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LAT Home
What happened on May 24, 2013
Popular principal's dismissal leaves a South L.A. school divided
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times
FBI investigating alleged gun resales by L.A. SWAT, SIS officers
By Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times
5.7 earthquake largest to hit California since 2008
By Rosanna Xia
Terra-Gen gets OK on wind farm in wake of condor decision
By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
New lane opens on northbound 405 Freeway
By Joseph Serna
Bringing the history of Jews in L.A. into clearer focus
By Larry Harnisch, Los Angeles Times
Eduardo Arellano Felix, Tijuana cartel leader, pleads guilty
By Richard Marosi
Leimert Park Village hails victory on Crenshaw Line station
By Laura J. Nelson
LAPD reviews Charles Manson follower's tapes for new clues
By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Doctor's accused killer angry about surgery
By Lauren Williams, Los Angeles Times
Law school students sentenced in Las Vegas bird beheading
By Rosanna Xia
MTA vote seals the deal for Leimert Park light-rail stop
Laura J. Nelson
Physicist was a father of nanotechnology
Thomas H. Maugh II
405 Freeway open after big rig flips, spills fuel to snarl traffic
By Kate Mather and Joseph Serna
Reader photo: Dew drops on a leaf
By Samantha Schaefer
Travelers hit the roads and skies for Memorial Day weekend
By Rosanna Xia
Environmental group requests hearing process on San Onofre restart
By Abby Sewell,
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Residency questioned on panel that sets governor's pay
By Patrick McGreevy
Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near McDermitt, Nev.
By Ken Schwencke, Los Angeles Times
Overturned big rig, fuel spill wreak havoc on West L.A. commute
By Joseph Serna
Assembly panel puts hold on condom, bullet tax bills
By Patrick McGreevy
Puppy trapped in pipe at Newport Coast home; rescue attempt fails
By Kelly Parker
San Diego police kill suspected gas station robber
By Tony Perry
California lawmakers push alternative clean energy plan
By Chris Megerian
Crime alerts for Reseda and 14 other L.A. neighborhoods
By Ben Welsh and Thomas Suh Lauder
Dozens of aftershocks shake Northern California after 5.7 quake
By Rosanna Xia and Robert J. Lopez
L.A. County supervisors fail to win support for cutting ties to foster agency
By Garrett Therolf, Los Angeles Times
Senators push alternate budget plans
By Chris Megerian
City Beat: The scoop on an ice-cream tour of Los Angeles
By Nita Lelyveld
Palmdale boy, 8, dies with skull fracture; mother, boyfriend held
By Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times
California state lawmaker proposes new journalist protections
By Patrick McGreevy
Two arrested in thefts at Orange County religious sites
By Jeremiah Dobruck
California Senate OKs protections for kids of police, public officials
By Patrick McGreevy
Fire burns 1,500 acres in remote northeast San Diego County
By Tony Perry
PASSINGS: Henri Dutilleux, Harold Shapero, Vernon McGarity
Bulldogs stolen from family's yard twice in three months
By Joseph Serna
Boy in critical condition, pair held on suspicion of attempted murder
By Samantha Schaefer and Rosanna Xia
Amanda Bynes' bong arrest could bring more legal woes in L.A.
5.7 California earthquake, four dozen aftershocks prompt more study
By Rosanna Xia
Talk back: What's your take on Boy Scouts lifting ban on gay youth?
Section of L.A. River opens for kayaking, recreation
By Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times
California earthquake felt over surprisingly large area
By Rosanna Xia
Glendora backyard excavation ends without cold-case clues
By Joseph Serna
Northern California quake is a curiosity for seismologists
By Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times
Man shot by deputy allegedly pepper-sprayed homeowner, detectives
By Kate Mather
Searchers can't find puppy trapped in Newport Coast drainage pipe
By Kelly Parker
Disneyland parks open 24 hours: Happiest All-Nighter on Earth?
By Kate Mather
LAPD reviewing Manson follower tapes in hunt for new clues
By Richard Winton
On Caltech's 'Ditch Day,' they make a science out of shenanigans
By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times
Emily Schuman whipped up Cupcakes and Cashmere in her spare time
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times
Mortgage underwriting rules eased for seniors with assets
By Kenneth R. Harney
Chinese tourists' spending in the U.S. takes off
By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times
Homeowner can't re-vote mail-in ballot after candidate withdraws
By Donie Vanitzian
Honoring a lease cuts both ways
By Martin Eichner
Mom coaches 'Glee' cheerio Naya Rivera in two real estate deals
By Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times
Google's new search feature helps users sort through photos
By Paresh Dave
Navy conducts first test flight of Northrop's Triton drone
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
No moms in macro trading? Paul Tudor Jones backpedals on comments
By Tiffany Hsu
Facebook delays U.K., France release of HTC First to improve software
By Salvador Rodriguez
Durable goods orders bounce back in April, jumping 3.3%
By Jim Puzzanghera
China gives U.S. regulators access to audit records
Bloomberg News
FDA questions iPhone app that analyzes urine
By Paresh Dave
Sears reports bigger-than-expected 1Q loss
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AND CANDICE CHOI, AP Retail Writers
A-Rod sells Miami estate for $30 million
By Lauren Beale
Latest data show housing prices are rising nationwide
By Lew Sichelman
Amazon enters tech's architecture wars with 'plant-rich' building
By Salvador Rodriguez
Procter & Gamble says CEO swap doesn't signal 'bigger problem'
By Tiffany Hsu
Wall Street bucks global slump
By Andrew Tangel, Los Angeles Times
Google looking at buying Waze traffic app, report says
By Salvador Rodriguez
Home of the Week: 1920s Spanish Revival in Hollywood Hills
Insurers limit doctors, hospitals in state-run exchange plans
By Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times
Jessica Simpson lists her 90210 house for nearly $8 million
By Lauren Beale
Harnessing focus for profit or prevention
By Emma Jacobs
Split accounts when you and spouse split up
Liz Weston, Money Talk
Abercrombie & Fitch earnings stumble, stock slumps
By Tiffany Hsu
Ripley's Believe It or Not museum gets family-friendly makeover
By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times
For 'Graceland' dwellers, life is hardly a beach
By Alan Eyerly
'The Bling Ring' comes full circle for Alexis Neiers
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times
'Behind the Candelabra': Fun facts about the legendary Liberace
By Susan King
'Fast & Furious 6': Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano can kick your rear
By Chris Lee, Los Angeles Times
The creative process behind Edward Hopper's paintings
By Barbara Isenberg
Raymond's Bar 1886 a throwback to another era
By Sean O'Connell
'Rocky Horror's' Tim Curry suffers stroke, but 'doing fine' now
By Nardine Saad
Mariah Carey has wardrobe malfunction, lets curse slip on 'GMA'
By Gerrick D. Kennedy
'Girls' creator Lena Dunham unamused by porn parody
By Patrick Kevin Day
NBC's 'Camp' dramedy aims for summer fun in the Midwest
By Alan Eyerly
ABC's 'Whodunnit?' puts amateur gumshoes to the test
T. L. Stanley
Review: 'Before Midnight' finds its couple in a dark place
By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic
Jimmy Kimmel denies he bought Bea Arthur painting [Updated]
By David Ng
'Bling Ring's' Sofia Coppola to be honored at Crystal + Lucy Awards
By Susan King
'Fast & Furious 6': High-speed series still thrills, critics say
By Oliver Gettell
Amanda Bynes arrested after allegedly tossing bong from window
By Nardine Saad
James Gray brings a film to Cannes five years after divided reaction
By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times
KKR, Yahoo and Silver Lake/WME join list of Hulu suitors
By Joe Flint, Meg James and Daniel Miller
Cold War Kids return with the safety off at the Fonda
By August Brown
'Behind the Candelabra': Forgive me, Richard LaGravenese
By Mary McNamara
TV This Week: May 26 - June 1: 'Smash' on NBC
By Matt Cooper
Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows
By Ed Stockly
News Corp. board approves company split, set for June 28
By Meg James
Amanda Bynes' 'vase' defense: How's it rank among denials? [Poll]
By John Horn
BET's 'The Game' continues to lose ground in midseason finale
By Greg Braxton
CBS' 'Under the Dome' bringing thrills from King, Spielberg
By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times
'Daily Show' hits Obama on Fox News, the right on racial profiling
By Meredith Blake
'The Bridge' straddles U.S., Mexico border
By Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times
'King & Maxwell' private detectives get on the case for TNT
By T.L. Stanley
KTLA's Michaela Pereira goes east to start a 'New Day' at CNN
By Greg Braxton
Cannes 2013: For 'Nebraska's' Bruce Dern, redemption in geezerhood
By Steven Zeitchik
Hulu bids are in. 'Fast & Furious' to smoke 'Hangover III.'
By Joe Flint
Television review: 'Behind the Candelabra' an all-that-glitters caveat
By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Television Critic
Cannes 2013: Critics tell Jerry Lewis he's no expert on comedy
By John Horn
Pilot for BET's 'Being Mary Jane' gets late start time on July 2
By Greg Braxton
'Hangover Part III': Take a gamble on these Las Vegas films
By Susan King
'KUWTK's' Kendall Jenner's tweet pits her against Frances Cobain
By Nardine Saad
Is Mike Darnell's exit beginning of the end for 'American Idol'?
'Arrested Development' kicks critics in the teeth at its own peril
By Mary McNamara
News Corp. to take up to $1.4-billion write-down in publishing
By Meg James
Blake Shelton's 'Healing in the Heartland' set for May 29
By Gerrick D. Kennedy
Richard Koshalek, Smithsonian Hirshhorn head with L.A. ties, quits
By Christopher Hawthorne, Architecture Critic
Blake Shelton Oklahoma tornado benefit concert to air May 29
By Scott Collins
'The Sad Passions' paints haunting tale of loss and art
By Margaret Wappler, Special to the Los Angeles Times
World's largest Lego sculpture lands in New York; California's next
By Jamie Wetherbe
Tyler Perry-Oprah alliance marks new turn for OWN
By Greg Braxton and Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times
On ABC's 'Mistresses,' those who stray might well pay
By T.L. Stanley
Lee Melville, champion of Los Angeles theater, dies at 74
By Deborah Vankin
George Packer chronicles American boom and bust in 'The Unwinding'
By Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times
In Hollywood, a rowdy goodbye for Slayer's Jeff Hanneman
By August Brown
'Dexter' enters last season with knife marks all over TV landscape
By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Television Critic
Electronic music comes to Grand Park with summer Sunday Sessions
By August Brown, Los Angeles Times
A&E cancels 'Intervention,' tallies up those saved
By Patrick Kevin Day
'The Killing' begins again on AMC
By Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times
Ann Curry fills in as guest anchor of 'NBC Nightly News'
By Patrick Kevin Day
John Fogerty on new 'Proud Mary' with Jennifer Hudson
By Randy Lewis
Review: Transfixing 'Fill the Void' looks at love by arrangement
By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic
Fox reality chief Mike Darnell exits
By Joe Flint
Colum McCann on 'journeys by heroes'
By Irene Lacher
Goldie Hawn at 67: Star shines at amfAR gala in Cannes
By Nardine Saad
A gift, and now grief
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times
Oklahoma tornado: Mourning and rebuilding
By Devin Kelly and Matt Pearce
NOAA predicts above-average hurricane season
Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times
'Unusual condition' on track before New York-area train crash
By Tina Susman
IRS puts head of problem office on leave
By Joseph Tanfani, Washington Bureau
Utah boy, 15, arrested in stabbing deaths of brothers, 10 and 4
By Michael Mello
Oklahoma tornado survivors salvage what's left
By Matt Pearce and Devin Kelly, Los Angeles Times
Washington bridge collapse: 'A white flash, and cold water'
By Kim Murphy
James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas
By Jenny Deam, Los Angeles Times
Ex-Scout James Dale: Boy Scouts should accept gay leaders
By Tina Susman and Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Family returns to their wrecked house: 'Hey, it's Oklahoma'
By Matt Pearce
Tornado survivors pick up the pieces, wonder about where to live
By Matt Pearce
Teacher's recording captures harrowing moments during tornado
By Stephen Ceasar
Seattle-area bridge collapse severs an artery for holiday traffic
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times
Four Oklahoma tornado victims to be laid to rest Friday
By Stephen Ceasar
Arizona sheriff illegally used racial profiling, judge rules
By Michael Mello, Los Angeles Times
Soccer star Cristian Roldan makes rare choice to stay and play
Eric Sondheimer
Marco Andretti thinks he's in position to end curse at Indy 500
By Jim Peltz
The 10 greatest Angels of all time, No. 6: Gene Autry
By Houston Mitchell
Bryant is on his 11th All-NBA first team
Eric Pincus
Up next for Chivas USA: Saturday at Colorado
By Barry Stavro
Will a more focused Dodgers team emerge from week's aftermath?
By Steve Dilbeck
Matt Greene is back and the Kings are more than happy to have him
Helene Elliott
Dodgers seem to lack grit, and Don Mattingly finds it hard to bear
By Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times
Grizzlies' Tony Allen fined $5,000 by NBA for flop vs. Spurs
By Matt Wilhalme,
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Angels stop Royals, 5-2, for sixth win in a row
By Mike DiGiovanna
Michael Vick says he's the fastest quarterback in the NFL
By Melissa Rohlin
Vinny Del Negro, you just got played
French Open seeds: Sam Querrey is highest U.S. male at No. 18
By Houston Mitchell
Submerged course makes for low scores in LPGA Bahamas Classic
Staff and wire reports
Don Mattingly says shoulder is hampering Matt Kemp's swing
By Kevin Baxter
NBA to debut 'Forever Kobe' spot Friday night
By Eric Pincus
All drama, no fun for Dodgers
By Kevin Baxter
Cardinals, Lance Lynn too tough for Dodgers in 7-0 loss
By Steve Dilbeck
Don Mattingly shows fire, but his flame is flickering with Dodgers
Bill Plaschke
Matt Kemp says shoulder is fine as he continues to work on swing
By Steve Dilbeck
Kings give Jonathan Quick credit, even if Sharks won't
By Helene Elliott
Watch this four-wide finish in Indy Lights race at Indianapolis
By Jim Peltz
Flynn Robinson's time with Lakers 'one of best moments' in his life
By Eric Pincus
Jered Weaver's return to Angels rotation could come next week
By Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times
Indiana Pacers even up series with 97-93 win over Miami Heat
By Ira Winderman
USC wins NCAA women's golf championship
By Gary Klein
Indy 500 officials tighten security following Boston bombings
By Jim Peltz
Cleveland's Jack Hartman throws a no-hitter
By Eric Sondheimer
Shannon Farar-Griefer hears the call of the wild Badwater race
Chris Erskine
Angels' Robert Coello keeps hitters guessing with hybrid pitch
By Mike DiGiovanna
Kevin Durant gets Nike to donate apparel to Oklahoma tornado victims
By Melissa Rohlin
WNBA to disappear by next year? A financial website says yes
By Mike Bresnahan
New details emerge about Golden West College's investigation
By Lisa Dillman
Phil Jackson picks Bill Russell, not Bryant or Jordan, as greatest
By Houston Mitchell
Parnelli Jones returns to Indianapolis 500 to commemorate 1963 win
Bill Dwyre
Khalfani Muhammad, Ariana Washington win CIF Masters Meet events
By Steve Galluzzo
Legendary baseball scout Epy Guerrero dies at 71
By Houston Mitchell
Yarn Bombing L.A. covers craft museum in granny squares
By Lisa Boone
Fear not, the IRS won't be collecting your medical records
By Jon Healey
For the record
Jonathan Gold's followers really want to go to Trois Mec
By Russ Parsons
Capture an asteroid? Piece of cake
By Paul Whitefield
On Benghazi, Obama vs. Republicans again
By Michael McGough,
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Las Vegas: New thrill ride to zip guests between Rio towers
By Jay Jones
Toning down the green of the Spring Street bike lane
By Carla Hall
Easy dinner recipes: Get grilling and other quick ideas
By Noelle Carter
'Bling Ring' cosmetics: Glorifying crime or just another tie-in?
By Susan Denley
ICFF 2013 and New York Design Week: The hot look in decor is happy
By Lisa Boone
Review: Vibrant and creepy 'Bloom' flowers in Pasadena
By Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Art Critic
Beer getting pricey? The industry has been planning it for years
By John Verive
Daily Deal: 6 nights in Ireland, plus car, for $999
By Chris Erskine
Mayors Against Illegal Guns targets first Democrat
By Morgan Little
Review: Nicolas Shake works on display Western Project
By Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Art Critic
Review: Florian Morlat sculpts an engagingly strange show
By Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Art Critic
Plant a tree, save the Amazon
By Terry Gardner
At Naval Academy commencement, Obama condemns military sexual assaults
By Kathleen Hennessey
Nina Agdal subs for Kate Upton at California teen's prom
By Susan Denley
Review: On the front lines with 'War/Photography' at the Annenberg
By Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Art Critic
'Hangover Part III' bombing at the box office
By John Horn
Hawaii: Famous military aircraft joins Pearl Harbor museum
By Jay Jones
Major butterfly exhibit opening in Arizona
By Tracy Brown
Scientists uncover a secret to cockroaches' adaptability
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
Feds won't prosecute wind farm if turbine blades kill a condor
By Louis Sahagun
Ring Nebula's true shape revealed: A distorted jelly doughnut
By Deborah Netburn
Asteroid capture: NASA plans to drag space rock into lunar orbit
By Deborah Netburn
Caltech 'Ditch Day': A different kind of brain workout
By Joseph Serna
Understanding the Moore, Okla., tornado [live video chat]
By Michelle Maltais
Amphibians declining in the U.S., report says
By Julie Cart
Blood donation is valuable, so why not pay donors?
By Karen Kaplan
Robert Redford's plea: Save Bristol Bay
By Robert Redford
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U.S. plans to move Iranian exile group out of Iraq hit snag
By Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times
Obama reveals conflicted thinking on drone strikes
Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons
Syria ready to join peace conference, Russians say
By Patrick J. McDonnell
Slain British soldier's family did not expect he'd face danger at home
By Henry Chu
Torture, drones, indefinite detention breeding home-grown terror?
By Carol J. Williams
Obama's restrictions on drone program welcomed in Pakistan
By Alex Rodriguez
Obama's drone limits may bolster ties with Pakistan
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
Former Guatemala President Alfonso Portillo extradited to U.S.
By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times
Drone program had largely run its course
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North Korea's Kim signals he's willing to talk in letter to China's Xi
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Stockholm in relative calm after five nights of rioting
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Nights of rioting test Sweden's reputation for tolerance
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Russia says Syria will attend peace conference
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Taliban attack international aid group in Afghanistan capital
By Hashmat Baktash and Alex Rodriguez
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By David Undercoffler, Los Angeles Times
Prius leads 2013 California car sales; domestic brands make gains
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The UK's eating trends are turning away from the traditional and embracing the outright weird, according to an annual "cool" list by a leading food magazine.
Vegetables masquerading as dessert and an obsession with mould have both made the top 10 trends for 2013 as identified by Olive magazine.
Also making the list is the trend of chefs presenting their food on building materials such as bricks and tiles, an update on the slate now commonly seen in gastro-pubs across the land, the magazine said.
WATCH: 40-Year-Old Woman Addicted To Eating Powered Clay Face Mask
Chef Ben Spalding's 'lick a brick' stunt during his recent stint at Islington's John Salt involved customers licking chicken mousse and caramel from a London brick, while those eating at Gail's Kitchen in Holborn can enjoy a truffled taleggio toastie served on a miniature tile.
Diners willing to move on from an apple crumble pudding can seek out a savoury chestnut, salted caramel and artichoke dessert at Tuddenham Mill on the Suffolk borders or candied celeriac at Nottingham's Sat Bains.
And those tiring of the type of molecular gastronomy championed by chefs such as Heston Blumenthal can instead sample "rotten" food cultured in kilner preserving jars in the restaurant's cellar.
But there have also been some "surprising" twists on old favourites, such as savoury doughnuts and a "posh" makeover for condensed milk that now sees it fried with bananas and used to sweeten porridge, Olive said.
Olive editor Christine Hayes said: "Something odd is happening in the food scene. Weirdness is in, in a big way, with the most outlandish ideas catching on in a way that simply hasn't happened before. Normal rules are being thrown out of the window.
"It might not be to everyone's taste but it really helps to highlight the extent to which the UK is leading the world in innovation."

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Getting a good grip on your health may mean … getting a good grip. The force you can muster when squeezing an object or a weight doesn't only reveal how strong your hand and arm are. It can be a measure of overall muscle function and — according to one recent study — even portend how long you're likely to live.
That's not as nutty as it seems, says Richard Bohannon, a professor of physical therapy at the University of Connecticut. "Grip strength reflects your overall muscle status and a general sense of how much muscle mass you have" he says. "If you have more muscle in your upper body, you probably have more in your lower body as well." And if your muscles are wasting, you're further down the road to frailty.
The readings naturally change with time: A woman age 30 to 34 has an average grip strength of 70 pounds, Bohannon says, whereas an 80- to 84-year-old woman has an average grip strength of 37.6 pounds. That's because after middle age, muscle mass starts declining at the rate of approximately 1% per year, in a process called sarcopenia. But sarcopenia can be warded off. And readings that are abnormally poor for one's age can be a good wake-up call that something is amiss and that maybe it's time to take charge and build up your strength.


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That's right – Obamanomics isn't a philosophy – it's a bill of goods, sold to the uninformed masses to grow government and create dependency.
It's too easy just to say people want free stuff. There is a large swath of politicians who actively preach the notion that only if we "stimulate" the economy with taxpayer money, borrowing, printing and spending – it will make the economy grow and create wealth.
That would never work for your family, your business or your personal life – and you damn sure would never teach your kids such an incredibly bad piece of philosophy – yet, somehow people in this country vote for it. Peter Ferrara at Forbes really nails the proponents of big government and how they convince everyday people that if you're in debt, you only have to spend more – a lot more – in order to get out of it.
Obamanomics: The Final Nail In the Discredited Keynesian Coffin
Keynesian economics is the false vision of human action which says the way to promote economic recovery and renewed growth is through increased government spending, deficits and debt. If that sounds nuts, that's because it is.
The idea is that the increased government spending and deficits will increase demand in the economy for more production, and that producers will increase supply to meet that demand, hiring more workers and reducing unemployment in the process. Keynesian economics arose in the 1930s in response to the Depression. It never worked then, as the recession of 1929 extended into the decade long Great Depression. And it never worked anywhere it's been tried since then, in the U.S. or abroad.
By the 1970s, Keynesian policies had produced double digit unemployment, double digit inflation, and double digit interest rates, all at the same time, along with four successive worsening recessions from 1969 to 1982. Keynesian monetary policy involves running up the money supply to increase demand, with artificially lowered interest rates promoting more spending. That is where the inflation came from.
Ronald Reagan explicitly scrapped Keynesian economics for the more modern supply side economics, which holds that economic growth results from incentives meant to boost production. That results from reduced tax rates, which enable producers to keep a higher proportion of what they produce.
Steve Forbes wrote in Forbes magazine in 2008: "Between the early 1980s and 2007 we lived in an economic Golden Age. Never before have so many people advanced so far economically in so short a period of time as they have during the last 25 years. Until the credit crisis, 70 million people a year [worldwide] were joining the middle class. The U.S. kicked off this long boom with the economic reforms of Ronald Reagan, particularly his enormous income tax cuts. We burst from the economic stagnation of the 1970s into a dynamic, innovative, high tech-oriented economy. Even in recent years the much maligned U.S. did well. Between year-end 2002 and year-end 2007 U.S. growth exceeded the entire size of China's economy."
In other words, the growth in the U.S. economy from 2002 to 2007 was the equivalent of adding the entire economy of China to the U.S. economy.
Apparently determined to prove once more that Keynesian economics doesn't work, Obama's first major act in office was to pursue the unreconstructed Keynesianism of the nearly $1 trillion so-called "stimulus," which we now know didn't stimulate anything except government spending, deficits and debt. Keynesian economics does not work because if the government borrows a trillion dollars out of the private economy to spend a trillion dollars back into it, at best there is no gain for the economy on net. More likely, it is a net drag on the economy, because the private sector in general will spend the money more efficiently and productively than the public sector, and the greater deficits and debt imply future tax increases, which are also contractionary.
While a lot of Americans thought they were electing a progressive, forward-thinking guy, Barack Obama has been nothing but tired, backward, myopic and the most failed President of all time. How he got re-elected is simply a mystery. Or a crime.
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Pour yourself a cup of excellent coffee. Put your slippers on. Get a comfy quilt and put if over your legs. Pick up your favourite magazine. Cut yourself a slice of Chocolate Buckwheat Cake - Life is good, isn't it?
Chocolate Buckwheat Cake (Gluten Free)
slightly adapted from Smitten Kitchen
100g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing the pan
100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
4 eggs, room temperature
100g golden caster sugar
Pinch of sea salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
35g buckwheat flour
30g almond meal
Icing sugar for dusting (optional)
Whipped cream to serve (optional)
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Spray a 23cm round cake pan with cooking oil spray and line the bottom with baking paper.
Melt the butter and sugar in the microwave or in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the eggs, sugar and salt until pale and fluffy and doubled in volume, between 5 - 9 minutes. The air you create here gives the cake it's super-light texture, so it's best not to cut corners.
Fold the vanilla and melted chocolate mixture into the egg mixture ever-so gently. Sprinkle the buckwheat and almond meal as evenly as possible over the batter and very gently fold to combine. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 20 - 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Let the cake cool for five minutes on a rack before inverting it onto the rack. Remove the baking paper and then turn it back, right-side-up, onto a serving platter or cake stand.
Dust with icing sugar and serve with whipped cream (optional).


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Humongous is the mechanical guard to the Goblin City in Labyrinth. He stands 15 feet tall, and carries an axe. He was operated by one of the goblins, prior to his destruction by Hoggle. Humongous has only one line of dialogue in the film, which he repeats over and over: "Who goes?"
Although the creature was not named in the film, in the documentary Inside the Labyrinth and the production notes, Jim Henson calls it "Humongous." He also says that the creature weighs "a lot."
Humongous was operated by a single performer, and is the largest puppet the Creature Shop had built up to that time.


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One week out from the US election and camp Hillary is in disarray, the latest revelations of missing emails and yet more corruption and a new investigation by the FBI is starting to take its toll in the polls. But this is no time for complacency, Trump is not assured a win, the fact is we need everybody we can muster, whether living in the US or not, to engage the liberals, especially American liberals, on social media and to capitalize on the latest Clinton scandal.
The aim is to use memetic warfare to wear-down and disorientate liberals by pointing out the lunacy of supporting Hillary, they won't vote for Trump, but with all the issues surrounding Clinton they might decide to just sit at home instead of voting at all. The Daily Stormer has developed a clever collection of memes along the lines of Hillary winning and then America sending their newly empowered feminist/diversity army into battle against the Russians in Siberia, it's insane, but that is essentially what a Clinton victory will mean. These memes and many more can be found here and here.
Most of these memes are ''Normie Friendly'' so you can post them on pro Clinton groups on Facebook or Twitter using your real avatar.
The comments sections of liberal left newspapers or You Tube won't allow pictures but you can simply make an account and begin explaining that whatever people think of Trump, he's less likely to send American girls to lay siege to Moscow on behalf of Global Finance. As always, the left's weakest point is their subservience to Global Capital.
I don't usually write posts on the need for people to go out trolling, but the fact is we need a concerted effort across all forms of social media with the sole aim of promoting confusion and defeatism within the liberal left, to sow doubt and make them take a step back and reconsider. As noted above, Hillary's support has already taken a nose-dive, we need to whittle it down as much as possible.
It's important to remember that the Clinton campaign will have invested millions, perhaps tens of millions, of dollars in employing people to hold the line against the counter narrative, they know how important a presence on social media is, we, that is to say the kind of people who read blogs such as this and You Tube channels which cover similar ground, we ( the Alt-Right) are Trump's presence on the internet to a large degree.
Nobody wants to be sitting around on the 9th after a Hillary victory, wondering if there was more we could have done, I implore everyone who reads this blog to to spend some time over the next week posting anti-Hillary memes and arguments. As noted above, she is leaking support, we have to maximize the damage.
Feel free to use the comments section of the blog to organize trolling and share information. Here are a couple of posts I made on debating liberals on Twitter, here and here.
And here's hoping that after next week we're blogging about Trump taking a wrecking ball to Globalism and not lamenting the end of the world.
We're in the thick of it now, folks
Hail Victory!


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[ARTICLE] In The Blink of an Eye
Filed Under: Wellness | Published: Dec 9, 2010 | Author: Gabriel Constans
There is no way to prepare. No way to brace yourself or let yourself down easy. When a loved one dies suddenly or their death is perceived as sudden, your entire world is turned upside down and inside out.
Luckily, our bodies have a built-in coping mechanism called shock. In a state of shock we muddle through the fog of hearing what happened or remembering what happened, if we were there. We talk to people, go through the motions, attend the funeral, take care of matters that need attention and don't remember half of what we have done or not done. Life can seem like a dream. It's not real. There has been a mistake. It was someone else's husband, partner, friend, child or parent that died. We may find our bodies feeling sluggish, exhausted, heavy, "not ourselves" and want to sleep, sleep, sleep.
While our body, mind and heart can feel like they're in a deep freeze, intermittent fears and worries about the future or "what will happen next" can cause us to be simultaneously on the alert (hyper-vigilant).
This mixture of feeling detached, numb and empty, combined with moments of intense apprehension and anxiety, are the double-whammy of sudden loss.
As the days pass and the numbness wears off or lessens (without another loss) all of these intense physical, mental and emotional reactions usually subside and decrease and the full impact and implications of the death on one's life start to come into full focus. That is when many are surprised to feel the depth of emotions and grief. "I was just starting to feel better," people say. "What's happening?"
We've just come out of the fog of shock and are suddenly confronted with feelings of anger, sadness, frustration and/or guilt. Our fears, anger and resentments start getting misdirected at surviving family members and friends or at ourselves. We burst out crying at the most inopportune times. We may try to "stay busy" or increase the use of other stimulants or substances to "get rid" of the pain, to suppress it.
If you have experienced a sudden death in your life, here are some healthy things you can do to care for yourself or another.
Upon notification find a safe place to be and surround yourself with people who will keep you going, give you food, call, stop by, remind you of daily needs, take you for a walk.
Eat one good meal a day.
Exercise; even when you don't feel like it.
Rest and drink lots of water, to counteract our body's dehydration during grief and sorrow.
Breathe. Remember to consciously take deep breaths throughout the day and night.
Keep going. Don't give up. There IS a light at the end of the tunnel, even when you're in the depths of darkness. Life changes, feelings change, attitudes change, perceptions change and our understanding and appreciation of life are often awakened in the painful process of mourning.
Find a way to acknowledge and release your pain in a safe manner. Make it a daily habit, if even for only ten to twenty minutes. Try to pick the same time each day. During this time, talk or write to the person who died. Look at pictures. Go to their gravesite. Visit the spot their ashes were scattered. Light a candle and/or some incense. Recall the past, events and memories. Say a prayer. Scream, yell, cry, wail, walk, run, chop wood, paint and/or make something. Be creative. Whatever you do during your daily ritual of remembrance, do it with the person who died in mind and in your heart. By taking the time on a daily basis to grieve the loss of the person who died (and all the ramifications of that loss), the moments that you lash out at others or try to hide from the pain, will tend to decrease. The overwhelming avalanche of emotions will diminish in frequency and intensity.
These suggestions and exercises do not make anything "go away" or stop the pain altogether, but they will take some of the constant sting off your daily life and leave you some room to breathe and catch your breath. Even though grief from sudden loss is symbiotic with feeling out of control, you can choose to let yourself be "out of control" in a safe, supportive environment and at a time of your choosing, in order to have more control over the rest of your life.
If sleeplessness, anxiety, depression or intrusive images persist, there are a variety of ways to obtain help. See your physician and/or contact a mental health professional.
Author: Gabriel Constans
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Can you believe she will be TWO in just 3 months?? Oh my. I will have a two-year-old....
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How to Prune Grape Vines for Fruit Development
- Decide on a training system within the first year of growth. One common system is the four-cane Kniffin, which develops vines along a two-tiered trellis. One vine on each side of the main cane grows out at a mid-point trellis line, and another two vines grow along a top trellis line.
- Allow the main cane to grow after planting in order to reach past the first tier line on the trellis.
- Snip the tip of the main vine in late winter to force buds along the cane to grow.
- Select two of the side vines near the first tier line during the second growing season, and attach them to the line on either side of the main cane. Use twine to loosely tie the vines. Snip all other side vines back along the first tier line.
- Snip the main stem back again during the next winter to force vine buds to develop shoots, or spurs, along the second tier. Also, snip the ends or the two shoots along the first tier line of the trellis to force buds along these spurs to produce fruiting vines. Cut them back so that there are no more than five nodes along the vine.
- Wait until the third growing season to select two vines from the second tier line of the trellis, and tie them to the second tier. Cut any other vines back along the second tier.
- Snip the ends of the second tier vines back to five nodes to force fruiting vines to grow off the spurs during the next winter. Trim back fruiting vines along the first tier, leaving three to five nodes. Maintain a process from here on out of trimming back the fruiting vines to within three to five nodes of the side vines of the plant. This will force fruiting each growing season.


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Charged with Assault in Colorado?
Assault is a common charge in Colorado. In its most basic form, assault is causing pain to another person. Assault in Colorado is further broken down into different categories based on the harm caused as well as other factors. For example:
- Harassment: Although harassment can be committed in many forms, harassment as closely related to assault is defined as striking, touching kicking or otherwise touching somebody with the intent to harass, bother, annoy or scare another person, but does not cause pain. Harassment is a class 3 misdemeanor.
- Third degree assault: 3rd degree assault requires a level of pain as opposed to harassment. In Colorado a person can be charged with 3rd degree assault if:The person, knowingly and recklessly caused bodily injury to another person, or,
o The person causes bodily injury to another with criminal negligence by the use of a weapon, or,
o A person attempts to infect, injure, harm, harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, or specific medical staff to come into contact with blood and other body fluids or toxic substances.
The definition for bodily injury in Colorado includes pain to satisfy the bodily injury requirement. 3rd degree assault is a class 1 misdemeanor and can be an extraordinary risk time with sentencing enhancements.
3. Assault in the second degree: 2nd degree assault can be charged by a number of different actions in Colorado. For example:
o A person, with intent to do so, caused bodily injury to another person by the use of a deadly weapon, or,
o A person recklessly caused bodily injury to another person by the use of a deadly weapon, or,
o A person intended to cause an injury and caused serious bodily injury, or,
o A person caused injury to another person while intentionally trying to interfere with a police officer of firefighter performing their duties, or,
o A person knowingly applied violent force to specific government officials, or,
o A person intentionally drugged another person without the other person's consent or knowledge.
2nd degree assault is generally a class 4 felony, but there is modified (increased) sentencing since 2nd degree assault is considered an extraordinary risk crime. If the person is convicted of a crime of violence with the 2nd degree assault the person can be sentence to a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years up to 16 years in prison. In limited circumstance considered to be "heat of passion" the class of felony can be lowered to a class 6 felony.
4. First degree assault: 1st degree assault is considered the most serious of the assault charges. To be charged with 1st degree assault in Colorado a police officer must believe that:
o A person intended to cause serious bodily injury and did cause serious bodily injury, or,
o A person intended to cause serious disfigurement or disable another person and caused serious disfigurement or disabled another person, or,
o A person, acting with extreme indifference to the value of human life knowingly created a grave risk of death, and by doing so caused serious bodily injury, or,
o A person threatened a police officer, firefighter, judge, or prison staff with a deadly weapon and caused serious bodily injury.
1st degree assault is a class 3 felony. With sentencing enhancers the potential prison time can range from 10 years mandatory up to 32 years in prison.
The most common defense to assault is self-defense. However, self-defense is not an automatic defense in Colorado. The person charged must be able to show factors such as who the initial aggressor was, if the person charged was in fear of imminent bodily injury and, most importantly, if the self-defense was reasonable.
Assault is a very complicated area of law involving factors that can have a significant impact on the case, and subsequently a person's life and liberty. A person charged with assault may be looking at a serious conviction such as a felony with sentencing enhancers, mandatory prison time, and periods of parole. If a person is charged he or she should take the advantage of consultations that most criminal defense attorneys in Colorado offer for free. This will give the person charged a chance to discuss the details in a confidential setting, allows an experienced attorney to ask questions to determine if the charge is appropriate, discuss potential consequences and all possible defenses.
The defense attorneys at Black & Graham have represented numerous clients that have been charged with assault charges. The lawyers at Black & Graham focus on the priorities of the client. Our attorneys work diligently in seeing if charges can be dismissed or reduced, what defenses the client may have, eliminating jail time and keeping convictions off of client's records.


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- The bulk oils, grease, soil, or buffing compound must be removed by pre-cleaning because prolonged contact in the subsequent alkaline electro-cleaner will cause etching or smutting.
- To ensure the good electroplate adhesion, electro-cleaning must be used to complete the removal of oil, grease, and soil.
- An acid dip must follow alkaline cleaning to remove zinc oxides and hydroxides and any alkaline compounds carried over from the electro-cleaning operation.
Die castings are pre-cleaned by:
- Solvent Degreasing
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- Alkaline soak cleaning.
Buffed die casting should be pre-cleaned as soon as possible after buffing, preferably within 24 four hours, before the compound hardened and becomes difficulty to remove by conventional cleaning.
Solvent degreasing utilizes trichloroethylene or perchloroethylene solvent in facility equipped with heating and condensing equipment. Die castings usually are sequentially immersed in the heated solvent, dipped in cold solvent, and suspended in the heated vapors. Solvent spraying also is included in the cycle if buffing compound has been hardened on the die cast surfaces. The solvent should be inhibited to prevent the formation of hydrochloric acid caused by decomposition. The cost of the chlorinated solvents has encourage the use of alternative pre-cleaning methods. However, a diphase system consisting of a layer of solvent such as trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, or methylene chloride and an upper layer of water is sometimes adopted to reduce costs associated with the evaporation of solvent. Diphase cleaning is generally followed by power-spray washing.
Power spray alkaline washing is accomplished with conveyorized units usually equipped with washing, draining, rinsing and draining sections and is the most popular method for pre-cleaning. Solution heated to about 80 oC is sprayed with a pressure of 1.8 to 2.1 kg/cm2 through nozzles on 20 to 30 cm centers in the washing area.


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Energy Efficiency Agreements 2008-2016 - What was achieved during 2008-2016?
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Over the years, Finnish voluntary Energy Efficiency Agreements have evolved into a unique success story that is not found elsewhere in the world. During 2008-2016, the industrial, municipal, property and building as well as oil sector participated widely in Energy Efficiency Agreements. At the end of 2016, agreements covered over 65 percent of Finland's total energy use.


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So I am finally home again =) HK was nice, the people were interesting as well. Everyone had some broken 1/2 english but was very animated to make up for decificencies in language. Meeting the various personals of the HKPF gave me a sense of happiness to know that they are capable people.
It hits me and I realize I have been traveling most of my year so far and have spent very little actual time at home!
2007 Janurary – 1.5 weeks in Ottawa, Canada
2007 Feburary – 2 weeks in Ottawa, Canada
2007 March – 4 weeks in Ottawa, Canada
2007 April – 2 Weeks in Ottawa, Canada
2007 May – 1.5 weeks in HK, China & Shenzhen, China
I am scheduled for travel again in June to HK, China.
It's times like these that I really wish I had a girlfriend to take with me to these places. It would be like a free vacation for her while I work. We just met up again at the Hotel at night and maybe share in some of the sights during the evening.
This time during my travels I tried a lot of fruits! Various type of fruits from Shenzhen China that was bought there from various parts of China. Dragon Fruit, Lotus Mist, Red Haired Pearls, Mountian Banboo, and some more! All of them were very very good, and also makes much more sense in their chinese names!
The next time I return to China I hope to get a suit made. I'm told it takes 1 day to create it from the day you walk in to get measured. Some really cheap labor there.
I also finally actually got a body massage there (a real one, no not a happy ending type). It was nice, also only cost my 8 bucks for 1.5 hours of service! I kind of wish i lived there, I would spend 8 bucks a day! Think about it!!! In LA, a stupid boba drink is like 5 bucks already… So i can drink boba…. or get a 1hour massage. Big difference there. =P


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We are announcing our Photo Tours for 2016, three inspiring and photography – friendly landmarks of Greece. Along with the 8 days Greece Photo Tour, we have designed three (5 days) photo tours to Santorini island, Meteora rocky scenery and Milos island.
Greece Photo Tours – new year, new destinations!
The 8days Greece Photo Tour, run twice last year and for 2016 we are bringing the magic of three photography landmarks, as separate photo tours. Santorini is the most famous Greek island, situated in the Aegean sea, with it's caldera region said to be formed by a prehistoric earthquake. Meteora rocky mountains, a strange and unique formation is found in northern Greece, while the unexplored island of Milos is the most interesting place one can find in all Greek islands. Read below more information, for each multi day photography tour.
Santorini Photo Tour (5 days)
Santorini (wikipedia link) is the southernmost island of Cyclades and is located between Ios and Anafi islands. – Thera, Therassia, Aspronisi and the volcanoes (Palaia Kameni and Nea Kameni where the crater of the volcano exists) form the cluster of islands which is called Santorini. The great crater formed by the volcanic eruption of around 1600 BC, adds to its distinct atmosphere: settlements are built on the edge of the crater's inner walls and not on the sea level, as in other islands. In addition, Santorini is one of the few places worldwide where architectural complexes of underground rock-hewn houses still survive inside the volcanic soil. The Caldera and the whole cluster of the Santorini islands have been characterized as an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Places we visit duting our Santorini Photo Tour are, Fira, Oia village, Thera archaeological site, Pollonia, Vlychada beach, Imerovigli, Skaros, volcano island (by boat) and some of the most beautiful beaches found in this island.
Go to Santorini Photo Tours information page.
Meteora Photo Tour (5 days)
In central Greece and particularly in the North Western part of Thessaly, where the plain of Thessaly ends, gigantic rocks raise, that create a spectacle which might be unique worldwide. At the cavities, fissures and peaks of the Meteora (wikipedia link) rocks, the people of that place found protection from the raids of several conquerors and of those who passed from the area. Also, several bold hermits and anchorites found shelter at these rocks, seeking for mental calmness, tranquility and while praying they saught for Christian perfection. Today, the tradition of orthodoxy is continued uninterrupted for over 600 years by the Holy Monastery of the Great Meteoro, the Varlaam Monastery, the Saint Stephen Monastery, the Holy Trinity Monastery, the Saint Nicolas Anapafsas Monastery and the Roussano Monastery. U.N.E.S.C.O has characterized Meteora as a "monument of Humanity that has to be maintained".
Places we visit during our Meteora Photo Tour are many of the old monasteries found atop of the rock formations, two waterfalls found in the area, Theopetra's prehistoric cave, Kalampaka city, Kastraki traditional village and much more.
Go to Meteora Photo Tours information page.
Milos Photo Tour (5 days)
Milos (wikipedia link) is famous for its coastline. With more than 75 small and big beaches of crystal, deep blue waters, multi-colored carved rocks and white-yellow coasts, it is certain that you will be impressed. Due to the volcanic origin of its ground, Milos presents an impressive coastal morphology and diversity. There are white-yellow beaches, bays with pebbles surrounded by stones, and white, red, yellow or black rocks. The sea there has distinctive colors and depths and there are organized beaches for swimming or you can choose more isolated and wild ones.
In the Northeast part of the island, you will find the most photographed Aegean landscape: Sarakiniko. This moonscape is unique. It is worth noting that you should also visit Sarakinino at night, especially when the moon is full, as the snow-white rocks of soft material reflect the light even the moonlight vividly, thus, creating an unforgettable landscape.
Kleftiko or else "The Meteora Rocks of the Sea", as it is usually called, constitutes a group of grey-white rocks of strange shapes and formations, with caves and cavities created by the wind and the sea in the passing of the centuries. In order to enjoy its crystal blue green waters and its unique formations you will have to approach by boat or by yacht. In old times Kleftiko was used as a refuge and a hide-out for pirates and thus it was named after them.
Go to Milos Photo Tours information page.
Greece Photo Tour (8 days)
Panorama of Greece Photo Tour is a 8 days / 7 nights journey across unique iconic Greek scenery. We will embark on a full week Greece Photo Tour, across the most interesting places in Athens, famous Santorini island, magical Northern Peloponnese region, Ancient Olympia, Delphi archaeological site and Meteora ancient rocks formation, an unbelievable mountain scenery in Northern Greece.
Go to Greece Photo Tour information page.


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"I will pay regular amounts into a fund to legally fight against new consultation proposals put forward by Graham Badman and accepted by Ed Balls but only if 1,000 other people will do the same."
— Steve Mckie
Deadline to sign up by: 19th October 2009
138 people signed up, 862 more were needed
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1.Enforced inspections in our homes.
2.Enforced interviews of children, unsupervised by government officials.
and both without any suspicion of a crime.
Whilst the review of Graham Badman is specific to home education and is bad enough in itself, I fear that this is the thin edge of the wedge.
This review introduces, for the first time in English law, the idea that the state has the right to be able to intrude and stamp on human rights, without any suspicion of a crime what-so-ever.
Whilst I agree that some crimes are deplorable, I fundamentally believe that the state should not have an all-knowing, all-pervasive ability to inspect our lives in the name of crime prevention. Crime prevention must legal, justified, proportional and reasonable.
To this end I will fight with everything I have to get these proposals consigned to the dust-bin. I will make regular payments to a fund that will financially support any home-edder who has the guts to stand up to the government, to pay the best legal minds and to take the matter to the highest courts in the land.
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As usual, this year's letter by Chairman Warren Buffett to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway
In the section titled "Businesses -- The Great, the Good, and the Gruesome," Buffett succinctly shares the secrets of his investing success. He and longtime partner Charlie Munger look for companies that have ...
- A business they understand.
- Favorable long-term economics.
- Able and trustworthy management.
- And a sensible price tag.
Over the years, many people, including myself, have tried to replicate Buffett's investing strategy. I can't speak for others, but I know I've been too often guilty of focusing on valuation at the expense of the quality of the business. Perhaps that's why Buffett is the world's richest person, worth around $62 billion, and I'm struggling to get to my first billion.
So where are these high-quality companies? In this year's letter, Buffett mentions Costco
But there's no mention of how Buffett might calculate a "sensible price tag." That's because, for Buffett, it likely depends on the quality of the business.
According to this year's letter, his dream business is one with "an ever-increasing stream of earnings with virtually no major capital requirements. Ask Microsoft
Buffett turned on by Google
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are close personal friends. Gates sits on the Berkshire Hathaway board, and Buffett has pledged to donate most of his personal fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Despite the mutual friendship, and despite his admiration for Microsoft, the Oracle of Omaha has never invested a meaningful stake in the company. As reported by Robert Miles, Buffett says this is because he doesn't know the company well enough and can't confidently predict where computers will be 10 years from now.
But what about Google? Considering that he included Google in the section of his letter that begins "Let's take a look at what kind of businesses turn us on," you have to assume Buffett is an admirer.
But as much as he may admire it, he'd probably never make an investment in the company. As with Microsoft, he probably doesn't know the company well enough and can't predict what Google might look like five or 10 years from now.
Is that a mistake? It could be.
The Buffett test
Let's run Google through Buffett's four secrets to investing success.
1. A business I understand.
The main driver of the Google business is its dominance of electronic search-engine advertising and its ability to target paid advertising as a result. Google continues to take market share from its nearest rival, Yahoo!
2. Favorable long-term economics.
Online is here to stay. Both in the United States and around the world, more and more people are going online as broadband access penetrates the corners of the world. Then there's mobile interest, which, while promising, is in its infancy. But it should prove to be an additional growth driver for Google.
3. Able and trustworthy management.
CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have done an outstanding job to date. In an interview with Fortune magazine in the summer of 2004, just before Google's initial public offering, they made a pact to work together for 20 years. Not only are they clearly able and trustworthy, they have committed their working careers to Google (and they own a ton of the stock, too). Enough said.
4. A sensible price tag.
Google trades for approximately 20 times next year's estimated earnings. Given its dominant position in a growing industry, its large profit margins, and its lean business model, 20 times forward earnings isn't an unreasonable price tag. Of course, Google looks a bit more rich in other metrics, so "sensible" may be in the eye of the beholder.
While it comes close to meeting all four criteria, given Google's current valuation, Buffett is probably taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the company -- no matter how much it turns him on.
That said, the next time you find a stock that turns you on, consider running it through Buffett's four-step test. If it passes with flying colors, you may be on to something.
What turns a Fool on
Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner is turned on by "consumer-facing technology companies." David heads Motley Fool Rule Breakers, an investing service dedicated to growth stocks.
Though their investing styles are not identical, David, like Buffett, loves to find companies possessing an ever-increasing stream of earnings with virtually no major capital requirements and favorable long-term economics -- companies just like Google.
If you want to see what stocks David likes right now, a free 30-day trial of Rule Breakers gets you access to all of the team's recommendations, including their top five for new money now. (Google's not one of them, but they might turn you on anyway.)
Bruce Jackson is turned on by his holding in Berkshire Hathaway. Bruce doesn't own any other companies mentioned in this article. The Motley Fool also owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire is an Inside Value and Stock Advisor recommendation. Costco is a Stock Advisor pick. Microsoft and Coca-Cola are Inside Value recommendations. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy is a turn-on.


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|This is the difference in just one week
I quit school and Bailey and I stayed home all day everyday. We baked A LOT together and the pounds piled on. Have you really looked at the sodium content at the grocery store. EVERYTHING has a ton in it even if it says low sodium its not. I spent a lot of my time baking things from scratch so he could still enjoy 'kid friendly' foods.
Fast forward. He hasnt had a relapse in 2 years and though I was still in a toxic marriage, but my baby was healthy again. I pray to God he stays that way. Then I took a long hard look in the mirror...Brittney you're not healthy and youre not setting a good example for your child. I started walking everyday and lost a few pounds but lets be honest here I wasn't trying very hard.
My doctor didnt cut me any slack he said Brittney, you're too heavy to gain the 25-30lbs most women gain when they're pregnant. He said Id like you to maintain your weight throughout your pregnancy WHATTT!? However, after I got finished crying I took what he said to heart. I walked everyday and I didn't give in to ANY of my cravings.


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Saturday, September 5, 2015
CASology: Week 162
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Pam this is perfect for our challenge!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining Casology!
Oh, what a lovely handwriting, this image is so beautiful and perfect for this challenge. The fountain pen nob is the best detail you could have added.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing.
Maria Rodriguez.
Crisp and so stylish, Pam ... fab placement of that plume nib! Hope your new business goes from strength to strength! Hugs, Anita :)ReplyDelete
Pam, this is such a stylish CAS design, I really like it.ReplyDelete
Well, this couldn't be more perfect for the CASology challenge. That script stamp looks like someone actually wrote on the card, its so detailed. And love the little pen nib, how handy having that for a stamp! So glad to hear your business is going well and your loving it. And that you still have time to make your fabulous cards is wonderful!!ReplyDelete
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Yes, you've conveyed 'write' perfectly! Stylish card in every way! You are certainly more energetic and organized than I am: full time work, your new business and in the mix, creating wonderful cards! Impressive and inspiring!ReplyDelete


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The Tapscott Lab focuses on gene transcription in a chromatin context in normal development and disease. The lab uses the myogenic transcription factor MyoD to study how complex programs of gene expression unfold during cell differentiation. In addition, the lab studies gene expression in rhabdomysarcomas (cancers with characteristics of skeletal muscle) and human muscular dystrophies. Other areas of research in the lab include the formation of palindromes in the human cancer genome, gene and cell therapies for muscular dystrophy, and the biology of triplet repeats and their associated diseases.
Dr. Stephen Tapscott's team broke a decades-long stalemate with a common form of muscular dystrophy when they identified the mechanisms that cause it. This opens the door for future treatments for the disease and, potentially, some cancers.
Hope for patients with a common muscular dystrophy - FSHD and other muscular dystrophies have proven to be extremely confounding for biomedical researchers, yielding so little information that the very idea of coming up with drugs to treat them has seemed like a dream. For more than two decadees, researchers have known that FSHD is caused by a genetic mutation, but no one understood the mechanics of the disease and exactly what was causing the muscles to deteriorate. Then, after several years of intensive research, a team led by Hutchinson Center neurologist and molecular geneticist Dr. Stephen Tapscott broke through the decades-long stalemate with FSHD. Read the full article here
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center partners with GlaxoSmithKline to develop muscular dystrophy therapeutics - The partnership with GSK is a first of its kind for Fred Hutch, which is also the first U.S.-based institution to sign on with GSK's "Discovery Partnership with Academia" (DPAc) program. GSK launched the program to combine the insight and creativity of the academic world with GSK's drug-discovery expertise to turn innovative research into medicines that benefit patients.The goal of the new agreement is to develop a small-molecule-based medicine to potentially reverse facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD, by inhibiting the activity of a protein that is incorrectly expressed by the DUX4 gene in people with the disease. Read the full article here.


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For most of the Steve Ballmer era at Microsoft, Microsoft's revenue growth was sporadic — there would be big jumps whenever the company had new versions of Windows and Office, followed by lulls. The one exception to this was what Microsoft called its "Server & Tools" segment, which included products big organizations use to run their computing infrastructure, like Windows Server and the SQL Server database. Revenue in that segment grew around 10% per year, quarter after quarter, year after year.
In recent years, Microsoft has changed its financial reporting segments to emphasize its shift to cloud services like Azure. But these older products still generate boatloads of revenue and profit.
This chart from Deutsche Bank shows its analysts' revenue estimates of those server products for the last couple of years, and it looks like growth just hit a wall, and next quarter will see a decline. (The blue bars show annualized growth in constant currency, or "c/c", to wipe out the effects of foreign currency fluctuations, which are significant because Microsoft sells so much product outside the U.S.) That's one reason why the stock is down more than 10% since its last earnings report on April 21.
Overall, Deutsche Bank remains bullish on Microsoft, noting increases in other areas like consulting ("enterprise services") and the cloud business. Still, while Microsoft is managing its shift to the cloud better than most legacy tech companies, there will be bumps along the way.
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