Suzanne Johnson's Sentinels of New Orleans urban fantasy series continues with Belle Chasse—available November 8th from Tor Books!
The full moon blinded me when I landed on my back on the muddy ground, but not enough to obliterate my view of a pirate ghost towering over me with a flambeau and a frown.
"I fear you are right." My leg burned as if someone had used a flambeau to set it afire.
I struggled to a sitting position and looked down stupidly at the blood soaking my left leg from mid-thigh downward. Finally, it all came back to me, along with a stabbing pain that felt as if a nail were being driven into my thigh all the way to the bone. Like Rene, I had a gunshot wound. Unlike Rene, I wasn't a shape-shifter and couldn't pop out my bullet like an overripe pimple.
We'd landed in the transport set up on the Beyond's version of Grand Terre Island after fleeing New Orleans, and I'd been shot by one of the Elven Synod while escaping from what amounted to a death sentence from my own Elders. I'd lost my freedom. I'd lost my job. I'd had to leave without Alex, my lover and significant something-or-other, who'd stayed behind to clear my name and try to prevent the preternatural world from going to war. The leaders of at least three powerful species wanted me dead or under their control, which meant I was stuck for the foreseeable future in the Beyond, specifically in Old Barataria, a circa 1815 version of the South Louisiana wetlands.
"Are they all okay?" My best friend, Eugenie Dupre, a human only recently introduced to the wonders of preternatural life, was pregnant with the child of my bond- mate Quince Randolf, aka Rand, chief of the elven fire clan and newly self- appointed head of the Elven Synod.
Yeah, because I was all about explaining a pregnant woman's frequent need to pee like a race horse to an undead pirate.
It was a large room, with masculine, heavy furniture that Jean had no doubt plundered off the Spanish ships from whose goods he'd made much of his considerable fortune. A large, fourposter bed with a full canopy draped in rich reds and browns consumed much of the room, complemented by an assortment of heavy chests in matching dark wood.
Uh-oh. I knew my bullet wouldn't pop out like Rene's, but I planned to extract it magically. "I just need to make a potion. I can handle this with magic." I held on to the bedpost as if it were the mast of a frigate caught in a whirl pool. "If you'll give me a little privacy, please." I would not remove my pants with an audience.
I thought I'd prob ably been corrupted years ago, but assumed it was some old-world term for infection. He was right; I didn't want to risk it.
After a few other failed efforts, I struggled back into my jeans and limped to the bedroom door, where Jean and Rene stood side by side, watching anxiously.
The pirate dis appeared for a few seconds, then returned wielding a lit candle, a dagger, and a bottle of brandy.
"Mon Dieu, non. She must drink it." Jean snatched the bottle away, lifted my head, and engaged in what felt like the alcoholic version of waterboarding. Brandy dribbled down my chin, ran in my nose, seeped down my cheeks, and seared holes in my eardrums. A lot of it, however, went in my mouth and down my throat, peeling off the lining of my esophagus like battery acid. Before long, my leg still burned like a bonfire but I didn't care so much.
"I have it, sunshine." Jake Warin eased onto the bed next to me and snuggled close. He smelled of fresh salt air and some kind of citrus soap, a far cry from this boudoir of blood and brandy.


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Celess and Tina play the game too well to be considered your average gold diggers. And they're winning too. But when the jaw-dropping secret they both share is exposed, the same shovel that got them out of the dirt could very well bury them.
The 2nd
While picking his son up from college, Secret Service Agent Vic Davies finds himself in the middle of a high stakes terrorist operation and now must use his entire set of skills against the armed faction.
Bernie the Dolphin 2
The kids are thrilled that Bernie has come back. But so has their old enemy Winston, who's about to kidnap the talented dolphin. Kevin and Holly must rescue their splashy friend before it's too late.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Beverly Hills Christmas
With help from a guardian angel, a spoiled rich, very material teenage girl learns that true value is found in assisting others and not in material things.
Below the Surface
All Out Dysfunktion!
Five narcissistic roommates rife with animosity hastily conspire to pull off an underground rave party, without their elderly landlady knowing about it. Things spiral out of control and everyone gets a little more than they bargained for.
Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50.000. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Fight to the Finish
A young amateur fighter makes an enemy with a hardened thug when he gets in-between his next-door neighbor and her abusive ex- boyfriend. As his personal life becomes threatened, he realizes he must finish the fight that he started, but this time they'll settle it in the ring for the championship.
Genre: Action, Romance, Sport
Razors: The Return of Jack the Ripper
A young writer believes she has discovered the holy grail of terror, the knives used by Jack the Ripper for his notorious murders.
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Natalie, an ultrasound tech with a history of not finishing things, is inspired by a cancer patient to sign up for a Triathlon. Natalie is introduced to the strange (and aerodynamic) world of triathletes and meets a colorful cast of characters as she trains for the Nation's Triathlon. With the support of her new teammates, she digs deep to discover just how far she can push her mind and body.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
7 Sins of the Vampire
Alluring vampire woman infest an urban jungle, posing as hookers to lure their prey and then tearing out their hearts and other body parts. Veteran police detective Groper and his rookie partner Slimski are assigned to investigate a bizarre series of murders, corpses found completely drained of blood. A hot lead brings the lawmen to an abandoned house where the vampire hookers and their vampire pimp dwell.
The Wishmakers
Three young gay men arrive in Los Angeles to fulfill their dreams and aspirations, during a summer which will change their lives. In a world of You Tube celebrities, unemployment, downward mobility, and socializing through Facebook, they make a wish in a fountain to find love, fame, and transcendence. Will any of them do it?
This is Our Christmas
A sequel to the popular movie, Beverly Hills Christmas that was shown on UP TV during Christmas 2015 to more than 70 million viewers.
#Stuck
A hot one-night stand turns into an awkward morning after when Guy and Holly get stuck in a dead-stopped traffic jam.
Runnin' from My Roots
Following a very public fall from grace, country music star Faith Winters seeks refuge in her rural Texas hometown, where she rediscovers feelings for her high school sweetheart, the local pastor. But the homecoming is bittersweet.
Rottentail
Adaptated from the cult graphic novel, Rottentail is the story of geeky fertility researcher Peter Cotton who, when bitten by a mutant rabbit, transforms into a vengeance-seeking half-man/half-bunny. What's a boy to do? Why, take a hippity, hoppity trip home of course! Peter begins a bloody killing spree of revenge that culminates in his childhood hometown of Easter Falls.
Genre: Comedy, Horror

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Early Day Motions
ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
EDM (Early Day Motion) 303: tabled on 02 July 2012
Tabled in the 2012-13 session.
This motion has been signed by 16 Members. It has received 1 amendment.
As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.
Amendment to this motion
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Motion text
That this House recognises that there is a climate emergency and that the catastrophic destabilisation of the global climate represents one of the greatest threats that humanity faces; further recognises that there is a need to reduce the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide to 350 parts per million or below; believes it is impossible to predict how close the world is to dangerous tipping points and that immediate action is required to enact a programme of emergency measures with substantial emissions reductions in the short term of the order of 10 per cent within one year, with a longer-term goal of achieving a zero carbon Britain by 2030; further believes that at least two hours of prime time television per week should be used to explain the gravity of the crisis to the public, that domestic flights should be phased out, a speed limit of 55 miles per hour introduced and unabated coal usage reduced; further believes that investment in greening the economy can be an effective way of reviving the economy and, in that spirit, urgent investment should be made in energy efficiency and renewable energy, public transport and the retro-fitting of efficient insulation to existing housing stock, leading to the creation of a million green jobs within one year; and further believes that the introduction of such measures would send a positive signal to other countries in the negotiations for an international emissions reductions treaty.
Signatures (16)
Supporters (16)
Withdrawn signatures (0)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
McDonnell, John
Signed on 2 July 2012
Hayes and Harlington
Caton, Martin
Corbyn, Jeremy
Islington North
Dobbin, Jim
Heywood and Middleton
Lucas, Caroline
Brighton, Pavilion
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Ealing, Southall
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Campbell, Mr Ronnie
Blyth Valley
Crausby, Mr David
Signed on 17 July 2012
Bolton North East
Cryer, John
Leyton and Wanstead
Hopkins, Kelvin
Luton North
Jackson, Glenda
Hampstead and Kilburn
Kaufman, Sir Gerald
Signed on 16 October 2012
Manchester, Gorton
Llwyd, Mr Elfyn
Plaid Cymru
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
McDonnell, Dr Alasdair
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 11 September 2012
Belfast South
Meale, Sir Alan
Riordan, Mrs Linda
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.
After a motion has been tabled, other Members can table amendments to it. Amendments to this motion are shown below.
ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (Amendment 1)
after `reduced', insert `until the Government provides sufficient investment to develop efficient carbon capture technology'.
Labour, Batley and Spen
EDM 303A1: tabled on 7 September 2012


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Blood Test Method Developed to Show Severity, Risks of Concussion
Posted by Cassandra Perez | Apr 11, 2014 | Research & Development | 0 |
Researchers at the Sweden-based Sahlgrenska Academy have developed a new blood testing method that can show an hour after a head injury how severe a concussion is, if there's a risk of long-term symptoms, and approximately when the player can return to a game. According to an Expertsvar news release, the goal of the study was to find safer methods of diagnosing sports-related brain injuries and to obtain a better basis for decisions about when the player can return to the game.
For the study, hockey players who had a concussion were asked to provide repeated blood samples, both directly after the concussion and during the ensuing days. The results were compared with the pre-season samples from two full teams, specifically to show that a special nerve cell protein called tau in the blood could be a marker of concussion at elevated levels. The Expertsvar news release notes that by measuring the tau levels in a regular blood test, the researchers could say how severe a concussion was just 1 hour after injury.
In addition, the research can also predict, with a high level of certainty, which players would have long-term symptoms and thereby needed to rest longer. Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD, states the new findings are not only relevant to ice hockey, but to all sports where there is a risk of head injuries.
Zetterberg states, "We hope that this method will be developed into a clinical tool for club physicians and others in sports medicine, and is used as a basis for the decision on how long the player should rest after a blow to the head. It could even be used in general in emergency medical care to diagnose brain damage from concussions regardless of how they happened."
[Source: Expertsvar]
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Here's an awesome way to get fresh fruit onto a salad that doesn't feel out of place. It actually feels perfectly in place with warm ocean breezes and tropical drinks in your hand.
Guavas are one of my absolute favorite foods, aside from papaya. I used to think I didn't like fruit, but I knew that just wasn't right! It couldn't be. Turns out, I really only like TROPICAL and exotic fruits. Obsessions include papaya, kiwi, dragonfruit, soursop, guava, mango, limes, persimmons…etc.
This salad will have you jumping for joy – especially the dressing.
Add all ingredients to the blender and whiz until liquid. Sit in fridge until you're ready to pour over the salad.
This is similar to a coconut tofu recipe I made before, just smaller scale.
Sorry for the vagueness on amounts. You basically want to make a thick mixture to coat the tofu cubes. Roll each cube of tofu in the egg replacer and transfer to the coconut. Press firmly to coat. Place in the toaster oven for about 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Or you can use the regular oven preheated to 375.
Serve over greens of your choice and additional fresh fruit. Here I used up the rest of my papaya, some guava slices and starfruit.
Wow, a tropical salad! Sounds divine with the guava-papaya vinaigrette!
Can't wait to try this! I love that you used the toaster oven, I've never thought of that.


(6 Nights / 7 Days) Drive In & Fly Out.
After breakfast visit Kuensel Phodrang (Buddha Statue), National Memorial Chorten (Monument) & Folk Heritage Museum. Afternoon transfer to Punakha / Wangdue Phodrang (4,300 ft.), via Dochu-La-Pass (10,170 ft.) to view the higher Himalayas. The pass also has 108 Druk Wangyal Khangzang Chorten which is believed brings multi fold merit to all sentient beings and which make the pass a must visit place. On arrival check in at the hotel. Overnight stay at Punakha / Wangdue Phodrang.
After breakfast check out from hotel with bag & baggage's and visit the Punakha Dzong - built in 1637 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. For many years until the time of the second king, it served as the seat of the Government. The Dzong was named Druk Pungthang Dechen Phodrang (Palace of Great Happiness). Punakha is still the winter residence of Je-Khenpo and King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck convened the first National Assembly here in 1952. After that take a short and easy hike to visit the Chhimi Lhakhang - The Temple, also known as "The Temple of Fertility" was built by Lama Drukpa Kuenley, "The Devine Mad Man". After noon drive to Paro. On arrival check in at the hotel. Evening is free for leisure. Overnight stay at Paro.
After breakfast start full day sightseeing covering Ta Dzong - National Museum with an excellent collection of Bhutanese antiquities, Rinpung Dzong - the administrative seat of the district of Paro. Afternoon visit Drukgyel Dzong - The Dzong was destroyed by fire in 1951 and is now preserved as heritage site & Kyichu Lhakhang - one of the oldest Buddist temples in Bhutan. Overnight stay at Paro.
All the vehicles provided, unless other wise specified will be Non-A/C Vehicles. Supplement Charges will be applicable for A/C vehicles.


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Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation
Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation was established in 2006 with the approval of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Our headquarter locates in the beautiful city- Shanghai. It is a helicopter operating unit with a Class A qualification under the control of China Aviation Industry Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Corporation.
The CCAR-61 private, business, and teaching driver training qualifications were obtained through the CCAR-91 Operational Certification and Certification Company of the Civil Aviation Administration of China on April 17, 2007. In 2012, it was reorganized by China's helicopter research and production base and aviation industry backbone enterprise China Aviation Industry Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Corporation, and was elected as the governing unit of Shanghai General Aviation Industry Association in 2017. At present, the main helicopter models are: AC311, S300C Wait.
As of January 2018, Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation has three operating airports: Zhenjiang Dalu Airport, Shanghai Gaodong Airport, and Jingdezhen Lumeng Airport. At the same time, in Jiangxi Wuyuan, Jinggangshan, Nanchang Yaohu, Zhejiang Longyou, Hunan Zhangjiajie, Yunnan Lijiang In Inner Mongolia, Aershan opened seven helicopter landing points and carried out extensive flight operations.
Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation has always been known in China's general aviation industry for its excellent safety record and economic efficiency. After 11 years of development, Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation has made great achievements in pilot training (private/commercial/teaching), aircraft leasing, aircraft custody, aerial photography, aerial inspections, and aerial tours.
Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation has always been adhering to the service tenet of "safe, efficient and high quality" and provides professional helicopter services. At the same time, it can introduce helicopter type operations for all kinds of navigation companies around the world, including domestic AC311, AC313, etc., and provide professional training such as transfer type authorized by the aviation industry Changfei.
Based on the company's rich experience and safety standards, Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation cooperated with Shanghai Satellite TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV, Anhui Satellite TV, Shandong Satellite TV and other TV stations and the government to carry out a series of aerial photography, including the aerial photography of "Flying Yue Qi Lu" (2007-2009), the aerial photography of Anhui Expressway, and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The documentary of Anhui Huge, the aerial photography of Shaoxing City, Shanghai Expressway, Qingcaosha, Chongming, Jinshan, Zhujiajiao, Songjiang, Baoshan, Sutong Bridge aerial photography, Nantong City aerial photography, etc., these works are trusted by customers.
The controlling party of Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation Investment is Shanghai Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sino-foreign joint venture). The "joint venture" background has laid a solid foundation for Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation to provide quality services and combines the advantages of the Chinese and Western management models with the international service concept.
In 2012, AVIC Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) officially announced the acquisition of Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation, acquiring 67% of the shares held by Shanghai Sikorsky. The holding of AVIC Changhe Aircraft Industry has brought strong technical support and complete factory resource advantages to Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation. Relying on the strong technical strength, talent reserve and after-sales service of AVIC Changhe Aircraft Industry, the company has unique advantages in domestic helicopter operation, maintenance, modification and training.
The company's other shareholder is Kamakura Investment Corporation, a group-owned company founded by the famous Zheshang Qian Guorong, who is committed to resource integration and asset management. The addition of Kamakura Investment Corporation gives the company the advantage of quick decision-making and flexible mode.
Relying on the strong brand influence of investors and high-quality helicopter professional services, Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation has achieved the goal of pursuing safer flight standards and is committed to exploring the Chinese helicopter general aviation market and revitalizing the national aviation brand.
Quote: Introduction of China Aviation Industry Changfei
China Aviation Industry Changfei is a subsidiary of China Aviation Industry Corporation. It is a helicopter research and production base and a backbone of aviation industry. It was founded in 1969. The company currently has the ability to develop and mass produce multi-variety, multi-series, multi-model helicopters and aerospace parts.
The company has now formed a new pattern of coordinated development of military aircraft, civil aircraft and international cooperation projects. The company's products cover helicopter models ranging from 1 ton to 13 tons. The main products include helicopters such as Straight 8, Straight 10, AC 11, AC310, AC311, AC313.
Shanghai Heli General Aviation Corporation, as the helicopter operator of China Aviation Industry Changfei Holdings, is mainly responsible for the operation and promotion of the civilian helicopters it produces.


Space (GR) comes again with a new release on Corpus with two original tracks.
Also they have an a big surprise on track "Land" by an established artist "Dj Surgeles" with too many releases under his belt,he comes to give his own signature.
"Stay close for something different from the usual"


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Truths and myths of the Federal Reserve
Mai 3rd, 2010 Kommentare deaktiviert für Truths and myths of the Federal Reserve
Is the Federal Reserve an almighty-like "creature" or rather extremely limited in its essential operations? L. Randall Wray, an expert on monetary policy, answers questions with regard to the Fed and central banks in general.
By Lars Schall, May 3, 2010
L. Randall Wray is a professor of economics and research director of the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability at the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC). The approach of the economists at UMKC, which has been dubbed "The Kansas City School," builds on the work of Abba P. Lerner, John Maynard Keynes and Hyman P. Minsky.
Mr. Wray's current research focuses on providing a critique of orthodox monetary policy, and the development of an alternative approach. He also publishes extensively in the areas of full employment policy and the monetary theory of production. With Levy Institute President Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, he is working to publish, or republish, the work of the late financial economist Hyman P. Minsky, and is using Minsky's approach to analyze the current global financial crisis.
Mr. Wray is the author of "Money and Credit in Capitalist Economies", 1990, and "Understanding Modern Money: The Key to Full Employment and Price Stability", 1998. He is also coeditor of, and a contributor to, "Money, Financial Instability, and Stabilization Policy", 2006, and "Keynes for the 21st Century: The Continuing Relevance of The General Theory", 2008.
He taught for more than a decade at the University of Denver and has been a visiting professor at Bard College, the University of Bologna, and the University of Rome (La Sapienza). He received a B.A. from the University of the Pacific and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Washington University, where he was a student of Minsky.
Mr. Wray, I conducted not so long ago an interview with a colleague of yours from the Economics Department at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, William K. Black, and asked him if the Federal Reserve, as it exists today, shouldn't being abolished for the sake of humanity. Mr. Black answered this way:
"It depends on what one means by 'as it exists today.' My colleague Randy Wray is the expert on this. He makes the persuasive point that the Fed's essential operations are extremely limited and not terribly complex."i
Now that I am able to ask you, Mr. Wray: is this true that the Fed isn't the almighty-like "creature" as perceived in the view of the general public? What makes its "essential operations extremely limited"?
Milton Friedman played the biggest role in promoting the view that the Fed is the all-powerful Wizard of Oz, spinning dials and controlling the money supply which then determines output and employment. However, the Fed is not to be trusted, hence, should be constrained by a constant-rate-of-growth-of-money-supply rule. This was finally tried in the disastrous early 1980s great monetarist experiment run by Fed Chairman Paul Volcker (simultaneously attempted in Thatcher's UK). I say disastrous because it wiped out half of our thrifts (home mortgage lenders—but not before helping to set off a wave of fraud that was the subject of Bill Black's bookii). By the mid-1980s the Fed had given up money targets, and had also abandoned the Friedmanian myth that money and output are closely correlated—with money driving output.
Over time, the Fed (and all central banks of the developed nations) explicitly adopted interest rate targets and some version of the "New Monetary Consensus" Taylor Rule. The central bank is supposed to adjust its interest rate target in response to output gaps (deviation of output from its "natural rate") and inflation gaps (deviations of inflation from the desired rate). It is believed that greater transparency helps to manage market expectations about inflation, which is ultimately the best way to keep prices in check. And that, in turn, is supposed to be the main way in which central banks contribute to maintaining robust economic growth.
In truth, central bank policy has always determined the overnight interbank lending rate (called the fed funds rate in the US). Leaving to the side regulatory and supervisory power for a moment, that really is all the central bank does. There is no evidence that changing the overnight interest rate (within the usual range) has any significant or predictable impact on the economy. It truly is a Wizard of Oz—if one recalls that the Wizard behind the curtain actually had no power at all. Now, I think that it can be demonstrated that both the great "Maestro" (Alan Greenspan) and the current Chairman (Ben Bernanke) have consistently misread the economy and hence persistently adopt the "wrong" policy (raising rates going into recessions, for example) but fortunately interest rate policy has little impact on the economy. What is unfortunate is that for a very long time policymakers believed that economic policy could be left to the "omnipotent" Fed—which means that the truly powerful fiscal policy has been neglected. By the way, this is an even bigger problem in Euroland—whose monetary policy has been approximately the same as that in the US, but whose fiscal policy has been even more anaemic, that is to say, chronically too tight. (It must be that way, because individual euro nations do not have independent fiscal capacity.)
One essential instrument through which the Fed can influence the conditions of the market-place is, I believe, the "Federal Open Market Committee" based in Washington D.C. What are the instruments of this Committee? And can you understand that critiques of the past and the present argue(d) that those instruments enable the Fed to create the whole thing that we know as the "business cycle" of boom and bust essentially by itself? Is this claim true or false – or does reality take place somewhere in-between?
As I just discussed, really all the Fed does is set and manage the overnight interest rate—which has little impact on anything of importance. For example, following what the Japanese did when their own economy collapsed a generation ago, the Fed responded to the crisis by lowering the interest rate essentially to zero. And just as this had no positive impact on the Japanese economy over the past two decades, it had no discernible impact on the US economy. Bernanke had long argued that what Japan needed was "quantitative easing" to supplement the zero rate policy. He was always vague about what that means, but he had this idea that the Fed can "push on a string"—encourage banks to lend and borrowers to borrow by "pumping liquidity" into the economy. This would take the form of increasing bank excess reserves—providing them with far more reserves than they wanted to hold—on the belief they would then lend.
Of course, it is all pretty silly and amounts to combining a misunderstanding with a nice slogan. Bernanke still, apparently, believes in the long discredited notion of a "money multiplier": when banks have excess reserves they expand loans and deposits by a multiple. But banks do not operate that way and never have operated that way. The "multiplier" is just an ex post identity (we can always divide deposits by reserves and will find a number greater than one) with no causal implications. Banks neither lend reserves nor wait for reserves before they lend. If faced with good customers willing to borrow, banks make loans and create deposits. If they then find they need reserves to meet legal requirements or for clearing purposes they go to the fed funds market to get them; if there are no extra reserves to be found, the Fed provides them to prevent the fed funds rate from being driven above target. So what quantitative easing really amounts to is keeping excess reserves in the system and the overnight rate near zero. Nothing new about it, but "quantitative easing" is a nice slogan with no economic implication. Banks will not lend and borrowers will not borrow because they know we are in a deep and long recession.
However, what is interesting and in some ways scary is that the Fed has expanded its balance sheet to $2 trillion by purchasing assets; it has also made all sorts of guarantees of private liabilities. And we have no idea what the Fed has bought or promised because it refuses to tell us. In the US there is a movement to force an audit of the Fed. Until that is done we cannot know what Bernanke and company have done under cover of the quantitative easing slogan. I am not so much worried about the likely losses the Fed will suffer on the toxic waste it has bought and guaranteed. Rather, I would like to know what favors Bernanke has provided to Timmy Geithner's buddies on Wall Street. So far everything we have found out about what Geithner did when he was at the NY Fed stinks to high heavens. It sure looks like scandal and fraud of historic proportions. I expect that we are living through what will long be considered to be the worst scandal in human history—by this I am referring not just to the shenanigans at the NYFed but rather to the whole string of events that led to the financial crisis and to the subsequent attempt to bail-out Wall Street in order to let business as usual continue.
So to provide a more direct answer: no the Fed can neither create nor cure recessions and crises. It can determine the overnight interest rate, and it can provide reserves on demand. It can also buy anything for sale simply by crediting reserves (a point Bernanke made in testimony before Congress). We used to think the Fed would never buy bad private assets—but Bernanke changed all that. I do think Bernanke made mistakes, and he had to do a lot of learning "on the job" because he came out of academia with inadequate understanding of monetary operations. Greater competency would have had a marginally better outcome. But, really, only appropriate fiscal policy could have led to a quicker recovery. We did not get that.
If it is true that money rules the world, isn't it then true that those who rule the money actually rule the world? Of course, the inevitable next question has to be after this one before: who owns the Federal Reserve which issues the reserve currency of the world?
Well, the Fed is nominally owned by private banks, who own shares in the Fed and receive a maximum 6% return on equity. Private banks play some role in selecting officers of district banks. Some Fed officials work their way up through the Fed after spending time in private banks. However I would not make too much of any of this. The Fed is a creature of Congress, created in the 1913 Act, with subsequent legislation dictating functions and policies. In other words, it really is a branch of government, albeit an unusual one since there are private shareholders. Does the Fed cater to financial institutions? Yes, but so does the Treasury—and as we know, Goldman Sachs has been running the Treasury for the past three Presidencies—Clinton, Bush and Obama. I think that is of greater import than is Wall Street's control of the Fed. Capture of regulators is nothing new, of course. It has, however, become much more obvious and complete since Clinton was elected. He brought in Rubin and essentially delivered Washington to Wall Street. Washington then deregulated finance, which responded in the expected manner by "Hoovering" up 40% of all US corporate profits. The triumvirate of Rubin, Greenspan and Summers led the charge, and then added Paulson, Geithner and Bernanke. Remarkably, only Greenspan's reputation has suffered in the collapse—and of this team he was the only one who actually raised some doubts during the speculative bubbles that followed.
Money might "rule the world" but it is a big mistake to believe that the Fed controls money. Further, while the dollar is the reserve currency, it is also a mistake to attribute too much power to Washington. It always takes (at least) two to tango. The US current account deficits provides the dollar assets desired by the rest of the world; our willingness to run a trade deficit is required, as is the positive net saving desire of the rest of the world. And, in truth, most of these decisions that lead to current account deficits for us, and capital account surpluses for the rest of the world, are made in the non-government sectors.
As far as I know the Federal Reserve is a private entity designed at the beginning of the 20th Century by private bankers under rather suspicious circumstances. Its official mandate is to be "the lender of last resort" in order to prevent financial crises like the one of 1907. Did it fulfil this mandate to prevent crises? Or didn't the Fed already fail to do so at the end of the Roaring Twenties? Economists like Milton Friedman and Murray Rothbard for example argued that the Federal Reserve System not only failed to avoid the problem it was created against but rather helped to cause it in the first place. What is your opinion on this critical question?
I think Friedman, et.al., have got that wrong. Yes, the Fed was created to be a lender of last resort, to stop the frequent bank runs experienced in the US. And of course we were centuries behind European nations in the establishment of a central bank (we had some failed attempts)—an interesting history related to America's populism and fear of east coast bankers. I won't go into that. But I certainly would not call the creation of the Fed "illegitimate"—we had a disastrous crisis in 1907 that set in place the process that led to the Fed's creation. In the 1929 crash the Fed actually did act aggressively, lending reserves and lowering the interest rate. The problem was that the US was on a gold standard and when gold started leaving the country the Fed raised the interest rate to stop the flow. Friedman looks at bank lending and measures of the money supply and blames the Fed for not increasing the money supply. In truth—and just like today—banks would not lend and borrowers would not borrow for the simple reason that if they had, defaults were almost certain. Only if the Fed flew helicopters and dropped bags of cash could it have increased the money supply. But that is not monetary policy—it is fiscal policy and is normally done by the Treasury. In other words the Fed had no way to increase the money supply. Now what Bernanke has done is to have the Fed buy bad assets—but that is not something central banks did in the 1930s. Yes if the Fed had gone out and bought loans and corporate bonds and equities, and bought farms and houses, it could have done some real good. But I have never heard Friedman argue for such policies.
How do you judge on the performance of the Fed in the build-up and the handling of this crisis? And do you agree or disagree with William Greider, the author of "The Secrets of the Temple", who came in an article for "The Nation" to the conclusion that "the Fed is the problem, not the solution"?iii
I have a lot of respect for Greider's work. Now as I said earlier, I do think Greenspan and Bernanke have almost always got things wrong—they always misread the economy. They try to fight inflation exactly when the economy heads into a recession. They usually fail to see speculative booms. They promote deregulation and promote risky new financial practices and products. They raise interest rates at the wrong time; indeed, they cause a lot of asset price instability by continually monkeying around with interest rate targets. That is not good, but impacts on financial asset prices are usually short-lived. And as we now know, the NY Fed, especially, aids and abets dangerous practices and even fraud. So while I think most people overestimate the power in the hands of our modern day Wizard of Oz, I do agree that we ought to tie the hands of the Wizard.
So here is what I propose: Congress should mandate that the Fed set the overnight rate at 25 basis points (0.25%) and leave it there. Forever. That would be the extent of monetary policy in the US. A very simple robot would replace the FOMC, programmed to pay 25 basis points on reserves, and charge 50 basis points on loans of reserves to chartered banks.
Now there are two other issues that remain. First, should the Fed lend to "shadow banks"? Our current crisis began in the shadow bank sector, when Lehman, Bear, Goldman, and others could not raise funds—essentially facing a "bank run", not on deposits but rather on commercial paper and other short-term instruments. The Fed has typically dealt with such problems in the past by calling in chartered banks and telling them it would open up its discount window to any bank that would lend to non-bank financial institutions. In this way, commercial bank could have serviced their investment bank customers.
Alternative, the Fed could lend directly to shadow banks, but only on the condition that they open their books to the Fed. The Fed would then lend against good assets to stop the run, and would use the opportunity to conduct a thorough examination of the books. Of course, an insolvent institution would not like such an intrusion—but that would be the cost imposed in order to get the benefit of Fed lending. No one should lend to a customer without assessing credit worthiness. If the Fed then found the institution to be insolvent, a resolution (including bankruptcy proceedings) would begin. If the Fed had dealt with the shadow institutions in this manner when the crisis hit, there is little doubt that many of them would have been resolved and closed. Of course, that is why the commercial banks would not lend to them—it was widely believed that all large institutions were massively insolvent due to toxic waste on their books. We have rescued them and encouraged them to go on with the same practices that created their insolvency. The situation is now much worse than it was in 2007.
Second, we have issues of regulation and supervision of financial institutions, including protection of consumers of financial products. In the US there is a movement to consolidate regulation and supervision, possibly in the hands of the Fed. It is ironic that the Fed has long demonstrated that it has no interest in regulating or supervising wayward institutions, but it now is fighting hard to become the super-duper regulator. I do not think the Fed is reformable. It is probably far better to consolidate regulation and supervision at the Treasury—with the caveat noted above that since Clinton that has been run by Goldman. Still, I think it is easier to reform the Treasury. I would, however, retain the Fed as lender of last resort—and it would then have the power as a lender to examine the books of any institution to which it lends.
Let's broaden the perspective a little bit. How comes modern money in general into existence "out of thin air"?iv Is there a problem related to this process when it is connected with compound interest and the exponential growth of compound interest? Further on, in case this observation by Richard Heinberg is accurate:
"Our current money system requires constant growth so as to enable repayment of the interest on the debts that created the money to begin with",v
isn't this then a root-cause for many ills in the world that can only become bigger and bigger as long as we follow this constant growth-dogma?
Yes, interest gives rise to a logic and a necessity for growth of money values: nominal growth must exceed the interest rate to avoid rising debt ratios (in a sort of "Ponzi" or pyramid scheme). But I do not see that as a problem—capitalist systems have an inherent logic of growth, too—M-C-M' as Marx put it. As I said earlier, I favour a near-zero overnight rate—which is equivalent to Keynes's call for "euthanasia of the rentier". Other rates will be above zero, to compensate for liquidity and credit risks. But in any case, we would have much lower rates than at present, and a greater probability that nominal growth would exceed the nominal interest rate. There is also much to be said about shifting the weight of the financial system away from private debt and toward public debt—but that is a topic for another day. Capitalist systems do much better with low private debt and high public debt—so long as government operates with its own sovereign floating exchange rate, non-convertible currency—what I call sovereign or modern money.
Modern money is 4000 years old, at least, as Keynes said. Our perception is blinded by the relatively recent experience with a gold standard and then with the fixed exchange rate Bretton Woods system—but that amounts to a total of a couple of hundred years that represented a sharp deviation from the normal situation. The "fiat money" we now have—what I prefer to call sovereign currency—is actually the usual case and the fixed exchange rate and gold standard are abnormal (they were actually imposed in a misguided effort to make the capitalist system "self-regulating").
Money is not a commodity, it is a debt. Privately issued money is the debt of the issuer, and is often made convertible to the sovereign's currency. The sovereign's currency, in turn, is also a debt, denominated in the unit of account chosen by the sovereign. In both cases, the "fundamental law of credit" as Mitchell Innes called it, is that one must always accept one's own liability in payment. The bank must take back its own IOU—in the old days, a bank note, today a bank check—in payments made to the bank (payments on loans, for example). That is also true of government. The difference is that the government imposes liabilities on us (fees, fines, taxes) and then we pay those off by delivering the government's own currency back to government. The authorities have been doing this for 4000 years, at least, issuing clay tablets, metal coins, hazelwood tally sticks, paper, or electronic entries on computer tapes—then accepting them back in tax payment. Nothing new about it.
And it is for good, and for ill. Democracy helps to ensure that this is mostly to accomplish the public purpose. But, as we know, it is sometimes hard to impose democracy on our authorities. Democracy is a work in progress—imperfect but better than the alternatives.
Is it a problem that money creation lays in private hands?
Yes. And no. Look, the unit of account is social, national. Anyone can write an IOU in that unit of account. You cannot stop it, although you can put constraints on it. People can write too many IOUs, and they can accept too many. They will get in trouble. They will need bail-outs and bankruptcy procedures and debt enforcement. Thus, there is a role for government to play.
And, as discussed, government also creates "money" by issuing its own IOUs denominated in the social unit of account. It can use those to help achieve the public purpose, building roads and providing education and paying social security to retirees. It can spend too little, generating unemployment and failing to achieve the public purpose. It can spend too much, causing bottle-necks and too much aggregate demand, both of which can generate inflation. Again, getting all of this just right is a work in progress. Unfortunately, it is hindered by gross misunderstanding of the monetary system. From inception, the purpose of money was to move resources to the authorities. Over the past 4000 years we have tried to get democratic control over them. It is still an imperfect system, but I think that using the monetary system to move resources to the public sphere has proven to be a very desirable tool in achieving the public purpose. It would work better if people understood how it works.vi
But we also need to ensure that enough is left to satisfy private purposes. The private sector also uses the monetary system to achieve private purposes—again, for good and for ill. Exactly how much of our economy ought to be monetized is always a work in progress (education, childcare, transplantable organs), and how much is properly within the scope of the public sphere will always be contentious.
The Fed is currently boosting the money supply very rapidly. One would assume that this leads to inflation. In an interview with me, James Turk, the publisher of the "Freemarket Gold & Money Report" (http://www.fgmr.com), stated something quite noteworthy with regard to the US stock market:
"It is not rising because of good economic conditions. Instead, it is rising simply because too many dollars are being created and they have to end up somewhere. So a logical place for them is the stock market."vii
In other words: is it in financial assets like stock where the inflation is lingering right now?
I think it is quite misleading to claim the Fed is boosting the money supply. The Fed has increased bank reserves, as discussed above. But you and I do not have accounts at the Fed—we do not have access to those reserves. And banks (that do have reserves at the Fed) do not want to lend—even if we wanted to borrow.
I think that deregulation (promoted by the Fed and Treasury as discussed above) helped to make speculative bubbles possible. And Fed bailouts and protection of insolvent and probably fraudulent financial institutions (what Bill Black calls control frauds) has no doubt stoked the belief in the "Bernanke moderation" (an expectation that Bernanke will not let anyone fail, no matter how much toxic waste a Goldman Sachs accumulates) that makes our financial system bubble-prone (Frank Veneroso labels our economy "Bubble-onian"). Yes, we are in the middle of the biggest speculative bubble in human history—equities and commodities, and, believe it or not, real estate is still bubblicious. It will crash. And, yes the Fed deserves some blame. But it is not due to Fed money creation.
I would instead point to what my professor Hyman Minsky called money manager capitalism: too much money under management seeking the highest total returns. Borrowed money and leverage is a factor; but much of it is not borrowed. For example, pension funds have grown tremendously, and in the US are equal to about three-quarters of GDP. Their funds have to go somewhere—and have played the major role in bubbling-up commodities prices. We will need a much bigger crash to wipe out enough managed money to end the bubbles.
Two last questions, Mr. Wray. Why do we need central banks at all? Aren't they, as James Turk puts it, "the real barbarous relic"?viii
I do not think they are relics—or at least, I think the functions that central banks perform are still important. Let me put it another way: central banks were originally founded to provide government finance and to act as lenders of last resort. Both functions are still needed. To be sure, we could consolidate the central bank and treasury and have that consolidated power provide both of these functions. Indeed, I would strongly support that—not because it is necessary but because it would simplify procedures and make the processes much easier for the population and politicians to understand. Most importantly, we could end all the nonsense about fiscal sustainability. We would just have the treasury directly credit bank accounts when it spends and debit them when it taxes; we would stop issuing treasury bonds and everyone could stop worrying about government debt—because we would not issue any (the only government IOUs issued would be cash and reserves, neither of which are included in the debt numbers).
Thank you very much for taking your time, Mr. Wray!
i Lars Schall: "The Great Global Bank Robbery, Part 2", Interview with William K. Black, published at MMNews on April 21, 2010 under:
http://www.mmnews.de/english-news/5376-the-great-global-bank-robbery-part-2
ii William K. Black: "The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry" (University of Texas Press, April 2005)
iii William Greider: "Bailing Out the Bad Guys: What Congress and Bush Do Best", published in The Nation on July 30, 2008 under: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/greider
iv George Washington: "German Central Bank Admits that Credit is Created Out of Thin Air", published at Business Insider on March 20, 2010 under:
http://www.businessinsider.com/german-central-bank-says-credit-is-created-out-of-thin-air-2010-3
v Lars Schall: "How much oil is left?", Interview with Richard Heinberg, published at MMNews on April 7, 2010 under:
http://www.mmnews.de/english-news/5283-how-much-oil-is-left
vi L. Randall Wray. "Understanding Modern Money: the key to full employment and price stability" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 1998)
vii Lars Schall: "Gold is not an 'investment'. It is money", Interview with James Turk, published at MMNews on November 24, 2009 under:
http://www.mmnews.de/english-news/4306-gold-is-not-an-investment-it-is-money
viii James Turk: "The Barbarous Relic—It Is Not What You Think", Committee for Monetary Research and Education, Inc., Monograph Number 55, published January 2006 under:
http://goldmoney.com/documents/barbarous-relic.pdf
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Amarillo puede referirse a:
 Amarillo, un color.
 Emperador Amarillo, una figura de la mitología china.
 Río Amarillo, el segundo río más largo de China.
 Mar Amarillo, un mar entre China y Corea.
 Páginas Amarillas, una guía telefónica para empresas.
 Prensa amarilla, prensa sensacionalista sobre catástrofes.
 Fiebre amarilla, enfermedad viral aguda.
 Amarillo, grupo musical mallorquín.
 Amarillo, es el pez Pimelodus clarias pez de la cuenca del río Paraná.
 Amarillo (Texas), una ciudad ubicada en los condados de Potter y Randall en el estado estadounidense de Texas.
 Amarillo (Raión de Ivanivka), localidad del Raión de Ivanivka en Ucrania.
 Amarillo (película), primer film de género Giallo de Canarias.
 Arroyo Amarrillo, arroyo en el departamento de Pando, Bolivia.
 Amarillo, localidad uruguaya del departamento de Rivera.
 «Amarillo», el tercer episodio de la segunda temporada de Better Call Saul.
 «Amarillo», sencillo de J Balvin.

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1 Corinthians 13 – Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Romans 12 – Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
These are the Scriptures that may come to mind more readily than others. But we must search the Scriptures to find other golden nuggets of the image of God that we are to emulate. And in all of our searching in His Word, remember this, just as we are to be conformed to the image of His Son, so it must be done from a desire to be God-centered – for God's glory, not for our glory. I heard two descriptions of men recently, "God-centered" and "Me-centered". These two biblical descriptions made me think. Which one am I? I quickly came to the conclusion that, I, more than not, tend to be a Me-centered person. I may start out in a situation wanting to be God-centered, but then quickly slide into being Me-centered – because "I matter the most", says the little Mary-god sitting on her throne. But God's truth is sharper than any two-edged sword and cuts to the bone and marrow of our soul. So, when God's word showed me my "Me-centeredness", I felt that sword. But it was and is a cleansing wound.
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.


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BU BIOINFORMATICS NEWS
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Congratulations 2019 Bioinformatics Graduate Award Winners!
Anastasia Gurinovich, PhD & Demarcus Briers, PhD were each awarded the Community Outreach Award. This award is presented annually to recognize an outstanding student(s) who exemplifies the mission of Boston University and the Bioinformatics Program, by demonstrating a commitment to promoting community engagement and scientific outreach.
Andrew Hamel, MS was awarded the Masters Scholar Award. This award is presented annually to a graduating student in the Master's Program in Bioinformatics. Based on outstanding academic record and contributions in the field of Bioinformatics.
Joshua Klein, PhD was awarded the Outstanding Publication Award. This award is presented annually in recognition of an outstanding publication record since joining the graduate program.
Joshua Goldford, PhD was awarded the Charles DeLisi Doctoral Dissertation Award. This award is presented annually in recognition of an outstanding doctoral dissertation in the Graduate Program in Bioinformatics. It was named after the founder of the Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, and is made possible by a generous gift from Prof. DeLisi.


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A secretary in great demand, early 1940s.
"Most of the secretaries in town were giving up their low paying jobs and heading to the more glamorous Air Base jobs with higher government pay, starting out at $125 a month. I was making $75 at the Chamber of Commerce, so I threatened to go to the Air Base too, and my salary was raised to a whopping $100 a month. When I left there eight years later I was still only making $175.
"The years 1941-45 brought so many changes in all of our lives. Nothing seemed permanent anymore. Our quiet little town overnight became home to thousands of young men from all over the country, and despite the terrible aspects of the war it was an exciting time, the likes of which we have not seen since.
Carlton Notgrass, one of Sara's Jackson friends.
It brought people closer together as we shared the grief of those who were receiving the messages by Western Union that began with 'We regret to inform you,' which meant a boy was missing in action or had been killed in action. They came quite frequently, and the whole town mourned with that family. The first ones killed were in the Royal Air Force or on a ship in Pearl Harbor.
Henry Moore, Greenwood Airbase Cadet from Youngstown, Ohio.
Billy Hendrix, a Greenville friend.
Talk about the Greatest Generation. Just look at the young men pictured above, at their attitude and cockiness. Henry Moore, all the way from Youngstown, Ohio, is about to bust the buttons on his flight uniform, likely still not quite believing that the U.S. Army has actually handed him the keys to a fighter plane and will turn him loose on the Nazis in a few months. Carlton Notgrass, who is pictured in a previous posting on a Belhaven stoop, 17 years old, cutting up with Sara, is now decked out in a sharp military jacket, tilting that cap so far that it's about to slide right off his head. And he doesn't look old enough to have ever experienced the business end of a razor. And Billy Hendrix, who must have been one of Sara's Greenville boyfriends. He's a bit older, more serious, perhaps more aware of the downside of this great adventure. So far as I know, all of these young men made it safely through the war, as Sara almost always made a little notation beneath the photos of those who didn't. She'd pencil in, "Lost over English Channel," "Shot down in Pacific," or "Died in France, 1944." My Baby Boomer mind simply cannot wrap around the war years and the daily uncertainty, the collective gut churning that must have flared every time you saw the Western Union man coming around the corner. I am so grateful for the relative peace and security that their generation provided for mine by a sacrifice that was inconceivable.


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Bali World Tourism Day – hosted on 27 September 2022
Indonesia has won the privilege to be the global host of the 42nd World Tourism Day, which falls on 27 September 2022.
Quoted by Kompas.com, the Indonesian Minister of Tourism and the Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, said: "For the 42nd edition of World Tourism Day, Indonesia has received the honor of being named host with the headquarters for the global celebration to be Bali on 27 September 2022.
The tourism minister announced during his weekly online press briefing on Monday, 08 August 2022.
Sandiaga reminded everyone how World Tourism Day for 2022 has adopted the theme of "rethinking tourism" that encourages the re-surveying of what constitutes quality and sustainable tourism. Meanwhile, the Tourism Ministry's acting deputy for resources and tourism institutions, Frans Teguh, commented that the theme of "rethinking tourism" needs to be embraced across Indonesia. Adding: "As hosts (for World Tourism Day), we need to agree with other nations that we (all) want to encourage tourism enterprises to develop a tourism model that is people-oriented, quality-oriented, and sustainable."
Bali's role as the host for the global celebration also entails the hosting of related events. These events will include panel discussions led by Bali tourism practitioners on "Rethinking Tourism as a Key Element on Recovery" and "The Tourism We Want."
In the run-up to World Tourism Day on 27 September, the Ministry of Tourism says seminars, competitions, community projects, and clean-up campaigns will be held nationwide.
Latest Rules: Domestic Travelers in Bali
PT Angkasa Pura, the state-owned company that manages Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport, has published the new travel guidelines for air travel following a circular memorandum issued by the Ministry of Transportation (SE 77 of 2022) covers travel during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
The General Manager of Bali's Airport, Handy Heryudhitawan, told Radarbali.com that he was assuring the public that there would be no obstacle to implementing the new travel guidelines. "Implementing the memorandum SE 77 travel regulations will not change passenger flows at the Airport, and there will be no backloads or accumulation of passengers or operational problems at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport," said Herydhitawan on Tuesday, 16 August 2022.
From January to July 2022, Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport served 5,612,677 domestic and international passengers, with passenger flows continuing upward. Reflecting what has been labeled as "low season" and higher ticket costs, domestic and international passengers are now averaging around 20,000 each day, down from a daily average of 28,000 in July.
"I hope the new travel guidelines will not affect traffic flows at Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport," added Herydhitawan.
SE 77 sets the following new guidelines:
Every domestic air traveler must use the Government's online health certification application PeduliLindungi.
Domestic air travelers aged 18 and above who have received a complete vaccination program, including a booster shot, are NOT required to present proof of a negative RT-PCR or rapid antigen test.
Domestic air travelers aged 18 and above who have only received the first and second COVID-19 vaccine must show proof of a negative RT-PCR performed within 3 x24 hours of departures.
Domestic air travelers aged 6 – 17 years who have received both the first and second vaccination are NOT required to present a negative test result from an RT-PCR or rapid test antigen.
Domestic air travelers aged 6-17 years who have only received the first vaccination or have received no vaccination are required to present proof of a negative rapid test antigen performed within 1 x 24 hours of travel or a negative RT-PCR test performed within 3 x 24 hours of travel.
Domestic air travelers aged 6-17 years who have not been vaccinated and are arriving in Indonesia on an international flight are required to show a negative rapid test antigen performed in 1 x 24 hours of travel or an RT-PCR performed 3 x 24 hours of travel.
Domestic air travelers suffering from specific health conditions or comorbidities preventing them from undergoing vaccination are exempted from government rules on immunization. They must present proof of a negative RT-PCR performed 3 x 24 hours of travel. This group is also required to submit a letter from a doctor or Government Hospital stating the traveler is unable to under vaccination against COVID-19.
Domestic air travelers under the age of 6 years are exempted from vaccination requirements and are not required to present proof of screening by RT-PCR or rapid test antigen. Travelers under the age of 6 years must be accompanied by an adult who has satisfied the COVID-19 vaccination and screening tests outlined in the government deadlines.
Handy added that vaccination service is available at a special facility at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport. This service has been open since 07 July 2022 and operates from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm.
Bali Terrorist Umar Patek Early Release?
International media is focusing on the planned imminent early release from prison of Umar Patek (50), the convicted bombmaker in the Bali Bombing of 12 October 2002 that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and 53 others, spread across 20 other nationalities. At least 209 others suffered severe injuries in the attack.
Patek's release forms part of a long-standing Indonesian program to reintegrate into mainstream society former terrorists now professing a personal reformation. Patek's proposed release at this time would fall just short of the 20th anniversary of the murderous attack and represents a total of two years' sentence reduction for the East Java man.
Channel 9 Australia quotes Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese: "This will cause further distress to Australians who were the families of victims of the Bali bombings. We lost 88 Australian lives in those bombings." Adding: "His actions were the actions of a terrorist, and they did have such dreadful results for Australian families that are ongoing, the trauma which is there."
The Australian Prime Minister is reportedly making "diplomatic representations" to the Indonesian leadership to discuss Patek's planned early release and other issues, including the fate of Australians sitting in Indonesian jails. The Prime Minister said Patek's release from prison is "abhorrent."
The Indonesian prison system typically grants sentence reductions in conjunction with the Nation's Independence Day (17 August) or on religious holidays.
The head of the provincial office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Zaeroji, told the Associated Press that Patek has received a five-month reduction in his sentence for good behavior and could subsequently be released in August 2022. Zaeroji said prisoners in Indonesian prisons are eligible for early release if they meet the legal requirements. Explaining: "While in prison, he behaved very well, and he regrets his radical past, which has harmed society and the country, and he has also vowed to be a good citizen."
A former member of the militant Islamic terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah, Patek, was arrested in Pakistan in 2011 and extradited to Indonesia, where he stood trial and was convicted for his involvement in the 2002 bombing. In 2012 he was sentenced to 20 years for murder and bomb-making in connection with the Bali terrorist attack and a Christmas Eve attack on a church in 2000.
The anger of many members of Australian society is disagreeably palatable. Erik de Haart, an Australian, who helped evacuate victims from the Bali bombsite, speaking on the Australian TV program Sunrise, questioned the Indonesian justice system that allows a man who has killed and injured hundreds, like Patek, to go free and the execution of Australian citizens Bali Nine members for simply smuggling drugs and who had demonstrated regret and remorse during their pre-execution imprisonment.
De Haart added, "This guy's responsible for the death of over 200 people, and he gets released early because he was a good boy in jail? Please. Anyone can pretend to be de-radicalized—but, at the end of the day, he made a weapon that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. And, you know, 10 years? Is that enough? … He doesn't deserve to be given a good-behavior release".
De Haart has joined a substantial chorus of fellow Australians calling for Australia to take a harder line with Indonesia, including rejecting a billion-dollar loan being extended by Australia for COVID-19 recovery.
Jan Laczynski, a survivor of the bombings, interviewed by Channel 9, said that many Australians would be "devastated" by Patek's release. "This guy should not be going out unsupervised, unmonitored," he said.
Bali Police Bust Online Gambling Racket
A police strike force headed by the chief of the Denpasar Precinct, Police Commissioner Bambang Yugo Pamungkas, raided a fourth-floor meeting room in an unnamed hotel on Jalan Kartika Plaza in Kuta Bali at 8:00 pm on Saturday, 13 August 2022, suspected to be the headquarters of an illegal online gambling operation.
When police arrived at the scene, the conference room was empty. Police seized four computers, four operating units (CPU), seven routers, and four handphones.
As reported by Balipost.com and Beritabali.com, Police Commissioner Yugo told the press that police came to the location following reports from local citizens and the hotel's management, who were suspicious of activities taking place in the hotel's Orchid Meeting Room. Yugo confirmed that the Head of the Bali Provincial Police has ordered a crackdown on online gambling and that his officers continue reviewing the material gathered from the suspected gambling center.
The hotel's management confirmed that the meeting room had been booked and used over the past several weeks. Police believe the party renting the conference room were locals currently sought by police.
Travel+Leisure: Bali 3rd Best Island
Kompas.com reports that Travel + Leisure has published its list of the "25 Best Islands," naming the Island of Bali as the World's 3rd best.
In an online poll conducted from 25 October 2021 until 28 February 2022, the sophisticated readership of Travel + Leisure were asked to rate their favorite travel experiences, from destinations to hotels, attractions, and transportation providers.
The list of favorite holiday islands was based on Travel + Leisure reader reviews on the friendliness of native populations, local cuisine, tourist activities, panoramic views, and quality of beaches.
The Travel + Leisure global list of the 25 best holiday islands for 2022 and accompanying scores:
Ischia, Italy 94.61
Maldives 94.44
Bali, Indonesia 92.51
Milos, Greece 92.50
Fiji 92.38
Galapago, Ecuador 92.00
Phuket, Thailand 91.90
Dominica 91.00
Boracay, the Philippines 90.89
Cape Breton, Canada 90.88
Palawan, the Philippines 90.81
Paros, Greece 90.62
Azores, Portugal 90.48
Phu Quoc, Vietnam 90.25
Moorea, French Polynesia 90.24
Cebu, the Philippines 90.12
Ibiza, Spain 89.89
St. Vincent and Grenadines 89.79
Madeira, Portugal 89.78
Maui, Hawaii, USA 89.55
Anguilla, UK 89.43
Crete, Greece 89.40
Mackinaw Island, Mich, USA 89.10
Hawaii, USA 88.53
Kiawah, South Carolina USA 88.49
2 Holiday Inns Seized on Kuta Beach, Bali
Teams from the Attorney General's office have seized the assets of an Indonesian businessmam Surya Darmadi located across three provinces of Indonesia – Jakarta, Bali, and Riau,
As reported by Sindonew.com, Darmadi is currently charged in a corruption case involving Rp. 78 trillion in two separate cases. One is the result of allegations of malfeasance by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) involving the change in the status of jungle land in Riau. The second case alleges Darmadi, via his company PT Duta Palma Group in Riau, illegally usurped land measuring 37.095 hectares.
In Bali, as reported by Balipost.com, Prosecutors have taken action based on a ruling made by the Denpasar High Court (Nomor: 5/Khusus/Pen.Pid.Sus-RPK/2022/PN/ Dps). Prosecutors seized a parcel of land held by PT Menara Perdana measuring 26,730 square meters on Kuta Beach occupied by the Hotel Holiday Inn Resort Bali and the adjacent Hotel Holiday Inn Express Bali.
Another parcel of land in Kuta comprising 2,000 square meters owned by the Duta Palma Group has been seized as part of the corruption case.
The case also includes a 4,470 square meters parcel on Jalan Rasuna Said in South Jakarta, a piece of land measuring 9,271 square meters, and a building on Jalan Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta.
In Riau, the government has seized a piece of land measuring 10,944 square meters on which stands a building operated by PT Duta Palma in Pekanbaru.
State Prosecutors seized the lands in three separate provinces of Indonesia in a continuing criminal case for money laundering against businessman Surya Darmadi originating with his Palm Oil business (PT Duta Palma Group).
Gala G20 Cultural Dinner to be held at GWK
Bali's iconic Garuda Wisnu Kenaca Cultural Park (GWK) Lotus Pond has been selected as the venue for the welcoming cultural dinner for at least 20 heads of state and related delegations expected to attend the G20 Summit in Bali in late November 2022.
As quoted by NusaBali.com, Andre Prawiradisastra, the head of marketing communication and events for GWK, told the press on Saturday, 20 August 2022, that preparations for the prestigious November dinner have reached the 80% level.
Among the items being prepared for the G20 Summit Dinner at GWK in November is the renovation of the entrance gate, creating new steep access roads. Andrew confirmed these three main preparatory steps with other projects, including CCTV surveillance installation and enhanced public area lighting.
Various government ministries and agencies are helping GWK prepare for the big event. This includes the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing. Andre added: "Everything must be ready by September. But, by August, President Joko Widodo may come to check that all is clean and ready."
Andre warned the public to expect the popular GWK Cultural Park to be closed for three days before the event, from 16 -18 November 2022, and 2 days after the gala dinner.
Main Article: Bali World Tourism Day, 27 September 2022


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In the Senate, the text of the government has been changed by the right. Thus, the reality of professional integration, by sector, is now one of the criteria determining the number of places in a license.
Condition the access of graduates to the numbers of professional insertion. It would be a real revolution in the academic world, this temple of knowledge. This was the purpose of Senator Jacques Grosperrin's amendment to the government bill on the university. Constrained by time, the Minister of Higher Education dropped the ballast on the right, the majority in the Senate, by incorporating the spirit of this amendment into the bill "orientation and student success", which she has been wearing for almost four months. The joint committee (CMP), made of deputies and senators of all kinds, reached a compromise agreement on 13 February. This made it possible to avoid a new detour by the Assembly, which would have delayed the vote of the law, even though the new orientation platform "Parcoursup" – which replaced APB – has been working since January … The text, which profoundly changes the conditions of access to university, was finally adopted Thursday.
"When the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a training," the university will select its future students, provides the new law. How are these reception capacities established? They are fixed by the rector, in liaison with the training managers. What are the criteria taken into account? Until then rather vague and variable from one institution to another, they relied more on the material capacity of a university to accommodate students. In Staps, a very popular sector in which the draw took place last year, sports equipment must be at the rendezvous. In medicine, another saturated sector, already crowded amphis can not make room for infinity.
As part of the law passed, these capacities will now be determined according to "the prospects of professional integration of training courses, the evolution of training projects expressed by candidates and the training and research project of the institution ". A victory, according to Jacques Grosperrin, himself a professor in Staps at the University of Besançon. "We kicked the door!" Welcomes the senator, who intends to put an end to the "human waste and hypocrisy of certain sectors". "In psycho, we know very well that we welcome too many students, given the opportunities. As for certain sectors, they are maintained only to stabilize teaching positions! " He rebels.
A conservatory role
The law provides for the setting up of an "observatory of professional integration in each university", responsible for supporting students towards employment and providing annual data. Nothing new under the sun, according to Olivier Vial, president of UNI, student union ranked right. "Since 1986, universities have been required to publish this data. And they do not do it … ", he observes in old road of higher education. "The debate in the Senate should have gone on in the House. The vote of the law puts everyone in front of the fait accompli, " he regrets.
On the left, there is still concern about the impact of such an amendment on the limitation of student flows. And we put forward a certain vision of the university. "It acquires knowledge and skills that can be used in a variety of trades, says Hervé Christofol, the teachers union Snesup. Beyond the professional aspect, the university plays a conservatory role in the culture of the country, "he adds, referring to Latin, anthropology or ethnology.
On the government side, the compromise is not stirring. "The wording of the article will not change much in the spirit of the law," it is estimated, pragmatic, in the entourage of the minister, Frédérique Vidal. Which, to reassure the student unions, said on Thursday that it was "out of the question" to "reduce the capacity of reception".
Parcoursup's algorithm will be published soon
After the APB episode and the draw, the Macron government promised to do all the transparency in the system of assigning high school students to college.
In 2016, the association rights of the students had threatened to bring to justice the "opacity" of the PDB algorithm, forcing the Ministry to clear the prioritization criteria in the post-bin assignment.
The new law on access to university, adopted Thursday, ahead of any claims. The amendment carried by the mathematician and MP (LREM) Cédric Villani plans to publish "the algorithm processing the Parcoursup platform," accompanied by his "specifications". So high school students would have all the cards in hand to understand their final assignment? No, denounce several unions, which point to an attempt by the government to protect itself from possible recourse before administrative tribunals. "Parcoursup is a simple platform for managing flows. The real sorting algorithms will be set up locally, in universities, "says Hervé Christofol at Snesup. Yet another amendment, brought on February 7 by the government, puts forward the "necessary protection of the secrecy of the deliberations of the teaching teams in charge of the examination of the candidatures". Unhappy candidates will be able to ask for individual accounts of the "why" of the refusal, but not how. These "house" algorithms will not be published.
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