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I love this story of Tony Wilson and Factory Records. I love how it starts out all muted and colorless like some people might think the music of Joy Division might sound, and then halfway through it becomes bright and garish like the music of the Happy Mondays, and I don't care if you don't. Get your own blog and give your own biased opinion. I watched it on DVD because the selection on Netflix still sucks. Here's a trailer:
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
24 Hour Party People: A Good One #156
I love this story of Tony Wilson and Factory Records. I love how it starts out all muted and colorless like some people might think the music of Joy Division might sound, and then halfway through it becomes bright and garish like the music of the Happy Mondays, and I don't care if you don't. Get your own blog and give your own biased opinion. I watched it on DVD because the selection on Netflix still sucks. Here's a trailer:
The Tree Of Life: Terrible Movies #234
In theory, there should be absolutely no reason why I should dislike this gorgeously shot poem by Terrence Malick, well, except for all the reasons I'm going to list below. Spinning a spider's web thin plot about something that has to do with a family and DDT while forgoing substantial familial interaction for the images of a flock of starlings taking flight over a scenic downtown vista or a hand sensuously stroking the rough surface of a rock; it's all very lovely but ultimately has the depth of a three hour commercial for some pop starlet's perfume or the newest shade of latex interior paint. The cast acts their little hearts out plaintively, whispering a script that could very well have been jotted down on several cocktail napkins and sounding suspiciously similar to drugstore greeting card sentiments while opera plays on the soundtrack and artfully filmed scenes of shadowplay on stucco occurs. Who are these people, and why should I care? The Tree Of Life has a Kubrick-y NatGeo feel; like it's an overlong video travel brochure for people who want to visit volcanoes, doorways in the desert, San Francisco, or the surface of the Sun. There's tons of very earnest and important film-making; with stunt butterflies, dinosaurs, closeups of soap bubbles, Pottery Barn-esque set design and art direction, and lots and lots and lots of symbolic vaginas. Someone is definitely going to win a well deserved Academy Award for cinematography, so watch it with the sound down. I watched it on DVD from the Redbox because there still isn't crap to watch on Netflix. Here's a trailer:
Saturday, December 17, 2011
The Thin Man: A Good One #154
I have a tradition of watching the only three Xmas movies in existence. They are the 1938 version of a A Xmas Carol, The Thin Man, and Die Hard. That's it, and I refuse to believe there any other ones. So I watched The Thin Man for the 9 millionth time because it's awesome, and I laughed like I always do, and I wrote out my letter to Santa wishing that he would make me as droll, sophisticated and drunk as William Powell. I'm already extremely droll, I have many bottles of alcohol, so I just need to be sophisticated. I'll be checking my stocking. We'll see how that pans out. I watched The Thin Man on DVD and everyone should, but no one should risk their lives by trying to drink as many martinis as William Powell does. Here's a clip:
Wild Guitar: Terrible Movies #233
Two clumsy people meet nice in a cafe, then everyone says Spearfish for some reason in this 'rock' and 'roll' movie where a naive bumpkin makes it big in the music industry. Someone else does the Twist because that passed for entertainment in the mid-20th century, then someone else plays unconvincing music on an unconvincing guitar in front of unconvincing fans who unconvincingly rush the stage in unconvincing enthusiasm because it's in the script. There's also a movie poster promoting the film EEGAH, lots of brylcreem, moist cigars, a hint of payola, a bothersome pompadour, ice skating, and 90 minutes of a pitiful Ricky Nelson imitation. I watched Wild Guitar on Youtube. Here's a trailer:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Hercules And The Tyrants Of Babylon: Terrible Movies #232⅛
Hercules throws a Volkswagen sized boulder at a guy on a horse. This knocks the guy off the horse, but the horse doesn't seem to mind that much. That's as far into the film I got before falling asleep. You can't make me watch the rest. Here's a trailer which conveniently has exactly the scene I was talking about. I slept while I assume it did that stuff that every Hercules movie ever does on Youtube.
The Yesterday Machine: Terrible Movies #232
The Yesterday Machine opens with a majorette twirling a baton in this Hitler-based time travel movie and you be hard-pressed to find a movie that wouldn't be made a tiny bit better by the inclusion of baton-twirling. Don't you think watching Maria Falconetti twirl a baton in The Passion Of Joan Of Arc would've lived that film up a bit? No? OK, then. Anyway, throughout The Yesterday Machine I kept begging for more baton-twirling because everything else in the movie was terrible. Every time I saw that nagging majorette and her 35 year old high school boyfriend with the receding hairline I thought to myself, "Hey girl, shut the hell up and twirl that baton because this script sucks", well, except when the boyfriend got shot by Civil War soldiers. That sort of put a damper on things, but I had hope that when her bullet-riddled body wasn't found it surely means her plucky baton-twirling self would reappear sometime. I don't want to give anything away, but she does, and it sucks. There's also scotch-drinking hospital staff, wooden acting, iffy lip-syncing, a guy on horseback who yells "Witchcraft!", a Nazi scientist who gives a very lengthy monologue on relativity, and very little baton-twirling. I watched it on Youtube and you probably shouldn't. Sorry, but there doesn't seem to be a trailer.
Labyrinth: A Good One #152
Spoiled rotten future Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly gives The Thin White Duke and some naughty Muppets a baby in this '80s family film. You know, something about that sentence doesn't sound right. I can't put my finger on it. Oh well, I said it and I'm moving on. Equal parts great art direction and dodgy acting, it would be much better without the humans. Go ahead and be mad if you want, but you know if someone cut all the crappy Bowie/Connelly parts out it would be All Muppets All The Time and it would be fantastic. What would make it even better is if they inserted the video to Ashes To Ashes every time Bowie did a musical number. It wouldn't make a lot of sense, but everyone's head would explode from all of the awesome. I watched Labyrinth on Netflix Instant Streaming. Here's a link to Ashes To Ashes because I don't want to get hassled by EMI:
Wild Women Of Wongo: Terrible Movies #231
People become startled by a parrot while carrying spears and wearing grass skirts in this indescribable film. The parrot gets A LOT of screentime. There's 6 pages of infantile script, a woman dressed as a crocodile who does a bit of interpretive dance, underwater alligator wrestling, and an epic battle where people gently tap pointy sticks together and by "epic" I really mean "lousy". Recommended if you like stuff that sucks. Here's a clip. WARNING! Do not watch if you're offended by frisky girl-on-alligator action.
The Vampire: Terrible Movies #230
A doctor accidentally takes bat medicine and becomes a monster in this boring vampire film where people talk on phones and enter rooms and not much else happens. It sort of reminded me of a cross between Dracula and Leave It To Beaver, except without the horror, Bela Lugosi, Beaver, or anything interesting. I watched it on Youtube.
There doesn't seem to be a trailer.
Amazing Mr. X: A Good One #151
I was convinced The Amazing Mr. X was going to be cruddy, and I was pleasantly surprised. It features great noir cinematography and lighting (Well, what there is of it. Couldn't anyone in the '40s turn on a light every once in a while?), I enjoyed the screenwriter's take on spiritualism and the long grift. I don't have much to complain about. I watched it on Youtube.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Santa Claus: Terrible Movies #229
A jolly old hypocrite with a white beard and a gaudy red and white outfit tries to lay down a bum rap on a guy with horns (and I'm not talking about Miles Davis) in this slightly offensive, creepy and disturbing film, and by "slightly", I really mean "thoroughly". Santa Claus commits a little breaking and entering, droplifts, enslaves children to make toys violating many child labor laws, gives a kid a machine gun and an atomic laboratory, and assaults someone with a cannon. Now don't get me wrong, The Guy With The Horns isn't exactly a role-model because he gives children access to rocks, moves a chimney and lights a fire under Santa's butt, but Santa had it coming. It's about time someone lit a fire under Santa's ass because he only works one day a year. Anyway, this movie is just awful. It consists of 90% voiceover narration, a newspaper-based continuity error, and hideous tone-deaf Xmas music. You'll also be frightened by a mechanical Santa, a mechanical eyeball on a stalk, a telescope with lips, several eerie puppets, a rag-doll can-can dream sequence, and wind-up giggling robot reindeer with dead yellow eyes. Yikes. I watched it on Youtube because there still isn't anything to watch on Netflix. Here it is:
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Malibu Beach Vampies: Terrible Movies #228
This film might actually bump Birdemic out of the top spot as The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen. Bikini-clad girls jiggle and recite poetry on the beach, and they appear to be truth-serum daylight beach vampires for almost 5 minutes of a 75 minute film. There's 5 minutes of terrible credits and the soundtrack awkwardly plays over dialogue. You'll see bad vampire teeth, tap-dancing, hideous acting, and videotape timecode in the bottom left corner in several scenes. You'll hear pitchy acoustic guitar playing, many awful musical numbers, and overhear someone giving muffled direction during dialogue. Scenes seem to begin and end at random, and scenes are replayed because someone seems to like them. Large chunks of movie might be missing. It all seems first take, and flubs are left in. It's astonishing. I assume this is a completed film as there are end credits. Who knows? Don't tell me. I watched it on Youtube through a facepalm. I'm not posting a clip, and you can't make me. Highly recommended if you like ham-fisted political statements, Body Glove, dance studios subbing for television studios, money being clothes-pinned to sheets, being bored and confused, or stuff that sucks.
She-Freak: Terrible Movies #227
As a documentary, She-Freak does a fine job showing the raising of the big top and the tear-down of the show, but it does a lousy job as a movie. Here's the plot: Upwardly mobile gold-digging former waitress becomes a carny and gets her comeuppance. The film features interesting footage of a carnival in the late '60s; there's the Tilt-a-Whirl, the Scrambler, a little burlesque, and the Sideshow. Sadly, there's also a dragging plot, 13 pages of script, bad acting, jazz instead of dialogue, and looped carnival sounds. Then it ends after blatantly ripping off Tod Browning. It's both fascinating and dreadful. I watched it on Youtube. Here's a trailer:
A Charlie Brown Christmas: A Good One #150
Capitalist kids ruthlessly berate and ridicule a non-conformist treehugger and rightfully give him what-for in this maudlin Yuletide special, and man, it's depressing. Seriously, why can't Ol' Chuck get with the program? Buy stuff. Buy lots and lots of stuff because that's how people know you love them. And you should buy your many soulless holiday items from a huge soulless multi-national corporation because the selection at the local stores sucks because they're all going out of business. Don't you know there's a War On Xmas? Oh good grief! The poor beleaguered holiday only lasts from the middle of October through February 1st, and almost no one knows about it. If only the world's retailers could get behind it and give it a push, but sadly, there's hardly any marketing or advertisements for it at all. It's like it's not even there. But I digress. Anyway, the Peanuts Gang tries to get down and get funky to the jazzy piano stylings of Vince Guaraldi, and Chuck is being a huge drag, so they all bully him but he had it coming because he is trying to convince everyone that "less is more", but clearly More Is More. They prove More Is More when the kids start "cooperating" and turn the tiny Xmas twig into a blinged out tree, but I could be wrong. In conclusion, it's a classic holiday program blah-blah-blah, and they show it once a year so you should probably watch it, but It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is superior for obvious reasons. I watched it on local television programming because I think there's some sort of law requiring it, and I promise never to do that again. Here's a clip:
Oops, someone replaced my clip with a commercial for Zingers Snack Cakes. Buy Zingers.
The Guy With Secret Kung Fu: Terrible Movies #226
I'm not sure it's what you would call a "secret" considering everyone in the movie knows kung fu. Plus, there seems to be two guys. Maybe that's the secret. I'm not sure. Regardless, The Guy With Secret Kung Fu has a plot I suppose because people keep talking about stuff, but heck if I know what it is. Someone kicks a boat apart, someone else gets a howling wolf sound effect whenever he appears on screen, and there's tons of kung fu adventures with swords and fans and darts and flaming wheelbarrows. If someone put a gun to my head and demanded I tell them what this movie is about, my guess would be fishing. I could be wrong though. I watched it on bmovies.com. The selection on Netflix still sucks hardcore. Here's a trailer:
The Atomic Brain: Terrible Movies #225
An old woman hires housekeepers so she can store her brain in their youthful bodies in this thing someone might call a film. Consisting largely of voiceover narration, jarringly inappropriate sound effects and musical accompaniment featuring Magical Harp, Forlorn Oboe, and Comedic Xylophone in scenes shot on the stairs because that's where most of the action takes place, The Atomic Brain (AKA Monstrosity) is amateurish in every way and one of the worst movies I've ever seen. There's haphazard editing, dodgy accents, terrible special effects and awful acting. Even though it's only 64 minutes long, I thought it would never end. I watched it on Youtube. Here's a trailer:
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Ghostbusters: A Good One #149
I don't have a lot to complain about from the film Ghostbusters other than the special effects haven't aged particularly well, the screenplay has a couple of problems, and the theme song still sucks. It's funny, and I enjoyed it. I watched it on DVD because I couldn't find a damn thing on Netflix. Here's a trailer, but it's not as though you're unfamiliar with it:
Frankenstein's Bloody Terror: Terrible Movies #224
Frankenstein's Bloody Terror features elaborate sets, cobweb strewn crypts, foggy streets, bloody chemises, gloomy catacombs, dressing gowns, cardigans, suits of armor, cleavage, pentagrams, cravats, candelabras, a hairdo that looks as though it was created at Dairy Queen, a caged werewolf fight, vampires running through the forest and absolutely no Frankenstein. I have little idea what was happening because I nodded off during some key moments early in the film, but I don't think it matters much. I watched it on Youtube, and I think I'd watch it again. Here it is:
Speed Racer: A Good One #148
In an effort to expand the cultural horizons of the marketing department, I allowed them to watch the first episode of the classic '60s cartoon Speed Racer. It didn't go well. I'm frankly surprised by this as it contains rudimentary animation, high speed chases, fiery explosions, car crashes, motorcycle gangs, neckerchiefs, a bangin' (and totally implausible) vehicle, and an awesome theme song; I assumed they would enjoy it because I like all that stuff and people should like things I like because I'm great. Fail. They're no longer with the company, and by "no longer with the company" I mean that as a company we decided to go another way and they've all been crushed by a safe. I'm sorry they chose to have this happen to them, as that means a mountain of paperwork for me and waste of a perfectly good safe. I'm now taking applications in many departments of Deathrage Industries. I watched it on DVD, and it was pretty frickin' sweet.
They Came From Beyond Space: Terrible Movies #223
Strange meteorites from the moon land in formation in a field in Cornwall which then glow and take over the minds of the investigating scientists forcing them to rob banks because that seems like the right thing to do while swinging '60s jazz plays in this sci-fi film based on the book "The Gods Hate Kansas". Featuring jalopies, rear projection, suspect science, awkward fight scenes, a cow, a plague, an unlikely rocket-ship, and silver anti-alien-thought-control colanders as headgear. I watched it on Youtube. Here it is:
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Scream Bloody Murder: Terrible Movies #222
A young boy suffers a tragic arm removal in a slow-motion and completely avoidable tractor accident which then results in many more "accidental" deaths years later in this badly focused horror film. Features scenery chewing, amateurish acting, a nonsensical script, and a moment where the one-armed ax murderer cowardly climbs a vertical rock-strewn cliff wearing cowboy boots in a failed attempt to flee the voices in his head. It's unpleasant and tedious. I watched it on Youtube because the selection on Netflix bites. Here it is, but you won't like it:
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General Motors announced a car-sharing service called Maven on Jan 21, 2016. Initially it will be available in Ann Arbor, MI with additional cities to be added later.
Maven will be available at 21 parking lots around Ann Arbor focused around the University of Michigan. This service will compete with existing carsharing services like Zipcar and Car2Go. Zipcar is already available in Ann Arbor, with 20+ "pod" locations.
According to The Verge, Maven will differentiate itself from Zipcar and Car2Go by having no membership fee and a low rate of $6/hour. This compares with Zipcar's Ann Arbor rates ranging from $5.50/hr for a Ford Fiesta to $10.50/hr for a Jeep Compass. Most of Zipcar's Ann Arbor fleet is priced at $8.50 or $9.50 with a daily rate of $77/day.
Car2Go, while not in Ann Arbor, has a more interesting rate system: Users are encouraged to make one-way trips and can park the car on the street within a very large area of most cities. They offer a per-minute rate of $0.41/minute which automatically converts to an hourly rate of $14.99/hr and $84.99/day. While more expensive than zipcar, Car2Go's model doesn't require users to specify in advance how long they will be gone, and so doesn't have any late fees or "time anxiety" associated with other reservation-based systems like ZipCar. In addition, it encourages users to minimize their travel time and make their cars available to other Car2Go users while parked – users don't need to pay for the time a vehicle spends parked at their destination if they are willing to potentially use a different vehicle for their return trip.
Maven will be a showcase for GM's latest technology, it will be comprised of Chevy Spark and Chevy Bolts equipped with 4G connectivity, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and SiriusXM. This emphasis on in-vehicle media should be received well by the millennial demographic that GM is going after with Maven.
GM is not the first car company to offer car-sharing. BMW has Drive Now, which is available in many German cities and was available in San Francisco until it shuttered in late 2015.
Audi offers an extremely high-end car-sharing service Audi On Demand in San Francisco. Users can request any Audi model to be delivered to their door from the Audi A4 at $155/day up to the R8 Spyder at $1285/day. Apart from users looking to test out a vehicle or impress someone for the day, Audi's offering doesn't represent a feasible mobility option for most people.
Ford is still clinging to the individual car-ownership model with their recent announcement of group leasing for private "car-sharing" among 6 friends. This still assumes user will want to own and maintain a car and that only one user at a time will want them.
Maven isn't GM's only recent foray into non-car-owning mobility, they recently launched "Lets Drive NYC" – a car-sharing service restricted to residents of New York's Ritz Plaza, a 479-unit luxury apartment building at Times Square. Additionally, they acquired the remnants of failed ridesharing startup Sidecar and made a $500 million investment in Lyft.

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Physiotherapist`s in our Clondalkin Clinic are members of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists and CORU. The clinic is well situated in Clondalkin village with easy access to surrounding areas such as Palmerstown, Tallaght, Lucan, Ballyfermot, Chapelizod, Park West and City West. All ours Physiotherapist`s in DC Physiotherapy Clondalkin are experts in Joint Mobilization, Spinal Manipulation, Deep Tissues Massage, Exercise Therapy, Spinal Decompression and Dry Needling for Low Back and Neck pain relief. We offer best in Class treatments for Low Back and Neck Pain, Sciatica, Sports Injuries, Muscle and Ligament strain, Nerve Impingement, Hip or Ankle pain and Road Traffic Injuries. We have a keen interest in human movement with particular focus on Spinal problems associated with Low Back and Neck Pain. Our aim is to comprehensively assess, diagnose and treat a person from injury back to full health. Clondalkin is a town in Dublin around 10 km out side of Dublin City Centre, jurisdiction of South Dublin.
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omg! That looks so good. I love fettuccine alfredo!
Pumpkin Fettuccine Alfredo with Fried Sage and Capers
All the creamy goodness you love in an Alfredo pasta made lighter by substituting traditional dairy with lighter, plant-based ingredients.
- 12 oz. fettuccine pasta
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup fresh sage, divided
- 2 Tablespoons capers, drained
- 1 medium shallot
- 1 - 15oz. can pumpkin
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 1/2 cup cashews
- herbed seasoning salt
- Prepare pasta according to package directions, reserving 1 cup of the water. Drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a small skillet over medium high heat. Add sage and capers and cook until sage is crisp, 30 seconds or so. Remove sage and capers and place on a paper towel; sprinkle with salt.
- In the now empty pot used to cook the pasta, melt butter over medium high heat.
- Add shallot and cook, stirring frequently, until soft and fragrant, 3-4 minutes.
- Add pumpkin, coconut milk, cashews, 1/2 of the fried sage leaves, crumbled, and the reserved 1 cup pasta water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer 5 minutes.
- Use an immersion blender to blend the sauce until smooth. Adjust seasoning to taste with the herbed salt.
- Add fettuccine to the sauce and toss to coat. Heat through and serve warm topped with the remaining fried sage leaves and capers.
Adapted from Purple Carrot.
28 thoughts on "Pumpkin Fettuccine Alfredo with Fried Sage and Capers"
This sounds so fantastic! And I LOVE capers – never thought of putting them on pasta before!
I love fettuccine alfredo!! This sounds so good!
If I'm not wrong then this looks like a vegan pasta. If so then I would love to try this at home, I guess that would be only thing which I try myself rather than my mum ?
This Pumpkin Fettuccine Alfredo looks so tasty. This pasta dish is good for me to make because it won't bother my GERD. Also, it is perfect to make it for this Fall season. 🙂
I have never heard of pumpkin in a pasta sauce before!?! I am so excited to try this delicious recipe! I am ready for a carb overload!
Pumpkin fettuccine sounds great! I would have never thought to add pumpkin flavor with alfredo so thank you for this post, I'll have to give it a try during the weekend!
Yummy lovely dish I did a similar recipe last yea and was a hit the combo with the pumpkin and the fettuccini pasta is genius
It looks so attempting. Always love the pumpkin. Thanks for the recipe
My mouth is watering! Your pumpkin fettuccine alfredo with fried sage and capers looks and sounds delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
Wow. This sounds so interesting. I am a huge fan of pumpkin but never thought of this combo.
wow! the combination of pumpkin, coconut milk and cashews sounds amazing!! will be trying this!
This sounds delicious. My family loves pasta so they will definitely enjoy this recipe.
Yuumm this looks amazing! I am adding this to my list of dinners this week. Can't get enough of pasta!
Wow, this looks super good! What a fun and yummy recipe!


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Today I have a nice set of high-res tree bark textures for you guys. When I went out to shoot these I was surprised at just how many variations of bark I found. Also this is the first set of textures I've created on my new 24" iMac, so let me know if anything looks/acts a little strange.
One other thing: I have some awesome new projects in the works that will be coming out in the next couple of weeks. Keep your eyes peeled ;)
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After creating a certificate, the owner must sign the certificate to prevent forgery. E-commerce sites, or those for which authentication of identity is important, can purchase a certificate from a well-known Certificate Authority (CA).
If authentication is not a concern, for example if private secure communications are all that is required, you can save the time and expense involved in obtaining a CA certificate by using a self-signed certificate.
Follow the instructions on the CA's web site for generating certificate key pairs.
Download the generated certificate key pair.
Save the certificate in the directory containing the keystore and truststore files. The default is domain-dir/config.
In your shell, change to the directory containing the certificate.
Import the certificate into the local keystore and, if necessary, the local truststore using the following command format:
keytool -import -v -trustcacerts -alias keyAlias -file server.cer -keystore cacerts.jks -keypass changeit -storepass changeit
If the keystore or private key password is not the default password, then substitute the new password for the default (changeit).
To apply your changes, restart Enterprise Server. See To Restart a Domain.
Certificates are often stored using the printable encoding format defined by the Internet Request for Comments (RFC) 1421 standard instead of their binary encoding. This certificate format, also known as Base 64 encoding, facilitates exporting certificates to other applications by email or through some other mechanism.
keytool -import -noprompt -trustcacerts -alias ${cert.alias} -file ${cert.file} -keystore ${keystore.file} -storepass ${keystore.pass}
The reply format defined by the Public Key Cryptography Standards #7, Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard, includes the supporting certificate chain in addition to the issued certificate.
keytool -export -noprompt -alias ${cert.alias} -file ${cert.file} -keystore ${keystore.file} -storepass ${keystore.pass}
keytool -export -noprompt -rfc -alias ${cert.alias} -file ${cert.file} -keystore ${keystore.file} -storepass ${keystore.pass}
For more information about keytool, see the keytool documentation at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/solaris/keytool.html


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I'm in the middle of a brilliant book about Britain in the 1970s called When the Lights Went Out, a beautifully written account of the things I was only vaguely aware of while doing my homework by candlelight.
Reading about NUM president Joe Gormley's push for a 31pc pay rise for the miners in 1973, our worries about today's inflation rate seem faintly ridiculous.
But, with the third anniversary of interest rates at 0.5pc approaching and with the Federal Reserve predicting that US rates will be close to zero until the end of 2014, today's more modest price rises are still a drag on the real incomes of the savers who, we should not forget, outnumber borrowers by a factor of six.
There are plenty of people, moreover, who think that the steps being taken on both sides of the Atlantic to kick-start the economy will in time lead to spiralling prices again. In the end, cash-strapped governments always succumb to the siren voices telling them that a little bit of inflation won't hurt.
Last week's injection of a further £50bn into the economy by the Bank of England showed that the rate setters in Threadneedle Street remain convinced that deflation not inflation is the bogeyman. Indeed, the expectation is that another £50bn will follow in May.
This week we will get a clearer picture of the Bank's thinking, with the publication on Wednesday of its quarterly inflation report. The day before, we should have received confirmation that the headline rate of inflation is heading rapidly lower as last year's VAT rise falls out of the annual comparison. The consumer prices index is forecast to hit a 14-month low of 3.6pc after peaking at 5.2pc in September.
Whether that turns out to be a temporary respite before prices head higher again, a move back towards the Bank's 2pc target or a staging post on the way to Japanese-style deflation matters to everyone but not least to investors, as some exhaustive research by the London Business School for Credit Suisse showed last week.
The LBS's professors Dimson, Marsh and Staunton (whose work on smaller companies I mentioned a few weeks ago here) have done some serious number crunching to analyse the impact of rising and falling prices on investment returns. Their study covers 112 years of data in 19 countries, which will be thorough enough for most readers.
Their most striking finding is that, contrary to a widely-held belief among investors, equities are actually not a great hedge against inflation. While it is true that equities do better than bonds at times of very high inflation, they fail to hold their purchasing power by a wide margin. On the 5pc of occasions between 1900 and 2011 when inflation topped 18pc a year, bonds fell by a massive 23pc but equities also fell heavily, by 12pc on average.
At the other end of the scale, when the general price level was falling rapidly (on the 5pc of occasions when deflation was running at 26pc a year or worse), bonds rose by an average of 20pc a year but equities also rose in real terms, up 11pc when adjusted for the cost of living.
Two things are evident from the LBS research.
First, it is clear that the best conditions for equities are when prices are stable. Stock markets have produced healthy high single-digit to low double-digit returns on average in the years when price changes have ranged between a 3.5pc fall and a 4.5pc rise. The good news is that these periods accounted for a little over half the readings in the study.
Second, it is clear that, while equities may not be a great hedge against inflation (that is to say they don't do better because inflation is higher), they do tend to beat inflation. It's an important distinction. Shares do better than other assets like bonds during inflationary periods but the out-performance is nothing to do with the inflation itself, simply a reward to investors for taking greater risk.
There are two implications of this analysis.
First, that if you are worried about rising prices then you need to consider explicit protection such as that provided by inflation-linked bonds rather than assuming that equities will see you right.
Second, that letting inflation get out of control is a very bad idea indeed.
The sub-title to the book I am reading is What Really Happened to Britain in the Seventies – it wasn't pretty.
Tom Stevenson is an investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment. The views expressed are his own.


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Artist Damien Hirst has killed 9,000 butterflies in the name of art. The artist has drawn plenty of negative criticism for his use of dead animals in his past work, and his newest exhibit is no different. According to reports, the artist recently placed live butterflies in two windowless rooms and the exhibit ended up killing 9,000 of the creatures.
According to the Telegraph:
"Visitors to the exhibit at the Tate Modern in London observed the insects close-up as they flew, rested, and fed on bowls of fruit.
"But whilst the work, In and Out of Love, was praised by many art critics when it featured in the gallery's Hirst retrospective earlier this year, it has now landed the artist in a row with the RSPCA."
At it turns out, the 23 week long exhibit became a bloody final resting place for the butterflies who were trampled on and brushed off of visitors clothing when they landed on the exhibit's visitors. Every single week, at least 400 new butterflies were added to the exhibit to replace the dead insects
A member for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) proclaimed
"In this so-called 'art exhibition', butterflies are forced to exist in the artificial environment of a closed room for their entire lives.
"There would be national outcry if the exhibition involved any other animal, such as a dog. Just because it is butterflies, that does not mean they do not deserve to be treated with kindness."
Butterflies used came from the Own and Heliconius species, which typically live for up to nine months instead of the hours or days they survived as part of the exhibit.
According to the description for "In and Out of Love":
"The themes of life and death as well as beauty and horror are highlighted, dualities that are prevalent in much of the artist's work".
In what might be the dumbest excuse for its actions, Tate reps claim:
"The butterflies used in this [Hirst] work were all sourced from reputable UK butterfly houses and were selected from varieties known to thrive in the conditions created.
"The butterflies lived out the final stage of their natural life cycle inside this room. Approximately 400 butterflies were introduced to the exhibition over the course of each week, with many enjoying longer lifespans than in the wild due to the high quality of this environment."
What do you think of Damien Hirst's death filled exhibits?


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A 12-18-month program of post-professional clinical and didactic education for physical therapists designed to bridge a Bachelors or Masters degree to the doctorate level. Each student improves their clinical knowledge and practice while completing coursework built upon the current best-evidence for the management of musculoskeletal disorders.
The Experience
A comprehensive blend of didactic, collaborative, and clinical education experiences using a combination of distance learning, online courses, weekend intensive hands-on courses, and clinical practice hours. Courses are taught by EIM's world class faculty, many of whom are internationally recognized for their contributions to education, research, and practice management. The extensive community that has formed around EIM provides a best practice environment for students to receive the highest caliber of training and to become distinguished leaders in evidence-based orthopaedic and manual physical therapy practice.
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The EIM Postprofessional DPT Program is committed to developing evidence-based physical therapists that are prepared to function as independent practitioners of choice for patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Students foster relationships with physical therapy leaders within EIM, opening doors for high-yielding, lifelong professional growth and development. Learn more about EIM's Musculoskeletal Postprofessional DPT from Program Director, Julie Whitman, PT, DSc.
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The Postprofessional DPT Program is designed so that graduates will:
- Grow as practitioners grounded in the principles of evidence-based medicine and become experts at integrating that knowledge into clinical practice.
- Develop evidence-based practice principles and behave accordingly in daily practice.
- Flourish in a cutting edge educational environment that integrates state of the art learning tools with advanced professional clinical practice.
- Gain skills to confidently and professionally interact with other members of the health care team and provide leadership in the care for musculoskeletal conditions.
- Promote life-long learning for themselves and other physical therapists.
EIM is using the well accepted and standardized PTET (Physical Therapist Evaluation Tool) to allow participants to waive courses based on their prior professional experience and coursework.
Core Course Work
- EBP 6100 – Evidence-based Practice
- ORPT 6510 – Management of Lumbopelvic Disorders
- ORPT 6510WI – Management of Lumbopelvic Disorders Weekend Intensive
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- ORPT 6520 – Management of Lower Extremity Disorders
- ORPT 6520WI – Management of Lower Extremity Disorders Weekend Intensive
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- ORPT 6530 – Management of Cervical & Thoracic Disorders
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Topic Courses
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- APPT 6210 – Essentials of Musculoskeletal Imaging
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- PROF 6100 – Professionalism: Roles & Responsibilities
- TPS 6410 – Therapeutic Neuroscience Education
Please note that the postprofessional DPT degree is not intended as an advanced academic degree in preparation for teaching as ranked faculty in a physical therapy educational program. The EIM Postprofessional DPT is designed to be a clinically oriented degree. Typically, academic institutions seek ranked faculty members who have "terminal doctoral degrees", such as a PhD, DSc, etc. Individuals desiring an advanced academic degree that prepares them for teaching should pursue the appropriate degree (ie, PhD, DSc, etc.) based on feedback from their target institution. While some institutions with a clinical faculty appointment track recognize the postprofessional DPT for academic purposes, most require that it come from a regionally accredited institution.