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Mr. Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): I shall be brief. I want to make two or three points, if I can remove the frog from my throat. It has become fashionable in my party to have a frog in the throat, and I am trying to adopt the style of the Front Bench. I shall also try to make myself understood.
Many constituents have written to me about employee share ownership, including eight partners in the John Lewis Partnership. I am delighted to support the Bill. The John Lewis Partnership has several excellent stores in my area, including Bonds, a department store in Norwich, and two branches of Waitrose, one of which is in my constituency. They provide a superb service to local people in Norfolk as well as employment for several hundred people.
Mr. Joe Mooney, one of my constituents who is a partner in the John Lewis Partnership, wrote:
The Bill"
The hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey), who is no longer in his placeI dare say he has gone off to write his press release, or to find another
I confess to having a lot of sympathy with the criticisms made of the actions of my party in the 1980s in introducing schemes that benefited only some, rather than all, employees. Manifestly, something that is introduced because it is of benefit to certain classes of employee ought, by its very nature, to be available to all employees. The former head of the Prime Minister's policy unit looks as though he wishes to intervene. I give way to him.
Mr. David Miliband (South Shields): Does the hon. Gentleman share my pleasure in an example of a change of attitude in South Shields? It exemplifies the shift that he has talked about, from rewarding only those at the top of the company to rewarding everyone throughout. For 11 weeks last autumn, a major employer in my constituency was in receivership. During that time, a management buy-out team was brought together and I am delighted to say that in December a new company, Circatex, was launched. The first thing that the new management did was to introduce a 30 per cent. employee share ownership scheme for the new company, as a way of showing their commitment to the employees and saying that they were there for the long term. They wanted to reward the employees, many of whom had been with the company for 10 or 20 years, and make them part of the company's future. Does the hon. Gentleman hope, as I do, that that represents a change of attitude for significant parts of British management, as well as for those in the House?
Mr. Bacon: I agree with the hon. Gentleman that that is representative of the change in attitude. In fact, there has been a sea change in attitudes generally. I enjoyed what I might almost call the Thatcherite speech by the hon. Member for West Bromwich, West (Mr. Bailey). I used to go to West Bromwich as a small boy to watch its football team; it did not seem to be a bastion of Thatcherism in the late 70s. In fact, I joined the Conservative party because of Red Robbo, whom I am sure the hon. Gentleman remembers well.
There has been a change in attitudes, and that is most welcome. It is extraordinary that anyone should suppose that these incentives would not be sought by all kinds of employees, and I am very pleased to support the principle of the Bill. We have nothing to fear from diverse forms of capital ownership. That could mean ordinary shareholding in the traditional western capitalist sense. I am delighted to see my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Mr. Field) here in full battle dress.
Mr. Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): I think the full battle dress will appear after lunch. My hon. Friend will be glad to know that my luncheon activities are being catered for. May I also say that I very much agree with the Bill? It seems that the John Lewis
Mr. Bacon: I have noticed that, any time after about 4 o'clock, the likelihood is that I shall find my hon. Friend in a dinner jacket, limbering up for his evening activities, usually with the King of Jordan or somebody like that. The rest of us have to slum it in the Terrace caff.
We have nothing to fear from diverse forms of capital ownership. That could mean ordinary share owning, co-operatives, employee trusts or mutuals. I acted for a mutual building society for some months; I was seconded to it three days a week. Hon. Members may remember when the Britannia building society faced a most unwelcome challenge from a demutualisation campaign. If anyone doubts the benefits of what is sometimes described as the nebulous trade known as public relations, I would refer them to the photographs that occasionally appeared in the tabloid newspapers of that mad butler, Mr. Michael Hardern, wearing a dress, under the rather suggestive headline:
Reference was made earlier to the business of profit-related pay, and to its being discredited. I have not examined the issue in detail, but it would not surprise me if it had not worked as well as it was supposed to because, in a funny sort of way, this question is not mainly about money. Money is obviously important, but this is mainly about people having control over their own lives. The hon. Member for South Shields (Mr. Miliband) referred to the company in his constituency. In a previous incarnation, I used to write about management buy-outs and management consultants helping companies that were on the brink to climb out of that position. Nearly always, the solution involved drawing in the entire work force and making them work with one purpose towards success.
Mr. Love: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we will really have seen the revolution that people have been talking about today when companies that are not on the brink of bankruptcy or in financial difficulties involve their employees, without the spur that bankruptcy provides?
Mr. Bacon: I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. I find it difficult to understand why managers would ever think of introducing an executive share option scheme that would be available only to them and those close to them, and not to everyone else. The Government should seriously consider ways of making it more beneficial for companies to have schemes that involve everyone, rather than involving only some employees. I would be strongly in favour of that. The principle of employee share ownership deserves the widest support on both sides of the House, and the Bill definitely deserves a Second Reading.
Dr. Doug Naysmith (Bristol, North-West): I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mr. Lazarowicz) on his success in the private Members' ballot, and on choosing such a worthwhile and achievable topic for his Bill, which he introduced so clearly today.
We have already heard a lot about partnershipnot just the John Lewis Partnershipsometimes from unusual sources, which is to be welcomed. I want to expand on the principle of partnership between the work force in general, through employee trusts and shareholder trusts, and board members of the company. Partnership clearly pays. Companies that tap into the skills, knowledge, commitment and enthusiasm of their work force are the better for it. We have heard examples of that already. Innovation and productivity are positively related to a partnership approach, in which the work force can influence strategic decisions and individuals have more control over the immediate decisions in the company that affect them.
That is increasingly true as our economy becomes ever more knowledge-based and skills-driven. Companies that fail fully to harness their work force's potential will lose out in the future. Those that forge successful workplace partnerships will gain an important competitive advantage. For a partnership to deliver, however, it must be genuine; anything less will lead to disillusionment and resentment. Structures are required to ensure that such partnerships are demonstrably real and equal. Although we have heard discussions today about what that should mean, and whether the detail should be spelled out now, that area can be fruitfully explored when the Bill gets into Committee, as I believe it will.
Collective ownership stakes for employees could play an important role in the achievement of that. Collective shareholder trusts could signify a shared interest in the long-term success of organisations, while providing a collective voice at boardroom level for members of such truststhe employees who generate companies' wealth. The shareholder voice of employees could provide a powerful counterweight to the short-term horizons of other investors, and create the conditions that are necessary for stable workplace partnerships to flourish.
It is widely acknowledged that business in Britain faces two major challenges. The first is this. Successive commissions and reports have sought to improve the structure of corporate governancethe way in which boards of directors operate and conduct their business, the way in which they respond to wider concerns including the environmental impact of their companies' operations, their responsibilities to the communities in which their companies operate, and so forth. The combined code on corporate governance that resulted from those deliberations is useful, although many of us would like the standards to be given a statutory basis.
One of the main problems identified by the inquiries is the inadequate involvement of the chief shareholders, the financial institutions. It is important for shareholders to take a long-term interest in their investments. Employee shareholder trusts could achieve precisely that, and could encourage institutional shareholders to do the same. Creating employee shareholder trusts, and encouraging employee shareholders to play an active role in their companies, could go a long way towards improving the corporate governance of United Kingdom firms.
This is the second challenge. The Government have stressed the importance of boosting productivity in UK firms. They have rightly recognised that the key to that will be the commitment and participation of the work force, and they have accepted the view that, developed in the context of partnership, employee share ownership can produce significant productivity gains. The task now is to push at the margins of Government policy and to encourage workers, through their representatives, to use the power of their equity stakes to influence corporate decisions.
I welcome the proposals, although encouraging employee shareholders to play an active role will not be an easy task. Advice and training will be needed for those who will take positions of responsibility in trust organisations. I understand that the Trades Union Congress has established a working party to deal with the details: it will include representatives of the TUC and the Confederation of British Industry, as well as the chief executive of the Co-operative Union, leading academics and others. The results, along with the outcome of the Government's company law reform review, could lay the foundations for a transformation of corporate governance. Such an achievement would be a landmark for Labour's second term.
The major proposals in the Bill fit into this ferment of ideas well, which is my reason for supporting it.
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From the Director: General Update on Library (Robin Wagner); Personal Side of Ike (Nancy Leister, Michael Birkner '72); Profile of a Friend—Barbara Holley (Barbara Holley '54); News from Special Collections (Cinda Gibbon, David Hedrick, Stephen H. Warner '68, Robert D. Hanson '39); Thanks to Dr. Bradley Hoch; Meet Volunteer—Kristen Nelson; Netlibrary: Electronic Books Come to Musselman Library; New Additions to the Media Collection
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While stuck in traffic on a Los Angeles highway, Mia Dolan, an aspiring actress, has a moment of road rage with Sebastian Wilder, a struggling jazz pianist. Her subsequent audition goes poorly, where the casting director takes a call in the middle of an emotional scene. That night, Mia's roommates take her to a lavish party in the Hollywood Hills. She walks home after her car is towed.
During a gig at a restaurant, Sebastian slips into a passionate jazz improvisation despite warnings from the owner to stick to the setlist of traditional Christmas songs. Mia overhears the music as she passes by. Moved, she enters the restaurant, but Sebastian is fired. As he storms out, Mia attempts to compliment him, but he brushes her off.
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The School Tours Committee also hosts a photography contest as part of the Youth Day activities. Entries from the contest are on display in the School Tours tent located in Family Fair from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The Photography Contest Awards Ceremony will be held in the School Tours tent also.
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The Photography Contest promotes the interests and talents of youth photographers to the visitors of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. The Photography Contest is open to the youth of Texas 8 to 18 years of age as of August 31, 2018 and attending public, private, or home school in the State of Texas. All photos will be displayed in the School Tours Tent on Youth Day.
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The purpose of this fashion show is to give our youth an opportunity to show their talents and abilities. This is not a judged competition; it is simply a time when young people can show off a garment that they have made. The garment(s) can be created from a purchased pattern, an original design or a redesign of an existing garment.
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When many church members hear the word "stewardship," one idea pops into their minds: capital campaigns. They can't help it. That's how stewardship has been defined in churches for years.
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Pastor Todd Mullins realized that God was calling him to help his West Palm Beach, Florida, congregation shatter the financial chains that were holding so many of them back.
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Questions and problems related to the articulation of industrial re 1 at ions structures in modern soc i ety have been rna tters for long debate over a number of years. However, the establishment of industrial relations formations is a product of a variety of complex societal processes located inside and outside the irTlllediate industrial environment. This thesis examines the links that exist between wider societal processes and systems of industrial relations and workers I participation with reference to the Greek Telecommunications Sector. In the first instance (Chapter 1), issues of economy and society tha t have an effect upon indus tri a 1 re 1 at ions are exami ned wi th reference to the processes of gl oba 1 economi c deve 1 opment, ca pi ta 1 accumulation, dependency and the more recent phenomena of 'flexible specialization ' and 'post-Fordism'. These are related to the presentation of industrial relations structures (Chapter 2) which are examined using comparative evidence to illustrate their various differences and similarities. It is argued that industrial relations and workers I participation structures have to be examined in the 1ight of national and international patterns of political, social and economic development. Also, a critical evaluation of contemporary approaches to industrial relations is presented. Chapter 3 is concerned with identifying and evaluating the main issues related to Greek economic and social development. That is examined in relation to the position of the country in the international division of labour and also to the national characteristics that articulate the specific nature of labour relations. Chapter 4 presents the case of the Telecommunication Sector using empirical material drawn from various sources, from observation and from employee responses to a questionnai reo The framework of industrial participation is discussed both in relation to the internal circumstances of the industry and also to the more general environment in which it is located. Finally, Chapter 5 re-evaluates the categories of 'industrial participation' and 'employment' in the specific context of Greek societal development and considers the validity of some of the concepts used in contemporary discussions of labour organization.
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With Facebook already prominent in social networking, Wall Road will watch this weeks' income for symptoms the organization can continue its meteoric development in far-off new projects.
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She gets her motivation from the "desire to overcome all the limits of my body." As for becoming a bodybuilding icon, she said, "I never imagined participating in a bodybuilding championship at first. I did not want to lose my femininity. But I decided to take my chances and favorable genetics for bodybuilding. And now I love the physique that I gained from it!"
Alice Matos considers her abdomen her strong point while her quadriceps are her weak point. "My upper limbs grow more easily than my legs. In preparation for competitions, I do not do much exercise for the abdomen and for my legs, I have to work the quadriceps hard and perform more aerobic exercise to avoid looking too bulky, but defined."
To keep training fun, Alice Matos tries to fit her workouts into a daily routine. "That way, it becomes a part of my lifestyle and not an 'extra thing' to do. For me it is a commitment to go train and it made me addicted to endorphins, the feeling of pleasure of work well done."
Her favorite quote is: "Try to be the best version of yourself in all areas of your life. Only the ones who fight for a goal are the ones who can achieve success!"
Alice Matos is married and resides in Brazil.


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PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on two missing hikers in the Grand Canyon (all times local):
12:02 p.m.
The National Park Service says the search for two missing hikers related to the co-founder of the Merrell Boot Co. is difficult and complex but it is not requesting any additional resources at this time.
A spokeswoman says the park service is working closely with the family of 62-year-old LouAnn Merrell and 14-year-old Jackson Standefer and considering whether to use any of the resources the family has offered.
The family announced Tuesday night that the Merrell company would provide climbers and rescuers, and the family of the missing boy was offering a military-grade drone to assist the search.
Merrell, the wife of Randy Merrell, was with her husband, stepgrandson and the boy's mother on a multi-day hike in the Grand Canyon on Saturday when she and the boy lost footing and were swept away in the water.
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A relative of two hikers missing in the Grand Canyon since last weekend says the Merrell Boot Co. is donating search resources to find LouAnn Merrell and her 14-year-old step grandson, Jackson Standefer.
She is the wife of company co-founder Randy Merrell.
The boy's uncle, Mark McOmie, says the company is providing climbers and rescuers and that the family of the missing boy was offering a military-grade drone.
The hikers were swept away Saturday in a creek after losing their footing in a remote part of the national park.
The National Park Service has deployed a helicopter, drone, inflatable motor boat and about 20 search and rescue personnel.
McOmie said late Tuesday night that relatives hope Merrell and the boy will be found soon.
Randy Merrell and the boy's mother were hiking with them when they disappeared.
This story has been corrected to show that the family of Jackson Standefer, and not the Merrell company, is offering to provide a military-grade drone. The spelling of LouAnn Merrell has also been changed.


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Cooke Cemetery
Ninde, King George County, Virginia
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Lat: 38° 17' 49"N, Lon: 77° 04' 25"W
Contributed by Anne Braun, Oct 24, 2006, last edited Nov 26, 2011 [email@example.com]. Total records = 3.
From the intersection of Highways 218 and 301, go south on Highway 218 for 2.5 miles until you reach Belle Isle Road. Turn onto Belle Isle Road and go west for .15 miles until you reach Oak Crest Drive. Turn onto Oak Crest Drive and go .5 milles south until you reach the second dirt and gravel road goung east, Turn there and go past the vineyards. The cemetery is on the north side of the road with an old chain link fence around it.
This is a tiny cemetery that is overgrown with wild plants. The cemetery sits on the property of the Oak Crest Vineyard and Winery and it needs a good cleaning.
I visited this cemetery on Oct 24, 2006.- Anne Braun
Cooke, James A., b. 1867, d. 1916, s/w Mary
Cooke, Mary W, b. 1875, d. 1923
Miffeton, Charles, b. May 24, 1885, d. May 12, 1956
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A friend's son was on Radio 3 recently, and she asked if I knew how to download from the iPlayer. I didn't, but it turned out to be easier than I thought:
- Download and install mplayer for Windows
- While this is happening, go to www.iplayerconverter.co.uk and look up the relevant show
- Click the show link to download a .ram file
- Open the .ram file in Notepad, and you'll get a link beginning with rtsp:// – copy everything up to the .ra
- Once mplayer is installed, open a command window in the mplayer directory
- Enter:
mplayer -cache 2048 -bandwidth 9999999 "rtsp://blah.bbc.net.uk:554/something/something.ra" -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast:waveheader:file=monkeys.wav
Replacing monkeys.wav with whatever filename you like, and the rstp link with the previously copied link from the .ram file.
- This will – surprisingly quickly – download the show and convert it to a .wav.
- I'm on Vista, and the Program Files(x86) directory is protected from new files, so I found monkeys.wav in Users\me\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files(x86)\MPlayer for Windows\ – your mileage may vary.
- Convert the wav to an mp3 with Lame, and you're done.
I can't take credit for much – most of this was lifted directly from a Linux guide, and turned out to be directly applicable.
Obviously BBC radio is copyright the BBC, and I don't endorse stealing content, but I don't have any problem with archiving family appearances, or downloading a show to listen to later on your iPod.


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Social Business Moves from Fad to Fact
The 2013 Social Business Global Executive Study and Research Project finds companies face significant challenges maturing their social business initiatives, even as they increasingly buy into the value of these efforts.
Use of social software is moving from a fad to an essential business capability, according to the "2013 Social Business Global Executive Study and Research Project," conducted by the MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte. Results from the recently released study, which queried 2,545 business professionals, show a growing number of companies across industries see an immediate opportunity to use social tools in customer engagement, recruiting, knowledge management, and other activities.
As evidence of social business's immediacy, nearly 90 percent of respondents say their companies are currently using social media (sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Google+) to some extent, and 84 percent are currently using social software (applications like Chatter and Socialtext) to a greater or lesser extent. Moreover, a majority of companies (58 percent) have appointed an individual to oversee their organization's social business initiatives.
Despite burgeoning social business activity, companies' efforts largely appear stuck in first gear. Respondents cite three major barriers to progress: lack of an overall strategy, competing priorities, and lack of a proven business case.
Those respondents who regard their companies' social business initiatives as more mature in the marketplace say their companies have built momentum by applying social tools and technologies to specific business challenges and assessing the results. As well, they integrate social tools and practices into a range of functions, such as strategy, operations, and even daily decision-making.
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This past weekend was a whirlwind of crazy. I took a little road trip up to Dallas for the Dallas Market Home & Gift Show. Oh boy did I see some fun stuff. Unfortunately all I had was my phone for photos- so you will have to excuse the quality of these pictures.
Love this gold & linen drum shade chandelier.
Lots of weathered wood lamps:
A perfect mix- weathered wood & gold!!
A little chandy for a bathroom or nursery.
This photo looks pink- but its actually a very beautiful coral.
The navy was so classy.
The Global Views showroom was one of my faves!
One day I will own this orange rug!! I have no clue where I will put it!
This gold console table was amazing!
Their upholstered pieces are in this butter soft leather-that seems to feel very kid friendly. Who says you have to sacrifice chic-ness when you have kiddos with cheeto-crusted hands.
That same rug- but in gray (and yes I want this one too!!)
Leather dining chair with nail head trim:
Loving this peacock rug!
Beautiful wall sconces
You can't tell from this photo but this chandelier was massive!!


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Even though this last week involved Great Lectures by Great Speakers, including Yeonmi Park (the young girl who escaped North Korea) and Yanis Varoufakis (the controversial and heterodox economics professor and formerly Finance minister of Greece), I must admit that Niall Ferguson's more crowded lecture tonight at the infinitely more magnificent venue of Sydney Opera House, was in a league of its own. How could I possibly say otherwise, when within ten minutes he referred to a rather obscure character of my beloved Harry Potter as well as favourably discussing McCloskey's brilliant story of why the Industrial Revolution (or the Great Enrichment) happened?
Indeed, the entire evening felt like he intentionally tried to please me. Anti-PC, rallying against the Welfare state and intergenerational imbalances, corrupt establishment politicians, mocking Trump, and filling his excellent speech with subtle rebuttals and off-handed criticisms of famous historians and economists.
In a way, Ferguson is the ideal historian. He's funny and charming, arrogant and scornful, incredibly knowledgeable in a very wide range of topics and he has a sufficiently good grasp of economics to actually do relevant history. His overarching message is to study Applied History, use history instrumentally to better understand the situations we face in the present. He came into history once he realized that writing history essays was the only thing he was really good at, and he told us in a sassy and arrogant way what still keeps him going; before starting on his massive current work on Kissinger, he was going through an incredible amount of Kissinger's unpublished material and said:
"I realized that everything that was written on him before was completely wrong!"This amazing self-confidence and burning desire of proving people wrong fuels many of us
and contributes to a living and flourishing academic environment. Which, of course, is diametrically opposed to the "post-modernist mumbo jumbo" that currently rules our 21st century universities, a fact Ferguson repeatedly mocked and scornfully pointed out for his colleagues in history departments; the mostly irrelevant focus on "sex, class and race" is futile, and a fair dose of his Applied History would benefit their work immensely.
He spent a fair time discussing the phenomenon Trump rather than the actual politics. The distant establishment, the "Check Your Privilege" garbage and self-censorship of media and universities have in a sense created the Trump movement. Ferguson's hardly novel point is that corrupt politicians and their wasteful building up of national debts and massive welfare states and housing bubbles have created a situation where young people rightly feel that society is stacked against them - and Trump is the natural outcome. He resonates with such voters, and so it doesn't really matter what his policies are - or that he can "believe 5 contradictory things before breakfast".
Ferguson also convincingly pointed out that the post-GFC reference to the 1930s Great Depression and lead-up to Second World War so commonly used in academia as well as politics and media is mostly misguided. Is this really the 1930s all over again?
"Populism is not the same as fascism: If economic crisis and rise of fascism is all you know about the 1930s then every populist looks like Hitler."The subtle nod yet criticism of Eichengreen's latest book The Hall of Mirrors is brilliant indeed. I could add to the quote that if all your analysis of the 1930s is completely wrong, then your plans to stop this alleged Hitler figure are spectacularly gonna miss their mark.
Ferguson invites us to consider two more points, intuitively very appealing. First, the relevant historical comparison to make for the financial crisis and alleged Secular Stagnation (another not-so-subtle criticism) is not the 1930s & the rise of Hitler, but the 1870s and the rise of Denis Kearney. His populism and racist attitude towards Chinese immigrants contributed to the passing of the infamous 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, that prevented Chinese migrants into the U.S. Ferguson draws the parallell to Trump and warns us that a ban on Muslim immigration to the U.S. under a Trump presidency is hardly unlikely - and that we shouldn't underestimate populists' commitment to their programs.
Secondly, he points out to the Chicken Littles of the world of politics, that populist Trump does not necessarily mean hostile tension and World War III, by telling us that social progressives were the ones that led Europe to war in 1914 - not the demagogues and populists.
His predictions are of course based on historical examples, and he openly admits that history is an art and that human interactions are "too complex to model". That's academic speak for "I might be wrong" and is of course very welcome.
But not everything is ideal in Ferguson's talk, far from it. My first problem lies of course with Ferguson's ultimate dismissal of McCloskey's story - in favour of his own (famously depicted in Empire) that British ideas together with Institutions can account for The Great Divergence. The problem here is of course how he fails to deal with McCloskey's convincing critique of such institutional stories: they are way too small to account for the massive increase in wealth that we have seen over the last 250 years and besides, all those institutions he praised - rule of law, private property, stable regimes, free trade, consumer society etc - have been present in earlier societies, ranging from 13th Century Ottoman Empire to Ancient China.
My second problem lies with him trying to claim some fame for having predicted the GFC. It's easy for people to backtrack history and claim that "well, I knew about it all the time", but much harder to speak out loudly before - and especially to put your money where your mouth is and short the financial securities that allegedly were about to blow up. I don't know enough about his predictions in 2006, but I have a feeling that this is slightly disingenuous.
I should end by making some enemies in my own camp, as McCloskey recently joked the other week, with the quick and abrupt response Ferguson gave to a technical question about monetary policy and the Fed's balance sheet. Economists such as Bob Murphy or Peter Schiff have repeatedly made the claim that the Fed has no exit strategy to its massively inflated balance sheet, and whenever it unwinds its position and floods the market with treasury bonds, the markets will collapse and sky-high interest rates will potentially force the U.S. government into defaulting on its debt. No, Ferguson said, the Fed doesn't have to unwind its positions. It can do what central banks did after WWII, where their balance sheets were also massive after having monetized debt for the war effort; they simply allowed economic growth and inflation to make those balance sheets redundant - and Ferguson argues that the Fed can do so again.
Maybe. I'm not entirely convinced, and it might involve some seriously damaging inflation.
Overall, I'm terribly happy to have had the chance to listen to one of our time's absolutely most productive and influential historians, as well as having a small chat about Glasgow with him. I thoroughly enjoyed his talk, and I'm looking forward to dive into my newly acquired copy of The Great Degeneration (see George Melloan's review article here - or my own review posts here and here)


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Sports in this city just got a whole lot more exciting — and so, too, did the economic prospects for a section of Brooklyn.
Yesterday, the New York Islanders hockey team announced that, come 2015, it will share the Barclay's Center with the NBA Nets, setting up a Battle of the Boroughs in yet another sport.
"It's a great day for our city," said Mayor Bloomberg, quite rightly. If anyone thought the Ranger-Islander rivalry couldn't get hotter, he said — well, it just did.
The one between Manhattan and Brooklyn sports fans did, too: They'll now be sparring for bragging rights not only in basketball (the Nets open their season at the Barclay's Center a week from today against the Rangers' Madison Square Garden co-tenants, the Knicks), but also in hockey.
Yesterday's news is a major-league coup for Brooklyn, the city and developer Bruce Ratner, who fought for a decade to get his Atlantic Yards vision built despite fierce Not-In-My-Back-Yard opposition.
Islanders owner Charles Wang, after all, had other options: Kansas City, Phoenix and Quebec were all said to be possible new sites.
Now, alongside the Nets, Ratner's arena will host a second team — and with a fan base that can make ready use of a nearby LIRR station and 11 subway lines.
You sure got to love all the new competition — between the teams, the boroughs and even the sports themselves. It'll help hold down ticket prices and keep up the quality of the sports-going experience — including the caliber of play by the teams.
Until now, MSG's masters could all but ignore years of mediocrity by the Knicks and Rangers, when they were the only game(s) in town.
Plus, the recent Jay-Z and Barbra Streisand concerts suggest that the new jockeying for New York's entertainment dollar will extend beyond sports.
Alas, the move is a blow to Nassau — and not just to the pride of residents who are Islanders fans, but also economically.
But let's face it: The handwriting's been on the wall for an Islanders departure ever since voters last year — quite wisely — nixed a $900 million public-financing scheme for a new facility to replace the decrepit Nassau Coliseum.
It's past time officials came up with realistic new ideas for that site — ideas that reward residents rather than rob them.
Meanwhile, Nassau's loss is Brooklyn's gain. As the mayor put it, it's a great day for New York City indeed.


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(Reuters) - A West Virginia journalist was arrested and jailed on Tuesday after he repeatedly asked a question of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price as he toured the state's capital with White House advisor Kellyanne Conway, the reporter said.
Journalist Dan Heyman was following Price down a hallway in the Capitol building in Charleston asking him about the healthcare bill passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives when he was grabbed by security and handcuffed, he said at a press conference with his attorney late on Tuesday.
"I'm not sure why, but at some point I think they decided I was just too persistent in asking this question and trying to do my job, so they arrested me," said Heyman, who works for Public News Service, a Colorado-based nonprofit news operation.
A criminal complaint filed against Heyman in Kanawha County, West Virginia said he was "yelling questions at Ms. Conway and Secretary Price" and "aggressively breaching secret service agents to the point where the agents were forced to remove him a couple of times from the area."
Heyman said he repeatedly asked Price if domestic abuse would be deemed a preexisting condition under the healthcare bill, but the official did not respond.
Price was appointed by Republican President Donald Trump, who has often taken an adversarial position in his dealings with the news media.
Journalists routinely ask questions of public officials in public places.
"This is not about someone merely trying to ask questions," said Lawrence Messina, communications director for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. "He was physically trying to push past the agents."
Price's office and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Heyman said he was held by security and later arrested on a charge of willful disruption of state government processes. He was then booked into a local jail and released shortly after on a $5,000 bail bond.
Heyman said he was wearing a press badge and shirt with his employer's logo on it at the time of his apprehension. He said he was not warned by security guards or police that he was breaking the law.
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Brayden, age 10
Brayden and I were together this month. I forgot to take a photo with Brayden. We went shopping for some decor for his freshly re-painted room. He found this fun at first, but he soon got very "male" about the shopping experience and was DONE. We wrapped that up and went out to dinner, which was much more to his liking.
Kaitlyn, age 8
Kaitlyn and I were together this month. We went to see a musical performance of A Christmas Carol. This was a lot of fun. Kaitlyn absolutely loved it. Before we went to the show, we read A Christmas Carol book together. It was a fun experience and we decided it should be a family tradition to go see that musical each December.
McKenna, age 6
McKenna and Nate went ice skating together. McKenna loves to ice skate. We have a fun outdoor rink here when it is cold enough (and hovering around 0 is certainly cold enough). This works well because this time of year it is hard to get into the indoor rink with hockey and figure skating going on.
Brinley, age 3


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What to Do in the Wait…1
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Today's Special is: A Lesson From a Farmer
Carefully prepared just for you by your friend, Jill Beran
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Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.
James 5:7 NIV
Waiting… it's something we always have to do. We wait at the Dr.'s office, the traffic light and in a restaurant. You may be waiting for "Mr. Right", a new baby or a new season. Or perhaps you're waiting for the answers to a medical test, a call from a friend or healing from an injury.
I don't know the "what" of your wait, but can I share some thoughts on the "what to do" during the wait?
Waiting is rarely something we choose to do. It was hard when we were kids, and the challenge continues now that we're adults. The fact that it's not easy and doesn't come naturally, doesn't negate the truth that it is something we need to do. A while back, when I found myself in the waiting room of life, I realized that my waiting time was wasted time.
I was worrying, and the fear left me paralyzed. God used a trip to the field and today's key verse to speak to my heart.
I've lived on a farm my entire life. I know farmers have to wait. They wait for the ground to be ready, for the corn to grow, the rains to come and for the rains to stop. That day in the field I was taught an important lesson.
Farmers don't waste their waiting time. As my husband was waiting for rains and the harvest, he was cultivating the crop. He was working. He wasn't sitting around worrying while he waited; instead he did the work he could do. He was intentional with his time.
A big piece of my farmer husband's intentionality is prayer. He knows he is not in control, so while he waits, he prays to the One who is. Philippians 4:6 NIV tells us,
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
This is an important verse to live out during the wait.
Friend, regardless of our wait, you and I always have a choice. We can waste our time and be anxious, or we can be intentional and trust God.
What will you choose?
May we be patient and remember our lesson from the farmer… let us not waste our waiting time, but instead do the work we are called to do!!
Take Out:
Think about what you are waiting for and reflect on how you are using your waiting time. Ask God to show you if you are wasting the time and pray for the desire and strength to be intentional. Working during the wait can be hard, but be encouraged and simply do the next right thing. Take one step at time and pray continuously as you wait… the rains will come and the harvest will happen!
Dear Heavenly Father, waiting can be hard Lord, but yet I know You have a purpose for it. May we remember in the wait, we learn and we grow. Help us to trust You as we wait. We ask for strength to do the work you've called us; help us be intentional with our waiting time so it doesn't become wasted time. As we wait, draw us to Yourself, cultivate our heart for prayer and help us trust You more. Thank you Lord that I never have to wait to come to You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
For more encouragement, visit Jill at Titus24U, where you will be encouraged to connect with God and other women.
© 2014 by Jill Beran. All rights reserved.
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What a thought provoking question?? Am I waiting my time (in an intentional manner) or Am I wasting my time? Thank you for challenging me to do more with my waiting time. Praying that I (and many other sisters and brothers) will grow stronger in practicing the beautiful art of intentional (prayerful) waiting. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful lesson!
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- develop interactive displays and offer guided tours.
- expand our outreach programme and offer services to people experiencing isolation.
Most importantly, we can run initiatives to bring people together to create friendships, have fun and find balance in a city of chaos, regardless of your background or belief system.
What makes our project great?
The Museum of Happiness is a not-for-profit organisation.
The experiences we offer are based on our four core values: compassion, creativity, community and mindfulness.
The Museum of Happiness differs from others museums as it doesn't place relics in glass cases - instead it provides interactive learning experiences.
We offer classes like art therapy, yoga, self-compassion meditation, mindfulness, laughter yoga, singing, dancing, play workshops and learning new fun skills like how to play the Ukulele or how to do origami mindfully.
All of our activities are fun, inclusive, pressure-free, and most importantly free from judgment as we think you're perfect, exactly as you are! At the Museum of Happiness, everyone is welcome.
By opening up a dedicated museum in Camden, we will transform the space into a relaxing sanctuary.
We hope to have park benches, beautiful murals, clouds hanging from the ceiling, lots of plants and interactive activities on happiness on the walls!
You'll have lots of little activities you can do in just a few minutes that encourage you to enjoy and spread happiness and kindness in different ways.
There's nothing like this anywhere in the world!
With this location within a housing association, we will also build a warm, caring local community, including those who have experienced homelessness. And we are fully open to the general public too.
Not in London? Don't worry! We will create ripples of positivity worldwide by sharing the stories we collect and offer ways to start your very own mini Museum of Happiness, if you look at the rewards.
Who are we?
We are a small team of 3 with a squad of amazing supporters.
We all currently volunteer our time and effort to provide this service to the general public and we couldn't be happier to do it.
Shamash Alidina is core team member and co-founder of the Museum of Happiness. He's also a Mindfulness Teacher Trainer, Speaker, and Author of Mindfulness for Dummies. He speaks at conferences and organisations around the world on the topics of Mindfulness, Kindfulness or Happiness. He's been a full-time successful social entrepreneur since 2010. He holds two Masters degrees, in Engineering and in Education.
Vicky Johnson is core team member and co-founder of the Museum of Happiness. She was previously senior mentor for NCS The Challenge - the UK's leading charity training young people in positive skills for both work and life. She's taught happiness classes in schools, community centres and corporate organisations. She holds a degree in Event Management and is a trained coach, mindfulness and laughter yoga teacher.
Rosa Connor is core team member and director of Museum of Happiness. She currently works part time for London Youth and has experience in running wellbeing training programs and train the trainer programs. She's a fully qualified Yoga Teacher, Mindfulness Teacher and Laughter Yoga Teacher, and has also trained specifically to also offer Yoga to adolescents. She has trained with Almeida theatre to be a workshop leader. She holds a degree in English Literature with Creative Writing.
We also have a small team of core volunteers who help us with everything from PR to Videography and Strategy to help sweeping up the Museum at the end of the day. Without them, we would never be able to do what we do.
What's your story?
Three years ago the Museum of Happiness was an idea discussed on summer strolls around Hyde Park.
We wanted to offer a sanctuary where people of all ages and backgrounds could come together to feel safe, peaceful and happy and learn about their own wellbeing.
We were inspired by UK charity Action for Happiness and the Museum of Nonsense (Nonseum) in Austria.
One year later, we started delivering pop-up events and we were overwhelmed with the response. People from all over the world were coming to our events and asking, "where is the museum of happiness actually based? I want to bring my friends next week!"
We would sadly tell them it was folded up in a shed – which wasn't exactly great for our image! Our activities were all running on a volunteer basis and venue hire in London was beyond our financial means.
Last year, we were kindly offered a small space at the back of The Canvas Café – London's first Happy Café. Here we were able to open to the public, run regular classes, workshops and provide a space for anyone to drop in. We started developing training programmes and workshops that we have taken into organisations and began to develop an outreach programme for communities who may have barriers towards accessing our space.
We offer pay-it-forward weekly classes in mindfulness, art and yoga and weekend workshops. We gift the space, teachers gift their time and attendees and invited to do an act of kindness for their friends or family.
This summer we've been given the opportunity to enter into a partnership with One Housing Group and take over a beautiful big space in Arlington House – the UK's biggest homeless hostel. We feel so humbled and excited by the response to this work.
How is the money being spent?
We are committed to making the Museum of Happiness a sustainable social enterprise but really need your initial support to get started.
We have big plans to offer a varied program of events to all Londoners and tourists but there is only so much we can offer with a team of three volunteers. We have trained experts waiting and ready to go and with more money we can offer more services to more people.
Your money will go towards:
- an outreach programme so we can take the museum of happiness into housing estates, homeless people, schools, hospitals, youth organisations, care homes and communities that have barriers to accessing these services.
- renovating the space and buying equipment to creating an urban sanctuary full of fun events and interactive experiences.
- offering free spaces to all events for homeless, unemployed, and those on low-income wages.
- maintaining and nurturing a community, where everybody feels welcome.
We want to transform the space into a natural sanctuary of peace and joy.
Here's an image of what the space could look like if we secure the funding.
Many thanks to Darren, one of our volunteers, for creating this 3D mock up!
We feel so moved at the thought of you donating to our cause that we want to make sure you feel happy and satisfied with our thank you gifts!
We are offering everything from t-shirts and postcards to courses, tickets, and annual membership.
You even get the chance to create your very own little museum of happiness – in a box! Inside you will find resources to build your own museum of happiness wherever you like - in your home or office.
We know gifting feels good! We feel so grateful for your contribution, whatever you can afford. You'll be a part of this important movement.
What's s the hashtag for this campaign?
#sharehappiness - use it on social media, share your happy face or quote, and we will like it too!
Twitter @museumhappiness Instagram @museumhappiness Facebook.com/museumofhappiness
When will this museum open?!
If this crowdfunder is successful, we will open in September 2017! Yay!
What if you don't make your target?
If we don't meet our target, all the money you pledged will be returned to you and we don't get anything. We then may not be able to open this museum. We hope that doesn't happen! With your help to hit the target, we will be open and sharing happiness within months.
When will I get my rewards?
We have written an estimated delivery time underneath each reward that you selected. We'll ensure we deliver it to you by then.
Will the museum be free to visit?
We hope so. If we can make enough income from our general public classes, memberships and happiness at work programs, we will offer free or donation-based entry to the museum.
Will the museum be free for members to visit?
Yes! If you've bought annual membership, you can visit the museum during our opening hours. We have decided what they will be as it depends on when the space will be used by different teachers to offer their wellbeing classes.
How can I volunteer?
If you go to our website, MuseumofHappiness.org, there's a space to apply to volunteer. Thanks! That's so nice of you.
How can I start my own Museum of Happiness?
One way is to get our full-sized Museum of Happiness in a box for your organisation. You can see it in the rewards. But beyond that, if you want to start an official proper Museum of Happiness in your area or country with our ethos and brand and support, get in touch and we'll have a Skype call once this campaign is over to discuss.
Who are your partners?
The following organisation have helped us in this campaign and we're very grateful for their support:
Action for Happiness, Awake Academy, Network of Wellbeing, GNH Centre Bhutan, Happy Startup Summer School.


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Over the past few years Railroad Earth has carved a path wide and deep throughout the American roots music scene. From their first gigs in May 2001, to their most recent shows for legions of loyal fans, Railroad Earth has been an undeniable force whose superb songwriting, singing and performances have made them one of the most talked about bands to arrive in years. With well over 500 shows and tens of thousands of road miles behind them, Railroad Earth has become a staple on the national touring and festival scene.
The bass player for Railroad Earth, Johnny Grubb, has been using the E-MU 1616M Cardbus Digital Audio System to record the band's live shows while on the road. An E-MU enthusiast, Johnny shares some thoughts on the 1616M Cardbus Digital Audio System:
What had you been using before - what are the differences to using the 1616M?
We've been making four-track recordings of all of our shows since we got the 1616M. We'd previously been using a variety of different methods for archiving all of our shows - all of them tracking to DAT. I'm 28, so virtually all of my recording experience has been with computers, since I was probably 14 or 15 with my parents' PC in their office and the Wave recorder in Windows 95 or Windows 3 or whatever it was called back then.
So when I got a laptop and the 1616M (that I'd been coveting since I first read about it), I sort of slid into the role of live recording engineer. Of course, Mike Partridge, who has been our live engineer from the get-go, and I work together on it, since I've got my hands busy at show time. We still track to DAT as a backup, since things can happen from time to time. Our signal chain is this - Matrix or Tape Out from the sound board into an AMEK 2 channel mic pre as a line stage. From the AMEK into the DAT deck, then into the 1616M via S/PDIF. The DAT deck that we're using is a Tascam DA-45, which is actually the only 24-bit DAT ever made, but we run it 16-bit these days, for safety's sake. One of these days, I'll buy the right cabling to go into the 1616M first so that I can run true 24-bit recordings. The other tracks are from our Soundfield microphone. It's a really expensive, esoteric surround microphone which has four capsules in it that can be decoded to 5.1 if you have the right gear. We only have the stereo decoder, but it's still an outstanding mic source. We just run that straight into the mic pres on the 1616M. Tracking in Cubase SX, though I'm now motivated to learn to record the four tracks in Wavelab 6 - a recent acquisition. We mix the four tracks in post
Well, stand any board tape next to a board/audience matrix and be blown away by the difference. We had been using a setup at times in the past involving a Mackie 1204 and a Rane delay unit to mix the two signals before it hit the DAT. Of course, you're only in the ballpark with the delay time at best. The most revolutionary aspect of mixing the signals in post, for me, has been to REALLY be able to dial in the phase of the two sources. It's truly amazing, and since someone's shown me the right way to do it, it's really cut down on my use of EQ and raised the bar for my mixes several notches. Not to mention that just due to the hassle of setup, we'd stopped recording matrix a long time ago, and had just been archiving our board tapes
What else are you using the 1616M for?
Well, my wife and I only have one car, and she has an actual job, so she's got dibs. It's been awfully handy putting my laptop and the 1616M in a backpack and biking up to rehearsal. We've made some unbelievable rehearsal tapes that way, using the good old 2-track board feed and a mono room mic. I'm really into that rough and roomy sound that's so en vogue today, I must admit, and the barn that we rehearse and write in has a great vibe and a great sound to it.
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There is this guy that I baby-sit for all the time, and he loves for me to tease him. I usually go over to his house dressed in either tight short shorts or a mini skirt and either a tank top or midriff shirt, and some of the time with no bra.
He loves it when I brush my breasts up against him, or when I bend over and you can see the bottom of my ass. I've watched him masturbate a couple of times while I've slowly shown him my body. I've even sucked his cock once.
Well, one night I baby-sat for him, and I left my cell phone over at his house, so I went to go pick it up the next morning. When I got there he was the only one home. We started looking for my cell phone and he watched me as I bent over to check the couch. Then he suggested I check his bedroom since I had been in there on the phone. Well let me just say he had gotten tired of me just teasing him.
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"If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. This is not a book about how to avoid a wounded life, but how to avoid a wasted life. Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy."
- Piper's thundering message and clarion call pierce the layers of nonsense that clutter our hearts and lives, mesmerizing and distracting us all from what matters most. Don't Waste Your Life is a passionate and magnetic plea, drawing a generation back from the brink of irrelevant living, propelling them toward lives filled with the wonder of God.
by John Piper
Don't Waste Your Life
It's easy to slip through life without taking any risks — without making your life count. But life ought not be wasted. You don't need to know a lot of things to make a lasting difference in the world, but you do have to know the few, great, unchanging, and glorious things that matter and be willing to live and to die for them.
John Piper's plea to a generation is, "Don't waste your life!" This book is a passionate call to make your life count for eternity. He acknowledges that there are risks for those who seek to make a lasting difference by faith, yet he believes that they are risks worth taking for the cause of the gospel.


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I also appreciate that Fedora has made an effort to be more engaging to the casual user. Their new project home page reflects this intent clearly. Fedora also supports software freedom, presenting progress with each release and, of course, stability in the user experience.
As Ubuntu pushes on, they will be releasing their next version with a new shell based on GNOME, called Unity. Advocates are quick to point out that it's "easy" to change this over to a regular GNOME desktop shell, yet I have yet to find the big round "easy button" that will make this possible for users of all skill levels.
Perhaps it's filed under an Ubuntu wish list someplace? Fedora, however, will continue in the tradition of software freedom first and newbie adoption second. This means that the GNOME desktop will remain, as it always has.
As of right now, I'm someone who uses Ubuntu, Debian and a few other distributions of Linux in my daily routine. My main desktop happens to be running Ubuntu right now. So to say that I dislike Ubuntu would be inaccurate. No, my concerns with Ubuntu stem from the distribution becoming so big and mainstream that we see it losing focus on what is truly important their existing user base.
Even though it can be said that the user is free to undo anything that is not preferred out of the box, the list continues to get longer with each release. When Ubuntu first started out, I was all on board. These days, however, Im beginning to waver.
Making matters worse is the brand confusion taking place within the Linux community, as new users are mistaking one single distribution of Linux as its whole. And that, my friends, should be of great cause for alarm.
Love Ubuntu? No problem. But please stop worshiping it. Ubuntu is merely a member of a much larger community. And it's high time we remember that.
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Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, & Justin Theroux Celebrate July 4th in Malibu!
Gerard Butler and his girlfriend Morgan Brown make their way into a pre-Fourth of July private party at Nobu on Sunday (July 3) in Malibu, Calif.
Also seen arriving to the private party were Justin Theroux and Jamie Foxx.
Over the weekend, Jamie posted a photo of him and his kiddos grabbing a ride in the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters, courtesy of Lyft!
"Trying to Win daddy of the year! Ghostbusters style!!!…happy fourth weekend! #daddydaughtertime #happy4th @lyft," Jamie captioned the pic. See it below!