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Reuters reports that the new video site would launch in the first quarter of this year. Providence will back it with $60M, while Baidu is fronting $10M. A recently-departed China Mobile executive is rumored to be the CEO of the new site.
Analysys International reports that the Chinese online video market was worth 162 million yuan ($23.73 million) in the third quarter of last year—again, little wonder these two companies are interested in the market. On the other hand, this is considerably less than the well-established US video advertising market, of which Hulu controlled some 10% (and commanded similar ad rates to TV). Could a Chinese Hulu take over the same proportion of the Chinese ad market (to the tune of $9.5M)?
Hard to say, of course. Before Hulu came along, it seemed doubtful that a site with such a model could succeed—but now it does appear to be successful, as well as a major source for online video content. Naturally, Providence and Baidu would need Chinese television stations and studios to sign on to create the professional content. And while the US isn't the best counterexample here, China has a reputation for rampant online video piracy that may diminish the appeal (and the restrictions) of a site like Hulu.
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On the local stability of the solution to optimal control problems
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P. P. Ummer Koya
P. P. Ummer Koya (1 July 1922 – 1 September 2000) was an Indian politician, Gandhian, freedom fighter and educationist.[1] He was the second Education Minister of Government of Kerala headed by Pattom Thanu Pillai.[2] He also served as the Minister for Public Works in government headed by R. Sankar.[3]
Political career[edit]
Born in Calicut, the young Ummer Koya entered public life as an activist of the Indian National Congress. He played a key role in building up the Congress Party in the Malabar region. He was appointed as the Malabar Youth Congress Convenor in 1952.[4] Two years later, he was elected to the Madras Legislative Council.[5] Ummer Koya contested 1960 elections as an Indian National Congress candidate from Manjeri constituency and was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly.[6][7]
Koya held the portfolio of Education from February 1960 to September 1962, in the Ministry headed by Pattom Thanu Pillai. He also handled the Portfolio of Public Works, in the Ministry headed by R. Sankar from September 1962 to September 1964.[8] During his political career, he also had served as the Vice President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He had also a stint as a member of the Kerala Public Service Commission.[5]
Along with K. Kelappan, M. P. Manmadhan, and M. K. Kumaran, Koya was actively involved in the campaign for prohibition.[9]
P.P. Ummer Koya Award[edit]
An award titled P.P. Ummer Koya Award has been instituted by P.P. Ummer Koya Foundation, Kozhikode in honour of him. The prominent winners of the award include, Justice P. K. Shamsudheen (2007),[10] freedom fighter K. E. Mammen (2008),[11] and noted social activist and environmentalist A. Achyuthan (2009).[12]
The Kerala Legislative Assembly paid its homage to him on 21 December 21, 2000.
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- ^ "COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SINCE 1957 - SECOND KLA". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ "Former Kerala minister P.P. Ummer Koya dies". Indiainfo.com. 2000-09-01. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ a b "P.P. UMMER KOYA". stateofkerala.in. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
- ^ "MEMBERS OF PREVIOUS ASSEMBLY - SECOND KLA (1960 - 1964)". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
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- ^ "The official web site of the Department of General Education, Government of Kerala". Department of General Education, Govt. of Kerala. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ "Special issue of 'Prohibition' released". The Hindu. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
- ^ "Death anniversary". The Hindu. 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
- ^ "Kozhikode Today". The Hindu. 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
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Emory University smartly put out this YouTube clip today of political scientist Merle Black, giving a rundown of tonight's GOP presidential debate in California, which – for the first time – will feature Texas Gov. Rick Perry:
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September 7th, 2011
11:11 am
Since I'm not interested in any of these debates until the week prior to New Hampshire, I wonder if there is much interest in these other than the media.
Our Presidential nomination campaigns are way too long. Polls between potential Republican nominees and Obama so far out are meaningless.
September 8th, 2011
7:57 am
This is the weeding out period. It's all about message and money. It is too long, but I think of it like preseason games. Each candidate has to play their way in through their performances. You either make the cut or you don't. This gives the nation the opportunity to participate in the culling out process, not just Iowa.
September 8th, 2011
9:41 am
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Where is Earl?
September 8th, 2011
2:04 pm
Why isn't the media reporting on this? http://www.ronpaul.com/2011-09-08/force-vs-reason/
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Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:40
Big thumbs up for the show
Best Fight: Henderson vs. Edgar
Worst Fight: Jackson vs. Bader
This card had really good finishes, a good mix of personalities, and a
pretty cool atmosphere in Japan. I really wish UFC had not amplified
the post-match interviews in the arena, and instead had the a team of
interpreters (one for Rogan and one for the fighter) amplified in the
arena, and left the English interviews for the TV audience only. This
would have allowed the interviews to go much quicker. It was awkward
to have Rogan and the fighters stare at each other silently for
minutes on end, and the long pauses really killed the energy in the
interviews. The prelims were pretty impressive, and it was nice to
see a lot of quality fighters that we don't get to see in the States
very often. I have to say that Boetsch really impressed me by coming
out so strong in the last round after looking so miserable early on,
I'd like to see him booked as a gatekeeper for some of the up and
coming middleweights.
Henderson and Edgar had a great fight, but it was also an example of
the huge impact weight cutting is having on the sport. It's coming to
the point that a fighter that fights close to his actual weight is
putting himself at a sever disadvantage. This is going to cause more
of the health problems, and missed cuts that are plaguing the sport.
Rampage missing his weight must have felt insulting to UFC, as they
really did a great job producing his what is likely to be final fight
in Japan. I'd really like to see UFC assign a maximum weight loss
schedule to each fighter. I wrestled in the past, and I am a
volunteer with a high school wrestling program. , Nowadays, wrestlers
are put on healthy weight loss schedule at the beginning of the
season, and I have seen that system prevent a lot of the health
problems and psychological "burnout" historically caused by
unregulated weight cutting. I know that in the realm of fighter
wellness, fighter drug use is the hotter topic, but UFC is silly to
not take the weight cutting issue more seriously.
Adam Bogan
Hi Dave,
I was at the show live, and I am curious if they had to explain the heavy booing for Akiyama, since they insist on promoting him as a babyface superstar... Or did it not come across as usual since they still haven't miced the crowd properly yet?
At the very least, it should have been noticeable that his reaction was much quieter than all the other Japanese fighters.
He did start to win them over with the "Japanese underdog" element, and judo will always win a crowd over.
Carl Nelson
UFC 144 (PPV only)
Thumbs up
Best Fight - Henderson v Frankie
Worst Fight - Bader v Rampage
Comments - I watched the fight at suburban Chicago bar. About 75% capacity. For comparison, the place was packed for the Lesnar fight, so lower attendance. Very hard core crowd. Cheered for reversals, submissions. Erupted at the Tim Boetsch comeback. Fun card.
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NEW YORK -- Travis Hafner and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract that allows him to earn up to $4 million more in bonuses based on plate appearances.
Limited by injuries the past five seasons, the 35-year-old gives the Yankees a designated hitter with power potential from the left side of the plate. He essentially takes over the role filled last season by Raul Ibanez, who signed a $2.75 million, one-year deal with Seattle in December.
Hafner played in only 66 games for Cleveland last year because of knee and back problems and hit .228 with 12 homers and 34 RBIs in 263 at-bats. The Indians declined a $13 million option, electing to pay him a $2.75 million buyout.
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Hafner has not played the field since 2007 because of a spate of injuries and has appeared in the field in just 72 games over 11 big league seasons. He's played in more than 100 games only once since 2008.
Selected by Texas in the 31st round of the 1996 amateur draft, Hafner made his major league debut six years later. He spent 10 years with Cleveland and is a .278 career hitter with 201 homers and 694 RBIs. He has a .287 average with 152 home runs against right-handed pitching.
He would earn $100,000 apiece for 150 plate appearances, 155 and each additional 15 through 275 under Friday's deal. He would receive $125,000 apiece for 290 and each additional 15 through 425; and $175,000 apiece for 440 and each additional 15 through 575.
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1 more added to the collection...lol
got another one today... :p
92ss / turbo / 5sp.
You're crazy! :lol:
What the hell are you going to do with that one? I might want some parts if you part if out, lol.
pm me what parts you want.
i have several options. swap my 93ss engine in, clean it up and sell it... or, strip it. not sure yet.
He will have one SS for each day of the week :lol:
Lucky. Here in SW PA, 1st gens are remarkably rare. In fact, I saw my very first one in real life a month ago.
I bought it on the spot :)
However, I'll probably never see an SS, let alone drive, or god forbid, own one :(
they are pretty rare around these parts to. (im the only one driving them) > turbo models anyway.
so u bought a turbo ss or you dont want one?? (im confused on your last 2 statements.
Believe me, I want an SS. I found a 91 L that I bought, but I'll probably never drive an EJ22T :(
I had never seen one here in Texas where I'm from...come to think of it there aren't many subarus at all, of course there are sti and wrx around but its nicer to see an older model legacy or impreza before they got popular with tuners..
A few weeks ago I saw a 93ss for the first time on craigslist, the owner wanted 1500 for it, its in running condition as well. I about crapped myself and looked in my savings account, I was a few hundred short!! What a heart breaker right. But I I did find a 91 LS wagon for quite a bit cheaper, its not in great running condition but the interior is immaculate except for the liftgate trim is cracked..I have wanted a 1st Gen legacy wagon before I got my 2nd Gen sedan. Finally got a good project to keep me busy for the year...I still have to finish what I want to do with my Bd...who am I really kidding though I love these cars and will playing with them forever.
I find SSs out here all the time. I found a touring wagon w/5MT for $2k, and a sedan that looked to be in great shape body wise but had some little issue for $1500 in the past two weeks. I also know where to pick up a black SS like mine for about $1200 with a lot of leaking seals but it runs. I'd love to get a few more, lol.
Well f you ever get tired of one of those motors you can send it my way...;) I would slap that in my wagon without a thought.
Oh, I didn't buy them. I just found them, lol. But I do have a spare 22T block in my basement that I split. But I'm holding on to it. I have big plans for it.
3 - 22t engines right here...lol
Great...I started poking around my new old project last night and noticed the head gasket leak isn't too bad it only had a few bubbles on the dipstick, I am thinking that I might just put the 952.2 block in in it since I did all the seals and water pump 8 months ago, I do have a question about the cam cap on the front driverside though....it looks the same but the sensor is a bit different, I'm wondering if the old sensor will bolt into the newer cam cap. If it does that is at least one less seal I have to replace and I have one more cam seal for the pass side front and back and the oil pump gasket and front main. I'm hoping to get that car on the road in a few weeks.
What do you know about that monkey, you seem to be the most active on this board.
Oh ok so you guys just want to show off an be carga palos huh? Where in this board can I get a little help?
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I was born on the twenty-sixth day of the eighth month in the absolute middle of the 20th century, 8/26/1950. My first recollected memory, from 1953, is of my father coming home on a Friday evening as I, his eldest son, sat dutifully on the bottom step along the Weaver Street sidewalk waiting for him to return from Jersey City where he worked through the week. It was warm, so it must have been baseball season. My father, a hopeless Phillies fan, was still, no doubt nursing the wounds of the pennant winning 1950 Whiz Kids' 4-0 World Series drubbing by the New York Yankees, even though it was then three seasons on. That evening he walked with a list from the weight of his suitcase, which was full of dirty clothes that would be taken care of over the weekend before he left again on Sunday evening. But laundry be damned, there was time enough between now and then to listen to a Friday night and then two weekend day games….
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Want to get disability? Its easy. Claim you have Fibromyalgia,.. or…. 'i feel pain every where, when I try to work'. That's it. Free money. I know several people who are on disability, just because they managed to convince a doctor, or found a cooperating doctor who would certify that the claim to pain is real. Good luck.
So many of us know of people on SSD that shouldn't be. Personally, I know of one functioning 43 yo female RE agent that receives disability for some type of hair loss disorder. She lives in S. Florida and loves kayaking. Funnels commission via friend to keep income low. Another friend in LV is 29, UNLV graduate with Masters in Music, minor in Architecture. Has some sort of anxiety diagnosis. Currently travelling the country for fun, works that max $1040 gross per month, and collect SSD. The new America, "Entitlement" Society.
Why are you citing a NBER paper whose headline says "Please do not cite or circulate.". I would think that the Wall Street Journal would have a higher standard than that.
Why are you citing a NBER paper whose headline says "Please do not cite or circulate.". I would think that the Wall Street Journal would have a higher standard than that.
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There are people that cheat.
There are also millions unemployed, seeking work–if no one will hire them, what are they supposed to do?
"Federal disability rules allow workers to get benefits only if they have an "impairment" that prevents them from working." That's the loophole that's big enough to drive a whole fleet of trucks through — ask any of the thousands of immigrants who came here and immediately applied for and qualified for SSI (I know — it's not Social Security — but it does cost the TAXPAYERS a lot of money, too).
And look at the records of applicants for Social Security Disability in Puerto Rico (which isn't even a state of these United States) and some of the other jurisdictions around the USA that have been under investigation because the federal judges (?) that handle the Social Security Disability cases there have been so lenient.
But, no — no one's gaming the system.
As Col. Potter would say: Horse Pucky.
I have a disabled child. In that case my daughter would be eligible to receive SSI Disability if my income was below a certain level. However, my income is well above the level. However, if my income was barely above the threshold, I could understand how someone would choose to to just go on disability. Also, if one is on SSI, the individual automatically received Medicaid. I wish my daughter could go be on Medicaid because it is far better than my private insurance. In a 3 month period she was hospitalized 4 times, which at $450 co pay each time it was $1900. With Medicaid it would have been $0. Because of my daughter I am friends with several others with disabled children, and many of them live on their child's SSI benefits and don't work. The choice for them comes down to not just SSI, but medical bills which are all free in Medicaid.
My cousin was forced to go on disability during the last recession. He has a fatal genetic disease but he had been gainfully employed by a small business for over 20 years. Because of his length of service, his employers tried to keep him on their payroll and health insurance for as long as possible but eventually his symptoms became so severe and the business could no longer afford to keep him on the payroll out of charity. There is no cure, no effective treatment, his symptoms are severe and obvious so there is no way he will ever work again.
"Are Long-Term Unemployed Taking Refuge in Disability?."
Yes. It's glaringly obvious if one bothers to look at the statistics. The whole system has morphed from a plan that helped the truly disabled to a free-for-all program to suport (in addition to the truly disabled), those who are long-term unemployed at the end of their UE benefits, those who want to secure a steady stream of funds/medicare for dubious unprovable health conditions, those who are "disabled" only by their own lifestyle choices, the purely fraudelent scammers who want welfare for life, and the legal (fraud enabling) industry that lives off of filing claims. Another government program run amuck.
How would you ever know anything in this govt. unless it was leaked by an insider that is now on the run? They could just as well be targeted applications as at IRS.
I'm long-term unemployed. I've been looking for work the past 8 months. I've been willing to take just about anything provided it's not going to end up costing me more than the job will pay commute wise. I have a master's degree and experience. I can't win. I'm not giving up. What are we supposed to do? Commit suicide? The rate increases the longer you are unemployed. I just got passed over for another job. The reason is ridiculous and just wrong. I understand it. I'm doing the best I can. I like working. I'm disciplined and have a strong work ethic. I want to smack upside the head all of these wrong headed people who are the ones with hate in their hearts. They put their poison onto everyone else.
Ah, I see we have some anecdotes. Because I know 2 people that I think are cheating then that means cheating is rampant. This long term unemployed person who has been working as hard and as smart as humanly possible. I've done well on cover letters, resumes, and in interviews. I still didn't get the job because it's an employer's market. They can do what they want. It's a numbers game. I want a job. I deserve a job. I've earned a job. I didn't unemploy myself. I'm up for anything. I'm hardly alone. Someone must speak out for those like me. I know there are lots like me. My heart is breaking. My body aches with emotional pain. It's horrible to know that you don't have any control. I really do want to smack all of you with your vitriol and know that it wouldn't do any good. Your own limited vision hurts you more than anyone could hurt you. Tunnel vision is a disease of the narrow minded.
And no kidding on temping, volunteering, part-time work, and starting a business. Gee, thanks for your outstanding suggestions that undoubtedly took you so much time and effort to think up. What would I do without you and these brilliant ideas???? I am temping. Nothing available at the moment and I'm willing to go an hour drive or 50 miles. I am working part-time. I am volunteering. I would start a business if I had money. I don't know when my next paycheck will be. I have to be careful. I don't have risk capital.
JNO – It has proven not to be the case for the long term unemployed. Someone thought maybe it was so without any evidence of any kind to support it. They started digging and found nothing to support that erroneous belief. Don't let the facts get in the way of your prejudicial beliefs.
I'm long term unemployed. I'm not lazy. I want to work. I'm doing everything in my power and will continue to. I am very healthy and active. I am also pretty intelligent. I've impressed employers but they have yet to hire me. I have an HR Director who wants to hire me. She needs a job to put me into. I have two staffing agencies that want to place me ASAP. They are constrained by employers. I have another interview. I've been interviewing every week. And one week, I had 3. I am working part time. I also volunteer.
More long term unemployed need to start sharing their real stories. If I start a blog, will you write in sharing your stories? There are 4 million of us. We need our voices heard. We have to drown out these very ignorant and prejudicial voices that just go on whatever thought pops into their tunnel vision brains.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that the gov't pays you to stay home and do nothing but get fat and complain. My relative was skiing the highest mts. in Colorado awaiting approval for disability(tax free with full medical and s/s) of a nyc pension. BJs store announced that their computers were down and would not take SNAP cards.About 90% of the full carts were filled with prime meats, soda, snacks etc. left in the isle. This country needs to demand work for social service benefits. No work no pay. Why should the employeed have to support illegals/ unemployed/ etc. WE ARE TAXED TILL DEATH AND CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE..
Duh, and food stamps also. Once again taking these issues by parts in isolation from the other payments is a mistake for evaluating behavior and tactics.
What employers, other than government, wants to hire in this economy with the unknown expense of Obamacare hanging over their heads? The many small business owners I speak with (many because it's my job) are trying to find ways to let employees go or cut them back to part-time because they know the expense of this law will be heavy.
Also, I was unemployed for nearly two years (20+ years in the workforce, Master's degree in Mgmt.) and I know that many long term unemployed are caught in a catch 22. You have to be very lucky and persistent to break the cycle; even then you will probably end up in a position you are over qualified for you should count yourself lucky to have it. It used to infuriate me to listen to some speaking head on the cable news channels spouting off about the unemployed. You can take one look at a person's work history and tell who wants to work and who doesn't. Most do.
For the most part, these are nothing more than slackers. A good example is The Undertaker claiming Dysfunctional Homosexuality as a disability in order to collect disability. What a sham.
Undertaker = Semper Fi
"I have a master's degree and experience. I can't win. I'm not giving up. What are we supposed to do? Commit suicide?" You are in wrong site to ask that question..the WSJ comments page participants would probably encourage you to pay for your funeral by selling tickets. Good luck to Pariah.. I am working(2 jobs including teaching IT at college) but my wife with an MBA has been out 2 years..even Lowes, Macys etc is a no go..not fun with kids in college but luckily i like store brand cat food
The truth is that a lot of disabled persons try to work, and do work, if they can find a job. Because working pays a lot more. When they can't find a job, they have to go back to disability.. and living on disability sucks ass. You're basically living as poor. So yeah, this author has it backwards. The truth is during recessions, the disabled that can barely manage working, are the first to get thrown out of work. During an economic depression its super difficult for a fully well bodied and able person to get a job, what chance is there for a disabled person to hold on to a marginal job? So contrary to disabled being slackers, the reverse is true. They try to work as much as they can if they can get it.
Rothstein makes a good point, "in a good economy a construction worker who hurts his back can still get a desk job." But this is not a good economy, full-time, living wage jobs are being destroyed at a record pace, and our federal statistics do not even properly measure unemployment, poverty or the real cost of living.
I know a lot of poor people, but I don't know anyone who is collecting benefits and iis still able to work full-time. And the path is pretty arduous. I suspect that anyone who managed to get disability on some flimsy excuse, has friends in SS to smooth the way. They almost automatically deny everyone and it takes years to get it.
The real problem is the lack of living wage job creation. Both parties and their Wall Street masters bear all the blame for this situation. The 'born to rule' crowd in both parties need to be tossed in the garbage. They have blown it for everyone. Its time to take out the trash.
Personally, I may never vote for anyone from Harvard, Yale or UChicago again. I will most certainly treat them with complete distrust until they prove they aren't carpetbagging ruling class elitists and morons.
The golf course where I live is filled every day with disabled workers enjoying their early retirement funded by the US taxpayer.
If people know that it takes a long time to get disability payments, aren't they going to start filing long before their unemployment checks run out? That would distort his basic correlation premise.
"I know a lot of poor people, but I don't know anyone who is collecting benefits and iis still able to work full-time. And the path is pretty arduous. I suspect that anyone who managed to get disability on some flimsy excuse, has friends in SS to smooth the way. They almost automatically deny everyone and it takes years to get it."
I know people on disability who are on it, should not be and will never go off it. One relative lives with her mother in a beautiful apartment and neighborhood, has her own room, queen size bed, high-speed internet, television, sleeps until 11:30 every day, has three squares plus, and has refused every offer of part-time or full-time work offered to her in ten year. Why should she take it? She lives an easy life that could only be earned by hard work, working would only interfere with that. She is mobile, can spend hours on her computer doing the things she likes except take paying work, can travel around town for the events and people she is interested in but can't do so to work. You don't need friends in SS to smooth the way because she sure doesn't have any.
On the other hand I have friends on disability who have trained themselves to work in careers they can avoid the emotional or physical stresses their bodies/minds can't handle and have managed to turn their lives around, and have friends who should truly be on disability due to truly disabling physical infirmities who refuse to do so and continue to work between bouts of incapacitating pain so they don't have to.
Disability was supposed to be a bridge to allow workers who could no longer do the work they used to to retrain themselves and get back to work. Too many people use it as an excuse to simply never work again.
One issue is people like the aforementioned relative who have no impetus or pressure to get off. The other is the loss of benefits if you are making money, making it hard for people like my other friends to transition off it while building a new career or life.
Pariah92, it's not you. We are in the middle of a world-historic glut of labor, and it's only going to get worse. This is not the fault of working people, but rather the fault of the very rich, of corporations whose stock jumps every time they move jobs overseas, or buy new automation technology.
People need to get on every government benefit program they can, as well as politically organizing, and using their time and energy not spent on working for someone else to organizing for a better social safety net and workers' rights.
He has made the remarkable discovery that most disabilities are partial. You may not be able to climb a ladder, but you can work at a desk job (the fireman who becomes a dispatcher, or inspector). Etc. In good times people who can do some things, but not others, are employed. In bad times they fall back on their impairment and claim disability benefits. And itis hard to change one's line of work to something in which one has no experience but that one may still be able to do, despite partial disability, because employers demand experience.
This is not profound. Like most social science research, everyone knew it all along.
" We are in the middle of a world-historic glut of labor, and it's only going to get worse. This is not the fault of working people, but rather the fault of the very rich"
It is the fault of
a) people having babies
b) lower infant mortality rates
c) longer life spans
d) the internet and the computer
Which has made everyone richer. Maybe Emma instead of 'getting on every program' you can and 'organizing' for your 'right' to a job and blaming the 'very rich' you can use all the marvelous tools that were created for you to build your own company, opportunities and wealth. If every job that every corporation moved overseas was replaced by a person here creating a new one vs bemoaning the loss of something they didn't own in the first place perhaps unemployment would not be such an issue.
BTW;the people who invent and build and discover and earn wealth doing it are 'working people' often and usually harder then the people b'ing and moaning about their wealth in the first place.
Of course they are taking refuge in disability. Social Security does not audit and has zero chance of catching fraudsters like LIRR employees.
Mark, give me a break. Do you know what it's like to live on a disability income? It's about equal to living on minimum wage – except you can actually have access to healthcare. People like you are living in some sort of distorted vacuum where you don't realize that minimum wage is not a living wage and that a minimum wage is roughly half a living wage (and rarely do the living or minimum wage come with healthcare). So get down from your high horse- go slug another martini or shot of Metamucile or something. Better yet, get your tail out of your castle and down into the real world. If abpnyone is acting as if they are owed a living, it's peope like you who are so incredibly ingorant to the real world, well, it just smella. Your ignorance smells.
Thanks Emma for being the voice of reason. One of the things that worries me about the imbalance of money and power is that the money is in the hands of lazy,old white dudes. The first thing these has-beens b-tch about is lack of innovation. Yet, they are stagnant masses of mold with an incredibly stunted vision of the world. Thank Goodness a few perspicacious, brown women who are about to straighten out the ignorance at the global level.
So Mark, why don'rt you go ask this "One relative" what's up? Or is it easier to just make assumptions?
mediasavve, well said, well said.
What truly blows my mind is that anyone posting on a money-centric site like the Wall Street Journal would be so utterly incapable of calcualting a living wage. Yet, we have people here griping about other people who have given up on owning a car, can't get medical benefits unless they simply go over the edge…many of which are over fifty and are out of hope. Old white dudes living in white castles with no reality check on the world. God forgive them.
Is there a point there YouAreKidding? My Reply was to Emma who assumes/presumes that the labor 'glut' is due to the greed of the rich or corporations. Emma is not a voice of reason she is a voice of doom. Sure, it is lazy old white dudes. The ones who made it possible for you to share your (nonsensical) at 2am with a few slaps on piece of plastic (a material whose compostiion/creation alone you can't comprehend).
I don't have to ask this relative 'what is up?' I know, since I see and have spoken; like Emma she believes she is owed a 1/2 life time of support for working 30 hours week barely getting by and she can do that because the work of other people allows her to believe it. Clearly though she and Emma and you are victims of lazy rich white men. If you want a living wage go figure out how to make one. Between the internet and computers and software and telecommunications there is really no reason you can't. My 'relative' could have trained herself on any # of new technologies that appeared in the last decade, could have simply baby sat or walked dogs or taken any # of low risk, low effort, non mentally or physically challenging jobs and chose not to. Period. Because she got to pretend, like much of this country, that the life she lived just appeared because it was owed to her for dropping out of someone's vagina. The fantasy will end when that vagina's owner moves on from this world. At the end of the day the argument is stupid; go starve in ignorance, bleating all the while about rich lazy white men. And no, I ain't kidding you.
Why is it so hard to believe that disabled people are "last hired, first fired" and that, as shown in the article, people on disability aren't simply looking for an easy way out by defrauding the system (which is not easy to do in the first place, as some claim)? There are states were it is legal to pay disabled people below minimum wage. that's how "valued" disabled workers are.
Let's also not forget that the North American workforce is also aging, and with age increases the likelihood of disability. It wouldn't be a surprise that the dual discrimination of ageism and ableism could also be at work here. Imagine you've worked several years at a company – you're not as spry/able as when you first started, maybe you've even become significantly disabled over the years. But you work hard and your colleagues value your expertise so your less-than-perfect performance is not a dealbreaker and you still manage to contribute while staying off the dole. Recession hits, now you're just an "old cripple" no one wants. Is it really so hard to believe?
BTW YAK, let me tell you an average day for my relative since 1999; sleep in until 11-noon in her private room with a door, yawn, go make coffee in her high end coffee maker, go lie down on another queen size bed and watch cable tv while her waffles toast, eat her waffles while sitting in front of her $3,000 mac communicating her thoughts to her friends and the world with a few taps of her finger, go lie on a long cmfy couch whilst watching soap operas waiting for the lunch hunger to strike, walk outside in her safe pretty neighborhood to the gourment supermarket, buy high end frozen foods with her food stamps, come back unpack and eat some of that food while playing around on her computer, nap, go out to meet her friends at bars or parties, come back and sleep at 10 for 12 hours. Ad infinitum. Sure, it's lazy white men that are ruining the world.
That is an unfortunate and harsh and sad reality for some people Jeb yet it is not the point of the article.
" Yet, they are stagnant masses of mold with an incredibly stunted vision of the world. "
Right-o. The ones that gave us the internet, cell phones, anesthesia, vaccination, increased our lifespan from 30-80 in a few short generations, changed a child mortality rate of 50% in 1700 to 1/2 of 1% in 2000, made it possible to cross a continent in under a work day when it was impossible to do so with a reasonable chance of living 100 year ago, made it possible to work for someone 1/2 way around the world from your home not even knowing their language. I won't even bother going on. Sorry to say it wasn' Emma, you, your ilk or "perspicacious, brown women" who made that all possible to you, just people like you who made you beleive those things were always so.
Mark, first of all, the government gave us the internet and many medical miracles. And what kind of old man wind bag jibberish are you spouting? These are inventions of the past– you know–The Past, when one could actually afford to keep food on the table, wear something other than Good Will Clothes and actually buy an affordable car.And ya know what? The people who accomplished your wind bag ranting things weren't the me lounging in the ivory tower.
Mark, just because you have lousy genes in your family, don't go pointing at everyone else.
Corporate tax breaks, subsidies and bailouts in billions /trilliions, why can't the state subsidize the individual? Unfare, sure. But it's not like the country is playing on an even playing field.
old story – of course they are -
Clearly AYKM, I didn't point at anyone else. I pointed out one case, a relative, who did take advantage of the system to point out that there are cases such as the article points out. I also pointed out two other examples; one a person who took advantage of the system correctly and diligently to re-train himself and get off it, one of a person who refused to go on it and makes it on his own. Learn how to read facts and opinions that don't fit into your preconceived notion. As far as I can tell the only finger pointing was by YOU, blaming lazy old white men and corporate America. Sorry your only rejoinder is blame. Waste your own time with it.
YAK you are truly an idiot. Neither the government nor Al Gore gave us the internet or medical miracles. And God knows your point about discounting the 'inventions of the past'. If you can't afford to keep food on the table or wear anytihng othe then good will, beleive me it ain't the old white windbags' fault it is YOURS. Whoever dropped the internet and electricity and cell phones and microsoft word and skype in your lap, these are miracles as far as you should be concerned, and ones you could use to put food on your table if you'd simply get your head out of your hate for 'old white men' and your pretense that it is the GOVERNMENT who did do or should do anything for you. Pick yourself up for God's sake and stop whining.
A couple of months ago on NPR, This American Life with Planet Money had a great documentary called "Trends With Benefits" about how some people are getting warehoused on SSDI because they are unemployable. A real eye-opener.
You may get mad at them, but what else can you do with those people? :(
Those people? That sounds terribly derogatory and condescending. This story, which appears here as newsworthy fodder, is something I knew about after visiting a Social Security office 8 years ago. I am however moderately surprised that the WST wants to draw even more attention to it as opposed to drawing attention to the large sums of tax payer money which are absconded by literally everyone who can. Basically to all of you, who have seemingly been outraged, I would like to know What have you done for money?
@Gary Dee, I've listened to that documentary too. Very interesting, indeed. And to think that there are actually agencies that counsel the applicants on what to say on their applications to get on disability — even it means lying.
The only way to convince people to pull their own weight is for them to be without. You get what you pay for–no more and no less.
@Gary de
There you go. The American free-market myth. The state subsidizes the film industry, Boeing air etc… you name it, corporate America is on welfare. People are up in arms when someone collects disability? Please.
When is corporate America going to pull it's weight? The federal government spent $100 billion in direct and indirect subsidies to businesses and private-sector corporate entities a year. Want to cut the debt? Cut off the corporate welfare queens. A pretty radical thought on a WSJ blog I know.
Where I live the lawyers guarantee SSI or you do not pay!
This is nothing new. It was developed into a "science" in Connecticut years ago. When the banks were the locations for collecting the women would stand in line to get their cash while their boyfriends would wait outside in their Beemers, Benz, and so forth. If you think this is a joke just ask someone who lived in Hartford in the 70′s – 80′s. CT finally went to direct deposit so the "taxpayers" would no longer see this expenditure of their taxes. CT budget 2013 now up to 43B with about 1/3 for entitlement. Incredible!
I find most critics of disability fail to understand the system. According to the rules they already have laid out, to qualify for disability you must prove, first with a doctor's certification and again in front of a government examiner, that you are completely unable to work, and are unlikely to ever become able to work again in your lifetime.
Now, it is true that their definition of "unable to work" means specifically in the same or similar field of work as you have previously done–they won't expect construction workers become bankers, if you were a construction worker and prove that you can no longer do any kind of manual labor, that will qualify even if you could theoretically do desk work, for which you have no experience or training. Similarly, they won't try to make teachers go into construction.
Of course, it is possible to defraud disability–it's really, really hard to verify whether someone actually does have disabling levels of back pain, for example. But my point is that none of the reforms proposed by critics of disability do anything to try to address fraud, but rather attempt to add "work-incentives" for a program that asks you to prove you are physically unable to work for the rest of your life.
One would THINK this would be a no-brainer.
People too often forget many people on disability are actually terminally ill.
And it seems that a lot of people still don't realize that there are simply too few jobs to go around. They think unemployed people are lazy… so of course they would be completely ignorant of the fact that a qualified person in a wheelchair is up against perhaps hundreds of other qualified applicants who do not show up to the interview in a wheelchair.
I think some of these clueless people out there would tell someone paralyzed from the neck down, or someone with multiple aggressive brain tumors, they should stop being so lazy & picky & go apply for a job at McDonald's, or do yard work for less than minimum wage, instead of sponging off the government.
I'm all for scientific studies, don't get me wrong. But the idea that one is needed to understand the plight of all unemployed, and especially unemployed with some disability, in a period of bad economic times… just screams to me that many of our fellow humans are completely incapable of rational reasoning and logical deduction.
"University of California, Berkeley economist Jesse Rothstein set out to test that theory"
In other words, put on your boots. Knee high.
WSW + mental illness and PED abuse;
Undertaker = numerous handles. He is a dysfunctional homosexual but should be spared SSDI!
Here's a few good reasons to eliminate corporate welfare.
It's Good Politics: The Democrats and the mainstream media will attack every Republican budget for starving the poor. Last year at budget time, Paul Krugman said that Bush "takes food from the mouths of babes and gives the proceeds to his millionaire friends." This charge is outrageous, in part because of the Orwellian implication that not handing out money is "taking" (this akin to the mainstream media's insistence that tax-cuts "cost" something). So the attacks will come no matter what. But at least Bush could take some of their edge off by no longer giving billions to "his millionaire friends." Time magazine estimated that in 2002 taxpayers subsidized $125 billion in corporate welfare every year.
It's Good Diplomacy: The United States is trying to get the European Union to stop subsidizing Airbus–while at the same time subsidizing Boeing to the hilt. The Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that subsidizes exports, has dedicated the overwhelming majority of its subsidy dollars to boosting Boeing's sales in recent years. Why should Europe listen to our free-trade sermons when we're having our own dalliances with corporate socialism?
Get These Business Guys Back on Our Side: Here's a secret: Big business often loves higher taxes. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supported tax hikes in 1993, and Colorado and Virginia have seen businesses help the pro-tax side in recent years. Should we be surprised? Corporate welfare transforms the federal treasury into big business' piggy bank. Why would they want taxes cut? If corporate welfare is off the table, business might just stop fighting on the pro-tax side.
Improve the Economy: Ending corporate welfare will aid the economy. The beauty of the free market is that it responds to consumer demands. The horror of the state-managed market is that it responds to government's demands–and so resources get directed to things people don't want, like bridges to nowhere and lobbyists. This is a waste of money, which makes us poorer as a nation.
Save the Soil: Ethanol and Florida sugar cane both exist only because of corporate welfare. Ethanol subsidies drive up the demand for corn, which eliminates the crop diversity necessary to keep soil healthy. Sugar cane only exists in the Everglades because of federal efforts to manage the ecosystem there as well as subsidies for domestically grown sugar and trade barriers against imported sugar. The federal management of the Everglades is devastating to the unique habitat.Save American Jobs: The Export-Import Bank has financed a GE plant in Mexico that helped the company lay off its workers in Indiana. Ex-Im also aided Chinese steel makers who were accused of "dumping" steel in the U.S. Also, artificially high sugar prices resulting from sugar welfare have driven U.S. candy manufacturers overseas where sugar prices are lower, since they better reflect the world market.
Give us Credibility on Nuclear Programs: Did I mention that the Export-Import Bank is currently offering a $5 billion subsidy to the same arm of the Chinese government that has helped Pakistan and Iran develop their nuclear weapons programs?
Reduce Corruption: Is it any wonder that companies spend as much on lobbyists as they do when there are billions in handouts on the Hill every year? Eliminating corporate welfare, both entitlements and earmarks, will drive some of these hired beggars away.
We Pay too Much in Taxes: Taxes are too high. Anything we can do to reduce taxes or forestall future tax hikes is all to the good. Cutting spending everywhere possible is necessary. And, if people get to keep more of their own money, they are more likely to buy my book, The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, coming out from John J. Wiley and Sons this summer.
And, finally, the top reason we should eliminate corporate welfare (drum roll crescendo climaxing in cymbal crash):
Moral Reasons: Taking my money to spend it on something I don't like is bad enough. But taking it from me and giving it to rich people and big businesses is downright immoral. That's just what corporate welfare is.
Hum…. An article in WSJ about the rise in federal disability rolls without any mention of some states activlly shifting their welfare roll to SS Disablity.
States hiring companies such as Public Consulting Group (PCG), that help them move people from welfare to disability. A little research would help.
A number of commenters show a very common misunderstanding of Social Security Disability, and it would be good to actually inform the public. One with a disability doesn't automatically qualify for disability benefits. Sorry. It must be medically determined that the disability is severe enough to make gainful employment impossible. And no, no one will just take your word for it. Doctors have no incentive to put people on disability; in fact, each case requires considerable time and paperwork. Contrary to a favorite myth, government does much to make it difficult to obtain benefits. I would urge people to go to the Social Security website to learn more about the arduous application process, the routine reviews to determine if the disability remains severe enough to qualify for benefits, and to learn about the significant disincentives that currently exist.
Ron, to clarify your point: Before Clinton's welfare reform, people who became seriously ill/disabled routinely turned to welfare while waiting for their Social Security applications to be processed (and many, many people were simply unable to successfully apply, rounding up years of medical records, etc.) The last I heard, the length of time between applying for disability aid and actually receiving it is now around three years, during which time applicants have no means of self-support. When a case is serious enough today, every effort is made to expedite those cases for the sake of the survival of the individual. These are the ones who are most likely to die if they end up homeless. Clinton ended the option of turning to welfare while undergoing the lengthy disability application process. There is no General Assistance. TANF is a work program for those with minor children, and if one is too ill/disabled to work, they do not qualify for TANF. And Dave Anderson, at best, you are mistaken. Again — and this can't be stressed enough — it must be medically determined that the disability is so severe as to make gainful employment impossible. This doesn't necessarily mean that the individual is bedridden 100% of the time. Note, too, that in recent years, the one good thing that has developed is that some work is being done to help many of the disabled develop the skills they need to obtain disability-appropriate jobs.
Boomers getting older + recession + disabilities that were not a problem when the economy was better = more disability claims
After all, people who do physical jobs don't often last past about 55 or so. It's hard to do those jobs when you are getting osteoarthritis, your cartilage is gone, and you have injuries that are causing you much pain, especially if you haven't been able to get health care because your job didn't provide it and you couldn't afford to pay for it yourself.
Disabled people receiving SSDI or SSI can often be caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to their medical care. Even when I'm feeling my best, I still have to see a doctor at least twice a month and I'm on 7 different medications. The medications alone would cost over $1000 a month if I had to pay for them out of pocket. I would have to work full time for an employer to provide me with health insurance. If I work part time I may not qualify for the county health care I get now. But I'm grateful get the health care from the county, because I'm too young for Medicare and I get too much from SSDI to qualify for Medicaid (or food stamps BTW). So I can work full time or not at all. For the disabled, there's often nothing in the middle.
@ Jeff wrote :
When you say this: "The only way to convince people to pull their own weight is for them to be without." I'm thinking that we are really doing harm to the wealthy by not forcing them to do without, because they are not pulling their own weight. They are supposed to be CREATING JOBS, right? You know, the "job creators?"
They are not doing it, so with your reasoning we need to force them do do without so they WILL create jobs.
A construction worker who hurts his back would not be able to get a desk job without desk job experience. Especially if he's over 40. Long term unemployment causes homelessness, depression, and other psychological impairments that are allowing some folks to apply for disability. After all, they have to exist somehow. Too many people are becoming the sacrifice for the mismanagement of this country.
It's the management by the CEO's and managers. It has more to do with the increased work loads and lack of investment in new tools that are causing more injuries and pain than people finding new loop holes in the system.
All you so called experts on Social Security Disability don't know crap. I guess the paraplegic's are rolling around having a blast. The truth is most of the people on disability are not able to work. I worked for 25 straight years after spending four years in the USMC. You think living on 1300 a month the life of Riley And four the one's who think it is easy to get on disability, I lost my job, my house and my Wife in that order. Saw a World Renown Movement Disorder, then made a very expensive trip to Mayo Clinic of which they diagnosis me with Myoclonus. Look that up and seeing how much fun I am having on Disability in my Low-Income Pad. Shame on you.
my wife lost her job the kind of work she hade done starting in 1979 she is now 50 can not find a job and no one will retrain her for something new the kind of work she was doing is now no longer. she took eup ins and try to keep looking and at the same time we look into ssd was told no by ssd on the back page they told her she could work as long as she work alone try to find work like that over 50 to old to retrain if we hade our way she would keep working but it just is nor like that she is bipoler dipress and hade a hart att her Dr wants her to stay out of work so if mybe the timeing as thing went bad but for sure we are not look to make ui last loger. and she isheare truely disable
I just started to receive S.S.after losing my job in July 2012,five years after having a heart attack at work in 2008.I felt like i could do something at the job after being out for 8 months.The Dr. put me on lite duties untill being let go in 2012.I was a warehouseman for the same company for 15 years.There isn't a company that won't treat you like a rented MULE in any warehouse.So lifting anything over 25lbs.just won't cut it,they work you to death if you are the new guy,and at 57 years of age lite duty job's,there aren't many around and 1400 per month is far from king of the hill
With this crappy Obama induced market, then is it really a wonder that disability filings are going up? S.S. is the only thing a lot of long term jobless can hope to get.
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My father is in town which means that all works are suspended until further notice.
It also means that I will eat everything to my heart's guilt and desire, because my father is a happy man who believes not in depriving the self of sugar and carb and starch and calories to be happier in the future. Now, he says, is as good a time to be merry as it is tomorrow. So, imagine: there are leftovers for breakfast, buffets for lunch, junk foods for dinner, and if I am luckier, desserts for midnight meal.
He was not always like this. He used to make mental notes of the food that I cannot be fed, duly approved by my mother: candies, gums, street/processed foods, and more. But when I started becoming more like them in terms of maintaining my diet, I noticed a shift in their attitude. Pizza and pasta became staple food groups, too.
There will also be discussions, lots and lots of them, about school, gym, personal hygiene, my hair and the new house (almost) by the sea. Similarly, love is a recurring topic—to me it means all the summer fruits served cold and fresh at home, to my father it means mama and me. We talk about these things the way old people do—honest, rational and sometimes, argumentative.
I was not always like this. I was more of a diligent student and an unwilling daughter. My fear of failing school has made me a woman selfish of time, strict with schedule. Either wholly or partly, I know I am still that woman. But there are exemptions to these rules. For example: that my father is in town.
Hence, all works are suspended until further notice.
In conclusion:
1. We were on the road for days and no one complained about it, except for those moments when Raymart deliberately/accidentally accelerates up to 80/kph. This is why I stopped driving and asking my father to "please, please lend me the car," all at once. The road, as I have come to understand it, is not a place for imposing. To control is to be controlled.
2. There was a song that we kept on repeating. Just this one song that had us singing on top of our lungs. We were moved and we were moving. Thank you Up Dharma Down for telling the truth for us.
3. This is how these photos emerged: someone came with the idea of chasing the sunset for the last time. To witness the golden goodbye of the sun and welcome temporary darkness before we resume our fast-paced lives in the metro. In the midst of our silence, something rippled through my thoughts. This is less frightening than running after love.
4. This is an attempt to end this series. A failure, an inadequacy so far but which I cannot postpone any longer. The rarer the endings, the lesser the number of goodbyes now than there were in the past, the harder for me to knot my thoughts close with words.
Enchanted Kingdom in a nutshell.
My younger self would probably nod dissent with the way I spent my Valentine's Day this year, and I won't blame her for expecting nothing less.
First, there were no reservations made. We ended up walking in at Uncle Cheffy's when, in fact, we could have gone somewhere else that's not part of a regular day's dining list.
Second, I ordered one of the darnest dishes from the menu. In my defense, I didn't know that it was an aphrodisiac. It may be common knowledge to people but I just happened to not know it that time. I might have been told about it earlier but I just didn't give it a damn. And to be fair, I ordered it only because it was one of the few meals that suited my no red meat diet.
Lastly, I didn't get flowers. Again. How many years in a row? I wouldn't know, I stopped counting at three. (And I'm just twenty for crying out loud, haha!)
The thing about my younger self is that, I saw myself getting whisked off by my feet by the man I love at the age of eighteen. Nineteen, would be the latest extension. I set my standards too Hannah Montana, inflicting myself with so much pain every *empty* Valentine's Day that passes by.
It was only until recent events (re: heartbreaks, series of unrequited love, short lived what-have-you) that I've gotten my standards and priorities set to a more realistic mode. By that I mean, knowing and accepting that love comes in different faces, and in different phases, too. Since then, I've been better in handling things including, but not limited to, my emotions, thoughts and reactions.
I might have appeared too bitter for my life earlier in this post but it isn't the pity party I'm going for. I just wanted to make a point on how things started looking more promising when I stopped problematizing.
Now, a photo of my date..
and of course, my other date.
I make this face every day in my life, and it has come to me more often because of Norman. (Quick question, dear reader: Will you still love me even with this face?)
My photojournalism buddy. Or, he who saw the earlier stage of my possible life career, haha. He has remained loyal to the craft, while I found myself drifting to different kinds of work. But hey, we've managed to keep each other's company.
How many more photos of me can you take? Haha.
Anyway, a preview of the gift I got for the said (Hallmark) holiday. It's another story I have yet to tell you.
"The love you take is equal to the love you make."


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This is the nicest pair of khakis I have ever owned. Every time I go out in them it's always "Steve have you lost weight?" or "Oh you look nice". Thank you for saying those things. Cleanup is a breeze, just a gentle wash and tumble dry low for 5 seconds, then hang. You will probably want to steam or iron them for best results -- if you are buying these pants, chances are good you have one of those. Wish list: blue, green, charcoal gray, made in usa.


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Friday night is treat night for me. Dinner at a chosen restaurant after a busy week squinting at a screen and writing endless emails is exactly what I need to indulge my senses in something completely selfish. And that's exactly what I got at Butcher and Grill, set in quaint Wimbledon village, South West London. As I arrived, a modern butcher-counter welcomed me to view the cuts of meat and seasonal produce. What an enticing introduction to the menu, which then offered to serve the very produce I eyed up on my way in. Although the restaurant interior was akin to a chain restaurant you see on the high street, the staff were friendly and there was enough space for you to feel your neighbours ears keeping to their own business.
I rewarded the 15-minute climb to the restaurant with the Highfields lamb burger chips and mint mayonnaise, accompanied by wilted spinach. A crisp glass of Sauvignon Blanc kept me company until the dark wood chopping board arrived with its towering burger. Not wanting to fill up too quickly and leave little room to finish my greens, I set the majority of the bun aside and set about the ample bodied filling. The juicy lamb flavours were balanced with a whisper of fresh herbs and the mint mayonnaise did exactly what a mayo should do, offering a sharp caper and a sour gherkin to liven things up. I was disappointed with the over fried chips which lacked the fluffy texture a good chip should and the overly salted wilted spinach pointing me to several glasses of water. Too full for dessert, I decline deciding to carry on the mint theme with a mint tea which I sip as I debate which cut of meat to buy on my way out.


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This outfit is inspired by the Black Mage of Final Fantasy. It's such an iconic character with it's blue robe and yellow hat, so I chose to really highlight those features by doing a bright blue sweatshirt and yellow accessories. I chose to do a beanie because it sort of looks like a stylish version of the Mage's hat. I also chose black sunglasses to replicate his covered face. This outfit is perfect for hanging out. (Reference Image)


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- Release Date 2/17/2010
- Publisher Koei
- Platform PS3
- Genre Action Adventure
- Number of Players 1
- Online Players 4
- Online Enabled Yes
Game Description
The Dynasty Warriors franchise has always challenged one fighter to battle many. Now, you no longer have to fight alone! For the first time, up to four friends can fight the game's massive battles together. With more people on the battlefield, you'll need more room to move. So, in another first, characters have new supernatural abilities that let them streak through the skies and clash at high-altitudes. Coordinate moves with voice or text chat as you break into strongholds, fight entire armies, and more in over 200 total quests. Single-player mode gives you the option to team up with AI allies or do it all yourself.
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GamesRadar Review (4.0 out of 10)
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce The millionth sequel, and this time a shoddy PSP port We have a dream: that one day Dynasty Warriors code will pop through the office letterbox and we don't end up playing 'pass the parcel'. We try not to pre-judge, but it...more
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Its a change.. (7 out of 10)
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First: this is a multiplayer game (on-line only) and the difficulty is pitched as such. While beating it alone is doable, it is much harder than your average DW game. The expectation is that you'll have two or three people helping you out, and the difficulty is slanted as such. In order to get bett...more
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Memory 2000 MB
Audio/Video In-Game Dolby Digital, HDTV 720p
Online Features Online Multiplayer, Content Download, Quick Match, PS Network Compatible, Custom Match, Trophies, Voice
Modes Online Co-op, Story, Full Mission Single-Player
Controllers Headset, Dualshock 3 Controller
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