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Deuce ☂ Fri Sep 07, 03:33:00 AM EDT
DNC, friend of the average Joe
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Obama's Democratic Party touts itself as the party of middle and working-class Americans. But the net worth of many DNC speakers is well over average.
Median American household wealth in 2009 was about $77,000, according to the U.S. government. According to therichest.org, former President Bill Clinton, Wednesday night's keynote speaker, is worth at least $38 million and as much as $80 million — between 493 and more than a thousand times the median.
"We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity," Clinton said Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention here. "We think 'we're all in this together' is a better philosophy than 'you're on your own.'"
Clinton indeed is middle class compared to other high-end DNC speakers. Former presidential candidate John Kerry, the Massachusetts U.S. senator, is worth a jaw-dropping $231 million, a figure that likely is related to marrying well. His wife is an heir to the Heinz ketchup fortune. Online entrepreneur and Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis clocks in at $143 million. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's personal assets are estimated at more than $100 million.
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I am new to this blog and stuff,so i dont have any idea to share my thoughts about this post, can you help me.?
ewald struggl
A Fräulein in distress?
Is it just me or wouldn't you love the opportunity to be in a bar and have a drunken Chris Mathews take a shot at you?
MSNBC's Chris Matthews says if President Obama can win the election then the right-wing is "finished."
"The best way to beat the right-wing is to beat them. If he beats them in this election, they're finished," Matthews said.
However, Matthews reveals that strategy isn't his original idea, but it comes from the President himself. "I am talking what the President believes because he's told people that, that he thinks he can win this election and break these people on the right," Matthews said. Transcript below.
Chris Matthews: Look, the only people who haven't had it tough in the last four years are the rich. They've had it easy, and I think that's obvious. And now they're afraid they might somebody in the next four years who might start winning battles.
By the way, the best way to beat the right-wing is to beat them. If he beats them in this election, they're finished. And I think that's the point. And the moderates will come back. And Jeb Bush will come back. And the people like [Charlie Crist] will come back. The moderates will retake the party if you smash the right.
I am talking what the President believes because he's told people that, that he thinks he can win this election and break these people on the right, the moderates will come back and they'll be able to negotiate and the Mitch McConnells will be shut up for a while.
Rufus II Fri Sep 07, 07:39:00 AM EDT
Chrissie do get fired up a bit, don't he?
I've thought for awhile that this election would be decided in the debates. I haven't changed my mind.
I watched Obammie's speech last night, and doubt that it moved the needle very much. The pundits (those on MSNBC, anyway,) seemed to think it was a "great" Convention. I'm not convinced. I don't think the white, blue-collar guy that stumbled onto it will be all that impressed.
Bubba was the highlight. But, he might have just made Billy Bob long for the days of a "white guy" in the White House, again.
If Romney doesn't show up at the debate, drunk, and fall off the stage, this might be his election to lose.
That said, these are probably the two luckiest guys alive. They're each running against, possibly, the only person in the whole country that they could beat.
Pretty good Monster Employment Report this morning. We'll see in a minute if the BLS Number is as good.
Absolutely Terrible Jobs Report. 96,000 on the Establishment Survey, and 368,000 Dropped Out of the Labor Force.
119,000 Fewer Employed.
desert rat Fri Sep 07, 08:42:00 AM EDT
Ahhh, but the unemployment rate ...
It dropped to 8.1%
That is a headline improvement.
Most folk don't read beyond that.
To Deuce's point that the Democrats are rich folk, too ...
Actually, why would anyone with a functioning brain and a remnant of honesty vote for a Republican or Democrat?
8.1% what a load of hprseshit.
Economic central planning by the men from Goldman Sachs, the bi-partisan partisans, what else would you expect?
Obama: 247 - Romney: 196 - Toss-up: 95
Construction +1,000
Autos, and Parts -7,500
BLS Report
Hiring Nurses, and Waitresses
While I wish Q all the best in his writing the great American novel, I must say that r Obama's real record ...
Killing without trial, spying without warrant
... is not one that could be honestly associated with the "Far Left" of US politics. No, it is an example of ...
Stay the Course!
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner is not a representative of the "Far Left". No more than Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson, Jr. is.
I've said it before (many times,) and I'll say it again - "The Peak Oilers are the only ones who truly understand this economy."
MOME Fri Sep 07, 09:07:00 AM EDT
Yesterday, Ash informed us the U.S. needs a 64% tax increase to get out of the hole it's in. Rufus tells us it's a "revenue" issue.
No one mentions a word about austerity or cost cutting. Below are some of the ridiculous spending that could be cut:
International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million annual savings.
* Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million annual savings.
* Hope VI Program -- $250 million annual savings.
* Amtrak Subsidies -- $1.565 billion annual savings.
* Eliminate duplicating education programs -- H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
* U.S. Trade Development Agency -- $55 million annual savings.
* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million annual savings.
* Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding -- $47 million annual savings.
* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy -- $430,000 annual savings.
* Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion annual savings.
* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million annual savings.
* Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half -- $7.5 billion annual savings
* Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% -- $600 million annual savings.
* Essential Air Service -- $150 million annual savings.
* Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million annual savings.
* Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- $125 million annual savings.
* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million annual savings.
* Beach Replenishment -- $95 million annual savings.
* New Starts Transit -- $2 billion annual savings.
* Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts -- $9 million annual savings
* Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion annual savings.
* Title X Family Planning -- $318 million annual savings.
* Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million annual savings.
* Economic Development Administration -- $293 million annual savings.
* Programs under the National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion annual savings.
* Applied Research at Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion annual savings.
* Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership -- $200 million annual savings.
* Energy Star Program -- $52 million annual savings.
* Economic Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million annually.
* U.S. Agency for International Development -- $1.39 billion annual savings.
* General Assistance to District of Columbia -- $210 million annual savings.
* Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- $150 million annual savings.
* Presidential Campaign Fund -- $775 million savings over ten years.
* No funding for federal office space acquisition -- $864 million annual savings.
* End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
* Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion annually.
* IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget -- $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
* Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees -- $1 billion total savings. * Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees -- $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
* Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of -- $15 billion total savings.
* Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress. WHAT???
* Eliminate Mohair Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.
* Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- $12.5 million annual savings
* Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million annual savings.
* USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.
* Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million annual savings.
* Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program -- $56.2 million annual savings.
* Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs -- $900 million savings.
* Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million savings.. WHY?????
* HUD Ph.D. Program. Huh?
* Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
* TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years
Gag, there's no way that adds up to $250 Billion/Yr.
Not to say that we couldn't do without some of those. :)
But, just sayin . . .
The trouble, gag, is that the current deficit is $1 trillion per year.
Your cuts, if averaged amount to $250 billion per year.
1/4 of the deficit.
You only need another $750 billion in further savings to balance the current cash flow deficit.
This before beginning to address the unfunded liabilities in Veterans benefits, Medicare and Social Security that ash was making reference to.
Mr Ryan's budget slashes $11 billion from the Veterans Affairs, should we ad that to your list?
I hadn't thought to do the arithmetic on the list, guess that confirms I'm not a Democrat.
I didn't either, but I'd bet a bucketful of Ameros it doesn't come out to That much.
I knew both of you would question the total, which is OK, and I knew both of you, especially Rat, would nitpick what should be on the list or not, but the gist of my list is you have to work both sides of the equation to make it work.
If your pay gets cut at home, you cut back on eating out and going to the movies. If revenue drops at your business, you cut out spending in other areas, until sales lands another account. Or, if sales are good but your profits are not what they should be, you control your spending.
Bottom line, you don't write a check your balance won't cover.
The real trouble, Rat, is those are just a few I picked out of a very long list.
But, here's the thing, Gag: The Finances of a Country Are NOT Analogous to the Finances of running a household.
These are two things that are Not alike.
No, gag, I'd accept every cut on the list, for the sake of the debate.
The challenge is that the entirety of your list only covers 1/4 of the current cash flow problem.
It does nothing to address the unfunded liabilities that ash was referencing.
We need to find another $750 billion to slash, annually, then figure where to find the cash to cover the unfunded liabilities in Medicare and Social Security and Veterans benefits.
Yes, Rat, but you continue to miss the point. My list only covers a small area.
And I say running a household or business is similar to running the counry fiscally, not identical. Again, I knew before I posted both of you would belittle it. Our government spends money like drunk sailors. You both seem to disagree. Wow.
On a similar note, Our government has no idea how much money is being "gamed" out of social security, medicare, food stamps, housing, etc. by citizen cheaters, and don't seem to care. Especially the Democrats as most doing the "gaming" are part of their constituency. That dollar amount would be staggering.
I don't think anyone "belittled" your list, Gag. I merely said it didn't add up (and, it doesn't.)
But, if you want to make a big deal out of it, show us the Big items on the list, the ones that make it add up to $250 Billion/Yr. I have a hunch you really don't want to do that. Am I right?
Rufus, you want to argue arithmetic instead of the real issue, which is wasteful SPENDING. Never mind.
Gag, YOU brought it up. $2.5 TRILLION.
Rat had a good question; Was Veterans Affairs on that list? USDA (food stamps?)
$250 Billion/Yr is a Big number.
I don't think I was arguing. I was just asking for more information.
Ash Fri Sep 07, 09:47:00 AM EDT
as I've said numerous times before Gag - the fix lies in BOTH the revenue and expense side.
I thought this was interesting in a commentary piece I read this morning (seems to be only in my print copy):
""A lot of people derive a lot of benefits from public policy, but they don't recongnize that the government is assisting them, so they are less likely to support government" Dr. Mettler told me. She cited a survey she did in which only 43 per cent of respondents said they ever received help from the government. When asked about specific programs, however, 96 per cent turned out to have benefited from state largesse."
The Federal budget amounts to $3 trillion annually.
$1 trillion is borrowed.
A long list of questionable programs could amount to $250 billion.
That still leaves $750 billion in current deficits.
It does not address the unfunded liabilities.
Should we support 20% cuts in ALL of the programs not on the list, to bring the budget into balance?
Should we support the funding levels that the GOP and the Obama administration agreed to in the sequester solution to the debt ceiling debate of August 2011?
Mr McCain says that cutting Federal spending to the levels in the sequester solution will eliminate !,000,000 jobs.
That's a lot Federal subsidies and stimulus, aye.
But is it a stimulus that we no longer afford?
I wouldn't pretend to know where to start the cutting. Cutting is painful, but a little pain wouldn't hurt. Obama wants to spread the money around thru re-distribution of wealth. Why not spread the pain also? You have to start somewhere.
And who ever came up with the term, "too big to fail" should be waterboarded. :-)
I think Most programs could stand a 10% cut.
I would submit, gag, that is what a "Balanced Solution" would do. Spread the "Pain".
$2.5 in spending cuts for $1 in increased revenue, was the last option that was turned down by the House.
Myself I would raise it to around $4 to $1.
Every GOP Presidential candidate said they would veto a $10 to $1 solution.
So, instead of Simpson/Bowles we have a Sequester Solution.
What may be the worse of all.
But better than Stay the Course!
The other day Patrick J. Buchanan wrote he thought the Romney best case "solution", the most radical thing he could do ...
FREEZE SPENDING at current levels.
Hell, in the real whirled I'd go for that.
I would too.
unfortunately that wouldn't be enough...
It seems the consensus is nothing is enough, so let's not do anything.
Ash Fri Sep 07, 12:19:00 PM EDT
That appears to be what is happening and that does not bode well for the future.
Bob Fri Sep 07, 09:58:00 AM EDT
God's Country exists! I'm there. Motel lot filled with cars, pickups with bikes, kayaks, motorcycles, campers, one Jeep. Manger can't stand Empty. Chilly last night.
My compassion flows to you!
Do have fly rod, Sam.
Five Oclock was too early. Naptime. later.
35.8 million federal tax dollars spent on RNC and DNC conventions in 2012.
"America's Flight from Fiscal Reality
Jeffrey Simpson
The flight from reality of so many Americans into the nether worlds of ideology is discouraging when it's not frightening.
Last week, we witnessed the blending of libertarian economics with social conservatism that is the contemporary Republican Party. This week, the restless coalition that is the Democratic Party has been on display.
Each party, for different reasons, has convinced itself (and will try to convince the country) that America's doleful fiscal situation – one that will sap the country's economic might and international influence and distort its domestic economy for years to come – can be remedied without meaningful tax increases. This change goes beyond not just rescinding tax cuts for those earning more than $200,000, as the Democrats propose, but tax increases across a wide swath of American society.
The flight from reality is easy to diagnose. Neither party wants to axe the sacred military budget. Neither wants to raise taxes. By definition, therefore, the restoration of fiscal health has to come exclusively from spending cuts to domestic programs.
These cuts, savage as the Tea Party and Paul Ryans of the Republican Party propose, are not what Americans tell pollsters they want – notwithstanding what the fire-breathers in the Republican world believe. Democrats are reluctant to cut almost anywhere, and Republicans want to cut almost everywhere. Neither are remotely realistic in their ambitions.
U.S. taxes aren't what they seem on paper – rather steep in some areas and redistributive in others. When you glance below the surface, however, the tax code is shot full of complications and loopholes, tilted to the rich and the very rich, producing less revenue than any other OECD country (except Mexico and Chile) as a share of the total economy and, critically, relying less on consumption taxes than other countries. Were the Americans to impose a 5-per-cent national sales tax on themselves (the Canadian rate, and the lowest among countries with national sales taxes), the country's fiscal crisis would be on the way to resolution.
Such a tax is unthinkable in a climate where Americans feel themselves overtaxed, despite the evidence that, in 2009 (according to the OECD), Americans paid the third-lowest share of their national income in tax within that organization.
Republicans whine about high corporate taxes and, on paper, these taxes are high – a top rate of 39 per cent. Yet, so many exemptions, credits and other loopholes – many resulting from ubiquitous corporate lobbying on Capitol Hill – pockmark the corporate tax code that U.S. business pays one of the lowest effective tax rates in the advanced industrial world.
Lobbying, too, is among the reasons why the tax code favours the rich. (See the small rate of personal income tax paid by millionaire presidential candidate Mitt Romney.) Republican tax proposals in this election would offer even more tax advantages to the rich.
Paul Ryan, the Republicans' vice-presidential candidate, proposed a draconian budget-cutting plan that would have given those earning more than $1-million a tax cut of $265,000, according to the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
It's one of the enduring mysteries of American politics why so many people with some dependence on government and modest personal incomes fervently support a Republican Party whose policies would be so inimical to their personal welfare – but then Karl Marx had it wrong from the start when he said economic self-interest axiomatically leads to political choices. Maybe he was right, though, in analyzing the phenomenon of "false consciousness."
There are compromise positions to grapple with the country's fiscal situation. Two bipartisan commissions combined tax increases and spending cuts. Mr. Ryan, however, bolted from one of those commissions because it dared to mention tax increases. His party's official position is to reject any new taxes.
President Barack Obama never got behind either of the compromises, because he sensed that the Republicans weren't interested in compromises. Nor were many of his own party's members.
Today, Republican candidates for the Senate and the House are campaigning on not making any compromises if they're elected. Even if Mr. Obama is re-elected, the gridlock and ideological entrenchment that define contemporary American politics will continue, and one key to solving the country's fiscal dilemma – tax increases – will remain as remote as ever."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/americas-flight-from-fiscal-reality/article4524658/
MOME Fri Sep 07, 01:19:00 PM EDT
From Noonan:
Barack Obama is deeply overexposed and often boring. He never seems to be saying what he's thinking. His speech Thursday was weirdly anticlimactic. There's too much buildup, the crowd was tired, it all felt flat. He was somber, and his message was essentially banal: We've done better than you think. Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?
There were many straw men. There were phrases like "the shadow of a shuttered steel mill," which he considers writerly. But they sound empty and practiced now, like something you've heard in a commercial or an advertising campaign.
It was stale and empty. He's out of juice.
His daughters have grown beautiful.
.As for Joe Biden, I love him and will hear nothing against him. He's like Democrats the way they used to be, and by that I do not mean idiotic, I mean normal—manipulative only to a normal degree, roughly aware of the facts of normal life, alert to and even respecting of such normal things as religious faith. I wish he did not insist on referring to his wife as "Dr. Jill Biden." I'm sure she has many doctorates, but so do half the unemployed in Manhattan.
John Kerry was on fire. It was the best speech of his career. He drew blood on foreign policy: "Talk about being before it before you were against it!" Obama will take that message, on Afghanistan, into debate.
Was it a good convention?
Beneath the funny hats, the sweet-faced delegates, the handsome speakers and the babies waving flags there was something disquieting. All three days were marked by a kind of soft, distracted extremism. It was unshowy and unobnoxious but also unsettling.
There was the relentless emphasis on Government as Community, as the thing that gives us spirit and makes us whole. But government isn't what you love if you're American, America is what you love. Government is what you have, need and hire. Its most essential duties—especially when it is bankrupt—involve defending rights and safety, not imposing views and values. We already have values. Democrats and Republicans don't see all this the same way, and that's fine—that's what national politics is, the working out of this dispute in one direction or another every few years. But the Democrats convened in Charlotte seemed more extreme on the point, more accepting of the idea of government as the center of national life, than ever, at least to me.
The fight over including a single mention of God in the platform—that was extreme. The original removal of the single mention by the platform committee—extreme. The huge "No!" vote on restoring the mention of God, and including the administration's own stand on Jerusalem—that wasn't liberal, it was extreme. Comparing the Republicans to Nazis—extreme. The almost complete absence of a call to help education by facing down the powers that throw our least defended children under the school bus—this was extreme, not mainstream.
Continued:
The sheer strangeness of all the talk about abortion, abortion, contraception, contraception. I am old enough to know a wedge issue when I see one, but I've never seen a great party build its entire public persona around one. Big speeches from the heads of Planned Parenthood and NARAL, HHS Secretary and abortion enthusiast Kathleen Sebelius and, of course, Sandra Fluke.
"Republicans shut me out of a hearing on contraception," Ms. Fluke said. But why would anyone have included a Georgetown law student who never worked her way onto the national stage until she was plucked, by the left, as a personable victim?
.What a fabulously confident and ingenuous-seeming political narcissist Ms. Fluke is. She really does think—and her party apparently thinks—that in a spending crisis with trillions in debt and many in need, in a nation in existential doubt as to its standing and purpose, in a time when parents struggle to buy the good sneakers for the kids so they're not embarrassed at school . . . that in that nation the great issue of the day, and the appropriate focus of our concern, is making other people pay for her birth-control pills. That's not a stand, it's a non sequitur. She is not, as Rush Limbaugh oafishly, bullyingly said, a slut. She is a ninny, a narcissist and a fool.
And she was one of the great faces of the party in Charlotte. That is extreme. Childish, too.
Something else, and it had to do with tone. I remember the Republicans in Tampa bashing the president, hard, but not the entire Democratic Party. In Charlotte they bashed Mitt Romney, but they bashed the Republican Party harder. If this doesn't strike you as somewhat unsettling, then you must want another four years of all war all the time between the parties. I don't think the American people want that. Because, actually, they're not extreme.
Bill Clinton is The Master. That is stipulated. Almost everyone in the media was over the moon about his speech. It was a shrewd and superb moment of political generosity, his hauling into town to make the case, but it was a hack speech. It was the speech of a highly gifted apparatchik. All great partisan speeches include some hard and uncomfortable truths, but Mr. Clinton offered none. He knows better than so much of what he said. In real life he makes insightful statements on the debt, the deficit and the real threat they pose. He knows more about the need for and impediments to public-school reform than half the reformers do. He knows exactly why both parties can't reach agreement in Washington, and what each has done wrong along the way. But Wednesday night he stuck to fluid fictions and clever cases. It was smaller than Bill Clinton is.
Still, he gave the president one great political gift: He put Medicaid on the table. He put it right there next to the pepper shaker and said Look at that! People talk Medicare and Social Security, but, as Mr. Clinton noted, more than half of Medicaid is spent on nursing-home care for seniors and on those with disabilities such as Down syndrome and autism. Will it be cut?
Here's what I'm seeing the past 10 years. The baby boomers have been supporting their grown children and their aged parents. They are stressed, stretched and largely uncomplaining, because they know that as boomers—shallow, selfish—they're the only generation not allowed to complain. And just as well, as complaints are the only area of national life where we have a surplus. But they are spiritually and financially holding the country together, and they're coming to terms with the fact that it's going to be that way for a good long time. They're going to take a keen interest in where Medicaid goes.
Romney-Ryan take note: this will arrive as an issue.
So: was it a good convention? We'll know by the polls, by the famous bounce, or lack of it. A guess? Dead-cat bounce. Just like the Republicans got.
Maybe Mr. Clinton made a bigger, more broadly positive impression than I suspect; maybe a sense the Democrats were extreme will take hold. People left both conventions talking about only one thing: the debates. They know they didn't move the needle in Tampa and Charlotte. The people in charge of politics aren't so good at politics anymore.
Rufus II Fri Sep 07, 01:33:00 PM EDT
And, Noonan is still a tedious, depressed bore.
I expected that type of response from you. That is the response both you and Q give when it's your ox that get's gored.
I agree with everything she said, except about Biden. He needs to be in a straight jacket, bound and gagged.
Did MY ox get gored? I wasn't aware of it. When did it happen?
I just don't think much of Peggy Noonan.
The Republicans put Todd Akin's separated-at-birth twin on the ticket, and Peggy's surprised the Dems are talking about Women's Rights? Really?
Hell, the really substantive thing, Medicaid, she agrees with me.
If you'll remember, I was saying that two weeks before Clinton, Noonan, or hardly anyone else was.
you are the man, Rufus. THE GURU.
:) Okay, I had that coming.
dead cat bounce. I like that.
Bob Fri Sep 07, 07:39:00 PM EDT
Malcolm had been well healed for a very long time now. So long, that he hardly could remember Mexico any longer. Only something about a tanned brown beauty on a beach, knocking over a bottle of Tequila from the hotel balcony and nearly knocking out the proprietor, something about losing one shoe, and a ride on a Ferris Wheel, and the sounds of explosions from some Mexican fiesta. It was long ago, and far away, so long ago and far away it might have been in Argentina, on a cattle ranch, and he had never been on a cattle ranch, nor in Argentina. When he had come out of the Well and Healed Holistic Human Health Institute, at the end of three years, his wife had met him and had said, "Malcolm, you can be well healed with me, or go back to the Well and Healed. Which is it going to be?" And Malcolm had said, "I want to be with you." Now they were at the Yellowstone Lodge, built early last century, old, big timbers, small, but extremely well appointed rooms, and his wife was in bed early, asleep. They had been there three days, are were going hiking tomorrow. Malcolm was excited. He thought of the fishermen, real fishermen, he had seen earlier on the Gallatin River,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallatin_River
teen age boys, who knew what they were doing, older men, some with beards, all with long sleeve shirts, the men often with ski poles for balance. He and his wife had stopped, and he had fished too, it was an old expertise of his. He had caught five and thrown them all back, releasing them carefully, under the current, undamaged. An older fisherman said 'I see you know what you are doing' and Malcolm had smiled and said 'I have seen you know what you are doing as well', and they were friends. Driving through the park were areas burned, over a decade ago, already bursting with new pines and firs. Malcolm felt enthused, like he could do anything now. He was looking forward to the hike. His wife was asleep. He was watching Obama on the big screen. He and his wife both hated Obama, and all he stood for, he and his whole organization. He turned the big screen off. His wife was asleep. He silently slipped out the room door, closing it softly, and took the elevator to the Lodge Lounge. I am well and healed, I can do anything now, an unconscious thought flowed through his mind.....
Over The Caldera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera
The first of these problems was resolved quite quickly, thanks both to lots of emergency lending by the Federal Reserve and, yes, the much maligned bank bailouts. By late 2009, measures of financial stress were more or less back to normal.
This return to financial normalcy did not, however, produce a robust recovery. Fast recoveries are almost always led by a housing boom — and given the excess home construction that took place during the bubble, that just wasn't going to happen. Meanwhile, households were trying (or being forced by creditors) to pay down debt, which meant depressed demand. So the economy's free fall ended, but recovery remained sluggish.
Now, you may have noticed that in telling this story about a disappointing recovery I didn't mention any of the things that Republicans talked about last week in Tampa, Fla. — the effects of high taxes and regulation, the lack of confidence supposedly created by Mr. Obama's failure to lavish enough praise on "job creators" (what I call the "Ma, he's looking at me funny!" theory of our economic problems). Why the omission? Because there's not a shred of evidence for the G.O.P. theory of what ails our economy, while there's a lot of hard evidence for the view that a lack of demand, largely because of excessive household debt, is the real problem.
And here's the good news: The forces that have been holding the economy back seem likely to fade away in the years ahead. Housing starts have been at extremely low levels for years, so the overhang of excess construction from the bubble years is long past — and it looks as if a housing recovery has already begun. Household debt is still high by historical . . . . .
Cleaning up the Mess
Ash Sat Sep 08, 01:02:00 PM EDT
So much for peak oil causing the current mess.
Rufus II Sat Sep 08, 01:45:00 PM EDT
It just made it worse, Ash. And, it's making the attempts at recovery more difficult.
desert rat Sat Sep 08, 01:59:00 PM EDT
With the global price of oil almost doubling, since 2008, there is an added drag to demand for other products. Which, along with high levels of household debt, have made it difficult for the consumer to be the engine of recovery.
That the author wishes to concentrate upon the housing market and debt, well, that does not eliminate the effects of energy prices on the recovery, just ignores them.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Sarah Hake, working with University of California-Berkeley plant geneticist George Chuck, found that taking a gene from corn called corngrass and inserting it into switchgrass keeps the grass always in a juvenile form that doesn't flower, doesn't produce seeds, and doesn't have a dormant growth phase. And that means the sugars in the plant starch are more readily available for conversion into cellulosic ethanol.
The scientists observed that the leaves in the transgenic switchgrass are not nearly as stiff as leaves in switchgrass cultivars that haven't been modified. In addition, they determined that leaf lignin is slightly different in the transgenic switchgrass than leaf lignin in other plants. This could lead to new findings on how to break down the sturdy lignin and release sugars for fermentation, a development that will be essential to the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol.
Forever Young (soft and juicy) Switchgrass
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The seeds of which will, forever, have to be purchased from a large agricultural biotechnology corporation, like Monsanto. This will put switchgrass on the lobbyists map.
Moving US forward, towards sustainable homegrown energy, once again.
Rasmussen reports ...
The president is enjoying a convention bounce that has been evident in the last two nights of tracking data. He led by two just before the Republican convention, so he has already erased the modest bounce Romney received from his party's celebration in Tampa. Perhaps more significantly, Democratic interest in the campaign has soared. For the first time, those in the president's party are following the campaign as closely as GOP voters. Interest in a campaign is typically considered a good indicator of turnout.
Rasmussen further reports that the bounce has not effected the
Election 2012: Missouri Senate
Missouri Senate: McCaskill (D) 48%, Akin (R) 38%
What a difference one TV interview can make. Embattled Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill has now jumped to a 10-point lead over her Republican challenger, Congressman Todd Akin, in Missouri's U.S. Senate race. Most Missouri Republicans want Akin to quit the race while most Missouri Democrats want him to stay.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Show Me State finds McCaskill earning 48% support to Akin's 38%. Nine percent (9%) like some other candidate in the race, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
The political convulsion over Missouri Republican Todd Akin's bizarre talk of "legitimate rape" highlights an issue that the GOP had buried in its campaign.
A Commentary by Froma Harrop
While the U.S. senatorial candidate's grasp of reproductive science is shockingly lacking -- he said real rape victims rarely get pregnant -- his position that abortions be banned with no exception for rape happens to be in the new Republican Party platform. It is a stance that most Americans, including most registered Republicans, disagree with and probably didn't know was an official party position. Now they do.
Meanwhile, Republican leaders can't avoid the truth that Akin's call to do away with the rape exception is a principled "pro-life" position. If you believe that the cell cluster created when a sperm fertilizes an egg is a full a human being, then it shouldn't matter whether it was made through marital love or a violent crime. So holding that rape victims shouldn't be forced to have the child of their tormenters is a cop-out. When Missouri Right to Life says it supports Akin's "defense of the life of an innocent unborn child conceived by rape," it is being consistent.
When premises lead to bad conclusions one should examine the premises.
The definition of who is "fully" a citizen worthy of legal protection continues to expand, ash.
At one point women were not "fully" citizens, they counted but were on an unequal legal footing as compared to men. Some would say they still are.
Blacks were counted as 3/5 citizens.
As to a fetus, Mr Romney supports full legal protections at conception. Said so to Mike Huckabee on TV.
Mr Obama, well, his position is a tad more nuanced.
Most forms of birth control are, technically, abortions. The "pill," if I'm not mistaken, causes the fertilized egg to disconnect from the lining of the uterus.
It turns out that a fair share of other Republicans are running into buzzsaws at their town hall meetings over this.
I Think it is the IUD that does that.
I'm thinking of the phenomenum of Epidermal Edema, which the pill can cause.
"Endometrial" Edema
Baby Doll came in the room and distracted me. I don't know where I came up with "epidermal."
Evidently, "Billy Bob" liked the Dem Convention more than I thought he might. :)
In his post-Dem Convention humongous ad buy Romney passed over Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
If he's given up on Wisconsin . . . . . . well, that is truly momentous. That means Barack take the election with Ohio, and one more, or Fla and his dick.
No privacy, no problem?
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Kilimanjaro National Park - Kanuth Adventure Safaris, Tanzania Ltd.
Kilimanjaro epitomize the beauty of East Africa. Its legendary snow capped dome atop perfectly formed extinct Volcano, stands at the summit of Africa 5,895 meters (19,336 feet) above sea level. More significantly, as viewed from its base this is the world's tallest free-standing mountain, rising in breathtaking isolation to tower an imperious 5 Kilometes (3miles)above the surrounding savannah.
The name Kilimanjaro like the mountain itself, is an enigma wreathed in clouds. It may mean Mountain of Light, Mountain of Greatness or Mountain of Caravans. Or it may not! The local Chagga people don't even have a name for the whole massif only Kipoo(now known as Kibo) for the familiar snowy peak that stands imperious overseer of the continent the summit of Africa.
Kilimanjaro is one of the highest walkable summit on the planet, a beacon for visitors from around the World. Just three degrees south of the equator, Kilimanjaro's great peaks of Kibo and Mawenzi are nonetheless covered all year round with snow and ice.Most climbers reach the crater rim with little more than a walking stick proper clothing and determination. And those who reach Uhuru Point, the actual summit, Stella Point on the lip of the crater will have earned their climbing certificates. And their memories.
There is so much more to Kilimanjaro than the summit. journey up the slopes takes visitors on a climatic world tour, from the tropics to the arctic. The grassy and cultivated lower slopes turn into lush rainforest, inhabited by elusive Elephant,Leopards,Buffalo and antelopes.
Location : Northern Tanzania, near the town of Moshi.
Activities : Six main trekking round to the summit and other more-demanding mountaineering routes. Day or overnight hike on Shira Plateau. Nature trails on the lower reaches. The beautiful Chala crater lake on the southern.
NOTE :Climb slowly to increase acclimatization time and maximize chances of reaching the summit. To avoid altitude sickness allow a minimum of five nights preferably more for the climb. Take your time and enjoy the beauty of the mountain.


Individuals from Murphy to Anna. Texas have come to know OmegaMasonry.Com is the contractor to call for Masonry Contractors Dallas TX, however, it is also important to point out that www.OmegaMasonry.Com as one of the top brick and stone wall masonry repair pros in or near Murphy, TX. If you need to have a brick wall patched up, you're certainly interested in knowing the price. Knowing what to expect beforehand offers you a heads up with regards to what you are going to face. To be blunt, the nationwide typical cost of labor & materials is approximately $1300. But as for a range, you may expect anywhere from $700 to $2k. When you read up on the subject, you may see something such as $250 to $300 for employing a masonry expert to perform repair work. Yet you should understand that some sources could possibly be pointing to the work and not what the materials and labor cost together. Be certain you're getting an accurate look at what you will definitely be charged when you are employing brick wall repair masonry experts.
One source I prefer does point out that you could pay around $300 in the low end. You know what you might expect to pay around the top quality. There are actually jobs that cost up to $4k. If you think about it, you will find jobs that cost much more than that. However, we are speaking about a brick wall, one, and slight or major repairs. What if you had a historic brick house and the, plural, have to be repaired? That would possibly cost way more than $4k. When you have minor brick work which needs to be completed, you are likely not to pay near the $4k figure. Yet you are also not likely to find the $300 figure on an estimate either. You already know that the expense of the restoration work is going to have everything related to what should be done.
You may surely guess the expense of materials, but you will need to determine all that must be done with regards to the work. On occasion bricks could be replaced quicker than other times. We are dealing with brick walls here, but there're stairs, patios, sidewalks and a lot more that need brickwork done every once in awhile. With that being said, which kind of project do you have in mind as you begin to think about engaging brick wall repair masonry experts? Certain types of projects do not have the same specifications. As an example, let us state that you're getting the masonry company to focus on a staircase that requires repair. Stairs have to be completely level, so that will make the brick repair process a little more challenging.
Stairs will also be a less strenuous project, in general, than the brick wall of your home or possibly a chimney. That being said, if it's stair work you require done, you can imagine how the fee might be a little on the lower end of the budget. I could tell you that a source points to chimney repair work averaging between $750 and $1,000, so one would think a minor staircase can come in less than that figure. You are going to need to take any project to the contractors. To achieve that, you need to search for the top rated masonry company in your zone. Obtain that quote, and you can then plan the repairs that need to be done. For more info on hiring the best brick wall masonry repair pros in or near Murphy, TX, stop by the Omega Stone Masonry blog.
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Q: Mustache - send array to js function I have following problem
DATA:
var json = {'data': [{'id': '1', 'members': [{'name':'First member', 'age': '23'},{'name':'Second member', 'age': '31'}] }]}

JSON is written from the top of my head so it may be invalid, not so important.
MUSTACHE.tmpl
{{#data}}
{{#members}}
<script>myJsFunction( all_members_attributes_as_json )</script>
{{/members}}
{{/data}}

So in general, I'd like to pass whole mustache array to my JS function

A: About like this:
Add a function for mapping your members to JSON strings:
_.each(json.data, function(el) {
    el.jsonMembers = function() {
        return _.map(this.members, function(member) {
            return JSON.stringify(member);
        });
    };
});

Note that I used _.each and _.map here... If you don't use Underscore, replace with your favorite iterators, or a vanilla for loop. Or just use Underscore, because it makes life better.
Then you'd access the stringified versions instead of the normal ones:
{{#data}}
{{#jsonMembers}}
<script>myJsFunction({{{ . }}})</script>
{{/jsonMembers}}
{{/data}}

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PORTLAND, Ore. — On the eve of the All-Star break, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr decided to rest three rotation players — DeMarcus Cousins, Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston — against the Trail Blazers.
Kerr's goal was twofold: In addition to giving his two elder statesmen — as well as his 28-year-old center fresh off an Achilles injury — a breather on the rough end of a back-to-back set, he put the onus on the rest of his team to fill the void. In the Warriors' 129-107 loss Wednesday night at Moda Center, they got workhorse efforts from Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry, only to implode down the stretch.
After Golden State took a 99-98 lead with 9:51 left on a Jonas Jerebko tip-in, its offense began to stagnate. Portland forward Zach Collins blocked two driving layups in less than two minutes. As their misses and turnovers mounted, the Warriors surrendered a 12-2 spurt to dig a nine-point hole.
Kerr's breaking point came with 3:54 remaining, when Draymond Green was called for a Flagrant 1 foul. Kerr stomped down the sideline and, while unleashing a verbal tirade on referee Ken Mauer, spiked his clipboard to the floor. As Kerr shouted expletives, he punched the air.
After getting ejected from the game, he continued jawing with Mauer, prompting Durant to usher him toward the tunnel. Moments later, Green was assessed a technical foul for arguing with referees.
It was only the beginning of the unraveling. With Golden State's head coach forced to watch from the visitors' locker room, Portland closed the game on a 31-8 run for a 22-point margin of victory. The Warriors' winning streak was snapped at five games and they endured just their second loss in 18 games.
Now, after its most dominant five-week stretch of the season, Golden State must wait more than a week to exorcise the memory of Wednesday's ending. As Durant, Curry and Klay Thompson fly to Charlotte for the All-Star Game, their teammates head on vacation or prepare to relax at home.
The addition of Cousins last month helped stave off the midseason doldrums, but the Warriors have been dealing with complacency. Kerr's decision to rest Cousins, Iguodala and Livingston helped Golden State play with renewed focus.
The problem: Though Durant and Curry delivered a steady stream of highlights, their teammates failed to make timely buckets. Durant and Curry finished with 32 points apiece; no one else scored more than nine. Thompson shot 2-for-16 from the field, including 0-for-9 on 2-pointers.
The Warriors had little answer for Portland guard and Oakland native Damian Lillard, who poured in 29 points on 9-for-15 shooting (6-for-8 from 3). Jake Layman needed only nine shots to chip in 17 points off the bench.
Roughly 10 minutes after the final buzzer sounded, Kerr joked, "Get the f— out of my way!" as he approached the media scrum. His signature sarcasm had returned. In the grind of an 82-game season, Kerr knows he is bound to toss a clipboard or two.


Our staff have embraced the opportunities presented to enhance development works through incorporating environmentally sensitive design. There is often an improvement in amenity value of the completed project in addition to an improved outcome for the environment.
The traditonal approach of piping stormwater as quickly as possible to lakes, rivers or the sea has been replaced by a desire to provide treatment of stormwater to improve the quality of water being discharged into the receiving environment. Local Authorities are now accepting non-traditional methods of dealing with stormwater, which in addition to improving water quality, may also allow less costly stormwater reticulation to be installed.
Low impact design and innovative stormwater treatment methods provide the opportunity to incorporate landscaping to improve amenity values.
Staig & Smith have been involved in the design and implementation of many initiatives incorporating environmental values.
Involvement in the restoration of a compromised wetland through installation of culverts beneath a causeway to reinstate natural flows and address eutrophication of the water body.
Culvert outlet levels and the large diameter of many culverts can prevent fish passage throught interruption of a continuous stream of water or inadequate water depth. Staig & Smith have designed and supervised the installation of fish passages as part of subdivision works.
Staig & Smith staff have been involved in the rehabilitation of Reservoir Creek through our Community Support programme and voluntary time provided by staff members.
Stormwater detention systems are employed to limit peak runoff flows during high intensity rain events with benefits in reducing downstream reticulation capacity, along with reduction of potential erosion. We can assist with sizing, design and landscaping of stormwater detention systems.
Swales and rain gardens are gaining acceptance as stormwater treatment methods. Contaminants contained in run-off can be trapped by vegetated swales and rain gardens leading to improved water quality at the point of discharge. Staig & Smith have been early adopters of these methods and belong to the NZ Water and Wastes Association.
Earthworks can lead to sediments being carried off site suspended in run-off. Earthworks consents now generally contain a condition requiring an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (ESCP) to be submitted to the Local Authority for approval prior to the start of works. Staig & Smith have regular dealings with Contractors and Councils over the preparation and approval of ESCP plans.
Catchment modelling can be a complex exercise to assess contributing areas and their appropriate run-off co-efficients and time of concentration. Our 12d software allows efficient modelling and analysis of catchments.


As discussed in Chapters 3 and 10, light with energy higher than that of the band gap in a semiconductor (e.g., TiOi) can excite an electron from its valence band to the conduction band. This process also creates a positive hole in the valence band. The electron and hole thus produced can reduce or oxidize different pollutants (e.g., organic compounds, inorganic species, metal ions, bacteria). A summary of the advantages, challenges, and proposed solutions in Ti02 photocatalysis is given in Chapter 10. Even though a reduction and an oxidation always occur, only in a few cases are both the anodic and cathodic reactions advantageously utilized (see Colon, 2001 and Layman, 1995).
Figure 1. Experimental set-up. (Reproduced from the Journal of Chemical Education 2005, 82, 1549-1551, with permission).
Arrange a set-up consisting of a UV light source (e.g., a miniature UV-quartz pencil lamp, Spectro-line model 11SC-1, Spectronics Corp.). If a miniature light source is used, it can be introduced into a quartz test tube (e.g., Ace Glass 13 mm OD, 100 mm long quartz tube without lip). Surround this tube with six quartz tubes containing different suspensions as described below, cover each one with parafilm, and secure the bundle with two rubber bands. Place the bundle inside a 100-mL beaker on top of a magnetic stirrer (see Figure 1). Add a small stirring bar to each of the six tubes (triangular bars of the type used with conical-bottom vials work well). Depending on your objectives, place the different solutions inside the test tubes according to the qualitative or quantitative procedures described below (or do both).
In the qualitative option, the test tubes will contain a Cu(II) solution, a Ti02 suspension and some ethanol. One component will be missing from each test tube and the observed results interpreted accordingly. In the quantitative option, citric acid will be used instead of ethanol, and all the test tubes will have the same contents; irradiation time will be varied and the Cu(II) removed will be analyzed as a function of time.
Because the oxidation of the organic compound produces C02, you may desire to do a test for its production. To this end, instead of using parafilm, cap each quartz tube with a one-hole rubber stopper connected by a glass capillary U-tube to a small test tube (e.g., 5 cm long, 5 mm I.D.) half-filled with a saturated Ba(OH)2 solution as a C02 trap (see Figure 1). Before initiating the UV illumination make sure that all six stirring bars are mixing well each solution. Caution: UV light is dangerous. Avoid exposure of any part of the body (particularly the eyes), by placing a thick cardboard box or another suitable protective covering between the UV lamp and the experimenter. For added protection, cover the whole set-up with a black polyethylene bag. Copper (II) sulfate is a strong irritant to skin and mucous membranes. BaC03 and Ba(OH)2 are poisonous. Overexposure to Ti02 may cause slight lung fibrosis, and it is a potential occupational carcinogen.
Because ambient dioxygen is a good electron trap, it should be removed from the suspensions since it competes as an electron acceptor with Cu(II). To this end, bubble nitrogen gas for a couple of minutes from a nitrogen tank into each test tube (except one, as described below) containing the prepared solutions and then seal each tube with parafilm.
1 ) Qualitative procedure: Observation of the photocatalytic effect.
As instructed in Table 1, place the following components in the corresponding test tubes. Ti02: add 2 mL of its suspension. Cu(II): add 2 mL of its solution. Ethanol: add 0.5 mL. Then, bubble nitrogen into the tubes, cover them with parafilm and proceed as instructed below.
Table 1. Components added to each test tube.
Note: To prevent light from reaching the tube #5, wrap it with A1 foil, and subject it to the same conditions as the others.
Once all the components are in their respective test tubes, and these are all bundled and placed on site, cover the entire experimental set up with the box and bag described above and turn the UV light on. Then, wait approximately 10 min (this period of time works well for the UV lamp described above). After this time, turn it off, carefully observe the appearance of the resulting products in each test tube, write down these observations, and interpret them.
Interestingly enough, the reduction of Cu(II) to Cu(I) yields a reversible, insoluble purple complex with Ti02 (see Foster, 1993). A very small amount of elemental copper is sometimes observed as a thin layer deposit on the walls of some quartz tubes (like a copper mirror) or even on the Ti02 surface, which is further proof of the Cu(II) reduction. In addition, the production of a white precipitate in the small (optional) collection tubes confirms the production of C02 as a result of the photocatalytic oxidation of the organic molecule.
2) Quantitative procedure: Observation ofCu(II) removal as a function of time.
Repeat the set-up preparation procedure exactly as described above, but this time add 2 mL of the Ti02 suspension to all six tubes, as well as approximately 0.8 mL of the citric acid solution, and 2 mL of the CuS04 solution. Once all the components are in their respective test tubes, the nitrogen has been bubbled, and the tubes are covered with parafilm, bundled, and placed on site, cover the entire experimental set up with the box and bag described above. Turn the UV light on and allow irradiation for approximately 10 min. Then turn it off and remove with a Pasteur pipet the contents of test tube 1. Cover the set-up again and turn the UV light on once more. For protection, move out of the irradiation area, quickly filter the contents of test tube 1 through a fine filter (for example, place the contents of the Pasteur pipet in a syringe equipped with a 0.45 |xm syringe filter and push the contents out with the plunger), and analyze for the removal of Cu(II) with the aid of a colorimeter or spectrophotometer set at 810 nm. [You may want to see the absorption spectrum of Cu(II) in the experiment on Metal Ion Recovery by Cementation in this book; the Cu(II) as well as the Cu(II) + citric acid absorbance plots have their absorption maxima essentially at this same wavelength.] Note that a calibration plot is not needed since only the normalized absorbances (i.e., At/Ao) are needed so as to observe the removal of Cu(II). (Here, At is the absorbance at time t, and Ao is the initial absorbance).
Repeat the same procedure with the remaining five test tubes, removing one at a time after every 10 min of irradiation. To show that light is required for this process to occur, a separate blank experiment may be done with a sample in a tube wrapped with A1 foil, subject to the same conditions as the others, and then analyzed after a given period of time so as to compare it with an irradiated one.
A plot of the Cu(II) normalized absorbance decrease as a function of time will reveal the extent of removal. This is the result of a photocatalytic-adsorption combined effect, which can be tested separately if desired as described in the literature (see Bumpus, 1999).
Once the qualitative and/or the quantitative experiments are finished, students can bubble dioxygen from a tank into the purple suspension [containing Cu(I)—Ti02] and observe within a few minutes the color change back to light-blue as a result of reoxidation and dissolution of the Cu Jds) that reverts to Cu2^. Air can be used instead of dioxygen, but with less spectacular results. If desired, the photocatalyst may then be recovered by filtration with a 0.45 |xm membrane filter. This photoredox cycling can be envisaged as an environmentally friendly metal removal/concentration cycle. This is why the filtration step described in the quantitative procedure must be done quickly so as to avoid metal re-dissolution, and this is an additional reason for removing air by bubbling nitrogen at the beginning of the experiment.


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    one: boolean;
    two: { three: string }
    | number;
}

// NOTE: Flow and Babel both fail to apply ASI here
// declare class B {
//     one: boolean
//     two: { three: string }
//     | number
// }

declare interface C {
    one: boolean;
    two: { three: string }
    | number;
}

// NOTE: Flow and Babel both fail to apply ASI here
// declare interface D {
//     one: boolean
//     two: { three: string }
//     | number
// }

interface E {
    one: boolean;
    two: { three: string }
    | number;
}

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package example.nocem.loadbalancing;

import peersim.cdsim.CDProtocol;
import peersim.config.Configuration;
import peersim.config.FastConfig;
import peersim.core.CommonState;
import peersim.core.Linkable;
import peersim.core.Node;
import racoon.core.Config;
import racoon.rsim.RSProtocol;

/**
 * This class is an implementation of a Load Balancing (LB) protocol for P2P systems, based
 * on the work by Jelasity, Montresor, and Babaoglu ("A modular paradigm for building self-organizing
 * peer-to-peer applications.", Engineering Self-Organising Systems, 2003).
 *
 * In this implementation of the LB, the time is split in rounds. Every round, each node i (requester)
 * selects one node j among its neighbours: the node that maximizes the distance from i's current load.
 * Then, i negotiates with j the amount of load to transfer. Finally, either i or j pull the amount of
 * load that has just been negotiated.
 *
 * @author Guido Lena Cota
 */
public class LoadBalance extends RSProtocol implements CDProtocol {

	// CONSTANTS
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** The number of minimum cycles to remain active after a de-freeze. */
	private static final int MINIMUM_ACTIVITY_AFTER_DEFREEZE = 10;

	// PARAMETERS
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** Initial quota. */
    private static final String PAR_QUOTA = "quota";

    /**
     * The number of concurrent instances of the protocol that calculates the average load in the
	 * neighbourhood.
	 */
    private static final String PAR_AVG_THREADS = "avg_threads";

    /**
     * The number of consecutive cycles to stop participating in the protocol when the local
	 * load is equal to the average network load (gathered from the aggregation protocol).
	 */
	protected static final String PAR_FREEZE = "freeze";

	/**
	 * The threshold value of acceptable distances between the local load and the average load.
	 */
	protected static final String PAR_THRESHOLD = "threshold";

	// FIELDS
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** The quota amount specified in the conf file {@link #PAR_QUOTA}. */
    private static double quota;
    /** The quota amount specified in the conf file {@link #PAR_AVG_THREADS}. */
    private static byte avg_threads;

    /** The id of the linkable protocol that defines the overlay network. */
    private static int linkableId;

    /** The local load. */
    private double load;
    /** The current cycle quota (to be reset at each cycle). */
    private double cycle_quota;

    /** The set of current neighbours in the overlay network. **/
    private Linkable neighbours;

	/** The average load value, retrieved from the averaging protocol. */
    private double averageLoad;

    /** The threshold of acceptable distances specified in the conf file {@link #PAR_THRESHOLD}. */
	protected final double threshold;

    /** The number of cycles to freeze specified in the conf file {@link #PAR_FREEZE}. */
    protected final short freeze;
    /** The counter of consecutive cycles to stay in the freeze mode. */
	protected short contFreeze;
	/** The counter of consecutive cycles to stay active after being in the freeze mode. */
	protected short contDefreeze;

	// INITIALIZATION
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Standard constructor invoked by the simulation engine.
     *
     * @param prefix: the configuration prefix for this class. */
    public LoadBalance(String prefix)
    {
    	super(prefix);

    	// get the initial quota from the conf file (default 1)
    	quota = Configuration.getDouble(prefix + "." + PAR_QUOTA, 1);
        cycle_quota = quota;
        // get the number of threads launched to average the quota (default 2)
    	avg_threads = (byte) Configuration.getInt(prefix + "." + PAR_AVG_THREADS, 2);

    	freeze = (short) Configuration.getInt(prefix + "." + PAR_FREEZE, 0);
        threshold = Configuration.getDouble(prefix + "." + PAR_THRESHOLD, 0);
        contFreeze = 0;

        linkableId = FastConfig.getLinkable(CommonState.getPid());
    }

	// METHODS
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Implement the load balancing protocol.
     *
     * @param node: 		the node on which this component is run.
     * @param protocolID: 	the id of this protocol in the protocol array.
     */
    @Override
	public void nextCycle(Node node, int protocolID) {
    	cyclesSinceLastUpdate++;
    	neighbours = (Linkable) node.getProtocol(linkableId);

    	// updates the current average load
    	updateAverageLoad(protocolID);

    	// check if the node is not in the freeze mode or has already spent its cycle quota
    	if(isFreeze() || this.cycle_quota == 0)
    		return; // otherwise skip to the next node in the network

        /* (1) Search the other party of the transaction, i.e.,
         * 		the most distant neighbour, w.r.t. the load value  */
        LoadBalance pNeighbor = doSelectPartnerReq(protocolID);

        // check if a neighbour was actually found
        if(pNeighbor == null)
        	return; // otherwise skip to the next node in the network

        /* (2) Negotiation */
        /* (2.1) Assign a role (i.e., provider or consumer) to this-protocol and pNeighbor */
        // set the local load of the interacting nodes
        LoadBalance provider; // the protocol that pulls load from the other
        LoadBalance consumer; // the protocol that pushes load to the other
        double providerLoad, consumerLoad;

        // check if the default values were correct
        if(load < pNeighbor.load) {
        	provider = pNeighbor;
        	consumer = this;
        	providerLoad = pNeighbor.load;
        	consumerLoad = load;
        }
        else {
        	provider = this;
        	consumer = pNeighbor;
        	providerLoad = load;
        	consumerLoad = pNeighbor.load;
        }

        /* (2.2) Negotiate the amount of load to transfer */
        double loadTransfer = 0.0;
        // the absolute amount of load to transfer to balance the nodes
		double maxTran = (consumerLoad - providerLoad) / 2;
		// take into account the upper bound on the transfers at each cycle (i.e., "quota")
		loadTransfer = Math.min(Math.min(maxTran, consumer.cycle_quota), provider.cycle_quota);

        /* (3) Execution of the load transfer */
		// take into account the probability to be responded
		provider.doTransfer(consumer,loadTransfer);

    }

    /* Methods implementing the legal transitions of the LB protocol */

    /**
     * Implement the SelectPartner_Req transition of the LB protocol, invoked by the requester role.
     */
    private LoadBalance doSelectPartnerReq(final int protocolID) {
    	LoadBalance result = null;
    	switch(getDeviationType("SelectPartner_Req")){
    		case NONE:
    			result = doSelectPartnerReq_legal(protocolID);
    			break;
//    		case TIMEOUT:
//    			RAccountability.commitTimeout(this);
//    			break;
//    		case SUBSET:
//    			result = doSelectPartnerReq_subset(node,protocolID);
//    			break;
    		case MULTICAST:
    			result = doSelectPartnerReq_multicast(protocolID);
    			break;
			default:
    	}

    	return result;
    }

    // the correct implementation of the method
    private LoadBalance doSelectPartnerReq_legal(int protocolID){
    	LoadBalance partner = null;
        double maxDist = 0;

        scanNeighbours:
        for(int i = 0; i < neighbours.degree(); i++) {
        	/* Scan the active neighbours */
        	Node n = neighbours.getNeighbor(i);
        	if(n == null) continue;
        	/* Select the neighbour to start a transaction with */
        	// get the n's LoadBalance protocol object, to access its state
        	LoadBalance pn = (LoadBalance) n.getProtocol(protocolID);

        	// check if the neighbour is not in the freeze mode and has some cycle quota left
    		if(pn.cycle_quota < Config.EPSILON)
        		continue; // otherwise skip to the next neighbour

        	/* if this node is underloaded w.r.t. the average load, then consider only
        	 * neighbours with higher load values */
        	if(load <= averageLoad && pn.load > averageLoad) {
    			double partnerLoad;
    			// send a message to the potential partner asking for its current load,
    			partnerLoad = pn.doSelectPartnerRes(this);
        		if(partnerLoad < 0) continue scanNeighbours;

    			// compute the distance between this node and n
            	double dist = Math.abs(load - partnerLoad);
            	// if n has the max distance from this node, then update neighbour and maxDist
            	if(dist > maxDist) {
            		partner = pn;
            		maxDist = dist;
            	}
    		}
        	/* otherwise, if this node is overloaded w.r.t. the average load, then consider
        	 * only neighbours with lower or equal load values */
        	else {
        		if(pn.load <= averageLoad) {
        			double partnerLoad;

        			// send a message to the potential partner asking for its current load,
        			partnerLoad = pn.doSelectPartnerRes(this);
            		if(partnerLoad < 0) continue scanNeighbours;

        			// compute the distance between this node and n
                	double dist = Math.abs(load - partnerLoad);
                	// if n has the max distance from this node, then update neighbour and maxDist
                	if(dist > maxDist) {
                		partner = pn;
                		maxDist = dist;
                	}
        		}
        	}
        	processRMessage("g0", 1, this, "r0", pn, "R1");
        }

        return partner;
    }

    // the implementation of the multicast deviation of the method
    private LoadBalance doSelectPartnerReq_multicast(int protocolID){
    	LoadBalance partner = null;
        double maxDist = 0;

        scanNeighbours:
        for(int i = 0; i < neighbours.degree(); i++) {
        	if(CommonState.r.nextDouble() < getDeviationDegree("SelectPartner_Req"))
        		continue;

        	/* Scan the active neighbours */
        	Node n = neighbours.getNeighbor(i);
        	if(n == null) continue;
        	/* Select the neighbour to start a transaction with */
        	// get the n's LoadBalance protocol object, to access its state
        	LoadBalance pn = (LoadBalance) n.getProtocol(protocolID);

        	// check if the neighbour is not in the freeze mode and has some cycle quota left
    		if(pn.cycle_quota < Config.EPSILON)
        		continue; // otherwise skip to the next neighbour

        	/* if this node is underloaded w.r.t. the average load, then consider only
        	 * neighbours with higher load values */
        	if(load <= averageLoad && pn.load > averageLoad) {
    			double partnerLoad;

    			// send a message to the potential partner asking for its current load,
    			partnerLoad = pn.doSelectPartnerRes(this);
        		if(partnerLoad < 0) continue scanNeighbours;

    			// compute the distance between this node and n
            	double dist = Math.abs(load - partnerLoad);
            	// if n has the max distance from this node, then update neighbour and maxDist
            	if(dist > maxDist) {
            		partner = pn;
            		maxDist = dist;
            	}
        	}
        	/* otherwise, if this node is overloaded w.r.t. the average load, then consider
        	 * only neighbours with lower or equal load values */
        	else if(pn.load <= averageLoad) {
    			double partnerLoad;

    			// send a message to the potential partner asking for its current load,
    			partnerLoad = pn.doSelectPartnerRes(this);
        		if(partnerLoad < 0) continue scanNeighbours;

    			// compute the distance between this node and n
            	double dist = Math.abs(load - partnerLoad);
            	// if n has the max distance from this node, then update neighbour and maxDist
            	if(dist > maxDist) {
            		partner = pn;
            		maxDist = dist;
            	}
    		}
        	processRMessage("g0", 1, this, "r0", pn, "R1");
        }

        return partner;
    }

//    // the implementation of the subset deviation of the method
//    private LoadBalance doSelectPartnerReq_subset(Node node, int protocolID){
//    	// TODO
//    	return null;
//    }

    /**
     * Implement the SelectPartner_Res transition of the LB protocol, invoked by the responder role.
     */
    private double doSelectPartnerRes(LoadBalance r0) {
    	double currentLoad = 0;
    	switch(getDeviationType("SelectPartner_Res")){
	    	case NONE:
	    		currentLoad = doSelectPartnerRes_legal(r0);
	    		break;
//	    	case SUBSET:
//	    		currentLoad = doSelectPartnerRes_subset(r0);
//	    		break;
//	    	case MULTICAST:
//	    		currentLoad = doSelectPartnerRes_multicast(r0);
//	    		break;
    		case TIMEOUT:
    			currentLoad = -1;
    			break;
			default:
    	}

    	return currentLoad;
    }

    // the implementation of the correct method
    private double doSelectPartnerRes_legal(LoadBalance r0){
    	processRMessage("g1", 1, this, "R1", r0, "r0");
    	return load;
    }

//    // the implementation of the subset deviation of the method
//    private Double doSelectPartnerRes_subset(LoadBalance r0){
//    	// TODO
//    	return null;
//    }
//
//    // the implementation of the muticast deviation of the method
//    private Double doSelectPartnerRes_multicast(LoadBalance r0){
//    	// TODO
//     	return null;
//    }

    /**
     * Implement the Transfer transition of the LB protocol, invoked by the provider role.
     */
    private void doTransfer(LoadBalance con, double loadTransfer){
		switch(getDeviationType("Transfer")){
			case NONE:
				doTransfer_legal(con, loadTransfer);
				break;
//			case SUBSET:
//				doTransfer_subset(con, loadTransfer);
//				break;
//			case MULTICAST:
//				doTransfer_multicast(con, loadTransfer);
//				break;
			case TIMEOUT:
				break;
			default:
    	}
    }

    // the implementation of the correct method
    private void doTransfer_legal(LoadBalance con, double loadTransfer){
		// update the load of the consumer (decrease)
		con.load -= loadTransfer;
		// update the load of the provider (increase)
		load += loadTransfer;
		// update the cycle quota
		con.cycle_quota -= loadTransfer;
		cycle_quota -= loadTransfer;

		processRTransition("Transfer", this, "pro", con, "con");
    }

//    // the implementation of the subset deviation of the method
//    private void doTransfer_subset(LoadBalance con, double loadTransfer){
//    	// TODO
//    }
//
//    // the implementation of the muticast deviation of the method
//    private void doTransfer_multicast(LoadBalance con, double loadTransfer){
//    	// TODO
//    }

	/** Reset the current cycle quota. */
    // must be called by a control object at the end of each cycle
	public void resetCycleQuota()  {
        this.cycle_quota = quota;
    }

	/** Return true if the node is in the freeze mode. */
	public boolean isFreeze() {
		return (contFreeze > 0);
	}

	/* ***** METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE AVERAGE AGGREGATOR PROTOCOL ***** */
	/** Initialise the average protocol, and cyclically retrieve the current average value. */
	private void updateAverageLoad(int protocolId) {
		// if the neighbourhood is not empty
		int nDegree = neighbours.degree();
		if(nDegree > 0){
			for(int i = 0; i < avg_threads; i++){
				// return a random node from the neighbourhood
				Node nodeNeighbour = neighbours.getNeighbor(CommonState.r.nextInt(nDegree));
	        	if(nodeNeighbour == null) continue;
				LoadBalance neighbour = (LoadBalance) nodeNeighbour.getProtocol(protocolId);
				// calc the average
				averageLoad = (load + averageLoad + neighbour.averageLoad + neighbour.load) / 4.0;
				// updates the average load of the neighbour
				neighbour.averageLoad = averageLoad;
			}
		}

		/* handle the freeze and defreeze modes */
		if(contFreeze > 0){
			// the nose is in the freeze mode: decrease the freeze counter by 1
			contFreeze--;
		}
		else{
			// the node is not in the freeze mode
			// (1) check whether the node is in the defreeze mode period
			if(contDefreeze > 0) {
				contDefreeze--;
				return;
			}
			// (2) check whether the freeze mode should be activated
			if(Math.abs(averageLoad - load) < threshold){
				contFreeze = freeze;
				contDefreeze = MINIMUM_ACTIVITY_AFTER_DEFREEZE;
			}
		}
    }

	// GETTERS and SETTERS
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** Set the load. */
    public void setLoad(double load) {
    	this.load = load;
    }

    /** Get the load. */
    public double getLoad() {
    	return load;
    }

    /** Set the average load. */
    public void setAverageLoad(double averageLoad) {
    	this.averageLoad = averageLoad;
    }
}


Suzuki Ten Book Marathon | Waterville Creates!
Pineland Suzuki School presents a MARATHON CONCERT to benefit Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Saturday, February 2.
Students ages 4-17 play for nearly 6 hours. Come anytime and stay as long as you like.
How can they do that? How can they play all that music, and from memory? Children have a wonderful natural ability to learn their native tongue by immersion in an environment rich in language. Music is just another language which children can learn from a young age, along with their parents and peers. With games, constant review, daily practice and a while ton of listening, they work up step by step to being able to play many hours of music beautifully and energetically.
After the devastation of World War II in Japan, Shinichi Suzuki wished to raise children to be good citizens with "noble hearts" by teaching them to diligently and joyfully study great music. Now the Suzuki Method, based on how young children learn their mother tongue, is taught throughout the world. Even in this rural corner of the world, there is a group of more than 80 Suzuki violinists, violists, and cellists ages 4 to 17 playing delightfully and robustly, together and in harmony!
« Satur-Play! in February @ Waterville Public Library!


PITTSBURGH, PA--(Marketwire - April 30, 2008) - From entrepreneurs looking to bring commercial MEMS technology to market, intrapreneurs considering the launch of a MEMS business unit within a larger company, and venture capitalists hoping to invest profitably in an innovative industry, interest in MEMS -- or microelectromechanical systems -- has never been so high. Responding to this emergent demand, MEMS Industry Group (MIG), the leading trade association of the MEMS and microstructures industries, today announced "MEMS Education Series - MEMS Business and Management."
MEMS Business and Management is a one-day course exploring strategic and tactical business factors for MEMS opportunities in a wide range of markets including automotive, industrial, consumer, telecom and biomedical industries.
The content for MEMS Business and Management is based on the experiences of industry luminaries who have shared their insights with MIG over its seven-year history. Drs. Jim Knutti and Alissa Fitzgerald are co-presenters of the course, and have drawn upon data and case studies provided by MIG member companies -- as well as their own extensive backgrounds -- to relate real-world experiences from the MEMS industry to course attendees.
"During the 30-year history of the MEMS industry, huge investments in MEMS have spawned mixed results," said Dr. Jim Knutti, co-founder and President/CEO of Acuity Incorporated. "In offering this course, we will explore some of these classic missteps to gain a better understanding of how to avoid them. Course attendees can expect a discussion about critical elements required for successful commercialization -- from market size and timing to competitive landscape and core technology developments."
Dr. Alissa Fitzgerald, founder and Managing Member of A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC, talked about the importance of understanding and analyzing the full commercial environment early in the business planning process: "You need more than a technically superior product to achieve commercial success in MEMS. You need a realistic understanding of manufacturability, supply chain, and maintaining margins to achieve commercial viability. This often overlooked aspect of taking a product to market is one that we will explore."
MEMS and Business Management is the first offering in MIG's MEMS Education Series. Karen Lightman, managing director of MEMS Industry Group, discussed the impetus for the Series: "Most entrepreneurs at technology start-ups, as well as intrapreneurs at larger corporations, possess a strong core competence in the technical aspects of bringing a product to market. We have discovered, however, that many of them need help in refining their business acumen in commercializing their products. Targeted squarely at these audiences, this MEMS Business and Management short course provides the foundational business education needed to make informed decisions about MEMS."
Ms. Lightman added: "During the next twelve months, we plan to roll out other courses in our MEMS Education Series. This type of practical education is in keeping with our mission to promote the commercialization of MEMS. It benefits in discernible ways those who want to gain a deeper understanding of making successful investments in time, resources and/or money as they pertain to the business of MEMS."
MEMS Business and Management will be offered May 9, 2008 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh; for more information on the May 9th course, please visit: www.memseducationseries.com. The course will be offered a second time, in conjunction with SEMICON West on July 18, 2008 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco; for more information on the July 18th course, please visit: www.semiconwest.org/ProgramsandEvents/ShortCoursesandWorkshops.
MEMS Industry Group is the trade association representing the MEMS and microstructures industries. The Association enables the exchange of non-proprietary information among members; provides reliable industry data that furthers the development of technology; and works toward the greater commercial development and use of MEMS and MEMS-enabled devices. MIG is comprised of more than 80 member companies, including Analog Devices, Bosch, Freescale Semiconductor, GE Global Research, Honeywell, IBM, Intel, Okmetic, OMRON, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. For more information, please contact MIG via phone: 412/390-1644, email: info@memsindustrygroup.org or visit www.memsindustrygroup.org.


DALLAS - DFW Airport police have arrested and charged an American Eagle worker for stealing from passengers and lying on the application for his security badge.
Jose Alberto Peralta, 45 of the Dominican Republic, was arrested Friday. He's suspected of stealing and pawning almost 100 pieces of jewelry and sunglasses worth more than $10,000 from passengers' luggage over the past year.
According to reports, a fellow American Eagle employee tipped police off because Peralta had worked on numerous flights where items were reported stolen or lost. That employee also reportedly saw him taking items out of bags.
Officers confronted Peralta at work and found two silver bracelets, a pair of silver earrings, a gold heart-shaped diamond necklace and Oakley sunglasses at the bottom of his backpack.
At first, Peralta said the items were his and that he carried them in from the Dominican Republic because gold prices are higher here. Then, he admitted he took the necklace from an aircraft but said he planned to return it, the report states.
Peralta was also charged with tampering with a government record because he wrote in two different birth dates on a renewal application for a security badge. The report states he explained it away as a mistake made years ago that never got corrected.
The airline would not comment citing the criminal investigation.


Wall Turrets are enemies that appear in A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds.
Wall turrets first appear within the Desert Palace in the room that has the Big Key. They are connected to the wall and move as if they were on a rail. They will shoot Balls out towards Link. Wall turrets are always on opposite walls making the balls roll across the room in a crossfire. The wall turrets themselves cannot be defeated and neither can the balls that are shot out. Link can only avoid them. The wall turrets will shoot out balls in consistent intervals.
Turrets later appear much later on in Link's journey when he is in Ganon's Tower. At this point in the quest, Link can use the Magic Cape to easily walk through the wall turret-filled rooms.
The wall turret later appears in the Palace of the Four Sword. These wall turrets appear with the Spiked Roller while moving above water, being the only wall turrets to do so. In order for Link to avoid the balls coming from the wall turrets, he should dive underwater and swim away.
Strangely, the amount of balls that are shot out of a wall turret depends on the amount of enemies located in the adjacent rooms. If the adjacent rooms are filled with enemies, the maximum amount the wall turrets will shoot is four balls. The wall turrets will still go through the animation as if they are shooting balls, but nothing will come out.
Link dodging balls from Wall Turrets in the Desert Palace.
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