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September was the start of budget season, when department heads must make their case for new funds from the central pot. In recent years, costs and revenues have been allocated more assiduously, in line with both capital constraints and regulatory requirements.
COOs must explain how they will deliver faster, more efficient back-office support and accommodate new regulatory obligations. Additionally, COOs are expected to innovate, improve operational effectiveness, reduce costs and improve client service. All on a shoestring budget.
But there is hope! We are also living through an age of unparalleled technology innovation which offers real improvement. The challenge for COOs is to find technology that does not involve expensive change management projects to tailor systems to the individual business lines.
Taskize, can provide high-productivity framework for fixing back-office breaks and addressing processing issues and queries delivered as a modern utility. With little upfront or ongoing costs, Taskize offers access to a network that leverages widespread industry expertise to connect problems and the people that can resolve them.
In recent years, focus has shifted from the top line to the bottom line, but transaction cost analysis is in its infancy in many asset classes. Legacy systems are not structured to identify the costs of servicing individual clients. When a manual fix is required to support a client, the costs can be significant. Allocating costs to clients with accuracy is a challenge, but innovation at the operating level is providing new insights.
Taskize, enables extra customer service from the back office to be logged and tracked on a per client per business per activity basis, helping to monitor client profitability across silos.
Banks must find ways to continually innovate to augment and reinvent existing value propositions if they are to maintain mutually beneficial relationships with clients. To do this, they need a firm but flexible foundation. Taskize offers an operating infrastructure to help deliver high-quality transaction execution. Greater transparency on processing can help to evolve client needs and quantify client service costs accurately, providing executives with critical market intelligence for budget purposes.
A well-functioning operational infrastructure may not win new business, but through intelligent, cost-conscious use of innovation it can help to maintain long-term client relationships, and ensure that budget proposals are based on an accurate understanding of client profitability. Indeed, this is now expected.


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Full Workout Description
The clock will be set for 8 minutes. At the call of 3-2-1-GO, Partners will complete 40 partner burpees. Once completed, partners will work together to each find a Max for the barbell complex that consists of a Squat Clean, Front Squat, and Jerk. A good rep will be indicated by the Judge if the athlete successfully performs the movement standards for each movement, in succession, without putting down the bar. Athletes can change their weights at any time, up or down, while attempting to find their max lift of the complex. Before the 8 minutes expires, partners must complete another 40 partner burpees. A 1 pound penalty will be assessed for each burpee that is not completed within the 8 minute time frame.
Each station will be set up with any empty barbell and a stack of bumper plates. Athletes must load their bar after their first set of partner burpees.
Movement Standards
Partner Burpee – Movement Standards and Requirements to be announced during athlete's meeting on Sunday!
Squat Clean – The Barbell begins from the floor to a position racked on the athlete's chest/shoulders while passing through a full squat (hip crease below the knee) and then standing to full extension of the hips and knees. A muscle or power clean into a front squat will meet the requirements of the Squat Clean.
Front Squat – The Barbell begins racked on the chest/shoulders and then the athlete moves through a full squat (hip crease below the knee) and up to standing with full extension of the hips and knees.
Jerk – The Barbell begins racked on the chest/shoulders and finishes in a overhead locked out position with full extension of the knees, hips, and arms with the arms in line with the ears and feet parallel and directly under the body. Any style of overhead press or jerk will be permitted.
Squat Clean + Front Squat + Jerk Complex – The complex begins by successfully performing a Squat Clean, then immediately performing a successful Front Squat and then immediately performing a successful Jerk.


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Using CSS custom properties for the WordPress admin color scheme system is listed for the WordPress 5.7 milestone. It feels low-key enough that most would pass it over as a simple upgrade to keep up with the times. However, this feature can create ripples that spread and benefit the ecosystem in the years to come.
Kirsty Burgoine, a front-end developer at Human Made, announced the introduction of CSS custom properties for the WordPress admin. The initial work landed in a ticket for iterating on the admin color schemes. The first stage reduced the color palette from 199 colors down to 99, creating a more reasonable list to work from.
The second stage will look at how to implement a CSS custom properties system that makes sense. That means doing the dreaded work of naming things. The Core CSS team is currently looking for feedback on how to best handle property names going forward and are open to alternative implementation suggestions.
Once custom properties are in place, the new system could open a world of possibilities in the long term.
Thinking Ahead
My hopes of having WordPress admin themes have lived and died on each piece of news around custom color schemes, imaginative mockups, and the general hype of projects that never lived up to their promise. I may well be getting my hopes up again.
Developers have been able to register custom admin color schemes since WordPress 2.5, but it was never an ideal system.
One of my favorite plugins is Admin Color Schemes, which is maintained by designers from the core WordPress team. It adds several schemes for users to choose from.
Sass, which is used to generate the admin color schemes in core today, has simplified the process. However, third-party developers still need to make sure their custom schemes remain updated between WordPress versions. The system is not built to protect against future compatibility issues.
CSS custom properties change the game. With their widespread use and compatibility with modern browsers, custom admin theming — at least color scheming — is much more of a reality.
I have not been this excited about the possibility of something new since Tung Do released his short-lived DP Dashboard plugin in 2013. Now, a few days shy of eight years since its initial beta testing phase, I once again have some hope.
Given the little wisdom I have accumulated over the years, I now see that completely custom admin themes never led to the right path. I am happy we never went down it. Administration UIs need to work consistently for users and adapt to changes over time. Custom themes were a maintenance nightmare every time WordPress added a feature. However, a system built on CSS custom properties means that customizations do not break — or break far less often — as the software's UI evolves.
While the focus right now is on color schemes, nothing is stopping WordPress from moving onto other features in the future. It is possible to set up a global styles system for designers to skin the admin in all kinds of interesting ways without breaking anything. Minor options like the border-radius of buttons, font-family choices, or heading font-sizes would be easy to roll in over time.
As the block system continues to replace parts of the WordPress admin, custom admin skins will be far easier to maintain. Because everything in the block system is built as a component, it better future-proofs against back-compatibility issues.
There is a long and winding path toward a feature-complete admin skinning system. However, it is not outside the realm of possibility.
I look forward to the day when theme authors can easily roll out admin designs that match the front end. Perhaps integration with the block system's
theme.json is a possibility. I would not mind seeing a separate admin theme directory in the future either. The use case may be too niche at this point, but it never hurts to keep the idea in the back of everyone's mind.
If nothing else, the move to custom properties lets the team clean up the admin CSS and makes it easier to add custom color schemes. That is a win for the WordPress project.


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July's Member Make Challenge blew us away! Annual Members crafted alongside Lia and created their own versions of our Ruby Rose project. We loved seeing all of the submissions flood in. The creativity you all brought to the challenge. . . Everybody did such an amazing job.
The Challenge Continues!
August's Member Make Challenge: Advanced Icelandic Poppy Flower
Nothing says summer quite like "poppy." (Even if "Iceland" doesn't scream sunshine and flowers.) Their transparent petals catch the light and are a perfect bloom for our extra fine crepe paper. For this month's Member Make Challenge, I showed advanced techniques that I've been experimenting with. Follow the YouTube video as I guide you through making this stunning and colorful flower. Put your own spin on the project by choosing different colors, adding your own personal touch, or creating a bright bouquet of them!
- Lia Griffith Extra Fine Crepe Paper – Your color choice for petals, plus Cypress Green
- Lia Griffith Heavy Crepe Paper — Pear (optional)
- Green Floral Tape
- 18-gauge Stem Wire (Paper Covered Thick is ideal; if not, then Paper Covered Floral Wire)
- Embossing powder – Yellow and Orange
- Lia Griffith PanPastels set
- White Craft Glue
- 15mm cotton spun balls
Craft All Summer Long!
If you think you never have the time to craft, here's your chance to take some time for yourself and get crafty with us and our growing craft community. We are here to help you explore your creativity with daily inspiration, downloadable cut files and printable templates that make your craft life easier. We believe in the power of creativity to nurture the soul and to empower us. Our designs are created with simplicity in mind and we always strive to provide you with the highest quality DIYs. Share what you've been up to with the LG community by using #MadeWithLia — your creativity is our biggest inspiration!
Membership gains you access to our full library of DIY project tutorials complete with pattern downloads and instructions. Head over to our membership page to see a full list of benefits. And be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. We look forward to making this the most creative year of your life! Happy crafting! ~ Lia and Team
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Part Number: CM2038A
Function: Dual 3.5W audio power amplifier circuit
Package: DIP 16 Pin Type
Manufacturer: CCMIC
The CM2038A is a dual BTL audio power amplifier. When the supply voltage is 6V, to ensure that the THD is less than 10% of the cases, to 4Ω load to provide 3.5W of output power or 8Ω load to provide 2.2W of output power. The audio power amplifier peripheral components rarely, high-quality output power.
The CM2038A features external control, low power shutdown mode and internal thermal protection, and reduces "start-up surge" in the circuit.
1. The load is 4Ω The voltage 6V is typically 3.5W
2. The load is 4Ω and the voltage 5V is typically 2.7W
3. The shutdown current is typically 1μA
4. Operating voltage range of 2.2V ~ 6.0V
5. Boot pulse surge suppression circuit
6. Overheat protection circuit


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Gaza ceasefire announced (Live Updates and Video)
Hamas gets almost nothing but declares victory.
Another Gaza ceasefire has been announced, this time without a time limit.
Via The Times of Israel:
Army Radio quotes "the most senior and official" Israeli government source confirming that Israel has accepted the Egyptian proposal for an open-ended truce.
The official says the terms do not include any response to Hamas demands, including those for a seaport, airport, prisoner releases, or transfer of funds to pay salaries.
He adds that those issues will be discussed in a month, if the quiet proves itself.
Hamas's spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, is hailing victory for several reasons, Army Radio reports — for example, because it imposed what he calls an "air blockade" on Israel, a reference to the suspension by many foreign airlines of flights to Ben Gurion Airport for two days last month.
It also forced Israelis close to Gaza to flee their homes, he says. They can return now, he says, because Hamas has decided they can — not because Netanyahu has decided they can.
Israel has agreed to Egyptian proposal for ceasefire that will be unlimited in time.
— Israel Foreign Min. (@IsraelMFA) August 26, 2014
Needless to say, Hamas is claiming a great victory even though it got almost no concessions in the Egyptian proposal in the streets:
Fireworks and celebratory gunshots are heard in the Gaza Strip as its residents celebrate what Hamas spokesmen have hailed as a resistance "victory" against Israel, Al Jazeera reports.
Regional TV outlets showing packed Gaza streets cheering ceasefire for the 1st time in the conflict. Celebratory gunfire injures dozens.
— Daniel Nisman (@DannyNis) August 26, 2014
Gazans out in the dark streets celebrating ceasefire pic.twitter.com/uECTF8rlEq
— Margie in Tel Aviv (@MargieInTelAviv) August 26, 2014
Seems that truce agreement is blank. Terms to be discussed in a month in Cairo if quiet proves itself #gaza
— emilie_baujard (@emilie_baujard) August 26, 2014
Ceasefire doesn't include Hamas demands on port, airport, prisoners & funds, Sides will discuss those via Egypt in a month. – @MichaelShuval
— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) August 26, 2014
Khaled Mashaal reportedly forced by Hamas' Gaza leadership to accept Egypt's ceasefire. Apparently he's not a happy camper right now.
— Daniel Nisman (@DannyNis) August 26, 2014
If CF holds this time around its a testament to Israel's military pressure and Egypt's diplomatic influence, as Hamas hasn't received much.
— Daniel Nisman (@DannyNis) August 26, 2014
Leadership on both sides of Gaza conflict now need turbo-mega-spin to convince their publics that it was worth it in any way at all
— Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) August 26, 2014
What has Hamas accomplished since rejecting that first ceasefire proposal July 15? How many Palestinians has it gotten killed? And for what?
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) August 26, 2014
Tweeted out by Hamas, shows how delusional they are:
— Qassam_Arabic@ (@qassam_arabic1) August 26, 2014
Hamas officials have left Bunkers in Gaza, PHOTO – Mohammed Zohar Celebrating with Palestinians after leaving Bunker. pic.twitter.com/faUy0Z8ACN
— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) August 26, 2014
PHOTOS: #Gaza celebrates after Egypt brokers ceasefire between Israel, Palestinians. http://t.co/iSnLSkMWHr pic.twitter.com/9SUwTpG826
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 26, 2014
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— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) July 17, 2014
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Tweets from https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/lists/gaza-2014
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Gateway One vs. Apple iMac: which is the better buy?
A colleague of mine is buying his wife a new computer. Her primary consideration? Fewer wires. She doesn't care what OS runs on it as long as it doesn't get in the way. Until today they were planning to get an Apple iMac, which only has one wire to trip over (assuming you get the wireless keyboard, mouse, and network). Now Gateway has made the decision harder with a new offering called the Gateway One.
The new Gateway (which still has spots, thank you very much) is available in three configurations. I wanted to see how it compared to the Apple iMac my friend was planning to buy. As usual, it's practically impossible to get the exact same specs, but I got as close as possible:
- CPU: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0Ghz
- Display: 20" 1680x1050 (iMac), 19" 1440x900 (Gateway)
- Memory: 2GB 667Mhz DDR2 (iMac), 3GB (Gateway)
- Hard drive: 500GB SATA II 720-rpm
- Optical drive: 8x DVD +/- R/RW Super Drive
- Video: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400XT/128MB (iMac), 2600XT/256MB (Gateway)
- Web camera: included
I'd expect this Gateway configuration to be somewhat faster than the iMac because of the extra memory, but the iMac has a larger screen. Prices as configured (before tax):
- Gateway GZ7220: $1799.99
- Apple iMac: $1548.00
For $1499 you can the Gateway with 2GB of memory, 400GB hard drive, and a 1.5Ghz processor. But Apple has an even cheaper iMac; you can get one for $1249 with 1GB of memory and a 250GB hard drive (processor is still 2.0Ghz). Memory is user-upgradeable on both so you might want to shop around and avoid the high prices that manufacturers charge.
The Gateway One can be pre-ordered now, and is expected to be delivered in October or November. But unless Gateway lowers their price by a few hundred dollars, I think my friend's wife will still be ending up with the iMac. For now, it's just the better buy.


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01. Approaches
02. Methods
03. Target analysis
04. Means analysis
05. Promoter analysis
06. Political economy
07. Welfare economy
08. Order analysis
09. Order conception
10. Order dynamics
0th Preliminary notes
1th The question about the normative content of political aims
2nd The question about the topicality of political aims
3rd The question about the reasons of political aims
4th The question about conflicts of aims
5th The question about the realistic of aims
3th The question about the reasons of political aims
As already noted, aims can be pursued for its own sake or because one strives in this way for other super ordinate aims. Aims, which have an intrinsic value, do actually not require any explanation, they are self-evident. This applies, for example, to the aim of full employment. This aim derives directly from the requirement that every individual has the right to work.
Despite the intrinsic value character of some aims, politicians feel compelled to defend these objectives in the political contest. In order to come to power, the politician needs the majority of voters and initially there are only his own aims; he has to convince voters of the value of these aims first.
However, if the politician can not, in accordance with the assumptions, have recourse to factually verifiable instrumental connections; the politician has to take refuge to certain replacement reasons. So the politician can firstly justify his aims in the way that he refers to the authorities recognized by the voter. These may be individuals; but also the reference that this aim is derived from the constitution, or that the majority of other states are pursuing that aim, can become a reason for justification.
Sometimes aims are also justified with the fact that they have always been valid. One refers to the tradition, a justification, which even has a certain justification in a purely stationary society without large data changes.
The fact that in a non-changing world certain activities have proved their worth can suggest the assumption that they will prove their worth in the future, too. But we just live in a very dynamic world in which changes occur daily; here is the mere fact that certain aims have proved their worth in the past no guarantee that they promise success even under changed conditions.
Sometimes an intrinsic value justification relies simply on synonymous terms or represents a tautological relationship unto super ordinate, already recognized values.
The task of science in this context is confined to the indication that a not further justifiable intrinsic value is existent. Now with this type of justification there exists the following risk: In principle, a politician can see in each aim an intrinsic value. Then occurs an aim immunization, which does not allow factual criticism anymore and makes political discussion extremely difficult.
Let us now turn to the aims, which are not striven for its own sake, but because other super ordinate aims are to be realized in this way. In this context, it is important that in this kind of justification always some kind of factual hypotheses are claimed, that are possibly inaccurate, but heavily understandable by an economics layman. It is the task of science to verify the correctness of these hypotheses.
The following cases are conceivable: firstly, the hypothesis under discussion has been checked and falsified in several empirical studies; the aim reason is invalid.
Secondly, it is conceivable that the hypothesis under discussion could have been falsified in a single empirical study. Here it should be noted that this hypothesis may be possibly wrong, but that it requires further investigation; it must be expected always, that mistakes were made in a concrete investigation; so the errors could e.g. consist in the following: it was overlooked that the conclusions are only valid for quite certain special cases.
Thirdly, several investigations may be present, where no falsification was possible. Here one can speak of a preliminary confirmation of the hypothesis; however, one must consider that due to data changes occurring in the future in some circumstances a falsification would be possible with further investigations.
Fourthly, empirical investigations are often contradictory, indicating that apparently not all causal connections were considered, and that therefore further investigations are necessary.
Fifthly, sometimes there are no empirical investigations at hand, then in some circumstances plausibility evidences are cited; one checks whether the relationship formulated in the hypothesis has been tested with success in a related field. So may a behaviour that was detected on merchandize markets be transferred with some justification also on factor markets, if there are no reasons which speak for a different behaviour in both markets.
With regard to the content of a hypothesis it has to be distinguished between sufficient and necessary conditions. The closest connection between the aim that is to be justified and the circumstances, by which this aim is justified, consists then, if necessary and sufficient conditions are present. Thus, in the Keynesian economic theory the view has been advanced that only excess demands trigger price increases, and therefore present a necessary condition for inflationary tendencies and that furthermore any excess demand leads to price increases and thus can be referred to as a sufficient condition.
The relationships between the causal chains are much more loose, if certain conditions only are necessary or sufficient or even neither necessary nor sufficient. As a rule, namely several conditions have to come together in order that a particular event occurs also, here it requires accompanying measures (here the conditions are not sufficient); at the same time the desired result could be achieved also in some other way, hence there is a competition of the individual means to each other (these conditions are therefore also not necessary).
Precisely because of this difficulty in connection with a demonstration it was proposed by Hans Albert, to abstain entirely from the justification of aims, but to try to expose aims to criticism as much as possible. Those aims seem justified which were exposed to repeated critical reviews and which, though, withstood the criticism. Here the parallels to the scientific procedure for the discovery of theories are intended, here also one does not reach by verification, but rather by the repeated attempt of a non-successful falsification, to proven theories.
Prime example of reasoning for an instrumental aim is the aim of monetary stability. A stable monetary value initially has no, or at most a very low, intrinsic value. One strives a monetary stability mainly because one is of the opinion that inflations have undesirable effects on growth, distribution and allocation.
Whether economic growth presupposes a monetary stability, has been discussed controversially in the context of the inflation theory. The Keynesians were convinced that even a low inflation would benefit the growth, because the enterprises would receive financial incentives for investment through price increases and because the extent of growth would depend on the degree of investment. In contrast, neoclassicists and neoliberals fear that inflation processes would decrease the need for more efficient production and that in this way it would come to misdirected investments that weaken growth.
Inflations are still considered undesirable because in the course of inflation an unjust redistribution of income would take place. On one hand, the workers are disadvantaged of inflation because they only would receive a delayed compensation for loss of purchasing power in the next round of collective bargaining. On the other hand, the owners of financial assets would be disadvantaged with inflation because the real value of financial assets would decrease with the general rise in prices.
However, it must be taken into account that these negative effects will have to be feared only under certain conditions. If namely the trade unions manage in the round of collective bargaining to get a compensation for loss of purchasing power already for the expected price increases in the coming period, they are not disadvantaged by the price increase. Furthermore, it is important to consider that owners of financial assets could hedge themselves against losses of value by stable-value clauses and that the expected inflation will generally be incorporated in the amount of interest.
Negative allocation effects of inflation are feared because inflation processes lead, at least temporarily, to a distortion of price relationships and thus to the allocation, since the price increases for individual goods occur at different times.
4 The question about conflicts of aims
In the context of the politics not only one single aim but a variety of aims is generally pursued at the same time. So one has to expect that not all aims are in a balanced relationship with one another, but rather they possibly exclude reciprocally and at least impair each other in the sense that in the measure in which one approaches the one aim, at the same time leaves the other aim. For potential aim conflicts there are very different reasons.
Firstly, the aim conflicts can be distinguished according to whether they arise from logical reasons or factual coherences. One can not, for example, strive an increase in the income rate of workers under the secondary condition that the income rate of self employed persons remains constant at the same time. At least then, if one divides the entire population in only the two classes: workers and self employed persons, necessarily the income share of the self employed persons has to decrease exactly as much as the wage ratio rises.
The situation is different with factual related aim conflicts. Let us insinuate that politicians pursue full employment and monetary stability at the same time. At first glance, both aims seem - logically speaking - to be in harmonious relationship. Full employment presupposes that any surpluses are avoided, the most important condition for monetary stability is to avoid demand surpluses. Both aims can be summarized in the claim for a balanced development in supply and demand.
Nevertheless, we generally assume that both aims are in a factual related aim conflict to each other. Arthur W. Phillips has proven in the context of an empirical study that there is a trade-off between unemployment rate and wage growth rate. Paul A. Samuelson has shown that this Phillips curve relationship can be converted into a relationship between inflation and unemployment rate, and that therefore a reduction of the unemployment rate can be achieved by an expansive fiscal policy, but that this policy leads to price increases. So there is a factually based aim conflict between price stability and full employment.
Secondly, aim conflicts can also be divided according to whether they are of quantitative or qualitative nature. Qualitative caused aim conflicts arise generally from logical relationships; the individual aims exclude each other. The above mentioned conflict between the two aims: wage share increase and stability in the income share of self-employed would be such a qualitative aim conflict. In contrast, in case of quantitative aim conflicts one assumes that in the extent in which one approaches the realization of an aim, the other aim can be realized to a lesser extent simultaneously.
Thirdly, one can also distinguish between permanent and situational aim conflicts. While permanent aim conflicts arise in any situation, the occurrence of a conflict at situational aim conflicts depends upon the particular circumstances. So occurs e.g. the conflict between the aim of balanced foreign exchange payments and the aim of the stabilization of the economy, if simultaneously in the domestic economy a recession is prevailing, while in the external sector, however, a foreign-currency adverse balance is reported or if economic overheating is associated with a foreign currency balance surplus.
Fourthly, a particular importance is attached to the distinction between aim-related and means-related aim conflicts. With aim related conflicts the actual cause of this aim conflict is situated in the relationship of the aims themselves. So one will, for example, be able to insinuate that the individual insecurity increases in the measure to which civil liberties are extended; the liberty aim and the aim of maximum security are therefore in an aim-related conflict.
At means-related aim conflicts, though, it depends on the selection of the employed means that a conflict arises. If one had employed another, more suitable means, the trade-off could have been avoided or would at least have occurred to a lesser extent.
Means related aim conflicts arise either from the type of a selected means or from the fact that the number of means is too low. A means-type related aim conflict could, for example, be present when the introduction of participation wages, which must be paid by all enterprises, would burden the marginal companies and if therefore the workers would be dismissed. If one had tried to achieve the wealth political aim, though, by profit participation, these adverse effects on the level of employment would have been absent, since the entrepreneurs would need to provide employees with a share in this case only to the extent of their profits. By choosing a participation wage, an aim conflict then would be present that had resulted from the choice of the means.
An aim conflict that results from a too low number of inserted means can be explained by a theorem formulated by Jan Tinbergen. Thereafter economic policy aims can only be realized without conflict, when the number of the used means, independent from each other, corresponds to the number of aims. Let us point out this statement on a diagram.
We consider a simple supply-demand scheme. The quantity of a good is plotted on the abscissa, and the price of this good is plotted on the ordinate. The dark red line represents the original supply curve, whereas the dark blue curve represents the original demand curve. The state has two aims: the price shall be lowered to (p0) and the quantity produced shall be raised to (x0). The state would have in principle the possibility to influence - for example by way of the subsidies - the course of the supply and/or the demand curve.
The diagram points out that the state is not able to realize both aims (p0) and (x0) with only one means (only with the shift of one of the two curves). The point corresponding to the two aims can only be achieved, if the state influences both behaviour curves.
However, the theorem formulated by Tinbergen applies only under two constraints: On the one hand, the individual means have to be independent of each other. Here it is not primarily about the legal independence of the decision makers. It is quite conceivable that, for example, the central bank is independent from the government in the legal sense; if the central bank always supports the fiscal policy of the government, for instance always accompanies an expansive fiscal policy with expansion of the money supply, anyway, in the economic sense, no independent instruments are present with monetary policy and fiscal policy.
On the other hand, the used instruments must be effect-specific, they must be, in other words, in a position to actually influence to be influenced variables. Only such instruments, which are able to influence the position of the supply or demand curve, count in our graphic.
The aim conflict existing between foreign economics and trade cycle policy is not just a situational conflict, but can also be traced to the Tinbergen - Theorem. The two aims, foreign exchange balance equilibrium and economic stabilization, only one, in the economic sense independent, instrument is opposed: the simultaneous control of foreign economy and domestic economy by means of expansionary or contractionary methods of influence.
According to a proposal by Robert A. Mundell and Harry G. Johnson this trade-off can be cancelled in the way that the central bank is committed to orient its monetary policy exclusively at the aim of the foreign exchange account balance, while the government has to align its fiscal policy exclusively with the aim of economic stabilization. In this case monetary and fiscal policy represent, also in the economic sense, two independent instruments and the trade-off between economic and monetary foreign policy can be avoided.
5 The question about the realistic of aims
In section 2 of this chapter we followed up the question, to what extend the aims which pursue the politicians, have already been realized, respectively to what extent there is a need for action due to lack of previous realization. The fact that certain aims are not realized can naturally be based therein that they are not possible to realize at all, that here it is a matter of utopian aims.
Now the voters are deceived when politicians promise them, for the case they would be elected, the realization of certain aims, even though they can not be realized at all. And this is certainly highly undesirable. And as politicians like to promise more than they can keep actually, it is a task of economic policy teaching to examine also how far the aims promised by politicians can be realized.
This task is especially important if the facts, which the politicians promise to eliminate, are extremely complex and, therefore, can not be verified by the voters to determine whether these aims can be realized actually.
Of course this hint does not mean now that utopian aims should be taboo for politicians, that they should not ever worry about whether aims, which are now seen as utopian, one day could be realized eventually.
Long time it has been a certainly very utopian desire to fly just as the birds do. Meanwhile, techniques could have been developed so that flying in airplanes has become a self-evident activity of numerous people.
Or take the example of telephoning. Certainly, someone who had prophesied a 100 years ago, that it would be possible one day to converse normally by telephones and mobile phones with people who are located at a great distance, perhaps on a different continent (or even in space), would have been denounced as dreamer and idiot. Today the communication with fellow men, regardless of the geographical distance of communicating individuals, has become a matter of course for most of the civilized men.
These two examples clearly show that an aim which must be classified as utopian in the current period, by no means has to apply as unrealizable for all time. And therefore it is also a good right of a politician to pursue his dreams of the future and e.g. to promote research activities by granting subsidies with the aim to realize these aims one day in this way.
An additional limitation is necessary. Also if an aim - even over a prolonged period - has to be regarded as unattainable, it is - as already indicated - very well reasonable, to get a bit closer to this aim. The criterion of realizability has always not only a temporal, but also a quantitative dimension.
When we speak of unattainability, it is always essential to specify for what time periods this is true and how close one can get to this aim, thus by what percentage one can approach an aim, even if it is clear from the outset that one can never approach this aim at 100 per cent.
Take the example of monetary stability. In the 60s and 70s, the aim of complete monetary stability, thus the aim to lower the inflation rate to zero, seemed completely illusory for countries such as France or Italy. To pursue this actually, in these countries and in these times, would have had to be viewed as utopian, as never achievable.
From the impossibility to realize this aim a 100% it can, though, not be concluded that therefore it should not be taken care of this aim. Also if the central banks succeed to lower a current inflation rate of about 30% to 10%, this must be regarded as a colossal success, because in this case certainly the welfare of the population could be improved very significantly.
The infeasibility of certain aims arises from different causes. Firstly, aims may be unattainable for logical reasons.
Thus, for example, it is not possible at the same time to increase the wage rate (the portion of the income of the workers), while keeping constant the percentage of self-employed, at least if one only distinguishes between the two income categories, the self-employed and the employees (as the only non-self-employed).
A logical infeasibility is always final, thus valid for all times. An aim formulated that way can not either be achieved a little bit. Whenever the percentage of one of two groups of persons is increased only slightly, the percentage of the other group of persons must decline exactly by the same amount for logical reasons.
In reality, this impossibility does not refer to real connections at all. Logical impossibilities are based rather on the contradictions in the system of our concepts.
Another infeasibility may arise from technical circumstances. If we further discussed above that the distribution of resources may comprise only solutions that are either on the transformation curve or also below this curve, then it is herewith also determined which combinations are not realizable: namely all conceivable combinations which are in the shown diagram above the transformation curve.
However, this impossibility can always be determined for the momentary situation only. A combination called impossible today could be realized in the future very well, such as e.g. if the entire resource base could be increased in relation to today, or even when new techniques are known and used, which increase the productivity of the factors of production. However, the improved technology is only one possible, but not necessary condition for that in the future even more goods can be produced than today.
Conversely, of course, by the fact that a certain goods combination is considered feasible in today's period (as it is at or below the transformation curve), it can not be regarded as proof that these goods combination can be realized in the future. It must be reckoned with the possibility that the resource base declines and/or that certain techniques are no longer considered as acceptable.
In connection with the thesis of Jan Tinbergen, that the number of independent means has to correspond to the number of aims, we have got to know a third cause for an unattainability of certain aims. We have seen there: it was impossible to realize the aim of full employment and the aim of the exchange rate stability at the same time, as long as the central bank was urged to always support the economic policy of the government.
Thus, the infeasibility of an aim package resulted from the fact that the policy dictated specific courses of actions, in our example, the request to the central bank to support always the economic policy of the government with its monetary policy measures. Johnson and Mundell could show that a change in these demands can remove this impossibility.
Quite generally, one must point out that the infeasibility of certain aims or aim groups can not only be rooted in the non-existing technology, but also in political circumstances. Technically, it would be entirely possible in those cases to achieve certain aims (aim groups), but they can not be realized anyway because they are not politically opportune.
Take the example of the phasing out of Germany of the electricity generation from nuclear energy. Originally, Chancellor Merkel had striven the aim of phasing out of nuclear energy only in the long run. After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima Merkel changed the course and pursued an immediate phasing out of the nuclear power industry.
In technical terms, the opportunity to reduce the production of nuclear energy only gradually - as originally planned - would have entirely existed. However, from a political view point such adherence to the initially set aims would have probably led inevitably to enormous loss of votes of the CDU in the next federal election. The perseverance of the previous aim was therefore in political terms hardly realizable.


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Metabolism is one of the keys to having energy throughout the day and for weight loss. We're going to give you 5 spices to supercharge your metabolism.
According to Mayo Clinic:
Metabolism is the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. During this complex biochemical process, calories in food and beverages are combined with oxygen to release the energy your body needs to function.
Let's take a closer look at 5 spices to supercharge your metabolism.
Cinnamon has been shown in a growing body of research to regulate blood sugar.
Tip: Add a pinch of cinnamon to your tea or morning oatmeal for a healthy metabolism boost to start the day.
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Tip: Try adding it to your spice rubs for a hot kick.
Recently, the fat-burning properties of ginger have come into light. Carbohydrate digestion and insulin secretion are just some of the properties that give ginger anti-obesity effects.
Tip: Try making a ginger tea after a meal to prevent bloating and aid in digestion.
This spice is good for pretty much everything! It has shown in an Iranian study to regulate blood sugar.
Tip: Try adding turmeric root to your juices and smoothies.
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Live-streaming video via Twitter has been having a moment, thanks to the February launch of new mobile app Meerkat. And today, Twitter has released its highly anticipated Meerkat killer, Periscope, now available on iOS.
Both Meerkat and Periscope allow users to livestream videos of themselves or what they are doing via their mobile phones. Since its launch, Meerkat has attracted high-profile users such as late-night host Jimmy Fallon as well as journalists.
As a surprise release, Meerkat dominated conversations and Twitter feeds at this year's South by Southwest, an annual part-tech conference, part-music festival in Austin, Texas. But a major competitor was forthcoming.
Twitter acquired Periscope in January for a reported $100 million. While Meerkat was built in eight weeks, the Verge reports that Periscope has been in the works for a year.
Periscope is superior to Meerkat, allowing users the option to replay and save streams for their audience; on Meerkat, videos disappear from the link after the live stream has ended. Twitter also cut off Meerkat's access to its social graph, meaning Meerkat users cannot be automatically connected to their Twitter followers.
Despite these limitations, investors have faith in Meerkat. The company has confirmed it is in the middle of a Series B funding round and has secured an investment from Greylock Partners. John Elman, a partner at Greylock, will be joining Meerkat's board, TechCrunch reports. Hollywood has also taken a liking to the company with investments from Beverly Hills talent agency UTA and Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video Ventures.
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New Horror day with some of the great!
After the disappointment that was most of the 1990s, horror has made a huge comeback in the 2000s. The rise of the indie film, the proliferation of streaming and VOD platforms and the accessibility of filmmaking technology have all helped contribute to the renewed vibrancy of the genre, giving birth to some of my favorite horror movies not just in recent years but probably of all time.
Is this list comprehensive? Of course not. There are omissions. More than 13 great horror movies have been made in the last 15 years. Is the list pretty traditional? Yes, because the greatness of many of these movies is pretty widely accepted. I did try to include a few surprises, though -- mostly personal picks for movies I love and consider great even if not everyone agrees.
More than anything, this is a chance to talk about horror movies and to champion a bunch of films that I love for the hundredth time. Here they are, presented in an almost completely random order:
1. The Descent (2005, dir. Neil Marshall)
2. Starry Eyes (2014, dir. Kevin Kolsch/Dennis Widmyer)
3. The Cabin in the Woods (2012, dir. Drew Goddard)
4. May and The Woman (2002 and 2011, dir. Lucky McKee)
5. The Innkeepers (2011, dir. Ti West)
House of the Devil to be his masterpiece, while West himself would call last year's The Sacrament the best work he's done. My heart still belongs to The Innkeepers, his wonderful horror comedy about a haunted hotel that serves as a beautiful metaphor about twentysomethings in a state of arrested development. Sara Paxton and Pat Healy are so, so good in this movie that, as I've said dozens of times, I would watch a movie about them even without any of the horror stuff.
6. Slither (2006, dir. James Gunn)
Night of the Creeps) is both a great practical effects horror movie and a brilliant comedy, featuring an insane cast of great character actors (Michael Rooker, Gregg Henry) and a fantastic leading man turn by Nathan Filion. It's a miracle this got made inside the studio system, even if it did pretty much bomb at the box office. Here's hoping that people outside it's ever-growing cult of fans discover the film now that Gunn is making hugely successful space operas for Marvel.
7. Drag Me to Hell (2009, dir. Sam Raimi)
8. Let the Right One In (2008, dir. Thomas Alfredson)
best vampire movie of the 2000s (and maybe one of the best of all time), Let the Right One In is dark and haunting and poetic and sad -- the exact opposite of the next movie on this list and a reminder of just how wide a spectrum horror can cover. I've also grown to love the American remake, Let Me In, but if there's only room for one adaption on this list it's got to go to the original.
9. Final Destination 2 (2003, dir. David R. Ellis)
10. Contracted (2013, dir. Eric England)
11. Insidious (2010, dir. James Wan)
Saw and again with both Insidious and The Conjuring. Here's another instance in which I think The Conjuring is the film that's more classically "good" and will probably have a longer shelf life, but Insidious is the James Wan film I suspect I'll return to most. It's a blast of a haunted house movie, one in which we care about the characters and have fun being scared all while the movie goes to intentionally wacky places. I like it more every time I see it.
12. The Devil's Rejects (2005, dir. Rob Zombie)
The Lords of Salem also makes this list too.
13. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006, dir. Scott Glosserman)


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From the dry goods and beverage store to large industry. The route that made fortunes for scores of Arab immigrants in Brazil was the same followed, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, by the Zattar family.
A traditional company in the wood sector in the state, established 72 years ago, Indústrias Zattar is entering the 21st century with good reasons for commemoration: production of pine plywood tripled between 2002 and 2004, rising from 6,000 cubic meters to 18,000 cubic meters.
And the forecasts are pleasing. Miguel Zattar Filho, the director-president of the company, forecasts growth of 8% in exports this year.
With a solid base on the North American and European market, the company does not ignore the possibility of diversifying its list of clients. "Europe is our greatest market, but the Middle East has good perspectives," stated Zattar.
He recalls that the company has already had business with the region, through Madebrás, a trading company established in the 1970's by his father.
"We have a forecast of expanding production in the next five years and, through necessity, will not focus on just one market. Therefore, our first option will be the Middle East."
Indústrias Zattar has an export profile. According to the main company executive, almost 100% of the plywood produced by the company is sold abroad. Only sporadic deals are on the Brazilian market.
The product is used by companies in the civil construction, furniture and industrial packaging sectors in Europe and the United States. On the Old Continent the main buyers are Belgium, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Among the buyers are German carmakers, like BMW, Audi and Volkswagen.
Apart from producing inputs that permit multiple jobs, Zattar invests in afforestation. With this, the company plans to maintain a stock of wood that will make it possible to feed its industrial process and supply raw materials to other industries in the sector.
The company pine forest has doubled in the last five years, rising from 1,500 hectares to 3,000. Another company bet is the planting of eucalyptus. While one pine tree takes around 20 years to reach the cutting stage for industrial usage, eucalyptus takes around 7 years.
It is a mistake, however, to associate the image of this lumber company to that of a destroyer of forests. Indústrias Zattar has 50,000 hectares of land in the center-south region of Paraná, of which 40,000 are preserved native forest.
At the company industrial base, located in the city of Pinhão, close to Guarapuava – a city that is 258 kilometers away from state capital Curitiba -, it employs 800 people, among them company workers and third party service providers.
The company history, however, began way back, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. More precisely in the city of Zahle, in the middle eastern region of Lebanon, the capital of the province of Bekaa.
It was from there that, at the beginning of the last century, the great-grandparents of Miguel Zattar Filho, Yussef Zattar and his wife Hendi, migrated to Brazil, accompanied by their eldest daughter, Naine.
Arriving at Paranaguá port, they moved to the city of Morretes, also on the coast of Paraná, where they decided to live. There, Hendi, who was pregnant when she came from Lebanon to Brazil, gave birth to João José Zattar.
The family travelled up the coastal mountain range after better conditions and arrived in the region of Fernandes Pinheiro, close to the city of Irati, in the center-south region of Paraná state. Repeating the saga of many Arab immigrants who arrived in Brazil at the time.
Yussef – currently using a Portuguese version of his name, José – established a dry goods and beverage warehouse where he sold, among other products, wooden products and construction material. This was the first family contact with what would be the source of their prosperity.
In 1932 João José Zattar, Miguel's grandfather, established a sawmill, starting production of soapboxes. In 1944, Indústrias João José Zattar became a joint-stock company. Returning to business with the Arab world is, therefore, returning to its roots.
Omar Nasser works for the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná.
ANBA – Brazil-Arab News Agency


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Wind turbine statues.
The temperature here is now -3 degrees and a high pressure system is sitting over us at the moment. What will those sodding monstrosities be doing right now?
Sweet fuck all.
And all political parties want to build more of those costly, ugly, and useless machines?
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The Labour Election movie coming to a cinema near you
Feel free to watch the movie when it flops in May.
H/T to the Red Rag
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The Man with the Gun at your door.
Just read this at The Devils Kitchen:
My friends, We are broke. Our country—whatever it may once have been—is now laden with debt. And this isn't "the government's debt": it is our debt. The government has no money but what it takes—what it extorts—from us. We have gone beyond consensus politics: if a man were to come to your door, with a gun, and demand half of everything that you earned—on pain of severe punishment, on pain of the total ruination of your life—would you not protest?
Go and read the rest of what the Devil has posted, it's food for thought. A Polemic from the Leader of the Libertarian Party.
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How very daring.
From the Times on line:
"absolutely clear strategy for buggering us after the next election".Ooh Err, whatever next?
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Lord Monkton's letter to the Prime Minister of Australia
A very well written letter by Lord Monkton to the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd. In it he sets out very precisely why no action should be taken in regards to the supposed AGW theory.
I've created a link to it here on the What's Up With That site
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February 20th, 2010
A collection of America's most extreme social conservatives have signed onto a new declaration of unanimity called the Mt. Vernon Statement. It has all the usual suspects, including virtually every anti-gay activist out there.
The basic premise of this statement is that they, unlike the rest of the country, truly support the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence:
Each one of these founding ideas is presently under sustained attack. In recent decades, America\'s principles have been undermined and redefined in our culture, our universities and our politics. The selfevident truths of 1776 have been supplanted by the notion that no such truths exist. The federal government today ignores the limits of the Constitution, which is increasingly dismissed as obsolete and irrelevant.
And they call for a return to upholding the principles of our founding documents. They so revere these documents that they met to sign their statement at Mt. Vernon, George Washington's estate.
The only problem is that they don't value the ideals of the Constitution. They support life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness… just as long as it is their own. But they most certainly do not support our right to life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness.
Now – to be fair – most of these folks really wouldn't call for our execution. Or not publicly. Though in private some probably share the view of Joel McDurmon, the Director of Research for American Vision, who thinks we should be executed. And, of course, Tony Perkins was on hand to oppose tracking those who target us for murder.
But as for "liberty" this group includes its most devoted enemies. Elaine Donnelly is there to oppose our liberty to serve in the military. Richard Viguerie doesn't think we should have the liberty to "be out there trying to re-order society".
And oh do they hate our pursuit of happiness. Surely there is no single issue more related to happiness than family, yet not a single signatory believes that I have the right to choose whom I marry, certainly not Ken Blackwell or Edwin Meese. And David McIntosh is on hand to make sure we can't adopt. Heck, many of them don't even believe that we should have the right to pursue a little happiness in the privacy of our own bedroom.
Signatory Brent Bozell… he even objects to our playing baseball together and Wendy Wright even objects to our being counted in the US Census. There is not a single right for gay people that these folks support.
I really wish that the signers of this statement would actually embrace the Mt. Vernon Statement. I wish they would champion life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The irony is that they think that they do.
When members of the religious right talk about liberty, they are engaged in deliberate double-coding. They know that most people will read the word "liberty" and think of the dictionary definition, freedom, and shrug their statements off as innocuous.
They also know that their target audience will understand that what they really mean is "Christian liberty," but in a much narrower sense even than Martin Luther's. The far-right evangelical definition of liberty is "freedom to follow all Scriptural injunctions, (as understood by the Southern Baptist Convention, the Assemblies of God, and various Presbyterian splinter groups), to the letter."
The motto of Patrick Henry College, which exists to funnel home-schooled right-wing evangelical kids into jobs in DC, is "For Christ and For Liberty." (And after that, "Shaping our culture, serving our nation.")
These people are not really interested in the Declaration of Independence, at least not the one most of us learned about in civics class. They are trying to hollow out the meaning of its words, and pour something radically different into the empty mold.
Protecting the rights of citizens with a constitution is an American invention. Using a constitution to deny citizens rights is a christian perversion.
Also, the thing where the Founders were Deists and TJ even had his own Bible where he cut out all the supernatural bits.
"The only problem is that they don't value the ideals of the Constitution. They support life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness… just as long as it is their own. "
This says it all – it's the foundation of all that is behind the christian rights activities! Yikes!!!
Here in Canada, we understand, value and defend that 'this' must be applied equally to all citizens, something the R-R purposefully perverts! Force the R-R to define these values and you'll find them either stumbling for words that aren't christian cliches, or running for the hills!
Undoubtedly the authors of this statement had a social con vision in mind, but if one just takes the wording there isn't anything there that I can see which is objectionable to most Americans – conservative, liberal, moderate, etc. We all just attach different meanings to the words. This statement is meaningless fluff, lacking substance which they know very well if they state just the social con vision would lose support among others.
Ok, I'm in the UK, I'm not American, so I might have this wrong, but isn't it "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all", rather than "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…".
I'm not criticising the author here for not finishing it, I'm wondering if the group who signed this document are trying to leave out the "for all" part?
Richard W. Fitch
@RCM – Actually, Timothy quotes correctly. Here is a link to the complete text:
Since it is a declaration made by all the 13 colonies to the Crown, the implication would seem to be for all – except, of course, for women and other slaves and …. It should be noted also that the early draft was worded "life, liberty and property". The Founders had the good wisdom to modify that it include a far wider implication.
Thank you for that.
It seems to me that they meant "for all" because "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
I can see a problem for women there…but I assume that at some point in USA history it was decided that "men" indicated humankind, rather than "male", and I know enough history to see that people of certain racial heritage had a struggle to get included, I'm glad those parts are fixed now. I am thinking that to see that as excluding gay people, you would either have to think gay people are not "men", or not "created". Maybe some people think that an exclusion applies, because they also think that certain sexual orientations are not created by the Creator.
Eric in Oakland
"It applies the principle of limited government based on the
rule of law to every proposal."
Apparently they don't actually believe in the rule of law or limited government any more than they truly believe in individual liberty. Every time the courts make a decision that they don't agree with (especially upholding the right to individual liberty or limitations on government) they claim that the decisions are contrary to the values of democracy and the founding documents.
Perhaps these people should actually READ the documents they are claiming to support? Or maybe they have read them and just have abysmal reading comprehension skills?
What they call limited government is actually unlimited majoritarian tyranny. What they call individual liberty is actually collectivist Christian dominionism (the exact opposite of individual liberty). What they call defending the family is actually attacking families that differ from their own.
These groups have definitely mastered the art of doublespeak!
Timothy Kincaid
When written, the notion was revolutionary. What they meant was that it was "self evident" that privilege of birth did not entitle one to preferencial treatment.
This "self evident" notion was in conflict with the ENTIRETY of history. Very few cultures did not have some form of nobility or prefernce due to parentage.
Of course, at that time they meant white, male, and property owner. But the principle shined through and, over time, "all" began to be seen as including all citizens without entitlement due to the race, gender, or economic situation of ones birth.
We are simply battling to get the nation to see that we are included in the "all" that are "created equal".
Well it does strike me that sexual preference would be the next logical thing to get acknowledged on the "created equal" list, but that is just my opinion.
The thing that was baffling me is the logic of a bunch of people in a country that was founded based on radical ideas, and via revolution to get those ideas put into practice, now claiming that progressive ideas are contrary to the founding principles of that country. Then Timothy posted this article, so I was just pleased to see that there are people in the USA that are stumped too. The fault with their logic looks quite mind blowing from over here.
Evolution denying, creationist whackos, the lot of them.
Chris Matthews got somewhere near the truth about these brain-dead nutters, and unfortunately these are the very peopel who have chewed away at the Republican party. I hope the GOP vomits them out if it wants to survive as a credible electable party.
Adrian T,
I believe this planet was created deliberately, is there any such thing in your mind as "evolution denying creationist who is not-whacko?"
I think the problem with documents like the Declaration of Independence is they are written by people who are so smart, that when dumber people try to understand what they meant centuries later, they totally stuff it up.
I do admire Americans for managing to tolerate what some other Americans say. That is a serious belief in freedom of speech going on there. Even "evolution denying creationist whacko", well let's face it, it is a fact that they are "evolution denying" and "creationist", so that makes "whacko" all you are calling them. Considering that some of these people want to kill you, and many more want to deprive you of your basic rights, that is really extremely tolerant.
It's a good thing the signees used that fancy-pants font to electronically sign their names. That makes the statement really official and serious.
Richard W. Fitch
My guess is that the use of the fancy-pants font had two motives. It made a connection to the pen script signatures of the Founding Fathers and at the same time made them more difficult to read.
Timothy Kincaid
I'm not the greatest at visual presentation, but theirs is abysmal.
The heading and signatures are in one script (edwardian), most of the body is in another (oldglory), but the last part is in a third (Times New Roman).
It leaves the reader confused as to whether the whole wording is part of the signed statement, or if part of it is commentary.
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Tony Perkins' Family Research Council submitted an Amicus Brief to the Maryland Court of Appeals as that court prepared to consider the issue of gay marriage. We examine just one small section of that brief to reveal the junk science and fraudulent claims of the Family "Research" Council.
The FBI's annual Hate Crime Statistics aren't as complete as they ought to be, and their report for 2004 was no exception. In fact, their most recent report has quite a few glaring holes. Holes big enough for Daniel Fetty to fall through.


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Why The Public Construction Council of BC
The Public Construction Council of BC has just begun its fourth decade in existence. It has not survived this many years without having good reason for its continued existence. One of the mandates of the Council is to maintain guidelines which promote open, fair and transparent bidding. These guidelines are maintained by the council members who include public owners including Universities, Colleges, Health Authorities, Partnerships BC, BC Housing and School Districts; the design professionals from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC, the Architectural Institute of BC, the Consulting Engineers of BC and Quantity Surveyors Society of BC; and the contractors represented by the BC Construction Association, Mechanical Contractors Association of BC and the Electrical Contractors Association of BC.
Taxpayers should be concerned about bidding processes that create unfair and in-transparent conditions on bidding at any time but particularly in our busy economy. Contractors have choices as to which projects they might bid, and they are likely going to choose the one with the least risk, thereby limiting the competition. Alternatively they will bid the project with contingencies to compensate for the onerous risk.
Here is an example of unfair conditions taken from the bidding documents of a public project currently out for bids:
- 'The Owner may, at Owners discretion, award to other than the lower bidder.'
- 'That, should the bid form be improperly completed or be incomplete, owner shall have the right to disqualify and /or reject this bid.'
- 'The owner does not adopt or agree to be bound by "The Procedures and Guidelines Recommended for use on publicly Funded Construction Projects" produced by the Public Construction Council of British Columbia, Sept 1989, or and other procedure/guidelines recommended, adopted or produced by any other construction association in the tendering and award of this project.'
- 'The owner is not a member of the Public Construction Council of British Columbia, the British Columbia Construction Association, or any other construction association.'
These clauses would be not considered fair, open and transparent for public bidding because they would:
- Allow this project to be awarded to anyone they want as they can disqualify a bidder with an irregularity but another bidder with the same irregularity they can accept at their discretion.
- Allow an award to be made to a contractor for a hidden preference, such as local preference.
This could result in higher costs for the construction. Notwithstanding the expense to the taxpayers, we do optimistically believe we live in progressive times. With the assistance of such guidelines, as those produced by the Public Construction Council, we are hopeful that documents can be created that work for all the stakeholders in public bidding.


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grew up in a big steel city, under a rigorous martial arts training. During
the day, hes a popular martial arts movie star; but his nights are
dedicated to fighting evil. Considered a descendant of the creator of Jeet Kun
Do, Long has not yet learned that he is in fact a literal clone of Bruce Lee.
But like it happened to the original, a new tragedy could be on his way...
Dou Zhi Wang
Updated: Apr. 18th, 2021
Hmm... Long sure sounds a lot like LAWNG. Just like those who came
before him (such as Marshall Law, Fei
Long & Dragon), Long is an
awesome homage to the late Bruce Lee. Since Xuan
Dou Zhi Wang is a proudly-made Chinese fighting game, it only seems appropriate
for a proper Bruce Lee tribute to appear in the game. One thing's for sure, the animators did an
amazing job
with Long's moveset... Long definitely looks and moves closely to the martial arts legend, and even pulls out
nunchakus during gameplay and goes to town! Wataaah!
Normally, I would probably scoff at a design that looks so similar to others we've seen
before in the fighting genre... but if you see the animation quality (and the ART!), you'd agree that a lot of heart went into this design (much more than some other fighting game Bruce Lee clones, at that). Also worth mentioning, like TEKKEN's Law, Long actually has a variety
of alternate outfits... which are pretty cool. At the end of the day, a design like this should be
judged more on "tribute" than being a 100% "original"
design. And pound for pound... although he's definitely the least well-known, Long is actually one of the best fighting game
tributes to Bruce Lee, if you ask me.


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Neris Smart Pro Kayak
I will be using this new kayak for a solo expedition in Brazil . I will be taking it for the entire length of the Amazon river . From Cucui to Macapa. The kayak is very well made and can be set up with easy in less than 15 minutes, very safe and stable , good tracking even without using its rudder and finally great carrying possibility. a very good choice for fun or travel. Now available for sale in the USA.Read More


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Something quick I decided to do after a friend told me to get off my ass and start something. So I sat on my couch, propped up my iPhone, and recorded this thing.
I don't know what I'm doing.
Whatever this thing is that I'm doing right now—this writing—I don't have a goal for it.Read More
I did not write a post yesterday. By strict standards, I did not reach the goal of writing every day for a week. I could argue that since I wrote five things in five days, I wrote for a work week. Or I could just accept the fact that I failed at that specific goal.Read More
Sometimes the best end to a day is to is an episode or two of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.Read More
I spent a lot of time this weekend working on a project that I don't know will go anywhere.Read More


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Oettinger Davidoff is proud to announce this year's Davidoff Golden Band Award winners. The company will honour and acknowledge its best of the best retailers and partners from around the globe with festive events in several countries worldwide.
The End of the Kelner Era at Davidoff
Oettinger Davidoff has been going through some changes over the few past years.
Oettinger Davidoff To Distribute Ventura Cigars In Switzerland
Ventura Cigar Company announced that its Psyko Seven cigars will be arriving on European shores this October at the Oettinger Davidoff Expo in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Oettinger Davidoff AG Opens New Headquarters in Basel
The newly constructed building and head office of the Basel-based business is replacing the company's 1930 building on the same site.
Camacho Announced Launch of Limited Re-Release of Diploma
Camacho Diploma will only be offered once a year, in limited quantities – only 1,800 boxes are available for the 2017 release.
Davidoff to Hold 6th Golden Band Awards Ceremony on July 11, 2017
Davidoff announced the Sixth Annual Davidoff Golden Band Awards, honoring the company's Appointed Merchants with the best performances over the past year.
Oettinger Davidoff Expands Its Global Position
Oettinger Davidoff AG further expanded its global market position in the fiscal year 2016.
Davidoff Emphasises its Commitment to the U.K.
An early summer's evening and a London garden party marked Davidoff's renewed commitment to the UK cigar market.
Davidoff and Ruinart Host VIPs for Art Basel Hong Kong Dinner
Art Basel partners Davidoff and Ruinart held a combined VIP event on the first evening of Art Basel Hong Kong on 21 March.
AVO Improvisation Series 2017 to be Released
AVO Cigars announce the release of the fifth installment of the AVO Limited Edition Improvisations Series: AVO Improvisation Limited Edition 2017.
Davidoff Launches Golden Leaf Limited Edition Cigarillos
Davidoff Cigars is releasing a new cigarillo line named Golden Leaf with a limited production of 600,000 10-count golden tins made in the Dominican Republic. The blend features an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and Mexican and Dominican tobaccos.
Davidoff Launches 702 Series in the U.S.A., Europe to Follow in February
Davidoff introduces the new 702 Series to the market, a version of the classic Davidoff cigars with a 702 Ecuador wrapper indead of the original Connecticut Ecuador wrapper.


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The Guam hub has strengths in extension and outreach and near-peer, hierarchical mentoring. It expects to reach 10 middle/high schoolers, four undergraduates, 6 bridge students, one graduate student and one Island Fellow each year. It includes Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Leads: Cheryl Sangueza, Else Demeulenaere, and Austin J. Shelton, University of Guam
The Puerto Rico hub has demonstrated success in training early undergraduate students in the geosciences and the incorporation of nontraditional metrics for student success. It expects to reach 50-75 middle/high schoolers, six undergraduates, two bridge students, up to two graduate students, and two Island Fellows each year.
Lead: Lora Harris, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
The U.S. Virgin Islands hub provides expertise in creating mutually-reinforcing relationships with community partners across elementary, middle school, high school, undergraduate, graduate and workforce program components. It expects to reach up to 45 pre-college students, four undergraduates, four Bridge students, one graduate student, plus two SEAS Islands Workforce Fellows each year.
Lead: Kristin Wilson Grimes, University of the Virgin Islands
"The best feeling is being supported during this journey of growth within the scientific community. That is why one of my main goals as a graduate fellow is to serve as a mentor and provide guidance for other students."
"I think being a part of the SEAS Alliance gives me the opportunity to network with some very diverse and unique professionals that have expertise in a lot of different areas that I am interested in."
"Being a part of the Alliance has helped me grow in my research and laboratory skills immensely, while allowing me to meet and build relationships with my mentors, lab group, and fellow peers both on Guam and across the island hubs."


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At one time, the Grand Strand boasted more than 120 golf courses.
That number in recent years has hovered around 100. But the popularity of chasing that little white ball has helped stretch the Grand Strand's tradition of summer vacationers into the spring and fall. That's when the climate here yields the most enjoyable temperatures for golfing.
That makes the strand one of the world's most popular golf destinations. No one seems to know exactly how many golfer visit here each year. But, by using hotel occupancy it can be deduced that 1.3+ million golfers scoot along Grand Strand cart paths every year.
Golf has ranked as the number two generator of tourism revenues here since the late nineties. It's so big, in fact, that golfing legend Gary Player once expressed his belief that to be taken seriously in the golf industry, you had to have a footprint on the Grand Strand.
The area takes a serious approach to golf marketing. Many courses have joined to form co-op advertising and marketing efforts. Nearly every course offers special golf package deals.
Along with greens fees and cart fees (you are required to ride during busy times) some also include a welcome gifts, breakfast and other meals.
The off-season for golf on the strand is the summer months. But, even then, a golfer should make morning or late afternoon tee times in advance as these time periods are the most popular during the hot summer.
With some searching golfers can sometimes find courses that expand their summer rates into the late spring and early fall, normal high-fee time periods.
This 60-mile stretch of real estate boasts a collection of the country's finest course layouts. Courses designed by golfing greats like Jones, Player, Nicklaus, Fazio, Palmer, Maples, and Dye. The courses offer a lot more than what you might expect. They're everything golf fantasies are made of.
The highest ranked was the Dunes Golf and Beach Club. It was ranked number 28.
The strand's pine tree forests, river bluffs, swampland, centuries old oak trees covered in moss and the beach itself, provide seasoned and aspiring golf-course architects with some of the richest natural resources in the world.
And not only has Mother Nature given us an abundance of beautiful real estate but has blessed us with a subtropical climate that makes the outdoors pleasant almost every day of the year. Crisp days and blue skies make fall and spring the favored seasons of many golfers.
Still, lots of folks are learning the local secret that outrageous bargains can be had during the summer and winter months. The sub-tropical climate here makes golfing a year-round delight (although cold hands in winter and sweaty hands in summer can make putting a greater challenge).
The Grand Strand offers golfers the chance to savor both the history and tradition of the sport.
Considered the granddaddy of them all, Pine Lakes International Country Club is a semi-private layout designed by Robert White in 1927. It lies near the heart of Myrtle Beach. Many say it single-handedly launched the area onto the national golfing stage.
Myrtle Beach's highly regarded Dunes Golf and Beach Club, carried on the tradition. It was designed in 1948 by Robert Trent Jones, and stands in the 'restaurant row' area a few miles north of the Myrtle Beach city center.
In decades following, architects competed to outdo each other and the result was a parade of splendid designs.
As the number of courses spirals past 100, the area's popularity soars.
Each year the Grand Strand hosts a wide variety of events and tournaments designed to satisfy every kind of golfer.
Annual golfing excursions to the stand have become a regular event for hundreds of thousands of golfers and their families. Here, the strand caters to golfer and non-golfer making the area an easy choice for family vacations.
The Grand Strand Connection proudly offers our visitors links to hand-selected products from a variety of carefully chosen merchants. We are directly affiliated with many of these merchants but our list also includes merchants through agents like ShareASale, Commission Junction and others.
We are also a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.


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Traditional Thai massage or Thai bodywork. The massage therapist leans on the recipient's body using their hands while applying firm rhythmic pressure and stretching of the entire body.
The traditional Hawaiian massage. Lomilomi massage technique consists of sweeping arm movements, while the elbow and forearm are used in conjunction with some fingertip pressure point work.
Shiatsu is a form of Japanese bodywork massage that uses localized finger pressure in a rhythmic sequence. Shiatsu massage therapy is becoming very popular worldwide and has many health benefits. This non-invasive form of therapy is designed to stimulate the body's ability to heal itself.
Swedish massage therapy can be very gentle and relaxing. Our massage therapists use long smooth strokes, kneading, and circular movements using massage lotion or oil. If you are looking for your first massage experience, many people choose this type of massage.
Sports massage focus isn't on relaxation but on preventing and treating injury and enhancing athletic performance. Combinations of massage techniques are used to loosen muscles and increase flexibility.
Reflexology involves applying pressure to certain points on the foot that correspond to organs and systems in the body. Reflexology is very relaxing, especially for people who stand on their feet all day or just have tired, achy feet.


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adidas Training app + Wear OS by Google Fadeout
We want to provide you with an awesome app experience, no matter which of our apps you use. That's why we are focusing our energy on the apps and platforms where we see the greatest potential.
We wanted to let you know that we've decided to stop supporting Wear OS by Google for the adidas Training app. This means that there won't be any more app updates for the adidas Training app in the Google Play Store for Wear OS.
However, if you've already installed the adidas Training app on your Wear OS device, you can keep using it — just be aware that the app will no longer be updated.
adidas Running and Wear OS by Google
To install the adidas Running app on your smartwatch, just go to the Google Play Store on your watch and search for the adidas Running app. You can find it in the "Health & Fitness" category. (If the app is already installed on your device, please make sure it is updated to the latest version.)
Before you get started with your activity, please check the following:
- that your smartwatch is paired with your phone
- that the adidas Running app is installed on your phone
- that you are logged into the adidas Running app on your phone
You have two possibilities to either use your Wear OS smartwatch as a standalone option or as a second screen (smartwatch + phone).
The Standalone Wear OS for the adidas Running App is possible only for smartwatches with integrated GPS.
Note: Training Plans, Interval Training, and Voice Coach can only be used with the second screen option.
In order to use your smartwatch as a second screen option, you need to start an activity directly in the adidas Running app on the phone. The activity can be finished either on the smartwatch or phone.
Activities tracked with Wear OS will be uploaded to your adidas account as soon as your smartwatch is connected to wifi.
During the activity you will see the duration, distance and your heart rate on the watch. Press and hold the values to personalize them.
Pause or Stop an Activity
Tap the Pause button at the bottom of the screen to pause your activity. To stop the activity, swipe up the screen and tap the Stop button.
Your activity will end and you will see the route ran, duration, distance, calories burned and much more.
Tracking your heart rate with Wear OS by Google
You can track your heart rate via the built-in sensor in your smartwatch OR via an external heart rate belt. You have a heart rate app installed on your smartwatch – there you'll have the possibility to choose between an external BTLE heart rate belt or the integrated monitor for heart rate tracking.
In order to track your heart rate, you'll need to start the activity directly on the watch.


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From within the range of general cybersecurity topics discussed in this course, choose one narrow legal and/or ethical topic that adversely affects the general public in some way(s). Create a draft statute or regulation or policy that offers new ideas to better address the legal and/or ethical issues that currently hamper your selected topic by adversely affecting the general public. Within 10 – 12 pages, address all of the following:
- Identification of the current statute or regulation or policy that underlies your selected topic;
- Analysis of the legal and/or ethical challenges to your selected topic;
- Presentation of your new proposed statute or regulation or policy that better addresses the legal and/or ethical challenges to your selected topic, along with an analysis that justifies your proposal (share both pros and cons for your proposal); and
- Summary of all of the above for your conclusion.
1. All submissions must be DOUBLE-SPACED, in Microsoft Word, with one inch margins and 12 point font (Times New Roman).
2. When you submit your assignment, a Turnitin Originality Report will be automatically generated. This functionality has been set so that you can receive an Originality Report each time that you submit your assignment. [I strongly recommend that you submit it (perhaps several times, depending upon how you write) several times before this assignment is due. That way, you can use the Originality Reports for your earlier drafts as a tool to ensure that you will not have any potential plagiarism issues with your final draft, which will be graded.]
3. Ensure that you write formally and use proper grammar, spelling and citations (in footnotes, not endnotes).
4. You may use one quotation of less than 50 words in length to present the existing statute, regulation or policy that will form the basis for the rest of this assignment.
5. Proofread your paper several times to ensure that you have no errors and to ensure that your paper flows well and is well organized so that your thoughts flow neatly from one idea to the next.
Please let me know if you have any questions.


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BRANDON – Brandon University (BU) students will benefit from $330,000 in additional support this year through two valuable new bursaries approved on Tuesday by the BU Senate.
The bursaries were created to realize the benefits of changes to the Manitoba Scholarship and Bursaries Initiative (MSBI). Through the MSBI the Government of Manitoba contributes provincial support to supplement donations that fund scholarships and bursaries at post-secondary institutions in the province.
The MSBI Graduate Scholarship-Bursaries, worth up to $10,000 each, will be awarded to outstanding graduate students at BU who have financial need. Up to five students in each of BU's four faculties and the School of Music will receive support, for a total of up to 25 awards.
The MSBI General Bursaries will be presented, on the basis of financial need, to students in any BU program. The MSBI General Bursaries are worth up to $5,000 each and can be pro-rated for those studying part time.
"Students at Brandon University will benefit from these contributions from donors and the Province of Manitoba immediately and in the years to come," said Dr. Steve Robinson, Interim President and Vice-Chancellor of BU. "This major increase in government support will be particularly important for students in our rapidly growing graduate programs, many of whom have already made significant investments in their education at the undergraduate level. This will also lower the financial barrier for students at all levels, helping to make a university education more accessible to all. On behalf of Brandon University, I want to thank the Manitoba government for this initiative, which will help many of our students get through to graduation, both now and in the future."
Because the pool of money has become available later than normal due to the recent changes to the MSBI program, the process for determining the award recipients will be slightly different for the current academic year. The University will invite recommendations from each graduate program for potential recipients, while the General Bursaries will be presented based on applications already received for the 2017–18 year.
"There were many students who had applied for bursary money and who declared financial need, but we were unable to support them all with the money that we had in our regular funds," said University Registrar Andrea McDaniel.
"This new funding will allow us to revisit those applications and provide needed assistance to many deserving students."
The bursaries will be part of the normal award cycle for future years, with students receiving their support earlier in the year. The Graduate Scholarship-Bursaries will still be based on recommendations, while students will be considered for the General Bursary as part of their normal application for financial awards at BrandonU.ca/Scholarships/Apply. Applications for the 2018-19 year are already open, with a deadline of June 1, 2018 to apply.
"Allowing students to really focus on our studies and not have to work as hard outside the university to pay for our tuition is always in the best interest for everyone," said student Emily Simon, who is a member of BU Senate as well as Vice-President Internal for the Brandon University Students' Union. "Being able to focus on studying will help students reach their full potential, and BU gets more graduating students walking across the stage. It's win-win. In the years to come I hope there are more opportunities for bursaries to aid students on the way to their degree."
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