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chasedandintercepted. In these desperate circumstances, some of their regiments, overpowered and out-numbered as they are, force. their way to camp, through all the dangers with which they are pressed. The Americans under lord Stirling, consisting of colMiles's two battalions, col. Atlee's, col. Smallwood's and col. Hatch's regiments, and who are engaged with gen. Grant, behave with great bravery and resolution, charging the enemy and maintaining their posts from about eight in the morning till two in the afternoon; but are so late in their knowledge of what passes elsewhere, that their retreat is intercepted by some of the British troops, who, beside turning the hills and the American left, have traversed the whole extent of country in their rear. Several break through the enemy's line, and get into the woods. Gen. Parsons, with a small party, escapes by doing it. Numbers throw themselves into the marsh at Gowan's Cove; some are drowned, or thers perish in the mud; a considerable body however, escapes by this way to the lines. The nature of the country, and the variety of the ground occasion a continuance and extension of small engagements, pursuits and slaughter, which last for many hours before the scene closes. . . * The British troops displayed great valor and activity on this occasion so impetuous was their ardor, that it was with diffi. culty that they could be restrained, by gen. Howe's orders, from attacking the American lines. They would probably have entered them, had not the works been completed the night before the action, by closing an opening on the right, and placing an abbatis before it. The Americans were most completely surprised and effectually entrapped. Col. Smallwood's Maryland regiment suffeed extremely, and was almost cut to pieces. It lost two hundred and fifty-nine men. The loss was much regretted on account of their being young men of the best families in the country. All who were engaged in the actions of the day, did not display the same courage; nor was it to be expected from such raw troops. Many escaped from the want of discipline; for they broke at the sight of danger, and saved themselves through flight, whereas otherwise they must have been killed or taken. Large bodies however were captured. Generals Sullivan, lord Stirling and Udell, beside 3 colonels, 4 lieutenant-colonels, 3 majors, 18 captains, 43 lieutenants, 11 ensigns, an adjutant, 3 surgeons and 2 volunteers, were made prisoners, together with 1006 privates, in all 1097. As among the prisoners the wounded were included, an allowance between 4 and 500 for killed, drowned, perished in the woods, the mud and the like, must be reckoned sufficiently large. Only six brass ordnance were taken. The loss of the British, in killed and wounded, did not exceed o ; of - WI101ll
whom only 61 were slain. The Hessians had 2 rank and file killed, and 23 privates and 3 officers wounded. , ,- The brilliant success of the operations on Long-Island, may fascinate the judgment and crown the head of gen. Howe with, laurels; but there are some sensible American officers, who judge that by commencing them in that quarter, he completely put into the hands of general Washington the only chance which offered for the defence of New-York; and that, if gen. Greene had not been prevented by sickness from continuing in command, all the passes or roads would have -been so secured and defended, as that the royal army, in attempting or gaining them, would have been so crippled, as to have been arrested with regard to all future successful operations. Gen. Sullivan was too inattentive and, confident. Though in the midst of royalists, he suffered them tu go backward and forward just as they pleased. One of the American chaplains, fearing that the British would make a circuitous march, and take to-the Jamaica road, asked him whether he had guarded that pass sufficiently, and received for answer, "Yes, 40 that an angel cannot force it."
It may be thought by many, that if general Howe, instead of commencing his operations on Long-Island, had run up the NortliJiiver, and landed above New-York, he would either haye.compelled gem Washington to a sudden evacuation of the city, with •the loss of nearly alt the stores of the army; or to have fought, though very unequal in numbers and troops; or to have surren* tiered for want of provision. That such a movement might have been made, wind and tide favoring, without any particular danger of a failure, had been established by the safe passage of the •fhcenix and Rose up and down the river. . >
The victorious army encamped in front of the American works in the evening; and on the 28th at night, broke ground in form, about 4 or 500 yards distant from a redoubt which covered the left of the Americans. The same day gen. Mijiin crossed over from New-York with l600 men; at night he made an offer to gen. Washington of going the rounds, which was accepted. He observed the approaches of the enemy, and the forwardness of .their batteries; and was convinced that no time was to be lost. •The next morning [Aug. 29.] he conversed with the general up•on the subject, and said, "You must either -fight or -retreat immediately. What is your strength?" The general answered, *' nine thousand." The other replied, "It is not sufficient, we musttherefore retreat." They were both agreed as to the calling -of a council of war; and gen. MifSin was to propose a retreat. But as he was to make that proposal, lest his own character should suffer, he stipulated, that if a retreat should be agreed upon, he ii-, would
•would command the rear; and if an action, the van. When th^ council was held, these reasons, amongothers, were menti9ned for removing the army to New-York, viz.—"The heavy rains which have fallen two days and nights, with but little intermission, haveinjured the arms and spoiled a great part of the ammunition, and" the soldiers, being without eoverand obliged to lie in their lines,
are worn out." "From the time the enemy moved from
Flatbush, several large ships have attempted to get up, as supposed, into the East-River, to cut off our communication; by which the whole army would be destroyed; but the wind being
north-east, they have not been able to effect it." "The
troops are become dispirited by their incessant duty and watching." It was unanimously agreed to quit. Gol. Glover, who-belongcd to Marblehead, was called upon with the whole of his regiment fit for duty, to take the command of the vessels and flat-bottomed boats. Most of the men were formerly employed in the fishery, and so peculiarly well qualified for the service.—The colonel went over himself from New-York, to give directions; and about seven o'clock at night, officers and men went towork with a spirit and resolution- peculiar to that corps. Thft embarkation of the troops was committed to gen. M'DougalL He was upon the spot at Brooklye ferry, at eight o'clock, thehour fixed for the commencement of this important movement To his great mortification he found thatthc miiitiahad notyet embarked. The getting them over protracted the time till between ten and eleven o'clock. Meanwhile, about nine, the tide of ebb made, and the wind blew strong at north-east, which adding to the rapidity of the tide, rendered it impossible to effect the retreat in the course of the night, with only that number of row boats which they could command, and the state of the wind" and tide put it out of the power of col. Glover's men to make any use of the sail boats. Gen. M'Dougail sent colonel Gray>son, one of the commander in chief's aids, to report to his excellency their embarrassed situation; and gave it as hfs opinion, that the retreat was impracticable that night. The colonel returned soon after, not being able to find the commander in chief, on which the general went on with the embarkation, under all these discouragements. But about eleven the wind died away, and soon after sprung up at south-west, and blew fresh, which rendered the sail boats of use, and at the same time made the passage from the island to the city, direct, easy arid expeditious. Providence further interposed in favor of the rev treating army, by sending a thick fog about two o'clock in the morning f Aug. 30.] which hung over Long-Island, while on , New-York side it was clear. During the embarkation, colonel
Scammell was sent to gen. Mifflin with orders for a particular regiment to march down, to the ferry; the colonel mistook, the orders, and instead of a regiment understood the whole covering party, and delivered them accordingly. On that gen. Mifflin quitted the lines, and came down to the place of embarkation, to the great astonishment of gen. Washington, who with surprise enquired into the reason of such conduct. The mistake being cleared up, gen. Mifflin returned to the lines, after they had been abandoned about three-quarters of an hour, without its being disco* vered by the enemy, because of the fog. The fog and wind continued to favor the retreat, till the whole army, 9000 in number, with all the field artillery, such heavy ordnance as was of most -value, ammunition, provision, cattle, horses, carts, &c. were safe (Tver. The water was so remarkably smooth as to admit of the row boats being loaded within a few inches of the gunwale;. Gen. Washington, though often entreated, would not leave the island till Mifflin, with his covering party, left the lines, at about six o'clock. The enemy were so nigh that they were heard at work with their pick-axes and shovels. In about half an hour after the lines were finally abandoned, the fog cleared off, and the British were seen taking possession of the American works. Four boats were on the river, three half-way over, full of troops; the fourth, within reach of the enemy's fire upon the shore, was compelled to return; she had only three men in her, who tarried behind to plunder. The river is a mile or more across; and yet the retreat was effected in less than thirteen hours, a great part of which time it rained hard.
Had it not been for the providential shifting of the wind, not more than half the army could possibly have crossed, and the remainder, with a number of general officers, and all the heavy ordnance at least, must inevitably have fallen into the enemy's hand. Had it not been also for that heavenly messenger, the fog, to cover tho first desertion of the lines, and the several proceedings of the Americans after day-break, they must have sustained considerable losses. The fog resembled a thick small mist, so that you could see but a little way before you. It was very unusual also to have a fog at that time of the year- My informer, a citizen of New-York, could not recollect his having known any at that season, within the space of twenty or thirty years.
Governor's-Island, on which were two regiments, was evacuated likewise, with the loss of only one man's arm, by a cannon shot from the ships. The Americans finished the removal of their military stores from thence [Sept. 2.} and took every
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of war lay within a quarter of a mile of some part of it.*
Since the affair of Long-Island, endeavors have been used to I keep up the spirits of the people, by puffing accounts of the extraordinary bravery of the troops, and the destruction they made of the enemy. But that matters are not very promising, appears from a letter of gen. Mercer, who commands the flying camp, dated September the 4th, wherein he writes, "Gen. Washington has not, so far as 1 have seen, 5000 men to be depended on Jbr the service of a campaign, and 1 have not 1000. Both our armies are composed of raw militia, perpetually fluctuating between the camp and their farms; poorly armed, and still worse disciplined. These are not a match for, were their numbers equal to, veteran troops, well fitted and urged on by able officers. Numbers and discipline must prevail at last. Giving soldiers, or even the lower orders of mankind, the choice of officers, will for ever mar the discipline of armies." The wretched choice of officers in the Massachusetts, is complained of in a letter of this purport to a gentleman of that state—" 1 can account for the strange military appointments in your state, on no other principle,, than that your people mean to guard against the danger of an army, by making it contemptible. Without officers we shall never have soldiers. They are sinking the state in the eyes of the whole continent. At the end of a campaign we find butchers, bakers, sutlers, and a large tribe of contractors, with fortunes made at the public expencc, while a young officer of merit, on twenty-six dollars a month, is a beggar. A man of honor and spirit cannot herd with company unworthy of him; yet there is no one beneath a field officer, whose pay gives him a right to company above a shoe-black. The great number of southern officers now in York, who are but little used to the equality which prevails in New-England, are continually resenting the littleness of their pay." A third gentleman tells a member of congress—" I cannot agree with you on the frequent calling out of the militia. They are uneasy, restless, and discontented. They leave their business in a most perplexing situatioa when called out suddenly,- and must be very great sufferers in their private property. Their minds are always at home, ia their shops, or on. their farms. This renders them low spirited; a dejection fast seizes them; sickness and death are the consequences. The only purpose a militia can serve, under present
_ * The particulars of the retreat are taken from Dr. Rodgers'i thankfgiving fermon; from col. Glover'a letters; and from the information.pi peritins who were pre*enf.


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Negheriting Shiva Doul is a famous Shiva Mandir in Dergaon district in Assam. It was built on top of a hillock and is a part of the Golaghat district. It was constructed during 8th-9th century by Kachari rulers but was destroyed due to natural calamities. It was reconstructed again the year 1687 by an Ahom king named Rajeswar Singha.
If myths are to be believed, the temple initially was constructed by using the stones from the bank of River Dihing. However, the temple was destroyed and its remains were found in a forest named Gajapenemara. It was reconstructed by Ahom King Susenphaa but River Dihing changed its course and destroyed the temple again. Later a devotee found Shiva linga and the ruins of the temple in the shallow waters of the river, a place now known as Sheetal Negheri. Rajeswar Singha later reconstructed the temple again and it still stands tall.
The main Shiva temple is surrounded by four other temples, each of Durga, Vishnu, Ganesh, and Surya. The main temple has a banalinga that is 3 feet in diameter.
The Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary located 25 km from Golaghat is one of the places that you can visit. It has many hot springs and waterfalls and that is what attracts people the most. The Nambor sanctuary surrounds this place and has 51 rare species of orchid.
The Kaziranga National Park is also located nearby and is home to several species of animals and plants. Elephants, one-horned rhinos, leopards, leopard cats, clouded leopards, and tiger are some of the animals that you can find here. Deopahar ruins are famous in Golaghat and any local transport will take you to the place in few minutes.
Negheriting Shiva mandir is located on the top of a hill and in order to reach this place you need reach Dergaon, the town first. From Furkating Railway Junction, you can avail rental cars to reach Dergaon, state buses also connect the place to Jorhat. National Highway 37 passes through Dergaon and the temple is only 1.5 km away from here. The bus stand has many auto rickshaws that can take you to the temple hillock.
Winter is the best time to visit Negheriting Shiva Mandir. You can visit during Mahashivratri or Pradosham as well.

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Benjamin R. Tucker: Champion Of Free Money
by Don Werkheiser
For thirty years Benjamin R. Tucker championed the cause of unabridged liberty in general and of free money in particular. His arena was the pages of his fortnightly magazine, Liberty. His weapons were rigorous logic and deep understanding of first principles. He was one of the greatest controversialists of all time, and consistently demonstrated that honest controversy is one of the most trenchant educational methods ever devised to advance the truth of a cause.
Although Tucker adhered rigorously to the "plumb line" of Anarchist doctrine, his applications were manifold. Varied as they were, they usually reduced to two key propositions: abolition of the State in political affairs, and abolition of the money monopoly in economic affairs.
Tucker was not primarily concerned about particular wrongs; he wanted to correct the system that generates and makes possible individual wrongs. His position regarding the State and money monopoly derived from his Socialist convictions. Today Socialism has degenerated into a doctrine of totalitarian Statism, but in the 19th Century the term referred to an intent to fundamentally reorganize the societal systems so as to return the full product of labor to the laborers. In 1881 this intent was formulated in a New York newspaper: "Somebody gets the surplus wealth that labor produces and does not consume. Who Is the Somebody?" Tucker answered:
What are the ways by which men gain possession of property? Not many; Let us name them: work, gift, discovery, gaming, the various forms of illegal robbery by force or fraud, usury . . . .
Is the Somebody the laborer? No; at least not as laborer; otherwise, the question were absurd. Its premises exclude him . . . .
Is the Somebody the beggar, the invalid, the cripple, the discoverer, the gambler, the highway robber, the burglar, the defaulter, the pickpocket, or the common swindler? None of these, to any extent worth mentioning . . . . These people get some of the wealth . . . but labor can spare them the whole of it, and never know the difference.
Then we have found him. Only the usurer remaining, he must be the Somebody whom we are looking for; he and none other. But who is the usurer, and whence comes his power? There are three forms of usury: interest on money, rent of land and houses, and profit in exchange. Whoever is in receipt of any of these is a usurer. And who is not? Scarcely anyone. The banker is a usurer; the manufacturer is a usurer; the merchant is a usurer; the landlord is a usurer; and the working man who puts his savings, if he has any, out at interest, or takes rent for his house and lot, if he owns one, or exchanges his labor for more than an equivalent - he too is a usurer. The sin of usury is one under which all are responsible. But all do not benefit by it. The vast majority suffer. Only the chief usurers accumulate: in agricultural and thickly settled countries, the landlords; in industrial and commercial countries, the bankers . . . .
And where do the Somebodies get their power? From monopoly. Here, as usual, the State is the chief of sinners. Usury rests on two great monopolies - the monopoly of land and the monopoly of credit. Were it not for these, it would disappear . . . .
The usurer is the Somebody, and the State is his protector.1
Tucker perceived all money as either standard units of mediate commodities used in what is essentially complex barter, or as credit instruments - i.e., as titles to actual products, which titles circulate either as notes, or as transferred bookkeeping entries. He denied the claims of orthodox economists that interest is paid to compensate capitalists for their noble sacrifice in not immediately consuming their property so that less virtuous people might use it to increase their productivity. He conceded that if a person suffered a sacrifice to let someone else use his capital, he should be indemnified for his stresscost. But since Pierre Proudhon proposed his Bank of the People and William B. Greene proposed his mutual money system, borrowing capital is unnecessary. With mutual money a person can issue money secured with one's own property, thus making it possible to buy rather than borrow capital. This contention was demonstrated by the following question which "invariably proved a 'poser' " to those who asserted that interest is a justifiable indemnity to lenders of capital, and that only by borrowing capital can a person obtain money.
A is a farmer owning a farm. He mortgages his farm to a bank for $1,000, giving the bank a mortgage note for that sum and receiving in exchange the bank's notes for the same sum, which are secured by the mortgage. With the bank-notes A buys farming tools of B. The next day B uses the notes to buy of C the materials used in the manufacture of tools. The day after, C in turn pays them to D in exchange for something he needs. At the end of a year, after a constant succession of exchanges, the notes are in the hands of Z, a dealer in farm produce. He pays them to A, who gives in return $1,000 worth of farm products which he has raised during the year. Then A carries the notes to the bank, receives in exchange for them his mortgage note, and the bank cancels the mortgage. Now, in this whole circle of transactions, has there been any lending of capital? If so, who was the lender? If not, who is entitled to interest?2
To anyone who has followed the transactions the answers to these questions are obvious: "No." "No one." "No one."
Tucker distinguished between a basis of issue and a standard of value. These were and are often confused because since ancient times gold was used for both functions. The basis of issue of money is any property that the money represents and which imparts value to the money. That is why "inflation" occurs when money is issued without adequate or any security.
Since ancient times a superstition prevailed that only gold and/or silver are a proper basis for issuing money. Since these metals are scarce, their owners could charge interest for the mere use of them to effect exchanges. Proudhon, Warren and Greene showed that all labor products can be used as a basis of issue, i.e., can be monetized at the mere labor cost of bookkeeping (less than 1/2%), and as a result no one need borrow capital (gold or silver) or pay interest, which is any price in excess of the labor cost of doing business, and which is only a result of monopoly.
A standard of value is any standard quantity and type of labor product which is used as a unit to compare the value and establish the price of any other product. Other products would be priced in terms of multiples and/or fractions of the standard.
In one debate Tucker referred to the distinction between basis and standard.
If the idea of the royalty of gold and silver could be once knocked out of the people's heads, and they could once understand that no particular kind of merchandise is created by nature for monetary purposes, they would settle this question [of What is money?] in a trice. Again, he [the debater] seems to think that Josiah Warren based his notes on corn. Nothing of the kind. Warren simply took corn as his standard, but made labor and all its products his basis. His labor notes were rarely redeemed in corn. If he had made corn his exclusive basis, there would be no distinction in principle between him and the specie men. Perhaps the central point in his monetary theory was his denial of the idea that any one product of labor can properly be made the only basis of money.3
Tucker further cautioned against "the idea that currency can be redeemed only in that on which it is based."4
While Tucker advocated a multiple basis, he insisted on a single standard. "There is such a thing as a measure or standard of value", he said, "whenever we use anything as such. It is constituted such either by force or by agreement. Its function is implied in its name - measure of value. Without the selection, deliberate or accidental, conscious or unconscious, of something as a standard of value, money is not only impossible, but unthinkable."5
Tucker further clarified his idea of the necessity of a standard:
If no standard is definitely adopted, and then if paper money is issued, does not the first commodity that the first note is exchanged for immediately become a standard of value? Is not the second holder of the note governed in making his next purchase by what he parted with in his previous sale? Of course it is a very poor standard that is thus arrived at, and one that must come in conflict with other standards adopted in the same indefinite way by other exchanges occurring independently but almost simultaneously with the first one above supposed. But so do gold and silver come in conflict now. Doesn't it all show that the idea of a standard is inseparable from money? Moreover, there is no danger in a standard. The whole trouble disappears with the abolition of the basis privilege.6
Today, of course, there is no basis privilege; there is a transaction privilege. Bank customers who provide "collateral" are required to pay for permission to use their own credit. Thus mutual money is to that extent already being practiced, but the benefits of interest free and stable valued money are still denied the people.
Tucker maintained that all money should be fully redeemable, since it was redemptive property that gave money its definite value and its voluntary acceptance. Tucker did not accept the Quantity Theory of the value of money, which states that the value of money is a function of the ratio of money supply to goods available on the market. The value of money, he held, derived from the value of the redemptive property used to secure it. If there is none, it is worthless, although it may pass for a while (just as counterfeit money will) until its worthlessness becomes known, or as long as coercion is effective.
In discussing money, Tucker distinguished between symbols and referents. He recognized that the same reasoning that applies to physical property used as capital does not apply to symbols of said property. Thus he argued:
Representative money is not capital; it is only a title to capital. He who borrows a paper dollar from another simply borrows a title. Consequently he takes from the lender nothing which the lender wishes to use; unless, indeed, the lender desires to purchase capital with his dollar for the sacrifice of his opportunity - a very different thing from usury, which is payment, not for the lender's sacrifice, but for the borrower's use; that is, not for a burden born, but for a benefit conferred . . . . Hence borrowing a title to capital is a very different thing from borrowing capital itself. But under the system of organized credit contemplated by [mutual money advocates] no capable and deserving person would borrow even a title to capital. The so-called borrower would simply so change the face of his own title as to make it recognizable by the world at large, and at no other expense than the mere cost of the alteration.7
In this passage Tucker contemplated that the proper function of a "credit-shop" - or bank - is to establish credit on a large scale, probably by agreement with other banks, and then to underwrite the credit of less widely known local property owners whose property is the basis of their credit. Thus ruinous interest rates can be eliminated by mutual credit.
Originally, capital (gold or silver) was actually loaned, and interest was usury paid for the mere use of it. During the time when Tucker published Liberty, it was widely held that a bank could not operate without capital. This superstition seemed to justify the legal requirement that the founders of a bank put up reserves of capital to use as a basis of issuing money. This effectively restricted banking to the wealthy. Tucker, following Proudhon and Greene, argued that the property of the customers could be used as a basis of issue, and therefore no lending or borrowing need occur, and money could be had without interest.
Today the bankers are more clever; they have taken the position of the mutualists that they need not risk their own capital, yet they require their customers to mortgage their property on the pretext that it is "collateral" security for the miscalled "loan". However, since nothing is loaned, and since the pseudo-notes they issue are not redeemable in anything, the procedure is but a device to get unearned title to other people's property. Thus a basic principle of mutual money has been co-opted by the bankers, and corrupted by them into a triple steal: that is, they get contingent ownership of customer property; they issue money without redemption; and they charge interest to their customers for the privilege of being cheated.
As a staunch advocate of "Anarchistic economics," Tucker argued in favor of a free market, but his concept of a free market went further than most people today mean by the term. To Tucker a free market was absolutely free from State intervention. Referring to Andrew Carnegie as typical of criminally invasive capitalists, Tucker wrote:
. . . if a man has labor to sell, he has a right to a free market in which to sell it, - a market in which no one shall be prevented by restrictive laws from honestly obtaining the money to buy it . . . . Capitalists [such as Carnegie] have placed and kept upon the statute books all sorts of prohibitions and taxes. . . designed to limit and effective in limiting the number of bidders for the labor of those who have labor to sell. If there were no tariffs on imported goods; if titles to unoccupied land were not recognized by the State; above all, if the right to issue money were not vested in monopoly, - bidders for the labor of Carnegie's employees would become so numerous that the offer would soon equal the laborer's product.8
Tucker's advocacy of a free market led him to take issue with economists who, in the name of a free market, defended the prevailing system of extortion by claiming the "productivity of capital." Said he:
The usual sense of this phrase, and the sense in which economists use it, is that capital has such an independent share in all production that the owner of it may rightfully farm out the privilege of using it, receive a steady income from it, have it restored to him intact at the expiration of the lease, farm it out again to somebody else, and go in in this way, he and his heirs forever, living in a permanent state of idleness and luxury simply from having performed a certain amount of "preparatory labor." That is what Proudhon denounced as "the fiction of the productivity of capital."9
Instead of renting productive capital for the mere use of it, Tucker said it should be bought outright once, at a just price, and no more. Payment for the mere use of something is usury, which is unethical extortion. In contrast, "The scientific reward (and under absolutely free competition the actual reward is, in the long run, almost identical with it) of labor is the product of an equal amount of equally arduous labor."10
Another version of the productivity of capital idea is the time factor theory of interest, i.e., that time itself is productive, and by waiting, a product is more valuable later than sooner; therefore, by lending capital the capitalist foregoes the productivity of time, and should be compensated by interest. This idea was argued by Henry George, who repudiated private collection of land rent but defended interest.
Suppose, [said George] a natural spring free to all, and that Hodge carries a pail of water from it to a place where he can . . . boil the water. Having hung a kettle. . . and started the fire, he has by his labor set natural forces at work in a certain direction; and they are at work for him alone, because without his previous labor they would not be at work in that direction at all. Now he may go to sleep, or run off and play . . . [and in time] he will have . . . boiling water . . . Would he exchange the pot of boiling water for a pail of cold water . . . . Of course not . . . And yet between the time when the fire is started and the time when the water boils, he does no work. To what then, is that difference in value due? Is it not clearly due to the element of time? Why does Hodge demand more than a pail of cold water for the pot of boiling water if it is not that the ultimate object of his original labor - the making of tea, for example - is nearer complete than it was an hour before, and that an even exchange of boiling water for cold water would delay him an hour, to which he will not submit unless he is paid for it? [11?]
To this "economic Hodge-Podge" Tucker responded as follows:
The illustration is vitiated from beginning to end by the neglect of the most important question involved in it, - namely, whether Hodge's idleness during the hour required for the boiling of the water is a matter of choice or of necessity. It was necessary to leave this out in order to give time the credit of boiling the water . . . . If Hodge's idleness is a matter of necessity, it is equivalent, from the economic standpoint, to labor, and counts as labor in the price of the boiling water. A store-keeper may spend only five hours in waiting on his customers, but, as he has to spend another five hours in waiting for them, he gets paid by them for ten hours' labor . . . because, to accommodate his customers, he has to give up what he could produce in those five hours if he could labor in them . . . . But it is Hodge himself, this disposition of himself, and not the abstraction time, that gives the water its exchangeable value . . . . The services of time are venal only when rendered through human forces; when rendered exclusively through the forces of nature, they are gratuitous . . . . [Moreover,] if Hodge chooses to be idle, and still tries . . . to charge [Podge] for this unnecessary idleness, the enterprising Dodge will step up and offer boiling water to Podge at a price lower than Hodge's, knowing that he can afford to do so by performing some productive labor while waiting for the water to boil, instead of loafing like Hodge.12
Tucker never seemed to tire of battling the Hydra-headed arguments in defense of interest. To what effect? Today the Hydra monster still lives! The time-factor argument has been revived by economists in a "time preference" version, and I suppose if Tucker still lived he would still strike it down. But would he be content to joust with endless unreason? The mighty warrior who won all the battles, lost the war because he could not outlive irrational humanity. What course would he take if he lived today? I am inclined to think that if Tucker were alive, he would not be content to endlessly wield the sword of reason against irrational vested interests.
Perhaps the greatest deficiency of "Anarchistic economics" was that beyond a few minor experiments it was never organized into action. Words must precede action when deliberate social change is to occur, but if action does not follow, words become cut off from the realities which give them meaning. The gap between anarchist words and action was effected by Archists. Proudhon was put in the Bastille to prevent him from organizing his proposed Bank of the People. In the U.S. a 10% tax was imposed on all non-franchised banks of issue. Since the rate of interest in Tucker's thy was 6%, mutual money could not compete, even though the operating costs were less than 1%.
Today the situation may be drastic enough to be significantly different. Prime lending rates are in excess of 17% (as of 1981). Credit cards are nearly ubiquitous: their obvious charge is 18%; their hidden charges boost the price to 30% or more. "Low" interest rates are considered "inflationary." Business bankruptcies, touching nearly the entire spectrum of business concerns, have increased 60% over the previous year, due to economic downturn and interest rates of 24%. All these rates are considerably in excess of the 10% tax plus 1% or less it would cost to operate a mutual money system.
Tucker believed in individual direct action. If he were alive today I suspect he would seriously consider taking steps or organize a mutual money system. First, it would demonstrate in an obvious way the four functions that Tucker said should be expected of any money: "Would it make exchange easy? Would it make production active? Would it measure prices accurately? Would it distribute wealth honestly?"13 Next, it would provide the consciousness raising experience that is made possible only by sharp contrast. Finally, it would educate the people regarding the cheat of the money fraud mystique, and prove the possibility of a fundamental alternative. And that, after all, is what Tucker most wanted to do.
1. Benjamin R. Tucker, Instead of a Book (New York: Benj. R. Tucker, Publisher, 1893), "Who is the Somebody?", (Liberty, August 6, 1881), pp. 177-178. All the citations used in this article were collected by Tucker in Instead of a Book which has a large section on money and interest. The actual date the article appeared in Liberty is given after the title of the article, but page numbers are for Instead of a Book.
2. Ibid., "To-Day's Excellent Fooling," (Liberty, August 16, 1890), p. 220.
3. Ibid., "Apex or Basis," (Liberty, December 10, 1881), p. 198.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid., "Ten Questions Briefly Answered," (Liberty, May 16, 1891), p. 253.
6. Ibid., "A Standard of Value a Necessity," (Liberty, June 13, 1891), p. 253.
7. Ibid., "Apex or Basis," (Liberty, December 10, 1881), p. 193.
8. Ibid., "The Lesson of Homestead," (Liberty, July 23, 1892), p. 454.
9. Ibid., "Basic Principles of Economics: Rent," (Liberty, October 3, 1885), p. 302.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid., "Economic Hodge-Podge," (Liberty, October 8, 1887), pp. 202-203. [Mark 11 missing.]
12. Ibid.
13. [Footnote 13 is missing.]
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With only just six weeks left of the current season Brecon commenced their final push towards a possible league and cup double. The task is certainly not an easy one with 8 league and possibly two Cup matches to be played. Statistically it is an enormous challenge and a measure of just how difficult it will be came in their match against 4th placed Pontypool United. United started the season slowly but have gradually improved and elevated themselves to fourth spot after a run of 5 successive victories, starting at the turn of the year. It was, therefore, clear that Saturday's match at Parc de Pugh was not going to be an easy warm up prior to the Cup semi-final in a week's time. Deep into the second half that prediction was certainly holding true.
Brecon started brightly and quickly took an early lead. After ten minutes they extended that lead and, on a calm spring afternoon, it appeared that pre-match predictions of a close contest appeared to be totally misjudged. In fact everything pointed towards a comfortable bonus point victory. The first two tries were beautifully executed. Eifion Jones kicked through to set up a good attacking position. Off an impressive Ioan Edwards line out steal Brecon spread the ball left with forwards Ryan Williams and Jon James making good ground. When the ball was switched back right hooker Ryan Williams cut a beautiful line against the grain and split the defence. His pass to flanker Ioan Edwards was perfectly executed and Edwards score under the posts. Dean Gunter converted.
On the ten minute mark Brecon extended the lead to 14 points with another lovely try. Dafydd Edwards, following up a long kick up-field, put the Pontypool fullback under pressure and his attempted relieving kick gained little ground. From the line out Brecon maintained possession through a number of phases with Ryan Williams again being prominent. They almost breached the line on a number of occasions but the United defence held until the ball was moved into midfield. With dummy runners drawing the attention of the defence, Eifion Jones cut back on the angle, split the defence and crashed over under the posts. Again Gunter converted.
At this stage everything seemed to be comfortable and working to plan. Brecon were confident and from the kick off they ran out of defence only to be halted when Ryan Price was bundled into touch on the ten metre line. At this point the game took a sudden and dramatic change. For the remaining 28 minutes of the half the game was played exclusively within the Brecon territory. Pontypool maintained possession well and drove hard at the Brecon defence. That defence was absolutely superb with the likes of Davey Herdman and Cameron Gardner showing a great appetite for work while operating under great pressure. Once or twice Pontypool came close to the line but each time they were denied.
While the defence was superb and had to be applauded home supporters became anxious as Brecon just could not break the stranglehold Pontypool had on territory. When Brecon did effect turn overs or caused the ball to be spilled the escape strategy was hampered by errors, both handling and in the disappointing execution of relieving kicks. Chips over the defence were tried but they almost all fell into the hands of a very competent Pontypool back three who quickly brought the ball back into the Brecon half. Pontypool battered away with a range of strategies from attempted driving mauls to movement which used the full width of the field. The fact that the score remained at 14 points to nil to Brecon as the teams headed for the changing room at half time was purely down to a magnificent defensive effort.
The second half started as the first ended. Brecon had opportunities to put pressure on their visitors but a throw which wasn't straight at the line out and a scrum where Brecon failed to concentrate and gave away a penalty allowed Pontypool to once again take play deep into the Brecon 22. Once again the defence was magnificent but supporters' nerves were hardly calmed as the thought that surely one missed tackle would be enough for Pontypool to close the gap and then, with momentum in their favour, anything could happen. For twenty minutes the pattern of play remained the same with the only change coming when Pontypool opted to kick a penalty at goal and reduced the arrears. While the points on the board were important for Pontypool the penalty allowed Brecon to kick off and enter their opponents half. Once there the balance of the game shifted. Brecon started to take control of the scrums and at last Pontypool were forced to defend. They did it efficiently but Brecon were ruthless. Ewan Williams, Elgan Lewis and Adam Hoskins stretched the defence and finally Hoskins crossed from short range for a try which Gunter converted.
Within minutes Brecon extended their lead and claimed a bonus point with their fourth try. Eifion Jones kicked through and his chase put great pressure on the Pontypool wing as he tried to gather near his line. He spilled the ball and Jones pounced for a try which put the game out of the reach of Pontypool. From there to the final whistle Brecon looked far more comfortable. Pontypool did make one final flurry but again to no avail and at the end of a match, where they gave everything and dominated possession and territory, they returned home empty handed.
Now all thoughts turn to the Cup Semi-final next Saturday at Ebbw Vale against rivals, Penallta. This will undoubtedly be a titanic struggle between the top two teams in the league in the first of three season defining head to heads to be faced before the season is over.
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Welcome fellow Androidians to episode 21 of Attack of the Androids. We record this podcast once a week, with love. Android love.
Tonight we have our great cast as usual. Eric Finkenbiner, Jeremy Lesniak, Joey Kelley, and Seth Heringer take the reigns as we start out the show with a quick chat about the ongoing struggle of Asus Transformer Prime owners and the awesome news — There's been an update and it fixed a few things and broke a few more! Such is life. We talk briefly about the Facebook IPO, the Path controversy, and so much more. We also touch on the war between Google and Malware.
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Please note that all our itineraries are flexible and can be altered to suit your requirements.
Day 01 Arrival Phnom Penh
Upon your arrival in Phnom Penh international airport, meet with your tour guide and driver to transfer to hotel for check in. Lunch not included
After your rest, visit to the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda, Located within the grounds of the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles. Then continue your visit at the National Museum, This is one of Phnom Penh's true architectural gems. The Museum is instantly recognizable with its warm red terracotta and its gracefully cured roof topped by dozens of guardian nagas. It was designed in Khmer style in 1917 by famed French architect Georges Groslier & Ecole Des Arts Cambodgiens.
Dinner not included; overnight at hotel
Day 02 Phnom Penh – Siem Reap (Breakfast: Hotel; dinner at local restaurant) by options
Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Siem Reap by options (please select options). Arrival in Siem Reap, meet with your tour guide and driver to transfer to hotel for check in. Lunch not included
After your rest, visit to Ta Prohm, one of the area's most beautiful temples. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake), Ta Som, built in late 12th century C.E. the most distant temple on the grand circuit, small but classic. Preah Khan temple, Built by the King Jayavarman VII. Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder hugging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, the temple of Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation.
Buffet Dinner and enjoy Khmer Traditional Dance Show at local restaurant and accommodation at hotel
Day03 Siem Reap Tours (Breakfast: Hotel)
Breakfast at hotel
In the morning, visit to the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12 century) : the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Lunch not included
After your rest, visit to the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Continue to view a wonderful sunset from the Top of Phnom Bakhen Hill.
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Day04 Siem Reap Tours (Breakfast: Hotel)
Breakfast at hotel
In the morning, drive to the typical Khmer countryside and visit Banteay Srei temple (10th century), regarded as the jewel in the crown of classical Khmer Art. Continue to visit Banteay Samre, one of the most complete complexes at Angkor due to restoration using the method of "anastylosis". Lunch not included
After your rest, Visit to the unique interior brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang ("The Royal Baths" was once used for ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by 4 concentric walls), , Ta Keo, constructed in late 10th early 11th century C.E, the first temple to be constructed wholly of sandstone.
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Day05 Siem Reap Tours – Departure (Breakfast: Hotel)
Breakfast at hotel
In the morning, visit to the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. Visit the village and take an excursion in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia. Lunch not included
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"This report offers insights into the employment and labour conditions in the textile industry in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The report tells the stories of workers in five spinning mills: Best Cotton Mills, Jeyavishnu Spintex, Premier Mills (Unit III), Sulochana Cotton Spinning Mills and Super Spinning Mills (Unit C). These spinning mills are part of five vertically integrated enterprises: Best Corporation (P) Limited (BCPL), Premier Group, K.M. Knitwear, Sulochana Group and SARA ELGI.
The textile and garment industry in Tamil Nadu is a major hub in the global knitwear sector, and these five enterprises supply important international companies – such as C&A, HanesBrands, Mothercare and Primark. However, the economic importance of this export-oriented industry stands in stark contrast with the substandard employment and working conditions that thousands of girls and young women have to endure on a daily basis."
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The top 5 most wacky transit stories of 2012
The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.
With 2013 quickly approaching, we thought we'd take a look back at 2012 and remember some of the highlights. This first installment of top five lists for 2012 looks at some of the weirdest transit news we posted in our Links and Tidbits series of posts this year.
- This video is one of those cases where you wonder if you're being fooled. Could such a helmet really exist? Are we looking at the future of cycling safety or is this just a wasted endeavour or a well thought out practical joke? Whatever it is, it sure gets the old grey matter going.
- This next one isn't from Links and Tidbits, but I just had to include it. It's to do with Toronto's mayor, Rob Ford… or should I say former mayor? Back in November, it's alleged that the mayor requested a TTC bus to pick up the football team he coaches. Yup, you read correctly.
- I think I can safely say that there isn't another rail car remotely similar to this RER train car converted to look like the Palace of Versailles. Pictures are so much better than trying to describe this.
- This four part Slate series on walking looks at why Americans don't walk as much as they used to. One reason given is that walking is so obvious that people forget to do it. The thought of people forgetting that they could and should walk is both fascinating and depressing at the same time.
- Finally, if you think that you have your local transit system connection down to a science and couldn't make your trip any faster, you may be wrong. Have you heard of transit marathons before? People compete to see who can make a trip on transit from a to b the fastest. There are rules to follow so that the Guinness Book of Records can document the winners!
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Several thousand years ago, the planet Cybertron was consumed by a civil war between the two Transformer factions, the Autobots led by Optimus Prime and the Decepticons led by Megatron. Optimus jettisoned the AllSpark, a mystical artifact that brings life to the planet, into space, but Megatron pursued it. Megatron crashed in the Arctic Circle and froze, and was discovered in 1895 by explorer Archibald Witwicky. Witwicky inadvertently activated Megatron's navigational system, which etched the AllSpark's coordinates into his glasses. The glasses end up in the possession of his great-great-grandson Sam Witwicky. In the present, Sam buys his first car, a rusting Chevrolet Camaro, but discovers it has a life of its own.In modern Qatar, Blackout attacks and destroys a United States military base in a failed attempt to hack the military network to find information on Megatron and the AllSpark. A team of Army Rangers led by Captain William Lennox escape across the desert, pursued by Blackout's drone Scorponok. They fight Scorponok off, aided by aerial reinforcements, and travel home with Scorponok's stinger, discovering sabot rounds damaged its armor. At the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense John Keller leads the investigation into the attack. Sound analyst Maggie Madsen catches another Decepticon, Frenzy, hacking into the U.S. military network while onboard Air Force One. While the hack is thwarted, Frenzy downloads files on Archibald's glasses, tracking down Sam with Barricade, disguised as a police car.Sam and his high school crush Mikaela Banes are rescued from Barricade and Frenzy by the Camaro who turns out to be Autobot scout Bumblebee, but he is mute and has to communicate through his car radio. Previously sending a beacon to his fellow Autobots, Bumblebee takes Sam and Mikaela to meet the new arrivals – Optimus, Jazz, Ironhide, and Ratchet. Optimus explains the details of their situation, revealing that if Megatron gained the AllSpark he would transform Earth's machinery into a new army and exterminate mankind. Sam, Mikaela, and the Autobots travel to Sam's house to retrieve the glasses, but the teenagers are captured by agents of Sector Seven, a top secret government branch, led by Seymour Simmons. The Autobots stop the agents, but they call for backup, who take Sam, Mikaela, and Bumblebee into custody, while Optimus obtains the glasses, and uses them to locate the Allspark.The respective groups connected to the Transformers are gathered together at Hoover Dam by Sector Seven's director Tom Banachek, who reveals Megatron, still frozen, and the AllSpark. Frenzy, who smuggled away in Mikaela's bag, summons the other Decepticons to attack and sabotages Megatron's cryonic system. Bumblebee is released to protect the AllSpark, shrinking it down to a handheld size so it can be transported to safety. Megatron escapes the dam after thawing out. Frenzy attacks Secretary Keller, Madsen and Agent Simmons in the Dam's radio room, trying to prevent them from summoning the Air Force, but is decapitated by his own ricocheting shuriken.A lengthy battle occurs in Mission City, with most of the Decepticons being killed, but Megatron murders Jazz. He prevents Sam's attempted escape with the AllSpark, and begins to fight Optimus. After a long brawl Megatron seems to get the upper hand. Optimus then tells Sam to push the cube into his chest in order to ensure their mutual destruction, but Sam rams it into Megatron's chest instead, extinguishing his spark. Starscream and Barricade are the only Decepticons to survive the battle and escape.Optimus salvages a shard of the AllSpark from Megatron's body. The United States government shuts down Sector Seven, disposing of the dead Decepticons in the Laurentian Abyss. Sam and Mikaela then start a relationship while the Autobots secretly hide out on Earth, Optimus sends a transmission into space inviting any surviving Autobots to join them. A brief mid-credits scene shows Starscream escaping into space to rally other Decepticons and summon them to Earth.Granted, these aren't your granddaddy's Transformers. Souped up to resemble high-tech living robots while fighting and the latest in automobile trends in car form, Bay and the producers have mucked around considerably with the look of the Autobots and Decepticons, putting the infamous flames on Optimus Prime and turning Megatron into an alien jet. Supporters of the all-holy "G1" have every right to scoff, but "Transformers" has a wonderful way of making these ludicrous alterations fit into the bigger, slicker picture, pressing down hard on the extra-terrestrial angle of our visitors. It's only a matter of moments before you buy these reinvented incarnations of popular characters and another few seconds before you start to root for their victory and defeat. Running at 140 minutes, Transformers never runs out of juice.


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A Future Fair for Whom?
I have never been a Party Political person. To be honest I see flaws in all of the views of the Parties and if involved in full-time politics I would have to fulfill the role of the Biblical prophets who repeatedly reminded rulers of the need for righteousness in public life. These days journalists partly are cast in that role, but too often they do so with an agenda of their own. Take for example this pathetic excuse for an article from this week's Times Online. However taking Nicola Woolcock's comments on HE to pieces, whilst a relatively easy task, is not the point of this post.
Their is a very old joke which asks how do you know when a politician is lying? The answer being, "When their lips are moving." Over the next few weeks here in the UK we will be bombarded with claims from all the Parties that they will provide the best hope for the future and anyone who is motivated to go to a polling station on 6th May, will have to make some sort of decision on whom they think will be best at providing oversight in Great Britain over next half-decade or so. The purpose of this post is not to encourage you who to vote for, but to test out the claim of the present Government that they will ensure a "Future Fair for All".
It is pragmatic not to look in a Party's manifesto to see how they will act in office especially when they have been in power for over a decade. It is far safer ask what they have and haven't achieved in that time. Again, my declared purpose in this place is to address the important topic of HE and I am not about to look through all of Labour's portfolio of recent Bills.
I cannot however resist commenting on their election slogan in the light of their attitude to HE. In fact on the day Gordon Brown launched this thin veneer of a headline, I was motivated to write to our regional newspaper to comment on it. I really did not expect it to get published as it was far too long for the letters page – you may have noticed that brevity is not one of my skills!
Not wishing though for my time spent then to be wasted now that the election battle-buses are on the road, I thought posting it here may be helpful to some.
21 Feb, 2010
A future fair for all –
except home educated children
Your readers may remember that over the last six months you have printed several reports where families have expressed concern about the present Government's plans for changing the law concerning parents' freedom to elect to home educate their children.
Initially our concerns were provoked by the publication of a review by Graham Badman. This had been commissioned by the DfCSF because they feared that home education could be used as a cover for child abuse. Even though Badman could find no evidence of this, he recommended far-reaching changes in the law which if implemented would require families to seek approval to home educate. Owen Paterson, MP for North Shropshire, presenting a petition in the Commons from "a large number" of his constituents, described Badman's recommendations as "iniquitous".
These recommendations now form part of the present Children, Schools and Families Bill and have been criticized by MPs of all parties including, Kate Hoey , David Anderson and Caroline Flint from the Government's own benches. Why have so many MP's taken up the concerns of their constituents as clearly as they have? Because from having very little knowledge of home education a year ago, they have now met children and parents from home educating families and are clearly impressed by the character and skills of the young people as well as the commitment of their parents.
There is one small but important group of MPs who have not joined in these parliamentary tributes. This group are Ministers in the DfCSF, led by Secretary of State Ed Balls, one of Gordon Brown's closest allies. Before Badman, they had already carried out three consultations about home education, and immediately after those, they launched yet another one – dealing only with the registration and monitoring aspects of his review with no mention of the support which Badman recommended that local authorities provide for home educating families. They received over 5,000 responses to this consultation, and to each of the 11 proposals an average of approximately 82% replied negatively, yet on 11th January the DfCSF published a response which basically said they were ignoring the concerns expressed in the responses they received. In the same way they have ignored a report by a Commons Select Committee and the record breaking number of petitions presented to Parliament (around 300), claiming they only want a light touch regime. It was pointed out to one Minister when she appeared before the Select Committee that 'light touch' was the phrase used twelve years ago to describe the national curriculum!
The DfCSF continues to protest that it wants to support home educators, but as one MP pointed out during the recent Committee stage of the CSF Bill, the Department does not practise what it preaches. Again, on 11th January Gordon Brown and Ed Balls announced "Home Access Grants" which would "give 270,000 low income families a free computer and free broadband access". However, on the DfCSF web site, and subsequently confirmed by two Ministers, it is stated that home educated children do not qualify for these grants. Is this what they and their party mean by "A future fair for all"?
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The question then, which any rational person would ask, is if this promise of a fair future – a just tomorrow – a sign of repentance on behalf of Gordon Brown and his crew or are they nice words to pull the wool over the electorates eyes?
Labour's tenure at the DfCSF has included repeated 'consultations' into HE of which Graham Badman's was seemingly a final attempt to get the answers they wanted. The suspicion that many of us have is that his 'findings' were in effect drawn up before his 'review' was announced. No doubt the fight that Ed Balls found himself in once Badman's work was published surprised the Secretary of State. Badman's incompetence was perhaps best illustrated by his inability to do basic maths even when Graham Stuart MP corrected his figures twice! (The first in a Select Committee session and later at a meeting of the Commons Public Bill Committee.)
Now the electorate would hope that when a minister has been shown clearly to be rushing badly researched legislation on to the statute books, that the same minister would welcome the opportunity think again and commission more reliable research before rushing on stage with a sticking plaster. Not Ed Balls. On Wednesday (7th Apr.) he quickly wrote a letter to Michael Gove blasting him and the Conservative Party for blocking a number of clauses in his precious Bill during the wash-up. He then published it on his own (not Labour's) web site here. On the topic of HE he wrote:
Finally, you and your colleagues have been clear about your opposition to the proposed registration scheme for home educators. I do believe this is profoundly misguided and will put children at risk in the future. We have always been clear that the vast majority of home educators do a good job and that they have nothing to fear from the proposals we brought forward. However, without our reforms the small minority of children at risk will remain so. By opposing these provisions you have removed a potentially valuable tool for local authorities in their work to safeguard all children.
His letter concluded:
It is a great pity that you have put at risk improvements in our schools, support for pupils and the well-being of our young people. I will be campaigning to ensure that this Government is returned and that these measures do make it on the statute book in the first session of the new Parliament.
Are those words expressed on his authority or do they have his boss's (be that Brown or Mandelson) support? In a last ditch attempt to justify their mischievous objectives, seemingly driven by ideology rather than what is best for children, Vernon Coaker clinging to the white flag of surrender, made this promise (see here for more details):
We hope that we can bring these matters back before Parliament in the near future, along with other measures that we have had to remove from the Bill, such as toughening home-school agreements, home education and the ability to collect data for the new school report card.
We don't yet know what will be in the Labour manifesto about HE, but we are in no doubt what is in their hearts and mind. Clause 26 and Schedule 1 we were told at various times was about education, or about safeguarding or supporting HE families or, according to Mr Coaker, "merely suggesting that there should be a better understanding of what was going on." With so much confusion amongst ministers who can criticise HE parents for thinking that there are unspoken objectives buried under their protestations.
I don't care who you vote for as long as HE families are aware that the Socialists in Labour do not believe that your children are your responsibility. They believe that all children are the responsibility of the State and that the State can prescribe where, how and what they are taught. It is from this ideology that the modern Thought Police have emerged. HE parents and children do not conform to their dictates – free-thinkers are a danger to their vision of a Socialist world. They think they are backed by the whole issue of the 'Rights of Children', but as where other issues are concerned they pick and choose which 'Right' dismisses all other conflicting 'rights'. Badman made that clear in his headline quote:
"The need to choose, to sacrifice some ultimate values to others, turns out to be a permanent characteristic of the human predicament"
ISAIAH BERLIN, Four Essays on Liberty London: Oxford University (1969)
[Page 1, Report to the Secretary of State on the Review of Elective Home Education in England, Graham Badman, June 2009]
Will the Future be Fair for All under a returned Labour government? I am convinced that it will not be for HE families and I am convinced that they will not be the only people who are not tolerated as totalitarianism masquerades as tolerance. On one point therefore I can agree with David Cameron, its Time for a Change. And whilst his party and the Lib Dems both responded to the pleas from HE families for help, I am not saying that this means that either (or both) of them have the right answers to all the important questions. Who you vote for is your choice if you wish to vote – and you still have the freedom to chose not to vote.
Just one final note. I had hoped to make this my final post until after the election. However, yesterday BBC West Midlands was saying that the Khyra Ishaq Serious Case Review was due to be published "soon". They did not give a time-scale, but if it is published in the next four weeks, I trust that it will provide us all with the opportunity to call Ed Balls to account for the opportunism he has resorted to by using her memory for political gain.Explore posts in the same categories: Home Education UK


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Finding Work When Underemployed
One of the most frustrating situations can occur when you are not getting paid what you are worth. Many people settle on a job out of college to gain experience and stay with it, even if they are not being paid to use all of their skills. This is a common, but serious career mistake. During difficult economic times, many people settle for jobs that pay less than they would normally just to have a steady source of income. You may be ready to move on to a new job right now.
Consider Looking Outside of Your Company
However, once you are in this cycle it can be difficult to break out of it since many jobs look at your previous salary to determine your new salary. It can be especially difficult to move up within the same business if you are in this situation. While you may be looking for opportunities within the same company you may be more successful looking for a job with a different company because you can apply for jobs that you are qualified for without being pigeonholed by your last title.
Make Sure Your Certifications and Skills Are Current
It is important to keep your skills and your certifications current even if you are not using them in your current position. The more skills you have available to you the more jobs you will be qualified to apply for. You should also keep an up to date resume available so that when you hear about the perfect job you can apply for it.
Look for Work While at Your Current Job
Continue to look for work while you are working at your current position. You may want to stay a year in order to show your new company that you will not just jump ship for a better offer. It is also a good way to network for a job with another company. A co-worker may know of an opening somewhere else and be willing to recommend you and clients may be able to give you recommendations to another company or tell you about different job offers.
Consider Using a Career Coach
If you have had a difficult time getting called back for interviews in the past, you should consult with a career coach to improve your resume and cover letter. Each cover letter needs to be unique to the job you apply for and should contain specifics to the company and position. If you are getting called in for interviews, but not making the next round, you may need to practice your interviewing skills. A career coach can help with this as well.
Stick to a Bare-Bones Budget Now
While you are looking for a better job, you do need to live on your current salary and stick to a bare bones budget. Some companies will pull a credit check to make sure you are a good candidate. Having too much debt can be a flag and may lose you the job next to a nearly identical candidate. If you currently have a large amount of debt, you may want to take on a second job to clean it up so you can qualify for a better position. Establish good financial habits now to help you get through this difficult time, so being underemployed does not take you too far off track.
Ask for a Raise
Another frustration can occur when your company continues to add responsibilities to your position, without increasing your pay. They may be taking advantage of your skill set, but are still unwilling to pay. First, you should ask for a raise, and point out the additional duties you have taken on since you were first hired. If they do not give you the raise, be sure to add the added responsibilities to your resume and continue looking for a new job. It is important to keep a positive attitude at your current position since they can contact your supervisor to see how well you work.
Create a Plan to Help You Find a Dream Job
Take the time to figure out your ideal job, and prepare yourself for it. If you settled on a job now, and you are making enough to get by, you can take the time to figure out exactly what you want to do. People often think they will enjoy a field of work, but once they begin that job, they realize it is not fulfilling. You can switch your career, but you need to prepare to do it. List the additional skills and experiences you need to complete in order to qualify for the position you want. Then work on that list while you look for the ideal position. You need to be ready to decide if your new job offer is worth the risk of leaving your secure job behind.
Be Patient and Don't Give Up
It will take time to find a better position. The higher paying the position, the longer it may take you to find it. However, if you continue to look and stay an active part of any related professional organizations you should be able to find the right job eventually. Keep a positive attitude at your current job but be ready to apply as soon as you find the position you are looking for. You will need to prepare a plan to help you recover from being underemployed once you find your new job.


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Re: MVS
WinSCP is indeed not compatible with the server. I can try to improve this, but I was not able to get a test account on such server yet. Any chance with your server?
Before posting, please read how to report bug or request support effectively.
Bug reports without an attached log file are usually useless.
Your folder names does not seem Windows-ish, so I do not think it's related to Bug 1074.
Please attach a full log file showing the problem (using the latest version of WinSCP).
To generate log file, enable logging, log in to your server and do the operation and only the operation that causes the error. Submit the log with your post as an attachment. Note that passwords and passphrases not stored in the log. You may want to remove other data you consider sensitive though, such as host names, IP addresses, account names or file names (unless they are relevant to the problem). If you do not want to post the log publicly, you can mark the attachment as private.


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Note to packagers regarding OpenWrt intl and iconv supportJo-Philipp Wich jow at openwrt.org
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, following the discussion about stubbed libintl and libiconv implementations in OpenWrt [1], I decided to implement a switching mechanism for those libraries in the OpenWrt buildroot. This is a short explanation for packagers and image builders on howto prepare packages to work with the switching. The OpenWrt menuconfig gained a new boolean symbol called "CONFIG_BUILD_NLS" which is disabled by default [2]. Turning it on will enable the building of the full gettext (libintl) and libiconv packages. The setting can be found in the "Global Build Settings" menu, called "Compile with full language support". Packages using either iconv or intl have been changed [3] to include the new convenience file "include/nls.mk" which exports variables to use within Makefiles to pull in the right iconv or intl implementation. The exported variables are: ICONV_FULL - set to 1 if the full iconv implementation is used, else unset ICONV_PREFIX - path to the location of the include/ and lib/ dirs of the currently used iconv implementation ICONV_DEPENDS - expands to a dependency specification that results either in +libiconv-full or nothing, depending on the CONFIG_BUILD_NLS symbol ICONV_CFLAGS - contains the appropriate CFLAGS to make programs find the iconv headers ICONV_CPPFLAGS - alias to ICONV_CFLAGS ICONV_LDFLAGS - contains the appropriate LDFLAGS to make programs link to the iconv implementation INTL_FULL - set to 1 if the full libintl implementation is used, else unset INTL_PREFIX - path to the location of the include/ and lib/ dirs of the currently used libintl implementation INTL_DEPENDS - expands to a dependency specification that results either in +libintl-full or nothing, depending on the CONFIG_BUILD_NLS symbol INTL_CFLAGS - contains the appropriate CFLAGS to make programs find the libintl headers INTL_CPPFLAGS - alias to INTL_CFLAGS INTL_LDFLAGS - contains the appropriate LDFLAGS to make programs link to the libintl implementation Additionally the include automatically extends the TARGET_CFLAGS, TARGET_CPPFLAGS and TARGET_LDFLAGS variables so that most programs should pick up the libs automatically in their configure/make process. To adapt existing package Makefiles to the new mechanism, the following changes must be made: - Add "include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk" below the existing "package.mk" include - Remove existing extensions to TARGET_CFLAGS/CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS like "TARGET_CFLAGS+=-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libintl/include/" (if any) - Replace existing extensions to other variables with $(ICONV_PREFIX), $(INTL_PREFIX) where applicable (e.g. "EXTRA_CPPFLAGS+=-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libiconv/include" to "EXTRA_CPPFLAGS+=$(ICONV_CPPFLAGS)" or "EXTRA_CPPFLAGS+=-I$(ICONV_PREFIX)/include") - Replace dependency specifications like +libiconv, +libiconv-full, +libintl or +libintl-full with $(ICONV_DEPENDS) or $(INTL_DEPENDS) - Some packages have configure switches like "--with-libiconv=gnu", those should be wrapped similar to this: "$(if $(ICONV_FULL),--with-libiconv=gnu)" - If a program is known to fail with the stub implementation, a dependency like "DEPENDS:=@BUILD_NLS" can be specified to hide and disable the package from menuconfig if CONFIG_BUILD_NLS is unset Neither the stub nor the full packages install their (shared) objects and headers into a "standard" location ($(STAGING_DIR)/usr/...) anymore so programs that must use them have to use the nls.mk facility. Programs with optional iconv/intl support will just skip over them as they're not detectable without extra flags anymore. As the current Backfire branch and Trunk share the same packages feed, the BUILD_NLS support has been merged into the latest branch as well. Regards, Jow 1) http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/discussion/2011-January/006770.html 2) https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/25302 3) https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/25319 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1Jz30ACgkQdputYINPTPNeVwCdGESiq8L4sVHRzVlY0EVJNfSW 4gsAni4B2GROqtBRwYz5yKx10EPy3yQ3 =gSoQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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Select the Campaigns tab to see a list of all the campaigns, sub-campaigns and passes which exist in every account in the Enterprise. Each campaign is presented with information in the following columns:
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Along the top of the Campaigns tab, you can use the Show menu to filter the campaign list by a particular campaign state, or by filtering by a particular date range, or both. Once you've made your selections, click View.
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Clicking Manage next to a campaign will take you to the Campaigns page of Account Manager. Here, you can view and manage the campaigns and sub-campaigns in more detail.
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It's already June? How did that happen? Apparently, I haven't been very on the ball so far this month seeing as this recap is happening five days into June. Whoops!
It feels like we got up to a lot this month. We finished out month of Paleo and no drinking (although not entirely free of grains or drinks) so we're back to enjoying drinks from time to time and have added cheese back into our diets. We still are trying to eat primally most of the time, but we're certainly not overly strict. Story of our lives. Enough about what I eat though. As if I don't talk about it enough on here. On to the Instagram Recap!
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2. Lobsters with N's family while his brother was in town. I'd never put one into the pot so we had to capture the moment.
3. I spent three days down at the geoConvention for work. This bird was blind in one eye, but he made for a lovely hat.
4. Treating ourselves to Peters' milkshakes after hunting for my unjustly towed car.
5. It was N's birthday this month and I made him this paleo smoked salmon eggs benedict (as mentioned). I'm pretty proud of it.
6. We went out to the lake for N's birthday and even though the weather wasn't spectacular, it's one of my favourite places to be.
7. We had a party at our place for N's birthday. It was a gong show.
8. Cheering at the Calgary Marathon and Half Marathon. It was a lovely day with lovely people!
9. I've been doing CrossFit in the park for the last few weeks. It's been really fun and one of the coaches sometimes takes pictures. These were burpee broad jumps.
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THE Voice coach Will.I.Am was made to pay for his jokey behaviour after he accidentally pushed his red button for an act he didn't want.
In a preview clip of Saturday night's episode, the Black Eyed Peas star left his fellow coaches in stitches as he ended up putting an unwanted act on his team.
The musician had been enjoying the performance and was pretending to rub his red button in order to tease the audience when he accidentally used enough force to press it down properly.
The audience screamed with a mix of joy and shock while Will jumped in horror as his chair spun round.
Jennifer Hudson's jaw dropped at the mistake while Sir Tom Jones began to chuckle over the incident.
It comes after the Black Eyed Peas star didn't turn his chair for hopeful Tanya Lacey – who has written for Will.I.Am in the past.
Describing the moment Will failed to recognise her as "surreal", Tanya revealed she's open to an offer from him.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain, Tanya said: "It was so surreal, that was the first time I've ever met him.
"Will can steal me back so we'll see how it unfolds, it's a funny situation."
When Tanya appeared on The Voice she blew Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones and Gavin away with her vocal abilities.
Will was furious he didn't turn for his songwriter Tanya
When Will finally turned around after she'd finished, 31-year-old Tanya told him she'd written his 2011 track T.H.E (The Hardest Ever), which he recorded with Jennifer Lopez.
Will later admitted he was furious at himself for not getting in on the action, saying: I should have turned around.
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We have a thriving membership of over 200 members, both adult and juniors, offering plenty of opportunities to play. Adult Club mornings are Monday, Thursday, Sunday from 10am to midday and Tuesday and Friday evenings from 7pm with balls provided by the club as part of your membership. The coaching team has recently improved what's on offer to adults within the coaching programme check out the updated coaching section of the website. There is something for everyone no matter your age or ability - whether you want to improve technically, tactically or just play at a level right for you.
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We are also very well represented in the Dorset Doubles Leagues. We have 13 teams currently which is a significant achievement for a 4 court club and captains are always welcoming of new players keen to get involved.
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Some readers of today's story about low ridership on Metro's Airport Direct service have reminded me that this is not the only bus Metro that runs to George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
The 102 Bush IAH Ltd route makes its way from Midtown to the airport, with daily departures starting at 4:59 a.m. But the bus makes six stops en route and takes more than an hour to reach Terminal C, compared to 30 minutes for the direct service.
The fare for the 102 is $1.25; Metro Direct costs $15, or $10 with proof of travel on Continental Airlines.
Kimberly Slaughter, a Metro senior vice president, told me that ridership on this local service to the airport is "pretty strong — we get commuters as well as business travelers."
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Don't Breathe (2016) film review directed by Fede Alvarez. Ghost house Pictures, distributed by Screen Gems, and Sony Pictures. Certificate 15 running time 88 minutes.
From The director of Evil Dead 2013 Fede Alvarez comes this very tense thriller, starring Jane Levy (The Evil Dead) Dylan Minnette ( Goosebumps) and Daniel Zovatto ( It Follows) a pure adrenaline ride for 80 minutes, that is surprisingly very good, a confusing film as we as an audience never quite know who to route for, the blind man protecting his property, or the teenagers who break into his property. With even the director saying on the special features " there is no good guys are bad guys, just victims" so this is a film to make your mind up who is right or wrong in this great thriller.
Plot Summary;
Three older teenagers take advantage of one of their dad's security companies to break into houses, by using spare keys in his possession. They choose the wrong house though belonging to an ex army veteran, although blind, has all his senses to fight back, with a known $300,000 dollars in his possession after a recent pay off, an insurance claim, in which he lost his daughter in a car accident.
We have a grieving war veteran with nothing to loose, whilst defending his home violently from these home invaders.
To say too much would actually ruin your viewing pleasure of this film, the films ending is brilliant but equally frustrating. You do find yourself wanting these kids to get away with it, but equally thinking they are actually breaking the law, breaking into someone's house for thier own selfish gains, so you actually want the blind man to fight back. With a twist two thirds in, makes your choice who should win this stand off even harder, my money was always on the blind man " Steven Lang" but you have to watch to see who survives the stand off.
An outstanding film, very tense, extremely well acted from all involved, with some great violent scenes, and one of my favourite films I've seen so far this year, although the ending wasn't to my satisfaction others will probably like it as it is very clever. A recommend film, that comes with some great special features and making of' with a digital download code for ultraviolet.