, clerics who grant haven to the wounded in their mosques, the nation perhaps irretrievably divided, the opposition smeared publicly as terrorists, police firing tear gas into private homes, and yes into hospitals and consulates and hotels – why would a legitimately elected leader repay his populace with devastation. After all, Turkey is not Syria. Yet Erdogan has put himself in the bitter position of having Assad repeat back to him the words "listen to your own people".
The question is not intended rhetorically – why would Erdogan do it? He has delivered 7% economic growth and political stability for several years. His party got just over 50% of the vote in the last election. He has fashioned Turkey into a kind of regional model, so much so that Turks no longer envy conditions in the EU, nor do they aspire so ardently to join the club. Turkey paid off its total debt to the IMF this year and has become a lender nation. You might think that the dispenser of such triumphs might feel confident enough to let a handful of ecological occupiers go about their business symbolically in a hitherto marginal park until they ran out of steam – thereby earning the government plaudits for maturity and forbearance.
Erdogan chose the Tien An Men approach – physical suppression resulting, after two weeks of confrontations, in three deaths and over 4000 injured, and hair-raising scenes of police violence for the world to see. As to why the Prime Minister chose this path, the answer is he chose it incrementally over some years and having gotten away with it, believed he had the country safely in his grip. He had ample reason to think so. Look at the conduct of Turkey's national media, so cowed and bribed under his Putinesque policies that it simply ignored the upheavals for several days and then pumped out abject disinformation against the protesters. (Item: On June 15 the national newspaper Yeni Safak ran a front pager laying out, as if factually, a detailed report of how the Taksim square revolts were meticulously pre-planned by famous neo-cons at the American Enterprise Institute months ahead – all without a single source or quote.) Suddenly the media's pathetic dependence on state power became humiliatingly apparent – in a time where Turkey pretty much leads the table of imprisoned journalists worldwide.
In other words, the Erdogan administration has long since lost faith in the public's judgment and has for some time moved to reduce the potential fickleness of popular opinion by having recourse to antidemocratic shortcuts – rezoning municipal laws to restrict drinking, launching educational reforms to benefit Islamist tenets, censoring internet freedoms under the guise of anti-pornography measures and the like. Put another way, having used and misused state power over time to push for one-sided Erdoganist outcomes, he has along the way decided that government is too important to be left to the populace – a fatally widespread delusion of despots and populists down the ages.
As for the public, one can equally ask, what was different this time? Why jeopardize an unbroken stretch of stability and wealth-creation, almost unprecedented in the country's post-Ottoman history, over a few trees? And after having given Erdogan so much leeway for exactly those reasons for ten years, why erupt now? There are as many theories out there as there are opiners with axes to grind. I have read more than my fair share in various languages. Here's my theory: Erdogan's rush to build a kind of disciplined Islamic Singapore appealed to Turks haunted by memories of underdevelopment and military coups. A moment arrived though when a younger generation who took stability for granted came of age – that generation that has led the protests. They and their families realized that Erdogan's blueprint for his preferred society essentially added up to wealth without fun. There's another term for Islamic Singapore, namely Dubai or the Gulf States, in which construction, hotels, real estate and related endeavours pave over the land and its history and indeed the entire culture. Everyone grows rich but you have to go abroad to enjoy it. The Gulfers go to Turkey. Where were Turks supposed to go? They decided to stay put, or many of them did, on a little patch of green in the city centre and resist Erdogan's tarmacadaming of their lives.
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2013/06/17/gezi-park/
URL: http://newageislam.com/current-affairs/melik-kaylan/gezi-park--why-would-a-duly-elected-leader-such-as-turkey's-tayyip-erdogan-resort-to-provocative-brutality-so-gratuitously?/d/12137


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At our first meeting, it was clear to me that John Hagenbach was a very honest and hardworking individual. His understanding of my goals and budget was exceptional and together we were able to map out the project to add a bay to our garage and to renovate and expand the apartment above our garage where our daughter, son-in-law and two young grandson's live. Having John and his crew at our home was more like having skilled family members working to insure we would have 100% satisfaction. They exceeded our expectations on every level including price, schedule and exceptional workmanship. It should also be said that this was accomplished during one of the severe weather we experienced this winter. FIVE STARS understates the performance of John and his team of craftsmen.
John and Amy helped my town home kitchen, floor and bathroom remodel and did fantastic work. He is very courteous, prompt and professional. Obviously this is a business but I almost felt like he was taking a project personally. I was impressed by his transparency and honesty during the process. He is very experienced and gave us a lot of advice, it turned out everything was great. If you would like to work with a contractor you can fully trust, he would be a one.
This review of Hagenbach Construction has taken me much too long to get done but I am finally sharing what an excellent job they did for our remodel. We had a total kitchen remodel done, it was expanded, they took down walls for a more open concept and put all new porcelain tile flooring down in kitchen, family room, living room, dining room and hallway. From start to finish they made the process as painless as possible and I only had one meltdown in the 9 weeks it took to do the project! Problems that arose were dealt with quickly and professionally. John and Amy were great to work with and they run a honest and professional company and everyone treated us with respect and consideration, they came to feel almost like family by the end. We appreciated all of their guys who take their work seriously and did things the right way. Their designer, Gil, had some great ideas so far as maximizing space and the referral to Ceren @ Nara Tile made selecting countertops, backsplash and flooring incredibly easy. We ended up with a beautiful kitchen thanks to her suggestions. I love the porcelain tile floors! They are so easy to take care of and with four adults, 1 big dog and a cat living here I love that they are so durable and trouble free. I would use Hagenbach Construction again without reservation and have recommended them to many other people in the past 8 months.
John is what you want and expect from a professional contractor. He was on time, friendly, honest, and most important, he does great work. He remodeled our master bathroom and did a very outstanding job, and the price was very fair. He also gave us great recommendations on product and procedures. If you are in his working area, I would not hesitate to give him a call.
I hired Hagenbach Construction based on a referral from my cabinet vanity vendor who I've done business with 4 years prior. John, his wife Amy, and his crew were AWESOME and the finished bathrooms can easily make an HGTV remodel or magazine feature. They were far better than I ever imagined. I wish I can post some photos here, but hopefully, the finished bathrooms will grace his website. My project involved two bathroom remodels – a master and guest (and the only two in my single story home) over a period of 7-8 weeks. The master bathroom was a total demo of the existing 200 sq. ft. space, on a slab floor and what we believed had post tension cables. It was a complex project, in my opinion, and one I waited on the right contractor to help me with. John was meticulous in the planning of the work, review of my design, and in every aspect of the tricky construction. While I had an initial design from the cabinet vendor, John validated the measurements, size of vanity, walk-in shower, shower seat and niches, placement of the freestanding tub, canned lights and wall sconces, vents, the new pocket door and bathroom door, etc.. The floor tiles and shower tile accent were very intricate, utilizing basketweave floor tiles and a herringbone shower tile accent. They were installed perfectly. John personally laid the shower tile accent on a piece of plywood for me to see and finalize before installation. The wall and placement of the carrara marble subway tiles and chair rails were also carefully planned across the room, so that he can plan for where the cut pieces were going to be. On the 6′ x 6′ walk-in shower, he assisted in getting me the best neo-angle configuration, with the best 30″ door placement. He also guided me in the options for best hot water availability. There is nothing I would change in these bathroom projects and John and his crew were hardworking, meticulous, conscientious about the remodel inconvenience and were always a pleasure to work with. They always showed up early or when they said they would. I would recommend John and Hagenbach Construction to anyone for any project. Contractors like him are a gem, and few and far between. It shows that he and his crew take pride in their work.
John and his staff were very professional and did a 5 star job renovating our entire home.
John and his crew completed the job on time, on budget and with craftsmanship and attention to detail that exceeded our expectations. They found and corrected some structural problems quickly and efficiently. We highly recommend them!
I hired John after meeting him through Home Advisor. He was the only contractor to make an appointment, be prompt, listen to my wants and concerns and then send me an estimate and give me all the time I needed to make my decision. I hired John to update my kitchen, skinning the cabinets, removing a pair of cabinets, adding a new hood and dishwasher, and new counters. The work was done beautifully. John and his team take great care in their work. Everyone was prompt, pleasant, and worked with extreme care. You can see that they are proud of the end results. I could not be happier.
They were so great to work with and the neatest workers ever!
He was the low bid of what interviewed. We dealt directly with the owner of the company for work. They were very clean and tidy. Hagenbach did some very extensive work for us, and got the work done on time and were able to minimize the disruption.
We have engaged Hagenbach Construction on three different occasions within the past few months. One job included replacing our kitchen island counter top with granite and installing an exhaust fan unit for the cook-top. The other two were rather small but John was glad to handle them and gave us the kind of attention one would expect for jobs much larger. In all our experiences with John we found him to be pleasant, prompt in his communications, very committed to ensuring that the work was done properly and very fair in the amount he charges for his work. On one job he decided after an invoice was paid that the work performed was less than originally anticipated so he returned our check and sent us a bill for a lesser amount. We would not hesitate to use Hagenbach Construction for any projects that we may have in the future and would highly recommend his company to others.
We are 100% satisfied with John and his team. He has installed a new door (where there once was a window), replaced many windows (including a large arched picture window), overhauled our back patio as well as many smaller projects. Each was done with an eye for quality and aesthetics. Not only is he a fine craftsman but reliable, reasonably priced and easy to work with. We look forward to using John for other projects in the future.


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After 100 gallons of primer and paint, the Hollywood Sign Trust today unveiled the cleaned icon before the landmark's 90th birthday (contd):
Workers needed nine weeks to remove all existing paint from the 45-foot letters on Mount Lee, who then applied two coats of white lacquer. The Trust said Sherwin-Williams contributed the paint for the project at a cost of $140K — the entire restoration cost $175K. Then-LA Times publisher Chandler had the sign built in 1923 to tout his Hollywoodland real estate development, and it originally was to have been taken down after 18 months. And we thought it was built as a homage to Deadline Hollywood's logo — you learn something new every day.
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Below you will find news items from SCOBA, the predecessor to the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, that cover the years 2000-2011.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Real Break Constantinople serves God and other people while participating in the life of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. His Grace Bishop Savas the newly appointed Director of Church and Society of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America will lead the group assisted by the Rev. Mark Leondis the National Youth Director for the GOA and Chairman of the Board of Orthodox Christian Fellowship and the Rev. Dr. Christopher T. Metropulos the Executive Director of OCN (The Orthodox Christian Network) and the Pastor of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. read more »
Monday, February 23, 2009
We, the Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, greet you with love and blessings on the Feast of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the first Sunday of Holy and Great Lent. read more »
Monday, February 23, 2009
Applications are now available for scholarships to be awarded for the 2009-2010 academic year from the Katina John Malta Scholarship Fund. read more »
Friday, February 20, 2009
Prof. Nicholai Petro joins Fr. Chris to discuss the recent election and enthronement of Patriarch Kirrill of Moscow. The Patriarch has for many years hosted a television program which reaches millions throughout the vast Russian area which now encompasses his ecclesiastical responsibility. read more »
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Sunday preceding our Lenten journey has been designated by the Hierarchs of SCOBA as Mission Sunday. For 2000 years, Christians have worked to share Christ's message of hope and His promise of salvation with the world by serving as living lights and witnesses to His truth among all nations, even unto the ends of the earth. read more »
Friday, February 13, 2009
Baltimore, MD) -- The worst wildfires in Australia's history have caused 181 confirmed deaths and left hundreds of people homeless. read more »
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM), the official prison ministry of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) announces the appointment by the Board of Directors of its first full-time Executive Director, Chaplain Patrick Tutella. read more »
Monday, February 09, 2009
(Gaza City, Gaza) - International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) will provide 6,000 families in Gaza (about 42,000 people) with food, blankets, and hygiene supplies with a new $750,000 grant from ARD Inc. through funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). read more »
Thursday, February 05, 2009
St. Augustine, FL - The Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), the foreign mission and evangelism agency of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas(SCOBA), will dedicate its new Archbishop Anastasios and Archbishop Demetrios Missionary Training and Administration Building on Thursday, May 21, 2009. read more »
Thursday, January 29, 2009
NEW YORK - Upon the election of the Locum Tenens of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad as the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the Officers of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) sent the following message to Patriarch Kirill. read more »
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Fr. Chris sat down with Metropolitan Jonah to talk about Orthodoxy in America during His Beatitude's recent visit to Miami Lakes, Florida. read more »
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - The Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) is pleased to announce two new additions to its growing line of products and programs that seek to share the Orthodox Christian faith with viewers and listeners throughout the world. read more »
Monday, January 12, 2009
(Baltimore, MD) International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is providing fortified biscuits and milk for about 23,000 children in Gaza. IOCC expects to deliver these supplies by Saturday to the southern areas of Khan Yunis and Rafah. The conflict, now in its second week, has displaced more than 20,000 people from their homes. read more »
Monday, January 05, 2009
(Baltimore, MD) The deadliest conflict in Gaza in four decades has killed hundreds and wounded thousands. International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has released emergency funds and is working in cooperation with other humanitarian aid organizations to deliver medical supplies and pharmaceuticals to Gaza hospitals that are stretched to capacity. read more »
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Topics this month include Christians in Iraq, the story of an Orthodox woman who evangelized a whole country, and a look at one of the earliest Christian documents to discuss Baptism and the Eucharist. read more »
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
(Baltimore, MD) The Pancretan Association of America has awarded $75,000 to International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) as part of a new program to help Peloponnese farmers more effectively plan for the planting and cultivation of crops. The Peloponnese, which is still suffering the long term effects of last year's monumental wildfires, has been receiving continuous aid from IOCC in the form of 3,100 tons of animal feed and 60 tons of forage seed to struggling farmers. read more »
Monday, December 29, 2008
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Dec. 18, 2008) -The Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) is pleased to announce its newest podcast, "Worship in Spirit & Truth," hosted by Demetrios Katos and now available at www.myocn.net. read more »
Monday, December 29, 2008
Baltimore, MD - International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) announces a new program that will help farmers in Greece's Peloponnese region to significantly increase their production yield. Through a $1.3 million grant from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and other supporters, IOCC will construct a soil lab in the Peloponnese to help farmers analyze the condition of their soil and water in order to determine what crops to cultivate and what kinds of fertilizers to use. read more »
Friday, December 05, 2008
New York, NY - The Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, notes with great sorrow the falling asleep in the Lord of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. read more »
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Baltimore, Maryland (IOCC) - An official ceremony to celebrate the delivery of fire shelters, provided by International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) through a $118,000 grant by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, to the Pyrgos, Greece fire department read more »
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Fr. Alexander Goussetis, author of "Encountering World Religions: An Orthodox Christian Perspective," with the third installment of our series on World Religions and how they compare to Orthodox Christianity. read more »
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Baltimore, MD) At a recent Vespers service at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Steelton, Pennsylvania, his Grace Bishop Irinej (of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church) reminded parishioners of the words of St. John Chrysostom that "Feeding the hungry is a greater miracle than raising the dead." read more »
Monday, December 01, 2008
Bishop Irinej is rallying American Orthodox faithful on behalf of families living in the isolated enclaves of Kosovo. "I'm letting people know the daily reality for children in Kosovo is to go to school under armed escort," said the Serbian American bishop who is originally from Ohio and was once an IOCC employee. read more »
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, His Grace, Bishop Jonah of Fort Worth was elected Archbishop of Washington and New York and Metropolitan of All America and Canada at the 15th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America. read more »
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
New York, NY - On Thursday, October 30th, Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) and of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches in America (SCOOCH) celebrated the 8th Annual Prayer Service for the United Nations. His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church (Eastern), welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese), the Chairman of SCOBA, read more »
Meet the Officers of the Assembly
Learn about the Assembly's Committees
Visit the Assembly of Bishops on Facebook
Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Faithful to Celebrate Ecumenical Service on April 8 in Belmont, CA
Independent Audit Now Available Online
A Message of Condolence on the Passing of Metropolitan Philip
Memory Eternal! His Eminence Metropolitan Philip
Synaxis of Primates Concludes; Holy and Great Synod to Convene in 2016


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In some cultures, death is not the end. Throughout the beginning of the Taiye Selasi's Ghana Must Go, there is a lot of reference to death and different people passing on. I believe the author uses diction within the novel in order to get the audience to view death as not necessarily being the 'end' for someone right away. With diction, Selasi's chose of words or phrases to describe events happening in the story can have various connotative meanings. In this instance, although death is associated with negative things, like sickness and it being the end of your life, Selasi uses this literary device to push the audience to look beyond those common associations.
The novel begins by stating, "Kweku dies barefoot on a Sunday before sunrise…he is on the threshold between sunroom and garden…" (3). Within this first section, the audience is immediately introduced to a character that is already dead. However, right after the first sentence of Kweku dying, the next one immediately jumps to him performing something only a living person would do, such as standing on a threshold. Not only does this suggest that Kweku is still alive from one angle of perspective, but it also hints at Kweku being able to do something like that in his death. Therefore, in choosing to place Kweku "on" the threshold "considering" whether or not to go back, Selasi has also challenged the audience to question whether Kweku is really dead, or if this is him beyond death. It is similar to how Kweku is set up for death a little later in the beginning section of the novel. "For he knows in a strange way, as the spiral comes to rest at wen everything dies, that he's about to. He knows that he's dying…but doesn't notice" (21). In this instance, we see that Kweku is aware of his oncoming death, but does not notice it at the same time. The audience is able to relate to Kweku being that it is not entirely clear whether his death in the very beginning of the novel is noticeable or not, being that he is still described as living right after.
Another example would be when he was a child he tells his sister that she is not going to die from what he now realized was treatable TB. Even though there is a lot of blood coming from her mouth, and her body is very weak, she still responds with a wide smile, and says that she will. "And had, with a smile on her hollowed-out face, with her hand in her brother's his hand on her neck, wide eyes laughing, growing wide and colder as he'd stared at them," (26). To describe her eyes and smile to be "growing" as though she were still alive makes it seem as though death did not stop her from continuing to communicate with her brother. Again, we see Selasi placing an action for the character to do right after the indication of their death. In doing so, she is playing with the idea of something beyond death that makes it possible to still seem alive.
Selasie, Taiye. Ghana Must Go, New York: Penguin, 2014, 1-160.


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A painting by Pat Abraham has been accepted into the California Watercolor Association's 45th Annual National Exhibit. The show is being held at the Harrington Gallery in the Firehouse Art Center in Pleasanton, CA.
Pat has also had another painting in the hiding places series accepted into the 6th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition in Fallbrook, CA. "Hiding Places VII" will be on view from February 8 to March 22, 2015 at the Fallbrook Art Center in Fallbrook, CA.
On Pat's itinerary is a watercolor workshop from May 17 to 22, 2015 at the Zephyr Cove Conference Center.
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Darlene Engellenner starts new experiment with her encaustic art . Texture and color . One of the 17 artists on the Art Studio Trek for 2015 April 25, 26 Sat and Sun 10 am to 5 pm
Harris Center hosting Preview show for the 17 artists on the 9th annual Art Studio Trek Jan 14 to March 8 2015
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The 17 artists group of the Art Studio Trek will have a preview show of their art presented at the Harris Center in Folsom CA from Jan. 16 to March 8, 2015. Harris Center located at Folsom Lake College has an attractive facility that features live performances and visual arts. This show will highlight the future Art Studio Trek of Roseville, Rocklin and Granite Bay open studio event which will be April 25-26 from 10 am to 5 pm each day. This will be the 9th annual free Art Studio Trek. Free maps are available at the Harris Center or can be downloaded at www.ArtStudioTrek.com
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Clarified butter is milk fat rendered from butter to separate the milk solids and water from the butterfat.[1] Typically, it is produced by melting butter and allowing the components to separate by density. The water evaporates, some solids float to the surface and are skimmed off, and the remainder of the milk solids sink to the bottom and are left behind when the butter fat (which would then be on top) is poured off.
Commercial methods of production also include direct evaporation, but may also be accomplished by decantation and centrifugation followed by vacuum drying; or direct from cream by breaking the emulsion followed by centrifugation.[2][3]
Clarified butter has a higher smoke point (485 °F or 252 °C) than regular butter (325-375 °F or 163-190 °C),[4] and is therefore preferred in some cooking applications, such as sautéing. Clarified butter also has a much longer shelf life than fresh butter. It has negligible amounts of lactose and casein and is, therefore, acceptable to most who have a lactose intolerance or milk allergy.
In the Indian Subcontinent, South Asia (ghee), the butter may be cooked long enough to evaporate the water portion and caramelize the milk solids (which are then filtered out), resulting in a nutty flavor.[5][6][7][8]
In Brazil, this is known as manteiga clarificada and it is commonly mistaken for manteiga de garrafa (bottle butter), which is featured mostly in cuisine from the northeast.
In England, clarified butter is used in the process of potting, whereby foods such as shrimp and hare are preserved in pots of butter.
In the Indian Subcontinent, clarified butter, commonly known as ghee, is a common cooking oil. Indians use it mainly for cooking, especially, chicken Karahi and lentils. It is also burned as a fuel in religious lamps. In northern India, the milk solids are a delicacy eaten with various unleavened breads. The milk solids are called mehran or ghee (घी) in Hindi, ney (நெய்) in Tamil, neyyi (నెయ్యి) in Telugu, neyy (നെയ്യ്) in Malayalam, तुप (tūp) in Marathi, thuppa/tuppa (ತುಪ್ಪ) in Kannada. In Kannada Brahmin tradition, food is not eaten till the thuppa/tuppa is served on the rice, in fact it is the last item served before people start consuming food. Serving thuppa/tuppa also indicates that food can be consumed now! In Tamil househoulds, the separated milk solids are sauteed with jaggery (or brown sugar) and wheat flour to make a sweet delicacy. Ghee (Sanskrit: ghŗtam (घृतम्)) is also a major ingredient in Ayurveda, used as a base for several herbal potions or powders, for easier absorption.
In India, apart from culinary uses of the clarified butter, in a traditional ritual call Homa/Havana/Havan which is performed as part of various religious events, ghŗtam (घृतम्) is offered to Agni, the fire god of the Indian Pantheon. It is one of the five ingredients of Panchamritha, a constriction for pancha - five and amritha - immortal/necter.
In Nepal, it is known as "घीउ". In Nepal Bhasa it is known as "घ्य".
In the United States, clarified butter is typically served warm with unbreaded, cooked seafood as drawn butter.
In Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisines (particularly in the highlands), clarified butter is infused with ginger, garlic, and several spices, and is known as niter kibbeh in Amharic and tesmi in Tigrinya. In traditional African cultures, clarified butter is used in an ointment worn in the hair or on the skin. For example, the women of the Hamer people wear a mixture of clarified butter and red ochre in their hair.
In German, clarified butter is known as Butterschmalz (butter lard), sometimes rendered into English as "butter schmalz".
In Turkey, it is known as "sade yağ".
In Iran, it is known as "yellow oil" or "sweet oil", and is used in place of other oils.
In Middle Eastern countries, it is known as samnah. It replaces oil in frying and sautéing because of its perceived superior flavor. In some Arab countries, such as Egypt, the separated milk solids that remain in the bottom is called morta (Egyptian Arabic: مورتة pronounced ) and can be eaten as a spread on bread.
Rural families in the Maghreb, particularly those of Amazigh descent (among whom ghee is referred to as smen or d'haan) sometimes bury a sealed vessel of it on the day of a daughter's birth, aging it until it is unearthed and used to season the food served at her wedding.
In Uganda, among the Ankole cultures, clarified butter is made into a dish called eshabwe, a white, frothy cream that is eaten with solid foods and is sometimes added to smoked meat.
In Mongolia, it is known as "shar tos".
In Russia, it is called топлёное масло (toplenoe maslo, literally "melted butter").
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First time post. This question has been touched on before, but would appreciate more detailed answer. I'm a DIYer, about to lay 14mm eng. board & 7mm u/lay board & d/p membrane over concrete.
A lot of pros recommend removing skirting board, & cutting slice from base of door frames. I would like to avoid this if possible, and simply use coloured bead to cover expansion joints.
Assuming that I can live with the reduced visible skirting height ( 7mm down to 5mm, and rather duff appearance of bead, is there any TECHNICAL reason against this method?


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VERY pretty! Thanks :-).
The Crabapple Tree, Spring 2015
Because it's pretty, that's why.
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Why yes. Yes it is. Greatly appreciated.
It is a beautiful tree… we had one i our front yard, but it succumbed to bugs and disease a few years ago. Thanks for the pictures!
That picture is so vivid I can almost smell the blossoms. Thanks!
Lovely. Makes me wish I wasn't stuck inside enduring exams. :(
Beautiful! I especially love the first picture with the vibrant colors!
John, been following your site for ages, and I think its worth mentioning you have really improved as a photographer. I don't know if you deliberately practice or anything, but this past year or so has been great.
These pictures are stunning.
I especially like photo 3
*In the voice of Larry Correia, but edited for concision and logic*
"All them flowers on Scalzi's pictures are pink. Commie librul SJW fascist pink… IT'S A CONSPIRACY TO ROB CONSERVATIVES OF THEIR FLOWER PICTURE HUGO RAIGHTS!"
Also, another Puppy nominee withdraws:
They look too beautiful and realistic.. I think they just set off my allergies again
Crabapples; best jam making fruit – EVER! Tart & tasty. Shame so few people make it. John, if your trees have fruit and you need someone to, erm, clean up the yard when the fruit is ripe… Well, I'm up for a field trip.
I sometimes forget that the rest of the world is already having spring… It was snowing just last week! Thanks for the beautil reminder!!
Thank you, the pictures are beautiful.
Ah, I needed that. Gonna show these pics to everyone in the office. Thanks, John!
I always find it interesting how spring moves north. Just yesterday I was looking at my grandfather-in-law's trees, in NE Alabama, and noting how the pears, plum (I think), apples, and peaches had set fruit* and yours, in Ohio, are just blooming. Their irises were still blooming and mine bloomed and faded a few weeks ago (central AL).
Are the flowering trees — especially crabapple but also redbud — especially lovely this spring in the midwest? I've been seeing spectacular blooms all around Iowa City.


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It's a loaded question that I'm happy a few have asked. *feeling loved*
I still post tidbits on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat (👻mnrtv)) but it seems my website has been neglected. I actually lost some of my zeal for writing after August 2014, and even more so with the ongoing uprise regarding social injustices.
But I did try to post every few months…especially about travel. With all the turmoil in the world, I knew 2015 needed to be a year for self-care and just letting go of burdens I didn't have to solely bear.
While teaching 2nd graders by day and college students some evenings…starting a second Tumblr and Twitter page to laugh (read: cry) about dating site woes (spawned from an ongoing discussion amongst twitter friends and I)…
…I basically just haven't made time to post here. 🙈
I have taken time to write occasionally for local publications (DELUX and St. Louis American), Naturally Happy Hair, and even had a chance to sit on a panel due to my articles this past October.
And I keep my T-shirt sites going:
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*whispers* But besides that, I've just been baking a baby.
You read right.
A baby girl is in my belly twisting and turning and giving mommy heartburn. 😑
It's been a very good pregnancy overall, so I'm not complaining about the heartburn.
I had a slightly rough first trimester. It wasn't due to traditional morning sickness of throwing up, but my stomach was sour every morning for the first few weeks. Then it moved to midday, then it was evenings. I lost 5 pounds because I couldn't eat like I wanted to. I wondered how I would get through the day of teaching kids feeling that way and chomping on Tums like Skittles. I was also suuuuuuuuper tired. I'm used to being on the go, but the first trimester fatigue was no joke. My numbers on my Nike+ Running app suffered.
- Yes, I'm continuing to run and doing light arm workouts.
- Yes, my doctor says it's okay because it was already part of my routine pre-pregnancy.
- Yes, I plan to attempt to breastfeed and workout (when I can) after the baby is born.
- No, I don't plan on walking around with baby weight on me because I will need to fit back into my work clothes once I go back!
- #goals
Back to the fatigue. I snapped VERY HARD on someone who questioned the possibility regarding my claim of exhaustion when I wasn't even showing yet (as if the two are somehow correlated).
Do. Not. Ever. Question a pregnant woman about the symptoms she's experiencing because she cannot be responsible for how her hormones will respond to you.
You've been warned.
I have, however, been enjoying the spoiling from my loving family and friends. From, "Here, have my seat…" to "Let me help you with that." I know it all ends on June 18 when this child enters the world and people forget my name, but I shall happily milk this cow up until that very day!
And while I love writing what I want to write here on my blog, my focus has changed since that life-altering, shocking realization on October 9th that I'd be a mom. I've been busy buying a home for the little one and I, reading up on motherhood, preparing her space, and much more! It doesn't mean I won't keep this going, because I have paid up through 2018…so stick with me to see what's next!


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There's something romantic about artisan skills of the past, of someone lovingly weaving fabric they've chosen into something of their own creative expression and design from fabrics previously doomed to join the ever growing landfills which plague their land.
It is this type of conscious and careful production which makes available the wearable art our mothers and grandparents once wore, made to last multiple lifetimes rather than a single season. It is a skill the fast fashion industry has done their best to lay to rest as like any art piece, these creations take 15 to 30 three-hour work days to complete and are gestated into fruition in the safety and convenience of the artisans home rather than the workforce of dodgy factories nearby.
For point of comparison, in factories for H&M, Topshop, Zara, Forever 21 and other such gluttonous giants, production time is reduced to less than 5-15 minutes per garment, in a 12-hour work day, under stressful and unsafe conditions in which output very much dictates ones already lower than a living wage.
The time intensive but preservable artisan skill described is Kantha, a unique and spectacular embroidery technique native to West Bengal, India. As part of an NGO cooperative of 1,400 artisans who specialise in this skill, numerous stunning products are produced for The House of Wandering Silk and other conscious collectors. Each one is made using vintage sari fabric layered and stitched together in the style of Kantha, hand sewn into rows of tiny running stitches which provide strength and enable the recycling of the saris. It creates a rich, rippling effect across the fabric and adds a unique and rich texture no cheap high street knock off could ever recreate.
This is one of many artisan skills which are supported and gathered by the The House of Wandering Silk from the hundreds of women worldwide, who were taught traditional skills of their area by their mothers, who in turn were taught by their mothers, and will pass these skills down to their daughters with hopes this new path to viable income will continue to provide opportunity to grow and flourish.
In a society where women are very restricted – culturally as well as economically – work like this is scarce for women who are consistently paid lower wages than men or the same work. The independence and confidence the women gain from earning their own income has ramifications much greater than the immediate economic benefits.
You can encourage and support the growth and continuation of this heritage skill by voting with your dollar and supporting these women through product sales should the style and story move you. This conscious collector of ecological and ethically produced artisan creations has numerous stunning products made by other artisan's with skills native to other lands. Skills I plan to discover and cover over the remainder of this gone green series (and beyond).
You'll find Shane's Kantha Tie pictured (which we got for his brother's wedding) HERE | My reversible Kantha Shrug (which has happily cemented itself into my capsule-esque wardrobe) HERE | And my beautiful Kantha stitched scarf HERE | The entire collection of Kantha products HERE.
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Iceland's way – the right way or no way?
In times of towering sovereign debt, there is a constant murmur in the media that countries should do like Iceland: refuse to bail out the banks and the bankers. This shows some lack of understanding of what Iceland did and why. In short, the Icelandic way is no way and the notion that it is rests on ignorance and misunderstanding. Or wishful thinking. On a broader scale the question is why private enterprises are being bailed out on both sides of the Atlantic, why private debt is allowed to migrate into tax payers' pockets. In short: why have developed countries and institutions, like the ECB, been so willing to help banks to privatise the gains and nationalise the losses? In this, Iceland hasn't entirely been a shining example leading the say.
In an interview yesterday with Irish PM Enda Kenny Evan Davis on the BBC radio 4 Today programme asked Kenny twice why Ireland wasn't just doing like Iceland, refusing to pay. Or rather, Davis taunted him on this since Iceland was doing much better than Ireland. Kenny was clearly not deeply versed in the Icelandic way and ignored the taunts rather than pointing out the misunderstanding. There are indeed some interesting similarities between Iceland and Ireland, as I have pointed out earlier (on crisis and corruption and then broader similarities and differences) but the Icelandic way as a way of writing off debt caused by the banks isn't really a sustainable example.
Yesterday, there was an editorial in the NY Times along these lines, on 'Iceland's Way.' Though more nuanced and more accurate than just saying that Iceland is refusing to bail out the banks it wasn't entirely correct.
"The government of Iceland failed to rein in bankers' excesses. But its refusal to take on bank debts, forcing creditors to take losses and share in the pain, looks increasingly smart as Iceland's economy begins to recover.
The European Union and the International Monetary Fund — their bailouts of Greece and Ireland were designed to make creditors whole — should learn from Iceland's example. As they negotiate a rescue for Portugal, they should realize that taxpayers cannot bear the entire cost of the banks' misdeeds.
The government of Iceland wasn't intentionally daring or smarter than others. It couldn't afford to bail out its banks, so it let them fail. It transferred domestic deposits and loans, at a discount, into new banks, with some $2 billion in money from taxpayers. And it left the banks' foreign assets and foreign debts behind. Some foreign creditors could get as little as 27 cents on the euro."
There is a contradiction here: the editorial both mentions the fact that Iceland couldn't afford to bail out the banks and is refusing to do so. The former refers to the fact that the Icelandic state couldn't save the banks in 2008 and the latter seems to refer to the fact that the last, the third, Icesave agreement was rejected in a recent referendum. But the referendum wasn't about bailing out bankers. At its core is paying a debt to the British and the Dutch Government, rising from deposits guarantees on Icesave, Landsbanki's internet bank.
As to the Icelandic way, the three banks failed in October 2008 because they were well beyond sovereign salvation. A fumbling attempt end of September 2008 to save Glitnir, the smallest one, proved the impossibility of that wish. But billions of ISK, ca 60bn, ca €370m, have since been posted into saving banks and an insurance company (interestingly, Icesave III might have incurred a sovereign cost of ca IKS35bn; Icesave has taken the Icelandic mind hostage for more than two years, deflecting attention from other issues but that's another story). Both the present and the previous Governments have repeatedly said that the Icesave debt to the UK and the Dutch will be paid.
The general truth is that the European endgame needs to involve a different approach from the one the ECB is trying to force through, as eloquently demonstrated recently by Lee Buccheit (the Icesave III chief negotiator) and Mitu Gulati. A more relevant lesson than the Icelandic one is that, as Buchheit has been pointing out in recent lectures (i.a. in Iceland; see the end of this interview) in previous sovereign debt crisis during the latter part of the last century the banks have been rebuffed and forced to take the hit. This time, private debt, i.a. in Ireland, migrates to the public sector, i.a. with the help of the ECB. Yes, governments, i.a. in Greece, have overstretched themselves but the banks over-lent. By far. The Icelandic banks are a case in point.
The question is: why are governments taking on private debt now when it wasn't accepted earlier? How come, that now it's taken as a law of nature that private debt migrates to the public sector, all the way to the tax payers?
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Your last question is indeed THE question.
Cold facts aside, I really think the Icelandic people, rightly or wrongly, wanted to use the recent referendum to express indirectly their disgust at the idea that it should be acceptable to let private debt migrate to the public sector.
This is a factor in the referendum which really should not be ignored.
We need to dig into why this idea is being propagated, and it is quite clear that it was already happening several years ago in the U.S.A. – before our banking collapse – when Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke appeared to find it a perfectly normal thing to introduce this preposterous idea to the world.
I can still remember how stressed they looked at the time… They undoubtedly knew just how preposterous their idea was.
One of the most important aspects of a free market is failure. The same banks will scream at regulation and how much a free market is better until this happens.
There is one other point. Why aren't any of these bankers, at least on the other side, either on trial for fraud, terrorism, or in prison for having the financial equivalent of a nuclear bomb with a twitchy fuse? Worse, why are the taxpayers paying lavish bonuses to these miscreants?
If they are making a case that it is a crisis (not unlike the Earthquake/Tsunami and Fukushima in Japan), then the first thing would have been to take the top 25 and entire boards of any bailed out institution and revoke every license, disgorge every bonus, and otherwise place them where they lose all benefit and cannot repeat it.
If the banks are now something like the departments of motor vehicles, those running them should be paid what the people running them do. And be as heavily regulated and monitored.
The price of taxpayer bailouts should be nationalization.
I agree. The senior debt holders should share the pain. There is no risk free investment.
For the EEC, the fear is that the weakened German regional banks and the French banks cannot take the hit from a haircut within the PIGS.
Here in the USA there was a section of the political Right that wanted to let the banks fail and were furious that Bush bailed them out. In this stand, they were being internally consistent in their free market ideology.
The remarkable thing is how it all played out later – as Sigrún mentions, effectively the gains were allowed to be private and the losses were nationalized. I recall Krugman suggesting at the time that at least some of the banks ought to be nationalized temporarily, but Obama was scared *hitless to go anywhere near that for fear of reinforcing the "socialist" tag that the Right had stuck on him.
You are absolutely correct. I think most Icelanders understand the basics of this (way overblown) issue, but there is a logical side to this and an emotional one, which I think the govmt has discounted. Icelanders see themselves having to bail out obnoxious bankers who – and this I believe is the main reason for the "no" vote – haven't had to face up to one iota of negative consequences for what they did. If there was evidence that they shared in the sacrifices that Icelanders have had and will have to make, then a yes vote would not have been unlikely.
"…privatise the gains and nationalise the losses…"
Nail-on-the-head, Madame.
In the US, I would suggest that at least part of the reason is the seamless way that our financial 'masters' move between the White House, Wall St., and K Street — where the lobbyists lurk. Josh Bolten, Robert Rubin, Rahm Emanuel, Gary Gensler, Henry Paulson, Phil Gramm, Peter Orszag, Stephen Friedman… Like a list of Goldman alums. It's human nature that they will favor "their own".
"why are governments taking on private debt now"
Actually, its not that the governments are taking the debt on now, its that the PUBLIC has realised that they liable for the debt. This liability has existed since banks were invented and banks have taken advantage of it many times before.
I disagree, Peter.
I think the "No" vote represented the thinking public's awareness that they were NOT liable for the debt. Although of course some voted "No" for rather dubious reasons.
Clearly, neither the banks nor the government like the public's conclusion, but, as Nick says, they always favour their own.
What is always forgotten in the debate on Icesave, are the beneficiaries of the Dutch and UK payments. It was not banks but deposit holders, regular families who entrusted their hardearned savings to the Islandic banks. Even if some argue, that the depositholders should have had a better knowledge of the stability of Icelandic banks than the Icelandic Central Bank and FME, there is still an European Economic Area rule garantueeing private deposits up to 20.000 euros. Icelanders, who had their own deposits garantueed at 100% by their government, have now for the second time said "bad luck" to Dutch and British families. They should not expect sympathy for that stance.
"I disagree, Peter.
I think the "No" vote represented the thinking public's awareness that they were NOT liable for the debt. Although of course some voted "No" for rather dubious reasons."
They only voted to be not liable for non-icelandic deposits. By accepting liability for one set of debtors but not others, the vote was about acceptance of the EU principle for equal treatment. Well, Iceland is in the EEA and thats a core principle that cannot be disputed.
There is also the fact that the vote is an issue for Iceland's government and its voters, the government has acceptable liability and the liability rests on the sovereign nation. Iceland should sue its government ministers for the cost and damages if they have broken Icelandic law. The debt is still there, however, its external to Iceland's constitution issues.
My only point was that your literal interpretation of the referendum result, while quite correct in itself, disguises the fact that many voters also wished to use the opportunity to express their contempt for the behaviour of some of their alleged representatives.
They made their point, and they won't go away until they feel decently represented by people who did NOT cause this mess.
It isn't really about the depositors, either. It's about the Dutch and British governments; they're trying to foist their moral hazard on the people of Iceland. So long as Iceland's banks looked like happy little gravy trains, the Dutch and British governments were fine with having them stop in, and they weren't terribly interested in checking on the likelihood of those trains dumping their toilet tanks at the station. Then the trains jumped the tracks and spilled their loads all over the station platform, and the governments said, "Oops, we just got caught with our due diligence down. Time to pass the buck."
Sorry, but if you're a sovereign government, it's YOUR job to enforce the regulations intended to protect your people, not somebody else's job. The mere fact that you were drinking Austro-Chicago Kool-Aid on the job is no excuse.
Of course, that argument also applies to Iceland, especially as it was responsible for the actual regulation of Landsbanki.
Both UK & NL believed that they were required to let Landsbanki operate in their countries and, in fairness to the FSA & the NL equivalent, can you imagine the stink that Landsbanki and Iceland would have caused if Icesave had been blocked? Also, I doubt that either the UK or the NL were actually happy that deposits were being made with a foreign bank rather than a local one.
You're wrong when you say that the UK/NL did nothing. The NL certainly tried to limit Icesave's expansion, but with little success as their understandings and agreements on limiting that expansion were ignored by Landsbanki. That in itself is an indication of the expectations of Landsbanki with respect to the ability of the UK/NL to actively prevent them attracting deposits.
Both countries are paying the price for not being tougher, as they've had to pay out to their deposit guarantee limits and have both elected to cover an amount on top of that.
"They made their point, and they won't go away until they feel decently represented by people who did NOT cause this mess."
That is done with an election to change the government, not a referendum of repaying bank depositors.
Besides, Iceland has already removed the government that caused the Kreppa.
"Besides, Iceland has already removed the government that caused the Kreppa"
…While the same people sit in the parliament and prepare to cause another one…?
Of course you are right about the due process of government change through election, but the government that caused the kreppa was essentially removed through popular revolt, which is not exactly synonymous with "due process".
A large number of Icelanders did not much care about the finer points of agreement III, as opposed to II or I, although of course they knew that this was the reason for the referendum.
My point still stands that, for many, the referendum was ALSO an opportunity to express frustration and outrage at the continuing lack of transparency and accountability in parliamentary, governmental, judicial AND banking affairs, which are perceived as being far too strongly interlinked.
The "No" vote would undoubtedly not have been so strong without that element.
If a large percentage of the people of any country feel that they have no effective representation within an existing system, they will insist upon it being changed.
The anger underneath Iceland's beautiful surface is very real, and I encounter it every day.
>The anger underneath Iceland's beautiful surface is very real, and I encounter it every day.
Fair enough. Is that a sensible way to run a country's foreign policy though? If 40% of people in Iceland today would vote for the same muppets that landed them in the crap, that's the best advert I've seen for limiting public participation.
´Fair enough. Is that a sensible way to run a country's foreign policy though? If 40% of people in Iceland today would vote for the same muppets that landed them in the crap, that's the best advert I've seen for limiting public participation.´
In Iceland you dont vote for the person. You vote for the party. The representatives are the ones that the party put forward. The people of Iceland have a whopping 4 real parties to choose from. 3 of which are linked with the banking crisis.
Unless 100% of the country voted for the Left Greens or equally unthinkably, the leaders of the 3 other parties would have to nominate totally new people who they had no control over to be the candidates.
Icelanders are in a bit of a Catch 22. Its pretty easy to play they people are responsible for the government they choose argument unless you have actually tried to vote Independent in Iceland.
I was responding to the point that that disassociation/anger was manifested in the referenda results.
That said, you have a good point. It shows just how bad the situation is that a (intentionally) total farcical party could win in mayoral elections. More importantly for Icelandic politics, at least from my limited outsider perspective, the failure of the Citizens' Movement party to actually stick to what the people who voted for it wanted rather than what their representatives wanted ended a brief flirtation with another way.
Birgitta et al. may (or may not – I'm not immersed in it) have thought that they were doing the right thing, but destroying the faith of Icelanders in a third way (or perhaps fifth way in Icelandic politics) was detrimental. IMO anyway.
Not that we can talk over in the UK. We have a massive disconnect with politicians. What's our answer to it? We (I say "we", but who decided AV was a good idea?) pick the wrong Antipodean voting system to vote on. Madness that, in its own way, is just as bad as the vote on Icesave II when Icesave II.5 was on the table.
"Harry, you are right: Icesave is about depositors, not bankers. I've time and again underlined that Icesave isn't about bailing out bankers." Þú meinar þó ekki að almenningur þurfi að axla ábyrgð sem eigendur einkarekinna banka ættu að axla? Hvar stendur í lögum að gjaldþrota innistæðutryggingasjóður sé á ábyrgð almennings?
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These are the results from cutting the plywood using Miter Saw.
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