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- 21 January 2015
The Vaccines hope their third album sounds current and will date "terribly" in the years to come
The Vaccines want their new album to sound "terrible" in 10 years time.
The group have been working on their third LP and have deliberately shunned the "timeless" sound of their first two offerings, 'What Did You Expect..?' and 'Come of Age', in favour of something which reflected this year.
Frontman Justin Young said: "I wanted to make a record that was important in 2015 and sounded like 2015, sonically and emotionally.
"I think with our next album we wanted to make something that sounds amazing next year and then terrible in 10 years. If you listen to anything from the 1990s now, it sounds f***ing awful but that's part of its identity."
And the rocker is keen for the album to lead the way into a new sound.
He said: "The record's hyper-stylised in a way we've never worked before. Nothing is natural-sounding, it's a lot more future sounding.
"We wanted to be creative and exploratory. We wanted to make a genre-defining record rather than something that would just fit in."
The 'Post Break-Up Sex' singer also lamented the lack of "ambition" in rock music, insisting it is a lot less "adventurous" than other genres.
He told NME magazine: "People just aren't ambitious in rock music. If you take hip-hop or pop, they're a lot more adventurous, they break a lot more rules.
"If you listen to some of the stuff on the radio right now, it's f***ing far out."


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To Gregory and George:
I suggest that we should leave the social sciences out of this
discussion for the moment. Neither Behe nor Dembski is a social scientist.
It seems to me that Behe and Dembski have adopted an indefensible
position. Behe insists that the moleular structures not only look like
machines but actually *are* machines. (Denton now says that they are not
machines). Having made that move, Behe must now, in order to do science,
explain not only how those machines are planned but how they are
manufactured. But he refuses to say how they are manufactured. That
means that he is not doing science. What he is doing is vacuous -- he is
ignoring the requirements of a proper scientific explanation. Dembski
depends on Behe's argument and so is effectively in the same
indefensible position. And the answer to Gregory's question is that at
the level of molecular biology being discussed by Behe, the science is
inevitably mechanistic, despite what Behe and Dembski may claim.
Gregory Arago wrote:
> Sorry, George, if you felt I was pushing your analogy map too far.
> Surely you are correct about the testimony indicated at Dover.
> Likewise, Milli Vanilli probably had a serious misunderstanding of the
> music industry at the time also.
> Further, you wrote: "All scientists who are Christians believe that
> _every_ phenomenon they study is the result of "intelligence" - & then
> they get to work and try to figure out the mechanism (in a broad
> sense) by which "intelligence" has caused that phenomenon."
> Does this mean that science is inevitably mechanistic (in a broad
> sense) or primarily about figuring out mechanisms? Dembski says
> 'intelligent design' is not a mechanistic theory. Is this a mere
> avoidance tactic?
> In social sciences, for instance, the issue of mechanism seems less
> significant, given that studying human beings (and their
> decisions/actions) who are part of nature can be undertaken without
> appeal to mechanics. Maybe this explains why there is no distinction
> in 'intelligent design' between human-made things and non-human made
> things. The absence of involving a mechanism lessens ID's explanatory
> power?
> With curiosity,
> Gregory
> */George Murphy <firstname.lastname@example.com>/* wrote:
> Of course when I said that Behe was well on his way to becoming
> the Milli Vanilli of science I didn't mean that there would be a
> one-to-one mapping. The part of Behe's testiomony at Dover, as
> given in Pim's post, to which I was reacting was as follows:
> OK, says Rothschild, what ARE those mechanisms? Behe: Well,
> actually, I don't have any mechanisms, but I know that there's an
> intelligence involved. Rothschild: Wait a minnit! Isn't "an
> intelligence involved" a *conclusion* that one would draw AFTER
> investigating the mechanisms? How can a scientist start by
> assuming his conclusion and then doing no research to defend it?
> Behe: Well, it's obvious there's an intelligence involved, so the
> mechanism must have involved the application of that intelligence
> somehow. Rothschild: OK, then, what IS the mechanism from whose
> investigation you concluded an intelligence. Behe: I don't NEED
> any mechanism, because I know the answer before I start.
> This is shows a serious misunderstanding of both science & (since
> "intelligence" of course = God) theology. All scientists who are
> Christians believe that _every_ phenomenon they study is the
> result of "intelligence" - & then they get to work and try to
> figure out the mechanism (in a broad sense) by which
> "intelligence" has caused that phenomenon.
> Shalom
> George
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The slide "It's not about me" was actually just inserted the same day I was speaking because I clearly felt God wanted me say something about it – not knowing that it was really also for me. Clearly, there is more that I need to think about and digest when it comes to this truth.
I'll start sharing my presentations from now on. I pray God speaks to you even as you just go through my slides. I wasn't able to show the last 3 slides since my laptop lost its power during my preaching. You may take a look at my slides below. This is my Nehemiah 2 sermon. I'm praying God will open your eyes and heart for you to understand it.
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The Duggars need to lose the obsession with being on TV and start paying attention to what's going on at home. They don't seem to understand the reality of child abuse, and their denial of the gravity of what their son did and how they handled it is just going to make life harder for their children.
By giving the interview, the Duggars have increased public scrutiny against them. They had a TV show that showed them as an "all American family" and now we find out that their son molested his two sisters among others? Their son should have been incarcerated or at least hospitalized when this happened. What other secrets are they keeping?
Lots of people don't like the Duggars for various reasons, and it seems as though they've used the criminal behaviour of one of their children as ammunition against a reality TV family whose values they don't care for. In that context, the Duggars didn't do more damage to themselves as they behaved appropriately and didn't say anything outlandish, but some people will use it as an excuse to demonise them further.
I think that while it's possible that their interview may have caused some damage for their reputation among people who watched. More importantly though they have a large base of big fans who have already decided to look past any wrong doings and continue to support and follow them. In the past negative aspects of their lives have come to the public (never in such a large way admittedly) and they have always retained their core fans. Whether or not people agree with their lifestyle and decisions they will always have some popularity if only as a spectacle.


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I hope he goes to the Chiefs, because Earl (Watson) wants him there. —Gordon Hayward
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gordon Hayward was an 8-year-old living in Brownsburg, Ind., when the Peyton Manning Era began with the Indianapolis Colts.
Almost 14 years later, the professional basketball player and loyal Colts fan was bummed that one of his favorite athletes will no longer be playing for his favorite football team.
"It's definitely a sad day in Indianapolis," Hayward said. "Peyton's been like the face of the city for so long."
Hayward recalled how Manning led the Colts to Super Bowls and won four NFL MVP awards, among many other milestones and accomplishments.
"In my opinion, one of the best quarterbacks, if not the best, to ever play," Hayward said. "Yeah, it's sad to see him go."
Hayward's moment of mourning was interrupted by a hopeful teammate two lockers over.
"It's a celebration for the Chiefs. There's a chance, baby," a smiling Earl Watson said. "Thanks, G. We appreciate you, baby."
"I hope he goes to the Chiefs, because Earl wants him there," Hayward graciously said.
A fan of all things Kansas City, Watson smiled and added, "We're due."
The veteran guard took a moment to rib Hayward some more.
"Loyalty's for everybody in Kansas City. We don't give you up. We don't," Watson said. "Len Dawson is still on TV. He's our news anchor guy for sports. We don't give up those people. George Brett is still in town. Know what I'm saying? We don't do that."
Unfortunately, Hayward understood why the Colts did. Manning had a massive bonus coming to him today had Indy kept him, and the NFL club figures to take Stanford QB Andrew Luck with the No. 1 pick of the upcoming draft.
"I know it would have been tough for them to keep both him and whoever they pick number one," Hayward said. "You can't really pay both of your quarterbacks that much money and only play one of them."
Hayward thinks it's too bad the Colts couldn't at least get something in return for Manning, but that was curtailed by the $28 million bonus he would've been due.
Hayward doesn't envy the position Luck — or whoever — will find himself in this fall.
"Think about the pressure he's got on him. It's unbelievable," Hayward said. "To come in after Peyton? What if it doesn't work? Then everybody's just going to boo him."
Re-enter Watson into the conversation.
"Who was the point guard after Magic Johnson? Who knows, baby?" Watson said. "Seriously. Who was the shooting forward after Larry Bird? The two-guard after Michael Jordan? I can't tell you."
He can, however, tell you who he hopes the next Chiefs' QB will be.
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Howard said it wasn't a big deal to play in front of his close ones. After all, they can watch him on TV all the time and he played at Wake Forest in college.
Corbin was a bit more sentimental.
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A cursory glance at the World's leading tax havens illustrates the hypocrisy of politicians getting wound up about the revelations in the recently released Paradise Papers and the Panama Papers before them. Many of the havens are within the direct legislative jurisdiction of nations such as the US (which is itself a tax haven) and the UK, for example. And we should not forget that Luxembourg, Switzerland are key European homes of tax avoidance. Remember that the current President of the European Commission "spent years in his previous role as Luxembourg's prime minister secretly blocking EU efforts to tackle tax avoidance by multinational corporations" (Source) ably supported by the Netherlands, another nation engaged in the practice. If the politicians were truly worried about this issue they could do something about it directly with the stroke of a legislative pen. Britain could, for example, eliminate Jersey, the Isle of Man, and its Overseas Territories from this corporate scam. The US could do similarly. The EU could bring in new rules to stop Luxembourg. But they don't stop it, which tells you everything. But, the problem of tax avoidance and evasion is not fiscal. Progressives get stuck on that point. It is largely irrelevant. The real issues are inequality, power and macroeconomic stability. That is what this blog is about.
I covered my view on many of these issues in these blogs (among others):
1. Progressives should move on from a reliance on 'Robin Hood' taxes (September 4, 2017).
2. Modern Monetary Theory and Value Capture (November 11, 2015).
3. Governments do not need the savings of the rich, nor their taxes! (August 15, 2015).
4. Off-shore tax havens – be sure we define the issues correctly (July 23, 2012).
5. Robin Hood was a thief not a saviour (April 1, 2010).
The information in the Paradise Papers is shocking – no doubt. But what shocks me and what seems to shock the average progressive (if their voices indicate their impressions) are somewhat different.
The idea that the savings and tax receipts of the rich are in some way important in order for governments to be able to provide high quality services, public infrastructure and jobs to advance the well-being of society is a very dangerous and misguided narrative for progressives to engage in.
Please read my blog – Governments do not need the savings of the rich, nor their taxes! – for more discussion on this point.
I read a report from Canada where a 'liberal' senator said that the Paradise Papers showed that the Canadian government was letting "potential revenue slip through tax collectors' hands … [and] … billions of extra dollars could be put to good use … There's lots of things the government could be doing … retiring debt, lower taxes, fund new programs … It goes on and on" (Source).
In the same CBC report, another progressive politician said that if the Canadian government closed the so-called "$6 billion a year tax gap" which is a "heck of a lot of money … That might be enough to repair our crumbling infrastructure and sewage plants in Winnipeg, and to invest in a modern transportation system."
The report presented a table entitled "What could an extra $6 billion buy?" and listed child-care places, affordable housing, MRI machines for hospitals, new water treatment plans, and military jets as options.
The arithmetic might be impeccable but the logic is sadly erroneous when tied to so-called 'tax gaps'.
These views is representative of the vast majority of commentators on either side of the political spectrum. The Right think, inasmuch as they comment, think that tax cuts could be forthcoming if the governments stopped tax avoidance, while the Left, rave on about better public services etc.
Neither view has any merit.
If there are child-care staff available for hire in Canadian dollars, then the Canadian government can always afford to hire them.
Similarly the rest of the wish list – better housing (presumably there are available carpenters and materials) and the rest of it.
The same logic applies to all currency-issuing governments, which have the capacity to purchase anything that is for sale in the currency they issue – at any time.
The choice is political not financial.
The revelations in the Paradise Papers do not alter that reality.
The Paradise Papers just tell us what we have known for ever. The legal profession is used by corporations and individuals to devise ways in which the rich can get richer – in this case by being able to keep a higher proportion of their incomes than those without access to such expensive legal services.
The difference between the Paradise Papers and the Panama Papers is clear. They both disclose tax avoidance but the latter really only documented how a poorly-governed nation lured corporations and individuals in countries that similarly struggle with regulative capacities (for example, Russia, Latin America).
The Paradise Papers are about the mainstream elites use tax havens that are within nations that have coherent rule of law regimes and which the Peer Review process conducted under the OECD transparency policies do not implicate as being problematic.
The Paradise Papers tell us that the rich siphon a high proportion of their income and store their wealth in these offshore tax havens, even if the haven is still under the legislative remit of the nations they are citizens of.
Many of these schemes operate through financial products, which provide no productive purpose, and which I have long advocated should be made illegal.
The fact they are not made illegal is testimony that, in this neoliberal era, nation states prefer to legislate in favour of the rich at the expense of the poor.
But that is a choice that we can all influence.
I will come back to that.
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and tax havens
The Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) argument is outlined in the blogs cited above.
In summary, while the concerns of organisations such as the British-based Tax Justice Network about massive tax avoidance by global companies and individuals using various cross-country schemes is noted, progressives often push the wrong message in all of this.
The loss of tax receipts to a nation via tax avoidance is not the issue that progressives should focus on.
The notion that the 'lost taxes' in some way prevent a currency-issuing government from spending is just an application of erroneous mainstream economics thinking, which thinks governments are financially constrained.
In terms of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) such terminology is grossly misleading.
The tax receipts foregone (lost) to tax avoidance just represents 'numbers on a bit of paper'. The only issue that is important is the amount of purchasing power that is embodied in the tax cuts (or the reversal of them) and how it is distributed.
The rich do not provide the funds that allow the government to provide services, jobs and public infrastructure.
If the rich do not spend their incomes (and hide them in various tax havens) that doesn't reduce the capacity of the government to spend.
In fact, the more income the non-government sector, in general, do not circulate back into spending, the greater is the need for government deficit spending to ensure that productive capacity continues to grow and total spending continually absorbs that capacity and maintains full employment.
In 1946, Beardsley Ruml published his 4-page article – Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete – in the journal American Affairs (January 1946, Vol VIII, No 1), which carried the sub-title "A Quarterly Journal of Free Opinion".
At the tine Beardsley Ruml was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
His argument was straightforward:
… given (1) control of a central banking system and (2) an inconvertible currency, a sovereign national government is finally free of money worries and need no longer levy taxes for the purpose of providing itself with revenue. All taxation, therefore should be regarded from the point of view of social and economic consequences.
This was the same idea that Abba Lerner advanced in terms of his Functional Finance theories, which provide essential underpinnings to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).
Please read my blog – Functional finance and modern monetary theory – for more discussion on this point.
Ruml also noted that:
The necessity for a government to tax in order to maintain both its independence and its solvency is true for state and local governments, but it is not true for a national government. Two changes of the greatest consequence have occurred in the last twenty-five years which have substantially altered the position of the national state with respect to the financing of its current requirements.
The first of these changes is the gaining of vast new experience in the management of central banks.
The second change is the elimination, for domestic purposes, of the convertibility of the currency into gold.
So, where the currency issued by the central bank "is not convertible into gold or into other commodity", then Federal government "has final freedom from the money market in meeting its financial requirements."
For Ruml, Federal taxes … serve four principle purposes of a social and economic character":
1. As an instrument of fiscal policy to help stabilize the purchasing power of the dollar;
2. To express public policy in the distribution of wealth and income …
3. To express public policy in subsidizing or in penalizing various industries and economic groups;
4. To isolate and assess directly the costs of certain national benefits, such as highways and social security.
So the government might impose taxes:
1. To control inflation.
2. To redistribute purchasing power from the rich to the poor (high income to low income).
3. To alter the allocation of resources away from undesirable ends – such as tobacco taxes.
4. To provide some hypothecated public transparency for major projects/programs.
So from a functional finance perspective, taxation must be designed to advance these purposes and the public discussion must be about the idea of public purpose and never about raising revenue.
We thus have to view the revelations in the Paradise Papers from that perspective.
The hidden income and unpaid taxes do not alter the basic remit or capacity of the national government in relation to:
1. The need to balance nominal aggregate demand growth with the capacity of the real economy to absorb it.
2. The aims of social policy to ensure that the benefits of economic activity are shared in some reasonable manner (relevant to the distribution of the tax burden).
The two issues are interrelated because different income groups have different propensities to consume which influences the impact of fiscal policy. Which brings the question of inequality to the fore.
Inequality is the issue
At the heart of my concern is that the trends to offshore tax havens coincide with the increase in income and wealth inequality that has been recorded in most nations over the last thirty years or more.
What the Paradise Papers also tells me is that what we know in terms of the macroeconomic aggregates reported by national statistics agencies is only part of the story.
For example, national accounts, which estimate the Gross Domestic Product and Income generating performance of a nation, clearly under-reports such things given that the rich can hide income received (and thus production generated) in offshore tax havens.
These facts then lead to the next conclusion: our empirical understanding of income and wealth inequality is likely to be understated. The rising inequality measures are likely to understate the true degree of inequality.
In other words, if you were concerned on the basis of the official data, then you should be really concerned now.
Inequality is bad for social well-being.
Clearly, it is bad for growth.
Even the IMF these days has admitted this after denying it under the ruse of 'trickle down economics' for decades.
The trickle down claims made at the outset of the neo-liberal period are lies. Please read my blogs – Trickle down economics – the evidence is damning and Inequality and growth and well-being – revolutions have occurred for less – for more discussion on this point.
Rising economic inequality undermines the capacity for individuals to invest in education, which is the most reliable source of economic development (skill development).
A redistribution of national income can increase or decrease aggregate demand and the final impact thus depends on the different consumption propensities and the number of people who are affected.
A tax cut will inject a certain amount of extra spending into the economy which then induces further spending via the
multiplier process, which I explain in this blog – Spending multipliers.
If you put a dollar of extra disposable income into the hands of the lower paid workers the multiplier effects will be greater than if you put the extra dollar into the hands of high income earner because less will be lost to the rest of the world via imports.
Not only will the low income earners spend more of every extra dollar on consumption per se than the high income earners less income will be lost to the rest of the world because the import propensities are also different and align with their consumption propensities.
Attacking tax avoidance is one path to take in this regard – forcing the rich to declare more of their income and pay more tax. But that path is complex.
A more obvious path is to use the legislative capacity to allow workers who do not use tax havens to increase their share of 'reported' national income.
For example, ratios such as the wage share in national income are likely to be overestimated as a result of the off-shore activity.
Given that the distribution of income has been firmly biased in the neoliberal era towards profits (as real wages growth has fallen well behind productivity growth) this means that this redistribution towards profits has been even greater than is disclosed in the official accounts.
The more effective way to resolve that problem is not via tax law enforcement (given its complexity) but through wages policy. The state could legislate to force companies that produce within its borders to share productivity gains with workers via proportional real wages growth.
Sure enough, the vexed issue of measuring productivity growth would arise – as usual. But governments could come up with reasonable estimates that could be used for this purpose.
If the companies didn't want to play ball then the government has the capacity to stop their productive and sales activity within its borders.
No government in this era has shown the fortitude to do that. But they can and that capacity should be promoted by progressive political forces.
Further, this principle can also extend to specific tax reporting issues.
If, for example, Nike wants to sell its shoes in Australia then it should be required to pay some reasonable proportion of its sales in tax or have its shoes removed from retail outlets under law.
Yes, on-line sales are tricky. But even those can be monitored.
The Tax Justice Network proposal is interesting in this regard (Source):
An alternative system of taxation, called "unitary taxation" instead calculates the tax liabilities of companies based on a proportion of the company's global profits. The formula used to work out the tax is based on the real economic activities company, for example the sales it books in each country.
See their November 2017 report – Ending multinational tax avoidance through unitary taxation – for further detail.
Further, practices such as the use of intra-group debt and transfer pricing to shift liabilities, while complex are not beyond the legislative capacity of the government to reduce.
For example, tax authorities could simply reject any intra-company loans that pay interest rates that are obviously only set for tax avoidance purposes and bear no relation to reality. If a company can borrow externally at, say, 2 per cent and are creating intra-group loans at, say 10 per cent, then clearly that can be stopped by authorities.
The other obvious path to pursue is to break the link between tax and income. In order for the rich to enjoy their wealth they have to spend it. Spending tends to be localised.
If the government introduced more coherent consumption taxes – with equity parameters such as 'luxury tax inclusions' and exclusion of essentials – this would get at the rich more quickly than trying to tax their incomes.
No-one of meagre means buys private jets, luxury ocean-going yachts, cars that belong on race tracks but are driven on city streets, expensive golf club memberships and the like. Most of these things cannot be 'off-shored'. Consumption is here and now.
By cutting the capacity of the rich to actually realise their hidden incomes in the consumption of goods and services, there is more non-inflationary space for the rest of us to enjoy our material lives.
And if we do not want to spend more, then the public sector has more real resource space in which to spend and provide public goods and services.
Taken together this strategy would reduce inequality and advance the well-being of the lower income groups. It would be more easily to enforce than trying to close down elaborate tax avoidance schemes.
Further, I would substantially increase the penalties for any illegal behaviour by companies and their owners – serious prison time not just fines – which would also provide disincentives to engage in nefarious behaviour.
Inequality is also bad for democracy because it further tilts the power into the hands of the wealthy, who, arguably, have little need to see general well-being advanced ahead of their own interests.
Several reforms are necessary in this regard, including the banning of political donations, breaking up of media empires etc.
I will write more about how progressives have to address power imbalances in societies in a later blog. We address that issue in some detail in our new book – Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World (Pluto Books, 2017)
The Introduction tells us that many of these so-called tax havens are actually within the legislative remit of national governments such as the US and the UK.
These governments could close the tax avoiding capacity of their states, dominions etc whenever they wanted to. Why couldn't Britain just close down the incentives to hide cash in Jersey for example?
They cry poor in terms of lost tax revenue but then do not do the single most obvious thing they could to stop this practice.
The reason is that the crying poor is about setting up depoliticised justifications to reduce public spending, while enjoying the massive lobbying funding that comes if they make political choices that enhance the rich..
This is the classic neoliberal strategy. Progressives should meet it head on. There are things governments can do if they are so motivated. Our task is to provide that motivation for them, ultimately, via the ballot box.
That is enough for today!
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London: David Moyes was a contented man after going one better than his predecessor as manager Alex Ferguson and leading Manchester United to victory in his first competitive match in charge of the club on Saturday.
United coasted to a 4-1 win at Swansea City in the opening game of their English Premier League title defence, a much better start than Ferguson made to his glittering 26-year reign at Old Trafford in an ignominious 2-0 defeat at Oxford United in 1986.
"It very much was a Manchester United display," Moyes told the BBC. "We were clinical in attack and I am very pleased.
"This is a tough place to come and we won well in the end."
Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck scored two goals each to subdue a feisty Swansea side whose high-tempo passing game made life difficult for United in the opening half hour at a rainswept Liberty Stadium.
"Today was my first game at Manchester United. I was excited but it`s just work to me, it`s the same as I`ve done at Everton over the last 10 years or so," said Moyes whose team failed to shine in their pre-season games before beating Wigan Athletic 2-0 to win the Community Shield on Sunday.
"Robin van Persie scored two brilliant goals. When he pulls the trigger it`s a goal all the way."
Van Persie continued the superb form he showed last season following his transfer from Arsenal.
The Dutch striker controlled a bouncing ball after 34 minutes and cleverly hooked it into the net with his unfavoured right foot to put United in front and Welbeck tapped in the second from close range soon after.
Moyes sent on Wayne Rooney as a substitute on the hour and the England forward, whose future is the source of much media speculation, was involved in the move which set up the third goal 18 minutes from time.
Van Persie was freed to advance on a back-pedalling Swansea defence and, ignoring options either side, he lashed a fierce left-foot shot high into the net from the edge of the penalty area.
Swansea deservedly pulled one back through a neat finish by substitute Wilfried Bony but United finished the game on the front foot and added a fourth goal in stoppage time.
Rooney`s deft pass released Welbeck down the right channel and the England striker, who scored only two goals for his club last season, dinked the ball high over goalkeeper Michel Vorm from a narrow angle and it nestled in the far corner of the net.
"I thought Danny Welbeck was terrific," Moyes told Sky Sports. "He sometimes doesn`t get the praise he deserves because of some of the other strikers we have. But that was a great finish."
Swansea manager Michael Laudrup also praised United`s clinical finishing.
"For the first 30 minutes we were very competitive and at moments we dominated," he said. "You can come back from that but when they scored a second, against a team like Manchester United - it`s difficult.
"The difference was in the finishing but that second goal really destroyed us in many ways and we never really recovered from that.
"Three of their four goals were outstanding but you can`t say we played badly especially in the first half," added Laudrup.


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By David Englander
HAVE INVESTORS LOST ALL INTEREST in the stock market? Despite yesterday's strong performance, the average stock in the S&P 500 trades at just 12 times 2011 estimates. Consumer staples, in particular, are feeling the chill. Last year's market rebound favored cyclical industrials over steady performers with strong brands.
At a Glance
PepsiCo (ticker: PEP)
|Market Value
|$99 billion
|52-Week Range
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|Est 2010 Revenue
|$56.7 billion
|Est 2010 Net Income
|$6.6 billion
|Est 2010 EPS
|Est 2011 EPS
|Est 2011 P/E
|Dividend Yield
|Data as of
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Shares of (ticker: PEP) look especially cheap. The company has been hurt by a continuing erosion in the North American soft-drink market, but overall beverage sales are rising, as are profits. Beverages, including Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Tropicana juices and Aquafina water, make up 35% of Pepsi's operating profit.
The company's snack-food business, including Doritos, Fritos, Tostidos, Lay's potato chips and Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, make up most of the rest. That's where the growth is. PepsiCo's worldwide sales were up 11% in the quarter; operating profits rose 10%.
Pepsi is on track to earn $6.6 billion, or $4.16 a share, this year on revenue of $56.7 billion, up from $3.81 in 2009. EPS are expected to grow 11%, to $4.63, in 2011.
Investors have historically rewarded Pepsi's shares with a rich premium over the broad market—as well they should. Pepsi's brands are the Nos. 1 or 2 in North America in almost every category in which they compete. But the stock trades like a hum-drum food company. At yesterday's closing price of $62.93, Pepsi trades trades at 13 times 2011 estimates.
Pepsi deserves a multiple of 16, which would put its shares in the mid-$70s. The stock yields 3.1%.
Pepsi stands to benefit from a $7.8 billion acquisition last year of its bottling operations in North and South America. Management expects to realize $125 million-to-$150 million in synergies this year, and $400 million by 2012, from integrating the bottlers into operations.
Pepsi is a shareholder friendly company. Between 2005 and 2009, the company returned $26 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. In March the company raised the dividend 7% and announced that it would buy back $15 billion worth of common stock (roughly 15% of shares outstanding, based on the current price) by June 2013.
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OK, so he didn't reduce Maicon to a quivering wreck a la Gareth Bale, and he hasn't carried a struggling team on his shoulders like Scott Parker at West Ham, but nobody playing in England can match the Serbian powerhouse for week-in, week-out excellence. If the individual gongs were handed out in May, the Vidic mantelpiece would no doubt be full.
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Since arriving at Old Trafford in 2006, he has personified the consistency that has taken Sir Alex Ferguson's side to four league titles during that time. And despite what the stats – and Vidic – might say, last season was arguably the centre-back's finest season in a Manchester United shirt, despite having to play without first-choice partner Rio Ferdinand at various points in the campaign.
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Usually, as I go into the mens restroom near the construction site where I live, there are men playing card games and gambling in them. Not today. I walked in and only one black man was peeing in the urinals. So I went over and started to go, then he stopped and turned and showed me his penis. I tried to ignore him.
He turned again and then my penis got harder and harder. Then he asked me If I wanted to masturbate. I said yes, and we went into a stall and got naked. His body was so buff with muscles, my dick was five inches erect. He touched my penis and started pushing it up and down, so I did the same to his.
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About an hour later we went to his house, and got naked in bed and masturbated for what seemed like hours. I ejaculated all over his chest. He told me to lick it off, so I did, then he ejaculated onto my face and chest. He licked it off. He then started to suck and lick my entire body, he started to move my hand towards his butt, he made me touch it and even finger him sometimes. Then after that, we started to masturbate even more, and more.
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Due to expansion and client demand, Technical Team Solutions have now moved to the Jewellery Quarter! After spending the last couple of weeks refurbishing the office, we are now proud to present our new home. We have already starting introducing ourselves to the local tech community and will be hosting our next technical event at our new home, The Big Peg, in their refurbished sky lounge. If you would like to come and visit us and have a coffee then you're more than welcome! We're also on the look out for experienced consultants to join us, so if you can recommend anybody you've had dealings with previously, then please let us know.


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It seems that painting furniture is all the rage right now, at least on Pinterest. While I'll admit that adding a pop of color to a room with painted furniture is fun, my personal tastes run towards a more subdued look.
Black furniture can cross that bridge – give a room some needed oomph yet not pull the eye to one spot as a bright color can. But have you ever used black paint? It can be tricky. Trust me. A few years back I painted an entire stair railing, moldings and baseboards for a client. Tricky.
If you like the look of black furniture, read Diane's post on using black stain at In My Own Style. She makes some great points as well as offering tips for staining furniture.
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NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2013A-0246
PI: Steve B. Howell, NASA ARC, email@example.com
Address: Astrophysics, P.O. Box 1 M/S 244-30, Moffett Field, CA 94035, US
CoI: Mark Everett, NOAO
CoI: David Silva, NOAO
CoI: Paula Szkody, University of Washington
CoI: David Ciardi, NexSci/Caltech
Title: Spectroscopy of Kepler Exo-planet Transit Candidate Stars
Abstract: We propose to continue our spectroscopic follow-up program in support of the NASA Kepler Mission. The Kepler extended Mission is now focusing on exoplanet candidates which are small, less than 2.5 R_earth, and those in long-period, near habitable zone orbits. Kepler currently has over 2000 planet candidates, the majority of which are initially listed as smaller than 4 R_earth and orbit stars with R>14. For three years now, we have spectroscopically observed Kepler stars fainter than 14th and have developed techniques and pipeline software to provide T_\rm eff to +/-75 K and log g(cgs) to +/-0.15 dex, values as good as the follow-up on the bright stars from 1 to 2-m class high resolution spectroscopic coverage of the brighter stars. Our primary goal is to obtain reconnaissance spectra of currently known and newly discovered exoplanet host stars to provide robust values for T_\rm eff and log g. We have already shown that many of the host stars are larger than assumed, thus their planets are larger than initially assumed. Other results include [m/H] evaluation, velocity information for the stars in EBs which show a third small component, and help toward discovery & validation of circumbinary planets (via RVs of the component stars).
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Dynamic Contrast Evaluation of the Liver Using Gadoxetate Disodium (Eovist®) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
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A DUTCH group toured Maryland recently to learn about Gov. Parris Glendening's Smart Growth initiative, which has been cited by Vice President Al Gore and Governing magazine as a model of how to slow suburban sprawl.
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Antonio Marras
Antonio Marras was born in Alghero in 1961. Marras' inspiration for his eponymous label is drawn from travels, tradition, history and memories, the narrative influencing the way that the fabric will be treated. In June 2002, during Pitti Uomo in Florence, he presented first menswear collection. In September 2003 the French group LVHM appointed Antonio Marras as the artistic director of Kenzo womenswear, a position Marras held until 2011.


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Cody James Ministries takes the gospel message of Christ into the world with the
combination of original music and the personal testimony of Cody James and others.
Traveling throughout the United States, the ministry reaches people in a variety of
venues; from churches, jails, prisons, recovery centers and meetings, radio and more.
We have heard it asked, "If being a Christian were a crime, would there be enough
evidence to convict you?" If it was a crime to reach the lost and hurting for Christ
using the songs the Holy spirit has given, then yes, there would be enough evidence to
convict this ministry; and for that we say, "All glory to God" In the spirit of Isaiah 61:1
"The Lord God has put His Spirit in me, because the Lord has appointed me to tell
the good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort those whose hearts are
broken, to tell the captives they are free, and to tell the prisoners they are released",
the mission of this ministry is to share the life-changing message of Christ
Mission Statement
Cody James Ministries travels the country sharing the word of God through personal testimony and music. CJM's Mission focus has always been Jails, but often other opportunities arise that take the Ministry into prisons, recovery groups, churches, concert venues, radio and town meetings, and to our military and their families. Though Cody had been traveling full time with the ministry since his ordination in 2007, and often to the state of Minnesota and its Co jails; in the summer of 2010, God moved on Cody's heart to focus on every county jail in the state of Minnesota. In order to keep family his first ministry, he had to uproot & move them the 700 miles from their southern home to the mission field. Shortly after the move took place, God performed a miracle by creating an opportunity in the form of an invitation by the MN Sheriffs association for Cody James Ministries to officially address every County Sherriff, administrator, and Jail program Coordinator in the state at 3 different out of town conferences. This is what God used to allow Cody to build the relationships that would gain the ministry access to every Jail, 82 in all. Cody, his wife Jamie, daughter Raegyn , and son Jeremiah now reside in Cambridge, Minnesota.
Cody, his family, & team work very hard at financing this missionary venture in real-time, while in the mission field by speaking at Sunday morning Church services when invited, and performing musical concerts along the way for love offerings. Currently 4 churches support this mission on a monthly basis, 3 in Minnesota, 1 in Iowa totaling $650.00 per month. Other monthly support comes from ex-inmates CJM has encountered along the way, board members & private citizens who believe in the mission.
"There are many ministries out there doing a great job', Cody said, 'but how much more effective would we all be if we could connect up together, share resources, and mend the net so no one recently released from Jail falls thru without discipleship. There is an army of Christian warriors out there, we just need to unite; leading these lost & hurting incarcerated people to Jesus, & then be there waiting at the gate when they are released'.
Cody James Ministries has and will remain traveling fulltime to every Jail in the state of Minnesota, as well as other states in the Midwest: Iowa, Ill & Missouri, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ & inviting all who will hear to repent, accept Jesus as savior, and reconcile with God. "We do what we can do, and trust God for the rest".
(A recent email to CJM from the Program Coordinator of Douglas County Jail)
"We had a church service the day after you were here in our Jail. There were twice as many in attendance than there has ever been. They were out in the hallway. Many must have been moved by your visit. Thought you'd like to know.
Thank you again,
Deputy Camey Ward,
Douglas County Program Staff
Why does he do this? "I know true freedom because someone went out of their way to share the love of Jesus with me when I was at my lowest point," Cody said. "It's not only the least I can do; it's my duty, honor, and one of the greatest joys of my life.
He, who's been forgiven much, loves much —Luke 7:44-47
Unique Ministry Benefits
Sharing the life-changing message of Jesus Christ is done in many different and effective ways. Our approach is to share this message through the combination of original music and relevant message. The uniqueness of the ministry lies in where that message is shared. Cody James shares from his own experience, what the grace of God can do in all situations. The ministry reaches beyond the local church, by traveling across the Midwest, inserting itself into jails, prisons and recovery settings. It also takes the life-changing message to concert venues, festivals, and through the airwaves in local radio markets whenever possible.
In John 14:12-14 Jesus speaks of us doing greater things than even Him. Due to modern technologies, we can reach millions of people with the click of a mouse, a television remote, or the turning of a radio dial. The new album project will be the perfect vehicle to hit some of those places. Giving this message beyond the range of the ministries footprint, and hitting the internet and media airwaves is a powerful way to reach the lost and feed the multitudes.
The Ministry
Here at Cody James Ministries we consider ourselves a Blue Flame Ministry, the Blue Flame being the Purest. The Ministry is about taking the songs and testimony God has placed in my life and having the opportunity to share them with the world. It doesn't matter where I go; whether it is, Churches, Concert's, Jails/Prisons, Recovery events, radio or TV shows, the message is always strong having one thing leading it: 'Jesus Loves us and came to free us'; and when this message becomes real in our hearts and lives, we then have an obligation to pass it on. Not all are called to be Missionary's or Evangelists like myself, but we are called to be that Light and disciples of Jesus to the world, when and wherever we may go. What this Ministry does depends on the needs that are brought to us. My team and I spend the majority of our time on the road.
My wife Jamie and I are often called to Minister in churches. With our once weak and struggling lives and worldly relationship, we had nowhere to go but down and it was a fast descend. Our testimonies help us to connect with people with the same temptations and struggles we once faced, drugs, alcohol, anger, to name a few; but as God was eventually invited into our lives and became the centerpiece, we now have a strong partnership. Having God become the leader of our lives and talents has shown us that no matter what obstacle we are faced with that we can, and will stand together as one. My wife and I are blessed with three beautiful children and a strong marriage. Many times its Jamie that is the one to help me stay grounded and covered with prayer.
Many times, we perform full band concerts. I am blessed to have a team of dedicated and extremely talented Christian musicians that Minister with me on these occasions. These people fully understand that though they are gifted, that God is more interested in obedience than talent. Knowing where our talents come from help us use them to their fullest. So, if rocking out with God sounds interesting, wait until you hear us play.
I urge you to take a look around the website and take in all it has to offer. Read bio's, listen to music, watch video's, get Bible study tips, read the latest blogs, leave your comments and prayer requests as it says in the Bible that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 18:19) Get to know us and help us to know you, so we can serve you better and by doing so, Serve our Lord Jesus Christ.
In Gods service and yours,
Cody and Team
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The Lord has blessed you with an awesome gift. It was absolutely wonderful to hear you play music in worship of the Lord at this weekends Legacy Fishing Retreat. I feel blessed to call you a brother in Christ.
Many thanks
June 11, 2017 at 7:47 am
I am blessed to listen to you!
November 16, 2016 at 7:57 pm
Your one awesome guy
December 2, 2015 at 11:44 am
Thank you so much for headlining the Dodge Center praise fest. I've seen you once before at Kasson Celwbrate Recovery, and was very impacted by how 'real' you are. I busted my butt at work so I could get there by 3 today, and was thrilled to see you still there! You and your ministry made my summer!
August 16, 2015 at 5:30 pm
I would like to make a monthly pledge ,and I need how to do it.need to do it so it would come out of my checking acct. monthly
May 25, 2014 at 3:30 pm
Brian navoichick from pine (long hair) county wanted me to email you to see of you could go to Scott county jail to perch.
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Embattled Komphela blames ailing Chiefs' poor form on social media
Kaizer Chiefs' wastefulness in front of goal has everything to do with confidence that coach Steve Komphela asserts is being eroded by abuse on social media.
He say players are taking less risks these days and attempting less innovative moves because they are scared of the negative feedback that follows failure.
"Unfortunately we are living in the social media era where everything is in the players' faces'" Komphela said.
"At the end of the game the player goes out and checks (what is being said about him). If he has missed chances' they say he is a cow' he is this and that.
"That player is obviously going to be affected emotionally and mentally and he is not going to be the same player in terms of trying to score in the next game."
Komphela says there is much less space in the modern game with tighter and better organised defences and therefore players need to be even more creative if they are to prise open opportunities and score goals.
But because of the abuse they are increasingly reluctant.
"He won't want to get into a position which is going to expose him because after trying and failing he faces abuse'" the coach added.
Chiefs missed several good opportunities on Wednesday night as they went down 1-0 to Chippa United at the Nelson Mandela Stadium and have now scored just twice in their previous six outings.
Their total for the league season so far is a paltry 11 in 13.
The defeat means they are without a win in their last five league games' increasing the pressure on coach Steve Komphela' who says his coaching job is being split between on-field work and acting as a psychologist.
"Any coach must some level of skill of being as psychologist.
"You are dealing with emotions.
"If they are high' you must detect and bring them down.
"If they are too low and you feel they are just about to crumble' you have to lift them.
"When you determine what action to take -- to lift them up or bring them down go Mother Earth – it calls for a certain level of understanding.
"At the end of the match' when the referee blew the whistle' you could see all the gold and black shirts (Chiefs) were down.
"The first thing that comes to mind is 'what message are we sending?'
"You have to immediately there and lift them up because it is not only about the players going down but it is the depression they send to their own (supporters) in the stands.
"It is not only for coaches to inspire players but it is also for players to stand on behalf of their people. We have to show character' that we've taken it on the chin and we can say' 'I still have my head held up high'.
"You need that because if you drop your shoulders you are depressing those who support you'" added Komphela' who side next play away against Platinum Stars at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on Saturday.


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This is week 11 of my participation Amy Johnson Crow's, once a week challenge to blog about one ancestor a week, tell their story, biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on that one ancestor. More about the challenge can be found at her Blog, No Story Too Small.
Today I am going to talk about my Minnie Maude Remley's (my great-grandmother) grandparents. Her grandfather was Jefferson Grant and her grandmother was Rachel Hargraves\Hargroves. So, this is a twofer week, two ancestors, one post.
Very little is known about Jefferson and Rachel, they are named as Mariah Malvirna Grant Remley's parents on Mariah's death certificate.
This is a summary of what I do know, or think I know. Research in Colleton County South Carolina is hindered by the fact that it is truly a burnt county. Stepping into the courthouse and seeing record books with a start date of 1865 will take your breath away and seriously hinders research prior to the Civil War.
Jefferson is found on the following census reports:
1850 US Census of Colleton County, South Carolina: L.T. Grant, age 42, Overseer, listed below the Larisey family; Rachel J., age 41; Maria, age 16; Roeamond, female, age 12; Francis, female, age 12; and Thomas G., age 7.
1860 US Census, St. Barthelomews Parish, Colleton District, South Carolina, Jefferson is enumerated two times:
Jefferson Grant, age 52, Overseer, value of personal property is $4,000., born South Carolina; Rachel J., age 50, born South Carolina; Thomas G., age 15, born South Carolina. The family is enumerated on the same page as Joel Larisey and John Nettles and Fred Fraser. Joel Larisey is listed as a Planter, with real estate valued at $12,700, which further research will show that he owned the Fish Pond Plantation. Fred Fraser is also shown with considerable real estate, which is valued at $12,000. No research on the Fraser land has been done.
1860 US Census, St. Barthelomews Parish, Colleton District, South Carolina: Jefferson age 50, overseer, value of personal property is $300.00, born South Carolina; Rachel age 50, born South Carolina; Givens, age 18, born South Carolina. Here Jefferson is listed on the same page as L. Ann Sauders, whose real estate is valued at $9,000, but whose personal property is valued at $23,400. No further research on the Sauders family has been done.
There is a J. W. Grant listed among the dead in the work "Roll of the Dead, South Carolina Troups, Confederate States Service", by South Carolina Department of Archives and History. He is listed as a Private, Company G, 19th South Carolina V (for Volunteers?), died at Richmond. There is another J. W. Grant listed in the same work, Pickens district, Segt, Company B, 2nd South Carolina R (?), no death place or date listed. Jefferson Grant would have been a bit old for service in the Civil War, about 55 years of age. This is not unheard of, but rather on the unlikely side of probability.
And, there is not a lot more known about Rachel, as notes from her bio on my data base show:
Consider the possibility that her maiden name is GRAVES, not Hargraves. There are Graves families in Colleton County in the correct time frame.
There is a Rachel Grant living with Henry J. Grant in the 1870 US Census of Walterboro Town, Colleton County, South Carolina, she is listed, simply as Rachel, age 55, born South Carolina. Also in the household are Henry J, age 23, clerk in store; Rosanna, age 31, and Maria West, age 5.
There is a Rachel Grant living with Henry Grant in the 1880 US Census, Verdier Township, Colleton County, South Carolina. She is listed as his "mother", age 75. Henry is listed as age 33; also in the house hold are Rosamond or Rosanna, age 42, wife; Jefferson, son age 8; Rachel, daughter, age 7; Isiah, son, age 5; Frank, son, age 3; Rufus, age 1, son, Robert West, age 19, step-son and Maria West, age 15, step-daughter. It is interesting to note that 2 families later is enumerated John Remley and Mahala his wife.
That is about all that I feel comfortable with. I have visited Colleton County, did some research there. Was it all encompassing, probably not. I did visit the public library, did newspaper research, visited the local cemeteries, visited the courthouse. I have not researched the family in the past few years, online or otherwise, as in my heart I feel I have done about all I can. That said, a re-visit to the facts, the available resources and such, never a bad idea.
Wish list, other than wishing to have a do-over of history and have all those burnt records restored, I suppose my wish list would include death and burial information, photos, and a family bible. I am a big dreamer!
* Additional source data can be obtained by contacting me, see the right hand column for a yahoo email address.
** 52 Ancestors Weeks Button courtesy of Amy Johnson Crow.
*** I use many resources to research, FamilySearch.org is a free site. Ancestry.com is a pay site for which I pay, no discounts, etc. None of these sites have asked me to review them, or use them. See my Disclaimers page for further details.


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What a wonderful day the Resume Energy Team had on Monday, at the 2014 Bucks County Job/Career Fair. We critiqued resumes, coached job changers, and discussed how using social media, can positively impact their job search. Not only did we share positive and practical strategies for the job search success, we all received spiritual guidance as well.
I pray and ask God for continued love, guidance, and support in helping all who attended, find meaningful work that will make good use of their skills and abilities. I pray that they stay positive, hopeful, and awake to new possibilities.
Yes, job loss is indeed a time to grieve, but the process can also be looked at as a "resent button", and a time for wonderful change. May all who attended be free from fear of lack and limitation! I am Kim Gardner, my passion, empowering and inspiring others, my path, resume energy coaching. Why do this I am asked? I am doing what I love, and feeding my soul at the same time.