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Arsenal in the Community's work goes far beyond sport and the department has been at the forefront of pioneering education initiatives which harness the attraction of football and engage young people to such an extent that the Arsenal Double Club, one of the projects devised by the Club, has been used as a blueprint by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
Arsenal in the Community recognised its ability to contribute to education and training over two decades ago when the Club adopted the Government's Action Sport scheme aimed at engaging young people through sport. These types of initiatives are still going strong with the current day versions, the Arsenal Entry 2 Employment programme and the BTEC Traineeship.
A common thread throughout many Arsenal in the Community's projects is that young people who have been participants or volunteers on the schemes have progressed to become employees of the Club who then deliver the projects, which is testament to their evolution and success. The trainees are no different and many have remained at Arsenal Football Club, whilst others have carved successful careers elsewhere in the leisure industry and in the teaching profession.
Over its 25 year history, the Club has made a commitment to using the Arsenal name to motivate individuals from primary school right through to adulthood.
The Arsenal Double Club
The Arsenal Double Club has its roots in the 'double' winning season of 1998 when Arsenal in the Community piloted a scheme which fused football with literacy learning. The 'double' experience began with pupils in primary schools, local to Highbury and the Arsenal Training Centre in Hertfordshire, using football and Arsenal related resources to improve literacy skills for 45 minutes in the classroom. This was followed by a football coaching session with an Arsenal in the Community coach for another 45 minutes– mirroring the two halves of a football match.
- Download the Double Club Brochure .pdf (1.7M)
Since its successful pilot, the Arsenal Double Club is used in primary and secondary schools, Pupil Referral Units, on Arsenal in the Community's estates programmes and in prisons. It incorporates a wide portfolio of academic subjects including science, healthy living, modern languages and geography and is being rolled out across the UK to around 40 sports clubs through a programme funded by the DCSF, which has already reached 10,000 people since it started.
The Arsenal Double Club has taught academic skills to over 15,000 pupils at Key Stage 2 and 3 and thanks to funding from the Premier League/PFA Community Fund (managed and administered by the Football Foundation), Arsenal in the Community is running 28 after-school clubs in Islington, Camden and Borehamwood primary schools, two after-school clubs in special schools and seven after-school, weekend and holiday clubs on Homes for Islington (HFI) estates aimed at young people.
The Arsenal Double Club is continually looking to develop new modules. It is hoped to have Key Stage 2 and 3 modules in each subject area. There is a need for good Key Stage 1 and 4 resources and the Club is working with Cambridge Education@Islington on its 14-19 diplomas.
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Premier League Reading Stars
The Premier League Reading Stars initiative has been running since 2003 and sees one player from each club nominate their favourite adult and children's book. The initiative is a partnership between the Football Foundation, the National Literacy trust, the Premier League and the Arts Council England.
Arsenal in the Community partners with three local libraries, running workshops for 30 different families in North London between February and June each year.
Families attend a minimum of six sessions at their local library, taking part in a number of literacy promoting activities, including the chance to read free copies of the books chosen by the Premier League players, culminating in the chance for the groups to meet Arsenal's Reading Star.
Over the past seven seasons, Arsenal have helped coordinate 20 library projects, recruiting over 400 parents and children, enabling families to take home and keep over £3000 worth of free books from Waterstones bookstore.
- 75 per cent of children say they now read more because they know that footballers read
- 84 per cent of children felt that they are now reading more with their family
- 93 per cent of children said they will read more regularly because of participating on Premier
League Reading Stars
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Arsenal Study Support Centre
The Arsenal Study Support Centre based at Holloway School is a joint venture between the Club, Cambridge Education@islington and the DCSF which provides after-school 10-week courses in literacy, numeracy and ICT skills. Approximately 360 pupils attend the sessions each year which means over 3,500 young people have attended the centre over its 10 year history.
During the daytime, the centre is open and offers bespoke courses to schools offering gifted and talented sessions and courses tailored to suit individual curriculum needs.
Pupils on the after school programme enjoy a stadium tour, receive match programmes and receive Arsenal merchandise - including match tickets - to reward success and hard work which is celebrated at an end of term event with an Arsenal player at Emirates Stadium.
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Entry 2 Employment
The Arsenal Entry 2 Employment scheme in partnership with Springboard Islington offers a wide range of training and education opportunities at Arsenal Football Club for employment in the leisure industry. The project targets 16-19 years olds who are not in education, training or employment. The 16-week course offers valuable skills and opportunities in literacy, numeracy, key skills and personal and social development.
Arsenal has made a contribution to the development of over 450 young people through the project and many former participants can still be found around the Club today.
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Arsenal BTEC National Certificate in Sport
In partnership with City of Westminster College, this two year course offers 16-18 year-old students the chance to gain qualifications and practical experience. Progression pathways are to employment or further study. 19 year-old Omotayo Kosoko is currently undertaking the programme and is looking forward to London 2012 and using the skills learnt during her time with the department in some way in the near future.
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Arsenal Positive Futures (link to Positive Futures) teamed up with Radio Waves for the first time in 2009 to deliver the successful Supporter2Reporter project. Supporter2Reporter engages young people on local community programmes, like Positive Futures, providing rich social media experiences that give young people journalistic responsibility and challenge them to develop their skills for a real, global audience. Arsenal's Supporter2Reporter project has had its first group of young reporters achieve their accreditation reporting on a Gunners' first team fixture, which allowed the participants to build their confidence in a media friendly environment, providing hands-on experience at being a journalist.
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Further Education
Arsenal in the Community has recently partnered with neighbours London Metropolitan University to launch Arsenal Business Case Studies for A-Level, BTEC and Business and Finance 14-19 Diploma students. The resources provide factual and practical insights into the commercial world of professional football and are accompanied by DVDs with Club management talking about the marketing mix, operations management, media and customer service experience.
In addition to this, Arsenal in the Community has partnered with City and Islington College for its Foundation Degree in Football and Community Sports Coaching which gives students the opportunity to complete the final year of a Honours Degree in Sports Science and Coaching at London Metropolitan University.
Contact: Samir Singh firstname.lastname@example.com 020 7704 4158.
Arsenal Learning Centre
As part of the Emirates Stadium project, the Arsenal Learning Centre was built which provides a range of education, activities and courses to adults, children and young people. The Club provides free computer training to around 450 people each year, helping students gain qualification, improve their confidence in IT and have fun whilst learning new skills.
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Arsenal Launches Football Foundation Degree
Alan Smith at the Foundation Degree launch
Arsenal Football Club has joined forces with City & Islington College and London Metropolitan University to offer a football and coaching foundation degree. The course was launched at Emirates Stadium on Monday 29th March and was attended by Arsenal Legend, Alan Smith with an address by Arsenal's Chief Executive Officer, Ivan Gazidis.
Football and Community Sports Coaching with Arsenal Football Club is a two year programme which will enable students to learn the key elements of community sports coaching with a particular focus on football.
It also gives students a direct entry path into university, with the opportunity to enter the final year of an Honours Degree in Sports Science and Coaching at London Metropolitan University.
Many of those who complete the course will go on to work in the ever-expanding sports coaching industry and perhaps even work with Arsenal football Club.
Alan Sefton, Head of Arsenal in the Community said: "This partnership is testament to how Arsenal in the Community continues to expand its offering to young people. It provides an opportunity to gain hands on, practical experience for those with a real interest in sports coaching who wish to study at a higher level."
Asa Sanderson, Course Manager, added: "This is a fantastic opportunity for students who have a passion for sport and harbour ambitions of having a career in coaching."
"We are delighted to forge strong links through this degree with Arsenal. Having such a world famous football club on board means our students can benefit from some world-class coaching and input."
Frank McLoughlin, Principal of City & Islington College, commented: "Collaborating with Arsenal on this exciting new course is a real coup for the college. We are thrilled to be working with such a high profile sporting name and it's a major boost for everyone involved."
Arsenal in The Community was established in 1985 and was one of the first of its kind in professional football. It is committed to offering a range of sporting, social inclusion, educational and charitable projects, to the local and wider community.
Arsenal Football Club recognised its ability to contribute to education and training over two decades ago when the Club adopted a Government scheme aimed at engaging young people through sport. These initiatives are still going strong today with the Arsenal Entry 2 Employment programme and the BTEC traineeship.
Taster sessions will be coordinated at London Metropolitan University on 28th June and 8th July 2010.
The course has start dates in both February and September 2010. For more information or to apply:
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Fenice Milano's Fiat 500 La Dolce Vita wasn't exactly our cup of tea, but it looks like their rendition of Ferrari's 458 Italia might be more acceptable. Despite a horrible rendering released by the company, the tuner looks to be on the right track with this tuning package.
Based on our source, there is supposedly a performance increase from the vehicle, but the numbers released by Fenice Milano simply look like the stock figures of 400 ft-lbs of torque and 560-hp. The aerodynamics of the car are tweaked though along with a lightened body thanks to carbon fiber replacements on the roof, front and rear fenders, mirrors and spoiler.
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While I was in Seattle last week I got the chance to visit two of the breweries that were downtown, Elysian and Pike. I also was able to try another local brewer called Hale's. From each brewer I partook in IPA style of beer. This is my favorite style so I thought it would be easier to compare them with other IPA's I have tried.
From left to right: Hale's Mongoose IPA, Pike India Pale Ale, The Immortal IPA
The first beer I had as soon as I got settle was a Hale's Mongoose IPA, this quickly became my beer of choice while I was in town. I found it to be a balance and easy to drink, since it was not as strong as the Dogfish IPA's I am used to. It's what I call an session IPA since you can drink a lot of it. If I can find this in Pittsburgh I plan to drink this one again.
The next beer I tried was after stumbling in to its brewery while I was lost in the underground market. I sat down at the bar and simply asked for an IPA assuming that they would have one, they did. It was the Pike India Pale Ale. I felt this beer was a little weak in flavor; it didn't have the same flavor explosion that East End's Big Hop does. It was a good beer but not something I would seek out when I am not in Seattle.
The last beer I had while I was in town was Elysian's Immortal IPA, sadly by the time I order this beer I already had a few others so I couldn't really taste it. From what I could tell it had a nice hoppy flavor and good color but that's about it. I guess next time, I am going to have to give this beer a try sober.
I really enjoyed Seattle's beer and food and I can't wait to go back and try everything I missed the first time. If there're any brews from Seattle that you think I should have sampled let me know. We have a few nice six pack shops in Pittsburgh, so I should be able to find it.


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Best thing Goodyear had going fo it was the blimp covering football games.
This is very useful information. I will be needing new SUV tires before too long, however I herewith end a long association w Goodyear.<P>
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Oh well, they are overpriced on their tires anyway
I say you made the right call. It's ridiculous not to allow carrying into your tire shop. Who does that? I can understand a daycare or health facility, but a tire shop?
We have them on one of our Impalas. We'll be putting Michelins on from now on.
I was encouraged by smolck and sent my own email to Goodyear:
To Whom it May Concern;
"I was recently made aware of your company policy that prohibits the carrying of firearms in your stores by licensed individuals. I wish to let you know that I have been a customer for many years, however I will no longer be purchasing your tires for any of my vehicles in the future. As a law-abiding citizen, gun owner, and conceal carry permit holder I refuse to support any corporation that does not support my right to defend myself. Instead, I will spend my money with companies that do support the second amendment. In addition, I will be telling all of my friends and acquaintances that Goodyear cares nothing about it's patrons having the right to defend themselves and I will encourage them to choose another brand of tires."
I'm sure I'll get the same lame canned response, but at least the corporation is hearing from those of us who are fighting for our rights.
Good for you. I think it is even more important now to do this. There are businesses that support our rights, let's support them.
Be safe!
Ive seen the list of companys that actively are anti gun. I havent been able to find a list of companys that are actively pro gun rather than just not anti gun neutral. Would be nice to know.
While I respect your decision to boycott the place based on your belief that they really give a hoot if they lose a sale every now and again. I for one don't give a hoot about their sign on the door and will go in and buy whatever the heck I want, when I want, and also don't give a hoot who gets the money for it. I got what I came for and it was either a fair deal or I wouldn't have made the purchase in the first place. Truth of he matter is a simple one for me. So much of my money goes to companies and the federal and state governments that would love to zero most all of my rights and liberties, that targeting the sign, or the company that sports it is like a body blow to Zeus himself. IMO, all you really do is inconvenience yourself at their behest. I say go in, do your business loaded to the teeth and practice your God given right to self defense/preservation and smile the whole time... And remember, these clowns practice deception and misdirection day in and day out. It comes under the guise of (SALE) and pandered by salesman... :wink:
So if I go buy GoodYear tires (which I don't) I would have to leave my gun either at home or in the car? LOL! Fudge GoodYear and their tires! I use special tires Low Pros which GY doesn't make and I buy Bridgestone tires for my wife's car.
If you (not you personally, just people in general) are not willing to do it, then you aren't dedicated to the cause and therefore lukewarm. So I humbly disagree with your sentiment and ask others to take more of a stand and maybe we will get real change someday.
Know that I mean no disrespect to any member here and many of you I have come to respect and enjoy reading what you all have to say on various subjects, yourself included. Fact of the matter is this; short of an uprising we will never see the freedoms and liberties of times gone past. If the last election didn't open thine eyes, I sure don't know what will. We are grossly outnumbered and seriously underfunded to win a campaign with the "I'll go elsewhere" idea.
Supposedly Georgia alone has something like 600k concealed carry permits outta 9.6 million folks total. Even dropping the children and elderly from that total, it's just a mere drop in the bucket. So, IMO, one guy deciding to not buy from this store for that reason alone has no effect on that store. Fact is, it may have actually helped the store depending on just how busy it was at the time. A lost sale today is easily made up tomorrow, don't believe me, just check the stock market, happens everyday.
Look, if you or someone else wants to take the time to go elsewhere, awesome, I commend you for your decision. I on the other hand am too old and grumpy to worry about fighting a cause that in my opinion is beyond repair and pretty much a lost cause. I point again to the last election. There are just way to many folks out there that for whatever reason think along a different train of thought than I /we do in regards to firearms and concealed carry. I truly feel heaven forbid, it would take the loss of a loved one to a bad guy with a gun or something similar to open their eyes to the need for a good guy with a gun. Until then they're just gonna follow the Obama train all the way to the station, kicking us off every chance they get.
For the record. And I didn't take it personally, but I don't consider myself "lukewarm" at all. If anything I consider myself a defiant customer. I'm defiant of their right to hang a sign and discriminate against me just because I choose to exercise my right to legally carry a firearm.
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This is a discussion on Tipping when you pick up your food order within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Does anyone ever feel compelled to tip when you pick up a call in order? I have yet to hear a good reason to do ...
Does anyone ever feel compelled to tip when you pick up a call in order? I have yet to hear a good reason to do so.
Not cheap, just not sure why you tip when no one is offering the service.
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I've actually started paying in cash more just to avoid that.
I tip when I pick up a take out order. My rationale, someone still has to take my order, prepare my order, pack my order, and take my money when I pick it up.
Do any of you not tip the driver when he/she delivers your pizza?
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Yes, I always tip on delivery because someone is delivering my food to me. Plus, they are responsible for their own gas. Pick up, and I do the driving. Plus, I don't tip at fast food joints. Do you?
I only tip for curbside takeout, and then it is only a couple bucks.
Pick up, no I don't tip. I don't see the point, they are getting paid to take my order, etc. It's different if they are actually bringing me food, filling drinks, and all the waiting activities. Delivery also deserves a tip for the same reason, although I never get delivery. (Small town, only 1 place delivers anyways.)
I tip on To-Go orders, delivery any instance in which someone is in charge of my food. They are paid but To-Go folks are still responsible for making sure your order is correct and ready within the time quoted. Tipping doesn't mean much outside the US but ask ANYONE that manages one of these establishments and they will tell you that they don't pay their staff to live without your courtesy. If you don't want to tip then cook at home!
The places (few) that I go for take out are good places. Since I tip, and they know me, everything is a bit better and a little extra is always thrown in. When they see me, they usually move my order to the front of the process.
Now, for a waiter, that person is already getting a % taxed against the bill ~7% but different in many locales, regardless of if you tip them. The counter person for take out is not getting an automatic deduction to taxes so you can lower the tip % and still reward them for doing a great job.
I don't tip the occasional rude or poor service.
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I'm just seeing 'tip' jars showing up everywhere. I swear that if someone put a tip jar at a Walgreens, someone would throw money into it. Tipping is WAY out of control-- I agree. It reminds me of the time I spent in Egypt with a custom they call Baksheesh. Course, the only people I ever saw honoring that custom was foreign visitors, but it was ridiculous nonetheless. Someone opens a door for you-- baksheesh. Someone pushes the elevator floor button for you- baksheesh. I became somewhat jaded after that.
I also agree with the fact that there are other service providers out there, such as USPS and cops, that we don't tip even when they work holidays and in horrible weather.
As for being a regular at a place and tipping, well, I guess if you're getting extra food or treats for tipping, I can see that. But, you could always not tip and order more food. Works out the same.
I pay for my goods via Debit Card. This way I curb my impulsive spending, and I don't carry much cash. I know, it sounds like I'm a real pain in the butt by my way of purchases, but it keeps me in check. If I do have pizza delivery, I tip VERY well ( I know how it goes with delivery, as I once delivered pizza myself) I also tip well at a restaraunt as my Mother was once a Server. My daughter currently works as a Server and I know how hard they work.
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I tip a buck when picking up a carry out order. Maybe more if it is for a large group (and I'm expensing it).
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The Mathews County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday from a home in the 180 block of Ballast Point Road in Hudgins for a gunshot victim. When they arrived, deputies found a man dead inside a camper located on the property. State Police were called to the scene 10 minutes later.
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very good points .1. The Ransom Note. Notice the slip up ((I will call you between 8 and 10 AM. If we monitor you getting the money early))....Wm what bank in this country is open before 8 AM? How could he get the money "early"? Yea the writer couldn't fully put herself in the mind of a kidnapper asking for a ransom and that is why the note makes NO sense at all.
2. Practice Note on Patsy's legal pad. Did GARY also find his way in the dark, in the complicated layout of the home, to Patsy's legal pad to practice the note?
3. Their sudden decision to leave JonBenet's body in Boulder and immediately fly to Atlanta after her body was found. WOW! What great GREAT parents!
4. John hired attorneys immediately, for EVERY member of his family, including his ex-wife in Atlanta. WHY?!?!?!?
5. John goes missing for approximately 45 minutes around 11 AM and when he returns to join the others he begins drinking one drink after another. Yea he was having too much fun while his baby was "missing".
6. John and Patsy received little, if any communication or comfort from the other, before JonBenet's body had even been "found." Why were they so angry with each other???
7. Why did Patsy still have on the same clothing from the night before, when witnesses say Patsy NEVER wore the same thing two days in a row? She couldn't change, she was too busy staging the crime!
8. This is important - JonBenet's autopsy report stated there were chronic injuries to her vagina which Dr. Wecht stated that they appeared to have been inflicted about 72 hours earlier. I guess GARY went there three days earlier also.
9. Refused to be interviewed by Boulder police, unless it could be under their own terms.
10. Would not discuss events concerning the 24 hours before and the 24 hours after her murder.
11. The finger prints on the bowl of pineapple only matched Patsy and Burke. I guess that magical man GARY had his finger prints surgically removed.
12. Patsy said she "think" 2 people did it. How could she say that if she wasn't there and didn't hear/see anything?
13. She was found in the basement and only a person who is really familiar with the home would be able to find the basement. The maid who once clean their house said she didn't even know about the basement.
14. The note stated "I advise you to be well rested"...Umm kidnappers don't give such advice! Besides, who would urge SLEEPING people to be RESTED?!?! Weren't the Ramsey's "asleep when the murder took place"?
15. As you say GARY did it, how did he know where to find clothes to redress her? Specifically the size 12 panties that were in a bathroom drawer, rather than in her dresser with her other clothes.
the basement - why didn't John tell the police about that room?
Where did he go for 45 minutes at 11am?
Basement again - we have only John's word that is where he found Jon-Benet. He appeared later carrying her and said he found her there.
and if YOU were looking for your child, wouldn't you look in EVERY room? and open ALL doors for the police?


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Argentina's Test of Wills with the IMF
It has been one of the great what-ifs of global finance: What would happen if a huge, hopelessly indebted emerging market simply told the International Monetary Fund to buzz off? For the past year, Argentina essentially has done just that. With the economy in free fall following a massive default on foreign bonds in 2001, Argentina's feisty negotiators last fall refused the IMF's terms for a long-term rescue program. In return for rolling over payments on $14.6 billion in debt, the IMF insisted on sweeping government reforms, bank restructuring, and fiscal austerity. In January, the IMF blinked: It reluctantly extended the debt payments anyway. Meanwhile, Argentina is still stiffing foreign bondholders to the tune of $95 billion.
So far, Argentina has paid a surprisingly small price for its blasphemy. While it can't raise capital abroad, the economy is growing at a 5.5% clip this year. The jobless rate is down from 21.5% a year ago to 15.6%, the peso has stabilized, and construction and consumer spending have surged. President Nestor Kirchner's popularity has soared since his narrow election in May. So has Argentine confidence. "A new [IMF] agreement is convenient," says University of Buenos Aires economist Aldo Ferrer. "But it is not necessary."
A crucial test in this battle of wills is approaching fast, though. By Sept. 9, Argentina must pay the IMF $2.9 billion in principal on old loans. To meet that deadline, Buenos Aires would have to tap its $13.5 billion in foreign reserves. With billions more due in coming months, Argentines fear such payouts would deplete reserves. If Buenos Aires refuses to pony up, its options include another default or securing a lifeline from the IMF allowing further payment delays. What's more, the IMF must be on board before Argentina will renegotiate debts with other multi-lateral agencies and private creditors.
The two sides are bargaining furiously and won't discuss their positions ahead of the deadline. But analysts say the IMF and Argentina remain far apart on key issues. These range from the size of the budget surplus Buenos Aires must promise to the pace of reforms in the banking industry and rate hikes for foreign-owned utilities. At stake are Argentina's prospects for continued recovery and the money owed to foreign lenders and bondholders, who analysts estimate would take a 60% to 80% haircut if Buenos Aires has its way.
Also on the line is the IMF's credibility as disciplinarian of crisis-ridden emerging markets. IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler already was embarrassed in last year's face-off with Argentina. He insisted on tough terms in return for a debt rollover, but the U.S. and other Group of Seven members forced him to back down. Fearing the financial and political ramifications of a default by a major IMF client, Washington is again pushing for compromise.
The main sticking point now is the size of the budget surplus Argentina must produce. The IMF wants a surplus close to the 4.25% of gross domestic product, not counting debt obligations, that Brazil accepted in May as part of its aid program. Argentina wants the amount limited to 3%, arguing that any further austerity would hurt the recovery. "Argentina can only honor its obligations if its economy has the oxygen to grow," Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna said in a recent interview. IMF skeptics concur. Says Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz: "Argentina did fine without an IMF agreement. They avoided excessively contractionary policies." But other economists warn the gains are illusory. Given that Argentina contracted 20% over two years -- and hasn't serviced its debts -- growth should be much higher, contends New York-based Latin America research chief John E. Welch of German bank WestLB. He predicts growth could taper off to 3% or below late next year.
Foreign bondholders could be the biggest losers if Buenos Aires prevails. A 3% surplus would leave enough to repay institutions such as the IMF but precious little for private creditors. And other nations could become bolder in stiffing bondholders. "If Argentina gets away with that, it would overthrow the entire spectrum of debt forgiveness, both public and private," says Peter Allen, an adviser to a committee of Argentine bondholders who are out $7.5 billion. But by facing down the IMF a year ago -- and apparently getting away with it -- Argentina has the upper hand, most analysts figure. Emerging-market finance may never be the same.
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In this picture, the dogs are in a shelter on the edge of Beijing, which is run by Mr. Zhao Xin Qi (pronounced Shin Chee). Along with Ryan, Amy, and Abby (already with GBR – they were our "trial" transport cases) Betty, Brad, Billie, and Blake were rescued from a dog meat truck with 60 other dogs. Beanie was rescued from an abusive owner who released him to a rescuer in China.
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Achenbach examines the many public hearings held by the Marine Board of Investigation in New Orleans to ascertain what actually took place on the rig. Among his findings is testimony about a discussion held in the Deepwater Horizon's drilling room to determine why there were 1400 pounds of pressure in the drill pipe if the cement job had worked and the well was indeed sealed. Just before the blowout several workers on the rig persuaded one another that the pressure was caused by a 'bladder effect', when the glaring but inconvenient truth was that the cement job had failed. Three of the men in the drill shack, including the one said to have suggested the bladder effect, would be killed less than 24 hours later in the blowout. Their willingness to explain away the anomalous pressure readings should be remembered alongside Stanley Milgram's famous electroshock experiments as a case study of the extent to which authority can warp perception.


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János Kornai
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January 21, 1928
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János Kornai, until 1945 János Kornhauser (born January 21, 1928), is an economist noted for his analysis and criticism of the command economies of Eastern European communist states.
Kornai studied philosophy for two years at the Pázmány Péter University (now called Eötvös Loránd University) in Budapest. He gained his knowledge in economics on his own, and holds a candidate degree in the field from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He wrote that he chose to become an economist after reading Marx's Das Kapital.[1] He started working in Szabad Nép, the Hungarian Communist Party newspaper, and rose to the rank of editor of news related to the economy, but after a few years of work, he was fired for lack of Communist convictions in April 1955.[1]
From 1958 onward Kornai received many invitations to visit foreign institutions, but he was denied a passport by the Hungarian authorities and was not allowed to travel until 1963, after political restrictions had begun to ease.
From 1967 until 1992 he was a Research Professor at the Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He became corresponding member (1976), member (1982) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Kornai joined the faculty of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, in 1986 and was named the Allie S. Freed Professor of Economics in 1992. He retired from Harvard in 2002. In the same year, he became a Permanent Fellow of Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study. He is also a Distinguished Research Professor at Central European University. From 2011 he works also as professor emeritus at the Corvinus University of Budapest.
He was a Member of the Board of the Hungarian National Bank (central bank) until 2001, and has authored many economics-related books and papers.
In the late 1950s, he was among those initiating the use of mathematical methods in economic planning. He elaborated the theory of two-level planning with Tamás Lipták and directed the first large-scale economy-wide multi-level planning project. Professor Kornai's early article Overcentralization (1953) created a stir in the West and represented his first disillusionment with the communist central planning.
His 1971 book, Anti-Equilibrium, criticizes neoclassical economics, particularly general equilibrium theory.
In his 1980 book, Economics of Shortage, perhaps his most influential work, Kornai argued that the chronic shortages seen throughout Eastern Europe in the late 1970s (and which continued during the 1980s) were not the consequences of planners' errors or the wrong prices, but rather systemic flaws. In his 1988 book, The Socialist System, The Political Economy of Communism he argued that the command economy based on the unchallenged control by a Marxist-Leninist communist party leads to a predominance of bureaucratic administration of state firms, through centralized planning and management, and the use of administrative pricing to eliminate the effects of the market, leading to individual responses to the incentives of this system, ultimately causing observable and inescapable economic phenomena known as the shortage economy. Kornai is very skeptical of efforts to create market socialism.
His later works including The Road to a Free Economy (1990), Highway and Byways (1995), Struggle and Hope (1997) and Welfare in Transition (2001) deal with macroeconomic aspects and the interaction between politics and economic policy in the period of economic transition in the post-Soviet states. At present he leads a comprehensive research project, Honesty and Trust in the Light of Post-Socialist Transition at Collegium Budapest, where he now is an emeritus fellow.
Kornai is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[2] In 2016 he was elected as a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences.[3]
In 2007 he published a memoir, By Force of Thought, on his research and the social and political environments in which he did his work. A new ten-volume edition of Kornai's major works began to appear in Hungarian from a Bratislava publisher in 2012.[4]
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- ^ "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: János Kornai". Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, News from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2016, retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ Balázs Hámori: Kornai János válogatott művei sorozat a pozsonyi Kalligram kiadásában. Közgazdasági Szemle LIX, February 2012, pp. 220–228.
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Welcome, Metal Faithful, to the only place more brutal than sitting in the DMV, the Hammer of Doom. I, as always, am Smackdown's #1 Metalhead, Robert Cooper. And my birthday is this week! What do I get for my birthday?… a Spanish test! I've done college and metal, as usual. I also got the new Candlemass album from my lovely girlfriend, and watched some tokusatsu and anime. But as for things you care about, we have some news, it was a bit slow this week, there are also three songs to stream, a new leg has started for GLOBAL METAL, and I answer YOUR comments from last week.
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Blind Guardian Releasing 'A Traveler's Guide To Space And Time' 15-CD Box-Set In February
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M-Pire of Evil Performs Acoustic Versions Of Venom Classics
This is just awesome, I don't whether to laugh or clap. SO here's, "In League With Satan".
Led Zepplin's 'Celebration Day' To Be Aired On British Television
So go view your BBC viewing schedules, children. Unless you don't live in an area where you could get the BBC, and I say to you in that case, you're screwed.
Black Sabbath's First New Zealand Show In Almost 40 Years Sells Out In 'Minutes'
Or less, but apparently people were buying the tickets and selling them for double minutes later. Brilliant assholes.
Machine Head Triumphant In Return To Stage
After every single diety you can think of screwing them over (including, Walt Disney), they finally came back to stage last week, bravo to them!
Twisted Sister And Friends To Play Sandy Relief Concert At The Emporium
Tickets aren't the cheapest, at $40, but at the same time, this is going to charity, and the goal is $100,000, so if you live around the area of The Emporium, GO!
Sebastian Bach says 'I Will Always Be The Singer Of Skid Row, No Matter What'
I have to kind of agree with him on this one, when I think of Skid Row, I think of his time with the band, not with…..*checks wikipedia* Johnny Solinger.
Man Allegedly Sang Guns N' Roses Song Before Killing Ex-Girlfriend
The song he sang was…."I Used to Love Her", damn, that's creepy. *shudder*
Alice Cooper Inducted Into 'International Knife Throwers Hall Of Fame'
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In what is most definitely the biggest news this week, Metallica did something pretty interesting. (I know as soon as the word, "Metallica", is said, someone will show up in the comment section and say, "Fuck Metallica".) They bought all of their rights and master tracks from Warner Music Group (who I really don't like all that much, they love to have things removed from youtube), and have started their own label, called "Blackened". I think this is pretty awesome, it's not often that you see a band do something like this, I can't think of any that have done it as of late, but I'm pretty forgetful. This does make me wonder what they're going to do with the label. Are they just going to re-release their music? Are they going to start signing bands? If they do, what type of bands are they going to sign? There are an endless number of possibilities that can come out of this. I think Lars, The Table, and company would do a good job at running a label, they have a decent business sense. But only time will tell, and hopefully they wont make any more copies of St. Anger.
Rush 'Em to the Hall
So news goes that the awesomely awesome Rush are in the lead with almost 25% of the fan voting with the Rock n' Roll HOF. This of course, will be no matter, because I read what I should have read when I talked about them getting nominated in the first place. I didn't notice that the fan ballot is only 1 of the 600 ballots that go in when it comes time to tally up the votes. I think that this is still a hot load of hog shit, because I personally think that they should go ahead and do their 600 ballot tallying. Then all of the remaining artists that did not get in go on a ballot and the one with the highest fan vote, gets in. That'd be fair, or hell, at least have that pick go in front of the 600 voter asshole people, and see what happens from there. They say yay or nay, or whatever they tend to say. Rush are long overdue (as we all know), and I think that this year should be their year, they had an awesome tour (that I missed), an amazing album (that I still need to buy), and are as popular as ever (I think). So c'mon R&R HOF asshats, pretty please, let them in!
Proof that Heavy Metal Will Never Die Vol…11, I think?
So here is where I run my mouht about how metal albums are selling around the United States, and occassionaly, the world. Led Zepplin's (they aren't metal, but close enough) live album, 'Celebration Day' got all the way to Number 9 on the Billboard 200, which is pretty damn impressive, granted it was not exactly that hard to miss, but that's still pretty hard to do nowadays. The album that I asked for my birthday, and didn't get, but that's okay, I'll buy it with the money my parents gave me instead, 'Spiritual Healing', by Death sold 1,200 copies in its' first week of being around, the reissue, that is. That's pretty impressive for a reissue, and I can vouch for the fact, that unlike Led Zepplin, Death were not everywhere, but I digress, still a nice feat from my favorite band in all of the land! Finally, on the music front, I know that I had reported on AC/DC hitting iTunes. Numbers are finally in for their sales. They had sold almost 700,000 single songs and 48,000 digital albums in a week.
I was going to talk a butt ton about the tours that were annouced this week, but I'm running short on time, so here they are.
Paganfest America IV is going to have Ensiferum, Tyr, Heidevolk, and Trollfest.
Testament have annoucned a tour with Overkill and Flotsam & Jetsam.
and Marduk and Moonspell have announced a really awesome tour together.
For some odd reason, all three bands this week start with a V.
First band up is Vreid, it is called "The Reap", and is from their new album, 'Welcome Farewell'. It can be found, HERE!
Next is from the old-school thrash band Viking
Speaking of old-school thrash, the final song is, "Target Earth", the title track from Voivod's new album, it can be found HERE!
'Fifty Years Later' by French Power/Prog band Asylum Pyre
'Spearhead of Iron' from Finnish Death metal band Deathmarched
Finally, comes the ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week was short, but we have another legend returning to the heavy metal fray, we have, the Rising Force himself, Mr. Yngwie J. Malmsteen. His new album is called, 'Spellbound'.
More announcements for my Hammer of Doom presents, "Top 50 Metal Albums of the Year". I have to push it back to where it will start on Christmas Eve, December 24th, because I'm loaded out the asshole with exams before then, so I need to time to write and listen to album. This is going to be tougher than I thought, because 50 albums isn't a lot when you're aiming to listen to over 130 albums before Christmas.
I can tell you that album that will NOT be making my cut are 'The Time of Great Purification' by Pathology, 'Resolution' by Lamb of God (I might give it another listen), 'Dead End Kings' by Katatonia (might listen to it again), 'Epicloud' by The Devin Townsend Project, 'Monster' by KISS, 'Yellow & Green' by Baroness, and 'Enslaved' by Soulfly. We're now getting to the albums that I really liked.
Speaking of things I like, here are your comments….
So last week we had a pretty nice amount of comment compared to the last week!
The first comment comes from Uhmmm
Incantation is one of the best death metal bands of al time, period, and they're still putting out quality material unlike, oh, Morbid Angel. Good call.
I enjoyed the new Incantation album, it was a very solid death metal affair, and had some songs I really dug. Morbid Angel would have been fine if they would have done the smart thing and not tried to go too far out of their fans' comfort zones. (Plus, the stuff wasn't good, anyways).
The next comment came from Nut-Sac with the obligatory "Fuck Metallica!".
After that came the returning warrior, Michael L.
This is apropos of nothing, but I caught Megadeth live in Atlanta this Monday, and it was the usual solid performance by Dave & company. They played Countdown to Extinction in its entirety, and while it was fun to see them break out some never seen before live tracks, it reminded me of why didn't like that album all that much to begin with. The first half was very good, but the album drags a bit in the second half, particularly in the mediocre Captive Honor (although the closer Ashes in Your Mouth was pretty good). I'd rather have seen them do "So Far So Good So What" or "Cryptic Writings", both of which I think were better overall. And it would have been truly awesome if they broke out "Peace Sells..But Who's Buying" Still, an entertaining evening all the way around.
I personally love 'Countdown', it's my third favorite Megadeth album, the Top 2 are no surprise. I don't mind "Captive Honor", but I will agree that it's one of the weaker tracks off of the album. I wish I could've seen them playing, 'Rust in Peace' live, that's my favorite album of all time.
Next comment was from chris
Back a few weeks ago when asked about dicks in music how the hell no one put Geoff Tate on there was beyond me,especially given the recent garbage going on with him and QR(I did but for some reason the comment I made didn't take so the world was left without my insight)
Tate has always been an ass, as I've said before the man hates metal and its fans, is condescending beyond all belief. As hard as Mustaine is to probably be around Tate would be a million times worse. As far as not singing Queen of the Reich Tate hasn't been able to hit those notes in decades and from the couple of times I've seen them in the 90s/early 2000s he doesn't even try. His voice is trashed for the most part.
I forgot about him, because if I had remembered, he'd have gotten at least an honorable mention. I really like Mustaine, but at least he's only and asshole with his beliefs and words. Tate is just an asshole all around.
Finally, is the guy I responded twice to, only for the comments not to get through, the comment is from Vince.
Do you have a link to the Metallica ties? I'm lazy and don't like to search for myself. As for the designs, a barely visible snake from the Black album would enable me to wear it at work, where my bosses would never notice it. I'd never get away with a Master of Puppets tie.
Here they are, kind of costly, but HERE! and HERE!
Before I get to the GLOBAL METAL PICK OF THE WEEK!! ! !, I want to thank the people at LSW Music Promotions for sending me more music by last week's band, Cultura Tres. I thought it was really awesome that they e-mailed me and thanked me for featuring Cultura Tres in my column.
Now that we're done with "South of the Border", I think that it's time to move onto another continent, while I considered doing Africa, I think having a "European Invasion" is much more fun. So with Portugal, I'm going to start another stint on the column, "European Invasion". The band that I found (and there are a TON of bands in Portugal) a pretty awesome band called Cycles. The song that comes from them is called "Foul Paradise", and the album is 'Phoenix Rising'.
Alright,so if you have any opinions on the column, some genre or country that you want me to feature in the global metal column, or if you just want to talk metal you can e-mail me at [email protected], tweet me at @themetalcoop or comment below!
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On August 23, after several frontal attack, the US regiment managed to take the ridge, which would later be called "bloody ridge", but only temporarily, for they had to fall back after a North Korean counter-attack. However, on August 28, the 9th Regiment (2nd Division) launched another attack on Bloody Ridge; thus, the ferocious fighting between the US infantry and the communists continued for another week, when on September 5, the US 2nd Division troops finally captured the three hills that made up "Bloody Ridge". The North Korean troops had fled, leaving behind their weapons, and wounded and dead soldiers.


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These Bolt-On Dragonfly guitars are available in three models: the satin finish DF524, the gloss finish DF624, and the flame top DF724. All three models feature a beautiful alder body with maple neck, ebony fingerboard and stainless steel frets. Their undercut single coil routes make swapping out pickups from the single-single-hum Seymour Duncans (SSL6 single and TB14 humbucker) to another type easy. Controls consist of volume, tone (split coil), 5 way mag selector, 3 way mag/piezo selector to give the guitar its flexible voicing.
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Insulating Below Rafters in 1-1/2 Story House
Our 1956 1-1/2 story house is in Minneapolis. The ceilings and knee walls are insulated but the side attics are outside temperature, causing the 2nd level to be cold all winter. The roof above the second level interior space is insulated with no space for ventilation between the side attics and ridge, which appears from outside to be vented. (Isn't that going to cause ice dams at the knee walls?)
There are only two roof vents on each side attic and vents along the eaves. After some reading, my plan is to install short lengths of furring strips on the underside of the rafters - spaced apart for ventilation. Then I would sheath the whole underside of the roof with pink foam boards and tape the joints.
I haven't read about that solution so I assume there is a problem with my design. Thanks for your advice.
Take a look here, the discussion is of insulating above a garage, but any under-roof conditioned space with knee walls has similar considerations:
Insulating Below Rafters in 1-1/2 Story House
The original method of insulating is correct; you normally keep any unused attic space cold to prevent ice dams. I was not sure from your description, but I assume that there is insulation between the floor of these side attics and the lower floor. If this is the case I would recommend you just increase the side wall insulation, just be careful that you don,t create a vapour barrier on the cold side of the wall.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Data Link had a perfect trip under red-hot jockey Garrett Gomez to win Saturday's $250,000 Citation Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park, the ideal finish to an already successful 2012 campaign for the 4-year-old colt.
The second choice in the betting, Data Link ($7) closed from fourth in a field of seven to win by a convincing 2 1/4 lengths over pacesetter, and 2-1 favorite, Ultimate Eagle. Doubles Partner finished third.
Gomez, who had four wins on Friday's 10-race program, brought Data Link to the outside in early stretch and got a quick response.
"When I said go, he said, how fast?" Gomez joked after the race.
Data Link ran 1 1/16 miles on turf in 1:41. Owned by Stuart Janney III and trained by Shug McGaughey, Data Link won three stakes in 2012 – including the Grade 1 Maker's 46 Mile at Keeneland and the Grade 2 Monmouth Stakes in June.
The Grade 2 Citation was Data Link's first start since a fifth behind Wise Dan in the Grade 1 Shadwell Mile at Keeneland in October. Wise Dan won the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita earlier this month.
By War Front, Data Link has won 7 of 15 starts and $673,835. Jennifer Patterson, who assists McGaughey and traveled to California this week, said that Data Link will be based at the Payson Park training center in Florida this winter and will have a wintertime rest before his 2013 campaign.
"He's a fun horse to be around," Patterson said. "I told Garrett to see how the race unfolded – with speed or no speed. He's got a good turn of foot."
I wonder if the success of Eastern horses at the BC played a role in both Data Link and Doubles Partner shipping in for the Citation? The BC clearly showed that in a number of divisions the Cali colony is very shallow, and ripe for an invasion. As a fan of racing in Cali, it's been hard to watch shippers score these repeated successes. But as I am also a fan of racing in general, I am thankful for the opportunity to see, in person, horses like Wise Dan, Little Mike, Fort Larned, Royal Delta, Groupie Doll, Shanghai Bobby, Point of Entry, Trinniberg, Zagora, etc. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching Data Link deliver a sterling effort in the Citation. He won as much the best. With a grade 1 and two grade 2 wins on the year, Data Link put together a nice little campaign and has positioned himself for a strong 2013.
I've liked this horse and today he pulled off a beautiful ride with GG. Congrats to DataLink, Garrett, Shug and all his connections!


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WELL some almost tragic circumstances for this pup. Took her in last week as a foster, but we have since decided to just take her permanently since Lena has bonded with her. She is as far as we know, a purebred GSD. Her mother was owned by an elderly hispanic gentlemen down river from us who was about to surrender her and her mother. Her mother unfortunately was not a very well socialized dog, but I heard she was going to a special home. Since my cousin is starting her own rescue (will post more information, but basically it's an organization that helps out Hispanic/Latino persons who have issues with language barriers and such in regards to surrendering or assistance with their pets), she asked me if I would help her on this one. Health check came back good, but we are keeping an eye on her. Just a couple of pictures her name is Della :)
EDITED TO ADD: I definitely now see why there are so many discussions on the breed standard. I will post better pictures, but Della I believe is more of the "breed standard" while Lena is obviously quite larger.
Would love to see more pics of that beauty! Can't see him well in most pics D:
I am going to try to have some more. Would be better, but I totally despise PhotoBucket lol so I end up having to attach the pictures instead of directly inserting them into the post itself.
What a cutie!
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Here's some more of Della when she's actually awake lol...We did manage to find some wishy washy papers on her, though that is unimportant to me...
That face! :wub:
Della is adorable
Yes she is settling in quite nicely. She was living in a backyard for pretty much since she was born. It's been a little slow on the potty training, but the good thing is she is shadowing Lena somewhat right now. She is starting to pick up on Lena's good (and probably a few bad) habits. The pee pee accidents are becoming less frequent lol.
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