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Democrats are refusing to cut ANY social security so that our government can, finally, get a deal on federal spending and the debt limit. There's been talk that Obama was saying that he wanted to cut some spending from SS (social security). Well, Democrats were/are not in favor of this idea so they came together […]
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Senator McConnelly REFUSES to vote for debt ceiling increase unless Obama and other Liberals support entitlement cuts and cuts inside discretionary spending.
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What a hectic week it has been; trekking the streets of Amsterdam and Berlin, cramming week long tours into hours and days for the latest Contiki tours brochure.
I shot their European campaign last year when I went to Rome however this was an entirely different travelling and working experience.
The aim was for the shots to look as natural as possible so the five of us were literally left to wander streets, buy things from markets and eat whilst being photographed.
It was great as we were able to enjoy a holiday whilst doing all the cultural things that one might bypass if left to their own devices.
I found Amsterdam to absolutely breathtaking with it's gorgeous canals, quaint coffee shops and their cyclist EVERYwhere- and I'm talking everywhere.
Parents with three kids were regularly seen on a bike with a wheelbarrow type thing at the front.
The red light district was somewhat of a a shock for me but I found it fascinating to see in reality and would definitely encourage anyone to travel there (maybe not pay for sex though).

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As the sun sets over beautiful Darling Harbour, join us for our first ever 'Tipple' event at the sensational new Zephyr Bar. What better way to recover from Good Food Month NSW, kickback before the silly season starts as well as a great excuse to get Females in Food together!
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- Upside Down: The Creation Records Story, a 2010 film by Danny O'Connor
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- The Upsidedown, an American alt-rock band
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TNA should have been launching a series of new storylines this week, as many of the ongoing ones were tied up neatly last Wednesday. Instead, we were treated to extensions on old stories and made to feel like we were trapped on a never-ending merry-go-round. Look TNA: either stick to the light storylines and the wild action that made us love you - or make these soap opera style storylines a little more original from week to week. Rehashed "Invasions" and "Management" battles are so three years ago.
The show started with a graphic stating "Under New Management" - in reference of course to the Don Callis victory over Eric Watts last week. The opening montage for the show was re-edited and showed nothing but World Champion Jeff Jarrett and Callis.
Jeremy Borash introduced Jarrett who was accompanied to the ring by Callis and Jonny Fairplay. All of Jarrett's cronies were waiting for him in the ring.
Jarrett took the mic and called to order a "company meeting". Wow, is this a shoot? Ha. Jarrett then introduced his lawyer Tom Stennenbaum Esquire. Tom is the voice that has been advising JJ over the speakerphone for the last few weeks.
Tom tells JJ the NWA board of directors has been disbanded. The fans are chanting and are clearly bored by this story.
All of the babyfaces in TNA, along with the officials walked out to be told that they were subject to dismissal for breach of contract.
Jarret told Sonny Siaki that for not signing with his team, he would face Kid Kash this week. If he lost, he'd be fired. He then told El Leon that he'd be facing Abyss and if he lost, he'd be unmasked.
Chris Harris of America's Most Wanted asked for a mic and spoke on behalf of the entire locker room and the entire wrestling world. He told the champ that everyone was sick of being part of the "Jeff Jarrett show." Jarrett told him to watch his mouth and remember that he's nothing but a mid-card tag wrestler. Harris reminded him that as a mid-card tag wrestler, he gave TNA some of the best matches they had last year. Very true. Harris then said that he knew who Jarrett's surprise opponent was this week but he wasn't going to tell. A big brawl broke out between the two massive factions.
We had a little more hype for the America's X-Cup challenge next week and then a recap of the Insane Clown Posse's ordeal with Glen Gilberti and David Young.
Young was shown in a promo basically saying that he is afraid of clowns. Great pre-recorded promo by ICP with some spooky style special effects. Now THAT'S the way to use these guys.
Insane Clown Posse VS. Glen Gilberti and David Young
Massive ICP chants as Violent J hopped around the ring and used his power to toss Gilberti out of the ring. Double hip toss followed by a double dropkick from the clowns.
Shaggy 2 Dope dove over the top but didn't quite get enough air and just barely hit his opponents while landing almost squarely on his head. Violent J followed that up with a somersault suicide dive of his own, which took out everyone. They aren't pretty, but they are fun to watch.
Shaggy was picked up for a suplex by Young, but the rapper turned it into a swinging spike DDT. Gilberti came back into the ring and took a brief advantage over Shags. The whole time, the crowd was singing various ICP tracks. Hot tag to Violent J who took out Gilberti and then nailed Young with a pair of DVD's. The first one wasn't bad - the second one was brutal. Young kicked out then hit the spinebuster on Shaggy. Pin was broken up. Superkick by Shags. That was quickly followed by a Violent J moonsault and an Alabama Jam legdrop from his partner. 1-2-3.
Winners: Wicked Clowns!
Gilberti and Young jumped the clowns after the match, but they were saved by JCW wrestler, 2 Tough Tony.
Backstage, Jerry Lynn and his America's Cup team talked about how they will win the tournament next week.
Kid Kash VS. Sonny Siaki
This match started slowly but turned UGLY when Siaki threw an overhead release German suplex that had Kash land COMPLETELY on his head! Whoah. After a few tense moments, the ref indicated all was well and the match continued.
Kash took Borash's chair to use on Siaki. Borash tried to stop the former X-Champ but was thrown to the floor. Kash was then attacked (again) by time keeper Tiny and 80-year-old Sarah Lee. This gimmick is making Kash into a complete joke. Kash, back in the ring, was distracted by JB and then rolled up by Siaki.
Winner: Sonny Siaki
Callis walked out and was all pissed off over what just happened. He told Borash, Tiny and Sarah Lee that they don't have any right to interfere in matches. He then decided to fire all three of them. Callis referred to himself as a "Canadian Caesar." Callis then told Siaki that eventually he would be fired for breach of contract as well. Trinity ran down and helped Kash lay Siaki out. Callis then put a "Under New Management" sticker on SS's chest.
Rick Michaels walked out to serve as the new time keeper, while TNA Director of Media Relations Tim Welsh came out to take Borash's job as announcer.
Abyss VS. El Leon
Abyss roared in El Leon's masked face only to take a STIFF right hand to the face. Ouch. Abyss was thrown to the outside and took a flying somersault plancha from the Puerto Rican star. Abyss recovered, then went under the ring to set up a table. El Leon tried to Rock Botton Abyss through the table but instead took a Russian Leg Sweep on the floor. Back in the ring, both men exchanged power moves before Leon cut Abyss down with a big spear. He followed that up with a Magnum TA style belly to belly. Leon tried another Rock Bottom, but Abyss reversed and hit one of his own. Jumping F5 by Leon scored only a two count.
Black hole slam by Abyss. Instead of going for the pin, Abyss went for the mask. El Leon was saved by AJ Styles.
Winner: Abyss by DQ
This was easily El Leon's best TNA match - with or without the mask.
AJ took the mic and demanded a title shot. Callis took the mic and told him he could have a tag team title shot. He said that he would face the Red Shirt Security team this week and his partner would be his arch rival, Abyss.
Backstage, Sandman and his "extreme" partner of the week Terry Funk cut a really nice promo.
The Gathering (Julio Dinero & CM Punk) with Father James Mitchell VS. The Sandman and Terry Funk
I don't think CM Punk ever thought he'd be facing Terry Funk again! Nice ovation for the Funker from the Asylum.
The Gathering attacked the Extreme Team before the bell. Funk turned the tide and took out Dinero with a Stone Cold Stunner. Punk jumped the icon and ran his throat into the ropes screaming, "Come on you egg sucking dog!" That's good stuff.
Funk was saved by a Sandman cane shot, and then made his way up for a moonsault. Unfortunately for the former NWA World Champion, he didn't hit anything except the top of his head on the mat.
Spike piledriver by the Gathering on Funk. Two count only. Julio held Funk for Punk who came off the top with a sloppy hurricanrana. Funk moved and Punk almost took out his partner but he missed the move altogether.
Punk then held Sandman side saddle over a chair while Dinero came off the top with an elbow across the throat. Game over.
Winners: The Gathering
NWA TNA Tag Team Title Match
The Red Shirt Security (Kevin Northcutt and Joe Legend) VS. Abyss and AJ Styles
El Leon came down to the ring and kept Abyss out of the match. AJ then went on to simply put on a clinic against both red shirts. He used his typical high-octane attack before the numbers game caught up with him.
Great move by Legend who had Styles on his back, and hit a new variation of a Stunner. Superplex off the top by Northcutt. Awesome Northcutt Driver!
AJ continued to kick out time after time. Chris Harris came down to the ring and took Legend out of the match, allowing Styles to roll up Northcutt.
Well, the shortest title reign in TNA history - one glorious week - is over.
Winners and NEW Champions: AJ Styles and Abyss
In the back, Hudson interviewed the ICP asking what was left for them to prove. HILARIOUS promo by the clowns. These guys are PPV gold. ICP then challenged ANYONE Jarrett could find to a Juggalo Street Fight next week.
Eric Watts came out to the ring. He's no longer the Director of Authority but he's still an active wrestler. Goldylocks interrupted to talk to her ex. She was calling him "Sweety" and being all soft. But then she cut a promo on him for never letting her in the spotlight. Then she told Eric how she faked it everytime. This bit went on WAY too long. Watts kissed Goldy and tried to chokeslam her, but he was attacked by Jarrett and the Red Shirts.
As this was going on, Jarrett's mystery opponent showed up and attacked him to jumpstart the match. The mystery opponent was... Dustin Rhodes.
NWA World Title Match
Jeff Jarrett VS. Dustin Rhodes
Dustin still has the short bleached hair, but is now sporting a black goatee. Bad look. He's also dressed in a cut off black t-shirt, black jeans and cowboy boots. Yawn. Been there, done that.
This match went through the crowd and all over the building - hardcore style. Rhodes spike DDT'd JJ on a chair, but the Red Shirts ran in to buy some time for the champ. The Red Shirts were run off by El Leon and AJ, allowing Dustin to go back to work. Powerslam by Rhodes, but the cover was broken up by Abyss. Rhodes went after Abyss as AJ hit a frog splash on JJ. Rhodes covered but only got a two.
Dustin then hit the Shattered Dreams kick to the family jewels. He was set to make the pin when the Naturals interfered by throwing powder in the challenger's face. JJ covered and won.
Winner and Still Champion: Jeff Jarrett
As the show went off the air, Tenay said that the NWA board, in their last act before disbanding, named a new director of authority - and he would be revealed next week. Great. Let's play out the same story all over again.
Overall, not a bad show - but a little too much talking and not enough action. Where the hell was the X-Division this week? Yes, I know we'll be overdosing on it next Wednesday - but I need a weekly fix. Very disappointing.
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Desi Girl is once again fuming. On Thanks Giving, "A" promised to call her during the week and never did. She did not see him online until today when he logged on to Skype. When they last spoke he had told her he was going to be on National TV and he sounded very excited; now when they were face to face that excitement was no longer visible. What happened? The news is A is on the reality show. Yes, he is one of the audiences that make Ooh! Aah! sounds in the background and laugh at wrong times.
He is on a show where families will discuss who will donate an organ if another family member needs one, spouse, siblings, children or parents. What if the patient is responsible of destroying their organs by making irresponsible life style choices; substance abuse, attempting slow suicide by ingesting something or morbid obesity from over indulgence that can lead to host of chronic and critical health issues leading to organ failure etc.? Our brief talk session just brought these questions to DG's over busy brain:
It is a fact biological child and siblings are usually the best matches. Who would you look up to for an organ, your siblings or your children?
If siblings, then which one, married or single?
If children, then who would you expect to step up?
If one came forward and the other chickened out would your relationship with them change? Would you confront them for their decision?
What if someone refused, would you hate them for making that choice? How would it impact your relationship?
What would you do if none of your family members came forward even after knowing your need and failing health?
Though DG has had few surgeries but still she dreads needles. She pledged her organs on death*; the relief is she won't feel the pain then. DG has no answers to these questions; she thinks there is no right or wrong answers here. Every family person would instinctively say they would donate an organ to a relative but in reality it would be a difficult decision.
What would you do if you faced such a dilemma?
Then there are strangers…
*Ideally one should carry their donor card with them but DG personally knows two cases in Des where accident victims had donor cards on them and they did not receive emergency care. They were left to die and their organs were harvested. It was all legal.


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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Listening Post: The 25 Best Singles of 2010 (10-8)
10. Tame Impala -- Lucidity
Once again, what was old became new this past year -- and while a lot of bands were reaching back for the mid-70s soft-rock sound, one band was busy digging up the corpse of the Nazz and taking lessons from it. Australia's Tame Impala sound like the last 40 years didn't even happen -- like time stopped right around the time the Beatles wrote It's All Too Much. Lucidity, from the band's debut album Innerspeaker was an absolute blast of an introduction to global audiences -- a fuzzboxed swirl of psychedelic nostalgia that grabbed you by the eardrums and refused to let go. Part big-riff stadium rock, part fierce power-pop and all cool-as-hell, it was one of the catchiest songs of the year.
9. The Heavy -- How You Like Me Now
From the same basic period but borrowing liberally from an entirely different genre come the Heavy -- and the debut single from their second album, which became ubiquitous in 2010 thanks to its being the go-to song for every commercial and movie trailer that wanted you to really think the product it was pushing was bad-ass. If omnipresence on its own translated into quality, How You Like Me Now might sit comfortably atop this list. As it is, though, there's no arguing that the song was popular for a reason: it was damn good. Tapping directly into the funked-up vein of James Brown, the band -- fronted by the soulful howl of singer Kelvin Swaby -- created something so instantly memorable that it was pretty much destined to be massive. What the Heavy proved this year is that originality is all relative -- it relies on context. Sure, you know the kind of thing you're hearing in How You Like Me Now is nothing new under the sun, but in 2010 it sounded like the freshest sound around.
8. Arcade Fire -- Ready To Start
Make no mistake: Arcade Fire are one of the bests bands on earth at the moment. Their 2010 album The Suburbs, while not quite as flat-out fall-to-your-knees excellent as the poetic Neon Bible, continued the Canadian band's tradition of recording ambitious, epically cinematic albums. They truly have become the thinking man's arena rock band, and nothing proves that like Ready To Start. It's an almost magical combination of flawlessly crafted, thoroughly accessible pop hooks, anthemic dynamism and enigmatic intrigue. It's one of those songs that's just damn-near perfect.
Listening Post: The 25 Best Singles of 2010: 11. Ben Folds & Nick Hornby -- From Above, 12. Kanye West (Featuring Bon Iver and Gil Scott-Heron) -- Lost in the World, 13. M.I.A. -- Born Free
Listening Post: The 25 Best Singles of 2010: 14. Sia -- My Love, 15. Middle Class Rut -- New Low, 16. The xx -- Islands
Listening Post: The 25 Best Singles of 2010: 17. John Legend and the Roots -- I Can't Write Left-Handed, 18. Blonde Redhead -- Not Getting There, 19. The National -- Bloodbuzz Ohio
Listening Post: The 25 Best Singles of 2010: 20. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti -- Round and Round, 21. P!nk -- Raise Your Glass, 22. Drive-By Truckers -- This Fucking Job
Listening Post: The 25 Best Singles of 2010: 23. Best Coast -- Boyfriend, 24. Anberlin -- Impossible, 25. Fences -- Girls with Accents
Tomorrow: 7, 6 & 5
Labels: best of 2010, listening post, tame impala, the arcade fire, the heavy
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Not particularly feeling the Tame Impala, but that video was really cool, do you know anything about it, was the near-space part cg'ed or real?
Anyway, thanks for these posts, no one seems to comment much, but I always like picking up new music, and with each post I only know like one of the 3 bands. Change of pace.
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I was glad we get to see the camera come back.
Damn cool idea for a video, and I dig the Pink Floyd Piper At the Gates of Dawn atmosphere of that song.
- Chez said...
The video was shot with a weather balloon launched from where the band was playing.
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"Your protagonist must never act in a way that lowers her status below that of the antagonist."
I read this line in the July/August Writer's Digest, in an article titled "Raise YourCharacters Above the Status Quo" by Steven James. A great article, by the way, but what do you think about that statement?
Status, as described in this article, is a character's need or attempt at having a dominant role in social interactions. Body language, dialogue, and, of course, behavior illustrate status. Interesting characters undergo shifts in status and a protagonist must have areas of weakness or low status to be multi-faceted. That makes sense, right?
However, as the quote seems to be saying, a protagonist shouldn't be submissive to an antagonist. Hmmm . . . interesting. Because readers would have more respect and affection for characters that show strength and courage and confidence? Okay. But must a protagonist always be heroic when confronted with the antagonist? I mean, Harry Potter got his butt kicked more than once by Lord Voldemort and his minions. Just sayin'. However, Harry did maintain his strength and dignity and confidence through the worst of circumstances, didn't he? I never considered him wimpy when up against Voldemort. Did you?
Do you agree that a protagonist must never act in a way that lowers her status below that of the antagonist? I'd love to hear your thoughts as I think about this.


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I have found that I spent so much time focusing on my Christmas makes this year that I didn't find time to post them on the blog. Instead of stressing over it I've decided I will simply share them after the fact! After all, we will all be considering "hmmm what do I make for that person" next year as well right?
This year for Miss E's two Pre-K teachers I knew I wanted to make this apple bookmark which I saw here. Isn't it just perfect? I've been itching to make one ever since seeing it. The only change I made to the design was to add a topstitch at the edge of the bookmark. I whipped these up in one evening and highly recommend making a few for the teachers in your life!
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In the nineteen seventies a new approach to manufacturing systems started to spread outwards from Japan. Generally credited as starting at Toyota where it had evolved over a period of years. This approach had several names JIT (Just In Time), stockless production, and Material requirements planning (MRP).
What was happening was that the capabilities of computers was being utilised to plan the resources being used in manufacturing to dramatically reduce the cost of holding and handling these resources. It became possible to plan exactly what resources were going to be needed and when. Then correct management of the supply chain meant that these resources could be in the right place at exactly the right time. Better planning and efficient use of resources produced better quality finished goods.
This revolutionary approach began to move through western businesses during the eighties with such companies as Hewlett Packard leading the way. Through the eighties and into the nineties most western companies adopted at least some of this new manufacturing philosophy, the most successful at implementing this became the most competitive, and survived the recessions of those years.
Computer software to help this approach was developed, at first in house, and then by ISV's. This was called MRP, then MRP II also CRP (Capacity Requirements Planning) eventually evolving into one integrated solution ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).
Like most new market places there was an initial explosion in the eighties of many vendors supplying this software, followed up as the market matured in the nineties by a consolidation into a small number of vendors.
Then came the open source revolution of the new century, when there was again an explosion of new products onto the market place.
So, first Asian businesses, then American and European businesses adopted this new philosophy their products became highly competitive in the world market. Where did this leave Africa?
I first began to get involved with African businesses in the second half of the last decade and was horrified at just how few companies had adopted this approach to manufacturing. Too often the approach was "Labour is cheap, if we have a problem we throw more cheap labour at it". This approach comes with many problems. Most obviously quality falls when you employ cheap temporary labour, but there is also the social aspect of this. The small amount of planning that seemed to be done was done by hand or spreadsheet. The resource planning revolution had not reached Africa.
Poor control of resources also meant that businesses were losing a great amount of stock through theft. This had a double affect on the business, there was the loss of money that had to be used to replenish the stock, but also the failure to meet customer orders was costing them dearly.
This meant that African goods just couldn't compete with western companies that used sophisticated tools to keep quality high, and costs low.
It would be nice to say that African business owners took to ERP very quickly, but as it was in the early days in the west it was a struggle, but more and more businesses are now seeing the benefits of good planning.
The only software that has been available to African businesses has been produced in the west. This was one of our motivations in producing KwaMoja. We wanted to produce some thing that would benefit African businesses, and something that was produced in Africa, and something that African consultants can sell services around.
We are happy to announce that a new version of KwaMoja is ready and hitting the mirrors already. This is version 14.02 and you can download this version from here.


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Born in Birmingham, England to parents from Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, Kevin Crawford's early life was sound-tracked by the resonance of the lively traditional music scene in the midlands city.
Moving to Co. Clare in 1989, he soon became a pivotal member of the effervescent session trail in the Banner county before enhancing his burgeoning reputation in the group Grianán and the trio Raise the Rafters. He then propelled himself to international recognition with Moving Cloud, with whom he recorded Moving Cloud in 1995 and Foxglove in 1998. Kevin joined Lúnasa in January 1997 for a tour of Australia and has been ever-present in the group since. To date, the instrumental quintet have eight albums to their credit while Kevin has released two solo records, 'D' Flute Album (1994) and In Good Company (2001). He joined fellow band member, piper Cillian Vallelly for a critically acclaimed duet album, On Common Ground, in 2009. The innovative flute player has appeared as a guest on several albums, including singer Seán Tyrrell's Cry of a Dreamer (1994) accordionist Joe Derrane's The Tie That Binds (1998). and American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant's 2010 release, Leave Your Sleep.
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I cannot deny the feeling that this is just one very unfortunate and simplistic piece of economic reasoning. Even if we assume the series to be correct (remember commodity super cycle), how should we deal with the fact that government stance and thus export policies changed drastically during the 2000s? What about the composition of exports and corresponding demand elasticities? Is cost competitiveness so important for all types of exports? What makes you so confident that a simple correlation also explains causation?
There must be a reason why there are various narratives competing to explain the effectiveness of devaluations, what makes you think that you can dismiss one of them by simply looking at a raw time series?
As economists we have lately been confronted with fierce criticism for our over simplistic reasoning and we should do everything to improve, for example by pointing out shacky lines of reasoning. A simple disclaimer will not do the job.
First of all, thank you for taking the time to read my post and posting a comment.
It was not my intention to dismiss anything. I wanted to point out that the main narrative on Argentina's default was just pure fantasy and not based on any kind of data and also pointing out that currency devaluation is not a one-size-fits-all policy. Each case is different that was the point of the "focusing on facts and not doctrines proposed by first-year economics textbooks".
By the way, are you insinuating that I tampered with data here? Because this is kind of insulting, isn't it now? Anyway here are the series used for the 1st chart. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.KN
I really don't understand the point re the commodities supercycle here since the commodity supercycle was supportive for the 2002-2014 period and not for the 1991 - 2001 one. What's more these series depict export volumes.
All, your arguments sir seem to be theoretical ones. If you think that one of my points is wrong please be so kind as to point this out using data.
This post is a strawman par excellence.
The Argentine recovery was not due to suddenly exporting a bunch more because of the elimination of the 1:1 currency board. Rather it was due to rebuilding the internal industry and domestic market that had been destroyed by the failed currency policy, massive privatisations and fiscal austerity under Menem/de la Rúa. Most major Argentine economists agree on this (including Roberto Lavagna, the FinMin who oversaw the first years of recovery) and it has been affirmed by non-Argentine economists such as Mark Weisbrot of the CEPR and Michael Hudson of UMKC.
Your argument that devaluation is not a panacea is a no-brainer, and there is even better evidence for your point if one looks at the two recent regional devaluations: Brazil and Argentina herself at the end of last year. Neither led to export boosts because the global demand is simply not there, even at lower prices.
That said, I'm not sure whom it is you are refuting, as I have not heard this "standard narrative" "clatter" you mention. By keeping the 1:1 policy, Argentines paid the same price for imports as exports, and local industry was decimated, with unemployment topping 25% and more than half of the country thrown into poverty. Protectivist measures, expanded fiscal spending and a lower peso all helped reverse this and put Argentines back to work. That is the standard narrative. If you can refute this "clatter", then you will have an argument that is not a strawman.
Thank your for taking the time to read the post.
First of all, sth on whether the loss of competitiveness part was made up on my part. A couple of examples here http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2011/11/think-tank-20/11_argentina_kiguel.pdf http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~mulraine/arg.pdf
Also, thank you for suggesting what I should refute but I think that we're straying off-topic here, aren't we?
Nick, thanks for your prompt response.
I never suggested you made up the loss of competitiveness argument-- sure one can find all kinds of goofy arguments on the internets. But several times you have called this the main narrative (or am i misunderstanding the word "Clatter"?), and now to back up the claim you cite a PhD candidate I never heard of and a paper by.... wait for it... the sub-assistant to the Argentine FinMin who created the 1:1 currency board (Cavallo).
These may be narratives but they are not mainstream by any means, and much less the "dominant narrative". I cited Lavagna, Weisbrot and Hudson and could name many others of equal stature in the field, and it would seem to be incumbent on you to provide some sort of equally prominent economists to justify your argument that the currency-devaluation-for-export-competitiveness idea is the "standard narrative".
Secondly, as to my suggestion as to "what to refute", you billed your post as a refutation of the standard narrative and proceeded to rebut a different argument-- a non-standard narrative. By suggesting you refute the actual standard narrative, I am not changing topics; I am suggesting you stick to the original one.
That said, it bears repeating that we both agree on the gist of your point: currency devaluation is not a panacea.
Well, you said that "this post is a Strawman per excellence" and that "I'm not sure whom it is you are refuting, as I have not heard this standard narrative clatter you mention". Besides, the views of a guy (Lavagna) taking up public sector positions whenever the Peronists were in office or Mark Weisbrot, hardly define the mainstream, do they?
Here's a note from the federal reserve claiming the same thing. http://goo.gl/W6Ktxt
But this whole thingy (defining the mainstream) is futile, so please let's not engage in that any further.
Again, thank you for reading the post and spending time to comment and discuss it with me. Cheers from Athens.
I think this analysis ignored the export taxes that were implemented during NK's and CFK's terms. They disincentivized investment in many of Argentina's core exports, decreasing their productivity (even in spite of the record commodity prices). During that decade Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay all exceeded Argentina's beef export, for instance.
Now that president MM took over and has promised to rid the country of the export taxes (already done for all agricultural products except soy beans, which will decrease at 5% a year) investment is starting up again in the industry.
In conclusion this is not a ceteris parabus comparison.


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I know this is late and I've been away for a little while (settling into new job and new role all exciting and time consuming) but I believe I haven't missed one of these since February (?) so better late than never.
This month I have been experimenting with lip colour and I've really enjoyed it and discovering which shades actually suit me and which ones I should really never wear again. So I've put away the nudes and been bold, bright and brilliant, and these two have been my favourite of this month. They're the Rimmel Kate in Rossetto I think it's called, but it's 37, that's clear, and the Revlon Colourbust in Fuchsia. I've actually had the Revlon lipstick for ages, just never really worn it that much, and the Kate was a purchase from earlier on in the month when I was on the hunt for a fun flirty shade to wear for a festival I went to last month, which was unreal.
I have used the Clinique Anti Blemish 3-step ever since I was a young teenager and it really helped with my skin, but I wanted something new and fresh in my life. I bought into the Liz Earle Cloth Cleanser a few months back and love love it, so I looked to the Liz Earle stand to show me the way to my new fresh face. The woman recommended these two products, the Instant Boost Tonic and the Skin Repair Moisturiser in Light. They. Are. Amazing. My skin really feels so rejuvenated and vibrant. They're a god send!
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Finally for this months favourites is this book which I have wanted to purchase for months and months. It finally came out on paperback, I saw it in Waterstones, the rest is history. It's 'Not that Kind of Girl' by Lena Dunham. I loved her so much in Girls so I just had to read this. I read a massive chunk of this book on a train journey to Brighton with my boyfriend the other day and I couldn't stop laughing. One bit really tickled me, it was something about social media I think, but it was jokes and I'm really enjoying it, and reading again as a whole! I also read the Life with a Sprinkle of Glitter recently which was a good read and also visually enjoyable.
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In the dream her figure was not solid, but ethereal; only partly there, like a spirit. I stood in front of her and wrapped my arms around hazy form saying, "I never had the chance to hug you, as an adult." I asked her if she had any messages for my mother, and she gave me two. Unfortunately, upon waking I couldn't remember the second. I did recall the majority of the first, and when I wrote to my mom to tell her, she replied that it was the same message that her morning reading had given her. That was nice to hear.
I pulled a few cards to explore this experience:
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Page of Cups. A perfect symbol of a message-bearer, a speaker through the liminal realms of dreamtime.
2: Her essential message to me
9 of Pentacles. I felt this to be both encouragement and acknowledgement of where I am, and where I'm headed. I felt that she was telling me that she's proud of me.
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Head over to the Internet Cafe to download the complete study on a PDF. You may choose to work at your own pace or come back here on Tuesdays and Thursdays in March to fellowship and learn from one another.
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Our make-over begins with a complete heart transplant. Allow God to take out your old heart full of its selfish desires and replace it with a new heart, delighting in Him. Take a glimpse into the hearts of Jabez and King David, and learn what it means to truly "delight yourself in the Lord."
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So many hearts today are crying out for love and are carrying wounds of the past that so desperately need to be healed. Allow God to reveal your hidden pain, to heal your broken heart, and replace sorrow with joy by trusting Him. Surrender to His amazing love, accept His forgiveness, and release those who have hurt you.
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Are there and IT Types that might be able to Help Me Here at OOTP?
I have been having this problem here at OOTP for the past 2 years now and it's driving me crazy. And the thing is... it's ONLY here (at least so far). But things don't "work right" in by Firefox browser here. And this is a new and updated version of Firefox from last year... yet the symptoms are the same. None of the emoticons work (nor do any of the buttons above). If I type something in "QUOTES" and then later edit it.. it gets posted with with some strange formatting stuff (I'll edit this post after I post it so show what I'm talking about. When I quote someone else's post... I get some strange formatting stuff showing up. And I can NOT put paragraph separations in any post. Oh I put them there.. but when I post it's always one long paragraph. There may other symptoms I'm not recalling right now but it's so frustrating because it's just HERE. But to be fair I don't think I post at any other forum that uses this type of forum software so maybe that's why too. Didn't Mogul used to use similar forum software to this? I guess I could try there if i could remember my password lol Anyway, any help appreciated.
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I guess not. If it helps any, I think it may be possible that I did it inadvertently. Would it be possible to accidentally hit a key while browsing the forums and have something like this happen?? All I know is it worked fine forever... then last year (with the "old" version of Firefox) this mess started and continues to this year (with the new Firefox). Really strange. Guess maybe my only hope is to install and use another browser. Sure didn't want to do that.
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Firefox has been acting strange for me as well since the last update. i find myself more and more using IE to go on these boards. i even installed Avant, which i am not certain i like or not .... but it's not just you. Sometimes Firefox works great for me, other times ..... well ....
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Probably not what you want to here, but try Google Chrome. I switched to it from Firefox a long time ago.
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i use firefox and no problems
what addons are you using? try disabling them all... then if it works, add 1, turn back off -- check each till you find the problem...
adblock-type maybe? these block custom fonts and other elements on occasion and could do exactly what you are describing.
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uninstall fully.. restart. open explorer with windows search and type in firefox, delet anythign that you find. repeat with 'mozilla' in search.
(you can export your settings/bookmarks and whatever else, just in case... do that befreo you uninstall/delete of course.)
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OFG, if you can find it, try reverting back to Firefox version 56.0.2. Important: If you install this version, you must NOT be connected to the internet. Reason: Built-in is a provision to immediately go to Mozilla and download the latest version. Instead, after you install 56.0.2, go right away to Options, General and set it for "Never check for updates." Then reconnect to the internet.
That's what I did for two reasons. Actually three.
First, I like how my current version of Firefox looks and I resent I.T. uh, people, constantly making software changes "for my own good" (actually, to justify their existences).
Second, they made major changes to Firefox beginning with version 57 which, among other things, destroyed most add-ons. Well, did not destroy them but invalidated them so that they could no longer be used. One in particular, Roomy Bookmarks Toolbar, I consider essential and did not want to part with so that Firefox can say "look how fast we are now" (which difference I did not notice when I briefly had 57 installed).
Third, I want to be in charge of my computer. Me, not some knuckleheads in Seattle or wherever. Bad enough that with Windows 10 which I just moved up to at work and sure enough had an immediate issue (2 hours spent downloading and installing an entire new W10 because they said so, thereby wiping out custom start menu and display settings), you have no choice concerning system updates.
Now that said, OFG, just be aware that as time goes on, experts do recommend that you eventually update your internet browser due to security concerns. I am aware of this. However, I live a clean virtual life and I have robust anti-malware programs in place which are constantly updated with virus definitions. I have never had any problem, knock on wood. You need to decide for yourself, however.
The fresh install may help with your symptoms but I think the latest version of Firefox is probably not helping at all. Try reverting back to 56.0.2 if you can. Good luck.
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as with any patching process... never be an early adopter. first thing i do is set it to inform me but don't download updates... wait a ~week..maybe google 'firefox XX.XX problems' etc xx.xx is version#
read the changelog.. is it just a security patch or are they adding something new? if just security, update immediately.
microsoft is its own exclusive situation.. most software you want to update as soon as you know it's not bugged. ie feedback of angry nerd rage on internet forums through a google search.
e.g. in win 7 you never want to install the 'optional' patches.. even the odd important one too.. i avoided the whole win10 adware nonsense, becuase i knew the kbxxxxx to avoid through google searches and not immediately updating the moment it is released.
update channels have been hacked before and install malacious crap on your pc, look into "handbrake" example and there are others too. do a little researach before clicking "okay" and blindly trusting them. faith is dangerous.
when it's mostly an asthetic update, i agree with deja bru, but only in those instances. programs get better with time and you should learn to adapt with them.
a good example of where i agree... a button is moved after 5-10 years of being in the same place... for no reason.. that's an asthetic change that's stupid. then ~year later after you build a new habit of clickign in new location, they move it back, lol.
however, new functions can't magically appear without an update. either it will leave you vulnerable to attakcs or some websites will simply not function etc.
the newer firefox loads 3x fater and can make use of multiple processes whiel browsing.. it modernized it to compete with chrome. also, unlike google, mozilla is a community effort that isn't likely to use your private information for profit. hello, google, ms, apple, etc..
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LOOKING FOR WORK Different countries have different cultures. The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that are passed from one generation to the next. The narrator comes from Mexico who lives in the United States. The narrator has some special understanding which different with his family during his summer vacation. His family is not very wealthy sot he story happens on the narrator looking for the work to earn the money. How does the narrator find out what difference between his family and the family of his white friends or Mexican? The answer should be in narrator's routine and contacting with his friends.
The narrator's life is like ordinary Mexican, but he does not want it at all. Usually, Mexican children's lives are very playful; they always play some interesting things after school or during the vacation. For example, they go to swimming or play at the ditch with some toys, which made by their self.
The narrator also feels their life style is different from American. " Our own talk at dinner was loud with belly laughs and marked by our pointing forks at one another. The subjects were commonplace." ( Soto, page 32 ) We could know something here; the narrator does not really like style of his family dinner. " For a weeks I had drunk Kool-Aid and watched morning reruns of Father Knows Best, whose family was so uncomplicated in its routine that I very much waited to imitate it. The first step was to get my brother and sister to wear shoes at dinner." ( Soto, page 32 ) WANG 2 The narrator tries to change their style of dinner but does not success. The narrator may be feel that kind of dinner style let him feel cleaner and politeness. He is trying to learn something from white people and find out their life style is different with white people.
The narrator thinks all the white families are very rich and have very comfortable lives. " There were no beatings, no rifts in the family. They wore bright clothes; toys tumbled form their closets. They hopped into bed with kisses and woke to glasses of fresh orange juice." ( Soto, page 36 ) The narrator kind of admires the way that white families treat their children. This is not really live of the white kids; at least, most of my white friends do not that kind of very comfortable childhood. The narrator always compares with their true life. The true fact of white people's life is not really like that what the narrator see in the program on the television; some of white children may have that life style but it is not many now. White people are more politeness than other people are; it is true in my mind but it does not mean everyone of white person is very politeness.
" May I have the mashed potatoes?" asks Beaver with a smile. " Sure, Beav," replies Wally as he taps the corners of his corners of his mouth with a starched napkin. The father looks on in his suit. The mother, decked out in earrings and a pearl necklace, cuts into her steak and blushes. Their conversation is politely clipped." ( Soto, page 36 ) This effects narrator very much because it becomes his image about white people. In real life, how many white families do this kind of conversation during the dinner? I think it is not many in our society now. It is very stiff and mechanical life.
WANG 3 What is the difference between Mexican family and white family? Their cultures make them be different. The white families treat their children more nice than Mexican family, make children independently at the same time and let the children find out what they want to be in the future. On the other hand, Mexican families are more open than white families. Mexican families treat their children not very straight; in other words, they usually will not limit their children that much. For example, I am living in the apartment right now which have about forty-nine white people, fifty percents is Mexican and the rest is me and my room-mates. I always see the Mexican children are playing around the swimming poor and shouting each other. But I am not often seeing the white children do that in the apartment. Oppositely, most of the white children have too more extra self-confident than the Mexico children. In our society, mostly white people always be in the white people group, Mexican always be in Mexican group, black people and Asian do the same thing, too. The narrator tries to change his brother and sister to be friend with other white children. " I tried to convince them that if we improved the way we looked we might get along better in life. White people would like us more. They might invite us to places, like their homes or front yards. They might not hate us so much. My sister called me a "craphead," and got up to leave with a stalk of grass dangling from her mouth. " They will never like us."" ( Soto, page 37 ) The narrator tries to be a friend with white children but he does not success, too. " David called again. Rick got up and slapped grass from his pants. When I asked if I could come along he said no." ( Soto, page 38 ) What are really differences between the family of the Mexican and American? I think most of the white families are very politeness and have more virtue of patience; WANG 4 Mexican families are not many like that. But Mexican families make their children easily to be friend with other people. In the story, the white family of the narrator's friend is very kind but does not like the narrator and his brother. On the other hand, the family of his other friend, little John, treats the narrator very nicely. That is a big difference between the family of the white and Mexican.


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