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How to win at Connect Four every time! A link to a game solver that you can use on your smartphone or computer – Mind Your Decisions
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How to tie in connect 4
I have written over 300 posts on game theory, and most of the articles are about how game theory can be used to solve problems in business, politics, or real life; in other words, about anything other than games. Of course, game theory can also be used to analyze real games, and today's example is about winning strategy in a popular board game.
connect four is a board game for two players similar to tic-tac-toe. each player takes turns dropping a colored disc on a board that has 7 vertical columns and 6 horizontal rows. The objective of the game is to connect four pieces of the same color, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, before the other player does. the game ends in a tie if neither player connects four when all 42 board positions are filled.
While the rules are simple, the game is surprisingly difficult to analyze. even a simple question like "is there a winning strategy?" it becomes a complicated task. Strategies like "play in the middle" and "make sure to block your opponent" will only get a player so far, and occasionally these strategies will lose. Trying to work out a winning strategy by trial and error would prove to be an insurmountable task, as there are over 70 trillion possible match-four games.
luckily for us, some people have solved the game with computers and found the winning strategy. There's even a game solver that makes winning the game as easy as following the instructions on your smartphone.
update 11-2016 I've been told that the resolver linked in this post doesn't work. a commenter suggested the following website: connect 4 solver (http://connect4.gamesolver.org/)
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the first connect four solutions
here is a bit of history on how the game was solved.
Solving the game is no small feat, and surprisingly, two people in 1988 independently came up with the answer. james d. Allen and Victor Allis discovered that the first player has a winning strategy for the game. that's the good news. the bad news is that the winning strategy is extremely complicated to describe. there are so many board configurations to consider. Also, one has to play very carefully because in many situations there is only one winning move, and every other move will be a losing move, allowing the second player to force a win.
However, understanding the winning strategies described is no easy task. Allen's explanation involves many new terms such as aji, sente, and tenuki. Allis' article similarly employs the obscure vocabulary of threats, useless threats, reverse base, and zugzwang. To gain an appreciation of complex strategy, just read one of the following documents: (Allen) Expert Play in Connect Four or (Allis) A Knowledge-Based Approach to Connect-Four.
Although a winning strategy has been described since 1988, there was no easy way for a casual fan to use the knowledge. now there is.
a game solver that you can use from your smartphone!
This useful solver is the result of research by dan garcia, professor of computer science at berkeley.
here is the url:
http://cloud.cs.berkeley.edu:8090/gcweb/ui/game.jsp?game=connect4
These are the steps to use the solver.
1. To solve the classic game, go with the default option (having 7 columns and 6 rows and 4 in a row wins). you can change the options if you are playing on a different board.
2. click "play!" and you will see the board.
3. very important: you want to click the check mark for "move values" under the "display options" header. this option will display colors in each column. a green color indicates a winning move (this is where you should play), yellow indicates a tie, and red a losing move.
4. be the first person to move. Enter your moves and your opponent's moves and keep playing winning moves. you will always win!
here is an example of the steps. the board was chosen to be 7×6 with 4 in a row winning. I've selected the "move values" checkmark and I'm ready to play first.
This is what the dashboard looks like.
It turns out that the only winning move is to play in the middle. I do this.
Now it's the other player's turn. the game solver illustrates that every move is a loss, no matter where the other player goes.
suppose the other person plays directly up in the center.
what to do now? the important thing is to follow the solver of the game. in this setup, there is only one good move to play – all other moves will be losers (i.e. allow the other player to win the game with proper play).
with perfect play from both sides, many games will take 41 (in other words, the 42-place board will almost fill). I won't give you more details on how to complete a game, but you will get an idea of how the solver works.
If you diligently follow the steps in this tool, you can always win at connect four! it's as easy as that.
now the real trick will be to find a way to use the solver without the other person noticing. Finding a good excuse to keep checking your phone (are you getting a lot of text messages?) will be the real test of a good strategist.
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Q: Why bother quantize() a floating-point number given that we have round() function? I read in a Python book saying that in financial world, sometimes it'd be better using quantize() and decimal module to round off floating-point numbers. An example is given in the book as below,
from decimal import Decimal
price = Decimal('19.99')
tax = Decimal('0.06')
total = price + (price * tax)
penny = Decimal('0.01')
total.quantize(penny)

But why not
round(19.99+19.99*0.06,2)

When does quantize() outperform round() in terms of numerical accuracy? Anyone can provide an example?

A: I don't think that the main reason for using Decimal (and quantize) is speed: it's accuracy. From the docs:

Decimal numbers can be represented exactly. In contrast, numbers like 1.1 and 2.2 do not have exact representations in binary floating point. End users typically would not expect 1.1 + 2.2 to display as 3.3000000000000003 as it does with binary floating point.

If you are dealing with big numbers and you require the result to be correct up to 1 cent, then the accuracy (with floating point arithmetics) may be an issue.

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Sugar Reduction, Clean Label Driving Natural Sweetener Use in Beverages

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The continued rise of global obesity and ongoing concerns over sugar intake is driving innovation in the reduced sugar and diet beverage sector, according to market data from Innova Market Insights. What's more, interest in sugar reduction has combined with the ongoing emphasis on clean labeling to boost the use of natural sweeteners in particular, with more sophisticated blends developed for specific applications increasingly in evidence.
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More than 16 percent of global soft drinks launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in the 12 months to the end of March 2016 used either a no added sugar, low-sugar or sugar-free claims. This type of positioning was particularly popular in juices and juice drinks, featuring in about one-fifth of introductions in the subcategory, rising to over 30 percent in the United States.
At the same time as this interest in sugar reduction there also has been a continuing focus on clean-label formulations, which has worked against some existing non-caloric or low-calorie sweeteners and caused a backlash against some ingredients perceived to be "artificial."
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"If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" is a popular 1967 song by country singer Lynn Anderson.

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"If I Kiss You" became Anderson's first top-ten single, paving the way for eight number ones and 18 top tens to come.  Anderson's first single "Ride, Ride, Ride", also released in 1967, made the Country Top 40. "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" reached the Top 5 on the Country chart. The song was written by her mother, legendary country music singer-songwriter, Liz Anderson.

Lynn Anderson performed "If I Kiss You", with Kimmosato, on the Lawrence Welk Show where she was a regular during the 1967 - 1968 season. "If I Kiss You" was followed up by a couple other quirky country numbers that became hits, like "That's a No No", "Big Girls Don't Cry", (not to be confused with the song "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons) and "Flattery Will Get You Everywhere", all hits for her in the late 1960s.

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Snake Species Found Throughout The South Coast of New South Wales
This page offers a brief guide to the snakes found throughout the south coast. However correct snake identification should be left to a professional as it can be very difficult due to the varying colours, patterns and sizes of snakes within a species.
Green Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) – Harmless:
The South Coast represents one of the southern most points for this species. It is a thin arboreal species which cruises through the understory and canopies of trees with ease. Found throughout the east coast and northern shores of Australia a variety of colour forms exist, however down south the green dorsal surface with yellow under belly prevail as dominant. If disturbed it will inflated its neck region to expose the blue tinged skin between the scales. Adults are approximately 1.2 metres in length but can reach 2 metres.
Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota) – Harmless:
The only python species found on the south coast of New South Wales. The Diamond python is a large robust snake which can grow to nearly 4 metres in length. It is semi arboreal meaning it is just at home on the ground as it is in the trees. Identified by its black colouration mottled with yellow/cream markings in the form of spots or 'diamonds', this species is commonly encountered but poses no threat when left alone.
Blackish Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops nigrescens) – Harmless:
Often mistaken for earth worms these burrowing snakes are usually up turned in the garden or under rotting logs. They have a polish like appearance to their scales and are either a purplish brown or pinkish brown in colour with a lighter belly. Their diet consists entirely of ant and termite eggs, larvae and pupae. Can reach 75 cm in length and are unable to bite humans.
Golden Crowned Snake (Cacophis squamulosus) Venomous:
This nocturnal species reaches a maximum length of 80 cm. It is often encountered in gardens hidden beneath leaf litter and under logs. It has an incomplete yellow-light brown band surrounding the head, the underside of the snake is orange-pink with black mottling. The golden crown snake will raise its fore body in an 's' shape off the ground and flatten its head when disturbed. Due to this defence display and colour it can easily be mistaken for an Eastern Brown Snake.
Eastern small eyed snake (Cryptophis nigrescens) Venomous:
A small to medium size nocturnal species, this snake is most often encountered when up turned in the garden under logs and rocks. It is not uncommon to find several residing together. They are glossy black to greyish in colour with an underbelly that can be red, pink, orange to white. For this reason and their small size of 40 cm -1 metre, they are often misidentified as juvenile red bellied black snakes.
Yellow faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis) Venomous:
A slender, fast moving diurnal snake, this species is another often mistaken for the Eastern Brown Snake. It prefers the drier habitats in which it hunts lizards and shelters beneath sandstone rocks. Colouration can range from grey to olive green often with a copper colour tinge. A distinguishable feature of this species is the dark comma like markings under the eyes. Can grow to 1 metre in length.
White Lipped Snake (Drysdalia Coronoides) Venomous:
A small species attaining a length of 50 cm, the white lip snake favours damper areas with abundant grass tussocks. It is usually a grey to olive green colour with a white stripe running along its top lip. Its ventral surface can be yellowish, cream to even pink. Distinguished from the similar marsh snake by not having a black belly and only one white stripe on the head.
Mustard Bellied Snake (Drysdalia rhodogaster) Venomous:
A brown to olive coloured snake with a yellowish band on the neck and some mottled colouration on the nasal region. Its ventral surface can be either grey or orange. This species is one of the smallest found on the South Coast reaching only 40 cm as an adult.
Red Naped Snake (Furina diadema) Venomous:
A small nocturnal species commonly mistaken for juvenile Eastern Brown Snakes. This snake reaches a total length of 40 cm and is brown to reddish brown above with a glossy black head and neck region broken by an orange to red blotch on the nape which its name is derived.
Marsh Snake (Hemiaspis signata) Venomous:
The Marsh snake is a small to medium sized snake reaching 80 cm in length. It is often associated with water and damp pockets within its range where its olive green to grey colour help conceal it amongst grass and debris. It has two white stripes on its head, one along the lip and the other from the eye to the neck. Its underside is black, which explains its other name of black bellied swamp snake. The two stripes and black belly distinguish this from the similar White lipped Snake.
Little Whip Snake (Parasuta flagellum) Venomous:
A small nocturnal species attaining a length of 50 cm. This species has been recorded from the Braidwood region. It is brown in colour and can have a reddish or greyish tinge to it, each scale has a dark edge. Its head and neck are black in colour with a small brown band over the nasal area. Very often confused for the more toxic Eastern Brown Snake.
Bandy Bandy (Vermicella annulata) Venomous:
Distinct broad black and white bands circle the entire body of the Bandy Bandy making it difficult to mistake it for any other species of snake. It is a nocturnal species not often encountered as it lives underground only surfacing in heavy rains or when looking for a potential mate. This species exclusively eats Blind Snakes it finds in underground tunnels. When disturbed the Bandy Bandy will arch its body into one or two loops and raise them off the ground in an attempt to warn off a predator.
Common Death Adder (Acanthophis antarticus) Highly Venomous:
Unlike most other Australian venomous snakes that actively forage for prey the death adder is an ambush predator that will lay hidden in debris for days using its tail as lure to attract an unsuspecting rodent or lizard. Also unlike its Australian counterparts this species will not move if approach instead relying on its camouflage to avoid detection, for this reason it was often referred to as 'deaf adder'. It is primarily nocturnal and can be seen crossing roads on warm nights. It is a stocky medium sized snake reaching lengths of 90 cm but most often encountered between the 30-45 cm size range.
Broad Headed Snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides) Highly Venomous:
A medium size snake that inhabits sandstone outcrops. This species is under increased threat from sandstone harvesting for landscaped gardens. It can attain a length of 1 m but most often seen at a size of 60cm. The Broad Head is a nocturnal species which is black in colour with yellow markings making it easy to mistake for a juvenile Diamond python. When threatened it will raise its body off the ground with the fore body configured in a 's' shape and flatten its head to appear larger than it is.
Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus) Highly Venomous:
Another species frequently encountered but not restricted to waterways. The tiger snake is a large snake that can grow to 1.8 metres but most often seen around 1 metre in length. It is primarily a frog eating species but will not hesitate to take rodents or lizards if given the opportunity. The tiger snake gets its common name from the yellow/cream and olive stripes down its back, however unbanded specimens are just as common. If threatened the tiger snake will flatten its head and neck to a considerable degree and hiss loudly.
Red Bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) Highly Venomous:
One of the most commonly encountered and well known snake species on the east coast of Australia. This large elapid can attain a length of 2 metres and is distinguishable by its glossy black colouration and its crimson red sides. Its fondness of water means creeks, dams and rivers are areas that are frequented by this snake.
Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis) Highly Venomous:
A large, flighty and nervous species, the eastern brown is a misunderstood snake that is surrounded by myths and folklore that are truly underserved. When threatened or cornered this snake will raise its fore body off the ground in a characteristic 's' shape and will not hesitate to defend itself if molested. This is a species that has thrived due to urbanisation and the introduction of the European house mouse. It can grow to 2.2 metres in length and can come in an array of colour forms from tan, caramel, brown, to grey and black. Juveniles are often barred with black and may be misidentified as tiger snakes.
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Let all Who Are Hungry Come and Eat - "In Good Faith": Intentional Interreligious Encounter and the Spirit of Hospitality
Chava Stacie Bahle D.Min.
This thesis-project explores participant experiences in a long-term Jewish-Christian-Muslim dialogue program. Examined through the theological quests for truth, love and peace, participants reflected on their experiences, placing those experiences in conversation with sacred texts and images from their home traditions. T'shuvah, the Jewish theological act of turning toward the holy, is explored as a transtemporal, liberative and conciliatory gesture, through which the program might create change in the participants' sense of self and other. Reflective storytelling as a method is explored in depth.
The author theorizes that t'shuvah did in fact occur, according to participant interviews. T'shuvah in an interreligious dialogue setting may occur in part because of: the phenomenon of multiple "Us-es," according to the neurobiology theories of Robert Sapolsky; contact theories through dialogue; and the structure of gatherings proposed by Priya Parker. Ethical considerations of intentional interreligious engagement, especially historical wounds and vulnerability, are also discussed.
The thesis-project used semi-structured, one on one interviews, and applied a novel, four step Jewish theological reflection method conceived by the author: p'shat, thick descriptions of "what happened"; d'rash, placing those experiences in dialogue with sacred texts and images; t'shuvah, how the experiences may have created individual and cosmic repair among the dialogue partners; and k'dushah, exploring whether and how participation in the program translated into action in the world outside the program. Framing the interviews through the lens of "participant as storyteller" is explored in detail as a potential contribution to sacralizing the lived experience of the program.
The rich imageries of shared ancestry, meeting at table, fellow travelers and learning in the presence of the other inform the conclusion that the intentional interreligious engagement of this program may create tikkunim (repairs) in both individual and group to group relationships among Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Community--Religious aspects
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Archives|Grunge: A Success Story
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Grunge: A Success Story
By RICK MARIN NOV. 15, 1992
November 15, 1992, Page 009001Buy Reprints The New York Times Archives
WHEN did grunge become grunge? How did a five-letter word meaning dirt, filth, trash become synonymous with a musical genre, a fashion statement, a pop phenomenon?
From subculture to mass culture, the trend time line gets shorter and faster all the time. It was just over a year ago that MTV began barraging its viewers with the sounds of Seattle "grunge rock," featuring the angst anthems and grinding guitars of bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. By last summer, the glossy magazines began tracking grunge looks, the threadbare flannel shirts, knobby wool sweaters and cracked leatherette coats of the Pacific Northwest's thrift-shop esthetic. Hollywood weighed in, too, with a grunge-scene movie, "Singles." Then two weeks ago -- all in the blink of a flashbulb -- the fashion designer Marc Jacobs, who has never even been to Seattle, was hailed as "the guru of grunge."
All this has happened before, with the mass-marketing of disco, punk and hip-hop. Now, with the grunging of America, it's happening again. Pop will eat itself, the axiom goes. Here's how it feeds:
In 1988, a fledgling Seattle record label called Sub Pop released a three-boxed set called "Sub Pop 200." It was a compilation of bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney, and it came complete with a 20-page booklet packed with pictures by Charles Peterson, the photographer credited with creating grunge's hair-sweat-and-guitars look. Sub Pop also sent a catalogue to the nation's alternative-rock intelligentsia describing its bands' punk-metal guitar noise as "grunge," the first documented use of the now-ubiquitous term. "It could have been sludge, grime, crud, any word like that," said Jonathan Poneman, a Sub Pop founder.
Grunge stuck, maybe because it so vividly evoked both the black-noise sound and the smelly-caveman look. Ratty rec-room chic has been hibernating since the 70's, emerging from the basement every so often in movies like "River's Edge," "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Wayne's World."
This generation of greasy Caucasian youths in ripped jeans, untucked flannel and stomping boots spent their formative years watching television, inhaling beer or pot, listening to old Black Sabbath albums and dreaming of the day they would trade in their air guitars for the real thing, so that they, too, could become famous rock-and-roll heroes.
A culture was born.
"Thrifting" is a verb in Seattle. Flannel and leatherette, the boho-hobo staples of second-hand attire, are the basics of a nonfashion statement. A flannel shirt worn around the waist is a precaution against the Pacific Northwest's mercurial clime. Army boots slog effectively through mud. "It wasn't like somebody said, 'Let's all dress like lumberjacks and start Seattle chic!' " Mr. Poneman said. "This stuff is cheap, it's durable, and it's kind of timeless. It also runs against the grain of the whole flashy esthetic that existed in the 80's."
"Kurt Cobain was just too lazy to shampoo," said Charles Cross, the editor of the Seattle music monthly The Rocket, talking about Nirvana's lead singer. Mr. Cobain's matted sheep-dog mop became a much-emulated cut when his band's first single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," hit last year. A native of Aberdeen, Wash., Mr. Cobain was also "dirt poor," Mr. Poneman said. He looked like (and was) a guy who slept on friends' couches or under a bridge, and bought his clothes at thrift shops.
Mr. Cobain has since become wealthy and married (to Courtney Love of the all-women grunge band Hole).
Nirvana's first album, "Bleach," was recorded for $606.17 in 1989. Shrewdly, Sub Pop spent more money flying in a writer from Melody Maker magazine, who carried the hype back to London. The band left the little label in early 1991 for Geffen Records.
MTV put "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into its "Buzz Bin" in September 1991. Picks & Pans in People magazine picked Nirvana's "Nevermind" album last December, and by January it was No. 1 on Billboard's pop album chart. Rolling Stone put the band on its cover in April and called Seattle "the New Liverpool."
Musically, grunge's roots lay elsewhere. In the early 80's in Minneapolis, there was the proto-grunge of Soul Asylum. Out of the Los Angeles post-punk scene came the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Nine Inch Nails and Henry Rollins, who spread their maximum-decibel gospel in the summer of '91 on the Lollapalooza tour, an alternative-rock road show. In Seattle, the movement was localized. Melodies filtered through the mist, inspired and tempered by that city's three principal drugs: espresso, beer and heroin.
"The vibe now is a little bit like the early 70's, before metal ceased to be heavy and relied on adrenaline highs as opposed to despondency," said Simon Reynolds, the author of "Blissed Out" (Serpent's Tail, 1990), a chronicle of rock subcultures. "There's a feeling of burnout in the culture at large. Kids are depressed about the future."
James Truman, the editor in chief of Details, the young men's style magazine that is taking grunge to the masses, said: "To me the thing about grunge is it's not anti-fashion, it's un fashion. Punk was anti-fashion. It made a statement. Grunge is about not making a statement, which is why it's crazy for it to become a fashion statement."
In Details' July issue, a member of a band called Firehose wrote a paean to his flannel shirt. In September, the magazine ran an article called "Nirvana-bes: A Bluffer's Guide to the New Indie-Rock Superstars." Entertainment Weekly discovered underground music in August with its "Complete (Idiot's) Guide to the Future of Rock & Roll." Vogue dispatched Steven Meisel to photograph grunge fashion in Northwest noir for its December issue. But none of this would have happened without MTV.
Not long after its debut, Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video ran four or five times a day for weeks. In October 1991, Steve Isaacs, MTV's first grunge veejay, was hired and was put into equally heavy rotation. But by last May, Pearl Jam's acoustic jam on the network's "Unplugged" show made Nirvana look like last year's model.
"We have a pretty big role in spreading something from the underground to the heartland," said John Canelli, the senior vice president of music and talent at MTV. But a band playing the heartland isn't underground anymore, which explains why, Mr. Canelli said, "we're always looking for whatever the next thing is."
MTV embodies the paradox of selling a phenomenon like grunge. When an alternative movement goes mainstream, it relinquishes its alternative credentials.
"You cross over to the point where you lose the original following," said Jay Coleman, the president and chief executive of Marketing and Communications International in New York. "But you pick up 10 times the original audience." Mr. Coleman's company marketed an alternative-music compact disk, "Stolar Tracks" (available from a "900" number), for Stolichnaya vodka, starring, among other artists, Seattle's Screaming Trees. He offered to arrange corporate sponsorship for the organizers of the second Lollapalooza tour, held last summer, but was turned down on the grounds that it would be like "sponsoring Woodstock."
By the same logic, Mr. Truman of Details thinks that "buying grunge as a package from Seventh Avenue is ludicrous." When Marc Jacobs sent out a parade of the world's most beautiful women wearing wool ski caps, unlaced combat boots, clashing prints and dirty-looking hair (styled by Oribe) for his spring Perry Ellis collection, Women's Wear Daily dubbed him "the guru of grunge." Now, Frederic Fekkai, the Manhattan stylist, says all the young models are asking him to make their lovely locks "a little more greasy-looking."
"A hippied romantic version of punk" is how Mr. Jacobs described his collection. Another W.W.D. story said the unwashed Goodwill-garb look "bombed when it was too grungy," quoting buyers' complaints about the creations of Mr. Jacobs, Anna Sui and Christian Francis Roth, who dressed for his show in a wool cap and played an electric guitar.
Cliff Pershes, an assistant designer at Perry Ellis, admitted to being influenced by grunge rock's moldy chic but insisted that he "used it in a new way." The Perry Ellis "flannel" shirt that models tied around their waists was in fact sand-washed silk. Mr. Pershes swears there's "not a drop of polyester" in the whole collection. It just looks like polyester.
A DESIGNER can steal street style and put it on the runway in the space of just one season, noted Walter Thomas, the creative director at J. Crew. "By the time you see it in Kmart, which you will, it can be three years," he said. The difference with grunge is that it was already for sale at Kmart, not to mention the Salvation Army.
Outdoorsy trading posts like L. L. Bean, Timberland and Lands' End have been flogging long johns and flannel forever. "I haven't heard it called the grunge look," said a baffled L. L. Bean spokeswoman. But notice that Timberland stock has doubled in the last year.
"The interval between something being dangerous and being normal is very short," said Mr. Reynolds, the author. And, in fact, the month that Rolling Stone put Nirvana on its cover, Weird Al Yankovic's "Smells Like Nirvana" parody video was already a hit on MTV. When Cameron Crowe shot "Singles," the members of Pearl Jam were sufficiently unknown to appear in the movie as extras. (Matt Dillon, the movie's moody leader of a garage grunge band called Citizen Dick, stereotyped their kind.) But by the time the band played the premiere party at the Plaza Hotel in September, they were rock stars.
Back in Seattle, a backlash is brewing. "All things grunge are treated with the utmost cyncism and amusement," said Mr. Poneman of Sub Pop. "Because the whole thing is a fabricated movement and always has been." The still-unfamous Seattle band Mudhoney even wrote a song about it: Everybody loves us Everybody loves our town That's why I'm Thinking of leaving it Don't believe in it now . . . It's so overblown. HB>LEXICON OF GRUNGE: BREAKING THE CODE
All subcultures speak in code; grunge is no exception. Megan Jasper, a 25-year-old sales representative at Caroline Records in Seattle, provided this lexicon of grunge speak, coming soon to a high school or mall near you:
WACK SLACKS: Old ripped jeans
FUZZ: Heavy wool sweaters
PLATS: Platform shoes
KICKERS: Heavy boots
SWINGIN' ON THE FLIPPITY-FLOP: Hanging out
BOUND-AND-HAGGED: Staying home on Friday or Saturday night
SCORE: Great
HARSH REALM: Bummer
COB NOBBLER: Loser
DISH: Desirable guy
BLOATED, BIG BAG OF BLOATATION: Drunk
LAMESTAIN: Uncool person
TOM-TOM CLUB: Uncool outsiders
ROCK ON: A happy goodbye
A version of this article appears in print on November 15, 1992, on Page 9009001 of the National edition with the headline: Grunge: A Success Story. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe


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Tina Fey-created show set for Netflix
Netflix has picked up two seasons of a new sitcom from Tina Fey titled "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Tina Fey-created show set for Netflix Netflix has picked up two seasons of a new sitcom from Tina Fey titled "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/1tgVbOP
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Tina Fey attends the American Museum of Natural History's 2014 Museum Gala on Nov. 20, 2014, in New York.(Photo: Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
NEW YORK – Netflix has picked up two seasons of a new sitcom from Tina Fey.
Titled "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," it focuses on a woman who escapes from a doomsday cult and starts life over in New York. It was co-created by Fey and Robert Carlock, who collaborated on "30 Rock."
It stars Ellie Kemper of "The Office." Fey isn't scheduled to appear in the series.
Netflix says the 13-episode first season will premiere in March.
The series had originally been bound for NBC, but that network passed. Universal Television, NBC's corporate sibling, will remain the show's producer.
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NEW DELHI: In a bid to make navigation around big cities easy, search engine giant Google on Wednesday updated its Maps app that now shows a dedicated tab with information for cab services in addition to the existing driving, public transport or walking options.
So next time when you leave work to meet a friend for dinner or to meet a client in a new city, you will be able to compare all the commuting options right within the Google Maps app, the company said in a statement.
Google Maps app also supports Uber or Ola cab services in major cities in India.
If a user has a provider's app installed, he or she can see the fare estimates and pick up times. Uber users will be able to choose from uberGO and uberX services while Ola customers can choose from Ola Mini, Ola Micro and Ola Sedan options.
After selection of the service, the app directly takes the user to the Uber or Ola app for requesting a ride with one tap.
The new feature has been rolled out for Android devices and will be available on iOS devices soon.


Title: Our colored troops at work -- the first Louisiana native guards disembarking at Fort Macombe [sic], Louisiana.
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Alternate Title: Our colored troops at work -- the 1st Louisiana native guards disembarking at Fort Macomb, Louisiana.


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Ocypode – (z , okypode = szybkie stopy) rodzaj krabów morsko-lądowych zaliczanych do rodziny Ocypodidae.

W innych językach zyskały przydomek krab zjawa (ang. ghost crab, hiszp. cangrejo fantasma), gdyż potrafią niezwykle szybko zniknąć z pola widzenia – uciekają z prędkością ponad 20 km/h stosując nagłe zwroty i zmiany kierunku. Para czarnych oczu zapewnia im widzenie w polu 360°, dzięki temu mogą obserwować lot owadów i łapać je w powietrzu. Ich widzenie bezpośrednio z przodu jest ograniczone, dlatego stają się łatwą ofiarą dla ptaków – aby tego uniknąć, często zagrzebują się w podłożu.

Opis
Kraby te mają gruby, w obrysie prawie czworokątny karapaks o słabo zanzaczonym podziale na regiony i szerokiej części frontalnej. Rogówki oczu zajmują u nich większą część brzusznej strony słupków ocznych. Czułki pierwszej pary mają dość długie. U obu płci występuje znacząca dysproporcja rozmiarów szczypiec lewych i prawych. Większa para szczypiec zwykle ma propodit wyposażony w guzkowaną lub rowkowaną listewkę, która służy do wydawania dźwięków. Odnóża kroczne czterech początkowych par są krótkie, grube i mają żłobkowane daktylopodity.

Środowisko
Drążą w podłożu sięgające blisko 1 m tunele obniżające się pod kątem 45°, dodatkowo tworzą sieć krótkich korytarzy o szerokości 3-6 cm, które "cętkują" plaże. O zmroku zanurzają się w morzu, aby skorzystać z zawartego w wodzie tlenu. Woda dodatkowo oczyszcza ich skrzela. W czerwcu samice schodzą do oceanu, aby złożyć jaja. Kraby te hibernują w zimie, wstrzymują oddychanie przez blisko sześć tygodni, w tym czasie korzystają z tlenu zgromadzonego w workach powietrznych usytuowanych blisko skrzeli.

Do tej rodziny zaliczane są kraby zamieszkujące strefy przybrzeżne północnej Australii, od regionu Kimberley i Australii Zachodniej do Nowej Południowej Walii, gdzie zwłaszcza gatunek Ocypode cordimana jest często spotykany. Występują także w regionie Indo-Pacyfiku oraz na wschodnich wybrzeżach Stanów Zjednoczonych (Ocypode quadrata).

Gatunki
Należy tu 25 opisanych gatunków:

 Ocypode africana De Man, 1881
 Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne Edwards, 1837
 Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772 – tułacz hawajski
 Ocypode convexa Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
 Ocypode cordimanus Desmarest, 1825
 Ocypode cursor Linneusz, 1758
 Ocypode fabricii H. Milne Edwards, 1837
 Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843
 Ocypode jousseaumei Nobili, 1905
 Ocypode kuhli de Haan, 1835
 Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1852
 Ocypode madagascarensis Crosnier, 1965
 Ocypode mortoni George, 1982
 Ocypode nobilii De Man, 1902
 Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860
 Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
 Ocypode pauliani Crosnier, 1965
 Ocypode platytarsis H. Milne Edwards, 1852
 Ocypode pygoides Ortmann, 1894
 Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787
 Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882
 Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1881
 Ocypode saratan Forsskål, 1775
 Ocypode sinensis Dai, Song & Yang, 1985
 Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

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It's the question on most folks' lips by way of a greeting, these days.
Since I retired from Primary School teaching at the end of the summer term, life has been a rollercoaster ride. In addition to the highs and lows, steps forward and backward, complications, frustrations and delays of selling and buying property (and sorting, getting rid and packing, packing, packing), my husband's sudden illness at the end of July was a curveball.
Sat 8th July: Soundscape cafe at Leicester cathedral – poetry readings and music performances throughout the day on the theme of 'the tapestry of life.' i read two city poems from my Bru writing residency.
Writers' Meet-Ups, Tuesday mornings monthly at Bru coffee in Leicester: an opportunity to share writing updates, spread the news of upcoming events and to network with local writers across the genres.
Twice-monthly Soundswrite meetings: discussing published poems by others and workshopping poems-in-progress.
Wed 20th Sept: Leicester Writers' Showcase at the central library: as part of this series of monthly events, members of Soundswrite poetry group read poems from their latest anthology together with featured readings by Marilyn Ricci and Maxine Linnell from their newly-launched Soundswrite Press collections Night Rider and This Dust (respectively).
Mon 25th Sept: Leicester Shindig (bi-monthly) – open mic plus featured readings by Romalyn Ante from her V. Press pamphlet, Rice and Rain; Matthew Stewart and Rebecca Bird from their Eyewear collections The Knives of Villalejo and Shrinking Ultraviolet (respectively).
Sat 30th Sept: a cancelled ceilidh gig that evening meant I could indulge myself with a day in London for the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair – book browsing and buying, poetry readings through the day and into the evening. I even managed an hour or so in the British Museum beforehand.
Wed 4th Oct (the evening before Moving Day!): Soundswrite hosted an informal read-around on the theme of Poems for our Times as part of Leicester's Everybody's Reading festival.
Sat 7th Oct: networking with readers and fellow writers from the Soundswrite table at Leicester central library's Local Writers' Fair (another Everybody's Reading event).
I've lots more to blog about and that gives me plenty of material for future posts. After all, I'll have more time at my disposal now, won't I?
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Oh Jayne you put me to shame. So glad all is well and are you Soundswriting on Thursday?
Thank you, Pam. We consider ourselves lucky people.
Glad to read you're through the dark times. Best wishes to you & husband.


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JM Search Expands Financial Officer Practice
January 14, 2021 – JM Search, a senior-level talent provider serving private equity investors, portfolio companies and Fortune 1000s, has expanded with the addition of Kevin Logterman as partner in the firm's financial officer practice. He joins current financial officer practice partners Drew Pressman, Brian Dwyer and David Robinson. "We are thrilled to have Kevin join our firm," said John Marshall, co-founder and chief executive officer of JM Search. "Kevin's prior experience placing CFOs and working with private equity companies will continue to solidify our longstanding commitment to helping our clients remain at the forefront of ensuring their companies have excellent financial leadership in place."
Mr. Logterman has over 20 years of executive search experience, serving private equity and family-owned companies. His focus has been recruiting CEO and CFO executives for middle market industrial companies with specific industry experience in automotive, chemicals, distribution, plastics, capital equipment and industrial services. He joins the firm from Slayton Search Partners, where he co-led the firm's industrial practice. Before that, Mr. Logterman served as a managing director with Cook Associates. He also gained executive search experience with Furst Search Group serving as a managing director.
"I am excited to join a firm I have known of and competed against for many years," said Mr. Logterman. "I look forward to continuing to build the terrific reputation of JM Search and help to build the financial officers practice."
JM Search's CFO/financial officers center of excellence sources finance and accounting talent for major public and private equity-backed companies seeking high-profile roles including CFO, CAO, VP finance, VP treasurer, along with controller and FP&A roles reporting into the C-suite. The firm launched the practice in December. The firm has a 40-year track record placing CFOs and other senior finance and accounting executives into investor-backed and public companies across all sectors. Over the past decade, JM Search has placed more than 1,000 CFOs into public and private equity owned companies. This newly dedicated team will assist clients in finding top financial leadership necessary to increase enterprise value and generate improved shareholder returns.
"Since our founding 40 years ago, JM Search has established a significant track record of partnering with companies that require transformational leadership to help drive operational efficiency, revenue growth and increased enterprise value," said Mr. Marshall. "By formalizing this practice as a financial officers center of excellence, we're solidifying our long-standing commitment to helping clients remain at the forefront of ensuring their companies have excellent financial leadership in place amidst rapidly changing environments and required changes brought on by a global pandemic and the lasting consequences."
A Reevaluation of Leadership
According to the latest Hunt Scanlon '2020 Global Private Equity Talent Leadership Report,' institutional investors increasingly see portfolio company talent management as a crucial lever for value creation, risk mitigation and growth. And virtually every PE firm and their portfolio companies – along with many traditional companies – have detailed playbooks at the ready for how to respond when the booming economy they enjoyed in recent years finally reversed course this year. Everyone knew it would come; it was just a matter of when. Yet, according to private equity operating executives and their talent leaders, no one was fully prepared for a disruption of the magnitude of the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
"At the core of PE's handling of the pandemic has been a vigorous focus on leadership" said Scott A. Scanlon, CEO of Greenwich, Conn-based Hunt Scanlon. "Beyond the chief executive, the roles of CFO, CHRO, heads of technology, CISO, you name it – they have all taken on heightened significance in the face of this crisis. We believe in many ways, seen and unseen, that this will continue longer after COVID-19 is beaten back."
The pandemic, in fact, has rewritten the script for many portfolio companies in search of talent. According to one expert, even areas of businesses that are thriving because of COVID-19 – such as grocery store delivery and telemedicine – demand that companies make huge adjustments or risk losing customers. "It means that we need a reevaluation of leadership because we need a reevaluation of the strategy or the value creation plan that was in place when the investments were made," said Hugh MacArthur, head of the global private equity practice at Bain & Company. "There are going to be some businesses that are going to be fundamentally different coming out of the crisis. What's going to create value in those businesses is going to be fundamentally different than in the past."
Delivering High Performance Leaders
JM Search is an advisor to CEOs, investors and boards of directors in recruiting, assessing and delivering high performance leaders and transformational leadership teams. The firm's clients include private equity firms and portfolio companies, venture capital-backed businesses and publicly held companies across North America. Founded in 1980, the JM Search team brings together former operating and financial executives, investors and experienced search professionals with deep industry specialization, functional expertise and proven access to talent spanning multiple industry sectors.
This past September, JM Search expanded its dedicated healthcare technology center of excellence with the hiring of industry veteran Mike Forgash. As a sponsor-backed CEO, investor, and board member in the healthcare, life sciences and technology sectors, Mr. Forgash has assessed and built management teams, raised capital from top-tier equity firms, and led companies through successful exits, said Mr. Marshall.
Mr. Forgash said this is an exciting time to join JM Search. "The market for investment opportunities and leadership needs created and amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic could not make for a more opportune time to combine our resources and focus on this growing segment," he said.
In June, JM Search formed a dedicated cybersecurity practice to assist public and private equity-backed companies in identifying and recruiting high-performance leaders. Partners Kevin Kernan and Tom Figueroa co-lead the firm's center of excellence for cybersecurity leadership.
"Since our founding 40 years ago, JM Search has established a significant track record of partnering with companies that require transformational leadership to help drive operational efficiency, revenue growth and increased enterprise value," said Mr. Marshall. "By formalizing this practice as a cybersecurity leadership center of excellence, we're solidifying our longstanding commitment to helping clients remain at the forefront of security best practices and innovation amidst rapidly changing threat vectors, continued disruption, and required changes brought on by a global pandemic and the lasting consequences."
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McDonalds litter. Someone has written 'This is a present from Spain' on the rubbish.
Cameron, Arizona - A sign prohibits littering and warns visitors to keep their children from falling off a cliff.
Discarded rubbish and a bottle floating in a stream. Littering UK.
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA - Anti littering sign.
No Littering Please sing in Rosguill peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland.
A large portion of takeaway noodles, and a plastic fork, littering the grass verge, in Bristol, UK.
A 'Stop The Littering' poster on display beside a road in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland (Eire).
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No smoking and no littering sign on a street in Japan.
A pile of destroyed tires dumped on public lands, littering the landscape.
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No littering sign beside the highway in Central Florida, Near Davenport. April 2016.


DETROIT -- Logan Forsythe doubled in a run and homered for another, leading a four-homer Rays assault on Tigers pitching to avoid a series sweep with an 8-0 win Wednesday night at Comerica Park.
Forsythe's blooper just inside the right-field line plated Mikie Mahtook before Asdrubal Cabrera doubled in two more tallies, building a 3-0 lead off Kyle Lobstein. The former Rays' Draft pick, acquired by Detroit as a Rule 5 Draft selection in 2012 and retained in a trade for Curt Casali, allowed only one hit his first trip through the order but struggled from there, finishing with five runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Forsythe and Tim Beckham knocked Lobstein out of the game with solo homers in the sixth. J.P. Arencibia and Mahtook added solo shots in the seventh.
"When Logan hit the homer, I felt like the floodgates opened up," Mahtook said. "Baseball is a contagious game. Once he did that, and the next guy did it, and the next guy did it, it was one of those things where that's when baseball gets really fun."
With the victory, the Rays gained ground in the American League postseason picture, moving to 5 1/2 games back in both the AL East and Wild Card race with 23 left to play.
The loss halted Detroit's winning streak at two. The Tigers haven't won three consecutive games since Aug. 18-20, their only three-game winning streak since the All-Star break. They haven't swept a three-game series since the opening week of the season.
"I haven't pitched at this level for a few months now," said Lobstein, who made his second start since May after a stint on the disabled list. "It's a little different than sim games or rehab starts. It's still an adjustment that you have to make. Part of that is throwing quality strikes and being down in the zone."
"The fifth inning was their biggest threat, and he beared down and threw some pitches by probably the best hitter in baseball in Miguel Cabrera with two on," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "It looked like he had everything going tonight for him."
Bats on fire: Forsythe, the reigning AL Player of the Week, continued to swing a hot bat. He started the Rays' home run parade with a solo shot in the sixth, and three of the next seven Tampa Bay hitters blasted homers of their own, giving the club four in a game for the second time this season. Tigers pitching, meanwhile, has yielded four or more dingers on seven occasions.
Just denied: Lost in the lopsided score were five Tigers baserunners over the first three innings, including two on in the third when J.D. Martinez hit a drive to deep left-center in hopes of his 37th home run of the year. Brandon Guyer denied him with a leaping catch on the warning track, keeping the game scoreless before the Rays broke ahead.
Moya's makeup play: Steven Moya, the Tigers' top prospect in the MLBPipeline.com rankings, made his season debut for the Tigers as a defensive replacement in right field and ended up with an adventurous eighth inning. He lost a fly ball near the warning track for a Guyer ground-rule double, but promptly doubled off Guyer at second base with a strong throw off Mahtook's shallow fly ball.
• The Rays are 25-16 when facing a left-handed starter, the second-best record in the Major Leagues behind the Blue Jays.
Arencibia's seventh-inning home run off Buck Farmer hurt more than Farmer's pride. The Tigers right-hander left the game without another pitch thrown after head athletic trainer Kevin Rand visited the mound. Farmer left the game with right forearm tightness, the team later announced.
Rays: After a day off Thursday, Tampa Bay returns to Tropicana Field for a series against the Red Sox, marking the beginning of a 10-game homestand against AL East opponents. Ace Chris Archer (12-11, 2.88 ERA) gets the ball first as the Rays look to claw back into the postseason picture. First pitch is at 7:10 p.m. ET.
Tigers: Alfredo Simon (12-9, 4.86) is 4-0 with a 1.50 ERA this season against the Indians, and the right-hander will try for one more win in Cleveland to open a four-game divisional matchup at Progressive Field and a seven-game, eight-day road trip. Game time is 7:10 p.m. ET.


There have been speculations online that IK Ogbonna's marriage is facing some challenges. The speculations started after his wife, Sonia Morales, removed his name from her bio on her Instagram page and the actor posted a caption that read, "Everyday opens up doors to new blessings. husbandmaterial50000000yards," suggesting that he was single.
Later on his Instagram page, the actor, however, insisted that his caption was not suggestive in any way.
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Kanye West's Team Want Him To Distance Himself From A$AP Bari: Report
By Aron A.
A$AP Bari was convicted of sexual assault last year.
Kanye West spoke out in support of A$AP Bari last year after the fashion designer was charged with one count of sexual assault. While Bari and 'Ye's relationship seems to be in a better place, the people close to Kanye are advising him to distance himself from the controversial designer.
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According to The Blast, Kanye West's inner circle are concerned that he decided to bring A$AP Bari along with him to Japan. In the past week, Bari's been sharing footage of himself kicking it with Kanye West in Kyoto on social media. People close to Kanye, including close friends and advisors, have suggested that he keeps his distance from Bari, both personally and professionally. However, Kanye doesn't seem to be taking their advice.
Bari entered a guilty plea to one count of sexual assault which allowed him to dodge jail time, paying fines and restitution instead. However, Bari is still facing a civil suit with the alleged victim. Bari filed a countersuit against his accuser for defamation.
After's Bari's arrest last year, Kanye West took to Twitter to pledge his loyalty to the designer, saying, "Bari challenged me when no one else did and when he got in trouble I was scared to say he was my friend just like I did with xxx and that was some pussy shit on my part."
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Where was the Tom Woods Show when Hayek Needed It?
by George Selginon March 20, 2015 December 19, 2015
Tom Woods and Joe Salerno
This morning Justin Merill alerted me, via Facebook, to a recent episode of The Tom Woods Show titled "Against Market Monetarism and NGDP Targeting." The episode consists of an interview with Austrian monetary economist Joe Salerno, in which Salerno takes issue with Market Monetarists and, especially, with those current or former Austrians, including Larry White and me, who share Market Monetarists' view that a well-functioning monetary system should avoid fluctuations in aggregate spending.
In the course of the interview Salerno, egged on by Woods, * suggests that when ostensible free banking proponents like Larry White and me treat stability of spending (MV) as a desirable monetary policy outcome, we implicitly endorse a centrally-planned money supply. Evidently it doesn't occur to him that we like free banking precisely because we consider it, when combined either with a metallic standard or a frozen (or otherwise absolutely limited) stock of fiat (or "synthetic commodity") base money, an excellent device for achieving a stable level of total spending, and far superior in that respect to discretionary central banking. But you can hardly blame him for the oversight: after all, Larry and I have only pointed out this connection in just about every one of our writings on free banking, including my Theory of Free Banking, the first part of which is almost entirely devoted to showing how a free banking system tends automatically to stabilize spending.
It gets worse. When Salerno challenges what he refers to as "Larry White's program" for having M change so as to offset opposite changes in V, Episode 361 of the Tom Woods Show graduates from scurrilous to spurious. "As people who believe in Austrian business cycle theory will tell you," Salerno declares, "any creation of money by the Fed always goes through credit markets. That pushes interest rates down below their natural level. And that brings about the series of events that we know as the Austrian business cycle theory. So we think that is not a good policy; it's a dangerous policy."
The only problem with this argument is that at least one person who most certainly believed in Austrian business cycle theory would not have agreed with it. No biggie, right? Well, it wouldn't be, were it not for the fact that the person in question happens to have been … Friedrich Hayek, the Austrian business cycle theory's most important elaborator and exponent.
Though before he put the finishing touches on his famous theory Hayek shared Salerno's preference for a constant money stock, he changed his mind in the course of writing his best-known works on the subject. Hayek's mature understanding made its debut in the first English edition of Prices and Production (1931, p. 297), where Hayek observes that "[a]ny change in the velocity of circulation would have to be compensated by a reciprocal change in the amount of money in circulation if money is to remain neutral toward prices." Somewhat later, in his essay on "Saving" (1933), Hayek observed that "Unless the banks create additional credits for investment purposes to the same extent that the holders of deposits have ceased to use them for current expenditure, the effect of such saving is essentially the same as that of hoarding and has all the undesirable deflationary consequences attaching to the latter." Apart from minor modifications, this remained Hayek's theoretical position throughout the remainder of the 1930s and for some time beyond.
So, if Larry White doesn't know his Austrian business cycle theory quite as well as Joe Salerno does, he shouldn't feel too bad about it: after all, he's in pretty good company.
*Apologies to Tom for my inaccurate first impression.
Addendum 1(3-21-2015): As some readers have misunderstood me on the point, let me make clear that I do not mean to suggest that Hayek himself favored discretionary central banking as a means for implementing his ideal! His position resembled White's in that he favored a rule-based system founded on gold convertibility while viewing central banks as the main cause of the then-existing system's failure to approximate his ideal. In fact Hayek resisted calling for monetary expansion in the 30s despite the collapse in spending that had occurred–though he came to regret having done so. The fact remains that Salerno's characterization of the Austrian business cycle theory is inconsistent with Hayek's own understanding.
Concerning Salerno's suggestion that it is wrong for White and others to endorse or rationalize expansionary central bank action even as a "second best" alternative, see my previous post on the matter, the gist of which is that it's meaningless to suggest that a central bank, assuming one exists, "do nothing." Consequently it's impossible to avoid implicitly endorsing a second-best alternative that could be construed as offering "advice" to a central planner. That is what Joe Salerno effectively does in arguing for a constant-M ideal. It is also, in effect, what Hayek did, to his ultimate regret, when he opposed Bank of England expansion in the early 1930s. My point isn't to condemn the implied advice in either case, but simply to point out that saying that a central bank should "do nothing" can also be construed–unfairly–as endorsing a particular monetary central plan.
Addendum 2(3-21-2015): Bill Woolsey weighs in on Salerno's notion of monetary neutrality.
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Big smiles. That's what describes the reception the new Ridgway Railroad Museum book received when I dropped off the copies that the printer had delivered the day before. The book, full of great stories and old-time b&w photos of various railroads in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado, is now available at the museum and also through our catalog. I put the "order now" button up last night and already had orders today. Check out the catalog and the book, Narrow Gauge Railroading in the San Juan Triangle: The Rio Grande Southern, the Ouray Branch of the D&RG and Otto Mears' Silverton RR. You'll be delighted too!
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities have banned a film that tells the love story of two women on the grounds that it promotes lesbianism but activists said the ban would only promote interest in the movie.
"It's appalling, it's a shame ... Kenyans will view the film whether it has been banned or not, they will find a way to view it," Lorna Dias, a lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender rights activist, told Reuters.
The film board used a hashtag, #KFCBbansLesbianFilm, that immediately sparked a barrage of supportive tweets from Kenyans who decried homosexuality. In 2015, the board banned the film "Fifty Shades of Grey".


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The Steve Nolan Show
Posted Monday, 13 April 2009 at 16:30
If you want to hear a classic example of how biased some presenters in the BBC are, listen to Steve Nolan interviewing me this morning. He was standing in for Victoria Derbyshire.
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I'm not sure I want my taxes to pay for someone unable to leave his own politicsal beliefs at the studio door.
I finally stopped and piled into the local pub for lunch with the girls and boyfriends at 1.15, having only stopped for three hours in what feels like forever. It was the pub or starve. The fridge contained half a dry lemon, a carton of milk and a tomatoe with skin resembling what mine will look like if I don't get some sleep soon!
The food landed on the table, however, I had to leave and go outside to take a phone call from a very important person.
It's good evening Wales next. I was only allowed to leave the pub if I promised that I would use the word 'oh' or 'whats occuring' or describe the M25 as a cruel mistress.
It's time to feed my kids some wholesome food I reckon and reduce the additives!
Mike Spilligan said:
Responded: Monday, 13 April 2009
I'm so glad that you're managing to keep up with all the pressures. I know you won't weaken and the demands on you should slacken after a "no news" weekend. Also, please ignore the negative comments earlier (including a charity man who thought he should be the centre of the nation) but even worse are those who haven't yet realised how corrupt our pretend-Government is, much aided by its propaganda arm, the BBC, paid for by us plus another £120m "from the EU". To those I say, look at the political blogs, particularly the Kevin Maguire article in today's Mirror on line, where he had around 250 comments, almost all (former Labour supporters) tearing him to shreds. Lovely!
Henry Wood said:
For some reason that show is "not yet available" and I'd love to hear it. In the meantime, nothing really to do with the present brouhaha, more a question of "Back To Basics!" Who on earth told Gordon Brown he would make a good Prime Minister? This person has an awaful lot to answer for. Unless it was "voices".
Mike H said:
The Steve Nolan show is there now, but I couldn't bear to listen to that prattling idiot for long enough to find Nadine's interview...
I Think you have handled the Press really well despite the blatant bias being shown in Brown's favour. You do realise that Brown has not sacked McBride because he knows where all the bodies are buried and could start his own blog if the trough funded by the taxpayer dries up.
Elaine said:
I thought Steve Nolan was very good. I respect an interviewer who is prepared to challenge his guests when necessary.
Nick said:
Responded: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
I don't like the Steven Nolan show. But I thought he was fine this morning. His questions were hard and fair, and you didn't do yourself any favours by accusing the PM of lying. What happened to you wasn't nice. But show some dignity and rise above it - let the PM do his thing, and as an opposition member, throw light on the government's weakness. To me, who is interested in politics, but not sufficiently convicted on oen or the other side to join a party, this is now sounding petty. And your taxes don't pay Steven Nolan's salary. Your licence fee does. It also allows the BBC to make programs that are important, but would never be made on commercial stations.
Frances said:
'If you want to hear a classic example of how biased some presenters in the BBC are, listen to Steve Nolan interviewing me this morning. He was standing in for Victoria Derbyshire.... I'm not sure I want my taxes to pay for someone unable to leave his own politicsal beliefs at the studio door.' This reminds me of when James Naughtie asked Gordon (as we must call him now!) what he would do when 'we' win the election. The bias at the BBC is so blatant now. Lots of us are asking why we have to pay a tax to fund this organisation whose platforming of internationalism, secularism and socialism is increasingly offensive and irrelevant. Now you've experienced BBC Bias first hand, will you be recommending that aboliting the license fee be part of the next Conservative manifesto?
Martin said:
You should listen to Nolan at the weekends. He went mental when Boris beat red Ken in the London Mayor race. Nolan was ranting and wanting to know who was paying for the Champagne being drunk by those Tories.!!!! Nicky Campbell was no better either this morning. He suggested Bernard Ingham was as bad as McBride!!!
dennis said:
Well done for standing up to that blustering oaf Nolan. I couldn't believe it when he suddenly switched to Caroline Spellman. I know this may seem a bit smartarse - but the correct answer to Nolan's question about whether Cameron apologized for Spellman's mistake is: No. Why should he. He wasn't even an MP when Spellman paid her Nanny, let alone party leader.
David Presier said:
As a citizen of a country (the US) without a (forcibly) tax-funded official state broadcaster, I was shocked to hear Stephen Nolan working overtime to defend a sitting politician. Regardless of how biased our broadcasters may or may not be, they are not the official state anything, and we're not forced to pay for them. You were quite right to tell Stephen Nolan what you thought, and his blatant partisanship was pretty sickening. I was surprised to hear a BBC presenter actually lie on air to defend the Prime Minister against your genuine accusation. After all, these emails between McBride and Draper were part of their Red Rag scheme. Mr. Brown knew about and approved of them working together on Red Rag, so even if he can't possibly know the details of every email exchange between these two, he certainly knew what they were up to, and what kind of nastiness it was. I realize you can't really stand up to the BBC on your own, but you might be interested to know that there are many people both in the UK and abroad who agree with you about the blatant partisanship on the BBC. I can assure you that it's not only the BBC domestic broadcasting but BBC World as well. Most especially, BBC World News America is shamelessly biased. That's not funded by your license fee, but it is partially funded by the Foreign Office and the BBC's commercial arm. This is essentially a news broadcast with a political and social agenda, created for and targeted at the US audience. Imagine the partisan rudeness you experienced from Nolan and spread that out over an hour, every night of the week, and you'll have some idea of what the BBC is doing in the US. You may be interested in checking out a chronicle of BBC bias: http://www.biased-bbc.blogspot.com/. That's how I heard about your difficulties with Nolan.
Responded: Wednesday, 15 April 2009
What do you expect from the BBC? They only advertise in 'The Grauniad', so it's unsurprising that the BBC is largely left-of-centre. Without public sector advertising, the entire Guardian group, already in financial difficulty, would surely fold - which just goes to show how popular it isn't with the paying public! At a recent BBC awayday, all bar one attendee requested 'The Guardian' as their breakfast reading. Given how the BBC bang on about how organisations should reflect the make-up of society at large, this does seem an over-representation of the 'right-on'!
Simon Raw said:
Responded: Thursday, 16 April 2009
I gave up listening to the BBC new coverage years ago and I suspect I am not the only one. Take heart Nadine that the majority of the British electorate can see through politically biased reporting. To paraphrase Daniel Hannan "… you know and we know and you know that we know that it's all nonsense."
Christopher said:
Responded: Friday, 17 April 2009
I know it's long after the event but...I am an inveterate listener to Radio 5 and I totally agree that Steve Nolan not only appears to be biased, but his constant interuptions to put forward his own point of view call into question the impartiality of the BBC. All the other Radio 5 presenters can manage to keep their personal opinions to themselves whilst interviewing politicians or whoever. The "Steve Nolan show" is well named: it's about him, not an impartial presentation. So, rant over, now we have seen Gordon Brown's letter to you, isn't it a shame he can't spell your name correctly; moreover I am amazed that anyone could read it; GCSE English must have the underlying concept of communication; I would give him a "fail". Keep it up, I am proud that you are my MP, but am so sorry that you have been enveigled in this sordid affair.


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Nella stagione 1994-1995 il Manchester City ha partecipato alla FA Premier League, primo livello del campionato inglese. Giunse 17° e quindi appena sopra la zona retrocessione. Nella FA Cup e nella Football League Cup venne eliminato in entrambi i casi al 5º turno.

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