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SPANAWAY, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was found ablaze outside a fast-food restaurant in Washington state this month was deliberately set on fire.
Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer tells The News Tribune newspaper in Tacoma (http://is.gd/Ody0NT ) that detectives are investigating it as an assault. He says the motive is unclear.
Fast-food workers looking into what appeared to be a building blaze on March 12 found a 46-year-old transient man on fire outside the business in the Tacoma suburb of Spanaway.
Harborview Medical Center in Seattle said Monday the man was in serious condition.
The burned man told one of the fast-food workers that somebody lit him on fire.
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Phases of learning
Our boys journey through Christ Church's Phases of Learning, designed to motivate them to discover and realise the best in themselves and others.
The phases are the core framework of each age and stage, and the educational approach that develops from childhood through to graduation.
Play with Purpose – Pre-Primary to Year 2
His wonder of the world
Engaging boys' innate curiosity and imaginative nature, making learning exciting and fun.
Fun with Fundamentals – Years 3 and 4
Building his love of learning
Creating the foundation that is core to future success and a life-long love of learning.
Enquiry with Initiative – Years 5 and 6
Knowing himself
Enabling the unique character of the child to become more clearly understood by the boy and those who teach him, to become excited by all things and to come to know himself as he explores the world.
Breadth and Depth – Years 7 and 8
Exploring his abilities
Boys are challenged to extend themselves in the transition to Senior School both in and out of the classroom, expanding their view of subject disciplines, themselves and the world.
Choice and Challenge – Years 9 and 10
Choosing his path in life
Greater choice for boys over a range of academic and co-curricular subjects to explore their individual skills and talents, the first step in discovering the men they will become and shaping their future dreams.
Excellence and Expertise – Years 11 and 12
Mastering skills for his future
As young men, students take full responsibility for their learning with a focus on six subject areas in which to develop excellence and expertise. They embark on the challenge of mastering their chosen pursuits.


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I feel good
Got some time off, Girl it's been so long
Did you have fun?
Cause I'mma need a cab just to get me home
Maybe you could call in sick
Bring it to the crib and get all this, all this
I know I'm blunt, but how real is that?
You want that feeling back?
Probably one of my realest loves ever, four page letters
In time it's all better, 'cause time heal whatever
I'mma need a moment cause moments last forever
Cars with cream leather, females are on regular
What's the point in titles, we liking it how they tell us
I'd rather stay friends with benefits 'til we ready
Now ready, Sean Don got me feeling heavy
She like one more chance, more problems, no Biggie, ah
It's all good, don't take it the wrong way
Ain't nothing personal, but who this nigga in your face?
We can leave together or give each other space
The night young, we should head over to my place
Ha, now we laughing and all that
Tell your friend they can fall back
Ain't even gotta ask twice
She said what you feeling like?
I'm like...
I feel good
Got some time off, girl, it's been so long
Did you have fun?
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- For the miracle, see Wrath of the Gods (Dark Souls III).
- For other uses, see Wrath of the Gods (disambiguation).
Wrath of the Gods is a skill in Dark Souls III.
In-Game Description
- Thrust weapon into earth to emit powerful shockwave. The wrath of those swallowed by the Abyss is a thing to be wary of indeed.
When performed, the user holds the sword in both hands, hilt facing up, and thrusts it into the ground, damaging and knocking down any enemy close enough to be hit by the blade. Once the sword is in the ground, the user gains poise and will not stagger. Roughly two seconds later, an area-of-effect is unleashed, dealing physical damage to any enemies close to the user. This skill requires 30 FP to be performed (23 FP when the Farron Ring is equipped).
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This skill is effective for clearing mobs, assuming the user has enough time to thrust the weapon into the ground, thus preventing staggers.
Online gameplayEdit
Due to its very slow startup, this skill is easy to both dodge and punish. Not recommended for PvP unless used as a sneak attack.
- This skill is not affected by Miracle-boosting equipment.
- This skill deals more damage with its area-of-effect than Morne's Rage.
- The miracle of the same name deals less damage than this skill.
- The initial downward thrust can be parried.
- This skill's animation is similar to the Obsidian Greatsword from Dark Souls.


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After performing her ballad "Stay" Sunday night at the Grammys, Rihanna released the visual for the single. Now, "Stay" is a New Joint on tonight's 106 & Park!
"Stay" is rumored to be about Rihanna's boyfriend Chris Brown and shows her in a completely vulnerable position in her tub and without make-up on. The visual is extremely different from the normal upbeat Rihanna that fans are used to, but the simplicity allows everyone to focus on the message of the song.
Don't miss "Stay" tonight on 106 & Park at 6P/5C!
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Buzz on the Street: What Traders Are Saying About Gold Miners, High-Yield Bonds, and the S&P 500
A look back at the happenings on Wall Street this week, as seen by Minyanville's contributors.
Here's a small sampling of the 120+ posts seen on the Buzz & Banter this week:
Monday, July 7, 2014
Miners Without Memory?
Jeff Cooper
The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) 10-minute chart below shows how on Wednesday (July 2), the GDXJ plunged on the run-off followed by an opening spike low on Thursday (July 3) setting up an upside reversal.
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GDXJ exploded on the run-off Thursday after offsetting the gap open; however, it looks like GDXJ is showing a third misdirection run-off as it is giving back all the late gains from Thursday.
With two large-range outside up days last week suggesting a breakout from what looks like a Bull Flag, it will be interesting to see if GDXJ turns around from a down open again this morning or whether a short-term bearish Reversal of a Reversal plays out.
Below, see a daily GDXJ chart.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
High Yield Bonds Asleep
Michael Sedacca
High-yield CDX (HY22) has widened by eight basis points to 300 basis points over the past two days, while the Russell 2000 (INDEXRUSSELL:RUT) has been whacked -- it's down 4%. The story is the same for high-yield spreads, which has moved six basis points wider to 333 basis points. Quite frankly, that says the equity sell-off is a whole bunch of nothing.
Until those spreads start freaking out, I wouldn't be running for the exits. It's always the first thing I look for when I see sectoral breakdowns like the ones that occurred yesterday (July 7).
In my opinion, this activity seems like last Thursday's (July 3) overbought conditions are being worked off. The NASDAQ 100 (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX) reached a nine-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) reading of 87, nosebleed territory. Additionally, considering the swift move lower, the CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (INDEXCBOE:RVX) (the RUT volatility index) has not bounced a lot.
Taking the other side of that view, yesterday, the energy, industrials, health care, and materials sectors all experienced greater than 90% down days with the broad index only down 39 basis points, a rare feat if you ask me, considering they make up the majority of the S&P 500. The major European stock indices also experienced similar negative breadth yesterday. That signals a sharp breakdown in the underlying securities. Energy and industrials have been leaders since the beginning of May and are overdue for some profit-taking. Consumer durables has taken the torch as the leader.
The weakness in Italy's FTSE MIB Index (INDEXBIT:FTSEMIB) also concerns me because it is the de facto gauge of the market's reasoning on whether or not the European Central Bank (ECB) can synthetically create inflation. Are they rejecting it, or is this just burn-off?
For the sake of full disclosure, my only equity position is in China via iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FXI).
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
What Has Happened To Mortgage Applications?
GaveKal Capital
The first of half of 2014 saw the lowest average level of mortgage applications in the United States since the second half of 2000. This has occurred in tandem with a 44-basis-point drop in mortgage rates since the beginning of the year. The inverse relationship between mortgage applications and rates has actually been quite strong over the last 25 years.
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Refinancing drove the mortgage application index higher from 2009 to mid-2013. This index has fallen by nearly 75% since the middle of 2013 when mortgage rates sharply rose. However, as we at GaveKal Capital have mentioned above, we haven't seen any rebound even though mortgage rates have been falling again.
Something seems to have structurally changed since 2009 for the purchase application index. The purchase index has been basically flat now for four years even as there has been an increase in new home sales and existing home sales. From 1990 to 2008, the purchase application index had a -0.86 correlation to mortgage rates. However, since 2009, that correlation has actually flipped to a positive correlation of 0.51.
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Thursday Pre-Market: Pullback Mode Continues
Adam Sarhan
As of this writing, 8 a.m. EDT, US stock futures are down by almost 0.9% in the pre-market, and European stock markets are down much more (1% to 4%). The selling is being attributed to economic weakness in China and to financial woes in Europe (mainly Italy and Portugal). In my Wednesday (July 9) update yesterday [subscription required], I signaled caution and mentioned that the Biotechs and Small Caps were dragging the market lower. I said, "At this point, the action in the market and leading stocks looks perfectly normal as the major averages are extended from logical areas of support (prior chart highs and their 50-day moving average lines), and they are way overdue for a nice pullback."
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It appears that pullback is exactly what is happening right now. Additionally, I noticed that the market opened last quarter on a weak note then turned around and rallied after earnings season in the latter half of the quarter. This could easily happen again as investors are now wary of valuations and earnings due to a softer economy. Since investors are concerned, they typically reduce their risk ahead of earnings to protect themselves from any big downside surprises. I want to see how the market closes the week tomorrow, and I will have a full report for you this weekend. As of now, suffice it to say, defense is paramount as the market remains in pullback mode.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Ferdinand Magellan
Jeff Saut
"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church."
- Ferdinand Magellan
The shot heard around the world is a phrase referring to several historical incidents, including the opening of the American Revolutionary War in 1775 and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914. Interestingly, there is the name Ferdinand again, but yesterday, the shot heard around the world came from Portugal as worries about the country's banking complex sunk stocks on the global market. As a Raymond James economist wrote:,
By itself, the Portugal credit story is not enough to drive a major correction in U.S. stocks (although a short-term decline appears to be in the cards this morning, perhaps more as an excuse). Still, Europe is not out of the woods yet on its credit crisis, and bears are watching closely. The FOMC minutes showed little new news. Fed officials will end asset purchases after October and are debating the mechanics (tools and timing) of how they will begin to remove policy accommodation. It will still be some time before they start raising short-term interest rates. Comments from some of the more hawkish Fed officials (not the majority) could rattle the markets off and on over the next few months."
And rattle the markets they did with yesterday's initial decline in the S&P 500 of almost 20 points before rallying to finish eight points down.
The decline, however, should have come as no surprise to readers of my missives on the Buzz. For over the past three weeks, I have advised that with the S&P 500 having achieved its upside trading objective of 1,950 to 1,975, targeted from the April 15, 2014 upside reversal session at 1,816 on the S&P, the upside going forward was limited. And I do not care if the reason was the Fed, Portugal, Iraq, Ukraine, the economy, etc. The equity markets were due for at least a pause, if not the 10% to 12% pullback that the historical odds call for. As stated in yesterday's comments [subscription required], I think the equity markets will remain on the defensive into the week's end and then attempt a rally next week. If in that attempt, the S&P fails to achieve a new high, then the markets will become more vulnerable to the 10% to 12% decline called for by the historical odds sometime this year. Surely the private equity folks are worried since they are selling. See the chart below.
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1. What's it all about?
It's about awesome weekly music lessons! on a Tuesday night from 6:30pm until 8:30pm. The idea being that a child/young person and a mum/dad/grandparent/etc come and learn an instrument together, giving vital bonding time, and a shared experience.
Lessons are taught at The Music Box, Edinburgh College, Sighthill Campus
2. When does it run?
Term starts in September and runs until July the following year. We follow the college timetable, which is the same as Edinburgh school holidays.
3. What instruments does it cover?
Bass guitar, Drums, Guitar and Vocals.
4. Do I need to have played an instrument before?
No, we take all levels of student.
5. Do I need to own my own instrument?
No! We are happy to give you the use of an instrument whilst you are a student of Dads Rock Academy.
6. Is it just for dads and kids?
No, it's for children/young people and adults, so mums/dads/grandparents/uncles/aunties etc.
7. How much does it cost?
For 2018-2019 our monthly fee is £40 per student. This covers tutor salaries, rent and our other operational costs such as insurance.
8. How old do you need to be?
Ages 7-16 for children and young people. We tried having younger children at Dads Rock Academy, but have found they need to be at least 7 years old to be able to concentrate and focus for the full length of the class.
9. Do you have to like rock music?
No, but it helps! We're here for all musical styles.
10. What happens each week?
Depending on your choice of instrument you will either be in small groups or have one to one lessons with a tutor. You'll have approximately one and three quarter hours' worth of lesson, with a break in-between.
If you have previous experience of playing an instrument we will tailor the lessons to suit your skill level.
We are open to all feedback, so we are happy to work with people to find a teaching style, and level to suit them.
11. Who are the tutors?
The tutors are a mix of experienced musicians from Edinburgh College, but also Edinburgh Napier University. They are enthusiastic, and really want to help children/young people and their family get the most out of the lessons.
12. Will I get to play in a band?
Yes! Initially for the first 2-3 months we will work in individual instrument groups, but as we get closer to the end of the year we will come together and give people experience of playing together.
13. What happens at the end of the year?
We put on the End of Year Show! Ideally all of the Dads Rock Academy students will perform for family and friends. However there is no pressure/expectation to do so.
14. Do I need to practice?
Yes! In order to be a rock star you need to work at it!
15. Can I come for more than one year?
Yes! You can come for as long as you are still enjoying it, and still eligible from an age point of view.


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Price: - Item location: La Jolla, California, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Datsun
- Model: 2000 ROADSTER "SRL"
- SubModel: 2000
- Type: Convertible
- Year: 1968
- Mileage: 107,145
- Color: Yellow
- Engine size: 2.0L
- Number of cylinders: 4
- Transmission: Manual
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: Black
- Options: Convertible
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1968 Datsun 2000 ROADSTER "SRL" 20001968 Datsun Roadster 2000 in original condition. Purchased from owner whose father was a Datsun Mechanic and had garaged since 1997, e installed a low mile engine 10 years ago. Son was selling and to get ready he drained and cleaned the gas tank, ut in some new gas and car started right up. Front brakes were locked up so he installed new Volvo brake calipers and pads with rotors. Interior is a little dirty from sitting in a garage with the top down but can easily be cleaned up. Car has a white vinyl top and was spray painted Yellow; areas where paint has been removed was due to gasoline being spilled on car. Car is located at my friends house that has a large back yard and is kept with a cover on it; has only been there for one week.
5-speed transmission shifts great, lutch feels good, uspension and drive train is good. Car pulls strong and runs nicely. My plan was to repaint, lean up and drive. I have taken on a 1966 VW 13 Window Bus Restoration and I need to to throw a lot of cash at it; so this and a few other cars are for sale.
Datsun OEM Roll bar is not secured to car as previous ownerdidn'twant to cut into interior. Car is registered in CA but is due this month ($78), as a clear and clean title. Low Reserve!


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Luxembourgh's Burrigplatz,
Beligum's Botrange,
and The Netherland's
June of 1993, my wife Jo
and I set off on one of our
best trips ever. This
is a belated reminiscence
of that memorable summer.
Before leaving Iceland, however, which we did the following morning, it should be noted that in good weather the country's 6,950'high point, Hvannadalshnukur, would make a nice climb. On our attempt the prior year, we had successfully conquered its rocky southern slope, crossed the crevasse field along the crater's rim, and were making our way across its ice-filled crater itself, a mere two miles from and only five or six hundred feet below the summit, when we were hit by a sudden storm. Although we waited three hours for the weather to break, we finally had to give it up and turn back. Since I plan to return to bag the peak, I'll write up the details of the climb at another time.
As compared to most major European gateway cities, arrival in Luxembourg is a quiet, laid-back affair. We zipped through immigration and customs, picked up our rental car with ease, and then drove 37 miles north to the town of Clervaux, set in a heavily-forested bend in a river, where we holed up for the night in a hotel room equipped with a Jacuzzi. The next morning, June 26, we continued on about as far north as possible in Luxembourg, making our first stop at Burrigplatz, where next to a brick tower with a conical roof, we found a wooden sign proclaiming, "Point Culminant Du Grand-Duche—558.35 M" (1,831'). And thus little Luxembourg—a mere nine-hundred and ninety-nine square miles in area, a third of which is forested, with a population of slightly less than four hundred thousand, most of whom speak Letzeburgesch, a dialect closely related to German—became the first of our three high points for the day. Although it had begun to rain, we were in exceedingly good spirits as we sallied forth north into Belgium.
Botrange, the 694 M (2,274') high point of Belgium, is located in that country's eastern extremes, very close to the German border. While it's possible to park off the main highway N68 (across the street from the Barque Michael café), about halfway between the towns of Malmedy and Eupen, and take a 4-kilometer hike through the countryside to the high point, Jo and I, because
Heading north once more, we stopped about 2 p.m. at a small hotel outside of Eupen, where for a huge price in those days, Jo had a dish of celery soup, while I scarfed down the lunch special consisting of soup, fish, and a suitably rich Belgian dessert. Entering the Netherlands after lunch, we opted for a series of back roads to avoid the traffic created by the nearby industrial German city of Aachen. Coming at last to a sign reading "Drielandenpunt" just north of Vaals, we turned up a road leading to a large garden restaurant set amid a pine forest, where I pulled into a pay parking lot. We then strolled over to three small monuments indicating we were, indeed, at the Netherlands's 322 M (1,057') highpoint, Drielandenpunt. Three in one day, oh yeah! As a note of interest, this area is in the foothills of the Ardenne Mountains, where the Battle of the Bulge, one of the most important and vicious conflicts of WWII, occurred. Next to the highpoint is a tower which purportedly offers a fine view of the entire area, including the nearby point where the borders of Netherlands, Belgium and Germany meet. Jo and I attempted to climb the tower, but were turned back at the admission gate because we had only American currency (we'd used the last of our European currency earlier at a pay restroom). That was not the worst part, however. The worst part came when I tried to get out of the parking lot. It turns out that there was no attendant, only a coin payment box, and there I was with no change. I reparked the car and went into a nearby souvenir shop with the intent of changing a few dollars.
With slightly bruised egos, we continued on to Maastrict, where we were unable to find a hotel with a decent bed (the one hotel with a vacancy had beds that were way too soft). Fortunately, a friendly front desk clerk advised us that we might consider traveling on to the small town of Thorn, where he thought good accommodations might still be available. And that was the best tip of the trip. Thorn, it turns out, is a quaint village in which all the 18th Century buildings have been painted white—something to do with the fact that it was once run by a governing body of women. Upon arriving there, we discovered that the only room available was the honeymoon suite at the La Ville Blanche Hotel, however the accommodating manager let us have for the standard price of a double. After freshening up, we repaired to hotel's dining room, where we enjoyed an excellent meal consisting of fresh salmon and just-picked white asparagus, both of which were covered in a marvelous home-made hollandaise sauce. And after dinner, we strolled way out into the surrounding countryside, where, even though it was past 10 p.m., the fields were still bathed in the golden glow of a northern European twilight.
The next day, we drove northeast through the summer-lush countryside of Holland's Lowlands into Germany, where we stopped for the night on outskirts of Hamburg.
The following morning, we continued north into the Jutland Peninsula, where in the early afternoon, near the town of Skanderborg, amid rolling fields and farms, we found Yding Skovhoj, an undeveloped site, continental Denmark's 173 m (568') high point (maybe). In a situation akin to that of Delaware, however, where a trailer park near Ebright Azimuth, the State's recognized high point, is actually higher but apparently man-made, there seems to be an argument regarding this claim. Indeed, a hill about a half mile away from Yding Skovhoj, the 170.95 M (560') Ejer Bavnehoj, on which a red-brick building sporting a large Danish flag stands, claims to be the legitimate natural highpoint. I don't know—visit them both. Another consideration is that Denmark also possesses Greenland, where, of course, there are real mountains. So where is the true country highpoint?
Since it's unlikely that I'll ever get to Greenland, I'm claiming Yding Skovhoj is the real thing, and I proudly display the country's handsome flag, a white cross on a red field, among my collection of high point banners.
Jo and I continued on the Copenhagen that afternoon, and the next day we embarked on a 10-day cruise on the Baltic Sea.
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Frank Guinta was born in Edison, N.J., and currently lives in Manchester, N.H. He received a bachelor's degree from Assumption College and a master's degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center.
Guinta is a former insurance consultant. He was twice elected to the New Hampshire House, served two terms as an alderman in Manchester and two terms as Manchester mayor, starting with a stunning upset of three-term Democrat Bob Baines in 2005. Guinta also worked as an aide to former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley.
He was elected to the U.S. House in 2010.
Guinta and his wife, Morgan, have two children.
Frank Guinta has focused on jobs and the economy in his freshman term in Congress, with mixed results. In Washington, he has voted for more than 30 bills related to jobs, most of which failed to pass in the Senate.
In New Hampshire, he launched a "Getting Granite Staters Back to Work" project in April 2011, which included multiple job fairs, a manufacturing summit, business round-table discussions and an initiative aimed at helping women find jobs.
Guinta has been critical of the new stimulus program announced by the Federal Reserve in September 2012, saying the plan to increase bond buying and keep short-term interest rates at record lows would lead to long-term inflation and devaluation of the dollar. He also opposed the 2009 approximately $800 billion economic stimulus package, arguing it has failed to produce private sector jobs. But as mayor of Manchester, he complained that state officials were dragging their feet in getting federal stimulus money to the city.
Guinta also has been a vocal critic of the 2010 health care reform law and has voted to repeal it. He says tort reform and allowing health insurance to be purchased across state lines are better ways to bring down the cost of health care.
Guinta, who delivered four balanced budgets as mayor and takes credit for Manchester's first tax cap, points to his co-sponsorship of the unsuccessful Spending Control Act as a continuation of his efforts to fight for taxpayers. Introduced in December 2011, the bill would have established caps on federal spending and deficits.
Though he is the incumbent, Guinta's 2012 opponent has a longer record in Congress. He is being challenged by Democrat Carol Shea-Porter, who held the seat for two terms before losing to him in 2010. As he did during their first contest, he has tried to link her to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while she has cast him as a member of a "do-nothing" Congress that has sought harmful cuts under Rep. Paul Ryan's conservative budget plan.
With Guinta facing only token opposition in his primary and Shea-Porter unopposed on the Democratic primary, the two have been sparring for months. As the general election got under way, both were making strong appeals to veterans in particular.
Though Guinta defeated Shea-Porter by 12 percentage points, polls taken during the 2012 campaign cycle show a tight race.
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Pseudo-Clementine Literature.: Chapter LXIX
Chapter LXIX.—Faith and Reason.
Then Peter: "Do not think that we say that these things are only to be received by faith, but also that they are to be asserted by reason. For indeed it is not safe to commit these things to bare faith without reason, since assuredly truth cannot be without reason. And therefore he who has received these things fortified by reason, can never lose them; whereas he who receives them without proofs, by an assent to a simple statement of them, can neither keep them safely, nor is certain if they are true; because he who easily believes, also easily yields. But he who has sought reason for those things which he has believed and received, as though bound by chains of reason itself, can never be torn away or separated from those things which he hath believed. And therefore, according as any one is more anxious in demanding a reason, by so much will he be the firmer in preserving his faith."
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Hernanes insists that he joined Inter to achieve his ambitions and that the switch from Lazio was not motivated by money.
The Brazil midfielder left Lazio for San Siro on the final day of the January transfer window in a €20 million (£16.5m) move, leading to furious supporter protests against Lazio president Claudio Lotito.
Hernanes, however, has stressed it was his decision to leave the club as he aims to fight for the Serie A title and play in the Champions League.
"I want to clarify that no-one forced me to say anything," he told GoldTV. "I chose to go away and it was not a question of money.
"After a fantastic three-and-a-half years, where I was always treated with dignity by Lotito and [sporting director Igli] Tare, I realised that if I wanted to play in the Champions League or win the Scudetto, I had to try something new.
"With Lazio, me and my team-mates were not able to reach certain goals. So, as soon as the opportunity came, I took it.
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A featured segment designed to share business-critical information to seed-selling professionals. Visit SeedWorld.com to download this department and other tools to help you sell seed to farmers.
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The old adage of profit being a numbers game is taking a back seat to data. Data drives decisions — at the farm level, at the dealer level and at the corporate level. Through the years, seed dealers and retailers have amassed large amounts of data, whether they know it or not. While it might not be organized or easily searchable, that data may be able to help you better serve existing customers or attract new ones.
Outside of agriculture, some of the best-performing retailers use analytics not just for finance and operational activities, but to boost their competitive advantage on everything from displays to marketing and from customer service to customer experience.
According to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, top-performing organizations are twice as likely to apply analytics to activities. Companies need to know what is happening now and what will likely happen next, and then plan for how to get the best results from those circumstances.
How can you use data to better service existing customers and attract new ones?
While there's been an enormous push to mine data at the farm level, Michael Gunderson, an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, says retailers should first dive into their own data to see what opportunities they might be missing.
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"Data is intelligence," says Greg Reisz, owner of the Iowa-based E4 Crop Intelligence. He explains that data (seed variety, acres planted and inventory) leads to information (patterns, increases, decreases and holes), which results in intelligence (understanding key drivers, actions that make sense and issues to anticipate).
"The limiting factor for consultants is often the effort involved to capture, store, analyze and communicate information back to customers," Reisz says, noting that the relationships between ag retailers and growers are becoming more sophisticated and technology-dependent.
"If you understand what it costs to supply a certain customer, data analysis becomes easy. The challenge is defining a customer."
— Michael Gunderson
One dominant trend in the retail sector is being able to provide precision ag support to farmers, which comes back to data management.
Reisz' company offers the E4 platform, which he says has several retailer-friendly features, including the ability to manage numerous growers, generate field-specific variable-rate application instructions and work-order activities.
"Collecting data today is easy," Reisz says. "The challenge is transforming gigabytes of data into insights you can use. Around here, we call such high-value information 'crop intelligence.'"
Reisz shares that the E4 platform can help retailers manage business critical components, such as human relations, lender relations, business planning and cash-flow or capital analysis.
Having a good understanding of your data can also help in managing customer relationships, supplier relationships and employee relationships.
Purdue's Gunderson says for seed dealers and retailers, a good place to start is tracking revenue by customer. "What are the costs of serving that customer?" he asks. "If you understand what it costs to supply a certain customer, data analysis becomes easy. The challenge is defining a customer — is it a farm, a family enterprise, a brother?"
Bruce Erickson, the Purdue agronomy education distance and outreach director, adds that the whole purpose of data management is to extract meaningful information to be applied to current or future decisions. "If there is no opportunity to influence the decision, there is no reason to collect the data."
Organizing data can help when it comes to making decisions about which genetics or varieties to stock, risk management, fertilizer, crop protection, marketing, finance and equipment.
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Steve LaValle, Eric Lesser, Rebecca Shockley, Michael Hopkins and Nina Kruschwitz authored the MIT Sloan Management Review, "Big Data, Analytics and the Path from Insights to Value." The authors provide five easy-to-remember recommendations to help companies get started and improve their data management:
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2. Start in the middle.
3. Make analytics come alive.
4. Add, don't detract.
5. Build the parts, plan the whole.
According to the review, businesses should plan to tackle the biggest issues first. The theory here is that the bigger the issue, the more buy-in you'll get from top management to get involved; however, they caution not to start doing analytics without a strategic business direction.
In getting started, the authors say not to focus so much on all the data, but focus on questions.
"Organizations traditionally are tempted to start by gathering all available data before beginning their analysis," according to the review. "Too often, this leads to an all-encompassing focus on data management — collecting, cleansing and converting data — that leaves little time, energy or resources to understand its potential uses.
"Instead organizations should start in what might seem like the middle of the process, implementing analytics by first defining the insights and questions needed to meet the big business objective and then identifying those pieces of data needed for answers. The insights delivered through these initial models will help illuminate gaps in the data infrastructure and business processes."
On the Farm
When it comes to working with farmers, data is the piece of pie that everyone wants. "The ability to link inputs to outcome can add a real value for the farmer," Gunderson explains, noting that data is just one more tool that can be used to extract that value.
But there's also been a lot of concern in this area as to who owns the information. Farmers have been protective of their data while companies say the data is needed to continue innovating and deliver better tools to the market.
Gunderson says that for salespeople and technologists working with farmers, they first need to establish a level of trust and build credibility. "It's incredibly important to respect the privacy of farmers," he says.
Most recently, a coalition of major farm organizations and agricultural technology providers announced an agreement on data privacy and security principles that will encourage the use and development of a full range of innovative, technology-driven tools and services to boost the productivity, efficiency and profitability of American agriculture.
Supporters of the coalition include the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, Beck's Hybrids, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont Pioneer, John Deere, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Association of Corn Growers, National Farmers Union, Raven Industries, The Climate Corporation and USA Rice Federation.
"The principles released provide a measure of needed certainty to farmers regarding the protection of their data," says Bob Stallman, AFBF president. "Farmers using these technology-driven tools will help feed a growing world while also providing quantifiable environmental benefits. These principles are meant to be inclusive and we hope other farm organizations and ATPs join this collaborative effort in promoting farm-level data, as well as educating farmers about this revolutionary technology.
The principles agreed upon by the coalition cover a wide range of issues that must be addressed before most farmers will feel assured to share their private business information with data providers. Topics include: collection, access and control; notification; third-party access and use; transparency and consistency; choice; portability; data availability; market speculation; and liability and security safeguards.
"The principles released provide a measure of needed certainty to farmers regarding the protection of their data."
— Bob Stallman
For example, when it comes to transparency and consistency, the principle states, "ATPs shall notify farmers about the purposes for which they collect and use farm data. They should provide information about how farmers can contact the ATP with any inquiries or complaints, the types of third parties to which they disclose data, and the choices the ATP offers for limiting its use and disclosure. An ATP's principles, policies and practices should be transparent and fully consistent with the terms and conditions in their legal contracts. An ATP will not change the customer's contract without his or her agreement."
If the data now stored across the planet were printed in books, these books would cover the entire surface of the United States some 52 layers deep, according to the authors of "Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think."
The entire Privacy and Security Principles for Farm Data is available online at fb.org.
Companies are using an array of technologies to provide farmers with precision services. The Climate Corporation is using dozens of public and private models to remotely assess weather, soil and environmental conditions. Additionally it is providing sub field-level agronomic modeling and high-resosolution weather simulations.
And companies are forming new partnerships to help leverage expertise. For instance, DuPont Pioneer and Raven Industries, at the beginning of November, announced a collaboration that will allow for the seamless flow of information generated through the Pioneer Encirca services to Raven Viper and other compatible field computers through Raven's Slingshot wireless connectivity solution.
"This effort with Raven further advances our whole-farm, brand-neutral services strategy which, with the assistance of Encirca certified services agent, works with growers to analyze and use their data to positively improve their bottom lines," says Steve Reno, DuPont Pioneer vice president, business director for the U.S. and Canada.
While some companies such as Monsanto, John Deere and DuPont Pioneer have spent millions of dollars on data platforms (information modeling, data acquisition and data analytics), others are cautiously wading into the data waters, but don't want to be left behind.
Regardless of whether you're working at the business level or at the farm level, the ability to understand and appreciate the value of data will be pivotal throughout the next decade.
Some experts believe that big-data driven precision agriculture will lead to the next Green Revolution.
To read the full MIT Sloan Management Review, visit ibm.com/smarterplanet/global/files/in_idea_smarter_computing_to_big-data-analytics_and_path_from_insights-to-value.pdf.


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Welcome to my blog and viewing my entry for the Bloggers Quilt Festival ~ Spring 2012 that Amy hosts twice a year. http://amyscreativeside.com/2012/05/18/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2012/
This is my Valentine Quilt called "Valentine Feathers" I made this year. It is a 24" x 24" Trapunto Wall Quilt and quilted in free motion on my domestic sewing machine.
I adapted this pattern and used techniques I learned from Sharon Schamber on her "Trapunto" YouTube; I also applied techniques I learned from Cindy
called "Sunshine and Shadow" stippling. The fabric and batting is cotton, for the trapunto work I added a polyester batting, and the thread work is rayon thread. Needham
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Good to know things are all go with the TiVoHD post Hybrid.
Things have been a bit quiet on here in recent years but here's hoping it will get a busier now.
Welcome to all the new members and to those who didn't leave.
Many thanks to Darren and all the other loyal TiVoites that have kept things going for all these years.
I have PROM modded 5 machines so far and done the software upgrade on one with first time success. Fantastically easy to do unlike the early S1 days. I still have two S1s running and a few spares just in case.
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I love getting my nails did and when I don't go all out and manicure them with comic book prints, I like to simply paint them with bright reds, pastel pinks or royal blues! My only downfall when using paint polish is that I'm prone to migraine headaches (bad ones), and since nail polish and polish remover are chock-full of chemicals (Formaldehyde and noxious fumes, to mention a couple)…my head is not my biggest fan. So you can imagine my excitement when I found out about Scotch Naturals, a company that specializes in Eco-friendly and non-toxic personal care products and cosmetics. And in this case, they're the only company who makes the only water-based and non-toxic nail polish.
I won't lie, I am not the biggest fan of Eco-friendly products (sorry!!) but, when done right (in this case), I love doing my part in keepin' it green! What's cool is that they also have a line for kids called, Hopscotch Kids (how fun is that?!) along with nail polish remover (soy-based), nail rehab conditioner and a slew of pretty colors to choose from. It also helps that the packaging is inspired by a 'fine bottle of scotch'.
Taking a look at their website I can't help but want to purchase their Cocktail Trio, 3 nail polishes, a polish remover and a buffer for under $50? Where do I sign, please? Umm and if that wasn't enough with names like,"Tartan Swizzle" (bright magenta), "Loch Ness Mystery" (paradise blue), and "Highland Mist" (pearl white), it's actually really hard to resist. I don't know about you but this salon quality, non-cancer-causing product has just been added to my list of favorite beauty buys!
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|Pet lunch box: IKEA
At twelve forty we marched through the colourful corridor positively demonstrating collection of backpacks and pairs of shoes that would inspire any kid store surprising me with a school ready child. The one that cried her eye lashes out and refused joining tuneless activities in person. The very lonesome one mildly entertained by the company of Disney toys at the only table by the crafty wall. By the second afternoon she seemed to be adjusting so well the transition from all day at home to a half day at school has definitely had no effect on her. As it had on me. See that collection of jeans? You guessed it, it's me sitting on the bench twenty steps away from the kindergarten waiting impatiently to call Nadia any minute to check how she's doing instead of walking away and enjoying the sunshine on my very own! Or head home and clean the flat top to bottom even if it's not gonna last. The possibilities were endless and time on my side.
So I sat there checking all the important websites and what my friends were doing, sending text messages and staring aimlessly at the hotel behind me and people parking their cars, walking their dogs and spitting on the curbs (incredibly amusing) but it haven't occurred to me to get up and stop occupying the public space. On the second day I had a granola yoghurt on that bench. So glad I moved away for good before engaging in more relaxed activities but I'm still figuring out who's taken my space and if I should bring him lemonade to keep him refreshed in those last hot days. Back to school. We are still completing a lot of things (placing name tags on all surfaces imaginable because it's mandatory. And mostly fun.), planning lunches with our favourite products, looking through pages upon pages of autumn clothes although Nadia isn't really in desperate need of cooler weather clothes. Maybe a pair of sneakers. And plain leggins. So hello kindergarten, hello autumn, hello looking after yourself big girl. I can see you carrying your blue backpack on your big day trying to memorize every passing moment so I can never lose it from view. I'm proud you're doing so well that sharing your sweet presence is becoming bearable. And it's your birthday soon and we can't wait.
|^^ Happily catching up on our favourite cartoons. We're excited for school but still cherish our time together. I hope it will never change.^^
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Nadia, sunny day, her blue smurfantastic backpack and your legs... I know whom I live for!!! Love you my Girls xxxReplyDeleteReplies
She really likes her backpack, doesn't she? And I was sooo worried for all the pinkness waiting out there for her. Still not discovered, shh...Delete
She is so beautiful! Can't believe she's already going to school. It must be so hard for her mama!ReplyDelete


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Author has written 21 stories for Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Kuroko no Basuke/黒子のバスケ, Attack on Titan/進撃の巨人, Code Geass, Magi/マギ, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Haikyu/ハイキュー, My Hero Academia/僕のヒーローアカデミア, and Misc. Anime/Manga.
I've been out for quite a long time and I know that I'm being an ass for not updating anything but anyways I have my reason so...
So~ that's it :3
bye bieee for now~
I was thinking of just put in here what I like and post whatever I'd like to post
Here's my dA account: invisible-16
Then the twitter... (PLEASE FOLLOW ME XDD): @levinoya15
I have a page now XDD please like my page for stuffs XDD love you peeps XDD: Invi.16
That's that XD
-> I fight with my dad most of the time (P.S. I'm a girl)
-> The result was always ME who needs to apologize (even though he was the one at FAULT!)
-> I like seafoods! And spicy foods! And cookies and cream-flavored ice cream!
-> Me, dying, was actually a lie... (For crying out loud! How the hell did my sister even open this account of mine DX?!)
-> But I USED to have a stalker. Seriously. (He's in a foreign country now... THANK GOODNESS!!!)
-> I am the type who you'd normally ignore if we're friends in real life. (We can TOTALLY be friends if you can embarrass yourself in front of supermarket staffs and in the public)
-> A story plot usually pops into my mind just because of simple triggers (Lemme give an example I'll be soon uploading a new KnB fanfic and it just practically wrote itself!! Ah. Ehem. The trigger was a clock hand!--you'll soon see it! Just scroll down)
-> I am... sound sensitive, light sensitive, and everywhere sensitive XD (All hail the angry nerves!!)
-> I fall asleep in hotter temperatures and FASTER in a noisy environment... (is that normal?)
-> I have a dog that seems to act like a cat :D
-> Kaname fans out there? ;P
-> I tend to be open as long as you ask about something (I'm incredibly honest believe me)
-> I don't know what's the english term for this one but... uto-uto ako :3
->I write to escape reality sometimes...
-> Imagination is scary, don't you think?
->I usually dream of deaths... you know sometimes I die or someone related to me dies... and sometimes... I killed them in my dreams.
-> I have nightmares (everyone does) but are there other people who sees a black man (literally) with glowing red eyes in their nightmares?
-> Because of that, I am scared to go to sleep.
->Meh. I'm lazy
I'm that girl
The one that likes books more than boys.
The one who pretends not to be sad, just to make others happy
The one who always wonders what she did wrong
The one who writes to escape
The one who just wants to help
The one that really wants to make a difference
The one that sticks to her values
The one that refuses to believe that this is it
The one that will do anything to make a better tomorrow
The one who won't give in
The one won't give up
-by linguisticsrock, Copy and Paste if you can relate to this.
This one is from a dream I vividly remember...
I suddenly woke up and as I looked at my phone, the time was 3:15 am (or at least along those times). Sighing, I tucked myself in my multi-layered cover and closed my eyes. Then I felt like something bad was going to happen.
The moment I opened my eyes were the exact moments I couldn't move--let alone breath. I could see some little beings (I think they were dwarves...) and they were sitting just in front of me! And they were fighting over a piece of churros! I trailed away from those little beings and my field of vision grew wider.
Just beside them was a black (literally) black person. He reminded me of the one sitting in the gate of truth in FMA--but that aside, he grinned. The problem was that he didn't have a face. The cheeks just gave it away.
I started to panic at the moment. I tried to move but to no avail. I tried to scream and shout but nothing came out of my mouth. Then, I remembered what my mom said to me.
If I can't move and something's not right, I should pray.
And so I did.
I prayed in my mind.
However, someone was whispering in my ear as if that someone knew what I was praying. He (or She-- I can't determine that) just went along, whispering that prayer that was in my mind. As I finished, s/he also finished. I was so scared so I prayed another one.
This time I heard someone shout an ear-piercing scream followed by a growl of an animal I can't determine. It continued as I prayed. I can feel someone dragging me as I did it. I can feel some sort of pull on my body.
Anyways, I finished the prayer but I still can't move and I can't do it again because of fear taking over me. I saw the black guy went near me. He put a hand on my shoulder and he started to shook me.
He said, "Good morning, -insert my name here-" the voice was similar to speaking while in front of the electric fan. I was so scared and I didn't know what to do. I stayed the way I am and ignored the black guy.
That was until he started to push me down on my back. I remained stiff just so he could push me down.
Along those lines, I regained movement of my whole body.
I sucked in a lung full of air and I found myself waking, roughly on my account. I checked my phone.
It was 2:45 a.m.
Far from the time I first checked my phone.
I didn't go to sleep--not until it was 4 a.m.
From then on, I wore a silver cross and prayed every night for nightmare-less dreams.
That's the power of prayer.
Remember the one where a clock hand was involved?
Here it is
Title: Clockworks
=Scroll down to see it X3
Here's another one
Title: Criminal Masterminds
Summary: A group composed of seven came back together in order to steal international treasures for the sake of living an extraordinary life. They were so uncatchable that even the best detectives can't even catch them. No one knows what they look like but one thing's for sure is that they live amongst the normal people.
Title: Keeping Insanity at Level Best
Summary: Akashi was never one to take orders from people. After finding his lost lover and knowing who took him, the emperor was back in a killing spree.


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In the early morning hours of December 30, roughly 4,000 black-clad Egyptian riot police–wearing masks, with batons and shields in hand–descended upon a strip of grass about the size of two tennis courts in a decidedly upscale quarter of Cairo. The unlikely inhabitants of the Mustafa Mahmoud Park, upwards of 3,000 refugees and asylum seekers from neighboring Sudan, were trampled underfoot, beaten, hosed with cold water and finally dragged, often unconscious and sopping wet, onto awaiting buses that would take them to prisons and military detention sites around the city.
The raid and ensuing abuse, not completely out of character for an Egyptian security apparatus accustomed to the excessive use of force, was the climax of a three-month standoff between the assembled Sudanese, a fraction of the estimated 2 to 3 million who make their home in Egypt, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). By January 12 the official death toll was twenty-eight–twelve children among them–though that number will inevitably rise as human rights groups continue to take stock of the city's maze of hospitals and morgues.
For the three months prior to the raid, the demonstrators cum squatters had made for an incongruous site in Mohandiseen–a commercial zone marked by unsightly high-rises, ubiquitous neon and a concrete-jungle air. Their demands were varied, though most centered around a reassessment of their situation in Egypt, given a UNHCR office that they found chronically unsympathetic and a life in a host country that left them firmly situated at the margins. Some had been misled into coming, told that joining the sit-in might mean the chance to get resettled in Canada or America; these demonstrators tended to show up with livelihoods in tow. At one point in November, their numbers swelled to upwards of 5,000, many welcoming the solidarity born of the sit-in. Mohamed Matar, one of the organizers, told me in the days following the raid, "In the garden–whether from north, south, east, west–we were one nation."
Eighteen months earlier, UNHCR had announced that it would suspend hearing individual asylum claims from Sudanese–granting them all "temporary protection" in Egypt instead, marked by a yellow card that affords little beyond the right not to be deported. At the same time, the UN agency announced that it would aid interested Sudanese in repatriation, given Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of January 2005, which ended a bloody decades-long civil war between the north and south.
But for thousands of Sudanese whose cases had nothing to do with the north-south conflict, the CPA's version of peace has no bearing on their asylum claims. For these people, return to Sudan could mean facing detention, warfare (in the case of Darfur in particular) or torture. And this is to say nothing of the fact that the south continues to be unsafe–riddled with land mines and more than occasional fighting, as well as the wanderings of Uganda's rogue Lord's Resistance Army.


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considering that you are teenager you give excellent advice
Far more mature than your generation
Keep it up
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Originally posted by Skippy1138
Pretty ironic coming from a teenaged Aussie-I love how people who don't even live in the U.S. somehow feel they magically "know" how we should run our country- move here,live here-then you can have your say-until then....
Wether you are an imperial citizen or not. America is the centre of the death star.
god this analogy just kills me...
when it's put like that, I feel like i'm left with no other options but to act.
and right this moment. yet I don't. and I can't, as much as I know we all should.
I made a thread called "At what point does modern America cease to be a Constitutional Republic and become an Empire?"
you replied we are part of the global imperial empire.
I'm glad we were thinking the same thing in seeing the paralells between the two.
Yeah,I agree. The elites already have a global economy that we all have to live in. The next step is lose of sovereignty. I have always worried about American politics. Even as a kid. The empire touches the lives of us all, even those that are not imperial citizens.
I think you can the model for the rest of us happening in Greece. We will all be openly run by bankers. They will tell us what we can vote for. They will use the comimg econimic crisis to lock the public in to the empire. They will buy all the public assets and we will be beholden to the corporatists for good.
And I agree. Im glad some can see the Empire. Its comforting. Most people seem blind.edit on 14-12-2011 by theovermensch because: typo
Originally posted by Judge_Holden
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Boy, would you make Paul Krugman and other left-wing ideologues proud.
Direct Democracy would be a complete and utter disaster. There is a reason our Founders created a system of checks and balances, where majority rule is not the rule, and where the minority still has a say. Our Founders never envisioned radical policy being shoved down the throats of the American people (whether it be banning homosexual marriage, limiting birth-control, introducing radical climate-change legislation, repealing the 2nd Amendment, etc.) because, as history shows, un-hampered majority rule does not work out for everyone. The minority political party (and the minority that elects them) has the ability to hinder and filibuster the agenda of the majority--we should be thankful for this.
Why is this a good thing, you ask? Well, for starters, it prevents the majority political party from running wild and obtaining absolute power. It also prevents the minority from being subjected to the whims of the majority, citizens and politicians alike. Didn't a wise man once say "absolute power corrupts absolutely"?
If anything, OWSers, Tea Partiers, and citizens in general should be crying out for more checks on power, more debate before moving forward, and we must demand that Washington become more judicious, not less. Introducing direct democracy will usher in a bleak era of "majority rules," one that may tear apart the very fabric of American ideals that such desperate measures would aim to protect.
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Yeah,I agree. Globalisation is the future and humanity should unite.
But not under the current elites. They want to enslave us.
Text Belief in the "good intentions" of concentrated political power is foolish. Don't be blind to the actual intended results.
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If you are a democrat or republican it means you are a cheerleader for the regime.
Text Well said. I've been saying the same thing here about Labor and Liberal for years.
Originally posted by theovermensch
It seems that the best defence of capitalism is that nothing else can work.
I think if that is the case we should all just kill ourselves.
I think it is foolish to continue on with a system that has failed.
Capitalism, very simply and completely is: a voluntary, consenting exchange of goods between two parties, for their own mutual benefit without the outside threat of force.


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Market Not Buying Recent Buyout Deals
from the about-that-offer... dept
It's easy to forget that just because a buyout has been announced, there's no guarantee that it will actually go through. Pending private equity deals are particularly vulnerable at the moment, because they're all debt financed. One good way to get a sense of whether the market is expecting a given to go through is to look at the current market price of a stock compared to the buyout price. The wider the gap, the less likely it'll actually happen. These gaps are getting pretty wide on a number of deals, including a few discussed here. The purchase of Clear Channel was announced last November, but today the stock trades at 37% below the offering price. Alltel is in a similar boat, trading 22% below the buyout price, which was just announced in May. It's still possible, of course, that both of these deals will get done. But if current conditions persist, we may see them hang around in their current form for a bit longer.