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GALLERY of happy tails
Please scroll and enjoy members of my Happy Tails family! Pictured are many of my clients, both past and present. They are at work, at play, or just hangin' out and enjoying life.
Max" a 17 yr old male West Highland White Terrier boasts being the oldest living alumnus of the group- HT Class of 2001! His counterpart is his little sister "Hattie" a female Glen of Imaal Terrier
Bullet" is a male German Shorthaired Pointer
Honey" and "Hannah" are female Labrador Retriever bff's. RIP dear Hannah 06/17
"Diva" is a female German Shepherd Dog
"Chassis" one of our seniors is an 14 yr old female Bluetick Coonhound mix. Her younger sibling is "Diesel" a male Labrador Retriever" RIP Chassis 05/17
"Kenny", "Turbo", and "Ebby" are fellow frat brothers all residing in the same residence. RIP 2017 They are male Japanese Chins
"Diva" "Dulcie" "Rosie" "Tina" "Beau"
These little white bundles of hair all hang together and can create a real blizzard of activity! THey are 3 female & 1 male Maltese
"Soot" R.I.P. "Cinder" "Flash" "Hydro" "Chief"
waiting at the Bridge Black spotted female Black spotted male Liver spotted female Black spotted male
Dalmatian Dalmatian RIP 2017 Dalmatian Dalmatian
This beautiful family of spotted dogs are all family members of Engine Co. Dalmatians
"Tank" "Chanel" "Bo" "Belle" "Cody"
Black spotted male Black female Great Dane Bi-eyed black spotted Black spotted female Bi-eyed black spotted
Dalmatian & Tank's roommate male Dalmatian (deaf) Dalmtian male Dalmatian
"Lily" R.I.P. "Tyler" R.I.P. "Lucy" "Nova" "Lacey"
waiting at the Bridge waiting at the Bridge Blue Merle female Merle headed white female Blue Merle female
Smooth Collie Smooth Collie Smooth Collie
This bevy of beauties are all family members of Alexy Collies
"Arthur" "Schmoo" R.I.P. "Journey" " Phoenix" "Blade"
Black & white male waiting at the Bridge Fawn female Mastiff Brindle female Mastiff Brindle male Mastiff
Papillon, Lucy's pal These three lovable lugs are fellow family members at South Creek Mastiffs
"Wilson" "Balto" R.I.P. "Pax" "Mikai" "Finnegan"
Male Soft Coated waiting at the Bridge Male Pit Bull Terier Male Pit Bull Terrier Male Golden Retriever
Wheaten Terrier (deaf) These three boys are always "partners in crime"!
"Bella" "Magnum" R.I.P. "Diva" R.I.P. "Paige" "Foster"
Female Golden waiting at the Bridge waiting at the Bridge female German male German
Retriever Shorthaired Pointer Shorthaired Pointer
These four "lotsa spots" were and are all family members
"Gino" "Puck" "Twinkie" "Archie" "Shadow"
Male Dogue de Bordeau Female tri color Female red & white Male brindle Female blue roan
playpal of "Foster" Pembroke Welsh Corgi Pembroke Welsh Corgi Boxer Blue Heeler mix
big sister little sister
"Jill" "Elliot" "Bully" "Tara" "Marko"
Female Vizsla male German male Labrador Retriever Female sable German male Jack Russell mix
Shorthaired Pointer Shepherd Dog
"Jilly" "Kelly" "Dakota" "Sheba" "Gus"
Female Gordon Setter Female Labrador Retriever Male Border Collie mix Female Shiba Inu Male Beagle
"Zahto" "Wolfie" "Reagan" "Max" "Maya"
Male Borzoi Male German Shepherd Dog Female St. Bernard Mlae Border Collie Female German Shepherd dog
"Boomer" "Marlee" "Shasta" "Maximus" "Bella"
Male Mastiff Female Mastiff Female Keeshond Male Golden Retriever Female brindle Boxer
big brother little sister Pit Bull mix
"Abbey" "Atlas" "Rufus" "Bodie" "Lola"
Female black Male harlequin Male fawn Male Shepherd Dobe mix Female sable
German Shepherd Dog Great Dane Great Dane German Shepherd Dog
these 2 big boys are full brothers!
"Missy" R.I.P. "Indy" "Garrett" "Jethro" "Ginger"
Waiting at the Bridge Female Field Spaniel Male Field Spaniel Male Field Spaniel
Pit Bull mix
"Danny" R.I.P. "Sadie" R.I.P. "Brinkley" R.I.P. "Gage" "Fiona"
waiting at the Bridge waiting at the Bridge waiting at the Bridge male German Jack Russell mix this trio was the best of buddies and reunited once again Shorthaired Pointer Gage's bff
"Leah" "Lucy Lou" "Zoey" "Canaan" "Winston"
Female Rottweiler Female Rottweiler Female Great Dane Male Rottweiler Male Rottweiler
"Colbie" "Nancy" "Fergus" "Duke" "Riley"
Male black Great Dane Female blue merle Male fawn Great Dane Pointer Terrier mix Pit Bull mix
Great Dane
"Flannigan" "Dasher" "Tito" "Hydro" "Norman" Male Irish Terrier Male French Bulldog Male Bulldog mix Male English Bulldog Male parti Yorkshire Terrier
"Molly" R.I.P. "Ruger" "Wilma" "Marley" "Sambucca" R.I.P.
waiting at the Bridge Male Lab Shepherd mix Female Lab Terrier mix Male Lab Sheltie mix waiting at the Bridge
"Shasta" "Callahan" "Blaze" "Judge" "Spike"
Female Keeshond Male Bullmastiff Male Dalmatian Male Mastiff Mal Lab Husky mix
"Norman" R.I.P. "Liam" "Reagan" "Brutus" "Boomer"
waiting at the Bridge Male Norwegian Elkhound Male Shih Tzu mix Male Australian Shepherd mix Golden Retriever
"Emmy" R.I.P. "Maggie" "Ozzie" "Gretel" "Bruno"
waiting at the Bridge Female Old English Sheepdog Male Labrador Female German Male blue merle
Poodle mix Retriever Shepherd Dog Great Dane
"Alston" R.I.P. "Leia" R.I.P. "Google" "Redman" "Kobie"
waiting at the Bridge waiting at the Bridge Male Larador Retriever Male Pit Bull Terrier Male Labrador Retriever
"Nala" R.I.P. "Simon" "Kagen" "Shadow" R.I.P. "Cole"
waiting at the Bridge Male Labrador Retriever Female Labrador Retriever waiting at the Bridge Male Labrador Retriever
"Rocky" R.I.P. "Blitz" R.I.P. "Grizzlee" "Callie" "Matt" R.I.P.
waiting at the Bridge waiting at the Bridge Male Newfoundland mix Female Kelpie waiting at the Bridge
(all past and present memebers of one BIG happy family!)
"Shyla" "Riley" "Bo" "Duke" "Molly"
Female Siberian Husky Female Pit Bull Terrier Male German Male German Female Australian
( best buds) Shorthaired Pointer Shorthaired Pointer Cattle Dog mix
("brothers" from different mothers)
"Zeke" "Emmie" "Mac" "Zeke" "Niamh"
Male German Female Great Pyrenees Male Labrador Poodle mix Male Labrador Poodle mix Female Border Collie mix
Sepherd Dog
"Birdee" ' "Darla" "Gordon" "Calli" "Wizard"
Female Doberman Female Border Terrier" Male Smooth Fox Female Smooth Fox Female Miniature
Pinscher RIP 2018 Terrier Terrier Schnauzer
"Tango" R.I.P. "Echo" R.I.P. "Rory" R.I.P. "Cirka" "Jordan"
These 3 German Shepherds and 1 Australian Shepherd are all original members of Current SAR member
the Big Creek Search & Rescue Team & are all busy playing "Hide and Seek" at the Bridge! Female German Shepherd
"Banshee" "Spin" "Tara" "Deputy" "Otto"
Female Dutch Shepherd Female Australian Shepherd Female German Female German Shepherd mix Male Dutch Shepherd
Belgian Malinois cross Shepherd Dog Belgian Malinois cross
(These dogs are all current members of the Big Creek Search Dog Team)
"Rocky" "Mindy" R.I.P.
Male Labrador Retriever waiting at the Bridge
(Big Creek search dog)


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Olympic Trials- Post 4
Just killing a little time here on the biggest day of my coaching career. I'd say biggest day of my life but I do have 3 outstanding children and recall their births as being the most special life altering events ever. Gymnastics has to take a back seat to some things.
Just killing a little time after the 8:30 am training and before the 12:00 team lunch. I'd like to squeeze in a work out, a hair cut, and a nap to tick off a few more of the minutes between now and the 3:15 bus to the arena.
Day 1 of the competition was absolutely thrilling. 12,000 buzzing gymnastics fans created an atmosphere that up until this point I have yet to experience. The anticipated 15,000 fans for tonights finale should blow the roof off of the HP Pavilion here in San Jose.
During bar warm ups, Bridget Sloan suffered an elbow injury. Something popped in her elbow while doing her low bar combination. She was in obvious pain and after giving it a valiant effort she had to withdraw from the competition. Not exactly how you would script the final pages of a shining elite career. I have the utmost respect for Bridget as a former Olympian and World Champion. She has always conducted herself with class and dignity, representing the sport as it should be. When she and Jordyn were slated for the 2009 American Cup, Bridget could have easily posed herself as the intimidating and experienced World Champ. But instead she encouraged and comforted the up and coming 12 year old. Even after Jordyn edged her out for the American Cup title, she maintained the role of a mentor and big sister. The bitter unfairness of this sport has no shame and I am so sorry that Bridget didn't get to shine at these Olympic Trials. Fortunately she has a collegiate career sparkling brightly in the not to distant future. Good Luck at U of Florida Bridget. May your Gater years be filled with success!
I have accepted the pomp and circumstance of big events to be an evil necessity. On one hand I would just like to get busy as soon as the allotted warm up time is completed. On the other I understand the need to make these events special for the athletes and fans … as special as they deserve. The organizing forces in San Jose put on a great show. I especially liked the individual introductions accompanied by video of just the athletes eyes.
I have to say I was a bit disappointed in some of the scoring. I am usually fairly objective when it comes to evaluating performances and if anything I tend to be more critical of Jordyn's. Some scoring just did seem to separate the good from the great, and the great from the outstanding. In speaking with Martha, Bela and some of the other coaches, most were in agreement. I am not knocking the judges as I fully realize that their efforts are forever under appreciated, but some things just did not make sense to me. In the end, I do believe they got the rank order correct (Easy for me to say since Jordyn finished the day in the top spot).
We drew Olympic order and started on Vault. A 15.9 is a good score but we will be looking to improve on the heavy landing tonight. On bars Jordyn put forth her best routine in a long time. Here I do not feel the score adequately rewarded her performance although it was still one of her best bar scores ever (15.35). Beam went well but still lacked a little confidence in a couple of the connections (costing .3 in start value). Floor was a highlight event. Jordyn darted her first pass and was strong throughout the rest of the routine (15.4). The 61.7 AA put her on top of the leader board, but by no means is this a comfortable lead. We need to be better tonight.
Post competition celebration was non existent but I did manage to throw back a few beverages with friends at John Roethlisberger and John MaCready's congress gathering. Kathryn and I volunteered to do a couple National Congress sessions, which were early Saturday am so this put an early end to Friday night.
I really enjoy sharing information and thus the reason for doing the congress sessions but also the impetus for creating a coaches education blog/web site and related coaches instructional DVD (Success Videos). Coaches might want to check this site out (TheGymnasticsCoach.com) as it has been well received and serves as a place where questions can get answered and topics discussed. The goal is to help shorten the learning curve for coaches. By no means do I feel we offer all the secret answers, but do feel that experience is a good teacher. If you get a chance, check it out. By the way, the USAG Congress was packed and a great indication that our governing body is doing their part with coaches and judges education.
The mens competition concluded in dramatic style. I watched in amazement of how far this sport has grown since my days of tumbling on horse hair mats (yep… no spring floors back in the stone ages). The drama doubled when Sam Makulak from U of Michigan, had to withdraw from the AA to intelligently rest a tweaked ankle. This put his fate in the hands of the petitioning process and the men's selection committee. I can't imaging the gut wrenching anticipation of the final decision.
The afternoon training was uneventful. The day in between competitions is a day where coaches need to keep their athletes focused. They will naturally be a bit exhausted from the competition (more mentally than physically) which should serve as a red light warning to be careful. I reminded Jordyn of how one bad landing can change everything and we proceeded to train very lightly.
Saturday night was a very special evening. About 15 of our past gymnasts, some from as much as 25 years ago, gathered for dinner. The display of support for Jordyns quest and for Kathryn and I was heartfelt and something I will always remember. The group included 3 doctors and 2 attorneys which says volumes about the life lessons that this sport can teach. It was an amazing evening reliving old memories.
The obligatory am training session served it's purpose. It gets the kids up, moving and gets the brain back on track for competing well. We did some light conditioning, a few vault timers, one bar routine and some parts trying to emphasize more vertical pirouettes, one strong beam routine and parts before closing the book on training.
I did have an interesting conversation with one well established coach about the expenses incurred by the club owners during the long haul to an Olympic Games. He stated that the athletes and their families get significant funding from the national office and related programs yet sometimes the out of pocket expenses for the clubs is under appreciated by the parents of some upper level athletes. I did let him know that this may not be the case in all situations and he was surprised to hear that the Wiebers offered up a percentage of Jordyn's pro income to help reward our contributions to her success. This is a rarity and I mention it here not to shine the light on the Wieber's but more to encourage this as a TREND for elite parents to adopt. Elite gymnastics is a major financial strain on gymnastics clubs. Equipment needs, staff training, extensive travel, missed gym time, planning hours, coverage in the gym while away, etc are not something that is covered by monthly tuition. I am thankful that the Wieber's get it!
The goal of coaching an athlete to an Olympic team is within reach. I just wish my arms were longer. 30 years of coaching serve as a reminder of how special this opportunity could be. I feel honored and blessed to be knocking on the door of the London games, and it is with a crystal clear realization that opportunities such as these are oh so very rare.
I just killed 60 of those minutes!


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Morrie Ryskind
|Morrie Ryskind
Bottom, left to right: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, (top) Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin.
October 20, 1895
New York, New York
August 24, 1985 (age 89)
Washington, D.C.
|Dramatist, screenwriter, lyricist, newspaper columnist
|Mary House[1]
Morrie Ryskind (October 20, 1895 – August 24, 1985) was an American dramatist, lyricist and writer of theatrical productions and motion pictures, who became a conservative political activist later in life.
Life and career
Ryskind was born in New York City, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Ida (Edelson) and Abraham Ryskind.[2] He attended Columbia University but was suspended shortly before he was due to graduate after he called university president Nicholas Murray Butler "Czar Nicholas" in the pages of the humor magazine Jester in 1917. Ryskind was criticizing Butler for refusing to allow Count Nikolai Tolstoy, nephew of Leo Tolstoy, to speak on campus.[3]
From 1927 to 1945, Ryskind was author of numerous scripts and musical lyrics for Broadway theatrical productions and Hollywood motion pictures, and, later, directed a number of such productions, as well. He collaborated with George S. Kaufman on several Broadway hits. In 1933, he earned the Pulitzer Prize (receiving the prize from the same Nicholas Murray Butler who had suspended him from Columbia University) for Drama for the Broadway production Of Thee I Sing, a musical written in collaboration with composer George Gershwin.[4]
Ryskind wrote or co-wrote several Marx Brothers theatrical and motion picture screenplays, including the script and lyrics for the Broadway musical Animal Crackers (1929), and he wrote the screenplays for the film versions of The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930). Later, he wrote the screenplay for the film which revived the Marx Brothers' professional fortunes, A Night at the Opera (1935), and which was selected by the American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films ever made. In working on that script, Ryskind was heavily involved in the "cleanup process," watching the Brothers repeatedly perform sections of the play before live audiences in order to determine which lines worked and which did not. Ryskind also rewrote the stage version of Room Service (1938), the original of which did not have the Marx Brothers, reworking the plot to make the movie suitable for the three distinctive performers.[5]
During this period, Ryskind was also twice nominated for an Academy Award for his part in writing the films My Man Godfrey (starring Carole Lombard, 1936) and Stage Door (starring Katharine Hepburn, 1937). Later, he wrote the screenplay for the successful Penny Serenade, wrote the stage musical Louisiana Purchase (which soon became a film starring Bob Hope) and supervised the production of The Lady Comes Across.[6]
Political activism
For many years he had been a member of the Socialist Party of America, and during the 1930s he participated in Party-sponsored activities, even performing sketches at antiwar events, but split with the Party's "Old Guard faction" led by Louis Waldman. His politics soon moved to the right. In 1940, Ryskind abandoned the Democratic Party, and he opposed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's pursuit of a third term, writing the campaign song for that year's Republican Party presidential nominee Wendell Willkie.[7] He maintained some ties to the Socialist Party throughout the 1940s, serving as a Vice Chairman of the Keep America Out of War Congress.
About this time, he became a friend to writers Max Eastman,[8] Ayn Rand,[9] John Dos Passos,[10] Suzanne La Follette[11] and Raymond Moley.[12] Later, he would become friend to William F. Buckley, Jr. and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan.[13] In 1947, he appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities as a "Friendly Witness." Ryskind never sold another script after that appearance, and he believed that his appearance before HUAC was responsible, although there is no direct evidence of an organized campaign against the "Friendly Witnesses."[14]
In the 1950s, he contributed articles to the early free market publication, The Freeman,[15] Later, he lent money to Buckley to help start The National Review,[16] which began publication in 1955, another journal to which he was an early contributor. Ryskind briefly joined the John Birch Society, but soon disassociated himself from the group when they began to claim that Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower were part of the Soviet conspiracy.[17] He was also a vocal sympathizer with the anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism.
Starting in 1960, Ryskind wrote a feature column in the Los Angeles Times, which promoted conservative ideas for the next eleven years. His son, Allan H. Ryskind, was the longtime editor of the conservative Washington, D.C., weekly Human Events.[18]
The elder Ryskind's autobiography, I Shot an Elephant in My Pajamas: The Morrie Ryskind Story, details his adventures from Broadway to Hollywood, as well as his conversion to conservative politics.
Stage productions
- Merry-Go-Round (1927) (with Howard Dietz to music by Henry Souvaine and Jay Gorney)
- Animal Crackers (1929) (with George S. Kaufman to music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby)
- Ned Wayburn's Gambols (1929) - revue - (lyricist with music by Walter G. Samuels)
- Strike up the Band (1930) (bookwriter with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin)
- The Gang's All Here (1931) (contributing bookwriter)
- Of Thee I Sing (1931) (with George S. Kaufman to music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin) - Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
- Pardon My English (1933) (with Herbert Fields to music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin)
- Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933 sequel to Of Thee I Sing) (with George S. Kaufman to music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin)
- Louisiana Purchase (1941) (bookwriter to music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, later, a film starring Bob Hope)
- The Lady Comes Across (1942) (director (theatre))
- The Cocoanuts (1929) (starring the Marx Brothers)
- Animal Crackers (1930) (starring the Marx Brothers)
- A Night at the Opera (1935) (starring the Marx Brothers)
- My Man Godfrey (1936) - Oscar nomination
- Stage Door (1937) - Oscar nomination
- Room Service (1938) (starring the Marx Brothers)
- His Girl Friday (1940) movie version of The Front Page
- Penny Serenade (1941)
- Where Do We Go From Here? (1945)
- It's in the Bag! (1945) starring Fred Allen
- George S. Kaufman et al., Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies, Laurence Maslon, ed. (New York: The Library of America, 2004) ISBN 1-931082-67-7; includes Animal Crackers and Of Thee I Sing)
- Animal Crackers (1928, with George S. Kaufman) (New York: Samuel French's Musical Library, 1984) ISBN 978-0573681370)
- Of Thee I Sing (1931, with George S. Kaufman Ira Gershwin) (New York: Knopf. 1932; Samuel French's Musical Library, 1963) ISBN 978-0573680373)
- Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933, with George S. Kaufman Ira Gershwin) (New York: Knopf. 1933)
- I Shot an Elephant in My Pajamas: the Morrie Ryskind Story (with John H. M. Roberts, Lafayette, LA: Huntington House, 1994.) ISBN 1-56384-000-6
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/25/nyregion/morrie-ryskind-dies-at-89-wrote-plays-and-screen-comedies.html
- ↑ http://library.alibris.com/I-Shot-an-Elephant-in-My-Pajamas-The-Morrie-Ryskind-Story-Morrie-Ryskind/book/3079662?matches=9
- ↑ Ryskind, Morrie, and Roberts, John H. M., I Shot an Elephant in My Pajamas: the Morrie Ryskind Story, 1994, Huntington House (hereafter, "Ryskind, Pajamas"), pp.34-36.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, p.88, 99.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, pp.101-117.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, pp.119-141.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, pp.169-171.
- ↑ Diggins, John, Up From Communism, Harper & Row, 1975, pp. 201-233; Ryskind, Pajamas, p.184; and, O'Neill, William L., The Last Romantic: a Life of Max Eastman, 1991, Transaction
- ↑ Burns, Jennifer, Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, 2009, Oxford Univ. Press, p.131.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, p.179, 184.
- ↑ Chamberlain, John, A Life With the Printed Word, Regnery, 1982, p.138.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, p.189.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, p.178, pp.206-208.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, pp.165-166.
- ↑ Chamberlain, John, A Life With the Printed Word, p.138.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, pp.183-184.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, pp.198-199.
- ↑ Ryskind, Pajamas, pp.186-187.
External links
- Morrie Ryskind at the Internet Movie Database
- Morrie Ryskind papers, 1911–1985, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts


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We kicked off my birthday weekend with dinner and drinks downtown with some great friends and family :) Then spent the rest of the weekend relaxing and watching movies, it was perfect! As always, Ed spoiled me for my birthday, made my favorite cake (angel food with strawberries) and got some of my favorite flowers (star gazer lilies, hydrangas).
I opened TONS of cards from family, friends, and co-workers. I also opened this bad boy from my mother in law. An entire box of candy (she knows me too well!) The candy did not last long if you were wondering :)
Ed also got me TWO amazing presents. The first was an awesome awesome coach purse:
Mystery vacation is revealed! Ed worked with my bff and planned a trip for us to visit her in Oregon that month!! Do I not have the greatest hubby ever?! Needless to say I was beyond excited! Now time to pack up my new purse w/ bday money from my family and go buy some new clothes for vacay!!


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This from CNN:
"Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi blames the violence in his country on young people, who he said are taking some sort of pills and being exploited by Osama bin Laden."
Frankly it sorta sounds like something my mom would say if she were an intolerant dictator. Well, now that I think about it, it sounds like my mom.
Honestly, I can't make up anything funnier about this Gadhafi quote... but I'm gonna give it a go (insert applause here).
I wonder where one gets these protest drugs? Seriously, what if Gadhafi was right? What if people were generally okay with his rule but somehow some crazies got a hold of drugs and they were ruining the country for everyone?
I think it is our duty to try and sort out what drugs there people are on. Now there's only one problem, I don't live in Libya, I don't know anyone who does, and I don't really want to go there for the sake of hard hitting investigative journalism.
Well, I suppose we can work at it through a process of elimination.
1) Stimulant or Depressant?
Okay so if you're taking a drug that makes you want to go out and fight for your right to have basic social services, jobs, freedom of speech, and the right to vote there's a very good chance that you're not on downers
Downers may make you angry, but you're highly likely to sit at home and club a baby seal versus organizing friends, family, sympathizers to protest the government
I'll take stimulants for $500 Alex.
2) Which Stimulant?
Alright Watson, let's do a quick rundown of the common stimulants and see which fits the bill. According to Wikipedia there 9 types of stimulants: Caffeine, Nicotine, Amphetamines, Ecstasy (MDMA), Coke, NRI's and NDRI's, Modafinal & Adrafinal & Armodafinil, Ampakines, and Yohimbine
I could research more but it's just too much work to hit "next page" on the Google search pages. Only Page 1 searches for me. Remember the olden days when you would routinely look at like 10 to 15 pages of search results on Yahoo until you found something mildly relevant to your to search topics? Have we become that impatient in only a 10 year span? But I digress.
To the cloud!...
a. Caffeine
Well it's the most widely available and common stimulant which makes it an interesting drug. The problem is that I'm pretty sure the people of Libya have had access to soda for a few years and it didn't exactly excite them to do anything before. I'm not sure why that fact pattern would change now, unless Pepsi Max is really that amazing (and yes I did just put the link to the Pepsi Max twitter page which for some reason has over 8,000 followers)
b. Nicotine
Have you seen people in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East before? These people have smoked like chimneys for centuries. Ain't no revolution goin' down because of Camel Turkish Blends.
c. Amphetamines
Well they give elevated mood swings and cause euphoria but then have an after effect of depression and anxiety. Hmm... well in Libya you have a scene of protests and excitement along with elements of violence when people are just frustrated (or hooligans). This seems to be an interesting fact pattern where amphetamines could explain that full range of behavior. This makes the short list.
d. Ecstasy
Listen, I don't exactly know what the scene in Libya is like from a first hand perspective, nor have I ever been there before. But I do know this, it's not exactly like a rave is taking place on the streets as far as I can tell. There may be music, but there ain't no dancing. If were on E there would be a lot more protesters wearing pacifiers. Look at this picture, I don't see any pacifiers. Next!
e. Cocaine
This is Libya, it ain't Hollywood. Next.
f. NRI's and NDRI's
This is weird because Wikipedia's list now starts to include categories and drugs I've never even heard of before. When I saw "NRI's" my first thought was Non Resident Indians the term for Indian citizens who no longer live in India - like my parents were when they first came to America like 40 years ago. The funny thing is that if someone told me that a bunch of awkward Indians were causing confusion in Libya I'd probably believe them. It's a pretty solid fact pattern. But alas these are a different sort of NRI's. A drug sort.
Well NRI drugs are used by people for a variety of reasons rangings from depression and fatigue to bedwetting and obesity. Hmm. An oppressed people suddenly coming alive and potentially peeing everywhere? We could have a winner. Let's put these on the short-list.
g. Modafinal & Adrafinal & Armodafinil
Ummm this sounds trio sounds like a terrible law firm. Well basically they're used to treat sleep disorders. Let's see... a sleeping body politic who are now awaking the the 21st century with Modadinal!... This sounds like a stretch. If anything Libyans would be happy and mellow if they were abusing Modafinal and getting a good night's rest for once. Why protest? Next.
h. Ampakines
Say what? This is a new one for me... but according to Wiki it's helpful for alertness without nasty side effects like massive addiction and post-high depression. It's big in Russia. Hmmm this may explain why people are marching in the streets, but not why they're being violent. If people had a sorta constant happy buzz you'd think they would just go to the park and play ultimate frisbee instead of bringing down a decades-old dictatorship.
i. Yohimbine
Contrary to popular belief, this is not the 2nd largest suburb outside of Tokyo. Apparently it's used as a treatment for both sexual dysfunction and Type 2 diabetes. In animals (and humans). Hmm, there's a cheap and pathetic joke waiting to be maid here... waiting...to...be... made. Wait for it... wait for it...
I'm pretty sure Libyans aren't having problems mating with sheep. Ah, there it is! Next!
3) The Short List
Well that pretty much leaves us with Amphetamines and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (NRI's). I don't really have a good way of determining which is the winner other than perhaps checking what the availability would be like in Libya.
Ideally you'd need a drugs which is available now but wasn't available before. This would fit Gadhafi's foolproof theory perfectly. After all it would be odd if the cause of the violence was a drug that was always available to the masses before that suddenly and inexplicable surged in popularity.
Okay, so let's do this scientifically:
- when I Google "amphetamines + Libya" I get 491,000 results
- when I Google "Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors + Libya" I get a paltry 14,500 results.
NRI's sounds new to me based on the fact that it doesn't have a lot of connections made between it and Libya on the ol' Googlebox.
Now sure most of these search results in both cases don't have anything to do with drug use in Libya, but that's besides the point. When it comes to humor never let the facts get in the way of the punchline.
4) The Winner: NRI's
Congrats NRI's! You win! Through the use of the process of elimination and the science method we can why it is the drug that Gadhafi is surely targetting. Let's summarize our results.
Gadhafi's Thesis: Drugs are causing people to protest in the streets
- High excitment: Surely do to a stimulant drug
- Violence seems to follow excitment: Indicative of a drug that has a "downer" period post "high"
- Relatively new drug: Some drug which wasn't on the scene before but is not playing a part
Cause: NRI
See! Science and Gadhafi can be fun!
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Thus the main percentage of FX loans is held by Greek and Austrian banks. A mention for OTP – they sold 90% of their portfolio of FX loans to OTP Hungary and OPT Holand, thus those loans don't appear anymore on Romanian statistics even the debtors are Romanian citizens.
- 4831/121/2014 – Galati Court
- 1730/114/2014- Buzau Court
In these causes the justice decided that the loan should be denominated (reimbursed at the course of CHF from the according date – approximately 2 lei/CHF; Now the course is 4,2 lei/CHF thus the costs increased more that 100%)
There are any others causes which are in progress.
Unfortunately there are some causes won by the banks so for the moment there is no unitary practice in Romania related to these causes.
Unfortunately in Romania the government decided to do nothing regarding this problem and asked banks to negotiate individually with affected people. We hope that for the future the government will be inspired by the actions taken by other country (like Hungary for example) in order to protect their population by these toxic loans that doubled the financial effort for families in just 5 or 6 years.
PARAKLETOS is a Romanian nonprofit consumer association that was founded in 2014 and now it has around 4200 members.
The aim of the organization is to protect and promote the rights and interests of the consumers inside and outside the country. The association fights against economical abuses which manifests especially by the abusive clauses inserted in the contracts between consumers and economical entities.
On short term Parakletos intent to eliminate all abusive clauses from banking contracts intervening in the court clauses opened between ANPC (National Authority for Consumers Protection) and eleven Romanian banks.
On medium and long term, the Association will start a network of at least 10 branches in different districts in order to formulate actions in justice according to articles 12 and 13 from Law 193/2000 which permits to consumers associations to begin court cases in order to eliminate abusive clauses from all contracts of all consumers.
Other purpose of the association is to educate from financial point of view the population in order to protect citizen interests and rights.
The association was an initiative of Gheorghe Piperea, lawyer and professor in law which is its president. The members of the board of the association are: Ana-Maria Masoud, Beatrice Aldea, Calu Monica, Ilie Balasoiu and Bogdan Constantin Istrate.


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If you're 19, you've probably already seen this video, but it just cracked the news 'sphere today. Which is to say, I saw it on Hot Air a little while ago. If you've ever wondered what it would take for your manliness to be insulted by CBS, we've just found the answer. A guy takes his girlfriend to a baseball game; the batter hits a high but lazy foul popup straight toward them; he stands up and makes as though to catch the ball, but ditches at the last moment; the ball hits his girlfriend:
This is actually an issue that has a lot of resonance for me. My wife and I go to quite a few baseball games, and one thing she has always made crystal clear is that my principal function is to sacrifice my body if a foul ball comes our way. I don't have to catch it–the chance of that is slim, especially without a glove–but I'd sure as heck better let it hit me rather than her. Fortunately I've never been called on to block a foul ball, but I'd hate to contemplate the effects of failure.
In the case of this particular pair, they are a former couple. The young lady assures CBS that the fact that her ex-boyfriend bailed and let the foul ball hit her was not the cause of the breakup–"It's not over because of the ball," she says. Sure. Like anyone will believe that. It's good to know that every now and then, it still pays to be a macho guy; macho enough, anyway, to take one for the girlfriend.
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Students in the Anderson County school system are wrapping up an impromptu four-day weekend and getting ready to return to class on Wednesday.
School leaders announced that schools would be closed Monday and Tuesday of this week late Friday after over 800 students called out sick by the end of last week as well as a large number of teachers.
Officials thought that by allowing students some more time to get over what ails them without spreading germs back and forth, they could prevent the further spread of illness. Students and teachers have experienced flu-like symptoms as well as stomach problems and upper respiratory issues.
On Monday, custodians across the county spent the day deep cleaning and disinfecting classrooms, flat surfaces, door knobs and anything else that can be touched.
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Airtel Money, a mobile wallet service has tied up with Indian Railways IRCTC department to provide mobile based train ticketing service reports ET. The service is based on USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) technology.
To avail the service, the customer need to get a valid airtel mobile connection and should be registered on IRCTC with an updated Airtel Money mobile number. The information regarding stations, trains availability, PNR, cancellation, etc can be enquired by dialing *400# to access the USSD system.
The user will then get subscribed to the USSD service, which will generate an Airtel Money express account into which customers will have to load cash either online or by visiting an Airtel Money outlet.
When a user will dial the *400# code, it will prompt the option to book tickets and will guide through the rest of the process. The user will then receive a sms from IRCTC which can be used while travelling along with one ID proof.
Airtel Money is a service that transforms the mobile phone into kind of virtual wallet which customers can use to load money and use it for shopping and making payments. It is available across 300 key cities in India and will cater to around 185 million customers of IRCTC country wide. Bharti Airtel also recently ties up with Google to provide a Free Zone for its users.
Also, IRCTC has recently launched sms based ticketing service, through Bharat BPO, Frequency Weekly and Pyro Group. The registered users on IRCTC can avail the service by sending SMS to 139 and 5676714 for the first two companies and by installing a BSNL pre-paid card for the third.
Apart from IRCTC, Makemytrip have also started with the sms based bus ticketing service.
It seems that India's online travel leaders are trying to gain the widest share in the niche market of online ticket booking and they are taking the mobile route to achieve the same.


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Following our premiere of Eli Sundae's 'Art Gallery Bruisers' a track off their latest EP Eli Bloody Eli, we get to know those behind the musical madness.
Hey! For those who haven't listened to you yet, how would you describe your sound?
Hi Sam! We make power-pop for horny dorks. A friend of a friend of my uncle's emailed me yesterday to say that the record reminded him of the first Nick Lowe LP, Jesus of Cool. I started crying. I'd like to keep drawing that comparison, please.
Tell us a bit about yourself, some fun facts about Eli Sundae if you will.
Eli Sundae is just me taking a running start at a family tradition.
My grandfather was a painter. Grandpa Richard painted birds, almost exclusively. The bird paintings were everywhere in my childhood home. They're all small, they're all silly, and they're also sorta sad.
My mom is a choreographer. I grew up in the audience of her dance performances, watching her move. My mom's dances are like Grandpa Richard's birds: they're small, they're silly, they're sorta sad.
For a long time, I was under the impression that I had to make music that was Very Serious™. That's bogus. I'm just gonna do it like Grandpa Richard and my mom. Seems like they got a good thing going. Small, silly sad. Thinking about their stuff makes me feel like making music.
The Eli Bloody Eli EP is great from start to finish, what was the main vision when you came to put the EP together?
Thanks for saying so! Making Eli Bloody Eli involved returning to the scariest spaces from my life–places I've felt like a fuckup and a dork (school, bedtime, fucking)–and taking inventory.
So it's a record about the fears you face to make some room for yourself. You go back to those places, tear them down, and build a new version. One that works for you.
How did the NYC release show go?
Man, it was so fun! We played the old record, the new record, and some songs from whatever's next. I danced my ass off, made some new friends, and totally shot my voice.
Specifically, I'd like to shout out the bands Oceanator and Hellrazor, who opened up the show. Those are two of my absolute favorite projects in NYC right now. Playing with bands that good is an incredible con, 'cause I get to see them for free, all in one place.
Tell us a bit about the cover art for the EP?
For the last record, Betcherino, we used one of Grandpa Richard's bird drawings, to set the tone for this project. I was all set to use another Grandpa Richard bird this time around, but [guitarist and producer] Danny suggested that I should try drawing it myself.
I drew Box Man, and I felt like the picture had some Grandpa Richard vibes. Box Man is hiding from everything, but he's just doing his best! Chilling out in some dope flip flops.
You've been playing quite a few great gigs – have there been any particular highlights for you?
Last month we played with the vancouver band Peach Pit, at their first-ever NYC show. God bless those fancy daddies–I shimmied with parts of my body that I didn't even know I had.
What are the very first things you do when you come to create music?
Step 1: peel off from the group hang, and sing some ba-da-da nonsense into my phone in the bathroom.
Step 2: forget I ever did that.
Step 3: weeks later, listen back to my voice memos. Mis-hear whatever I was going for originally. Write some other shit instead.
What's the most exciting thing you have planned between now and Christmas?
I'm gonna drive down the west coast, play the first Eli Sundae California shows, and finally find my signature scent.
Have you got any plans for an album now the EP is out the way?
We're throwing around some songs. I think we'll only do an LP-sized record if we have an LP-sized idea. Some of the new tracks might be growing into that.
What/who else influences/inspirations would you say play a part in the creation of your music?
Besides Grandpa Richard's paintings and my mom's dances, key influences include:
- "Video Killed the Radio Star"
- ASMR videos
- Fatboy Slim's mid-00s stuff
- Shel Silverstein
- Jonathan Richman (only the dumbest songs)
- GIFs of things fitting perfectly into other things
What's the ultimate aim for Eli Sundae?
I think Eli Sundae probably culminates in a big-ass snowball fight, but the fate of the town hangs in the balance. Like a snowball fight against the mayor.


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Conveyor systems get use in several industries due to the multiple benefits that come with them. To begin with, they can transfer heavy loads from one point to another, which if performed by people, would be very strenuous and costly. This makes them less expensive and cheaper. The other benefit is the ability to be installed anywhere within buildings. They are also more efficient and safer as compared to forklifts or other types of transporting devices.
These systems can also be used to move almost any form of material regardless of their shape, weight, or size. They also incorporate advanced safety mechanisms that help in preventing common industrial accidents. Currently, there are several ways of running conveying machines. These methods include full automation, mechanical, and hydraulic. The methods are installed to fit individual requirements.
Conveyors find application in many industries. They include automotive, electronics, aerospace, computer, bottling, print finishing, canning, packaging, pharmaceutical, food processing, agricultural, and chemical. The machine to be used in an industry is determined by many factors. Its working must be well understood before it is purchased. Some of the major areas considered include, how the machine transports, accumulates and sorts materials and material sizes, shapes, and weights. It is also good to know the loading and pickup points.
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A flexible conveyor bases on conveying beams made of stainless steel or aluminium, with slide rails. The low friction slide rails guide plastic multi-flexing chains. Materials move directly on carriers also called pallets. They may be installed around obstacles and their levels may also vary making them able to work in multiple environments. They are common in pharmaceutical, case packing, and food packaging industries.
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In the dead of night, the monsters call for her.
A noble woman with a thirst for more feels the primal pull of beings that shouldn't exist when she falls beneath the surface of the earth.
Saved by a monstrous man from the clutches of two vampires, she quickly realizes that her nightmares couldn't even come close to the things that haunt the underworld.
As she desperately seeks escape, can she survive the horrors that lurk below? Or will she succumb to the deadly power that reigns in the dark?
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She could hear them. Not with her ears. Not with any mortal senses. It was something deeper and more primal than that, and it had become more acute when she moved into her late great-aunt's manor. As if reaching out of her past, from the nightmares of her childhood during those winter stays in the towering stone complex.
There was something singing to her, and she shifted in her bed once more to listen more closely. Even the sound of the thick sheets rubbing against one another made it hard to hear, drowning the voices out.
Her nights were spent so sleeplessly that she could never enjoy the days. The sun and birdsongs of the day were unenjoyable to her as she overslept to make up for a night of strained listening.
Life became a strange daze to her. Ever sleep-deprived, her mind always lingered on matters nobody else could relate to; none of her high society friends, certainly not the servants who came and brought her supplies and transferred her belongings.
Arising from a brief spate of sleep, she moaned, surprised to have woken with her hand cupping her sex, and she slipped it out of the white, lacy undershorts and rested it onto her stomach. She could smell herself in the air, and it was tinged with something beyond her reasoning.
Thia knew not what they were, or where they lurked, but after her fourth sleepless night, she knew she had to find them.
Slipping from her bed, the wood floor felt cold beneath her bare feet. She was a slender woman, and she stole gracefully down the hallway. It didn't matter that she was wearing nothing more than the see-through white slip, for the help was yet to be hired. She had hurried to this place as soon as her great-aunt died.
Something from her youth made her need to return.
Chapter 2
The aroma of the tea filled the air even before the serving lady finished pouring it up. "Thank you, Mary," said Theodora, giving a light smile as she let it be known the woman could go back to the more important matters of unpacking her things, before she returned to her parent's estate where her proper employment remained.
"Of course, m'lady," said the elder maid, smiling fondly at her. The grey haired woman having served as a constant teacher and companion for so long that Theodora considered her as much family as servant.
"Is that bergamot I smell in the tea?" asked her friend Celeste from Oxford University, another woman who forced her way in where she wasn't invited.
"Yes it is," replied Thia, the two women wearing dresses that were perfectly fine and fancy, yet would've turned a few eyes had they the nerve to parade around public in them. Yet that was why Thia enjoyed her company, the both of them liked to buck expectations in their own way.
As such they both served up their own milk and sugar in the absence of Mary, rather than keep her around for such menial things.
"Are you quite certain you're going to be alright out here by your lonesome, Thia dear?" asked Celeste, her head moving about, taking in the sight of the countryside around them as they sat upon a patio outdoors during a particularly lovely day. "I know you have always been one to skirt the norm, but… I dare say you shall be all by your lonesome out here. Nary a clever wit to match your own for miles around.
Thia's lips crooked into wry amusement. "Who's to say how long I will stay here, Celeste? But truth be told, I intend to get some of my own very special work done. Maybe write up a new treatise on animal biology, geology… once I take an appropriate trip for inspiration," she remarked with a prideful grin.
"Theodora on the Origin of Everything, hmm? Is that to be your new life's work, darling?" quipped the towering woman.
"Something like that," she responded. "We mustn't tarry putting a woman's touch to the issue, no? But first thing's first, dear Celeste," she remarked, placing down her tea cup and letting out a soft sigh as she relaxed back. "Some time to compose myself at long last."
"You've earned it," remarked her friend, smiling to her. "Don't shy from sending me a letter now and then. Especially if you find yourself off in some dark corner of the world, discovering untold wonders." She leaned over the table, smirking a bit, "I promise I won't steal the details and rush to publish them."
Thia's eyes flashed wide, "Suspicious you would even say that, my dear. I'm afraid now I shall have to hold my cards a bit closer to my chest!" They both laughed.
Chapter 3
Her blonde hair was pulled back from either side of her face, curled against her head and pulled back into twin ponytails, as though she wore a wreath at all times. It was practical for the young woman, and didn't get in her way as she moved into the basement.
Even the slightness of her physique couldn't prevent those rotting, wooden stairs from creaking, and she ran her fingers along the stone walls as she walked. They felt almost slimy, and her hand retreated in protest. Her heart pounded as she took another step, feeling the stair give a groan under her weight.
She could hear them calling her though, and she forced herself down onto the cold ground. It was dry and smooth, but she swore she felt things crawling towards her. Something glanced across her bare ankle and she gasped, stepping away.
"I can hear you," she pleaded into the darkness, and tried to light her oil lamp. "Please." Her hands shook before she finally ignited it, looking upon… nothing.
The basement was bare, holding little more than some preserves and rusting grounds-work materials. Thia's large, blue eyes filled with tears, and her body trembled. She was walking in a dream, it felt like, unaware of reality and the absurdity of her position.
It was only then she realized how cold she was, her pale flesh prickling as a brush of air touched along her bare arm.
She gasped and turned! For a moment she thought she saw something lurking between the shadows just before her light snuffed out.
There was nothing.
Just the void of darkness all around her.
She had dropped her lantern but couldn't feel it. Perhaps it was her panic at having just seen something—someone?—but she couldn't find the cold metal to latch onto as she groped along the ground.
As she searched, however, the sound of that crawling returned. It grew, and sounded as if it came from ahead of her. All she could do was follow it. Heed her impulse to search it out.
It was growing closer, but never quite within reach. Always out of reach no matter how loud the scratching sound of some unknown claws moving upon stone and wood grew.
It reached the point where she could no longer take it, not in the oppressive dark that left her so powerless, and she touched the cold stone of the wall and pushed herself up. What was she doing? Had the sleepless nights truly driven her to such an obscenely ridiculous state as to scramble after bugs on her hands and knees in the dirt? She had to get away.
She had to run!
As she thrust herself from the wall and bolted into the dark, her getaway was short lived. She crashed into something wooden, and it was as if all the world clattered down around her noisily.
Chapter 4
Thia had no idea how long she'd passed out, but awaking she felt cool air brush over her. It beckoned her, but she felt wood blocking it from much of her body. She very nearly tried clawing her way through when she noticed the glimmer of light in the distance, and saw her lamp on the floor.
Somehow it had become lit again, and she crawled out from beneath the broken, rotted wood and towards it. Righting the lamp and letting the flame grow, she could see again. Her eyes fell on the gaping hole she'd accidentally created from some rotted corner of the basement.
It led into a rickety chamber, sealed only by decaying wood, it seemed. And though curiosity beckoned her, she felt a thudding pain in her skull and the stab of hunger. How long had she been there?
Her hands were so dirty, and her muscles felt exhausted. There was a tightness between her two shoulders, and she took a step backwards. This was it. This was her time, her choice, and her body trembled.
Something beckoned her from within that foreboding hole, but instead she turned to the stairs. They were partially splintered and rotted, and her entire body felt like she'd been stretched on a rack for days. It could wait.
Chapter 5
She'd taken time to recuperate from her incident, but each moment of her wait was spent agonizing over her anxiousness to explore. What was it that was happening in the manor? What was the noise of that crawling?
Even as she sat at the ancient, wooden table her aunt used to serve breakfast at, Thia's food sat idle as she stared towards the door, pondering the mysteries of the basement.
That was it, she concluded.
That weakened portion of wall she'd accidentally exposed was the key to her answers. She felt it more than knew it. It had to be. It was as though some dark, instinctual part of her had become attuned with things she didn't yet know of, and she pushed herself up from the table.
Her small stomach gurgled in protest, but it didn't matter to the young woman. All that mattered in this instant was what she didn't know and yet knew so intimately. Lost were thoughts of balls and courtly affairs, of obligation to family and the estate.
It was as though whatever secrets were there had crawled under her flesh and infested her slim body. She wore a long, antique-gold dress that brushed against her ankles as she walked and bared her shoulders, and though she knew it was impractical, she breezed past the hall leading to her bedroom on the way to those rickety stairs.
Still, she hesitated at the top, and her hand trembled as she went to the oil lamp. The help would be arriving within a fortnight, but the wait… It was torture. She couldn't hold off for the presence of more.
It was another instinct, a deep burning down in her very core. She had to be alone.
Thia had been a young scholar, an exceptional student growing up, and a pride to her family in academic matters. She had been encouraged to be more than a mere lady-in-waiting, and she excelled at it. She told herself it was the same yearning curiosity that drove her at that moment to plunge back down into that deep basement.
She reached around the corner of the doorway and found the lantern. One thing she would not skimp on was oil for it, and she filled it to fullness before lighting it and heading down that dark tunnel.
Between the groans of the stairs she heard it: that faint sound of crawling from the tunnel below. Her destination.
She plunged down, nearly toppling when one of the old wooden stairs gave way with a crunch, dropping a quarter of an inch. Thia managed to catch herself with her nails dug into a crack in the cold stone and swallowed down her anxiety.
The flickering image of some figure in the corner of the basement drew her attention until she realized it was just the misshapen shadow of an old shovel propped against a crate.
The noise of something scuttling through that hole at the other end of the basement faded, and she felt the light, cool flow of air tickling her skin beneath her dress.
Her voice echoed in the small room, and her nose crinkled with confusion. Her voice shouldn't echo, not here, not with the low ceiling and the dirt floor.
Her mouth went dry, and she swallowed as she took a step towards the shovel, her fingers touching against it. Should she take a weapon? Something within her said no, and her hand retreated.
Thia approached the hole, the lantern shedding light upon those ancient cut timbers. They looked nothing like the wood throughout the rest of the manor, not even the rotted old boards in the basement. Even those must have been replaced a dozen times since these before her were put in place, and it didn't take much for her to push the ones in the hole out of the way. They crumbled with ease, falling apart against her push, twisting and breaking, but not with the crunch of wood in the other room. These were molded and slightly damp; they peeled away like soggy bread.
Her curiosity nearly got the better of her, but she cleared enough of a space to safely get through before attempting to squeeze in. When she pushed her lantern through all she saw were the smoothly worn away walls of what was once a tunnel leading down. She could see that damp water trickled across their surface, and had turned what must have once upon a time been carved stone blocks into smooth, nearly melded surfaces.
It was an older stonework than the rest of the manor, she noticed right away. Nothing like the elegant style of the rest of her aunt's place.
Thia's heart thudded in her chest, and she felt heat rise within her, even though the cool air was stronger with the boards gone.
She had to push forwards, though. Some innate yearning to explore, to discover, to… she didn't know what, she just had to go in. Regardless of the justifications, or lack thereof.
With careful motions she climbed through that gateway into the unknown, and as she reached the other side safely, only the sound of fabric tearing broke her triumph. Her dress had caught on some rusted, medieval looking nail and suffered the loss of a long strip of its golden fabric.
She tugged it away, but didn't frown. The loss of the rich material was nothing in the face of her discovery, and she took a tentative step forward. Then another.
Each breath felt like it was echoing around her, and there was something in the air that made her skin prickle. A thought came to her, unbidden: I should turn back. She shouldn't enter such a place by herself, yet not even her self-chiding could stop her foot from taking her further into the depths.
Deeper she went, the stairs twisting and turning, but in no seemingly logical fashion. There was no symmetry or order to it, it just went on and on at random. Where did it go? She pondered endlessly, the trip down taking her far longer than she could have imagined. It had been at least an hour, and still the stone staircase went ever down.
Every time she nearly slipped on one of those smooth, rounded stairs she felt the pangs of doubt strike back at her conscious mind. But she pushed them away, she had to find out. Had to delve deeper.
After seemingly endless descent, and still no sign of an end, doubts began to become real. She should have prepared. Should have brought supplies. Food. How long had she been gone already? Her lamp must have gone through hours' worth of oil already!
Though as she considered turning back, a tickle of a cold breeze—not just air, but a breeze—touched her ankles, and she looked down.
An open crevice broke through the stone wall and showed through to the other side thanks to the ancient erosion of that trickling water.
The only way for her to see through it though was to crouch down, get onto one knee and lower the lantern.
The light did not carry beyond the stone of the wall itself though. She could make out nothing beyond but inky blackness.
She nearly lost hope when the idea of shuttering the lamp came to her. She choked off its meager light and stared through the crevice.
Nothing came to her at first, but as her big, blue eyes adjusted to the dark she could see it: vast cavern lie far below, carrying on for what seemed like miles.
She could see so little of it through that tiny hole, but could make out the soft glow of some fungal plumes that showed off still lakes of water. More interesting than any of that was the wall she sighted. A wall of intelligent construct. Great and mighty it guarded something, it had to. But she couldn't see. For whatever it was, it lay beneath her staircase. Right beneath her.
Her heart pounded as she pushed herself back, leaning against the wall ignorant to the water that ran down her back and soiled her dress. What was down there? How could anyone have constructed something so deep, underneath her aunt's manor all this time and beyond?
She needed to see what it was, to explore, and with renewed interest, her pace quickened.
With her unshuttered lamp back in hand, she descended further. She could feel moisture on her forehead, and brushed her blonde bangs to the side as she wiped it away. The trip seemed unending.
Distracted by that she lost her footing on the increasingly smooth surface of the stairs, and she slid down a length. The rough ride jostled her slender form until the walls ended and she very nearly toppled out into the blackness.
In a scramble she grabbed for what she could, broke some of her nails as she tried to cling to the now near smooth stone surface. Her lantern went flying from her grasp and she watched in her panic as she clung on for dear life as that light snuffed out, followed by a clatter of metal on stone as it impacted what she swore looked like a stone house.
Her heart stopped.
Panic gripped her. But she held on. She had to.
There was nothing else but to cling, suspended in desperation.
She began to pull herself up once she felt secure in her grip, but just as Thia rose up over the edge she heard it: the sound of stone crumbling.
One hand gave way as a chunk of stone came with it, then the whole of the stone-stairs beneath crumbled and fell and she went toppling backwards to meet whatever fate greeted her lost lantern.


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Scorpion Jack is a hi-energy acoustic folk rock duo with an amazing magnetism that draws people in from near and far to hear their original sound and insightful music. David Preston writes songs covering a wide spectrum of topics, emotions and ideas, while Rohan Young fits David's every musical nuance with his world class bodhran drumming skills. They have an intuitive bond on stage and can break out into an improvised number with humor and intelligence at any moment. Their almost fraternal link empowers their music and emanates into the audience endearing them to the crowds they assemble.
Their songs traverse a wide terrain from matters of the heart, through historical fiction and to dimensions unconsidered. 'Ulster Cycle' takes an educated and entertaining glimpse into the ancient times of Gaelic warfare; war paint, fierce warriors, and passionate battles all in an endless ancient cycle still leaking into today's hearts and minds. 'News' collects images of today's world spinning out of control right under our noses. 'It's the light' speaks from a clouded world of rain, damp and dreary about the appreciation of the light we so often take for granted and embraces it into deeper human meaning. 'Constantly burning' delves into a spirit on perpetual fire, relentlessly searching a release for the reckless abandon of explosive destruction.
Watching these two perform the music they have created together, one would never guess the opposite nature of their backgrounds. Rohan was brought up in West Belfast, a staunch Republican community, and David is from a Unionist area. Scorpion Jack is a perfect example of the power of a shared aspiration and overcoming everything to achieve it. Their partnership grew from their innermost similarities; a love for organic sound and an ability to channel distilled truth. Their music questions the world around them, explores the emotions of their time, shows the possibility of the future, and reflects the presence of an uneasy undercurrent running just below the surface of Northern Ireland itself. Scorpion Jack is Belfast born and bred and represents a new perspective on what this city could become when people look collectively towards the future instead of wearily at each other.


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Haha, a summer pastime for my family is garage sales. Haha. Haha. There aren't very many for them to go to now, but they did go to this one and I ended up getting the bounty for it. Apparently the people holding the sale were actors or something (why is that relevant? Makes them sound cooler). But they ended up buying me some manga for 10¢! I got four titles but unfortunatly I'm a order whore (except Rozen Maiden. I don't have seven or five but I have six, oh yeah expect an entry on the cont. of Rozen Maiden that I had NO IDEA ABOUT, DAMN). I got .hack//Legend of The Twilight vol.2, Girls Bravo vol.6, Negima! vol.10, and some american made manga that's rather funny.
But I learned something. I love my Guide to Manga book. I use it for everything (did you know the Tsukihime managa was licensed?!) but I was shocked to find they didn't have North American manga in it. That's kinda stupid isn't it? I mean it's a guide in English. Hurrrrrhurrr.
It's easy to catch up on all them and maybe I'll try to sell them (I have a shelf of undesirable manga already). But on the back of the Negima manga is Yue and she looked so much like Patchy that I could never, never allow myself to part with it. <3


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Oncotarget is a medical journal that has a collection of peer-reviewed research articles. Majorly, the articles its repository are full of findings that deal with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer.
In the light of gaining insight about oncology, Oncotarget has incorporated interdisciplinary latitude for other research papers to be published. Immunology, physiology, pathology, endocrinology, molecular biology, pharmacology, and biochemistry are some of the disciplines whose investigative works have been released by Oncotarget.
One of the major reasons why these fields have been accepted in this journal is because of their contribution towards understanding cancer. With this interdisciplinary collection in one depository, it has enhanced data and information sharing. This has prompted to the development of allosteric techniques and methods of facing the overly increasing threat of cancer. Oncotarget is also available on Dove Press.
More recently, Oncotarget published studies in Gerotargeting which explores age and its relation to cancer. Also, the journal has welcomed on publications from Neuroscience and radiology. This is because neuroscience will best advance knowledge on the management of cancer patients while radiology will work to find safer nuclear medicine treatment options.
By day, Oncotarget is widening their mandate through the multidisciplinary availability of the scientific information. Besides, the journal has provided a platform for oncology research to have an impact via insightful reviews.
Since the creation of Oncotarget in 2010, its effect has been felt far and wide. Thomson Reuter's assessment has seen its Impact factor rise exponentially. The citations made from its published articles show that its reports are scientifically reliable and valid.
To this end, it is evident that key milestones have been established in cancer diagnosis and treatment. The knowledge available has promoted prevention. Oncotarget has filled the gap.
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Before becoming one-half of Seattle's most formidable husband-wife chef duo, Seif Chirchi's initial forays into the culinary world were in the form of macaroni and cheese. Later, the Chicago native's restaurant experience was limited to the front of the house, where he worked as a server and bartender while studying business at the University of Illinois. One night he was asked to assist in the kitchen, and quickly became hooked to the back of the house. He went on to work at several restaurants in Urbana, Illinois, picking up the kitchen basics. Finally, Chirhci decided to attend culinary school and enrolled at the Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon. Graduating in 2001, Chirchi headed to New York City where he spent two years at Alain Ducasse at the Essex House where he met his future wife and collaborator Rachel Yang.
After moving to Seattle in 2006, the couple opened Coupage. Between love and ambition, the two left the following year to open their own restaurant, Joule, which received critical acclaim. In its first two years, the restaurant scored a three-star review from The Seattle Times, and Chirchi and Yang won a tough, televised competition against Iron Chef Jose Garces on the Food Network's "Iron Chef America." They've also received a James Beard "Best Chef, Northwest," nomination. In 2010, Chirchi and Yang opened Revel, followed by Trove, which features a noodle bar, Korean BBQ, and a parfait window, and was named one of GQ's "Best New Restaurants of 2015." With their nontraditional twist on Korean cuisine, a remarkable work ethic, and a progressive stance on fair wages, team Chirchi-Yang is a model for restaurateurs and chefs alike. For their work, the duo earned a 2015 StarChefs Rising Star Restaurateurs Award.
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Is a big "Game of Thrones" secret out of the bag?
Isaac Hempstead Wright (who plays Bran) did an interview with Empire magazine, and the excerpt that was just posted to Redditor includes the supposed "real name" of Snow (Kit Harington), although it's not mentioned by Wright himself.
[Potential spoilers from here on out, obviously.]
Fans already know that Jon Snow isn't a Stark (as was originally thought), but a Targaryen.
Here's what was posted to Redditor: Jon Snow's (alleged) real name is (drumroll please): Jaehaerys Targaryen.
As we saw in the last episode of season six, Bran's (Isaac Hempstead Wright) psychic time-traveling 'greensight' revealed the true nature of Jon's birth heritage and his real name: Jaehaerys Targaryen. 'Bran's now in this precarious situation in which it's just him and Meera [Ellie Kendrick], and he has all of this information that could change the entire story,' says Hempstead Wright. And it's not just about Jon. 'He knows about the origin of the White Walkers, too.."
"You know nothing, Jaehaerys Targaryen," just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?
We'll have to wait a whole month (at least) to find out if this tidbit is true. Season 7 premieres on HBO on July 16.
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Thanks to Angelo from the band Le Scimmie for sharing this album!
Le Scimmie is an Italian duo that plays some stunning Instrumental Doom/Stoner/Noise tunes. These guys has released an EP in 2007 and now they're back with the impressive album Dromomania.
A common thing with Instrumental bands is that they in general create albums with longlasting songs. This is definitely not the case with Le Scimmie, their album Dromomania contains ten tracks with a total length of just 23 minutes. So the songs are short, compact and straight to the point. That is the strenght of Le Scimmie! Enjoy!
The Italian duo "Le Scimmie" was born in the colorful spring of 2007 in Vasto, a seaside town in central Italy.
The ideas of the project are: guitar, drums, minimal power, raw sound.
In the winter of 2007 they recorded their first ep called "L'Origine Ep" that gets excellent support from the Italian press.
2008: the band reached the final at one of major Italian music festival called "Italia Wave" and remains on tour for about a year.
After a year of silence, in January 2011, Le Scimmie released their first album entitled "Dromomania".
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Condemning the provocative speeches delivered by many prominent Right-Wing Hindu leaders at a seminar on November 11, political parties and Muslim Organizations on Monday said that it was an attempt to harm the harmony in the Jammu region.
Prominent right-wing leaders including academician, Madhu Kishwar, activist, Sushil Pandit, MLA Udhmapur and others on Sunday had termed the Muslim colonies in Jammu as "threat".
The seminar was organised by a little-known organization, IKKJUTH.
Jammu Muslim Front (JMF), a prominent Muslim organization, strongly denounced the speeches delivered at the and said that these speeches were aimed to "fan riots for bloodshed."
In a statement, Jammu Muslim Front leaders including chairman Shuja Zaffar and president of Front, Qazi Imran expressed their displeasure that elements of disruption are being given free hand to fan communal divide.
Further, the leaders of the Front said that "instead of demanding the ouster of non-State Subject, these hate mongers are issuing statements to pollute the peace of Jammu".
"No Masjid has been constructed on Govt land which can be verified and the bank of Ranbir canal will clarify the facts," they said, and added that Jammu Muslims are more loyal to the State than anyone else to hide behind communal slogans.
The Front leaders demanded a strict action against element of disruption. "Moreover, the issue of migrants is the subject matter of centre Govt but raising hue-and-cry time and again proves their guilt of being insincere and lack confidence in centre leadership."
MLA Mendhar and senior National Conference (NC) leader Javed Rana Monday while reacting to speeches appealed Governor Satya Paul Malik to order a probe into how a "conference on communal lines was organized in Jammu where hate speeches were given against Muslim community".
"It is very unfortunate and condemnable that a conference was held by the right wing organization namely IKKJUTH Jammu in which one community was targeted openly to divide society on the bases of religion and region," said Javed Rana while expressing serious concern over the attempt to divide society.
Rana said that with organization of communally "charged conference in Jammu has taken away faith of people on the administration and police department which remained mute spectators".
He said that administration allowed such a communal conference in Jammu "which has openly spread venom against a community and termed Muslim colonies as threat to Dogras".
"As there was no action from the police against the hate mongers, it seems civil administration is in hands in glove with the organizers of the conference i.e. IKKJUTH Jammu."
"Those who do not belong to Jammu and Kashmir spitted venom against the people of the State, during the conference," he said, adding "Fear is being created among the people to gain political mileage."
He said that Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir regions are one State. "There may be different aspirations, but we are not against each other on communal lines," he added, while asserting that people of Jammu have welcomed all the displaced persons or refugees suffered during peak of militancy and now, "a situation is being created to divide secular society on communal lines."
"Jammu remained a face of communal harmony not only in State, but entire country. After the killing of Parihar brothers in Kishtwar, Jammu had showed communal harmony despite repeated attempts to create mistrust among the people of different faiths."
He said that it was slap to those communal elements "who wanted to create a divide". "Jammu people have always remained united irrespective of their religious identity," he said.
He appealed the Jammuities to boycott such elements, "who are provoking people, and promoting communal hatred against each other".
Various political and socio-religious organisations of twin districts of Rajouri-Poonch alsolambasted the right wing organization IKKJUTH Jammu for allegedly "polarizing situation" by organizing an anti-Muslim seminar.
In a joint they said that during the seminar, the leaders along with a legislator categorized Muslims "as threat to Dogras and rise of Muslim colonies in Jammu a hatched conspiracy to bring demographic changes".
The prominent organizations and persons including, PDP District Rajouri Spokesman Tazeem Dar,Tehreek-E-Ghulamana-E-Mustafa ﷺ, Anjuman Ahl E Sunnat Rajouri, J&K Ittehad Ul Muslemeen, Darhal United Front, have termed the statements of right wing leaders as "communally sensitive which terrorizes minorities and secular fabric of the state".
The joint statement from the prominent organizations have also accused Governor Administration for giving space to such elements "who add fuel to fire and divide society which could cause serious consequences".
All organisation have as Governor's Administration to keep an eye on these "vicious elements" in the society.
The organisations have warned the state administration of dire consequences "if such people are allowed to preach hatred openly".
Provocative speeches by prominent Right Wing Hindu leaders at Jammu seminar evoke sharp criticism
Condemning the provocative speeches delivered by many prominent Right-Wing Hindu leaders at a seminar on November 11, political parties and Muslim Organizations on Monday said that it was an attempt to harm the harmony in the Jammu region.


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Thanks. I have already found the information from the census reports that you cited. What I have been trying to do is find out his family history prior to 1844. There are no records to show who his parents were.
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He's the guy responsible for rocking the party but, after 16-months of doing just that while touring the globe, Ed Sheeran is signing out for a year-end pause. Having wrapped up the last night of his world tour in New Zealand on December 12, Ed took to his Instagram account to make his decision official.
In a candid note to family, friends and fans, he wrote: "Hello all. I'm taking a break from my phone, emails and all social media for a while, I've had such an amazing ride over the last 5 years but I find myself seeing the world through a screen and not my eyes so I'm taking this opportunity of me not having to be anywhere or do anything to travel the world and see everything I missed (sic)."
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Jewish World Review Aug. 19, 1999 /7 Elul, 5759
Lawrence Kudlow
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Most Fed watchers now believe the central bank's overnight policy rate will be raised a quarter point at the June 30 FOMC meeting; futures markets have priced in a second Fed snugging in the fourth quarter. Economists will be forced back to their drawing boards in order to revise down their growth forecasts in the wake of higher oil prices.
Life is full of surprises. Two years ago it was the Asian collapse. Last year was the Russian meltdown. This year it's oil. Makes forecasting an exercise in humility.
It is especially noteworthy that most forecasters are blaming an "overheated" economy as the chief culprit behind this year's interest rate rise and related flare-up of inflation fears. Hauling out their Phillips curves -- which incorrectly posit an inverse trade-off between falling unemployment and rising inflation -- mainstream economists in and outside the Fed are singing a familiar tune: growth must be slowed lest inflation rise.
A 4.2% jobless rate is way below the so-called non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU), they say, despite the fact that both unemployment and inflation have been falling together for years. Bond traders seem to hate jobs; except, of course, their own. In this limits-to-growth Malthusian model of pessimism more people working and prospering is a bad thing. Tch, tch. No wonder economics is called the dismal science.
Notwithstanding the Keynesian chorus, I believe that OPEC's rigging of higher oil prices is mainly responsible for rising rates, not the healthy economy. Just look at recent history. In 1997, oil averaged $20.60 per barrel, with Treasury yields hovering close to 7%. Last year, however, oil dropped 29% to a calendar average of $14.40. Right on cue, the 30-year Treasury bond dropped roughly a third to less than 5%. Today, with oil ranging close to $18 per barrel, a 25% price hike over 1998, long bond rates are approaching 6Ľ%, about the same magnitude of gain as oil.
Coincidence? I don't think so. Temporary oil shocks have always affected interest rates and the economy. Last year, for example, the economy surged from only 1.8% growth in the spring quarter to 6% in the autumn period as oil prices declined sharply. Nearly everyone was fretting about deflationary recession imported from Asia and Russia, but slumping oil and falling interest rates actually generated a highly stimulative tax-cut effect that lowered inflation and raised growth.
The 1998 experience was the mirror image reversal of the 1970s, when a quadrupling of oil prices led to stagflation and sky-high interest rates. The stock market lost nearly two-thirds of its real value. Importantly, though, misguided Federal Reserve policies during those years of malaise aided and abetted the economic decline.
In a mistaken attempt to offset the contractionary nature of the big oil shock in the Seventies, the Fed under Arthur Burns and G. William Miller pumped in more and more money. Gold and other commodities soared, while the dollar slumped. This easy-money accommodation succeeded in turning a temporary inflation of oil into a decade-long inflation of all goods and services. Higher inflation amounted to a huge tax hike that impoverished the economy by depressing growth, productivity and real wages. By the way, for you Phillips curvers out there, inflation and unemployment went up together.
Alan Greenspan has a good grasp of this history, and this may explain why he is likely to restrain credit a bit this summer. Not to prevent growth, but to avoid monetizing higher oil prices into a general inflation increase that could take several years -- and a recession -- to snuff out.
Incidentally, Greenspan acted similarly in 1990. Despite the onset of recession, the Fed refused to ease policy when the Iraq invasion of Kuwait temporarily drove oil prices to nearly $40 per barrel. It was this restraint, along with subsequent tightening moves to counter rising commodity prices in 1994, that led to virtually zero inflation and price stability over the past three years.
As for today's oil problem, it won't take much from the Fed to limit the inflationary potential because it's not much of a problem. We know this because falling precious metals, stable commodity indexes and a strong dollar are all signaling that future inflation over the next year will actually be lower than it is today. These market-based commodity indicators have a much more accurate inflation-forecasting record than the unemployment rate or the pace of economic growth.
Remember, inflation is caused by a drop in dollar purchasing power, not prosperity. A general increase in all prices, not just oil (or wages), is possible only when money supplied by the Fed is greater than the markets and the economy demand. The price of gold, the CRB index and the dollar index are the best measures of "excess money." Think of them as an advance scouting party; they are early warning indicators of monetary over-abundance and future inflation. Right now these "price rule" signals suggest that money is scarce, not loose.
So I don't have much enthusiasm for a Fed-tightening move. It's not the 1970s. The oil hike will be temporary, and a King dollar-linked $260 gold price tells me that monetary policy is already tight. Then again, if new technologies have reduced the cost of producing oil to about $7 per barrel in West Texas, and $4 per barrel in the North Sea, even $18 oil can't last for very long. OPEC may think it's in control, but the world market will prove to be the eventual winner. Over time, selling prices will converge with production costs.
Actually, over the past three decades, one ounce of gold, on average, purchases 20 barrels of oil. So, if gold stays around $260, then oil could drop to $13 per barrel. And that would be consistent with 4˝% to 5% long Treasury rates, as the underlying inflation trend edges below 1%. Capitalizing 3% to 5% expected corporate profits with a 5% discount rate would greatly expand price-earnings multiples and boost the stock market over the next year. Keep optimism alive.
As for the Fed, if they must tighten to offset higher oil -- last year they eased when oil dropped -- I won't lose much sleep over it. Call it opportunistic disinflation. But unnecessary Fed tightening does risk a bigger near-term stock market correction. It will reduce growth over the next year by roughly one-half of a percentage point. Subtract another 1% from growth as business firms complete their Y2K investment upgrades. Also, incipient recoveries in Europe, Asia and Latin America may be injured. For the Y2K presidential race, Al Gore's polls will suffer.
Here's a better idea for Greenspan and Co. Take a short ride over to the Justice Department, where all those former Jimmy Carter anti-trust busters are working their keysters off to prosecute pro-consumer Microsoft and Intel, which are producing more technology goods at lower prices, but have not uttered one peep about OPEC, whose anti-consumer and anti-growth policies are conspiring to produce less oil at higher prices.
We know that at least one American oil company, Chevron, is colluding with OPEC. So
there's a legal hook to hang on. The Fed might suggest regulatory action against a real
monopolist, namely OPEC. And that would hasten the decline of oil prices. Sure beats
a monetary dose of castor
JWR contributor Lawrence Kudlow is chief economist for Schroder & Co. Inc and CNBC. He is the author of American Abundance: The New Economic & Moral Prosperity. Send your comments about his column by clicking here.