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Why Ben Bernanke Hates Me.
I don?t just think he hates me, he truly despises me. ?In fact, he does everything he can to put me out of business.
Take yesterday, for example, when the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee gave me and my views a complete thrashing. ?QE3 was the last thing in the world I was expecting because it was not justified by the current fundamentals. ?Most other independent analysts agreed with me, including several Fed govenors.
He could have let me off easy by announcing some minor back-door easings, like expanding his ?operation twist? to include mortgage-backed securities for the first time, or ceasing interest rate payments on deposits from private banks. ?But, no, Ben decided to make me look like a complete idiot, not by just announcing QE3, but one infinite in size that goes on forever. ?Talk about pouring salt on my wounds.
It?s not that I am not an all right guy. ?I am kind to children and small animals. ?I donate generously to many charities. ?I send my mother cards on her birthday (happy birthday mom!), even though she is 84 and not expected to last much longer. ?I even occasionally escort little old ladies across the street, although this is a holdover from my days as an Eagle Scout.
It?s just that Ben Bernanke and I don?t see eye-to-eye on a lot of important issues. He wants stocks to go up. ?As a hedge fund manager who plays from the short side more often than not when the economy is growing at a paltry 1.5% rate, I want them to go down. ?He wants bonds to go up too, as he clearly elicited with his ?twist policy? last year when he bought long term Treasury bonds and shorted overnight paper against it. ?I, on the other hand, want bonds to sell off because I know that when the bill comes due for all of this monetary easing, the crash will be momentous.
These are not the only matters we differ on. ?He wants to create jobs. ?He can wish this until the cows come home, but he?s not going to get them because of the gale-force demographic headwinds the country is now facing and the massive deleveraging by the public and private sector. ?The 6 million jobs we exported to China are never coming back.
However, all he has to do is make a mere mention of his desires, or even just mention the letter ?Q?, and asset prices go through the roof, forcing me to stop out of my shorts at losses. ?This is why I was in such a foul, acrimonious, and detestable mood during the first quarter, when stocks went up almost every day.
My problem is that Ben Bernanke isn?t the only person who dislikes me. ?President Obama doesn?t think much of me either. ?And it?s not because I refuse to buy a cold chicken dinner at his St. Francis Hotel fund raisers for $35,000, and $70,000 if I bring a date. ?He talks about jobs too. ?He frequently speaks about the need to improve our education system, even though I know he is poised to slash the budget for the Department of Education as part of some deal with the Republicans. ?Ditto for Social Security and defense.
Fortunately for me, I wrote off any prospect of getting a retirement check a long time ago and have made other arrangements, like becoming a hedge fund manager. Either the payments will be too small for me to live on, or they will be made in worthless Zimbabwean dollars.
I get along with Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, OK, which keeps me on his ?must see? list whenever he stops in San Francisco on his way to Beijing to ask to borrow more money. ?But we go way back. ?There are only four people in U.S. history who can discuss Japanese monetary policy of the 1920?s in depth, and do it in Japanese just for laughs (it was clearly too easy, but they had to reflate after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. ?Some things never change).
Two of them, Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana and Harvard professor, John K. Fairbank, died ages ago. ?So he is kind of limited in his choices. ?Besides, there are not a lot of people out there who can give him a 40 year view on the global economy, and I am one of them.
There are plenty of others who don?t think I am so hot. ?Try making a fortune in a market crash when everyone else is losing their shirt. ?While others in the locker room at my country club are slamming doors, tearing their hair out, and breaking golf clubs in half when they see the price feed on CNBC, I am chirping happily away about selling short at the top. ?I might as well be letting out a loud fart in Sunday church service. ?This explains why I stopped getting invitations to dinners ages ago.
It?s not that my relationship with Ben Bernanke is totally hopeless. ?When the demographic picture turns from a headwind to a tailwind and individuals and corporations cease deleveraging and return to re-leveraging, we?ll probably be reading from the same page of music. ?But according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the earliest this can happen is 2022. ?By then, he probably won?t be the Fed governor anymore and I won?t care if he likes me or not.
Besides, I may be able to make a new friend or two in the meantime. ?If Mitt Romney wins the presidential election he says he?ll fire Ben Bernanke on his first day in office. ?He can?t really do that, but Ben?s term does expire a year later. ?His two most widely rumored picks to fill the post are president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Richard Fisher, and Stanford University professor, John Taylor.
These two are not in the least bit interested in all this quantitative easing malarkey. They are much more similar in philosophy to Herbert Hoover?s Treasury Secretary, Andrew Mellon, who popularized the ?let the chips fall where they may? approach to economic policy. ?Kick the props out from under this market and all of a sudden Dow 3,000 is on the table, as argued by Global strategist and demographics maven, Harry Dent.
They might even go as far as unwinding the Fed?s hefty $2.7 trillion balance sheet. ?That would give the Chinese, who hold $1 trillion of these bonds, a heart attack. ?But who cares? It would create the mother of all trading windfalls for me. ?Hell, they might not even care if I torture small animals, beat children with a switch, and leave little old ladies in the middle of onrushing traffic. ?I think we would get along just great.
Screw Social Security, and Ben Bernanke too.
The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923


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what if there was a story about this marble?
what if the children could create a longer story about this one little marble sitting on this one long block?
|once upon a time there was a marble who couldn't roll...
Can you guess what might happen with a group of children who are part of a classroom where their ideas are valued, expected and uplifted?
What kind of journey is this marble about to go on??
please offer comments below if YOU have any ideas what might be starting here...
more of this story to follow in the next blog :)

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text: Fashion week in Rio, Brazil continue and here's the VELT S/S 2012 collection for men. With colors that are subdued with pops of orange or green, the looks are retro nautical updated for 2012. The overalls and the pants and shorts are revamped to showcase a refreshed feel to some of these looks we thought would never return. I love the navy blue short legged jump-suit, with the top left buttoned down front and the double pocket to the right. The styling with the over-sized glasses and the summer canvas shoes are also timeless. Follow and connect with us on Facebook for more pics and fashion news.


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Small Business Loan
A small business loan is an essential tool for any business, so long as it is used with discipline and with a view to strengthening business sales and customer relations. It can also be used to help pay back overdue bills, but the main purpose of this loan is to ensure the proper growth of the business.
Small Business Loans
When looking into small business loans, the owner would do well to realize that, although this can be an excellent financial tool, it is not something that a business should rely on long-term. The idea is that these are temporary measures designed to help the business get the equipment it needs and expand both its profits and customer base.
Unsecured Small Business Loan
An unsecured small business loan is definitely something that the new business owner should look at, especially if he or she finds that the equipment or software that is needed is beyond what they can purchase via their own savings. Something else to consider is that an unsecured small business loan doesn't require any form of collateral, but your interest rate may be higher.
Unsecured Small Business Loans
Unsecured small business loans are excellent tool to ensure the growth and stability of a new small business. The key here, of course, is to use the funds only for what the business needs at that point in time. You want to make sure that you only get funding for one specific purpose. It's very easy to take out multiple loans and run into problems paying them back if business should slow down.
Bad Credit Small Business Loan
A bad credit small business loan is specifically for a businesses whose credit is damaged. It will allow the business owner to get funds that he or she needs by doing a little extra work in terms of preparation. Although the credit rating is something that lenders will look at, they are more concerned with your business plan and how you intend to it back.
Bad Credit Small Business Loans
Bad credit small business loans are something that can be used when your credit is shaky but you still need funds to either expand your business or keep it operating. It is something that needs to be done with discipline and care to ensure that it will actually help your credit rating.
Bad Credit Unsecured Small Business Loan
A bad credit unsecured small business loan is something to look into when traditional loans have been denied to your business. One thing to think about is that the repayment terms will be stricter than if you had perfect credit. You will also have to do quite a bit of work before-hand to be able to convince the lender of not only your intention, but also your ability to pay the loan back.
Bad Credit Unsecured Small Business Loans
Bad credit unsecured small business loans can be used if your business is in need of expanding but you don't have good credit. They can also be used to help the business remain operational if it has hit on hard times.
Small Business Loan Bad Credit
For small business loan bad credit, you have to do quite a bit of work for your business image and of course your business plan. This is one of the main things that lenders will look at to make the decision as to whether or not to grant you the funds you seek.
Small Business Loans Bad Credit
For small business loans bad credit, you'll have to ensure that not only is your business plan above reproach, you will also need to be able to convince the lenders, via business documentation, that you can actually pay the loan back on the schedule that you have created. In short, you need to be able to properly convince them that loans like this will enable you to expand your business and serve more people, while still being a reliable debtor.


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LOS ANGELES — One day after he was unanimously confirmed by the City Council, Assistant Chief Michel Moore was sworn in by Mayor Eric Garcetti as the 57th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Among those on hand for the June 28 ceremony at the Los Angeles Police Academy were former LAPD chiefs Charlie Beck and William Bratton.
Moore, a 36-year veteran of the LAPD, was selected from 31 applicants as one of three finalists by the Board of Police Commissioners, and then named as Garcetti's choice.
"To the people of Los Angeles, I am committed to deepening your trust by ensuring leadership in our department that is highly visible, accessible and responsive," Moore said.
Garcetti quoted a Spanish saying that he said translated to, "Tell me with who you walk, and I will tell you who you are. I know who Michel Moore is, because I have walked with him, and more importantly, because he walks with you. The community members, the faith leaders, the labor leaders, the business leaders, the neighborhood councils, his fellow officers, guardians in law enforcement, and with the average, everyday Angeleno, who he has dedicated his life to defending."
During his confirmation hearings by the Public Safety Committee and then the full City Council, Moore was praised by numerous members for his years of service, which has given him experience in just about every conceivable major capacity while in uniform.
"You were selected from 31 candidates because of your experience and your depth of knowledge," City Councilman David Ryu told Moore. "You've risen through the ranks. You were a police officer, a detective, a sergeant, a lieutenant, you worked patrols, investigations and administrative assignments throughout the city. Quite frankly you are the LAPD, and your experience and position makes you extremely qualified to represent the LAPD and the thousands of men and women who have sworn to protect and to serve."
Moore takes over from Beck, who announced in January that he would be retiring on his 65th birthday — about a year-and-a-half before his second five-year term was set to expire.
Before his confirmation by the City Council, Moore pledged to continue the LAPD's commitment to diversity and protecting immigrant rights.
"We are going to continue with the recognition that the rights of all people of Los Angeles, regardless of their immigration status, are to be protected," Moore said. "The dignity of all individuals is to be protected. Our outreach will continue.
"I'm proud of the diversity that our organization represents. I believe that's a tool, it's an effective means of communicating," Moore added. "We are a department that is a majority of minorities, and many of our members are first generation. Many of them immigrated to this country themselves."
Garcetti chose Moore over San Francisco Police Chief William "Bill" Scott and Deputy LAPD Chief Robert Arcos.
The choice of the next chief carries a significant amount of symbolic weight in light of the department's troubled history on race relations, the current #MeToo movement bringing sexual harassment into the public debate, and President Donald Trump's aggressive rhetoric and actions on illegal immigration.
The commissioners did not forward any female finalists to Garcetti — Assistant Chief Beatrice Girmala did not apply for the job despite being viewed by some as a potential top candidate — and the mayor ended up choosing Moore over Scott, who is black, and Arcos, a Latino.
The mayor insisted he simply wanted the best person for the job and wasn't "looking to fill a demographic or make history" with the selection. Moore's father was Basque, and he is listed as Hispanic on LAPD rosters.
Moore was also one of the three finalists chosen by the Board of Police Commissioners back in 2009, but then-Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chose Beck. Moore has risen through the ranks of the department as a police officer, detective, sergeant, lieutenant and captain before taking on various high-command roles. He was also placed in charge of the Rampart Division in 2000 in the aftermath of a scandal that found widespread abuse and corruption in the division.
As a young officer, Moore was involved in a fatal incident for which he received the department's Medal of Valor after he shot and killed a suspect who had killed his wife with a semi-automatic rifle in a parking lot in 1986.
When he announced the selection, Garcetti said, "I've seen him work with difficult issues, whether it is with impounding cars and working with the immigrant community and his strong commitment to civil rights. I've seen his work personally. No one works harder. No one reads more. And no one has a greater breadth of experience."
Moore is set to take over a department that in many ways has been on the upswing in recent years. Homicides are at their lowest sustained point in decades, and the department has markedly improved its standing in the community since the Los Angeles riots and the Rampart scandal in the 1990s gave it a national reputation for brutality and corruption.
But there are a number of significant challenges Moore is facing. Overall violent crime has risen for four straight years after 12 years of declines, police shootings have gone up although they are dropping in some other large cities, and the department is still a focal point of criticism by the local Black Lives Matter movement, whose members regularly attend the meetings of the Board of Police Commissioners to chastise the department over the shootings of civilians.
Moore discussed the Rampart scandal and an earlier corruption scandal that rocked the Hollywood Division, assuring the Public Safety Committee the problems were "evil" that is no longer allowed to fester.
"Our officers will make mistakes, and those mistakes we need to fix," Moore said. "We need to own them. The power of apology is important. But also the power in a sense of moving through that to understand, how did I make a mistake," Moore said. "But the issues of Hollywood and Rampart weren't mistakes, they were mistakes that weren't attended to. And when they weren't attended to they grew to be evil."
He added, "I am convinced, there is not a member of this organization that today or in our past that looks at the evils I have described with a forgiving eye."
Moore also said that he would work to continue to diversify the department's ranks in regard to minorities and women, noting that the number of females has leveled off for some time at around 19 percent.
When asked how he might differ from Beck, Moore was quick to say that his approach would likely be far more similar to Beck's than it would be different, but one difference the public could expect is his presence more often at City Council meetings, as Beck rarely appeared at them.
"I've heard clearly from this committee, as well as from the council, to be more present … with both the committee hear as well as the full council, to be a more visible partner with you, and with the kitchen cabinet if you will, the mayor and with other general managers," Moore said. "I believe Chief Beck has done a tremendous job. But I clearly heard the perception, the sentiment, and I intend to address that head on."


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Club Scrap has a digital SALE for a short time.
Some older digital kits are available HERE.
I just had to get the Brewed Awakenings frrom 2012.
I was not very much into digital scrabooking back than.
This set also comes with two onderful templates,
that are easy to use. But there is much more to
make your own pages.
As I am still in the learning curve for digital scrapbooking
I find using templates easy to make fun pages.
Here you see one of the twin boys making me coffee
and of course I love drinking coffee made by my grandson.
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Brand Will Not Be Restored Unless the Foundation Comes Clean; Organization is Still Practicing Politics, Not Public Health
After widespread public protest concerning its decision to withdraw breast cancer screening funding from Planned Parenthood, including an article last Thursday here at the Rest of the Story, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation reversed its decision and will restore funding to Planned Parenthood.
The decision was apparently made on Thursday evening in response to the massive outcry. A statement released by the Foundation on Friday announced the reversal of the decision, and attempted to explain what the revised policy will hold:
"We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives. The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not."
"Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair. ... We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities. ... We urge everyone who has participated in this conversation across the country over the last few days to help us move past this issue."
The Rest of the Story
Unfortunately, rather than a sincere apology, admission of wrongdoing, and honest attempt to move forward, the statement by the Komen Foundation appears to be a frantic attempt to save face in response to public outcry, but without having to take responsibility for what actually occurred.
It unfortunately has the effect of prolonging the controversy, continuing (and deepening) the deception, keeping murky the Foundation's separation of health and politics, and preventing the Foundation and its affiliates from moving forward and being able to concentrate on their actual mission.
Plus, the "clarification" of this new policy is itself problematic and untenable and creates more questions than it answers.
Most importantly, the Foundation failed to take responsibility for its politically-motivated decision to use the Stearns investigation of Planned Parenthood as an opportunity to rid itself of Planned Parenthood grants without having to make it look like a political decision. The Foundation apparently thought that by citing a new policy of fiduciary responsible grant-making, it could appease anti-abortion groups but without appearing as if the decision was politically motivated. Instead, the Foundation could argue that it would have liked to retain that funding, but it simply can't because it violates the rules.
However, it is quite clear that the funding rule was changed specifically because the Foundation saw an opportunity to rid itself of its relationship with Planned Parenthood in order to appease conservative anti-abortion groups.
Among many sources of strong evidence, an article in the Atlantic cites testimony from multiple internal sources that the decision was indeed politically motivated, rather than simply a concern about making sure that the Foundation was carrying out its fiduciary responsibilities:
According to the article's author: "three sources with direct knowledge of the Komen decision-making process told me that the rule was adopted in order to create an excuse to cut off Planned Parenthood. (Komen gives out grants to roughly 2,000 organizations, and the new "no investigations" rule applies to only one so far.) The decision to create a rule that would cut funding to Planned Parenthood, according to these sources, was driven by the organization's new senior vice president for public policy, Karen Handel, a former gubernatorial candidate from Georgia who is staunchly anti-abortion and who has said that since she is "pro-life, I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood." (The Komen grants to Planned Parenthood did not pay for abortion or contraception services, only cancer detection, according to all parties involved.)"
"The decision, made in December, caused an uproar inside Komen. Three sources told me that the organization's top public-health official, Mollie Williams, resigned in protest immediately following the Komen board's decision to cut off Planned Parenthood. Williams, who served as the managing director of community-health programs, was responsible for directing the distribution of $93 million in annual grants. Williams declined to comment when I reached her yesterday on whether she had resigned her position in protest, and she declined to speak about any other aspects of the controversy. Three sources told me the organization's top public-health official, Mollie Williams, resigned in protest immediately following the Komen board's decision to cut off Planned Parenthood.
"But John Hammarley, who until recently served as Komen's senior communications adviser and who was charged with managing the public-relations aspects of Komen's Planned Parenthood grant, said that Williams believed she could not honorably serve in her position once Komen had caved to pressure from the anti-abortion right. "Mollie is one of the most highly respected and ethical people inside the organization, and she felt she couldn't continue under these conditions," Hammarley said. "The Komen board of directors are very politically savvy folks, and I think over time they thought if they gave in to the very aggressive propaganda machine of the anti-abortion groups, that the issue would go away. It seemed very shortsighted to me."
"Hammarley explained that the Planned Parenthood issue had vexed Komen for some time. "About a year ago, a small group of people got together inside the organization to talk about what the options were, what would be the ramifications of staying the course, or of telling our affiliates they can't fund Planned Parenthood, or something in between." He went on, "As we looked at the ramifications of ceasing all funding, we felt it would be worse from a practical standpoint, from a public-relations standpoint, and from a mission standpoint. The mission standpoint is, 'How could we abandon our commitment to the screening work done by Planned Parenthood?'" But the Komen board made the decision despite the recommendation of the organization's professional staff to keep funding Planned Parenthood." ...
The insincerity of the Komen Foundation can easily be seen in the way it is administering this new policy. For example, it cut off funding for Planned Parenthood, but why did it not also cut announce that it was cutting off grants to Yale University, which is listed as a grantee in the Foundation's 2010-2011 financial statements? After all, according to the Yale Daily News, Yale University is under investigation for " an alleged mishandling of several instances of sexual misconduct in recent years," which - if true - represents a violation of federal law.
And why did the Komen Foundation not announce its discontinuation of grants to Columbia University, also listed as a grantee in the Foundation's 2010-2011 financial statements? After all, according to the Columbia Spectator: "The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is investigating a complaint accusing Columbia of discriminating against a Jewish student."
Another grantee listed in the Foundation's 2010-2011 financial statements - the University of California at Santa Cruz, is also under a federal investigation, according to this article. Why is UCSC not the subject of a Komen Foundation announcement regarding termination of funding?
And of course, why is the Komen Foundation not announcing termination of funding to Penn State University, a grantee according to this 2011 financial statement? As we all know, Penn State is the subject of a federal investigation into potential violation of federal law in not properly reporting suspected cases of sexual abuse.
It is quite clear that the Komen Foundation is continuing to pull the wool over the eyes of its supporters, former supporters, constituents, and the public. By not coming clean about the true reasons for the change in grant policy and by furthering, rather than correcting, its deception of the public, the Foundation is in some ways making things worse, rather than better. It is continuing to make decisions based on politics and not a sincere interest in sharing the truth.
A true apology needs to be an honest one and the organization needs to take responsibility for its actions and be transparent about the reasons for poor decisions. By continuing to deceive the public - and in fact deepening the deception by directly denying the true reasons for its actions - the Komen Foundation is sinking deeper into a political hole rather than managing its way out of the hole it has created.
The revised grant policy makes no sense. It states: "disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political." What the heck does "conclusive" mean? An investigation is neither conclusive nor non-conclusive. It is the results of the investigation that may be conclusive or not. Either the investigation concludes that wrongdoing occurred or it does not. How would one determine whether an investigation is "conclusive," and what does that even mean?
It certainly looks like the Foundation is trying to weasel its way out of a tight spot by having us believe that there is actually some logical meaning behind this clarification of the type of investigation that "counts." It's a nice try, but it's not convincing.
Even the criterion of whether an investigation is "political" or not is problematic. An anti-abortion rights Board member could easily (and would likely) argue that the Planned Parenthood investigation is not political, but based on concern about violation of federal policy. The way the new policy is written, it almost ensures that decisions will be made based on politics rather than science.
In fact, it is quite clear that this is an untenable and contrived policy that represents little more than a thinly-veiled attempt to dance around and try to get out of the mess it has created without being honest about the true story.
The Foundation further muddies the waters by stating: "We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities." Just what is this last clause supposed to mean and why is it necessary? Why not simply state that the Foundation will continue to fund Planned Parenthood? Why is a qualification clause necessary to note that affiliates will have the ability to make funding decisions that "meet the needs of their communities" in context of the Planned Parenthood issue?
If the Foundation truly wishes to "move past this issue," then it first must come clean, be honest with the public, and stop this public deception. It must tell the truth about the intentional attempt to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood, admit that the decision was political, apologize sincerely. Then, and only then, can it move past this issue.
While this whole episode has actually helped Planned Parenthood in the long-run by increasing its funding (a number of supporters came to its aid in the 48 hours after the media coverage of the termination of funding from Komen) and by exposing the political motivations of Planned Parenthood's attackers, thus undermining those attacks, the Komen Foundation is facing potentially irretrievable damage because of the destruction of its brand.
The rest of the story is that while the Komen Foundation did the right thing by reversing its decision and restoring funding to Planned Parenthood, it did the wrong thing by continuing to deceive the public about the real reasons behind the funding policy change and by being dishonest about its true initial intention -- which was specifically to find a way to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.
Everyone is entitled to forgiveness and apologies can always be accepted so that all parties can move forward, but this requires - first and foremost - a sincere and honest apology that admits the wrongdoing and does not try to hide it or the motivations behind it. Until the Komen Foundation shows us that it is willing and able to tell the truth, there cannot and will not be a restoration of the public's trust and its brand will remain tarnished. Sadly, the continued tarnishing of the Komen brand is unfair and destructive to women with breast cancer and to women in general.


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'To empower children, young people, adults, families and communities towards connectedness and reaching their full potential as both individuals and communities themselves.'
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Community is our business with an emphasis on social justice and realistic mutually beneficial and sustainable outcomes for all parties! KYC Consultancy provides professional consultancy and direct service provision services in the development of young people and communities as well as to youth and community sector services and departments. Delivery may include youth and or community consultation, strategic planning, workshops, evaluations, youth and community activities, events and training. The role of KYC Consultancy is to contribute to the positive and inclusive development of young people within their communities by providing holistic service provision using innovative and creative engagement and development methods and tools. KYC also applies for funding through local, State and Federal Government and works in partnership with other service providers to deliver projects and programs towards community capacity building and to achieve best practice.
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KYC also works in partnership with other organisations to see client and community growth and welcomes opportunities to establish working relationships that provide clients with increased access and opportunities.


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From the Editor's Foreword: Without any doubt, the 1990s will long be remembered as the decade of Yugoslavia's prolonged disintegration. A virtual blueprint of the conflict is accessible to anyone in a position to track the independent print media that were then emerging in Yugoslavia's various republics.Publishing in Yugoslavia's Successor States presents the results of extensive tracking and research in that area. You'll learn how weekly independent news magazines such as Mladina in Slovenia, Danas in Croatia, and, later, Vreme in Serbia courageously documented the centrifugal political forces at work in Yugoslavia at the time. Independent daily newspapers, often located in provincial cities away form the centers of political control, pursued similar policies, adhering to high standards of objective political coverage. The periodical press also weighed in over time with more reflective assessments of the area's evolving political crisis and recommendations for managing it. Finally, as Yugoslavia's old communist paradigm of information management gradually lost control, the market gave rise to numerous tabloid weeklies and dailies that banked on nationalism and fear, serving as handmaidens to media-savvy demagogues and helping to rekindle past rivalries. Publishing in Yugoslavia's Successor States will take you on a turbulent tour of this vital industry struggling to survive and thrive in a war-torn land.


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While the INA allows for the reopening and rescission of orders of removal upon the filing of a motion to reopen, courts are continuing to place restrictions on the ability of noncitizens to reopen their cases in the "interest of finality to court processes." The panelists will address advanced topics in filing motions to reopen with the immigration court and the Board of Immigration Appeals. These topics include overcoming the time and numerical limits on motions to reopen, motions to reopen in absentia orders of removal, Lozada motions based upon ineffective assistance of counsel, joint motions, sua sponte motions, due diligence, prejudice, and appealing denials of motions to reopen.
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Tue Feb 26,2013: Warm up first!
Group 1- Reverse Lunge-10reps
DB Rows- 10 reps ea side-med heavy weight
Rest 30 sec Repeat 2x
Group 2- T Push ups- 10 reps
Goblet Squats-10 reps- Med heavy weight
Rest 30 sec. Repeat 2x
Group 3- Suicide Plank- 30 sec
Jog in place- 30 sec
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We start the day early, exploring Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest. Take in the majesty of the snow-capped Tetons at sunrise as you search for wildlife. Our knowledgeable guides will bring you to the best locations for finding elk, deer, moose, bighorn sheep, bison, coyotes, trumpeter swans and other animals. For lunch, we visit the Palate restaurant at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Enjoy your meal while looking onto the 20,000-acre National Elk Refuge. We then tour the Museum's galleries of fine paintings, sculptures and photography devoted to North American wildlife. The day ends with a horse-drawn sleigh ride through the National Elk Refuge, where 7,000-10,000 elk spend their winters. Offered: Mid December through Early March (weather permitting)
What's included?
- An extremely passionate and knowledgeable naturalist with a trained eye for spotting wildlife
- A pair of binoculars for each participant and high-quality spotting scopes to view wildlife without disturbing their natural behavior
- Our comfortable, customized, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans with roof hatches that allow for easy wildlife observation no matter your seat
- Hands-on use of professional field guidebooks, antlers, horns, skins and skulls. Kid's guidebooks also available
- Complimentary coffee, tea, cocoa, various soft drinks and snacks to keep you focused on the wildlife. Lunch is included on all full day expeditions.
- A souvenir water bottle
- A complimentary pick-up at your hotel located in the town of Jackson or Teton Village or at the Home Ranch Parking lot (corner of N. Cache and E. Gill) near the town square in Jackson, WY. PLEASE NOTE: Pickup is not available for lodging arrangements in Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park or other points north or south of Jackson unless you are booking privately. If you are staying in one of those locations and wish to join a group tour, your pick-up location will be the Home Ranch Parking Lot in Jackson.
*Park pass and gratuity not included
Forms to Fill out Prior to Tour – Please bring completed forms with you on the day of your tour.
Single Day Cancellation Policy: Teton Science Schools may cancel any program at our discretion as it relates to weather conditions, poor road conditions, low enrollment (less than two participants) and equipment availability. All clients will receive full refunds if Teton Science Schools cancels a tour for the reasons stated above. Client cancellations within 48 hours of the scheduled departure are non-refundable. Client cancellations occurring prior to 48 hours are subject to a $25 transaction fee. To protect the environment, vehicle travel is restricted to established roads. Roads range from paved highways to secondary dirt roads. The guide will choose the route based on group interest and recent wildlife sightings.


text: Frederik van den Stock graduated with a masters degree in illustration from the Sint Lucas School of Arts in Antwerp in 2009. He was an intern at the advertising bureau LG&F (now called Famous) and with cartoonist Quirit. His book 'Ik Zien A Geire', an illustrated story about the city of Antwerp, got published by Mekanik Strip in 2010. The next year he won the Plastieken Plunk Award for best short story in Dutch for 'De Preminiemen' and got selected for the 'Brussels in Shorts' graphic novel project (2012). He is working as a cartoonist for De Standaard alongside of other freelance assignments.


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cottage cheese with diced avocado chunks, finely chopped Bermuda onion, Mayonnaise, and salt and pepper to taste. Excellent cold salad side dish or great for lunch or snack with crackers. Will make approx. 8 x ½ cup servings. Excellent cool summer salad for picnics. Can be refrigerated for about 4 days. Always tastes best the 2nd day after the onions have had time to flavor. 15 minutes start to finish!.
- 1 16 oz container of low fat cottage cheese (curd size optional)
- 2 small ripe genuine California avocados
- ¼ cup finely chopped Bermuda onion
- ¼ cup low fat mayonnaise
- salt and pepper to taste
- Combine all ingredients in bowl.
- Mix gently, refrigerate for a couple hours then enjoy.
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Chez Lifetouch Inc., nous avons à cœur d'aider les familles à créer des souvenirs et à les partager avec d'autres. Depuis plus de 80 ans, les écoles, les maternelles, les garderies, les paroisses et les familles privilégient Lifetouch pour leur photographie professionnelle.
Située à Eden Prairie, au Minnesota, la société Lifetouch est composée de quatre unités commerciales qui exercent leurs activités dans d'innombrables localités en Amérique du Nord. Fondée sur une tradition de savoir-faire sans cesse amélioré, la société Lifetouch photographie des visages souriants, de la maternelle à l'obtention du diplôme en passant par les photos de sport ou d'événements spéciaux, les photos de finissant et les albums-souvenirs. Lifetouch propose également des services aux clients de JCPenney et aux paroissiens de diverses dénominations religieuses. Lifetouch est fière de faire partie de la famille des marques Shutterfly.
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Cory A., Photography
One of my favorite parts of my job is seeing all the fun memories captured all over the country through our themed studio events and holiday campaigns that I help develop. Knowing that I had a small part in helping tell their story or capturing that joy makes it easy to come into work every day.
Kristina Z., Photography
For the last 15 years, I've had the pleasure of saying that my job is to make children smile. I have the honor of capturing this one moment in time for thousands of children. There is no greater joy for me than hearing a parent tell me that I captured their child's personality perfectly.
Ramla H., Information Technology
At Lifetouch, we capture and preserve memories; I think that's priceless. I'm inspired to make technology decisions that will have a lasting impact on the customer experience. I'm not just a number, but an individual that the team and company genuinely cares about. It's exciting to be part of an organization that is an integral part of people's lives, from birth onwards.
Marcia B., Sales
I have worked for Lifetouch for 15 years. I enjoy my co-workers who are friendly and helpful. I've been able to take on new responsibilities and appreciate the opportunities I have had to learn new skills. During my time at Lifetouch, I have grown both personally and professionally. I am in a position where I can in turn help others grow and develop. It is rewarding to participate in that growth, and to know that, as a company, we are offering first-in-class programs and services.
Andrew P., Engineering
I have always been a part of Lifetouch, from my elementary school photos, through my college commencement ceremony, and now working here. It is an ever-evolving company, which means I get to be involved with new and exciting projects while working with great people and a fun company culture.
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I am enthusiastic about my job at Lifetouch because I get the opportunity to work with new and innovative technologies to solve business problems. I also enjoy working with my colleagues because we know each other's strengths and work together to support the business.


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While you're on vacation abroad, few things compare to an impromptu picnic in the open air. It is the perfect opportunity for sampling the local foodstuffs, wine, and scenery.
Depending on where you are in the world, tracking down a corkscrew can often turn an uncomplicated experience into a bit of an ordeal. On your next trip, save yourself some time and always pack a handy travel corkscrew.
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We examine mechanisms driving daily variability of summer coastal low cloudiness (CLC) along the California coast. Daily CLC is derived from a satellite record from 1996 to 2014. Atmospheric rather than oceanic processes are mostly responsible for daily fluctuations in vertical stability that dictate short-period variation in CLC structure. Daily CLC anomalies are most strongly correlated to lower tropospheric stability anomalies to the north. The spatially offset nature of the cloud-stability relationship is a result of the balancing act that affects low cloudiness wherein subsidence drives increased stability, which promotes cloudiness, but too much subsidence limits cloudiness. Lay explanations claim that high inland temperatures pull in CLC, but such a process presumably would have the high temperatures directly inland. Rather, we find that the spatially offset associations between CLC and atmospheric circulation result in positive correlations between CLC and inland surface temperature anomalies to the north.
We downscale Santa Ana winds (SAWs) from eight global climate models (GCMs) and validate key aspects of their climatology over the historical period. We then assess SAW evolution and behavior through the 21st century, paying special attention to changes in their extreme occurrences. All GCMs project decreases in SAW activity, starting in the early 21st century, which are commensurate with decreases in the southwestward pressure gradient force that drives these winds. The trend is most pronounced in the early and late SAW season: fall and spring. It is mainly determined by changes in the frequency of SAW events, less so by changes in their intensity. The peak of the SAW season (November-December-January) is least affected by anthropogenic climate change in GCM projections. Plain Language Summary Dry and gusty Santa Ana winds (SAWs) drive the most catastrophic wildfires in Southern California. Their sensitivity to the changing climate has been a matter of uncertainty and debate. We have assessed the response of SAW activity to global warming and describe these results in detail here. The overall decrease in SAW activity robustly projected by downscaled global climate models is strongest in the early and late seasons-fall and spring. SAWs are expected to decrease least at the peak of their season approximately December. Importantly, decreased SAW activity in the future climate is driven mainly by decreased frequency rather than the peak intensity of these winds. These results, together with what we know from recent literature about how precipitation is projected to change in this region, suggest a later wildfire season in the future.
Santa Ana Winds (SAWs) are an integral feature of the regional climate of Southern California/Northern Baja California region, but their climate-scale behavior is poorly understood. In the present work, we identify SAWs in mesoscale dynamical downscaling of a global reanalysis from 1948 to 2012. Model winds are validated with anemometer observations. SAWs exhibit an organized pattern with strongest easterly winds on westward facing downwind slopes and muted magnitudes at sea and over desert lowlands. We construct hourly local and regional SAW indices and analyze elements of their behavior on daily, annual, and multidecadal timescales. SAWs occurrences peak in winter, but some of the strongest winds have occurred in fall. Finally, we observe that SAW intensity is influenced by prominent large-scale low-frequency modes of climate variability rooted in the tropical and north Pacific ocean-atmosphere system.
The Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP) is an international collaborative effort to understand and quantify the uncertainties in atmospheric river (AR) science based on detection algorithm alone. Currently, there are many AR identification and tracking algorithms in the literature with a wide range of techniques and conclusions. ARTMIP strives to provide the community with information on different methodologies and provide guidance on the most appropriate algorithm for a given science question or region of interest. All ARTMIP participants will implement their detection algorithms on a specified common dataset for a defined period of time. The project is divided into two phases: Tier 1 will utilize the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2) reanalysis from January 1980 to June 2017 and will be used as a baseline for all subsequent comparisons. Participation in Tier 1 is required. Tier 2 will be optional and include sensitivity studies designed around specific science questions, such as reanalysis uncertainty and climate change. High-resolution reanalysis and/or model output will be used wherever possible. Proposed metrics include AR frequency, duration, intensity, and precipitation attributable to ARs. Here, we present the ARTMIP experimental design, timeline, project requirements, and a brief description of the variety of methodologies in the current literature. We also present results from our 1-month "proof-of-concept" trial run designed to illustrate the utility and feasibility of the ARTMIP project.
Climate Sciences, Cloud Physics and Boundary Layer Processes, Land Surface Hydrology, Past Climate Change
Mailing Address: CASPOScripps Institution of OceanographyUC San Diego9500 Gilman Drive #0224La Jolla CA, 92093-0224
Location: 222 Nierenberg HallTel: 858-534-8418
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Debby Ryan in Junk Food and t+j Designs October 2012
Debby Ryan was spotted at SiriusXM Studio promoting the new Disney animated flick, "Secret of the Wings" in a Junk Food tee and t+j Designs jewelry! The actress looked cute as she posed in her Junk Food Crime Fighter Batman tee ($36) and t+j Designs Silver Luxe Chain Drop Necklace ($68).
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I find it almost insulting to have a government that will brag about the millions of dollars they've 'saved' when we have so many outstanding projects waiting to be done. It seems we didn't need to steal all that money from our pensioners after all, since we have so much money being lorded over our heads. I don't pay taxes just so the government can sit around bragging about all the money they have. Please put it to use and fix the roads, subsidise flights and more shipping to our pa enua, equip our police and hospital with better resources and personnel, and subsidise the outrageous bank interest rates in this country!
Can we please all give Taoro Brown and his family a break from mass media. Despite his actions, we, the people, should give them recognition because we all know that they show more commitment and dedication to the lovely people of Atiu and everyone else, than what the other members of parliament do for their elected districts.
There was no media release to the tax payers of the country before the group of people left for the PM's bilateral ministerial visit to New Zealand last month. It was only well after the group departed that the country was informed through a Ministry of Foreign Affairs media release of the State visit. A State visit is not only government and Cabinet ministers but also includes the Queen's Representative, the leader of the opposition and high ranking representatives from the community. The prime minister needs to come clean to the nation about the State visit and show pre travel official documents proving this to be the fact. Why was there a real need for a State visit when the discussions were around the same discussions held only weeks before with the New Zealand PM's visit for Te Mato Vai, New Zealand superannuation and annual aid talks? The only new agenda was the proposed housing for Cook Islands medical referrals in Auckland. Surely this could have been dealt with through the Wellington High Commission and the Auckland Consulate? Can PM Puna inform tax payers how much public money was spent for the group of 10 to travel to New Zealand with all the perks and luxury of business class and VIP treatment. We expect a response within a few days, much like their delayed media release on the State visit.
SS: For the record, CINews broke news of the trip before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration issued a belated press release about it.
Taxpayers pay their hard-earned taxes to Government to provide basic services, law and order and essential infrastructure for its citizens. What is happening now is that the finance minister can dictate where funds are spent and what type of services are needed in particular constituencies in the country. This is the reason why Takuvaine has the best sealed roads compared to other villages. They run from town all the way up the valley. Forget the Muri road, which has the highest density of tourist accommodation on the island and forget all the potholes and poor roads in the other villages. You see, spending over a million dollars of the smooth road type is easy as the minister is in charge and can do as he wishes. Good for the people of Takuvaine but minister Brown needs to know that this is not his money but the peoples' money,so be fair in allocating this to all villages, including villages with Opposition MPs. Deputy PM Teariki Heather's company, T&M Heather Ltd, has been given government contracts worth millions over the past eight years. A clear conflict of interest, I believe.
It's shocking but not surprising news that Minister Nandi Glassie spent over $30,000 on his Geneva junket, flying business class and staying in 5-star hotels with lavish expenses and civil list allowances. Now add eight years of travel then Nandi has spent well over $240,000 on all his Geneva travels. Sorry Atiu, this would have been the salary of a full time doctor. I don't think Nandi comes close to Henry Puna in public spending not forgetting his airpoints dollars paid by the peoples' public money. Mark Brown is second "best" in airpoints and civil list expenses. Enough is enough when it comes to the CIP's high spending lifestyle. The CIP must be voted out come June 14.
It's time we employed some parking wardens in town on the weekends. Parking is ridiculous, especially around the market. People are leaving half their car sticking out on the road! There are plenty of spaces at the back but people are too lazy to walk 50 extra metres. It's appalling the way some arrogant people leave their cars parked. Signs would also help so tourists know there is parking at the back of the market, too.


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August 11, 2017
Actress, Queen Nwokoye is a year older
Nollywood actress, Queen Nwokoye fondly known for her comic character is a year older today.
Queen who hails from Ihembosi, Anambra State Nigeria, is thanking God for another year. She took to her instagram page to thank God and her fans for having her back all these years.
She wrote; "Birthday Mood. I can't stop smiling because God has my back at all times. I thank him for my life and my health. May we all have reasons to smile broadly. I am also thanking each and everyone of you for all your love and encouragement. We may have eye bags cos we work too hard but at the end of the day,you guys make it worthwhile #grateful #blessed #happywoman #birthdaygurl #someonespride?"


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Naruto, Episode 1: Welcome to the Village hidden in the Leaves, where deadly serious ninja roam the land and the seriously mischievous Naruto Uzumaki causes trouble everywhere he goes.
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Napkins drawn by Nina Levy for her 16 and 12 year old sons. Daily for 10 years. Now that the kids eat in the school cafeteria: merely regularly, not daily.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Hamster as Hawkeye in "The Avengers"
Although he was vociferously against seeing "The Avengers" again, the movie won our younger son over pretty quickly because of Hawkeye. Afterwards, there was a great deal of pretend shooting of things in the living room with a bow that once fired mini marshmallows before being broken long ago.
We hadn't done a "secret life of Fluffy the first grade pet hamster" napkin in quite a while, so I cast her as Hawkeye in the scene where he theatrically leaps off a midtown roof while shooting a grappling hook into the side of the building.
Strangely enough, I find the ridiculously implausible antics of the likes of Thor and the Hulk to be less distracting than the violations of the laws of physics committed by the "normal" physical specimens like Hawkeye and the Black Widow.
This morning, Ansel seemed slightly annoyed that I had sullied Hawkeye's coolness by turning him into a female rodent.
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
This previously-unheard-of gem from 1975 has really taken my fancy the last 6 months. Its name is Sam' Suffy. Original copies will likely put you in the poor house, but relax, oh collector-dork, there is a very nice reissue on the Music On Vinyl label (do your Googling, I'm not here to promote their wares). Marc Moulin is an interesting cat whose discography I was woefully ignorant of just a year ago. He passed away in 2008, but was somewhat of an identity in his homeland of Belgium. Along with his sporadic solo career, he was a member of three crucial Belgian groups in the 1970s: Placebo, the jazz fusion outfit who released three excellent albums in the first half of that decade (and are obviously not to be confused with those Limey nudniks of the same name); Aksak Maboul, who were an interesting avant-rock band linked up with Henry Cow and the RIO crowd in the late '70s, and one whose name can be found in the infamous Nurse With Wound List; and Telex, the synth-pop band of the '70s/'80s who were, if need be, the Belgian equivalent of Kraftwerk and even had a few minor hits down here at the time. On top of that, he was a renowned journalist and broadcaster who also released several 'jazz' albums on the Blue Note label. This week's candidate for Renaissance Man? I'll vote for him.
Here's a Placebo cut.
And a Telex number.
Telex performing at the 1980 Eurovision contest.
Some choice Aksak Maboul.
A number of from his Sam' Suffy LP.
And another...
Where does Marc Moulin's Sam' Suffy fit within the musical universe? It is nominally a 'jazz-fusion' recording (I've learnt not to be afraid of throwing around such a term: there is good fusion and there is plenty of bad fusion). In fact you might even call it proto acid-jazz or proto trip-hop and all other manner of frightening names. To my ears it's quite a brain-bending mix of cosmic jazz-rock, ambient and lounge sounds, a more laid-back, concise take on the classic Bitches Brew sound, if you will. If you must. Listen to all of the above. It was a life well lived.
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Sunday, May 08, 2016
Another unexpected musical detour which has taken my fancy the past 6 months. I recall when Souled American were fairly active in the late '80s/early '90s, and their existence didn't register beyond a blip on the radar. There was enough hope from someone somewhere that they would amount to more than a hill o' beans, since a couple of their LPs were even licensed here in Australia (to Festival Records - though I'm assuming that was possibly due more to a deal between the US Rough Trade office and Festival: if you're going to distribute our label, then all priorities get a local release).
So anyway, Souled American existed from roughly the mid '80s until the mid '90s and are often considered pioneers in the alt-country genre. But you're allowed to like them regardless. My ears were originally piqued to the idea of there being something curious about the band when the Tumult label reissued their first four albums as a 4CD set back in 1999. Tumult was/is owned and operated by Andee Connors, who also happens to be a co-owner of Aquarius Records in San Francisco. Its roster usually hovers around the musical realms of black metal/stoner/doom/punk/noise and other ear-bleeding music forms. But Souled American, a largely forgotten countrified indie band from Chicago, were so highly regarded by Andee (one of his favourite bands of all time!) that he felt compelled to piss money into the wind and release a goddamn 4CD box set by a band few people gave a shit about in the first place. Well, that box set sold out years ago and actually goes for a bit of money now, so I guess some must have caught on. I was inspired to investigate their wares by that situation, and also because their 5th and 6th albums - which were released in 1994 and 1997, respectively, and only in Germany - happened to be included in this list of Jim O'Rourke's favourite music (it's an approximate list, one collated via some diligent research, and a fascinating buyers' guide, if you care).
I have managed to tumble across vinyl copies of their first two LPs: 1988's Fe and '89's Flubber, both in such mint condition at a suburban secondhand barn that I figure the original owners never even gave 'em a chance (fair enough - few did), and both of which are Australian editions. I don't recall the band ever getting airplay down here on community radio at the time; in fact, I don't recall a goddamn ripple, so I'll make the wild assumption that most copies were trashed upon marketplace failure. Certainly the US branch of Rough Trade wasn't a particularly exciting place to be, musically, during this era, and in fact it was a terrible place to be by 1992, when it went bust and burnt a number of its artists. It managed to released some fine recordings from Galaxie 500, but other than that, the only release which springs to mind is one of the Butthole Surfers' worst (1990's Pioughd). And in amongst this was the Great White Hope of college radio at the time. The obi strip on my copy has a quote from some such putz which compares 'em to the Violent Femmes, Meat Puppets and Camper Van Beethoven (whom they toured with). OK... But really, if you dig deeper, and if you give them time, Souled American had layers of sound beyond the obvious to offer.
Their music was loose, disjointed and only became more so over their career. Both Fe and Flubber as do all their recordings - feature the bass playing of Joe Adduci, and it's this instrument and the way it's played which really adds to their sound. Their music is often sparse with drawled, stoned-sounding vocals, and amidst this is Adduci's clunking, almost funky six-string bass work (on a Fender VI). Now, I don't mean to say that his bass playing is 'funky' like the guy is slapping and popping to within an inch of your sanity, but there are big, abrupt and quite intrusive bass notes throughout which add a new and rather peculiar dimension to their music. Like two of my other favourite bands of the era - Slovenly and The Scene Is Now - repeated listens to Souled American show them to be a deceptive band at first listen, enveloping their material with all kinds of non-standard extras which add extra layers to their songs. There is a definite non genericus element to their music which has had me coming back for more.
Now, the other interesting aspect to Souled American is this: they released two more albums on Rough Trade - 1990's Around The Horn and 1992's Sonny (neither of which I've procured yet) - both of which sold less than the previous two (the band's history was one of declining sales), before regrouping mostly sans-drummer for 1994's Frozen and 1997's Notes Campfire. Of the latter two, I have the former and not the latter. Got me? These last two, as noted, were only released in Germany on the Moll Tontrager label, which I guess hints at their fortunes falling even further. But they are equally excellent, if not more so. By the time of Frozen, their music had become a gooey sprawl, almost formless. Drawled vocals, guitar notes flying slowly at whim, those meaty bass notes giving an anchor when there's little to no percussion to be heard. It is truly a beautiful thing to behold. A decade prior, the band was pipped and primed to be the latest College Rock Sensation, and somehow it came to this. And that's not a bad thing, because unlike most Great White Hopes of 1980s college radio, you'd actually still want to listen to Souled American, whereas most you'd never want to hear at all. I need to fill in the gaps, of course, but having now ensconced myself in various areas of their discography, I'm convinced they were a band well worth giving a shit about.
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It's been some time. There are several explanations, none of which are particularly interesting. It's guilt which brings me back to this blog. Not Catholic guilt... perhaps it's Protestant Work Ethic Guilt: the sense that I should be doing something creative, laying my thoughts onto screen for no other reason than pure selfishness (and audience adulation, let's face it). But here I am. I hope your 2016 has been kind to you thus far. It has been very gentle with me., and that is sweet relief.
I haven't really ever written about this on the blog before - frankly, because it's none of your damn business - but the story may be a reasonable segue way into music open for discussion. So, for the past 8 months I have been a partner in a record store in Melbourne: Round And Round Records in Brunswick. When I left my previous position at a record company last July - walked out that damn door - I was left with my dick in the breeze, so to speak, and no idea what to do. My two good friends who owned/operated the shop - my favourite musical retail outlet in Melbourne, I should add - offered me a stake in the business, and I took it. There are many other details to add, but this is not a confessional. I am happy, scraping a living from it and it would be nice if you'd drop on by. My head is in a very good place, and I'd like to use this opportunity to get more regularly, uh, 'creative'.
The shop is a mix of 50/50 new and secondhand vinyl; there was a time when it sold CDs (and even DVDs!), but since at some point many in the general public decided they didn't want such things, those formats were stripped from the shelves. The market did the talking, although we (or at least I!) remain unfazed regarding musical formats, as for myself, the music itself is really the only thing worth discussing.
So, approximately 6 weeks ago, an old friend of mine came in and sold off a box of old records. I've known this gent for roughly 15 years, used to play in bands with him and generally know his taste in music. It was a big pile of punk/goth/noise goodness, and right in the pile was, gulp, two LPs by God Bullies. I hadn't given them much thought since Bill Clinton was President, but I was happy to purchase them for the shop, figuring the Great Grunge Revival was/is right around the corner and that some 40-something putz with the weight of the world on his shoulders and a head full of worry would grab them, toot sweet. The Great Grunge Revival is yet to hit, of course, but in the meantime, I wound up purchasing the two LPs in question, and hopefully that's the strangest fucking thing I do all year.
I should clarify here: I rarely ever take home secondhand LPs from the store, for two simple reasons - 1) It makes sense that the good secondhand arrivals should hit the shelves for the customers and not for my own gratification at home; and 2) I need more records like I need a hole in the head. But in this case, something odd happened. I kind of laughed when the records first arrived: Dog Show?! Fuck! I bought that when I was 18 and sold it by the time I was 25! The late '80s/early '90s... they could be a cruel period. Yes, I do recall buying Dog Show when I was 18 and being distinctly under-impressed by it, although I desperately wanted to like it, given the good press it had received and its label Amphetamine Reptile's then-rep (this is 1990, folks) as one of the world's great taste-making recording imprints. Its mixture of sample-heavy clunk-rock with thin production and tastelessly metallic guitar sheen left me colder than a fuckin' iceberg and I dismissed it as a whole lotta hype about nothing much at all.
Despite this questionable history with its wares, I found myself, over the ensuing weeks, giving them some serious air time when I was in the shop. My workmate found its hilarious, if perhaps a bit disconcerting. He did, at the very least, promise me that if a totally boss collection of Surgery and Chokebore LPs came in, I could get first dibs. I felt a curious sense of nostalgia for a record I thought was a steaming pile of shit 25 years ago. And I haven't even mentioned my fondness for their debut full-length, also in the secondhand pile, Mamawombwomb, which I was giving similar airing on the stereo system. It came to be that no one bought them in the (mere) three weeks I gave them shelf space - and in fact no one paid any interest in them whatsoever - and I decided I would purchase them and give them a home myself. It was probably some point around here when I lost my mind.
God Bullies formed in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the mid '80s, and released four LPs before splitting in the mid '90s. The last, Kill The King, was released in 1994 on the Alternative Tentacles label, while War On Everybody from 1991 was similarly released on the AmRep label and for me ranks as their best (though I don't own the thing - I streamed it via a certain platform [take a wild fuckin' guess]). Their guitarist was David B. Livingstone, who also happened to be an editor/published of Your Flesh magazine (one of the better post-Forced Exposure rant mags of its day) and indie band booker in the midwest. Their singer was 'crazy man', Mike Hard. I don't know much about Mike except he was apparently 'craazee' in a rock-singer kinda way, but, you know, everyone was back in the day. There's this clip here you can see, which has the band in full flight, but I'd recommend you don't watch it, if you're at all partial and/or curious about the band. I know, it's so tempting, but honestly, it's a hamfisted, overcooked semi-embarrassment which looks like a band trying too hard. Correct me if I'm wrong, dear readers, but quarter of a century later, from the comfort of the other side of the world, it looks like a parody of a grunge-era noise-rock band. I'm sticking to the audio side of things.
Mamawombwomb goes lighter on the sampling and possesses much better production than Dog Show, and it's the stronger of the two. If I was to dumb it down to a catch-phrase, and you know I will, I'd say that they approximate some sort of meeting point twixt the Melvins, Buttholes and Killdozer. From the first, there's the rifferama; from the second, the psychedelic 'crazy' angle; and from the latter, a thick slice of midwestern sludge. I think the Melvins, Buttholes and Killdozer are all streets ahead of God Bullies in terms of musical, innovative and creative endeavours, of course, which might prompt the question - why fucking bother? - and I can't really answer that. Why bother getting out of bed every day? I don't know. Maybe there's more God Bullies records to buy. Overcome with a sense of nostalgia from when I was young, dumb and full of cu- hope for the world? That's a distinct possibility. No, it's a probability. But there remains those two LPs: Mamawombwomb and Dog Show. I like 'em. The clunkiness and thin production of Dog Show don't grate me like they used to. Instead, what I hear is a basement-level midwestern shit-rock which I'm giving a B+. Right now, that's good enough.
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The Washington Post is reporting that fresh protests have erupted across the Middle East and North Africa. Embattled leaders in the region struggled to contain their discontented masses, deploying a wide variety of tactics — from offers of dialogue to brutal crackdowns — to suppress the pro-democracy forces unleashed by the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.
Amid deepening protests in the past few days, the Libyan government's grip on Benghazi, the second-largest city, appeared to be slipping. Security forces there opened fire on mourners attending funeral marches for 84 protesters killed the day before, their harshest response yet to the recent round of demonstrations. They also swiftly clamped down on smaller uprisings that spread to the outskirts of the capital, Tripoli, where protesters seized military bases and weapons. The outbreak of protests there signaled a new threat to the regime.
Protests also broke out Sunday in Morocco and Tunisia, posing new challenges to their rulers, while authorities in Iran and Bahrain continued to confront calls for reform. By late Sunday, the number of those killed in the uprising across Libya had soared to at least 233, most of them in Benghazi, according to Human Rights Watch. Other news reports placed the death toll at 200 or much higher.
It is being reported that Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has said that the government will fight against protesters until the last man is standing, while others believe they are headed to civil war. What will the U.S. do then? How will we continue to overlook the increasing violence against Libyan protesters? Can we really be allies with countries that open fire on citizens pursuing democracy?
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COMMUNITIES blighted by the dangerous, anti-social and illegal use of off-road bikes are being urged to speak out anonymously to help police take them off the streets in a new campaign launched today (Thursday March 10th).
Merseyside's Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy has joined forces with crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and Merseyside Police to launch the initiative which encourages people to come forward with information about the location of unlicensed and uninsured bikes so they can be seized.
The campaign will see leaflets being delivered to up to 15,000 homes in 'hotspot' areas across Merseyside, asking people to give information about the use of nuisance bikes and where they are being stored anonymously to Crimestoppers, who are only interested in what information callers have, not who they are.
Today a giant 'ad-van' featuring the campaign message will travel around areas which have already been seriously affected by the misuse of off-road bikes, including Stockbridge Village, Bootle and Litherland, while a radio campaign will also take the message into thousands of households across Merseyside.
CCTV footage, captured by City Watch, has also been released to highlight the dangerous way the bikes are being used. The video clip shows a number of examples including a group of riders driving dangerously around the city centre on Christmas day, riders driving through red lights and through Chavasse Park and one rider holding up traffic 'doughnutting' by using their handbrake to repeatedly spin their bike.
The launch comes just 9 days after 20-year-old James Kinsella, from Bootle, was jailed for 12 months after being caught on camera riding an off-road motorbike through the Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle on January 7th this year, narrowly missing shoppers including mums with prams.
Merseyside's Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy said: "The footage we are releasing today, and that from last week of James Kinsella driving wildly through the streets of Merseyside, show just a few examples of how these bikes are being used to terrorise neighbourhoods and cause misery and suffering to law-abiding members of society.
"Not only are these bikes noisy, intimidating and dangerous, they are contributing to anti-social behaviour and we know they are being used by gangs who are committing serious crime by transporting drugs and weapons.
"I have heard time and time again from residents that they want us to put a stop to this kind of behaviour. That's why we are launching this campaign today – taking the message out into some of the worst affected areas that we do take this behaviour very seriously and the police will take these bikes off the streets, but we need the public's help!
"By providing information anonymously to Crimestoppers about where these unlicensed, uninsured bikes are being stored and who is using them, the public can help the police to find them and seize them.
"There is absolutely no need for callers to give their name or any of their personal details. They don't even need to speak to the police. They can tell Crimestoppers in private and in confidence. By doing so, they will be helping to make their communities safer."
Following the launch in Stockbridge Village today, the day the ad-van will visit the surrounding areas, before touring Toxteth and Dingle and Bootle and Litherland and over the next couple of weeks, leaflets and posters will also be distributed across key hotspot areas in Liverpool 8, Sefton, Kirkby and the Wirral.
Merseyside Police also recently ran a poster competition across schools in Bootle, Seaforth and Litherland aimed at engaging with younger pupils, and helping them to express how they feel about the antisocial use of these bikes.
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"Operation Brookdale is an example of our continuing commitment to getting these bikes off the road. In just a three month period last year we seized 176 scrambler and off-road bikes and arrested a total of 59 people. I want to reassure our communities that work will continue to be done to tackle this issue."
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Crimestoppers' North West Regional Manager Gary Murray said: "I would appeal to the public to contact us about where these bikes are stored and who is using them.
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The tax package passed last week by the Philippines' House of Representatives should widen the tax base and boost revenue, says Fitch Ratings. It also demonstrates the administration's commitment to broader tax reforms that have the potential to improve fiscal stability and support an ambitious public investment programme.
This package is the first component of a planned overhaul of the tax system that aims to raise revenue and achieve a simpler, more equitable and efficient system.
A key goal of the overall tax reforms is to lower personal and corporate tax rates while expanding the tax base, resulting in a net positive gain to government revenue.
The government has previously estimated that the full set of tax reform packages will together boost revenue by 2% of GDP by 2019, and it expects administrative measures that simplify tax bureaucracy to add another 1% of GDP to revenue over the same period.
Low government revenue is currently a key weakness in the Philippines' fiscal profile - general government revenue was equivalent to just 22% of GDP at end-2016, compared with a median 30% for 'BBB' rated countries.
The potential passage of proposed tax reforms was listed as a positive rating sensitivity when Fitch last affirmed the Philippines' BBB-/Positive rating in March.
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Some of the revenue-enhancing measures contained in this first bill were watered down to secure legislative passage, as was widely expected, and it still faces hurdles in passing the Senate, which could result in further compromises.
Nevertheless, reported statements by the finance secretary imply the bill in its current form will add around 0.8% of GDP to revenue in 2018, not far from the government's original estimates of around 1% of GDP.
Key provisions in the bill include a lowering of personal income tax rates, which should be more than offset by an increase in excise taxes on petroleum products and automobiles, an expansion of the VAT base, and the introduction of excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Among the areas to be covered in subsequent planned reform bills are corporate, property and capital income taxes. The corporate tax rate is set to be reduced from 30% to 25%, which would bring it more into line with regional standards, while corporate tax provisions will be simplified in an attempt to increase compliance.
The speed with which this first bill passed through the House - and President Duterte's intervention to give it a push over the line - suggests that tax reform is a priority for government.
Indeed, tax reform is crucial to the rest of the administration's "10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda," which includes plans to ramp up investment in infrastructure, health, education and social protection.
Infrastructure spending is targeted to rise by two percentage points to 7.4% of GDP by 2022. It will be difficult to fulfil these plans - and also keep the budget deficit within the 3% of GDP target - without a medium-term rise in the revenue/GDP ratio.