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The simulator activity would allow attendees to fly the AP-3C and possibly attempt a landing or take-off. Will be required the following personal detail: full name, date of birth, place of birth, contact number and address to be submitted to RAAF security for acceptance. Limited to 20 people, meeting at RAAF base main gate at 6:00pm on the date. Booking is essential as numbers are limited.
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"As a young dwarven maid, I often dreamed of fleeing the cold mines of North Yorkshire and being an artist like I knew I was inside. But Ma and Da would always shoot those dreams down, tell me to stop being such a foolish girl and laugh as I cried my way down to my cellar chambers. But now I have a website, and who's laughing now?!?!" – Tanor. 2018
Thank you Tanor for your wonderful description of my youth…
I am the main writer and artist of the Herakles comic. Whilst working on Herakles I also work on commissions and fanart. I enjoy gaming in my spare time and my favourite games are the Soulsborne series.
"As a young sneaky half-elf bandit I often enjoyed plundering the abandoned farms of country folk. Long nights spent silently making my way through other peoples homes stealing as many wheels of cheese as I could carry, until I was caught cheese-handed and thrown in jail. I now search for redemption, yet at night I still dream of cheese wheels…" – Josh. 2018
Fun fact, selling me out to the town guards was how Josh and I met…
I am the co-writer of the Herakles comic. When not working on this, I can be found scrolling through my phone. I enjoy reading in my spare time, with some of my favourite writers being Garth Ennis, Brian Azzerello, Andy Diggle, Neil Gaiman, Raymond Chandler, and Jeff Lemire to name just a few.

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Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) has frequent connections to Charlotte and Atlanta, as well as direct flights to Chicago (ORD) and Washington DC (IAD). Travellers from Europe should consider flying direct into Charlotte (CLT) or Washington DC (Dulles). It is generally advisable to avoid Atlanta airport, because it frequently has significant delays. Also, please take potential winter weather into account when planning your route.
Speakers staying at the conference hotel can take a free shuttle bus from the airport. Taxi cab fare should cost approximately $20.00.
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Columbia, South Carolina 29201·USA
Direct number: (803) 799-7800
To make your reservation at the special conference rate, please use the following link:
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Reservations must be bmade by 15 January 2013 in order to guarantee the special conference rate
Room rate: $109 (plus 11% tax)
Free airport shuttle pick-up
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Free hotel parking
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Mylan, the maker of EpiPens, announced a recall in March 2017 for units sold in Australia, due to a potentially defective part that could result in the device failing to activate. The FDA recently announced that the recall has been expanded to include additional lots sold in the U.S. Certain lots sold between December 2015 and July 2016 have been recalled. Any injectors sold outside that time frame do not need to be replaced.
EpiPens are used to provide emergency epinephrine to allergy patients who are experiencing a life-threatening allergy attack. These patients may have trouble breathing and wheezing, low blood pressure, and very itchy skin. The injector delivers a dose of epinephrine, which helps relax the lungs and improve breathing.
The recall occurred after the company received two reports of the auto-injectors failing to activate because of a problem with one of the components of the pen. Since EpiPens are often used in emergencies, if the injectors do not work the users could suffer serious health risks. The company says it will replace the recalled devices for free.
Earlier this month, a class action lawsuit was filed against Mylan over EpiPens. The lawsuit claims that Mylan took advantage of consumers by increasing the list prices of the devices 17 times since 2007. The prices began at $90 and were recently $608. Plaintiffs say that the company benefitted from the scheme and paid high kickbacks to pharmacy benefit managers.
When a drug or a medical device fails, consumers can be seriously harmed. In that situation, the consumer can sue the drug company or medical device company, and may be entitled to damages. Call the Houston drug recall attorneys at Kennedy Hodges at 855-947-0707. We can help. Call us today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case, or visit us on YouTube to learn more.


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It's that time of year, the Mad Men season six premiere! The best way I could think to celebrate was to throw on some pearls and mix together classic cocktails with my fellow fans! My choice: The Old Fashioned and a Gimlet with a twist.
2 Slices of Orange
2 Ounces of Bourbon
Splash of Soda
First things first, picking out the right ingredients when making this cocktail can make a world of a difference. An old fashioned can be made with bourbon or rye. I chose Russell's Reserve Bourbon, whiskey barrel-aged bitters and original Maraschino Cherries.
The Old Fashioned is traditionally made with a low ball glass. Place a sugar cube in the glass and coat it with bitters.
Toss in two cherries, two orange slices and muddle!
To finish add two ounces of bourbon, a splash of soda, a few ice cubes, and put on some cuff links. You are Don Draper.
I'm personally more a Betty Draper than a Megan Draper. I think Betty would approve of this reinvented Gimlet.
1 Cup of Sugar
1 Large Bunch of Basil
3 Tablespoons Gin
2 Tablespoons Fresh Lime Juice
A great thing to have when making cocktails is simple syrup. It's easy to make and is the perfect way to sweeten up your drink without the graininess of regular sugar. To make, you just combine equal amounts of water and sugar on the stove at medium high. I used one cup or sugar and water, which is plenty for a few cocktails. Constantly stir until the sugar is completely transparent. Add a bunch of basil straight to the pot and remove from heat. Let the basil soak in the simple syrup for 20 minutes to an hour.
Yes, a traditional gimlet calls for Roses Lime Juice, and let me tell you after working as a waitress on the Upper East Side of New York for years, I know – the ladies who lunch want Roses. I disagree. Fresh Lime juice is amazing.
After you squeeze about two tablespoons of juice, it's time to assemble. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add one tablespoon of the basil infused simple syrup, lime juice, three tablespoons of gin and shake! Garnish a martini glass with a basil leaf and pour.
These cocktails hit the spot and were a huge hit while watching the start of season six! Did you tune in? What's your favorite classic cocktail?


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Welcome to The Vision Council's Online Newsroom!
We hope you will find useful information here if you are a reporter seeking background on The Vision Council and updates on all things vision-from healthy eye tips, to lens technology, low vision, digital eye strain, our annual UV report and more. Please check back with us on a regular basis for news updates or send us an email to be added to our media list.
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2014 Digital Eye Strain Report
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has set his sights on Fiorentina forward Stevan Jovetic, according to reports from The Mirror.
The Gunners chief is thought to be keen to add some firepower to his squad ahead of next season, in a bid to challenge for the Premier League title once again.
He was expected to make another approach for Barcelona's David Villa, after seeing a reported January move rebuffed, but has instead set his sights on Jovetic.
The 23-year-old is seen to be a better long-term option by Wenger, who is believed to have the funds in place to spend big this summer.
Fiorentina are keen to keep hold of their star man, but another season without Champions League football may persuade the front-man to consider his options.
It's unclear as to what fee the Florence-based side would accept, but they are likely to hold out for a sizable sum.
Wenger will face much competition for Jovetic, with Juventus believed to be highly interested.
The Serie A champions had an approach turned down ahead of the current season, but are likely to return with a refreshed bid.
Arsenal are also thought to be keen on Atletico Madrid's Adrian Lopez as well as the much sought after Edinson Cavani.
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August was a fun month! Busy as always, but lots of fun for lots of reasons. I've got a good mix of highlights from August including music, food and games. There's a lot to mention so let's get started!
The best burger of my life
Early in August me and Jordan went out for a spontaneous date night and there was only one place I wanted to go. We had been meaning to book a table at Bodega ever since we attended their press party a few months ago and we couldn't think of a better opportunity. I ordered a burger and hoped that it wouldn't be just a typical burger I could have ordered anywhere and, I can assure you, I was not disappointed. It was the best burger I have ever had and you need to get yourself down there and try it for yourself!
Being reunited with my besties
Honestly, I can't tell you the last time I saw my best friend Sophie before we finally met up in August. We met at college and ever since we left we've only seen each other a handful of times. We'd love to see each other more often but life gets in the way and we don't live very close to each other! We went out for a meal and had a good catch up. We chatted so much she nearly missed her bus! Hopefully we'll see each other again sooner rather than later.
I also went out with some of my old colleagues which was lots of fun! Laura insisted that we go for a "cakeaway". I had no idea what she was talking about and I don't think anyone else did either but as soon as we got there we knew. They basically sell enormous desserts, like enough for three or four people all in one portion! The idea is you eat as much as you can and take the rest home with you. I chose the Nutella cake and it was amazing but I ended up taking most of it home with me and sharing it with my mum and brother!
Nottingham beach
I haven't had a chance to visit Nottingham beach all summer so I was super excited to go on bank holiday Monday. I've been working Saturdays throughout summer so it was my only opportunity to visit before it disappears for another year. Although I wasn't complaining, I love the busy atmosphere! The weather was amazing so it was even more busy than normal and I had a wonderful day with Jordan.
New Maroon 5 music
I'll be honest, I thought I might have been falling out of love with Maroon 5. I still loved their music but I wasn't listening to them as often as I once did and I wasn't crazy about their new singles. That was until they released their latest track What Lovers Do. I've not been this excited about a Maroon 5 single since Maps and that was released way back in 2014! If you haven't heard it already then you definitely should. It's pretty much everywhere including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube so check it out and let me know what you think!
Sonic Dash
I was lying in bed one day and stumbled across an advert for Sonic Dash. I don't know how but I'd never heard of it before so I read a few reviews and decided to download it and see what it was like. I've been hooked ever since! I've played it everyday since I downloaded it and I've even downloaded Sonic Dash 2 as well. I haven't started playing that yet though, honestly I don't want to ruin the first one! I'll let you know what I think of the second one once I've started it.
Friday night is Nintendo Switch night
I've spent a couple of my Fridays throughout August playing Nintendo Switch with my colleagues round at my boss's house. I wasn't convinced by the Nintendo Switch when it first came out but after experiencing it for real I want one of my own! Me and my brother have decided to save up and get one between us to split the cost because it's quite a lot of money. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of the Nintendo Switch. Have you got one or do you know someone who does?
So that was my August, how about yours? As always, leave me a comment and tell me a couple of your August highlights. I'd love to know what you've been up to!


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The Deputy Prime Minister is under pressure to explain the decision to allow Lord Rennard's election to a powerful party committee, despite the existence of allegations by a number of women that the peer had sexually harassed them.
"That's a question that only Nick Clegg and people senior in the party can answer," says Christopher Hope, The Telegraph's Senior Political Correspondent.
Simon Hughes, a senior Liberal Democrat MP, has suggested the allegations against Lord Rennard may be politically motivated as campaigning continues in the Eastleigh by-election.
"The fact that they have surfaced literally ten days before a by-election seems to me to be a strange coincidence. I notice the people who are giving this story continuing oxygen are papers that are known to be supporters of parties other than ourselves," said Mr Hughes.
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Let the countdown begin!! I am starting my last two weeks of therapy today for the 2012/2013 school year, and counting down the last 19 days of work until the summer break 🙂 Whoop Whoop!!
I tell you things are getting exciting around here. They are also a pain in the behind. Like literally!
You see last week I had a random rash break out on the very lower, left side of my back. It popped up as a tiny little spot on Sunday, was worse by Monday, and I thought what the heck come Tuesday! That lovely little rash was irritating the dickens out of me.
It didn't itch. Nope not at all. Oh but did it burn like crazy, and the position……yeah right where the panties/pants hit. So it was brushed against all day long. I was thinking I picked up some random yuckiness from the tanning bed (yes I know that is bad for me), and decided not to finish my week out. I was convinced that a little cortisone cream and time out of the heat would do the trick. So I made my last workout on Wednesday for the week…..
I ended up at the walk in clinic Thursday afternoon. Still convinced that it was a bad reaction to something I just needed relief from the burn. Well that yucky little rash that I was convinced came from the tanning bed didn't come from that at all. Oh no, I have an atypical case of……..wait for it……….wait for it………the shingles!!
Yep, the shingles. So here go the questions –
- Did you have chicken pox as a child? Yes.
- Have you had a recent cold? Yes.
- Have you had any signs of fever blisters? Yes.
- Have you been under any stress lately? Uh why yes of course. I work with special education in the school system, it's the end of the school year, I am adjusting still to my hubster's crazy new work schedule, and I am a single mom for half of the month…..
Now I am thinking….what in the world does all of this have to do with my dang shingles? Well those bad boys as you know are a result of the chicken pox virus that stays in the body after you have had them. For the rest of your life, but not just anywhere in your body. It lives in your nerve cells. Which is why the shingles are painful. So basically between the stress and cold I have no immune system, put that back on top of more stress, and I break out in the friggin shingles!
Things are just
peachy burning around here!
So needless to say I am in no mood for exercise. I am in no mood to be in the kitchen. However, we all must eat so I have come up with an easy breezy menu for this week!
- Monday – philly steak sloppy joes w/ tator tots
- Tuesday – tilapia with pasta salad
- Wednesday – stuffed backstrap with greens & roasted potatoes (hubby cooks)
- Thursday – boiled shrimp & salad (hubby cooks again)
- Friday – crockpot chicken cacciatore
- Saturday – tuna sandwiches
- Sunday – lasagna
It is the hubster's long work week so I will have to cook over the weekend in order for him to have "lunch" to take with him to work. We unfortunately have eaten out too much this past weekend, and on top of that I have been eating really crappy snacks lately so this has got to stop. With things being so busy, adjusting to everything, I have been grabbing things to eat on the go which are not healthy options. Let me tell you my body can tell and is showing the difference. I have to start being more conscious of my snack and drink choices. Those lovely little granola thins that my friend passed on to me because she didn't like them must go!
I am also determined to get some exercise in this week regardless of the crazy shingles epidemic. Taking in extra calories while burning none is a complete disaster for this chic! It is amazing how horrible you feel when eating whatever with no activity when you are so use to a healthy lifestyle.
- Monday – two mile+ run (maybe more depends on how I feel)
- Tuesday – lower body and cardio of choice
- Wednesday – two mile+ run, upper body
- Thursday – rest day/wine tasting 🙂
- Friday – upper body, run
- Saturday – rest day
- Sunday – lower body, cardio of choice
I really need to get back into my strength training. I use to strength train a minimum of four days a week, I can't tell you the last time I followed that schedule! It is hard to fit it in lately with our crazy schedules. I know that is no excuse…..I just need to purchase some weights and things for home. You see on nights the hubster works I have to fit my workout into a one hour window…..seriously! I get home at 3:45, change, give boys a snack, and leave. I am usually at the gym around 4ish, quick workout then race back home to make some sort of dinner so I can wake the hubster up at 5 to eat before he leaves for work at 6! So literally I have very little time. Since my kiddos aren't old enough to really leave them at home I have to work with what I've got!
If any of you have any favorite products/workouts for at home I would love to hear from you 🙂
p.s. don't forget to enter the giveaway, winner will be chosen on Thursday!!


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POWELL, Wyo. - The Northwest College Choir and Powell High School Concert Choir reprise their annual Vespers Concert Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Powell, located at 137 W. Second St.
The singing groups are directed by Jan Kliewer, an assistant professor of music at NWC, and John Miller, the PHS choir director.
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Waseca Lakes
Clear Lake:
This 652-acre lake is located on the east side of Waseca along Highway 14. The very popular fishing lake provides a variety of species, including bluegills, crappies, bass, northern pike, and walleye. Bass are catch and release only.
Two DNR-assisted boat ramps are located at:
Maplewood Park: East side of lake off Clear Lake Drive and across from Kieslers Campground. Boat ramp parking lot has 24 vehicle/trailer parking spaces, 21 vehicle/trailer grass overflow parking spaces, and 11 single-vehicle parking spaces. The concrete plank, double-wide access boat ramp is equipped with a floating dock. An 84-foot handicapped accessible fishing pier is within walking distance just north of the boat ramp.
Sportsman Park: North side of lake along Clear Lake Drive and adjacent Lakeside Golf Course. The concrete plank boat ramp provides access to three vehicles loading/unloading. Ramp is equipped with a floating dock and roll-in dock.
Loon Lake:
This 80-acre lake is located on the west side of Waseca along Highway 14. This shallow lake provides a variety of fish including bluegills, crappies, bass, northern pike, and bullhead.
One DNR-assisted boat ramp is located on 10th Street NW, just off Highway 14. The concrete plank, single access boat ramp is equipped with a roll-in dock. A fishing pier is located within walking distance of the parking lot.
Loon Lake is designated an "electric boat motors only" lake by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Loon Lake is also the site of shoreline restoration projects located at Loon Lake Park, Loon Lake boat ramp, Maple Terrace Senior Living Complex, Lakeshore Inn Nursing Home, and Latham Place Assisted Living Community. These DNR grant assisted projects provide native wildflower plantings, improve water quality and benefit the fishery, discourage geese from congregating on turf, make shorelines more attractive to people and wildlife by incorporating diverse and colorful plantings. Shoreline plantings also demonstrate an alternative stabilization procedure along lakeshores.


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古巴名曲作於1929 年, 很多翻唱版本, 以Connie Francis 的最受歡迎,
Siboney 是古巴一個小市鎮!
SIBONEY (E. Lecuona)
If you've been,
in Havana you have heard a dreamy tune.
When you think,
of Havana you recall this dreamy tune.
If you've danced in Havana
you've caught its funny rhythm
that made your senses stray,
Night and day here's that tantalizing melody they play.
Siboney, that's the tune that they croon at you down Havana way,
Siboney, that's the dance that they dance at the cafe,
And that tune brings you dreams so it seems underneath the silver moon,
As they play Siboney, ev'ry care will fade away.
Fascinating, captivating, Siboney.


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8th ALBUM
『Secret』 ayumi hamasaki SPECIAL INTERVIEW
A special interview to commemorate the completion! and release of ayu's 8th album 『Secret』, slated to hit stores on November 29
Mr. kaz: First of all, I'd like to ask about the meaning behind the album's title, 『Secret』.
ayu: As the title suggests, this album is literally a secret. But it's not a secret in the sense that "I'm about to disclose something you didn't know!" Instead, it could be about "me" in my daily life, or it could be about you… Everyone keeps secrets; there is not one person on this planet who does not have at least one secret, nor is there a person who can tell others everything about him or herself. Even when you try to understand others (or to have a mutual understanding with others), there is always a "you" that only you know about. I have aspects that only certain people know about and aspects that everyone knows about. That's what I call a secret. And in this sense, there are secrets incorporated into this album. As people hear 『Secret』, they might think "that's one of my secrets" or "when I hear this song, I think I know her secret." They might even think "my secret and ayu's secret could be similar or even the same." That's how I want people to listen to the album.
Mr. kaz: Certainly, if you think about it, you never know everything about anybody-even your blood relatives or your lover-except yourself. Even if you think you know everything, the other person actually has interests you didn't know about or maybe even a completely different personality…
ayu: That's right. There's always something you don't know.
Mr. kaz: I think what you don't know is always greater than what you think you know.
ayu: Right. A person would be unattractive and uninteresting as a human being if he or she didn't keep at least one secret. If you knew everything about a person, you would cease having an interest in him or her, and your relationship with that person would not progress. People are attractive simply because there are mysterious qualities about them, and I think that's why you want to be with them.


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The Park ( ismh ) is open to visitors from June 15 to Sept 15on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays from 2 to 8 pm.
Fee 4 euros per person.
Walking around the grounds (under restoration) allows oneto discover the canal, the river, the shaded alleys, pavilions,perspectives and wonderful views towards the house andother buildings.Then, the magnificent dovecot and the surroundinggardens, rose garden, peonies collection, the orangery andthe vegetable garden. Year-round, private visits on request.


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Growing up, it was a built-in tradition that after every birthday and Christmas, I sat down with my best fountain pen to handwrite a thank you letter to family members and friends who had kindly bought me presents. It's a tradition I keep up with my child, though I do still currently write the letter/card and the finishing touches are added in colourful crayons!
A thank you goes a long way, equally in business. Not just at Christmas time but maybe after a successful project has been finished or a new office opened. A thank you to staff after an exceptionally busy period where everyone has dug deep and worked hard as a team.
So, as we have two national anniversaries this month which celebrate baked goods, why not say a little thank you to your friend, colleagues, staff or your family.
National Doughnut Week!
The 11th of May heralds the start of National Doughnut Week and a sugar coated jam doughnut is still viewed as a treat in our household. Why not pop into your local bakery on the way to work or in your lunch hour and pick up a few of these jammy delights to share? Maybe stop in on a friend or relative for a cuppa and bring a doughnut for each of you to enjoy.
National Biscuit Day!
As we approach the end of the month, we encounter National Biscuit Day on Wednesday 29th May. Last year's YouGov survey revealed that the chocolate digestive was Britain's favourite biscuit with a plain digestive coming in second. This winner may spark a huge debate in the office – bring in a packet or two, enough for your team or department, and discuss it over a tea break.
Expressing gratitude in the work environment, whether highlighting specifics in a team meeting or privately sending a quick thank you email does boost morale and increases productivity. We all appreciate when our efforts have been noticed, even if it is part of our job role. A boss or team leader who acknowledges the hard work and dedication of colleagues, will create a ripple effect through team structures, which will in turn benefit everyone.
Our true friends are extremely valuable and do not ask for anything in return, however, telling them how appreciated they are – either with simple words, a note, an offer of babysitting, sharing a coffee (or a glass or two of wine) or the aforementioned doughnuts and biscuits will deepen the bond between you.
Gratitude is a wonderful thing.
It can build mental strength and make you more resilient. A simple – honest – mention of those two little words can have such a positive effect in all environments in which it is uttered. In whatever you do today be mindful to say 'Thank You' to those who deserve it – however big or small their endeavours, from holding a door open to handing you change from a purchase.


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ooh I really like The Face Shop Face It polish! I just can't seem to keep my glitter polishes in good condition without them getting all hard and gloopy :( xReplyDelete
That happens to me too :( what I do is, I put in a couple drops of polish thinner that I got from a beauty supplier store and mix it up. It helps to de-gloop them. Or altnatively you can add a few drops of polish remover ;) - CourtReplyDelete
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"Engineering, stand by for warp drive." With that command, the "Star Trek" crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise prepared to hurl the spaceship through the cosmos at superluminal speeds. Warp drive is another one of those science fiction technologies, like teleportation and time travel, that have some scientific basis. It just hasn't been achieved yet. However, scientists are working on developing an interstellar spacecraft engine that is similar to the matter-antimatter engine of the Enterprise.
No engine is likely to generate superluminal speeds; the laws of physics prevent us from doing that, but we will be able to go many times faster than our current propulsion methods allow. A matter-antimatter engine will take us far beyond our solar system and let us reach nearby stars in a fraction of the time it would take a spacecraft propelled by a liquid-hydrogen engine, like the one used in the space shuttle. It's like the difference between driving an Indy race car and a 1971 Ford Pinto. In the Pinto, you'll eventually get to the finish line, but it will take 10 times longer than in the Indy car.
In this article, we will peer a few decades into the future of space travel to look at an antimatter spacecraft, and find out what antimatter actually is and how it will be used for an advanced propulsion system.
What is Antimatter?
This isn't a trick question. Antimatter is exactly what you might think it is -- the opposite of normal matter, of which the majority of our universe is made. Until just recently, the presence of antimatter in our universe was considered to be only theoretical. In 1928, British physicist Paul A.M. Dirac revised Einstein's famous equation E=mc². Dirac said that Einstein didn't consider that the "m" in the equation -- mass -- could have negative properties as well as positive. Dirac's equation (E = + or - mc2) allowed for the existence of anti-particles in our universe. Scientists have since proven that several anti-particles exist.
These anti-particles are, literally, mirror images of normal matter. Each anti-particle has the same mass as its corresponding particle, but the electrical charges are reversed. Here are some antimatter discoveries of the 20th century:
- Positrons - Electrons with a positive instead of negative charge. Discovered by Carl Anderson in 1932, positrons were the first evidence that antimatter existed.
- Anti-protons - Protons that have a negative instead of the usual positive charge. In 1955, researchers at the Berkeley Bevatron produced an antiproton.
- Anti-atoms - Pairing together positrons and antiprotons, scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, created the first anti-atom. Nine anti-hydrogen atoms were created, each lasting only 40 nanoseconds. As of 1998, CERN researchers were pushing the production of anti-hydrogen atoms to 2,000 per hour.
When antimatter comes into contact with normal matter, these equal but opposite particles collide to produce an explosion emitting pure radiation, which travels out of the point of the explosion at the speed of light. Both particles that created the explosion are completely annihilated, leaving behind other subatomic particles. The explosion that occurs when antimatter and matter interact transfers the entire mass of both objects into energy. Scientists believe that this energy is more powerful than any that can be generated by other propulsion methods.
So, why haven't we built a matter-antimatter reaction engine? The problem with developing antimatter propulsion is that there is a lack of antimatter existing in the universe. If there were equal amounts of matter and antimatter, we would likely see these reactions around us. Since antimatter doesn't exist around us, we don't see the light that would result from it colliding with matter.
It is possible that particles outnumbered anti-particles at the time of the Big Bang. As stated above, the collision of particles and anti-particles destroys both. And because there may have been more particles in the universe to start with, those are all that's left. There may be no naturally-existing anti-particles in our universe today. However, scientists discovered a possible deposit of antimatter near the center of the galaxy in 1977. If that does exist, it would mean that antimatter exists naturally, and the need to make our own antimatter would be eliminated.
For now, we will have to create our own antimatter. Luckily, there is technology available to create antimatter through the use of high-energy particle colliders, also called "atom smashers." Atom smashers, like CERN, are large tunnels lined with powerful supermagnets that circle around to propel atoms at near-light speeds. When an atom is sent through this accelerator, it slams into a target, creating particles. Some of these particles are antiparticles that are separated out by the magnetic field. These high-energy particle accelerators only produce one or two picograms of antiprotons each year. A picogram is a trillionth of a gram. All of the antiprotons produced at CERN in one year would be enough to light a 100-watt electric light bulb for three seconds. It will take tons of antiprotons to travel to interstellar destinations.
Matter-Antimatter Engine
NASA is possibly only a few decades away from developing an antimatter spacecraft that would cut fuel costs to a fraction of what they are today. In October 2000, NASA scientists announced early designs for an antimatter engine that could generate enormous thrust with only small amounts of antimatter fueling it. The amount of antimatter needed to supply the engine for a one-year trip to Mars could be as little as a millionth of a gram, according to a report in that month's issue of Journal of Propulsion and Power.
Matter-antimatter propulsion will be the most efficient propulsion ever developed, because 100 percent of the mass of the matter and antimatter is converted into energy. When matter and antimatter collide, the energy released by their annihilation releases about 10 billion times the energy that chemical energy such as hydrogen and oxygen combustion, the kind used by the space shuttle, releases. Matter-antimatter reactions are 1,000 times more powerful than the nuclear fission produced in nuclear power plants and 300 times more powerful than nuclear fusion energy. So, matter-antimatter engines have the potential to take us farther with less fuel. The problem is creating and storing the antimatter. There are three main components to a matter-antimatter engine:
- Magnetic storage rings - Antimatter must be separated from normal matter so storage rings with magnetic fields can move the antimatter around the ring until it is needed to create energy.
- Feed system - When the spacecraft needs more power, the antimatter will be released to collide with a target of matter, which releases energy.
- Magnetic rocket nozzle thruster - Like a particle collider on Earth, a long magnetic nozzle will move the energy created by the matter-antimatter through a thruster.
Approximately 10 grams of antiprotons would be enough fuel to send a manned spacecraft to Mars in one month. Today, it takes nearly a year for an unmanned spacecraft to reach Mars. In 1996, the Mars Global Surveyor took 11 months to arrive at Mars. Scientists believe that the speed of an matter-antimatter powered spacecraft would allow man to go where no man has gone before in space. It would be possible to make trips to Jupiter and even beyond the heliopause, the point at which the sun's radiation ends. But it will still be a long time before astronauts are asking their starship's helmsman to take them to warp speed.


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Community Garden Interfaith Blessing
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'May This Olive Tree Represent Peace, Freedom And Happiness For All Who Come Here'.
On Saturday February 16th 2013, Frankston Interfaith Network (FIN) commemorated the opening of the 'Joy of the Earth Community Garden' at Joy Street Frankston with a tree planting and blessing. Clay decorations as symbols of harmony, peace and happiness were made to hang on the tree and members of FIN provided vegetarian burgers for the community for a welcome lunch.
There was a great feeling of being a part of such a joyful, uplifting community event where the locals in Frankston could come along and enjoy a day of fun, peace and laughter with each other.
As we gathered around the tree, Pam Engelander (FIN member) shared some of her thoughts and wishes for peace and harmony. Pam noted the spirit of cooperation and togetherness involved in creating and working in a communal garden is very much like that of creating an interfaith community, "At our interfaith gatherings we experience a recognition in each other that no matter who we are and no matter what our beliefs or the path we tread, all of us have a desire for the same basic things; peace, happiness and a sense of well-being".
Pam shared a Michael Leunig prayer before inviting us all to pick up some soil and place it around the roots of the tree with our blessings:
God help us
To rise up from our struggle.
Like a tree rises up from the soil.
Our roots reaching down to our trouble,
Our rich, dark dirt of existence.
Finding nourishment deeply
And holding us firmly.
Always connected.
Growing upwards and into the sun.
From the book, The Prayer Tree by Michael Leunig
Antionette Bonn, who runs workshops in clay making, was there to guide us through her amazing creative process of using clay to craft our own individual tree decorations as symbols of harmony, peace and happiness. Antoinette was marvellous in encouraging us all to reach deep inside and create something of ourselves with the clay which were to be hung on the olive tree or placed in the ground around the tree to carry our sacred intentions for adding peace and harmony to our world.
Antionette was happy to contribute to the day helping us craft the sticky clay from the earth into our own individual masterpieces and summed it up so beautifully with, "The Olive tree is a symbol of peace, wisdom, hope, light, fertility, health and balance.... what a magical tree this is. All these wonderful gifts this Olive Tree gives to us".


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There are three broad points we would like the budget 2017 to address:
Incentivise cashless payment: Having taken the trouble to demonetise higher denomination notes, we believe the government should now go the full distance in moving India towards a cashless economy. But rather than enforcing it by a top-down approach, the government should rely largely on an incentive mechanism that rewards cashless transactions followed by some relatively mild disincentives on the use of cash.
Particularly helpful would be a tax regime that levies a lower tax rate on cashless transactions. Once people see the prospect of monetary gain from going cashless, they will themselves seek out ways to get into the cashless modes. In this context, a permanent withdrawal of all convenience fees, service charges and surcharges levied by government agencies (like utility service providers and for various payments by consumers to government) has been suggested and this idea is worth implementing. Once worthwhile positive incentives are in place, the government can then consider disincentives such as a tax on cash withdrawal above a certain limit etc. which will now face less resistance
Roll back additional 10% tax on Dividends above Rs 10 lakh: The 2016 budget had levied an additional tax at the rate of 10% of gross amount of dividend on investors receiving dividend in excess of Rs 10 lakh per annum. This tax is in addition to the dividend distribution tax already paid by the company and amounts to taxing the same income twice. Further, if you consider that dividends are paid out of the post-tax profit of a company, this measure amounts to taxing the same income three times.
This is not fair and it unnecessarily penalises the risk taking entrepreneurial class who would have ploughed their personal wealth and savings in their businesses. As it stands, it is nothing but a tax on entrepreneurship and therefore should be revoked.
Reinstate priority sector status to eligible gold loans by NBFCs: Until 2011, gold loans given by NBFCs to eligible categories of borrowers (agriculture, MSME, micro-loans etc.) were considered as priority sector which allowed NBFCs to obtain refinance from banks on relatively better terms. The subsequent withdrawal of priority sector status has pushed up borrowing costs for these borrowers as banks lack last mile reach and have largely been unable to fill the gap. Accordingly, we believe a restoration of the status quo is needed.


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Blind Spots – other vehicles
It's important to understand your own blind spots and remember to check them before changing your course in any way. It is equally as important to understand the blind spots of others so you can make sure you don't put yourself in an unsafe position on the road. Check out this video to see blinds spots from a truck driver's perspective.


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Neoliberalism Working Group
Neoliberalism is the contemporary form of global capitalism. The neoliberal transition in the world economy is closely associated with 'globalisation' and with the onset of new modalities of imperialism. At the domestic level, neoliberal transitions have transformed significantly the material basis of countries as diverse as Britain, the United States, Poland, South Korea, Brazil, South Africa, India and Zambia. These transitions include, but they are not limited to, shifts in economic and social policy. They encompass the transformation of the modalities of economic and social reproduction in different countries and regions, and significant changes in the modes of exploitation and social domination. Broadly speaking, neoliberalism is based on the systematic use of state power to impose, under the ideological veil of non-intervention, a hegemonic project of recomposition of the rule of capital in each area of economic and social life. The exercise of global power is guided by the current imperatives of the international reproduction of capital, with the financial markets and the interests of US capital to the fore. The neoliberal project has, however, reconstituted economic and social relations differently in the context of different countries rather than globally homogenising as has often been claimed by globalisation's critics and supporters alike.
The political counterpart of these processes is growing limitation on domestic politics by insulating markets and transnational investors from popular demands, and the imperative of labour control to secure international competitiveness. This has reduced the scope for 'autonomous' social policies, and led to higher levels of unemployment and job insecurity in most countries than was the case previously. It has also created an income-concentrating dynamics of accumulation that has proven immune to Keynesian and reformist interventions if seriously attempted.
The inability of the neoliberal reforms to support higher levels of investment, growth rates and welfare is proven. The primary purpose of the neoliberal reforms, although presented otherwise, is not to promote faster growth, reduce inflation or even to increase the portfolio choices of the financial institutions. It is to subordinate local working classes and domestic accumulation to international imperatives, promote the microeconomic integration between competing capitals, mediated by finance, and expand the scope for financial system intermediation of the three key sources of capital in the economy: state finance, the financing of domestic accumulation, and the balance of payments. The transfer of the main levers of accumulation to international capital, mediated by US-led financial institutions, and regulated by US-controlled international organisations, has consolidated the material basis of neoliberalism.
Transcending neoliberalism will involve both economic and political transformations that can be addressed only through the construction of an alternative system of accumulation. This project will require systematically dismantling the material basis of neoliberalism through a series of political initiatives, which will support a shift to less unequal distributions of income, wealth and power, as a fundamental condition for democracy. But these policy measures need to be supported by a re-articulated working class, as one of the main levers for its own economic and social recomposition. This virtuous circle cannot be wished into being. Its elements cannot be addressed purely academically, or through the organisation of another vanguard party, or simply through political alliances between existing forces. Development of new forms of political expression and representation by the working class are required in face of a hostile domestic and international environment will need to be confronted.
The IIPPE working group on neoliberalism focuses its attention on:
- The material basis of neoliberalism, and its social and political consequences.
- The implications of the neoliberal transition for the reproduction of capitalist relations in specific country contexts.
- The relationship between neoliberalism and democracy.
- Strategies to transcend neoliberalism.
Current Members
Kean Birch is an assistant professor at York University, Canada [1]. Previously he worked at the University of Strathclyde and in the Centre for Public Policy for Regions at the University of Glasgow. His current research focuses on the relationship between varieties of neoliberalism and neoliberalisation in regional restructuring, the knowledge-based economy and the emerging biotechnology industry.
Please note: Kean is helping to coordinate the IIPPE neoliberalism working group so please feel free to contact him about joining the working group or suggesting activities to pursue under its auspices. firstname.lastname@example.com
Patrick Bond is a political economist and research professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in the School of Development Studies where he directs the Centre for Civil Society (http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs). Patrick's recent authored and edited books includeClimate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society (UKZN Press and Rozenberg Publishers, 2008); The Accumulation of Capital in Southern Africa (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, 2007); Looting Africa: The Economics of Explotiation (Zed Books and UKZN Press, 2006), Talk Left, Walk Right: South Africa's Frustrated Global Reforms (UKZN Press, 2006). Patrick moved permanently to Southern Africa in 1989 following work in the media (Marketplace Radio and Pacifica Radio) and at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. email@example.com
Kirsten Besemer is a PhD student at the University of Chester where she is researching the effects of trade liberalisation on South Vietnamese rice farmers. In particular, she is looking at peoples' knowledge of WTO accession and decisions they are making about crops, children's education, and the future of their farms. She is interested in both how people perceive WTO accession and how it affects them in economic terms. firstname.lastname@example.com
Damien Cahill is a Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Sydney. His research interests include neoliberalism; class; hegemony; and the social foundations of economic processes. He is currently working on a book titled The End of Laissez Faire? Neoliberalism and its Future. He is also editing a volume which brings together different scholarly approaches to understanding neoliberalism, as well as completing a co-authored book linking insights from economic sociology with those of political email@example.com
Helen Caraveli is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business (Athens, Greece), teaching agricultural economics, economic geography and urban & regional economics. Her research interests are centred on agricultural and rural development policy of the European Union, the geographic allocation of economic activity and regional inequalities in Greece and other EU countries. She has presented papers in many international congresses, has published a number of articles in books and international journals (e.g. European Review of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Rural Studies, Environment and Planning and Journal of Economic Asymmetries) and has written a book on economic geography (in Greek) entitled: Inequalities, Concentrations and the New Economic Geography. firstname.lastname@example.com
Patrick Clairzier is a professor at the American Graduate School in Paris, teaching current issues in international relations in the undergraduate program. He also works as a consultant for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Paris. Previously he worked in the financial services sector in the United States. In 2009, Patrick received a dual Masters in international relations and strategic negotiation from the American Graduate School in Paris (AGS), and from the Université de Paris-Sud XI. His current research focus includes political and economic mechanisms for countering the current neoliberal hegemonic system. email@example.com
Judith Clifton is a senior lecturer at the University of Cantabria (Spain) where she has been working with Daniel Díaz-Fuentes for a decade on the privatization of public services (especially Latin America and Europe), and is now interested in the emergence of Transnational Corporations in these sectors (water, energy, communications and transportation). Their latest book on this topic is Transforming Public Enterprise: Networks, Integration and Transnationalization (Palgrave, 2007). email@example.com
Christine Cooper is a professor of accounting at Strathclyde University. Her research is concerned with the economic, political and social impact of accounting on our everyday lives. This has produced publications in diverse social arenas including social and environmental accounting, gender, privatization, deskilling of accountants and book-keepers, insolvency and accountability. firstname.lastname@example.com
Kathya Cordova Pozo has a BSc in Business Administration and BSc in Economics (Cochabamba-Bolivia). In 2003, she received her Masters in International and Political Economics from Université de Grenoble 2 (France) where she is currently a PhD student. She also works as a research fellow and project manager in South Group research institute (Bolivia). firstname.lastname@example.com
Natalie Delia Deckard is a PhD candidate at Emory University and affiliate of the Global Initiative on Civil Society and Conflict. Her research involves the ramifications of neoliberal biopolitics on minority group integration and she is writing her dissertation on carcerality, system avoidance, and the exploitation of children in commercial sex markets. Natalie has been published or is forthcoming in Citizenship Studies, Democracy and Security, and Social Compass. email@example.com
Daniel Díaz-Fuentes is a professor at the University of Cantabria (Spain) where he has been working with Judith Clifton for a decade on the privatization of public services (especially Latin America and Europe), and is now interested in the emergence of Transnational Corporations in these sectors (water, energy, communications and transportation). Their latest book on this topic is Transforming Public Enterprise: Networks, Integration and Transnationalization (Palgrave, 2007). firstname.lastname@example.com
Salvatore Drago has a PhD from the University of Messina, where he also undertook postdoctoral research. He has taught at the University of Messina, E-Campus University of Rome, Free University of Bozen, amongst others. He has participated in a number of research projects in the area of history of economic thought. Since 2013 he has been a Research Fellow at the Centre on Law, Economy and Society. firstname.lastname@example.com
Kevin Edmonds is a PhD student at the University of Toronto and is affiliated with the Center for Critical Development Studies. His research is focused on the Caribbean, examining the connections between foreign intervention, neoliberalism and the potential for alternative development strategies in the region. email@example.com
Jesse Goldstein recieved an MA in politics from York University (Toronto). Currently he teaches courses on neoliberalism and on the welfare/workfare state at Baruch College and is pursuing a PhD in sociology at City University of New York. His current research focus is on a cultural and social political economy of waste. email@example.com
Ali Riza Gungen is a research assistant in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University of Ankara (Turkey). He is working on the public debt management in Turkey in the last three decades and its relations with the deepening of neoliberalism-financialisation. email@example.com
Yasin Kaya is a Phd student at York University, Toronto. His dissertation focuses on the political economy of the telecommunications sector in Turkey and South Korea. He received an MA in Political Science and International Relations from Bogazici University, Istanbul. email@example.com
Thomas Marois is a lecturer of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He teaches on the political economy of finance, debt, and development and contributes to lectures on globalization, neoliberalism, capital flows, and privatization. He has published articles critical of neoliberalism in Historical Materialism and the Canadian Journal of Political Science. He is currently working on a book-length manuscript addressing problems in bank ownership, crisis, and finance-led neoliberal strategies of development in Mexico and Turkey. firstname.lastname@example.com
Michael McKinley is a senior lecturer in global politics in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Australian National University. In 2007 he completed a major research project involving a comparison between the theories and practices of economics, strategy, religion, and war in the context of the post-Cold War world order – Economic Globalisation as Religious War: Tragic Convergence (2007) which was published by Routledge. His current major projects are (i) a study of the origins, theories and practices of US strategy, and (ii) a critique of proposals that the university-as-institution should become integrally involved with the agencies of the state in counter-terrorism. firstname.lastname@example.com
Vlad Mykhnenko is a research fellow in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham where he is working on understanding spatial socio-economic imbalances in Europe. Previously, he has held a research position at the Centre for Public Policy for Regions at the University of Glasgow. firstname.lastname@example.com
Sebnem Oguz received a PhD from the Department of Political Science at York University, Canada. Right now she is teaching at the Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus. In her dissertation, she studied neoliberal state restructuring in Turkey and is now trying to put it in comparative perspective. email@example.com
Stuart Shields lectures in international political economy (IPE) at Manchester University. He is a 'lapsing neo-Gramscian' interested in historical materialist approaches to IPE and particularly the Amsterdam School fractions of capital perspective. Stuart is convenor of the BISA International Political Economy working group, and the CSE Trans-Pennine working group. His research is focused on the neoliberalisation of post-communist states. firstname.lastname@example.com
Susanne Soederberg is a Canada Research Chair and associate professor in Gobal Development Studies at Queen's University, Canada. She is author of several books including: The Politics of the New International Financial Architecture: Reimposing Neoliberalism in the Global South (2004), Global Governance in Question: Empire, Class, and the New Common Sense in Managing North-South Relations (2006), and Beyond Corporate Governance: Power and Activism in the Era of Financialization (2009).email@example.com
Umit Sonmez is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His PhD work focuses on political economy of energy in Britain and Turkey, specifically the liberalization and regulation of electricity and gas markets in two countries. He received his MS Degree in Politics from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. His thesis was on the development and spread of independent regulatory agencies in many countries after 1980s as a part of the neoliberal project dominant in the global sphere. He had his BS Degree from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at METU as well. Umit has also been Research Assistant at the European Institute, LSE since 2008. email@example.com
Stefan Thorpenberg has a PhD in Theory of Science from Gothenburg University and is an associate professor at the Institution of Research Politics at Lund University in Sweden. His research has covered the area of research policy and changes of research politics, as well as science indicators, philosophy of rights and legal relating to changes in the research landscape. Recently he has been working in the area of public health research at the Nordic School of Public Health. firstname.lastname@example.com
Jörg Wiegratz is a lecturer in political economy of global development at the University of Leeds, School of Politics and International Studies. To-date his research has explored aspects of neoliberal moral restructuring and moral economy, economic fraud, market society, cultural political economy, everyday political economy, global value chains and economic development, predominantly with a focus on Uganda. firstname.lastname@example.com
Ahmet Zaifer is a PhD student at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in the Development Studies department. He is working on the acceleration of the privatization in Turkey over the last decade. email@example.com
Ongoing/future activities and initiatives
Beaudreau, J. and Clairzier, P. (2009) Neo-Liberal Democracy: A Contradiction in Terms. Spectrezine, July 15
Birch, K. (2006) The Neoliberal Underpinnings of the Bioeconomy: The Ideological Discourses and Practices of Economic Competitiveness. Genomics, Society and Policy, v.2 (3), 1-15.
Birch, K. (2008) Neoliberalising Bioethics: Bias, Enhancement and Economistic Ethics. Genomics, Society and Policy, v.4 (2), 1-10.
Birch, K., Levidow, L. and Papaioannou, T. (2010) Sustainable Capital? The neoliberalization of nature and knowledge in the European knowledge-based bio-economy, Sustainability 2(9): 2898-2918 [Special issue, Political Economy and Sustainability].
Birch, K. and Mykhnenko, V. (2009) Varieties of neoliberalism? Restructuring in large industrially-dependent regions across Western and Eastern Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, v.9 (3), 355-380. [2]
Birch, K. and Mykhnenko, V. (2010) The Rise and Fall of Neoliberalism: The End of an Economic Order? Zed Books.
Bond, P. (2006) Looting Africa: The Economics of Explotiation. Zed Books and UKZN Press.
Bond, P. (2006) Talk Left, Walk Right: South Africa's Frustrated Global Reforms. UKZN Press.
Bond, P. (2007) The Accumulation of Capital in Southern Africa. Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
Bond, P. (2008) Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society. UKZN Press and Rozenberg Publishers.
Caraveli, E. (2006) Towards a new European rural development model? An assessment of the EU's Rural Development Regulation in Greece. Economics and Rural Development, v.2 (1).
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IIPPE 2nd International Conference 20-22 May 2011 [CANCELLED]
Panel Session: Have We Ever Been Neoliberal?
Neoliberalism has become a catch-all term for many 'bad' things from loose financial regulations through corporate malfeasance to trade liberalisation. Furthermore, different manifestations and a diverse array of policies, politics and political-economies have been characterised as neoliberal. Consequently there have been a number of attempts to define and delineate neoliberalism theoretically. On the one hand, these attempts have proved conceptually fruitful for understanding the transformative potential and actuality of recent economic restructuring. On the other hand, they have meant that we cannot identify a single form of neoliberalism or neoliberal restructuring; rather we have to identify varieties of neoliberalism or variegated neoliberal restructuring. What these theoretical discussions highlight is a series of ambiguities, tensions and contradictions in the definition of neoliberalism. For example, between the erosion (or even subversion) of the national state and its continuing role in (dis)organising the global economy; between the institutionalisation of monetarism as a state strategy and the need to maintain high public spending and public debt; between the role of the state as lender of last resort and as facilitator of asset price bubbles; and, between the curtailment of real wages in an economy dependent on consumption and rising personal debt alongside a financialised system for welfare (e.g. pensions). How are these issues to be rationalised in light of the theoretical arguments regarding the neoliberalisation of our economies over the last 30-40 years?
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Wiegratz, J. (2009) The cultural political economy of embedding neoliberalism in Uganda: an analysis of changes in moral norms and trade practices in the rural economy since 1986. Paper at the Millennium conference: 'After Liberalism?', 17-18 October 2009, LSE.
Wiegratz, J. (2010) People, power, practice: a moral economy approach to rural poverty in neoliberal Africa, insights from Uganda. Workshop on Rural Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Global Politics of Local Change, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick, 14 September 2010.
Wiegratz, J. (2011) The morality of economic malpractice and crime in neoliberal capitalism. British International Studies Association Annual Conference 2011, Manchester, 27-29 April 2011.
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I've had a number of emails and conversations lately about identifying duplicate values.
Using Conditional Formatting in Excel 2007 makes it relatively easy but not everyone has Excel 2007.
Let's start with Excel 2003:
Let's say that you have a column of numbers in B4:B16 and you want to identify duplicates.
Method 1:
Sort - Easy but sometimes you can't or don't want to manipulate your data.
Method 2: Click in cell C4 and type
You will have a column of TRUE and FALSE. You can manually delete them or highlight them. The problem with this method is that Excel labels both numbers are TRUE - there is no differentiation between the original and the duplicate.
Method 3: A Better Alternative
To get around this, try =IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(B4,$B$3:B$3,0)),"Duplicate","Unique").
This will label the original as Unique but any other instances will be labeled as a Duplicate.
Method 4: This method is actually available in Excel 2003 and Excel 2007.
You can use the Advanced Filter function under the Data menu or tab and select Unique Only.
To be honest, I have mixed results with this so double-check your answer.
Select the column of numbers and then go to the Data tab or menu and select Advanced Filter.
Click copy to another location
Enter a cell to Copy To:
Put a checkmark in Unique Records Only
Click OK.
Well, it's getting late. Tomorrow I'll talk about how to identify Duplicates in Excel 2007.