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Well, well, well …. Kerrie Allman has been at it again. Who would have thought it?
In September 2012, Igloo Books published A Guide To Knitting – Basic Techniques plus 40 projects. Inside the book, there is the statement that "All projects, content and images supplied by Handmade Living Magazine",
Handmade Living Magazine was part of the All Craft Media "stable" of magazines, until ACM went into Administration in May 2012. Handmade Living of course rarely published knitting patterns, which went to its sister magazine, Knit (previously Yarn Forward).
The publishing of this collection of patterns raised loads of questions, so the 500+ members of the Ravelry group dedicated to ensuring that Kerrie/Tallulah will never again get away with her, shall we call them, "dubious business practices" set to work and within a few hours had identified the designers of all but about 4 of these patterns.
THIRTEEN patterns had come from ONE designer. She had no idea they'd been published and certainly received no money for this. She hadn't been paid for some of them previously published by ACM. Some had never been published before and were to be transferred to Tailor Made Publishers, who bought the rights to Knit Magazine (now Yarnwise). The knitted samples were also supposed to be sent to Tailor Made but they didn't all turn up. ACM had five lace shawls designed by this designer which Kerrie promised to post back to her. They never arrived. Another "lost in the post" story to add to a very long list of postal mishaps over the past 7 years or so. At least one of these shawls appeared in this book.
The designer is now in the position of not being able to sell these patterns as "previously unpublished" as without her knowledge, consent or any payment they've found themselves in the public arena.
Some of the patterns came from the KAL Media era, ie before All Craft Media. Rights to these patterns were NOT sold to All Craft Media when ACM bought the titles.
There is also A Guide to Sewing from the same source, and I know that at least one pattern in it was acquired in the same fashion, ie without the knowledge of the designer and without payment. I'll leave it to the sewing community on the internet to investigate that one further.
Igloo Books has withdrawn these two books from sale while they investigate this. They even joined Ravelry so they could come into the forum and apologise to the designers concerned. This company has won many awards, including the Queen's Award for Enterprise, so I think we can presume that they don't want to tarnish their reputation over a couple of craft books. They would appear to hold a contract stating that title to these designs belonged to the person/business selling them. I look forward to seeing what action they take.
And Kerrie/Tallulah, you can bleat all over the internet as much as you like about how mean and unfair we are to criticise you for what you are keen to present as the normal human failing of making the occasional mistake.
Not posting samples, club packages, magazines and cheques when you've quite clearly stated that they're in the post isn't a mistake – it's a lie. Very many lies going back a number of years.
And selling something that you don't own is most certainly not a mistake – it's criminal. Perhaps you could mention that to the police the next time you pop in to see them?
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Timothy Cardinal Dolan's April 25 blog post is entitled "All Are Welcome!" But the irony in the New York archbishop's already-infamous reflection is that all are really not welcome in his Catholic Church. Unless, like the grammar-school Timothy and his boyhood chum Freddie, we remember to "wash our hands" before joining the family for dinner.
Dolan lists six categories of folks who had best clean up before appearing at God's table: active alcoholics; businesspeople who deny fair wages to migrant workers; young unmarried couples who cohabit; women who have abortions and male partners who encourage them; people who act on "homosexuality" or "same-sex attraction" (note those terms, because they'll be important later); and wealthy folks who ignore principles of charity and justice.
It's a clever list, superficially diverse, careful to include social sins about which progressive Catholics often speak. But Dolan gives himself away. Three of his six "dirty hands" categories are sexual/reproductive, and he treats them with minimal nuance. (Another "dirty hands" category, alcoholism, is awkward because it's at least as much a physical and psychological illness as a moral lapse.) And, among his sexual/reproductive bullet points, the most space is reserved for "homosexuality," for "same-sex attraction." In fact, it's the longest point of the entire list, constituting 60 of 191 words, almost a third. (I used Microsoft Word for a tally.)
Local Catholics who sensed Dolan's underlying point, and didn't like it, announced a silent protest for Sunday, May 5. The protest contained but one element: participants would attend Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral after rubbing their hands with charcoal. But alas, Dolan was evidently quite serious about soap and towels: the ten protesters were promptly greeted by an equal number of NYPD officers, who said they could not enter. A cathedral staffer confirmed it, telling the protesters that attending Mass with dirty hands would be treated as criminal trespassing. Therefore they remained outside, and one protester, Joseph Amodeo, wrote eloquently about his experience for the Huffington Post.
Better scribes than I have already spilled enough ink analyzing Dolan's loaded rhetoric of "dirty hands," as well as the ways Jesus deliberately transgressed the boundaries of clean and unclean during his ministry. My own insight is more of an aside.
I said to note my citation of Dolan's terms "same-sex attraction" and "homosexuality." When I read them in his piece, they reminded me of something I'd seen awhile back. But I didn't know where to find it. So I employed brute force, typing my vague memory into Google: catholic bishops don't use word gay. And, on page 3 of my search results, I found something familiar: an NCR article from January.
It began: "San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has said Catholics opposed to same-sex marriage should limit themselves to even using the term 'only sparingly,' as the idea, according to him, is an impossibility." Almost what I remembered, but not quite. Then I scanned further down, and bingo: "Cordileone also prefers that Catholics do not use the terms 'gay' and 'lesbian,' but instead 'persons with a homosexual inclination.'"
I can't claim to know for sure whether older terms like "homosexuality" or "inclination" or "same-sex attraction" are indeed being painstakingly retained in ecclesiastical PR messaging, apparently as pushback to the acceptance of "gay" and "lesbian" and "bisexual." But even so, powerful hierarchs like Cordileone and Dolan certainly do set an example for other church authorities. And they are brushing aside not just the lingua franca of the wider culture, but also the ways most LGBTQs speak of themselves and their relationships.
As a straight ally, I have to take a long moment to ponder the implications. I have to imagine what it's like to not only belong to a group singled out for "dirty hands," but to be simultaneously stripped of the right to claim my own name: to be, paradoxically, both a scapegoat and a whozit. Because when you can't say your own name, when everybody else calls you whatever they want, then you have no name.
Think hard about that: people kept nameless in the name of God.

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Pope Francis has approved a miracle so that, for the first time, a married couple can be canonised together.
The canonisation ceremony for Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux, is likely to take place during the world Synod of Bishops on the family in October.
Pope Francis signed the decree today, the Vatican said, although it provided no details about the miraculous cure said to have taken place through the couple's intercession.
However, the promoters of the sainthood cause said the miracle being studied involves a little girl in the Archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Born prematurely and with multiple life-threatening complications, Carmen suffered a major brain hemorrhage, which could have caused irreversible damage. Her parents prayed for the Martins' intercession. The little girl survived and is healthy.
Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, had said in late February that "thanks be to God, in October two spouses, parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux, will be canonised."
Blessed Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin were married in 1858. The couple had nine children, but four of them died in infancy. The five who survived — including St Thérèse — all entered religious life. Zelie Martin died of cancer in 1877, at the age of 45; her husband died when he was 70 in 1894.
The couple was beatified in 2008. They are believed to be the first parents of a saint to be beatified, highlighting the important role parents play in their children's human and spiritual upbringing.
The next step toward canonization is for the pope to hold a consistory with cardinals present in Rome to announce the decision to proceed with the ceremony during the world Synod of Bishops on the family on October 4 to 25. A Vatican official said that meeting probably would be in June.
Before opening the October 2014 meeting of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, Pope Francis venerated the relics of St Thérèse, her parents and another couple, Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi; the relics were brought to Rome specifically for prayers during the bishops' discussions about family life.
Pope Francis also promulgated decrees of heroic virtue for seven individuals who are on the path to canonisation. The Servants of God whose heroic virtues were recognised include Mary Aikenhead, born in Cork, Ireland in 1787. She was the Founder of the Institute of the Religious Sisters of Charity in Ireland and St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin. She died in Dublin in 1858.


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It's been a HUGE year for us !
We have delivered: White Shoe Box Gallery for the Castlemaine State Festival; ART Postcards for Bendigo Marketplace and continued to lobby hard for the necessary funds to implement the Pop Up Art concept in full.
We are looking forward to a great 2016 and in the meantime wish you, your family and your community a safe, happy and delicious holiday season !
Former directors Rosalind Price and Elizabeth Honey have moved on to create Swingbridge Arts, a separate company, with a division called Jump Leads Productions focused on performance work. We wish them the best in all their endeavours.
Sharon Seyd and Kevin Pierce continue to head the original company, and new director Karen Corr has come on board. In this, Jumpleads NFP has joined forces with Make a Change Australia: we have forged a new formalised partnership to expand our reach and our impact. This integrates two existing offices and teams, between Melbourne and Bendigo, who have been working together for nearly a year now. It provides for: a larger team; specialist expertise; Not-for-Profit legal structure, DGR status and greater positive impact.
Make a Change Australia will continue to run an independent division, based in Bendigo, and for Pop Up Art this means: strong local representation with people ready to realise opportunities for the project and efficient support for regional artists.
ART POSTCARDS EXHIBITION October 12th – 31st 2015
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Open to all artists from Bendigo and the partnering shires of Mount Alexander, Macedon Ranges & Hepburn.
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WHITE SHOE BOX GALLERY EXHIBITION March 13 – 22nd, 2015
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A group exhibition by the artists of Hepburn, Mt Alexander, Macedon and Bendigo shires of their Art and Artefacts.
We have wrapped up the White Shoe Box Gallery Exhibition which was presented within the Castlemaine State Festival program.
Within a very busy festival season: 70 artists participated, 30 more expressed an interest & 940 visitors attended!
our primary intention: was to encourage artist participation inside a non-selective environment. The artist mix included established artists, student artists, emerging artists, Create-abilty artists (the artists loved the 'all in' community vibe of the show.)
Our secondary objective: was to test the technical parameters of the Pop Up Art concept, presenting the art in a tiny floor space (totalling 8 square metres) above the Ice Creamery at The Theatre Royal.
Artistic mediums varied greatly between sculptors, painters, printmakers, photographers, jewellery makers, potters, installation artists. ALL exhibiting their work within a small standard size white shoe box format.
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Shin Kong Financial Holding Co (新光金控), parent company of the nation's third-biggest life insurer, yesterday decided to raise US$375 million via the issuance of Global Depositary Receipts (GDR) — 25 percent more than its earmarked goal to raise US$300 million, despite overseas investors over-subscribing by US$700 million-worth of shares, a company executive said yesterday.
The company's GDR issuance was priced at NT$11.713 per share, or a 9.9 percent discount from its closing share price of NT$13 per share yesterday, its president Victor Hsu (許澎)said.
Hsu said the company had previously hoped the pricing discount would fall within a 10 percent level.
"The pricing discount is in line with our expectation," he said over the phone, dismissing media speculation that Shin Kong had hoped for a 5 percent discount.
Hsu said that he believed the valuation of the new shares contributed to the over-subscription among overseas investors, who, however, were highly concerned about the company's future expansion into the Chinese market.
The company will use the newly-raised capital fund its operation in the next two to three years, he said, rejecting media speculation that the firm needs to inject funds to maintain its statutory risk-based capital (RBC) ratio above 200 percent.
"Our RBC ratio in the first half of this year had far exceeded the 200 percent level," he said.
The company will likely raise another NT$8 billion in the next two to three years including a cash injection proposal in the second half of this year, pending a board approval, Hsu said.


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NFL rumors: Latest news from Week 15 on injuries and more
By Justin Lee, Chat Sports
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' playoff hopes are all but dashed after a 31–23 road loss to the St. Louis Rams on Thursday night. Now 6–8 and 2 1/2 games behind the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks for the two NFC wild-card spots, the Bucs tied a season low with three points in the first half against the Rams.
Rookie quarterback Jameis Winston passed for just 49 yards in the game's first thirty minutes, his worst first-half performance in 2015. He did, however, finish the game with a career-high 363 yards passing.
St. Louis improved to 6–8 with the win, behind a strong effort from quarterback Case Keenum. The journeyman signal caller finished 14 of 17 passing for 234 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Both St. Louis and Tampa Bay need a loss by either the Seahawks or Vikings in Week 15 to keep their playoff hopes alive.
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• Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was fined for three plays, a hit on Ben Roethlisberger and two unnecessary roughness calls, during his team's loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 14, reports ESPN's Adam Schefter.
• The family of former NFL player Dave Duerson believes his portrayal in Concussion paints him in an inaccurate and unfair light, reports The New York Times' Ken Belson.
• NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a "warning letter" to Missouri governor Jay Nixon and the St. Louis stadium task force, indicating that a reported $100 million increase to the leagues' $200 million contribution limit on new stadium financing has not been authorized, reports the Los Angeles Times' Sam Farmer.
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Voter group claims Mike Pence is abusing his office to suppress black votes
Genuine in-person voter fraud is extremely rare, let alone voter fraud which could throw an election. But Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who also happens to be Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's running mate, agrees with other GOP officials who have turned rumors of voter fraud into a full-blown conspiracy to change the outcome of the vote on Nov. 8 — and a progressive group is calling B.S. on the Indiana State Police's tactics.
Patriot Majority USA will begin running radio, print and digital ads targeted at black voters in the run-up to the election after an Oct. 4 raid on the Indiana Voter Registration Project's headquarters in the state capitol of Indianapolis, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. PMU director Craig Varoga told the Post up to 45,000 mostly black people's voter applications were seized in the raid and he believes they may lose their right to vote on Election Day.
The raid was conducted by the Indiana State Police, reported the Indy Star, but they only confirmed at least 10 of the submitted voter registration forms contained "fraudulent information."
However, Hendricks County Clerk Debbie Hoskins, who is a Republican, told the Star her office found the forms on their own and notified the state police directly.
Vargoa told the Post the project hoped to register 50,000 people. While the Indiana Voter Registration Project has asked the Department of Justice to investigate, the State Police announced "that the investigation had expanded from nine to 56 of the state's 92 counties," the Post wrote.
"Indiana State Police recently shut down our state's largest voter registration program," says one of the ads. "This police raid was under the leadership of Republican Governor Mike Pence. Now 45,000 citizens, almost all African-Americans, could lose the right to vote."
The Trump campaign is currently polling at slightly above Clinton in Indiana, with poll-tracking website FiveThirtyEight currently giving Trump more than 90% chance of winning the state in their polls-plus forecast.


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Goal.com Nigeria where I work full time. It has been an exciting time in Nelspruit/Mbombela where the Nigeria national football team are based. I arrived late in the city for the Group C opening matches on Monday but I was able to catch a few photos of fans who'd come from all over the continent to cheer their teams to victory.
By far the most boisterous are the Ethiopian fans who returned to the tournament after 31 years. Many of them drove all the way from Addis Ababa to witness this grand occasion. They were rewarded for their enthusiasm as their team drew 1-1 against defending champions Zambia on Monday night.
Nigeria fans were left disappointed after Burkina Faso scored late to earn a 1-1 draw in the second game.
Here I present a few of my photos.
Lagos means many things to different people. I would like to show you the Lagos that I see everyday in pictures.
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Kaye Whiteman's LAGOS
|Lagos - Front cover
They had seen my blog and wanted to know if I could produce photos for the seminal volume they were working on.
It took two years of work for them and I'm glad to present Kaye Whiteman's LAGOS to everyone.
The book chronicles the history of the city, explores its many different founding stories, founders, tradition, lore and culture.
When I was approached by the publishers to provide them photos for the book, little did I know that it was going to turn up in this well-written, beautifully bound and packaged volume.
Whiteman, a columnist at Businessday newspapers, has painstakingly produced a work that would continue to be a reference point for many years. He explores the city in all its ramifications - the good, the bad and the ugly.
The author sheds light on the history of the city and how it has since the 17th century become a magnet for many.
He also explores its modern day image as a commercial centre, a growing metropolis, a cultural capital for West Africa and a city that still has its traditions at heart.
Whiteman interviews key actors in the city: Governor Babatunde Fashola, former governor Bola Tinubu, Oba of Lagos HRM Rilwanu Akiolu, culture ambassadors Jahman Anikulapo and Toyin Akinosho, among many others.
This is the book that you need to have in order to understand this beautiful city of ours better.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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Nigerian innovators, entrepreneurs, academics and scientists have been invited to apply for an opportunity to win a $30,000 scholarship to attend the Graduate Studies Programme of the Singularity University, California, USA.
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There's nothing like a British summer to piss on your bonfire.
The summer solstice, when the Northern hemisphere is at it's closest point to the sun. I wouldn't know, I can't see the sun for the thick cloud and rain. I got absolutely drenched this morning, definitely not fun biking weather.
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My 2011 Choice for a Plasma TV
OK, I've decided to post about picking out my new plasma TV. This is not a post regarding LCD/LED VS Plasma technology, as I made the decision a few years back and continue to hold the view that plasma TVs give you a better viewing experience unless you have the sun blasting directly on the screen. I understand that many people have strong views on the LCD/LED VS Plasma discussion but it will not be the purpose of this post.
I am going to talk about my project to get a new plasma TV. I am not a professional reviewer, but I enjoy technology and enjoy finding the best deal possible while combining that with getting the best technology in my price range. Because of this I enjoy the challenge of researching countless forums while also watching and reading every review I can find on the TVs that I am looking to possibly purchase. Here is where I will share the results of my search. Maybe it will help you pick out your TV and save you some time in the process.
In the world of plasma televisions you don't have nearly as many choices as you do with LCD/LED. You are pretty much limited to Panasonic, Samsung & LG. And researching for just a few minutes will tell you that most consider it a battle between Panasonic & Samsung. Most people feel that Samsung's TVs look great and have a very vibrant picture while maintaining very good black levels (the holy grail when considering plasmas). Panasonics are known for the best black levels (of currently available TVs, I am not counting the old Pioneer Kuros which are considered the best plasmas ever made), have drastically improved their looks (at least on the GT30 series and up) and have excelent picture quality, though some say it's not as vibrant. I am not going to comment on the LG plasmas because honestly I never even considered them as a true option in my plasma TV search (sorry LG).
My choices thus came down to the Panasonic TC-P60GT30 and the Samsung PN59D7000. These sets are respectively one step below the top of the line plasmas that each company makes and at least on the Panasonic side, it is a huge price difference between top of the line and the GT series.
In the end I chose the Panasonic TC-P60GT30 as my TV of choice. It was a tough choice and I almost decided on the Samsung (despite being extremely happy with my several year old Panasonic Plasma). While they both seemed like they would give excellent viewing experiences, I chose the Panasonic due to the countless reports that I read about the Samsung 7000 and 8000 series plasmas having a screen peeling issue. What was being reported was that the special anti-reflective screen filter would bubble up and peel underneath the glass panel. And while Samsung seemed to be fixing or replacing this at no charge, there were just to many reports of people having 2 and 3 visits from technicians and have 2 and 3 TVs replaced. I also read reports that Amazon.com stopped selling these TVs directly because of these quality concerns (this seemed to be confirmed as you can only get it through 3rd party Amazon retailers, unlike the Panasonics which are directly through Amazon*). I just did not want to deal with that kind of hassle.
That issue along with good reviews of the Panasonic GT30 series (There are some some reports of fluctuating brightness levels with the Panasonic, but after a week with mine I have not seen this at all) is why I chose to go with this TV and I could not be happier, though the wife thinks it's too big (she was out voted by my friends). After a week, I have found no issues with the TV at all. The picture quality is bright and clear (you can find the picture settings I used here), the TV is thin and modern looking. You can also get this TV in sizes ranging from 50 inches all the way up to 65 inches.
Also of note, if the Panasonic GT30 series is too rich for your blood, the step down Panasonic ST30 series is supposedly the same plasma panel. It lacks the THX Certification (which I honestly never used on my old TV, but have used it a bit on this new one) but most say that for the average user you won't be able to tell much of a difference at all. I almost went this route but the Panasonic GT30 series has a much slimmer and modern look, which needless to say the wife and I liked.
I decided to purchase my TV on Amazon.com and my experience could not have been better. I order it late on a Monday night and the TV was delivered on Thursday afternoon. The drivers pulled it out of the box and helped me set it up after we checked the screen for damage (there was none). Another item of note, is that the TV was about $2200 on Amazon when I purchased it and was on sale at Best Buy for $1999.99 (which would have come to around $2100 with tax), Amazon price matched the $1999.99, threw in a free 3D kit (Avatar 3D, and 2 pairs of 3D glasses valued at $250) and I did not have to pay tax or delivery. Amazon (as always) was a great shopping experience.
Want the Panasonic GT30 series that I chose:
Want the (slight) step down Panasonic ST30 series:
Want to go all out and get the Panasonic VT30 Series (Top of the line):
*This is important because Amazon has great customer service and an awesome return policy, and though I'm sure some of the 3rd parties have this as well, it could be hit or miss.
Feel free to ask me any questions regarding my purchase as I would love to help you out in picking out your TV.


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Brexit Backtracking and the Two State Delusion on Palestine (E361)
Afshin Rattansi goes underground on CIA, Brexit and Palestine. Former White House official, Paul Craig Roberts tells us that Washington is telling the UK it cannot leave the European Union, whatever the will of the British people. And does Brexit really mean bust? We speak to Tory MP and member of the UK finance select committee Kwasi Kwarteng, about why short term financial fear will translate into long term prosperity. Plus David Cameron may be gone, but what did he ever do for the lynchpin of global security - Palestine? We speak to the Palestinian Ambassador to Britain. Plus we are joined by broadcaster and former MP Lembit Opik for a look at the week's news.
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Moving Histories // Future Projections
18/02/2017 - 20/10/2019
Deborah Kelly LYING WOMEN (still) , 2016
- Materials
- stop motion animation from paper collage
- Dimensions
- 3:56 mins
- Image Credit
- Cinematography by Christian J Heinrich. Edited by Elliott Magen. Original score by Evelyn Ida Morris. Sound by Adam Hulbert. Courtesy the artist
Amala Groom The Invisibility of Blackness (still) , 2014
- Materials
- single-channel digital video
- Dimensions
- 47 seconds
- Image Credit
- Filmed by Liz Warning. Courtesy the artist.
Soda_Jerk The Time that Remains (still) , 2012
- Materials
- digital video
- Dimensions
- 11:56 mins
- Image Credit
- Courtesy the artist
About the exhibition
Moving Histories // Future Projections brings together some of Australia's leading female contemporary artists working across screen based media including Mikala Dwyer and Justene Williams, Amala Groom, Deborah Kelly, Kate Blackmore and Jacinta Tobin, Joan Ross, Soda_Jerk, Angelica Mesiti and Caroline Garcia, curated by Kelly Doley and Diana Smith of Barbara Cleveland (formally Brown Council).
The artists in Moving Histories // Future Projections approach their subject matter in a variety of ways – they turn the camera on themselves, re-stage historical events or reimagine alternative futures through speculative accounts of the past. Yet through repetition, montage and mimicry, they all explore a space where time folds in on itself and back again and each looks back while also moving forward. Collectively and individually they act as historians, archivists and archaeologists - excavating historical materials, digging through archives and channeling the past to make new connections across time and space.
'Since its invention, film has seemed destined to make history visible. It has been able to portray the past and to stage the present' Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujicã, Videograms of a Revolution
In The Time that Remains (2012), Soda_Jerk manipulate found footage and the materiality of video to stage an on-screen engagement between two deceased screen stars, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and their past and future selves.
The Invisibility of Blackness (2014) by Amala Groom is interplay between presence and disappearance of cultural identity as Groom repeatedly speaks in her matriarchal Wiradjuri lineage, in order to connect with the present. As the screen slowly fades to black, Groom's embodied utterances continue through the darkness.
Joan Ross stitches together Australia's post-colonial historical imagery in her animation Colonial Grab (2014). Through playfully cutting and pasting contemporary symbols of excess and desire over iconic Australian landscape paintings she highlights the ongoing presence of a repressive past.
Shot on location at Cockatoo Island, similar sites of contention are explored in Red Rockers (2010). Here artists Mikala Dwyer and Justene Williams don handmade Ned Kelly-come-prison outfits replete with trashy heels to summon up past lives and histories that coalesce with the present.
Kate Blackmore's Ngallowan (They Remain) (2014) attempts to exhume the complex and uncomfortable history between colonial and First Nations people. While Blackmore determinedly paints herself into a corner with white paint, literally 'white-washing' her body from view, the unwavering traditional song of Dharug Elder Jacinta Tobin remains.
In an exploration of invisible pasts, forgotten narratives and repressed memories, the exhibition reminds us how history is fractured along contradictory lines of race, class and gender. It is through the voice of the artist that we are presented with new, alternative futures.
Moving Histories // Future Projections is curated by Kelly Doley and Diana Smith of the collaborative artist group BC Institute. Doley is currently a PhD Candidate at UNSW Art & Design and is the recipient of a University Postgraduate Scholarship. She is researching the politics and aesthetics of socially engaged performance practice. Smith currently works as a lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney and is completing her PhD on experimental methodologies for historicising performance at the University of NSW.
About the artists
Kate Blackmore and Jacinta Tobin, Mikala Dwyer and Justene Williams, Amala Groom, Deborah Kelly, Joan Ross, Soda_Jerk, Angelica Mesiti and Caroline Garcia.
Touring Venues
and Dates
- Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery (QLD) 18/02/2017 - 23/04/2017
- Cairns Art Gallery (QLD) 28/04/2017 - 18/06/2017
- Mosman Art Gallery (NSW) 21/10/2017 - 21/01/2018
- Blue Mountains Cultural Centre (NSW) 20/01/2018 - 11/03/2018
- Bega Valley Regional Gallery (NSW) 16/03/2018 - 28/04/2018
- Latrobe Regional Gallery (VIC) 05/05/2018 - 08/07/2018
- Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery (NSW) 28/07/2018 - 28/09/2018
- Broken Hill Art Gallery (NSW) 28/09/2018 - 11/11/2018
- Wagga Wagga Art Gallery (NSW) 16/02/2019 - 12/05/2019
- Grafton Regional Gallery (NSW) 05/09/2019 - 20/10/2019


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Artist rendering of proposed new mountain carving in Silicon Valley featuring the titans of the digital age—Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Berners-Lee.
Artist rendering of proposed new mountain carving in Silicon Valley featuring the titans of the digital age—Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Berners-Lee.
I haven't spent enough time in other cities besides Chicago and I don't remember them in that city, but here in Southern California we have the little button you press to let it be known that a pedestrian would like to cross at an intersection with a traffic light and they'd like to do it without being killed. That's not the subject of the blog, that's its own. This blog was inspired by my observation yesterday that people press it a gazillion times hoping that will make the light change sooner.
Ok, not really a gazillion but it's a funny word. Not even 27 like the title says, but again that's a funnier number than say 8, which is in fact the real amount. People will also press the button after they've seen you press it, as if their fingerprint had the magic touch. I've had hispanic women press it after me and think to myself, "maybe they think it's a language thing and they are more powerful in Los Angeles after all?"
Kids do press it a gazillion times, but they're kids and I excuse them because they're kids. But we don't give it up as adults. And it's not just these buttons. We used to do it with the old landline phones that hung on the wall, clicking repeatedly in the hopes that would get the dial tone faster. We press return again and again when our computers don't respond quick enough for our needs. And we use it endless in the attempt to "send, send, SEND."
We have at our disposal the most amazing, fastest, farthest reaching technology and we're still not satisfied. The other day when I walked to the post office a compact bodybuilder slammed at the traffic light button with such force, at least five times, to get it to change quicker. I thought maybe I'd actually see someone accomplish what so many try be sheer power but man's muscles can't overcome technology. Neither can his brain. We need to work with it. They'll get the text in time.
It's midnight, I want to go to sleep, but I also want to file my blog. I am a man of two minds, not only in this dilemma but the one that's going on between the two hemispheres in the control of my functions: Left Brain vs. Right Brain.
I've found that my current personal and professional goals do battle in my noodle on a regular basis. There is the part of me that wants to be a full time writer and there's the part of me that likes food and must still continue to do web design. And even though the second can be creative as well, the mathematical part necessary to code a web site puts it often more heavily into the left hemisphere and that side wants to dominate and tell the flaky artistic part to go get a burrito.
So I find myself here, laptop poised, fingers lightly on the a, s, d, f,j k, l and ; keys ready to type and I can't get the brain to switch over. I slam the heel of my hand against the side of my skull trying to force the synapses to fire that way the way you might try to make water come out your ear. Nothing.
I watch a comedy clip of my favorite stand-up of the moment Louis CK. Nothing.
I wish to run nude and free through the unlimited universe of thought, imagination and creativity but there's something unfinished on one of my website projects and the stubborn part of me that doesn't like loose ends still has his pocket protector on.
The Battle of my Brains, or more appropriately, the sides of my brain, are like the battle waged every day in high school cafeterias, the cool kids versus the nerds. Each thinks they are better, each is a little jealous of the other's capabilities, and neither wants to sit together. And the funny part is they need each other. Like the jock needs the nerd to copy off on test day, I need the left brain to manage websites and social media in order to increase my blogging audience. And like the geek needs the artist to introduce him to the art of talking to girls or at least procure beer so it won't matter, I need the writer to help with all of the design parts and to keep me inspired on a day to day basis.
So why can't they all just get along? Why is it that the logical side won't make room for the creative side and vice-versa? Why do they have to have their "me" time? I suppose it's like having twins, they both want more attention and will scream louder in an attempt to get it. But just like parents that can be exhausted by all the work until they see the twins dressed up for some special occasion, I should just be thankful that I've been blessed with both and keep doing my work.
Thanks for listening.
"Oh, hi, good morning."
"Mind if I join you."
"No, not at all."
"Hi, I'm Mr., I mean I'm Scott."
"What are you doing?"
"Just looking, thinking about my life down there. It's all so simple."
"What is?"
"Well. I am…was…a CEO of a major corporation. 23 different companies underneath us. We would always say that we couldn't change anything, it was all in the system. But we made the system."
"I hear ya."
"We set it up so customer service was automated, we set it up so billing was automated. And then when someone wanted something different done, we blamed the machines and there was nothing we could do about it. But we created those machines and we could have changed them. Instead we let them take the blame and got caught up in the ease of it."
"Ain't it the truth."
"And the worst part is we did it to our employees, the people that made us grow. Let the computers control their vacations, their pensions, their benefits. Sickening. Jeez I'm so sorry, I'm babbling on an on. What did you do?"
"I worked for you."
Science fiction has been predicting for many years that computers will eventually learn to "think" and will take over the world. I saw War Games in the 80s. I was there for the Y2K rumors. So far we're safe, and if my phone and laptop are any indication, we're not in any danger.
I don't really think they stand a chance when they don't know where they are and they don't know what the weather is going to be like. I spent a lot of time on the bus this summer and was constantly amused by my GPS. There is a function in it that can map out the public transportation routes with times and directions. I just had to laugh when the map would say "…has arrived" and there I was, still sitting on the bus listening to someone talking too loud on their cell phone next to me. This system is built on satellites or they wouldn't even know when the bus could possibly arrive, so how are the computers going to take over the world when they'll miss their target? They'll be shooting for the UN and end up at McD's. After hours. Talking to the box.
And the change in the weather. I was talking to my mom and she was asking about the weather, we're supposed to get some of those 90s for the next few days. So I went to look at the weather site and it said it was 77 degrees. Ok. But. It also said that it would be 90. In fourteen minutes! So I says to mom how can someone not know to change this, she says dad says they're all on computers, so why couldn't the computer just interpret the change and adjust accordingly? To my first-hand knowledge, spilling coffee on your laptop keyboard fries it; so how are the computers going to take over the world if they decide to attack…and it rains? They're all not R2D2 that could whip out an umbrella ala a light saber. They'll all just be laying there out in the street, like a bunch of beer cans after a big concert.
So rest assured good humans we are safe. But they are getting smarter, more useful and a bigger part of our daily lives every day. So while they're still our "pets" let's take care of them. And eat breakfast somewhere else. And stop talking to them. They might be listening.
He's back. He doesn't wear glasses anymore, he's not overweight, and he can talk to girls…but there's not doubting it: The Geek is Back.
I learned how to program computers in high school when computers didn't have screens. They were just keyboards attached to giant machines attached to even bigger printers. You typed out programs and things printed out on the big tractor style printer. It wasn't quite like the movie War Games but it was cool.
I was really good at math. I was the king of memorizing equations and getting A+'s on tests with that memory. I got a 35 out of 36 on my ACT tests for math and science. Which is why I became a magician.
I ignored all the counselors that said I should go into computers and go to college. I did very well for over twenty years. But now I'm starting to design websites. And the little nerd in me is popping out.
I missed the geek revolution. The Big Bang Theory, The Apple Store Genius Bar and Comic Con has elevated geeks to a new level. But I'm old and wise and self-confident so I don't need to be accepted.
I'm sorry, give me a moment. I can't believe I just typed that line. You can become thin and gorgeous, but if you were a nerd in school that always lives in you. So I retract that statement. If cute girls think it's cool I design and write things on my laptop, I am still going to be shy and not know how to ask them out.
But that's not why this blog topic came to me. What I realized as I struggled this morning to figure out a couple of hurdles understanding how to get a site to work in WordPress is that I love figuring stuff out. That's what makes a geek. It's not the clothes, it's not the toys, it's the need to figure out a problem. And the great feeling when you do.
So that's why geeks become geeks. Because you ignore your hygiene, you ignore social interaction, you ignore other obligations, because your mind is focused on fixing the problem. And it can't be distracted until it "gets it."
And then you move on to another one. Keep on geeking baby!
The future is here! George Orwell and the great science fiction writers were correct. The age of Big Brother Is Watching has arrived. And it wants to sell you some shoes.
I was browsing on the Internet last night and suddenly noticed all these sidebar ads for gym shoes. Then I realized that they were the same make and model as the ones I had been searching for earlier! They're in my computer, they're in my head. Who are they? Can they be stopped?
From what I understand, no. My friend in the e-commerce business told me data is the future and he recounted a story about a young girl who was bombarded by ads for baby clothes and supplies by a major chain. Her father was furious and went to complain. It turns out the girl was pregnant and they knew because she had looked for pregnancy tests. But she didn't even know for sure yet and her parents had no clue!
I'm sure it's a bit dramatized and she knew but just didn't tell her parents, but still we are being watched, and now targeted.
For me it started small and subtly. They would know I lived in Long Beach. Ok with Google maps and wireless and such, I had to accept that. I couldn't disconnect it.
But then it got more specific. Ads for dating sites popping up. First on Facebook, that made sense since my profile said single. But then more often on random sites I browsed. Who knew? Ah, probably all the job applications I filled out. And all those darn surveys to see if I qualified for a lousy $150 for two hours of my opinions. They didn't care what I thought, just how to get under my skin. Make me realize how lonely I was and how long it had been since I had a date. Can't go on a date if you don't have any money! Ha, Jeff 1.
I don't know how all the ads for porn sites kept coming up either. I ONCE went on one of those sites and it was totally by accident. I was surfing for the best price on chicken breasts and it popped up. But now they won't stop and even the ads show women scantily clad or often topless. It's shameful. I close those browsers within, like, 3 minutes.
And thank you very much but I don't need a penis enlargement or Viagra! I think that all my exes can testify to everything being alright down there. They left me for other reasons.
But my problems aside, how far will they go? How deep will they infiltrate to try and sell us something. Right now it's through spam email and advertising on websites, but could it go further. If you were in the middle of a text with someone and wrote OMG, would a banner ad for the Catholic church appear on your iPhone? And the way that phones are syncing with your computers, is that all just a ruse to make you think it's simplifying your life. Could you be talking to your grandmother and Hallmark ads appear on your computer, or worse, funeral parlors?!!!
It's only going to get worse. At one time, we were simply subjected to the local penny saver or obnoxious advertising in our mailboxes, the kind on the street. But now, through the use of subliminal messaging and fast pop ups, we're in trouble. They're going to know we need dentures before we do. They're going to know when it's time for the colonoscopy. They're going to know, when we should make sure our affairs are in order. Good luck.
Me, I'm going to find out who owns that site for Mackeeper and tell them to bite me. If anyone can help, please leave a comment.


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U.S. cranks up antidumping machine
— John Kemp is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own —
Right on cue, U.S. steel producers have filed antidumping and anti-subsidy (countervailing duty) complaints against imports of high-quality steel pipe from China.
The core of the dumping and subsidization accusations is not new. It centers on alleged benefits China's steel producers derive from a legacy of state ownership and aid, as well as their willingness to continue exporting surplus product that cannot be absorbed into the domestic market. But until recently the industry was hampered in bringing a case because of high levels of profitability.
To succeed, the petitioner for antidumping relief must prove (1) that goods have been dumped at below the cost of production, the selling price in the home country or in comparable third countries; and (2) that the dumping caused or threatened "material injury" to producers of the "like product" in the United States.
Because steel producers had been making record profits until last summer, it would have been impossible to prove "material injury." But industry lawyers believe six months of lower prices will be enough to convince officials the industry is suffering real hardship.
In reality, the industry's problems have been caused by the global downturn rather than dumping and subsidization. But U.S. producers will point to the combination of slumping demand at home and continued strong imports from China to make the case that dumped and subsidized Chinese pipe are causing real harm to American competitors.
U.S. producers are complaining because China's steelmakers have not cooperated in their efforts to support prices by closing capacity and preventing a build up of inventory.
The case now moves to the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), which will make a determination about "material injury," and the US Department of Commerce (USDOC), which will determine whether the goods are being dumped below cost or comparable home or third-country prices, and if so by how much.
In the parallel countervailing duty case, USDOC will determine whether the goods have benefited from subsidies that are not consistent with the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement.
Preliminary determinations are due within the next couple of months, definitive ones later in the year.
But if USDOC and USITC reach preliminary decisions pipe is being dumped or subsidized and causing material injury, U.S. Customs will begin assessing antidumping and countervailing duties on a provisional basis.
From that moment, importers of Chinese steel will be liable to the full (as yet undetermined) duties if the preliminary findings are confirmed later in the year and made definitive.
Given pressure on domestic steel producers, the petitioners may also ask for a "critical circumstances" ruling that could allow antidumping and countervailing duties to be imposed retroactively on imports at any time.
From now on importers of Chinese steel pipe face an uncertain and potentially punitive tariff liability for any pipe entering the country. It will make imports prohibitively risky and is likely to choke off the flow almost immediately — whatever the eventual outcome of the case.
In theory, antidumping and countervailing duty investigations are a quasi-judicial process governed by statue and the WTO agreements. In practice, the process is at least partly political.
USDOC is an agency of the executive branch. USITC is an independent regulatory agency, but the six commissioners (three from each party) are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Senators from states with producers bringing antidumping actions have been known to turn up, sometimes en masse, at Commission hearings to support material injury claims, and make sure commissioners understand what is at stake.
The final stage of the antidumping and countervailing duty process is for the president to "proclaim" the duties and make them active. In theory, the president could decline to make a proclamation and end the process. But it would be exceptionally rare, and even less likely in the current environment.
Despite bold rhetoric from US and European leaders about the need to reaffirm commitment to the open trading system, antidumping and countervailing duty actions in sensitive sectors are gearing up, and G20 leaders are unlikely to risk unpopularity by blocking them.
It would be a mistake, however, to see this as a return to the tariff wars of the 1930s. WTO disciplines on antidumping and countervailing duties actions have tightened the rules for member countries significantly.
U.S. and European officials will argue that they need flexibility to provide exceptional protection for sensitive sectors facing sudden stress, and defuse political opposition, to sustain broader support for an open multilateral trading system.
It may not be pretty, but appeasing protectionist sentiment by permitting controversial antidumping and countervailing duties actions in steel and other basic industries is, unfortunately, the price for protecting the wider WTO-based trading system.
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John Kemp should get the award for first-class economic journalism. This kind of work has been missing for a long time in the media. Perhaps that is why, in part, the newspapers are dropping like flies. When sycophants call themselves journalists, it is sign of underlying systemic rot. When one sees work of the caliber of John Kemp, it shows that there is a correction going on, however tentative. Thanks to John and thanks to Reuters. Could virtue be in the ascendancy?
Your use of the term "high-quality" is flat wrong. If you would have really studied the situation you would have called it "OCTG" and included more information about the real story. I am guessing you had a deadline to meet.
I'm wondering when accusations of dumping will be levied against Japanese auto and electronics manufacturers, since the fact that their companies have booked significant losses in the past year would seem to be proof-positive that they've been selling into the American market at below cost.
Unfortunately the tendency of the US is to exercise protectionism at the demand of the lobbyist in Washington and criticize any other country that does the same thing…the rest of the world are tired of this…
with our economy the way it is I think we should stop most imports until our economy gets better.many countries do not play fare and america suffers.
I'm not for stopping imports. I'm for stopping unbearable, unreasonable restraints on local industry so that they can compete with China.
There are great technological advances that make certain industries such as refineries, plastics and steel mills produce with less environmental impact than what is traditionally perceived. I'd rather have the industries back to producing in the USA to good standards, where the pollution created can be effectively controlled (very important) than to let China produce the same good for an exponentially greater environmental damage, with no possibility of control, and having to rely heavily on international agreements that may or may not be worth the paper they're written on.
I have to agree with the earlier poster the use of "high quality steel" is quite inaccurate I am a commercial general contractor in Florida and I have experienced a lot of problems with pinholes in steel pipe that was manufactured in China as a opposed to not having hardly any of the same problems with pipe manufactured elsewhere.
A nation cannot engage in deficit trade and remain healthy, no more than a family can! The current economic meltdown is but a symptom of an emaciated manufacturing sector. There are so few good investments in U.S. corporations producing goods domestically that bubbles have to be created to lure foreign and domestic investors. Without the feds pumping out the money for bankers to loan and deregulation of the money lending system, there would be little investment in U.S. stocks. China, Japan, Brazil do not engage in unfettered capitalism. They protect their markets while we dismantle our own industries. The United States is a debtor nation and with that comes a poverty. Do we all not remember Joe Kennedy begging for oil and groveling to Chavez after he mocked the United States. This is unfettered capitalism at its worse. It enriches the few and impoverishes and humiliates the many. How do we tell Americans to live within their means when there is daily reinforcement that the nation is okay with growing deficits!
And yet I doubt China will argue how bad thier product is as a defence.
perhaps we should begin to use our grain as a way of evening the playing field. The arabs want an oil based currency, the russians a gold standard, why not an american grain backed currency? This would go a long way to smoothing the finacial troubles of the world, by putting the absolute value on commodities rather than allowing disounted steel and such…I think the US would quickly regain the top spot in the world under these circumstances…
I would like to point out that we dump food, in the name of humanitarian aid, to other countries. This seems like a vary charitable transaction but really, we're dumping our surplus crops in order to protect our farm economy. When its dumped on the foreign country (usually an African nation), it hurts their farm economy. Then we praise ourselves as being such good people and we support the world. HA! If we REALLY cared about these poor nations we would do much more than dump surplus grain in their laps. We would help them to grow their own food and produce their own goods. NOT COOL.
As long as a US company, or goverment official (through lobbiest) are making money on the imports……nothing is going to change. If China can send us poisoned goods and get away with it, what do you think we're going to do about a bunch of cheep iron pipe! Nothing!
Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
I understand that Benson Industries who is constructing the "freedom towers" in NY are using Chinese steel and prefab'd aluminum fenestration (glass envelope).
How much other material is coming from China?
No one seems to give a rat's but that they are eating our lunch, spying on us, and preparing to engage us on the high seas as well as on the information highway
In the early 80's an MIT blue ribbon panel wrapped up and published it's examination of America's strained economic system. The report detailed how successive American administration had avoided tariff's and "protectionism" and depended on devaluing the currency or borrowing heavily and running deficits to stimulate the economy. The result has been America is now the equivalent of a emaciated dead man without health insurance being pumped adrenalin. It is time to fully engage in the circuit buffers of full protectionism and tariff's. If it is good enough and works for what was left of our wire hanger (e.g. clothes hanger industry) it will be good for our steel industry and all our other industries being torn apart in the sham of trade that is neither fair nor free with China, Russia, Japan and the majority of Europe.
What we need is a manpower minimum wage labor cost adjustment to all imported goods. We also need the environmental concerns met or no trade. The best way to spur American manufacture is to redistribute tax money directly back to Americans on a bank issued credit card that can only be used for U.S. made goods, education including parochial and medical expenses. Bringing back the Reagan investment tax credit for new American industries to produce these goods for the new market would spur job creation and consumption. The cost would be cheaper than the bank bailout and make them do better in the mortgage market.
Free trade is trade among equals. When one country ignores environmental and safety cost that a local industry is forced to observe, the trade is not free or fair. We are turning into a country of extremes an extremely sophisticated high tech industry and low tech service. There will soon be nothing in the middle. If I was in charge of the United Stated security, I would be horrified by this development. A country that cannot produce steel,glass and screws is not a world power.
Yet again, USA is the Hypocric… It produced heavily subsudised food, then bans imports etc of the same.. and then dumps her excess on the world either cheaply or for "free "…. at the expense of efficient growers , like Australia.
When the boot is on the other foot America whines and whinges.
You lot caused the recession that we are having.. so fix the root problem first.. Reel inyour greedy manufacturers.. like .. gee… your Steel makers..!!!
The past experience with U.S "embargo" on Canadian lumber (which happened during healthy economic times) leads to believe that this might just be the beginning of something much bigger. Hopefully things like NAFTA will not be affected too drastically and we can all stick through these hard times together!
Wake up, Americans! UNIONS ARE HOLDING THIS COUNTRY HOSTAGE !!!
China has no unions. And union labor as a general rule does not produce quality for America. It's all about the union bosses' greed.
Inidividually, I believe there are some expert union-worker specialists, but the bosses make this type of organization a joke. They use their good workers for their own gain. This is true servitude. Clean it up, America! Demand right-to-work status from your Governors and Senators! Tell them to stop taking their unions lobby money!
USITC, USDOC, AND WTO are the worst! Find out, get involved!
Thanks, "insider," for the explaination. You're right, without your input I had no idea what in hell Kemp was talking about. "Construction's" point needed to be made as well. Contrary to Jonathan Cole's comment, these flaws in this story point to the deficiencies in modern journalism's editorship. Even with a 24 hour news cycle a journalist should get the "what" and "why" correct. The original story before these two comments seemed to be of interest to economists and the steel industry only. Not only does China's industry pollute China, its products and by-products pollute its foolish customers.
US needs to protect it's jobs. For China it is very simple it doesn't produce a better quality steel or products it just produces them cheaper, you know why? Because it pays it's steel workers a fraction of what US steel workers earn. The fact is if a certain lot of products have earned back their manufacturing cost the surplus goods are pure profit at any price. Retaining or gaining market share by underpricing it's products is another tactic. Dump cheap product and put your local competitors out of business. Let's protect our economy and hold on to our local jobs.
The chinese could import their wealthy individuals and over night fix the housing problem , further more the economics of population growth would give the U S a boom like never before. Detroit housing would be returned to viability. ect do the math . China could also , given the opportunity build clean profitable factories in Amerca to provide goods to china that are needed ,appliances ect. Cooperation , vast amounts open land and vision of the future would go along way to solving chinas population enourmity the chinese would be a strong alli against north korea as well, the housing disaster in new orleans would be happily populated by chinese who live in less accommidating homes as standard. China would be open to using its vast U S currecy reserves to solve their problems as well as the economic crisis in the U S . Think about it,
I want to respond to all the union bashing that is going on. The history of big business in the US is rife with terrible stories of labor abuse. All the rights we enjoy as laborers today were bitterly fought for and won by labor unions who have paid with their lives for these changes. Before unions thousands were maimed and killed at their jobs until common workers united and through many battles with the political establishment and big business changed the laws and created a better work environment. We have an eight hour day because of them. In fact most of the laws protecting workers were won by unions fighting and dying for these laws to be passed.
It is absolute nonsense what propaganda big business and the Republican parties have put out about Unions. Who do you think is in the Unions? Guys like you and me. The WTO was created to take advantage of cheap labor, materials and access to each others markets. The only ones paying a price for this change is the US worker. The corporations were happy with the savings they were enjoy "Outsourcing" our jobs. Look at the mess they have created with their stupidity and greed. How convenient lets blame the unions. All this in the name of creating cheaper goods for consumers, let's see the consumers now are disappearing as fast as the useless wall street firms that were the tools of these greedy vultures.
What's next? Blaming the consumers for the economic mess? That would be rich. Who is the consumers us the workers!
Sorry Joe, but I have to disagree with you on unions. My mother was hard-core union and fought for women's rights in the construction workplace. And they won their rights the hard way. But unions have outlived their usefulness, the same way many other activist groups like the NAACP have. The changes brought about by unions have been so completely absorbed into the American workplace that unions are no longer needed and end up being a hinderance more often than a benefit.
Just look at the UAW and its exorbitant legacy costs that are stifling automakers ability to compete. And if any politician said what I'm saying they'd be committing occupational suicide. But the truth is, the unions did what needed to be done, and now they're dead weight on our economy and a corruption in our government by pushing their agendas down lawmakers' throats.
I work for a company that's protected by anti-dumping duties too. Four years ago the company had 200+ employees and life was good. If it weren't for that anti-dumping protection the 20 or so of us left wouldn't be there because China would be throwing so much product on the market it would be worth pennies on the dollar.
So I think a compromise could be met where the steel industry stopped being unionized, and where anti-dumping duties helped keep the prices from going through the floor. This way, US steel companies would run leaner and more competitively, yet still have protection against a ruthless and despicable competitor.
Doesn't admitting to selling at lower prices in other countries leave P&G open to dumping accusations?
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/20 09/04/09/us-cranks-up-antidumping-machin e/comment-page-1/#comments
I don't understand some posters limited view of the issue: it goes way beyond local union issues and is all about international trade agreements, dumping laws and unfair international competition. As John Kemp is saying: "U.S. producers are complaining because China's steelmakers have not cooperated in their efforts to support prices by closing capacity and preventing a build up of inventory."
To find fault with unions is limited thinking and totally missing the mark: whether the unions were around or not, the cost of Chinas' exports to the USA would have created the same issue. Get on with the times!
What this not unique situation makes me think is that the United States is powerless to turn off the dumping simply by turning down the demand for the product at home. And if this is happening with a basic commodity like steel, imagine it happens with everything else that is imported from China or from countries in its direct sphere of influence. We're learning the hard way that consumer demand isn't all that is cracked up to be.
Because of horrendous debt to China, we are being force-fed its production.
What I see that helps produce some leverage is grain and beef production, an overblown military and some microchip manufacturing. I guess up until now it has been the pure financial sector (but it doesn't produce anything real) propping the dollar up. I guess China has no use for phantom dollars but it does need a large market to dump its production on.
Good God, the USA is back to colonial status – just kidding.
Allow me to continue the joke that the USA is back at being a colony. The following link is to answers.com and explains north american colonial economy pretty well.
http://www.answers.com/topic/colonial-ec onomy
Am I wrong in jokingly comparing the current economic situation with the one prior to the War of Independence?
Either Yes or No, Why?


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- They were found guilty of charges including rape and forced prostitution of the boy on Wednesday.
- Abuse of the boy was filmed, with footage showing him tied up and verbally abused.
- Several other men have been convicted in separate trials for sexually abusing the boy.
- The boy, now 10, was nine years old when the trial began earlier this year.
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A woman and her boyfriend have been convicted for the repeated rape of the woman's young son and for selling him for sex over the internet.
The German couple was accused of allowing multiple men they found on the dark net to rape and abuse the boy in exchange for thousands of euros over the period of two years, Deutsche Welle reported.
The dark net is an anonymous part of the internet that cannot be found with mainstream search engines.
They were also charged with more than 60 acts done toward the boy, which included extreme humiliation, physical bondage and rape. Some of the abuse was filmed, with footage showing the boy tied up and verbally abused.
A court in Freiburg, southwest Germany, found the pair guilty of rape, aggravated sexual assault of children, forced prostitution, and distribution of child pornography on Tuesday.
The boy, now 10, was nine years old when the trial began in June.
The boy's mother, identified as 48-year-old Berrin T, was jailed for 12 years and six months, while her partner, 39-year-old Christian L, was jailed for 12 years. German media typically refrains from revealing full names of people involved in ongoing criminal cases.
They were also ordered to pay €42,500 ($49,100) in compensation to the boy and another victim, a young girl.
The pair confessed to abusing the boy themselves as well as selling him to men online, Deutsche Welle said.
Christian told the court in June, when the trial started, that the boy's mother was the "driving force" behind the crimes, according to German news agency DPA. He denied the accusation that he had put pressure on his partner to allow her son to be raped.
Christian also has a previous conviction for child abuse, and must remain in preventative custody after his sentence.
The couple was arrested last year alongside six others. Several other men have been convicted in separate trials, including a 33-year-old Spanish man who was jailed on Monday for repeatedly sexually abusing the boy after he faced trial in the same court, the Associated Press reported.
Officials removed the boy from the family in March 2017, but a local court sent him back weeks later, even though the mother was supposed to be prevented from having contact with children.
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Best Places to See Bluebells in BritainApril 25, 2017
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Best Places to See Bluebells in Britain
A quintessential sign of spring, the emergence of bluebells provide a glorious carpet of blue which sweeps across some of the UK's best woodland. There are many places around the country you can witness and walk through bluebell woods. Here are the best places to see bluebells in Britain throughout April and May.
Nymans, West Sussex
Rumoured to bloom on St George's Day, you can enjoy carpets of scented bluebells throughout the ancient woodland surrounding Nymans. Described as a garden lover's home for all seasons, you can enjoy an extensive yet intimate garden in Spring, set around a beautiful house and ruins. The garden and nearby woodland are perfect for walking, picnicking and spotting bluebells with your loved ones.
Ashridge Estate, Buckinghamshire
Home to a huge variety of wildlife, enjoy the 1.5mile woodland trail that displays carpets of bluebells in Spring. Also, take advantage of a ranger-led walk to witness the bluebells and discover a fascinating history behind the Ashridge Estate. The bluebell walk is at its best from mid-April until Mid May.
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
Once the country estate of the Dukes of Newcastle, Clumber Park offers a perfect escape with its magnificent lake, tranquil gardens and the expansive woodlands that come spring, are covered in stunning bluebells. You can also explore the Gothic-style chapel on the grounds of the park.
Coed Cefn, Abergavenny
Set on a hilltop, this woodland is dominated by bluebells in the spring and has a circular footpath that is enjoyed by plenty of visitors and also popular with dog-walkers. Coed Cefn consists of oak, beech, fir and sycamore and is surrounded by agricultural grazing.
Hatchlands Park, Surrey
Located on the edge of Surrey Hills and surrounded by charming villages, this peaceful parkland is just 45 minutes from central London. Hatchlands Park is one of the largest country estates in Britain, which includes ancient woodland and open parkland. Enjoy views of the historic house and Surrey countryside. Wix's Wood is home to carpets of bluebells which will appear in late April and early May.
Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire
Bluebells are the undisputed spring highlight at Hardcastle Crags where they fill the woodland. At their peak, usually, in May they create a stunning blue haze through the woodlands. This landscape is often known as 'Little Switzerland' because of the valley sides, pathways and river.
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
This magnificent country house Lanhydrock is accompanied by a wooded estate and fantastic gardens which are awash with bluebells and daffodils. Enjoy the beautiful gardens with the whole family, Lanhydrock is well worth visiting in Spring.
Wood of Cree, Newton Stewart
The Wood of Cree is full of life in Spring, with a vast scattering of bluebells and a perfect place to spot barn and tawny owls! This stunning woodland is well worth a visit as the largest ancient wood in southern Scotland, the Wood of Cree even has an otter platform that looks out onto the river.
Speke Hall, Garden and Estate, Liverpool
The beautiful Tudor manor that is Speke Hall is set on the River Mersey. Restored in the 19th century, this stunning house now offers delightful gardens as well as incredible views. The woodland walks ensure idyllic carpets of bluebells.
Sissinghurst Castle, Kent
Sissinghurst Castle was made famous in the 1930s when Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson created a magical garden. Sissinghurst is a great spot for enjoying wildflowers and wildlife spotting. Take a Bluebell and Wildflower Walk led by Rangers to enjoy the vast covering of bluebells.