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"Sterilized FX: They may attract attention and make people feel good, but ultimately they're all show and no dough."
Link to an article published by the Federal Reserves Bank of Minneapolis. If it wasn't tragic it would be comedic.
Sterilized fx: They may attract attention and make people feel good, but ultimately they're all show and no dough
A look at the way governments intervene on behalf of their currency to bolster or weaken value against other world currencies, in particular the European Central Bank's September 2000 initiative.
David Fettig – Editor
Published June 1, 2001 | June 2001 issue
The following article is based on a February 2001 presentation by Warren Weber,Minneapolis Fed senior research officer, before the bank's board of directors, and incorporates previous research by Weber, including the paper "Do Sterilized Interventions Affect Exchange Rates?".
There has long been a notion that governments need to intervene on behalf of a currency to either bolster or weaken its value against other world currencies. For example, in 1985 the United States intervened to weaken the dollar's value and, more recently, in September 2000, at the initiative of the European Central Bank, monetary authorities from the United States, Japan, Canada and England engaged in a foreign exchange (fx) intervention to bolster the value of the euro by purchasing $3 billion to $5 billion worth of the currency. To do so, they employed what is termed a sterilized fx intervention.
However, like the fx that most people might think of when seeing the term (those special effects of movies and television), sterilized fx interventions (of the currency kind) are mostly for show. Why would governments engage in a currency operation that was doomed to fail? Likely because the alternative—an unsterilized intervention—causes other problems. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Before we can dissect the most recent effort to bolster the euro, we must first describe unsterilized and sterilized fx interventions and how they are undertaken.
Why sterilized fx interventions don't work
So what accounts for movements in currency values? For the purposes of this discussion, we only need to focus on economic fundamentals, most particularly, money growth. If an exchange rate is to appreciate, according to this fundamentals theory, a corresponding slowing of money growth-relative to other countries—is an essential prerequisite. For example, if Country A slows the growth of its money, it makes it more dear and, hence, increases its value.
But this fundamentals theory, which argues against the validity of sterilized fx interventions—as we shall see—hasn't stopped countries from trying, although such interventions are more rare now than in the 1970s and 1980s. But throughout that same period, economic research was beginning to show that such interventions were really quite ineffectual. This theoretical work, coupled with real-world experience, began to dissuade monetary authorities from engaging in fx interventions. Still, they can prove irresistible.
Why would a country choose to intervene on behalf of its own currency? For example, if Country A's currency is inordinately strong, its export markets could be adversely impacted because of the persistently high prices of its goods. On the other hand, and for the purposes of the example below, why would monetary authorities of Country A become concerned that its currency's value was falling in world markets? The answer gets back to prices. If Country A is a large importer and has a falling currency, it may choose to help those who are impacted by the high prices of imported goods. Country A, then, would feel compelled to buy its weakened currency in a bid to revive its value, and it would have two options to do so.
- Unsterilized intervention: This happens when Country A purchases its own currency on the fx market and allows this transaction to change its money supply. For example, say the European Central Bank (ECB) decides to boost the value of the euro and so engages in an fx operation to purchase euros. In effect, the ECB takes euros out of circulation. Because the supply of euros has decreased relative to the supply of other currencies, the euro's value will strengthen in world markets (and conversely, of course, other currencies' value will fall against the euro).
Mission accomplished. How? Because the supply of euros decreased relative to the supply of world currencies. The key point here is not that the ECB bought some euros, but that such a purchase decreased the relative supply of euros.
But wait—fewer euros in world markets means fewer euros in domestic European markets as well, which could have another important impact: When the ECB decreases the supply of euros in this way, it changes the domestic money supply of euros in Euroland. Decreasing the money supply, of course, would have a real impact, and not necessarily one that the affected countries would be willing to experience. What to do? Enter option two.
- Sterilized intervention: To neutralize the effect of the above transaction on domestic money supplies, the ECB engages in an open market operation and buys euro bonds to put back the purchased euros. The European money supply is thus unchanged, and the fx intervention is sterilized. As with unsterilized interventions, the key is to pay attention to a country's money supply.
In effect, under this scenario, nothing has happened. And so a sterilized intervention, by definition—and absent any real changes in the economy—is almost doomed to fail. Why? Once again, because the money supply hasn't changed.
Even acting in concert, the result is the same
But what about the euro following the intervention of September 2000? Did the ECB and its fx allies, under a sterilized intervention, really do anything to improve the euro's position? By almost any measure, the answer is no (see chart). When the September 2000 intervention began, the following statement was released by the ECB:
At the initiative of the European Central Bank, the monetary authorities of the United States and Japan joined with the European Central Bank in concerted intervention in exchange markets, because of their shared concern about the potential implications of recent movements in the Euro for the world economy. [It was later noted that British and Canadian authorities participated in the operation.]
All of this worry came after nearly two years of a continual slide of the euro's relative worth, which began its life in January 1999 trading at $1.167 for every euro. By September 2000 the euro had fallen below $0.90 for every euro and by early November—less than two months after the intervention—had reached its nadir of $0.83. In other words, while the euro has recovered somewhat from its low point in November 2000—it was at $0.89 as of April 19, 2001 (see chart)—it is not clear that the intervention, which occurred two months prior, had anything to do with that rebound. Why not? Once again, the relative money supplies of the participating countries did not change. And the empirical evidence from earlier interventions—the Plaza Accord intervention of September 1985, the Louvre Accord of February 1987 and the interventions of May and June 1989—all reveal no connection between fx intervention and an intended outcome.
It should be noted here that—as in the case of the September 2000 intervention—while both the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department share responsibility when the United States intervenes in the foreign exchange markets, it usually does so on the Treasury's initiative. The Treasury maintains an Exchange Stabilization Fund of foreign exchange reserves that it can sell to promote a dollar appreciation, and it holds a limited amount of dollar assets to sell to promote a dollar depreciation. The Federal Reserve keeps its own portfolio of foreign exchange reserves to "defend" the dollar and, of course, it can create unlimited reserves to depreciate the dollar. Typically, the two funds work in tandem, contributing equally.
This relationship between Treasury and the Federal Reserve is an inducement for the Fed to sterilize fx interventions. If the Fed did not sterilize such moves, it would be handing the Treasury a de facto method, however limited, of conducting domestic monetary policy, which is fraught with all kinds of complications—not the least of which is the loss of central bank independence, a cornerstone of a credible monetary policy.
If they don't work, why do them?
In the end, as described above, sterilized fx interventions—like their cinematic counterparts—are all show and no dough. Economic theory and empirical evidence tell us so. So why do them? At this point, a perfectly good answer would be to throw up one's hands and say, "I don't know." But let's take a look at a couple of commonly cited rationales.
First, some observers claim that countries put an inordinately high psychological—or nationalistic—value on their currency, for its own sake. In other words, should a particular currency fall below 1 against the dollar, authorities might react negatively only because they have convinced themselves that the value of 1 is important for their country, in and of itself. These nationalistic considerations are often played out within a particular political context, all of which, some contend, have a strong impact on a country's foreign exchange policy.
Second, some monetary authorities presumably think that sterilized fx interventions can signal the markets. The idea is that countries can signal their future monetary policy moves by enacting an fx intervention. To borrow from our example, it's safe to assume that if the ECB engaged in a foreign exchange operation to boost the value of the euro, it would be concerned about the euro's future; so, by the act of purchasing euros, the ECB is signaling the rest of the world that it will not sit idly by and watch the euro fall further. Or so the logic goes. But this only works if the ECB's intervention is unsterilized. In other words, the only recourse for the ECB to truly impact the euro is to engage in standard open market operations, as described before, and alter its monetary policy. So why not just do this in the first place?
In the past, when central banks conducted these operations in greater secrecy, such an intervention might have had a better chance of success, but in the present era of transparency the benefits of such secrecy are lost. Also, evidence suggests that the federal funds futures market is a good predictor of monetary policy two months out.
Have we seen the last of sterilized fx interventions? If last September is any indication, likely not. But observers should note that such an intervention, while perhaps described as an economic policy event when announced by monetary authorities, has little economic footing; assuming that monetary authorities know what they're up to, the explanation for such an intervention likely lies elsewhere.


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The show features the Oscar-winning music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, a book by award-winning Irish playwright and screenwriter, Enda Walsh and direction by the Scottish director of "Black Watch," John Tiffany, with movement by Steven Hoggett.
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Most cars may one day be smart enough to drive themselves. Before then, some companies expect them to communicate safety information among themselves, with Cisco Systems and NXP Semiconductors placing a new bet on that direction.
The two companies have each agreed to put an undisclosed amount of money into an Australian company called Cohda Wireless. Executives from Cisco and NXP say it is particularly well positioned to benefit from such "car-to-car" communications.


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Dragon by the Tail: American, British, Japanese, and Russian Encounters with China and One Another
On the contents page of the latest issue of Foreign Affairs1 the new shape of American diplomacy is writ large and in italics. In this prestigious house organ of the international affairs establishment—and by coincidence it happens to be its fiftieth anniversary issue—the subject of China comes close to the top of the list, preceded only by the journal's editor and by Sir Isaiah Berlin. America-watchers in Peking will doubtless note with interest that the names of John K. Fairbank and Barbara Tuchman take precedence on this page over those of Indira Gandhi and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
The Chinese must appreciate the irony of the "reversal of verdicts" (as they might themselves describe it) in the American view of them. What is happening in the pages of learned journals is only the academic counterpart to the political somersault performed by Mr. Nixon earlier this year. It is equally sensational and equally overdue, even if it raises the same question whether a better understanding of China has really been gained in the process.
In his contribution to Foreign Affairs, Professor Fairbank urbanely surveys the new Sino-American relationship, approves of the new China, and calls for a better understanding of the reasons for the old "age of bitter confrontation in the 1950s." Mrs. Tuchman goes back further still to the 1940s, in an essay which implies a reversal of verdicts in its very title: "If Mao Had Come to Washington: An Essay in Alternatives." This is one of those iffy questions which are readymade for wry reflection on what Mrs. Tuchman likes to call the "harsh ironies of history." The title had its source simply in the fact that in January, 1945, Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai, who for the previous six months had been in close contact—in their revolutionary capital of Yenan—with the "Dixie Mission" of American Foreign Service officers and military observers, offered to travel to Washington to talk with President Roosevelt. Twenty-seven years, two wars, and a million lives later, an American president has reversed the unmade journey of 1945. Might not the interim, asks Mrs. Tuchman, have been otherwise?
Perhaps it might, but the question could and should have been raised with a far greater political urgency in 1962, when John F. Kennedy was tinkering (according to his more sympathetic biographers) with the thought that something should be done about China, than in 1972, after Richard M. Nixon has finally done it. A proper understanding of the essential flexibility in the attitude of the Chinese communists, and in particular in that of Mao himself, toward the United States would have been more useful still in 1952, when American policy was wholly predicated on the assumption of monolithic unity between China and the Soviet Union.
It is of course gratifying for historians today to be presented with so much information, in the shape of documents, monographs, and reminiscences, on the "Dixie Mission" of the Allied Observers Group to Yenan and its remarkably frank discussions with Mao and…
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CARLSBAD - New air testing in the nation's only underground nuclear repository showed no detectable radioactive contamination from a leak last month, the US Department of Energy said Sunday.
Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad said in a statement that the results came in as four more employees tested positive for low levels of radiation. The Energy Department earlier reported that 13 other workers were exposed, but they say all 17 aren't likely to face any serious health effects and that there appears to be no danger aboveground.
Investigators sent instruments used to measure air quality and radioactivity underground Friday and Saturday in the first step toward resuming operations at the plant, which has been shut down since early February when a truck caught fire in a separate incident.
Air tests were done on a shaft and elevator system used to take personnel underground as well as the shaft that provides ventilation below the surface. Initial results indicate no contamination in the air or on the measuring equipment, officials said.
Meanwhile, federal officials say four additional workers now have tested positive for low-level radiation because the results took several weeks to come back. Those employees were part of the first crew to come on shift after the leak on Feb. 14. Thirteen employees working at the time of the leak also tested positive for contamination.
Donavan Mager, a spokesman for Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, which runs WIPP, said urine samples for all 17 tested negative, indicating none of them actually inhaled any radioactive particles.
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Mager said employees have been able to work without having to wear protective equipment in the weeks since the leak.
WIPP officials say they may send personnel into the mine by the end of the week. Jose Franco, manager of the DOE's Carlsbad Field Office, said days ago that the timing of cleanup, and the resources and costs involved, won't be known until crews can actually enter.
Sensors alerted officials to a release of radiation on Feb. 14. Monitors as far as half a mile away later detected elevated levels of plutonium and americium in the air.
The repository stopped taking shipments after a truck hauling salt through the facility's tunnels caught fire Feb. 5. Officials say the two incidents aren't related.
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None of this is new its just me trying to understand it. This vulnerability only resets the admin password, which is then emailed to the admin. Someone could potentially DOS the admin with a small script to continually reset the password but overall this is just an annoyance. This is mainly due to a lack of input validation on the $key variable. How this seems to work is WordPress is using a black list method to check to see if the key is empty and it also has no checks to see if the key is empty before the query is ran.
Proof of Concept:
Why does it reset admin?
When $key is passed an array[] it is treated an empty string. This will in turn match every user within the database. The first user just happens to be the admin, which WordPress will reset.
$user = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_activation_key = %s", $key));
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It looks like empty() will treat an array as an empty string and not return an error.
#wp-login.php. if ( empty( $key ) ) return new WP_Error('invalid_key', __('Invalid key'));
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WordPress has released a fix which is shown below. This is still a black list approach and only adds an extra check for the array.
if ( empty( $key ) || is_array( $key ) ) return new WP_Error('invalid_key', __('Invalid key'));
This is still using a black list method and I also think some improvements can be made before the query statement. I believe some blame can be put on PHP by not throwing an exception to an empty array. When time permits I would like to play around with other things that could be passed to $key. I'm still exploring other possibilities of this not just being a password reset that is sent to the admin. If anyone has some ideas, I would love to hear.
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Playwright Tina Howe's career has spanned three decades and her work has also been recognized with a Tony Award Nomination for Coastal Disturbances and an Outer Critics Award for Pride's Crossing. The original production of Painting Churches starred the great Marian Seldes as Fanny Church and won an Obie Award for Donald Moffat as her poet husband, Gardner. You will want to see this important play, often described as "hilarious and sad," that ran for over 200 performances in New York.
The Churches are in the midst of packing up their Boston home for a final move when their artist daughter, Mags, comes to help with the move. More important to her, she wants to complete a portrait of her aging parents. The action takes place as the mother tries to organize the move and the daughter strives to get her and her father to sit still.
Brian Hansen directs an outstanding cast of familiar actors: Ray Orley portrays the scatterbrained poet, Becky Mayo is his whimsically determined wife, and Michelle Boehler is the daughter, Mags. Orley helps guide the theater as a member of the Board of Directors: Mayo and Boehler previously were Board members. This may be your last chance to see Becky Mayo on stage as she is planning on moving to the west coast soon.
Director Hansen, too, is familiar to NM audiences. He taught Theater classes at UNM for many years and has directed shows in a half dozen states. Between 1997 and 2002 he was visiting professor of Drama at U. C. Santa Barbara. Since his return to Albuquerque he has directed 5 plays at The Vortex and five at The Adobe including Mark Twain's comedy Is He Dead? (This Fall he will direct Nickel and Dimed also at The Adobe.
Painting Churches by Tina Howe opens at The Adobe Theater on June 20th and plays through July 13th with performances Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sun at 2:00 PM. Tickets are only $15, seniors and students $12. Reservations 505-898-9222 (weekdays) or online anytime at www.Adobetheater.org.
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Let $M$ be a 3-smooth manifold and $g_{1}$ and $g_{2}$ two conformal metrics on $M$. Consider an immersed surface S in $M$ and let $K_{1}$ and $K_{2}$ be the Gaussian curvatures of $S$ with respect to the induced ambient metrics $g_{1}$ and $g_{2}$.
Question : Has anyone already studied the problem of finding examples of surfaces S such that $K_{1}=K_{2}$?
For the particular case where $M$ is the upper half-space and $g_{1}$ and $g_{2}$ are the usual euclidean and hyperbolic metrics there is a way to find lots of non-trivial examples besides the obvious ones (such as horizontal planes or properly placed spheres).
Can this problem be formulated in terms of some geometric flow? (in the sense that we can start with an intial immersed surface $S_{0}$ and via some evolution in time $S_{t}$ converges to an immersed surface such that $K_{1}=K_{2}$? )
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In a "telo suno" I see rather "light/ a flow of sun shine", e.g. as in a fun love song:It is poetic and beautiful but very counter-intuitive. It sounds more like a "liquid gold" not a "blood"
telo suno li pana e seli
suno ni li weka e len
sina seli e mi, o meli
wile mi li suli e ken
* if someone may propose a melody, I guess, it will be very interesting.


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The California mother of a soldier who died from rabies wants the Army to explain why her son died of such a preventable disease.
Spc. Kevin Shumaker was bitten in January by a stray dog while breaking up a dog fight at a remote Afghanistan base.
Eight months later, the 24-year-old Livermore soldier died from rabies in a New York hospital near Fort Drum.
Shumaker told his parents he was treated for rabies at the base, but said the series of injections was not completed.
His mother, Elaine Taylor of Castro Valley, tells the Contra Costa Times that she wants answers, saying her son would be alive if he was given proper treatment. She questions whether her son got any rabies injections.
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Date: 04/26/2012
Contact: Joshua Lamont or Elizabeth Alexander
Phone: (202) 693-4661 or 4675
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Wage and Hour Division
Release Number: 12-826-NAT
Labor Department statement on withdrawal of proposed rule dealing with children who work in agricultural vocations
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Labor today issued the following statement regarding the withdrawal of a proposed rule dealing with children who work in agricultural vocations:
"The Obama administration is firmly committed to promoting family farmers and respecting the rural way of life, especially the role that parents and other family members play in passing those traditions down through the generations. The Obama administration is also deeply committed to listening and responding to what Americans across the country have to say about proposed rules and regulations.
"As a result, the Department of Labor is announcing today the withdrawal of the proposed rule dealing with children under the age of 16 who work in agricultural vocations.
"The decision to withdraw this rule – including provisions to define the 'parental exemption' – was made in response to thousands of comments expressing concerns about the effect of the proposed rules on small family-owned farms. To be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the Obama administration.
"Instead, the Departments of Labor and Agriculture will work with rural stakeholders – such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Farmers Union, the Future Farmers of America, and 4-H – to develop an educational program to reduce accidents to young workers and promote safer agricultural working practices."
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A trio of Morenci High School graduates will be honored in April through the Morenci Education Foundation's Distinguished Alumni program.
The Foundation board is seeking nominations for this year's distinguished graduates.
"These awards were initiated to honor graduates of Morenci Area Schools for their accomplishments in their professions as well as in their communities," said Foundation president Bill Van Valkenburg.
"If you know of a Morenci High School graduate who has made a significant contribution to society and you feel they are worthy of this special honor, please write a letter of nomination," he said.
Letters should include reasons for making the nomination and information for contacting the nominee.
Nominations should be mailed to: Volunteer Club, Morenci Area High School, 700 E. Coomer St., Morenci, MI 49256.
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In my Sunday story, "Arsenic find led to revelations about UTSA," Rupali Datta, a former UTSA environmental science professor, took issue with a statement about the university's decision to dissolve the earth and environmental sciences department due to a lack of resources, leadership and conflicts between faculty.
In the article, I mention that most of the 15 faculty were absorbed into other departments, but professors Datta and Dibyendu Sarkar were left floating without a departmental home and eventually took jobs elsewhere.
Datta rightly pointed out that she and Sarkar were not the only ones left without a home. Of the 15 faculty, five environmental science professors were not reassigned to a department — Datta, Sarkar, Janis Bush, Paul Jurena and Adria Bodour. Bush, Jurena and Bodour currently report to the dean's office.
Ten geology professors became part of a new Department of Geological Sciences.
I also wrote that Datta filed grievances against the university citing discrimination against her because she is from India. In written complaints, Datta blamed the discrimination on her "foreign origin" and status as "faculty of color," but never mentioned her home country of India.
Also, I wanted to share a bit of my interview with Claire Van Ummersen, vice president for the Center for Effective Leadership at the American Council on Education, which was cut for space in the original story.
Van Ummersen said it's not uncommon to dissolve, merge split or reorganize academic departments, and colleges do it for many different reasons.
Regardless of structure, environmental science in particular relies on collaboration, which is why it can be harmful when professors don't get along.
"The science is getting so big it needs skill sets you don't find in a single individual," Van Ummersen said. "That means having a diverse group that comes together to craft a joint solution to solve the environmental problem."


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Keiding, Hans; Hansen, Bodil O. (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In the paper, we use the theory of mechanism design to exhibit the cost of efficient provision of healthcare, defined as the uniquely defined sum of individual side payments which would eliminate moral hazard. It is argued that this cost may be used to assess the costs arising from use of the treatment in cases where it is not appropriate from a strictly medical point of view. An example is given to indicate how this assessment might enter into practical cost-effectiveness analysis. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7626
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Abstract: We consider a simple model of international trade under uncertainty, where production takes time and is subject to uncertainty. The riskiness of production depends on the choices of the producers, not observable to the general public, and these choices are influenced by the availability and cost of credit. If investment is financed by a bond market, then a situation may arise where otherwise identical countries end up with different levels of interest and different choices of technique, which again implies differences in achieved level of welfare. Under suitable conditions on the parameters of the model, the market may not be able to supply credits to one of the countries. The introduction of financial intermediaries with the ability to control the debtors may change this situation in a direction which is welfare improving (in a suitable sense) by increasing expected output in the country with high interest rates, while opening up for new problems of asymmetric information with respect to the monitoring activity of the banks. Keywords: Capital outflow, financial intermediaries, moral hazard JEL classification: F36, D92, E44 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7498
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A model of trade with several countries where local integration benefits allHansen, Bodil O.; Keiding, Hans (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: For the study of economic integration, it is costumary to use a three countryworld, where two of the countries may introduce forms of closer economic cooperation. In the present model, we follow this tradition but put special emphasis on the role of credit and entrepreneurship. Our model is of the standard neoclassical type, with the addition that production takes time and is subject to uncertainty. Also, firms must use the financial system in order to buy inputs; the cost of credit may differ among countries and industries, reflecting their basic patterns of uncertainty. Following the Newbery-Stiglitz approach, we show that in such model we may exhibit cases of Pareto inferior trade and, in particular, Pareto inferior economic integration. More specifically, we show that integrating countries of very different economic size may give rise to adverse effects on welfare, whereas integration of countries with a more similar economic structure and size tends to have beneficial effects for the parties. Keywords: trade, uncertainty, Pareto inferior trade, regional integration. JEL classification: F11, F15, F34 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7495
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a welfare-theoretical approachOlai Hansen, Bodil; Keiding, Hans (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7489
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Abstract: We consider a model of commercial television market, where private broadcasters coexist with a public television broadcaster. Assuming that the public TV station follows a policy of Ramsey pricing whereas the private stations are profit maximizers, we consider the equilibria in this market and compare with a situation where the public station is privatized and acts as another private TV broadcaster. A closer scrutiny of the market for commercial television leads to a distinction between target rating points, which are the prime unit of account in TV advertising, and net coverage, which is the final goal of advertisers. Working with net coverage as the fundamental concept, we exploit the models of competition between public and private price and quantity in order to show that privatization of the public TV station entails a welfare loss and results in TV advertising becoming more expensive. Keywords: TV broadcasting, imperfect competition, Ramsey pricing, welfare comparison. JEL classification: L11, L82, L33 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7501
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An Optimal Insurance ApproachOlai Hansen, Bodil; Keiding, Hans (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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We are giving away tickets for a party of 5 to ANDAZ @ Star Theater on September 27. To win, comment on this post why you'd like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, September 20.
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ANDAZ: A Bhangra/Bollywood/Urban Desi Dance Party
September 27, 2013
9 p.m. | $5 before 10 p.m.; $8 After | 21+
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13 NW 6th Ave Portland, OR 97209
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ANDAZ is such a Portland institution it is mentioned in the travel guides Best Places Portland 8th Edition and the Moon Handbook Portland; fitting recognition for a monthly dance party celebrating eleven revolutionary years.
DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid introduced Portland, Oregon nightclub audiences to the sounds of Bhangra, Bollywood and Global Bass around the turn of the millennium. They host one of the city's longest-running dance parties and regularly play to festival crowds throughout the Pacific Northwest including a headline performance at the Sasquatch! Music Festival dance stage.
DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid have spent more than a decade igniting dance floors with cutting edge music not limited by borders or language. They are most known for incinerating dance floors with the South Asian sounds of Bhangra and Bollywood, but the duo scour the globe for any hard-hitting music that combines local music traditions with window-rattling production. Anjali and The Kid host a cult radio show on KBOO community radio where they have been regular hosts since 2006.
Anjali and The Kid performed five sets at the Sasquatch! Music Festival tenth anniversary including headlining the dance tent opening night. They have performed at festivals such as Decibel, MusicfestNW, Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, Beloved, Photosynthesis, Fairytale and Kaleidoscope, and the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. The duo travel to perform in cities such as NYC, SF and Vancouver, BC and headline long-running parties such as Basement Bhangra, Nonstop Bhangra, High Society.
Together and separately they have supported artists as diverse as Digable Planets, Balkan Beat Box, Major Lazer, Skrillex, A Tribe Called Red, DJ Spooky, Tigerstyle, Boban i Marco Markovic Orkestar, Delhi 2 Dublin, Sleigh Bells, Glitch Mob, State of Bengal, MSTRKRFT, Karsh Kale, DJ Rekha, CeU, Antibalas, Dengue Fever, Blockhead, Soulico, The Decemberists, Rupa & the April Fishes, Gold Panda, DJ Marcelinho Da Lua, Saini Surinder, Washed Out, Toy Selectah, Pink Martini, Quantic, Opiuo, Bonobo, Extra Golden, Maga Bo, Poirier, Plastician, Flying Lotus, Ming & FS, Joro-Boro, Kultur Shock, Ghostland Observatory, J-Boogie, and Nickodemus from Turntables on the Hudson.
After making a name for themselves in their hometown's raucous house party circuit, DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid introduced the Portland, Oregon nightclub scene to the sounds of Bhangra, Bollywood and Global Bass on New Year's Eve 2000. After a series of residencies, beginning with a six-month residency at the legendary Blackbird, the duo began hosting their ANDAZ dance parties in July of 2002. The party's focus on hardcore Panjabi Bhangra and the latest electronic confections from the Bollywood film industry continue to pack the dance floor after eleven years. While ANDAZ was still in the bloom of youth, Anjali and The Kid founded the revolutionary dance night ATLAS (with co-host/DJ E3) at Holocene in November of 2003 to introduce Portland to Global Bass sounds such as: Urban Desi, Rai N B, Reggada, Dembow, Dubstep, Balkan Beats, Funk Carioca, Kuduro, Merengue Urbano, Reggaeton, 3Ball Guarachero, Cumbia Digital and a host of other local and diasporic future musics. ATLAS finally ended in March of 2013 after more than nine years making it the longest-running night in the club's history. In May of 2013 Anjali and The Kid inaugurated Holocene's newest dance night: Tropitaal A Desi Latino Soundclash. In Summer of 2013 Anjali and The Kid will kick off Portland Fashion Week.
"Maybe the Portland area's most well-known deejays."
The Portland Tribune 1/26/12
"People were talking about all weekend: DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid–playing every, SINGLE day (the only performers to do so), the Portland duo was the must-not-miss Bollywood/bhangra dance party makers of the weekend." (Sasquatch! Festival 2011) Oregon Music News 5/31/11
"Celebrate our local heroes as they hold down the biggest rock fest in the Northwest" (Sasquatch! Festival 2011) The Portland Mercury 5/26/11
"DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid sets are one of Portland's great recurring dance parties." Willamette Week 12/16/09
"Portland's favorite boy/girl DJ pair" The Oregonian 6/19/09
"The pair have been keeping Portland dancing for so long in various incarnations, imagining the local music scene without their bhangra and Bollywood rhythms is unthinkable. " The Oregonian 5/26/06
"The DJs responsible for making "bhangra" and "Asian garage" somewhat household words outside Portland's Desi community" – The Portland Mercury 1/8/04


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Seven years after Canada legalized same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian couples are running to the altar.
Between 2006 and 2011, the number of same-sex married couples nearly tripled, according to new census data released Wednesday.
While the number of opposite-sex couples who took the leap into matrimony grew by only three per cent since the last census, the number of same-sex couples tying the knot jumped by 181 per cent over the same period, from about 7,500 in 2006 to 21,000 in 2011.
Same-sex unions make up only 0.8 per cent of all couples of Canada, but they are the fastest-growing group of married couples, up 42 per cent from 2006.
The 2006 census followed on the heels of Canada's Civil Marriage Act, which legalized same-sex marriage across the country in July 2005. Some provincial and territorial courts had already ruled that banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, beginning with Ontario and British Columbia in 2003. This may explain the higher number of same-sex marriages in those two provinces as of 2011 — 8,370 in Ontario, and 3,445 in B.C. — along with Quebec, with 3,655 couples.
In 2006, only 16 per cent of same-sex couples had married. By 2011, the share had jumped to 32 per cent.
Canada's biggest cities boasted the highest numbers of same-sex couples with 45 per cent living in Toronto (19 per cent), Montreal (16 per cent) or Vancouver (10 per cent).
While Ontario was home to, by far, the most married same-sex couples in both 2006 and 2011, the biggest jump in those five years was seen in Alberta. In 2006, only 510 Albertan same-sex couples had married, but by 2011, over 3,000 couples had exchanged vows, a five-fold increase, most of whom live in Calgary and Edmonton.
"It validates things," said Marlow Lange, who married her longtime partner, Jill, in a traditional ceremony at the Art Gallery in Edmonton. "We knew we wanted a family and making it official was really important to us," she said. The couple has a newborn son, Kade.
Same-sex couples — both married and common-law — were younger than opposite-sex couples. One quarter of same-sex couples were age 15 to 34 compared to 17 per cent of male-female relationships in the same age group. On the other end of the age spectrum, only six per cent of same-sex partners were 65 and over, compared to almost 18 per cent of opposite-sex couples.
Lange said that trend rings true in her experience. She said some of the couple's friends who have been in committed same-sex relationships for many years didn't opt to marry when the law changed in 2005. "To them, it wasn't an option ever, so they just haven't thought of it as something that they would do in their future – whereas for us, it's always been there."


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Dataset: qPCR data for archaeal amoA ecotypes
Data Citation:
Santoro, A. (2016) qPCR data for archaeal amoA ecotypes; samples collected on METZYME cruise. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Dataset version 2016-05-24 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/647622 [access date]
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Spatial Extent: N:17 E:-154.4 S:-15 W:-173.1
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Alyson Santoro (University of California-Santa Barbara, UCSB)
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Every January, OffBeat Magazine throws the first great party of the year–the annual Best of the Beat Awards to honor the best local musicians and music businesses for their accomplishments. The music awards take place at House of Blues, and feature performances from some of Louisiana's best musicians as well as complimentary catering from many of New Orleans' best restaurants.
We've got the full Best of the Beat schedule posted here.
And see all of the participating restaurants and menu here.
Tickets for the 2009 Best of the Beat Awards are ON SALE NOW. $25 each, or for a limited time get your tickets for only $19 each if you buy in packs of 4. For the price of 1 show, you can be there when the 2009 Best of the Beat Awards are announced, and enjoy all of the food and entertainment below.
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Galactic: Web || Twitter || Facebook || MySpace || YouTube
Bonerama with special guest Jon Langford (of The Mekons and OffBeat 2009 Jazz Fest Bible cover artist): Web || Twitter || Facebook || MySpace || YouTube || ReverbNation
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Nova Nola with Steve and Sasha Masakowski: : Facebook
Al "Carnival Time" Johnson: Web
Panorama Jazz Band: Web || MySpace
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January 1, 2013 – Seattle, Washington – Oiselle, a rapidly growing women's running apparel company has officially signed professional runner Lauren Fleshman as a sponsored athlete and business partner. The announcement comes shortly after Fleshman requested a release from her contract with Nike, a 9.5 year term during which she achieved two US Championship titles (5000m; 2006, 2010), became 7th in the world (5000m, 2011), and ran a NYC Marathon debut of 2:37 (2011).
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Rolling JubileeFriday, November 9th, 2012
Watch the video below and also go to Rolling Jubilee (above is a screen shot of its website) to find out what they're doing. More explanation here. Thoughts?
The projected is related to Occupy Wall Street, and comes in the wake of OWS's excellent project Occupy Sandy in aid of Hurricane Sandy victims.


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Everyone knows that Steve Wozniak co-found Apple with Steve Jobs and that other guy everyone forgets about, and that he loves Segway polo. What you may not know is that Woz is a Foursquare guru.
In addition being mayor of the San Jose Outback Steakhouse and Hard Rock Cafe Lake Tahoe, Woz also shares some Foursquare tips that are helpful, heartwarming, and hilarious.
Here are some gems:
IHOP - Santa Clara
Skip the 'white' stuff for low carb b'fast
Outback Steakhouse - San Jose
Scrape breading off bloomin' onion for low carb diets.
Marie Callender's - Los Altos
Split Pea Soup on Tuesdays. Thick at this location.
The Old Spaghetti Factory - San Jose
The Mizithra cheese topping is the greatest but remember that you can order the Managers Favorite and get 2 sauces on your spaghetti in case one isn't perfect that day.
Folsom State Prison (FSP)
Best to arrive early. The granola here is really good!
As someone that's concerned about his carb intake and loves a good thick soup, I thank you Mr. Wozniak. That Folsom Prison tip, though, you never know when that might come in handy. [Foursquare]


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Isn't a shame that actual day-to-day work always seems to get in the way of progress? How you're always too busy fire-fighting to actually perform the critical thing that might actually improve affairs.
All this is basically a setup for a roundabout excuse for why this blog has been neglected so shortly after it was begun. I was a bit too busy doing the day job.
Still, people like Joel and Scott manage regular pronouncements and I'm sure they're much busier than I!


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I used my favorite grilled chicken tenders and assembled it as described. It turned out much better than the original. I think the chicken made the most difference. I also used my favorite whole wheat tortilla.
I already have some chicken marinating in the fridge to try more of our favorite Roly Poly sandwiches this coming weekend.
#52 Hickory Chicken Wrap
(Printable Recipe)
- 1 original La Tortilla Factory whole-wheat tortilla
- 2-3 Tbsp cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2 grilled chicken tenders, roughly chopped
- 2 tsp BBQ sauce
- 1 slice of cooked bacon
- mushrooms
Lay the tortilla on a flat surface. Layer ingredients in order on tortilla starting with cheese and ending with mushrooms. Roll up the sides of the tortilla and place in grill pan. Top tortilla with grill press and grill until golden brown. Turn over and brown the other side. Serve with a side of Ranch dressing.


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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has announced that parliamentary elections are expected to be held in October, six months later than originally planned.Speaking to the Egyptian community in the Qatari capital of Doha, Morsi said that he "expected parliamentary elections would be held in October and that parliament would be in session before the year's end," the official MENA news agency reported on Wednesday. This comes as the upper house of parliament approved on Tuesday a new electoral law, which will be reviewed by Egypt's top court before ratification. The elections were first scheduled for April; however, it was postponed by an administrative court, stating that Morsi has ratified a new electoral law without sending it to the Supreme Constitutional Court for approval. Meanwhile, Morsi has been criticized that the timing of the election was wrong since the country is battling unrest and deep political division; however, the president has instead argued that the polls would lead to stability. Also on Tuesday, Morsi warned against foreign attempts to interfere in the North African country's internal affairs, stressing that he would deal with such measures "firmly" and "decisively." Highlighting that Cairo does not meddle in other countries' domestic affairs, the Egyptian president told an Arab League summit in Doha that "We don't accept anyone sticking his finger inside Egypt." Clashes broke out on March 22 between Muslim Brotherhood movement and opposition protesters, in which nearly 200 people were injured, after anti-government demonstrators ransacked three Brotherhood offices in capital Cairo, in the second-largest city of Alexandria, and in the Nile Delta city of Mahalla. The protest against Morsi has been called by over 50 political parties and figures, who have also demanded snap presidential polls and a new constitution. The protesters accused Morsi of using his power to promote the interests of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Last Sunday, we returned on motorbikes to Roang for the traditional kapok to bless our trip. After chatting for an hour in the kepala desa's house (the administrative head of the village), consuming local coffee and the best 'pisang molen' I have ever had (banana slivers wrapped in a thin pastry layer and deep fried), we moved to the house of the senior ketua adat house (Pak Franciscus Sahaba, the traditional-law head man). One by one, the rest of the five ketua adat arrived, all elderly men, dressed in fine locally-woven sarongs and traditional head-dressings.
Other villagers filtered in until maybe 50 people filled the front room of this modest house. Pak Medartus Bahanu began to talk on our behalf as arranged earlier, speaking quietly, not looking at the ketua adat. He passed over symbolic gifts we had procured, envelopes of money, bottles of beer and cigarettes. Pak Franciscus would nod and say "ya, ya" at regular intervals. After Pak Medartus was finished, Pak Franciscus began a long monologue, explaining to those gathered that we were welcome and that he wished for safe passage and no trouble from the forest spirits. Two chickens were brought in and held gently. Pak Franciscus explained that chickens were naturally alert and watchful, warning as they do of both the dawn and the dusk. He then explained to them that they were going to die, but that there was an important reason, so that they could in some way warn us of dangers and spirits in the month ahead. As the chickens were passed back into the kitchen to meet their end, Pak Franciscus poured some beer (a ready alternative to the more appropriate sopi palm wine) into a glass and threw it out the front door, to again satiate the spirits of the forest. These rituals completed, I explained what our work would involve, and the administrative head of the village, Pak Sebiu Antonius, read aloud from my many official permit letters, ending with the very satisfying Indonesian word sah ("all is set, all is in accordance").
The next day, the transport truck we had requested from Roang arrived in Labuan Bajo at 8:00am, and we loaded in a month of camping and food supplies, and our "first wave" team of Acun (project staff), Sahudin (forestry department staff), Megawati (LIPI herbarium staff), Fery (Burung Indonesia staff, along for the learning opportunity), and me. These transport trucks (kol) are the default mode of transport on the rather challenging roads of Flores: ~5-ton trucks with 10 rows of wooden, chuch-pew-style seats in the truck-bed. We bumped along in the drizzle for an hour, almost being defeated by a particularly steep section of road, which was worn down to slick white limestone boulders. The clouds of rubber smoke from the spinning tires was overpowering!
At Roang, we assembled with the village members of the team, whom we had now met several times before (Agus the team leader, Pon, Stanis, Paul, Adi, and Asti), and four additional porters who would help us with two round-trips on this first day. As we left the village, I experienced the familiar pre-trip sense of anxiety and insecurity: floods, accidents, team conflicts, inappropriate forests and soils, etc. But the pleasure of being back in the woods, the sun beginning to peek out from behind leaden clouds, and the sheer buoyant goodwill of the team members carried me along up the river. It was not long until we arrived at the spot where we had found the possible sample forest the previous week. As everyone dumped their heavy loads, Agus and Acun and I scouted around for an appropriate campsite. This is a key phase: the intangible feeling of a place (the suasana; perhaps even the feng shui!) can make or break a trip: is it somewhere light, friendly, and comfortable that one wants to return to at the end of the day? Or a dark, dank, noisy hollow? We rejected two spots before choosing a perfect site: tent-site amid the trees up above the floodzone (but not too far), an open, sunny area of pale gray boulders aligned east-west (needed for maximum sunlight for our solar panels), and a deep pool to wash in. In just a few hours, we had performed the satisfying process of "campsite-engineering," creating a home of tarpaulin shelters (in blue, orange, and brown), dome tents, and my trusty hammock, double-protected this time by an extra tarp above the flysheet (I learned from the rainy Papua trip!).
In the next post, I'll talk about the forest itself, but here are few more observations on camping in the rain forest:
- When you pick the rainy season to visit, even the drier parts of Indonesia are very wet! Most days last week there were torrential downpours, with heavy gray clouds making even mid morning seem like dusk. I have long known that my mood and sense of well being is strongly correlated with sunny skies or lack of them, but it's always a challenge of mindfulness to remember that the weather is usually the cause of "blue" feelings when hunched over in the mud with rain pelting down on a dripping tarpaulin. The flipside of this is that when the sun finally comes out, as it did on Thursday, the gorgeous, dappled forest is perhaps the best place in the whole world.
- Aside from weather-induced moods, I also need to remind myself that "getting into" camping always takes a few days. We get so "soft" in our daily expectations of dry, flat surfaces. Of chairs and beds. Of being able to stand upright in a room. Of having a place to put the soap as you rinse off. Of being able to visit the toilet without getting soaked by rain! But I find that after those first few days of rude re-awakening to a more edgy life, the difficulties fade and a wonderful sense of liveliness fills the most mundane activities. Until it rains again!
- We have designed the methods of these research trips around being able to do the basic "morphotyping" of the trees while still in the forest (see previous posts). This means fairly long stints at the computer. I've realized that I simply cannot do this work hunched over a laptop on the ground; my back won't let me. So I've taken to requesting a makeshift desk at each site so that I can sit upright. This trip's version is of top quality! For a seat, a lovely rounded river boulder; for the desk, a couple planks that the forest-furniture team found upriver. The result: I did four hours hacking straight through on Thursday with little discomfort.
- Food! "An army marches on its stomach," said Napoleon (reputedly), and I've found the same to be true of a forest research team. Don't skimp on quality, don't bat an eye at the literal mountains of rice on each plate, do get plenty of vegetables, and do supplement meals with "goodies" here and there. This includes goodies found in the forest. Everywhere I've been on these trips, the standard night-time entertainment (other than playing cards, drinking coffee, and telling stories) is fishing. So far on this trip we've been treated to freshwater eels and a basket of huge freshwater shrimp (thanks, Agus!). And one afternoon, some egg-collectors passed the camp and kindly left us with some of their prize: giant eggs of the orange-footed megapode (Megapodius reinwardt). Like the megapodes we saw on the trip to Waigeo, these birds build giant mounds of rotting vegetation in the warmth of which they bury their eggs. Unlike the eggs of battery hens we are used to, these eggs had been doing their job for several days and contained well-advanced embryos, which became suspicious dark mounds in the resulting scrambled egg!
As you can imagine, I am conflicted about having our team participate in the harvesting of food from the forest. Of course, they regularly do it anyway, but our sustained presence undoubtedly contributes additionally to the decline of what are certainly endangered resources (stream fauna and megapodes). Perhaps I should ban fishing at night? But it would not go down well, and so far it has not been a battle I have felt willing to fight. That these woods so close to a village even still contain such fauna to be collected is a surprise. The difficult truth is that these trips I've been making do have a small but detrimental effect on the forests we visit. We cut saplings and small trees to make a camp, we harvest from the river, we erode slopes, we leave trash (despite best intentions and efforts). My justification must be that our positive effects outweigh the negative. Locally, we provide employment alternatives to logging and hunting, and share information and attention that makes local folks more proud of their forests; nationally, drawing attention to precious places does help, by placing hidden gems in the public and administrative eye. But if it's any consolation to the reader, this tension does not sit with me easily. In a way, this case is just one representation of the larger uneasy truth: though we care deeply about the natural world, the climate, and the biosphere, our lifestyles and indeed our very existence do inevitably cause their degradation. The real question is what we do with this knowledge: deny it, suffer guilt over it, or thoughtfully accept it?


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The Aeron chair was the most famous office seat of all time, but we never expected it to show up in a Burton CO2 snowboard binding. Craziness? No, just look at the picture.
The binding borrows the chair's breathable webbing and strong Y support core, creating a lightweight and flexible structure that will run interested snowboarders $US390. It's incredibly interesting to see the unique design principles of one product make their way into another product, even if it's obvious (in retrospect) that such ideas would easily scale for universal application.
But everyone be nice to Burton and be sure not to mention that the Aeron's successor was already announced...and it uses a completely new "H" back support. I guess that's what Burton's 2010 line is for. [Fast Company via Core77]


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As the third addition to the current evergrowing DC Comics television line up, Gotham has certainly lived up to it's titular city's namesake - often corrupt with filth, but regularly saved by (several) dark knights in not-so-shining armour. Like the world's inhabitants, the writers of this FOX series seem to be tiptoeing in both the good and bad of artistic endeavours, and it's unclear as to how the show will progress come Season Two.
The greatest strength of the series has, and most likely will remain to be, the mob subplots. Seeing Don Falcone and Sal Maroni battle it out on the small screen is something we had never seen before in major non-comic Batman media, and it was a refreshing breather from all the forced supervillain escapades (more on that later). Most notably, Robin Lord Taylor has breathed new life into the Penguin; a slimy yet whiny sadist who is willing to do anything to get to the top of the criminal underworld, and is by far the standout of the show. Don't be surprised if you often find yourself wishing there were more scenes with this bird of prey.
The GCPD also rightfully has a large amount of screentime, and it's clear the writers love exploring the corruption within this false beacon of hope. Ben McKenzie plays a solid Det. Jim Gordon; he's far too angelic compared to the more realistic Jim we know from Batman: Year One, but as a main protagonist, we do see the struggles he goes through as he attempts to clean up the mess his fellow officers have made, and when he reaches his breaking point, it's oh so satisfying to see him both verbally and physically kick ass. It also goes without saying Donal Logue was a fantastic casting choice for the wise cracking, no bullshitting Harvey Bullock, who is a near bang on depiction of his Batman: The Animated Series and comic book iterations. Most of the show's best humour comes from him, and he's an excellent foil to Gordon's white knight perception of policing.
Going up against this bromance is the surprisingly heartfelt performances from David Mazouz and Sean Pertwee as a young Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth. The former brings a lot of humanity to the role, and although his progression from mourning orphan to full on brooding criminal investigator is unevenly paced, he's a very likeable kid who was able to pull off this mature role pretty well, considering the minimal amount of exploration Bruce's childhood has had in mainstream media. Pertwee is also a great choice for Alfred, with the character's military history often coming into play in the narrative, and his gruff English accent adding all the more witty charm to his performance. Considering that the first scene of the show depicted the Wayne's iconic death (excellently shot and edited by the way), these two had a lot of chemistry to pull off to convince us they could become a family, and they didn't disappoint - you may find yourself reaching for your Bat-Tissues every couple of scenes with them.
Ultimately, the show seems to work best when it's allowed to be subtle and able to fully explore the characters it depicts. Selina Kyle initially exerts far too many unsubtle feline mannerisms (going so far as to actually call herself Cat - really?), but over the course of the season, she is able to build a genuine emotional connection with Bruce and there's some excellent foreshadowing to their future involvement with crime. Sadly, the show is often far too goofy to stomach.
That is not to say I dislike silly superhero escapades - on the contrary, I can't get enough of them. However, the ratio in Gotham is considerably unbalanced, and often unintentionally leads to laugh out loud moments. Indeed, the more 'out there' concepts of the Batman mythos such as a man who kills people with weather balloons and another who drags a fridge down the street in a screaming Venom rage are greatly appreciated, but they tend to be depicted too over-the-top to actually be taken seriously; the frequent exaggerated performances of side characters do not aid this in the slightest, looking at you Barbara.
It's this that brings the show down a fair amount, in addition to forcing big villain names for the sakes of maintaining viewership. These aren't necessarily always bad, as Jonathan Crane Sr.'s origin episodes showed us, but these anecdotes nearly never play into the main story, which even then is loosely tied together by minor subplots. There was just too much going on, and even by the season's finale there were far too many questions left unanswered. You'll regularly scratch your head at how set pieces are introduced then quickly revoked later in the season, or just not addressed at all.
Perhaps most frustrating is that character development is incredibly sudden, often with little prior warning and, more annoyingly, intentionally fulfilling the needs the narrative structure. This is particularly the case for Edward Nygma and Barbara Kean, who were reduced to a lovestruck puppy and traumatised (and incredibly pestering) self-loather respectively. Similarly, Fish Mooney becomes slowly reduced to simply filling in airtime come the second half of the season, with an initially entertaining performance by Jada Pinkett-Smith degrading into an overconfident heterochromian who's only purpose is to complete Penguin's character arc.
In fact, it's clear to see that the show was forced to take a sudden turn after it was granted extra episodes. Villain rating traps were used to draw in mainstream Batman fans (looking at you 'Jerome'), several key characters such as Renee Montoya and the Mayor are written off the show, and CGI suddenly made it's way into the action. FOX seem to have been puppeteering the writers to meet the demands of the everyday audience, and thus the restriction on artistic freedom is heavily present in later episodes of the season. Not to say the second half of the series is wholly without merit (The Ogre for example turned out to be a surprisingly refreshing original villain); the show just seemed to need to conform to network standards moreso in those episodes.
However, the show can be smart with it's audience, and the writers really do shine when they get to play with their authentic Batman toys. There's blink-and-you'll-miss-it references to classic tales such as The Long Halloween, The Killing Joke, and the aforementioned Year One, not to mention the stellar amount of C list characters the series has included, with Zsasz and Leslie Thompkins having pretty memorable roles. It's a shame then that this is often tossed aside for the sake of forced romances (four to be precise), dragged out 'dramatic' tension and goofy character mannersims.
In conclusion, Gotham is far from becoming a rival to The Flash's outstanding first run, but is also still above the trainwreck of Arrow's third season. Season One is can be best summarised as a board of executives attempt to please what they think mainstream viewers want in a Batman origin anthology, when they should instead be writing a Gotham Central adaptation. Needless to say, the story arcs of this first series are undoubtedly rushed, and we can only hope that the show will see better days when the next chapter continues these characters struggles in the one city that never truly sleeps.
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|Dogwood and Taxus ready to be planted
|Hackett and her team survey
Our Director of Horticulture, Maureen Hackett began a major renovation last week to replant and refresh the gardens. A lot of plant material underwent a major pruning effort, and much more was removed or replaced if it could not be saved. Hackett kept many of the existing motifs in the new perennial bed design. For example, though the park's nine large taxus evergreens had to be replaced, they will remain in the new design as a signature element repeated throughout. The Oakleaf Hydrangea in the Shady Border was retained, though vastly cut back, and rose bushes were kept as well. They were replaced with Rose Betty Prior and a new rose that we're experimenting with called Whiteout.
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|Material to be removed.
Many renovations will have a similar feel to previous years. However, the major change to the gardens reflects the major change to the park since the gardens were last renovated. Hackett has designed the gardens to cater to a four season park that is used and populated for just about twelve months out of the year, and the slight changes to the garden are with an eye to creating year-round interest and beauty in the gardens for a park this is used year-round, as well.
|Finished product with annual chrysanthemums for seasonal interest.


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Smoke Pencil Puffer Research
A version of this article appears in the January/February 2010 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
January 07, 2010
I am a manufacturer's representative for Chimney Balloon USA. Since Chimney Balloons are air sealing devices for the fireplace, I use a smoke pencil to exhibit the effectiveness of this product. I conducted an informal evaluation of three common types of smoke pencil to select one to complement the Chimney Balloon product line. I hope the information I gathered is helpful to anyone involved in air sealing work, blower door and Duct Blaster testing, or just detecting drafts. I decided to test three common types of smoke pencils that do not require flame to ignite or maintain their smoke. I purchased two of them for the test and borrowed one from an insulation contractor customer. The smoke pencils were tested in a low-light fireplace flue application, in a bright-light window and door application, and in a medium-light garage application to see how visible the smoke was, how it reacted to air currents, how easy the pencil was to operate, and if the smoke was a sensory irritant in a closed in space. Acid-Based Smoke Puffers The most common acid-based smoke puffers are the Retrotec and TT Smoke Sticks. These operate on a mixture of acids that create the ...
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As you know India is a fastest growing economy. lots of multinational companies and businesses are trying to setup and develop their business in India. But Hindi is public's national language of India and supports to understand other local language of India. so if you wants to develop your company, business or career in India than you have to must having a working knowledge of Hindi.
This course is designed for those who wants to start or develop their business or company in India. This course is also useful for those professionals who are trying for a job in India.
This crash course is basically Virtual Classroom supported course. Where Teacher will provide face to face online virtual classes for one hour twice in a week as per proper date and time. This date and time will setup after proper discussion with students and as per suitable to students.
This course contains four levels and each levels has Assignments for finish it. These Assignments will make your concept clear and prepare you step by step for success in entrance examination. All finished assignments will be checked by teacher.
Beside virtual classroom and assignments course have a Workshop.
There is a class discussion forum is also available and students are free to discuss on any related topic with any students via this forum at the time of doing course period.
There is a announcement section where you will see all the Announcements regarding course if any.
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Rebellion's original Aliens vs. Predator for PC, from 1999, will be released via Steam for "very cheap", sometime before the updated version releases on February 16, Rebellion's CEO says.
Update: It's already available, and it's $US4.99.
"It shows its age a little bit, but it is frightening and it is difficult," Rebellion boss Jason Kingsley told IGN. "We will in due course fix up the multiplayer - and we'll make sure it's a free download."
IGN reported there are "currently no plans" for an Xbox Live Arcade or PlayStation Network version but indicated those plans "could change soon".