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To the Archers and Good People of the Realm, this Invitation is issued! Come join us for a walk in the Green Wood and enjoy the delights of hunt and feast.
Arms: Caldarium Mid-Winter Feast
The Shire of Caldarium invites all lovers of good food good fellowship, archana and minutia to attend our Winter Feast.
Arms: "Long and Short of it" Archery Tournament
Second Annual Odd Bodkins "Long and Short of it" Archery Tournament .
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Rated 4 / 5 stars
Funny. Peanuts. <33
Peanuts = love.
Why can't I have a guy to do stuff like that for me?
But why don't you try for new music//sound effects?
The art is great though.
Funny. I was watching Kill Bill at the SAME TIME.
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great animation and flash! thanks.
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Pretty good but I rhought the mish mash of nusic and sound effects from other movies and games didn't work together well.
A little extra time into getting music and sound effects that fit with each other would have really helped it in the end.
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good animation
but you know it was very predictable. i liked how he got all hurt and stuff though which gives you an 8 not 7
Rated 4 / 5 stars
All in all, great job.
You did an amazing job on this animation. The textures were smooth, animation flawless, and funny ending.
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The following is a brief exploration of the back-facing cameras on the Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3V. While the hardware is supposed to be essentially identical in this area, we know for a fact that we're working with slightly different builds in the software department. The Z3V is Verizon's unique version of the Xperia Z3 from Sony, bringing a slightly thicker build and the built-in ability to wirelessly charge its battery. The Z3 we have is T-Mobile's model, the same model you'll find off-contract straight from Sony.


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Executive editor Carl Crothers and Journal publisher Jeffrey Green said Tuesday that Crothers is leaving voluntarily as part of the newspaper's cost-cutting strategy. Crothers says he'll will work through the elections before deciding his next career move.
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The impact of history continues today with problems such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression becoming more common in Aboriginal communities across Western Australia.
Successfully engaging Aboriginal people in support services requires a "whole of family" approach to working with Aboriginal people and their families.
The wellbeing of an individual is linked to the wellbeing of all significant others within the family unit.
Aboriginal people are resilient and tolerant and are able to cope with adversity with the support of their strong kinship systems and their acceptance of diversity.
Aboriginal people respond to a "whole of family" approach as it acknowledges the importance of family and kinship. It is important to view mental health problems within the social and emotional context of their lives.
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The "Community" is Always Right?
In Sue Spielman's Practical JSTL article, she writes:
The JSTL includes a number of actions that provide a mechanism for interacting with databases. The previous sentence should, at a very minimum, send up a red flag in your architectural visions. One might ask, "Do I really want to be able to perform SQL actions such as queries, updates, and transactions from my JSP? Isn't that business logic that belongs in the model?" The answer is yes. Yes, yes, yes. To follow a Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture, which is the predominant design pattern used in building web applications today, you definitely want to keep your model information in your business logic. This means that you don't want it in your JSPs. Why then are these actions even provided in the JSTL? Good question and one that I've discussed with various members of the JSR-53 expert group. The reason is the "C" or community in the Java Community Process (JCP). The community has asked for it, the community has gotten it.
I don't know about you but I just had the most horrifying flashback to the C++ Standardization process!
One of the tasks that I'm regularly brought in for is to help companies fix their systems which have gotten out of control. One of the fundamental problems that I find is the type of mushed together "solutions" that is so clearly exemplified by this JSTL silliness.
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I am surprised A Jessica got ejected for taking pics. I was down on the floor near the stage, and took over 200 pics with my cell phone. All I was told was turn off the flash. I brought my son for his birthday and we had a wonderful experience.
There were some other inconsistencies, such as being told no cups on the floor, but I saw other concert goers with paper cups down there. When I saw the signs about only paper cups, then see the cage around the stage, I was beginning to think the crowd was rowdy enough to throw bottles at the stage. The crowd was great.
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Here's the Scoop on Tri-Cites' Biggest Easter Egg Hunt
The largest Easter egg hunt in Tri-Cities History takes place this Saturday April 4th at the Southridge sports complex baseball fields in Kennewick beginning at 10 a.m.
The largest Easter egg hunt in Tri-Cities History takes place this Saturday April 4th at the Southridge sports complex baseball fields in Kennewick beginning at 10 a.m.
If you're looking to spruce up your egg decorating for Easter I found some great how-to videos. My favorite uses rice and food coloring...here's some inspiration
When I was a kid Play Doh was king we played with it until it drove our parents crazy. It's not the easiest thing to remove from carpet, in fact I don't think I let my kids play with it just for that reason. Now kids have this amazing product: Plastimake
Everyone loves cute snowmen and I found a ton of videos for crafting your own out of various household items. These are fun crafts to do with the kids during winter break.
Crafters I found some great video's on You Tube on how to make really easy paper snowflakes. A really fun activity to do with the kids and cheap!
At my wedding on Saturday guests will sign this picture instead of a guest book. Then we'll hang it on our wall and be reminded of our special day every day! Here's how I made it:
Last week we asked you what stuff from your kids you save. The No. 1 answer was handprints. No. 2 answer was footprints. After that people said drawings and paintings from their kids. So that inspired me to find 5 awesome crafts you can make with handprints.
I was recently wine tasting at Goose Ridge Winery in Richland when I had the privilege of meeting artist Chris Blevins. I was there to pick up my friends wine club order and we decided to taste some of the wonderful wines. Chris Blevins was there doing the same and why not we live in wine country and what else is there to do on a Saturday afternoon.
We had our Christmas party last night at Tri-City Country Club! Brushes and Bottles came and we all painted! It was sooo much FUN! I absolutely LOVE to paint...
Had a great time last night at Thompson Hill Cellars for 'Sips and Stems'. It was a perfect girls night out wine & flower arranging!
We carved pumpkins this weekend at my house. For the last few years I've just purchased pumpkins and not carved them because lets face it it makes a mess and is so hard to clean the guts out of the gourd. I found the most amazing tool that everyone should have it's the 'Pumpkin Gutter'. I purchased mine from Amazon.
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No water in East Jerusalem for two weeks. Yet Israel claims that ALL of Jerusalem s/b the capital
One of the main stumbling blocks to coming to a peace agreement with the Palestinians is Jerusalem. The Israelis claim the entire city of Jerusalem (as they define it – including the annexation of East Jerusalem in 1980) as Israel's capital. The Palestinians also demand Jerusalem (Al-Quds) as their capital – although it seems that they might accept East Jerusalem and the holy sites as sufficient.
A recent post in +972, tells about an East Jerusalem neighborhood that has been without water for three weeks:
The East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ras Shehada, Ras Khamis, Dahyat A'salam and the Shuafat refugee camp, which are cut off from the rest of the city by the separation wall, have gone without running water since March 4.
And further:
Palestinian East Jerusalem residents turned to Israel's High Court on Tuesday demanding that running water be restored to their homes, after suffering for three weeks without it. The petition was filed on their behalf by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).
So this raises a question: If the municipal authority of Jerusalem does not systematically offer the same services to East Jerusalem as it does to the rest of Jerusalem, how can it claim that it is all part of the same city? In the U.S. there is a law that if you don't retain some aspects of private ownership over a piece of property, it falls into the public domain. You may notice this via plaques on ground of certain building setbacks or even closing off of small areas of public walkways that exist on private property for some hours or a day to maintain private rights. So, isn't the current situation in Jerusalem somewhat analogous? That is, if basic municipal services are not being systematically provided, or like in this case, repairs are not made within a reasonable time, doesn't that provide an argument that, in fact, the municipality has given up some right to claim these neighborhoods as part of its city?
More photos here: PHOTOS: 13 days without water in East Jerusalem
"We're living in an age of mass uprisings" – Interviewer of filmaker Jehane Neujahim ("The Square") points out something being missed by MSM and most Americans
"The Square" is an Oscar nominated real-time documentary about Tahrir Square. It's well worth reading her perspective on events in Egypt and her filmmaking in this interview by Ed Rampell in In These Times: "The Revolution Will Be Filmed". When one goes beyond Flight 370 and the Kardashians, it is clear that skyrocketing inequality of wealth and human rights is leading to a period of global unrest that is rarely commented on in the U.S. It is a good thing that America has football and March Madness, or we might be seeing similar protests here.
Here is the quote that quote my attention:
We're living in an age of mass uprisings. Every day there seems to be another protest—such as those in Bosnia, Venezuela or Ukraine. What do you make of these mass revolts?
Young people are trying to change their relationship with their government. It's this exciting time when they're using a public space as a political tool for change.
To Any of You Going to the AIPAC Policy Conference – Please Send Me a Report
I know that you will have an exciting time with lots of energy and hoopla. But I am very curious to hear about the tone and content of what transpires.
First, I would like to know whether Kerry's diplomatic push is spoken of in a positive or negative manner. That is, whether U.S. getting the sides to the table is a good thing or not – NOT whether the chances of success are good. Not whether there is no partner, etc. That is, does AIPAC support diplomacy with regard to the Palestinians?
I am interested to hear how much support you hear for a two state solution. Again, not whether or not it is likely to come about right now – but whether it is a good idea or not that trying our hardest to work towards that goal or not. In that regard, do you hear anyone talking about the importance of coming up with some solution to the current Occupation? Do people think that the status quo can continue indefinitely? Or, annexation of Judea and Samaria into one Jewish state where the Palestinians have less rights than Jews? Annexation of Judea and Samaria where it's one person, one vote? Or, again, Do you hear anyone talking about creative solutions, like saying that it might be a good idea to freeze construction in the West Bank temporarily to see whether this might force the Palestinians to 'put up or shut up'?
Do you hear anyone talking about very real everyday facts on the ground in the West Bank? Like in East Jerusalem that Palestinians are being forced from their homes and replaced by Jews? Or, about Settler violence (so called "price tag" attacks) including burning of olive trees, torching of mosques, and even firing guns at Palestinians by both settlers and even IDF – with almost no legal recourse? Or the destruction of Bedouin structures (as flimsy as they may be) that are on their own land? These are facts which are written about in Israeli papers that should be discussed here as well. In the same way that the rocket firings from Gaza, or the buildup in arms by Hezbollah, or the fact that Hamas is going broke need to be discussed. (One excellent thing is there isn't much to discuss about violence from the West Bank against Israelis because as I understand it, in the last two years, thank God, there has only been one killing of a Jew by an Arab from the West Bank. That is one too many – but frankly if you look into it, I believe that you will find that it is less than the number of Palestinians that have been killed by settlers and IDF during that same time period.)
Next, I am curious to know whether you hear support for diplomacy with Iran – and what the nature of the agreement is that they would support. I personally am a big supporter of keeping the military option on the table – but even more importantly, I believe that we need to push very hard to make this diplomatic effort work. Public criticism of the administration makes very little sense given that we are in negotiations at the moment. Doesn't this type of rift show weakness, not strength? Although AIPAC finally backed off pushing the Senate Sanctions bill when the Republicans tried to force a vote (and they are still trying to force a vote by attaching the language to other bills), they essentially ignored Kerry's specific call during Senate hearings for them to hold off on this bill until the talks had run their course. If sanctions were supposed to force the Iranians to the bargaining table, then they worked. It is time to support the negotiations and the negotiators. While I have heard the argument that the Senate sanctions bill will provide more leverage, that is not the Administration's position. The move in the Senate appears to be more grandstanding than anything else – and particularly now that the Republicans are moving to call a vote. Wouldn't it be more effective to work behind the scenes to make sure that the Administration drives a hard bargain?
Also, I would like to hear about the diplomatic proposals that are being discussed. Although it would best if Iran dismantled their entire program – no enrichment, no centrifuges, no missiles – realistically, they will never agree to this. It would be too much of a loss of face for them both internationally and domestically. Therefore, be aware that anyone proposing no enrichment is not seriously supporting a diplomatic agreement. They aren't necessarily warmongers – but many do in fact know that the Iranians will never accept this, but it is their way of "supporting" diplomacy while knowing that their position has no chance of acceptance. Listen carefully to people. Some will say that Iran must be prevented from getting a nuclear . Others will say that it must be prevented from having a nuclear capability. This is a significant difference and you should listen closely for who says which. If they say capability, they are usually also saying that Iran must eliminate their entire nuclear program – which as I said above is totally unrealistic.
I am particularly interested to know how much talk there is about the consequences of possible military action – and what the speakers say about it. I haven't seen the agenda, but I believe that there may indeed be some experts discussing this and I would be interested to know what their assessments are.
Finally, a little prognostication on my part. My bet is that every Congressman and Senator will say the following:
"Israel is our greatest ally"
"Israel shares our values"
"Iran is the greatest threat to Israel, the US and the entire world"
"Iran is the greatest supporter of terrorism in the world" [What ever happened to Al Qaeda?]
"The military option must not be taken off the table" [A very true statement – but how many folks are willing to talk about the exact make up of the military action – and what the resulting risks and consequences might be. Are folks willing to risk Hezbollah raining down hundreds or thousands of rockets on Israel? The question needs to be discussed]
"Israel's security is our number one priority"
"I love Israel [more than the next guy]"
Don't get me wrong, these are all good things. Most of these are true statements. However, the answers are so pat, that they border on pandering – and most important, it is not good if this is the level of sophistication with which these people are going to be basing their votes on when it comes to legislation that has such serious consequences for the US, Israel and the entire world.
Looking forward to hearing about the Conference. Have a great trip and enjoy!
If You Want to Handicap the Vote on Military Action Against Syria Here's A Great Website
Liberal website, ThinkProgress, is tracking likely Yes and No votes here: Syria Vote
Alternative Response in Syria: A Humanitarian Strike
As time goes on, the whole issue of an international military response to Syria's use of chemical weapons becomes tied in a tighter and tighter Gordian knot. Tactically, the military options themselves offer less and less chance for effectiveness as the Syrians prepare themselves both operationally and mentally for an attack. Strategically, the extent and depth of the response is being weighed by the forces of geopolitics: particularly the Russians and Iranians. Not to mention our allies, the Israelis. The international justice framework has shown its typical weakness. Not only has the U.N. refused to sanction military action, but a coalition of the "willing" outside of the U.N. is pretty minimal, particularly after the British Parliament voted nay. France and Turkey seem to be the only major players willing to support action by the U.S. Then, there is American politics. Had Obama not decided to seek Congressional approval, he would have been hounded by Republicans for overreaching his executive powers; now that he has decided to go to Congress, he will presumably be accused of weakening executive powers for the future. Not only that, he is also being labeled as indecisive, weak and giving the enemy too much time. And, finally, there are the unintended consequences of a military strike. No one can predict with certainty what the reactions of the Syrians, the Russians or Iranians might be. Although many are betting that the Syrians will not react in any major way – one never really knows. Although one of the Administration's major goals is to keep "boots off the ground", once the first American missile is fired, events will take on lives of their own. So, the fact is that taking military action is essentially a no-win proposition.
There is, however, an alternative: the U.S. could launch a humanitarian strike. Instead, of launching a couple of cruise missiles, the U.S. could launch ships, cargo planes and helicopters full of food, medical supplies, building material, blankets, clothes, etc to the refugee camps. It was just announced yesterday that the number of Syrian refugees has passed the 2 million mark. Our assistance would presumably be extremely welcome by Jordan and somewhat welcome by Turkey and possibly Iraq. Granted, this is putting boots on the ground, but the U.S. actually does this all of the time. Every year both USAID and the Department of Defense respond to scores of international disasters all around the world. Some of the past disaster response efforts with which the U.S. military has assisted include the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia; 2005 earthquake and 2010 flooding in Pakistan; and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. So, while we constantly provide aid and assistance, it is rarely done with such a great potential strategic benefit.
Doesn't this make a much stronger statement about the use of chemical weapons, than taking mostly symbolic destructive military action? Instead of assuming that the only language the world understands is force, let's make "the shot across the bow" be helping tens of thousands of innocent people.
However, some have said that if the U.S. doesn't respond militarily, it will show a lack of resolve. But there are different types of resolve, and coming to the aid of the victims of this war seems to be an excellent one. Certainly, there will be unintended consequences of this action – but for a change many of them may actually be positive! We can take the moral high ground and build respect within the international community. We can ask the international community to join us, with particular emphasis on the Russians and the Iranians. They would be hard put to refuse and if they were to engage in this project perhaps it would actually improve the chances for negotiations and diplomacy in both Syria and Iraq. In turn, humanitarian action would enhance our ability to gain support from other nations and the U.N. if the situation deteriorates, and we really do need to build a coalition for military action. It might also have the effect of putting some pressure on both the Iranians and the Russians to change their position on supporting Assad and continuing the violence.
Finally, one of the main advantages of a humanitarian strike is that it totally resets the strategic and tactical calculus. As has been said a hundred different ways by a hundred different commentators, the current situation that Obama is in appears to be absolutely no-win – both from a domestic political standpoint and from an international perspective. Therefore, it is time to create a new option. Providing a huge level of humanitarian aid to the refugees sends the right message to all of the parties – and it slices the Gordian knot in half.
A high school freshman explains the Egyptian Crisis
This video, taken last October, of a young Egyptian boy explaining the problems with the ruling Egyptian political system is definitely worth spending 3 minutes to watch. His analysis is as good as you can imagine hearing.


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Liberal leadership: Pupatello would work with music industry to boost economy
Sandra Pupatello says the next premier of Ontario should be more in tune with the music industry.
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Sandra Pupatello says the next premier of Ontario should be more in tune with the music industry to create jobs and spark economic activity in the Greater Toronto Area.
In a speech to about 100 people at the Economic Club of Canada on Thursday she said music, entertainment and digital businesses already provide a $20-billion a year boost to the GTA.
"We can do more. The music tourism industry changed the face of Austin, Nashville, New Orleans and we can bring that into Toronto as well," said Pupatello, one of the front-runners to succeed Premier Dalton McGuinty as Ontario Liberal leader.
"We should have Drake on my campaign team," she joked of the Toronto-born global sensation.
Speaking to reporters after, Pupatello, 50, said while she can't yet promise "expensive" tax credits due to Ontario's $14.4 billion deficit, she wants to "work in better collaboration with the music industry."
"At some time down the road I wouldn't discount that," she said of tax credits. "Right now, I'm not committing to that because it is expensive."
Tax credits have helped the movie and television production industry in the GTA and Pupatello cited the Toronto International Film Festival as an example of governments working with cultural industries.
Music Canada president Graham Henderson, who attended her speech, said "in listening to Sandra today it was very encouraging to see somebody who gets it."
"In our mind we've got this spectacular, world-class asset. It's here, we've never properly promoted it. We've never properly mined the gold that lies there," said Henderson.
"We want to look very seriously at a tax-credit system that would encourage foreign direct investment but also stimulate . . . music tourism. She sees the potential, we see the potential. Obviously, we're looking forward to a leader who recognizes that."
A Rosen & Associates economic analysis for Music Canada last April concluded a 25 per cent tax credit on eligible expenses — costing the provincial treasury $31.1 million — would generate $276.5 million in economic spinoffs and 1,297 new jobs.
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Thanks, Evan.
I have been looking into this more and think it would be better (and probably cheaper) to build one from scratch rather than try and adapt my aquarium lights. I'll need more ballasts anyway. So I am looking at getting 6 or 8 18" T8 tubes (F1ST8-BL) and 3 or 4 double ballasts.
Does this sound OK for doing up to 11 x 14? What is the advantage if any of using (more) T5 tubes?


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RocketRAID eSATA disk management hardware ships
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RocketRAID eSATA ships
HighPoint has released the RocketRAID eSATA controller, specifically designed for the Mac Pro. The device is used to manage disk drives and provides additional disk cache. The controller features PCI-Express x4 bus speed, enabling transfer rates of up to 1000MB per second. RocketRAID eSATA also has integrated boot support allowing the controller to boot a Mac Pro system from a single drive or RAID configuration. The controller is also capable of supporting almost every type of eSATA hard disk configuration, such as Silicon Image Port Multipliers and eSATA drive kits.
The RocketRAID eSATA is available through Apple and other HighPoint distribution partners for $200.


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President Bush's Tax Cut Plan
[Sorry, the video for this story has expired, but you can still read the transcript below. ]
- Feb. 2, 2001: Growing Unemployment.
- Jan. 25, 2001: Slowdown in the auto industry.
- Jan. 11, 2001: Forecast for an economic slowdown.
- Oct. 17, 2000: A closer look at the Bush and Gore tax plans.
- Sept. 18, 2000: The quest for the Middle Class voter.
- July 18, 2000: The Marriage Penalty Debate.
- April 27, 2000: A 45-minute interview with then-Gov. Bush.
- Sept. 3, 1999: GOP House members makes their case for tax cuts.
GWEN IFILL: For more on the tax cut debate, we're joined by four people who write frequently about economic issues: Robert Bartley, editor of The Wall Street Journal; Virginia Postrel, editor-at-large of Reason magazine and a contributing columnist to The New York Times; Kathleen Madigan, a columnist at Business Week magazine; and Jeff Madrick, editor of Challenge magazine, an economics journal. He is also another contributing columnist to The New York Times.
Mr. Bartley, $1,600 tax cut, $1.6 trillion cost. Is this a good or a bad idea?
ROBERT BARTLEY: Well it's certainly a good idea to cut taxes right now. We've got taxes collecting a greater percentage of the economy than at any time since World War II. We've got government surpluses. We've got an economic downturn. If we don't cut taxes now, I can't imagine when we might ever do so.
GWEN IFILL: How about the size of this tax cut?
ROBERT BARTLEY: Well, I'm not big on trying to guess what things are going to cost over ten years. I think that's kind of an artificial exercise that is mostly designed to keep the government from cutting taxes. I think the need for a tax cut is right here and now and I don't see anything wrong with Bush's plan. I see that Congressman Jeff Flake is going to introduce a bill to make the tax cut bigger. I think that makes more sense than trying to make it smaller.
GWEN IFILL: Mr. Madrick, is this a big cut tax cut? Too big, too small? Is it even the time?
JEFF MADRICK: I think it's too big. Now, I'm concerned about recession. I indeed think there are a lot of potential problems out there. Consumers have a lot of debt. That high US dollar is a real wild card that could make it difficult to pump up the economy because if the dollar falls, we'll get inflation. So I am concerned. I think we do need some stimulus, but do we need more than a couple of hundred billion dollars of stimulus and should it be for the next ten years ad infinitum, which could jeopardize the surplus and indeed keep us from paying for some of the things we need down the road? No. The answer is no. So I'm for some kind of tax cut. I think there's a pretty interesting proposal offered by Richard Freeman of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Eileen Applebaum of the Economic Policy Institute, a kind of dividend to the American people. Give them some money. Let's keep the recession from getting bad or maybe even stalling, but not lock us into a ten-year tax cut that could jeopardize our fiscal situation and keep us from spending on the things we need down the road.
GWEN IFILL: Virginia Postrel, what do you think about that last suggestion, also, what about this notion that a tax cut is what is needed to pull the country out of an imminent recession?
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Well, I think we're primarily looking at long-term effects. There's considerable empirical, historical evidence that giving people a rebate or some kind of short-term quickie Keynesian fix won't work to pull out of a recession — that monetary policy at the federal reserve is far more important. In terms… what we're really looking at here is long-term economic growth. Giving people incentives to work, to save, to invest, to take risks by lowering their marginal tax rates and also removing the incentive that the federal government has to spend what it has. I mean we've got… this surplus is burning a hole in the Congress's pocket like it's like a five-year-old with their first dollar.
GWEN IFILL: Kathleen Madigan, what about that? Is this money that was going to go the way of all flesh if left in Congress's hands or is this the kind of money that should be given back to American people?
KATHLEEN MADIGAN: I have to agree that once you open up this like Pandora Box, there are… Congress is likely to spend the surplus rather than give a tax cut. Given a choice, I think we should perhaps increase spending in some targeted areas such as education. But the better way would be to pay down the debt and to give a small tax cut.
GWEN IFILL: Well, assume for a moment that this is the option which George Bush has presented today which is a 1.6 trillion — some people say it could even go higher, you heard Mr. Bartley allude to — dollar tax cut. Is that the right way for us to go at this point in history?
KATHLEEN MADIGAN: My problem with this… talking about the tax cut, is that it's not going to help the economy here and now. I mean, Larry Lindsey has said that the soonest they hoped to get this into the economy is the third quarter. It's only February and the economy needs help now. I'm not in the camp that thinks we're in a recession. I think the first quarter is extremely weak, but for two special reasons: Manufacturing is in a recession — that sector alone — because they have an inventory overhang. And then we have the energy problems in California, which is also going to subtract from growth this quarter. But I don't see where a tax cut or extra money in the second half of this year is going to help us right now.
JEFF MADRICK: Gwen, can I interrupt on that.
GWEN IFILL: Please.
JEFF MADRICK: The point I think is that if we have a modest stimulus of some kind, none of us is good enough to tell you whether there will be a recession or not. The sort of sanguine attitude that we can pull right out of this I find a little bit surprising. I can't tell you either. But I know there are risks out there. A modest tax… a modest stimulus in the form of some kind of give-back makes entirely good sense not because we need it right now, though we can do some kinds of things to stimulate the economy right now, but we can forestall a problem down the road. Now is monetary policy sufficient for that? We simply don't know. No economist seriously knows that — especially in a downturn. If confidence is declining ahead of interest rates falling, you're going to get a downturn no matter what Alan Greenspan does. It will be very difficult to turn around.
GWEN IFILL: Mr. Bartley, you're trying to get in?
ROBERT BARTLEY: It's kind of late for either monetary policy or fiscal policy to effect the first quarter. In terms of counter cyclical action against a recession, the time to cut taxes was back last year when everybody was saying we'd overheat the economy. I mean, we got the situation to cut taxes right now, we ought to do it right now.
GWEN IFILL: Virginia Postrel, last year and even this year when George W. Bush talked about cutting taxes, at least this large a tax cut; until a short time ago it was considered dead on arrival. Is this something which is new a kind of empathy, excitement about tax cuts about the economics of the situation or about the politics of it?
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Well I think it's a little of both. First of all any time the economy starts to slow, politicians in Washington feel that they need to do something, otherwise they will be blamed or, you know, because they like to take credit when things are good. We can agree or disagree about how much effect they actually have. But they want to do something and a tax cut is on the agenda. A tax cut is popular — especially a tax cut as President Bush keeps saying where every single taxpayer knows they will get something. In the past administration, tax cuts have always been iffy. You didn't know for sure whether you were going to be in the qualifying category to get one or even whether it would be… whether it would be passed. So that's looking good. And then the other thing is, of course, the Congressional Budget Office came in with projections for even larger surpluses than were anticipated before, and that makes this notion of giving back some of this overcharge even more popular. I mean, this is like if you hire a contractor to remodel your bathroom and he gives a bid for, I don't know, $7,500 and it comes in at $6,500, he doesn't get to keep that $1,000 — you get it. That argument is out there.
JEFF MADRICK: It's certainly not an overcharge at all. Many people argue, as Virginia well knows, that because we raised taxes early on, we were able to get the federal budget in order and help relieve stress in the capital markets…
VIRGINIA POSTREL: The fact that overcharge… has nothing to do with where it came from. The fact that it's an overcharge is simply a matter of mathematics. As I say, if someone gives you an estimate, a good-faith estimate that something is going to cost $1,000 more than it ends up costing, it's still an overcharge. He still returns it to you.
GWEN IFILL: Let me step in.
JEFF MADRICK: I think that's just….
GWEN IFILL: Let me step in and bring Kathleen Madigan back into this. It's a zero sum game. There is only so much money no matter what we agree on, what these incredible projections are. What doesn't get done if tax cuts get done?
KATHLEEN MADIGAN: I want to make a point that four years ago the CBO was actually projecting ever greater deficits over the ten-year span. So to put a lot of faith into these ten-year plans, you know, you have to take them with a large grain of salt. But I think you're right that there is some worry that some fundamental problems may not be taken care of. I think the Bush administration should decide what the federal government should do for people and, you know, I do think he's stepping in the right direction with education. In the long run, investing in human capital is healthy for the economy. And it's more productive.
GWEN IFILL: What about Social Security and Medicare?
KATHLEEN MADIGAN: Well, you know, they're still saying that that's going to be off the table. That when they talk about the $4.6 trillion surplus total and then they cut away what they expect for Social Security and sometimes they cut away what they expect for Medicare, that goes either way, and then they still say they have enough for this large tax cut and some increase in spending. As I said before the problem is what will the final tax bill look like once Congress gets their hands into it?
GWEN IFILL: Which goes right to my next point, Robert Bartley. Ten years ago you well remember Ronald Reagan sent a tax cut bill to Capitol Hill. And by the time it left Capitol Hill, it was double in size, one of the largest tax cuts in history. How do you stop the Christmas tree effect where people keep loading on? You heard the president talk about that today.
ROBERT BARTLEY: The president said he would stop it.
GWEN IFILL: How?
ROBERT BARTLEY: I think that one thing we have to keep in mind here when you said a minute ago there's only so much money, well there's some sense in what, you know, trees don't grow to the sky. But the question is how much money? And if you can get a tax cut that's going to promote economic growth, which I think you can do by cutting the marginal rates, which affect the incentives in the economy, then there's going to be more money in the total economy and there will probably be more money in federal revenues or at least a lot more than is projected — that's been our experience. So I think that cutting taxes is a good investment in future growth that all of these other things, particularly Social Security, depend upon.
GWEN IFILL: Missing, Virginia Postrel, from this formula today at least proposals so far today: capital gains tax cuts, certain kinds of corporate tax cuts which had already been approved by previous Congresses. Will this proposal survive without those things attached?
VIRGINIA POSTREL: That's a very good question. I think that raises this Christmas tree problem. I think one… I don't know, but I suspect that one reason for leaving those things out is to try to discourage corporate lobbying to add lots of loopholes and to really concentrate on cutting rates for individuals and perhaps simplifying a little bit and make the focus on individual taxation rather than corporate taxation. I mean, I personally would like to see them simplify some of the ridiculously complex capital gains tax schedules that were passed in some previous tax bills, but I would rather that they keep the bills simple and focused on individuals' income taxes partly for political economy reasons because it makes it easier to screen out this larding on of loopholes.
GWEN IFILL: Let's talk about political economy, Jeff Madrick, for a moment. Is it even safe anymore to argue in favor of spending on education, whether it's Social Security, Medicare, on anything when tax cuts for individuals is a much more palatable alternative?
JEFF MADRICK: Well, I don't know about the pragmatics of it. I know not many people of influence and articulateness have tried on the national scene in recent years. I think we really have to try to understand, Gwen, what this debate is about. We can talk about creating incentives for economic growth, but really this is a debate about the uses of government. A big tax cut now down the road means chopping off at least a couple of the toes of government. The question the American people have to think about I think a little more is how do we want to use government? Do we want to… it's very difficult to raise taxes again once you've cut them. We tend in America only to have had very significant tax increases in times of war. When war was over, we used that tax revenue even as far back as the War of 1812 to build roads and general improvements, gradually taxes were cut after that. When you make a tax cut of any size, even to help the poor — and I think this is a very lopsided tax cut, to say it's going to all individuals I think is missing the point…
VIRGINIA POSTREL: It's going to all taxpayers. It's not going to people who don't pay taxes.
JEFF MADRICK: For the poor, you have to keep in mind that down the road when the government should be doing some public investment and public investment has been cut way back in education, in infrastructure, we do very little about day care and yet the big social revolution of the last 25 years has been the two-worker family and the working mother with social revolution. We don't create those institutions. We'll need some money down the road.
GWEN IFILL: Pardon me. Kathleen Madigan, who wins and who loses in the end with this plan?
KATHLEEN MADIGAN: Well, you know, it's hard to say until you get the final tax bill, but it's… as it's presented right now, certainly consumers win. I do think though corporations don't win. They would probably like to see some tax relief obviously because they need to invest and keep investing in this new economy.
GWEN IFILL: Thanks, everybody, very much for joining us.


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Laughter is the best medicine to ward off flu
A new poll has revealed that laughter is the best medicine to cure flu.
According to the poll, conducted by 'Day and Night Nurse', three out of four people claimed that a chuckle can make them feel "energized", 29 per cent said a hug from a loved one was beneficial and 14 per cent insisted listening to music soothed away the symptoms, the Daily Express reported.
The poll found that women are skilled at harnessing the power of laughter, as 83 per cent agreed that it cheers them up, while only 70 per cent of men agreed to the same.
(Posted on 25-01-2014)
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All of the data used in our coverage maps is crowdsourced from our community of app users. We are entirely impartial and all of our data reflects the real-world state of network coverage. To help contribute to our Network Norway coverage map simply download the Android or iOS app from the banner above.
Network Norway is one of the 3 cellular networks in Norge.
Network Norway has an average 3G download speed of 2.5 Mb/s, which is better than the global average of 1.8 Mb/s.
Network Norway uses the following networks types on its network.
The recent download speed performance of Network Norway. This includes data from all network types; 2G, 3G, and 4G. Networks which roll out 4G LTE networks should see a strong rise in download speeds, as should networks which upgrade their 3G networks to HSPA+.
|Mobile Country Code
|Mobile Network Code
|3G Download Speed
|2.5 Mb/s
|3G Upload Speed
|0.4 Mb/s
|2G Latency
|933 ms
|3G Latency
|557 ms
|2G Data Reliability
|83 %
|3G Data Reliability
|79 %
|Latency Spread
|100 %


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The Oregon Symphony is the sixth oldest major orchestra in the United States and one of the largest arts organizations in the Pacific Northwest, performing over 80 concerts per year at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland and providing a wide array of musical educational offerings for all ages.
The orchestra is recognized as one of the most successful and innovative symphony orchestras in the nation. On May 12, 2011 the Oregon Symphony made its debut at Carnegie Hall as part of the Spring for Music festival. Writing in the June 6th issue of the New Yorker, critic Alex Ross called our performance "the highlight of the festival and one of the most gripping events of the current season."
The Oregon Symphony announces the following audition:
The Oregon Symphony announces auditions for:
Principal Clarinet
When: October 24-27, 2015
Where: Portland, Oregon
CBA compensation for the 2014-2015, 38 week season: $62,582.05
(Includes EMG and Instrument insurance)
Compensation for 2015-2016: subject to collective bargaining
Benefits: medical/dental insurance, LTD, AFM pension plan and paid parking.
Mail your $100 refundable deposit with your one-page résumé to:
Steve Stratman, Orchestra Manager
Principal Clarinet Audition: Oregon Symphony
921 SW Washington, Suite 200
Portland, OR 97205
(Indicate Principal Clarinet Audition on the envelope)
All résumés must be postmarked no later than: September 18, 2015.
A repertoire list will be posted to this website when it becomes available.
Please direct further correspondence or questions to Orchestra Personnel Manager, Leah Ilem: email@example.com
Your résumé must include your email address.
No phone calls please
The official pitch of the Oregon Symphony is A=440 Hz
All correspondence from the OSO is by e-mail; be sure to include your e-mail address with your contact information. Also, please adjust your e-mail settings to allow for our correspondence with you.
The Oregon Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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Campus Escort
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Campus Escort now requires university ID to ride in our vehicles. Please have your WolfCard ready upon boarding a Campus Escort shuttle or minivan.
Campus Escort will now be providing an airport shuttle at Thanksgiving and the end of fall semester! Rides must be scheduled in advance. Click here to view the request form.
Our Mission
The Associated Students of University of Nevada Campus Escort Service will be known as a premier student program by providing prompt, courteous, safety escorts to the students, faculty and staff of the University of Nevada, Reno. ASUN Campus Escort Service will make its priorities safety and personal safety awareness for its community on or off campus. For a free, safe ride, utilize the "This is Nevada" app from a mobile device, request ride online or call (775) 742-6808.
To Serve our Campus Community, We Offer the Following Free Services:
*Please note that Campus Escort now requires all riders to provide university ID upon getting into our vehicles
You can request a ride to or from campus and our staff will pick you up at your location. This service runs various times throughout the year - see below for current hours. You can request a ride online or by calling - see the Mission Statement above. Click here to view the boundaries and limits on request-based rides.