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90% of women 'sexually harassed in the workplace' (or is it 1%?)
The "study" below is a bit of a laugh. As we read on in the article, we find that harassment "included offensive remarks about being female, their appearance, body or sexual activities" So "harassment" is very broadly defined.
We also read that the survey covered only "the US military and the legal profession". That is hardly a representative sample.
And as a very experienced survey researcher, I can tell you that the response rate to the survey would have been very low. Quite probably it was only or mainly disgruntled women who replied to it. The findings are in short entirely consistent with an actual overall rate of harassment that affected (say) 1% of all women -- not 90%. It's junk science. Or to put it in an academic way: Parameter estimation is the least promising application of survey research
Nine in ten women have suffered some form of sexual discrimination in the workplace, a study has found.
A vast majority of women workers have experienced 'gender harassment', which includes offensive sexist remarks or being told that they could not do their job properly due to their sex.
This more common, low-level sexist behaviour was just as damaging and distressing as overt advances, experts suggest.
Distress: A vast majority of women workers have experienced 'gender harassment', which includes offensive sexist remarks or being told that they could not do their job properly due to their sex
Distress: A vast majority of women workers have experienced 'gender harassment', which includes offensive sexist remarks or being told that they could not do their job properly due to their sex
The researchers at the University of Michigan found that 10 per cent of the women surveyed had experienced the most severe form of harassment, in which they were promised promotion or better treatment if they were 'sexually cooperative'.
The study questioned women in two male-dominated environments – the US military and the legal profession. It found that although few were subjected to actual advances, such as being groped, 90 per cent had been subjected to gender harassment.
This included offensive remarks about being female, their appearance, body or sexual activities. The researchers argued that this 'leads to negative personal and professional outcomes and as such is a serious form of sex discrimination'.
Gender harassment 'creates a hostile environment that disadvantages women', they said. Often dismissed as a misguided attempt to draw women into romantic relationships, such behaviour actually rejects women and drives them out of jobs, they said.
The findings, in Springer's journal of Law and Human Behaviour, concluded that harassment victims fared poorly at work. They were far more likely to develop health problems that affected their performance.
Police Hid "Mid-Eastern" Description of killer
Serial Killer Who Targeted US Blacks is Palestinian Arab Illegal Alien, NOT an Israeli Jew
By Debbie Schlussel
For several weeks, police have been quietly searching for a serial killer who stabbed poor Black victims in Flint, Michigan, then fled to Leesburg, Virginia, where his sister lives. Many family members of the victims were angry that the police did not disclose the White identity of the murderer, saying it was racist. But, now, it's very clear why they hid his identity and true visual description: Elias Abuelazam is a Palestinian Arab illegal alien who was here on an expired passport.
"He was a dark Middle Eastern guy and the description was of a White guy," said [DS: his neighbor] Carrie Strang, who woke up this morning to find police cars and news vans outside.
Wow, we've really regressed a long way when we endanger people's lives to give a politically-correct, whitewashed description of a Palestinian serial killer.
Abuelazam, who killed five people and attacked 20 others in three states, engaged in apparent marriage fraud, marrying a woman from Texas (and never adjusting his immigration status), then divorcing her.
Police stopped Abuelazam, who was trying to board a flight to escape to Israel. Unfortunately, while Abuelazam's name isn't being publicized, that he is "from Israel" is. It's funny: they hate Israel, but whenever Palestinians are in trouble, suddenly they are "from Israel." He may have been born in Israel and even have an Israeli passport, but he and his ilk identify as and with Palestinians. The guy is NOT Israeli, contrary to MSNBC's disgusting headline: "Israeli held in investigation of serial stabbings"
He's Palestinian Arab who was born in Israel. Get that straight.
Abuelazam specifically targeted Blacks and stabbed them to death. Disgustingly, some of the Detroit media, including "newscaster" Trudi Daniels of Detroit's WRIF-FM, are making excuses for the guy, with Daniels saying that he probably did this because "maybe a Black guy raped his wife" or someone Black robbed him or committed some other crime against him, she surmised. Daniels is an uber-liberal . . . and, now, clearly a racist.
It is well known that Palestinians, Arabs, and the Arab and Muslim worlds are racist. As I've noted before, they call Blacks, "abed" or "abeed"–singular and plural for slave, in Arabic.
Abuelazam was employed at a Flint-area convenience store, the Kingwater Market, owned by fellow Arab, Abdullah Farah. How interesting that it didn't bother them that he was here illegally. Yes, they are accessories to his illegal alien presence in America, but nothing will happen to them. Because we just don't have the guts, do we?
We don't have the guts to protect our borders or to do a damned thing to those who help keep it porous and indefensible.
Nor do we do a damned thing about police who won't correctly identify a Middle-Eastern Arab serial killer on the loose because, post-9/11, we must bow down to the Arab street at all cost. Nauseating to the Nth.
People who can't take a joke - that IS offensive: Modern-day society is lacking humour
Most people reading this will, at some point, have had the misfortune to meet one of those piggyfaced people who, at a certain point in the conversation, says: 'Excuse me, but I find that offensive.'
Often it's someone who isn't actually offended themselves. They are claimed offence for an absent third party. Unfortunately, this horrible behavioural tic is extending its reach. It is realising its power and getting organised.
You often hear the phrase 'Why does no one ever say "X" in the media?' or 'Why do you never hear "Y"?' The simple answer is that - to an extent barely realised outside the business - what can be written and broadcast in our media today is no longer decided just by editors and commissioners, but by a labyrinthine bureaucracy open to wild abuse by anyone who can claim to have had their feelings hurt.
If you don't like something you hear, you can claim to have suffered an offence - instead of just turning it off. Minority interest pressure groups encourage it, and you can be directed to things that you weren't offended by first time round via Twitter and Facebook. Best of all, you can threaten to use the law.
Let me give an example. But first, let me cover myself by issuing a disclaimer - what follows is a joke: 'A man walked into a Dublin bar and saw a friend sitting with an empty glass.
"Paddy, can I get you another?" he asked. Paddy replied, "Now, what would I be wanting with another empty glass?" '
Let me be absolutely clear; it is not a good joke. I am not saying it is. But in any sane society there would be only two possible reactions. You could laugh or, (more likely) like me, you will have emitted a small groan.
But, of course, this is no longer a sane society and so a third option presents itself - which is that you call up the police and report that a crime has been committed. Not a crime against humour. But a crime. Full stop.
Happily, the above joke is not my own. Any correspondence should be sent to Councillor Ken Bamber who sits on the local council in the Medway towns, Kent. Cllr Bamber told the above joke during a council event.
Unfortunately, another individual present was one Brian Kelly, a Unison representative. Mr Kelly promptly stated that he had been born in Ireland and had Irish lineage and as such found the joke offensive.
A complaint was launched. A lengthy legal process ensued, at the end of which Mr Kelly was awarded many thousands of pounds in compensation, paid to him by the Council and Cllr Bamber. You and I, of course, paid for the cost of proceedings.
Now, when I read about this earlier this year I had a few thoughts of my own and wrote a piece about this madness. Among other things, I reflected on the paltry pay given to our Armed Forces as compared to the munificent shell-out to Mr Kelly.
I said that there is something wrong with a society in which our soldiers in Afghanistan get paid just over 1,000 pounds a month for facing incoming fire from the Taliban, while Mr Kelly is paid many times that for the risk of facing an incoming joke in Kent.
Anyhow, I signed off in the spirit of 'they can't take us all' by saying that readers should send in their own Irish jokes to defeat this compensation-culture menace. At which point, I unwittingly walked straight on to the crime scene myself.
I, too, had committed a hate crime. Worse, I had incited others to do the same. I had become a one-man walking crimewave. Before I knew it, I was in what one journalist described as 'a minor international incident'.
The phone began to ring with predominantly Irish journalists wanting comment. Editorials were written on the case of the Scottish-sounding man who had incited jokes against the Irish. As the case dragged on, I started to wonder whether I could leave the house without committing a hate crime.
Apparently, I didn't have to. The Irish embassy issued a statement and the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs proclaimed that it was precisely because of articles like mine that hate-speech laws existed.
And, of course, utterly inevitably, some self-appointed harpy who claimed to be an Irish 'community leader' reported me to the Press Complaints Commission and police.
Hate crimes complaints, I learned, are like hydras: attempt to chop up one and you find yourself facing two.
I know I'm not the only journalist to have gone through this process. More and more special-interest groups are demanding acquiescence or silence in relation to their agendas.
And, as a result, there are certain subjects that you are simply better off not writing about. Anything to do with race, religion or sexuality you're better off out of. Of course, the principle that no one should be able to claim or receive compensation for hearing a joke they do not like was lost in much of the Irish hullabaloo.
But I was struck by something in the conversations I kept having with people. Generally, my interviewers and correspondents recognised that there are real crimes - rapes, murders and so on - which might better suit police attention.
But there was also a presumption, and the younger the interviewer the more prevalent it was, that there must be - had to be - something in place in society that stopped people having to face the risk of having their feelings insulted. Particularly if it had something to do with ethnic heritage, religion or sexuality.
My own reaction to this is fairly robust. Being offended, and learning to deal with it, is part of being a grown-up in a grown-up society. I get offended every time I walk down the street. I'm offended by very fat people, I'm offended by flashy people.
I'm offended by Channel 4 News. Most of all, I'm offended by super-sensitive people who think that they're the only ones in the world with feelings. Yet I don't try to get any of these banned because I know that it's not the state's job to punish people just because they annoy me.
An increasing number of us appear to think differently. I suppose we should have seen this coming. After all, if the Government is meant to provide everything else in life, why shouldn't it be expected to police your feelings as well? It is a logical endpoint of the welfare state.
But it seems to me that humour, like good manners, can be learned only by acquaintance with well-mannered or good-humoured people.
If you do something rude or illmannered - including telling an inappropriate joke - people around you, who you wish to be respected by, should let you know you have made a gaffe. The smallest of silences, a cough or an awkward shuffle of feet, will do.
A society in which authority decides what you can hear and say will not only be a society lacking in humour, it will be one lacking in humanity.
The Great Repeal Bill
By Wendy McElroy, writing about British politics for an American audience
Legal and political trends in the United Kingdom often parallel or precede ones within the United States. For example, the politically correct crusades against smoking and child obesity raged in Britain prior to jumping the Atlantic.
A particularly interesting trend is currently unfolding in the UK and, for once, its spread might bring welcomed change. The new coalition government is pushing what it calls a Freedom or Great Repeal Bill. In the Queen's Speech of May 2010 — a speech written by the government but read by the monarch at Parliament's opening session — Queen Elizabeth stated, "Legislation will be brought forward to restore freedoms and civil liberties, through the abolition of Identity Cards and repeal of unnecessary laws."
The new coalition government has pledged to "roll back the State, reducing the weight of government imposition on citizens that has increased in recent years through legislation and centralised programmes." In short, the government intends to start reversing some aspects of the nanny state.
The Labour Party had been in power since 1997, first under Tony Blair and then under Gordon Brown. Many factors caused Labour to lose support, including a devastated economy and an unpopular war in Iraq. Another factor was the huge growth of government under Labour which was accompanied by a flood of nanny state legislation that caused grassroots grumbling. A sampling of the regulations imposed indicates the depth and breadth of government's petty intrusion into the daily life of a Brit:
# The heat of bathwater: it is a criminal offense to sell a bath or bath taps that supplies water hotter than 48 degrees.
# Shopping on Sunday: trading laws restrict how long a business may be open on Sunday.
# Sale of goldfish to children: it is to sell a goldfish to anyone under 14-years-old, with harsh penalties being imposed.illegal.
# Music license: pubs need a license to have live music, even that played on a guitar by a local musician
# Marriage venue laws: In England and Wales, you must marry at a Register Office or a state-approved marriage venue.
# Anti-home DYI laws: for example, it is illegal to do your own minor electrical work, like adding a socket in your own home.
# Garbage recycling laws: trash bins have been implanted with 2.6 million microchips to ensure recycling compliance and collect huge fines
Some of the intrusions have not been so petty. This is especially true of the ones justified in the name of anti-terrorism. For example, a decryption law requires a citizen to give up encryption keys under threat of a jail sentence for refusing. "Control orders" allow the police to de facto arrest people on "suspicion" (sometimes they are indefinitely confined to their homes) without having to declare any charges or provide other due process.
The caveats:
The coalition government is most definitely not pro-freedom at its root.
The Queen's Speech of May 2010 reiterated the government's strong anti-immigration policy and promised "to tackle alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour." Britain already has one of the most restrictive policies on alcohol in the Western world. "Anti-social behaviour" is currently handled through Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, which are civil orders against people who engage in a wide range of activities including noise pollution, busking, loitering, or littering.
Thus, even though the coalition should be applauded for being adamant about scrapping the UK's compulsory national identity card and national ID registry, they are not doing so on libertarian grounds. Brendan O'Neill of the alternate news site Spiked describes such actions as "less a rallying cry for a new, more liberated way of organising society than a snake-like shedding of jobs that they no longer feel capable of executing."
In all probability, the coalition is pandering to public backlash against the petty intrusion of a Nanny State, all the while being cognizant of the fact that it cannot afford to implement all the legislation its predecessors had passed. Nevertheless, a pandering that increases privacy rights and civil liberties would be a welcomed change.
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A clandestine international treaty is currently being negotiated among parties including the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the European Union, Japan, Singapore, and Morocco. It can justly be called the greatest threat of our time to the advancement of human civilization. Considering the magnitude of the other abuses of power pervading the world today, this might seem an exaggeration, but the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) contravenes every principle of civilized society, both in its content and in the nature of the proceedings leading to its creation.
It threatens to undo the accomplishments of the great Internet revolution and to thrust humankind back to a time when individuals had no public voice and no countervailing power against politically privileged mercantilist institutions. ACTA tramples on essential rights that have achieved even mainstream recognition: innocence until one is proven guilty, due process, personal privacy, and fair use of published content. Moreover, because of its designation as a trade agreement, ACTA could be imposed on the people of the United States by the president, without even a vote of Congress....
Here, I will only summarize the most salient abuses arising from this treaty, but I encourage readers to learn as much as they can about this truly totalitarian agreement. My other objective here is to demonstrate the enormous danger that ACTA poses: it threatens to thrust human civilization back into the pre-electronic Dark Ages.
ACTA's provisions would amplify the already-onerous Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. Prior to DMCA, copyright infringement was a civil offense; if the holder of "intellectual property rights" to a work found himself inconvenienced by its unauthorized distribution, he could sue the "infringer" in court. The DMCA criminalized copyright infringement and has rendered thousands of innocent creators' work subject to notorious and frivolous takedown notices, but it retained important protections for individual consumers and Internet service providers (ISPs). For instance, the DMCA's "safe harbor" provisions absolved ISPs from liability for any copyright infringement on the part of their customers. ACTA would eliminate this protection and require ISPs to become an enforcement arm of the treaty, under threat that the ISPs themselves would be fined or shut down if they did not comply.
Under the current copyright regime, a holder of "intellectual property rights" is at least formally required to gather evidence of any infringement and submit a grievance. With ACTA, this requirement would be eliminated, and the holder of "intellectual property rights" would not even need to complain in order for governments to persecute the alleged infringer.
The sheer absurdity of this approach does not take long to recognize. Indeed, many copyright holders today — from superstar musicians to part-time online content creators — deliberately look the other way when others reproduce their work without prior permission; they hope to benefit from the resulting exposure.
Under ACTA, governments would be able to crack down on the fans of these creators, against those creators' own wishes! Even if one accepts the validity of intellectual-property rights (which I do not), who would be the rights holder here — individual creators, or governments and the large, politically privileged trade associations that are pushing this treaty?
Under ACTA, the very suspicion or allegation of having downloaded or even accessed copyrighted material online would render one's computer open to search without a warrant. Fines and other penalties would apply to refusing permission for a search, while anyone consenting to a search would almost certainly be found guilty of some "infringement" or another. Under ACTA, even viewing a website containing material that infringes a copyright — without the viewer being aware of said infringement's existence — would be considered aiding and abetting the infringement.
Moreover, ACTA would render individuals liable to searches and penalties even for the suspicion of possessing materials that might have been obtained via distribution channels that are similar to distribution channels for obtaining unauthorized copies. So, if you ever downloaded a free mp3 file from an artist who shares all of his work for free online, you would not be safe. And this is not too far off from what the proponents of ACTA desire. Remember that, with the force of US law on its side, the RIAA does not allow even nonmember artists to offer their own works for free on certain channels — such as Internet radio. This organization — the epitome of mercantilism and protectionism for politically connected large studios — would enjoy nothing more than the death of free, legitimate sharing of content online.
Just as important to remember is that people who never infringe on anyone's copyright are just as likely to suffer from ACTA, particularly if they have anything intelligent and controversial to say online. If there is anything that the history of DMCA notice abuses teaches us, it is that sophisticated expressions of ideas are never safe from malicious and contrived allegations of copyright infringement.
Thousands of creators on YouTube, whose works contained no copyrighted materials, have for years been served DMCA takedown notices by fanatics who intensely disagreed with their ideas. YouTube's mindless automatic response system to DMCA notices resulted in these creators' accounts being suspended and sometimes deleted altogether, even when their accusers clearly violated the law by bringing forth frivolous charges. Under ACTA, the same frivolous accusations can result in much more than the deletion of a video account; governments will assume the role of enforcers, and — judging by precedents such as the war on drugs and "airport security" — you can be certain that they will not be nearly as scrupulous or respectful of individual rights as YouTube.
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Political correctness is most pervasive in universities and colleges but I rarely report the incidents concerned here as I have a separate blog for educational matters.
American "liberals" often deny being Leftists and say that they are very different from the Communist rulers of other countries. The only real difference, however, is how much power they have. In America, their power is limited by democracy. To see what they WOULD be like with more power, look at where they ARE already very powerful: in America's educational system -- particularly in the universities and colleges. They show there the same respect for free-speech and political diversity that Stalin did: None. So look to the colleges to see what the whole country would be like if "liberals" had their way. It would be a dictatorship.
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West Virginia Senator Apologizes for Comments on McCainIt's getting a bit muddy out there in politics-land.
By KATE PHILLIPS
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV personally apologized to Senator John McCain of Arizona on Tuesday after remarking in an interview that Mr. McCain's years as a Navy fighter pilot would not have given him an understanding of everyday issues faced by Americans.
In an interview in his home state, West Virginia, on Monday, Mr. Rockefeller, a Democrat, told The Charleston Gazette that Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, could not relate to the everyday concerns of people on issues like health care.
According to the article, Mr. Rockefeller said: "McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they get to the ground? He doesn't know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues."...
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Clinton Cooper, Benjamin Ramsden; Color modulation of temporal response to oriented stimulation in macaque V2. Journal of Vision 2008;8(6):359. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/8.6.359.
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In daily vision, we use color and orientation to aid rapid identification of visual forms. Neurons in the second visual cortical area of the primate (V2) preferentially fire to signature colored and oriented stimulus combinations, but the modulation of temporal response to oriented stimuli by color, and its associated mechanisms, is still not well characterized. To investigate these possible modulatory effects, we presented luminance-controlled colored and/or oriented stimuli to anesthetized macaque monkeys during single unit electrophysiological and intrinsic optical imaging recordings in V2. We have applied several quantification methods, including Surprise and spike density function (SDF) threshold, to objectively quantify the characteristics of neuronal temporal response. These methods provide estimates of response latency and allow quantification of the temporal evolution of response to presentations of oriented, color, and color/oriented stimuli. Here, we show and contrast examples of temporal response of firing that were obtained following colored/oriented stimulation. With strong responses, Surprise and SDF measures showed comparable latency values, however sensitivity rapidly declined when responses were relatively weak. We found that latency reliability significantly improved when we controlled for mean post-stimulus spike firing. A broad distribution of response latencies were observed across the population of recorded V2 neurons (cf. Munk et al 1995; Schmolesky et al 1998). Therefore, color-induced temporal modulation of oriented response was optimally detected using a within-unit design. We observed significant advances in latency to oriented stimulus presentations, with supplementary specific color modulations. Interestingly, color inclusion was sometimes also associated with extended (rather than advancing) response latency, suggesting that color/orientation induced response in V2 may arise from a balance of excitatory and inhibitory neurophysiological mechanisms (cf. Anzai et al 2007). These data suggest that color inclusion produces identifiable temporal response modulations in V2 that may be important for efficient early visual processing and later perception.
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Key Concerns/Issues
1. The gap between the rich and the poor is growing in Canada, since those earning the highest incomes are experiencing greater increases in their incomes than lower wage earners.
2. The economic recession has worsened income inequality in Canada. After the recession, high paying blue-collar manufacturing jobs have been replaced with low paying service sector jobs that offer fewer work hours, so although it appears that jobs have been recovered and unemployment has gone down, people are earning less money than before.
3. Businesses have been given a lot of wealth in order to create the trickle down effect, either through creating new jobs or expansion of the company. However, businesses are using the money instead in providing large bonuses and higher salaries for executives, keeping the money locked in at the top. Providing wealth to businesses has not benefited the poorer members of society as was expected.
4. Many Canadian jobs that require fewer skills are being outsourced to countries such as China, India and Bangladesh, where workers can be paid less to do the same job. This leaves the people who had the same jobs in Canada with no job or income.
Resulting Challenges to Canadians in the next 10 years
1. With income inequality exacerbated, the government has to dish out more tax dollars to spend on social welfare services. This reduces the amount of tax money available to fund activities that can stimulate real economic growth.
2. People with low incomes or reduced incomes have little money to spend. This reduces consumer spending, which can shift aggregate demand to the left and cause another recession.
3. Generally, extreme income inequality is connected to a lower quality of life. With income inequality becoming a bigger concern in Canada, it is likely that those with a lower-income will experience a lower quality of life e.g. shorter life expectancies, more health problems.
Supporting Statistics and Evidence
1. It costs more to provide emergency housing and hospital care for the homeless for a year than it does to provide supportive housing to the homeless for a year. Also, it costs more for a homeless person to stay at the hospital than for a non-homeless person:
2. Income of the top wage earners in Canada, and a graph showing increasing income inequality in Canada. Also, more people marry others with similar incomes now than before:
3. Gini coefficient increased in Canada, and number of hours worked by lower-income earners decreased:
4. Low income earners experienced less growth in income than high income earners, which worsens the income gap between the rich and the poor:
Possible Solutions
1. One solution to worsening income inequality is the Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI), which gives Canadian families with low incomes a guaranteed source of income so that they can provide for themselves sufficiently.
2. Increase income taxes for the rich, who have a large portion of Canada's wealth. The tax revenue can be redistributed to increase income equality, for example by providing money to low-income families to boost consumer spending and increase aggregate demand. This can be done by increasing the tax rate in higher income tax brackets.
3. Increase corporate taxes. This would essentially have the same aim as increasing income taxes for the rich, as it will help redistribute Canada's wealth more evenly. Also, corporate revenues may have been given to company executives, who would invest the money instead of spending it, which doesn't increase GDP. If the government took this money, it would spend it, which would increase aggregate demand in the economy and cause economic growth.
4. Cut income taxes for the poor. This would increase their disposable income, which helps them live more sufficiently and increase their quality of life, as well as contribute to the economy through increased spending.
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Marijuana use is currently illegal in Canada except for medical purposes. However, this has not prevented the development of a black market for marijuana that is worth billions of dollars, the existence of tens of thousands of grow ops in British Columbia, and the fact that 4.5 million Canadians (about 14% of the entire population) used marijuana in 2004. With the prevalence of marijuana in Canadian society, it is obvious that its prohibition is ineffective and that the legal battle against marijuana has been lost. It is time that the government introduce market based policies to influence the use of marijuana and benefit from its market. In other words, it is time for the government to legalize marijuana.
The Externalities of Marijuana Being Illegal
Governments can control for the negative externalities of marijuana use by applying command and control policies or market based policies. Command and control policies are usually regulations that prohibit or require certain behaviours, whereas market based policies involve the use of taxes (taking away money) or subsidies (giving money) to encourage a desired behaviour.
By criminalizing marijuana possession, the Canadian government is using only a command and control policy in its attempt to reduce the use of marijuana. The problem with this is that, unlike market based policies, it offers little economic incentive for people to comply with the law, and as a result causes many negative externalities to develop as people try to dodge around the law. For example, criminalizing marijuana possession has caused the formation of a black market for marijuana, where people operate grow ops and sell marijuana to each other in secret. This market is worth billions of dollars, but the government does not profit from it because the market is not regulated. Also, the money gained from the marijuana market often ends up in the hands of criminals, who use the money to perform more illicit activities.
Another negative externality of criminalizing marijuana is the high cost of running the judicial system involved in court trials for marijuana trafficking, putting criminals in jail and policing for marijuana possession and growing. According to Canadian Alliance MP Keith Martin, $150 million dollars would be saved in court costs every year if marijuana possession was legalized. The financial resources going into enforcing the law would not be a huge matter, if it were not for the fact that it has not reduced marijuana consumption. Of the millions of marijuana users in Canada, less than 1% of them are caught and more than half of that is let off with only a warning.
The Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana
To eliminate the negative externalities of using command and control policies to regulate marijuana, the government should use more market based policies. For example, cigarettes are regulated using both kinds of policies. The government uses command and control policies through the regulation of the legal smoking age, and through advertisements printed on cigarette packs detailing the negative health effects of using marijuana. On top of that, the government also uses a market based policy by imposing an excise tax on cigarettes, which raises the prices paid by consumers and thus decreases demand for cigarettes. This places the supply and demand of cigarettes at a healthy level.
The government can use similar strategies to regulate the marijuana market, for example by placing similar advertisements in shops where marijuana is sold and on packages of marijuana. The government can also impose excise taxes on marijuana. Using this strategy, legalizing marijuana possession can actually reduce its usage more than criminalizing it. Based on the principles of supply and demand, if marijuana was legalized, there would be an increased number of grow operations as people flood the now legalized market in an attempt to make money. This would shift the supply curve to the right. The equilibrium point for the market would then be shifted to a lower price, increasing the quantity used. However, if excise taxes are applied to marijuana, like they are to cigarettes, the supply curve would shift towards the left. The amount of tax can be adjusted to such a level that the equilibrium point of the marijuana market actually yields a lower quantity consumed than at first, thus meaning that marijuana use has decreased.
There is the possibility that a black market for marijuana will still exist even after it is legalized. This can happen if the excise tax on marijuana is too high. Suppliers may decide not to comply with the regulations in the legal marijuana market, and instead sell marijuana at a lower price to willing buyers to make a higher profit. This will increase costs for the government because the government must then spend money on policing and regulation to ensure that sellers pay their taxes. To reduce the possibility of this happening, the government can ask marijuana retailers to list their suppliers and then search for the suppliers to impose taxes on.
Legalization is the Right Way to Go
The government should treat marijuana with a more market based approach. Just like how cigarettes are regulated through command and control policies and market based policies, marijuana should be regulated the same way. The combination of command and control policies and market based policies would be most effective in reducing marijuana use while at the same time benefiting the Canadian economy.
The price of cotton has more than doubled in cost over the last year, and as a result many fashion retailers are forced to charge customers a higher price for clothing. This rise in the cost of cotton is caused by both a decrease in supply and an increase in demand. The supply of cotton has decreased as a result of the cost of factors of production, because the costs of manufacturing and labour in countries such as China and India are increasing. Also, the number of sellers has decreased because floods in Pakistan and heavy rains in China slowed production, and so fewer cotton farmers were able to cultivate the land and sell their cotton. The cotton market is experiencing an increase in demand from developing countries, and this is likely because of the increasing number of buyers, though the reason is unclear in the article. The result of a decrease in supply of and an increase in demand for cotton has caused an increase in its equilibrium price; however the quantity of cotton exchanged between sellers and buyers is unclear in the article.


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Prescription drugs are sometimes both a gift and a curse. Millions of people depend on them to reduce life-debilitating or disruptive conditions. Nonetheless, the synthetic blends inside the drugs can also produce strange or bizarre and sometimes harmful side effects. Addiction Rehab Hope Treatment Center; one of the trusted recovery rehab services in the nation, shares some of the most unusual side effects:
Vanishing fingerprints
A couple of years ago, U.S. immigration authorities held at Singapore man for several hours after discovering he had no fingerprints. As it turned out, publicized by CNN, he was taking a chemotherapy drug called capecitabine (Xeloda). Fingerprints can apparently vanish as the skin peels in response to the drug.
Memory loss
In the movies, amnesia (loss of memory) generally happens after a brutal thump to the head. With some drugs, however, short-term memory loss can also occur after taking the medications. A few forms of drugs criticized for this symptom incorporate sedatives/tranquilizers and dozing pills.
Lost sense of smell
There have been a few reports of patients completely losing the capacity to smell (called anosmia) as a side effect of interferons, which are regularly used to treat hepatitis, leukemia and multiple sclerosis. One patient in Croatia shockingly stopped being able to smell after only two weeks taking the medication. In fact, 13 months after ceasing the treatment, he still couldn't smell a thing.
Strange urges
Using ropinirole (Requip) to treat Restless Legs Syndrome or Parkinson's disease could prompt compulsive gambling and sex, as indicated by its maker, Glaxosmithkline. "Patients ought to inform their doctor in the event that they encounter new or increased gambling urges and sexual urges or other serious urges while taking Requip," the drug maker's product information states.
Midnight sleep-eating
The sleeping pill zolpidem (Ambien) appears to cause some weird nighttime symptoms, including sleep-eating, sleep-cooking, and even driving while asleep. Specialists are currently searching for the reason, driven by patients who stress over safety and security. "These people are hell-bent to eat," said Dr. Mark Mahowald, director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, in a 2006 New York Times piece about the strange side effects.
Mefloquine is an orally administered medication that fights malaria, however it comes with a steep price for some. Patients have complained of hallucinations and even suicide attempts while taking the drug. In 2009, CBS News reported that Lariam — a medication containing mefloquine — caused more than 3,000 reports of patients with psychiatric issues.
Blue urine
Blue is an uncommon color in nature, which makes it startling when it shows up in toilet waste-water. A few drugs can cause blue urine, including the energizer amitriptyline, the painkiller indomethacin (Indocin) and the soporific propofol (Diprivan). The blue color originates from simulated colors in these drugs.


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David Lee
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UI College of Engineering
- Researcher, Transportation and Vehicle Safety Policy Research Program
Hosin "David" Lee is an associate professor at the Public Policy Center and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Iowa. He is Director of CEE's graduate studies in Transportation Engineering. Previously, Dr. Lee directed the State Center of Excellence for Advanced Construction Materials at the University of Utah. Dr. Lee received the Engineering Professor of the Year award from the Utah Engineers Council and the Educator of the Year Award from ASCE Utah Section. He was chairman of ASCE T&DI Highway Pavement Committee and co-chairman of 5th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control (MAIREPAV5). He is a member of the Council on Teaching, Presidential Committee on Athletics, Faculty Senate/Staff Council Budget Committee and Engineering Faculty Council at the University of Iowa. He is also a founder member of ISAP and iSMARTi, and a member of ASCE, AAPT and ASTM.
Research Interests
- Sustainable Civil Infrastructure
- Pavement Recycling
- Warm Mix Asphalt
- Pavement Management System
- Automated Pavement Imaging System
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The University of Texas, 1985
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1981
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Seoul National University, 1980


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There were plenty of good reasons for Steve Downes to get a lung cancer screening at Boone Hospital Center this spring.
For starters, Steve, 54, was a smoker for most of his life before quitting a couple of years ago. His decades of smoking put him at risk for cancer.
The call came from California. Dee, the gift shop assistant who took the call, talked to a woman whose childhood friend was staying at Boone Hospital Center. The caller's friend was not going to recover.
Join us Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 21-22, for our Boone Hospital Foundation book sale! We'll have great books and unique gifts at fantastic prices.
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Super Desirable Antelope Valley right off the paved road on a beautiful 10 acre lot. This nicely upgraded and impeccably maintained home is waiting. At the center is a gorgeous kitchen leading into the dining and living areas that boast 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, laminate floors, and new carpet. There is an advanced wood stove that can heat for up to 24 hours on one load of wood, and… there is an unfinished basement too.
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text: Went out shooting a music video for my little brother's band, Blessed Ghost, and while I was out, I figured I'd try my hand at some long exposure shooting. I've never actually done this before so it was a lot of fun. Check out the images and listen to Blessed Ghost here.


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Once again, PSU Student Legal Services in partnership with Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Fraternity and CASH Oregon are offering free tax preparation for students, staff, faculty, and the community. Tax preparation is available Saturdays and Sundays, Feb. 4 through April 15, in 360 School of Business Administration. Hours are Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. The site will be closed during spring break on March 24, 25, 31 and April 1.
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BENEFITING: Mission Restore
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EVENT DATE: Sep 28, 2013
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Mission Restore is an ambitious, growing charity that provides life changing plastic and reconstructive surgery globally to children and adults in need. The organization's Young Professionals Board has put together a tremendous team to run in this year's Hamptons Marathon on September 28th. We are incredibly grateful for your contributions and support.


text: I found this Reading Rubric on-line on a Kindergarden's Teacher page. In the 4th grade, difficult child's Language Arts' teacher used it in conjunction with a reading benchmark. 6 - Exceptional Reader Reads and understands advanced materials Enjoys pursuing own interests independently Can summarize concisely Makes inferences and uses text to support ideas Uses wide range of strategies to deal with difficult tasks 5 - Strong Reader Reads and understands books appropriate for grade level and above Reads during silent reading Selects appropriate books independently Can summarize what was read Makes inferences Has strategies to deal with unfamiliar material 4 - Capable Reader Reads and understands grade-appropriate books Selects appropriate books independently Begins to make inferences Can re-tell a story Uses reading strategies for meaning 3 - Developing Reader Reads and understands shorter books with simple narratives Relies on rereading familiar books Needs help reading and understanding grade- appropriate books 2 - Limited Reader Reads and understands very easy and familiar material Has difficulty with unfamiliar material Rarely chooses to read for pleasure Needs a great deal of support in all areas 1 - Emergent Reader Needs support in all areas Rarely uses reading strategies


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A popular YouTube user has actually developed an intriguing concept by which you can now have the ability to turn a mobile phone into a 3 dimensional holographic video seeing gadget. You have to have a hologram video in your phone that will ultimately resemble a drifting 3 dimensional image. Those "hologram- all set" videos are typically played from 4 instructions. When you put the gadget on your phone which is currently playing the video, it will develop an enchanting impression that you are seeing a 3D drifting image. Some easy components are needed to make this gadget as a knife, a CD case, a chart paper, a ruler, a pen and some tape. So have a look at Highly simple create hologram you always needed.
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Tips On Writing Interesting Blog Posts
Blogging is another good things going on in this platform. It is good to know the tips of writing a good blog. Here are some of them.
This message is a reply to the Mahashivratri competition and I will be talking about how to create an attractive blog post. So, read on to find out and enjoy!
I -- Illustration
C -- Creativity
K -- Knowledge
Illustration: To illustrate is to draw images, so, draw! If you are writing your first blog post, then you can DRAW to explain your writing! Also, while writing a draft, drawing the characters, background and the action taking place really helps get into the mood and detail. Looking at that picture, write whatever you want (in detail) about what that certain image shows you. That will help your writing be more descriptive and create a picture and mood in the reader's mind.
Creativity: Unless you're writing a biography or an autobiography, nothing has to be true! Imagine beyond all possibilities to make your writing with an interesting, slashing twist! Make the reader feel that he/she has gone into a wild world in where nothing yet anything can happen! Danger lurks everywhere! It can be a shark motorbike/ submarine or an alien world where everything-including every gas on planet Earth- is made of rubber! Or a tree that produced money, day and night, but then God came to stop it and banished everyone on Earth, but then, you relent to His rules and regulations. DREAM to make your writing seem more vibrating and unbelievable, and leave people pounding to read some more blog posts!
Knowledge: KNOW what you're writing. This applies most for biographies, autobiographies, historical events and even some school projects. If you want to post something as a school project, for example, something about a major war somewhere in the world, RESEARCH about it! Search the internet for many RELIABLE websites so you can get a variety of opinions and pick the major, most favourable opinion and write about it. I wouldn't exactly recommend your own hypothesis, because you might turn out to be wrong. If you check it on the web and you prove yourself correct, awesome! Go ahead and use that information.
Also, everything isn't sometimes on the web. Go pick up that old, boring, dusty book in the corner and flip through it. You might find quite detailed and accurate information in it about whatever you're writing about.
All of this needs patience. It will take time to think out the whole process, research about it and draw about it. If you think you are impatient, go ask an adult to help you out! I'm pretty sure they'll be impressed with your writing and encourage you to go on!
P.S. Be VERY CAREFUL about what you search on the internet. There are many non kid-friendly things posted on the web nowadays, so, if Google is your search engine, please always activate SafeSearch mode if you have a kid around.
Those are some safe tips on how to create a successful blog post and these methods can also apply to novels, comic books, etcetera. I tried all of the above methods and also made an animation video about the same using the famous animation website, GoAnimate at www.goanimate.com. Thanks for reading and do see my 2 other posts, How Music Helped Me In Life and The Difference Between IB and ICSCE Schools in Mumbai. Another big thanks for this encouraging completion; I had fun tweaking some sentences and re-sizing and re-structuring them. Again, all the credit goes to my blog; visit it for other fun things!
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The total number of security cameras in 2020 will outstrip that of previous Games because of the number of venues.
Whatever happened to the 'compact, sustainable games' promised when Tokyo put in its bid?
Who would have thought such a high level, hi-tech country like Japan would "install state of the art surveillance systems" after being entrusted with holding the biggest international event in the world with 10,000s of participants and millions of visitors?
What a surprise.
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Please enjoy these wedding photo teasers from Joanna & Ed's beautiful wedding day! Be sure to check out our blog for the full blog entry coming soon.
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A quick round of Jeopardy, Shark style!
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Joseph my grandfather was a WWII vet and so thank you for your comment.
Thanks too to all who serve and have served our country with such courage.


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The Medusa's Bulbophyllum (Bulbophyllum medusae) is a species of orchid.
This orchid is named after Gorgon Medusa of Greek mythology since the long lateral sepals of its flowers are rather like the snakes that formed Medusa's hair. It is an epiphytic orchid from the Malay Peninsula, Thailand and Borneo. It has stiff dark green leaves about 10 cm long. A single leaf emerges from each of the walnut-sized pseudobulbs. It blooms in the fall or early winter. It is a creeping orchid and it can spread to cover the pot or slab it is living on. Plants may have many clusters of flowers—each cluster contains 30-100 tiny flowers each with long slender sepals. The sepals may be as long as 15 cm. In the wild it grows hanging from trees and rocks so the flower spikes may emerge from the base of each pseudobulb. Hence, an open basket is best. It has a strong fragrance that some find agreeable and others find disagreeable.
First mentioned in Annales Botanices Systematicae in 1864.


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Technical Artist
Assist the Art Director as the driving force for troubleshooting and providing technical support for the art department across multiple projects. Work with a team of talented artists and engineers to achieve cutting edge visual goals within technological limitations at the highest level of performance. Collaborate with fellow artists, designers, and engineers on developing brand-defining visuals for projects and the means to achieve them.
This position requires strong creative/visual aesthetics and technical knowledge of content creation, an acute ability to think outside the box, and a passion to research subject matter when problem-solving complex, well-defined visual goals.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Rendering Support: Collaborate with art direction and engineering to enhance rendering, lighting, and post-processing, support artistic and creative vision, and improve performance.
- Material Creation: Create material-based solutions for all requisite content: characters (skin & hair,) environmental/prop assets, VFX, and anything requiring a novel and extensible approach to attaining a complex visual target.
- Lighting Development and Support: Assist lighting artists to light game-play environments and in-game cinematics to final quality, using both lighting and post-process tools within UE4 technology.
- Quality Assurance and Optimization: Use diagnostic tools to audit visual content, maintain consistency of art assets, identify ways to improve game performance and preserve fidelity.
- R&D: Research and proactively investigate tools/software to enhance rendering and visual content quality. Work with art director and programming to improve efficiency of content creation/implementation pipelines.
- Instruction: Provide demonstration and guidance for new tools, work flows and best practices to fellow developers. Document and maintain content guidelines, standards and work flows.
- 5+ years of game development experience.
- Extensive experience with latest Unreal and Unity technology - specifically UE4.
- Knowledgeable and experienced in Physically Based Rendering and lighting (PBR.)
- Extensive experience with various workflows and software packages: Photoshop, Substance Designer and Painter, 3dsMax and/or Maya.
- Max/Mel Scripting and HLSL (Shader) programming experience a plus.
- Experience with creating particle-based VFX in Unity 5, or UE4 a plus.
- Content creation experience a plus (Hi-poly/Low-poly modeling, textures, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, etc.)
- Experience with cloth/hair and destruction physics a plus (PhysX, Havoc, etc.)
Additional Skills and Interests
- Experience with cloth/hair and destruction physics a plus (PhysX, Havoc, etc.)
- Impassioned gamer, with experience in various genres and artistic styles.
- Appreciation for visual arts, across various mediums.
- Traditional art skills and art fundamentals a plus.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Passionate about what is next in computer-graphics/rendering and the development of CG content, specifically to gaming, but also across all visual entertainment.
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100 Years of Grand: The Grand Canyon Centennial Project
A digital archive celebrating the Centennial of the Grand Canyon National Park. A collaborative project of the Arizona State University Library, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University and the Grand Canyon National Park. Additional materials are available via the project website.
- Darton, Nelson Horatio
- 1 Fred Harvey
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- 1 Public
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1917 1917
- Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas
- History of the Grand Canyon National Park
- Stage Coach Trip to the Grand Canyon, 1895, by Josephine Frankenberg of Tempe
- Letter from A. E. Demaray, National Park Service to Carl Hayden
- Letter from Carl Hayden to J. R. Eakin, Grand Canyon National Park
Booklet describing a geological survey of the Grand Canyon. Four editions: 1917, 1929, 1936, 1950.
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- Darton, Nelson Horatio, Fred Harvey
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- 1917


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Almost all kind of animations requires a considerable creativity. This creativity may be well served out by use of animation storyboard templates. Movies and games require robust software for animations in order to work averagely and entice the audience preference. The quality of graphic work says loud of the developers animation, and all these can be planned out well with the best PowerPoint storyboard template.
Creating the best animation starts with knowing what you want to achieve. You can use this template to storyboard the results and thereafter start creating the actual animation. The template is free.
Animations often look create when they have a good storyline. You have to have the best storyline to make them appealing and easy to engage with. You can download and use this template for that purpose.
Creating animation for your website often involves a lot of thinking. It also needs planning. You can use this template to think and plan your website animation before coding it.
Are you creating an animation movie this month? It is highly likely that you have considered storyboarding it. Use the following storyboard to create the best timeline for your animation movie.
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"Mosaic, Coffee Connection" Gallery
About the Mosaic
The mountains depicted in this mural are in recognition of the Andes Mountains of Peru, where the coffee for this shop is grown. The birds and fish suggest the unusual magic that comes from a good cup of coffee.
The center panel of the mural consists of 4, ¼" hand-painted, manufactured tiles. The border mosaic is created with hand-cut, manufactured tiles. It is 2' by 4'.
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This post is a result of having had a steady look at the different kinds of bloggers at my corporate blogosphere. I sincerely don't mean to hurt the sentiments of (emotional) bloggers over here, nor it is an attempt to make mockery of any individual in particular. If you relate to any particular type and don't mind letting me know, then do feel free to use the comment section here.
So what are the different kinds of bloggers we have around?
1. Prolific Bloggers – These are the kind…who no matter what the situation they are in, whatever place they are located in…do find time to do a post…almost daily…They may stick to a particular genre of writing or write on any general topic.
2. A-prolific Bloggers – These are the opposite of the above kind. Its a big deal, if they post once in a month or quarter. But the topics they post are very meaningful – either relating to something they want to share or provide some solution – mostly based on their own experiences.
3. Frequency Bloggers – These are the kind…who stick to a particular frequency…usually on a weekly basis or else on monthly basis…say, they post 3 posts a week – then they stick to it. Genre, usually varies…
4. Random Bloggers – These I would say are opposite to frequency bloggers. They don't have any pattern as such, but then on an average they publish almost as many posts, a month as frenquency bloggers do.
5. Poetic Bloggers – As the name goes, this kind posts only poetry on their blogs.
6. To-be-Fed Bloggers – These are one of the kinds…they find it tough to come up with topics, to write on. But then give them a topic and they are the happiest people who oblige to write.
7. Participative Bloggers – Host a carnival or tag them to a meme, they would surely participate. A majority of these, fall under the to-be-fed bloggers!!
8. Emotional Bloggers – They can also be called the cribbing bloggers. A mosquito bites them, they post on it. Mostly negative, but then absolute truth.
9. Bakwaas Bloggers – These are happy kinds, who write on and about anything and everything. They just need a reason to write and don't even need a topic, sometimes. But when they write on topics, it could vary from serious to senseless. They try to experiment with various shades of emotions. Also they put in pictures in their post, sometimes having no relation at all with the contents of the post (like in this one 😉 ). 😀
10. Editing Bloggers – These are bloggers who edit their published blogs over and over again. Usually they publish a raw draft and then edit the published version based on their own judgement or (mostly) when pointed out by their commentors.
11. Photography Bloggers – As the name goes, they post only photographs. These are of three types:
a) Click Photography Bloggers – They just post all the photos that they have clicked. Not a word said, in the post as if they really believe in their picture conveying a thousand words.
b) Expressive Photography Bloggers – These kind of photo bloggers, explain the photos posted…be it their technicalities like exposure, saturation, etc or the places where they were shot at or some random oneliners…some creative ones even weave poetry around their pictures.
c) Contest Photography Bloggers – These kind not just post their clicked pics but they even conduct contests based on them.
12. Host Bloggers – These love to play host. Be it organizing a carnival or contest. Some do it periodically and some do it frequently, mostly as a series.
13. Guest Bloggers – These love to post anonymously. If they feel they cannot post a topic on their own, they request/convince a blogger friend of theirs to post it on their behalf anonymously as a guest post. Some do it for the thrill of anonymosity as well. 😉
14. Group Bloggers – These are bloggers who like to write, but are shy types. They need peer bloggers who will support them as well as push them to publish. They usually are a part of group blogs and don't open a blog personally.
15. Art Bloggers – These bloggers publish cartoons, caricatures, sketches, paintings or any form of their physical (or online) art work in digital format. They are usually, the silent types…in their comments.
16. Romantic Bloggers – These kinds can write only about love and romance, sometimes moving into the area of lust. They write both stories and poetry…but on the whole are imaginative and seldom write on self experience.
17. Newspaper Bloggers – These are the kinds who will write about all thats happening around them. In their blog, you get to read about whats happening around them, just like you get to know about the world in a newspaper.
18. Series Bloggers – These kinds, mostly publish posts in a series format. Be it stories or poems or experiences – they do it series – short, long and never ending.
Note: I remember having seen someone write a tele-serial kind of series, which was in its 40th+ episode.
19. Optimistic Bloggers – These kinds will never give up, no matter the ground beneath them collapses. Even with a bad rating in their latest appraisal cycle, they manage to review and appreciate even a below average movie or book. (cos they realize the feeling of being badly appraised? 😛 )
20. Apologetic Bloggers – These are lazy bloggers, who post once in a blue moon. They always start off with a one liner (like a Mahurat shot in movie making) where they profusely apologize to their readers/commentors/followers. The stress on apology is directly proportional to their longevity of absence. 😛
21. Sarcastic Bloggers – These are a combination of emotional and optimistic bloggers. Emotions don't give them the freedom to write optimistically and optimism doesn't allow them to openly crib. They basically experience emotional cocktails but then for the readers, they are an absolute source of humor and entertainment.
I can think of only this many as of now. Though there are the arrogant bloggers, dreamy bloggers and so on, I feel they fall under some of the above classifications. If you know any other kind, pls feel free to add. 😀


text: Saving for a large purchase checklist Share: Text size: aA aA aA Buying something on credit can be significantly more expensive than paying cash when you figure in the cost of borrowing the money for the purchase. Many people find that saving the money beforehand is a more efficient strategy. Here's a checklist that can help you along the way. See how long it takes to save for your goal Getting started Estimate how much money you will need to meet your goal. Although prices may vary over time for any specific item, you should be able to make a good estimate based on comparable items today. Determine how much time you have until you need the savings. One year? Five years? The more time you give yourself to reach your objective, the easier each step will seem. Create a schedule for adding to your savings fund and calculate an amount to contribute each period. The best time to set aside money is when you receive it. Create a savings schedule that lines up with when you receive your paychecks. Establish a separate savings account for this goal. This will help you keep the funds for your goal separate, and you'll be able to clearly see how quickly you are approaching your goal. Include the savings amount in your budget with all other regular financial obligations. Treat your savings effort the same way you treat your utilities and other bills — as regularly scheduled commitments. Easy ways to save on everyday expenses Finding the money to save Reaching a major goal calls for a disciplined savings habit, which also may involve disciplined spending habits to back it up. Keep in mind that items you pay for out of pocket can add up to a great deal more than you might realize. Consider economizing on these expenses: Take-out coffee and soft drinks can cost several dollars each. Eliminating one such purchase per day could give you $10 to $20 a week for your savings goal. Buying lunch at work could cost $10 per day or more. Bringing your lunch could potentially free $50 a week or more for your savings. Entertainment costs for movies, night clubs and sporting events can add up. Skipping even a few such expenses each month could save you $100 or more for your large purchase. Commuting costs can be made more manageable with some planning. Gasoline, tolls and parking fees can far exceed the price of commuter passes or mass transit fares, creating a significant savings opportunity. If mass transit is not an option, consider carpooling: Two people sharing one ride to work can cut their commuting costs in half. Cable/pay TV subscriptions may cost more than your telephone service. You may find that you can reduce the number of options in your service to give you more money to redirect to your savings goal. Taking a tighter rein on spending Write down all of your outlays to clearly see where you are spending money each month Pay down credit card debt and revolving loans, which are typically the most expensive forms of credit. Unless you are paying more than the minimum each month, you may never pay those debts off and could face never-ending interest expenses. Compare rates on credit cards, homeowners insurance and automobile insurance since prices for these can vary widely, creating new opportunities for savings Suggested for you Tips for saving for a large purchase How to set a budget and stick to it Cost of Debt Calculator Share: © This material is authored by DST Systems, Inc. and was not authored by Merrill. Assumptions, opinions and estimates constitute judgment from DST Systems, Inc. as of the date of this material and are subject to change without notice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The information contained in this material does not constitute advice on the tax consequences of making any particular investment decision. This material does not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situations or needs and is not intended as a recommendation, offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security, financial instrument, or strategy. Before acting on any recommendation in this material, you should consider whether it is suitable for your particular circumstances and, if necessary, seek professional advice. Any opinions expressed herein are given in good faith, are subject to change without notice, and are only correct as of the stated date of their issue. Because of the possibility of human or mechanical error by DST Systems, Inc. or its sources, neither DST Systems, Inc. nor its sources guarantees the accuracy, adequacy, completeness or availability of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information. In no event shall DST Systems, Inc. be liable for any indirect, special or consequential damages in connection with subscriber's or others' use of the content. ARX879NN-EXP070120


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Using citrus plus bay rum, this soap is perfect for close shaving with a straight razor. Superb lather and excellent slip are provided by the addition of castor oil and bentonite. Limited edition.
Ready for 2018 is Lemongrass Shave bar: the brightness of lemonsgrass scent in a smooth luxurious shave bar, for maximum close shaving. Good slip from French clays.
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That title is also far more appropriate given the overall dramatic importance of that one performance number, which Carney cleverly demonstrates by first showing that number, "A Step You Can't Take Back," in its straightforward, unadorned, awkwardly self-conscious self at the top of the film then going back in time not once, but twice, to trace how both Dan and Gretta came to converge at this modest but fateful moment in time. While Dan, with both his career and his relationship with his ex-wife (Catherine Keener) and teenage daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) in tatters, more obviously has a life in need of saving, Gretta herself is adrift creatively and personally after her musician boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine, in a respectable acting debut), with and for whom she originally moved to New York City, strays when he receives his first taste of fame. Despite some initial hesitation on her part, Gretta and Dan soon enter into a professional partnership for a scrappy but ambitious album project recorded in the open air of New York City and, on a deeper level, a friendship that comes to not only enrich their respective lives but renew their directions and purposes.
If this sounds an awful lot like Once, you wouldn't be at all far off. In fact, it's not at all a glibly reductive analogy to call this film Carney's more commercialized take on the basic story, what with the known film and music names in this cast and song numbers and story beats that can be read as direct analogues to ones in Once. "Lost Stars" (which would have made a much better and appropriate film re-title than the one it ended up with), a poetically plaintive ballad first sung by Gretta and then later in the film by Dave, poignantly bookends the film much like the previous film's Oscar-winning "Falling Slowly" (I fully expect this tune to also receive an Oscar nod; here's hoping for a live duet performance on the show by Knightley and Levine rather than the expected Levine solo); "Like a Fool," Gretta's off-the-cuff song about her soured romance recalls "Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy"; and "Tell Me if You Wanna Go Home," like "When Your Mind's Made Up" before it, is a rousing, climactic culmination of the creative chemistry between its protagonists.
But that latter point is why the film, as familiar as its general melody may be, still sings in this new, more slickly produced arrangement. Bonds born out of art, and specifically music, are nothing new in the movies, but Carney conveys the uniquely exhilarating romance of the creative process behind art like no other filmmaker. As in Once, the burgeoning relationship is lent convincing sweep as the focal pair pour their experiences and very selves into something special that could never exist without the synthesis of their souls. That admittedly sounds corny, but such a pretentious statement is just about the only way to convey in print the intangible high that comes with the film's musical numbers. A lot of the credit for this goes to music producer/primary songwriter Gregg Alexander and his various collaborators (among them, Onces Glen Hansard and Carney himself), whose tunes are not only musically memorable but have character-driven, story-advancing lyrics. But just as crucial is Carney's canny casting choices; if some of the supporting players admittedly don't have enough to do (such as Yasiin Bey as Dan's friend and former business partner, and the gifted James Corden as Gretta's busker best friend), he gets it right where it counts the most in Knightley and Ruffalo. Neither turn on their own terms can be describe as dramatically revelatory (though in the case of the former, her sweet wisp of a singing voice is a heretofore unrevealed talent), but neither actor has been more appealing in recent memory, their considerable individual charms only amplified by a screen chemistry as natural and convincing as their characters' creative rapport. Similarly effortless is how, like any true artists, they and Carney infuse their own indelible imprimatur onto a familiar tune and tale, making the genuine emotion behind it all feel freshly powerful.
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On to the stunning open ground of Rushmoor where we posed for a picture before making a very tricky descent down a deep sandy path that everyone found a challenge. Next stop Tilford, a pretty village with a deep river crossing (for those not choosing the bridge, Marcus) see attached link to you tube. Four miles to go, riding through a birch wood at Crooksbury Common and back to the Shackleford road, an enthusiastic group at the front started to ride the whole loop again, shows how much attention they were paying.
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This winter's consistently frigid weather is on the mind ofNBC Sports, as they prepare to produce Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Although the stadium is enclosed and has drive-in facilities for broadcasters, there's not enough space inside to hold all the equipment neededto cover the Super Bowl.
As a result, some of the production trucks and trailers will have to be left outside in the Minnesota Vikings Players' parking lot.


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As students prepare to begin their university education, a number of undergraduates will be faced with having to look outside of university halls for their accommodation.
As students prepare to begin their university education, a number of undergraduates will be faced with having to look outside of university halls for their accommodation.
Some students at the University of Reading are being forced to turn towards hotels as a temporary means of accommodation as the university struggles to deal with the influx of new students joining the institution this year.
According to the Guardian, the university has provided more than 3,800 undergraduates this year, nearly 400 more places than the last academic year. However, the university does not have enough room to house all of the students in university halls of residence.
Instead, the university is offering to pay for students to stay at hotels whilst they wait for rooms to become available, or alternatively, as they seek a place in private accommodation.
UCAS revealed last month that 409,000 students would be joining academic institutions this year, marking a 3% increase on last year and the highest number on record.
The steep rise in student numbers has followed the removal of the government cap on the number of places that can be offered, the effects of which have been seen up and down the country.
This sharp increase has placed a strain on universities as they struggle to accommodate all of the new students that are joining them.
Increasingly, students are turning towards private accommodation as standard, preferring to guarantee their living arrangements, rather than face the lottery that can occur in some universities.
Private sector student accommodation is remaining extremely popular with both the students who live there and those who invest in these developments. Earlier this year, the student accommodation market was revealed to have generated £4.2 billion of investment – a significant increase on last year's figure and a new record high for the asset class.


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Elite School of Beauty & Spa originated back to 1973. When students study at this school, they gain a top quality education. It prepares them for the real world. If students enjoy making people feel good about them, they are in the right place. A career in beauty is highly rewarding and the industry is constantly evolving and growing so that students will continue to be challenged throughout their career.
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