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I'll admit it: There's a part of me that wants President Obama to get every last tax increase he proposed this week.
Let him close the loopholes and raise tax rates on "millionaires and billionaires" — defined, in his world, as married couples who earn a combined $250,000 a year and individuals who bring in $200,000. Let him tax capital gains at the same rates as wages. Let him squeeze more revenue out of oil and gas companies. Let him sock it to the corporate jet owners.
And then, when the economy keeps foundering and the jobless are still out of work and the budget remains unbalanced, let him tell us what comes next.
You see, I don't think there is a Plan B, because I don't think his proposals amount to a Plan A for growing the economy, or creating jobs, or balancing the budget — or for anything besides raising taxes for the sake of raising taxes.
Obama's quest to raise taxes, especially on "the rich" and corporations, has reached Ahab-like levels of obsession. The question doesn't matter; for him, the answer is "raise taxes." The $447 billion piece of legislation he proposed earlier this month was not so much a jobs bill as it was a tax increase-justification bill.
Obama's already admitted more than once that he knows better than to believe infrastructure jobs involving the federal bureaucracy are truly "shovel ready."
He may already be too late in calling for schoolhouse renovations if they're to be completed by the end of next summer.
We've already seen, with the bankruptcy of the solar panel manufacturer Solyndra — in the exact month analysts predicted, and despite a half billion in federal loan guarantees — the folly of trying to shove taxpayer dollars out the door to private ventures quickly enough to count as a job-creation measure.
But none of that matters, because I don't think that's the point for him.
I don't agree with those who think his intention is to destroy the economy or ruin the country. I don't know if he believes his tax maneuvers will have an effect that's opposite of what basic economics suggests — although I am certain he believes that a more muscular central government is in the public's best interest.
I don't know why he would continue to think people will put stock in super-investor Warren Buffett's anecdote about paying a lesser share of his income in taxes than his secretary, when there are piles of data that make clear this situation is not an epidemic in our country.
I do know that we've known about this tax-the-rich tendency since the 2008 campaign. During one debate, Obama said he would raise capital gains taxes even if doing so resulted in less federal revenue, out of his sense of "fairness."
I don't know why he would feel that way. There are plenty of dime-store psychological analyses of Obama out there, if you're into that kind of thing. I just know that one constant for the man who came to the White House as a self-proclaimed "blank screen" has been the push to tax the rich more heavily.
But ultimately, satisfying my curiosity about what Obama would do and say differently if he got his way on taxes, and proved it didn't work, isn't worth the collateral damage. Because here are a few other things I know:
I know the Reverse Rumpelstiltskins in Washington can't take gold out of private hands and spin it into straw fast enough to do more good than harm.
I know that, even by the White House's own projections, this soak-the-rich strategy won't come close to balancing the budget — especially when it's used to justify increasing spending even further.
I know the Obama approach — complicating the tax code even further, just to scratch this anti-rich itch — will only make it harder to reform the tax code. And that will make it harder to draft a broader strategy for reducing deficits and debt.
Finally, here's something I can only suspect: that Obama's answer to "what comes next?" once the millionaires and billionaires have been tapped will not be to cut spending as needed to achieve fiscal balance. Instead, it'll be to define "millionaire" much lower than people who earn just a quarter of that amount.
(Note: This post, my column from Thursday's print edition of the AJC, draws and expands on a few thoughts I posted earlier this week.)
– By Kyle Wingfield
September 22nd, 2011
5:31 am
I agree. I'm sick of arguing the obvious. We need to start addressing the size of the government. Multiple agencies doing the same job. Layers of bureaucrats on top of bureaucrats. Pass every freaking tax you can and afterwards we'll clean up what's left. I guess, we're going to have to learn the hard way.
September 22nd, 2011
5:36 am
He can find $105 billion/year in savings (more than a trillion in a decade) by simply mandating the use of E-Verify to deny jobs to illegal aliens! If they can't work, the vast majority will go back to the home countries.
Will he get $100 billion/year in savings going after millionaires?
No, but he will grant illegal aliens work permits to take jobs from US citizens and refuse to reduce legal immigration by 90% until US citizens have jobs.
How can we trust a President who puts the interests of illegal aliens before those of US citizens and legal residents?
September 22nd, 2011
6:03 am
It's simple, really, Kyle: we tried the exact opposite — lowering tax rates on the wealthy and not spending enough on infrastructure — and it failed miserably. So let's go back to what worked before, regardless of whether you believe it's a "plan".
September 22nd, 2011
6:45 am
Well we've tried the tax cut thingey since 2003 and we have had two recessions since 2001, two massive stock market crashes (over 50 percent) and we have shed millions of jobs.–following the Republican lead. Remember, you had total control for six years. So, Rebublicans, tell us what your master plan for job creation, economic stimulation is. Surely it can't just be to cut taxes…or is it? Kyle, how can you continue to defend an indefensible position with a straight face? Just once I want one of the media talking heads to actually get a real answer from a Republican. So far every cut, slash and burn idea, should it be implemented, would actually cost jobs and send us spinning back into a recession.
September 22nd, 2011
6:50 am
First Obama is not going to raise taxes. Taxes will be raised by the combined actions of the House and Senate and then with the signature of the President.
Obama has never spent a nickle that was not approved by Congress.
We have been trying The Plan of low revenue and increased spending since January 1981. The result is the $14 Trillion Plus national debt we now "enjoy". Lets all give ourselves a pat on the back.
As I see it we have two chores we need to do. First stop the slid into more debt. The New Plan should be to reduce the size of the federal government. I see no one, Republican or Democrat, issuing plans to reduce the size of government. The Plan is to reduce the amount paid out in entitlements and reduce the spending on education, at a time when we are producing one of the planet's more ignorant work forces. But that is it.
Second, re-write the tax code. Every tax return pays, pick a number, say 18%, period. No ands, buts or ifs or deductions for the new dog collar. GE pays 18%, uncle Fred pays 18% and Kyle and I pay 18%. And Warren Buffet gets to pays his 18% along with his secretary. But this Plan requires a "tax increase" on GE, half of Congress has signed Grover's Pledge, so this plan will not happen.
September 22nd, 2011
6:54 am
Deb, The unemployment rate was close to one half what it is now back in Bush's terms. That was until Pelosi and Reid took over that is. Back when Kennedy cut the rates, that generated revenue, to bad Johnson spent it on an illegal war,
September 22nd, 2011
7:01 am
Kyle says he doesn't agree that Obama is trying to destroy the economy or ruin the country, yet repeatedly admits he doesn't know why Obama DOES this or that, doesn't know why he THINKS this and that, and even on the things he seems sure of, it's pure educated guess.
The point is, Obama's not trying to 'destroy the economy'. He's trying to diminish America's confidence in Free Enterprise and Capitalism, and the Constitution. He's not trying to 'ruin the country'. He's trying to create enough doubt, chaos, and suffering to allow for this confidence to be broken, thus bringing on 'fundamental transformation'.
I'm pretty certain it wouldn't be a Libertarian's paradise.
September 22nd, 2011
7:06 am
Obama's "obsession" is to tax the high earners at the same rate they were taxed before the Bush tax cuts that blew the federal budget and ratched up the deficit to $1.5 trillion.
His plan is barely OK. What's missing is a hike the tax on income and capital gains from "investments" that do not involve a ownership share of equities in American business enterprises.
Coaxing the wealthy to invest in job-creating enterprises has not worked. Making the alternatives less profitable will.
We need financial reform, not merely tax reform. It's time to encourage capital to chase job-creating, profitable enterprise by imposing higher taxes on deriviatives, hedge funds, and other financial instruments that are gambles rather than investment in the economy.
September 22nd, 2011
7:10 am
When you write "tax increase" don't forget to add 'from the lowest rate any of us have ever seen". I know it's just a typo on your part.
September 22nd, 2011
7:12 am
When Kennedy cut rates, the top marginal tax rate was 91%. Do you even understand the Laffer curve, or are you just spewing something you heard on the radio?
Pelosi and Reid did take over, but all of the things that led to our decline were already in place. We already had a huge deficit, we bets on CDOs had already been placed, and people had been getting loans they couldn't afford for years. No matter how you spin it, the Bush had a huge role in the problem.
September 22nd, 2011
7:13 am
I wouldn't mind paying more in taxes if I had the confidence that my money would be used wisely. When the government makes a genuine effort to reduce fraud and wasteful spending, it can raise taxes. That day will never come.
September 22nd, 2011
7:20 am
It will be a long road to recovery but it can only begin when the country gets this man out of the White House.
September 22nd, 2011
7:20 am
We've had tax cuts for the investor class and deregulation over the past decade and look where that landed us. High deficits and floundering economy. Isn't the definition of insanity when you keep doing the same things and expecting different results? Or is that just the definition of stupid?
September 22nd, 2011
7:22 am
After we tax the rich, we tax the poor and the middle class. The thing is, neither side really has a problem with that so it won't be hard. We also end the wars and make a few changes to the social programs to get them under control at least for a small amount of time.
There is no way in which we even start to solve our problems without taxing the rich first, because they hold the majority of the country's wealth. The top 20% of people in terms of wealth are 85% of this countries net worth. They have nearly all of the money, and we can't get there without taxing them. If we tax the poor and middle class first, they're the only people who will get taxed and we'll just end up with more problems.
If you ran a business and 20% of your customers constituted 85% of your potential revenue, who would focus on selling to? Its basic business practice. The top 20% drive your bottom line. Focus on the bottom 80% of the customers if you want, but you aren't really going to make any real money.
September 22nd, 2011
7:26 am
I find it interesting that you continue to trade in meaningless, soundbite poli-speak, and yellow journalism. "tax the rich" has become the right's "remember the Maine". the very phrase suggests elitism and priviledge for one class, at the expense of the rest. I remain dumbfounded by the shills who support "the rich" as if people become "rich" in some social bubble. married couples earning $250,000 are not "the rich". "the rich" are the billionaires and multi-millionaires who either inherited their wealth, or benefited from the DE-REGULATION of Wall Street. did you see the Forbes list of 100 richests Americans? every one has benefited from "regulation" (as if civil and criminal codes do not "regulate" the behavior of others? does not the 15% tax pate for "capital gains" or "investment income" as opposed to 23, 28 or 35% for earned income constitute a "regulation"? seriously, the profound lack of intellectual effort put forth by the right is depressing.
September 22nd, 2011
7:28 am
I wouldn't mind paying more in taxes if I had the confidence that my money would be used wisely.
If you keep voting for the same people, why would you expect a different outcome??
September 22nd, 2011
7:30 am
Great op-ed piece Wingfield. But you've left out the most important piece. Obama loves the limelight – the power, the financial windfall, and all the perks that go with the job. That's his goal and driving force – to win re-election. Bash the rich doesn't need supportive evidence for the majority out there. Beating that drum is all that it will take to bring in the votes.
September 22nd, 2011
7:31 am
Yet again, you prove what an epic moron you are. Yet again, you evince a profound misunderstanding (or blissful ignorance – I'm not sure quite which) of economic theory and its practical application (as in, the EVIDENCE IS COMPLETELY NOT IN YOUR FAVOR). That a respectable publication like the AJC sees fit to pay you anything to write nothing is at the same time galling, shameful and completely mystifying.
September 22nd, 2011
7:32 am
Kyle, raising the taxes IS plan B. Plan A was for the lower taxes and less federal mandates and more tax incentives to raise the rate of job creation. It didn't work. Business owners, banks, etc, have sat on the money they saved and NOT CREATED JOBS. So, now it is time for plan B. Plan C could get VERY ugly.
September 22nd, 2011
7:42 am
Then what? Then they say they need to raise taxes again. The beast will never be satisfied.
September 22nd, 2011
7:46 am
Kyle and the rest of you nonconservative right wing fanatics know that the tax rates on everyone are too low and that the Bush tax cuts helped get us into this mess to start with. Why can't one Republican, just one, admit that?? To hear Kyle tell it, all we need to do is reelect President Bush and everyone will have a job, the deficit will go away, and candy will fall from the sky. The class warfare that Kyle and his kind like to talk about actually started in 1980 and the rich are winning the war while America loses.
September 22nd, 2011
7:49 am
If the job creators aren't going to step up and create jobs, which they obviously aren't, then the government needs to step up and do it for them. One way or another money needs to be spent to create jobs. If the wealthy are going to hoard, then Obama needs to pry it out of their hands and put it to work. It really is that simple.
September 22nd, 2011
7:50 am
What deregulation? Could you please name one regulatory scheme that has been eliminated in the past decade? What industy has been deregulated? Can you name one? Just one.
September 22nd, 2011
7:53 am
rwcole@7:46 – all we need to do is reelect President Bush and everyone will have a job, the deficit will go away, and candy will fall from the sky
Your confused. That was supposed to happen when Obama was elected.
September 22nd, 2011
7:54 am
@KyleKlyeGoAway — spot on. In one of the few cases in recent times Kyle has not cut and pasted a quarter to half is 'blog' from another source, although he is using other things written for the written addition etc which again proves he is basically lazy and not a journalist. The thought behind the article is a different issue (or the lack of thought).
Pitiful. Journalism? Really?
September 22nd, 2011
7:57 am
Create a national sales tax of 5 cents that is applied to every transaction no matter how small or big. Use that money to only pay the national dept. Think about every on-line sale, cup of star bucks, best buy purchase their is a day and add 5 cents to that trannsaction. And everyone pays for the mistakes of congress and their overspending, no ducking it.
September 22nd, 2011
7:58 am
Why not give him his tax increase with a "trigger" that says it goes into effect for every year following certification by the Administration that the USG successfully spent as much or less than they took in? Such a tax would expire for the following year if the Executive failed to balance expenditures with revenues in any year.
Dare him to veto that.
September 22nd, 2011
8:00 am
Bob, go to the Department of Labor and look at the real data instead of spouting off talking points fed to you by the Republican elite. Look at the reality!!!! Bush shed jobs by the hundreds of thousands, the numbers of which establish the base of our unemployment numbers today. Look at when the economy turned in 2009 and the job creation numbers improved. That is when the Repugs panicked. Knowing they didn't have a chance in hell if the economy improved, they have blocked every move that has been proposed. They do NOT want the economy in good shape going into 2012 , and they don't care who or what they destroy to to stop what little recovery we had. Now, Bob, can you show me some numbers to disprove what I am saying? Kyle?? Didn't think so.
September 22nd, 2011
8:00 am
I forgot to mention that by law the increased revenue could only be used to buy down public debt.
September 22nd, 2011
8:01 am
rwcole, there is "one Republican" who has; his name is Gary Johnson, but he gets very little attention (though he will be participating in tonight's debate) because he is a "social liberal" (pro abortion, pro legal marijuana, pro same sex marriage). and guess what? know what these SOCIAL/theo-cratic issues have in common; none concern "jobs" or the deficit (except marijuan, which if taxed and "regulated" woudl ease the federal debt.
September 22nd, 2011
8:06 am
Kyle, you realize that b/c you remotely say anything bad about Obama, you are racist right? I don't like Obama, so I must be racist too? At least that is the general attitude of the population. This is the "change" everyone(or the blacks) wanted, so I hope they are happy. And the blacks are. It doesn't matter how bad this country gets, "man I'm black, the president is black, yyyeaaaahhhhhh ni**a." That's how they talk everyday and they know it.
President Obama is inexperienced and has absolutely no clue what he is doing. His display of arrogancy is to cover up for his embarrassment of being inexperienced. It is NOT the government's responsibility to create jobs. However, they can try to create an environment that is good for creating jobs. Lowering corporate tax will allow companies to hire workers. Implementing the fair tax will allow people more freedom with their money to buy goods. If we purchase goods, companies will make more goods. Companies start producing more goods, chances are they might need workers. As a result, people will go to work. Simple concept huh?
September 22nd, 2011
8:07 am
GB, the massive energy deregulation promulgated by the Bush Administration led to Enron. The repeal of Glass Stegall, done u der Clinton, when Congress was in control and he was told that they would override his veto led us to the 2008 banking meltdown. These were done over ten years ago, but they have had far reaching consequences for us poor slobs. I work in the financial industry and you have NO IDEA how harmful these two de-regulations have been to our economy. Then, when you have the opportunity to have a reasoned, intelligent person like Elizabeth Warren try to re-establish some sanity to the banking system, you useless pieces of pond scum crucify her. You are such idiots, voting over and over for things that are NOT in your best interest.
September 22nd, 2011
8:13 am
DeborahinAthens, Aurelius, JF McNamara: How true you all are. Again those die hard GOP'er have nothing of a plan other than to say No will not go along with this nor that. Where is the GOP plan oops they have none as does the GOP Candidates who hope to be President. It seems that every GOP'er wants to attack the President for what he proposes. I have yet to see Mitch or John put out a plan to help produce JOBS and reduce the deceits. Yet the only thing you hear from them is we should not be raising taxes on business to create JOBS. If they have the money to which I believe they do it's not going to force them to create jobs if we go with the GOP plan. They will just hoard the money as they are now.
September 22nd, 2011
8:15 am
September 22nd, 2011
8:07 am
Point well said!!
September 22nd, 2011
8:15 am
A simple solution to our Social Security and Medicare under funding and pending bankruptcy.
1) Take the CAP off of WAGES. I know, this is actually a tax increase, but folks something!!!!! has to be done and it'll probably include raising taxes. Take all the additional money raised and put in a separate trust fund……do not mix it in with the general funds!!!!!! Our politicians will only spend it. This will not only help Social Security, it will help to shore up Medicare because part of the percentage we pay is for Medicare.
2) Eliminate COLAS for the next ten years. Everyone has to share in the FIX.
3) Raise the Medicare deductible by $100.00/year
4) Immediately institute a 2% National Sales Tax. Some of you may have seen this on O'Reilly. This TAX will be paid by EVERYONE, including the estimated Trillion Dollar underground economy. Put this money in the newly established Social Security Trust Fund mentioned in 1) above. DO NOT mix it with the general funds. All of this money should be for future generations.
5) On a selected date, put all monies collected for Social Security in the newly established trust fund and on a selected date, start paying all Social Security Benefits from this fund. This will stop the RAIDING of SS funds by our corrupt politicians.
I think our crooked politicians will begin to see that this country, my Beloved "United States of America" will have to stop all of the deficit spending.
Remember to VOTE on November 6, 2012 and VOTE RESPONSIBLY
September 22nd, 2011
8:15 am
Don't expect a response from Kyle…..he is anxiously waiting by the fax for his daily GOP talking points before offering a rebuttal to all of the well thought out refutations to his inanity.
September 22nd, 2011
8:15 am
The problem is the class war fare that is being thrown around. A family making $250,000 is not rich, well off yes, but not rich-especially if they live in certain areas of the country. I believe that the idea that one can work hard and make a good living is under attack. People that make $250,000 aren't using the same amount of services that those that make less do. Shoot what about the people that pay no taxes or get back more than what they put in-something that needs to stop. If you only pay a few thousand in taxes and get an extra two or three grand back, isn't there a problem with that. You see there really are some that aren't paying their fair share-what ever the means.
The economy is stagnate because of the housing market. I didn't buy more of a home than I could afford, but because of the foreclosures in my neighborhood, the values have dropped a 1/3, even with the money that we've put into updating our home. Banks are partly to blame, as are the homeowners who bit off more than they could chew.
Many were trying to keep up with the Jones' and simply couldn't afford it. Where are these people to blame about their finances? My family didn't do that and don't carry the debt loads of many Americans. Yet we hear nothing about this, only that it's just the bank's fault-which simply is not true.
Taxing corporations makes me laugh. Are people so stupid as to not realize that the consumer will be the ones paying those increased taxes? Corporations all have the same tax relief measures. Oil and gas companies have an 8% profit margin. Much of what you pay at the pump goes to the state and federal government and not the oil company. Gas stations cannot stand alone to be profitable, they need to have a convenience store to pay employees and give the owners a profit. The prices of goods have increase greatly already, because of the increase of materials and such.
The money that has been spent on these shovel ready jobs has again been wasted and will only benefit labor unions, and not many workers for the amount of money that will be spent.
I hope that those that make under $200,000 realize that they'll be the next rich, and therefore will have their money taken from them next. I also hope that Obama realizes that go ahead and tax me more, but that will mean that I will not be spending money on clothes, on lawn service, for a pool membership, to museum memberships, to give to charities, and on continuing to fix up my home. The government can take from me, and I will adjust my spending, so that we don't go in debt and think of ways that we don't make so much money, so that we can keep more of what we make.
I've taken classes by Bill Ayers, and I am not sure if the O'bama will be happy until we're all on the government payroll in either the form of working or welfare. I fear for the country that I thought was free, as our freedoms keep getting taken away slowly.
September 22nd, 2011
8:19 am
That's exactly it, ByteMe. It doesn't matter the face, new or old, or the letter behind a politician"s name. Nothing ever changes and I have zero confidence it ever will. But let's continue the rallying cry of FAIRNESS.
September 22nd, 2011
8:21 am
For one thing – we can try to get you right wing fanatics to stop the mindless spending on the defense industry machine and stop invading countries and spending BILLIONS of dollars without paying for it.
September 22nd, 2011
8:26 am
Maybe the marginal tax rate for the job creators should be 0%. Boy, then they'd really be creating jobs! Right??
September 22nd, 2011
8:27 am
Bingo. I was ready for this argument to be over with the debt ceiling debate. Once Obama zings it to the rich with no boost in revenues from the rich, he is out of ammunition. So… disarm him.
September 22nd, 2011
8:28 am
Agreed, Darwin. Not the name calling part, or the invading part, but the helping out everywhere in the world when we can't afford it part. That is what you meant, right?
September 22nd, 2011
8:31 am
Good job Kyle, you really have the libs fired up today!!! Most of these bloggers are just pathetic. They are trying sooo hard to defend this incompetent man we have as president. Obama is so far over his head its funny.
The libs are scared(as they should be). People are finally seeing the light. The Dems are going to get crushed in 2012. Not just Obama, but the Senate and House as well
September 22nd, 2011
8:32 am
DEBORAHINATHENS, what exactly do you do in the finance industry because there was this thing called the CRA that took housing down. Oh yeah, and Bush wanted to look at Fannie and Freddie but Barney Franck and the democrats said everything is fine up until the wheels fell off. Bush wasn't perfect, but trusting a government where both sides caused this recession is asinine.
September 22nd, 2011
8:35 am
When the baby boomers die our country will shrink back to normal levels. We will not need as many governement services (Medicare and Social Security – How BIG and wasteful are these departments?????) WE'll do away with entitlements for the elderly and this country will finally be able to move forward instead of hanging on to the "good ol' days" when everything went to crap!
September 22nd, 2011
8:36 am
I don't recall the economy going in the tank when marginal tax rates on the rich (excuse me, job creators) were more than double what they are now in the decades after WWII. Now we have essentially what the right wanted for decades: minimal regulation, free-trade agreements with the third-world, greatly reduced taxation – isn't it all wonderful. Let's get the tax rate to 0 for corps and the rich (sorry, job creators) and they will create nirvana and there will be rejoicing in the streets.
September 22nd, 2011
8:37 am
Kyle – Why do you ignor the part of Obama's propsal that DOES reduce government? You are a typical republican that has selective hearing with no processing skills whatsoever.
Any economist (or even a house wife that keeps a household budget) knows that one must address INCOME as well as EXPENSES.
BY THE WAY….. Reagon did prove that "trickle down" economics don't work. However, current republicans still march to that drum!
FINALLY – Obama didn't start AT ALL with "wanting" to tax the wealthy. His initial proposal was to SIMPLY stop the tax breaks they had been given under Bush in order to force them to pay their fair share. And, in that I agree 100%. However it has been the republicans/tea party that has dug in their heels so deeply to allow the most wealthy to CONTINUE to become more wealthy through this recession (see yesterday's ajc article)!!!!
September 22nd, 2011
8:44 am
Kyle, first of all, if Obama gets "every last tax increase" he has proposed that is NOT soaking the rich. It is simply asking them to pay their fair share. Secondly, it is not the primary job of The President to keep the economy from foundering. He is The President of The United States, not the King of The United States. FDR probably did as much an any American President in history to try to improve the economy but, in the end, it was World War II that finally pulled us out of the great depression. So, Kyle, both you and I know that a President Perry would almost certainly not be able to do any better than Obama, economy wise, because that is not one of the main jobs of the President in the first place.
September 22nd, 2011
8:46 am
$10 cookies and $16 muffins? I repeat……..when the government gets serious about reducing fraud and wasteful spending, it will have a stronger case for increased taxes.
September 22nd, 2011
8:47 am
carlosgvv – "So, Kyle, both you and I know that a President Perry would almost certainly not be able to do any better than Obama, economy wise, because that is not one of the main jobs of the President in the first place."


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Mountain Equipment Dragonfly 2XT tent new with tags RRP Ł490 - Ł240
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Vaude Space 2 tent "New Old" (unused, w tag), green, 2005 model (I think) so heavier materials and build than current, 3.7kg. Like this one
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3quantumrand , January 28, 2010 2:44 AMAwesome, an $830 iPhone that wont fit in your pocket and has less than half the battery life. Put me down for 6!
0jomofro39 , January 28, 2010 2:08 PMI love people who immediately drool over new Apple products, they are bound to keep this economy growing. And lol @ quan's comment. My thoughts exactly when I saw the pricing scheme.
0jeraldjunkmail , January 28, 2010 2:46 PMAnyone here remember Microsoft Bob and how well that went over with the public?
1rh_dog , January 28, 2010 3:18 PMI still can't get over the effin' name... the Mad TV iPad spoof commercial says it all.
-1Tomsguiderachel , January 28, 2010 4:17 PMI, for one, am very skeptical about this product, but lots of people that I normally respect very much when it comes to future-looking ideas about technology really think this is the next big thing. Are these smart people just wrong? Or is there something I'm not getting? My biggest problem with the product is its focus on media consumption rather than on communication (if I had to boil it down to one complaint).
-4edward396 , January 28, 2010 6:02 PMJesus Christ people all it is is a new toy that is all nothing else you can go masturbate for free and be just as satisfied. Except masturbation will not set you back $800.00+. Think when Apple made Macs in color woopie wow it was neat so is the I-PAD the main point behind it is to keep all the Mac geeks turbo energized and to spend more money on Apple and make Bill gates even richer I assume that all of you know Bill Gates has something like 40 million dollars in Apple stock all because he knows how to make money.
0Anonymous , January 28, 2010 8:48 PMIf the IPAD is for women's use (a novelty), then I'll buy it. Otherwise, if it's just another computer in a small package, then forget it.
0FeickoClock , January 28, 2010 9:11 PMWell: people don't need it but sure they want it
0Luscious , January 29, 2010 12:38 AMSlates do have advantages when working in certain circumstances, but I'd say those applications-of-use are few and far between. After looking at the details and specs I said to myself "OK, where do I use an iPad where a smartphone/netbook combo would kick me to the curb?" I'm still looking for the answer.
The truth is $600 gets you a smartphone AND netbook that beats the iPad for both productivity and portability. $130 for a 3G chip that costs maybe $30? RIPOFF!
As for the lack of flash support, that's now become a double-edged sword in my opinion. While it does make netbooks superior to the iPad for surfing, it's high time somebody gave Adobe a wake-up call! Rather than bash Apple, Adobe's suits should focus on reworking their resource hog, especially if HTML5 succeeds in cannibalizing flash content.
0Goro , January 31, 2010 1:08 AMControl of media delivery....
0jerreece , February 2, 2010 5:13 PMAt least Apple learned their AT&T lesson....
Quote:Even better are the data plans: $15 for 250 MB a month, or $30 for unlimited data. Both plans are through AT&T.
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I think it'll probably largely be forgotten about until Blizzard are desperate to use it. Like the Caverns of Time. No raid for that in this expansion pack? Really? Pfah.
We'll see plenty more of the Caverns in due time. I Think once they start phasing old-world content(and if my speculations are correct that will be heavily done next expansion) they'll increase the scope of the Caverns of time. Only problem now is that there really isn't any lore that is relevant to our current storyline that we haven't exploited yet. Next CoS raid, What with the Maelstrom being the likely expansion, will probably be the Fall of Azshara or the first encounter on Azeroth with the Burning legion
I honestly don't think it's going to be used at all. We all know that 3.3 is going to be the Icecrown raid, and unless something unforseen happens that will most likely be the last patch before the next expansion. Blizzard has never been too keen on sending players back into the older worlds to complete content from the current expansion, I don't see that changing.
Look at all the Mount changes though. It's getting easier and easier to navigate through the old world. Also, It's been hinted various times that Gil'neas and Kul'Tiras are going to be released in a future patch. I think It was Zharym who said something like "I wonder just what awaits you behind the Greymane Wall".
Bliz wants to make older content easier to navigate. Grim batol will inevitably be released and that's a pain for horde chars to get to. Loose ends are going to be tied up soon


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WACO, Texas (Sept. 17, 2014) – Coming on the heels of its rise among top national universities in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, Baylor University topped milestones for freshman, undergraduate and overall enrollment and achieved all-time highs across the board for fall-to-fall retention numbers, according to statistics released today by Baylor's Office of Institutional Research and Testing.
Waco Trib: Ken Starr, guest columnist: U.S. Constitution helps ensure we 'keep' our republic
On this very day 227 years ago, the last of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention emerged from what we now call Independence Hall.
Baylor Academy for Leader Development Welcomes African-American Women's Literature Scholar Katherine Bassard
WACO, Texas (Sept. 11, 2014) – The Baylor University Academy for Leader Development will welcome Katherine Bassard, Ph.D., chair of the department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Paul W. Powell Chapel.
Baylor Rises to No. 71 in Latest U.S. News Rankings
WACO, Texas (Sept. 9, 2014) – In the latest rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report, Baylor University moved up to No. 71 among National Universities, achieving the University's best rating since U.S. News began ranking institutions beyond the top 50 in 2002. Baylor was ranked No. 75 by U.S. News in 2013.
W. Tennis. Burgic Wins Opening Match at Red Rock Open
Baylor women's tennis senior Ema Burgic recorded a 6-1, 6-1 straight-set win over Jacqueline Cako of the United States in opening round of the Red Rock Open on Sunday.
M. Tennis. Lenz Wins Second Round Match at Napa Valley Challenger
For a second-straight day, Baylor men's tennis junior Julian Lenz tallied a 6-4, 6-2 victory at the Napa Valley 50k Challenger on Sunday.
W. Soccer. Soccer Ends Non-Conference Play with 0-0 Draw vs. ORU
Baylor soccer played Oral Roberts to a 0-0 draw after 110 minutes of double overtime play on Sunday afternoon at Betty Lou Mays Field.
M. Tennis. Lenz Finds Success At Napa Challenger
In the first day of action at the Napa Valley 50k Challenger, junior Julian Lenz took down Noah Rubin of the United States, 6-4, 6-2, on Saturday at the Napa Country Club.
Forbes: The Top 50 Schools for Entrepreneurs
Sept. 19, 2014
The undergraduate entrepreneurship program in Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business is profiled in this article about the nation's top-ranked programs, as determined by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. Baylor's program, one of the oldest and most respected in the nation, is ranked No. 3. (Eric Eckert, Baylor Media Communications specialist, covers the Hankamer School of Business.)
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VIDEO: Baylor's fall enrollment includes record numbers for overall student population (16,263 students), freshmen (3,625 first-year students), student diversity and retention rates across the board. Baylor freshman Samantha Terranes is interviewed about how a diverse campus enriches the lives of all students. (Lori Fogleman, assistant vice president for Baylor Media Communications, covers enrollment management and placed this story.)
Baylor study brings national attention to potential for cell phone addiction
No matter where you go, you're likely to find someone engrossed in his or her cellphone while going about the day's business (and quite a few of us are guilty of that ourselves). The omnipresence of the cellphone is particularly acute among college students, no doubt prompting a few parents to exclaim to their children, […]
Freshman WR quickly recognized among nation's best
To say nobody saw KD Cannon coming wouldn't be accurate. After all, the freshman receiver was one of the top 50 recruits in the country last year, when he chose Baylor over schools like Texas A&M and Oklahoma. But this — well, this is almost too good to be true. With Baylor's non-conference schedule complete, […]
International studies major celebrates sixth decade at Baylor
Dwight Eisenhower was president and the Korean War was drawing to a close in 1953 when a type-written press release announced a new major at Baylor. "Foreign Service," as it was known in the beginning, would become the International Studies major of today, a course of study that is truly educating students for worldwide leadership […]
Baylor Twitter, Instagram accounts top 30,000 followers
Recent surveys show about 20% of American adults are on Twitter, and about the same number is on Instagram. When you consider that Baylor has about 160,000 living alumni, that suggests the university should have about 30,000 followers on each platform. Lo and behold, that's exactly where Baylor sits today. In the last month, Baylor's official Twitter […]
The Impact of World War I on Waco to Be Explored in Lecture and Recorded Oral Histories on Sept. 25
WACO, Texas (Sept. 19, 2014) — "The Great War Comes to Waco," a multi-media presentation and lecture about the impact of World War I on Waco citizens, will be given at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at Mayborn Museum Complex's SBC Theatre, 1300 S. University Parks Drive, on the Baylor campus.
Award-winning Author Amy Tan Will Speak at Baylor's Beall-Russell Lectures in the Humanities on Sept. 29
WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2014) — The New York Times-bestselling author Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, will discuss her new book, The Valley of Amazement, and also the value of the humanities during the Beall-Russell Lectures in the Humanities at Baylor University on Monday, Sept. 29.
Baylor School of Music Presents Fall Lyceum Series
WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2014) – The Baylor School of Music will host the 38th annual Lyceum Series this fall, which offers the Baylor community an opportunity to participate in a program of mini-residencies by some of the nation's leading musical authorities.
Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics & Engineering Research (CASPER) Presents Fall Seminar Series
WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2014) – Baylor University's Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics & Engineering Research (CASPER) will welcome several guest speakers for its fall seminar series.
On the Baylor Horizon September 15, 2014
Rappel down McLane Stadium! MAP-Works survey available online until October 6.
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See how you can spend a semester at American University in D.C. Alpha Delta Pi hosting H2Oso!
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Baylor Alert Test on Friday. See opportunities to be more involved in the Baylor community.
Baylor Horizon Labor Day Weekend Edition August 29, 2014
See all Labor Day weekend events, activities, and hours of operation of dining areas on campus.
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Check out the new OsoMobile App and Baylor Box, note all dates for projects and exams in your Planner, get a jump start on your papers this semester with the new Paper Planner Tool from the Library website, and much more.
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Jesse James Mistress #4 Goes Rachel Uchitel On Usby Free Britney at . Comments
We won't know her name and she won't get her 15 minutes of fame, but Jesse James' alleged fourth mistress apparently got a nice payday out of the affair.
That or she's just maintaining her dignity and laying low out of respect for Sandra Bullock ... we basically just wrote that to see if you are paying attention.
James' supposed fourth mistress came forward last week, in a manner of speaking, repped by celeb legal vulture Gloria Allred, who always seems invoived.
Allred announced she was representing a "beautiful model and businesswoman" who claims to have carried on a three-year relationship with Jesse James.
According to Gloria, their affair ended only after the Michelle "Bombshell" McGee story hit the news and James' multitude of mistresses became exposed.
Jesse James during a brief break from cheating on Sandra Bullock.
The mystery babe, who supposedly had hundreds of texts, emails and photos to back up her story, was deciding whether or not to cash in at Sandra Bullock's expense.
She will not... come forward, that is. Cashing in could be on the table: "I can confirm that she has decided not to tell her story," Allred said. "I have no other comment."
As we learned with Rachel Uchitel, whose affair with Tiger Woods blew the lid off the sex scandal of the century, that's Gloria's way of saying she accepted a fat check.
Uchitel clammed up as soon as Allred started representing her, allegedly securing a seven-figure settlement from Woods to keep her mouth shut. Nicely done, Gloria.
It's unlikely any of Jesse James' women would command that kind of moolah, but Melissa Smith was seen buying a pregnancy test yesterday. We're just saying ...
Far be it beyond me to understand how Ms. Allred keeps finding herself in the position of being on the side of the rejected woman
who knowingly become involved with a man who is already married.In
recent years,I have seen countless advertisements from law firms that promise to help with accidents,abestos,wrongful deaths,medical malpractice,divorce etc.,but I have Never known of a law firm to help the woman committing adultery with a married man.I can understand Gloria Allred taking on a case like Hunter Tylo for being fired from Melrose Place after the Aaron Spelling Productions found out that she was pregnant(she won the case).I can understand an attorney being available for a client like Amber Frey (in the Scott Peterson case). For a high profile attorney like Gloria Allred to start taking up the causes of jilted woman with married lovers is a scandal within itself.Ms. Allred is taking on ambulance chasing at its worst.


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Environmentally Friendly Initiatives at the OUAC
The OUAC is dedicated to providing a responsive, environmentally sound and cost-effective service to Ontario's universities and their applicants. This service includes processing university applications and collecting related fees; administering other central services that benefit all universities; and providing ancillary services, on a fee-for-service basis, to individual universities, governments and related agencies.
The OUAC produces more than 20 paper publications each year, in English and French. These widely-distributed publications include application booklets, forms, newsletters, posters, flyers, brochures and bookmarks. Over the past decade, the OUAC has used several strategies to reduce the impact of its paper publications on the environment.
Promoting Online Resources
Between the 2002 and 2010 processing cycles, the OUAC successfully reduced the number of printed publications by 82%, by promoting online resources and publications, and gradually transitioning to paper-free, online processes. In the 2011 cycle, approximately 99% of applicants used the online application, greatly reducing the number of paper applications required. Currently, all printed publications are available online in PDF. These online resources are considered the primary and most up-to-date sources of information at the OUAC.
eINFO is a comprehensive web resource that replaces the former INFO Magazine, the largest
publication regularly produced by the OUAC. INFO Magazine contained nearly 160 pages and was distributed to every graduating secondary school student in Ontario. Now, all of the information contained in INFO Magazine is available on eINFO in a searchable format and in PDF. Paper copies are no longer printed.
In 2002, the year of the double cohort, the OUAC printed and distributed 300,000 INFO Magazines. Today, the eINFO website receives more than one million visitors each year.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification for Paper
FSC is an international certification and labelling system that allows consumers to identify wood and wood-based products from well-managed forests and verified recycled sources. Under FSC certification, forests are certified against a strict set of environmental and social standards, and fibre from certified forests is tracked from the forest to the consumer through a "chain of custody" certification system. The OUAC prints a majority of its annual publications and envelopes on FSC-certified paper stock. Each year, the OUAC increases the number of publications that bear the FSC logo.
Biodegradable Poly Mailers
For certain types of mailings, the OUAC requires a large, very durable envelope. For these mailings, FSC-certified paper envelopes are not an option. The OUAC uses biodegradable poly mailers for this purpose. Poly mailers are large, plastic envelopes that contain an additive that allows them to biodegrade after two years in a landfill, thereby reducing the burden of persistent plastics in the environment.
Electronic Reports and Data Sharing
The OUAC is reducing the number of paper reports sent to its university partners by
aiming to replace its paper reports with electronic distributions. In order to facilitate this change, the OUAC is developing new electronic tools that will provide the universities with flexible options for data transfer.
Bike racks were installed at the OUAC to promote sustainable transportation to and from work.
Reusable Plates and Utensils
The OUAC hosts many staff lunches and events throughout the year. Staff are encouraged to bring their own reusable plates, cups and utensils to these events in order to reduce the amount of paper and plastic waste.
The OUAC recycles cardboard, paper, plastic and metal items, and coordinates the proper disposal of batteries. Each office and kitchen in the OUAC facility has a recycling bin. The OUAC also ensures that all used printer cartridges and coffee and tea machine packets are recycled. Egg cartons and plastic containers are saved by staff and distributed to local farms and soup kitchens for additional use.
Water coolers are available on each level of the building and staff are encouraged to avoid using bottled water. Meetings at the OUAC offer water in sustainable drinking cups made from corn.
Twelve low-flow toilets were installed to help conserve water. A water softener was also installed to assist with dishwashing so that less water and hard-working detergent is required.
When the OUAC moved to its Research Lane location in 2001, the custodian collected eight bags of garbage per day. Now that staff recycle, he collects only two bags per day.
OUAC Green Committee
In 2010, the OUAC created a Green Committee to officially implement environmentally friendly endeavours, both internally and externally; however, environmental initiatives have been unofficially entrenched in the OUAC's operations since the early 1990s.
It is part of the Green Committee's mandate to monitor the OUAC's environmental practices, and research and implement new sustainable workplace initiatives.
Some environmentally friendly endeavours that the Green Committee has implemented include:
- Sending out emails with environmental tips
- An annual, local earth day clean-up
- Organizing internal recycling initiatives
The members of the Green Committee meet on an ongoing basis to evaluate the progress of its continual projects.
Ontario Universities' Fair (OUF)
The Ontario Universities' Fair is committed to environmental sustainability and supports the use of green, carbon-free renewable energy in an effort to help reduce its overall environmental footprint. With the help of Bullfrog Power, the OUF is powered with 100% green electricity, which is injected onto the local grid to match the amount of electricity used during the fair.
Bullfrog Power is a renewable energy provider that offers sustainable green electricity, generated exclusively from wind and hydro facilities that have been certified as low impact under Environment Canada's EcoLogo program.
Other environmental initiatives implemented at the OUF:
- Sustainable drinking cups made from corn
- The use of FSC-certified paper in many of the publications distributed at the event
- Water coolers available; water served in jugs/pitchers to reduce plastic bottle waste
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in my opinion, is S2E03, "Arrow Head." This is the one where an obnoxious archeologist digs up Hank's yard when there's rumors of American Indian artifacts buried there.
This episode spends so much time setting up possibilities for good jokes: Hank having to interact with academics, Hank being cuckolded by a wimpy smart dude, and Peggy having to pretend to be an intellectual. But these jokes never come, and neither does the plot really resolve itself. The only funny part is when Hank repeatedly kicks the professor down into the dig site, but even that doesn't seem like a joke King of the hill would usually make.
Runner-up is S6E04, "The Father, the Son, and J.C." The one with Jimmy Carter. This episode has a few great lines ("Everyone hated that baby!" "Mr Strickland!… I…. I love you!") but has the most outlandish plot of any other episode in the series, perhaps even worse than when Peggy jumped out of a plane. I enjoy Cotton/Hank episodes occasionally, but too often they fall into the pattern of the whole episode being Hank and Cotton trying to love each other in a crazy setting.
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A presention by Professor Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, 2005 Fulbright Senior Visiting Scholar, for the Department of World Arts & Cultures Noontime Brown Bag Lecture Series
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Theater histories, like other kinds of histories (e.g., national, political, social, cultural) are informed by theoretical paradigms, consciously or unconsciously applied by historians. This means that histories are narratives/discourses and as such, highly ideological.
Histories of 20th century Philippine Theater have been written from positivist frameworks since the 1920s which viewed theater as a social practice that could be rigorously investigated/documented; and then orthodox Marxist perspectives since the mid 60s which perpetuated an instrumentalist view of theater as fomenting anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, and anti-bourgeois agenda. Both dominant rhetorical strategies for writing history, however, did not consider gender or the woman question as an important determinant in the construction of the narrative of theater in the Philippines. This is a gap I have been addressing since the 90s.
Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Ph.D. is a Professor of Comparative Literature at the Department of English and Comparative Literature (DECL), College of Arts and Letters (CAL), University of the Philippines-Diliman (UPD),Quezon City, Philippines. She teaches courses in literary, cultural, feminist and Marxist theory and criticism, Philippine theater history and post colonial studies. She was the former Dean of the joint Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities and the Faculty of Science & Technology (1999-2002) at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU); former Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs, Director of the UP System Information Office and Director of the Office of Alumni Relations of the University of the Philippines System (2002-present). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Studies Association (1995-present). Her publications include the Philippine Post Colonial Studies: Essays in Language and Literature (editor and contributor; 2nd edition, UP Press, 2004); the award-winning Filipiniana Reader: A Companion Reader of Filipiniana Online (as editor and contributor, UPOU, 1998), Sarswelang Pangasinan (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1996), and Prism of Literature (as co-editor with Yolanda Tomeldan et. al., 1986). She has also contributed numerous essays to books such as The Philippine Social Sciences in the Life of the Nation, The Likhaan Book of Philippine Criticism, Cultures and Texts, Women Reading: Feminist Perspectives on Philippine Literary Texts, Sarilaya: Women in the Arts and Media, Towards a National Culture, plus articles in such foreign and local journals.
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The real issue for Quebec investors
Why the election of a PQ government is not likely to cause much movement in the markets.
Quebec sovereignty used to be a thriving cottage industry in the province. There was, in fact, an entire infrastructure geared to dealing with nothing but containing and commenting upon recurring threats that Quebec would separate from the rest of Canada.
But nothing is what it used to be. And that apparently includes the terror of separatism: upon the recent election of Pauline Marois and her Parti Quebecois government observers barely suppressed a yawn.
Granted, it's a minority government. That means that the brakes are on even before things get rolling. There's not much question that anything remotely radical would be squashed — that is if the factions within the PQ allowed a coherent consensus to form in the first place.
Even before a discussion of how Marois would pay for some of the key planks in her party platform (expanded daycare capacity and the repeal of tuition hikes among them) or how she plans to address the fact her province has the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in Canada, there are seven issues that trump every other consideration:
1. In the rock-paper-scissors of life, money smashes politics. A global economy means that capital is exceedingly mobile and will go wherever it gets a warm welcome and the conditions that allow it to grow. If money doesn't feel comfortable in a political climate it will move on quickly. And it may or may not bother to return.
In the case of Quebec, making it tougher for foreign investment, increasing mining royalties, introducing a more stringent French language law for companies and taking a bigger tax bite for high-income earners are hardly measures that will attract capital.
That means that while politicians may publicly profess not to care about financial markets, the competition for jobs and the investments that create them make it hard not to. The fact that Quebec has one of the lowest labour participation rates in Canada as well as a high per capita debt load, is hardly a solid foundation for a bully pulpit.
2. Money doesn't scare very easily any more. The response to the PQ election was almost negligible because the market had accurately discounted the outcome in advance. And after the extreme upheaval and uncertainty of the past several years, it doesn't get rattled very easily.
3. If political leaders lack the will or the intent to keep the books balanced, the bond market will do the work for them. Nothing focuses a mind on the need to reduce deficits and debts more efficiently than a sharp uptick in the price of borrowing money.
4. Given money's aversion to uncertainty, minority governments are not terribly popular. The need for constant compromise and negotiation means that decisions take time and effort. Outcomes become unpredictable and opaque because they are brokered behind the scenes and frequently require trade-offs. That leads to a highly inefficient process at a time when efficiency and transparency are highly prized.
5. Minority governments are fragile babies that seldom live much beyond 18 months. In other words, businesses have to live with uncertainty around the rules and regulations that govern their operations and inform their decisions. As a CEO, you're hardly likely to implement big changes based on the policies of a government that can be ousted or overturned on short notice. Minority governments, after all, seldom please anyone sufficiently to last.
6. Even so, 18 months of minority government dithering and lost momentum can be a serious drag on productivity and competitive advantage.
7. At a time when immigration is considered the key to growth and renewal (especially in the province with the fastest-aging population), uncertainty combined with onerous language laws and higher taxes on top earners are hardly a magnet for those seeking a new home and a brighter future.
Quebec's motto is Je me souviens, a reference to the fact that its residents are firmly rooted in a distinct past and its cultural legacy. The past and its many lessons may always be important considerations, but it's hazardous to ignore the future.
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The home theater system made by Sony is truly spectacular. The DAV-IS10 is a complete package by itself. It is a home entertainment system that is really easy to use. An average person can set this up in no time. It attracts buyers from all walks of life with its black finish and those slick hidden controls that light up once touched. It also has speakers that actually fits in the palm of a hand.
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The home theater system made by Sony is truly spectacular. The DAV-IS10 is a complete package by itself. It is a home entertainment system that is really easy to use. An average person can set this up in no time. It attracts buyers from all walks of life with its black finish and those slick hidden controls that light up once touched. It also has speakers that actually fits in the palm of a hand.
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The Sony DAV-IS10 is a highly attractive digital media player solution with plenty of features, and picture quality with the very best systems. Sony DAV-IS10 home cinema system boasts five tiny satellite speakers, each one the size of a golf ball, and delivers a powerful sound quality. The build quality is impressive too, with each speaker made from solid, weighty materials. But it is not just the speakers that are amazing. The robust main DVD unit is small, compact and finished in sumptuous gloss black, with a row of illuminated touch-sensitive controls on top and a front loading disc slot. It also features similarly styled active subwoofer, capable of producing 2 x 100W of midrange and bottom-end power. On the back of the unit is a useful range of connections, the most important one being the HDMI output. It is linked to component and composite video outputs, plus optical and coaxial digital audio inputs, which come in handy if you want to enjoy 5.1 surround from a Sky+ box or separate DVD deck. Inside the system is a wide range of features, including video upscaling to 720p and 1080i, but unfortunately not 1080p. The main unit plays DVD, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD and CD-RW discs, and will read JPEG, MP3 and DivX files. An added bonus, the main unit possesses a Digital Media Port, which enables connection to a variety of optional Sony-made adapters, like Walkman and iPod cradles and Bluetooth or network wireless audio adapters. Inside those speakers is Sony's 32-bit S-Master digital amp and unique sound processing technology. The Sony DAV-IS10 is easy to setup. The main unit links to the subwoofer with one cord, and each speaker has a colour coded cable that plugs into the bottom of the subwoofer. As a digital media player the DAV-IS10 is superb.See less
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I plugged the optical into my tv the coax into my satellite receiver. I have a bluray plugged in to my tv with external speakers set to on. my dav-is10 sounds subpar. i checked the tv audio and the components and set them all to the highest possible sound. is there a setting i can change on the home theater unit to enhance sound. do i have an eq? raise, lower the base or treble or middle. i cant find the right setting. sound doesnt turn on until it gets to volume 60. any suggestions?
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I can not get video to play from my Apple iPod Nano (3G -- the palm sized one purchased in November 2007)on my TV from the Sony Digital Media Port using the IS10 System Surround Sound System. It keeps asking me to attach a video component. I get the sound but not the video. Help????
(No answers yet. Write an answer!) 2008-11-02
i'm interested in the speakers, but would like to keep the rest of my existing home theatre components. i've found the speakers...but my question is about connections. are the connections on the back of the speakers the same as standard speakers?
Answered by gadgitgit 2009-02-09:
The speakers are connected by a spring clip at the rear for the exposed + and - wires. This clips in securely and a brushed steel cover screws in over the top to give a seamless sleek finish