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Dec 28 I learned it by watching you, Dad. Don't blame Austrians for taking your assumptions to their correct logical conclusion.
Equilibrium is a foundational concept in mainstream economics. In micro, goods and services are priced at the point where supply and demand are in equilibrium. In macro, economies grow at a rate that represents an equilibrium point where several equations--representing preferences, technology, institutional behavior and other variables--are all true at the same time.
In macro, this leads to a very big problem. The logic of equilibrium dictates that--thanks to forces that are treated more or less as magical--economies inexorably move toward equilibrium and stay there. "Shocks" might shift them away from this equilibrium point, causing unemployment or idle resources, but a fundamental force always works to restore full employment and efficient use of resources. This force is analogous to gravity in that it is basic and fundamental. We might speculate as to whether something more basic is what causes it, but for all practical purposes it is taken as a given.
Now, if one is skeptical of the ability of experts to intervene in the operation of natural forces (a skepticism shared by anyone with a passing familiarity with human history), then the obvious policy recommendation is: don't fuck it up!
"Don't fuck it up!" is actually a branch of heterodox economics known as the Austrian School. When folks refer to Ludwig Von Mises or Friedrich Hayek, they are frequently declaring that the wise course is "don't fuck it up", don't get in the way of the market.
And so it is when Austrian Robert P. Murphy looks at the economic history of the early 1920s:
As I explained in my post, [book author] Grant is following in the tradition of several free-market writers (including me) who think the 1920-21 depression shows the flaws in Keynesian thinking. Specifically, the depression after World War I was sharp but short, with the economy snapping back into recovery without Keynesian "stimulus"–indeed despite massive doses of "austerity" to use the modern lexicon.
For our purposes here, let it suffice to say that this is not actually what happened in the early 1920s.
The problem is that the economists who criticize this bad history never seem to notice that it is simply the logical result of their own beliefs in equilibrium. Even those heterodox economists who are relentlessly critical of mainstream economic thinking never get to the point where they completely reject equilibrium analysis. And as long as you accept equilibrium analysis, there will always be Austrians who say, "don't fuck it up and get in the way of an economy returning to equilibrium."
Below is a dialog on this topic adapted from my comments on the EconoSpeak blog post: Are Keynesians "Desperate" About The 1921 Recession? by Barkley Rosser.
Thornton Hall: As long as respectable economists promote the nonsense idea that "equilibrium" is a useful concept in the understanding of a complex system created by dynamic and idiosyncratic agents, there will be those who take equilibrium analysis to its necessary logical conclusion.
No amount of contrary examples can change the fact that the Mises crowd's logic is correct. And correct logic is revered in economics.
Barkley Rosser: Are you aware that I am one of the leading experts in the world on complexity economics? If you are not, please check out my website... http://cob.jmu.edu/rosserjb .
Anyway, let me simply note that I am one of the very small (although growing) group of economists that is interested in the somewhat small while nontrivial overlap between Keynes and Hayek (and some other Austrians). That overlap certainly involves complexity issues, including your concerns about out of equilibrium dynamics. I know it is annoying to have somebody send you to a website, but, really, you need to read some of what I have written, not just some, but a whole lot.
Merry Christmas to one and all who want to have one!
Thornton Hall: So I read:
IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING MACROECONOMICS OF COMPLEX DYNAMICS
I think a lot of blame goes to post modernism, the idea that there is no true observation, that we all start with theory and the observe accordingly. I think this is part of what accounts for the confusion between "less wrong" and "more right" so perfectly demonstrated in your closing reference to physics:
Thus, although probably the majority of the developments in complex nonlinear dynamics are unlikely to be suitable for inclusion in macroeconomics textbooks in the near future, some of these things can and should be said to students somehow. As regards the ultimate effect of these developments upon economic theory, we can do worse than to contemplate the following comments of Steve Smale (1977, p. 95):
How did Relativity Theory respect classical mechanics? For one thing Einstein worked from a very deep understanding of the Newtonian theory. Another point to remember is that while Relativity Theory lies in contradiction to Newtonian theory, even after Einstein, classical mechanics remains central to physics. I can well imagine that a revolution in economic theory could take place over the question of dynamics, which would both restructure the foundations of Walras and leave the classical theory playing a central role.
Einstein contradicts Newton by being "more right". Newton, within the proper scope, is not wrong. He is less general. Einstein is more complex but more complete. He can predict the acceleration of an apple falling as well as the behavior of that apple as it approaches the speed of light.
Rational expectations is not Newton. Equilibrium is not Newton. Human behavior is not rational. It just isn't. Prices aren't set were supply and demand meet. They just aren't. There is no proper scope where these ideas work. There has never been any evidence to contradict the rotting fruit in the dumpsters behind every grocer in Anerica. [If markets cleared that fruit would have sold.]
Now, bounded rationality does sort of match the world. It's "less wrong" than rational expectations. Complexity sort of leads to "shocks". That idea is less wrong than RBC.
You go from more right to less right when the simplicity of F=ma gives the right answer. But going from less wrong to wrong isn't a simplification. It's just... Wrong.
That's why Noah Smith's arrogant bumbling thru the philosophy of science is so excruciating. Yes you start with theory, but the magic happens when the world comes crashing thru. If those orbits aren't circles, but rather ellipses, then…Insight… Revolution!
You, Barkley Rosser, get to that same juncture where equilibrium analysis is analogous to circular orbits and instead of revolution you say, "Well isn't this [complexity] a very interesting special case."
But in every single other empirical endeavor in human history it's the special cases that reveal what's really going on! Abnormal psych teaches us how the normal mind works, earthquakes teach us what forces are *always* at work on the Earth's crust, hurricanes the weather, unique Finch beaks evolution, supernovas the stars, and on and on.
Use the ladder of John Stuart Mill to see what you can, but then discard it in favor of insight. Holding on to that ladder is literally killing people every day.
BR: Thornton,
Not bad, although I would say you are sounding more like early Wittgenstein than J.S. Mill on that last bit. As it is, or was, Mill was an early student of the complexity idea of emergence, but in his philosophical writings rather than his ones on economics.
There's more including where Rosser apologizes for sounding pompous about his expertise and I wave him off noting that I'm the idiot who isn't an expert anything and quite fortunate that the Internet lets me communicate with people like him who know what they are talking about. And I have edited slightly for clarity, including adding the large quotation from Rosser's paper that was referenced but not copied in my original comments.
Economics Is Seriously Screwed Up
Dec 29 A Non-Ideological Conflict That Threads Thru All American History: Rural vs. Urban
Dec 27 The Radical Idea That Universities Should Educate Students
May 8 Change Your Mind And See What Was Always There
Sep 26 A Question So Obvious You'd Have To Be An Economist Not To Ask It
Jun 10 Economics Is Fortunate In Its Critics: A Crucial Falsehood Believed By Freshwater, Saltwater, and Heterodox Alike


The plans were revised in January 1867 to add an extra storey to the infirmary, adding £430 to the price. Two nurses were on duty at night-time, and pauper assistance was confined to activities such as cleaning and bed-making. In 1909-11 an additional infirmary block was added at the north of the site for up to 150 aged, infirm and convalescent patients. All the inmates were transferred to other workhouses in the area, and the infirmary patients moved to Grovelands School nearby. The cross-shaped main building contained an administrative block, wards and cells, together with a labour yard and labour master's house. The hospital finally closed in 2005 and the buildings have been demolished except for the gatehouse and board-room.


Sources close to Paul, who is in his 12th term in the House, said he will unveil an exploratory presidential committee, a key step in gearing up for a White House race. He will also unveil the campaign's leadership team in Iowa, where the first votes of the presidential election will be cast in caucuses next year.
Paul, 75, ran as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988, finishing with less than one half a percent of the vote. After more than a decade as a Republican congressman, Paul gave it another shot in the 2008 presidential election, gaining attention for being the only Republican candidate calling for the end to the war in Iraq and for his "money bomb" fundraising strategy, which brought in millions of dollars from online donors in single-day pushes.
Paul took 10 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses and 8 percent in New Hampshire's primary. He finished second, with 14 percent of the vote, in the Nevada caucuses, and eventually finished fourth in the Republican nominating process with 5.6 percent of the total vote. Paul's campaign book, "The Revolution: A Manifesto" also reached No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list in 2008.


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Published: 00:50, January 07, 2022 | Updated: 09:35, January 07, 2022
Hong Kong follows own path of democratization
By Lau Siu-kai
Published:00:50, January 07, 2022 Updated:09:35, January 07, 2022 By Lau Siu-kai
In December, Beijing released a white paper on "Hong Kong's Democratic Progress Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems". The white paper asserts that Hong Kong did not enjoy democracy under colonial rule and that Beijing is sincere and determined to promote democratic development in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Back in 2014, I wrote a book titled Hong Kong's Unique Path of Democratization (in Chinese), arguing that despite possessing many favorable socioeconomic conditions for democratic development, Hong Kong's path of democratization is going to be unique in view of its special history, constitutional status and political reality. Both the white paper and my book concur on the same theme, i.e., the Western democratic model is absolutely not suitable for Hong Kong.
As a matter of fact, Hong Kong had in the past experienced some failed efforts at democratic reform along Western lines. The botched unilateral attempt of the British to impose a "representative political system" on Hong Kong before the handover is an outstanding example. However, the British were quite successful in their efforts to foster the rise of the anti-China opposition. The democratic system of the HKSAR also contains elements of the Western model, giving priority to the expansion of the electoral rights of the individual and downplaying the broader consequences and repercussions of the electoral outcome. The anti-China opposition has been able to further strengthen these elements through unrelentingly and stridently mobilizing their supporters to demand political reforms. Unfortunately, the democratic system in the HKSAR has not brought about political stability and effective governance. On the contrary, it has resulted in chronic and protracted political turmoil, ineffective governance, sluggish economic development, national insecurity and the encroachment of foreign forces. More ominously, it makes successful implementation of "one country, two systems" impossible.
The new democratic system established in Hong Kong is much more compatible with the requirements of "one country, two systems" and more effective as a "tool" to achieve its strategic goals. This new democratic system will definitely be sustainable and can continue into the future. It is expected that after this new democratic system has been further institutionalized and consolidated, it will be improved from time to time to broaden electoral participation
The major reason for the failure of Hong Kong's "Western" democratic experience is that Hong Kong's democratic political system allows the anti-China opposition to gain entry into its governance system through elections and to wreak havoc in Hong Kong's governance. In addition to its animosity toward Beijing, the anti-China opposition rejects the constitutional order of the HKSAR formed by the nation's Constitution and the Hong Kong Basic Law. The inclusion of this anti-establishment force in Hong Kong's democratic system guarantees its malfunctioning, unviability and unsustainability. That this state of affairs can exist attests to the flawed design of Hong Kong's democratic system. By now, it is clear that in order for democracy to work in the HKSAR, it cannot blindly mimic the Western model. Instead, Hong Kong should pursue its own unique path of democratic development. In fact, "democratic politics with Hong Kong characteristics" can only be developed by abiding by three major principles.
In the first place, Hong Kong is not an "independent political entity", let alone an independent nation. Accordingly, Hong Kong's democratic design must seriously take into account its possible impact on national sovereignty, national security and territorial integrity, whereas the "Western model" invariably has a sovereign nation in mind. Since Hong Kong is part of China, it does not have the right to devise and change its political system; only the central authorities have the constitutional power to do so. The chief executive of the HKSAR, elected by an Election Committee, and his or her principal officials are appointed by and accountable to the central authorities. The central authorities have the constitutional power to monitor and assess the performance of the chief executive and the principal officials.
Even though the HKSAR enjoys a high degree of autonomy under "one country, two systems" with the delegation of powers from the central authorities, the central authorities still retain substantial powers to ensure the successful implementation of "one country, two systems" as well as to safeguard national sovereignty and security. However, the British, the external forces, Hong Kong's opposition and Hong Kong residents who clamor for the adoption of a Western democratic model in effect regard the HKSAR as an independent political entity. They insist that the elected leaders of Hong Kong are answerable only to Hong Kong residents. Therefore, they in actuality refuse to recognize China's sovereignty over Hong Kong and the powers of the central authorities in the HKSAR. They vehemently deny Hong Kong's responsibility to safeguard national security. More viciously, they aspire to establish a Western-style democracy in Hong Kong so that it can be turned into a "pro-West" base of subversion against China. Without any doubt, such a sinister motive on the part of both internal and external hostile forces can never be realized. It is naive to expect China to accept or tolerate a "democratic" system in Hong Kong that is detrimental to national interests and security.
Secondly, Hong Kong's democratic system must serve and bolster "one country, two systems", allowing it to operate in accordance with Beijing's design and continue beyond 2047. In the West, democracy is generally conceived as electoral democracy or procedural democracy at the core of which is the "one man, one vote, one value" popular election. Leaving aside the question as to whether the Western democratic ideal has really been fulfilled, electoral democracy stipulates that the results of the elections, as long as they are conducted in a fair manner and in accordance with constitutional and legal procedures, are a legitimate reflection of the "will of the people" and hence have to be respected and followed through, even though that might bring about calamity to the nation concerned. A vivid and tragic example is Brexit, which was endorsed by only a slim majority in an ill-conceived referendum. From Beijing's point of view, "one country, two systems" is a major national policy to advance the interests of the nation as well as Hong Kong.
It cannot be allowed to fail or to be implemented partially and distortedly. The strategic goals to be achieved by "one country, two systems" include: the advancement of national unity, the protection of national security, the realization of the principle of "Hong Kong administered by patriots", the preservation of Hong Kong's original capitalist system and the way of life of Hong Kong residents, the establishment of an "executive-led" political system, the achievement of good and effective governance, the promotion of Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, and enabling Hong Kong to play a unique and indispensable role in the nation's modernization. Compared to these strategic goals, democratization as a goal is much less important. While Beijing is willing to respond positively to the democratic aspirations of Hong Kong residents, the democratic system to be instituted in the HKSAR must not inhibit the attainment of those strategic goals.
In other words, the democratic system of Hong Kong is basically a "tool" to enable the strategic goals of "one country, two systems" to be achieved. If the "tool" cannot get the job done or instead is destructive of the "one country, two systems" project, the "tool" has to be "retooled" or replaced. The democratic practices in Hong Kong since 1997 have apparently failed to allow Hong Kong to reach the strategic goals of "one country, two systems". A new "tool" or new democratic system is therefore needed to finish the job. And that is the reason why Beijing has fundamentally revamped the electoral system of Hong Kong.
Thirdly, Hong Kong's democratic system has to ensure "Hong Kong administered by patriots". In the past, there was only a weak and ineffective candidate-vetting system in Hong Kong's elections. Anti-China forces and their external patrons could take part in Hong Kong's governance via elections. In Western elections, the absence of stringent candidate-vetting processes would not bring about too much harm because very few people in Western nations reject their constitutional order. In Hong Kong, however, because of historical and political reasons, a substantial proportion of Hong Kong residents and politicians harbor anti-China and anti-communist opinions.
In the past, the parlous and perfunctory candidate-vetting mechanism in Hong Kong allowed the "disloyal" opposition to play an important role in Hong Kong's governance. It used, in particular, the legislature as the platform to challenge national sovereignty, question the legitimacy of the powers of the central authorities and the Basic Law, collude with external hostile forces, and mobilize mass protest actions against Beijing and the HKSAR government.
Because of the many defects and loopholes in Hong Kong's democratic system, its electoral system in particular, "one country, two systems" had failed to function in conformity with the original design of Beijing. It is an undeniable fact that this flawed democratic system was the source of Hong Kong's political impasse since its return to the motherland. The political turmoil in Hong Kong in the past decade, and the 2019-20 "color revolution" specifically, have compelled Beijing to reluctantly redesign Hong Kong's democratic system.
The core purpose of the new democratic system is to fully realize the principle of "Hong Kong administered by patriots". The electoral system of Hong Kong has been drastically revamped. A rigorous vetting mechanism for candidates in the elections has been introduced. Anti-China elements can no longer take part in the elections and through them obtain governing power. Hostile external forces can no longer cultivate their agents or proxies in Hong Kong.
Indisputably, the new democratic system established in Hong Kong is much more compatible with the requirements of "one country, two systems" and more effective as a "tool" to achieve its strategic goals. This new democratic system will definitely be sustainable and can continue into the future. It is expected that after this new democratic system has been further institutionalized and consolidated, it will be improved from time to time to broaden electoral participation by Hong Kong residents and former oppositionists who are willing to pursue their political career within the new constitutional order of the HKSAR.
Lau Siu-kai is a professor emeritus of sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and vice-president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies.
The views do not necessarily reflect those of China Daily.
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Raimondi MRT159 flattop tower crane participates in the build of residential development in Romania
A Raimondi MRT159 flattop tower crane is currently at work in Romania on a residential jobsite
The development consists of three buildings with each building housing between 30 to 35 flats. The client purchased the MRT159 from Tecno Crane, heavy lifting specialists based in Campodarsego, Italy. The crane, at a freestanding height of 54 meters with a 65 meter jib length, was erected in one working day at the jobsite in Iași, the second largest city in Romania.
"Our client initially was looking at a rental crane, and based on the value of the Raimondi topless range and product longevity, decided to purchase a new crane that could work across multiple jobsites," said Nicola Pizzeghello, President and Owner, Tecno Crane.
The crane is expected to be at work onsite for a duration of 30 months, and will be shifted to another jobsite soon after project completion.
One of the most lauded factors is that the MRT159 arrives onsite with all parts preassembled, ropes passed, and rope connections installed, allowing for an easy erection procedure.
The topless tower range continues to be popular across Europe and further afield, with the flattop MRT159 seeing consistent sales chiefly due to its versality and durability.
Related: Two Raimondi topless tower cranes at work in historic district of Florence, Italy


walled with concrete block. A poured concrete floor laid over with kitchen tile. There were a couple of iron cots with bare springs, one against either wall, the mattress pads rolled up at the foot of them in army fashion. He turned and looked at the boy crouched above him blinking in the smoke rising from the lamp and then he descended to the lower steps and sat and held the lamp out. Oh my God, he whispered. Oh my God.
The more often I read this passage, the less those three words sound like a throwaway line. By the light of the lamp the man glimpses a small paradise: crates filled with canned fruits, canned vegetables, canned meats; gallons of clean water; toilet paper; blankets. Overwhelmed, he tells the boy to come down, come down and see.
I found everything. Everything. Wait till you see.
It doesn't matter how familiar I am with the scene; I always breathe a little easier here. There's a palpable sense of relief as father and son wash, eat, and rest tucked away for awhile from the hell of their wretched world. Hope lives.
Q. What day of the week is this?
A. The first day, the foundation day.
A. Every day is built on a foundation of grace.
I think of this often during the week. Even as I look forward to the coming Lord's Day, I am reminded to give thanks for the one behind me. Every week the story is the same. Every week Christ's people – hunted, harried, exhausted, starving, filthy – gather together to worship the Triune God. "Your sins are forgiven." Here is true rest. "This is my body, broken for you." Here is true nourishment. Every week we take refuge in a bunker against which even the gates of Hell will not prevail (Matt. 16:18), and every week we go forth refreshed to love and serve the risen Lord.
The Sabbath is more than just one day out of seven. It is the queen of days. It is, to borrow another line from another part of McCarthy's story, "the day to shape the days upon." And in the remembrance of this there is joy.


Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Tian Jing, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, John Ortiz, Thomas Mann, Shea Whigham, Toby Kebbell, and Eugene Cordero also star. Kong: Skull Island opens in theaters on March 10, 2017. Spots courtesy of WB, Collider & TOHO Kingdom.


There is about a week left to sign up/re-join for the 2017 Canterbury Racing Club. Members receive free admission for the season with their VIP card, a chance to be in the paddock before a race, be in the winners' circle if we're lucky enough to win, a place to gather on race days (when available), backside tours and special morning events in addition to a glimpse behind the curtain on what goes in to owning and racing a Thoroughbred.
The Club is a not-for-profit educational experience open to anyone. The cost of membership is $250 with no other payments required. The Club is designed to be interactive with questions and answers here on the blog as well as at the various events through the summer.
We will begin looking for horses a week or two after the Club closes. We have a pair of trainers lined up for 2017, Clay Brinson and Nevada Litfin – provided there is enough capital for two horses – to increase the number of racing opportunities as well as to provide a wider experience with different barns.
A couple of folks have noted that for some, payday is Friday, March 3 while the official Club deadline is February 28th. We will not turn you away for bein a few days late, please just let us know (jmaday@canterburypark.com or ted@grevelisracing.com) that it will be on its way. However once we button up and start shopping for horses we will be closed to new members.
For easy reference below are the sign up and re-up forms. Hope to see you this summer!
Some of you may be aware of Jim Bastyr, a long time Clubber and Canterbury Park employee, but aside from being a passionate racing fan and a heckuva good guy he is the official unofficial Club historian/statistician.
Below are a couple of documents Jim created. One is a PDF of the results charts for all the Club races this season. The other is a color coded breakdown of every club season sine inception. The latter is a fascinating document out lining all the starts and highlighting the "best" – highest payoff ($12.00), highest purse ($13,000) etc. It also breaks down the stats at the various tracks we've run at over time.
Boy do we wager! The $12 win was the largest payoff by far. The next highest was $7.20. We certainly love to back our charges!
The Club's lifetime winning percentage of over 30% is incredible. Keep in mind that that stat took a bit of a hit this season with only 1 win. That kind of winning percentage is unheard of. I hope we get back to that average this coming season!
We crush at Hawthorne (60% winners as opposed to 21.2% at CBY – which is still pretty darn good!). I think this is attributable to the time of year we run there. We're more aggressive in our placements there because we need to get the horse out of the stable before the end of the year so we'll place the horse a level – maybe even two or three – below where we would normally run that type of horse.
All the credit goes to Clay Brinson, Tammy Domenosky and the other trainers, their staffs and the riders for making the winning possible and taking great care of the Club horses.
Enjoy the docs and look forward to working with you all this season!
Jeff received the final vet bill in the office this afternoon. I am finalizing the spreadsheet, doing the math and updating the rollover form so please keep an eye on the blog for the details and renewal form in the next day or two!


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Asbestos Test Case Hits Insurers
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Insurers who used a court judgment to avoid paying compensation to the families of asbestos-related cancer victims seemed to have suffered a "collective loss of memory" about why they were content to pay in the past, a High Court judge has been told.
The insurers had paid compensation for the fatal lung disease mesothelioma for years on the basis that their liability arose at the time when a worker was exposed to asbestos dust, lawyers told Mr Justice Burton.
But the Court of Appeal ruled two years ago in a different legal context that liability was "triggered" when the disease actually developed - sometimes after 40 years or more - not at the time of exposure.
Insurers then stopped paying and argued they were not liable because the risk cover they provided 40 years ago was no longer in force.
Colin Wynter QC, for three families battling to recover compensation in a test case, said the appeal court judgment resulted in "a jolt, a sea change" in the UK insurance industry, which suffered "a collective loss of memory".
Apparently no-one knew why, in the past, mesothelioma claimants had been paid on an "exposure" basis, the court was told.
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Superintendent Carlos Garcia's September 18 memo, delivered triumphantly to school administrators by ardent JROTC supporter Margaret Chiu, Assistant Superintendent for high schools, is one of those dirty little secrets that strip the facade from an institution, revealing the true moral and political bankruptcy at its core.
In this instance, the San Francisco school district's utter obeisance to the Pentagon is writ large for all to see. Garcia's memo restores the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), one of the Pentagon's favorite military recruitment programs, as an independent fiefdom within the district, answerable to no one except its military masters. Garcia effectively guts the "Independent Study" Physical Education (PE) program for JROTC cadets, crafted by district administrators over the summer, and hands over to JROTC's military-appointed functionaries the ability to grant PE credit willy-nilly just like in the bad old days.
Despite all of the rhetoric about JROTC and "leadership development," the district has now demonstrated its complete lack of anything even resembling leadership, washing its hand of any meaningful oversight of JROTC when confronted by the Pentagon's demands for raw recruits. Perhaps this was inevitable. How can a mere Carlos Garcia be expected to stand up to the Pentagon when even the Change We Can Believe In President Barack Obama does not seem to know how to react to the demands of General Stanley McChrystal and his imperial cohorts for more troops in Afghanistan?
For those who may have missed the battle royale over the last several years, JROTC is a Pentagon-run program that historically captures well over 10% of the students at the seven San Francisco high schools in which it is ensconced. These are mostly 14 and 15 year-olds, freshmen and sophomores largely recruited on the basis of getting out of physical education, known to us all as PE.
Of course, the Pentagon is to education what fool's gold is to the real thing. JROTC really is "one of the best recruiting devices we could have," in the infamous words of former Defense Secretary and Pentagon boss William Cohen, who served under President Bill Clinton.
Dave Zirin explains it well. "The historic mission of PE, dating back to the nineteenth century and the instituting of public school athletic leagues, is to promote teamwork, fellowship, and healthy habits that will last a lifetime. To put it mildly, there are few things less healthy than war."
The struggle to remove JROTC and the military from our schools stretches back into the early 1990s, a struggle which reached white-hot levels in the last three years, after the school board voted in 2006 to phase out the program. That resolution set off years of confrontation, involving mobilization after mobilization of JROTC supporters, fueled by hundreds of thousands of dollars of downtown corporate money, and fanned by the propaganda and Big Lies of their ever-subservient media -- arrayed against the program's opponents, who command intense moral and political indignation, but precious few material resources.
When the school board finally restored JROTC on a close and hard-fought 4-3 vote last May, that bare majority knew that their work was not done. Without PE credit, JROTC is a dinosaur without prey, doomed to extinction. PE credit had become very problematic, due to recent state legislation beefing up physical education requirements. When the district withdrew PE credit for JROTC in 2008, in reaction to the changes in state law, JROTC enrollment plummeted to its lowest levels in decades.
Fearing legal problems if they simply granted PE credit, the pro-JROTC school board majority mandated the development of a hybrid PE program for JROTC cadets, an "independent study" program designed to wiggle around state law on the subject. Over the summer, the district slammed together this new PE program. There was no consultation with PE teachers, much less the larger school community, other than JROTC instructors and some administrators. The program as constructed certainly has its weaknesses, but the core of the attempt to make it pass legal muster was the institution of "supervising teachers" who were to meet individually with cadets enrolling in the program, and with their parents or guardians, to draft an individual "independent study" curriculum and plan. These "supervising teachers" are distinct from the JROTC instructors, who are not trained or certified PE instructors, and obviously have their own axe to grind.
The district deadline for enrollment in classes was Friday, September 18. But by then, according to most accounts, few JROTC cadets and parent/guardians had actually met with their "supervising teachers," much less drawn up a genuine curriculum plan. Cadets, as in the past, were recruited to JROTC as the result of a pitch by JROTC instructors that they would get PE credit, but the bar to implementing this program as the regulations and the law require was simply too high.
So comes September 18, four weeks after school had begun. The district is faced with a choice. One choice would be to abide by the regulations, based on state law. That means that few JROTC cadets would get "Independent Study" PE credit. The JROTC program would be thrown into crisis. It would also mean standing up to the Pentagon.
The other choice was to jettison the regulations, state law, and any sense of responsibility to genuine physical education.
You don't have to guess what choice the Superintendent made.
1- JROTC cadets can participate in "Independent Study" PE immediately, even if they and their parent/guardians have not yet met with their "supervising teachers" to draw up a curriculum plan.
2- Cadets and their parent/guardians can "meet" with their JROTC instructor instead of their "supervising teacher."
3- The JROTC instructors and/or the "supervising teachers" can conduct "group meetings" or "phone conferences" instead of individual meetings mandated by the regulations.
4- The deadline for conducting these "meetings" is pushed back to October 23 -- nine weeks after school has started.
In other words, the fox has been put in charge of the hen house.
Additionally, it appears that JROTC cadets who have been doing nothing for four weeks can still enroll in the PE program. Apparently cadets can enroll as late as October 23, and do nothing for nine weeks. How these cadets are going to make up the required 200 minutes of PE that they miss each week is a mystery.
"Independent Study" PE is now far from "independent," nor does it involve much PE. Garcia's memo turns the "Independent Study" PE program into a joke, except that it isn't funny.
It isn't funny because real physical education is being gutted. It isn't funny because the gutting of physical education is being done at the behest of the Pentagon and all that it represents in this age of endless, endless war.
The question is, does anybody in the district even care? There are already too many issues, too many battles, too much controversy. The district just passed the A-G program, mandating that all graduates must meet the requirements for admission to California's state colleges. In this era of massive and growing austerity, that program also threatens to descend into farce. (Next stop there, the Curriculum and Program Committee meeting on Monday, October 5.) Then there are the perennial battles over school assignment, which after decades of legal and political warfare, have left San Francisco among the most segregated school districts in the nation. Who can deal with it all? Why not just hand 10% of our high school kids over to the Pentagon and let the masters of war take them off our hands?
not-so-closeted supporter of JROTC and whatever the Pentagon wants. The organized opposition within the union, the Educators for a Democratic Union, has taken a principled stand against JROTC, but whether or not they have the ability to take up this fight is an open question.
opponents of JROTC, or for supporters of genuine physical education.
But, then, think on this. The school board vote to restore JROTC was as close as it gets, 4-3. The vote to set up "Independent Study" PE was also 4-3. And even then it took one man, Carlos Garcia, to rescue JROTC from possible oblivion on September 18. And, finally, whether or not the new, improved "Independent Study" PE program will stand up to legal scrutiny is a question not yet resolved.
That's closer than one might think. That's why the corporate media has been so, so silent about JROTC ever since the program was restored at the end of the last school year, instead of riling up the opposition with clarion calls of victory.
After all, last November, the day after the election, we all woke up thinking that long-time JROTC supporter Jill Wynns had lost her seat on the school board, that JROTC opponent Bobbi Lopez had been elected, and that we had a majority in opposition to JROTC. A few days later, as the absentee vote got counted, Wynns ended up replacing Lopez in the win column -- Wynns' lead being a mere 5,000 votes citywide. So close, and yet so far.
There is another school board election in November, 2010. Will Lopez run again, and replace Hydra Mendoza, Mayor Gavin Newsom's best buddy on the board and a solid pro-JROTC vote? Will Kim-Shree Maufas and Jane Kim, both part of the anti-JROTC minority, run again and win? Who else will run? Already, campaign consultant and political hotshot Johnny Wang, who ran the pro-JROTC campaign last November, is making noise and looking for customers.
The enrollment numbers for JROTC this year are not yet in, or at least not yet public. How many cadets are there this year? Have any significant number of students been scared away because of all the controversy and uncertainty?
Can the local anti-war movement step up to the plate in a big way, as it should, and bring to bear its not inconsiderable moral authority over the school district in this bastion of anti-war activity? There are anti-war mobilizations coming up in San Francisco on both October 7 and October 17. Will the movement take some time at these mobilizations, so focused on decisions in Washington, to look to its own backyard?
for the fight ahead under the banner of a coalition called Military Out of Our Schools. Can this coalition successfully lead this movement in the next period of time?
As the indomitable JROTC opponent Tommi Avicolli-Mecca said to me not long ago, "The struggle continues and continues and continues ..."


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§ 555.27 Out-of-State disposition of explosive materials.
§ 555.33 Background checks and clearances (effective May 24, 2003).
§ 555.105 Distributions to nonlicensees, nonpermittees, and limited permittees.
§ 555.126 Explosives transaction record for distribution of explosive materials prior to May 24, 2003 and Limited Permittee Transaction Report for distribution of explosive materials on and after May 24, 2003.
§ 555.142 Relief from disabilities (effective January 24, 2003).
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a.(a) Records maintained by permittees prior to May 24, 2003.
1.(1) Each permittee must take true and accurate physical inventories that will include all explosive materials on hand required to be accounted for in the records kept under this part. The permittee must take a special inventory—
i.(i) At the time of commencing business, which is the effective date of the permit issued upon original qualification under this part;
ii.(ii) At the time of changing the location of his premises to another region;
iii.(iii) At the time of discontinuing business; and
iv.(iv) At any other time the regional director (compliance) may in writing require. Each special inventory is to be prepared in duplicate, the original of which is submitted to the regional director (compliance) and the duplicate retained by the permittee. If a special inventory required by paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (iv) of this section has not been taken during the calendar year, a permittee is required to take at least one physical inventory. However, the record of the yearly inventory, other than a special inventory required by paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (iv) of this section, will remain on file for inspection instead of being sent to the regional director (compliance). (See also § 555.127.)
2.(2) Each permittee must, not later than the close of the next business day following the date of acquisition of explosive materials, enter the following information in a separate record:
i.(i) Date of acquisition;
ii.(ii) Name or brand name of manufacturer;
iii.(iii) Manufacturer's marks of identification;
iv.(iv) Quantity (applicable quantity units, such as pounds of explosives, number of detonators, number of display fireworks, etc.);
v.(v) Description (dynamite (dyn), blasting agents (ba), detonators (det), display fireworks (df), etc., and size (length and diameter or diameter only of display fireworks)); and
vi.(vi) Name, address, and license number of the persons from whom the explosive materials are received.
3.(3) Each permittee must, not later than the close of the next business day following the date of disposition of surplus explosive materials to another permittee or a licensee, enter in a separate record the information prescribed in § 555.124(c).
4.(4) Each permittee must maintain separate records of disposition of surplus stocks of explosive materials to nonlicensees or nonpermittees as prescribed in § 555.126.
5.(5) The regional director (compliance) may authorize alternate records to be maintained by a permittee to record his acquisition of explosive materials, when it is shown by the permittee that alternate records will accurately and readily disclose the required information. A permittee who proposes to use alternate records must submit a letter application to the regional director (compliance) and must describe the proposed alternate records and the need for them. Alternate records are not to be employed by the permittee until approval is received from the regional director (compliance).
b.(b) Records maintained by permittees on and after May 24, 2003.
1.(1) Each holder of a user permit must take true and accurate physical inventories that will include all explosive materials on hand required to be accounted for in the records kept under this part. The permittee must take a special inventory—
ii.(ii) At the time of changing the location of his premises;
iv.(iv) At any other time the Director, Industry Operations may in writing require. Each special inventory is to be prepared in duplicate, the original of which is submitted to the Director, Industry Operations and the duplicate retained by the permittee. If a special inventory required by paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iv) of this section has not been taken during the calendar year, a permittee is required to take at least one physical inventory. The record of the yearly inventory, other than a special inventory required by paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iv) of this section, will remain on file for inspection instead of being sent to the Director, Industry Operations. (See also § 555.127.)
2.(2) Each holder of a limited permit must take true and accurate physical inventories, at least annually, that will include all explosive materials on hand required to be accounted for in the records kept under this part.
3.(3) Each holder of a user permit or a limited permit must, not later than the close of the next business day following the date of acquisition of explosive materials, enter the following information in a separate record:
4.(4) Each holder of a user permit or a limited permit must, not later than the close of the next business day following the date of disposition of surplus explosive materials to another permittee or a licensee, enter in a separate record the information prescribed in § 555.124(c).
5.(5) When a record book is used as a permittee's permanent record the permittee may delay entry of the required information for a period not to exceed seven days if the commercial record contains all of the required information prescribed by paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this section. However, the commercial record may be used instead of a record book as a permanent record provided that the record contains all of the required information prescribed by paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this section.
6.(6) Each holder of a user permit or a limited permit must maintain separate records of disposition of surplus stocks of explosive materials to holders of a limited permit as prescribed in § 555.126.
7.(7) The Chief, Explosives Industry Programs Branch may authorize alternate records to be maintained by a holder of a user permit or a limited permit to record his acquisition of explosive materials, when it is shown by the permittee that alternate records will accurately and readily disclose the required information. A permittee who proposes to use alternate records must submit a letter application to the Chief, Explosives Industry Programs Branch and must describe the proposed alternate records and the need for them. Alternate records are not to be employed by the permittee until approval is received from the Chief, Explosives Industry Programs Branch.
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1 Ruling
These rulings help to interpret this section of the regulation.
2007-01 2007-1 - Maintaining Required Explosives Records in Computerized Form
4 Open Letters
All FELs-Apr2011-Open Letter-Importance of Security When Storing or Transporting Explosive Materials
National-May2008-Open Letter-Interpretation of Fireworks Recordkeeping
All FELs-May2003-Open Letter-Reminder Regarding Provisions of the Safe Explosives Act
All FELs-Nov2002-Open Letter-Safe Explosives Act Provisions for Blasting/Mining Educators
Explosives Industry Newsletter-June 1997
Explosives Industry Newsletter-December 2014
Do I have to send my computer records to the Out-of-Business Records Center when I discontinue my business?
Is there a requirement for licensees and permittees to make an annual inventory of explosive materials on hand?
Does a licensee or permittee have to keep records of the acquisition, distribution, and storage of explosive materials?
How do licensees and permittees account for explosive quantities in their records?
Can anyone in the office maintain the explosive inventory books?
Can I keep other required explosives records in a location that is different from my licensed/permitted premises (e.g., at my residence)?
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Korah's Rebellion
1Now #ch. 27:3; Ex. 6:16, 18, 21; Jude 11 Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and #ch. 26:9Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men. 2And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men. 3#Ps. 106:16-18 They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, #ver. 7 "You have gone too far! For #See Ex. 19:6all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?" 4When Moses heard it, #ch. 14:5; 20:6he fell on his face, 5and he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the Lord will show #[2 Tim. 2:19] who is his,#16:5 Septuagint The Lord knows those who are his and who is #ver. 3 holy, and will bring him near to him. The one #ch. 17:5; 1 Sam. 2:28; Ps. 105:26; [Ex. 28:1] whom he chooses he will #ch. 3:10; Lev. 10:3; Ps. 65:4; Ezek. 40:46; 44:15, 16bring near to him. 6Do this: take #Lev. 10:1censers, Korah and all his company; 7put fire in them and put incense on them before the Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the holy one. #ver. 3You have gone too far, sons of Levi!" 8And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi: 9is it #ver. 13; 1 Sam. 18:23; Isa. 7:13; [Ezek. 16:20] too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has #ch. 8:14; Deut. 10:8separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the congregation to minister to them, 10and that he has brought you near him, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek the priesthood also? 11Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is #Ex. 16:8; [1 Cor. 3:5]Aaron that you grumble against him?"
12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they said, "We will not come up. 13Is it #ver. 9 a small thing that you have brought us up out of #See Ex. 3:8 a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also #Ex. 2:14; Acts 7:27, 35make yourself a prince over us? 14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up." 15And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, #[Gen. 4:4, 5] "Do not respect their offering. #1 Sam. 12:3; [Acts 20:33; 2 Cor. 7:2]I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them."
16And Moses said to Korah, "Be present, you and all your company, #Ex. 16:9; 1 Sam. 12:3, 7before the Lord, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. 17And #ver. 6, 7 let every one of you take his censer and put incense on it, and every one of you bring before the Lord his censer, #ver. 35250 censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer." 18So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. #See Lev. 9:23And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
20And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21#ver. 45; [Gen. 19:17, 22; Jer. 51:6; Rev. 18:4] "Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them #Ex. 33:5; Ps. 73:19in a moment." 22And they #ver. 45; ch. 14:5; 20:6 fell on their faces and said, "O God, #ch. 27:16; Job 12:10; Eccles. 12:7; Isa. 57:16; Zech. 12:1 the God of the spirits of all flesh, #[Gen. 18:23-25; 2 Sam. 24:17]shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?" 23And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24"Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram."
25Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. 26And he spoke to the congregation, saying, #[Gen. 19:12-14; Isa. 52:11; 2 Cor. 6:17; Rev. 18:4]"Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins." 27So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood #[Ex. 33:8]at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones. 28And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been #[Jer. 23:16; Ezek. 13:2, 17]of my own accord. 29If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, #[1 Kgs. 22:28]then the Lord has not sent me. 30But if the Lord creates something new, and #[Gen. 4:11] the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they #ver. 33; Ps. 55:15go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord."
31 # ch. 26:10; 27:3; Deut. 11:6; Ps. 106:17 And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart. 32And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and #[ch. 26:11; 1 Chr. 6:22, 27]all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods. 33So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and #Jude 11they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!" 35And #[ch. 11:1]; Lev. 10:2; Ps. 106:18 fire came out from the Lord and consumed #ver. 17the 250 men offering the incense.
36 # 16:36 Ch 17:1 in Hebrew Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 37"Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy. 38As for the censers of #Prov. 20:2; Hab. 2:10; [1 Kgs. 2:23] these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord, and they became holy. #ch. 17:10; 26:10Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel." 39So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar, 40to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so #ch. 3:10; 2 Chr. 26:18that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company—as the Lord said to him through Moses.
41But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel #See ch. 14:2grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the Lord." 42And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, #Ex. 40:34 the cloud covered it, and #ver. 19; See Lev. 9:23the glory of the Lord appeared. 43And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting, 44and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45#ver. 21, 24 "Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." #ver. 22And they fell on their faces. 46And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for #ch. 8:19; 11:33; Lev. 10:6; 1 Chr. 27:24wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun." 47So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48And he stood between the dead and the living, and #ver. 50; ch. 25:8; 2 Sam. 24:25; Ps. 106:30the plague was stopped. 49Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, #ch. 27:3besides those who died in the affair of Korah. 50And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.
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Chapter 1 From Hell to Heaven, Book 1
Robert Blum's life on Earth
1. Robert Blum arrived on Earth under the most extreme penury, and had to contend with grinding poverty almost to his last years, which nonetheless was his lot for good reason, incomprehensible to the world, of course. His soul and spirit came from that planet whose inhabitants, as revealed in The Natural Sun, are wont to stubbornly shift entire mountains with avid determination; and whatever they don't accomplish physically, they continue doing as spirits.
2. This man, who was executed on account of his daring, had already in childhood demonstrated the tenacity of his spirit. Although I Myself had to, in his best interest, place suitable obstacles in his path whenever he tended to exalt himself, this was of little effect for this world, as the persistency of his spirit elbowed him a way out, from his inconsequence to a broader mandate.
3. He was wont to spawn a thousand plans and put them into action forthwith. He was above all permeated with social justice, which he did not shy away from implementing. Had he possessed all the world's treasures for realising his overriding idea he would have wagered the lot, together with his life!
4. These ideas on social justice he received mainly from the worldly religious school of Ronge (Ronge, (1813 – 1887), Founder of 'German Catholicism', independent from Rome) and his colleagues. But this in reality is neither a school nor a church, because it denies Me as the Lord, making Me into an ordinary man and teacher of antiquity. This 'Church' therefore casts off the very foundation-stone upon which it strives to build its edifice, and its house shall therefore have feeble foundations.
5. Just like Ronge, so also our man built his socialistic ideas upon sand. To him, everything that the world could offer seemed small and feeble. It appeared to be left entirely up to his oratorical skill to shortly bring down the powers that be.
6. This conviction was so strong in him as to leave him no qualms. Even where I warned him inwardly against undertakings too brazen, this did not hold him back from whatever he set his mind to, it being one of his maxims that a true German will not shirk any sacrifice towards an idea seized upon by his mind.
7. Several distinct successes maintained his zeal, and when he had moved some political molehills he would then tackle the Himalayas. He thereby gained notoriety, and the trust of an entire nation, which however blazed the trail for his earthly downfall.
8. He tested his debating skill at the 1848 German National Assembly several times, which brought him much satisfaction, which was of course mainly due to his powerful spirit. Encouraged thereby, he hastened to a big East German city (Vienna) where the crowds actually began to prominently implement his ideas. Whereupon he tried to, as it were, kill thirty princely flies with one blow, not considering that I too had a few words to say through these flies.
9. Our man started off mainly from an idea he borrowed from My word: 'Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect'; and that only one is Lord, all others being brethren, regardless of status. But he did not in the first instance believe in the One, whom men should emulate in perfection. For the Lord, he actually took himself to be – through his debating skill. He forgot that the princes also are humans, in possession of power out of Me; forgetting also the passage 'Give to Caesar what is due to Caesar, and to God what is due to God!'
10. This man was arrested in the above city, where he wanted to realise his ideas of social justice through the power of arms, as well as speech, being charged with sedition and, after a short trial, dispatched into the beyond. Therewith his this-worldly action was terminated.
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Originally this spreadsheet was developed on a Macintosh. As I tried to make it more functional I introduced the use of VBA macros. These were occasionally crashing Excel. Trying the exact same thing on the PC did not cause a crash. So I started doing my development under Windows XP (Parallels on a Macintosh!). After substantial development I tried to run it on the Macintosh again, but at this point I found out that VBA for Excel on Macintosh and Windows are only compatible at some basic level, and of course I had now used some incompatible features.
I decided to no longer support the Macintosh. Not only for the above reason, but also because Microsoft announced that the upcoming 2008 version of Office will not support VBA at all anymore. I do not want to maintain two versions.
If you are a Macintosh user, your only hope is to run windows under Parallels Desktop, or under VMWare's Fusion product.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Now that I have Office 365 it appears the VBA is back and seems to work correctly, so give that a try if you are a Macintosh user!


Two US House Democrats have put forth a resolution to establish the Apollo landing sites as both a National Park and submit them as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The bill would task the Secretary of the Interior to "provide visitor services and administrative facilities within reasonable proximity to the Historical Park."
Soon your recreational jaunt to the moon could come with a roped-off trail, handy informational placards to read silently (or aloud to your kids), and a gift shop.
US House Resolution 2617: To Establish the Apollo Lunar Landing Sites National Historical Park on the moon.


Dallas TX – The SMU Mustangs played their final home game Friday night in front of a spirited crowd and many fans hopeful for next season.
SMU (5- 6) lost to the bowl-eligible (7-4) Memphis Tigers 28-18, but there were indeed flashes of greatness on both offense and defense.
Going into Friday night, the two very evenly matched teams were predicted to provide a great duel of passionate programs. The first half was nothing short of a battle it out affair.
Both SMU and Memphis had big plays on offense that led to even bigger defensive plays and non-scoring drives. SMU quarterback Ben Hicks threw the ball 55 times, completing 29 passes for 344 yards and two touchdowns. Receiver James Proche was on the receiving end of both touchdowns. Proche also had a game-high 12 receptions for 134 yards. Sophomore Reggie Robinson Jr. made seven receptions for 116 yards.
While the ball seemed to be moving for both teams throughout the game, there was a host of overthrown passes and dropped balls. The only first half touchdown came on a 16-yard pass from Memphis quarterback Brady White to Joey Magnifico. SMU settled for a field goal in the first quarter and with Memphis pinned deep on the two-yard line in the second quarter, SMU forced a safety.
Memphis led 7 to 5 at the half and would never surrender their lead. The Tigers' running back Patrick Taylor Jr., rushed for a nine-yard touchdown on a quick scoring drive, increasing the Tigers lead to 14 to 5 early in the second half. Still SMU managed to only trail Memphis 14 – 12 at the end of the third quarter, after a well-executed 31-yard passing touchdown from Hicks to Proche.
Taylor would rush for a total of 112 yards and two touchdowns. White passed for 226 yards and two more Memphis touchdowns, despite being picked off by the SMU defense twice.
Memphis took over the final quarter with two quick scores, and with just over eight minutes remaining SMU had no room for error. The Mustangs would score again on a short Proche touchdown reception, but they failed on the two-point conversion with six minutes remaining.
The final score read 28 -18. SMU plays at Tulsa next Saturday for their final game of the season.


Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) owns three properties which are currently vacant/obsolete. Anyone wishing to make an offer to purchase one of these parcels may submit it to 412 Webster St. (attention: Christine Thomas-Hill, Associate Superintendent of Finance and Operations, 933-1730). Offers should include the purchase price and a detailed explanation of the proposed use of the property. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to use the sample purchase agreements, which can be found below.
Any offers will be presented at a Board Finance and Operations Committee meeting, at which time they may be recommended to go to the full Board of Education for review/approval.
The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all offers, to negotiate with any or all prospective purchasers, and to accept the offers which the Board of Education, at its sole discretion, determines best serve the interests of the district.
Title and/or deed restrictions will be considered in conjunction with any proposals submitted.
Sealed bids were due by August 7, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. A bid for the Thirteenth Street Property was accepted by the Board of Education on August 14, 2017. The purchase agreement for the property is in the process of being finalized. On August 14th the Board of Education also determined that it would continue to accept offers on the remaining three properties, however it would not go through another RFP process or list the properties through a REALTOR.
Present: Board of Education is accepting offers on the three remaining properties, which may be submitted at any time.


WASHINGTON – Brushing aside pleas from some of his fellow Republicans that he reconsider, Sen. Bob Corker is standing by his decision to retire from the Senate at the end of the year.
Corker's chief of staff, Todd Womack, told USA TODAY on Tuesday that the senator has decided not to seek a third term.
"Over the past several months, Sen. Corker has been encouraged by people across Tennessee and in the Senate to reconsider his decision not to seek re-election," Womack said. "Based on the outpouring of support, we spent the last few days doing our due diligence and a clear path for re-election was laid out.
Corker, a Tennessee Republican and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced last fall that he would not seek a third term, saying he felt like the time had come for him to leave the Senate.
But Corker began to reconsider in mid-February at the request of a group of establishment Republicans who argued that, without him in the race, the GOP could lose the seat in November to Democrat Phil Bredesen, a former two-term governor.
If the Tennessee seat flips, they warned, Republicans could be in serious danger of losing their narrow Senate majority to the Democrats.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, an eight-term Brentwood Republican considered the GOP front-runner in Corker's absence, pushed back hard and vowed to stay in the race even if Corker re-entered.
Her spokeswoman, Andrea Bozek, said anyone who thinks Blackburn can't win in November is "just a plain sexist pig" and blasted "ego-driven, tired old men" for perpetuating such a narrative.
Blackburn has been a strong ally of President Trump, starting with the 2016 campaign and continuing after his arrival in the West Wing.
Corker, however, spent a good part of last year in a public, sometimes nasty feud with Trump. At one point, Trump mocked the senator as "Liddle" Bob Corker and argued he couldn't get elected dog catcher.
The two have since reached a détente of sorts. But if Corker was to re-enter the race and stand a chance of winning, some analysts said he would need to win the approval of Trump, who remains popular in Tennessee.
Following Tuesday's announcement, Blackburn thanked Corker "for his dedicated service on behalf of Tennessee families."
"Now, we can unify the Republican party and focus on defeating Democrat Phil Bredesen in November," she said in a statement. "As we continue to take our campaign to every corner of the state, I'm looking forward to listening to Tennesseans families and sharing my ideas on how we can get the United States Senate back to work and pass President Trump's agenda."


On Saturday morning, I was out and about searching for signs of the drowned village of Ashopton. The village itself is deep beneath the waters, but I hoped to spot something around the edge of the reservoir that would match with my old photographs. Unfortunately the rest of the weekend has seen me beset with car problems (a broken fan-belt on Saturday evening, which resulted in Sunday mainly taken up by getting the car home and back into the garage to await delivery of replacement parts).
So this month, all I can do is tease you with two photos taken from almost the same spot, around 100 years apart. Next month I should have managed to match my new findings to the old photos and maps in order to pinpoint where everything was located.
It is! Especially when you see how vibrant the village appears on my old photos.


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Home > GOV.UK login system received £100m funding in Spending Review
GOV.UK login system received £100m funding in Spending Review
Written by Sam Trendall on 22 November 2021 in News
Head of Central Digital and Data Office says that her team worked closely with Treasury colleagues to ensure tech initiatives were supported by funding round
The new government-wide online login system will be supported with more than £100m of funding over the next three years.
Led by the Government Digital Service, the One Login project is intended to create a single, unifying system to replace a patchwork of almost 200 separate accounts and 44 different login methods currently in use across departments and services.
As part of which, GDS will develop a GOV.UK smartphone app [1] through which citizens will be able to access a comprehensive range of online citizen services from delivered by ministries and agencies.
The recent Spending Review include a pledge that GDS would be given "funding to progress the development of One Login", but did not include a figure for how much had been awarded.
In a newly published letter to the parliament's Public Accounts Committee, head of government's Centra Digital and Data Office Joanna Davinson revealed that more than £100m has been committed by HM Treasury for the three-year period beginning in April 2022.
This includes £75m of resource funding – which is provided for day-to-day operations – as well as £30m to support upfront capital costs.
The CDDO chief, who was writing in response to an earlier request from MPs for further detail on "how we plan to reflect the need to address data and IT issues when prioritising bids for the Spending Review", said that, in the build-up to the funding exercise, her agency had supported the Treasury in providing sufficient backing for key digital and IT projects throughout government.
GOV.UK Verify to continue until 2023 with £11m-a-year funding [2]
Minister on plan for government digital tools that 'serve users proactively – rather than reactively' [3]
Government says 'lack of mandate' contributed to muted Verify uptake [4]
"During this Spending Review, the Cabinet Office's Central Digital and Data Office worked closely with HM Treasury to provide spending teams with expert input and advice on the prioritisation of digital, data and technology spending bids submitted by departments," she said. "This included highlighting particular challenges and priorities for investment within departments, and assessing the criticality, technical feasibility, and deliverability of DDaT bids."
Davinson added: "This advice was provided in accordance with an assessment framework shaped around critical digital and data priorities. Priorities took into consideration requirements around themes such as legacy IT, automation and services, data exchange, talent and capability, and performance and assurance. The ambition was that this specialist advice would help ensure that critical priorities were assessed with the right strategic and technical context."
Other significant funding outcomes highlighted in her letter include £461m in capital funding for the Home Office to deliver its Future Borders and Immigration System, £100m for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development to invest in "improvements to its technology platform and cyber security infrastructure", and £468m for HM Revenue and Customs [5] "to reduce the risk of system failures, enhance the department's ability to defend against cyberattacks and support the continued digitisation and modernisation of the tax system".
First announced in September 2020, the One Login project is intended to replace all the 191 accounts and sign-in systems currently in use throughout government – not least the little-loved GOV.UK Verify identity assurance tool that was conceived to serve a similar purpose, but has always suffered from tepid uptake from citizens and departments, latterly compounded by a dwindling pool of commercial partners.
Giving evidence to PAC recently, GDS chief executive Tom Read told MPs that, in building the new system, the digital agency is consciously working to avoid the mistakes [6] made during the development of its predecessor.
"With the Verify programme, the technology approach and the overall design was baked in right at the beginning," he said. "What wasn't done is proper, iterative testing with real users to see if that [approach] worked – and we now know that it doesn't work for around half of the users who use it."
Read added: "What we are doing instead [for One Login] is working with departments across government – with the frontline of departments – to say: 'let's learn more about how your users work, and we will build a solution for that works for that set of those users'. Then we will go to the next set of users to see if that works and, if not, we will need to pivot and will need a slightly different solution."
Sam Trendall is editor of PublicTechnology. He can be reached on sam.trendall@dodsgroup.com [7].
Leadership [8]
Source URL: https://publictechnology.net/articles/news/govuk-login-system-received-%C2%A3100m-funding-spending-review
[1] https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/gds-build-govuk-app-access-hundreds-services
[2] https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/govuk-verify-continue-until-2023-%C2%A311m-year-funding
[3] https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/excl-minister-plan-government-digital-tools-%E2%80%98serve-users-proactively-%E2%80%93-rather
[4] https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/government-says-%E2%80%98lack-mandate%E2%80%99-contributed-muted-verify-uptake
[5] https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/spending-review-hmrc-promised-%C2%A3750m-update-it-and-embrace-sme-tech-firms
[6] https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/gds-chief-how-new-government-login-avoiding-mistakes-verify
[7] mailto:sam.trendall@dodsgroup.com
[8] https://publictechnology.net/tags/leadership


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