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Well, I got my marks back for my software programming assignment. I got 76% which is a first, so far my uni work is looking good. Only trouble is, our lectures are all rounding up in the next few weeks for the year! As in, when we come back next term, all I will have to do is revision for two exams. I've defiantly learnt a lot of stuff this year and i look forward to having the time to use some of it, and read up further on certain points.
We have a fair amount of assignments on the go at the moment. Another software programming, a 2 minute promotional video, and 2 more which we are yet to receive! I am keeping on top of things though, which is one of the reasons I'm sitting here writing this blog whilst everyone else rushes to finish the software programming assignment.
Moving away from uni, its been quite a stressful time recently with lots of other things on my mind. Still, I have now got my house for next year sorted, contract signed and deposit paid. We are living in a 3 bedroom flat in a large house that's been split into several flats. If you are interested in where it is, then just click the link below...
I'm off home soon for a weekend which should be nice. I'm looking forward to some proper home cooked food again, and of course mums pancakes (even if they are a few days late!). A long train journey on the way back though. National Rail tells me it will be about 3 hours! Still I have my iPod so I'll be fine!
Anyway, its almost 2pm now and I haven't eaten any lunch so I'm going to go grab something to eat, then head over to my lecture at 4!
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Assignments and home time...
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Assignments and home time...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Can't think of a title...
Well I got my studio techniques assignment back yesterday. Our brief was to create two minutes of entertaining content for radio. We were not allowed to use the spoken word and had to use foley effects as well as pre recorded sound effects. This was accompanied with a 1500 word report. I got 87% for my work, which is a first so I'm very pleased with this. I'll upload my work to my music blog in a few days so you can judge for yourself!
Things have been busy enough down here in Bournemouth, I'm working on a few assignments at the moment. I have to create an audio video sequencer in C++, as well as a 2 minute promotional video, and we have a large business assignment to do in a group! Lectures are winding up though, unbelievably we have ben allocated the time to do our assignments. Next term is a bit confusing, all we have is revision sessions timetabled! We only have 2 exams and my last is on the 28th May! So I'm pretty much finished after that, summer job here I come!
Anyway, thats all for now.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
No water...
We have no water at Purbeck house! It's been out since Friday evening and we have been provided with water storage tanks and a million portaloos! We're still not sure what the problem is but they're taking their time about fixing it, so it must be big!
I moaned like hell at first, and have heard so many other people moaning.
It's not all bad though, just think how much water we use in a day. It made me think about the people in Africa and other such places who permanently have no clean water. How can we honestly live in a world today where some people lead such luxurious lives, whilst others struggle for water every single day of their life?
We may moan about having no running water but it suddenly seems so insignificant when you look at the bigger picture!
At the end of the day, our water will be fixed at some point in the next week. Some people will never taste clean drinking water. Ever.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
You will never see snow in Bournemouth...
Seven words i heard when being shown around Bournemouth University on an open day, not sure how or why the topic came up but whoever spoke those words has been proved very wrong this week! Like the rest of the country, Bournemouth has been plunged into whiteness with what can only be described as snow.
Am I happy, excited, or pleased about this snow. No. Whilst it may be fun plotting (and for some reason always failing) to break out onto the roofs of University buildings and have massive snowball fights, the fact of the matter is that snow is only good if it's a few feet deep, freshly fallen, with a nice hard base, and on a nice steep mountain. And even then, it's only good if I am at the top of said mountain with a nice pair of ski's strapped to my feet. Who said I was bitter about my family going skiing again this year?
Pushing that aside, news here. Unfortunately one of my best mates on the course has decided that it's not for him. The decision is totally understandable, but he will be missed! Other news, all assignments are done for now, and as you may gather my exam has been and gone (smoothly, as far as I can tell). Emma is visiting this week from good old Winchester, hopefully the snow won't ruin the travel plans! Which brings me onto a very good point...
[rant] Other countries have snow for 6 months a year, and manage to cope absolutely fine. Yet our useless country has but a sprinkling of the white stuff, and headlines such as "Snow brings chaos to London" and "Snow in England spawns transit mess" are commonplace! I mean come on, sort it out Britain! [/rant]
Anyway, enough from me!
P.S. Sorry for the lack of updates on the Music Blog front, i have to admit that I stupidly came back to Uni, leaving all my previous creations at home! But have no fear, more are on the way!
P.P.S Just been reminded that i promised to update you on my cooking. I tried making lasagne, ended up on the toilet for 3 days and taking Immodium! (Don't try this at home kids)
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Technical Assurance is seeking a Front Office Administrator whose job duties will include electronic and hard copy filing, file structure management, scanning, document assembly, clerical document review, front desk reception with multi-line phone system and general office administration. This position requires an extensive amount of computer and internet usage, so candidates MUST be proficient in the use of computers and various systems. Applicants must have excellent multitasking skills and pay close attention to detail, while displaying a pleasant and professional demeanor. One year or more experience working in an office setting preferred but not necessary.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, and other duties may be assigned:
- Assume receptionist duties – greet public in a courteous and professional manner and refer them to appropriate staff members, answer phones, route calls and take messages when required.
- Assist with the clerical review, preparation and assembly of reports, proposals, presentations and other various communication materials
- Provide assistance for special events, vendors, guest meals, visitors, outside providers, and inquiries and communicate effectively between departments
- Perform general clerical duties to include but not limited to: photocopying, scanning documents, mailing, filing and scheduling appointments.
- Sign for and distribute UPS/FedEx packages, distribute incoming mail and be able to prepare large mailings
- Order office supplies and monitor inventory and keep food and drink items stocked in the conference room
- Establish and maintain official contract folders and procurement files electronically and physically
- Assist with scheduling, monitoring and follow up of project job meetings with contractors
- Coordinate travel and lodging accommodations for staff as requested
- Provide administrative support for marketing a needed
- Other duties as assigned
- Excellent customer service skills
- Knowledge of general office machines and telephone system
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook required
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as a team player
- Ability to switch quickly between multiple tasks, each with fundamentally different focuses
- Proficiency with Internet navigation and social media platforms a plus
- Experience in multi-tasking, meeting deadlines and the ability to prioritize
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Passion to work hard and see the business continue to grow
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- High School Diploma or equivalent with college/business school coursework preferred
- One year or more experience working in an office setting preferred but not necessary
- Experience in the architectural, engineering and/or construction industry a plus
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- Must think strategically, make sound decisions, and produce accurate timely results
- Must be able to build positive working relationships with multiple levels of employees and management
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Irv Novick and Jack Abel join Bob Haney for Teen Titans 8 (March/April 1967), in which the team faces a murderous machine known as Honey Bun.
Foreign exchange students, and racism against them, are at the root of the story in this issue, which takes place largely a small town, which seems to consist of a military factory, and a university.
Honey Bun is a deadly looking machine that has been developed for jungle fighting. It goes wild, and the evidence points to one of the foreign students as being behind the theft of the machine.
Robin, Aqualad, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash have to fight both Honey Bun and a local vigilante group that is out to get the suspected student. It turns out that he is guilty, but that he only stole Honey Bun in order to try to keep it away from an evil spy from his home country. Robin saves the day by using sand to mess up Honey Bun's operating system, and clears the student of suspicion.
A couple of months ago, the Titans faced a murderous woman called Honey Bun, a clear reference to this story.


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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
smile like you mean it
Last night I went home and fell asleep on the couch until almost 10pm. I've been doing this too often lately. I think it's all a vicious cycle. I've been working out less, eating worse, going to sleep too late. Ultimately I'm just not taking good care of myself, and my body is showing it both in appearance and behavior. I have to do better. I am old enough to know better.
I need to drink a ton of water. I need to stop eating so much damn sugar, eat more lean meats and proteins and veggies. I need to get better sleep. Keep with my gym routine. I just need to do better. I feel better when I do better, I need to keep reminding myself.
I think the heat is also not helping this week. My commute home is just gross. Hot trains, hot bus stops, being soaked in sweat by the time I get home. Not cool. It's draining, too. Last night I was supposed to cook myself dinner, do laundry, go to the gym. Instead I slept. Now all of those plans have been bumped to tonight instead and I have no choice but to just buckle down and do them. No more stupid evening long naps. If I fueled my body with actual food instead of carbs and sugar, I wouldn't be so tired! Argh, I'm frustrated with myself.
This is a ranty post and I didn't really mean it to be.
Sidenote: Tattooed Guy disappeared, essentially stomping away with his toys ages ago. He has a chip on his shoulder about people judging him based on his appearance, and no ability to at least admit that he's made it challenging at best with all of the 50 thousand ways he's altered his body and appearance. He was a big old victim, and it was a huge turn off.
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- AnonymousJuly 17, 2013 at 2:21 PM
This weather is awful. I don't complain about the cold usually as I've picked summer to be my hated season. I HATE summers here now. They're too hot. Metro has only exacerbated this. Anddd I'm just a big ole ray of sunshine - sorry! I hope it cools down for both our sakes. The heat also does NOT help the skin.ReplyDeleteReplies
You know, that's a good point about the heat and my skin. I'm sure all the sweat is not helping me out. Must remember to rinse face off after getting home from work or after being outside!Delete
I feel your pain re: fitness/health slump. I'm a perpetual healthy eater, but the wine and the dark chocolate are adding up too, too quickly. And wanting to sleep in rather than hit the gym before work.ReplyDelete
The victim mentality is so very unappealing in anyone, men or friends. We all have issues, but a mature person finds a way to deal!Replies
Yeah, I need to re-focus! Can't believe I'm slacking in the summer when I have the most vested need to look good in less clothing LOL.Delete
So sorry to hear you're having some struggles. Once you get a few on-track days in a row under your belt, I bet you'll feel much better about everything. What I hate about breakouts is that I notice I get them sometimes a slightly overdone weekend of drinking... And not only do those yucky things pop up, but I notice my complexion looks pretty awful in general. Boo. Why can't we have fun without consequences?ReplyDelete
A couple weeks ago, I got a huge pimple right on the middle of my cheekbone line, right in time for a first date with a super cute guy. It didn't affect his decision to keep asking me out though, and the zit was gone in time for date #2. I hope the same for you! Many people are forgiving of breakouts...just need a little extra makeup on date night. :/
On other note, thanks for the update on Tattooed Guy! I was wondering, but it's too bad that the chip on his shoulder outweighed what otherwise seemed like a good personality.
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I haven't drank in a couple of weeks, so I don't know what the deal is! Hormones, sweat, take your pick, LOL.Delete
Yeah, I'm really hoping I'm cleared up mostly by date day. I always feel like covering it makes it more obvious on me!
I hear you on the weather, too. My walk to/from Metro is maybe 30 minutes combined, but I'm sweating like crazy. I actually had a sweat mark on the back of my blouse when I got in my office today, which I've never had happen... is this the joy of getting older? ;)ReplyDelete
Sometimes when my face is being a total dick about breakouts, I use the 10% Benzoyl Peroxide bar that I normally use on my body on my face and let it sit there before rinsing off. It tends to nuke all the bacteria that's lying in wait. :)Replies
I think it's one of the joys of it just being gross out, LOL. NOT A FAN. Two more days of this kind of crazy heat and supposedly we get a little break...Delete
Yeah, my skin sucks. I'm drying the bejesus out of it in order to get rid of the breakout. Sigh.


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Just went over the wc sketch with a fine pen, I confess I took a ref. photo of the scene.
Dublin Sketchers get together every Sunday afternoon in Dublin to sketch. We go to a different place each week. Check here on a Friday to see where we are off to. Come along if you fancy it! We start sketching from 2pm and meet at 4pm for a drink and chat. We are part of the global Urban Sketchers community.
Re worked sketch from Sun. on the canal
6 comments:
- Tracy O'Brien said...
Wow Mary!!! This is really beautiful, love it!!
- August 21, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Pat said...
Mary, that's an absolutely stunning sketch. Terrific work, well done.
- August 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- galvinator said...
Quality work Mary, the colour works beautifully with the inkwork.
- August 21, 2009 at 5:44 PM
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- TAW Blog Admin said...
Gorgeous Mary nice one.
- August 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- SuzanneLindfield said...
It's beautiful Mary, absolutley stunning!
- August 24, 2009 at 9:42 AM
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The playback on your HDTV will be poorer than the original HD video. The resolution of the DVD will be 720x480 (standard NTSC... assuming you are in NTSC land) compared to the 1920x1080 of your original HD movie.
It is strange that the DVD played on your computer is smaller than the AVI... what AVI format did you export to... or how did you export the AVI? If you exported to DV-AVI then this should be the same frame size as your DVD export. If you use a 1080i project preset you can select the format to burn the DVD, I assume you burnt an NTSC DVD (assuming you are in the US).
Other thing, how long is your video, for maximum quality when burnt to DVD the video should be around an hour... any longer and PE7 will reduce the bitrate of the burnt video to fit the video to the DVD.
Thanks, you answered my question. Somehow I was thinking I would get better resolution but I guess that's what Blu-ray is for. I did export through the Export Movie menu and I'm pretty sure I selected DV-AVI. Anyway, I'll try again and export in mpeg.and see what happens. The video is only 8 minutes long. Thanks again.


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The D-BEAR YOUTH FOUNDATION was founded by Robert "Midget" Molley, aka Hakeem Abdul-Shaheed, in May of 2006 while housed on death row at the United States Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Midget Molley, the name Hakeem is well-known by, spent a total of 30-years of his life in and out of correctional institutions, recently completing a 20-year federal sentence.
While incarcerated, Midget Molley lost a number of family members; most devastating of them all was his son, Michael "D-BEAR" Demps who, along with three of his companions, were gunned down by a one-time friend while at a traffic-light in 2000.
The news of a dead son, after having lost his mother, two sisters and all his aunts and uncles while incarcerated, sent Mr. Molley into a bloody rage, vowing total retaliation.
However his form of justice would have to wait until his release, which was six years away…
By June 14, 2006, the day Midget Molley was released from prison, he had become a man on a mission, not a mission to spread death and destruction but, rather, a man prepared to see that his son live forever through an organization named in his honor; An organization dedicated to steering students and At Risk Youths away from a culture of gangs, drugs and promiscuous sex.
Through its program, The Streets Is A Lie, the organization, D-BEAR YOUTH FOUNDATION, offers proven solutions for real life challenges which face our young people today.
The program is based on Reality Therapy, which explains that all our behavior is total behavior, made up of four components, 1). acting, 2). thinking, 3). feeling, and 4). physiology.
The D-BEAR YOUTH FOUNDATION, under the passionate leadership of Robert "Midget" Molley, extends its knowledge and wisdom, as well as its services, to all who wish to see our students and At Risk Youths become productive citizens in our communities and our society.


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11. November 2013
So now La Negra is tied up in Premia de Mar, a "For Sale" sign attached to her stern, not that I want to sell but if the right offer comes across I might consider.
I am in Berlin, smelling the city life, which feels right at the moment. Not sure what I will do from here on, the Med has been sailed, out to the Atlanic? I don't know yet, and I am not in a rush to decide.
Surely the chapter Karin-Axel-La Negra in the Mediterranean has come to its final page.
Beyond the horizon we will see
where the wind is taking me.
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Alice's Grand Adventures
Stories and pictures of my walks and other adventures.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Never ending snow
Yesterday morning, I suddenly got the urge to take a picture of myself coming and going, so to speak... well, at least, the impressions of my feet coming and going.
At this point, winter is showing no sign of ending... and the snow keeps on coming... and, sometimes, it glitters beneath the sunlight or the moonlight in colors bright and wonderful...
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Wearable Art, Aaacckkk!
A couple of different things come to mind, all of this philosophizing being spurred on by a snoop shopping trip and a possible interpretation of some RTW I saw.
The first thing I think of when the term "wearable art" is heard between these two ears are visions of patchwork vests with Ohio Stars pieced on the back. Don't get me wrong here. I love quilters. I love quilting fabrics. I was a quilter for many many years. (blush) I even made one of those vests, well, mine was a jacket. But some how in quilting magazines and guilds across America this use of traditional quilt patterns and 100% cotton came to be called wearable art. Is it? No, it is a quilted vest. JM2cents FWIW.
The next thought I have, and more to my way of thinking, is the work of the likes of Lois and Dianne Ericson, Marcy Tilton, etc. I like their work. It shows a reintrepretation of garment lines. Seams are creatively used. Closures come forefront. Books were published and patterns were made. I read the books, found them very inspiring. I bought the patterns and loved those too. This work definitely was hatched from an artistic mind that found inspiration in nature, architecture, ect. I sure have made a few of these too. At this age of mine, however, I am finding many of the styles really are not that flattering to me. They are great canvases, and tell the world what I am capable of, but do they look good on me? Not often, at least at this stage. They look fabulous on some and there are great examples of that. They just never really worked for me and now I finally admit it. Maybe I am just too small to carry of some canvasses. That doesn't mean their wonderful work won't seduce me again at some time. And I need to give thanks here, too. My interpretations of their inspirations made me think out of the box and taught me a lot. I am so thankful for that.
Thought three is just amazing wearable art. This is the stuff of fabric challenges, national competitions, and the studio of Summerset Banks. Those who make this type of wearable art are artists, skilled artists. They bring to the table tremendous sewing and drafting skills. Their creativity bounds in their interpretations of themes. This is no holds barred sewing, the stuff of fantasies. I love this work. I am inspired by this work. I am very impressed by those who practice it well. But alas, I can't wear fantasy either.
So here I am trying to find my expression of wearable art. First, I would like to call it something else. I just haven't thought of what yet. It would be truly wearable. It may turn a few heads but not look out of sync with its environment. It is more than just line and color. It is the employment of textures, embellishments, paints, technique to die for. It is way thinking out of the box for a garment that could actually be worn shopping, to church, to a wedding. It is the coat felted with polka dots by Shams. Actually it is a lot of stuff by Shams. She is really good at making truly wearable art. It is the painted lining Caroline, the Sewing Fanatic, did for one of her TNT garments. Whoodathunkit? She did and her lining was fabulous. It could be one of Sivje's, aka Goose Girl's, interpretations of childrens clothing. Sivje thinks sooo creatively to make original very wearable gorgeous clothing for children. No fluff and stuff here. Her "Olivia" dress, all from her hands and mind is the stuff of dreams and I think she could launch a career on that dress alone.
So we are talking more than color, line, fabric, and drape here. And above all, it is truly wearable. Can we not think up a new name for this? It's bugging the crap out of me......Bunny


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Title: Upside Down (Book 1 in the Off The Map series)
Author: Lia Riley
Publisher: Hachette
Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Links: GoodReads | Book Depository | Lia's Website
Twenty-one-year-old Natalia Stolfi is saying good-bye to the past-and turning her life upside down with a trip to the land down under. For the next six months, she'll act like a carefree exchange student, not a girl sinking under the weight of painful memories. Everything is going according to plan until she meets a brooding surfer with hypnotic green eyes and the troubling ability to see straight through her act.
Bran Lockhart is having the worst year on record. After the girl of his dreams turned into a nightmare, he moved back home to Melbourne to piece his life together. Yet no amount of disappointment could blind him to the pretty California girl who gets past all his defenses. He's never wanted anyone the way he wants Talia. But when Bran gets a stark reminder of why he stopped believing in love, he and Talia must decide if what they have is once in a lifetime . . . or if they were meant to live a world apart.
Why I picked it up:
This book was sent to me from Hachette in exchange for an honest review.
My Thoughts:
I was immediately intrigued after reading the authors note and learning this novel dealt with OCD. I enjoy issue based novels, so I was interested to see how the author would tackle it.
"No. I mean… I doubt she's cuter than you." His voice lowers in pitch and when he briefly worries his lower lip, the flash of his teeth, his tongue, gives me an odd jolt of intimacy.
"I… wait, are you getting flirty?" The unfiltered words zoom from my mouth before I can slam the breaks.
"No! Jesus, of course not." He stares at me like I'm a total idiot. Which I am.
I really enjoyed the writing style. I liked the authors quirky side sentences that accompanied the dialogue. Like: He makes the single word sound dragged through gravel. The Sphinx is a million times more expressive. Or: I'm practically Rip Van Winkle by the end of his lengthy sigh.
This story was pretty cute. The scenarios were predictable. Nothing I haven't read before, but it was still a nice read. Talia and Bran were sweet together and I was rooting for them. Plus there were some funny laugh-out-loud moments, which is always a plus.
"Yeah, they make good…" His eyes drop to my chest. The Foreign Student Hall is serious about air-conditioning. It's like we're training to forge the Arctic tundra. My nipples have responded accordingly.
Yoohoo! The twins seem to wave. Here we are – boobs!
I think the cuts from Talia's POV to Bran's were a little unnecessary. Insights into his thoughts didn't really add anything new to the story. I think romances are more interesting when you don't know what the other side is thinking.
Overall, this book started well, but it really dragged in the middle and I found myself losing interest. There wasn't enough mystery for me – I was never scared that they weren't going to get it together. And that sort of assurance has a tendency to ruin a romance story. I also found Bran a little feminine. Some of the stuff he said had me rolling my eyes, because c'mon, guys don't talk like that.
I guess at the end of the day, this one got off to a great start but then failed to really suck me in and hold my attention.
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Full Moon in Paris (1984) on Vidimovie
"He who has two women loses his soul, he who has two houses loses his mind." So it goes with Louise played by Pascale Ogier who is dissatisfied with her mundane life in a bleak Parisian new-town. She rents a pied-à-terre in the city so she can experience independence.
We have 26 videos from "Full Moon in Paris" to watch here on Vidimovie right now.


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Welcome to Afghanistan the most heavily mined country in the world. Heroes of Hell's Highway, a new three part series follows two platoons who go into the heart of Taliban country to clear Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, so the rest of the military can get through. The series celebrates the soldiers' efforts and the critical role they play in making the country safer. IEDs are the insurgent s most effective weapon and the number one killer of troops and civilians. Using specialised Mad Max-style machines, the platoons can see underground and survive massive explosions. Their mission: to take the hit, so the other forces don't have to.
Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship, causing Duke Ellis to mastermind a mass riot.
This feels like the ultimate collection of AC/DC's radio broadcasts from when the inimitable Bon Scott was fronting the band. The sound quality across all 8 shows is superb and it's great to see that the same attention paid to the sound has been paid to the artwork! Presented in a sturdy box with each CD in an individual gatefold sleeve, just like a vinyl gatefold, this is a superb collection. Highly recommended!


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Croat comes in second in 'Sail Melbourne' race
Croatian sailor Tina Mihelic came in second in the 35 Laser Radial class race yesterday in Melbourne.
The Australian city is hosting the first World Cup regatta for Olympic classes of boats, "Sail Melbourne," from 16 to 21 December.
Mihelic's main rival, American Anna Tunnicliffe, was first. She won Olympic gold in that class.
After the race, Mihelic said: "I am satisfied with today's race. In the first leg, I was in the lead, but we got mixed up near the end, and I lost my advantage when a New Zealand sailor distracted me. But, aside from that, everything was ok."
Croat Milan Vujasinovic from Split finished his Laser-class race in fifth place, and Croat Ivan Taritas from Zagreb finished his in tenth place.
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n.— «Hockey players call it a "bag skate." An early-morning practice during which a cranky coach skates his disinterested team till the players are bagged. Out of gas. Exhausted. A bag skate is a great attention getter for a coach who thinks his team has lost its focus.» —"Sutter delivers warning: Trouble is, what will coach do next time Flames falter" by Bruce Dowbiggin Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada) Nov. 6, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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{ Kate Hudson in Atelier Versace }
The fashion gods were at work at the 2014 Oscars. I have never been so floored by award show fashion than I was last night. From everyone's new girl crush, Lupita Nyong'o, to seasoned "best dressed list" veteran, Cate Blanchett, there was no shortage of jaw-dropping moments on the Oscar red carpet. To top it off, Ellen was hilarious, Lupita danced with Pharrell, and Jennifer Lawrence fell on the red carpet...what more could you ask for out of an award show? Anyway, back to the fashion, here are my favorite looks of the night.
{ Lupita Nyong'o in Prada }
{ Olivia Wilde in Valentino and Jason Sudeikis in Prada }
{ Naomi Watts in Calvin Klein Collection }
{ Cate Blanchett in Giorgio Armani }
{ Jennifer Lawrence in Dior Couture }
{ Camilla Alves in Gabriela Cadena }
{ Emma Watson in Vera Wang }
{ Portia de Rossi in Naeem Khan }
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Thank you for all your prayers concerning the meeting with the orphanage's programs director. The meeting was originally scheduled for around noon, but due to a seminar we met later in the day. When we arrived, she still wasn't there, so we sat down with the Head Director, Yuri. Although he was amicable and open to our program, he made it clear to us, "No Preaching." He went on to explain that the kids come from many different religious backgrounds and he doesn't want us imposing our religion on them. He also said, "art – okay. But we really need sports equipment." Sorry, no athletic abilities here – only art. He agreed, said there'd be no problems. After discussing all the details with him, the programs director finally showed. When meeting with her, she had a different opinion about what we could do: "Bible lessons – okay." Olga is a Christian and said that she teaches the students Bible and tells them about God.
So, the dilemma – who do we follow? The Head Director who says no and could ban us from ever coming back if we do talk about God, or the Programs Director who says that talking about God is okay. Fortunately, for this particular art program, we have no dilemma. The program itself is not Christian focused – meaning that it comes from a secular University and does not directly include Bible teachings. However, it was written by a Christian who incorporated all Christian themes into the curriculum. The teaching will not be preaching; thus following the Head Director's request. However, because the themes are Christian, and we who are helping lead it are Christians, we can easily talk one-on-one with the kids about those themes and how they are a part of our Christian beliefs.
The planning of this trip has been a rollercoaster ride. One moment things were all planned out, but the next minute everything changed and we had to start over. Several times throughout the last month, we all thought that this camp was not going to happen. Yesterday was proof that God is always working even when we cannot see it – we just have to be patient and let Him do His work.
On the way home, there was an older man, drunk and possibly a little mentally off, sitting on a window sill begging for money. His clothes were dirty and disheveled. His skin dark and leathery. Not feeling compelled to give money, we continued to walk by. But just as Josh was directly in front of him, the man took a large, heavy stick (think wooden broomstick but heavier and thicker) and hit Josh on his arm. Josh stopped, turned in shock, and just looked at the man. i wasn't sure what was going to happen. But Josh quickly turned back to us and just kept walking without saying anything. I can't help but think that this drunk man should be very glad that Josh is not a violent person.


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CARSON CITY — Republican legislative leaders support Gov. Brian Sandoval's plan announced Tuesday to extend $620 million in temporary taxes, while Democrats say it won't provide enough money to build a better education system in Nevada.
In a surprise announcement, Sandoval said he intends to keep the sales and business taxes due to expire in July 2013 for at least two more years to avoid cuts to education and social services. He also said he has told state agencies to prepare "flat" budgets, ones without increases or decreases.
If the proposal prevents cuts to education, Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, will support it.
"What the governor is proposing is a flat budget. No one has to pay a dime more," said Roberson, leader of the Senate Republican Caucus.
Yet in his 2010 campaign for governor, Sandoval contended that even extending the temporary tax increases would represent a tax increase, something he opposed.
Roberson took a similar position during the 2011 session when he voted against the compromise between the governor and Democrats that continued the taxes — a 0.35 percentage point increase in the sales tax rate and a near doubling of the payroll tax rate.
Although Sandoval again is breaking his campaign pledge, this time he is doing so with more backing from party leaders such as the conservative Roberson. Democrats are unhappy with the proposal, but only because it rules out other tax hikes to fund education.
Sandoval said that after visiting 200 schools, he changed his thinking about cutting funding for either public schools or higher education, which occurred during the last legislative session. He also will not reduce social service or public safety spending.
"My No. 1 is priority is education," he said. "I will not cut education. Medicaid is increasing dramatically. I will not reduce services to the most vulnerable.
"I am happy to sit down with anybody," he continued. "Get to learn the budget. Higher education, K-12, health and human services and public safety, that is 96 percent of the budget. If you are going to make significant cuts, you have to cut education."
And he refuses to do that again.
"In addition to avoiding further cuts to education, this decision means there will be no need for tax increases in the next session," Sandoval said later in a statement. "Nevadans will pay no more than they are in the current biennium."
If constituents look at what the state spends, they will realize the $6.2 billion budget cannot sustain a $620 million reduction, Sandoval said.
But Sen. Mo Denis, the leader of the Senate Democrats, said flat spending on education is not "good enough for our kids."
"In order to diversify our economy and attract new businesses and industry to Nevada, we must show them we are serious about investing in a well-educated workforce," said Denis, D-Las Vegas. "We can't do that if education funding remains stagnant."
Assembly Democratic leader Marcus Conklin added, "The key to prosperity starts with a sound education system."
Although Republicans won't talk now about increasing education revenue, Conklin, D-Las Vegas, said that "this is the first step in a very lengthy process."
Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, was glad to see some Republicans who didn't support the budget compromise in 2011 now changing their tune. But he added that the Legislature needs to approve a broader-based business tax that reduces the reliance on gaming and mining taxes.
On the other hand, Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Minden, said that before he votes to continue the temporary taxes, he wants the state to adopt reforms to show citizens that their tax dollars are being spent appropriately. He said he favors legislation to require drug testing of people before they receive Medicaid.
"Before you ask citizens for tax dollars, we have to make sure we do a better job of watching our taxes," added Settelmeyer, a conservative who was the Senate Republican whip last year.
In his comments to reporters, Sandoval said he wanted to end the furloughs that have resulted in state employees receiving pay cuts of either 4.6 percent or 4.8 percent each of the past three years, but that might not be possible because of increases in Medicaid caseloads of 4,000 per month.
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which goes into effect in 2014, also may prevent him from ending furloughs, Sandoval added. The national health care act is expected to add more than $100 million a year to state Medicaid costs. The U.S. Supreme Court soon will review the constitutionality of the act.
Sandoval said his proposals could change depending on improvements in the economy, but he said he wanted to announce his intentions now.
Republican leaders remain hopeful that some budget savings can be found so that a portion of the temporary taxes can be reduced.
"I still think we can look at cost savings," said Assemblyman Pat Hickey, R-Reno, the head of the Assembly Republican Caucus.
Hickey agreed that education should not be cut, but he said the state might request co-pays from people who receive Medicaid, the free health care program for the poor and disabled. Other states have required co-pays, Hickey said.
More than 306,000 people in Nevada receive Medicaid.
Geoff Lawrence, deputy director of policy for the conservative Nevada Policy Research Institute in Las Vegas, questioned why Sandoval is agreeing now to keep the temporary taxes.
"I would have expected it to be his biggest trading chip next session. I don't see how he can get other reforms through now," he said.
Lawrence said Democrats last year did not even give a good hearing to the governor's plan to reform the Public Employees Retirement System.
Vishnu Subramaniam, director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employee Local 4041, contended that state employees no longer can be expected to work harder for less pay and lower benefits.
Subramaniam said that if furloughs for state employees are kept by the Legislature next year, it will be six straight years of reduced wages for them.
"Ultimately we have to take our case to the Nevada public," said Subramaniam, whose AFL-CIO union will be part of labor's upcoming effort to circulate petitions to increase state taxes.
"We need to make the pie bigger. The state of Nevada is not going to improve without initiatives to increase taxes."
Staff writer Laura Myers contributed to this report. Contact Capital Bureau Chief Ed Vogel at firstname.lastname@example.com or 775-687-3901.


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Quote of the Day: "Ten years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now, we have no jobs, no hope and no cash." ...lifted from Paul Krugman's blog "comments"
1--The Big Drag, Paul Krugman, NY Times
Excerpt: The CBO has released the latest assessment of the American Recovery and Reconstruction Act, aka Obama stimulus. What it tells us is that the US federal government has been practicing destructive fiscal austerity since the middle of 2010 (and that's not even talking about what's happening at the state and local level). Here's the average of CBO's high and low estimates of the impact of the ARRA on the level (not the rate of growth) of GDP by quarter: (must see chart)
And you wonder why the economy isn't recovering strongly?
2--From the WSJ: BofA Warned to Get Stronger, calculated risk
Bank of America Corp.'s board has been told that the company could face a public enforcement action if regulators aren't satisfied with recent steps taken to strengthen the bank ... The nation's second-largest lender has been operating under a memorandum of understanding since May 2009 ... In recent months, regulators met with Bank of America's board and said they wanted to see more progress ... Otherwise the informal order could turn into a formal and public action ...
This would be a huge addition to the "Unofficial" problem bank list (We only include banks operating under a formal action on the list). A formal action would mean greater restrictions - and would bring more negative publicity to the bank.
3--Third Quarter GDP Growth Revised Downward, economist's view
Excerpt: Our not so robust recovery is weaker than first reported:
Real gross domestic product ... increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2011 ... according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. ... The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for the "advance" estimate issued last month. In the advance estimate, the increase in real GDP was 2.5 percent...
So once again the advance estimate captured headlines and allowed policymakers to say hurray, things are improving, we don't have to act. I disagreed at the time -- even 2.5 percent is a sputtering recovery compared to what we need to reemploy the millions of jobless and policymakers have waited far too long already -- but the headline figure was enough to allow policymakers to "wait and see."
4--Can Italy Be Saved?, Michael Spence, Project Syndicate
Excerpt: Italy is a large economy, with annual GDP of more than $2 trillion. Its public debt is 120% of GDP, or roughly $2.4 trillion, which does not include the liabilities of a pension system in need of significant adjustments to reflect an aging population and increased longevity. As a result, Italy has become the world's third-largest sovereign-debt market.
But rising interest rates are causing the debt-service burden to become onerous and politically unsustainable. Furthermore, Italy must refinance €275 billion ($372 billion) of its debt in the next six months, while investors, seeking to reduce their financial exposure to the country, are driving the yield on Italian ten-year bonds to prohibitively high levels – currently above 7%.
The need to refinance outstanding debt is not the only challenge. Domestic and foreign bondholders, especially banks, have experienced capital losses, which have damaged balance sheets, capital adequacy, and confidence. The trade and current-account deficits are large and rising, probably reflecting a loss of competitiveness and productivity relative to Germany and France, two of Italy's largest trading partners. Moreover, economic growth has been slow for the past decade, and is not accelerating, which will make it difficult to lower the public-debt burden even with fiscal consolidation....
The sequencing problem is obvious: a commitment conditional on reform progress will not bring back private investors immediately, because it does not reduce the perceived risk of substantial political obstacles to implementing the necessary measures. Only bold and largely unconditional commitments by both the European Union and Italy can break this dangerous impasse. Absent either one, the risk of a sequential unraveling of eurozone public finances and a global economic downturn will remain high.
5--"Solving America's Debt Crisis", econbrowser
Excerpt: In principle, solving the nation's debt problems is easy. Almost all experts agree that a combination of reduced spending and increased tax revenues is needed. Cuts in spending and increases in tax revenues equal to about 5 percent of GDP are required to prevent an increase in the debt-to-GDP ratio. If a constant debt-to-GDP ratio were achieved with spending cuts alone, annual non-interest government spending would have to be reduced by about 20 percent. Alternatively, if a constant debt-to-GDP ratio were achieved by relying solely on increased tax revenues, taxes would have to be raised by about 33 percent. It is impossible to imagine that Congress would ever adopt spending cuts or tax increases of these magnitudes.
The logical conclusion is that only a balanced approach to solving our debt crisis, one that includes both spending cuts and increased taxes, is feasible. That being said, neither spending cuts nor tax increases will be politically easy to enact.....
The current budget (fiscal year 2011 started October 1, 2010) contained tax reductions and substantial cuts in non-security discretionary programs. For the fiscal 2012 budget, the House has called for additional and controversial cuts in the same programs, but the Senate is likely to disagree. However, even if the House version were adopted, large deficits would continue and the debt-to-GDP ratio would continue to grow. The reason is the projected growth in entitlement programs, due to rising health-care costs and an aging population. As Figure 3 illustrates, after 2030 the cost of Social Security levels off at about 6 percent of GDP. The story is quite different for Medicare. Costs rise faster than GDP far into the future and are forecast to reach 10 percent of GDP in 2050. Proposals to restructure Medicare and Social Security benefits are controversial, partisan, and divisive.
The alternative route to deficit reduction is to raise government revenues. However, Congress seems to oppose tax increases even more than spending cuts. Congress has repeatedly reduced taxes by enacting rate reductions or by adding exemptions, deductions, and credits. As a result, federal tax revenues last year were 14.9 percent of GDP, their lowest level in the past 60 years. Not only have tax revenues been growing less slowly than the economy, they are substantially lower than taxes in most other developed nations....
Or, as Jeffry Frieden and I conclude in our book, Lost Decades:
America's prosperity requires fiscal responsibility. The phrase "fiscal responsibility" has been used so much that it is something between an obligatory buzzword and a code word for cutting government spending. In our view, true fiscal responsibility involves a willingness to raise sufficient tax revenue, over the longer term, to pay for the programs the government implements. Fiscal responsibility should not be equated with a small government, but rather with a commitment to pay for the government services provided. If the nation affirms that enhancing national defense and improving health care for the poor are legitimate goals, fiscal responsibility entails raising the revenue to fund these programs, rather than borrowing for them.
6-IMF Revamps Credit Lines to Lure Nations, Bloomberg
Excerpt: The International Monetary Fund revamped its credit line program to encourage countries facing outside shocks to turn to the fund with few conditions attached, as European leaders fail to end their debt turmoil.
The Washington-based IMF said today the new instrument, the Precautionary and Liquidity Line, can be tapped by countries with strong economies currently facing short-term liquidity needs. Funding available will be capped at a percentage of countries' contributions to the fund, limiting the role the instrument can play in preventing the debt crisis from spreading in Europe.
"The size is too small to be meaningful for Italy and Spain," said Edwin M. Truman, a former U.S. assistant Treasury secretary who's now a senior fellow with the Peterson Institute, a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Washington. The countries' economic policies may also prevent them from pre-qualifying for the credit line, he said
The changes, which enable countries that pre-qualify to request IMF funds without having to make as many policy changes as with traditional loans, come as Europe's crisis threatens to spread to France and Spain. The IMF is co-financing bailouts in Greece, Portugal and Ireland and is preparing to send a team to Italy for an unprecedented audit of that country's efforts to cut its debt.
Effective Safety Net
"The reform enhances the Fund's ability to provide financing for crisis prevention and resolution," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in an e-mailed statement. "This is another step toward creating an effective global financial safety net to deal with increased global interconnectedness."
A country can request a Precautionary and Liquidity Line for six months with a limit of five times its quota, which for Italy would amount to about 45 billion euros ($61 billion). That compares with 440 billion euros of bonds and bills that the country is preparing to sell next year. For Spain, 23 billion euros would be available under the credit line.
7--Self-serving myths of Europe's neo-Calvinists, Ambrose-Evans Pritchard, Telegraph
Excerpt: If you have half an hour, read this paper (pdf) by Philip Whyte and Simon Tilford for the Centre for European Reform....
European policy-makers have been reluctant to concede that the eurozone is institutionally flawed. Even now, many assert that the crisis is not one of the eurozone itself, but of errant behaviour within it. If certain countries had not broken the rules, they argue, the eurozone would never have run into trouble. The way to restore confidence, it follows, is to ensure that rules are rigorously enforced.
These claims are wrong on almost every count. It is now clear that a monetary union outside a fiscal union is a deeply unstable arrangement; and that efforts to fix this flaw with stricter and more rigid rules are making the eurozone less stable, not more.
The reason the eurozone is governed by rules is that few of its member-states – least of all its wealthier North European ones – have any appetite for fiscal union. Crudely, rules (gouvernance) exist because common fiscal institutions (gouvernement) do not. But rules are no substitute for common institutions. And tighter rules do not amount to greater fiscal integration.
The hallmark of fiscal integration is mutualisation – a greater pooling of budgetary resources, joint debt issuance, a common backstop to the banking system, and so on. Tighter rules are not so much a path to mutualisation, as an attempt to prevent it from happening.
This course of action is more likely to precipitate the euro's disintegration than its survival.
Why is the eurozone in crisis?
The short answer is that the introduction of the euro spurred the emergence of enormous macroeconomic imbalances that were unsustainable, and that the eurozone has proved institutionally ill-equipped to tackle. North European policy-makers have been reluctant to accept this interpretation. For them, the crisis is not one of the eurozone itself, but of individual behaviour within it. If the eurozone is in difficulty, it is because of a few 'bad apples' in its ranks. In this interpretation, neither the design of the eurozone nor the behaviour of the 'virtuous' in the core were at fault.
Ever since the eurozone crisis broke out, the North European interpretation of it has prevailed. It essentially sees the crisis as a morality tale, pitting those who sinned against those who stuck to the path of virtue. The major sins of the periphery were government profligacy and losses of competitiveness. The way out of the crisis, it follows, is straightforward. It is to emulate the virtuous core by consolidating public finances and improving competitiveness (by raising productivity, reducing wages, or both). If the periphery can achieve this, then the eurozone debt crisis can be resolved without an institutional leap forward to fiscal union.
The North European interpretation is by no means all wrong (no serious observer disputes that Greece grossly mismanaged its public finances). But it is damagingly partial and self-serving. It skates over the contribution played by the euro's introduction to the rise of indebtedness in the periphery; it wrongly assigns all the blame for peripheral indebtedness to government profligacy; it makes no mention of the far from innocent role played by creditor countries in the run-up to the crisis; and it does not acknowledge how the it was wasted (perhaps unsurprisingly).
It is wrong, however, to blame government profligacy for the rise in peripheral indebtedness: Greece is the only country where this holds true. In Ireland and Spain, it was the private sector (particularly banks and households) that was to blame. Indeed, in 2007, the Spanish and Irish governments looked more virtuous than Germany's: they had never broken the fiscal rules, had lower levels of public debt and ran budget surpluses.
Creditor countries cannot be absolved of all blame. Not only was export-led growth in countries like Germany and the Netherlands structurally reliant on rising indebtedness abroad. But creditor countries in the core harboured plenty of vice: the conduits for the capital that flowed from core to periphery were banks, and these were more highly leveraged in countries like Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium than they were in the periphery (or the Anglo-Saxon world).
The eurozone crisis is as much a tale of excess bank leverage and poor risk management in the core as of excess consumption and wasteful investment in the periphery. If the eurozone had been a fully-fledged fiscal union, it would not be in its current predicament. Its aggregate public debt and deficit ratios, after all, are no worse than the US's. But it is not a fiscal union – which is why it faces an existential crisis, and the US does not.
The current crisis, then, is not simply a tale of fiscal irresponsibility and lost competitiveness in the eurozone's geographical periphery. It is also about the unsustainable macroeconomic imbalances to which the launch of the euro contributed (in creditor and debtor countries); about the epic misallocation of capital by excessively leveraged absence of fiscal integration has exacerbated financial vulnerabilities and made the crisis harder to resolve.
How did the euro's introduction contribute to the current crisis? The answer is that the removal of exchange rate risk inside the eurozone encouraged massive sums of capital to flow from thrifty countries in the 'core' to countries in the 'periphery' (where private investors thought the rates of return were higher). The influx of foreign capital cut borrowing costs in the periphery, encouraging households, firms and governments to spend more than they earned. The result was an explosion of current-account imbalances inside the eurozone. As a share of GDP, these imbalances were far bigger than those between, say, the US and China.
Ever since the Greek sovereign debt crisis broke out, the thrust of eurozone policy has been to try and turn the region into a less Mediterranean and more Germanic bloc – that is a shared currency held together by increased discipline among its members. The centrepiece of the framework that has emerged is a 'grand bargain' between creditor and debtor countries. Creditor countries have assented to the creation of a European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to extend bridging loans to countries that are temporarily shut out of the bond markets. In return, debtor countries have agreed to much stricter membership rules.
The grand bargain (or Plan A) has failed. The reason is that its underlying philosophy – that of 'collective responsibility' – is flawed.
The demands of collective responsibility have been asymmetric: self-defeating medicine has been prescribed to debtor countries, while problems in creditor countries have been allowed to fester. Second, too much virtue has become a collective vice, resulting in excessively tight macroeconomic policy for the region as a whole.
The European Central Bank (ECB) believes that the faster budget deficits are cut, the faster private consumption and investment will pick up. The reverse has been the case. The ECB, meanwhile, has done too little to offset this synchronised fiscal tightening (in July, it actually raised its key official interest rate, citing "upside risks to price stability"). For a variety of reasons, the ECB has been deeply uncomfortable straying from the narrowest interpretation of its mandate. At times, the ECB has looked to be more concerned about inflation than about the eurozone's survival.
The ECB's reluctance to act as lender of last resort to governments, for example, has raised doubts in the financial markets about its commitment to the eurozone, and weakened confidence in solvent countries like Spain and Italy.
The punishing (and self-defeating) economic adjustments imposed on debtor countries contrasts with the self-righteous complacency shown in the creditor countries. Not only have the latter insisted that debtor countries implement the kind of structural reforms for which they have shown no enthusiasm themselves (like opening services to greater competition). But they have also been reluctant to accept the potential for write-downs among their banks. So the very countries that have insisted on wrenching economic adjustments indebtor countries have often been the ones that have done the most to conceal the fragility of their own banks.
This asymmetry in treatment has deepened the crisis and increased the cost of resolving it. A year's worth of punishing austerity and contracting activity has only succeeded in pushing Greece deeper into insolvency. Contagion has spread to Ireland and Portugal (which have been forced to accept bail outs and swallow the same medicine as Greece). And foot-dragging in a number of countries has condemned the region to a series of weak 'stress tests' which have given clean bills of health to under-capitalised banks. Eurozone policy has therefore actively contributed to the vicious feed-back loop that has developed between banks and sovereigns.
Having spent two years denying that many European banks were under-capitalised, eurozone leaders finally relented – but at a terrible time. Fresh capital is much harder to raise from the private sector than it was a year ago, and several eurozone governments (including France) can ill afford to step in with taxpayer funds.
The eurozone crisis is chronic in character and requires far-reaching reforms. The euro is a currency union without a Treasury or a lender of last resort. The macroeconomic policy framework is ill-suited to a big, largely closed, economy, and the national markets are insufficiently flexible and imperfectly integrated.
Policy-makers now face a choice. They must either address the eurozone's institutional underpinnings or risk a disorderly break-up.
They need to agree on a number of long-term steps. The first is a partial mutualisation of sovereign borrowing costs, via the adoption of a common bond. The second is the adoption of a eurozone-wide backstop for the banking sector. The third is growth-orientated macroeconomic policy: the European Central Bank needs a broader mandate, member-states' fiscal policy must be co-ordinated, and trade balances narrowed symmetrically.
On current policy trends, a wave of sovereign defaults and bank failures are unavoidable. Much of the currency union faces depression and deflation. The ECB and EFSF will not keep a lid on bond yields, with the result that countries will face unsustainably high borrowing costs and eventually default. This, in turn, will cripple these countries' banking sectors, but they will be unable to raise the funds needed to recapitalise them. Stuck in a vicious deflationary circle, unable to borrow on affordable terms, and subject to quixotic and counter-productive fiscal and other rules for what support they do get from the EFSF and ECB, political support for continued membership will drain away.
Faced with a choice between permanent slump and rising debt burdens (as economic contraction and deflation leads to inexorable increases in debt), countries will elect to quit the currency union. At least that route will allow them to print money, recapitalise their banks and escape deflation. Once Spain or Italy opts for this, an unravelling of the eurozone will be unstoppable. Investors will not believe that France could continue to participate in a core euro: the country has weak public finances and a sizeable external deficit.
Participation in a core eurozone would imply a potentially huge real currency appreciation and a corresponding collapse in economic activity. Investors will calculate that the wage cuts (to restore competitiveness) and cuts in public spending (to rein in the fiscal deficit) would be politically unsustainable. In short, France will effectively be in the same position as Italy and Spain are at present. While it is impossible to put a timescale on this, the direction of travel is clear.
Eurozone leaders now face a choice between two unpalatable alternatives. Either they accept that the eurozone is institutionally flawed and do what is necessary to turn it into a more stable arrangement. This will require some of them to go beyond what their voters seem prepared to allow, and to accept that a certain amount of 'rule-breaking' is necessary in the short term if the eurozone is to survive intact. Or they can stick to the fiction that confidence can be restored by the adoption (and enforcement) of tougher rules. This option will condemn the eurozone to self-defeating policies that hasten defaults, contagion and eventual break-up.


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21 Oct Negligence of Bus Drivers
Have you ever been on a city bus when the driver braked suddenly? What happens when a passenger on a bus is injured when the bus stops too quickly?
The court looked at this situation in Benavides v. Doe, 2015 BCSC 1831, where a 76 year old Plaintiff brought an action to recover damages for injuries he claimed to have suffered as a passenger on a bus operated by the Defendant Translink.
In this case, the Plaintiff rang the bell to let the bus driver know he wanted off at the next stop. He then stood near the rear door of the bus and held onto the metal pole with one hand, waiting for the bus to make its stop. The bus driver braked suddenly and without warning when the bus was at or past the stop, causing the Plaintiff to fall and injure himself.
At trial, Translink argued that the Plaintiff did not injure himself on the bus, and if he did it was not due to the negligence of the bus driver. The Plaintiff argued that he had been injured when he fell on the bus and that he was entitled to expect that the bus driver would decelerate smoothly before bringing the bus to a complete stop at the bus stop. The Judge agreed with the Plaintiff.
The Judge found that the Plaintiff suffered soft tissue injuries to his neck, back and right shoulder when he fell on the bus. These injuries exacerbated his pre-existing neck, back and shoulder pain, as well as his pre-existing degenerative disc disease. The Plaintiff also suffered bruising to his chest and rip cage, sprains to both hands, bruising to both knees and a large cyst on one knee.
The Judge found that these injuries were the result of the Plaintiff falling on the bus and that the fall was caused by the driver braking abruptly. The bus was packed with passengers and a reasonable and prudent bus driver would anticipate that there would be passengers standing at or near the exit door. The bus driver in this case breached this standard of care by braking abruptly without warning his passengers.
Taking into account the Plaintiff's age, his pre-existing arthritis and degenerative disc condition, the nature of his injuries and their impact on his mobility and activities, the Plaintiff's damages for pain and suffering were assessed at $40,000.
At Acheson Whitley Sweeney Foley, we have helped numerous clients who have been injured on buses. Contact us if this happens to you as we have the expertise to assist you.


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At the Hellenic Temple of Apollon, Zeus, and Pan, we celebrate this festival with a theoxenia to Artemis and Apollon, followed by games and dancing, and on one occasion, the dramatization of the myth through the use of puppets. Along with Apollon and Artemis, Helios, the nymphs, and the muses are honored with offerings.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Listen: if everyone must suffer, in order to buy eternal harmony with their suffering, pray tell me what have children got to do with it? It's quite incomprehensible why they should have to suffer, and why they should buy harmony with their suffering.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, The Brothers Karamazov
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- Gillian said...
Wow, powerful quote. Lovely banner image too Yoli. You always choose dramatic and striking images...I love them. xoxo
- October 13, 2008 at 1:04 AM
- robinbird said...
i was here yesterday yoli and watched the video about chen chao. i couldn't stop thinking about it and i was also thinking about you. of how you must have a powerful sense of social justice and personal responsibility. that you do not gasp and turn away from that which is almost too much to bear. you seem to do what is difficult to honor those that suffer so deeply. i respect you very much.
i assume this small child has some condition that prevents him from being able to interact with the world without a bubble of protection. and yet look at all that love written across the sky of his world :)
- October 13, 2008 at 1:06 AM
- Jeanne said...
- October 13, 2008 at 8:09 AM
- Yoli said...
No Robin, the child is perfectly fine. I just used this image to accompany Dostoevsky's words. I worry about kids and what is happening to women around the world. Either for economic or religious reasons, they are the ones made to suffer. I blog a lot about nonsense and pretty images but from time to time, I slip in issues that are important to me.
- October 13, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- A Cuban In London said...
One of many Dostoevsky's musings (ha, isn't that the name of your blog? :-D) on religion. 'The Idiot' and especially 'Crime and Punishment' deal with the same subject matter. But 'The Brothers...' is still up there with religious questioning.
Greetings from London.
- October 13, 2008 at 11:21 AM
- Vivian M said...
Amen. How I wish we lived in a world of equality and no greed, crime or injustices.
- October 13, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- robinbird said...
i am glad to hear this Yoli. perhaps my own spirit was feeling the pain of the world's children so i saw what was in my own heart when looking at the photo.
- October 13, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Esra said...
Dear Yoli,
thanks you for your lovely comment. You are very welcome to stop by from time to time, especially if you feel like these days. Your banner is so impressive!
- October 13, 2008 at 5:23 PM


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I sent Christine off to her last road trip this morning. Very disappointed that I could not accompany her. I hope she will enjoy all these "last time" high school activities as the graduation day is getting closer.
I did some errands today while Josh was in his class and overall, seemed to be a very productive day. Not much was done at home but some paperwork got sorted (that's a biggie).
Before I attended the FLY meeting tonight I wrote down some goals to share with everyone there. I had a list. I stopped writing when it got to the seventh or eighth goal. I was not trying to finish the list as I know it could go on and on and on. My point was to write down something I really want to accomplish for a while now. After all that writing, what stood out to me were the goals of early to bed, early to rise and drink more water. So going to bed by 10pm every night except Friday night and get up at 6:30am every morning (except Saturday morning) will be my mini goal #2 for this year. I want to do it for the next three weeks in a roll consistently as I know it takes at least 21 days to establish any habit. If I succeed, I would be so happy as I need proper resting desperately.
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Violette: Oh Dear Hearts, do you know what happened to me yesterday? I saw the DENTIST!!! He is a nice gentleman. I remember him from last year, at the place I was at before, but let's face it, the dentist is the dentist is the dentist...
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Violette: Oh Dear Hearts, do you know what happened to me yesterday? I saw the DENTIST!!! He is a nice gentleman. I remember him from last year, at the place I was at before, but let's face it, the dentist is the dentist is the dentist...
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Violette, we are glad you have a happy mouth again :)ReplyDelete
Vidock, we really like your dappling.
You two look SO good!!
Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
Treasure,Tiger,JJ and Julie
Now your mouth is happy again Violette we are hoping for a big smile from you. Vidock will your coat stay dappled?ReplyDelete
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Love the dapplin' !ReplyDelete
PeeEssWoo: Oh poor Tommy - hope your weather stays improved furry soon!
Oh Miss Violette, that looks very uncomfortable.ReplyDelete
Vidock, your coat does look gorgeous. I love a dapple gray horse.ReplyDelete
Our donkey had to have his teeth filed all the time since he has what is called a Monkey Mouth. So we familiar with the dentist. Take care.
When I came to love with san I has to go to the dentist and he took out 3 of my canines! I do not like him and I sympathize with you Violette. Vidock will then sapling be all over you?ReplyDelete
Dappling I mean, not sapling.ReplyDelete
You look like you are being very good for the dentist Violette.ReplyDelete
You look good with your dapples Vidock, a sign that Spring and Summer are at last on the way.
Violette , what a brave girl to let the vet explore your mouth! Vet, what a brave man to stick your hand in a horse's mouth! :)ReplyDelete
Vidock your face is also changing so much. Your furs look lovely.
the critters in the cottage xo
Violette, that must have been so painful for you. We are so glad that you have such an attentive #1 to get that taken care of for you.ReplyDelete
And Vidock - great posing and great pics!!!
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Oh no, Violette, dentist is never fun! But glad your teeth are no longer hurting inside jaw and tongue :-)ReplyDelete
Vidock, I love your dapple!
Vidock tu es beau tout pommelé...un beau gris pommelé.ReplyDelete
Quant au dentiste. Il y a un nombre invraisemblables de propriétaires de chevaux qui ne l'appellent jamais. Et pourtant ça fait tellement de bien aux chevaux, à tous les niveaux. Les problèmes de bouche engendrent des tas d'autres problèmes.
you sure are brave!! I think the dentist should have let you sit down in a chair!! lolReplyDelete
Ohy word!! A horsie dentist! Run for the hillsReplyDelete
Benny & Lily
My human visited the dentist recently too - and she was also very good and did not bite!ReplyDelete
Vidock, your coat is gorgeous already!
My mom is really glad that the human dentist isn´s using any saw´s in her mouth !ReplyDelete
Glad youre toothie´s are better now Violette :)
The rain have been pooring down here too the last couple of day´s so it´s mud city over here too :(
I love the dappling on your coat but oh poor thing's the dentist. Glad it went well and that you will soon be back riding again.. Hope the rain lets up for you.. Hugs GJ xReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 May 2013 at 04:16
Oh Violette, I am so pleased that you will be able to chew now and not cut your tongue or jaw! Wonderful!ReplyDelete
Vidock, your dappling is beautiful! It matches the rest of you perfectly. *sigh*
Lily, WA, USA
Violette,glad you have no cavities to fill. Vidock, your coat is dood-a-li-shus.ReplyDelete
Violette, floating your teeth is a very good thing! You want to be able to eat and not cut your mouth and tongue. Vidock, how pretty your dapples are. Did your mom know you were going to do that? Is it something that develops as you get older?ReplyDelete
We'll be getting the dentist out before too long for our horses too.ReplyDelete
Hi there Violette & Vidock!! I am glad both of you were good for the Horse Dentist & everything is A-OK!!!ReplyDelete
Vidock your dappling is lovely!! Not sure if I ever mentioned that Percherons are my favorite Draft breed!!!
I hope the weather settles down soon so you lose that mud field!! Our front yard is much the same here!!!
Sending all of you cyber ((HUGS)) from Canada, Sherri-Ellen & Nylablue sends her 'eeowws'.


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The last two days l have been making my way slowly to the Lake Placid, New York area. It's enjoyable not having to drive bad out of hell to get somewhere.
I spent last night at a rest stop in Michigan, and tonight will be the same.
Last night my neighbours, two different ones where sleeping in their cars - goodness knows in my past l have been just like them, cuddled up in their seats against the cold, running the car intermittently to stay warm. It was nice being in my van, stretched out comfortably, with blankets, a toilet within crawling distance. I definitely have the most preferred way of staying in a rest stop.


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I stayed indoors and just played with fabric today. I got four quilts quilted and finished cutting the big strips for my daughter's quilt. I cut 2 or 3 more quilt kits for my friend who is sewing up a storm and I am working on a video of how I make Baptist Fans. I filmed it and am now trying to get it put together so you can see the whole thing. My daughter is helping me and her computer was having troubles loading the video from my camera. So, maybe that will be ready tomorrow. When it is done, you will be able to see how I do my quilting.
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Over Spring Break I read a couple of new books. Even though I'm not in school anymore having kids in school means that Spring Break still marks a significant change in our schedule… this year it meant vacation to see relatives and lots of good reading time in the car.
The first book I read is called Pinhurst by Nicole Grane. It was really good and I found it very entraining, enough that when I was done I immediately bought Pinehurst: The search for the Oracle. I didn't make it very far into the second book. The main reason is that I didn't like Evie popping back and forth into Hell. The first book ended with her making a deal with Hades – at the time she thinks he's Satan, but finds out the truth later… personally I don't get the difference much except that Greek mythology dictates Hades and the Bible is what tells us about Satan but apparently in the Pinhurst books Hades is worse (go figure).
So there's that. Then there is the whole thing about who she's "dating." See, in book one she really liked Antonio but he kept turning her away, so when Roland asked her to the dance she said yes. But now that Antonio and her sort of "hooked up" on the first trip to Hell she doesn't seem to know that it's only right to tell Roland that she's with Antonio – instead she is stringing him along in case Antonio changes his mind… way too much high school drama for me (yes, even me, who reads and writes about YA novels). So basically the second book earned a **YAWN** rating and I didn't read very far into it.
But Spring Break is far from over so we'll see what I can find to read from here.
BTW- If anyone cares to enlighten me on why the Hades vs Satan is such a big deal, please comment.


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