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How will Australia Survive Financial Meltdown?
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Is Australia going to survive Wall St?
Australia started by injecting 4 Billion dollars.
The Federal Government injected 4 Billion in to Sydney's western suburbs mortgages hoping to ease the plight of homeowners.This has done nothing more than put a small patch on a big puncture.
That is chicken droppings.
Elicit drugs did 4 to 12 billion dollars last year in Australia!
Our reserve bank drops interest rates but the banks can't be forced to follow.
If interest rates get too low, the Banks will be selling money for less than they paid for it.
It is also being touted that this AU$ injection will save the non bank sector with little or no risk by holding prime mortgage paper from the banking sector as security. A large part of the non bank mix across Australia does have high quality property behind this paper. Trouble is it is still overvalued property.
The other looser paper like low interest credit cards have locked the doors already, and forget about any low or non-reporting loans and similar product being available.
As usual the very poor are worst hit.
The Rudd Labor Government has stepped in to help the poor spend at Xmas time to help struggling retailers, and the package will see the poor pocket at least AU$1,000 each. How far this will go to helping shops keep staff and liquidity is still a moot point, as surveys have shown that most of it is going to be used for debt reduction.
It is going to be a lean Xmas for our retail sector in my view, despite this massive injection. I applaud them doing it anyway as reducing debt is not a bad thing. People will use it to pay their Electricity bill, Gas bill etc and so will survive at home a bit longer.They will also use it to pay down the huge household credit card bills from last Xmas too!
The very poor have been surviving life's dramas by buying these credit card products for years. Many banks have been charging nearly as much as the legal limit for interest rates, so paying some amount of them will increase retained income and that has to be good.
Credit card debt has been used by the poor mainly to pay for family events that they have not been able to save for.
The Australian public must not relax in the belief that the worst is now over and the beast captured. "She'll be right mate" thinking must not slip in.
We are not out of the sub-prime fiasco because our banks were in the sub-primes up to their goolies and like in America and England the taxpayer must thump hard on the ground before these banks raise their heads. Most will only admit to the extent of their debt when they are exposed by their own bottom line at reporting time.
In Australia International banks are closing with barely a whisper from the press, the economy is about to kick itself in the head yet again with the consumers saving every cent they can to pay the credit card debt along with huge mortgage payments and cost of living blowouts.
We urgently need hundreds of billions spent on water and energy, we are in the worst of draughts over most of the country and our government is about 1.29% better on a good day than the crooked lying bunch we just threw out.
It takes a crisis for the pollies to show their true colours.
Since the sub-prime meltdown out politicians have been shown to be just as clueless as the USA who are being advised by Donald Duck, or have so much money tied up in the outcome that their apparently dumb-arsed reasons are more sinister. Self serving greed.
We need some leadership and new fiscal solutions to keep some of what we have now in Australia. It is going to be a very rough ride for America and England because of the size of their economies.
We are not immune to any of it.
The 18 Billion we had in reserve is gone, spent on rescuing our finances. We have ear-marked most of it already for sub-prime repairs, and Guess what...... it won't help at all.
Leamans disappeared in Australia with hardly a sound from the press, Government house has closed the doors for a very long break as usual, with all the problems still floating around and not a solution in site.
The Government has just announced a big spend on roads and other traffic infrastructure. What's the bet we get more toll roads?
I still believe this debt should be sat squarely on the shoulders of the banks.
We, the Australian public cannot afford it. If the banks are given time, they can pay back the debt that is rightly theirs, or fall over. No loss if some of them go. We have far too many anyway. No Government will do it though. Too many deals inside the Government with the bankers lending for all sorts of joint projects.
What I am afraid of is going passed a recession next year when some more of the stuff hits the fan about February and we risk a full blown world-wide depression. That could last for twenty years or more as we stop buying all China's junk, they will only have their domestic market to sell in to and if they start hurting bad we are stuffed.
No one has a remote idea of how deep the trench is yet, and we are all left guessing as to what will happen when the whole picture emerges. I for one think that as the same brain dead lot will still be running treasury here , in England, Europe, Russia, China and the USA we are in for it.
Spend our way out?
The same old stuff of interest rate cuts will not support our economy this time around, just as it will not anywhere else in the developed world.
Interest rates need to be reasonable but not ridiculously low. If the reserve bank rate is very low banks can sell cheap money, but only if they can get it and someone wants to buy it.
Fuel prices have dumped, but not at the pump, and refining costs will only get more expensive as environmental costs are recognised and costed properly.
Fuel prices will go back up because of refining and consumptive taxes related to the pollution process from ground to burn.
Food is still crazy expensive in relation to farm gate prices here in Australia.
The only cheap food is imported, some full of crap, most tasteless.
Rent is still 2/3 of an income or more and getting harder for singles and the retired if they need to be within transport range of facilities.
Our new Labour Prime Minister Mr. Kevin Rudd must inspire his Government to get something done about the economy quickly, to avoid the recession the poor are already deeply in worsening and widening quickly.
Maybe we could do something if we:
- Build large infrastructure in transport. It is urgent and labour intensive.
- Use more environmentally friendly power generation
This has enormous scope to spend on long term cost saving.
- Develop some new industries around fuel cell, water technology.
- Tax relief are well overdue for R&D for alternative electricity supply.
These and other undertakings would lessen our slowdown. So would a large increase in pensions and health.
Our pensioners used to eat dog food in hard times, now they can't afford to anything. It costs about $3,000 to keep a dog for the year with food and other costs.Many older people who live alone are supporting a dog or cat for companionship making them even poorer.
Our pensioners will spend every cent they get back into the economy straight away. Pay the rent. Pay the gas and electricity bills, buy food and other such luvuries.
This may not pay for the above but it will help, and long-term cost saving that creates industry and employment could help, along with decent tax cuts for the middle class, who are becoming poor real quick at the moment from every angle.
If we spend our way out we will see it back quickly when the rest of the world recovers and spends up big on our resources.
At last I am reading some common sense. Australia was, and has never been immune to the financial crisis, even though I wish it weren't so because I live there. I have been trying to tell my friends and family this to prepare just like the Americans and the rest of the world because it WILL hit us sooner or later but everybody here has the attitude that 'It can't happen in Australia" I wish our Country (like China and Russia) would start buying gold, (probably don't have the money). We are going to be SO poor here!!! like everyone else.
earnesthub, Thank you for your support as we will survive as our family sticks together and our love for one another is strong. I would rather have my husband and son , family and close friends then all of the riches of the land. Home is where your heart is.:)
Oh yeah Eric, I completely agree it's gonna get much worse before it gets better. All I am saying it will be much worse in USA than in Australia.
Julianna, you are in a terrible situation, poor thing. I am afraid the only feasible option is to move to something way smaller :(
Eric, I agree with you on that as I have to be honest my husband was laid off suffered a heart attack and now we are one of those people. We were not sub-prime borrowers and we did not finance more then we could afford so right now we are one of those americans amongst others who are in trouble and it really doesn't feel good, especially with the holidays and a child. We are also watching our credit score plummet and our bank has offered a loan mod, but I am the only income and apparently my petty money doesn't cut it for them, I wish God would send us an Angel right now as talk about stress. So I agree our government should be helping as they made this mess to begin with.
Misha, it's true that we are in a better situation than the US.
But the financial markets are intertwined, and I fear that we're in for a good kicking as the next few chapters in the financial debacle play themselves out. I think the worst is far from over, despite the best effors of the whirling dervish spin doctors.
Even Blind Freddy can see that you can't fix the problems caused by too much cheap money by throwing virtually unlimited extra cheap money into the pot.
It would be far better for the US Govt. to give the money to the people so that they could pay their mortgages, instead of funding the mongrels at the banks who were the main cause of the problem in the first place. Our whole financial system is cockeyed.
By the way - can you buy gold in the US at present? You can't in Australia. The foundries are working 24/7 trying to meet back orders!
You guys will survive just fine, you are in a much better shape than USA :)
- you don't fight two wars and are not thinking about starting the third one;
- you do not pretend to be a Democracy Flagship and World Police at the same time.
Those things are a serious drag on a national economy, you know :) So I bet you'll be hit way less than USA...
Good Grief, Greed is all over the world I have a feeling that our Country started this mess, as I don't understand how one country can be affected as badly as the next. Politics is my weakness and I am certainly glad that I am learning something new everyday, thanks for writing this. :)
Now we're being told to spend, spend, spend to save the economy.
Buy more of the crap that we don't need, with money we don't have.
I think I'm going to throw up.
I love cars too, but recognise that the rot set in for the industry when cars became a lifestyle statement instead of a means of transport.
So is Australia going down the same path as the US did and buy up the 100% financed mortgages and are now only worth about 60-70% and getting worse by the day. So then the Aus banks can go broke like the US banks.


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TISS was given university status by Commission's university grants (UGC) in 1964. It was the mind child of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and was created to achieve social welfare by excellence in academics. SDTT founded TISS following Dr. Clifford Manshardt's vision of creating a national level graduate academy for Social Work.
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I hope someone here can help me. I have been running Windows 7 w/o any issues since it was first released. I had it installed on an 80GB ssd which it outgrew. I purchased a new 128GB SSD to replace it. Did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Initial boot up was normal. Activated my Windows then proceeded to do the first round of updates. after they were installed and system reboots I get a black screen. I can see HD activity but no image. I run a dual monitor setup. I unplugged the 2nd monitor and rebooted. No change. I unplugged all other hard drives and adapters. Only things plugged into the MB are the 4 sticks of RAM, my video card (MB does not have built in video), and my SSD drive. Any clue as to how to fix this? Windows was running fine. I can plug the old drive back into my system and Windows works fine.
EDIT: I forgot to add that I can boot into Safe mode with no issue. I get image like normal.
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Hi Norman,
It might be possible that one of the updates installed have caused conflict with your GPU drivers. If you can boot into safe mode then you could just try to uninstall the GPU drivers you have and reboot. If your PC boots normally after reboot then try to install the updated drivers of your GPU in normal Windows mode.
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Hi Norman,
It might be possible that one of the updates installed have caused conflict with your GPU drivers. If you can boot into safe mode then you could just try to uninstall the GPU drivers you have and reboot. If your PC boots normally after reboot then try to install the updated drivers of your GPU in normal Windows mode.
It is definately the nVidia drivers. I have tried downloading them directly from nVidia with a slightly different result. Instead of a black screen I get a screen with the default Windows background and nothing else. No icons, menus, or mouse pointer. this is ridiculous. All I did was upgrade my SSD. None of my hardware has changed otherwise. Even using the same damned drivers.
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Game Day is almost here and we know what it takes to throw a great party. Besides catching up with friends and enjoying the football game, the best part about Game Day parties is the food. Here at Abt, we have all the kitchen gadgets you need to cook up your favorite appetizers, drinks, desserts and more!
Mini BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders
These mini sliders will be a big hit at your Game Day party! Perfectly sized sliders with delicious pork coated with tangy sweet BBQ sauce, your guests will be wanting more. This is a simple, yet delicious recipe, you can make this ahead of time with a slow cooker.
What You Will Need:
- 2 lbs pork shoulder
- 1 (12 oz) can soda
- 1 cup Jack Daniel's BBQ sauce (or you can choose your favorite BBQ sauce)
- King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
- Sliced pickles – optional
Place your pork in the slow cooker and pour the soda on top of the pork. Then you set your slow cooker on low for 6 hours.
After 6 hours has passed, let your pork rest on a cutting board for about 5 mins. When your pork is rested, take a fork or tongs and shred the pork meat back into the slow cooker.
Pour the BBQ sauce over the meat, (you can always add more sauce depending if you like it saucy or not) and toss the meat so that its coated well with sauce.
Then you take your roll, top it off with a generous amount of pork and pickles. Enjoy!
Beer Battered Onion Rings
Everybody loves onion rings and this recipe will validate that! Beer battered onion rings may seem difficult to make, but it's super easy to make in just 25 minutes in a frying pan.
What You Will Need:
- 3 large onion- sliced into rings
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 2 tsps dried garlic powder
- 2 tsps dried oregano
- 2 tsps dried parsley
- Salt and pepper
- 1 cup beer of your choice
- 1 cup oil (for frying)
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, egg, oregano, garlic powder, parsley, salt, and pepper. Slowly pour the beer into the bowl, stirring until the batter becomes thick. You can add more or less beer if you prefer a different consistency.
Then, heat the oil in the frying pan over medium-heat. When the oil is finally hot, dip the rings into the batter and fry. Turn your rings once so it is browned evenly on both sides.
Once all the frying is done, grab your favorite dipping sauce and enjoy the deliciousness of onion rings.
Baked Buffalo Wings
Buffalo wings are a must when you are throwing a football party. It's actually pretty easy to make these baked buffalo wings at home. Usually you deep fry the wings but you can bake them too and still get the crispy skin! All you need is to bake the wings and toss them in sauce that you can make with just 2 ingredients.
What You Will Need:
- 2 lbs chicken wings
- 1 tbsp oil
- Salt and pepper
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First, preheat your oven to 400F. Then, rinse your chicken wings and pat them dry. Place your chicken wings in a large mixing bowl, and toss the wing with oil, salt, and pepper.
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What You Will Need:
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- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- t/4 tsp baking powder
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- ½ cup melted unsalted butter
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
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- Vanilla icing
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Once you have combined the ingredients, using an electric hand mixer– beat the mixture until it's smooth. Then once the mixture is smooth, pour the batter into baking pan.
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Take out the brownies when they are done, then let them cool down before you start cutting. After the brownies have cooled down, start making cutting your brownies into football shapes using a football shaped cookie cutter.
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About a week ago, I noted how Disney was using its new live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast" to add a "gay moment," in the words of the director. At the time, I pointed out that Disney has become so committed to this agenda that they will accept a ratings plunge just to add it to children's shows.
And now it appears Disney would rather lose part of the lucrative overseas box office than remove the objectionable scene:
Walt Disney has shelved the release of its new movie "Beauty and the Beast" in mainly Muslim Malaysia, even though film censors said Tuesday it had been approved with a minor cut involving a "gay moment."
The country's two main cinema chains said the movie, due to begin screening Thursday, has been postponed indefinitely. No reason was given…
"We have approved it but there is a minor cut involving a gay moment. It is only one short scene but it is inappropriate because many children will be watching this movie," Abdul Halim told The Associated Press.
He said there was no appeal from Disney about the decision to cut the gay scene.
There can be no doubt that the gay agenda has become more important to Disney than its own revenue. All I can ask is, "where are the stockholders?" It would seem time to shake up the leadership of the company, if one is going to invest there to try to make a profit.
One other note: many Hollywood productions travel the globe, where they essentially represent America to foreign audiences. Shortly after 9/11, one pundit pointed out how Americans might be able to discern reality vs. fantasy in films like "Natural Born Killers," but foreign audiences could conclude this represents actual American society. Given decisions like Disney's latest, is there any question as to whether that is helping or harming our image around the world, in a war of ideas where image is critical?
Meanwhile, I hope anyone reading this will make the commitment my family has to avoid Disney or any of its properties. No trips to Disneyworld (which is vastly overpriced anyway). No movies in the theater, including Star Wars and Pixar, both of which are sure to be subverted to this agenda at some point. If we think they've produced something worth watching, we'll catch it on Netflix so they don't get ticket receipts. Our days of buying any Disney merchandise are over, too.
Companies like Disney and the tech industry can afford to be "social justice warriors" because they have good cash reserves to make up for temporary hits to the bottom line.
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With more than a million discs sold and a catalogue of around 100 titles, the UHD Blu-ray format has defied critics and appears to be finding an audience amongst quality keen 4Kphiles. But if you want to jump on board, what UHD deck should you buy? We finally have a definitive answer: the DMP-UB700.
The second 4K Blu-ray player released by Panasonic, at £400 (approximately $500, AU$670) the DMP-UB700 it's a good deal cheaper than its predecessor, the high falutin' £600 DMP-UB900. Buy Pana's new player early and you'll get the Ghostbuster reboot on UHD Blu-ray free.
But what has been sacrificed, if anything, to hit this new price point?
At first glance? Nothing. The UB700 appears to promise content nirvana. In addition to 4K UHD compatibility, it'll spin regular Blu-rays (including 3D platters), plus DVDs and CDs. It doesn't support DVD-Audio or Super Audio CD, however, but it does offer High-Res Audio file support to make up for it and there's a decent selection of streaming apps on-board.
Design-wise, Pana's new deck is similar to the UB900 – in a dark theatre you'd struggle to tell them apart. The chassis looks much the same, with its full-width drop down fascia, but it lacks the UB900's refinement.
Look to the bottom and you'll notice heavy-duty anti-resonance feet have been replaced by sorry looking pads. Connectivity has also been stripped back. There's a single digital optical output, and no analogue provision at all.
And while the UB900 comes with a full-size remote control, the UB700 has a dumpy half-pint alternative. What you get in the box is still as functional, but it's slightly more awkward to use.
Spin it around and you'll find two HDMIs on the rear – one of which is audio only – in case your AV receiver isn't 4K UHD compatible. A typical setup would see 2160p video sent direct to your 4K telly from the main HDMI, while multichannel sound from the audio HDMI goes to a home cinema receiver.
The deck also has an SD card reader and a slot for USB. Plus, in addition to a 10/100/1000 Base T Ethernet port, there's dual-band Wi-Fi.
What content is on-board?
The player itself is easy to use. The main menu, with buttons for Videos, Music, Photos, Home Network, Network Service (aka apps) and Setup, is clean and aesthetically pleasing.
Headline apps include Netflix, Amazon Video, YouTube, BBC iPlayer, BBC News and Sport, Netflix and My Space. Dig deeper and you'll find some euro-specific news services, plus Aupeo! which is owned by Panasonic but no one uses.
Significantly, the Netflix app is 4K HDR-enabled. The Amazon app supports UHD streams, but at the time of writing doesn't appear to be HDR-ready yet.
The deck's file playback talents are considerable. DSD, played from USB, sound sensational. The deck reads 2.8MHz and 5.6MHZ DSD as well as 24-bit FLAC and for OCD media collectors, album art and metadata is all recognised. Video file support covers all popular file formats, including MKV.
That said, while Panasonic may have downgraded the power supply and removed some of the more expensive audio components from the mix, its HRA performance makes a good argument that there's no reason why the UB700 shouldn't find a role in a high-end AV system.
Also good for audiophiles, the High Clarity Sound mode can be used to disable video when just listening to music.
Image quality is outstanding. The player delivers an extraordinary level of fine detail, with superb colour accuracy. The Times Square showdown in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (UHD Blu-ray) is incredibly dynamic and vibrant. Side by side with the pricier UB900, there's no obvious visual shortfall. It also does a cracking job playing regular Blu-rays, offering images of nuance and depth.
There's some clever processing beneath the bonnet. The UB700 interpolates 4K Blu-ray content from 10-bit native to 12-bit with 4:4:4 colour sub sampling. Alternatively, it can output 4K at 8-bit 4:2:0, depending on your screen.
In all probability, you won't need to route around in the HDMI sub menus to set things up. In Auto mode, the player selects the most appropriate resolution for your screen. If you have a non HDR 4K TV, however, a Dynamic Range Conversion circuit is available for you to manually optimize image quality.
Naturally, the player bitstreams out both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D audio, too. Hook up a Dolby Atmos AV receiver for delicious sonic immersion.
When the remnants of the Russian spy satellite collide with George Clooney's space shuttle and Sandra bullock tries to disengage herself from the spinning arm in Gravity on Blu-ray, the Dolby Atmos soundtrack will send your viewing room into a dizzying spin.
The UB700 is a pleasingly fast loader. A feature-heavy movie platter goes from tray to Blu-ray menu is just 41 seconds. A simple Blu-ray concert disc does the same in 33 seconds. In the world of Blu-ray, this is a sprightly performance. Finally, in use, the deck is reassuringly quiet.


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4As O'Brien: How healthcare marketing has changed under TrumpMay 23, 2018
Speakers at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication conference discussed how regulations from the White House and FDA have affected healthcare comms.
Fidelino, Levy named Cannes Lions Health jury presidentsJanuary 25, 2018
Fidelino served on the Health & Wellness jury in 2015 and the Pharma jury last year. Levy has been a member of both Health category juries and was a speaker at the first Health Lions in 2014.
Day 2 at JP Morgan '18: Pharma's need for more diversity and data sharing grab the spotlightJanuary 10, 2018
A plea for IT interoperability and a stinging criticism of the pharma industry over its lack of diversity were two highlights of yesterday's events.
Day 1 at JP Morgan '18: Easier access to cash spells more M&A, say pharma CEOsJanuary 09, 2018
How drugmakers should prepare for and respond to the forces poised to reshape the industry was a popular topic on day one of the 36th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.
How a cancer nonprofit is using Comic Con in bid for new donorsOctober 04, 2017
DKMS worked with Marino on PR for the campaign and with Area 23 on its Comic Con booth.
Live @ the MM&M Hall of Femme: Women talk about taking action to bridge the gender gapJune 09, 2017
Executives discussed the challenges and opportunities they have faced as women.
Regeneron uses VR to humanize retinal diseaseApril 14, 2017
The drugmaker saw a gap in patient-physician conversation about retinal disease.
MM&M's top 5 stories in January 2017February 01, 2017
Merck and Aetna partner in value-based drug pricing; data scientists rising in the biopharma ranks; Japanese pharma leads digital health innovation
U by Kotex opens up a period-themed pop-up shopMay 16, 2016
"The Period Shop" is the first effort in a multi-year "Period Projects" campaign.
Pharma execs: MLR teams are friendlier on digitalOctober 22, 2012
Pharma's med/legal/regulatory (MLR) teams, managers of risk and so often the scapegoats for creating roadblocks to digital innovation, were discussed in a much friendlier light by digital marketers at last week's ExL Digital Pharma East conference in Philadelphia.
Quadrant buys IMNG, becoming biggest medical publisher by ad revenueSeptember 10, 2012
Privately owned Quadrant HealthCom acquired International Medical News Group (IMNG) from Elsevier, creating a new medical-publishing juggernaut.
Advil Congestion effort ties traffic gridlock to cold and flu miseryDecember 13, 2011
Don't tell the New York Post, but Pfizer is boosting bike lanes as part of an Advil promotion.
Sanofi taps NBA players to assist in teen vaccine awarenessFebruary 09, 2011
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis, tapped Denver Nuggets all-star Chauncey Billups as its 2011 spokesperson for Vaccines for Teens, an ongoing educational and awareness campaign. Other players will join the effort in local markets this year, in concert with the NBA, WNBA and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM).
Reality stars hawk allergy drugsMarch 19, 2010
Spring is in the air, and that means, well, sure, robins, daffodils, love and all that, but more importantly, campaigns for allergy drugs featuring endorsements by B-list celebrity sufferers.
Quadrant HealthCom buys Dowden journalsDecember 22, 2009
Quadrant HealthCom purchased the journals division of Dowden Health Media from Lebhar-Friedman. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
HCMA conference free for unemployedJune 11, 2009
For its annual conference this summer, The Healthcare Communication & Marketing Association (HCMA) is waiving the $600 entrance fee ($650 for non-HCMA members) for unemployed marketing and communications professionals.
Last chance to grab gloryJune 04, 2009
If you still haven't entered the MM&M Awards 2009, then you'd better move fast--today (June 5) is the final deadline for submissions.
Lilly renews speedway diabetes awareness campaignMay 06, 2009
Eli Lilly & Co. is taking its Vision Racing Wellness Tour on another lap around the racing circuit, offering fans free diabetes screening.
Associations should cut ties with pharma, says JAMAMarch 31, 2009
The Journal of the American Medical Association is calling for professional medical associations to sever all ties with the drug industry--with exception to journal advertising and exhibit hall fees, of course.
AstraZeneca launches Artery Explorer on second tourMarch 25, 2009
AstraZeneca is redeploying its Artery Explorer for a second tour, using medical animation to help bring atherosclerosis to life.
Marketers should offer holistic solutions, not just drugs: ePharmaFebruary 12, 2009
The pharma industry could improve its reputation among consumers by offering holistic approaches, rather than singular drug treatments, according to a panel of digital marketers at the ePharma Summit on Tuesday.
McCann launches experiential marketing shopFebruary 05, 2009
McCann Worldgroup is launching a health and wellness experiential marketing practice under the umbrella of its Momentum network.
Lilly to post registry of physician paymentsSeptember 24, 2008
Lilly announced plans to broaden its transparency efforts to include publicly disclosing payments to US physicians as well as grants.
HAVAS partners with WebMD on "Virtual Convention Booth"September 11, 2008
Euro RSCG Life parent HAVAS is partnering with WebMD for a new Virtual Convention Booth offering that aims to give healthcare professionals the 3D interactive experience online.
Wyeth, Elan halt study of Alzheimer's vaccineApril 18, 2008
Wyeth and Elan have suspended a clinical study of their jointly developed Alzheimer's vaccine ACC-001 after a patient receiving the treatment was hospitalized for nearly two weeks with skin ulcers.
As SiCKO opens, Big Pharma emerges relatively unscathedJune 22, 2007
The final prognosis may be that Big Pharma will have minimal crisis control to do as a result of Michael Moores long-awaited documentary SiCKO.


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CyanogenMod has been a staple in the development community. It's a joyous day when CyanogenMod is ported to a new device. And the ROM is a beautiful thing. It's a pretty basic ROM, but allows you to run the absolute newest version of Android available on your aging devices. It's also a very stable ROM compared to many others on the market. It basically gives new life to a device that may have been abandoned by the manufacturer, and it's all thanks to the community.
CyanogenMod started out as a one man ROM project by Cyanogen himself (Steve Kondik), but after release it grew fast. It was made available on GitHub, was ported to many devices by many people, and the legacy continues. When Steve got a job at Samsung, he had to slow down, but the community kept on pumping out nightlies like there was no tomorrow.
Now Steve and his group of associates have quit their regular day jobs. CyanogenMod is now a legitimate company, and it doesn't seem like anything has changed. The rollout of features lately has been incredible (with things like CM Accounts and many privacy feature plans), and they will continue into the future with a few set goals:
- Organize, lead and support our community
- Create amazing user experience centered around how YOU work
- Security solutions that really work
- Stay committed to building the features our users need
- No junk
- Constant updates
- Available on everything, to everyone
Their next step is to make the install process easier to get more people on board. Installing ROMs is quite complicated, mostly because it's a little different on every device. A good set of recoveries has helped standardize the process, but it could still use a lot of work. So they are making a CM installer that will be published to the Play Store in only a few weeks!
CyanogenMod may also be making their own smartphone in the near future, running their own software of course. After raising $7 million from investors, they could reveal their plans of a partnership with a hardware manufacturer soon. That's an exciting prospect, because it'll be an open device much like the Nexus line.
Now that the CyanogenMod team is a company, it will need some way to generate revenue. We don't know how it'll do that, but luckily, the folks will be hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit later today. Keep an eye on the CyanogenMod Twitter for an announcement and start asking questions! We can't wait to learn more about this company, but we're very excited about what CyanogenMod can bring to the table now that it's an actual company. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment and hit the source link to read the full story!


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Space Milkshake is about a futuristic spaceship full of garbage-men and –women whose job it is destroy debris that might interfere with space-traffic around Earth. Captain Anton Balvenie is a self-centered sometimes-jerk who's mired in the petty/unhappy phase of a relationship with his frustrated, fed-up first officer, Valentina. The young technician Tilda mostly just works and keeps to herself, which frustrates their newest arrival – Jimmy, a talkative guy whose first time in space is being ruined by the attitude problem of his new coworkers.
It's bad enough that Jimmy is greeted by his new boss curtly ordering him to fix a half-dozen different machines, but Tilda won't even speak to him. It's pretty clear that Jimmy won't be able to glamorize life on a space station that uses lasers and spacepods to clear the paths of interplanetary travel. But then an unexpected cargo craft arrives, and Anton goes out on a salvage mission – and suddenly, there's no radio communications from Earth. Hell, there isn't even any trash orbiting Earth!
I'm not nostalgic for the 80's and 90's, but I have had many conversations lately about the fact that good or entertaining b-movies seem few and far between now. I feel a pang deep inside of me when I browse the horror and sci-fi offerings of Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Youtube's free film selection. Most of them are CGI fests with bad writing and/or acting, and they don't have an enjoyable sense of tone, and they don't do anything new.
Seriously, one of the most rewarding experiences as a film goer is getting to see good actors that you know star in low-budget ventures that make a strong effort to tell a good story – when you add the tone and mood of B-movies (think Black Dynamite, From Dusk Til Dawn), you create a possibility to have ungodly amounts of fun. And that's exactly what you get with SM.
Do you want to know why, out of everything available on Amazon Prime, I opted to watch this? Well, first the cover made me laugh. Then I realized that it starred the Stargate TV series' Amanda Tapping, and Billy Boyd, who played Merry in The Lord of the Rings films, backing them up with Robin Dunne from the Tapping-produced SyFy series,Sanctuary, and Kristen Kreuk from the execrable WB show, Smallville. But what completely sold me was realizing that George Takei was voicing a mutating rubber duck.
It also displays that smartest of writers' choices: focusing on the characters and using their established personalities to drive conflict as well as development. Lots of fun little character moments abound here, like when the crew just casually decide to screw over the new guy by not telling him how to properly sign in so he can't collect a share of the ship they salvage. The bickering between Anton and Valentina is dead-funny, and the evolving situation between Tilda and Jimmy is often deliciously-awkward.
I laughed, hard and frequently, I was impressed by what the filmmakers achieved, none of the actors disappointed me in the least, and I was so happy to see the care put into filming this clever script. Space Milkshake is a future cult hit, but no one knows about yet, so now is your chance to jump on that train early. Please don't ever think that I'm not giving this movie a longer review because I don't take b-films seriously; it's just that you're more likely to enjoy this experience with little foreknowledge, and this 80-odd minute story is so simple that I could easily spoil the whole experience. Check it out as soon as possible; sign up for the Amazon Prime trial if you have to...
And I got even more reason to believe in the future of b-movies because of Wolfcop, which is sort of like Bad Santa meets From Dusk Til Dawn. It stocks up on genre clichés and runs full throttle with the conceit of a cop who turns into a werewolf, to the delight of anyone savvy enough to rent this picture. The audacious title and silly poster were what sold me, and I found plenty of reasons to stick around as the film went on.
After a hard rock credits sequence, Wolfcop opens on its protagonist, Sgt. Lou Garou (which is, admittedly, a terrible screen name). When his alarm goes off, he curses and throws on his clothes as if he's already late. Next, he finishes a beer from the prior night, and races out of his house without a word to the nude woman in his bed. Then, he drunkenly drops his gun under his car(!), and has to stop to throw up while he pulls out of his driveway.
In under two minutes, WC shows more vivid, understandable character work than George Lucas did in three Star Wars prequels, or Michael Bay did in four Transformers films. Garou is nearly the opposite of all those "Tom Cruise is the best of the best" features.
From there, the tone and mood are further cemented. Lou is a screw-up deputy sheriff in a crazy version of Anytown, USA. This absurd locale might be in Maine, Montana, NoCal, or the South - all you need to know is that there a mayoral race going on, and the town is about to celebrate its annual pastime The Drink and Shoot Event. It might as well be set in The Simpson's Springfield.
When our "hero" clocks in, he's chastised by his weary boss, who notes that Garou is two hours late for his shift - again. And the hits keep on coming, as this hungover law enforcement officer is sent out to respond to a disturbance report from Willie, a nut who owns the local gun shop. Lou explains that the weird pentacle Willie saw in the woods is likely the work of heavy metal music fans. Lou also accepts Willie's offer of a cup of coffee - and empties the contents of his flask into the mug.
But Willie can't know that the next few days will see his life completely turned around. There's a solar eclipse coming, and the town's low-lives have been extra active lately, and pets have gone missing a lot recently. All of these oddities are just the first stirrings of the strange circumstances that will turn Lou into... The Wolf Cop: part man, part wolf, all drunk (that's my own tagline, btw).
Lou becomes embroiled in the increasingly-strange proceedings in his town, he finds that he'll need to rely on Willie's help, his own instincts, and the aid of people like his local bartender, Jessica, and his vastly-superior workmate, Tina Walsh. Worst of all, as he tries to untangle a web of information that involves occultists in addition to the deaths of both his and Tina's dads, he finds himself doing actual police work.
There's so many compliments to bestow onto Wolfcop that I almost don't know where to begin. The world of this movie is built up smoothly and smartly. It has a unique tone and mood, one established early and earnestly by the filmmakers. And it features excellent practical effects which look great and are very well-executed.
But I have to show a specific respect for this picture's humor and its work with its characters. Although there are a whole lot of implausible coincidences at play – namely the connection between Lou, Tina, and the present-day attacks - other aspects feel perfectly natural. No awkward explanation is ever given for Garou's boozy lifestyle, nor do we ever learn why this town is so damn weird. The roles behave as if they all have some sort of history with each other, which the script and actors neatly build, seldom devolving into drawn-out exposition.
Wolfcop takes its basic setup and runs with it at full steam. There are great horror sequences that are genuinely gruesome, yet are balanced out by a relentless comedic sensibility that made me laugh at least a few dozen times. Other moments have the vibe of a childhood gross-out contest, and you can practically feel the delight the cast and crew must have felt when they staged what I'm going to call one of the greatest love scenes ever filmed. Again: there are so many low budget horror movies out there, and yet few of them have good practical effects, and even fewer of them really stress characters and writing, which are the most essential elements of any quality film.
And, as much as I loved the writing and the performances by the cast, I need to express my admiration for the camerawork. WC features excellent framing, camera movement, and editing. There are also several shots that were made with the help of a helicopter, and those look positively gorgeous. If for some reason, you don't enjoy this insane effort, you'll at least have to appreciate the cinematography, which is top-notch.
Director Lowell Dean reminds all of us b-movie fans that a scarce budget does not have to mean that a movie was made without care. Everyone involved in this production should be quite proud – they didn't just make a fine future cult film, they produced a good story that they told well and stylishly. My life as a filmgoer is actually better for having seen Wolfcop, and that should be all the recommendation that you need. It's available to stream on Netflix, so just pick a night to kick back and enjoy yourself.
For my own part, I'm just so damn happy that the spirit of b-movies is still alive. It was an even happier discovery, as it is so easy to get any old garbage onto streaming services that are hungry for any content. I'd rather go hungry than eat poorly, and I'm so glad I didn't have to do either last weekend.


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This KitchenAid Artisan® stand mixer has a tilt head design and a five quart glass mixing bowl, capable of mixing dough for up to nine dozen cookies in a single batch. The planetary mixing action hits 67 points around the bowl with each rotation for thorough and complete mixing. It has 10 speeds, from a slow stir to a fast whip, controlled by a side lever and also accommodates additional accessories on the front-mounted attachment hub.
Product Details
- Candy apple red color with metallic finish
- Artisan® Series
- Glass work bowl with 5-qt. capacity, pouring spout, graduated markings, and comfort handle
- Tilt-head design lifts mixing head up and away from the bowl for access
- Direct drive transmission
- 10 mixing speeds, adjustable by a side lever
- Mixing capacity of 7-lbs. mashed potatoes or dough for 9 dozen cookies
- 67-point planetary mixing action
- Attachment hub with non-hinged cover for attaching additional accessories (sold separately)
- Bowl clamping plate keeps work bowl secure during use
- Beater height is adjustable by turning a screw
- Suggested settings and recipe ideas included in the Use and Care Guide
- 120 V/60 Hz/1-ph, 325 W, includes a NEMA 5-15P plug and 45-1/2 in. cord
- Overall Dimensions: 8-3/4 in. W x 14-1/8 in. D x 13-15/16 in. H
Included Accessories
- Burnished flat beater
- 6-wire whip
- Burnished dough hook
- 5-qt. glass bowl
- Note: Beater accessories are hand-wash only
Artisan® Design Series 5-quart mixer, 10 speed, tilt back head for easy access to mixture, 59 point planetary mixing action, attachment hub, includes burnished flat beater, burnished C-dough hook, 6-wire whip, glass mixing bowl. 325 watts, 120v/60/1ph, Candy Apple Red. Warranty not valid when used in commercial environment.
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Innovator Of The Year Award
Seize the day: Tech Awards deadline is tomorrowJuly 29, 2014
The final countdown has begun: Long-term care providers have less than 48 hours to enter the third annual McKnight's Excellence in Technology Awards. Submissions will be accepted through July 30.
The clock is ticking: Last week to enter McKnight's Tech AwardsJuly 07, 2014
Long-term care providers that have used technology to achieve eldercare excellence still have a chance to earn well-deserved recognition — but only for a few more days. The submission period for the 3rd annual McKnight's Excellence in Technology Awards ends Friday.


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Struggle against the Marlboro Knockoffs
Tobacco firms and especially specialists in marketing devote a good deal of time to defend their tobacco brands from any adulteration and knockoffs. Not long ago the most popular and top-selling Marlboro cigarette brand has experienced a case of knockoff in Canada. A progressive tobacco company Imperial Tobacco is the owner of Marlboro brand name in Canada for more than … Continue reading Continue reading


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One Lareg Master Room for Rent in Si Hui (Beijing)
Hi everyone,
We have a large double room available in a spacious duplex apartment in Si Hui, on the east end of Line 1 and Batong Line. The apartment is a duplex, very spacious with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living rooms, Protected content meters with a big terrace for outdoor BBQ, clean and bright, very nice and warm. The downstairs master bedroom is available for rent from the week of 21st Jul, both for short term and long term lease. The monthly rent is 3,500 yuan for short term lease (less than 3 months), and 3,200 per month for longer term stay, all bills, wifi and ayi fee inclusive.
The apartment is fairly close to the Si Hui subway station, around 10 mins walk, only 2 stops away to Guo Mao. It is very easy to get to CBD, Shuang Jing and Sanlitun areas by either subway or taxi.
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Welcome to Orcraphics
Welcome to Orcraphics. We are a small Dutch company which develops android apps. We specialize in personalisation apps. We currently offer apps of the following categories:
Analog Clocks & Stickers/Magnets
Check out our products page for an overview of all of our products. A good impression of our products can be found in the slideshow on the left. We offer both paid and free apps.
Have a good idea for an app? Let us know!
If you have a good idea for a great personalisation app let us know and if we like it, we will develop and publish it. Of course you will be credited for your idea and be given regular updates during development.
We are currenlty publishing several sets of analog clocks. Havent found your favorite clock yet, let us know and we will encorporate it into one of our sets!
Contact us by filling out our contact form or email to email@example.com
The Manatee Project
Orcraphics is very proud to present The Manatee Project. We have created 8 different apps with a Manatee Theme. All the proceeds of these apps goes to the Save the Manatee Club. To find out more about our Manatee Project, please click here read more.
Our Adoptees
We have a new mascotte! We have adopted Killer Whale Ripple in the honour of her older sister Corky. Corky is the star of some of our Killer Whale apps like the popular Killer Whale Analog Clocks 1 & 2. Read all about Ripple and how you can adopt your own Killer Whale here.
Besides Ripple, we have also adopted Manatee Howie to kick off our Manatee Project. Read all about the manatee Howie and how you can adopt your own manatee or support manatees here.


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Render Bottle-necking!
Hi guys!
I just upgraded my system from 16gb RAM, Radeon 5770 -> 32 GB RAM GTX 780.
My processor is an i7 2600k.
My question is, how come my renders are not significantly speeding up on some projects? On a basic 3D one, my render shot from 45 minutes to 50 seconds (wow, i know). And I am NOT complaining about that!
However, on this other project with more plugins and less 3D stuff, my render took about the same amount of time. I would normally attribute this to something being bottle-necked, however I cannot see what would be doing it! My CPU usage is at like 20% constantly, my RAM is at like 15% constantly, and my GPU is definitely not bottle-necking it here. What is stopping my render from taking a few minutes as apposed to 1 hour for a 3 minute clip with some keying and such.
Any tips you can give me would help! I currently have my settings on Render multiple frames at once, with 1.5 GB ram given to the other cores and 1 available for background. Also, i dedicated 6 gb of RAM to the background processes. Thank you for the tips!
Oh also, I am using a Crucial M4 SSD for my cache/files and rendering.
I also made sure to purge my memory and everything before rendering down!
I am just a beginner at this type of stuff, but, how many cores does your CPU have (goto task manager)? If multiple, are all of them being used when rendering? Some effects are multi-core effects and some are not, it depends on what you use, but for me, to use all of them and achieve faster rendering, open After Effcts and go to Preferences, or [Ctrl + Alt + ;], then 'Memory & Multiprocessing', check 'Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously', set 'CPUs reserved for other applications' to '0' and 'RAM allocation per background CPU' to anything you have available. Higher values, equal faster render time. Hope this helped!
[Shane Smiskol] "check 'Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously', set 'CPUs reserved for other applications' to '0' and'RAM allocation per background CPU' to anything you have available. Higher values, equal faster render time."
This is not necessarily true. Setting Memory & Multiprocessing settings too aggressively can actually cause worse performance than not using multiprocessing at all.
The multiprocessing feature works by launching multiple copies of the renderer, up to one per CPU core, in order to render multiple frames at the same time. By setting "CPUs reserved for other applications" to 0, you risk overscheduling the CPU -- that is, not leaving enough CPU headroom for all the background tasks that the OS is trying to take care of.
Setting "RAM reserved for other applications" too low can cause memory starvation, where background tasks don't have enough RAM to work and where the system has to swap RAM back and forth to disk.
On a quad-core system without hyperthreading, I generally recommend first leaving at least 1 CPU available to other applications. I systems with hyperthreading, I usually start with half the number of CPUs. I generally recommend reserving at least one quarter of total system RAM for other apps.
Each instance of the renderer requires its own RAM, both for working and for layer caching, and the "RAM allocation per background CPU" setting controls this. Setting this too low can cause the render instances to run out of RAM and may force Ae to stop multiprocessing and fall back to single-instance foreground rendering. Setting this too high will eat up system RAM unnecessarily, reducing the amount of RAM available to other applications and potentially reducing the number of simultaneous instances of the Ae renderer you can run.
Some comps will benefit from more CPU more than they'd benefit from more RAM, and others may benefit more from more RAM than more CPUs, so these parameters require some juggling.
Some more good reading on these settings here:
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Thank you for all the advice. I have tried multiple suggestions, but to no avail.
I am doing a small project, 1 Adjustment layer, 1 greenscreen shot with some keying and light wrap, a little bit of CC with Curves, a background stock footage layer, 2 lights and 1 camera zooming on slowly.
This entire thing is only 8 seconds long, yet still takes me 30 minutes to render. That is all well and good, but it is only using 5% of my total RAM and like 10% of my cpu. This truly baffles me!
Does this make any sense to you?
PS. Side note. I used BG renderer and it did the entire project in 6 minutes. However it gave me all photoshop files, when I need a loseless video file instead. Is there an easy way to convert all those little pictures to an actual video and look normal?


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The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.
Decent damage build but the goal is high attack speed and life steal. Your crit chance is covered by going into endless rage with low health (if you get into trouble) and this build allows you to life steal back up before using your bloodlusts.
If you do it right the game shouldn't last long enough to get your bloodthirsters, but if the game drags on these allow you to just desolate the opposing team and remain at good health while doing it.
Cleanse and ghost are more than enough to get away if you run into something that six seconds of invincibility can't handle. Never get caught over extended without Cleanse/Flash-ghost or at the least endless rage. This build does not give you the movement speed to get away otherwise, however using spinning slash through walls in the forests may be enough to save you from some teams.
This build is built for sticking out the battle even if two or three are on you. If you're having tank troubles, trade one of the bloodthirsters for a black cleaver or if it's early game trade malady for last whisper.
*I wouldn't recommend malady often but this build is all about maxing attack speed and lifesteal.


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The number of homes flooded by waters near two Houston reservoirs has climbed to 4,000, said Jeff Linder, a Harris County flood control official, said in a televised briefing.
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As much I complained about this scarf, now that it's completed and delivered, I have to admit to completely enjoying the entire process. The pattern was easy to remember and just flew by. Using my own hand spun yarn (a 70% merino, 30% silk blend), was a treat I'd only experienced once before. I'm not sure why I'm hoarding it down there in the studio.
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Today is Very Boring
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Today is very boring,
it's a very boring day,
there's nothing much to look at,
there is nothing much to say,
there's a peacock on my sneakers,
there's a penguin on my head,
there's a dormouse on my doorstep,
I am going back to bed
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drawing by Julian, age 8
Today is very boring,
it is boring through and through,
there is absolutely nothing
that I think I want to do,
I see giants riding rhinos,
and an ogre with a sword,
there's a dragon blowing smoke rings,
I am positively bored.
drawing by Matthew, age 2
drawing by Zavary, age 5
Today is very boring,
I can hardly help but yawn,
there's a flying saucer landing
in the middle of my lawn,
a volcano just erupted
less than half a mile away,
and I think I felt an earthquake,
it's a very boring day.
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drawing by Jacob, age 10
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In continuation of my previous post, here is Part 2 of my interview
with Erika Walton of Alter Ego Jewelry!
MirrorCheck: How does it make you feel when you see Alter Ego in publications like WWD and ELLE; not to mention gracing the hands of Hollywood's most elite? …Not to name drop here but Paris Hilton!ERIKA: It's exciting and I appreciate the support I receive from everyone to help make Alter Ego By Erika Walton such a success!
MirrorCheck: Will Alter Ego ever become a "trendy" brand?
ERIKA: I have no clue! I guess we will all wait and see...
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Freddie and Fannie's Healthy Cousin
There's another quasi-governmental agency that's lending hundreds of billions to troubled banks. Fortunately, it's not a mess. Yet.
Read more about Wall Street's ongoing crisis.
The Federal Reserve's extraordinary efforts to help investment banks have effectively put the taxpayer on the hook for enormous potential losses. If borrowers can't make good on their debts, we could end up paying tens or hundreds of billions to cover losses tied to Bear Stearns, mortgage-backed securities at other banks, and the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debacle.
But the actual amount of credit extended so far through these public-rescue efforts pales in comparison with the credit that has quietly been extended to banks in the past year—another lifeline that taxpayers could end up paying dearly for. Here's the story: Last summer, as the subprime rot spread throughout the credit market, the process through which banks make loans to borrowers and then package and sell them to investors came to a screeching halt. For the past 12 months, an obscure agency created by President Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression has come to the rescue of the banking industry. It is called the Federal Home Loan Banks.
Like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the FHLB (here's Hoover's July 1932 signing statement, a brief history, and an overview) is a government-sponsored enterprise. But it differs from the wounded giants in some significant ways. Instead of being owned by public shareholders, as Fannie and Freddie are, the 12 independent regional FHLBs are owned by their 8,100 members. Banks large and small, representing about 80 percent of the nation's financial institutions, own shares in the FHLB and share in the profits.
The FHLB has a simple business model (PDF). Basically, it funnels cash from Wall Street to banks on Main Street. Member banks present mortgages they've issued—high-quality ones, not junky subprime ones—as collateral to the FHLB and borrow money so they can have more cash to lend. To finance its activity, the FHLB sells debt to big investors in the capital markets. As with Fannie and Freddie, the FHLB benefits from a unique status. The FHLB doesn't pay federal income tax, and it borrows "at rates just slightly higher than Treasury bonds," thanks in part to the high ratings of its debt. While the FHLB takes pains to note that "Federal Home Loan Bank debt is not guaranteed by, nor is it the obligation of, the U.S. government," there's an assumption afoot in the marketplace that were the FHLB to encounter serious trouble, the government would step in. In return for this special treatment, the FHLB provides some vital public services. Twenty percent of its net earnings are used to help cover interest on debt issued by the Resolution Funding Corp., which paid for the Savings & Loan bailout. The FHLB also channels one-tenth of its profits to affordable-housing loans and grants.
During the mortgage boom, FHLB quietly did its job and avoided many of Fannie and Freddie's excesses. A year ago, loans to member banks accounted for only 62 percent of total assets. The rest was held in safe investments like the government bonds and bonds issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Subprime holdings were minimal. And since commercial banks were able to raise capital from Wall Street to make any kinds of loans they wanted, they didn't have all that much need for the FHLB's services. As the chart below shows, the number of loans extended to member banks rose modestly in the boom years, up 7 percent in 2005 and only 3 percent in 2006. As of June 30, 2007, the FHLB had $640 billion in loans outstanding to members.
But last year the mortgage house of cards began to collapse. And as Wall Street's securitization machine, which had enabled banks to raise cash with alacrity, broke down, banks staged their own run on the FHLB. In its 2007 third-quarter report, the FHLB noted that "in light of the extraordinary events affecting the credit markets during the third quarter," loans to members soared by 28.6 percent from the first quarter, to $824 billion—an increase of $184 billion. Since then, as the broken-down Wall Street mortgage securitization machine was sold for scrap, FHLB loans to member banks continued to rise: to $875 billion at the end of 2007 and to $914 billion at the end of this June. In the past 12 months, FHLB loans to its members have risen by 43 percent, representing an additional $274 billion in real credit provided by the system to its member banks. That sum dwarfs the actual amount of credit extended to investment banks by the Fed—or by the government to Fannie and Freddie.
Does the increase in FHLB's balance sheet mean taxpayers may be on the hook for another trillion dollars in mortgage debt? It's unlikely. FHLB has a much better track record than Fannie and Freddie. Because it maintains high standards, it has never suffered a credit loss on a loan extended to a member. It doesn't spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on executive compensation or lobbying, as Fannie and Freddie did. And it didn't lower standards or shift into riskier markets as a way of increasing market share, as Fannie and Freddie did. Seventy-six years after it was created by a president whose administration was hostile to government intervention in markets, the FHLB stands as an enduring and (so far) effective example of socialism among capitalists.


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Seriously, let's talk. That wasn't just meant to be a catchy title. It is time that we, as parents, start talking to our teenagers about their struggles with pornography. This problem is not going away; if anything, it will become more and more prevalent as the avenues for teenagers to view porn continue to expand. Teens are able to view porn through so many mediums that it is almost impossible to monitor everything. If a teenager wants to look at porn, they will likely find a way. The days where parents could lock down their teenager and completely block access to porn are slowly going away. Computer blocks? Many teens know how to bypass. Taking the computer away? What about all the phones and other devices with access to internet? You know…the ones that their friends have at school. What about all the kids out there who are willing to send your teenager pornographic texts? What about separate hard drives that you know nothing about? Parents are less able to police their teen's access to porn than ever before. So what can parents do to help their teens who struggle with porn?
It is time that we lay everything on the table. It is time that we stop treating pornography addiction amongst teens as a secret sin that only a minority struggle with. The fact is that almost every teen will be exposed to pornography at some point. As parents, educators, counselors and pastors let's stop tip-toeing around this issue as if we are still living in the 80′s when teens had to sneak to the corner store to try to catch a glimpse of the PLAYBOY magazines that were hidden behind the counter. This issue is no longer an isolated one. We must bring it out of the closet so that it can be dealt with in healthier ways. We must also stop dealing with pornography addiction in the same way we deal with a teenager who breaks curfew or who is caught in a lie. Pornography addiction is real and teenagers are a prime target to get hooked. They are curious about sex, underdeveloped emotionally, crave acceptance and attention and face unbelievable amounts of daily pressure they are ill-equipped to deal with. They almost all deal with shame on some level. A high percentage of them are extremely vulnerable to pornography addiction and are forced to deal with it in secret, which simply adds fuel to the fire. Handling pornography addiction by grounding your teen or taking away their cell phone for a week does nothing to address the real problem; that your teen is fighting a losing battle against a powerful enemy. Shaming them for it only feeds the animal. It is time we start coming alongside our teens in the fight for their hearts against the seductive and powerful forces of porn. It is time to stop punishing them and to start empowering them. I'm not talking about the teen that loves indulging in porn, sees nothing wrong with it and has no desire to stop. I am talking about the myriad of young men who escape into pornography, feel unbearable amounts of shame for it, are too frightened to tell anyone, and become caught up in a progressive web of addiction. These boys don't need a good spanking…….they need parents who fearlessly go into the darkness with them. They need adults who face this battle realistically, knowing that their boys are going to fail as much as they succeed in the fight. These young men need counselors and mentors who will come alongside of them and help them find healthier ways to deal with the pressures and uncertainties of young adulthood. They need pastors and youth pastors who model intimacy with God so that these teens see that there is another way to handle life other than fantasy and escapism. They need adults who show them that the road of pornography is a path that promises so much but produces nothing for their lives except shame, poor relationships, and slavery to its demands. These teenagers need adults who are willing to talk with them about their desire to view porn.
So…let's talk. Here are some tips for parents as they face this all-important issue:
• Be Proactive: Don't wait for your teenager to come to you about pornography. It's not enough to tell them you are there if they need to talk. Assume that they have had some kind of exposure to pornography and approach them. Be bold in confronting them about porn. The abundance of porn is no secret. Don't bury your head in the sand and hope your teen is the exception. Be strong, sit him down, and talk to him maturely and with compassion.
• Be Prepared: Better acquaint yourself with the technology that gives your kids access to porn. Understand how they can get it, where they can store it, and the ways you can help them to control it. Also, do some research on the effects pornography addiction has on those who are caught up in it. There are many negative ramifications. It's not just that pornography is lustful and, therefore, a sin. The dangers of porn are much more specific than that. Pornography addiction dehumanizes women and desensitizes men's view of them; pornography is also a way to avoid genuine intimacy; reliance upon it can create huge problems when a man wants to be emotionally intimate with his girlfriend or spouse; pornography sets a man up for sexual problems later as normal marital sex, over the long term, cannot compete with the intensity and deviancy of porn. It sets up unrealistic expectations that only lead to dissatisfaction and the desire to act out again. This list is by no means exhaustive. The long-term effects of pornography addiction are a perfect example of the Enemy's strategy of luring us in with promises of pleasure and then destroying us over a period of time. If you are going to march into battle with your teenager, make sure you are prepared.
• Be Patient: This is where many parents, especially Christian parents, falter. Many Christian parents still view pornography addiction as a behavior that must be continually punished rather than a serious issue that must be healed. Because of this perception, parents often dish out consequences and punishment when their teens fall "once again." Dealing with pornography is uncomfortable and parents want the problem to go away quickly. They want their teenager to obey the rules and just "stop looking at it." I wish it were always that easy. Pornography addiction is just that…an addiction. If we could simply snap our fingers and stop doing what we're addicted to then there would be no need for any kind of rehabilitation programs or, for that matter, diets for those who can't stop overeating. By the time that many teens realize that pornography is adversely affecting their lives they are already addicted. Parents must understand that this addiction will not go away immediately and that the teen is going to take steps both forward and back as they try to overcome the problem. Certainly parents need to work with a counselor in setting up household rules and boundaries that help to limit the behavior. However, the actual behavior is only a symptom of an underlying wound in the heart that must be healed. This is why parents need to approach the problem of pornography as it really is; a journey in which they come alongside their teen for better and for worse. If parents become impatient and start to resort, once again, to punishment as a way to handle the behavior the teenager simply begins the process of shameful hiding; the same process that led them down the road to addiction in the first place.
• Be Perseverant: Don't give up on your teenager. Let them know that you will stick by their side through thick and through thin as they struggle against a powerful enemy. When you catch your teen viewing pornography AGAIN, show him compassion and strength rather than frustration and condemnation. Pornography addiction is real and it is vying for the hearts and souls of our young men. Be a warrior for your kids. When they are weak, lift them up with courage, resolve, and the encouragement to go on. Let them know that their problem with porn does not define their value; that they are your son and your love for them doesn't fluxuate based on their when they are winning or when they are losing this battle. Continually help them to find the resources they need for the journey. When you find pornography in the home get rid of it and re-establish your defenses by adapting passwords, evaluating accountability software and parental controls. Consequences are also okay but the overriding theme must be understanding and love. Finally, be persistent in your prayers. This is a spiritual battle we are in. Intercede often for your sons and for your families. Lead your son to an intimate, ongoing relationship with God. The closer he walks with the Lord, the less he will want to turn to pornography when life gets difficult. Bottom line…….don't give up and understand that your teen is not evil but simply in a fight for his life. Stay in the fight with him.
Parents, it is time to bring this issue out into the open. There is a dark power in secrecy, one that feeds the need to turn to pornography in order to lift one's mood and escape the stresses of life. It's time to take that weapon away from the Enemy. Let's lift the curtain and trust that scripture is correct when it says that the truth sets us free. Let's stop punishing and start communicating. We have fallen behind the Enemy in this war for the souls of our teens. He has infiltrated their lives and ensnared them with powerful shackles. He's also done it by using sex and porn; subjects that many Christians see as taboo, awkward and try to avoid. In essence, Satan has assaulted our teens and used us to make the situation worse.