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Notice of Changes to Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule Effective December 1, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The Judicial Conference has made several changes to the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule that will become effective on December 1, 2013.
- A new fee of $176 will be added to the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule to file a Motion for the Sale of Property Free and Clear of Liens Under 11 U.S.C. § 363(f).
Note: A trustee seeking deferral should file a Motion to Defer Fee which provides for payment of the deferred fee from the sale proceeds.
- An Increase in Fees - The cost to retrieve one box from the Federal Records Center, National Archives or other storage location removed from the place of business of the Court will increase to $64 AND the cost for each additional box retrieved will be $39.
Note: Previously, no additional fee was charged regardless of the number of boxes retrieved.
- Clarification - The Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule was clarified to provide that any payment returned or denied for insufficient funds, not just checks, will result in a fee of $53.


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Warning: I am going to vent again. I write this before the final votes on the Senate package, but after the House Republicans careened from one farce to another, and after another ratings agency, Fitch, threatened a U.S. credit downgrade based on the same compelling logic as Standard & Poor's in 2011 — that the real concern is not default but our extraordinary political dysfunction. I thought about yet another column on this process, but realized that it would be both repetitive and untimely. So I will vent about something else.
The costs of the prolonged government shutdown are broad and deep. They are there in national security and homeland security. The tough sanctions we have in place against Iran are not being fully enforced; many of the government employees who monitor violations and ensure the sanctions are in place are furloughed. Support personnel who help on homeland and national security are not there. With National Institutes of Health scientists barred from their labs, the lab animals used in critical medical research experiments are left to their own devices; those who were in the middle of experiments or trials cannot be monitored, rendering the research useless or setting it back by months. The multiple private businesses tied to tourism at national parks — restaurants, hotels, gift shops, river guides, grocery stores — are devastated. And on and on. The hit on the economy, via less spending, will reduce our next quarter's economic growth by a noticeable amount, made more noticeable because it is occurring at a time of economic stagnation.
Then there are the human costs. Some government employees have enough savings to carry them through weeks of no pay. But large numbers, like so many in the private sector, live from paycheck to paycheck or have a very thin safety net. National Public Radio's Morning Edition recently did a poignant piece on a career employee at the Bureau of Prisons who is working (every employee at the prison is essential, for obvious reasons) but getting no pay except for a pending check for the week before the shutdown occurred. He estimated his normal biweekly take-home pay at $1,300 — but the one-week check he will get will have full deductions taken out for the two weeks, leaving him with roughly $200. He has two kids in college and said to NPR's Steve Inskeep, "How am I going to pay my bills? What am I going to do for child care? How do I put fuel in the truck? I mean, I have a pickup truck. I live in southwestern PA. You know, it's $80 to fill that tank. There's a whole range of things and the thing is, you can't just call off. If you call off, you're messing with the person that's on shift right now. He can't go home."
This government worker will ultimately receive his back pay. But he and numerous others, including many who make much less, including many Capitol Police applauded by members of Congress after the harrowing Oct. 4 chase and shooting, may have to lose money by dipping into savings, maxing out on credit cards and paying exorbitant interest, or going to payday lenders. Those costs will never be paid back — and they are the people who can least afford it. Then there are the tens of thousands of people working for government contractors who have to lay off employees without pay. They will never get paid back for the work they miss.
Damaging as the shutdown is for governance, it is minor compared with the long-term damage of the sequester. The FBI has had to reduce its focus on white-collar and organized crime to deal with the higher, immediate priority of cybersecurity. The food-inspection infrastructure has been hit, reducing the number of inspectors in the U.S. and in foreign plants that ship food to the United States. This will undoubtedly lead to more outbreaks of salmonella and E. coli, with a weakened Centers for Disease Control less able to cope with the epidemics. Basic research, as I have written before, is taking devastating hits — starting with NIH but including DARPA and every other area done primarily by the federal government. Some of the damage will never be repaired. And the nation's economy will grow more slowly, adding to our deficits and debt.
I was amused this week to see George F. Will's column, headlined in the online edition, "The Sequester: The Hammer Republicans Hold." Will wrote approvingly, "All House Republicans should understand that the victory won in the summer of 2011 — the sequester, achieved by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — still torments Democrats." But just a few weeks ago, Will had written a column titled "The Sequester's a Public Health Hazard." In it he said, "NIH scientists seek intensely practical, meaning preventive and therapeutic, things that can save society more than any sequester can." Will is smart enough to hold these two views simultaneously; he is much smarter than the House Republicans who laud the sequester without a second's concern about health research, damage to defense infrastructure, or a decline in port inspections and border patrols.
The denigration of public employees — typified by Rep. Darrell Issa's vitriol directed at the IRS and Rep. Randy Neugebauer's verbal assault on a park ranger for her work (without pay) at the World War II Memorial, which was shut down because of Neugebauer and his colleagues — represents a phenomenon that is not new but is really awful: the radicalization of so many lawmakers who don't want limited, but good, government but instead want to blow the whole thing up. They may know not what they do, but sadly, they have the weapons to do it.


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Oh, cool. Another "second a day" video. Hopefully it's every bit as engrossing as the one with that adorable baby. It starts off that way. Cute little girl. Birthday singing. A warm and fuzzy sentimentality that makes you want to go hug your kid.
Wait, rewind, what was that about martial law? "They deserve to get shot" … Who are they? Where are the puppies, balloons and tricycles?
This video didn't stay lightweight and frolicky for long. But that's not the intent. It was released to raise awareness, and funds, for the Syrian people. It's no Gangnam Style, but with almost 9 million views already, it seems to be hitting the mark.
The tagline: "Just because it isn't happening here doesn't mean it isn't happening."
This short film was posted Wednesday, 10 days before the third anniversary of the conflict in Syria, which has left an estimated 140,000 people dead, including almost 8,000 children and 5,000 women. Another million kids have been turned into refugees, per the "Save the Children" charity, the group behind the video.
"It's easy to forget that Syria was a middle-income country, where children enjoyed the benefits of education, health care and the other basic rights our children take for granted — not to mention Facebook accounts, video games and youth culture," said Jack Lundie, director of brand and communications at Save the Children.
Of course, the reality is much more wrenching than a short clip of what it MIGHT be like. For a taste of the real deal, take a look back at this WaPo "Refuge" story.
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First, I want to thank everyone for making last week (the big six month celebration) such a huge success. It was awesome! And this week continues to be fantastic. The Presto Pasta Gang on facebook has 19 members. Please join the fun. We're adding links to our favorite pasta recipe sites. As if we don't have enough pasta dishes here! But then, one can never have enough pasta, right?!
Another first for Presto Pasta Night...our first non-English post. Sab from Le Plaisir de Gourmandise wanted to share his delicious looking Ravioli. I decided to do a very abridged version - just of the recipe - in English on my blog for those of you who would like it translated. I was born and raised in Montreal but haven't lived there (or spoken French much) for 17 years. I thought this would be a fun exercise. Of course any goofs are all mine and if the recipe works for you...that's all due to Sab!
My cousin Arlene is back from Toronto with no blog, but another great recipe. This time it's Orzo Salad with Feta, Cherry Tomatoes & Avocado. We had to test it out, naturally and it was a big hit here.
Valerie, over at More than Burnt Toast has great recipe for all those zucchini still sitting in everyone's garden...it's Baked Vegetable Spaghetti hiding under that crust and it looks terrific.
Kevin of Closet Cooking shares a really interesting Asian Salad. I know my daughter and her husband will particularly love it...Soba & Kimchi are two of their favorite ingredients.
Tigerfish of Teczcape shares one of her favorite dishes with us. This Soba & Mushroom Medley in a Spicy Korean Broth will have to be bookmarked for our very blustery Nova Scotia fall and winter.
Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yums has a wonderful dish of Noodle Kugel. It's one of those traditional dishes served at Jewish homes on Rosh Hashonah (the Jewish New Year - just two weeks away)
I use the same book Jewish Cooking in Americaby Joan Nathan - I love it! - but I've only tried this one - North Shore Chicago Hadassah's Lick-Your-Fingers Kugel . If you squint you can see it in the middle of last year's Rosh Hashonah dinner.
Marta the amazing Italian in the US brings a great Piemontese Pasta with Broccoli. Looks wonderful, doesn't it?
And once again, a stunning dish from Haalo of Cook (Almost) Anything. This time it's Orecchieti Romanesco, Potato & Basil...and I have no words, except...I want some!
Sherra of Our Taste for Life couldn't make it to last week's party, but she's here tonight with a delicious dish of Beef & Vegetable Hofan.
TBC, the Budding Cook has this excellent comfort food kind of dish I love...Pasta with Roasted Peppers , Tomatoes and Feta. Delish! Give me a bowl of this to chow down when the rain comes later today.
Katie of Thyme for Cooking has a hysterical post...no comments to give it away, but I will tell you she shares an awesome looking Shrimp & Avocado Pasta.
Mansi of Fun & Food just found out about Presto Pasta Night and quickly put together this luscious Vegetarian Pad Thai. Now I just have to find tamarind here in Halifax!
Zoey53 of Recipes on the Fly is back with this intriguing dish of Tortellini with Cranberries & Walnuts. I don't know about you, but I'm rushing out to find some cranberries. I wonder what the deal is here in Nova Scotia for fresh local cranberries? Do you think there are farms that we can pick our own? Hmmm a little research is in order.
Ferdzy of Seasonal Ontario is back with a wonderful walk down memory lane (at least for me). She shares a healthier version of the "Spugeddi" that reminded me of my own story...what's yours?
Mike at Mel's Diner joins the PPN fun for the first (of many, I hope) time with a delicious sounding dish of Pasta with Mushrooms & Artichokes. I'm drooling!
The wonderful Sher of What Did You Eat? is back with a great dish for a heat wave - Pasta Salad with Fresh Corn & Tomatoes. It's just what we need, especiallly with local corn so plentiful!
Dayna, the fantastic Vegan Visitor is back with a perfect alternative for risotto...Peperiti Risotto with Asparagus & Shitake Mushrooms. I don't know about you...but I'm heading out to find some peperiti.
Sara of I Like to Cook has a very interesting dish of Cellophane Noodles with Pineapple & Basil. And you HAVE to click through to her post on "bad food". It's hysterical.
Ulrike of Kuchenlatein is back. Her new KitchenAid Pasta Making Attachments arrived and I'm jealous. No picture here of her Homemade Pasta because she's got a great "how to" slide show on her post. Check it out!
And last, but not least..it was delicious our very own (Joanna and me) non-traditional, made from scratch Spicy Olive & Sun Dried Tomato Lasagna. We were very proud of ourselves.
Don't forget to join in the fun for next week and don't forget to visit the Presto Pasta Gang on Facebook.
And, most important of all... a very big thank you to all of you for playing along and visiting every week!!!


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Deals Year in Review: Only Facebook Lifted the Tech World
Deal Journal is chronicling the deal activity in some of the biggest industries for 2012. Here's a recap of what the technology sector:
Wall Street was captivated by Facebook's so-called bake off of banks looking to run the biggest offering in years.
Turns out, it was also among the few events global tech investment bankers had to fight over this year.
Outside of Facebook's $16 billion offering, the tech world's deal activity dropped across the board this year. Global mergers and acquisition volume in the industry slid 10% from the prior year to $198 billion and follow-on offerings dropped 31% to $16.2 billion, according to Dealogic.
IPO volume was up 43% from the prior year to $23.3 billion, according to the data provider, but subtract the Facebook IPO and volume would have plunged 55% to the lowest level since 2009.
Even Morgan Stanley's prominent role in "driving" Facebook's IPO hasn't lived up to the hype, and not just as public opinion has blasted its decision making. The bank wound up No. 5 in Dealogic's equity capital markets league tables, which includes both IPOs and follow-ons.


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CBS and the authorities at the Superdome in New Orleans will have hoards of furious advertisers calling for their heads Monday morning.
When power went out at half the stadium during the third quarter, with the Baltimore Ravens in a strong 28-6 lead over the San Francisco 49ers, advertisers were already likely unhappy because the game was so lopsided its non-partisan audience was poised to stop paying attention.
But with zero action on the field, every neutral fan has now gone to the bathroom, gotten more food and drink, or started checking their phones and tablets for alternative forms of entertainment.
CBS initially seemed to attempt to stick to its regular ad break schedule, but now, more than 15 minutes into the partial blackout, the channel has realized it will run out of ads before it runs out of game if it continued with that plan. So the network has reverted to live reported coverage of the blackout.
It's certainly dramatic — and echoes the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when thousands huddled the darkness of the Superdome.
But it's lousy for advertisers.
It's not CBS' fault, of course, but it would be unsurprising if several companies tried to negotiate discounts on their ad buys starting Monday.


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Dianne Reeves has deservedly been hoisted on high as one of the top five jazz voices in the decade of the 2000s. Her four Grammy Awards and her music from the movie soundtrack Good Night, and Good Luck solidified Reeves' upper-echelon placement. When You Know showcases material going off into the shallow end of the pool, away from legitimate jazz, and covering languid and lush pop songs. George Duke, who has over-produced many a recording in his time, is not quite in the realm of Tommy LiPuma or Creed Taylor, but he has done more than his share to give Reeves an orchestrated backdrop to sing songs she likes. While it's good that the setting is acoustic, thanks to a string quartet and the guitar of Romero Lubambo, it seems the vocalist could do these tunes just as well without them. Then again, Reeves, who displays a picture-perfect instrument, has more often than not straddled the commercial line, and has freely crossed over it. This should not be much of a surprise to anyone. Her most impressive straight jazz cover, "Social Call" sports a second-chorus extrapolated lyric over the Wes Montgomery-styled electric guitar of Russell Malone. There's nothing phony or pretentious about this one. "Windmills of Your Mind" has an interesting modal arrangement within a waltz framework. "Once I Loved" is done nicely, but as in the case of the remainder of the other selections, lacks energy and originality. A light funk version of "Midnight Sun" does not compare favorably to Sarah Vaughan's classic version, and Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" should be left alone except for those who wish to sleep and snooze to it. Lubambo is the shining light of the session, heard on nine tracks in his own inimitable, passionate, classy manner. Most indulgent is "Today Will Be a Good Day," a rock shuffle with Malone's bluesy R&B guitar resembling something the Stray Cats might have done in the '80s. A disappointing project, it's a lazy, trite repeat of worn-out material as opposed to Reeves creating pathways for new ways of expression or reinventing great standards. ~ Michael G. Nastos


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Grand Evander wrote:3. Finishing on a death can be rather anticlimatic and it can be hard to bring about closure to the story.
Even worse...it leads invarilably to the dreaded "prequel."
Having multiple strong leads can negate the effect diminishing a reader's emotional investment. Look at George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series in which pretty much everybody dies. The effect of the deaths on the reader is somewhat diminished by the fact that there are so many protaganists.
I'm not against the deaths of lead charcters, but it needs to be planned, well written, and happen at the right time in the story. In the LOTR, the death of King Theoden at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields is well done and enhances the story. However, he's just a main character and not what can be considered the main protaganists (Frodo and Aragorn.)
In the Harry Potter series the death of Sirius Black was well done. The deaths of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks were done poorly and as an after thought as Rowling let Ron Weasley live and felt "someone had to die."
It reminds me of the identity of the "Final Five" on the recent reimagined BSG. Their identities were decided by the writers on pure shock value. Who the viewers would least expect. Not what would work best for the story and as a result opened up huge plot holes.
On the other hand, in Cowboy Bebop, Spike's "supposed" death at the end of the series fits the story and the tragic character that Spike was perfectly.
So it's possible to have the protaganist die and make sense, but it has to make sense, have proper lead in, and usually a supporting cast of characters that can continue the story.
Wait and tick, didn't you kill off your main character in Act 2 of the original Quest?
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What Has Director John Landis Done Now?
Jun 30, 2006 4:00 AM EDT
John Landis, the director who has brought you such seminal films as National Lampoon's Animal House, The Blues Brothers and An American Werewolf in London, is ready to unveil his latest valentine to film lovers. Debuting Saturday, July 1, at the Univ… Read more


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'Magic Mile' Power Rankings for Week 27
After 26 weeks it all comes down to the next 10 to determine this year's Sprint Cup champion. And while it may be said at this time every year, this truly feels like the deepest field in the history of the Chase. Jeff Gordon, who squeaked into NASCAR's playoff in the final week of the regular season, has just as good a chance as Denny Hamlin, who is red-hot with two wins in his last three races and a Cup-high four wins this season. The points were reset to include three bonus points for each win, so it's probably only fair to reset the power rankings after the first Chase race. So, instead of listing the 10 hottest drivers, let's take a look at the championship contenders into Chase race No. 1 at Chicagoland:
Denny Hamlin (2012 points) – During his visit to Concord, N.H., on Tuesday, Hamlin looked loose and relaxed – but he also had a certain air of confidence. He looked focused and ready to finish off what he started in 2010. It was "The Magic Mile" not Chicagoland that was the site of the first race in the Chase two years ago, and while the 1.5-mile tri-oval hasn't been a particularly kind track to Hamlin (19.2 average finish), don't look for the No. 11 FedEx Toyota driver to use that as in excuse in his title chase.
Tony Stewart (2009 points) – The defending champion has the field right where he wants them. Outside of a fourth-place finish last week at Richmond, Stewart had previous finishes of 19th, 32nd, 27th and 22nd. That's a worse average finish over the last five races before the Chase than he had entering last year's playoff. But he turned it all around with a victory at Chicagoland, and given his history there – three wins in 11 starts – it's a safe bet he can do it again on Sunday.
Brad Keselowski (2009 points) – There might not be a more dangerous driver in Chase. Sure, Hamlin has more wins than any other driver, but Keselowski seems to be a threat to win almost every week. But keep in mind he got hot at this time last year, too, before fading in the Chase. That experience should pay dividends this time around. Chicagoland could be a challenge, as he has just three starts there, but he did finish off one of those with a top-five.
Jimmie Johnson (2009 points) – At the end of July you would have been hard-pressed to find anyone that didn't think Johnson was on his way to a sixth championship. But since winning at Indy on July 29, which capped off a string of nine top-10s (four wins) in 11 races, Mr. Five Time has had a string of bad luck that has made his team look very mortal. Johnson has never won at Chicagoland, but eight top-10s in 10 career starts should give him enough confidence to right the ship and begin the drive for five six.
Greg Biffle (2006 points) – See what consistency gets you? The best average finish (9.7) on the circuit this year and his reward is a drop from first to fifth in points. But The Biff has been able to find victory lane on more than one occasion this year, hence his six bonus points, and it's likely to take at least two wins to crown this year's champion. Given his history, it's not likely that he'll be burning tires down the frontstretch at Chicagoland (one top-10 in nine starts), but stranger things have happened.
Clint Bowyer (2006 points) – When talking about a deep field, Bowyer tends to get lost in the shuffle. But with two wins, including last week at Richmond, and a string of strong finishes over the past two months, Bowyer has to be given more respect than what he's being shown by most NASCAR pundits. He'll turn heads awfully fast if he can find victory lane this weekend at Chicagoland, a track he's never won at before but has been very solid at with five top-10s in six starts.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003 points) – One of only two drivers to have a top-10 average finish (9.9), Junior has shown the consistent piloting needed to make the playoffs. Now he needs to find the next gear to make him a champion. Only Tony Stewart in 2005 has won the Chase without recording a victory in the final 10 races, so it's likely Junior is going to need at least another win to have a shot at the title. And it could come at Chicagoland, a track he won at, ironically enough, back in 2005.
Matt Kenseth (2003 points) – Since the Chase began back in 2004, Kenseth has found victory lane during the final 10 races of the season only twice. That's a pretty staggering stat for a guy that has 15 wins since NASCAR adopted the playoff system. Kenseth always seems to find himself running near the front late in races, but he's going to need to do more than check off top-fives – he had five last year in the Chase and finished fourth in the standings. Getting off to a good start at Chicagoland would be huge, especially given his history there (four top-10s in 11 starts)
Kevin Harvick (2000 points) – It's hard to believe that Mr. Happy is even in the Chase. No wins, four top-fives, 11 top 10s – all of which rank last among Chase drivers. Yet here he is, with a reset points standing and as good a chance to win the championship as anyone. But how realistic is that chance? Pretty good, actually, considering he has seven top-10s, including two wins in seven-career starts at Chicagoland.
Martin Truex Jr. (2000 points) – Maybe the biggest dark horse in the Chase, Truex should be the most even-keel entering the playoff. He's not expected to win so he has absolutely nothing to lose. That's the mindset he needs to take as he gets behind the wheel of his No. 56 NAPA Toyota. No pressure, just drive. Chicagoland hasn't been a particularly strong track in the past – his best finish was ninth back in 2008 – but this has been an atypical season for Truex, so you can throw history out the window.
Kasey Kahne (2000 points, wild card) – Take a quick peek back to last year's final 10 races and Kahne could actually be considered the favorite entering this year's playoff. After a dismal season with Red Bull Racing, Kahne turned it on over the final 10 races, becoming extremely relevant despite being a non-entity as far as the Chase was concerned. Kahne won once and finished in the top-five a total of five times, something he had done only three times in the previous 26 races. He did, however, finish 12th at Chicagoland, a track he owns just one top-five in eight career starts.
Jeff Gordon (2000 points, wild card) – Assuming the bad luck is behind him, Gordon has looked invigorated over the last three months. With just three finishes outside the top-six in the last 12 races, Gordon could be this year's Tony Stewart. He was determined to not miss the Chase, and now that he's in it don't expect him to let off the gas and be satisfied with simply being a participant in the playoff. Chicagoland (win and seven top-10s in 11 starts) should give the 24 team a perfect starting point in his drive for a fifth title.
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- R/C helicopter with LED lights for alien-inspired night flying
- Advanced intelligent balance system
- All round 3 channel control
The best way to get people to give you space is to make them think you're crazy. The personal space of an introvert? Not respected. Personal space of a crazy person? HUGE. If you need yet another way to keep your neighbors inside their house, we recommend making them think that space aliens are flying around the neighborhood at night. Then during the day, you can loudly discuss your abduction experiences while they're doing their gardening.
The R/C UFO Ball Copter is equipped with LED lights for alien-inspired night flying. Cruise around the neighborhood with this finely-tuned flying machine and you'll swear its advanced, intelligent balance system is out of this world. Later that night, you can crack up when you see the UFO reports on your local news.
Product Specifications
- For Ages 14 years and up
- WARNING: Choking hazard. Small parts. Not intended for children under 3 years of age.
- R/C helicopter with LED lights for alien-inspired night flying
- Electronic fine tuning and stable flight
- All round 3 channel control
- Radio Bands: IR3
- Batteries: 6 AA (not included)
- Dimensions: 7.9" x 7.9" x 6.5"


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Economy, 20 Mar 2006 @ 7:59amMeasures of inflation are not meant to indicate whether consumers are getting ahead. They are meant to indicate the price difference of the same set of products over time. And as you would like to now this price difference on stuff you actually buy, this set of products needs to be update once in a while.
The measure you are looking for is called purchasing or buying power.
Chris H, 20 Mar 2006 @ 8:03amThe change makes sense to me.
RJD, 20 Mar 2006 @ 8:28am
Inflation data is a jokeThese numbers are pretty much whatever the government wants them to be. The two components that everyone ignores are food and gas (those things you really need to live and work) .. the two things that can't be manipulated. This leaves the 'core' inflation rate where the government can move items in and out at's in own discretion. They often replace an item (say detergent - Tide) with a cheaper brand of detergent (Say wal-mart's sunshine brand) to keep the rate 'tame'. The reason given that consumers will gravitate toward lower prices as long as they are available. While they may or may not be true, it masks the fact that prices are going up on products.
So they moved the MP3 player in ... they probably moved something out of equal or close to equal value.
Don't know about the rest of you folks, but my cost of living is going up beyond the annual 3.6% rate of inflation.
Glenn, 20 Mar 2006 @ 8:34amElectronics prices fall rapidly...that $200 mp3 player will cost $50 in two years time...giving a misleading indication of inflation.
Topher3105, 20 Mar 2006 @ 8:52am
I don't get inflation period?Why do things have to increase in price at all?
I mean, lets say we drop inflation, and everything is fixed in price as is today. Why should the fact that people get raises and pay increases cause the price of products to increase? Doesn't this mean that people will just buy more products thus making the companies selling these products richer?
Intead, it seems that everytime I get a wage increase, taxes go up, the cost of living goes up, the cost of homes and cars go up, I don't ever seem to get ahead, so the net effect is that I am making the same (if not less) net profit year after year.
Inflation also causes the poverty line to increase, as people who don't have a decent income or yearly wage hikes find it more and more impossible to make ends meet.
I think inflation just some artificial occurance that justifies economics as a valid thing, and not just a science of statistics for meaningless things.
DerOoestericher, 20 Mar 2006 @ 9:04am
Re: I don't get inflation period?topher,
inflation is caused because the gov't can't keep their hands off the printing press. As this new money filters its way in to the economy, things become more expensive...really, each dollar is worth less.
Why would they do this? Simple. The earlier you get one of these new dollars, the more it is worth. Essentially, this is a form of taxation.
Check out the writings of Murray Rothbard et al. mises.org has a ton of stuff available for free online.
Dani, 20 Mar 2006 @ 9:08am
Re: I don't get inflation period?"I mean, lets say we drop inflation, and everything is fixed in price as is today. Why should the fact that people get raises and pay increases cause the price of products to increase? Doesn't this mean that people will just buy more products thus making the companies selling these products richer?"
It's not that simple...first, there's supply and demand. As we make more money, we are willing to spend more money. If a business sees that people are willing to pay more, why wouldn't they raise prices?
Businesses are just like people as well. If your business is spending more (ie pay raises), the business must be making more to compensate or the owner is losing money. Sometimes this means a price increase.
Think about it...if you make product z and then sell it to retailer for $5, who then sells to consumer for $10. If you give your employee a raise of $1 per z made, you have to raise your price to $6 or you make less money. The retailer then will raise their price as well, as long as the consumer's buying habits of product z stays the same at the higher price.
chinadoll, 22 Jan 2009 @ 9:26am
Re: Re: I don't get inflation period?As a business owner you actually don't have to raise your prices for your consumer if you give a raise to your employees. Most employees receive wage increases due to their performance for the company. If they perform well, bring in a certain revenue or some kind of profitability to the company, they are rewarded for their hard work. So, in effect, that employee helped the company bring in more revenue, so the company already has more money. They don't need to raise prices.
Inflation happens because of the printing of money by the Federal Reserve with no backing whatsoever. Every dollar they print reduces the value of the dollar in your pocket. And they are printing billions of dollars, just out of thin air. Inflation is pretty much the thievery of the money we already have. People need to be more concerned about their purchasing power rather than the number of dollars in their bank account since the dollar can apparently be printed on the Federal Reserve's whim. Businesses raise prices because the dollar is worth less so in order to get the same value, they need more dollars. The more dollars that get pumped into the system will only lead to more inflated prices because companies will continue to raise their prices in order to get the same value.
doubledoh, 20 Mar 2006 @ 9:11am
Mises.orgGood idea...for a link to lots of Rothbard's work:
And aside from Rothbard, there are hundreds of other brilliant works worth reading (or listening to) on that site.
Tom, 20 Mar 2006 @ 9:13am
Inflation data is a joke by RJD 3.6% rate of inflaI couldn't agree more. I am not sure why this is not covered in greater detail. People in power/gov like to hide this from us so they can keep thier jobs...
Kiwi Fireball, 20 Mar 2006 @ 9:18am
InflationInfaltion can happen because of any number of situations.
For instance, Scarcity is one. If a rancher has to destroy 50% of his cattle due to mad cow disease, then it probably won't effec tthe ecnomy too much... but if every rancher in the US has to destroy 50% of their cattle due to the disease, then a scarcity occurs. Supply and demnd... yada yada.
Another instance, Government fees and taxes. If the government raises or implements fees on all businesses of a certain type those businesses will have to charge more for their end product to make up the difference.
Still another, Regulations. If a series of companies is only allowed (by the govt) to harvest so many trees for instance, this creates a scarcity of goods. In order to pay for the cost of operating, those costs are passed on to the price of the end product. In this case it's likely the companies could produce more but they are not allowed to.
It's all pretty simple really. Any number of good articles can be found on the internet. Perhaps you should google something like "why does inflation happen?"
DerOosterricher, 20 Mar 2006 @ 10:12am
Re: InflationKiwi Fireball,
Yes, those are types of inflation, but they are really just new equilibrium points reached due to changes in supply/demand. They are felt in the item in question.
Monetary inflation is pervasive throughout the entire economy. Even in those tech products, although their shifting supply/demand curves far outstrip this process.
Comboman, 20 Mar 2006 @ 9:26am
Not all price changes are due to inflationNew, bleeding-edge products are (and always have been) high priced. Obsolite products are (and always have been) low priced. If you wait long enough, they go up in price again and become collectables/antiques. All of this has nothing to do with short-term inflation which is what the RPI/CPI is supposed to be measuring.
Anonymous of Course, 20 Mar 2006 @ 10:06am
Re: Not all price changes are due to inflationThe point is this, by dropping more mature technology
from the list of products and adding leading edge stuff,
the govenment takes advantage of the predictable price
drop and claims lower inflation.
This is why electronic devices, not housing and fuel
are good items for the list.
It's already been said, inflation due to printing money
is a form of taxation. They make the money you hold
worth less by printing more. Manipulation of the inflation
statistics is no surprise, is it?
pooopstainzmcgraw, 20 Mar 2006 @ 10:06am
Re: Not all price changes are due to inflationInflation is always looked at as a bad thing, realistically speaking inflation is good for the economy because gun running is good.
TriZz, 20 Mar 2006 @ 11:08amMy wallet hurts and I have to poop.
David J. Heinrich, 20 Mar 2006 @ 11:56am
modern Orwellian redefinition of "inflation"As classically used, inflation meant increases in the supply of bank notes not backed by additional reserves of money (gold). Translating that into today's terms -- since there is no backing for "bank notes", which have become the de-fact or fiat-money -- inflation is simply an increase in the supply of money.
The entire focus on the CPI is nothing more than a redefinition of the word "inflation" that severely confuses cause and effect, and leads to all kinds of idiotic nonsense, like some of the arguments that there can be price-inflation caused by non-monetary causes. It is true that prices can rise due to non-monetary causes -- however, this is always in response to some natural market phenomena (like a market price-response to natural disasters).
Ben Robinson, 20 Mar 2006 @ 12:50pmInflation is not simply an increase in the money supply, it is an increase in the money supply that is not matched by an increase in production. I.E. There is more money around but the same anount of goods and services to spend it on, there fore the prices of those goods and services increases to match the amount of money there is to spend on them. If the money supply is increased by an amount equal to an increase in production then inflation does not occur. This is obviously an over simplification but it's basically how it works.
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CDs and Record PlayersI have DVD players, CD players (computer mounted and stand alone), a Thorens turntable, and even a couple of cassette players--and they all come in very handy. No doubt the double-density, blue laser, and eventual NanoTech terrabyte 1 inch disk will only enhance the collection.
David J. Heinrich, 20 Mar 2006 @ 3:06pm
inflation is an increase in the amount of fiat monBen,
Sorry, but the classical and correct definition of the word inflation refers to expansionary monetary policies engaged in by States. You are confusing cause and effect.
The effect of inflation is that prices will be higher than they otherwise would be. This actual effect does not occur uniformly, but is rather non-uniform.
Ben Robinson, 21 Mar 2006 @ 9:56amThe word "inflation" and the article in question almost always refer to price inflation. Therefore inflation is an effect and not a cause. Your definition of inflation is one only used by a few "old school" economists.
volatility, 22 Mar 2006 @ 7:59pm
energy/food are abstracted from core inflation becFor fun, complete the following 101-level exercise that I assigned my class:
Go to: http://www.bls.gov. Select "Consumer Price Index�? under "Inflation and Consumer Spending.�? Under "Get Detailed CPI Statistics,�? select "Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumers (Current Series)�? and select the following variables: the overall CPI, overall CPI less food/beverage, food/beverage, housing, medical care, education, entertainment, transportation. When the table populates, select 'More Formatting Options' at the top; here, keep the table format, deselect original data value, select 12 months percent change, enter the date range 1998 to 2005, select all time periods, and select include graphs.
A conclusion that can be drawn: energy and food are far more volatile than most other components of the CPI. Thus, when one speaks of 'core inflation,' they aren't discounting food/energy, they are simply defining what slice/dice they are looking at...the change in the full CPI basket, or the change in the more stable part of CPI (from which one can infer the current overall change in prices by adding the changes in food/energy) -- if one always spoke of the full measure, the documented swings would overstate the swings that we observe across the majority of the basket of goods -- in yet other words, only by looking at BOTH the full and the core series can one get a good idea of what's going on in the economy.
(BTW -- to really get interesting, we could now add the seasonality dimension to the above.)
stephen pray, 23 Mar 2006 @ 2:25pm
cost of living indexscrew cd players. my cost of living index is up $2.50 per fifth over last quarter.
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The Central Queensland Military Museum houses artefacts from the military history of Rockhampton and surrounding districts. It includes American Army uniforms from World War II and a room devoted entirely to Rockhampton history. The collection includes: Women at War display, Personal diaries, war photographs, Light horse memorabilia, Badges and Medals, Personal collections from Vietnam Veterans. All of the items are donated by the local community.
So come along with your family and friends and explore the past at this very well presented museum.
Tour groups and schools are welcome to come along and are catered for on request. Step back in time at the CQ Military and Artefacts Museum.
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LAURINBURG, N.C.—Senior guard Karen Foggie's (Charlotte, N.C.) game-high 17 points including her 1000th career point in the first half led St. Andrews Presbyterian College to a 64-51 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference women's basketball victory over Coker College on Wednesday night in Harris Court.
The Lady Knights, who are ranked nationally in NCAA Division II in three different defensive stat categories released on Tuesday, improved to 10-2 overall. With the win, SAPC holds a half game lead in the CVAC standings with a 7-1 conference record. The Cobras fell to 3-12 overall and 1-7 in the CVAC.
The Knights, who improved to 6-0 at home this season, are ranked No. 8 nationally in defensive field goal percentage (33.9%), No. 19 nationally in rebounding margin (+8.3 rebounds/game), and No. 31 nationally in defensive scoring (allowing 55.6 pts/game).
After scoring St. Andrews' first four points, Foggie hit a baseline jumper on a senior Ashley Mitchell (Washington, D.C.) inbounds pass with 9:27 left in the first half to record her 1,000th career point at SAPC and give the Lady Knights a 21-12 lead. Foggie extended the
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text: Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston recently published data on state and local public finances in the six New England states. Vermont's combined state and local government spending was $8,500 per capita in fiscal 2007, the most recent year for which comparable data is available for all the New England states. This was the highest per capita expenditure in the region. In the same year, Vermont's median household income was the second lowest in New England, above only Maine, and 20 to 25 percent below that in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts.


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What is the best treatment for sciatica in Gateway Trailer Park?
Sciatica is a set of symptoms that refers to pain, numbness, tingling or weakness in your leg or legs. Chiropractic For Sciatica Pain and adjustments are a viable option for treating the pain and symptoms associated with sciatic nerve issues. Symptoms of sharp, stabbing nerve pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness make enjoying life a huge task. The symptom sciatica can be caused by serious underlying complaints and should be checked thoroughly by a trained physician who performs a complete physical examination of your muscles and joints and neurological examination of your nerves. These examinations and tests help to detect possible contraindications to spinal adjustments and other therapies. Conservative treatments in Duval County for disc herniations and sciatica are reasonable for the first six to twelve weeks after the onset of symptoms. Often times, pain travels from the lower back all the way through the back of the thigh and down through the leg.
Can a chiropractor help a bulging disc in back?
Sixty percent of people with sciatica who didn"t get relief from other therapies and then tried spinal manipulation experienced the same degree of pain relief as patients who eventually had surgery, found a 2010 study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. If you have a bulging disc, sitting in a slumped posture might increase the bulging. Some people might argue that the term sciatica should only be used when the leg pain is caused by a disc injury. The practice of chiropractic health care in Duval County 32206 focuses on the health of the body's central nervous system. Another study published in 2010 found that sixty percent of sciatica patients (who hadn"t found relief from other therapies) experienced the same level of relief from Chiropractic care for sciatica as patients who eventually had surgery. Chiropractors use many different types of treatment to assist with improvements in Sciatica pain.
Can a chiropractor in Gateway Trailer Park, Florida treat sciatica?
The most common causes of sciatica:
- Trigger point referral – knots in the muscles of the buttocks or low back, called trigger points, can cause the sensation of pain down the leg (referral) that can mimic sciatica
- A disc herniation – one of the discs in the spine bulges out to the side ('slipped disc') and presses on the lower lumber nerve roots (that form the sciatic nerve)
- Piriformis syndrome – the piriformis is a muscle in your buttocks that the sciatic nerve runs under, and sometimes through, and if it gets tight it can irritate the sciatic nerve
- A trapped nerve in the lumbar spine affecting the sciatic nerve
- Spinal stenosis, narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back.
Since there are many disorders that cause sciatica, the chiropractor"s first step in Gateway Trailer Park, Florida is to determine what is causing the patient"s sciatica. If you do not improve within several weeks you may want to try other conservative treatment options, or if the pain is severe, consider surgery. Usually, symptoms clear up within about 6 weeks, but for some people, the pain can last which needs Chiropractic adustment For Sciatica Pain. If you begin to develop any weakness in your leg or foot, however, be sure to bring it to the attention of your orthopedist. The term 'sciatica' comes from the name of the largest nerve running down the back of the leg, the sciatic nerve.
Chiropractor for sciatica near Gateway Trailer Park
The pressure or damage to the sciatic nerve is commonly caused by a subluxation or other type injury. For many people, the pain from sciatica can be excruciating and debilitating, sometimes making standing or sitting difficult or impossible. Sciatica is commonly the result of irritation or pressure upon the nerve on the sciatic nerve, at either the root or the periphery. With the causes listed above, in my humble opinion, a combination of Chiropractic treatment, massage, stretching and cryotherapy (using an ice pack or Biofreeze). The purpose of treatment is to help the body"s potential to heal itself. Chiropractic care in Florida is a reasonable option during this period of time.
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When a disk develops a tear or crack and bulges into the spinal canal, it can pinch the sciatic nerve. Make sure that the height of your chair is adjusted so that both feet are flat on the floor and the edge of the chair seat does not place pressure on the back of your thighs. Sciatica means 'leg pain" and is the name given to a pain in the leg when the cause is an injury in the lower back. It has also been shown that Chiropractic care in Gateway Trailer Park is superior to the application of heat, exercises, postural education and also conventional physiotherapy.
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I've always been big into RAID. Taking several hard drives and combining them in ways to either increase performance, redundancy, or both, has always intrigued me. Most RAID hardware manufacturers would have you believe setting up (and eventually expanding) an array is an easy evolution. Most modern motherboards include some form of RAID built-in. Modern boards with Intel ICH-10R SATA controllers handle an array of up to 6 drives.
The trick to having huge storage arrays is where to put all of the drives. The vast majority of PC cases can not handle 6 or more drives, and most power supplies don't come with enough SATA connectors to power them all. While there are solutions out there, putting together your own mass storage / NAS device almost always turns into a relatively long exercise in pre-planning and execution. Given all of the extra parts and higher end hardware needed to make it all work, sometimes it's just easier to buy an off-the-shelf unit to get rolling.
I've followed Drobo since they launched their first product, but always discounted it for higher end applications. It only had 4 bays and used single parity RAID. Power users (myself included) wanted more. A few months back they answered that call. Enter the DroboPro!
With double the available bays, twice the redundancy, and Gigabit Ethernet capable of iSCSI links, DroboPro looks to be a beast of a storage device. Most off-the-shelf units require some sort of advanced configuration. DroboPro aims to be as simple as the user needs it to be. You can just plug it in via USB or Firewire, with no additional software at all, and it will be seen just like any other external storage device. Want access to more options and features? Just install their software and configure away. We will be exploring everything DroboPro has to offer in the pages that follow. Read on for the goods.


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In some works of economics/risk analysis etc., I have seen situations where people take the expected value of a function (such as a utility function/cost function) over a binomial distribution:
$$F(n) = \sum_{k=0}^n \binom{n}{k} p^k(1 - p)^{n - k} f(k)$$
This expected value operation seems to have a lot of nice properties with respect to differentiation (for instance, in this economics paper (Sah 1991) where the author proved some nice properties of these functions to deduce other things). So I suspect that this must be a named and well-studied phenomenon in the combinatorics/probability/convex optimization theory literature. But I couldn't find any discussion of it in the places I looked. (I tried "binomial distribution transformation", "binomial distribution transform", "expected value over binomial distribution", "expected utility function over binomial distribution", "convolution with binomial distribution", etc., but all the results I got were in applied economics/statistics).
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The S&P 500 finished last week a smidgen lower as Cyprus uncertainty, discouraging European data, while big-name lackluster earnings from the likes of FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) tempted traders to become just a little more suspicious of this rally.
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However, the skies weren't all gloom as we were happily surprised with solid U.S. housing and building related numbers, a "stay the course" Fed meeting, along with decent earnings reports from Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE), Lennar (NYSE:LEN) and Micron (NYSE:MU). Summarizing the week, it was deeply encouraging to see stocks remain as resilient as they did despite the fresh headwind – especially considering most of us have been looking for any excuse for that "big correction" for months.
Besides all the known and convenient excuses to sell this market (e.g., Cyprus, Italy, reversal in European growth numbers) it seems the biggest emphasis (and potential risk) for this market has been and will undoubtedly remain future growth and earnings. Given that, we must first recognize there has certainly been quality signs of global growth – especially from both the U.S. and China – thus one of the reasons the market has climbed to such lofty plateaus over the past 10 months.
However, Europe most recently has seen a disappointing reversal in economic momentum and the U.S. earnings outlook is inconclusive at best. Stocks in general have been exhibiting signs of pause – or fatigue – for quite a while now and a period of healthy consolidation would probably be most appropriate and welcomed. The markets simply cannot be indifferent to both good and bad information – at some point it needs a new impetus to carry it to its next comfort zone.
Gold's 18-month broad and volatile trading range continues, however demand support was back pushing it up and through the very important $1600/ounce level. Fear-based buying? Inflation imminent? Just over one month ago, (gold below $1560) the conversations were getting longer and louder with regards to gold being overvalued by any standard measure. Perhaps the buying momentum has nothing to do with fundamentals and everything to do with history? Gold has encompassed countless kings and conflicts and its value has ebbed and flowed typically based on the fear of unfamiliar monetary/fiscal policy of those governments. As "there is nothing new under the sun," we can add Central banks to that list.
Adding to the angst of traders was coming to terms that no one can properly identify the catalyst of this market. On one hand, we are comforted that the latest numbers, in aggregate, are pointing to the U.S. nearing escape velocity. On the other hand, 10-year U.S. Treasuries rose (again) closing the week yielding below 1.95%. It is theoretically true that our yields should be trending higher if in fact the economy is healing, however, it's very important to think of U.S. yields on a comparative basis as they are actually substantively higher than many of our peers. (e.g., Germany, Japan, U.K).
Confusion itself is damaging to market momentum. It pilfers our inspired affections, deep seeded convictions and warps our best wisdom. Muddle and mayhem quickly turn tailwinds to headwinds -- shredding our sails of sincerity in the process -- reducing them to tattered ribbons. It's abundantly obvious the direction of things has suddenly become harder to grasp now. And yet, the market remains faithful, firm, and fixed in its conviction to grind higher until further notice.