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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Mr. Inbetween' On FX, An Australian Dramedy About A Hitman More Worried About His Life Than About Killing People
By Joel Keller Twitter @joelkeller Sep 25, 2018 at 5:30pm
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Scott Ryan created the role of weary hitman Ray Shoesmith in the cult hit The Magician in 2005. Thirteen years later, he reprises the role in a new FX series Mr. Inbetween. Will the show make the Aussie actor and writer become a household name in America this time around?
MR. INBETWEEN: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: Two men meet on a set of stairs looking over a city street. One man wonders why the other didn't put a bet down that the other said he'd do. He says the guy who's accusing him of doing that is lying. The first man wearily calls his boss, who talks to the second man, who admits he made a mistake. Then, the first man pushes the second man over the railing.
The Gist: Ray Shoesmith (Scott Ryan) is a hit man. He works as a bouncer at a strip club, but his real job is to intimidate, injure and/or kill people that owe his boss money. But that's just what he does; his job is secondary to all the other bullshit that's going on in his life.
First, there's his buddy Gary (Justin Rosniak), who asks Ray for help when his wife finds his "Golden Showers" porn videos. Ray takes the bullet for that, telling Gary's wife that "I'm the pee-pee man." He's also annoyed that the strip club manager, Freddy (Damon Herriman) owes him money, and Freddy wants Ray to go squeeze the money out of another client. He also has to train a new guy, Nicky (Edmund Lembke-Hogan), who looks like he learned the art of intimidation from bad gangster movies.
But there's good stuff: He meets a great girl named Ally (Brooke Satchwell) while at the dog park and regrets not asking her out. He picks up his little daughter Brittany (Chika Yasumura) and they spend some time with Ray's sick friend Bruce (Nicholas Cassim) then get some ice cream, where Ray has to deal with some annoying teens who hurl insults at him after bumping into him. It's a complicated life for Ray, and the smallest part of it is the fact that he kills people.
Our Take: Ryan originated the role of Ray in the movie The Magician. He developed Mr. Inbetween for FX Australia, and it got such a great reception that the U.S. version of FX imported it lock, stock and barrel (this is a first for FX; the last time they imported an Australian show was Wilfred, and they remade the whole thing with a mostly American setting and cast).
We've seen movies and shows where hitmen and women navigate their lives as if their violent profession was just any old job — Barry comes to mind as the latest example of that genre. But what Ryan brings to the format is a "tired of this shit" weariness and deadpan manner that makes him one of the more unique hitmen on TV. All he wants is a good relationship, and to be a good father and friend. Everything else is secondary.
Ray essentially intimidates by looking out the top of his eyes, frowning, and communicating to his victims that he'd really rather not be there, but because they messed up, he is. And it works. He certainly isn't a loner, and he's good at his job. He just wishes his life was a bit more in order.
We accidentally got a look at the last episode (it was listed first on FX's screener site… go figure), and it could have passed for the first; a quirky look at the life of a guy who has a dangerous job but just wants to live his life. It indicated to us that Ryan's view of Ray will be funny and full of great moments as he navigates a new relationship and his other responsibilities.
Sex and Skin: Ray works in a strip club, so there's likely to be a lot of skin in this series
Parting Shot: Ray runs into Ally, a paramedic, on the street (she was likely called after he beat the snot out of those teenagers). They flirt, exchange info, and he walks down the street, his day a little brighter.
Sleeper Star: We can't wait to see more of Satchwell as Ally, and how her relationship with the sardonic Ray grows.
Most Pilot-y Line: Nothing really clunky about this first episode, likely because Ryan has such a good handle on Ray and the world around him.
Our Call: STREAM IT. Mr. Inbetween is darkly funny, and Ryan is compelling to watch.
Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn't kid himself: he's a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, VanityFair.com, Playboy.com, Fast Company's Co.Create and elsewhere.
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Many pupils from RHS have had a very active summer holiday and that includes Giles, a Year 10 sailing scholar.
Sailing the single-handed Topper 4.2, he attended the Worlds in France and achieved a credible 13th place in July, then returned to the UK for the National Championships in Pwllheli, Wales over August.
This was a fleet racing event and 17 races were completed over 6 days in mixed weather of up to 30knts, Giles came out top in 1st place overall and had an incredible run of five 1st places on the second and third days.
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George Newstrom, Virginia's secretary of technology and chairman of the state's Information Technology Investment Board, said the act will let the state obtain the latest infrastructure without paying for it entirely out of its own pocket.
The act is a "terrific mechanism for Virginia to get the most creative and innovative proposals possible, since they are not tied to a 'prescriptive' RFP process," he said.
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John Kost, managing vice president of worldwide public-sector research at Gartner Inc., a Stamford, Conn.-based market research firm, said expanding the act to include IT infrastructure shows that both Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and the General Assembly recognize that the procurement process "is normally a difficult and time-consuming hurdle that can stand in the way of change."
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Cet article présente les résultats détaillés du simple dames de l'édition 1923 du tournoi de Wimbledon qui est disputé du 25 juin au . Ce tournoi de tennis est le troisième de la tournée du Grand Chelem.

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Suzanne Lenglen bat Kitty McKane en finale de cette édition ; elle décroche à cette occasion son  du Grand Chelem.

En demi-finale, les deux protagonistes avaient respectivement battu Winifred Beamish et Elizabeth Ryan.

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Deuxième partie

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Season Goal: Third Place
Game #1 vs. Celt's Pub
Celt's Pub is the top team in the league and they were looking to add to that lead by beating up on the SFRCGG. Unfortunately for them, we had other plans. We scored four runs in the first inning to take an early 4-2 lead. Celts Pub didn't quit and scored four in the second, three in the third, four in the fourth and one in the fifth. Of course the SFRCGG was aware of the game situation throughout. And whilst we bent, we did not break. Defensively we kept the game within reach. Offensively we were pacing ourselves for the sixth and seventh innings. In the fourth inning Nate lead the Leaders with a single. Potter followed it up with a single of his own. Lars knocked in a run with a single. After a harmless fielder's choice, Brain hit a single, Matty tripled, Cinco hit a single, #35 got a single, Ryan followed with another single. Yes, that was nine base runners out of 10 plate appearances with eight hits. All said, the SFRC scored six runs in the sixth. When we quickly shut them down in the fifth, we got right back to hitting. CW went for a triple, Nate reached on an error, Potter found grass for a single, Lars had another RBI single…all before we found an out. Brain quickly got us back on track with a single before Matty took a walk and Cinco singled. T-Mac singled and Ryan followed with another single as well. In other words, it was Leader, Leader, Leader, Leader, Leader…sounds like runs. Yep, seven runs in the fifth inning and that was the submission hold on Celt's pub. They were shutout in the top of the sixth and the game was called because of time.
Final Score: SCHLITZ GUSTO GUYS 18 – Celt's 14
Last out: Mr. Clutch (#35)
Game #2 vs. Eddy's
With a very well stated goal of "Finish the Season in Third Place" we took the field against Eddy's. We had just beat the team in first place (Celt's Pub). The SFRCGG have always been a Memorial Day and after team. We have done our best work as the season progresses and the temperature warms up. We have 20+ years of data to prove it. Numbers don't lie. With these facts in mind, June 8th is not too early to make sure we keep our seasons goals in mind. "Finish the Season in Third Place." We took the first two innings off scoring only one run. Eddy's didn't exactly set the world on fire either. The game was close throughout before the SFRCGG finally bowed out losing 11-12.
Final Score: SCHLITZ GUSTO GUYS 11 – Eddy's 12
Last out: Cinco
June 28th, 2011 | Tags: 35, Brain, Celts Pub, cinco, cw, eddys, Lars, Matty, Nate, Ryan, sfrcgg, Third | Category: Recap

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First, CTR compares how often the advertisement is shown versus how often viewers click on the advertisement. This ratio illuminates how relevant the advertisement is to viewers. A low CTR tells marketers if keywords or ad copy needs to be improved. CTR also acts as the top determiner for quality score.
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Camille Butcher (* 24. November 1980 in Newport) ist eine britisch-französische Opernsängerin in der Stimmlage Sopran.

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Butcher wurde in Wales geboren und studierte zwischen 2002 und 2006 am Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, danach an der Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe und an der Musikhochschule Lübeck. Sie war von 2009 bis 2011 Mitglied des Internationalen Opern Studios in Zürich und sang am Opernhaus Zürich unter anderem Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel und die erste Solostimme und erste nackte Jungfrau in Moses und Aron.

Bereits während ihres Studiums trat sie als Erste Hexe in Georg Friedrich Händels Dido and Aeneas, in der Titelrolle in Carl Orffs Die Kluge und als Laura in Carl Millöckers Der Bettelstudent in Karlsruhe und Lübeck auf und sang Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro am Theater Pforzheim. 2009 übernahm Camille Butcher die Rolle der Anna Reich in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor auf Schloss Weikersheim. Als Pamina in Die Zauberflöte debütierte sie 2010 in Bregenz. In der Spielzeit 2010/11 sang sie die Papagena in Die Zauberflöte am Nationaltheater Mannheim. 2011/ 2012 ist sie Gastmitglied im Ensemble des Landestheaters Salzburg. 2012–2015 war Butcher Ensemblemitglied am Konzert Theater Bern.

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Sigfrid Schibli rezensierte in der Basler Zeitung die Inszenierung des Tannhäuser am Opernhaus Zürich und hebt dabei hervor: "Ein Lichtblick ist der junge Hirt von Camille Butcher." Für Marianne Mühlemann von Der Bund ist Butchers "anrührende Verzweiflungs-Arie «Ach ich fühls» […] einer der Höhepunkte" in Nigel Lowerys Zauberflöte am Konzert Theater Bern. Für den Dokumentarfilm "Die Schönheit der Stimme" des Schweizer Fernsehens und Arte begleitete die Regisseurin Sabine Gisiger die Ausbildung Butchers am Opernstudio Zürich ein Jahr lang mit der Kamera.

Auszeichnungen
 2006: Erster Preis beim Monmouth-Gesangswettbewerb
 2009: Sonderpreis der "Walter und Charlotte Hamel Stiftung" als "vielversprechende Opernsängerin".

Weblinks

 Camille Butcher Website
 Camille Butcher Interview bei Der Bund

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Setting up Beeline Internet on Android. Automatic Internet settings "Beeline"
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Setting up the Internet from Beeline on Android is an important skill that will not only allow you to have a good time listening to music online from your smartphone or sitting on social networks, but will also give you the opportunity to refuse to overpay for the Internet.
It is good to use the Internet on devices with the Android operating system via Wi-Fi. Its main advantages are high connection speed and ease of connection. Now this protocol is almost everywhere: in transport, cafes, shopping centers and residential buildings. But there are places where free Wi-Fi coverage has not yet reached, and may never reach.
There are many institutions where access to some social networks and instant messengers is blocked. These include railway stations, schools and universities, offices of various companies and firms. How to set up mobile Internet settings from Beeline on Android? Today we will tell about it.
Typically mobileInternet on the phone is connected automatically. That is, the mobile operator "Beeline" sends the settings for connecting to the Internet in an SMS message. They are stored in the non-volatile memory of the Android OS device. You only need to enter them once. You will not have to repeat this action in the future.
It's not that simple here. It happens that there is no automatic connection to illegally low-quality phones that have entered the country, as well as to foreign smartphones that a person brought singly and for himself. Such devices can also be with a built-in SIM card of a foreign operator. And craftsmen remake such devices to Russian standards. There may, of course, be ordinary phones with a removable SIM card. For such an Android, setting up the Internet from Beeline is done manually.
This is done in the "Access Points (APN)" item. Next, you need to fill in the lines in the sub-item "New access point". What do you need to enter?
Your real name or pseudonym.
Access point (APN) (entered from the official website of Beeline in the subsection "Internet" - internet.beeline.ru, and if the sim card is from a modem, then entered from the link home.beeline.ru).
Username (you need to enter the word beeline).
Password (also beeline).
If after these manipulations there is no mobile Internet, you need to restart your smartphone. The Beeline company can find out the authenticity of your identity (as a user of this gadget) or the specified number. To do this, CHAP authentication is performed,which provides for the collection of indirect data about the user, and not a direct password.
Let's consider one more situation. Suppose the Internet is not configured either automatically or after filling in the fields in the settings. What to do then? We find the "MCC" field in the settings, enter the code 250 there. These three digits are suitable for all operators. But the MNC code for different mobile networks is different. For Beeline, this is 99. Remember. Thus, MCC + MNC for Beeline (manual code entry, if automatic code is not received) will be 25099.
If you have any problems with setting up the Internet, you can always contact the Beeline hotline for help. Even under the strict guidance of an employee, are you unable to connect to the network? Then it makes sense to contact the service center, where experienced consultants will independently perform all the necessary manipulations.
The 1G network is not currently in use. It is unlikely that many have heard of her in Russia. After all, these wireless technologies in the US and Europe were used for mobile communications in the 1980s. And wireless communication came to Russia and the CIS in the 1990s. Then you didn't even have to think about connecting to the Internet through your phone. In the last decade of the 20th century, foreigners introduced 2G. This was first done in Finland. Until recently, this method of communication was more accessible for Russian users. Even now there are places where 2G Internet has been preserved.
Progress does not stand still. New mobile communication protocols are emerging. Today, the 2G network has the smallest Internet speed. However, it is still too early to write it off. After all, all devices with the Android operating system, even the newest and most high-tech ones, can support automatic Internet settings from Beeline using second-generation wireless communication. Not everyone knows about this.
We figured out the 2G connection. Does the 3G protocol provide faster Internet access? In fact, this is not always the case. 3G frequency is different. The point is either in the equipment on which Beeline works, or in the region of coverage. This means that the Internet operating on the CDMA2000 data frequency will be almost as slow. EDGE and UMTS are about twice as fast as CDMA.
There are several more frequency options for the Internet, positioning itself as 3G. But in fact, the really high-speed frequencies that have the right to be called 3G are EV-DO Revision A and EV-DO Revision O. Therefore, you need to focus on the frequency when setting up the Internet on the Beeline router, on a smartphone or tablet.
First of all, it is worth noting that not all mobile devices and tablets support 4G Internet. However, it cannot yet be said that the data transfer rate using this protocol is much higher than the usual 3G. Just not yetall equipment meets the high demands of 4G communication. And even if a smartphone has this protocol in the Beeline Internet setup wizard, this does not mean that the Internet on your phone will start to "fly".
The following conclusion can be drawn: the 4G technology offered to the consumer is actually, roughly speaking, 3.75G. But do not be upset. After all, real 4G communication will soon be in all mobile devices. We just need to wait a bit.
As you know, the mobile Internet has a very high speed. This is the main reason for its immense popularity. Do you have an urgent need to connect another gadget to the Internet? You can use your smartphone as a wireless router. To do this, you need a mobile device that supports the 3G (GSM) protocol and also has a built-in Wi-Fi module. How to get Beeline Internet settings for other devices (for example, for a smartphone based on Android OS)? Now we will tell about it.
First, open the settings menu, then the "More" sub-item. Select the Modem Mode button. After clicking on it, a list will appear in the form of four sub-items. Among them, you need to select "Wi-Fi hotspot" and "click" the switch so that the ON button lights up. After that, you need to set the parameters in the settings of this very access point. You need to specify:
Wi-Fi hotspot name (network name).
Set password.
Have you completed these steps?Wonderful. When typing a password, you can activate the ability to show it. What does it give? So you will not have typos during the password setting. You can also go the other way. Do not set a password, but make the access point free for everyone who is in the coverage area of \u200b\u200bthe "router". For a computer running Windows XP SP2, you will also need to activate the WMA protocol. After that, a third-party device can be connected to the Android device as a Wi-Fi router.
Setting up the Internet from "Beeline" on "Android" implies the choice of the most favorable tariff. What can we recommend? An excellent option is the tariff "Everything". The cost of the Internet on it will range from 200 to 1200 rubles per month. It all depends on the amount of available GB. Thus, the "Vse" tariff can provide 1, 4, 8, 12 and 20 GB of Internet traffic per month. What if the limit is reached? A one-time payment of 250 rubles will provide the user with another 1 GB, and 500 rubles - as much as 4 GB.
In addition, at this tariff you can try additional services, such as "Unlimited in 4G" and "Auto-renewal of speed".
So, let's highlight the advantages of mobile Internet from Beeline. Firstly, the subscriber gets a quick access to the network from a telephone device or tablet. Secondly, he has the ability to use the settings of the router (Internet from Beeline) on Android as an access point for any philistine gadgets that are connected viaWiFi.
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MPI's chairman emeritus & managing director Harry (Hal) Curtis set out on a journey in May to hike the entire Appalachian Trail. For background on Hal's trek and the cause he is supporting, read this MPI blog article or check out Hal's Blog.
On May 26, Hal Curtis rolled into the quaint little river town of Delaware Water Gap – 16 days into his six-month-long, 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail hike. The lure of a real bed and shower prompted a late-day decision to forego his usual tent-pitching routine and instead make a run for it, resulting in an 18+ mile day.
His late-day charge began at Sunfish Pond, a 44 acre glacial lake perched on the Kittatinny Ridge, where he followed the trail several miles down an elevation drop of over 1,000 feet until it emerged from the woods onto a pedestrian walkway along the tractor-trailer laden Route 80 Delaware River toll bridge. From there, it was a left turn into this small town where he finally unloaded his 40 pound backpack and climbed to the fourth story of the charming—if not slightly askew—Deer Head Inn, a B&B of sorts that features rocking chair porches, creaky stairs and a quintessential jazz club.
Hal's journey is clearly for more than personal amusement or ambition, which probably wore off after Day 2 or 3. His hike is for a cause – to honor the memory of his mother and to raise funds for the Lillian Prince Margolis Charitable Care Fund, which will provide financial assistance to patients of the Merrimack Valley Hospice, where she volunteered for 17 years.
We met Hal the next morning, an arrangement we made after learning of his planned arrival in The Gap – the closest his journey would come to our location. A little scruffier and stiffer than the man that set off 16 days ago, he looked no worse for wear and actually had a certain leathery woodsman glow. We admired the food contents of his backpack, which were sprawled out over his bed for inventory: made-ready-to-eat meals (MREs), oatmeal packets, granola bars, beef jerky and dried fruits.
In hindsight, Hal was probably relieved that he made (and survived) his previous night's charge, but he clearly intended to avoid a repeat. But it was a scorching 90 degrees on this "zero mile" rest day, and I sensed that #3 would quickly become the #1 priority as the heat wave—and summer—rolled in.
After we dropped Hal off back at the creaky jazz inn, the "Maine to Georgia" Appalachian Trail sign cattycorner from the hotel got the best of my curiosity and we decided to give the trail a look. The serenity of the woods, the tadpoles in the vernal pond, the tunnels of rhododendron, and the intensity of the rocky terrain were luring and intimidating all at once. After our brief one or two mile trail exploration and a short encounter with some through-hikers, we headed back to our car—which was complete with air conditioning, a cooler of chilled water bottles and fresh orange slices. I couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
But before we descended the whole way to the parking lot, we scratched a little note of encouragement for Hal into the trail. It was a small gesture of our admiration for his undertaking and an attempt to leave a little trail magic in our wake. We hoped the impending storms would not wash it away and that Hal would see it as he set out the next morning to conquer the remaining 2,000 miles. And he did.
Written by Andrea Quincy, who along with Rob Quincy (owners/partners at MPI's agency, Ridge Marketing) checked up on Hal during his journey.


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Young workers push employers for wider web access
July 14, 2009	09:21 am JST	 July 14, 2009 | 09:41 am JST
Altria
Agreed. All the wonders of technology at their fingertips and employers view it as a risk that should be blocked rather than taking advantage of it.
Get people on Skype, instant messaging, let them listen to music on internet radio - you might actually find that productivity increases. I certainly work faster at home with full access.
They're also less likely to fit the traditional 9-to-5 work mode
Not sure that there is much 'traditional' about that 'mode' here in Japan!
PoolofZen
Who cares about visiting facebook... I just want to listen to internet radio!
-seriously... how can facebook add to productivity?
theFu
First post here, but I've been lurking for over 5 years.
I'm a technical architect - the guy who has to find the money for all this non-work network stuff. Video and audio files use huge amounts of bandwidth if 1,000 people are using 128kbps for audio. For smaller companies, even 50 people listening to Pandora can bring the corporate network down. That bandwidth should be used for email and customer meetings instead. If you want to listen to music, bring your iPhone or iPod or Nokia N800 <-- my choice.
I'm less concerned about Facebook access, but facebook and myspace have been distribution sites for viruses via their ad networks. IM has legal issues for companies, at least in the USA. We're required to retain copies of all messages - email, IM and texts, if possible, due to SOX requirements. If you are a C-level exec, you already know everything is recorded. Where I worked, we also retained 7 days of telephone conversations for every line in the company - over 60,000 employees.
IM and Skype have huge security issues. There have been a number of remote hacks through IM software. Sometimes it is like opening a door right through your firewall. We chose to close that door.
Network access at work is for work purposes. Sometimes security gets in the way of convenience. I worry every day how a breach will appear to our customers when it shows up on the front page of the New York Times. Fortunately, our BoD agrees and gives us the mandate to be secure and mitigate as many risks to our reputation, computers, and network as possible.
In short, use your personal PDA/cell and that data network for personal stuff while at work.
randomenigma
Get people off Skype, more like it... and onto SIP.
TokyoHustla
Anyone caught using Facebook or any other such childish nonsense at my firm is fired on the spot. Work! This is not your personal playtime.
Skype, AIM, and other IM programs have, occasionally, been used to compromise a network. Many companies tightly control which programs can be loaded on their computers, so any security risks are understood and mitigated. People suggesting the use of these programs probably don't really understand the risks. When your company is hacked, how many customers will you lose?
USNinJapan2
Good thing you don't work for the US government. Don't know if it affects my productivity either way but at the office I can't access Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Facebook, YouTube, etc. on my work computer. Currently no one's even permitted to plug anything except for an approved external hard drive into any USB ports because it's considered a network vulnerability.
Jeff Huffman
Altria at 10:14 AM JST - 14th July Get people on Skype, instant messaging, let them listen to music on internet radio - you might actually find that productivity increases. I certainly work faster at home with full access.
You think so, huh? Actually, it's believed that millions of hours of productivity are lost as people fritter away 10 minutes here and 30 seconds there dicking around on the Internet(s). Furthermore, streaming audio eats up enormous amounts of bandwidth for a company.
Crokk
I wanted to use ibm site to gather information, but it was blocked... so i went to ebay and I spent 2 hours surfing among auctions... I really enjoied that filter system (I work as programmer)
It's not clear why the guy in the article has to run to the cafe to use the WiFi connection to send large files. You don't need WiFi to send large files. Sending confidential data over WiFi in a cafe doesn't sound like a good idea to me.
My former student was here the other day, moaning about internet restrictions at his workplace. Seeing as he used to spend most of the day watching sports and instant messaging, I'd say the employer has the right idea. Facebook and instant messaging with your mates do not help productivity.
bdiego
Boo hoo please unblock minesweeper and solitaire too.
In my office, we can reach all sites anytime without restriction (Okay, it's not in Japan). What I want to say – once it was opened to everybody anytime, people tend to surf more privately on Community Sites etc. while worktime. But after some weeks, most of the people became annoyed to be privately online all the time (because they do so anyway at home) and forgot about. Now everyone is back on work again, but still use the whole internet, to find information when they need. Of course there are some Otaku who are still often privately online, but even if you block it, they will still find a way (thankx to iPhone and Wireless) to surf privately around the office...
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The great Lemin Wu reemerges
Very loyal readers may recall that Lemin Wu was a Berkeley Ph.D in economic history and a student of Brad DeLong. Then he seemed to disappear. But for the last few years he was been working and writing, and later in 2020 he has a book coming out in China, in Chinese, title still undetermined.
I have read only parts of the book (the parts in English), and an outline. Still , I am willing to predict it will be the best and most important economics book of the year, in any language. It also likely will mark the first time a Chinese economist, writing in Chinese, created an important work.
I won't "give away the plot," but suffice to say it is about the rise of the West, the Malthusian model, group selection in history, why development takes so long, and related big topics. Oh, and it does tie in to and draw upon Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem, just in case you were wondering.
I hope very much this book will be published in English as well.
Hail Lemin Wu!
My Conversation with Abhijit Banerjee
I had an excellent time in this one, here is the audio and transcript. Here is the opening summary:
Abhijit joined Tyler to discuss his unique approach to economics, including thoughts on premature deindustrialization, the intrinsic weakness of any charter city, where the best classical Indian music is being made today, why he prefers making Indian sweets to French sweets, the influence of English intellectual life in India, the history behind Bengali leftism, the best Indian regional cuisine, why experimental economics is underrated, the reforms he'd make to traditional graduate economics training, how his mother's passion inspires his research, how many consumer loyalty programs he's joined, and more.
Yes there was plenty of economics, but I feel like excerpting this bit:
COWEN: Why does Kolkata have the best sweet shops in India?
BANERJEE: It's a bit circular because, of course, I tend to believe Kolkata has —
COWEN: So do I, however, and I have no loyalty per se.
BANERJEE: I think largely because Kolkata actually also — which is less known — has absolutely amazing food. In general, the food is amazing. Relative to the rest of India, Kolkata had a very large middle class with a fair amount of surplus and who were willing to spend money on. I think there were caste and other reasons why restaurants didn't flourish. It's not an accident that a lot of Indian restaurants were born out of truck stops. These are called dhabas.
COWEN: Sure.
BANERJEE: Caste has a lot to do with it. But sweets are just too difficult to make at home, even though lots of people used to make some of them. And I think there was some line that was just permitted that you can have sweets made out of — in these specific places, made by these castes.
There's all kinds of conversations about this in the early-to-mid 19th century on what you can eat out, what is eating out, what can you buy in a shop, et cetera. I think in the late 19th century you see that, basically, sweet shops actually provide not just sweets, but for travelers, you can actually eat a lunch there for 50 cents, even now, an excellent lunch. They're some savories and a sweet — maybe for 40 rupees, you get all of that.
And it was actually the core mechanism for reconciling Brahminical cultures of different kinds with a certain amount of social mobility. People came from outside. They were working in Kolkata. Kolkata was a big city in India. All the immigrants came. What would they eat? I think a lot of these sweet shops were a place where you actually don't just get sweets — you get savories as well. And savories are excellent.
In Kolkata, if you go out for the day, the safest place to eat is in a sweet shop. It's always freshly made savories available. You eat the freshly made savories, and you get some sweets at the end.
COWEN: Are higher wage rates bad for the highest-quality sweets? Because rich countries don't seem to have them.
BANERJEE: Oh no, rich countries have fabulous sweets. I mean, at France —
COWEN: Not like in Kolkata.
BANERJEE: France has fabulous sweets. I think the US is exceptional in the quality of the . . . let me say, the fact that you don't get actually excellent sweets in most places —
And this on music:
BANERJEE: Well, I think Bengal was never the place for vocal. As a real, I would say a real addict of vocal Indian classical music, I would say Bengal is not, never the center of . . . If you look at the list of the top performers in vocal Indian classical music, no one really is a Bengali.
In instrumental, Bengal was always very strong. Right now, one of the best vocalists in India is a man who lives in Kolkata. His name is Rashid Khan. He's absolutely fabulous in my view, maybe the best. On a good day, he's the best that there is. He's not a Bengali. He's from Bihar, I think, and he comes and settles in Kolkata. I think a Hindi speaker by birth, other than a Bengali. So I don't think Bengal ever had top vocalists.
It had top instrumentalists, and Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee — these were all Bengali instrumentalists. Even now, I would say the best instrumentalists, a lot of them are either Bengali or a few of them are second . . . Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan were the two great non-Bengali instrumentalists of that period, I would say, of the strings especially. And they both settled in Kolkata, so that their children grew up in Kolkata.
And the other great instrumentalists are these Kolkata-born. They went to the same high school as I did. There were these Kolkata-born, not of Bengali families, but from very much the same culture. So I think Kolkata still is the place which produces the best instrumentalists — sitarists, sarod players, et cetera.
COWEN: Why is the better vocal music so often from the South?
Definitely recommended, Abhijit was scintillating throughout.
The Innovation Prisoner's Dilemma
I find windmills beautiful but many people disagree, even in environmentally conscious Germany.
Bloomberg:…it's getting harder to get permission to erect the turbine towers. Local regulations are getting stricter. Bavaria decided back in 2014 that the distance between a wind turbine and the nearest housing must be 10 times the height of the mast, which, given the density of dwellings, makes it hard to find a spot anywhere. Wind energy development is practically stalled in the state now. Brandenburg, the state surrounding Berlin, passed a law this year demanding that wind-farm operators pay 10,000 euros ($11,100) per turbine each year to communities within 3 kilometers of the windmills.
…local opponents of the wind farms often go to court to stall new developments or even have existing towers dismantled. According to the wind-industry lobby BWE, 325 turbine installations with a total capacity of more than 1 gigawatt (some 2% of the country's total installed capacity) are tied up in litigation. The irony is that the litigants are often just as "green" as the wind-energy proponents — one is the large conservation organization NABU, which says it's not against wind energy as such but merely demands that installations are planned with preserving nature in mind. Almost half of the complaints are meant to protect various bird and bat species; others claim the turbines make too much noise or emit too much low-frequency infrasound. Regardless of the validity of such claims, projects get tied up in the courts even after jumping through the many hoops necessary to get a permit.
Another reason for local resistance to the wind farms is a form of Nimbyism: People hate the way the wind towers change landscapes. There's even a German word for it, Verspargelung, roughly translated aspollution with giant asparagus sticks.
As I wrote earlier, more and more the sphere of individual action shrinks and that of collective action grows and, as a result, nothing can get done because there are so many veto players in the system. We have locked ourselves into an innovation prisoner's dilemma where each player can say no and as a result we are all worse off.
The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, and IQ
The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, an authoritative review with well-over a dozen distinguished co-authors, is unusually forthright on the effect of pollution, most especially lead, on IQ. I think some of their numbers, especially in paragraph three, are too large but the direction is certainly correct.
Neurotoxic pollutants can reduce productivity by impairing children's cognitive development. It is well documented that exposures to lead and other metals (eg, mercury and arsenic) reduce cognitive function, as measured by loss of IQ.168
Loss of cognitive function directly affects success at school and labour force participation and indirectly affects lifetime earnings. In the USA, millions of children were exposed to excessive concentrations of lead as the result of the widespread use of leaded gasoline from the 1920s until about 1980. At peak use in the 1970s, annual consumption of tetraethyl lead in gasoline was nearly 100 000 tonnes.
It has been estimated that the resulting epidemic of subclinical lead poisoning could have reduced the number of children with truly superior intelligence (IQ scores higher than 130 points) by more than 50% and, concurrently, caused a more than 50% increase in the number of children with IQ scores less than 70 (figure 14).265 Children with reduced cognitive function due to lead did poorly in school, required special education and other remedial programmes, and could not contribute fully to society when they became adults.
Grosse and colleagues 46 found that each IQ point lost to neurotoxic pollution results in a decrease in mean lifetime earnings of 1·76%. Salkever and colleagues 266 who extended this analysis to include the effects of IQ on schooling, found that a decrease in IQ of one percentage point lowers mean lifetime earnings by 2·38%. Studies from the 2000s using data from the USA 267,268 support earlier findings but suggest a detrimental effect on earnings of 1·1% per IQ point.269 The link between lead exposure and reduced IQ 46, 168 suggests that, in the USA, a 1 μg/dL increase in blood lead concentration decreases mean lifetime earnings by about 0·5%. A 2015 study in Chile 270 that followed up children who were exposed to lead at contaminated sites suggests much greater effects. A 2016 analysis by Muennig 271 argues that the economic losses that result from early-life exposure to lead include not only the costs resulting from cognitive impairment but also costs that result from the subsequent increased use of the social welfare services by these lead-exposed children, and their increased likelihood of incarceration.
*Capital and Ideology*, by Thomas Piketty
This book is more than 1000 pp., here are my impressions:
1. About 600 pp. of this book is a carefully done history of the accumulation and sometimes dissipation of wealth and property. You can evaluate that material without reference to any particular set of political views.
2. At some point the book veers into partisan issues such as the wealth tax. Many of those parts remain interesting, but it also becomes clear that Piketty is "out to lunch," to wit (p.591):
To return to the Soviet attitude toward poverty, it is important to try to understand why the government took such a radical stance against all forms of private ownership of the means of production, no matter how small. Criminalizing carters and food peddlers to the point of incarcerating them may seem absurd, but there was a certain logic to the policy. Most important was the fear of not knowing where to stop. If one began by authorizing private ownership of small businesses, would one be able to set limits?
I can think of a less naive explanation of Soviet attitudes toward the private sector. Piketty also calls for "participatory socialism" (p.592), a dubious doctrine not to be confused with say Nordic social democracy. For instance, Sweden (among other countries) seems to have fairly extreme wealth inequality.
3. The sentence "Real wages are much higher in America than in Western Europe" does not come easily to his pen. Nor does "The United States is a remarkably successful innovator, let's see what we can learn from that." Or even "Raising wages is more important than merely limiting inequality." Those seems to be banished thoughts in the Piketty intellectual universe.
4. The sections on Soviet and socialist experience can only be called "delusional." In his account, if only a few political decisions had gone the other way, the USSR might have ended up on a path similar to that of Norway (p.603 and thereabouts).
You know, maybe you think that the inequalities of the current day are much worse than people had been expecting. but that should not revise your view of socialism and the Soviet Union, two matters fairly well settled by historical research.
5. Give these lenses, it is impossible for Piketty to offer any commentary on recent events (about the last 400 pp. of the book) that is anything other than distorted and unreliable. There is massive distrust of the wealthy in this book, and virtually no distrust of concentrated state power.
6. There is a considerable sum of useful and valuable material in this book, and I would not try to dissuade anyone inclined from reading it. Nonetheless I suspect its main import is as another sign of the growing compartmentalization of academic discourse — good work intermingled with highly questionable partisan material — and how so many academics, if the mood affiliation tilts in the right direction, will tolerate or even encourage that.
You can pre-order the book here.
Extreme Aging
Japan now has over 70,000 people who are more than 100 years old.
That stunning fact comes from Extreme Economies, an interesting new book by Richard Davies. Davies looks at extreme economies around the world such as extreme failure (Darien, Kinshasa, Glasgow), extreme resilience (Aceh, Angola Prison, LA), extreme inequality (Santiago) and in the case of Japan (Akita), extreme aging.
Japan's aging is unprecedented and is having effects throughout the economy and society:
In 1975 social security and healthcare spending commanded 22 percent of the country's tax revenues; by 2017 the figure, driven up by elderly care and pensions, had risen to 55 percent. By the early 2020s the figure is set to hit 60 percent. To look at it in another way, every other public service in Japan — education, transport, infrastructure, defense, the environment, the arts–could rely on almost 80 percent of tax revenue in 1975, but the increase in elderly-related spending means that only 40 percent is left for other national public expenditures. In budgetary terms, ageing is eating Japan.
As a country, Japan is aging not just because it's people are getting older but because it's birth rate is well below replacement. This year there will be fewer than 900,000 births in all of Japan–a number not seen since 1874 when Japan's total population was much smaller. Overall, Japan's population is declining.
Population decline may have some good effects but the combination of fewer young people and more elderly people is straining Japanese culture along with its finances. The young naturally resent the increasing burden put on them for supporting the elderly. As with all Ponzi schemes, pay-as-you-go social security schemes come under stress when the population is no longer growing.
…over the next 30 years or so, many countries' pension systems will require young workers to fund a system that everyone knows will be far less generous by 2040. It is hardly a way to generate confidence in public policy.
And those 70,000 centenarians? Almost 90 percent are women so an aging society is a gender unbalanced society meaning old people lose caregivers or at least someone to share a household with.
Davies is interested in Japan as an example of where many countries are going,
Southern Europe, in particular, is following fast with Italy, Spain and Portugal already experiencing population decline. Germany will start to shrink in 2022, Korea in the early 2030s. Akita, Japan's cutting edge of ageing economics,…offers a valuable window on the future.
Taliban markets in everything
Nearly 400 people who were either wounded while serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan or are family members of service members who died in the conflict sued a group of companies on Friday they say helped fund attacks against Americans by making protection payments to the Taliban.
"Defendants supported the Taliban for a simple reason: Defendants were all large Western companies with lucrative businesses in post-9/11 Afghanistan, and they all paid the Taliban to refrain from attacking their business interests," the 288-page complaint filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. on Friday states. "Those protection payments aided and abetted terrorism by directly funding an al-Qaeda-backed Taliban insurgency that killed and injured thousands of Americans."
Relying on confidential witnesses, internal documents and publicly available information from journalists, government watchdogs and congressional hearings, the complaint alleges companies that worked in war-torn Afghanistan commonly acceded to the Taliban's mob-style demands for payment in exchange for the guarantee that their businesses interests would not be attacked.
One unnamed American executive who worked in Afghanistan is quoted in the complaint as saying "We don't need any security if the payments are made. Nobody f—s with us."
The payments allegedly climbed as high as 40% of the value of the company's project and were often facilitated through subcontractors. The subcontractors, such as private security firms that were known to pay off the Taliban, would sometimes send money through Afghanistan's traditional money transfer network, which can be hard to trace. Other times, the companies would simply hire Taliban operatives to work as guards.
Here is the full story.
There is now a NIMBY index
Check out the new NBER paper by Joseph Grourko, Jonathan Hartley, and Jacob Krimmel:
We report results from a new survey of local residential land use regulatory regimes for over 2,450 primarily suburban communities across the U.S. The most highly regulated markets are on the two coasts, with the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan areas being the most highly regulated according to our metric. Comparing our new data to that from a previous survey finds that the housing bust associated with the Great Recession did not lead any major market that previously was highly regulated to reverse course and deregulate to any significant extent. Moreover, regulation in most large coastal markets increased over time.
One embedded lesson is that the number of veto points over new construction is increasing. And "By our metric, about one half of all communities in the Regulation Change index increased regulation, one-third decreased, while only 18 percent showed no net change."
Here is a graph of housing affordability vs. their index of restrictiveness:
Here is my earlier Bloomberg column calling for more indices — this is exactly what I wanted.
Here are the top MR posts for 2019, as measured by landing pages. The most popular post was Tyler's
1. How I practice at what I do
Alas, I don't think that will help to create more Tylers. Coming in at number two was my post:
2. What is the Probability of a Nuclear War?
Other posts in the top five were 3. Pretty stunning data on dating from Tyler and my posts, 4. One of the Greatest Environmental Crimes of the 20th Century,and 5. The NYTimes is Woke.
My post on The Baumol Effect which introduced my new book Why are the Prices So Damned High (one of Mercatus's most downloaded items ever) was number 6 and rounding out the top ten were a bunch from Tyler, including 7. Has anyone said this yet?, 8. What is wrong with social justice warriors?, 9. Reading and rabbit holes and my post Is Elon Musk Prepping for State Failure?.
Other big hits from me included
Air Pollution Reduces IQ, a Lot (Mostly a Patrick Collison post)
The Nobel Prize in Economic Science Goes to Banerjee, Duflo, and Kremer
Bitcoin is Less Secure than Most People Think
Active Learning Works But Students Don't Like It
Tyler had some truly great posts in the last few days of 2019 including what I thought was the post of the year (and not just on MR!) Work on these things.
Also important were:
"What will you do to stay weird?"
Amazon and Taxes a Simple Primer
Best Non-fiction books of 2019.
Is the college wealth premium *zero*?
Now this one is a stunner:
The college income premium—the extra income earned by a family headed by a college gra duate over an otherwise similar family without a bachelor's degree—remains positive but has declined for recent graduates. The college wealth premium (extra wealth) has declined more noticeably among all cohorts born after 1940. Among non-Hispanic white family heads born in the 1980s, the college wealth premium is at a historic low; among all other races and ethnicities, it is statistically indistinguishable from zero [emphasis added]. Using variables available for the first time in the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances, we find that controlling for the education of one's parents reduces our estimates of college and postgraduate income and wealth premiums by 8 to 18 percent. Controlling also for measures of a respondent's financial acumen—which may be partly innate—, our estimates of the value added bycollege and a postgraduate degree fall by 30 to 60 percent. Taken together, our results suggest that college and post-graduate education may be failing some recent graduates as a financial investment. We explore a variety of explanations and conclude that falling college wealth premiums may be due to the luck of when you were born, financial liberalization and the rising cost of higher education.
That paper is by William R. Emmons, Ana H. Kent and Lowell R. Ricketts, and comes from the St. Louis Fed, not from some bunch of (college-educated) cranks.
Via the excellent Samir Varma.
Countries where the average person was richer in 2009
Libya, Yemen, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, the Central African Republic, Sudan, East Timor, Lebanon, Greece, and Trinidad & Tobago. In Syria and Venezuela data collection has stopped altogether, but they would make the list too.
Ethiopia had the highest growth rate of the decade, with Nauru, Rwanda, Ghana, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Laos, China, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Myanmar as other winners too. Note that the numbers for Turkmenistan are disputed, especially for the last few years of the decade, but still the country had a strong performance early on.
Here is the full FT piece by Steve Johnson.
Work on these things
Here are some projects I'd like to see funded, some through my own ventures, or others through alternative mechanisms. On these issues, the right person could have an enormous impact, whether through the research side or directly coming up with actionable ideas, including of course creating and building companies.
More studies of super-effective people. Either individually or collectively. If you take the outliers in any domain, what should our intuitions be for understanding the underlying processes determining how many people could have ended up in those positions? How many people had the right genes but had the wrong upbringing? How many people had the right genes and the right upbringing but the wrong luck, or perhaps society failed them in some other manner? The answers to these questions have significant policy implications.
A comprehensive analysis and critique of the NIH and NSF. The US funds more science research than any other country — about $35 billion per year on the NIH and $8 billion per year on the NSF. How exactly do these institutions work? How have they changed over time and have these changes been for good or bad? Based on what we now know, how might we better structure the NIH and NSF? What experiments should we run or what kind of studies should we perform?
Why is life expectancy so long in Hong Kong? Life expectancy in Hong Kong is 84.23 years, more than five years longer than the US and the highest in the world. Hong Kong is not that wealthy (median household income is $38,000 USD); it's somewhat polluted; people don't obviously eat what seems like a healthy diet; and they don't seem to exercise a great deal. What should we learn from this?
Bloomberg Terminal for everything. This might be a nonprofit, a company, or a government project. To state the obvious, many analyses hinge on having the right data. If you're in finance, getting the right data is often easy: just pull it up on your Bloomberg terminal. But there is no practical way to ask "what most correlates with life expectancy in Hong Kong?" (See above on that topic.) Figure out a way to build a growing corpus of structured data across the broadest variety of domains.
A comprehensive guide to the American healthcare system. The American healthcare system is by far the world's biggest and also by a considerable margin the world's most influential. Yet there is no comprehensive, dispassionate, and analytical disaggregation of how it all works. Who are the actors and what are their incentives? To the degree that the relationships between different entities are in equilibrium, what are the forces ensuring they stay there? What is the Sankey diagram of fund flows within the U.S. healthcare system?
Better answers for how to quantify worker productivity. In most knowledge industries, companies have nothing better than highly subjective measures (i.e., supervisors' assessments) of worker productivity. In theory, it seems significant improvements should be possible. In the short term, is it possible to measure the productivity or efficacy of individual managers, software engineers, educators, scientists? How about teams, and what size of team? And can we do so without creating Goodhart's Law problems?
What should Widodo do? Indonesia is a large, populous middle-income country. It faces no major near-term security threats. It has a small manufacturing base and no major non-commodity export sectors. What is the best non-bureaucratic 10 page economic development briefing document and set of prescriptions that one could write for Indonesia's president? For Indonesia, substitute Philippines, Chile, or Morocco.
A comparative study of foundations and their efficacy. Philanthropic foundations are behind a lot of important work. But how does a foundation decide what it wants and how the resulting grants should be structured? How effective are the programs of that foundation? In practice, how have its institutional mechanisms evolved? Imagine some kind of resource that answered these questions for the major American foundations.
Institutional critiques. More broadly, there is no discipline of institutional criticism. There is a very rich literature of policy criticism in economics, journalism, and non-fiction books. There is also a rich literature of "corporate criticism": there are thousands of articles about how Facebook (budget: $20 billion) works and how it might be good or bad. But there is relatively little analysis of the most important institutions in our society: government departments. How is the Department of Agriculture (budget: $150 billion) organized and how effective or not is it? How about the Department of Energy (budget: $32 billion)? And why are not those questions paramount in the minds of policymakers?
Cultures of excellence. If you ask informed Filipinos why the street food is mediocre, they will tell you that Philippines lacks a "culture of excellence". It seems that some kind of "culture of doing things really well" has very persistent and generalizable effects. South Korea and Japan have developed much more rapidly than many Asian countries, despite many others adopting relatively free "Washington Consensus"-style trade policies. Russia still has higher GDP per capita than Mexico despite Mexico's economic policies having been much better than Russia's for many, many decades at this point. How should we think about cultures of excellence?
Regeneration at the government layer. Herbert Kaufman (unsurprisingly) concludes in an empirical study that government organizations don't die. While we might all agree that this is a problem, actionable solutions are in short supply. What can or should we do about this?
IQ paradox. Ron Unz points out that intergenerational variation of IQ may be much higher than is often assumed, citing Ireland and Croatia as examples. For instance, not long ago Ireland had sub-par measured IQ and now that figure is much higher, following growth and prosperity. The policy implications of IQ disparities across nations may therefore be different to what might otherwise obviously follow: perhaps environment matters much more than is assumed. If so, what should we be doing more or less of?
Credible plans for new top-tier universities. 7 of the best 25 universities in the world (Times ranking) were started in the US between 1861 and 1891 by ambitious reformers. It's probably harder in many ways to start an impactful new university today… but it's likely not impossible and the returns to doing so successfully might be very high. What might be a good plan? Why have so few of these plans come to fruition?
Summaries of the state of knowledge in different fields. As a general matter, a lot of oral knowledge in the world is still not readily available, and reflection on this fact might lead one in many interesting directions. One obvious application is helping people more readily understand the present state of affairs in different domains. If I want to know "how we're doing" in, say, antiviral drug development, I could spend a few hours hunting for top researchers, email a few, and perhaps get on calls to obtain their candid assessments. Are we making good progress? What are the most important open problems? What's holding things back? And so on. How can we make all of this knowledge publicly available across all fields?
Mechanisms for better matching. One of the single interventions that could do the most to improve global welfare would be to improve the efficiency of the partner/marriage matching ecosystem. Online dating demonstrates that significant change (and maybe even improvement?) is possible, with some figures suggesting that up to two thirds of relationships in the US may now be initiated through online dating services. Accomplished people often seem to struggle with this challenge. Good solutions would be important.
What should Durkan do? Jenny Durkan is the current mayor of Seattle. As cities become more important loci of economic activity in the world, the importance of effective city governance will increase. As with the Widodo challenge, what is the best 10 page briefing document and set of prescriptions that one could write for her? What about Baltimore and St. Louis?
China isn't close to being the #1 economy
From my latest Bloomberg column:
The key point is the difference between income and wealth. GDP and related numbers measure income flows: namely, the quantity of goods and services produced in a given nation in a given year. Wealth is a measure of the total stock of resources in a nation and is much higher. Furthermore, the gap between wealth and income is usually higher for nations that have been wealthy and stable for a very long time, such as the U.S.
When it comes to national wealth, the U.S. has a big lead over China, possibly as much as three times greater. That is a very rough estimate by Michael Beckley of Tufts University, drawing on data from the World Bank and the United Nations.
For a relevant pointer to Beckley, I thank Evan Abramsky of AEI.
FDA Dual Track Legislation Advances
S&P Global: Four Republican lawmakers have authored new legislation to permit drugs for critically ill patients to enter the market before completing late-stage trials, saying the bill was necessary because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulatory process was too slow and burdensome.
The bill would create a time-limited conditional approval pathway in the U.S. similar to a system that has long been used by European regulators.
…The conditional approval would be valid for one year and could be renewed annually for up to five years….Companies would be required to meet certain obligations, like completing clinical investigations to provide full demonstration of safety and effectiveness and other studies.
…Companies could seek full U.S. approval at any time. The FDA would be required to let manufacturers include in their applications the real-world evidence they collected during the conditional approval period.
The lawmakers want the FDA to be able to grant the limited marketing authorization to new drugs that have successfully completed phase 1 and 2 trials, with the idea that companies could generate revenue to help fund their phase 3 studies.
They emphasized their legislation is targeted especially at small biopharmaceutical companies that may struggle to cover the costs of late-stage trials.
Under the dual-track approval system, companies would be able to sell pharmaceuticals earlier but would be required to track outcomes so greater real world information would be developed in the FDA process. The result is a more dynamic approval process better suited to modern medicine. The idea is due to the excellent Bartley J. Madden (note my bias).
Madden and Nobel-prize winner Vernon Smith explained the dual-track idea, noting:
Today's world of accelerating medical advancements is ushering in an age of personalized medicine in which patients' unique genetic makeup and biomarkers will increasingly lead to customized therapies in which samples are inherently small. This calls for a fast-learning, adaptable FTCM environment for generating new data. In sharp contrast, the status quo FDA environment provides a yes/no approval decision based on statistical tests for an average patient, i.e., a one-size-fits-all drug approval process.
A similar process has been adopted in Japan for regenerative medicine.
A new charter city effort, Pronomos Capital, with venture capital
Pronomos Capital, which [Patri] Friedman incorporated in August, is supposed to bankroll the construction of experimental cities on vacant tracts of land in developing countries. Pronomos is set up like a venture fund, making investments in local organizations that do the work of securing government approvals, finding tenants, and hiring retired U.K. judges to enforce the new legal framework, to be based on British common law. The firm says it's discussing semi-autonomous cities of varying sizes with foreign and local businesspeople in countries where officials have seemed receptive to exempting them from area laws, including Ghana, Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Nigeria, and Panama. A given community could start as small as an industrial park, Friedman says. Most will be aimed at foreign businesses seeking friendlier tax treatment…
The venture firm has raised about $9 million so far (more than half from Thiel), well short of Friedman's initial goal. He says that's only enough to cover basic fact-finding expenses for his local partners, and he'll raise more to buy and develop land once governments approve the plans.
Here is more from Lizette Chapman at Bloomberg, interesting throughout.


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With fondest memories of Prof. Werner Goldsmith
It's with great sadness that we say goodbye to one of our bioengineering family member Professor Werner Goldsmith. Goldsmith, Professor of the Graduate School-Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of the Graduate School-Department of Bioengineering and recently Professor Emeritus Appointment in Bioengineering died Saturday, August 23, 2003 of complications from leukemia.
Goldsmith has received myriad honors and awards. In 1994, in honor of his 70th birthday, an entire issue of the International Journal of Impact Engineering was devoted to his work. In 1996, he received the prestigious Berkeley Citation. And that same year, UCLA held a three-day summer symposium in his honor. In 1997, Goldsmith became an honorary member in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International.
He is survived by his wife Penelope, daughters Andrea and Remy Margarethe, son Stephen, and four grandchildren. Donations in his memory may be made to the Berkeley Engineering Annual Fund or the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project, P.O. Box 1597, Burlingame, CA 94011-1597.


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So first things first, sourdough is a time commitment. Because you are using yeast that's growing in its natural, liquid form and you're not kneading. This means you need to tend the bread for about 8 hours before baking it. I like to get mine started on it's first bulk rise before noon so I can get to bed at a decent hour.
Baking and making sourdough really is a science (or art, if that floats your boat). It involves exact measurements and temperatures. Don't be scared away by this though. I was a total newbie to bread in general and decided to give sourdough a whirl b/c it's what I wanted. The results were glorious!
Sourdough bread requires some supplies that you may not already have handy. Definitely worth the investment! You can get basically everything you don't have off of breadtopia or amazon. I definitely recommend looking for a dutch oven second hand at goodwill or on craigslist!
1 Dutch Oven - cast iron or ceramic works fine. I have a large and a small ceramic dutch oven that came with my second hand dish set.
White flour - I use a combo of white flours. I buy big sacks of Bluebird Flour from Cortez Milling, milled locally in Colorado. While this flour is bleached, unbleached is preferred but not critical. Sometimes I use 100-200g of King Auther's Bread Flour but its too expensive to make the whole loaf with.
Wheat flour - whatever works, I usually buy this in bulk from Sprouts.
Rice flour - you just need a little bit for dusting, you can make due w/o this but I recommend it!
You can make it! I did not do this. A friend at work generously brought me some of her starter which has worked wonderfully for me! If you're lucky enough to know someone who has a good culture, just ask them to set some aside for you the next time they feed it! But if you want to embark on the mission of making your own starter I recommend using King Auther's instructions on how to do so.
Ok, your set, you have an awesome culture and are ready to get going!
Make sure you are taking care of your culture. I like to think of mine as a weird little pet who needs minimal care and attention. I keep mine in the fridge and feed it once a week. You don't want to feed it too close to baking with it. I usually bake on Sundays (leaven made Friday or Saturday) and then feed my culture for the week on Monday.
Keep at least 50 g of your culture and discard the rest.
When I say discard, I don't mean throw away! Sourdough discard won't be healthy enough to make bread, but you can throw it in pancakes, muffins, or almost anything else! There are lots of recipes you can find online incorporating it. I keep it in a jar in my fridge.
Place it back in its jar and store so that it has oxygen available. I use one of my beeswax wraps to cover the top of mine, but you could use a jar with a loose lid as well!
Decrease liquid: for each cup, remove 2 to 4 tablespoons.
Decrease baking temperature by 25 degrees F.
You'll need to make the leaven the night, or two nights before you want to bake your bread. It will need to sit from 12-36 hours before you start working with it, and you will need to figure out what time range works best for your particular culture. I find that mine likes about 18 hours of rest, and it works well up to 42 hours after that.
Mix 1 Tablespoon of your starter with 200g warm (~80 degree) water, 100g white flour, and 100g whole wheat flour.
*Note: you know your leaven is ready by conducting a float test. You add a spoonful of leaven to warm water and see if it floats. If it does, then its ready! If it doesn't , it may not be. For a more detailed explanation of a float test, see here. If were being totally honest, I almost never conduct a float test. I always make my leaven in the same bowl and so I've learned how much it should rise before using it.
Pour all 700 g of warm water into a large bowl. Add 200 g of your leaven to the water. Mix until the leaven is evenly dispursed.
Add 900 g of white bread flour and 100 g whole wheat flour to the mix. Mix with a wooden spoon / your hands until there is no dry flour left.
Cover the bowl with a towel and let the dough rest for 25-45 min. This is the hydration phase.
When your resting phase is over, mix 60 g warm (~80 degree) water with 20 g of salt. Mix until salt is completely dissolved.
Add the salt-water solution to the dough. Fold the dough over on itself repeatedly until the dough is relatively smooth. Now your dough is ready for its first bulk rise.
If possible, place the bowl with your dough in it in a warm (75+) location.
I place my dough in my oven (turned off) with a pot of boiling water to warm it and add humidity (I generally warm the pot up a few times throughout). This keeps the dough warm enough to finish rising in 3-4 hours.
If you can't find a warm enough location, that's ok. You just need to led the dough rise longer. if you're working with a 60 degree location you will need to let it rise for about 8 hours. This can sometimes result in bread that is more tangy and sour! You don't need to turn every 30 min if this is the case, I would just let it rise overnight.
Turning the dough can also be called folding it. Wet your hand, and place your hand under the dough, separating it from the bottom of the bowl. Fold the bottom layer of the dough up and over the top. Do this 3-4 times every time you turn it. Here's a video of what it should look like.
If you want to add rosemary or any other delicious things to your sourdough, turning is the best time!
You know your dough is done with it's bulk rise when it has grown by about 20% and will be lighter/airier.
Pour your dough onto an unfloured work surface. Lightly flour the surface of the dough.
Depending on the size of your dutch oven you may cut the dough in half and shape two smaller pieces. I have a very large dutch oven that can bake the dough whole.
Tuck method - basically tuck the dough in on itself so that the floured surface of the dough is sealed on the outside of the loaf. Here's a video of what this should look like.
Roll method - you use your bench knife to push and pull the dough around the table, rolling it to seal the outside instead of tucking it with your hands. Here's a video of what it looks like.
This process adds strength to the loaf.
Use your bench knife to flip the dough over (floured side on bottom).
Gently stretch the dough out a bit, don't tear it in any way.
Take the portion of the dough closest to you and fold it over the middle of the dough. Fold the right 3rd of the dough over the middle. Fold the left 3rd and fold it over the middle. Then stretch the portion of the dough furthest from you and fold it over the middle.
Take the dough nearest to you and wrap it up and over, while rolling the whole loaf away from you. The top should be smooth and round with all the seams underneath.
Use the bench knife to lift the round off the work surface and place it in the basket, smooth side down, seams up.
If in a cooler place let rise longer.
You can leave them in the fridge for up to 12 hours if you need to (I've had to do this overnight before). If you do this, let the loaves rise back to room temp before baking.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees, place your dutch oven w/ lid into the oven during the preheat.
Pour your dough into the hot dutch oven, try to center it if possible.
Put the lid back on, and place in the oven for 20 minutes. Remove the lid and let it bake for another 25 min or until the top is dark brown and crispy.
When you remove it from the oven, allow it to cool with the lid off for 20 min before removing from the dutch oven. If you leave the lid on, water will collect and dampen the top of the bread.


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The Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Heritage Museum incorporating Raja Rajaram Museum Collection was established in the University of North Bengal, Siliguri in February 1965. It functions as a regional museum and is one of the few University Museums in India. The main objects of the Museum are to collect, preserve and study archaeological relics lying scattered in the six Districts of North Bengal and Sub-Himalayan Region.
Airport :Bagdogra Airport, 7 Km.
This museum has on display a wide collection of wooden and stone sculptures, coins, terracottas, manuscripts, old books, dokra , folk art and paintings on wooden plates (rath fragments) along with the personal collections of Rabindranath Tagore, P C Roy, Jagadish Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru and other eminent persons, and objects and documents of Indian independence struggle.
Timings : 14:00 to 21:00 hrs, on all days except Wednesdays and 2nd and 4th Tuesdays.
Nearest Railway Station : A one-hour train journey on a Tarakeswar local from Howrah station, to Haripal. From there, it's a 30-minute Trekker ride to Rajbalhat.
The interest and zeal of the local public led to the establishment of Tamluk museum and research centre in 1975 with the primary objective of preserving the rich cultural heritage of Tamluk and its adjacent regions.The museum houses prehistoric implements collected from various parts of Medinipur district and has gained fame in the realm of terracotta art from the Sunga, Kushana, post Gupta and Pala periods. Development of Indian coinage has been displayed starting from silver punch marked coins, cast copper coins, coins of Muslim rulers and up to modern times. Another interesting object on display is a Roman amphora, indicating the trade contacts of this region with the Roman empire. The museum also has a collection of Patachitras - colourful scroll painting depicting puranic and mythical stories.
There is no entry fee. The Museum remains closed on Friday.
Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, the first public museum in any university in India, was established in 1937. The Museum, acclaimed as one of the richest university museums, and a major public museum in India, is located in the Centenary Building of the University of Calcutta, at its original campus in College Street. Named after Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, the great educationist, who introduced the study of Indology including Indian art and archaeology at the university level, this Museum stands for preservation, presentation and study of objects of Indian art and antiquity particularly of eastern India.
The museum has a unique collection of the folk and rural art of the country, of Bengal terracotta through the ages, and of some of the finest creations of the eastern Indian school of sculptures and bronzes. There are also interesting collections of patachitras, or painted scrolls, painted book covers, Kalighat paintings, playing cards, palm leaf manuscripts, ritual objects, toys and dolls. The textiles include embroidered Kanthas, the patchwork and quilting textile technique, and saris from Baluchar with their quaint figurative designs, consisting of sculptures, paintings, folk-art objects, textiles, terracottas, etc. From a humble beginning with only 5 objects, the museum has swelled to contain more than 25,000 items of extraordinary variety, providing a wide panorama of cultural endeavours of the people throughout the ages.
Bagnan Ananda Niketan Kirtishala was opened on 14th January, 1962 in a backward area of the district of Howrah with the objective of introducing the cultural and historical treasures of Bengal to the common folk. The collection includes objects of folk arts and crafts, manuscript and coins of different eras reflecting the ethnic culture of the people of Bengal. The museum had developed owing to the untiring and indomitable efforts of Sri Tarapada Santra and the guidance of Sri Amal Kumar Ganguly. Tarapada Santra's zeal and remarkable capacity for the collection of objects from different parts of West Bengal formed the original collection together with a small number of antiquities.
Bangiya Sahita Parishad Chitrasala on Upper Circular Road was established 1910. A symbol of the Bengal Renaissance in the 19th century, it houses relics of the rich cultural legacy and traditional heritage of Bengal. Collections include valuable mediaeval stone and metal sculptures, manuscripts, letters of famous Bengali authors, gold and silver coins, and art and craft work of Bengal.
Closed : Thursdays and public holidays.
The Acharya Jogesh Chandra Purakriti Bhawan aka Bishnupur museum was started by a group of people in 1951 and is now under the control of the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Ministry of Information and Culture, Govt. of West Bengal. It is a significant attempt to preserve and archive the history and cultural heritage of Bishnupur and its surrounding areas.
This museum preserves the traditions of terracotta and other indigenous art forms in Bankura, including dhokra craft, patachitras and Dashabotar cards. The iconic Baluchari silk saris with scenes from Hindu mythology woven on them are on display, some dating back to 150 years ago. The museum offers a fascinating collection of prehistoric objects from the Mesolithic and Paleolithic era, tools, metal ornaments, as well as coins and other artefacts from the ancient days of Bishnupur, starting from the Gupta kings to the Pal kingdom. A section of the Purakriti Bhawan is dedicated to the musical culture of Bishnupur Gharana and has many instruments and photographs displayed. Also showcased are rare photographs of Sree Sarada Devi, wife of Sri Rama Krishna Paramhansa who was born in this district. The museum now attracts a lot of international tourists and researchers.
The Central Museum located at the premises of the Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata is an ethnographic and anthropological museum that has on view objects and specimens on crafts, musical instruments, economic artifacts, dress and ornaments as well as objects related to religious activities from tribal and folk communities. The museum lays emphasis on depiction of bio-cultural heritage of people of the concerned zone.
The palace at Cooch Behar built by Maharaja Nripendra Narayan in 1887 AD was taken over by the Archaeological Survey of India in 1982 for protection and preservation. The present museum was established in 2002 with the antiquities and objects collected by the Kolkata circle of the Archaeological Survey of India as well as the state government. The exhibits are arranged in seven galleries.
Gallery No. 3 & 4 are the ethnic galleries organized with the help of Anthropological Survey of India wherein life styles of different communities in Koch Bihar region with their daily use, objects of occupations, masks, musical instruments etc. has been displayed.
Ethnographic Museum was established in 1955 It was built by the Cultural Research Institute, Govt. of West Bengal. Objects on view include hunting tools and equipment, fishing gears, dresses and ornaments, utensils, furniture, spinning and weaving aids and also objects relating to art, religion and `magic`. Stores photograph and tape-records of folk music depicting lifestyle of the tribes of this state.
The Gurusaday Museum is a treasure trove of Folk and Tribal Arts and Crafts of undivided Bengal as well as India. The museum was founded by Bengal Bratachari Society in 1961 with 2325 items which had been personally collected between 1929 - 1939 by Shri Gurusaday Dutt, I. C. S. (1882-1941), while he was the District Collector in the remote parts of the then Bengal. Since 1984, Gurusaday Dutt Folk Art Society manages the Museum .Presently, it has a collection of over 3300 exhibits of folk arts and crafts, showcasing the vitality of rural life , its social traditions, religious beliefs, motifs and cultural influences especially in undivided Bengal.
The Indian Museum the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum in the Asia-Pacific region of the world was founded in 1814 in Kolkata. Sir William Jones the renowned Oriental scholar founded the Asiatic Society in 1784 in Kolkata and subsequently, the Oriental Museum of the Asiatic Society, under the Honorary Curatorship of Dr Nathanial Wallich was established on February 2, 1814 at the Asiatic Society on 1 Park Street. The museum was shifted to the present building at Chowringhee Road in April 1878.
The Indian Museum popularly known as Jadughar or Ajabghar has six sections: Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology, and Industry (Economic Botany).
Opens on all days except Mondays and recognized holidays.
The Kerala Folklore Museum is the only architectural museum in Kerala with the essence of the life and culture of the common man over the past 1000 years. It is also a cultural hub which features 'Face Art Gallery'- for Art & Antiques; live performances of traditional art forms & cultural activities; a 'Spice Art Café' to experience the real culinary taste of traditional Kerala and a souvenir shop.
This is a treasure trove of stone, wood and bronze sculptures, ancient terracotta, Stone Age objects, jewellery, paintings, oil lamps, musical instruments, tribal and folk art, wood works, utensils, masks and traditional art forms etc. There are around 4000 artifacts on display. This unique cultural project aims to provide art education to the students and to help provide visual and academic knowledge to the art lovers, researchers and travellers from all over the world.
Malda Museum is an archaeological museum under the West Bengal Directorate of Archaeology, situated on the Bandh Road of Malda Town. The museum, renovated and revamped recently, showcases the archaeological, anthropological, and historical heritage of the region. The museum has a number of fine specimens of sculptures, figurines, calligraphic inscription tablets, terracotta plaques and other artifacts that represent more than 1500 years of history and heritage.
The Museum of Folk and Tribal Art, an undiscovered jewel tucked away in the urban estate in Gurgaon houses one of the most distinctive collections of Indian folk, tribal and neglected art. The museum is a labour of love started by Mr. K.C. Aryan noted art historian, painter, sculptor and writer. This priceless legacy is lovingly tended by his offspring. The museum deserves serious recognition and appreciation in it`s tireless effort to preserve and showcase some of India`s most priceless folk and tribal artefacts. At present the Museum of Folk and Tribal Art is located at Mr KC Aryan`s personal residence, one hour`s drive from New Delhi, close to IGI Airport. Efforts are on to construct a new Museum building in New Delhi.