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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Yordano Ventura dominated the Indians for seven stingy innings, and the Kansas City Royals scored all of their runs on sacrifice flies in a 4-1 victory over Cleveland on Wednesday.
The four sacrifice flies tied a franchise record, and the Royals became only the second team to score four runs all on sacrifice flies since it became an official stat in 1954. The Expos did it in an 8-4, 14-inning loss to the Cubs on May 28, 1980, according to STATS.
Kansas City won its fourth in a row.
Ventura (4-5) allowed six hits while striking out three without a walk to win back-to-back starts for the first time. Greg Holland worked a perfect ninth for his 19th save.
Jarrod Dyson, Omar Infante and Alcides Escobar hit sacrifice flies off Trevor Bauer (1-3). Billy Butler later added another.


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Amid increasing calls for a Security Council reference of Syria to the International Criminal Court (Amnesty and others) due to the breakdown on the civilians by the Syrian government, the UN Human Rights Chief fortified this claim by lending credence to this cause of prosecuting international crimes being committed in Syria.
In fact, earlier Libya had raised questions about the 'double standards' of the referral system to the ICC by the UNSC.
The pressure on the UNSC is increasing to pass a resolute decision on whether it would refer Syria to the ICC, as evidence strongly points towards commission of international crimes by the al-Assad regime. Although the political nature of international criminal justice, about which I have blogged earlier, is clearly affecting the cause of peace and justice.


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A fabulous Bakelite bracelet from the Art Deco (ca1920) era! This piece, which is made of apricot orange Bakelite, has 4 hand carved flowers and greenery on the front face of the bracelet and a smooth underside. The bracelet is heavily carved and fairly wide and each flower has a textured and 3-dimensional look. The "clamper" style bracelet has what looks to me to be the original hinge and clamps on the side. It's a fantastic bracelet and would make a gorgeous addition to any Bakelite collection!
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HP Did "Better Than We Expected We Would," Whitman Says
As noted earlier, Hewlett-Packard released its earnings results for the first quarter of its fiscal year a little while ago, and they're surprisingly good.
HP shares are rising after hours on word that the company rather handily beat its own expectations and those of the Street. The consensus view called for it to report 71 cents a share in per-share earnings. HP came in at 82 cents. Sales were also ahead of the consensus, despite the fact that revenue fell in nearly every significant business segment.
Still, don't harsh HP's buzz with too many details. There's more to crow about: Net debt of the operating company came down by $1 billion to $4.7 billion, and it's looking like HP will be close to zero debt for the operating company this year.
The results if nothing else buy Meg Whitman and her team some time to quiet the critics who say HP should be split into two or more companies in order to unlock value. That buzz was prominent late in the trading session as rumors flew that a breakup announcement might accompany earnings. As careful AllThingsD readers might have already guessed, a breakup isn't in the cards, at least not for the time being.
The conference call with analysts is about to get under way momentarily and I'm listening in. Expect lots of questions about the balance sheet, and probably more chatter about the breakup idea.
One bit of housekeeping: Since I'm in New York, the time stamps are set to Eastern Standard Time.
5:05 pm: Joining the call in progress. CEO Meg Whitman is speaking. She says the restructuring program put in place last year is having the desired effect.
Whitman: We improved operating company net debt position for the fourth consecutive quarter.
Whitman: Revenue from converged storage products was up 18 percent.
Whitman: In servers, business stabilized. We expect to grow market share by 1 percentage point this year.
Whitman: Networking showed continued growth, up 6 percent. I was also pleased with performance improvements in printing. New business models and new printers helped boost operating margins.
One thing that changed in developing markets is that the price of hardware has increased while the price of ink has dropped. That's the Ink Advantage program she's talking about.
Whitman: PCs gained 1.4 percentage points of share world wide, and 4 points in the U.S.
Whitman: Total enterprise services exceeded expectations. There is still a long way to go, but I believe that ES (the former EDS) will deliver on the recovery plan put in place last year.
Whitman: We are making significant investments to improve our channel partner programs.
Whitman: If we can mobilize HPs 300,000+ employees there is nothing we can't do.
Whitman: Turnarounds happen when old and new customers believe. In HP's case customers are really starting to believe. We saw a number of big wins including one with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Another is eyewear company Luxottica (sorry if I misspelled that), which hired HP to run its data centers.
Whitman: We clearly still face a long road ahead. I don't like that we saw revenue declines in all our business lines. Restoring growth is a priority and we're on it.
Whitman: It will be toward the end of the year before the recovery plan starts showing up on the top line.
5:14 pm: Whitman: There are a lot of reasons we are in the PC market. She's addressing again why there won't be a spinoff of the PC business.
Whitman: Pricing continues to be very competitive.
In Enterprise Group, we are seeing a tepid market in Europe for servers.
Whitman: We will now be breaking out converged storage from traditional storage to better show the growth there.
5:17 pm: Now Whitman is talking about the hiring of Larry Stack to reignite sales in the Enterprise Services group. (Wonder where you read about that first? You got it: AllThingsD.)
Whitman: Now talking about HP Labs under its new head Martin Fink.
Whitman: Talking about Project Moonshot. We expect this to truly revolutionize the economics of the data center.
Whitman: If just 10 large web services switched to Moonshot servers, they could save $120 million a year, and 100 million (?) metric tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere, because it consumes so much less power than prior models.
Whitman: I'm pleased about Q1 and feel good about the rest of the year.
Now CFO Cathie Lesjak is speaking.
Lesjak: At the highest level, I would characterize this quarter as one more data point in our consistent, but not linear, recovery plan.
Lesjak: Now she's talking about some new reporting information disclosures.
Lesjak: (Going through the numbers again.) From a global economic perspective, we are still seeing headwinds, but some healthier pockets.
5:23 pm: R&D spending declined, though it was because of some tax credits and some contract accelerations in Q4.
Lesjak: Europe was a challenge, but we continue to see good signs in Asia-Pacific and Japan.
Lesjak: Decline in printer revenue is partially due to a shift toward higher-end printers and away from lower-priced ones.
Lesjak: Again, solid growth in server sales in Asia, especially in China.
Lesjak: Talking more about the storage business. Q1 was the fourth consecutive quarter where margins expanded. Now Business Critical Servers. Phase two of the trial with Oracle is expected in Q2, which will address Oracle's breach of contract and damages.
(Though Oracle lost the first phase of the trial, it has promised to appeal the decision.)
Lesjak: In services, we have moved away from unprofitable contracts.
Lesjak: We saw strong growth in security and big data software offerings.
Now talking about cash and capital allocation. $253 million went back to shareholders through share repurchases, and $258 million via the dividend. Net debt is now $4.7 billion at the operating company level.
Lesjak: As we've said, 2013 is a fix-and-rebuild year. There are market and macro pressure and some of the ES changes are being delayed.
And now we're heading into Q&A.
Question from Bill Shope of Goldman Sachs; he's asking about the breakup idea.
Whitman: We have no plans to break up the company. (Heard that??) HP is better and stronger together.
Whitman: We have a terrific set of assets. When you think about our brand, our scale, our distribution, and importantly the customers want this company to be together. We feel strongly it's better together.
Katy Huberty of Morgan Stanley: Earnings on the back half of the year look like they may come down. What else makes you cautious about the back half of the year?
Lesjak: It's really about Enterprise Services not having the runoff in Q1 that we expected.
There's also some challenges about the timing of signings.
Lesjak: There's some cautious optimism there.
5:44 pm: Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein: Where are you in your cost savings?
Lesjak: The non-labor savings are coming in later this year.
Question from Ben Reitzes of Barclays: I understand why you want to keep guidance in place, but why not raise the free cash flow target above $5 billion?
Lesjak: Glad you pointed out the operating cash flow. We're happy with it, up 115 percent. We've really gotten a lot of discipline. We don't typically update our cash flow mid year. Best way to think about it is that it was a very big deposit on the year.
Question from Shannon Cross: How will you judge the success of the OfficeJet ProX printer platform? How do you think about this versus your laser platform?
Whitman: This is an exciting opportunity because it prints at the speed and quality of a laster. We're going to drive it as hard as we can. We're going to measure the units installed. With regard to laser we have a great laser lineup, but if there is cannibalization; that's the way business goes. If there's going to be cannibalization, better we do it to ourselves than someone do it to us.
Missed a question there. Sorry about that.
5:53 pm: Question about Enterprise systems sales.
Whitman reminds us that BCS sales got whacked again. But there's a good product lineup coming. Waiting for another mention of Moonshot.
Whitman: We have to make the right investments because it's a big piece of HP's profitability. (Lesjak just mentioned in the answer to the previous question that PSG accounts for only 10 percent of HP's operating profitability.)
Another question, this one from Mark Moskowitz of J.P. Morgan. Clearly your net debt position is improving nicely. How are you thinking about investment internally from R&D and acquisitions?
Whitman: For 2013, we're still focused on rebuilding the balance sheet and offsetting dilution. We're going to stay focused on fixing what we have. You never say never, maybe there's a tuck-in acquisition we have to have, but there's nothing in the plan. Also, one thing we have to stop doing at HP is increase R&D and then pulling it back, and then repeating that. We're going to stay on the plan that we have.
Question from Brian Marshall at ISI about the software business, where he's seeing some deceleration of growth.
Whitman: The bright spots in software are Vertica and security. Apps and ops are not where we want them to be. We need to make some changes that will kick in by 2014. We have some basic blocking and tackling there.
Steve Milunovich asking about PC supplies and inventory.
Lesjak: Channel inventory on PCs, overall it's good. On the consumer side, despite the fact we gained share in consumer we ended a bit higher than we would like. The real star is the channel inventory in printing. We have been dogged by ink supplies inventory being too high for several quarters. Now its down 27 percent since the peak. We've had dollar declines over the last six quarters.
Whitman: One of the things we've asked the business groups to do is limit discounting to get products out the door. It's healthier for us and better for the channel. It also allows us to differentiate our ink and toner product and get away from the commoditization we were expecting about 18 months ago.
Final question from Credit Suisse: About free cash flow. Given the improvement, it looks like you will pay down most of your debt. If you are generating $6 billion to $7 billion in free cash flow each year, how dedicated are you to increasing dividends and buybacks?
Lesjak: At the end of the year we'll be thinking about how we allocate capital around the time of the next analyst meeting. We are committed to returning cash to shareholders. Our view around dividends is that over the long term, our payout ratio should improve as well. We are aligned and working with the board to determine the mix.
6:05 pm: Closing remarks from Whitman: The turnaround is on track and we did better than we expected we would. We have to deliver and continue to execute as an organization.
And we're done. See you next quarter!


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Kittiwakes are ocean-wandering members of the gull family, and many people believe they are never seen on the mainland, let alone nesting there.
Resembling the common gull or a small herring gull, the kittiwake breeds on the Pembrokeshire bird-sanctuary islands and on offshore stacks and there is no mistaking its raucous cry on the sheer cliff nesting sites it shares with guillemots and razorbills on Skomer Island. The cry is so primeval that sixty years ago, before the days of television, a radio producer used recordings made at the nesting sites to represent the cries of pterodactyls in a popular serialisation of Conan Doyle's dramatic story 'Lost World.' Its Latin name is Rissa Tridactyla, or three-toed gull.
Visitors to Skomer in early spring, when the island is an artist's pallette of beautiful bluebells, are intrigued by the shuttle service of kittiwakes, flying back and fore across the island ferrying beakfuls of mud from the central pond to their cliff ledge nesting sites to make a safe place for their eggs. They also carry thrift and grass to the site and use the mud to cement it down, apparently spitting some form of moisture on it with their open beak, before paddling it down with their feet. There is very little space on the ledges, the birds packed so close together, and the air is filled with the strident hubbub of their cries. Nearly a thousand pairs pack the sheer wall of The Wick, their voices making a thunderous din which drowns the growling calls of their neighbours the guillemots and razorbills.
The kittiwake is about 39-cms long and its wing span measures 108-cms. Its British population is around 370,000 pairs and it lays two eggs and rears only one brood. Its small yellow bill, dark eye and black legs distinguiish it from other seabirds, and it keeps its white plumage pristine clean, despite the crush on the nesting ledges.
In winter it spends its time at sea, fishing for small fish, sand-eels, shrimps and worms. They breed on Skomer between May and August and while on the ledges are very vulnerable to attack by the marauding Black-backs and Herring Gulls, who will go so far as to try and prize the sitting kittiwake off the nest to grab and devour the egg or chick. Great black-backed gulls, the great bullies of the seabird community, will gulp a chick down whole.


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When you invest up to six figures in an education you expect – and need – a good job off the back of it. "After your MBA, the question isn't just finding a job but finding the right job, the right company and the right position for you," says Sangeeta Agrawal, a graduate of Oxford University's Saïd Business School in 2012. The comment underlines the importance to students of an effective careers service.
"In general, there are two different models of career service", explains Mark Peterson, president of the MBA Career Services Council, the US-based organisation that compiles data from business school careers offices. "The first is arguably better for the schools' statistics." Here the career service operates rather like an estate agent, marketing students to recruiters. "The second works towards developing career pathing methods" – teaching the students to fish for themselves. Julie Morton, associate dean of career services at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, explains there are two corresponding "buckets" of staff in her department. "We have 11 people in the employer-facing team. These are the hunters and gatherers who develop and maintain our relationships with firms." A second team at Booth "do the coaching and guidance" throughout the year.
The general timeline for careers departments is roughly similar in most schools. Before students arrive on campus, a self-assessment exercise aligns their skills and interests with career paths. At the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, staff speak to around 20 per cent of incoming students before they arrive. "Early on we want people thinking about what they really want to do, what they're passionate about," says Jonathan Masland, director of Tuck's Career Development Office. Some schools also run boot camps before classes begin, providing an intensive run-through of the recruitment processes and opportunities in popular sectors, such as the Finance and Investment Banking boot camp at Insead.
Next students move on to "strategy" and "communicating their personal brand". In the first term, lectures and workshops explain the recruitment process, and correspondence and networking begin. Corporate visits can be as formal as a plenary session or as informal as Tuck's strategy of ordering wine, hiring a sommelier and inviting a group of investment bankers to visit, while career coaches circulate.
"In-the-moment feedback is more effective than anything after the event, so our career service staff watch students and, if necessary, take them aside with pointers," says Morton at Chicago Booth. By Christmas, preparations have begun for January's on-campus interviews.
The emphasis on internships is the first thing that differentiates European and north American MBAs. A Financial Times survey of alumni shows that 83 per cent of MBA students in the US, Canada and Mexico completed a summer internship as part of their programme. Of these, 60 per cent were offered a job and 56 per cent accepted. Compare this with Europe, where only 50 per cent of students complete an internship, half of them receive a job offer and 42 per cent accept.
Yet Derek Walker, director of careers at Oxford Saïd, insists that US and European schools are much the same: "We differ in the same way that a Mercedes and a BMW differ." The main distinction is that European schools cater to a more international student body with diverse needs and target employers around the world.
But US schools cater to international students too. "We hired Mathias Machado [as an associate director] at Tuck's careers department because he grew up in Germany, lived in Latin America and is a Tuck alumnus. So he knows all about being an international student and runs workshops for international students on networking and customs", says Masland.
Tuck also has a coach who prepares students if English is not their first language. "We tape mock interviews which are reviewed by the language instructor. It helps get rid of some of the anxiety," says Masland.
With more overseas students and widely spread alumni, European schools can face greater challenges in terms of drawing on past graduates to assist students and help with future job searches. Walker says that at Oxford Saïd, "it's not a cultural problem but one of logistics".
At Chicago Booth, Morton says: "This is a careers service for life. With alumni we work on the same things but it's more about packaging the transition, taking the relationships from the previous job, helping them move into new roles, assisting them with compensation negotiations and if they've been laid off, positioning that."
Walker at Saïd identifies a second difference between the continents: "The MBA is an American product and most US employers are used to dealing with the MBA routine as a major source of talent." Saïd has about 40 companies visiting campus while Tuck has more than 100. US schools set a time for recruiters to visit, while Saïd works with employers' differing cycles. Recruiters outside the US tend to view MBA students as experienced candidates for specific vacancies, rather than running an MBA-specific recruitment programme.
But here too there is convergence as some US schools are turning to off-campus recruiting. At Tuck, October is dedicated to off-campus job searches. Masland explains: "This year we have changed things, as opportunities for entrepreneurship, sustainability and non-profit type jobs were getting drowned out by larger companies that have more resources to communicate with MBA schools."
Continental comparisons aside, MBA schools have developed some innovative services. Harvard has selected, trained and paid 42 professionals around the world with varied experience to act as coaches. Doruk Kurt, a current student, explains: "We have face-to-face sessions or Skype them, and there is also a 'coach on call' if there is anything urgent."
The students themselves also invest in the careers department. At Booth, they attend "mocktail parties" during the second year, where they play the role of recruiter as the fledglings practice networking. One Harvard student, Kelly Schaefer, talks about "free lunch month" when first-year students invite second-year colleagues for lunch, subsidised by the careers department, to discuss summer internships and prior work experience. Students also organise company visits through their various clubs. Philip Aiken, also at Harvard, explains: "At technology club, we made a list of companies and used alumni and networking to set up meetings there. It's an opportunity for us to visit, to learn about the company and what they're looking for."
With staff, alumni and students combining efforts, there is no lack of focus on the careers search – though balancing this with a challenging academic programme and extracurricular activities is another matter.
Independent advice
Beyond the traditional business school careers office, there is an increasing range of independent services and tools available to MBA students planning their next move.
Career Leader is an online assessment tool. "It measures your interests, motivations and skills, says co-founder James Waldroop. Students are asked, for instance, how much they would enjoy designing a bridge or to choose between different motivational factors such as remuneration and intellectual challenge. Waldroop and his partner Tim Butler have both worked on Harvard Business School's career development programme and used empirical research to develop algorithms that steer students towards careers that suit them.
Training the Street provides financial coaching for interviews and internships at more than 50 business schools. Scott Rostan, its founder, worked in M&A at Merrill Lynch and has recruited other ex-practitioners on to his team. "The thesis was to bring a practical spin to applied corporate finance," he says. One of the most popular courses covers financial modelling, looking at best practices, financial statements and constructing models. "Unlike many classes at schools, what we do is very practical," says Rostan of the service, which uses a combination of practical illustrations, group work, computer exercises and short lectures.
MBACASE helps students crack the case interview, in which applicants are presented with a business problem with related data and charts. Though traditionally used by management consultancies, recruiters in other sectors are increasingly using this type of assessment. "It used to be consulting clubs at MBA schools that called me in to run workshops but now the career services themselves are approaching me as their entire student body needs to be ready for cases," says founder David Ohrvall. His company runs sessions at some 45 business schools every year teaching the "CLASSIC" format – focused on communication, logic, analysis, social skills, integration and creativity, with a heavy emphasis on problem solving and analytics.
Ease Inc helps students develop networking skills. Ann Marie Sabath, who runs the interactive workshops, talks through techniques for entering conversations, introducing others and "unloading a bore". She also provides some less obvious tips: "It's always important to send a note to anyone who speaks to you at a party – that's how you convert that connection into a relationship."
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Before her blogging career, Gabrielle was designer and art director in New York. Now she gets her creative fix seeking out, writing about, or giving away all things well designed. If she's not online, you can find her dreaming of sugary treats and doing cool things with her family.
After 8 years in New York and a stopover in Colorado, she currently lives in the French countryside where she and Ben Blair are raising Ralph, Maude, Olive, Oscar, Betty & Flora June. And eating lots of cheese.


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I did my lasik 3 years ago. I guess my problems are not unique but will post anyway to see if anyone has any feedback. I was -0.7 both eyes before operation and the machine was Carl Zeiss MEL 80. My pupil size is around 7.5mm. After surgery, on eye chart, my right eye is 20/20. Left eye has slight astigmatism and maybe -0.025 left behind. My recovery took up to six months, during the early days, there was a thick midst
As of now, basically, I see everything like through a plastic shield, it's like the eyes are covered by vaseline or something. The vision is kind of foggy and lacks details. Peripheral vision is worse than central vision. Even mildly dim light setting is horrible. I guess some may call it glare and double vision. I just can't see anything sharp and it's like I am always guessing my way around rather than seeing my way around. Halo is a given but that's tolerable.
Also, dry eyes. I put on preservatives free eye drops but it doesn't seem to help the dry feeling or the vision clarity.
I consulted another eye doctor and he said this could be high order aberration and having another surgery is the only option, which I am very hesistant.
I only read more about the different equipments now and do wonder if MEL 80 was not as advanced and some other machines capable of wavefront customized lasik like Zyoptix will be better.
I also read that Mel 80 is capable of "optimized wavefront". How does this really compare to customized wavefront and is there any way I can tell if the doctor used the optimized technology but not the standard conventional lasik? I did get a printed report of the surgery but not knew if it's something the report will say specifically.
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In the final hours, right up to the deadline (naturally), we got a vote out of the House. America won't plunge over the so-called "fiscal cliff." Taxes will go up on some of the wealthiest but also across the board on everybody else, thanks to the expiring break on Social Security withholding.
We punted on the spending cuts — for now. The market seems to be celebrating — for now.
Does any of this matter? As I have argued recently, not in the least. But here are five post "fiscal cliff" facts to remember in the coming weeks:
1) Nothing about how Congress works has changed. If you expected a rational bill with equal parts tax increases and spending cuts, you don't know Congress, do you? The final bill included extensions of corporate tax breaks worth a reported $77 billion. Among them: A deal that helps NASCAR tracks depreciate their investments faster. Tax benefits for Puerto Rican rum. Breaks for movie producers. And so on.
2) We're already up against the debt ceiling — again. This latest round of brinkmanship is not the end of it, hardly. The House GOP was dragged kicking and screaming to the table by a loudly ticking clock, one somewhat amplified by the media, but it's just one clock in a room full of them.
3) We didn't dodge the massive spending cuts ahead. We just put them off for two months. We get to do this all over again in the new Congress.
4) The $24 billion in cuts and tax increases in the Senate bill is a literal drop in the bucket when the country owes $16.4 trillion. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office figures the cliff deal adds almost $4 trillion to the debt over a decade. A sobering thought.
5) The paychecks of millions of voters are about to shrink. The deal allowed a temporary cut in the Social Security tax to expire, so withholding will rise to 6.2% from 4.2%. Experts figure taxpayers are out $115 billion in 2013 as a result, money which will go toward shoring up Social Security. What's less clear is how loudly wage earners will howl once they realize their pay has shrunk overnight.
The serious retirement investor should keep all of this in perspective. A 230-point rally out of the gate in the Dow was impressive in the sense that it was vertical, but the fact remains that the market rose less than 2% on the news by midday. It closed up 2.35%.
Stocks could retrench tomorrow. Nobody should be investing on or around headlines out of Washington, D.C.
The fix in the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is probably the biggest "real" news in this bill. For retirement savers in the middle income to low six-figures range, this is a very important change. The AMT is now indexed to inflation, reducing the risk of suddenly higher taxes on those folks.
The other notable news for savers is that the Congress expects to raise some money in the short term byallowing more people to convert 4o1(k) savings into Roth IRAs.
Details on this are sketchy, but if you're concerned about future taxes, a Roth is generally a good way to build wealth that will be tax-free in retirement, presuming you can pay the taxes due on the conversion today.
As for the rich, taxes have been higher and they have been lower. You will hear a lot of complaining about the rise in rates from the higher-income folks.
In fact, get ready for a lot of complaining from everyone who pays taxes, period. We all love taxes other people pay, but when you owe this much money as a nation, "the other guy" is all of us. This is a fact that the politicians would prefer to ignore for now.
Nevertheless, getting this compromise out of the way at least helps tax planners begin their work, with the IRS deadlines just a few months away.
Dow rally aside, the bottom line for investors is, "to be continued…"
It's not a satisfactory ending to the fiscal cliff story, but at least we can turn the page and start into 2013 with a bit less drama and, one hopes, a clearer understanding of what's to come.
Unless growth suddenly accelerates and tax receipts rise with it, "what's to come" is more compromise.


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- 4 Beds
- 2 Full, 1 Half, 2 3/4 Baths
Property TypeResidential – Condominium
SubdivisionHorizon Pass Residences
Listing Date03/07/19
Year Built2005
AreaBachelor Gulch
Lot Size0.11 Acres (4,792 SqFt)
ParkingUnassigned, Underground
Property Description
Opportunity to own in one of the most popular buildings within the resort which is a self-contained resort in itself with a year round outdoor pool, two hot tubs, concierge services and fitness center. Wonderful, comfortable floorplan with westerly sunset views towards Castle Peak and the Arrowhead ski slopes; open kitchen and great room; separate family room; beautiful finishes throughout. Well-appointed and easy single-level living. Air conditioning plus perfect on-mountain living with ski-in/ski-out access out the back door.
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Grand homes with exquisite mountain architecture featuring massive logs and rustic stonework make up the unmistakable sense of place found in Bachelor Gulch. Gated entrances offer an extra level of exclusivity, and there's not a single property that doesn't feature impressive views of the valley below and the jagged peaks of the Gore Mountain Range and Castle Peak in the distance. Bachelor Gulch has its own ski slopes, with a chairlift that serves the Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch, and trails that provide a village-to-village ski experience from Beaver Creek to Bachelor Gulch to Arrowhead. There's also a gondola connection to the Westin Riverfront in Avon at the base of Bachelor Gulch. It's the only residential ski neighborhood considered entirely on-mountain in the Vail Valley. While the Bachelor Gulch ski trails are part of Beaver Creek Resort, they feel much more private and less traveled. It's easy for residents to head out for a few runs without a lot of fuss getting in and out of the resort. Ski trails offer excellent hiking and biking during the summer and fall months, and the pristine golf club in neighboring Beaver Creek features challenging holes and expansive views to round out summertime fun. Bachelor Gulch is perfect for the buyer looking for privacy and luxury. Bachelor Gulch real estate is mostly known for high-end single-family homes, but luxury condominiums and fractional units are available through the residence club at the Ritz-Carlton® Bachelor Gulch.
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The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1980 was awarded to James Cronin and Val Fitch for their discovery of a violation of Charge and Parity Invariance, in which the neutral kaon's quarks change into their corresponding antiquarks, and vice-versa. However, the vice-versa does not occur with the same probability and shows a reason for the matter-antimatter imbalance in the universe.
Every article nowadays in magazines and websites seems to say that there has been no observed asymmetry between matter and antimatter, except there was already a Nobel Prize awarded for one such observation.
Why is this violation of CP invariance not sufficient enough for certain researchers and articles to describe the dominance of matter over antimatter? Wouldn't this imbalance in the nature of quarks and antiquarks be extremely important and consequential in the moments after the Big Bang, especially in the moments where the universe was a quark-gluon plasma?


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Hi everyone! My name is Aaron and I've been a huge Lego Castle fan since I was little. In addition to Lego I enjoy spending time with my wife and two dogs, writing, and going on all kinds of adventures. I'm currently serving as a US Army Infantryman and working towards a science degree.
I'm greatly looking forward to being a member of Classic-Castle!


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Average retail gasoline prices in Florida have fallen 3.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.37/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 8,237 gas outlets in Florida. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.21/gallon.
Including the change in gas prices in Florida during the past week, prices yesterday were 12.8 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 15.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 0.7 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 3.8 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
"Another downward trend in gasoline prices has emerged as motorists hit the roads in the last full week before Christmas," said Analyst Patrick DeHaan. "Historically, this is about the time of year that gasoline prices hit their yearly lows, but this time around, I have more optimism that prices may move even lower in the next few weeks. As we finish our 2014 forecast we can say that 2014 does offer some relief compared to what we'll end up seeing in terms of average in 2013, but for the time being, the next week looks to see a continued drop in gasoline prices," DeHaan said.


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Would this have happened in Steve Jobs' walled garden? An iOS approver, or panel or team of approvers or something, allowed Big Fish Games to publish an app that enabled in-app purchasing of game title by subscription on the iPad.
That's a turn -- and sticking point -- for Apple and its app store -- as they seek to preserve their favorable revenue-sharing model with developers who sell within the store.
It also didn't last, because the company pulled the app a day after pushing it live.
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As Roger McNamee said in a TedX talk recently, "... because Steve's pretty strict about who he lets in."
But Steve is gone and in-app purchases could erode Apple's wide profit margin for the app store. The revenue share deal tips significantly in its favor.
John Gruber thinks that an approver simply overstepped boundaries and was corrected. He also correctly asserts that Apple hasn't said a word about it, and that they may want to, since it addresses their overall iOS approval processes.


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The MakeSideHeads example (download link below) shows how to create a fully functional InDesign CS5 panel using the Creative Suite Extension Builder and the CSAW and host adapter libraries for InDesign.
This extension demonstrates:
- How to use CSXS events and event listeners.
- How to use the host adapter library for InDesign to monitor and respond to application-specific events (i.e., events that are outside of the standard CXSX events)
- How to work with InDesign's find text preferences from ActionScript
- Reading and writing CSXS preferences
- How to display a modal dialog box from a CS Extension
- A number of InDesign scripting tricks
Download a Zip archive containing the project here:
Update: This project is now available via Import>Adobe Creative Suite Extension Builder>Remote Creative Suite SDK examples.


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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Miami Hurricanes beat North Carolina to win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Shane Larkin led the Canes to the win with 28 points and 7 assists in the Canes' 87-77 win.
It was the first ACC title in Miami's program history.
LINK: Join Local 10's Bracket Challenge
PRINT: 2013 NCAA Tournament bracket
The Canes won the ACC regular season and conference tournament outright.
They are the first team to have that accomplishment besides Duke and North Carolina since 1974.
Sunday's championship game was played at a frenzied pace.
The Canes and Tar Heels combined for 25 three pointers.
Miami had a key contribution from Trey McKinney-Jones who knocked down 6 triples.
The Canes await their conference ranking before starting March madness.
Many national analysts have made a case for UM to be ranked as top seed.


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Here's Gloam, a visual effects piece by David Elwell & Gareth Hughes. With nary a word, the filmmakers communicates how living in the forest as an antlered wood-beast is not particularly conducive to making new friends. Also, the creature's design bears a resemblance to Swamp Thing's recent sartorial shift, so roll with that as you will.
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Close Friends are Family Invited in by the Heart...
Margot Lucoff, graduation photo from Kennedy
High School, Richmond, California, 1971.
Margot's family moved to the Bay Area from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In a "funny twist of fate," as one of her friends put it, Margot was born on the same day her uncle died, and that friend remembers paying a condolence visit, as a small child, to Margot's aunt. [1]
Margot adored her brilliant and focused father, Julius Lucoff, an engineer by trade. I remember him as a somewhat austere man, who swept into a room like a crisp autumn breeze: quickly, silently, but commanding attention. The only time I saw him sitting in one place was at the dinner table, or at the piano, playing. As city engineer in 1958, he published a government map of Emeryville, California (OCLC: 23250224). Julius died in 1986, at age 75. [2]
Margot's mother, Zelma, was a kind and concerned woman, anxious to see Margot and her brother, Bill, do well. Sometimes, Zelma used my presence at their dining table to impress certain desired attributes upon her daughter, much to my chagrin. "Margot, sit up straight. See how Chery doesn't let her hair hang on her plate." Margot would grumble a bit and snap back in a congenial tone, "Oh, Ma!"
Zelma Lucoff passed away in 1991, five years after the death of her husband. As a mother, she had worked hard to introduce Margot to all the beauty, knowledge, and opportunity the world had to offer. I remember going along on a trip to the Lawrence Hall of Science, and afterwards, walking the UC Berkeley campus, where Margot later attended, and the herb garden nearby. One day, Margot and I were driven out to the beach in Alameda where we walked barefoot in the salty, mirky tide, and gingerly stepped over knobby and rubbery sea snails embedded in the bay floor. On the way home, we ate string cheese--it was my first taste. [3]
Margot's friendship was precious to me because of her open, candid spirit. Being with her was refreshing, and she always offered up the unexpected; she was full of new ideas. It was she who introduced me to the mysterious worlds of philosophy, other religions, astrology, incense, sealing wax (for envelopes), and even Simon and Garfunkle, among a hundred other things. On her bedroom ceiling, she had taped artistic posters of individual signs of the zodiac so that she "could see them while laying in bed."
During the holiday season, she gave unexpected gifts that I treasure to this day. At a time when I was used to receiving things like Avon cologne, jewelry, or stationery from family or friends, she gave me a map of the moon's surface and a glass prism. Margot provided tools with which to explore physics, astronomy, space, and history... showing that one could do more than just talk about the wonders of the universe.
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Julius Lucoff was fascinated with science-fiction and was a member of the Bay Area branch of, I believe, the Science-Fiction Writers of America. Margot asked me to go along with her and her father to the club's private showing of "2001: A Space Odyssey," at a theater on Market Street in San Francisco. The theater was completely packed with people who took science-fiction with some degree of seriousness. Among the audience were local engineers, scientists, teachers, and writers, including author Poul Anderson, who would later serve as club president. Previewing "2001" was an exciting event to the science-fiction community, because it was the first film in many years to deal with space exploration in a sophisticated and intelligent manner, without the typical monster-of-the-day or tongue-in-cheek campiness.
I was also taken along to several science-fiction conventions. Oh, lucky me! At the Claremont Hotel in Oakland, I met Gene Roddenberry, the producer of Star Trek, and marveled for the first time at the art of science-fiction illustration. At another event held in S.F., Margot and I dashed from lecture to lecture, disrupting things to find seats in the crowded rooms, and then leaving each after only 5-10 minutes. She was always so excited to experience a piece of everything that it was hard to keep her in one spot for very long.
I owe my friend, Margot, a great deal of gratitude for expanding my horizons at at time of my life when lasting impressions were made: not just because of those special excursions I would never have gone on otherwise, but, for long coversations on topics that weren't really of interest to the average 13-year-old. She opened my eyes to the world at large: to science and art. She showed me how to explore new topics, new music, new ideas. She introduced me to Jewish family life and beliefs, and helped me realize similarities across cultures and religions, and not just differences.
Most of all, Margot was an example of what courage was in the face of a potentially devastating disease, and showed that a brave heart and passionate mind can conquer any limitation.
(To be continued in Part III)
Note: This tribute is based upon personal memories and conversations with Margot. If her family or friends should find any errors or inconsistencies with what they know to be true, please notify me at email@example.com, and I will be happy to make corrections.
[1] Bernbaum, Diane, e-mail to Chery Kinnick, Dec. 28, 2007.
[2] Lucoff, Julius. Social Security Death Index.
[3] Lucoff, Zelma. Social Security Death Index.


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One in three women will be affected by domestic violence in their lifetime. Often, the bruises and broken bones they endure are visible, but there's another form of violence that doesn't always leave any marks.
These are the victims of a crime that often leaves no visible scars.
"Being strangled, I thought I was going to lose my life," said 'Jennifer,' a domestic violence victim.
Jennifer -- who asked to conceal her identity -- was beaten and strangled by her ex-boyfriend.
"He picked me up, my entire body, and slammed me down with my head hitting first. He used my purse strap, and he used that to strangle me," she said.
The assault lasted for hours. Jennifer was left unconscious but alive. She checked herself into the hospital that night.
Audrey Bergin, a domestic violence expert, says about 23 percent of victims that come to the ER after an assault have been strangled.
"It really is one of the leading risk factors or predictors for a relationship that may become lethal," said Bergin, Program Manager of the Domestic Violence Program at Northwest Hospital.
A domestic violence victim who has been strangled is over nine-times more likely to be killed. It can lead to stroke, miscarriage and pneumonia. Problems -- even death -- can occur hours or days later. However, detecting the injury in the ER is a challenge.
"The big issue with strangulation is even on pale skin, it doesn't leave any external marks," Bergin said.
Bergin teamed with Nurse Rosalyn Berkowitz to develop a protocol for strangulation victims at their hospital.
"So strangulation, what is the big deal about it? You can die from it," said Berkowitz, R.N.,
Clinical Leader, Emergency Department at Northwest Hospital.
They devised a standard exam and a list of questions to ask victims. They also use a device to help document injuries. By filtering out wave lengths of light, it lets you see bruising, handprints and red marks that aren't visible to the naked eye. The goal: to give victims more evidence for police reports and ultimately help them come up with a plan for leaving.
After a year of abuse, Jennifer finally had enough. Her boyfriend is behind bars.
"I just hope other women don't wait that long. I'm lucky to be here," Jennifer said.
They say it takes an average of seven to nine times for a victim to finally leave an abusive situation. To date, only about 30 states, including Florida and Georgia, consider strangulation a felony. It is a misdemeanor in the other states.
Additional Information On Strangulation:
What is it? Strangulation is one of the most lethal forms of violence. It is a form of asphyxia (lack of oxygen) in which blood vessels and air passages are closed as a result of external pressure on the neck. Strangulation is not the same as choking. Choking refers to an internal injury, whereas strangulation refers to an external injury. Strangulation can induce the loss of consciousness within about 10 seconds and death within 4-5 minutes. There are three forms of strangulation: hanging, manual and ligature. Manual strangulation is the most common form of strangulation used in domestic violence cases.
Some Facts about Strangulation:
- Studies show that 23% to 68% of female victims of domestic violence have experienced at least one strangulation assault by a male partner during their lifetime.
- Strangulation can be a recurring form of violence. In a study of 62 abused women who came to a shelter, 68% had a history of strangulation, and on average, each woman had been strangled 5.3 times in their relationships.
- Strangulation can pose physical health effects such as dizziness, nausea, sore throat, voice changes, throat and neck injuries, breathing problems, swallowing problems, ringing in the ears, and vision changes. It can also cause neurological effects like facial drooping, eyelid drooping, loss of sensation, loss of memory and paralysis. Psychological effects such as depression and PTSD are also common.
- Strangulation often leaves no marks or external evidence on the skin. In a study of police records of 300 strangulation cases, victims did not have any visible injury in 50% of the cases, and in 35% of the cases, the injuries were too minor for the police to photograph.
(Source: http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/ortner/docs/factsheet_strangulation.pdf)


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Books for teenagers/young adults
Caged in Chaos: a Dyspraxic Guide to Breaking Free by Victoria Biggs
Living with Dyspraxia by Mary Colley
That's the Way I Think: Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Explained by David Grant.
Dyslexia: a Teenager's Guide by Sylvia Moody. (This book also contains a goldmine of information on dyspraxia, even though this is not advertised in the title.)
Books for parents
Most of the books listed above will be useful for parents. Here are a few additional titles:
People Skills for Young Adults by Maria Csoti
Dyspraxia: the Hidden Handicap by Amanda Kirby
Multicoloured Mayhem: Parenting the Many Shades of Adolescents and Children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and AD/HD by Jacqui Jackson. (There are some very good chapters on dyspraxia in here.)
Dyspraxia by Geoff Brookes. (The pages of this chunky, informative book are very smooth and smell nice!)
Books for Friends and Siblings
My Friend Has Dyspraxia by Nicole Edwards
The Dream Master by Theresa Breslin. (This is a lively children's novel by a bestselling author that has a dyspraxic main character. A good way to learn about how it feels to be dyspraxic in an understated way.)
Oh, Brother! Growing Up with a Special Needs Sibling by Natalie Hale
Books for Teachers
Developmental Dyspraxia: Identification and Intervention - a Manual for Parents and Professionals by Madeleine Portwood
Helping Children with Dyspraxia by Maureen Boon. (This is a slim, compact book by an experienced teacher at a special school for children with movement difficulties. It's the introduction that I would most recommend to a teacher who is not totally sure of their ground where dyspraxia is concerned.)
Guide to Dyspraxia and Developmental Co-ordination Disorders by Amanda Kirby and Sharon Drew
Mapping SEN: Routes through Identification to Intervention by Amanda Kirby
You should aim to read some personal accounts of living with dyspraxia in addition to these more academic works, as it is impossible to know this condition from a textbook alone.
Books on Related Conditions
Asperger's Syndrome: a Guide for Parents and Professionals by Tony Attwood
The Dyslexia Handbook by the British Dyslexia Association (updated and reprinted regularly).
Survival Strategies for People on the Autism Spectrum by Mark Fleischer
Overcoming Dyslexia by Beve Hornsby
Pretending to Be Normal: Living with Asperger Syndrome by Liane Holliday-Willey
Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome by Luke Jackson
Useful websites
See the 'Links' section of this forum.


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It's time to get your snowflake ornaments! This year's snowfall is just beginning. Every ornament is different and special. Some are larger, some are smaller, some are more airy and some more compact.
- Made from argentium sterling silver and polished to a bright shine.
- This ornament is approximately 2.25" X 2.25"
- This listing is for the ornament in the first photo - shown in the 2nd photo with other similar ornaments.
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Six reasons to become an urban beekeeper
1. Healthy bees make a healthy planet
Bees play a crucial role in the Earth's ecosystem. They are essential for biodiversity, as they have a symbiotic relationship with flowering plants, and they are an important part of the food chain. They pollinate plants and trees, crops that we rely on as food sources, and the cotton we wear against our skins. It's even thought that they contribute to reducing exhaust fumes in cities by filtering them out of the atmosphere.
2. Bee populations are on the decline
Colony Collapse Disorder has been causing mass bee deaths over recent years and it is a widely-discussed phenomenon today, however most people who are concerned about CCD and bee health feel helpless when it comes to reducing the plight of the bees.
When asked why bees are dying prematurely and in vast numbers, experts point to a combination of the varroa mite and other viruses, however the root of the problem can be attributed to a variety of factors including the way bees are currently 'farmed', and the use of pesticides and insecticides used in modern-day agricultural practices, which have inevitably entered the bee food chain..
3. Bees need a break from being farmed like cattle
In modern agricultural practices bees are treated like commodities in the same way that factory farm animals are used for maximum output using minimal resources and space. In many countries today bees are fed sugar-water in place of their own nutrient-rich honey and confined to small, compact hives which are stacked on top of one another and designed to allow constant interference from their farmers. These large-scale bee'keepers' use bee colonies to pollinate vast quantities of the same crop in one sitting, for example a single almond plantation, then they package them up again to let loose on the next field. Like cattle, their natural feeding habits and freedoms are restricted, and they succumb to health problems as a consequence of these unnatural practices.
4. Urban beekeeping is necessary for strengthening bee populations
The primary aim of natural beekeeping is not to harvest the products bees create, such as honey and beeswax, but to help colonies to maintain optimum health by giving them a safe, non-invasive space to 'bee'.
One of the best ways you can do this is by offering a small space in your garden to the bees. Due to the vastly differing plants available within small spaces in urban areas, bees actually thrive in busy cities and towns. According to Parisian bee artist Olivier Darne, in 'an analysis of the honey we made here in Paris…it contained more than 250 different pollens. In the countryside there can be as few as 15 or 20 pollens'.
A backyard space in a city provides an ideal habitat for a bee colony. Bees can travel large radiuses to access further nutritious plant nectar, and bees kept in urban areas are alsoless likely to encounter large amounts of pesticides and insecticides which are commonly used to treat crops en masse in countryside fields.
5. Backyard beekeeping doesn't cost you anything
It can cost virtually nothing to provide a rich habitat for a colony of bees, but the value of this colony to our planet is immense. Natural beekeeping does not require the use of the expensive equipment that is used to interfere with bee patterns, such as smoking them out to get to their honey, or donning protective suits to avoid attacks triggered by this honey 'harvesting' (stealing). The Top-Bar beehive is designed to minimise how much the bees are disturbed by the keeper, as it allows maximum visibility of bee life without forcing them to evacuate the hive in order to observe them. With a Top-Bar hive you can get to know your bees and even closely study them without ever having to open the hive up completely. You can make your own Top-Bar beehive for free using this guide, thanks to champion bee guardian Phil Chandler.
6. Bees have much to teach us
Chandler wrote The Barefoot Beekeeper as a guide to natural beekeeping without a protective suit. He advocates learning the way of the bees by observing them and literally listening to them to work out their natural patterns, for example when they are most busy and should therefore be left alone, and when they might welcome a visit from the keeper.
Left to themselves, bees are harmless creatures, busy running the hive in their various allocated roles, working all day long, and serving and protecting the queen bee. All they need from you is a safe base to come back to at the end of a working day, and in return for this you get to watch the fascinating way in which these insects work together. The bee dance is simply amazing to witness first-hand.
When you 'keep' bees in this manner you come to realise that these humble, hardworking insects keep the natural order of things buzzing in a way that humans can only partially understand, but that we can certainly learn to appreciate more. Have you ever used the phrase 'the bee's knees' to describe something of high quality or excellence? Such is the world of the bees. When you become a backyard beekeeper, you open up a complex, beautiful facet of the natural world. And you'll never want to look back.


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The Price of Inequality
The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation's wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that "their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live."
Stiglitz draws on his deep understanding of economics to show that growing inequality is not inevitable: moneyed interests compound their wealth by stifling true, dynamic capitalism. They have made America the most unequal advanced industrial country while crippling growth, trampling on the rule of law, and undermining democracy. The result: a divided society that cannot tackle its most pressing problems. With characteristic insight, Stiglitz examines our current state, then teases out its implications for democracy, for monetary and budgetary policy, and for globalization. He closes with a plan for a more just and prosperous future.
- P. Smith
- 2015/02/03
An explosion of ideas with no depth
What disappointed you about The Price of Inequality?
I've gone through chapter 4 and can't continue. Everything felt like an extended introduction with idea after idea being thrown at you, but never explored in any detail. To make matters worse, he'd often circle back to the same idea later on and then continue to fail to expand on it a second or third time or fourth time.
What could Joseph E. Stiglitz have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Flesh out his ideas. I know he's talking to regular folk, not economists, but thats no excuse for failing to expand his ideas. Yes, I get that the 1 percent rigs the system in their favor and that one of the ways they do this is regulatory capture, but maybe you can give me more than 1 sentence about it. I learned far more from a 15 minute podcast I listeneded to last year than I have any chchance of learning from this book.
What does Paul Boehmer bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
Gravitas. I felt like I was listening to someone important and worthy of my attention.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Price of Inequality?
So far everything but the introduction. Chapters 1 through 4 did not add anything beyond what I heard right up front. No illumination or expansion of ideas. I have not read past that and don't intend to as it literally feals like a waste of my time.
Any additional comments?
I'd bought this book because I was hoping to hear about the complex relationship between government and the economy and a way to produce a system with more positive feedback loops that will dissuade abuses and help make our economy stronger. He's not going there. If you want to hear complaints, this is your guy. If you want to hear anything but one-line solutions, apparently he doesn't want to go there.
- CustomerInTexas
- 2015/06/30
A 2 chapter book repeated 10 times
The book is extremely repetitive in highlighting the inequality problem - without adding much value or describing in depth alternatives.
- Lloyd
- 2016/10/10
Good explanation
Explains difference between the Chicago School and his evaluation. Very valuable. It is a good read.
- Ryan
- 2016/10/24
Lots of Surface Level Detail and Strawmen
Overall a great analysis. I was a little disappointed that Stiglitz didn't even address the fact that the classical model expects returns to capital and labor to be proportionate to which increases profitability. Not addressing the argument that increased productivity has been almost exclusively the result of capital investments (new software increasing capabilities, new technology increasing automation, etc.) had he addressed that I think this book would have been a lot stronger as an argument.
- Acteon
- 2014/06/09
An important reminder
Would you listen to The Price of Inequality again? Why?
Certainly parts.
What's the most interesting tidbit you've picked up from this book?
In one instance it cost the state $4 million to save the city $1 million. This is not a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
Any additional comments?
Stieglitz's main points are ones that nobody with any moral sense could deny and that can never be restated too often. The solutions he proposes may not seem the best to everyone, but most are eminently sensible, and if we look at things objectively rather from the standpoint of personal interest, we have to approve most of them. For instance, I personally prefer to leave my estate to people close to me without giving any to the government, and if it comes to a vote on the estate tax, I would vote against it out of personal interest, especially when I see the vast sums paid to banks who give obscene amounts to underserving CEOs. However, IF I could vote for all or several of Stieglitz's recommendations as a packet, I would certainly not hesitate!
Stieglitz book is a timely reminder 1. that our entire society has evolved in a deplorable direction during the past few decades and that we are heading somewhere that nobody wants to go 2. that our personal well-being is closely connected to the well-being of the society in which we live, so if that society is undermined by excessive inequality and a pernicious ideology based on selfishness, certain things that may seem to be personal sacrifice are in fact a way to save our society and ourselves. This may not be anything "new", but most of us lose sight of this in our lives. Those who reject Stieglitz's book might well ask themselves whether it is because he uncomfortably pricks their inner moral sensibility that it is more comfortable to ignore.
Do not let negative comments here keep you from reading this book with its important and well-argued message! It was not one of the books I started listening to with the most eagerness, but I was immensely happy and grateful when I did.
- Grant
- 2012/10/15
Dense, but important.
Yes, I agree with everything in this book. Those who are hooked on the idea of austerity and tax cuts will find it annoying and will search their hearts for ways to deny its ideas. Conformation bias is working overtime these days on both sides of the political spectrum.
It's human nature to choose winners and losers and to cheer for the winners. This is what it has come down to in our society. Unfortunately, this rather short-sighted way of approaching our world means that the winners walk away with most of the wealth.
This book is dense in places and I really need to re-rlisten when my head is not spinning with Obama vs. Romney rhetoric. Which I will do soon. But until then, suffice it to say, the ideas Stiglitz puts forth for making government an agent of economic growth are spot on, but incredibly hard to implement in this political climate. I think we need another mutual enemy now that the cold war is over and Bin Laden is dead. All we have to fight against is ourselves at the moment. And it sickens me.
- Michael
- 2012/08/08
One side is never enough....
There is a fundamental question about inequality this book fails to address. How much inequality is the right amount? Clearly some inequality is both unavoidable and necessary for innovation. This book seems to take the position that the amount of inequality we have now is way too much, but does not propose a goal equality level. I agree that inequality is a bit high, and is getting higher as corporations and the very rich are no longer paying a fair share mostly using loopholes. Nevertheless, I find many of the author's proposed solutions way over the crazy line. Extending unemployment payments for long periods (do you know people holding off getting a job just in case unemployment is extended again; I do), increasing federal taxes on families earning more than $270K to 70% (history shows this will not work). Stopping investments in productivity (the author phrased it as not investing in labor saving instead invest only in resource saving). Matching the savings of the poor (such policies would be played and end up counter-productive).
It seems the author thinks poor people who were "exploited" by being given homes and a mortgages for which they should never have qualified should now get their mortgages restructured into something they can afford.
The author rages against monopoly powers and do nothing exploiters like Steve Jobs. I found these arguments very poorly supported.
My favorite line was if we follow the author's recommendations "many more people will have a shot of one day being in the 1%". Of course, the top 1% will always be 1%. So to increase the 1% we would need to do a 15 minutes of richness kind of deal. The author also mentions education and legal reform without stating any real proposals.
I did agree with the author on a few things. I am also a strong supporter of the estate tax (I think it should be called the slutty heiress tax, not a death tax) and I strongly agree that existing tax loopholes, earmarks, and pork are out of control and related to unsustainable growth in inequality. I never like one sided books that use one side of statistics to make a point (especially when they are making a point I agree with)!
- Benjamin
- 2014/03/26
Probably Better on Paper
Books like this one, presumably with charts and tables, are probably better with another medium. However, if you are going to listen to it as I did, it still does a pretty good job. Economic principles are pretty clearly explained, though if it is your first introduction to economics, you will probably want to look a few things up (moral hazard, market failures etc.), but he does't bury you in a mountain of technical language.
As Stiglitz disclaims early, this is not a work for peer review. It is for popular consumption so if you are looking for some deep explanation as to how he arrived at his claims, you'll be left wanting.
I am usually frustrated with books that prescribe solutions that we "merely lack the political will," to accomplish. It seems like activist thumb-twiddling. Every book of this type seems to have a portion like that. This one is no exception. I find the repetition of this trope frustrating.
- chuck sapienza
- 2018/05/30
A little boring, a little dated, but still great.
A little boring, a little dated, but still great. Maybe look for more recent work from Stieglitz.
- Faye Sinnott
- 2018/05/27
Very clear explanations; makes complex topics clear. Excellent frameworks for better, more comprehensive understandings. Excellent.