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Release date: 21 July 1987
Tracks: (Click for codes to singles charts.) Welcome to the Jungle (10/3/87, #7 US, #24 UK, #37 AR, sales: 0.5 m) / It's So Easy / Nightrain (7/29/89, #93 US, #17 UK, #26 AR) / Out ta Get Me / Mr. Brownstone / Paradise City (1/21/89, #5 US, #6 UK, #14 AR) / My Michelle / Think about You / Sweet Child O' Mine (6/11/88, #1 US, #6 UK, #7 AR, sales: 0.5 m) / You're Crazy / Anything Goes / Rocket Queen
Sales (in millions): 15.0 US, 1.95 UK, 30.4 world
Peak: 15 US, 5 UK
Review: "Guns N' Roses' debut, Appetite for Destruction was a turning point for hard rock in the late '80s – it was a dirty, dangerous, and mean record in a time when heavy metal meant nothing but a good time." AMG Guns N' Roses embraced "the wasted rock star lifestyle with such earnest determination that you'd think they invented it." GW As guitarist Slash said, "When we had to go up against whatever was going on at the time, there were no gritty rock bands, and we were sort of a break-through rock band, sort of a fluke in a way." GW
On the surface, Guns N' Roses may appear to celebrate the same things as their peers – namely, sex, liquor, drugs, and rock & roll." AMG In addition, this is music "wallowing in a bluesy, metallic hard rock borrowed from Aerosmith, AC/DC, and countless faceless hard rock bands of the early '80s." GW However, GNR were an "L.A. blend of surface glamour and nasty underbelly." BL Their debut album is a mix of "exquisite pain, uncorked rage and pure rebellion meet[ing] in a full metal racket." UT The band "played lacerating music that was tough, ugly and sometimes misogynistic." GW "There is a nasty edge to their songs, since Axl Rose doesn't see much fun in the urban sprawl of L.A. and its parade of heavy metal thugs, cheap women, booze, and crime." AMG Their music was "tough, ugly" GW and built on a "sleazy sound that adds grit to already grim tales…[which made] Rose's misogyny, fear, and anger hard to dismiss as merely an artistic statement; this is music that sounds lived-in." AMG
Initially radio and MTV didn't embrace the album, but label honcho David Geffen finally convinced the video music channel to give the band a chance. "Once music fans got a look at Guns N' Roses, they liked what they saw: five tough dudes who weren't all gussied up like Cinderella." GW but made "raw, hard-driving, classic-sounding rock and roll." GW It was "metallic enough for metalheads but melodic enough for the chicks. Glam Metal kids weren't embarrassed to be seen with it, yet Bob Seger fans could drink beer to it." GW
Sweet Child O' Mine
The band also demonstrated an ability to write hits. On Sweet Child O' Mine, Rose showed the band wasn't just about being fast and loud. He showed he also was vulnerable. AMG It was unique as power ballads went – it rocked out even as it went straight for the heart.
Welcome to the Jungle
Elsewhere "the charging Welcome to the Jungle" AMG and the driving Paradise City showed that there was still a place in the top ten of the pop charts for the rockers as well. These were gritty tales in which Rose was "conveying the fears and horrors of the decaying inner city." AMG He did the same thing on other album cuts, such as the well-known "heroin ode Mr. Brownstone." AMG
Paradise City
"But as good as Rose's lyrics and screeching vocals are, they wouldn't be nearly as effective without the twin-guitar interplay of Slash and Izzy Stradlin, who spit out riffs and solos better than any band since the Rolling Stones, and that's what makes Appetite for Destruction the best metal record of the late '80s" AMG and the "hardest-rocking outfit since Aerosmith." BL
Resources and Related Links:
- Guns N' Roses' DMDB Encyclopedia entry
- album page on DMDB website (even more in-depth look at album)
- AMG All Music Guide review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
- BL Blender Magazine's 100 Greatest American Albums (10/08)
- GW Guitar World 50 Greatest Guitar Albums (2/19/2009)
- UT USA Today, Top 40 Albums – the USA Today Way (12/5/2003).


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It's been another sweltering day in my city and I could barely crank up the energy to go to the little art exhibit in the park down the street, much as I wanted to. And although I'd really really like to cook something fabulous, that is proving to be a bit of a challenge in this heat.
I admit, this may not be the best time to make a slow-cooked bolognese from scratch (though I did try that last week because I sometimes fancy myself a rebel), but it is a good time to do any or all of the following:
- Reconnect with your organic farmer – the produce is looking lovely these days and if you have a chance to get them direct from the source I highly recommend it. I find that the flavor of organic vegetables is always so much more vibrant than their dull supermarket cousins. Of course, it goes without saying that avoiding icky chemicals in our food is my main motivation, especially for the little one. It's better for our planet too. And I like supporting small farmers…they rock and I want them to stick around! This salad was made with my organic farmer's talbos kamote (sweet potato leaves), tomatoes, and young native onions.
- Make refrigerator pickles – I have posted about my love for pickling before. This isn't the type of pickling that requires cooking, boiling, sterilizing, or any method that involves heat. This isn't about staying in the kitchen for hours going through a mountain of raw materials…just as small (or medium-ish) a ration of veggies as you'd like. Make a mixture of vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, and any sort of spice, herb, or aromatic (go with whatever strikes your fancy!) and place in a clean jar with your vegetables (make sure the veggies are all covered in your pickling liquid). Keep the jar in the fridge and you will always have something cool, crunchy, and tangy to have with your meals when the days turn sweltering. The one pictured here was made with cucumbers, green finger chilis, and native onions also from our organic farmer 🙂
- Don't sweat the small stuff – When even the tiniest movements seem to make beads of sweat form, you don't need any extra provocation. Heat saps your energy – now is not the time to be worrying about the fluctuation in your internet or your housekeeper leaving. Save that blog post on Word and cozy up with an amazing Sci-fi novel. Call out for pizza. Press pause and be thankful for the things that really count.
I never did make it to the art fair, but I did get to sit and laugh in my scruffies with a very good friend and a very special little girl 🙂 Not a bad showing for an otherwise lazy day. Plus I've got some cucumber pickles chilling in the fridge…what more could a girl want? 🙂

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text: National Discussion and Debate Series The Future of Affirmative Action Over the past several years, race-based opportunity policies have been on the defensive. In 2006, 58% of Michigan voters approved a statewide referendum ending affirmative action in public education. A year later, the U.S. Supreme Court forced public school administrators to use socioeconomic status, not race, to integrate segregated public schools. In 2008, Nebraska voters approved a statewide ballot initiative banning all racial preferences, while voters in Colorado rejected a similar measure; future referendums are being prepared in other states. President Barack Obama injected energy into the race-versus-class debate when he suggested that poor whites should at times be given preference over more privileged blacks.[ more ] Watch Online Participants Resolved: Affirmative Action should focus on class and wealth rather than race and ethnicity. Ray SuarezRay Suarez has been a Senior Correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer since 1999. His most recent book is The Holy Vote, examining the relationship between religion and politics in America, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune. A former host of NPR's Talk of the Nation, Suarez has worked for CNN, ABC Radio Network, and CBS Radio. Suarez hosts the monthly public radio foreign affairs series America Abroad for PRI, and is narrator of RadioWorks, the documentary unit of American Public Media. John McWhorterJohn McWhorter, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and columnist for The New Republic, holds a PhD in linguistics from Stanford, and has taught at UC-Berkeley and Cornell University. He currently teaches in Columbia University's Core Curriculum program, specializing in language change and language contact. He is the author of The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language (2001), and Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music in America and Why We Should, Like, Care (2003). He is also author of the anthology Losing the Race (2000), Authentically Black (2003), Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America (2005) and Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (2008). Julian Bond has been an activist in the movements for civil rights, economic justice, and peace since he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960. He has served four terms on the NAACP's National Board, and has been Chairman since 1998. He was President of the Atlanta NAACP (197889). Bond serves on the board of the Southern Poverty Law Center, where he is President Emeritus, and was President and founder of the Southern Elections Fund, helping elect rural Southern black candidates. He served four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives (196575) and six terms in the Georgia Senate (197586). Dalton ConleyDalton Conley is University Professor, Chair of Sociology and Acting Dean of the Social Sciences at New York University. He also holds appointments in NYU's Wagner School of Public Service; as an Adjunct Professor of Community Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine; and as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His first book, Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth and Social Policy in America (1999), explored how the wealth gap between blacks and whites in the U.S. perpetuates continued racial inequality. He is also the author of Honky, a "sociological memoir" (2000). Lee C. BollingerLee C. Bollinger became Columbia University's nineteenth President in 2002. A prominent Affirmative Action advocate, he played a leading role in the twin 2003 Supreme Court cases that upheld and clarified Affirmative Action in higher education. A leading First Amendment scholar, he serves on the faculty of Columbia Law School. His awards include the National Humanitarian Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice, and the National Equal Justice Award from the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He is a former President of the University of Michigan, where he was also Dean of the Law School and a law professor. Research and Scholarship White Paper Affirmative Action: Race or Class? Douglas N. Harris, University of Wisconsin at Madison On January 20, 2009, America witnessed the swearing-in of its first black president, Barack Obama. His wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, is the great-great-granddaughter of slaves, and grew up during a century in which the major problem in the United States was the problem of the color-line.... Read More Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive Presidential Addresses on Affirmative Action The Miller Center's Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the more important presidential speeches of the past 60 years. These speeches are available in their entirety in full audio. Below are links to five presidential addresses on affirmative action policy. Kennedy's Address on Civil Rights (June 11, 1963) Johnson's Remarks upon Signing the Civil Rights Bill (July 2, 1964) Johnson's Remarks on Signing the Civil Rights Act (April 11, 1968) President Bill Clinton's Address on Affirmative Action (July 19, 1995) President Bill Clinton's Address on Race Relations (October 16, 1995) Partial underwriting support for the Miller Center of Public Affairs debate series provided by Microsoft Corporation. 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Monday, January 9, 2012
Superfoods Challenge: Week 2
Wild salmon is one of the world's healthiest foods. It is rich in nutrients that contribute to heart health, joint protection, decreased cancer risk, and brain function, including improved moods. A four ounce serving of salmon will give you 128% RDA of vitamin D, 95% RDA of B12, 53% of the daily recommendations of omega-3's, 27 grams of high quality protein, and NO carbs... all for just 158 calories! This Superfood really packs a nutritional punch!
I already eat salmon frequently because, living in the Pacific Northwest, I am fortunate to be able to get fresh wild salmon at a very reasonable price. I also am blessed to have a teenage son who fishes for salmon and brings home big, fresh, delicious fillets every so often. Sometimes a friend cans the salmon in jars for us and we can use it year-round. If you can't get fresh or frozen salmon for a reasonable price, do try canned. And watch the sales... you can stock up when it goes on sale and salmon keeps in the freezer for at least a couple of months.
I like to simply bake my salmon fillets with a brushing of olive oil and a sprinkle of seasoning such as Mrs. Dash or just salt and pepper. When cooked right, it is moist and delicious without much else added. When you bake or saute or poach your salmon, you'll know it is done when you poke a fork into the thickest part and the meat flakes up easily. I also love to do salmon on the grill in the summertime; my favorite recipe is Cedar Planked Salmon. My kids enjoy brown rice with their salmon, but my favorite side dish is vegetable based: Low Carb Fettuccine Alfredo. You can use canned salmon to make salmon salad (just like tuna salad, with mayo and seasonings over a bed of lettuce or stuffed in tomatoes) or salmon cakes like these.
Salmon has several sidekicks you can try this week as well: Alaskan halibut, canned albacore tuna, sardines, herring, trout, sea bass, oysters, clams. I have a shellfish allergy that extends to clams (and possibly oysters, I am not risking it) so I am not trying those, but feel free to share if you do! I have no real experience with herring or sardines, either, but many people seem to enjoy sardines right from the tin. I will be checking at the grocery store this week for halibut (which I have baked before), trout (which my son catches once in awhile and is yummy) and sea bass (NOT the same as Chilean sea bass, which is in danger of being depleted and has a consumption advisory because of very high mercury levels). I already eat tuna frequently, and it's most likely the sidekick you have the most experience with. You can read about the *amazing* health benefits of tuna here; try to limit yourself to 6 ounces per week because of the mercury issue. I like plain tuna salad over a bed of angel hair cabbage (raw); yesterday I had this tuna melt for lunch. SuperFoods Rx recommends eating fish 2 to 4 times per week, so that's what I am aiming for.
Don't forget to continue on with your first Superfood, broccoli. You can make your changes cumulative; try making a list to go on the fridge to remind you to get your Superfoods in. Your list so far should be:
Broccoli (Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, turnips, cauliflower, collards, bok choy, mustard greens, Swiss chard) 1/2 to 1 cup per day
Wild Salmon (Alaskan halibut, canned albacore tuna, sardines, herring, trout, sea bass, oysters, clams) 2 to 4 times per week
Easy! Right? Please come back and share what you ate this week and how you prepared it, either here or on my BlogFrog forum. I would love it if you'd add your ideas and recipes to the Superfood threads there so we can all keep expanding our menus as we go along.
13 comments:
- Bobbie said...
This will be a more difficult one for me as I am not a seafood lover. I live in Arkansas so we don't get great fish and seafood here. I would someday love to try fresh salmon somewhere on the coast and see if I might enjoy that. But I will give it a try, I do tuna occasionally. But will force salmon down at least once. They say if you try something 11 times you will probably like it.
- January 9, 2012 at 10:16 AM
- Lethal Astronaut said...
Hi - I'm new to your blog :-)
I love love LOVE broccoli! I think I might have been a rabbit in a previously life, actually, except that I was the chocolate eating variety.
Re: the fish though, I don't eat it. I guess I'm one of those weirdo hippie types, and we don't eat meat or fish bought commercially, only our own farmed animals (lamb and chicken mostly: we own a small organic farm).
Occasionally, a neighbour or friend will go out fishing though, and bring back some lovely fish or lobster for us, and that's nice - one of the benefits of living in New Zealand :-)
Good to meet you.
- January 9, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Oh I MUST get over to the forum and do my gushing there. I am very excited about salmon because I have been wanting to tramp around the fish department.
- January 9, 2012 at 12:48 PM
- Nmmumaw said...
I'm an avid reader of your blog, though I've never had weight issues myself. I think this super foods challenge is AWESOME for the health benefits it brings and conscientious consumption it encourages!
But I have to ask. What if someone who wants to participate is vegan?
- January 9, 2012 at 1:10 PM
- Lyn said...
Thanks! Most of the Superfoods in the Challenge will be fine for vegans. But maybe you can help me? Can you share some vegan sources of Omega-3's? Then perhaps those could be the focus for our vegan readers :)
Thank you for bringing that up!
- January 9, 2012 at 1:22 PM
- spunkysuzi said...
Due to early heart disease I take 2 tsp of an Omega 3 supplement but I will be sure to have some seafood as well this week!
- January 9, 2012 at 3:12 PM
flax is a very good source of veg omega 3s, and i believe walnuts are too:)
- January 9, 2012 at 4:48 PM
- Nmmumaw said...
Upon consulting the intarwebz, it seems that there are three varieties of omega-3 fatty acids: ALA, DHA, and EPA. Of the three, the latter two are the most important, and I believe the body can synthesize both ALA and EPA from DHA. So I guess focusing on DHA is key.
Some vegan sources of DHA appear to be: Algae and seaweed (from which the salmon get it), English (not black) walnuts, flax seeds/oil, and other nuts/seeds.
Also apparently coconut oil really helps the conversion of short-chain to long-chain omega-3s in the body. Good thing I consume a boatload of coconut =D
- January 9, 2012 at 5:22 PM
- lisa~sunshine said...
I absolutley HATE fish.. I know its good for me.. I do take fish oils and plenty of them because I know I don't get it.. I also hate avocado.. my healthy fats come from almonds.. and coconut oil.. This is a area I REALLY need to work on.. My husband likes salmon.. my kids aren't fish eaters because we don't have it much.. Making it a point to each fish once a week is a good start for us.. I will be doing the salmon this week sometime and i"ll be hunting of recipes because I'm lost..
I will eat tuna a bit.. but even that is like once every 6 months.. and I gave up pasta.. so now even tuna mac is out.. HAHA
- January 10, 2012 at 5:00 AM
- Tiffany said...
Red cabbage sauteed up in a little coconut oil... throw a couple fried eggs on top, PURE DELICIOUSNESS!!! Plus it holds you for a longggg time. Yum. Salmon and roasted brussel sprouts are going on the menu plan for the week too.
- January 10, 2012 at 7:19 AM
Does smoked salmon count? I had that yesterday and thought of the challenge. I want to purchase a salmon steak for tomorrow night's din din.
- January 11, 2012 at 2:34 AM
- Lyn said...
I don't know the official answer to that (will look in the book) but I would think so. Smoked salmon still retains the health benefits of the fish. I know it is quite salty though so watch your sodium :)
- January 11, 2012 at 7:28 AM
- Melisa said...
Thanks to your Week 1 challenge I tried Kale for the first time (kale chips and massaged kale salad). I made a blog post about it today if you're interested!
- January 11, 2012 at 2:39 PM


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The Calgary housing market is holding its own in the face of a national trend showing a slowdown in the sector.
While the Calgary Real Estate Board says the market is not in the "frenzy" it was previously, November figures show the composite price for housing in the city was up 0.3% from a month ago to $388,800 and 7.3% from a year ago. Sales through November are up 11% from the same period in 2011. Sales for November were up 8% compared to a year ago.
"Despite elevated concerns regarding household debt and activity in other Canadian markets, the housing market continues to demonstrate resilience in Calgary," said Marie Lurie, chief economist with CREB. "This is related to the migration, wage and employment growth recorded in the city."
The Ottawa-based Canadian Real Estate Association, which represents about 100 boards across the country, said last month that nationally its price index was up only 3.6% in October from a year ago — good enough for the smallest year over year gain since May, 2011. Home sales dropped 0.1% in October from September and were off 0.8% from a year earlier.
However, CREA noted in its last report that markets in both Saskatchewan and Alberta were gaining strength, something that seems evident in the Calgary statistics.
Ms. Lurie with the Calgary board noted single family home price gains have been stronger than expected with a benchmark price of $433,600, an 8.5% increase from a year ago.
At the same time, those gains have levelled off as consumers have turned their attention to cheaper options in areas surrounding area around the city and the condominium — a trend seen in many large Canadian centres.
"While the Calgary area market has been improving, it is not on the cusp of a dramatic rise or fall," said Ms. Lurie, noting challenges in the oil sector could dampen demand.
The Calgary market has benefited from a 6% drop in new listings over the first 11 months of the year, compared to a year earlier. Overall, there is a 17% drop in inventory which had been consider elevated.
"With fewer inventories in the market, consumers are eager to view new listings and if consumers see value they will buy," said Bob Jablonski, president of CREB. "However, the market is not demonstrating the same frenzy we saw during the overheated period."


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TWO FULL CAMPING SEASONS or 730 DAYS
The Jayco 2-Year Limited Warranty is a manufacturer's warranty. It doesn't come from your dealer and it's not an extended warranty. It comes from the people who build Jayco recreation vehicles to the people who buy them. Each Jayco is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship to the original purchaser for twenty-four (24) months or twenty-four thousand (24,000) miles (mileage limitation applies to motorized products only), whichever occurs first, from the original date of purchase.
Jayco provides to the original purchaser additional industry-leading five-year (5) parts and labor coverage on our camping trailer lifter system, roof, floor and frame. We also provide for camping trailers and expandable travel trailers five-year (5) coverage on our tent with parts, labor, and freight covered the first two years; parts, factory labor, and return freight during years three, four, and five.
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James Buchanan
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Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.George Soros
James Buchanan (23 April 1791 – 1 June 1868) was the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). He was the only bachelor President, and the only resident of Pennsylvania to hold that office. He has been criticized for failing to prevent the country from sliding into schism and the American Civil War.
- You have lost a child, a dear, dear child. I have lost the only earthly object of my affection.... I have now one request to make,... deny me not. Afford me the melancholy pleasure of seeing her body before internment.
- Letter returned to him unopened, to the father of his former fiancée Ann Coleman, written after her death, rumored to have been suicide soon after her breaking of their engagement. (1819)
- I shall not again be a candidate for the Presidency...I shall be 65 on the 23rd April next, and I had determined upon my line of life from the remnant of days with which a kind Providence might bless me, discarding every idea of the Presidency...I can now leave public life, I trust, with credit. Should I become President, the case may be very different, after I shall have worn myself out with the toil and anxiety of the office.
- Responding to suggestions that he run for President in 1856, as quoted at wheatland.org.
- All agree that under the Constitution slavery in the States is beyond the reach of any human power except that of the respective States themselves wherein it exists. May we not, then, hope that the long agitation on this subject is approaching its end, and that the geographical parties to which it has given birth, so much dreaded by the Father of his Country, will speedily become extinct? Most happy will it be for the country when the public mind shall be diverted from this question to others of more pressing and practical importance. Throughout the whole progress of this agitation, which has scarcely known any intermission for more than twenty years, whilst it has been productive of no positive good to any human being it has been the prolific source of great evils to the master, to the slave, and to the whole country. It has alienated and estranged the people of the sister States from each other, and has even seriously endangered the very existence of the Union. Nor has the danger yet entirely ceased. Under our system there is a remedy for all mere political evils in the sound sense and sober judgment of the people. Time is a great corrective. Political subjects which but a few years ago excited and exasperated the public mind have passed away and are now nearly forgotten. But this question of domestic slavery is of far graver importance than any mere political question, because should the agitation continue it may eventually endanger the personal safety of a large portion of our countrymen where the institution exists. In that event no form of government, however admirable in itself and however productive of material benefits, can compensate for the loss of peace and domestic security around the family altar. Let every Union-loving man, therefore, exert his best influence to suppress this agitation, which since the recent legislation of Congress is without any legitimate object.
- Inaugural address (4 March 1857)
- I am the last President of the United States!
- A statement he is reported to have made several times to others after the secession of South Carolina, or as early as after the election of Abraham Lincoln (1860), as quoted in Lincoln's War: The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief (2004) by Geoffrey Perret
- The course of events is so rapidly hastening forward that the emergency may soon arise when you may be called upon to decide the momentous question whether you possess the power by force of arms to compel a State to remain in the Union. I should feel myself recreant to my duty were I not to express an opinion on this important subject.
The question fairly stated is, Has the Constitution delegated to Congress the power to coerce a State into submission which is attempting to withdraw or has actually withdrawn from the Confederacy? If answered in the affirmative, it must be on the principle that the power has been conferred upon Congress to declare and to make war against a State. After much serious reflection I have arrived at the conclusion that no such power has been delegated to Congress or to any other department of the Federal Government. It is manifest upon an inspection of the Constitution that this is not among the specific and enumerated powers granted to Congress, and it is equally apparent that its exercise is not "necessary and proper for carrying into execution" any one of these powers. So far from this power having been delegated to Congress, it was expressly refused by the Convention which framed the Constitution.
- Speech before Congress (3 December 1860)
- It is said that serious apprehensions are to some extent entertained (in which I do not share) that the peace of this District may be disturbed before the 4th of March next. In any event, it will be my duty to preserve it, and this duty shall be performed.
In conclusion it may be permitted to me to remark that I have often warned my countrymen of the dangers which now surround us. This may be the last time I shall refer to the subject officially. I feel that my duty has been faithfully, though it may be imperfectly, performed, and, whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.
- Speech to Congress (8 January 1861)
- Sir, if you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.
- Said to Abraham Lincoln on the ride back from Lincoln's inauguration as president (4 March 1861); as quoted in James Buchanan (2004) by Jean H. Baker, Pg 140; This or slightly paraphrased variants or abbreviated versions have also been been reported as having been said said before the inauguration:
Sir, if you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning [home], you are a happy man indeed.
If you are as happy entering the presidency as I am in leaving it, then you are truly a happy man.
- As quoted in Presidential Leadership : Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004) edited by James Taranto and Leonard Leo
- Earlier variant: Some knave or fool got up a lie from the whole cloth and it was telegraphed over the country that I was about to purchase or had purchased a place somewhere else and would not return to Wheatland. If my successor should be as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland he will indeed be a happy man. I am just now in my own mind chalking out the course of my last message. In it, should Providence continue his blessing, I shall have nothing to record but uninterrupted success for my country. The trouble about the slavery question would all have been avoided, had the Country submitted to the decision of the Supreme Court delivered two or three days after my inaugural.
- Letter to William Carpenter (13 September 1860); as published in Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society
- Said to Abraham Lincoln on the ride back from Lincoln's inauguration as president (4 March 1861); as quoted in James Buchanan (2004) by Jean H. Baker, Pg 140; This or slightly paraphrased variants or abbreviated versions have also been been reported as having been said said before the inauguration:
- Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.
- As quoted in Presidential Leadership : Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004) edited by James Taranto and Leonard Leo
- What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
- As quoted in Presidential Leadership : Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004) edited by James Taranto and Leonard Leo
- Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.
- I have no regret for any public act of my life, and history will vindicate my memory.
- I like the noise of democracy.
- Said to his mother
- Prevent the American people from crossing the Rocky Mountains? You might as well command Niagara not to flow. We must fulfill our destiny.
- The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
- The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.
- The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
- There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.
- To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.
External links
- The James Buchanan Resource Center
- Inaugural Address
- The Other Buchanan Controversy
- First State of the Union Address of James Buchanan
- Second State of the Union Address of James Buchanan
- Third State of the Union Address of James Buchanan
- Fourth State of the Union Address of James Buchanan
- University of Virginia article: Buchanan biography
- White House Biography
- Wheatland
- Mr. Buchanans Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion. President Buchanans memoirs.
- Works by James Buchanan at Project Gutenberg


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UMass Amherst students suspected of running an illegal bar
Cash, cups and cocktails found in a home rented by students who attend the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Amherst police have uncovered kegs of beer, alcohol dispensing devices, cups, hundreds of dollars in cash and even a tip jar from what they suspect is an illegal bar in a home rented by University of Massachusetts students, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Police say 14 male students living at the home near campus face charges, although who faces what charges are stilling being determined. They are likely to include unlicensed distribution of alcoholic beverages and keeping a disorderly house.
No names were made public.
Lt. Ronald Young says the alleged bar was found Tuesday in the basement and appears to have been operating for months.
Police started investigating after getting complaints from neighbors about increased trash, vandalism, noise and late-night foot traffic on the street.


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Jack O'Connell's name has been associated with J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII for a little while now. Seeing as how the only person we know for sure is going to be in the sequel is R2-D2, Abrams is going to need to start pulling the trigger on some human actors, and O'Connell (no relation) could have a fast track to what's being described as a "key" role.
Bleeding Cool breaks the news that O'Connell had multiple meetings with Abrams and his Star Wars team, and that they "went very well." While it's unclear which part O'Connell would be vying for, it's rumored that he could get the part that almost went to Matt Smith – which might also be the male lead that put out an open casting call weeks ago. At the time, as Collider notes, producers were looking for:
Young Man to Play 19 – 23 Years Old. Must be handsome, smart, and Athletic. MUST BE OVER 18. [Will play] THOMAS – Has grown up without a father's influence. Without the model of being a man, he doesn't have the strongest sense of himself, despite this he is smart, capable, and shows courage when it is needed. He can appreciate the absurdities of life and understands you can't take life too seriously."
In a way, it sounds like that blurb describes a young Luke Skywalker, the hero we first met in A New Hope. And if Abrams wants to develop a new trilogy, then Thomas could be the hero around which a whole new arc is developed. In this instance, we can see how Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and other original Star Wars cast members could plug in and assist this new main character. But trusting a franchise to a new lead is a positive direction, I believe, for the new franchise.
So, who is Jack O'Connell? The British hunk is relatively unknown to American audiences, though he has played decent roles in the TV series Skins, Michael Caine's Harry Brown, Starred Up and Eden Lake. He'll be part of next year's 300: Rise of an Empire, and is filming Unbroken, which Angelina Jolie will direct. Here's a clip of his work.
Will it happen? No idea. Star Wars trades in rumors and hearsay. But we've been hearing O'Connell's name for some time now, and I'm willing to bet that where there's smoke, there is fire. As soon as news breaks, we'll bring it to you. In the meantime, if you know another about O'Connell, tell us which performances we should look into.


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Joe made some of his delicious thai peanut chicken for dinner. he picked up the chicken at a really cool butcher shop we found while biking the other day. The Mayflower Poultry Company's meat is antibiotic and hormone free, and they have organic and free range meat in addition. After watching the movie Food Inc. a couple weeks ago, we have decided not to support large, national meat companies like Perdue and Tyson that represent the majority of meat in grocery stores today.
For dessert he made pineapple that we bought earlier that day at Haymarket for ¢75.
- 1 whole pineapple
- 1/2 C coconut flakes
- 1/3 C dark brown sugar
- Trim the pineapple by snapping off the top, cutting off the bottom, quartering it, cutting off the core, cutting each quarter away from the roughage, and then dividing each quarter into 1/2″ slices.
- Set oven to broil with a rack on the second from top shelf.
- Sprinkle pineapple with brown sugar (it may take a little patting to get it to stick) and then coconut flakes.
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1. Look carefully at Photo 5. Can you see the line of Going-to-the-Sun Road, ascending from left to right on the upper part of the mountainside? Do you think most people driving in the valley would be aware of the road above them? Do you think it was important to make the roadway so inconspicuous?
2. Photo 6 shows a portion of Going-to-the-Sun Road at about the time it opened. The roadbed is unpaved and about 22 feet wide. Use a measuring tape to draw out a 22 foot wide path on the floor of your classroom or on a playground. Do you think you would feel comfortable driving on a road that wide? Would you be aware of the steep drop-off on the other side of the retaining wall?
3. Visitation to Glacier National Park began to rise rapidly as soon as Going-to-the Sun Road was completed. Today approximately 600,000 cars drive the road every year, even though it is only open from early June to mid October. Do you think making it possible for visitors to see these views justifies the expense and the work that went into constructing the road? Why or why not?
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Learn to perform Botox injections and other aesthetic procedures during Empire Medical Training's weekend training programs. For your convenience, we have scheduled the Complete Botox Training, the Dermal Filler and Facial Aesthetics workshops on consecutive days over a weekend. These educational courses are the very basis for every aesthetics practice.
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Workshop Topics: You will learn all the protocols associated with each of the Botulinum Toxin Type A products such as Botox Cosmetic as well as the newer, highly effective Xeomin and Dysport products. To operate a successful aesthetic practice it is important to know about and be able to utilize the different products your patients may ask for. Each will be available and used during the hands on portion of the class so you can decide on your own which Botulinum product will best suit your practice objectives.
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Yes I'm aware I am not allowed to ask this because I think it's already asked before but with internet search and searching in this forum I came across a download link to an installer of rice video 6.1.4
But my problem is that when I install the plugin it doesn't even show up in the plugin tab, I've used older pj64 versions such as 1.6 and installed the plugin in $Apppath$\Plugin and for 2.x (1 2 and 3) to $Apppath\plugin\gfx with all of them not showing up.
I've searched the respective threads and I've seen links to 'updated' versions but sadly because it's already pretty old the links aren't working anymore and the sites are down.
My purpose with the file is being able to use 'Djipi' final pack of 2009 (wind waker) but with the plugin I have now, Glide64 For PJ64: 220.127.116.11, not every texture loads properly or at all. So to play with half normal and half new textures is kinda weird.
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Reviewed by Emily S. (age 10)
I thought this book was great because it had a lot of action and adventure. My favorite part in the story is when Martin the mouse goes to Rudaring Island. The illustrations in this book are awesome, but they are black and white since the story takes place in ancient times. This book is similar to the others in this series because they all start at Redwall and end in war.
I recommend this book mostly to boys, even though I am a girl. The reason I think boys would mostly like this book is because it has a lot of blood and gore. I also recommend this book to people who like mysteries, adventure, and puzzles.


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Never let it be said that you people don't have opinions. And my word, how much you've all moved. I must be unusual in my fondness for remaining in one place. If I moved to a new apartment in Brooklyn, I had to break out the smelling salts and spread myself across my fainting couch for at least the first month. But you, you adventurous types! You're all when I lived in Tanzania I also felt some ennui and the first few months in Bangladesh were fairly tough. And here I am, living FORTY MINUTES (gasp!) from my old hometown, and weeping into my neckerchief over it.
First of all, I apologize for writing a post like that, which captured my feelings at that exact moment, feelings which changed fifteen minutes later and why don't I wait an hour or so before posting something? It's lovely, the way I puke all over the Internet, and all you nice people come rushing to clean me up. (Not that fifteen minutes later I decided I loved it here and we would never move—but as the day wore on, the need to GET OUT certainly felt far less desperate.)
That said, your insight was quite valuable, and you are all fine citizens of the Internet. The comments fell squarely into two camps: 1) We should give this place a year, and then reassess, and 2) We should move right now because life is too short to be miserable. Then there was the occasional "get over yourself" comment, which okay no one actually SAID, but I know some of you were thinking it. I know this because I can read your thoughts. Right now you're thinking about dinner. You're going to have chicken.
At first the comments that shrieked GET OUT! filled me with delight. Yes! We're city folk! Back to the city we go! I still have my library card! And the comments that urged us to wait and weigh the pros and cons and give it time --oh, how they chafed. How tiresome, I thought. You sensible people are a total bummer.
But then this morning I re-read the comments, and the "wait it out" party all of a sudden sounded far more appealing. Because honestly? We're not utterly miserable. We're not surrounded by rednecks, as some of you seem to be. (And for this I am sorry.) We have nice neighbors. There's, like, culture, and stuff. I suspect we can find ways of making ourselves feel better, here and now. (Not spending a sunny Saturday arguing in Home Depot, for instance.)
Then, of course, there's Henry, and his school is all set for next year. Pulling him out of school a month early this spring near to killed me, and he loves his camp (which will hopefully become his school in the fall if someone pulls out and we get off the waitlist, oh please oh please), and I'm not taking that away from him.
So: we're going to continue on this rollercoaster ride of adjustment. It's a decidedly undramatic decision, but on the other hand it doesn't entail buying multiple rolls of bubble wrap. Meanwhile, we'll act as if we're moving back, we'll get prices on rentals, maybe we'll even look at a few. And come spring, if we're still feeling like Brooklyn is home, then we know what to do.
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Children are welcome to help themselves to free fruit juice all day.
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Liver dumplings
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Cream of asparagus soup
Wild garlic soup, to name but a few
Salad bar:
Sweet corn
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Cauliflower and broccoli casserole, cabbage pasta, veggie burgers, macaroni and tomato sauce, tortelloni with herb sauce, fried veggie rice, fried mushrooms, traditional Austrian cheese pasta and black salsify spinach casserole are just a few of our many vegetarian dishes on offer.
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This morning, I stopped by the Levi's Vintage Clothing preview and was totally blown away by the brand's super-cool fall-winter collection. Inspired by 1920s and 1930s Brooklyn boxer and bikers (and their ladies), the women's looks feel really cool, timeless-yet-modern, and totally on point in terms of what all the cool girls I know want to wear. On my way out, I picked up a fall lookbook—it's amazing, one of the coolest lookbooks I've ever seen. Check out some of the women's photos after the jump.
The lookbook (hardcover):
The guys' photos were super-cool—they hired boxer Troy Roe to model some of the looks:
This model is wearing a long striped-sleeve tee, a box jacket, and 1920s riding breeches:
The model on the far left is also wearing the long striped-sleeve tee and 1920s riding breeches; the model on the far right is wearing a striped crew knit (I love this piece!) and 1950s 701 jeans (customized):
She's wearing a 1955 sawtooth denim shirt (customized):
She's wearing a customized 1955 sawtooth denim shirt, a lot 67 blanket-lined sack coat, a sherpa lined trucker, and 1954 501z jeans:
Here, the model is wearing a 1930s leather jacket, a 1930s bay meadows tee, an 1954 501z jeans:
She's wearing a shawl-collar sweater and a 1947 501 pencil skirt (which I am obsessed with):
Here's the shawl-collar sweater from the front (it comes in a few different colors):
I love this shirt—it's a 1920s one-pocket sunset shirt, worn with 1966 606 jeans:
I also love a good pair of overalls (do you like overalls?)—she's wearing a 1919 el real vest, a 1930s leather jacket, and a youth wear bib and brace:
Here's a close-up of the 1930s leather jacket and the 1954 501z jeans:
What's your favorite women's look from the Levi's Vintage Clothing fall 2012 collection? I'm 100% putting that striped sweater, that blouse-y shirt, and that pencil skirt on my must-have list for next season!
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This week's non-league videos of the week features four matches from the Second Round of the FA Trophy. With only thirty-two teams left in the competition at this stage, the scent of a Wembley final is starting to drift into the air, and our four matches tonight feature twenty-five goals. First up is a match between two clubs that are owned by their supporters, as Ebbsfleet United of the Blue Square Premier play Chester of the Northern Premier League. Our second match sees Salisbury City, of the Blue Square South, play another Blue Square Premier Club, York City. Third up is the match between Dartford and Boston United, and finally Weymouth are at home against Alfreton Town. Our thanks go to those that take the time to record, edit and upload these videos.
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Designer Urvi Prunier's bridal jewelry line Tejani, is one of our go–to sources for ornate, glamorous jewelry with a distinctly regal feel. Each sparkling piece is handcrafted by artisans in Mumbai and is offered in a range of metallic finishes including silver, gold, antique silver, or antique gold. To meet the designer, and get personalized advice on your wedding accessories, head to the Tejani trunk show on March 20th at The Peninsula, in Chicago (108 East Superior). There, you can try on items that work well with the style of your gown (be sure to bring a photo of your wedding dress so that Urvi can advise you properly) and complement your skin tone. And small–wristed brides will be pleased to know that the line's vast range of bracelet sizes even includes extra–extra small. Receive a 15% discount on all trunk show purchases; to schedule an appointment, click here. —Abigail Reid, Editorial Assistant, Brides Chicago


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Author Notes: This is the first year that slugs did not devour my basil plants, leaving me with a surplus to play around with. Lighter than ice cream and creamier than sorbet, this lemon sherbet is tangy and bright, and the basil is a surprising complement to the fresh lemon. David Lebovitz's Lemon Sherbet recipe was my original inspiration for this slightly more indulgent incarnation, which incorporates cream, honey, and fresh basil. - Sandy Smith —Sandy Smith
Food52 Review: This sherbet is everything we want in a refreshing frozen treat. It's light and airy yet indulgent, with just the right balance of tart and sweet, and a hint of cream to round out the flavors. As if this weren't enough, Sandy Smith includes an inspired detail: she infuses the sherbet base with fresh basil leaves and then adds chopped basil before freezing the mixture. The results are subtle and bewitching. As Sandy notes in her recipe, the sherbet is best after a couple of hours in the freezer, as it emerges from the ice cream maker a bit soft. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: about 1 quart
cup half-and-half or light cream
cup granulated sugar
tablespoons honey
1 1/2
tablespoons lemon zest
fresh basil leaves, divided
cups whole milk
Juice of 3 lemons, chilled
Pinch fine sea salt
- In a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the half-and-half, sugar, honey, and lemon zest. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and add 4 whole basil leaves. Using the back of a large spoon or ladle, bruise the basil leaves against the bottom of the pot. Cover and let steep 15 minutes.
- Remove the basil leaves and discard, then whisk in the milk. Place the mixture in an ice-water bath or refrigerate until completely chilled.
- Slice the remaining 4 basil leaves in very thin strips. Whisk the lemon juice into the chilled sherbet base, add the sea salt, and stir in the sliced basil. Taste for sweetness; adjust by adding an additional tablespoon or two of honey, if needed.
- Freeze the sherbet mixture in an ice-cream maker, following manufacturer's instructions. For optimal flavor and texture, freeze sherbet for a couple of hours before serving.
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The revolution of treatment development with direct acting agents against hepatitis C virus (HCV) is moving faster than a speeding bullet. As it once was for treatment development of HIV, it is dramatic.
Thus, one of many reasons to attend the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), held this year in Seattle in March, was the intensity and new data regarding HCV treatment. This was unusual for a conference historically focused on the basic science of HIV.
There is a growing incidence of hepatitis C infection among HIV-positive individuals (co-infection) and it is becoming clear that HCV treatment is complicated. Treatments differ in regards to HCV genotype, therapy for treatment-naive vs. history of treatment failure, and drug-drug interactions for patients with co-infection. HIV specialists are accustomed to these kinds of complex issues while gastroenterologists, busy with endoscopic procedures, and hospital-based infectious disease specialists, with limited office hours, may not be able to tackle the rocketing numbers of patients with HCV infection growing to monumental proportions. With many future agents becoming developed, much heavy lifting treating HCV-infected patients will be left to physicians who manage HIV disease. However, there is a progressive decrease of physicians wanting to specialize in HIV disease treatment.
A poster presented by the Swiss Cohort team showed staggering statistics in regards to the growing hepatitis C epidemic among those infected by HIV. Their investigation of the MSM (men who have sex with men) population excluded intravenous drug users and heterosexuals. Of 3,333 MSM patients followed, the incidence of new HCV infections in 2011 (compared to 1998) increased 18-fold. Identified risk factors were unsafe anal sex, history of syphilis, and chronic hepatitis B infection. Indeed, the take home message for clinicians is the need for increased testing for HCV and for gay men engaged in unsafe sexual practices, the message is beware and exercise prevention; one needn't be engaged in intravenous drug use to become infected.
The "Breakthroughs in HCV Treatment" session began with presentations of studies with telaprevir (Incivek) and boceprevir (Victrelis), both inhibitors of NS3/4A HCV protease. Both won FDA approval in 2011 for use with pegylated interferon and ribavirin in adults with genotype 1 chronic HCV and compensated liver disease. However, neither boceprevir nor telaprevir is licensed for use in HIV/HCV co-infection. At CROI, two co-infection studies were highlighted; both trial designs included combinations with pegylated interferon and ribavirin (P/R), and both included the conventional "futility rules" that have become standard for patients undergoing treatment. Protocols put futility rules in place so that patients who experience viral rebound or those who do not reach rapid declines in hep C RNA (viral load) or undetectability within a specified time frame are discontinued from treatment, avoiding resistance mutations or further side effects with failing treatment. Also discussed were HIV drug interactions, crucial for understanding their use with HIV treatment.
Dr. Douglas Dieterich presented a trial of treatment with telaprevir (TVR) in genotype 1 HCV co-infected patients; genotype 1 is the most common and, unfortunately, the most difficult to treat HCV strain.
Patients were administered telaprevir (750 mg every 8 hrs)+P/R for 12 weeks followed by 36 weeks of P/R alone; in the P/R control group, patients were treated for 48 weeks with P/R alone. Further, the trial was divided into parts A and B. In part A, 13 patients were treated without ART (antiretrovirals); 7 randomized to P/R+TVR and 6 on P/R alone. In part B, 24 patients were on Atripla, 16 treated with P/R+TVR and 8 on P/R alone. Also, 23 patients were on ritonavir-boosted atazanavir (Reyataz/Norvir) with either Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir) or Viread/Epivir and of these, 15 were treated with P/R+TVR and 8 with P/R alone.
At 12 weeks post-treatment the overall SVR (sustained virologic response -- indicates treatment success), was 74% in the P/R/TVR-treated patients vs. 45% in controls. There were no HIV treatment failures; three HCV treatment failures occurred -- at week 4 with one patient in each of the Atripla and Reyataz groups and one at week 12 in the Atripla group. Patient discontinuations due to futility rules were more common in the P/R controls (32 vs. 5%) and discontinuations due to adverse events were 8% in the TVR group vs. 0% in the P/R group. The most common side effect was fatigue in both groups (41-42%) with pruritis (itchy skin), nausea, headache, and rash being more common in the TVR treatment groups. No dosage adjustments were necessary except for a higher dose of telaprevir (1,125 mg every 8 hours) required to offset reduced exposure of it with efavirenz (Sustiva, in Atripla).
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Micro-fabricated silicon cantilevers arrays offer a novel label-free approach where ligand-receptor binding interactions occurring on the sensor generate nanomechanical signals like bending or a change in mass that is optically detected in-situ. We report the detection of multiple unlabelled biomolecules simultaneously down to picomolar concentrations within minutes. Differential measurements including reference cantilevers on an array of eight sensors enables sequence-specific detection of unlabelled DNA. It is suitable for meeting the ultimate challenge: label-free detection of specific RNA gene fragments within a complete genome will be shown (gene fishing).
Ligand-receptor binding interactions, such as antigen recognition will be presented. Antibody activated cantilevers with oriented scFv (single chain fragments) which bind to the indicator proteins show a significant improved sensitivity which is comparable with SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance).
Patterning of micro- and nanoparticles onto microcantilevers will be demonstrated by means of acoustic streaming. Oscillation of the cantilever generates steady vortex flows, which drag nanobeads towards the nodes and microbeads to the antinodes. Applications range from patterning of bioactive particles on sensor surfaces to self-assembly of nanostructures.
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Paul Collier and his Plundering Planet: When Both Economists and Environmentalists Don't Get it Right
Do you remember The Bottom Billion [1], Paul Collier's 2007 book which became a classic? If you do, you will certainly like his latest work, The Plundered Planet [2]. He came to launch his new book to the Bank this week, and I found it both fascinating and provocative. Let me give some examples of why.
Professor Collier [3], now the Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies [4] at Oxford University, declares a two-front war on economists and environmentalists at the same time. He is against what he calls "utilitarian economists," because if left on their own, they would end up plundering the planet. But Collier also takes on "romantic environmentalists," who would be unable to eradicate hunger in case they're given the chance to rule the world. So as you can see, the book's premises don't really fit into the script of the blockbuster, Oscar-winning movie Avatar.
For Collier, who also worked as the Bank's Research Director some years ago, Nature is the lifeline for the countries of the bottom billion – and thus cannot remain untouched. With a strong faith in the power of well-informed ordinary citizens, Collier proposes a series of international standards that would help poor countries rich in natural assets better manage those resources. Technology, which enlarges the capacity of ordinary citizens, is also necessary to turn Nature into assets. But of course, in order to be effective and benefit the bottom billion instead of just the few at the top, regulation, which requires governance, is another seminal element of the equation to create prosperity. If you leave regulation out of the equation, as some Libertarians do, the result is nature plundered. But if you end up with too much regulation – curbing the use of Nature – and thus preventing technology, then the result is hunger. And I'm certainly not one of those radical, romantic environmentalists who can imagine a bottom billion who is hungry but happy.
What does Professor Collier have to say about this? Well, he presents us with a chain of decisions that need to go right in order for a low-income society to become prosperous. First, a society has to turn Nature into assets through a discovery process; then "capture" them through a taxation process; and finally invest them in a way so as to break the limits to what economists call "absorptive capacity" (what he calls "investing in investing"). Challenges come from the fact that the outcome of this complex chain of decisions is only as good as the weakest link in it.
As Professor Collier says, even if economists only measure Nature as assets, environmentalists tend to moralize Nature without analyzing it. So I totally agree with him on the fact that if we want a prosperous world without hungry people, we have to use nature productively and sustainably, and not just keep it untouched.
Paul Collier (left) and Otaviano Canuto (right) with the audience during Q&A
Reference: Collier, Paul. "Plundered Planet: Why We Must–and How We Can–Manage Nature for Global Prosperity." New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
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The New Republic is out this week with a lengthy look at Silicon Valley's obsession with youth, and the effect it has on hiring and VC funding in the industry. While the whole thing is worth reading, the standout section from a career perspective comes early, with the revelation that plastic surgery and Botox injections are becoming increasingly popular in the Valley, as ageing tech workers seek to keep up the appearance of youth.
Underlining the point, one cosmetic surgeon interviewed for the piece comments that "It's really morphed into, 'Hey, I'm forty years old and I have to get in front of a board of fresh-faced kids. I can't look like I have a wife and two-point-five kids and a mortgage.'"
The types of treatments the techies are going for, meanwhile, include:
"[L]aser treatments to clear up broken blood vessels and skin splotches. Next is a treatment called ultherapy—essentially an ultrasound that tightens the skin […] But, as yet, there is no technology that trumps good old-fashioned toxins, the most common treatment for the men of tech. They will go in for a little Botox between the eyes and around the mouth. Like most overachievers, they are preoccupied with the jugular. "Men really like the neck," Matarasso said, pointing out the spot in my own platysma muscle where he would inject some toxin to firm things up."
Of course, tech isn't the only industry where youth—or the perception of it—matters. And male techies definitely aren't the first group to have had to resort to superficial fixes in an attempt to prolong their careers. But short of professional sports or careers where your appearance is the job (modeling, acting, etc.), it's tough to think of another group of employees with such an early apparent sell-by date, especially given the expertise it takes to succeed in tech.
With that in mind, then, it may be that those who are interested in careers at the cutting edge of the tech sector are simply going to have to get comfortable with faking youth to prolong their shelf life.
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