The second I saw her, I had to have her.
When my friend asked me to cover for him at his pool cleaning job, I figured I'd make some extra cash. I didn't expect to find myself face to face with a sweet set of curves named Vera.
I guess her goal is to piss her rich dad off. I'm clearly not the kind of guy he wants her near.
But if she thinks I'll let her toy with me and not follow through... I've got a surprise for her.
I'll screw her in the pool shed, the garden, and right in her room while her parents sleep down the hall.
I don't care if her dad finds out or not—this girl is MINE.
So, so, so hawt! This is going into my favorite reads! Please dear god read this book it is so worth it!
There is no plot in this book. All this book contains is some chemistry and no clothes. I was dissatisfied with the outcome of the story. This book is plotless and not very meaningful. This book is shallow and primitive. The dad literally isn't a good bad guy, just paying people with money. The mom allowed her husband to treat their daughter liked junk. The daughter was so oblivious, of course her dad didn't want her to succeed on her own. Someone with her background and resume obviously shouldn't be rejected 20+ in 3 months, statistically impossible. The poor boy gave the girl an ultimatum cliche enough.
I love Penny Wylder books and this one does not disappoint. A sweet sensual love story that warms the heart and other places too.


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Bridget Riley
Red Red Blue, 2010
Bridget Riley was born in 1931 in London, UK, and studied at Goldsmiths College (1949–52) and Royal College of Art, London (1952–55). The artist has been exhibiting internationally since 1962 and was initially brought to prominence by the Op Art movement during the early 1960s. Notable solo exhibitions include Bridget Riley: Drawings (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966); Bridget Riley: Works 1959–78 (touring, 1979); Bridget Riley: Paintings from the 60s and 70s (Serpentine Gallery, London, 1999); Bridget Riley (Tate Britain, London, 2003). Bridget Riley was made a CBE in 1974, appointed the Companion of Honour in 1999, and received the Kaiser Ring of the City of Goslar in 2003. Notable awards include the International Prize for Painting at the Venice Biennale (1968) and the Rubens Prize of the City of Siegen (2012). The artist currently lives and works in London.
Tess Jaray
45 × 74 cm | 17 3/4 × 29 1/4 in (image)
59.5 × 91.5 cm | 23 3/8 × 36 1/8 in (sheet)
Leap, 2008
11 x 28 in | 27.9 × 71.1 cm (image)
17 1/2 × 33 in | 44.5 x 83.8 cm (sheet)
Start, 2000
13 11/16 × 14 9/16 in | 34.8 x 38 cm (image) 18 11/16 x 19 7/16 in | 47.5 x 49.4 cm (sheet)
Coloured Greys [2], 1972
Colour Screenprint
22 3/8 x 22 1/2 in | 56.9 x 57.2 cm (image)
28 5/8 x 28 7/8 in | 72.6 x 73.4 cm (sheet)
Untitled (Fragment 6), 1965
Screenprint on perspex
72 x 71.5 cm | 28 3/8 x 28 1/8 in
Untitled [La Lune en Rodage - Carlo Belloli], 1965
11 9/16" x 11 1/2" | 29.5 x 29.3 cm (image)
12 9/16" x 12 9/16" | 31.9 x 31.9 cm (sheet)
London Original Print Fair 2020: New prints and editions
1 - 31 May 2020 Online
London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, Alison Wilding, Tess Jaray, Bridget Riley, Sarah Kogan, Frances Richardson, Ann-Marie James, Cathie Pilkington
London Original Print Fair 2019
Karsten Schubert is pleased to exhibit at the 34th London Original Print Fair at Stand 01, where we will present new and recent work by Alison Wilding, new work by...
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Bridget Riley: Paintings 1963–2015
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh April 6, 2016
'Bridget Riley: Paintings 1963–2015' at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. 15 April 2016 – 16 April 2017.
Bridget Riley: Venice and Beyond
Graves Gallery, Sheffield February 15, 2016
'Bridget Riley: Venice and Beyond' at Graves Gallery, Sheffield. 18 February – 25 June 2016.
Bridget Riley: Eye Attack: Op Art and Kinetic Art 1950–1970
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk January 19, 2016
Bridget Riley in 'Eye Attack: Op Art and Kinetic Art 1950–1970', Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk. 4 February–5 June 2016.
Bridget Riley: Chance, Order, Change: Abstract Painting 1939–1989
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham University January 18, 2016
Bridget Riley in 'Chance, Order, Change: Abstract Painting 1939–1989'. The Barber Insititute of Fine Arts, Birmingham University. 8 February–11 May 2016.
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Selected Writings 1999-2016 Edited by Doro Globus and Karsten Schubert, 2017 Softback, 600pp pages
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New Paintings and Gouaches Text by Paul Moorhouse Hardback, 48 pp, 21 colour ill pages
Publisher: Ridinghouse 2005 in association with Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Dimensions: 29.5 x 25 cm | 11 5/8 x 9 7/8 in Read more
Paintings and Drawings 1961–2004 Texts by Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Paula Savage, Paul Moorhouse, Lynne Cooke and Robert Kudielka; interview with the artist by Jenny Harper Softback, 172 pp, 66 colour ill pages
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Dimensions: 33 × 26 cm | 13 x 10 1/4 in Read more
Retrospective Texts by Nadia Chalbi, Éric de Chassey, Jonathan Crary, Frances Follin, Robert Kudielka, Anne Montfort, Semir Zeki; interview with the artist by Lynne Cooke Hardback, 328 pp, 140 colour ill pages
Publisher: Ridinghouse 2008 with Arc/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
ISBN: Bilingual: English and French
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Tags: North Korea nuclear bomb South Korea US Iran nuclear Flags of North Korea, China and Iran.
The sudden death of Kim Jong II, of a heart attack aged 69, Monday, Dec. 19 – even though his youngest son Kim Jong-un was hailed as successor – confronts the world for the first time since the Cold War with a leaderless nuclear power about which it knows almost nothing. Though anointed as heir, his youngest son Kim Jong-un, believed to be 26, is more than likely to be challenged for his claim to power. At present, therefore, no one knows who controls North Korea's nuclear arsenal - any more than the identity of the country's next ruler after the dust settles.
Meanwhile there are pressing questions: Will Kim Jong II's successor follow through on his consent this week to suspend Pyongyang's enriched-uranium nuclear weapons program for 240,000 tonnes food aid from Washington? How will the 1.2 million strong standing army of the North respond to the first actions of South Korea, Japan and US forces in the Far East in placing their armies on alert?
There has been no sign of motion from this huge army apart from test-firing a short-range missile Monday morning from the east coast.
This is almost certainly the calm before the storm. A year ago, Kim Jong Il began grooming his son for the leadership, the third of their dynasty, by appointing him Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers Party of Korea and conferring on him the rank of four-star general.
Still, he is as shorter on military experience than he is in politics. After the dead leader's funeral on Dec. 28, the army, or parts therefore, will have to decide whether to continue supporting the Kim family's rule in Pyongyang after 60 years or replace it with a different kind of leadership.
1. Elements of the North Korean army or its security services could go head to head for a power grab in Pyongyang, potentially sparking civil strife in this enigmatic nation of 24 million.
2. To keep any such violence from spilling across its borders, China may send troops into North Korea bringing similar action from Seoul, possibly with US backing.. China has a large North Korean expatriate minority which respects Pyongyang rather than Beijing and is therefore a source of unrest.
Of the US troops stationed for 58 years on the armistice lines between South and North, about 28,500 remain and could be involved in a conflict with the potential of exploding into another Korean War. The first war in the 1950s cost several armies more than a million lives.
3. The big difference between then and now is that today North Korea has nuclear arms and there is no knowing at what point someone in Pyongyang may decide to use them.
4. A recent Pentagon situation paper estimates that if the Korean Peninsula descended into domestic anarchy and civil strike, the United States would be called on to raise an army of intervention numbering 400,000 soldiers, 100,000 more than the size of US forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and the peak of those conflicts.
5. North Korea maintains thriving nuclear, military and technological relations with Iran and Syria. Hundreds of technicians and engineers, including nuclear and missile experts, have worked for years on their nuclear and missile programs.
Western and Israel intelligence services have never been sure how deeply China is involved in North Korea's nuclear and military assistance to Iran and Syria. Is it just passive? or does Beijing use Pyongyang as a channel for pumping nuclear technology to Tehran and Damascus?
Some Western agencies have recently come to believe that China has a bigger stake in those Middle East countries than realized and much of the military technology transferred by North Korea to Iran is actually of Chinese origin.
A power struggle in Pyongyang, which could be drawn out for as long as a couple of years, could go in many unpredictable directions including stepped-up contribution to the Middle East nuclear race.
Two weeks ago, The Washington Post broadsided us with another Beltway bombshell: China's "Underground Great Wall" – a "vast network of tunnels" with a "sophisticated missile and nuclear arsenal" dug by "a secretive branch of the Chinese military."
The intrigue came from a 363-page study by top Pentagon strategist-turned-Georgetown University professor Phillip A. Karber and his students, based on classified Chinese military documents, satellite imagery and other information. Among the revelations, a Second Artillery Corps—which, in addition to digging the tunnels, has a website—directly linked to The Post's article.
To its credit, the story shows the three-year project creating an atmosphere menacing U.S. nuclear stockpile reductions. Still, the often-absurd saga of China and the United States will live on in dreary Capitol Hill hearings and buzz among Pentagon brass and tiresome foreign policy oracles. Moreover, despite U.S. economic indebtedness to China, Inc.—and common sense—petty, 1960s-era politicking and a military industrial complex fixated with a rising Middle Kingdom will continue to carry much of the day.
Is China challenging its neighbors over the Spratly Islands, the Paracels, the Scarborough Shoals, Reed Bank and Tungsha in a South China Sea home to 17.7 billion tons of oil and gas? According to the Indonesian Center of Democracy, Diplomacy and Defense, Beijing has deployed 27 battleships, an aircraft carrier and unknown submarines to the area amid competing claims with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Beijing and the People's Liberation Army, for their part, have their own highly unpublicized views on Asian brinkmanship. Though hardly state secrets, they won't scream off the pages of The Post anytime soon.
Back in 2001, a curious incident off south China brought to light some quiet Cold War-style American espionage. The episode, long overshadowed by 9/11, took place when a U.S. spy plane collided with a Chinese aircraft near Hainan Island, leading to the crew's capture by local authorities.
After a diplomatic standoff, the pilots were freed in one of President George W. Bush's earliest humiliations. The following decade, we know, was marred by bigger embarrassments—namely botched wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—all impossibilities bereft a multitrillion-dollar fire sale of U.S. Treasury assets to China.
To this day, surveillance of China's air defense systems persists beneath the radar, 10 years after the worst terror attack in United States history claimed some 3,000 lives.
Lately, ASEAN members are relaxing with President Obama's announcement of a U.S. military base with 2,500 marines in Darwin, Australia. But Beijing sees red: In the vast arc of a U.S. militarized zone from the Korean peninsula to Marine bases in Japan—with more than 60,000 U.S. personnel between the two—to an activist 7th Fleet off Taiwan, it will now face extra encirclement thousands of miles due south. This must be a twist, given that China's joint naval maneuvers with the Australians in 2010 deliberately excluded American forces.
In the end, however, the Chinese Communist Party, with its 70 million adherents, remains its own worst enemy. The Party has a massive public relations problem, one that perpetuates the great Pacific stalemate every bit as much as Washington adventurism. Much state-owned media, notably, ceaselessly echoes eerie-sounding praise of "strategic cooperation" and "win-win" situations juxtaposed with bristling hostility, sowing bilateral confusion in the process.
President Obama's fabled 2009 Shanghai town-hall meeting crystallized this myopia. At the height of his first, most important visit to the mainland, Obama faced Orwellian questions by handpicked, hopelessly robotic students. Domestic media glossed over touchy responses, censors took down Internet transcripts, and only one local station carried the show live while international condemnation was fast and furious. It was hardly Beijing's finest hour.
All this is understandable, if maddening. Colored by millennial traditions tinged heavily by a brutal nationalism, an obsession with preserving face at all costs, and a historically justified leeriness of outsiders, the Chinese government feels itself caught between a rock and a hard place.
Order among 1.3 billion people is perceived as crucial, and sometimes urgent against a backdrop of ethnic tensions. Thus 60 offenses, including killing pandas, are capital crimes, among other gruesome human rights statistics. For another consideration, the unseemly term "renegade province" is all part of Beijing's oft-ignored internal domino theory: Once Taiwan goes, rather, so too do Tibet and Xinjiang, an "autonomous region" totaling one-sixth of China's land mass.
None of this, including China's big posturing or detentions of the tiny fishing boats of smaller countries, is excusable. China's balancing act, however, at least from within, weighs a broader—and, in ways, more serious—internal reality: patriotism of ordinary Chinese resentful of encroachment by foreigners.
And what if Alaska and Florida had separatist ambitions? Would China make public overtures to their political and religious leadership? Or what if the Chinese, under a 30-year-old internal mandate, sold billions in surface-to-air-missiles and MiG-20 fighter jets to an independent Hawaii, one with ties to an American civil war claiming at least 1 million lives that ended but 60 years ago?
Imagine a foreign, nuclear-armed naval destroyer hovering 300 miles off California's coast? And imagine Washington Post editorial indignity were Chinese signal intelligence planes probing national air defenses near the coast of Oregon.
These days, Sino-U.S. relations in Asia's sullied waters are equally beset by misunderstandings as genuine threats. On one side are Americans, brash and eager to manage crises and dominate a Pacific agenda they have largely ignored over the past 10 years. On the other are a proud, stubborn, heavy-handed Chinese set in their ways and petrified of betraying any weakness—to their own people, much less anyone else.
Like a broker tracking the dips and spikes of a volatile but lucrative stock, Mohammad Shakir Afridi has kept a close eye on U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan since the first Americans landed in the country 10 years ago. As president of the Khyber Transport Assn., one of the largest associations of truck owners in Pakistan, Afridi's biggest contract involves moving military equipment for American and coalition forces through Pakistan to military bases in Afghanistan. The slightest policy shift in Washington can carry major consequences for Afridi and his business.
Sitting on a rooftop in a leafy residential block in Peshawar, the largest city in northwest Pakistan, Afridi slaps the morning paper on the floor beside his mat. "Twenty-four of our boys in one go," he spits out. A front page photograph shows a field full of coffins draped in Pakistani flags. The soldiers were killed on Nov. 26 when U.S. helicopters and jet fighters from Afghanistan fired on military outposts on the Pakistani side of the border. The relationship between Pakistan and the U.S., which has been rocky for years, hit a new low. While the U.S. military promised to investigate and the NATO chief regretted the "tragic, unintended" incident, the Pakistani Prime Minister said there would be "no more business as usual" with the U.S. Pakistan demanded the U.S. vacate an airbase it was using in the South and choked off all U.S. and coalition military supplies traveling through the country.
Scouring through the news screens, we nearly fell of the proverbial chair after reading the following Bloomberg headline paraphrasing a Nikkei report: "Japan May Buy Chinese Govt Bonds, Nikkei Says....Japan is seeking to diversify forex funds and strengthen economic cooperation with China by helping make yuan more international. Japan may purchase a total of $10b worth in stages." Naturally, there are two interpretations: the ugly one is that Japan, the 3rd largest holder of US debt after the Fed and China, is considering gradually abandoning the dollar or, as the term is better known in polite circles "diversifying."
Japan's public debt is expected to swell to a record $13.5 trillion as the government finances reconstruction efforts after the March earthquake and tsunami, reports said Saturday.
Japan's debt is already the industrialised world's biggest at around twice its GDP, after years of pump-priming measures by governments trying in vain to arrest a long economic decline.
The public debt is expected to reach 1,024 trillion yen ($13.5 trillion) by the end of this fiscal year to March, up 99.75 trillion yen from a year earlier, the Yomiuri daily reported citing, unnamed finance ministry sources.
The national debt will inflate as Tokyo plans to issue bonds worth 11.55 trillion yen to finance the reconstruction measures in the disaster-hit northeast, the Yomiuri and NHK public broadcaster said.
The government spending for the year to March is also expected to swell to a record 106.40 trillion as the series of extra budgets will exacerbate the nation's already tricky fiscal condition.
Syrian FM says his country signed agreement on counseling of Moscow; Iran: Arab League agreement "acceptable."
Russia on Monday praised Syria's decision to let in Arab monitors, saying this could help stabilize the violence-stricken country, after Damascus made clear it agreed to the deal on the advice of its big power ally. Earlier Monday Iran also gave its support for the measure.
"We believe that the document signed in Cairo gives an opportunity to ... provide safety for the Syrian people and stabilize the situation," the Russian Foreign ministry said in a statement, according to Interfax news agency.
Syria agreed on Monday to let Arab League observers into the country to monitor implementation of a deal it agreed last month to pull troops from protest-hit towns, free political prisoners and start talking to dissidents.
Damascus signed the deal on the counseling of Moscow, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem said.
Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces, including a pro-Assad militia, have reportedly suffered scores of casualties in the last few weeks, especially in the northwestern province of Idlib near Turkey and in the central region of Homs.
WASHINGTON: Russia is pressing ahead with a new nuclear missile which Moscow claims is a part of a renewed effort to bolster the country's missile defense systems.
This new intercontinental ballistic missile, nicknamed "Satan" by Western analysts, will sport a 100-ton warhead and replace the Voevoda-class missile in the Russian nuclear arsenal, according to recent news reports. This massive ICBM will take its place alongside the Yars, Topol-M and Bulava-class ballistic missiles sometime in 2015, according to Sergei Karakaev, head of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces. Development of the new ICBM will coincide with plans to revamp the country's missile silo complexes over the next decade, Karakaev told Russian media. Moscow's decision to accelerate work on the new "Satan"-class ICBM was directly tied to recently failed missile defense negotiations between Russia and the United States.
Russian president Dimitri Medvedev broke off negotiations with the White House in November on the administration's plan to set up a missile shield in Europe. The European Phased Adaptive Approach plan is a network of sea and land-based missile launchers designed to counter missile strikes from Iran. Cooperation with Russia is integral to making the missile shield work. But Moscow claims the U.S. could not guarantee American missiles would not be used to take out Russian targets. "Russia does not stand against the U.S. missile defense system. Russia stands against the creation of the missile defense system, which would be directly aimed against Russia," Karakaev said. That impasse forced Medvedev to walk away from the deal and begin work on its own super nuke.
But Washington's unwillingness to hand over classified missile defense secrets to their Russian counterparts was the real deal breaker between the former Cold War rivals, according to one key GOP lawmaker. Sen Mark Kirk told AOL Defense last week that Russia could not be trusted with America's most sensitive missile defense technologies. The country's well-established ties with Iran would virtually guarantee any secrets handed to the Russians would make their way to Tehran, Kirk said. That kind of cooperation would hand Tehran exactly what they need to deter the European missile shield, courtesy of their friends in Moscow.
Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) won a contract from Japan to supply F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, the aircraft's first win in a competitive tender.
The U.S. contractor will build 42 of the planes for Japan, Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa told reporters in Tokyo today. He declined to comment on the cost of the contract. The F-35 was shortlisted against Boeing Co. (BA)'s F-18 Super Hornet and Eurofighter GmbH's Typhoon.
The deal comes as the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il spurs uncertainty about stability on the Korean peninsula, where 1.7 million troops from North Korea, South Korea and the U.S. are stationed. Japan, which has the world's sixth-largest defense budget, has been upgrading air defenses asNorth Korea improves its ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons program, and as both Russia and China develop stealth fighters.
Egypt is spinning out of control. But it's not only the fault of the ruling military junta -- the protesters in the street deserve plenty of blame, too.
CAIRO —Tahrir Square smells like piss. It is no surprise. After all, people had been living there in a tent camp for weeks. Yet the stench is also fitting for Egypt's current impasse. Egyptians -- soldiers, police, activists, soccer hooligans called "ultras," and others -- have abused this ostensibly hallowed ground at various moments since Hosni Mubarak's unexpected fall almost a year ago.
The proximate cause of Cairo's current spasm of violence was the military police's ill-advised effort to clear a relatively small number of protesters from in front of the cabinet building. The clashes, however, have revealed a deeper, more profound problem afflicting Egypt. The country has retreated from the moment of empowerment and national dignity that the uprising symbolized and is now grappling with a squalid politics and the normalization of violence.
What is perhaps most disturbing is that the weekend's battle, which left 10 dead and hundreds injured, didn't seem to have a point. The young toughs who descended on Qasr al-Aini Street after news spread of the Army's efforts to clear the area seemed less concerned with principle than combat. Having cut their teeth and paid for it with the loss of 45 lives in late November clasheswith the police and military, these kids seemed to be looking for payback. Qasr al-Aini Street bellowed with chants of "Death to the field marshal" -- a reference to Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) head Gen. Mohamed Hussein Tantawi -- rather than the significantly more inspiring "Freedom! Freedom!" that echoed through the concrete canyon of Tahrir during the January uprising.
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the events that touched off the "Arab Spring," there is no lack of prudent handwringing. Writing in the Washington Post, my colleague Daniel Byman concludesthat with the exception of Tunisia, where democratization is moving apace, "the Arab Spring may not bring freedom to much, or even most, of the Arab world. Even as the United States prepares to work with the region's new democracies, it also must prepare for the chaos, stagnation and misrule that will mark the Arab Winter."
There is ample justification for such pessimism. Egypt's transition has been marred by the military's repeated violent repression of popular protests, by its periodic efforts to limit the authority of the new parliament, and by the growing fears among Egyptian liberals sparked by the electoral victories of their Islamist rivals. Further afield, Bahrain's Sunni rulers have crushed a popular movement led mostly by Shiite leaders, Yemen might be plunging into tribal civil war, and Syria seems to be descending into sectarian conflict between a mostly Alawite regime and its mostly Sunni opponents. As for Libya, friction within the National Transitional Council might herald a much wider power struggle -- especially among the 100 or so independent and well-armed militias. Watching these developments, we might ask whether the death knell of authoritarianism in the Arab world was sounded too readily, or at least prematurely?
Perhaps. When the momentous events that shook the Arab world in January 2011 first grabbed the world's attention, not a few observers eagerly proclaimed the "Arabexceptionalism." In the ensuing year, satellite television and the Internet allowed a world audience to experience -- as they say in the Olympics business -- the thrill of victory to the agony of defeat. Today, we must reckon with a process of authoritarian extraction that could last well into the next decade -- one that promises as many if not more disappointments than successes.
By way of analytical preparation for this long and difficult journey, I would suggest that we begin by jettisoning the term "Arab exceptionalism," as well as its conceptual relative -- democratic universalism. The assumption that the Arab world was stuck in the deep muck of an authoritarian past is as misleading as the assertion that it suddenly rose up to join teleology of global democratization. The notion that history sleeps or awakens is equally a historical. What we need instead is a pliable conceptualization of the concrete mechanisms of Arab autocracies, and how these mechanisms both sustained and undermined the region's despots.
In the present monetary system, wealth is commonly held as ambiguous claims against the economy. We call it stocks, bonds, money market funds, mutual funds, etc… People hold their wealth in this way for the promise it makes of more wealth forthcoming! Sound familiar?
Now, when I say that there will actually be much more wealth forthcoming for those with **unambiguous** ownership of physical gold today, some people feel compelled to argue that their ambiguous claims have a better history of "more wealth forthcoming." And this argument is not without merit.
It is true that stocks and bonds did very well in the '80s and '90s. In fact, my own father is still waiting for the Dow to get back to 14,000 to regain the wealth he thinks he lost. The Dow beat CPI inflation hands down throughout the '80s and '90s, and that's how you know you made a good investment, by beating inflation.
The Dow entered the 1980s at $824. So if your $824 investment in 1980 had perfectly tracked official inflation, you'd have had $1,722 in 2000 and $2,264 in 2011 (according to the BLS inflation calculator). But in the Dow, your investment became $11,722 by January, 2000, and $12,045 today. So even though it hasn't done much in the last decade, the Dow still beat inflation by a large margin over the last 30 years.
Bonds also had a huge 30-year run as the Fed lowered rates from 20% down to 0%. Remember, as interest rates are lowered, the price of bonds issued at the previous higher rates rises. So bond investors do very well in a falling interest rate environment.
Thank you for the ZH link. I suppose I need to be more specific when I refer to "the ZH/GATA CB thesis." First let me state that Zero Hedge and GATA both provide a great service and they both do fantastic work, ZH comments section notwithstanding. It is their underlying thesis about fiat currencies and central banks in general that I have a problem with. And this is not a problem with only ZH and GATA, it is a problem with the entire hard money camp.
Their foundational thesis is that fiat currencies and the CBs that manage them are the most fundamental flaw in today's system from which all other problems flow. This directly conflicts with my thesis that using the same medium in both the primary and secondary monetary roles is the fundamental flaw from which all other problems flow. My thesis applies to both hard and easy money systems. Their thesis points to the CBs as the bad guys. My thesis holds up a mirror and says, "We have met the enemy, and it is us."
One of the biggest struggles I observe in newish visitors to my blog is that they instinctively try to reconcile everything they learned from the hard money camp—ZH and GATA being two bright stars there—with what they read here. Their effort inevitably leads to contradictions that cannot be resolved. And because ZH, GATA and the rest of the hard money camp is so much more ubiquitous than my little blog, they win by default in minds that are unable to think for themselves.
Here are a couple of the irreconcilable concepts found on this blog that noobs must either reject or ignore in order to hang on to their ZH/GATA CB thesis.
1. Remember when Aristotle wrote this? "In working on this project, I was personally shocked when I discovered that we absolutely NEEDED paper currency in order to set Gold free. In the perfect world you lapse into in your comments, everything you say is well and good. We don't live in that world, however. My biggest challenge in piecing together my proffered solution was to accept what this real world had to offer and avoid foisting my own preferences onto the world like a square peg in a round hole."
Have you ever seen anyone in the hard money camp write anything like this? Or can you imagine them ever doing so? Yet this is one of the core fundamentals necessary to understanding Freegold.
2. And FOA wrote this: "Several years ago, many gold bugs and gold advocates missed the path as the trail turned." "Yes, the war now is between the Euro and the dollar! The Washington Agreement [a Central Bank agreement] placed gold 'on the road to high prices'." "The war between gold and the dollar has been over for a while now… Leaving gold bugs with a lot of questions that ask why this: both systems will strive for a higher currency price for gold; one doing it because they have to; the other doing it because they want to! The casualty on this battlefield will be the world gold market as we know it. A market caught between how Western perception thinks gold's price should be "discovered" and at what price level trading in physical gold craters the entire paper structure… This paper gold market will be cashed out at prices far below real bullion trading so as to inflate further the books of the Bullion Banks,,,,,, not destroy them. At least this is how the US side will proceed."
WASHINGTON -- The eclipse of Keynesian economics proceeds. When Keynes wrote "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" in the mid-1930s, governments in most wealthy nations were relatively small and their debts modest. Deficit spending and pump priming were plausible responses to economic slumps. Now, huge governments are often saddled with massive debts. Standard Keynesian remedies for downturns -- spend more and tax less -- presume the willingness of bond markets to finance the resulting deficits at reasonable interest rates. If markets refuse, Keynesian policies won't work.
Europe bolstered its anti-crisis arsenal, channeling 150 billion euros ($195 billion) to theInternational Monetary Fund as the European Central Bank widened its support for sagging bond markets.
Four countries not using the single currency also pledged to add to the IMF war chest while Britain refused to commit, preventing officials from reaching the 200 billion-euro target to ease the euro area's home-grown debt burdens. The U.K. will"define its contribution" in early 2012, euro finance ministers said in a statement after a conference call yesterday.
It is no surprise that the ECB has been less than overwhelming in its optimism, unlike Messers Barroso, Van Rompuy et al. when discussing the current and future state of the union that is Europe. While not pessimistic per se, the focus on zee stabilitee and lack of bazooka (no we don't see the 3Y LTROs as a magic bullet) is perhaps related to their view of the difficulties faced in addressing the needs of an increasingly disparate gaggle of countries. In their December Financial Stability Review, the ECB points to four key risks: (contagion, funding, macroeconomy, and trade imbalances), they fear "euro area financial stability increased considerably in the second half of 2011, as the sovereign risk crisis and its interplay with the banking sector worsened in an environment of weakening macroeconomic growth prospects". Summarizing into seven charts, the ECB provides a quick-and-dirty perspective on what is increasingly becoming obvious as capital flows and funding needs interplay with one another (for worse rather than better).
...the vulnerability to further contagion remains highest for those countries that are perceived to exhibit a combination of vulnerable fiscal positions, weak macro-financial conditions, and the potential for further significant losses in the banking sector.
...the possibility that more euro area sovereigns will, as a consequence, face difficulties in refinancing their debt remains among the most pressing risks to euro area financial stability.
France has said that Britain will help boost the resources of the IMF, something it has so far rejected, as the IMF chief warns that the world economy is at 'a very dangerous juncture' .
UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says EU leaders will hold a summit on January 27.
12.33 Incoming Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said the country needs to cut its deficit by at least €16.5bn in 2012.
12.29 Here's something to make you smile.
What Investment has revealed that the UK has the happiest investors. In eight out of 10 countries, the majority of investors were unhappy with their investments. The findings are from a survey of more than 1,400 individuals by Schroders.
The only exceptions were the UK, where 55pc said they were happy with their choices, and Germany, where opinion was split at 50pc.
12.19 Update on the markets. FTSE 100 is down 0.3pc (and is the only major European index in negative territory). France's CAC is up 0.8pc, Germany's DAX is up 0.8pc, Spain's IBEX is up0.8pc and Italy's MIB is up0.9pc.
11.58 Greece is set for a deal with creditor banks on writing off half its debt by the beginning of January, a Greek government source has told AFP.
11.52 Investors have been buying Spanish bonds today thanks to the ECB promising to lend cut-rate money. The ECB will offer EU banks loans of up to three years at a rate of around 1pc, in an unprecedented move to fend off a credit crunch.
A treasurer at a Spanish bank said: "What has happened is that some banks hadn't realised quite how strong the ECB measures were. But there have been European [and Spanish banks] that were able to read the ECB's message and have operated through carry trade."
11.32 Denmark can't stretch beyond providing loans to the International Monetary Fund in the Nordic country's effort to help solve the euro area's debt crisis, Danish Minister for the Economy Margrethe Vestager said.
"Contributing through the IMF is how far Denmark should go because we have the euro opt-out," Vestager, whose country has rejected euro membership in two referenda, said.
"Denmark is not doing anything special," Vestager said. The IMF"is probably the safest spot where we could place the money in terms of making sure we get it back".
Will the Europeans have to sell their gold? / Remit to IMF?
LONDON (MarketWatch) — If the Italians can't persuade the bond markets to keep them in business, they have another card up their sleeve.
Few people realize it, but Italy holds the world's fourth biggest stockpile of gold, at 2,452 tonnes. That's even more than France, and more than twice as much as China.
Only the U.S., Germany and the International Monetary Fund hold more.
The question here is whether some of the troubled European countries — such as Italy and France — are going to have to start selling off the national gold pile to meet their bills.
Some wonder if they already have.
Italy's gold has a street value of about $123 billion — easily enough to cover this year's $80 billion budget shortfall. Portugal's $19 billion in bullion more than covers its $13 billion deficit. France has $122 billion worth of bullion, enough to make a massive dent in its $150 billion deficit.
Meanwhile, look at the people who actually have a lot of money — namely, the Chinese. I continue to suspect that, sooner or later, China is going to move some of its massive $3 trillion-plus reserves into gold, the only currency that no other country controls. At the moment, the richest Western countries, including the United States, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, hold between 60% and 80% of their entire reserves in gold.
The figure for China: Less than 2%. No, that isn't a misprint.
Not lending via IMF is penny wise, Sterling Pound foolish?
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — British Prime Minister David Cameron caught some flak at home when he refused two weeks ago to sign up to the fiscal pact that 26 European nations either agreed or considered.
But Cameron's decision then was more than defendable but wise.
He certainly hasn't positioned himself as a Keynesian, but it does seem odd to hear his critics both within (Nick Clegg) and outside the cabinet (Ed Miliband) from the left of the British political spectrum argue in favor of severe, anti-cyclical austerity.
Even with Cameron's package of austerity that he's already implemented, the U.K. last year ran the third-highest structural budget deficit in all of Europe — only Greece, Portugal and Ireland were higher. Even using the most charitable of European Commission definitions, the U.K. won't run close to the new requirement of having "structural" budget gaps no more than 0.5% of GDP next year.
So while Cameron seemed willing to have signed that deal if French President Nicolas Sarkozy was willing to accept a carve-out from EU financial-sector regulations, the practical matter is that the country would have had a hard time meeting those budget standards. It was good policy, not to mention great politics.
It's another matter entirely however not to shore up the European Union via International Monetary Fund contributions, as the U.K. refused to do Monday. First off, it's the best way to lend to Europe, since IMF claims are first in line to be repaid. Second, it's just good business for the U.K. to make sure the rest of Europe doesn't drown — the euro zone is by far the U.K.'s biggest trade partner.
Thirty billion euros, what EU nations had asked the U.K. to lend via the IMF, basically represents 15% of the country's exports to the euro zone each year.
Sure, the U.K. has promised to "define its contribution early in the new year." But that's not good enough at a time when Europe literally is struggling to keep its economies afloat.
The European crisis isn't mostly or even moderately the fault of Britain. But while it's fine and probably enjoyable to be smug and gloat at the likes of Sarkozy, the waters surrounding the U.K. won't prevent a European fire from engulfing the nation's already-limp economy as well.
While well-known to most, what may be lost on all those calling for the ECB to commence outright printing, is that as today's Bloodmberg chart of the day shows, the ECB's balance sheet is not only far greater than the Fed, at $3.2 trillion compared to $2.9 trillion for Ben Bernanke, but at 30x leverage, has the same risk as Lehman did at its peak. However, one major distinction between the Fed and the ECB is that while the Fed continues to be shrouded in almost impenetrable secrecy on an absolute basis, it is transparent as a wet t-shirt competition during Spring Break at Panama City Beach compared to the ECB. From Bloomberg: "Without information on the quality of assets on the ECB's balance sheet or how far it's willing to allow leverage to increase, investors may doubt the bank's ability to prop up the financial system, and demand higher yields to buy some countries' bonds, he said. "Sovereign spreads could rise again if investors become uncomfortable with ECB leverage without a fully detailed rescue package," said Tyce. "The ECB is providing liquidity and confidence to the banking system, yet all the while its own leverage and balance sheet size is hitting new highs. It seems likely that the market will begin to watch the rising leverage with interest and growing concern."
Technically the market should have been watching said leverage long ago, but then again, it is "the market" which lately tends to compete with the rating agencies in how far behind the curve it is. Because where the market may be surprised, is that as think tank Open Europe indicates, "Through its government bond buying and liquidity provision to banks, we estimate that the ECB's exposure to weaker eurozone economies has now reached €705bn, up from €444bn in early summer – an increase of over 50% in only six months, raising fresh questions about its credibility, independence and possible losses it may face in the case of future sovereign defaults." Bottom line: the world's biggest hedge fund - ECB Capital LLC, Onshore Austerity Fund, is also the world's most insolvent. Which by implication means that when the ECB fails, and it will, it will be up to the Fed to bail it out.


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United States Cities ranked by Total Single People:
This data series is taken from the figure ,"Total Single People" with the more complete definition of: Total percentage of people who are single.
This page shows the top 100 Cities in the entire United States ranked by Percent Of People Who Are Single For Any Reason.
The top graph is a Histogram and shows the data depicted in a bar graph with the length of each bar in proportion to the frequency of the number of Cities with a value for Total Single People falling between the range shown on the horizontal axis.
The second diagram is a table which shows the Cities sorted by Total Single People.
Top 100 US Cities Ranked by Percent Of People Who Are Single For Any Reason
Histogram of Cities for Total Single People
Table showing Top 100 Cities ranked by Total Single People


Art students at Newtown College had a busy end to 2018, taking part in a Mid Wales Pop-up Arts Exhibition.
Hosted by the recently formed Llanidloes Artists Group, over 500 art enthusiasts and members of the public attended the opening to see the work of local artists in the area, held at the town's old Natwest Building on Great Oak Street in December. By the end of the three week exhibition over 1350 visitors had attended.
Newtown College lecturer Nia Newson and students Rhiannon Micah and Cerys Hurst were selected to take part, with the exhibition being such a success that it was extended for a further two weeks!
Llanidloes Artists is a group of artists living in and around Llanidloes. The group aims to support artists and promote Llanidloes as a vibrant artistic town.
The free entry exhibition was the first public outing of the group and showcased a selection of work from the group's members.
Nia Newson was delighted with how the event had gone, and said: "The exhibition was not only a fantastic opportunity to showcase the area's artistic talents, but to also create links between the college and local artists.
"We received great feedback about the students' work, their ideas and their technical abilities.
"The best part about the show was that the students were able to see their work displayed alongside established artists such as Osian Gwent, Gini Wade and many other accomplished printmakers, ceramicists and painters.
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Vanguard Software Slashes Forecast Prep and Reporting Time, Boosts Forecast Accuracy by 28 Percent
by Vanguard Software | Mar 6, 2017
MicroVention had struggled to keep pace with rampant demand growth due to outdated technology and processes for forecasting demand and planning operations.
Raleigh, NC, March 6, 2017 —
MicroVention reported a 90-percent drop in labor hours dedicated to forecast preparation and a 28-percent jump in forecast accuracy after implementing Vanguard Software's business forecasting and planning platform (Read the full Case Study).
"Vanguard delivered more than we expected, which was a real eye-opener for many of us," said Farhan Jama, Sr. Manager for Operational Excellence at MicroVention.
A subsidiary of the Japanese Terumo Corp., the medical device company had grown rapidly since its founding in 1997, eventually selling products in more than 60 countries worldwide. While that rapid expansion was a testament to the company's product set, it had been causing serious operational difficulties. Big increases in unit sales and new products had surpassed management's ability to meet demand cost-effectively.
MicroVention turned to Vanguard Software, which replaced MicroVention's spreadsheet-based forecasting system with its best-in-class cloud-based platform for demand forecasting and planning. The results were stark.
Before Vanguard, "Our planning process was based on tribal knowledge, contacting customers for their estimated demand forecasts, and compiling those estimates into Excel sheets," explained Jama. Now, "the results are priceless compared to the days before Vanguard Software."
In addition to the major KPI (Key Performance Indicators) improvements, Jama said MicroVention users benefit from the platform's global design, which lets them analyze forecasts by revenue, unit, region, product family, and SKU, all at the flick of a switch.
Because of the success with Vanguard's Demand Planning solution, MicroVention is now looking to integrate Vanguard's Supply Planning module for inventory optimization. Based on pilot tests, this integration would lower MicroVention's inventory carrying costs by 15 percent to 20 percent within six months of implementation (Read the full Case Study).
About MicroVention
MicroVention, a subsidiary of the Japanese Terumo Corp., develops devices and technologies that treat vascular diseases and associated complications, such as brain aneurysms. The company was founded in 1997 in Tustin, Calif., and has manufacturing and administrative facilities in Santa Ana and Aliso Viejo, Calif., and in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Vanguard Software introduced its first product for decision support analysis in 1995. Today, thousands of companies across every major industry and more than 60 countries rely on Vanguard Software's Integrated Business Planning (IBP), forecasting, and advanced analytic cloud platform. Vanguard Software is based in Cary, North Carolina.


I'm claire and live in Newcastle upon Tyne. Iv always been big but about 5 years ago I lost 8 stone and felt so much better. However 3st has crept back on now and I'm determined to do something about it. My son has medical problems and a lot of it has been comfort eating for me.
Hi Claire, nice to meet you. I understand comfort eating so well, but have managed to swap my food choices in the last year or so, for healthier stuff. Good luck!
Hi Claire and welcome to Social Slimmers!
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So many thing to look forward to… Taking time off, hanging out with friends, beach, sun, sand – and of course, a nice cold drink in hand.
Now, if you are in the same position I'm in, I've been working really hard to get in shape and be healthy – especially with swimsuit season upon us.
We all have our own personal goals like wanting to look and feel good… But at the same time, we also want to enjoy our summer and having a drink or two goes hand-in-hand with that.
Speaking of drinks, I've put together here a list of 10 summer beers under 200 calories.
These are some great beer choices that will keep your calories low, but are still delicious and refreshing – perfect for a day at the beach.
The first list is a selection of beers that you most likely already know about, but are a great choices nonetheless. The second list has some fun and diverse beers with something there for any beer-drinker.
If you're looking to try something new and be adventurous, go for list number #2… But, if you just want something light, refreshing and classic stick with #1.
With both lists you have so much to choose from that you won't be stuck with just your typical Bud Light all summer long (which can be great too).
Either way there is something for everyone to enjoy!
Gotta love the Corona Light… It's the epitome of summer!
I automatically think about laying on a beach when I take a sip of corona.
This is definitely my go-to for a light, refreshing and low calorie beer (only 99 calories!).
Finish this one off with a lime wedge and maybe even some chips and salsa. Safe to say, you can enjoy this without the guilt.
I usually enjoy any Sam Adams beer and this was no exception! This is an American Wheat beer with lemon, grains of paradise and a rare pepper from Africa (so cool!).
I love me a Bud Light Lime!
This lime-flavored light lager is a perfectly light and crisp choice for the summer. In my opinion, it's very comparable to Corona Light (with a lime) – the lime flavor is just more apparent.
The great thing about most of these beers (besides being delicious and low in calories) is that most stores and bars carry them so you don't have to worry about having to settle for a higher calorie drink.
Tip: What helps me stick to my calories or at least not go too far overboard is to always have a plan and a backup (…and sometimes another backup). Yes, sometimes I just wing it and enjoy myself and try not worry about calories… But if it's something that's important to you, it's good to have a game plan for what you're going to drink… And what you're going to drink if they don't have that… Or that!
This way, I don't choose some mixed drink or heavy beer because they didn't have that one drink.
I was so surprised when I saw that this beer was under 200 calories… Probably because it feels like a treat with the crisp and slightly sweet lemonade taste.
This beer is perfection for a summer day. It' brewed with wheat, malted barley and a bit of Wisconsin honey. They then mix that with lemonade and citrus flavors.
Here's another great citrus-infused beer, one that's super flavorful while still light – and only 167 calories!
This beer is a spiced Belgian-style wheat ale with orange, lemon and lime peels with a hint of coriander. This beer is a little bit heavier compared to the list above and obviously a bit higher in calories, but overall a great choice!
I actually posted a pic of this on facebook a few weeks ago… I had this beer in Disney World in Epcot at the Germany Pavillion and fell in love with it instantly. Seriously I just can't get enough of it!
This is a Radler beer brewed with Hefeweizen and a grapefruit mix. It's cloudy orange in color and has a slightly sweet grapefruit flavor with a punch of wheat.
Fire Rock is an awesome beer and a great choice if you're looking to try something new – but not too crazy.
This is a pale ale, copper in color from a unique blend of specially roasted malts. It also has a slight floral and citrus aroma to it which I think keeps this beer feeling light, flavorful and unique.
This is a Berliner Weiss beer that is fermented with peaches… YUM!!
I haven't tried this one yet, but it is on my list! I love pretty much everything that Dogfish Head makes – especially their Punkin Ale (love me some pumpkin beer!). I feel like this beer will not disappoint and with the peach flavor it will make for a crisp and refreshing summer beverage.
Oh Southern Tier, how I love you!!! I'm dying to try this one and I hope it lives up to the hype (though I suspect it will).
Hop Sun is a summer wheat beer that has flavors of wheat, barley, hops (of course), hints of lemon and sweet malts. It has a slight bitterness that rounds it all out to make a delicious and refreshing summer beer.
You can never really go wrong with anything from New Belgium… From PumpKick to Fat Tire, they brew some delicious beer.
Summer Helles is a German-style lager with the aroma of fresh grains, spicy hops, sweet corn and honey.
It has a crisp, slightly fruity yet spicy flavor, and though it's on the lighter side, the flavor is still bold… Count me in!
These are just a handful of the beers I'll be drinking this summer, but they're nevertheless my go-to choices for enjoying a sweet beverage while staying within my calorie count.
What are YOUR favorite summertime beers?


Food service managers are responsible for the daily operation of restaurants or other establishments that prepare and serve food and beverages. They direct staff to ensure that customers are satisfied with their dining experience, and they manage the business to ensure that it is profitable. Food service managers work in restaurants, hotels, school cafeterias, and other establishments where food is prepared and served. They often work evenings, weekends, and holidays. The work can be hectic, and dealing with dissatisfied customers can be stressful. Most applicants qualify with a high school diploma and several years of work experience in the food service industry. However, some may receive additional training at a community college, technical or vocational school, culinary school, or 4-year college. The median annual wage for food service managers was $52,030 in May 2017. Employment of food service managers is projected to grow 9 percent from 2016 to 2026, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Those with several years of work experience in food service and a degree in hospitality, restaurant, or food service management will have the best job opportunities.
Chefs and head cooks oversee the daily food preparation at restaurants and other places where food is served. They direct kitchen staff and handle any food-related concerns. Chefs and head cooks work in restaurants, private households, and other establishments where food is served. They often work early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and holidays. The work can be hectic and fast-paced. Most chefs and head cooks work full time. Most chefs and head cooks learn their skills through work experience. Others receive training at a community college, technical school, culinary arts school, or 4-year college. Some learn through apprenticeship programs. The median annual wage for chefs and head cooks was $45,950 in May 2017. Employment of chefs and head cooks is projected to grow 10 percent from 2016 to 2026, faster than the average for all occupations. Most job opportunities for chefs and head cooks are expected to be in food services, including restaurants. Job opportunities will result from the need to replace workers who leave the occupation.
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Colorado Food Works started in 2016 with a few food industry friends getting together every month to chat about the local food and beverage scene. As word spread about the meetings, the group grew. In a matter of months meetings grew so large more space than a restaurant table was needed. Today, CFW has grown into the foremost food and beverage industry support and networking group in Denver. We hope to see you at our next networking and education event!


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Lacy Clay rehangs controversial 'pigs' painting
Lacy Clay
In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, a painting by David Pulphus hangs in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., has removed a painting ... more >
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times - Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Rep. Lacy Clay of Missouri and members of the Black Congressional Caucus rehung a painting in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday that has stirred controversy over its depiction of police officers as pigs.
Mr. Clay vowed to fight for the constitutional rights of the artist, whose painting has been on display since the summer among more than 400 winners of a high school art competition sponsored by Congress.
"It is just pathetic that some Republican members and alt-right media types who constantly refer to themselves as constitutional conservatives don't think that that same document protects the fundamental free speech rights of my 18-year-old constituent," he told reporters.
SEE ALSO: Duncan Hunter: Paul Ryan might have to get involved in the cops-as-pigs painting dispute
"I do not agree or disagree with this painting, but I will fight to defend this young man's right to express himself because this artwork is true for him, and he is entitled to that protection under the law," Mr. Clay said.
The saga picked up speed late last week after Rep. Duncan Hunter of California removed the painting from the Cannon tunnel that connects House legislative offices to the Capitol.
Minutes before the painting was returned to its assigned location Tuesday, Mr. Hunter told reporters he still believes it should be taken down.
"The art competition rules do not allow for this kind of painting," Mr. Hunter said. "It is just that simple."
The ground rules of the competition rules warned against "sensationalistic" issues and "contemporary" events.
The California Republican also called on House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, to get involved in the issue, and his office directed inquiries to Rep. Dave Reichert of Washington, who is leading the House GOP effort.
Breanna Deutsch, a Reichert spokesperson, said their office is drafting a letter requesting that the Architect of the Capitol to review the painting and "make a decision about whether or not it should be hanging on the halls of the Capitol according to the [competition] rules."
Mr. Clay, meanwhile, has urged Capitol Police to press theft charges against Mr. Hunter, a former Marine.
The painting from former high school student David Pulphus — who is now in college — is titled "Untitled #1." It was inspired by the racially charged events in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.
It portrays people as animals, including a cop who appears to have the head of a boar.
Mr. Clay said he welcomes that debate over whether the painting should be removed and said the mere fact it was hung with the winners over the summer suggests it fell in line with the competition's criteria.
"Let's discuss it, but you just don't walk up here and remove a painting because you are offended by it," he said, adding that African-American struggles are historical — not contemporary.
"The African-American community has had a painful tortured history with law enforcement in this country," he said.
He said the painting speaks to Mr. Pulphus' experience of growing up in an age of high-profile killings of black teens — a list that includes Michael Brown's death in Ferguson.
Police organizations have criticized the painting. Mr. Clay, meanwhile, has pushed back against the idea that he is anti-police and has noted that he has the support of St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson, who said over the weekend that "Police officers are not art critics."


The people in red get to watch the Vikings take on the Packers this Sunday. That should be a hell of a game – Brett Farve returning to play at Lambeau Field, two well-matched teams going at it… and the line is the home team by 3.
The people in blue – me – instead get to watch the Carolina Panthers travel to Arizona to take on the Cardinals. That game should be a bloodbath – in fact, I'm surprised that the line is only 9. Me? I think the final score will be 34-6 for the home team. But I'll get to see the Panthers – in all their crappy glory – instead of a game that, you know, people actually want to watch.
Oh, and John Fox said today that Jake Delhomme is still, somehow, the Panthers' starting quarterback (check out this great article on SportingNews.com that asks what Jake has to do to get benched).
Should I go ahead and get season tickets for next year when Cowher takes over?


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Amanda Lemon, electronic services librarian, said she has implemented several new programs, including adding chat and text to "Ask a Librarian," an online program where students can get help with library-related questions.
Students can call or e-mail a librarian while the library is open, with the chat or text functions available 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, according to the website.
"Basically, we're trying to make the library more helpful and accessible for students that take online courses," she said.
Lemon said the staff also is trying to get the library website integrated with ANGEL, a web-based course management and collaboration portal.
Students have access to search the library catalog directly from ANGEL, she said, but the library is expanding on that service.
Lemon said she also added several new tutorial videos.
The tutorials include a basic introduction to the library, tips for using EbscoHost to find articles and advice on how to determine if a website is a credible source, Library Services Director Barbara King said.
Tutorials average fewer than five minutes, King said.
The new additions to the "Ask a Librarian" help system are designed with students who take online courses in mind, Lemon said.
"With the chat and text functions, students can talk to a librarian directly without having to come in or call," she said.
Lemon also maintains the library's blog and Facebook page that allow students and faculty to stay up to date on library news, King said.
"All of our librarians can contribute to the blog or Facebook, and are encouraged to," King said.
For more information, visit www.occc.edu/Library and click on the question mark to "Ask a Librarian," or visit the library during business hours.


Ruth Eileen Riddlebaugh, 60, of Flushing, OH passed away on January 23, 2019. She was born in Lansing, Michigan on January 17, 1959 to the late Herman, and Eileen (Ferrier) Runkis. She was preceded in death by her husband Timothy Ray Riddlebaugh Sr., and one son Timothy Ray Riddlebaugh Jr.. She is survived by her two daughters Natasha (Gary) Yates of Flushing, and Melissa (Dan) Cottle of Pickford, Michigan, two sisters Stormy (Randy) Redden of Michigan, Lori Runkis of Cambridge, OH, and one brother Donald Runkis of Las Vegas, NV. Ruth will be cremated with services at a later date. Schuetz Funeral Home is assisting the family.


The Midwest Paulista is a great region of the state of Sao Paulo which stood out in the last part of the 19th century until the mid 20th century along with the Northeast and Northwest Paulista, as the main coffee region in the state. The harvest boosted the economy and the local colonization during that period.
Currently the region still relies on the strong presence of the agriculture sector for its economy. This is associated with a significant growth in the third sector, since the end of the 20th century.
The Midwest Paulista boosted the agro business in the state during 19th and 20th century. An important economic part of the national scene, the region turned out to be one of the main keystones in coffee production.
The harvest was responsible for the economic leverage and the local colonization of that period. A second survey done by Diario , showed an estimate that Brazil exported almost 3,400,000 tons of coffee in the first decades of 19th century with a great part coming from the state of Sao Paulo.
Harvests would mainly go to Europe. The region of Marilia was one of the main coffee zones responsible for the abundant production of this staple. However the title "The Queen of the Coffee" was lost in the long run. In place of the coffee harvest other crops have gained ground and also have been adapted to new production and harvest technologies.
The region of Marilia attracts growers due to its fertile soil. It's obvious that the coffee plantation was prized for its commercial value. This objective was linked to exportation. In the past centuries corn and rice plantations were only used for the family's use. The scenario began to change in the middle of the decades of 1940's and 1950's when cotton and peanuts began to have a commercial value.
The region reached an area of over 50,000 hectares of coffee plantation. Today, the number has reduced to 28,000 hectares. However, due to changes in technology, they produce more than in those times.


RSM understands the importance of providing opportunities to our future racing rovers. Through events like VG and Mudbash youth members aged from 12 and up can experience what it's like to be in a competition race car through Hot Laps. A course is marked out for an experienced racer to take a younger scout for a ride in the cars built by rovers and ex rovers that are raced throughout the year. The fun isn't just for the kids; we encourage parents and leaders to jump in and experience the fun of racing.
Once they have experienced the adrenaline the youth won't want to stop, they can take it to the next step by participating in a Young Driver Development Program at Mudbash (when running) or at Top Gear Scout allowing our youth members to get behind the wheel and learn how to drive a car and much more.
If you would like hot laps to be run at your event please complete the Passenger Day Ride application form below and submit it to the RSM Committee.


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DAOs Are the Real Meritocracies
Decentralized autonomous organizations make contributing to open-source projects remunerative. In doing so, DAOs could transform the world of work.
By Parker McCurley
Jun 29, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. UTCUpdated Jun 29, 2022 at 2:27 p.m. UTCLayer 2
Ron Livingston, David Herman and Ajay Naidu take their ultimate revenge on their dreaded nemesis, the office fax machine in a scene from the 1999 movie "Office Space." (Getty Images)
Parker McCurley
The first limited liability company was established in Wyoming in 1977, and It took a decade for the federal government – and many business owners – to wrap their heads around this pivot in the idea of organization and ownership in business. Coincidentally, it seems Wyoming yet again serves as the legal birthplace of this new type of enterprise, as it is the first state to officially recognize a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) as a business entity.
DAOs represent the most dramatic shift of structure, governance and asset management in business in our contemporary lives. Though many DAOs that govern treasuries have fallen prey to losses due to exploits or bugs in the code, these issues are a reflection of the greater need across all of Web3 for robust auditing – and not a reflection of the value of decentralized governance itself. In concept, DAOs now stand out as the most significant leap in terms of how we can think about running and managing organizations since the disco era.
Parker McCurley is the founder of Decent, a decentralized autonomous organization. This article is part of CoinDesk's Future of Work Week series
By and large, however, the primary questions concerning DAOs in the larger conversation remain fundamental in nature. Chiefly, what exactly are the principles that define organizations and businesses, and can DAOs meet and redefine those standards in a healthier, more equitable way?
Open-source access to knowledge
In most business structures, information is kept secret, as though knowledge itself assigns a monetary right to ownership. In extreme cases, we have even witnessed manufacturers purposefully designing products so that owners are unable to repair or modify them out of fear that may lead to the increase of reverse-engineered designs. Thankfully, right-to-repair laws are starting to come to the U.S., but when even physical items have become inaccessible to inquiring minds, we've crossed a line when it comes to stifling competition and knowledge of how the world works. Locking innovative technologies in proprietary forms suppresses valuable information that could be used to improve systems and conditions for all.
This exclusionary behavior inhibits innovation by design, prioritizing proprietors' need to generate value and prohibiting competitors from piercing their monopoly. Imagine if the entire human genome had to be rediscovered to perform genetic research. Think of all the ways that keeping information in silos can damage advancements in nearly every field of science, health care, business and entertainment. Unfettered access to information leads to innovation, and innovation enables emerging technologies to evolve in ways that serve to advance knowledge in naturalistic and representational ways. Empowering individuals is the catalyst for true societal progress.
Read more: The Coming InDAOstrial Revolution
Open-source methodologies break down the walled gardens built by privileged corporations and restore to all the freedom to innovate, paving the way for society to progress. However, a major roadblock to open-source approaches becoming more common is the lack of uniform standards of earning income from contributions.
Simply put – it's hard to get paid to create something that will be given away for free.
The labor proposition
Being part of something greater than oneself offers a source of meaning and purpose.
The approach to open-source contribution in the tech sector has a long and storied history of people who have shared their specific knowledge or skill and expected nothing in return but the satisfaction of work and its potential impact. Contributing to open-source projects, however, is difficult for most people who are exhausted trying to make ends meet and pay bills by working their day jobs. As a result, creators and contributors for many open-source projects are well-intentioned volunteers who have limited time and attention to allocate.
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The paradox here is clear: Altruistic projects often cannot be bankrolled by those who would be most helped by those innovations. Physical and emotional constraints, economic barriers, class antagonisms and scarcity of leisure time limit contribution and support from the individuals whom the projects are intended to benefit most.
The accumulation of wealth
In a proprietary organization, considerable work is extracted from the worker, which is not matched in compensation.
The pursuit of wealth is not inherently bad, and the idea that successful wealth creation must be unethical, selfish or greedy is false. Predatory profit motives are the problem – when a hierarchical system of revenue and earnings becomes more important than an equality of social prosperity, the system grows inhumane.
Read more: We're Freaking DAOing It': The People Who Think DAOs Are the Future of Work
A common word heard in the world of open-source and cryptocurrency is meritocracy. A meritocracy ensures that work of value yields wealth of equal value. In other words, it's a system that should reward members strictly based on their contribution toward the system's goals. Sadly, in a proprietary system whereby economically or politically advantaged actors can opt in to increase wealth without contribution, meritocracy is impossible.
Once individuals are tricked into mistrusting open-source methods as a potential pathway to wealth, they face a sobering truth: In our society, it's far easier to contribute to the proprietary system and be happy with the drip-feed of trickle-down economics than to attempt an alternative approach.
Enter DAOs
DAOs are the best model we have to create an open-source meritocratic framework for promoting unbiased knowledge, work and wealth. In practice, here is what DAOs can offer as solutions to the above conditions.
DAOs revolve around a shared mission that inspires their members to value the significance of their work.
In a DAO, all information required to understand the mission, goals and objectives is openly available to all.
The strategy by which a DAO accomplishes its mission can be contributed to, and updated, via open forums in real time, allowing a DAO to redirect and iterate its own strategic path quickly and efficiently.
DAOs can publish specific and granular tasks that contribute to their greater goals and mission. This work should be denominated in levels of granularity based on risk and required resources so that the DAO supports the spectrum from livable wages to an hour of one's time.
By providing access for global contributors, the DAO provides more opportunities for scalable employment scenarios than a traditional company hiring full-time employees in its own region.
Available work becomes an open meritocratic marketplace that's remunerated based on contribution to the overall mission and goals of a DAO and serviceable by anyone.
Through the tokenization of labor hours and expertise, members are compensated fairly, based on contributions, resulting in a meritocratic reward and governance system.
Over time, assuming the mission of a DAO is truly valued by society, the desire to contribute or govern the DAO will increase and drive demand for consistent participation.
As the DAO succeeds, so do all its members.
DAOs present a clear path to coordinating meaningful labor opportunities and ethical wealth creation in an open-source design, and will reshape the future of business.
Further Reading of CoinDesk's Future of Work Week series:
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Head coach Mitch Gaspard is preparing to put his team through fall workouts with eyes looking forward to his fourth season at the helm in 2013.
The highlight of these practices for the fans are the free intrasquad scrimmages. The first two of these will be at 3:30 on Thursday and Friday, both hosted at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Scrimmage dates will be announced periodically as the team continues its fall practices.
The final fall practice will be on Oct. 26th, and the team will also have a scrimmage on that day. The football team will play at home against Mississippi State on Oct. 27th.
Alabama lost its chance to sweep the Vanderbilt Commodores on Sunday after losing 9-7. Check it out here.
Due to a rainy day in Tuscaloosa today, Alabama baseball will now play a double-header tomorrow against Mississippi Valley State as opposed to playing two consecutive nights.
The two games will only be seven innings long, and the first game will start just after 2 p.m.
Follow @Brett_Hudson and check the blog tomorrow night for the Recap of the action.


Video surveillance is a very common technology used in public transport, especially for security purposes. In 2015 UITP, together with industry expert Axis Communications, conducted a survey among public transport organisations to get an understanding of the usage of video surveillance in public transport. This official Statistics Brief shares the results of this survey, which demonstrate that public transport is getting smarter with the ongoing advancement of video surveillance.


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Der Bahnhof Kahla (Thür) ist eine Eisenbahn-Betriebsstelle der Stadt Kahla im Saale-Holzland-Kreis in Thüringen. Im Jahre 1874 ging er in Betrieb und ist heute Halt mehrerer Regionalverkehrslinien.

Lage
Der Bahnhof befindet sich am Streckenkilometer 41,758 der Bahnstrecke Großheringen–Saalfeld (Saalbahn).

Er liegt am nordöstlichen Rand der Stadt und etwa 750 Meter vom Stadtkern entfernt. Die unmittelbar angrenzenden Straßen sind der Ölwiesenweg, die Christian-Eckardt-Straße und die Bahnhofstraße.

In Richtung Norden ist die nächste Station der Haltepunkt Rothenstein (Saale) in ungefähr fünf Kilometern Entfernung. In südlicher Richtung ist dies der Bahnhof Orlamünde, der etwa sechs Kilometer entfernt gelegen ist.

Geschichte
Der Bahnhof Kahla wurde mit der Inbetriebnahme der Saalbahn am 30. April 1874 eröffnet. Das Empfangsgebäude wies Ähnlichkeiten mit dem des Bahnhofs Camburg auf. Die Porzellanfabrik profitierte besonders von der Eisenbahn. Die Fabrik wurde schon bald nach dem Bahnbau in deren Nähe verlegt. 1886 erhielt sie einen Gleisanschluss. Im Jahre 1883 kam es zur Aufstellung einer Centesimalwaage. Aufgrund des wachsenden Verkehrsaufkommens wurden 1886, 1887 und 1893 Bahnsteige, Ladegleise und -straße erweitert. Nach 1907 entstanden die beiden Stellwerke: das Fahrdienstleiterstellwerk Ks und das Wärterstellwerk Kn.

Nach 1960 stieg vor allem das Güterverkehrsaufkommen rasant an. Für ein örtliches Sägewerk mussten große Mengen Holz transportiert werden. Es entstanden auch weitere Anschlussgleise für landwirtschaftliche Betriebe und Grenztruppen. Für die Porzellanfabrik wurden Gips, Kaolin und Kartonagen angeliefert. Für das Sägewerk waren Leerwagen für den Versand von Schnittholz und Holzschnitzeln erforderlich. In einem Betonwerk wurden täglich 25 bis 40 Wagenladungen abgefertigt. Dafür kam aus Jena täglich eine Lok zum Rangieren nach Kahla. Später stationierte man in Kahla ein Kleinbahnlokomotive, für die ein Kleinlokschuppen errichtet wurde.

Nach der Wende kam es zum Einbruch der Wirtschaft, was sich auf den Güterverkehr in Kahla stark auswirkte. Das Sägewerk stellte seine Produktion ein und die Porzellanfabrik schrumpfte erheblich. Das Anschlussgleis der Grenztruppen wurde 1991 stillgelegt. Es war bereits herrenlos und verwaist. Auch die Bedienung des Betonwerks fand nach einiger Zeit ihr Ende.

1994/95 kam es zur Wiederelektrifizierung der Saalbahn. In diesem Zusammenhang erfolgten einige Umbaumaßnahmen. Drei Weichen blieben zunächst für die Bedienung des Betonwerks noch in Betrieb und wurden bei Bedarf von Jena-Göschwitz aus in einer Sperrfahrt bedient. 1995 endete auch diese Bedienung. Die letzte Weiche verblieb bis zum Jahre 2004. Das Stellwerk Kn ist seit 1995 außer Betrieb. Seitdem handelt es sich um bei Kahla nur noch um einen Haltepunkt und eine Blockstelle.

Für den nunmehrigen Haltepunkt wurden zwei 110 Meter lange Bahnsteige und ein die beiden Bahnsteige verbindender Personentunnel neu gebaut. Alle übrigen Gleise entfernte man. 2003 wurde ein Stellrechner installiert, der aus Saalfeld ferngesteuert wird. Das Stellwerk Ks diente bis 2003 noch der Bedienung der Schrankenanlagen.

Das Empfangsgebäude ist heute ungenutzt. Es wurde 2013 für 51.000 Euro versteigert.

Verkehrsanbindung
Im Fahrplanjahr 2021 wird der Bahnhof Kahla von folgenden Linien bedient:

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Commerce Department Adds 46 Huawei Affiliates to Entity List Issues Updated Temporary General License
Commerce Department Adds 46 Huawei Affiliates to Entity List, Issues Updated Temporary General License
August 20, 2019, Covington Alert
On August 19, 2019, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") issued a Final Rule adding 46 non-U.S. affiliates of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei") to the Entity List and extended, through November 18, 2019, a revised Temporary General License ("TGL") authorizing certain transactions with Huawei and listed Huawei entities.
Peter L. Flanagan +1 202 662 5163 pflanagan@cov.com
Corinne A. Goldstein +1 202 662 5534 cgoldstein@cov.com
Peter Lichtenbaum +1 202 662 5557 plichtenbaum@cov.com
Kimberly A. Strosnider +1 202 662 5816 kstrosnider@cov.com
David W. Addis +1 202 662 5182 daddis@cov.com
Eric Carlson +86 21 6036 2503 ecarlson@cov.com
Alan P. Larson +1 202 662 5756 alarson@cov.com
Stephen Rademaker +1 202 662 5140 srademaker@cov.com
Lisa Ann Johnson +1 202 662 5928 liajohnson@cov.com
United States Expands Sanctions Against Iran; Targets Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua with Additional Measures
April 25, 2019, Covington Alert
The Trump Administration has announced multiple U.S. sanctions measures over the past several weeks, further tightening the sanctions on Iran and imposing additional measures on Venezuela and its allies, Cuba and Nicaragua.
United States Ends Participation in Iran Nuclear Deal, Re-Imposes Sanctions Against Iran
May 9, 2018, Covington Alert
On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced his decision to end U.S. participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ("JCPOA") and re-impose sanctions against Iran that had been suspended as part of this 2015 nuclear agreement between the United States, Iran, and certain other governments. This action will have far-reaching effects for both U.S. and ...
Recent Developments in Russia and Iran Sanctions
During the past two weeks, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") and the U.S. Department of State have taken a number of steps toward implementing aspects of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ("CAATSA"), a major piece of sanctions legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in July and signed by ...


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Net-A-Porter Launches Net Sustain For Sustainable Shoppers
Net Sustain currently offers over 500 environmentally friendly pieces from 26 brands
Luxury online retailer, Net-a-Porter, has just launched a new category on its site called Net Sustain, which focuses on sustainability and aims to give a voice to the considered, authentic and innovative brands that are truly making positive changes by providing them with a platform to highlight their best practices.
Launching with more than 500 environmentally friendly pieces from 26 brands, the edit includes exclusive capsules from Stella McCartney, Mother of Pearl x BBC Earth and Maggie Marilyn, alongside seasonal and core styles from Ninety Percent, Fisch, Lem Lem, Peony, Veja, Hereu, Nannacay, and Chopard.
In order to be eligible for inclusion, brands must meet one or more of five key attributes the online retailer has created, which take into account human, animal and environmental welfare, and align with internationally recognised best practices in the fashion and beauty industries.
The products in Net Sustain are housed in their own section, and are marked with a badge so that customers can easily sort out the sustainable products when viewing them in other categories, like tops.
"This is an important milestone in our sustainability journey at Net-A-Porter. We have always wanted to provide our customer with the best products and allow them to make informed choices when shopping on the site. Our sustainable edit provides our customers with the knowledge they need, understanding that they can trust that these brands have been carefully reviewed and meet our criteria for inclusion. Our aim is to give a voice to the brands that are truly making positive changes by providing them with a platform to highlight their best practice," explained Net-A-Porter's Global Buying Director, Elizabeth von der Goltz.
Net Sustain will expand to include more brands and products over time, including the addition of beauty within the next year.
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