Any one out there have a BBF (460) in their 23T? If so, what brand headers did you use, or problems you ran into ta get the headers to clear the frame. All info is app.
You can use big block Chevy headers, and change the flange to 429-460 Fords. I've done this on a couple of my race cars when nothing else was available.


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One day a fourth-grade teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up -- fireman, mechanic, businessman, salesman, doctor, lawyer, and so forth. But little Justin was being uncharacteristically quiet, so when the teacher prodded him about his father, he replied, "My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front of other men and they put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if the offer is really good, he will go home with some guy and have sex with him for money."
The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some exercises and then took little Justin aside to ask him,"Is that really true about your father?"
"No," the boy said, "He works for the Republican National Committee and helped re-elect George Bush, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids."
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A house help, Helen Wilson, has been arrested for allegedly stealing her boss? Toyota Camry and looting her property in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect was tracked on Tuesday to a location in Benue State through her Facebook post, where she was apprehended by some military officers alerted by her boss, Aisha Bulama.
Our correspondent learnt that the Garkida, Adamawa State indigene had been working for Bulama for the past five years at her house in Block C6, 1004 Estate, where the incident happened.
The boss was said to have travelled to Kaduna State for a wedding last week when Wilson, together with her boyfriend, one Martins, drove the 2009 model car away.
A neighbour, who noticed that the car was not in the usual parking lot, alerted Bulama that her car had been stolen.
Bulama, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone, said the case was reported at the Victoria Island Police Division.
She added that the suspect was caught on Tuesday, adding that the vehicle had been recovered.
She said, ?She was formerly working for my friend, who travelled out of the country. I decided to employ her and she had been working for me for the past five years without any record of blemish. In fact, I cannot say anything bad about her because she is the best housemaid one can ever have.
?I travelled for a wedding and left her with the car key. A few days later, my Indian neighbour called me and asked if I told somebody to pick my car and I said no.
?I immediately called her and asked why my car was not at the parking lot. She said it was not true, that the car was right there. A few minutes later, she became unreachable on the phone.?
She said her neighbours went to report the case to the police, which launched a manhunt for the suspect.
Bulama said she later learnt from Wilson?s friend that she hatched the plot with her boyfriend.
She said the car was tracked to somewhere in Lagos where it had been sold for N2.6m, adding that the buyer transferred the money to the suspect through e-banking.
Wilson was said to have later updated her Facebook page, posting a snapshot of herself.
Bulama said, ?She was arrested together with her boyfriend around 9am on Tuesday in Benue State. They had been moving around different places after selling the car. She then posted a photo on Facebook, which I forwarded to London. They gave me the location where the photo was taken and I sent the soldiers there; they got her arrested. When I see her, I wish to ask her why she did it.?
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said he would call back our correspondent, but he had yet to do so as of press time.


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Ludwig Häusser (* 26. Oktober 1818 in Kleeburg, Elsass; † 17. März 1867 in Heidelberg) war ein deutscher Historiker und liberaler Politiker.

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Studium, Lehrer und Journalist
Ludwig Häussers Vater, reformierter Pfarrer im elsässischen Kleeburg, verstarb bereits 33-jährig im Jahr 1821. Daraufhin zog Ludwigs Mutter Anna Maria Dorothea geb. Paniel mit ihrem zweijährigen Sohn zu ihrer Familie in Mannheim. Ludwig besuchte ab 1826 das Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Mannheim. Nach dem Abitur studierte er von 1835 bis 1839 klassische Philologie an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Mit einer Doktorarbeit bei Friedrich Christoph Schlosser wurde er zum Dr. phil. promoviert. Das Sommersemester 1838 verbrachte er an der Universität Jena, wo er 1838 der Burschenschaft Arminia auf dem Burgkeller beitrat. 1839 unterrichtete er kurzzeitig als Gymnasiallehrer in Wertheim. 1840 war er für drei Monate in Paris.

Nach der Habilitation 1840 war er zunächst als Privatdozent an der Universität Heidelberg tätig. Ebenfalls in Heidelberg war er von Herbst 1840 an für kurze Zeit Lehrer am Lyceum, dem heutigen Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium. Daneben war er seit 1841 Mitarbeiter der Allgemeinen Zeitung, die zu dieser Zeit in Augsburg erschien. Nach dem Ausscheiden von Georg Gottfried Gervinus als Herausgeber der 1847 begründeten Deutschen Zeitung übernahm er deren Redaktion.

Abgeordneter des Frankfurter Vorparlaments und der Zweiten Badischen Kammer
1848 war er Mitglied des Vorparlaments. Im Verlauf der Märzrevolution wurde er im November 1848 Mitglied der Zweiten Badischen Kammer (bis 1850 und von 1860 bis 1865). Er vertrat einen streng legalistischen Standpunkt und bekämpfte die revolutionären Demokraten. Durch zielstrebiges Wirken konnte er zur Durchsetzung wesentlicher Reformen im Schulwesen, der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung, dem Eisenbahnnetz und der Judenemanzipation beitragen. Am 18. März 1850 wurde er für den 4. Badischen Wahlbezirk ins Erfurter Parlament gewählt und nahm 1863 an der Frankfurter Abgeordnetenversammlung teil.

Professur in Heidelberg
1845 war er zum außerordentlichen Professor, Ende 1849 dann zum  ordentlichen Professor in Heidelberg für Geschichtswissenschaft ernannt worden. Rufe der Universität Zürich und der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen lehnte er in der Folge ab. In der Diskussion um die deutsche Einheit vertrat er die kleindeutsche Lösung einer konstitutionellen Monarchie unter preußischer Führung.

Als Häusser 1867 an einem Herzleiden starb, nahm das gesamte Land Anteil, so auch Großherzog Friedrich, der Häusser als seinen eigentlichen Lehrer bezeichnete.

Familie
Ludwig Häusser heiratete 1846 Eleonore Wilhelmine geb. Rettig. Sie hatten vier Kinder. Seine Mutter wohnte bis zu ihrem Tode 1857 im Haushalt des Sohnes.

Grab

Das Grabmal für Ludwig Häusser auf dem Heidelberger Bergfriedhof wurde von Franz Sommer geschaffen. Die Büste Häussers ist eine Arbeit des Bildhauers Konrad Knoll. Die Grabstätte von Ludwig Häusser war ursprünglich neben der Grabanlage von Kuno Fischer auf dem Professorenweg. Nach Auflassung der Begräbnisstätte wurde Häussers Büste nebst seinem Grabmal am Anfang der Professorenreihe  in memoriam an den Gelehrten wieder errichtet.

Ehrungen
 Ehrenbürger von Heidelberg (1860)
 Großherzoglich badischer Hofrat (1861)
 Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1861)
 Geheimer Rat (1865)

Werke
Ludwig Häussers historisches Hauptwerk ist die Deutsche Geschichte vom Tode Friedrichs des Großen bis zur Gründung des Deutschen Bundes, die von 1854 bis 1857 in Heidelberg erschien. Hervorzuheben ist ferner seine bei Jakob Christian Benjamin Mohr in Heidelberg in zwei Bänden 1845 erschienene Geschichte der Rheinischen Pfalz, die mehrfach nachgedruckt wurde und für fast 150 Jahre das maßgebliche Überblickswerk zur Pfalzgrafschaft wurde. Auf 1600 Seiten umspannt er dort die Geschichte von der Spätantike bis zum Reichsdeputationshauptschluss.

Literatur
Darstellungen
 Helge Dvorak: Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft. Band I: Politiker. Teilband 2: F–H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X, S. 218–219.
 Lothar Gall: Ludwig Häusser als Historiker und Politiker des kleindeutschen Liberalismus. In: Ruperto Carola 41, 1967, S. 82–90.
 Anneliese Kaltenbach: Ludwig Haeusser, historien et patriote, 1818–1867. Contribution à l'étude de l'histoire politique et culturelle franco-allemande au XIXe siècle (= Travaux et mémoires des instituts français en Allemagne 9). Presses universitaires de France, Paris 1965.
 Lorenz Waibel: Ludwig Häusser (1818–1867). Kleindeutsche politische Geschichtsschreibung an der Universität Heidelberg (= Schriftenreihe Studien zur Geschichtsforschung der Neuzeit. Band 80). Kovač, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8300-7345-1.

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Anmerkungen

Mitglied des Vorparlaments
Mitglied der Zweiten Kammer der Badischen Ständeversammlung
Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
Träger des Bayerischen Maximiliansordens für Wissenschaft und Kunst
Historiker
Ehrenbürger von Heidelberg
Burschenschafter (19. Jahrhundert)
Deutscher
Geboren 1818
Gestorben 1867
Mann
Geheimrat
Hofrat
Mitglied des Volkshauses des Erfurter Unionsparlaments
Absolvent der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

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College Basketball Daily Fantasy Helper: Wednesday 2/6/19
Brett Oswalt — @bRo14thekid Feb 6th, 2019
Coming off a bad game, Georgetown's Jessie Govan aims to bounce back on the road against Providence. Who else can you target on tonight's 12-game slate?
College basketball season is in full tilt.
March Madness is still roughly a month away, but you can get in all the college hoops hype by playing daily contests at FanDuel today. If you've played NBA DFS before, it's quite simple: pick a total of eight players -- four guards, three forwards and one utility spot you can use for either position. Stay within the $50,000 salary cap and field the team you think will score the most fantasy points.
Where scoring differs from NBA is in the blocks and steals categories, with each worth two FanDuel points apiece rather than the three you get in daily NBA contests.
Now that you're in the know, we can attack today's main slate, which locks at 7:00 p.m. EST and consists of 12 games. #14 Villanova hosts Creighton in what projects to be one of the most fantasy-friendly matchups of the night, sporting a 152 over/under and a nine-point spread.
Clemson at Georgia Tech
Notre Dame at Miami
#24 Maryland at Nebraska
Georgetown at Providence
Creighton at #14 Villanova
Baylor at Texas
Oklahoma State at TCU
#19 Wisconsin at Minnesota
Colorado at UCLA
Georgia at Alabama
#21 LSU at Mississippi State
#6 Nevada at Colorado State
Which players should you be targeting and why?
Alpha Diallo, Providence ($8,400): Outside of 'Nova/Creighton, there's another Big East game to major exposure to, and that's in Providence at Georgetown. At home, the Friars are four-point favorites, and when combined with a 148.5 over/under they have a nice 76.25 implied total. That's 4.15 above their season average, as they're set to benefit from a head-to-head with a Hoya defense ranked 124th, according to KenPom.com. Diallo enters the night with a 25.5% usage rate, which ranks first among Friars with 300-plus minutes played. He has averaged 33.9 FanDuel points, a mark that ranks first among guards and third overall on this slate despite sitting outside the top five by price. His combination of consistency -- 15 30-plus FanDuel point games -- and upside -- two 50-plus games -- is as good as it gets for cash games.
Cody Martin, Nevada ($7,900): Not so surprisingly, the #6 Nevada Wolf Pack own the evening's top total (82.75) as 13.5-point favorites at Colorado State. They rank 21st in offensive efficiency and 32nd with 81.4 points per game, thanks to three straight conference games with at least 87 points. Sitting 281st in defensive efficiency, the Rams are the worst defensive squad of the 24 we have to choose from, so Cody Martin's fantasy potential is that much higher given the matchup. The 6'7" senior has been particularly hot of late, putting up at least 27.7 FanDuel points in three straight while totaling 50 points (on 20-of-28 shooting) and 19 assists. Martin had 19 points, 5 assists and 31.9 FanDuel points in the two teams' matchup in Reno a couple weeks back, and all he requires is 31.6 for four-times value (4.0 points per $1,000) tonight.
Lamar Peters, Mississippi State ($6,500): The Big East and SEC are king tonight, and the latter is headed by #21 LSU at Mississippi State in a game with the highest over/under of the night at 155.5 points. This is one to go at hard, especially with some value plays on the Bulldogs' end of it. Peters was once priced much higher, and in this middle tier his upside is basically unmatched. Using 24.4% of his team's offensive possessions, the junior has averaged 23.4 FanDuel points with six games over 30 and eight at least meeting tonight's implied output of 26.0. He's also shot a much higher percentage (44.9%) on his home floor, where he's averaged 14.1 points and 24.3 FanDuel points in 11 games.
Davion Mintz, Creighton ($5,700): For the Bluejays, they will -- in all likelihood -- be shorthanded without Marcus Zegarowski and Damien Jefferson in the backcourt, leaving Mintz as the primary beneficiary. Villanova isn't the best matchup, ranking 87th in defensive efficiency but an ultra-slow 339th in pace. Nonetheless, Creighton has a 71.5 total due in part to their own high offensively-minded pace of play. Mintz should see around 35 minutes, and when he's been on he's seen 20% of the team's possessions. Before posting back-to-back duds, the junior had tallied three straight with 25.8 or more FanDuel points -- two of those on the road.
Tevin Mack, Alabama ($4,600): If you have room, you can pay up for John Petty ($5,600) or Kira Lewis, Jr. ($5,900) as your Alabama exposure. But for my money, Mack is a great punt play in tournaments. The Tide's 79.25 total is more than four above their season-long average, which bodes well for scoring-dependent guys like Mack. The junior averages 8.4 points per game on a 23.9% usage and 7.5 field goal attempts per game, despite averaging under 20 minutes a night. He is just one game removed from back-to-back games with 19.9 FanDuel points or more, which would be good enough for a value of 4.3 points per $1,000 at his bottom-of-the-barrel cost.
Jessie Govan, Georgetown ($8,200): On the other side of that high-scoring game between the Friars and Hoyas, Georgetown forward Jessie Govan is in a great spot as well. While Nevada's Jordan Caroline ($8,700) is a great play on the very top tier, the 6'10" senior comes at a discount and averages 0.8 more FanDuel points per game. He's coming off a foul-riddled 13-minute, 6.4-point performance last game at Villanova, but this Providence team is allowing 71.4 points per game in conference play and is expected to give up a healthy 72.25 to tonight's opponent. Back in a January 12 meeting, Govan turned in a monster double-double -- 33 points and 14 rebounds -- with four blocks and a total of 59.3 FanDuel points. That type of tournament-winning upside makes him a better play than the alternatives -- Nicolas Claxon, Elijah Thomas and Bruno Fernando -- in his price range.
Naz Reid, LSU ($6,700): There's no shortage of plays for this one, but Reid could pay off big for those looking to the mid range at forward. The freshman has had a couple of lulls this year, but he looks to be back at it in time for an up-and-down matchup. Reid has scored in double figures in four out of his last five and five out of his last seven, and he has at least six boards in each of those games. He's managed three games over tonight's salary-implied output in that span, maxing out at 36.4 at Arkansas and going for 31.0 against the Razorbacks at home on Saturday. If he stays out of trouble, he should eat in a close game against an okay opponent.
Reggie Perry, Mississippi State ($5,200): Going with one Bulldog in both the backcourt and frontcourt seems to be the way to go this evening. After all, Perry replaced Aric Holman in the starting lineup last game, and the freshman big went for 21 points, 11 rebounds and 34.7 FanDuel points. He produced 29.4 the game before, and he has two double-doubles in his five starts on the season. The Tigers give up 72.5 points per game -- 76.5 in SEC play -- and allow 10.8 offensive boards to their opponents, on average. At home, look for Perry to take advantage so long as he's in the starting lineup once again.
Jermaine Samuels, Villanova ($4,800): The entire forward foursome is in play for Villanova, but Samuels is the cheapest, thereby presenting some nice value given this game script. Samuels is fresh off a 16-rebound game in which he went for 29.2 FanDuel points, giving him three games with 22.1 or more in the last six. When he's gotten the minutes he's shown to be a stat-sheet stuffer, something that's particularly valuable against Creighton, a team allowing 33.0 rebounds, 6.5 steals and 3.1 blocks to opposing teams.
Brett Oswalt is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Brett Oswalt also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username BRO14THEKID. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.
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100 firefighters responded to a fire at a building located at 5127 SW Macadam Avenue Sunday night.
When crews arrived shortly after 7 pm, they found smoke coming from the elevator shaft. When the fire broke out, there were a few people in the building, but they all made it out safely.
When crews entered the building, they discovered smoke was banked down to the floor level. During a search to make sure the building was cleared, firefighters noticed the second floor felt spongy, which Portland Fire says that usually means there's a fire below that compromises the structural integrity of the floor crews were standing on.
Due to the size of the building, low visibility, and the weakened areas of the structure, it was challenging for crews to find the fire. Firefighters fought it from the outside because an attack from the inside would put crews at risk. The fire was upgraded to a third alarm within the first 30 minutes, then to a fourth alarm soon after.
At least 100 firefighters battled the blaze, with five fire trucks placed on all sides of the building to surround and drown the fire.
Crews worked throughout the night to put water on any flare-ups that occurred. Investigators will not be able to start the investigation until all flare-ups have been extinguished and determine which areas of the building are safe to enter.


The Hellenic Society of Cardiology, was established in 1948 and registered with the Athens Civil Courts in 1950. Initially the founding members were 28, while today the number has risen to approximately 2,200 registered Cardiologists.
The objective of the Society is to promote Cardiology and related fields, as well as to strive for the achievement of optimum scientific and professional working conditions for its members. HCS is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of 9 members, which is renewed every two years, following a secret ballot of its members. The Board deals with scientific and administrative issues, as well as with scientific congresses and lectures.
The Hellenic Society of Cardiology is located in Athens in a private 5-storey building, at 6 Potamianou street. The building has full technical equipment for carrying out the activities of the Society. On the third floor of the building the e- Library, which serves members of the Society with the most important Cardiology journals worldwide and with excellent technological equipment, provides access to Greek and foreign literature 24 hours a day from all over Greece via Computers and modems. In the auditorium of the Society advanced courses, webinars, CPR seminars and monthly meetings of the Working Groups are conducted. Spaces of the building are configurated to serve as test rooms for free cardiac evaluation of sensitive social groups. The examinations include echocardiography and exercise testing in addition to the standard cardiac exam.
The Working Groups function along the lines of the respective groups of the European Society of Cardiology. The purpose of these groups is to promote knowledge of the subject they are dealing with. This purpose is achieved with the Working Groups Seminars, held every year for three days.
The Hellenic Society of Cardiology publishes a bimonthly magazine entitled "Hellenic Journal of Cardiology" about 150 pages per issue, which is distributed to all members of the Society, Cardiology trainees, hospitals, libraries, etc., as well as the International Journal HELLENIC JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (International Edition, ISSN 1109-9666) which is included in MEDLINE medical publications databases (impact factor 1,227). The Panhellenic Congress of Cardiology is organized every year in October with the participation of about 3,500 people (Cardiologists, Cardiology trainees and Nurses). Every February, in the Seminars of the Working Groups the minimum number of participants is 1,500 people. At the same time, we train doctors in different regions of Greece through the regional congresses organized every year.
In 2017 the Hellenic Society of Cardiology (HCS) celebrates 70 years since its establishment.
The history of HCS parallels the history of Cardiology in Greece.
Revisiting the history of HCS one also observes the advancements in Greek Cardiology, since HCS has offered chances of communication between Greek Cardiologists from the introduction of Cardiology as an independent specialty in the middle of the 20th century.
HCS constitutes a connecting link between Cardiologists and has encouraged educational efforts towards the training of doctors and research activities.
Today, in collaboration with the European Society of Cardiology, HCS takes action towards the homogenization of education of Cardiology trainees in order to acquire the Diploma of European Cardiologist and offers programs of continuing education and lifelong learning for the specialized Cardiologists of the country.
The highlights of HCS during its 70 years of existence are presented below.
The first specialized Greek Cardiologists appeared in Greece after 1930 mainly from Germany and France. These are the first Cardiologists that staffed the major hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki where Cardiology was not yet acclaimed as an independent specialty. Most departments of Cardiology were headed by general practitioners and cardiovascular disease was treated by Cardiologists from abroad or general practitioners with a special interest in Cardiology.
The idea of Cardiology as an independent specialty in the medical community matured after the 2nd World War. In 1954 Cardiology became an official specialty and the title of Cardiology Specialist was introduced.
More Cardiologists were already beginning to arrive, among them Professor P. White who arrived with a group of American doctors bringing with him the first direct-writing electrocardiograph.
The next step was the founding of the HCS. On the 7th of December 1948, the Cardiologist Dr. Demosthenes Papapanagiotou invited all the Cardiologists who were practising in Athens to his house, at 4 Acadimias Street, for an "all-purpose meeting to exchange opinions and friendly greetings". Twenty-nine Cardiologists in all attended the meeting.
Mr. Papanagiotou stressed that he tried not to forget any Cardiologist from the Athens area and so he spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, after many discussions with most of you, we thought that it would be time for us to take on the formation of the Society of Cardiology, in order to be able to exchange our opinions, helping to advance our specialty."
The first statute described the logo and goals of the Society. The first president of HCS was Alexandros Portokalis, whose term of office lasted 1 year. The first hemodynamic laboratory was founded in 1951 at Nea Ionia Hospital, followed by all the major hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki. In 1954 under the presidency of Dr. George Michailidis, Legislative Decree 3008 recognized Cardiology as an independent specialty. In 1960 under the Presidency of Dr. Anastasios Samaras the HCS inaugurated its offices at 17 Sisini st. The year 1958 marked the most significant milestone as the University of Athens established the first Department of Cardiology and in 1961 Dr. Georgios Michailidis took office as the first Professor of Cardiology in Greece. He also served as President of the 5th European Congress of Cardiology.


Nov 23, 2016 Innovators in China powered global patent applications to a new record in 2015, filing more than a million applications for the first time ever within a single year amid rising worldwide demand for intellectual property rights that undergird economic activity.
Nov 16, 2016 The World Intellectual Property Organization today announced its new Open Access policy to promote the widest possible public access to its publications, furthering the Organization's commitment to the dissemination and sharing of knowledge.
Nov 15, 2016 New analysis shows that 29% of the international patent applications filed via WIPO in 2015 included at least one woman inventor, compared with 17% in 1995, according to a WIPO study.
Oct 31, 2016 The World Intellectual Property Organization has developed a ground-breaking new "artificial intelligence"-based translation tool for patent documents, handing innovators around the world the highest-quality service yet available for accessing information on new technologies.
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Oct 11, 2016 Member states agreed to expand a network of overseas offices that promote WIPO services and cooperation around the world, ending the 2016 Assemblies meetings by approving new external offices in Algeria and Nigeria while agreeing to continue discussions on the opening four other offices by end of 2019.
Oct 7, 2016 WIPO's Coordination Committee, the governing body responsible for staff matters, agreed on October 7, 2016, to end their discussions on the UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) investigation into allegations against the Director General. .
Oct 3, 2016 WIPO Director General Francis Gurry reported excellent results in the Organization's global intellectual property services and finances over the past year and urged member states to move forward with negotiations on the proposed Design Law Treaty.
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Aug 15, 2016 China joins the ranks of the world's 25 most-innovative economies, while Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Finland and Singapore lead the 2016 rankings in the Global Innovation Index, released today by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).


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Multnomah County commissioners appoint Lawrence-Spence to Oregon House
By Avery Hill
On January 17, 2020, Akasha Lawrence-Spence (D) was appointed by Multnomah County commissioners to fill the vacant District 36 position in the Oregon House of Representatives. Lawrence-Spence will assume office on the first day of the Oregon General Assembly legislative session on February 3, 2020. Her current term will end on January 10, 2021.
Lawrence-Spence's appointment came after former State Rep. Jennifer Williamson (D) resigned on December 30, 2019, to run for secretary of state. The Oregon Secretary of State is an elected constitutional officer within the executive branch of the Oregon state government and is first in the line of succession to the governor. The secretary of state serves as the auditor of public accounts, chief elections officer, and administrator of public records.
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Groupe PSA is investing at its UK plant in Luton city near London to produce a new model of an Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro van, the French automaker said on April 4th. The company did not disclose the investment amount. It also plans to increase the plant's annual production capacity to 100,000 vehicles by 2019 from the 60,000 units it manufactured last year.
PSA said that the investment decision was undertaken following a negotiation with workers at the Luton plant and Unite Trade Union, a UK-based worker's union. The move is also part of PSA's plan to boost sales of light commercial vehicles.
Separately, PSA's chief executive, Carlos Tavares, has told Reuters that a decision regarding car production at Ellesmere Port would be taken in 2020. The French automaker has been under fire in the UK for culling jobs at the Ellesmere Port facility of Vauxhall following its acquisition of the Opel and Vauxhall brands from General Motors Co in March last year.
The Ellesmere Port plant's contract to produce the Vauxhall Astra car expires in 2023. Mr Tavares said that the company's decision on Ellesmere Port would be dependent on cost assessment and the outcome of a deal following the UK's exit from the EU.
Vauxhall's performance has stuck out in Opel's financials as despite turnaround measures, the brand's sales last year declined by 22% to over 195,000 units. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, Vauxhall's future depends on whether PSA can revive it as a UK brand, selling domestically or to non-EU countries.


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Embracing FOMO & TINA
Synchronized global central bank & fiscal policy stimulus in Q2 was breathtaking. Near term, it is stunting the carnage caused by Covid-19, including economic growth plunging at a rate not seen since the Great Depression. It is also an affirmation of the jaw-dropping power of printing money and the impact across asset markets, both explicitly, and implicitly through the confidence channel, has been unprecedented. Understanding how those channels work is critical to understand how we got here and what to anticipate going forward.
Equity Shocks in Perspective
For perspective, the past two recessions, roughly one and two decades ago, shocked the equity markets to the tune of drops in the S&P500 of -49% and -57% respectively. The time it took for equity markets to claw back to pre-recession peaks was 6 ¾ and 5 ½ years, respectively.
While the final numbers for this Covid-19 episode are not yet in, the rally off the lows has been breathtaking in both speed and magnitude. In just 77 days, the S&P500 rallied 50% from its Mar. 23 low, to return to a level just 5% below its Feb. 19 peak.
This stands in stark contrast to economic growth prospects. GDP for 2020 in the US and most developed economies is likely to come in a minimum 7%-12% lower than was expected in February, even including a "beautiful" reopening of the economy.
Stretched Valuations Swept Aside by The Money Machines
This raises the question of stock market valuation. If equities were richly valued in February on a price-to-earnings basis, a price-to-sales basis, and a sales-to-book basis, what is fair value in this new world, wherein earnings are revised down by 15% from last year, and by 25% from expectations in February?
The answer is nobody knows! Such is the power of liquidity and financial repression, the effect of which is to inflate valuation multiples. By normal metrics, the massive rebound in equities appears stretched and vulnerable to substantial setbacks. That is especially true given a lack of clarity from many companies choosing to withdraw future guidance. However, these are not normal times.
Investors have chosen to sweep aside concerns about both stretched valuations and risks to growth from possible future virus flareups. The great enticement to do so has been the power with which authorities have turned on the great money machines since late March and kept them humming.
The amounts are mindboggling. The Bank of Canada expanded its balance sheet by 300% in the Feb. to Jun. period. In the US, the Fed balance sheet jumped by $2.5 trillion with fiscal stimulus and Fed lending facilities to business amounting to almost 15% of GDP. Accompanying the greatest surge in money supply into economies on record, has been lower interest rate levels. With central banks buying not only public but corporate bonds, credit markets have been flung open for corporations to raise otherwise unattainable volumes and rates on new financings.
With heaps of cheap money flooding the marketplace, investors threw caution to the wind. Tossing aside concerns about how much further stock markets might fall, investors shifted into hyperdrive about the upward blue-sky potential.
In sum, the perception of "risk" suddenly flipped like a switch from the downside to the upside.
What Happens Next? – Faith in The Money Machines
The animal spirits currently driving investors seem to fit under the mantra Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) backed by There Is No Alternative (TINA). This is a difficult mantra for investors striving to be prudent.
The FOMO mantra is all about momentum, whereby upside begets more upside, until it falters. Some recent market price action suggests that some of the extraordinary cheap liquidity is being drawn in on a highly speculative basis.
FOMO has a friend in TINA. Where else to invest? Bond yields in nominal and real terms have collapsed. As an alternative to stocks they appear pricey with tight credit spreads and in many cases negative interest rates. TINA also supports the view that stock market setbacks are likely to be temporary. That means, "buy the dips". In this context the question is when to buy, not whether to buy.
Clearly the current paradigm demands faith in the Money Machines. Investors must believe that the political will remains firmly in place to keep the machines oiled and running. For their part, monetary and fiscal authorities must continue to "guarantee" that they will not fade in their provisioning of stimulus for the foreseeable future.
Equally important, investors must remain fixated on the short-term. Taking a longer-term view would belie the high risks associated with this paradigm. High stock market valuations imply lower longer-term returns. Higher public deficits and debt are borrowings against the future generation, implying lower future net incomes. Further, high liquidity levels at low rates are a cocktail for high variability in asset prices over time.
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Is your house undergoing renovation and you totally have no idea whom to reach out to regarding the bathroom plumbing? Does your tap make a monstrous humming sound every time you try to wash your hands? Have you ever been embarrassed when guests ask to use your bathroom and you have to politely turn them away lest they experience the horrifying regurgitating toilet?
Your bathroom is one of the most visited parts of your home, and it is essential for all of its part to be fully-functioning at all times. That is why it can be such a headache when showers, sinks, taps, drains, pipes, and toilets are due for repairs. Doing everything by yourself is out of the question, especially since you would not to mess anything up or worsen the damage that you have been trying to minimize. No matter how small or enormous your bathroom issue may be, you must know that it shall soon pass, especially when you ask the bathroom plumbing experts to come on board.
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PETA: Retire Punxsutawney Phil, use animatronic groundhog instead
by: Kevin Accettulla
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) — PETA has sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club urging them to retire Phil and another groundhog to a sanctuary, and start using an animatronic groundhog instead.
"Gentle, vulnerable groundhogs are not barometers," PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said. "PETA is offering the club a win-win situation: Breathe life into a tired tradition and finally do right by a long-suffering animal."
Here is the letter that was sent to the Groundhog Club President:
Bill Deeley, President
The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Dear Mr. Deeley,
Times change. Traditions evolve. It's long overdue for Phil to be retired.
As a prey species, groundhogs actively avoid humans. Being in close proximity to the public causes these animals great stress. When Phil is dragged out of his hole and held up to flashing lights and crowds, he has no idea what's happening. Being relegated to a library "habitat" for the other days of the year doesn't allow him or the other groundhog there to dig, burrow, or forage. It's no kind of life for these animals.
Using technologically advanced electromechanical devices such as animatronics instead of live animals is more popular than ever. We even have the technology to create an animatronic groundhog with artificial intelligence (AI) that could actually predict the weather. An AI Phil would renew interest in Punxsutawney, generating a great deal of buzz, much like Sony's robot dog "aibo," which walks, plays, misbehaves, and responds to commands. By creating an AI Phil, you could keep Punxsutawney at the center of Groundhog Day but in a much more progressive way. Talk about taking your town's annual tradition in a fresh and innovative direction!
Today's young people are born into a world of terabytes, and to them, watching a nocturnal rodent being pulled from a fake hole isn't even worthy of a text message. This is a generation whose members book rides on their smart phones and will never walk into a bank to deposit a check. Ignoring the nation's fast-changing demographics might well prove the end of Groundhog Day.
We'd be happy to make recommendations for a sanctuary that would welcome Phil and the other Punxsutawney groundhog. Instead of working at cross-purposes, let's collaborate to create a sunny future. I look forward to hearing from you.
Ingrid Newkirk, President
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by Corina Cappabianca, Zach Wheeler / Jan 19, 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - The Cuomo Administration unveiled its $193 billion-dollar budget plans this afternoon. The Governor touched on some of the proposals from his State of the State presentation like legalizing mobile sports betting and recreational marijuana to generate revenues. But, this year's speech was very much focused on Washington's actions.
The state budget will be dependent on funding it receives from the federal government. The Governor wants $15 billion dollars from Congress. He's also calling for a repeal of SALT, or the state and local tax deduction cap.
by NC 34 Staff, Zach Wheeler / Jan 19, 2021
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (WIVT-TV) – New York State's COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Johnson City has now begun administering doses.


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Medical Marijuana Group Moves to Hasten Outcome in Federal Lawsuit
Posted by Americans for Safe Access on May 24, 2007
San Francisco, CA – A national medical marijuana patients' rights group filed a motion for summary judgment today in its lawsuit against the federal government in an attempt to accelerate a decision in the case. The plaintiff, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed a lawsuit in February 2007 challenging statements by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that marijuana has no accepted medical value. The lawsuit followed a two-year administrative petition process using a little-known law called the Data Quality Act (DQA), which allows parties to challenge the science used in regulatory policy.
By filing the motion for summary judgment, ASA will force the case to be heard in roughly 90 days. This rare legal move, where judgment is requested from the court before the government has a chance to answer the lawsuit complaint, indicates confidence in the amount of scientific evidence demonstrating marijuana's medical efficacy. "We are taking an aggressive legal approach for two reasons," said ASA Chief Counsel Joe Elford. "Not only do we believe we have science on our side, but by quickening the pace with which the federal government recognizes that science,, seriously ill persons who might benefit from medical marijuana will no longer be discouraged from using it."
The exhibits filed in support of the motion for summary judgment include more than a dozen domestic and international peer-reviewed scientific studies that show the effectiveness of marijuana in treating pain, nausea, muscle spasticity, and many other conditions. The evidence provided by ASA is meant to refute claims by the federal government that "there have been no studies that have scientifically assessed the efficacy of marijuana for any medical condition." (66 Fed.Reg. 20038, 20052; April 18, 2001.) In addition to the overwhelming evidence, a lack of disputed facts will also help to secure a speedy decision by the court.
The plaintiff's case was affirmed by a recent editorial in Science Magazine, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which posited that HHS had "violated its own DQA guidelines." The Science editorial followed a February publication by the peer-reviewed journal Neurology of a human trials study in the U.S. clearly showing that marijuana relieved neuropathic pain in people living with HIV/AIDS.
If successful, ASA's case will be the first in which a court has recognized the necessity of reviewing disputes filed under the DQA. Two other courts have already denied review in lawsuits filed under the Act by large corporations.
Review the Motion for Summary Judgment here.
Review info on the Data Quality Act and ASA's lawsuit against the federal government here.
With over 30,000 active members in more than 40 states, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is the largest national member-based organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. ASA works to overcome political and legal barriers by creating policies that improve access to medical cannabis for patients and researchers through legislation, education, litigation, grassroots actions, advocacy and services for patients and the caregivers.


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With hints of spring appearing outside and Easter not too far around the corner, that means there are little suits and dresses to pick out, plastic eggs to fill and hide, and baskets that need to be stocked with goodies. Maybe it is because the date changes every year, but Easter always seems to jump out of nowhere for me and arrive without warning.
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When it comes to spring and Easter, The Swiss Colony has everything from traditional baskets to unique treats that are perfect to send to friends or family at home or across the country to brighten the season. Is there anyone out there that wouldn't be thrilled to find a beautifully decorated, mouthwatering surprise at their door?
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I do have to admit that the detail and cuteness of these chocolates did give me reason to pause when it came time to take a bite. After all, there they were. Just looking at me so sweetly.
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Beyond the introduction of the first wave of Syndicate robots, patch 3.8 will also include a few significant changes, so I felt like it deserves its own blog post.
Another change that's coming with the patch is the reduction of EP rewards for mining and harvesting from 1 EP per minute to 1 EP per 2 minutes on average (without bonuses). Based on our statistics, the amount of EP that players gained from mining and harvesting was too high, considering the effort and risk involved compared to other activities.
For a long while already, I wanted to have another go at the lighting, environment, and post-processing setup of the game. The last one happened in 2012, so it was high time for a revisit and see if we can still make things look better. Here are some before-after screenshots, so decide for yourself, or check it out live tomorrow.
Patch 3.8 will be deployed tomorrow, August 4th, starting from 14:00 servertime/CEST (12:00 UTC).
Over the years we have spent on Nia, we have learnt to hijack Nian technology, turn it against themselves, and even managed to reprogram their bases and facilities to produce more weapons and hardware needed for our cause.
Now, by salvaging and disassembling Nian robots and combining them with good old Earth technology, the Syndicate hopes to surprise the enemy by fielding something they haven't seen so far.
Soon, the Syndicate will become a full-fledged 4th faction (or 5th if we count the Nian Industrial Trust as one) with its own line of specialized robots that you can use.
Currently 11 new robots are planned, which are assembled from existing Nian robot parts, but each of them will have their own unique stats and bonuses. As you might have already guessed, a common trait, being their faction specialization, are machine guns.
Beyond mirroring the standard line of combat bots of other factions, we're also trying to fill some roles that we didn't have robots for thus far, like a light transport or a robot specialized for artifact exploration.
Introducing these robots into the game will happen through the Syndicate Supplies shop. First and foremost we're planning a direct purchase for a combination of Pelistal, Nuimqol, and Thelodica faction tokens, plus a NIC fee. These robots are not indended to be rare, so the cost will be more or less in line with the other faction's robots, and the triple-token requirement should liven up the market a bit.
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Many patch notes, forum wars, and misplaced croissants ago, Perpetuum's time-based skill progression system was created with the premise that it should create equal opportunity for everyone to progress their characters, regardless of playtime.
Be that as it may, an often recurring fear that potential new players have is that they can never be competitive enough to take on old players who have gathered hundreds of thousands or even millions of Extension Points over the years.
Both us devs and a lot of our players try to convince these newcomers that they can quickly become as skilled as old Agents in a specific field, and that veterans only have the advantage of being more versatile, and of course this is true to some extent. But as the years passed by, this argument started to become more and more weak, up to the point where even we didn't believe in it, as the differences started to become really apparent.
Thus, we recently made it a priority to provide a solution that would try to address these concerns. We have come up with an upgrade to the EP system that has two main components.
The idea to give players EP as a reward for ingame activities isn't new, it's been popping up on the forums for as long as I can remember. From a financial viewpoint, the idea wasn't really feasible as long as the game was subscription-based, but since we dropped that, it slowly started to turn from "why not" into "this might be even good".
Nowadays a lot of our players quickly log in and out of the game every few days with the only intention of getting their daily EP packs, probably in the hopes that they'll be useful one day, when they have time to play, or it's worth to play. Naturally, if a lot of players do this, the game becomes a ghost town of secret agents on standby, which is less than ideal for an MMO.
EP is probably still the most valued "currency" of Perpetuum, so ultimately it makes sense to incentivize it with the hopes of getting these standby players to actually play, and be rewarded with Extension Points by doing so.
Assignments: EP is given per objective, modified by the assignment level. Every assignment participant is rewarded equally, regardless of their contribution.
NPC kills: EP is given based on the rank of the destroyed NPC. Everyone on the aggro list of the NPC at the time of its destruction is rewarded equally.
Mining/harvesting: similar to how rare minerals work, mining and harvesting modules have a small chance of rewarding you EP with every actively working cycle. The chance is divided by the number of working modules, so it doesn't matter how many you use.
Artifacts: finding an artifact rewards you with a fixed amount of EP straight up, regardless of level.
Production: factory, prototyping, and reverse engineering processes will reward you based on how long the process lasts without time bonuses.
Intrusions: everyone contributing to an intrusion event will receive a fixed amount of EP. Participants on the winning side receive multiple times more than the others.
Note that EP rewards will be doubled on Beta islands.
Of course we are open to ideas on what other mechanics we could use, but let me say up front that we gave some thoughts to including PvP, Gammas, or the market into the system in some way, but ultimately we decided against it because they would be too easy to exploit.
While the EP reward system works equally for old and new players, the other mechanic that we'll introduce is specifically aimed to favor newcomers.
EP handicapping is built upon the EP reward system, and as the name suggests, it will help those with low EP.
The way it works is that we designate an EP value that is deemed to be a "desired amount" that every player should have. To give you an idea, this will be probably somewhat less than the total EP that could have been accumulated since the launch of the game, and since this changes by the day, it will be a rolling amount.
Then, we compare this target EP amount to your account's total accumulated EP. The less EP you have (ie. the further away you are from the target), the higher bonuses you will get for activities that reward you EP. This means that when you start the game, you'll receive a lot of EP coming from rewards. But as time passes and you gather more and more EP, the amounts you get from killing NPCs or mining ore will slowly start to decrease towards a minimum amount.
It's important to note that the existing method of accumulating EP by either daily packs or EP boosters won't change in any way, but those amounts will not be modified by the handicap mechanic.
You'll get extra EP for certain ingame activities, on top of the daily packages.
The less EP you have on your account, the more EP you will receive from these activities.
All of this will be in our next patch, but we still have to work out some details, so it will hit the server probably around early June. Until then, feedback is welcome, as always.
Steam Trading Cards for Perpetuum are now available!
Playing Perpetuum on Steam will give you trading cards from time to time (every 30 minutes of gameplay to be exact). A set consists of 5 cards, and you can get half of this (rounded up, so 3) by simply playing.
Completing a card set will earn you a badge, a random emoticon and profile background, and other stuff.


Barely 32 years ago, Margaret Thatcher came to power and rejected the post-war consensus by embracing Hayek, Friedman and neoliberalism … but in those three decades, globalization and the deregulated free-market has become a TINA (Thatcher's slogan "There is no alternative")… an unquestioned consensus for the overwhelming majority of the media and leading politicians from all three mainstream political parties. This is a false consciousness which has had dire consequences for democracy, sovereignty, and a world effectively run by transanational corporations with governments just facilitating their businesses.
Strangely (or perhaps not), these implications of the major shift in economic strategy have never been much discussed publically. There was also precious little debate in the House of Commons, prior to the Thatcher government promoting and signing up to the 8th round of the GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs) treaty in Uruguay in 1994. This treaty extended the scope of the previous one beyond manufactured goods to cover services, agriculture and intellectual property, including services such as health, education and other public provision, and environmental ones such as GM foods, nuclear power and agribusiness.
As David Malone writes in the above quote, the Financial Class were set 'free' … but the rest of the global community was well and truly 'stitched up'. It is no coincidence that in the UK and US, there has been a corresponding lack of rise in real wages and huge increases in personal debt. Meanwhile, the 1000 richest list published the other day shows that their wealth has increased 18% since last year and they are now worth 400 bn.
Blair's election in 1997, offered the possibility that the economic strategy of the British State could be steered back to the publically popular post-war consensus of a mixed economy and the welfare state. However, in spite of Blair's rhetoric, many commentators agree that Gidden's 'Third Way' was little more than a thinly veiled front for an accomodation with Thatcherism … there being more continuities than differences.(3) A good example would be the creeping privatisation of the NHS under New Labour, well documented by Allyson Pollock in her book 'NHS plc' (4), and in many ways (and not good ways), the health reforms of Andrew Lansley are indeed evolutionary not revolutionary. Not only did Blair leave the door ajar, his McKinsey advisor now heads Monitor, the regulatory body.
It is clear that New Labour was/is fully committed to neoliberalism, the ideology of the free-market, but worryingly a future government wanting to nationalise or re-nationalise public services may find that it is legally prohibited, under GATS legislation.
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) deregulates finance. It also prohibits any reversals of public service privatisations, or renationalising of any service that have been opened to overseas investment.
The current status of DOHA is not clear. On the 25.04.11, Larry Elliott of the Guardian reported that DOHA was collapsing … but it seems that it is still possible for particular sections to be agreed seperately. Secrecy and befuddling of the issues is clearly the standard strategy for avoiding public disquiet. The history of GATS and the WTO, both instigated in 1995 by transnational capital, mainly Citicorp, AIG, and American Express, is one of hidden agendas.
The task of Red Labour is to explain how the huge institutional blockage of neo-liberal capitalism is to be tackled. As Michael Meacher blogs (6) Blue Labour has no answers … and Purple Labour is quite happy to see the system persist.
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This is an excellent insight into the problems we face and need to address if we are really to make the necessary changes which need to be made. It is chilling to consider that the current policies of privatisation could not be reversed. Assets resulting from the public purse stripped away forever? It is a discussion which needs to be had out in the open, and the arguments presented to the electorate. Whatever the outcome of a referendum we need clarity and transparency.
I'd agree with much of the historical analysis of this piece, but not its conclusion. The EU has indeed been hijacked by the neoliberals, but rather than throwing our hands in the air and handing it over to them for good, we ought to be leading the fight to reclaim it for the European left. Socialism (or even moderate social democracy) will always be fragile when realised only "in one country".
If Tories (or even Blue Labour) want to be Little Englanders then let 'em. I think it would be regrettable if Red Labour went the same way. With enough energy and determination, what has been done can be undone. The left should have its eyes on the long-term.
The single currency will always be a disaster – economies as diverse as Greece and Germany cannot thrive under one common interest rate.
The EU Parliament is distant and undemocratic.
Instead of trying to make the impossible possible (who really wants a United States of Europe?) why not go back to independant currencies, sovereign (democratic) law making, and co-operation on issues like the environment?
I completely agree with Peter, if only adopted in isolation it would be far too easy for the neo-liberal right to dismiss Socialism as "loony left". The only way forward is to harness the widespread discontent with free-market capitalism (see occupy) and form a new social democratic consensus across europe, make the Tory party the "loonies" for once.
I'd go with any international resistance to the global corporations. The question is why have governments given up their power to the Bond markets and the global financial elites?
Neo-Liberalism has been adopted by all western governments including new labour, monetarism has been the vehicle used to transfer state assets into the hands of the few. Unless the current Labour leadership realise that they should return to traditional Labour economic thinking and take direct control of the economy, they will ultimately fail, they must grasp the nettle or the unions should withdraw their support and re-establish a new party soon.
Mervyn. I agree with you. So too, would an overwhelming majority of the grassroots LP and, if they were less uninformed and misinformed by the media, so would the electorate. The PLP is still suffering from the legacy of New Labour. Possibly 50% of the MPs are, in my opinion, in the wrong party. The country has been very badly served. New Labour/Tony Blair opened the door for the City of London to walk into Downing Street in the guise of the Tory multimillionaires …. and we see the culmination of the Thatcherism and the Third Way.
– not just for this superb article, but for all the sterling work which you do! Your knowledge far exceeds mine, but I'm learning all the time.
This article is very educational to me, as it provides exactly the kind of detailed information which I would otherwise lack.
Alas, it didn't surprise me; I know enough already to appreciate roughly what's going on and how the world has been going to the dogs for 30 years.
In an interview about 5 years ago, the singer/ musician Robert Wyatt lamented : "there are so many good people in the world – but wherever you look, the world is being run by a tiny minority of bastards". He spoke with feeling!
I totally agree with your statement that the majority of the British electorate – "if they were less uninformed and misinformed by the media" – would be prepared to support the Labour Party (or any new party formed) if it was opposed to neo-liberal economics and committed to being a bastion against the transnational elite.
The challenge for the Left is to share the relevant info around and about – to inform and to educate, as the knowledge itself would do the persuading.
The specific challenge for Ed Miliband is to tackle and overcome the stubborn resistance of the LP's Blairite/ Progress right wing – if he has the courage to grasp hold of the thorns beneath the Labour rose. He has a great opportunity now, with the power to make changes of personnel (and position) within the shadow cabinet.
'the EU is turning out not to be the peaceful and basically socialist project anticipated half a century ago, when the European Economic Community was formed in 1957. It is a financially bellicose, extractive attempt to create a financial oligarchy and impoverish Europe, stripping the assets of debtors to pay creditors….
Thanks for the link. Very informative!
Although it took me a while, I read through the entire article and was able to follow what he was saying.
Phil C Glad to pass it on.
The EU is the world's largest single market, but where market forces are tempered by common rules on consumer protection, environmental standards, some social and employment rights, competition (ie anti-monopoly) policy and regional policy. Unlike the WTO (or NATO, OECD, UN, or any other international structure), it has an elected parliament which (now, after many battles) has the final say on almost all EU legislation. In that parliament, there are significant left-right battles, but the UK Conservatives are pretty isolated. If you want to tame international market forces, then the EU is a battle ground with more prospects for success than most. It should be used, not abandonded.


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Fallen Angel charts the exploration of an unseen world by Nicole Cannock, an average working mum, who has discovered that her liking for more "alternative" sexual practices leaves her feeling unfulfilled. Having dabbled for a brief period in the past, she decides one quiet evening to see if there was something more… and that brings her to Der Unterworld, a chat-site that caters for the BDSM and alternative lifestyles.
After establishing herself as an obedient "submissive", she draws the attention of DL, an enigmatic character that inspires fear within those chat rooms, yet that element of danger is irresistible for her. Despite warnings from the other women she allows herself to be pulled into his world, a world of dark desires, until the time comes where she has to meet him in person.
That first meeting opens something deep inside her…a longing and release of primal urges, and so begins a journey into a twilight world of sexual submission and control. He claims her for his own, a gesture that is stronger than marriage in that world, and he slowly begins to test her to the very limits of her imagination.
It was the last place she expected to find love; however the complex feelings that intense eroticism creates within both of them leads them down a path that cannot be denied. Nicole's increasing frustration at the way DL keeps her at arm's length, and his inability to express his feelings causes a rift that nearly becomes final; however, his growing realisation at how important she was to him makes him orchestrate a way for them to be together. Using his immense power and influence in the shadowy world he has created, he brings her back to his side in the amazing setting of a Grand Ball.
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Known across social media as an author and poet, Douglas Vaughan brings you gritty contemporary adult stories that will keep you hooked for the whole series. Based around a group of people who inhabit a very real shadowy world, the 6-book DarkSide Saga is full of passion, adventure, drama and shocking events that will make you look at people around you in a whole new light. The last part of the series, DL: Reborn, is also available as an audio-book read by the Author himself!
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She lay on the floor, holding the man next to her tightly. Her breathing had subsided to a quiet whisper, but her body still sang with the feelings she had experienced and every orifice she possessed felt bruised and tender. She looked down at him, and found he was looking back, his dark eyes searching her face, a smile on his lips. She opened her mouth to speak, but her throat was hoarse, dry, and by the time she had cleared her throat his finger had touched her lips.
"Shhhhhh my little one" he said "be still",
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My long-running book-in-progress, Economics in Two Lessons is nearly done. Thanks to everyone who commented on the first 14 chapters.
Chapter 10: Market failure -Externalities and pollution.
Chapter 14: Policy for full employment.
I would recommend keeping the bit about the pencil in — particularly as it mentions the hierarchies within the workplace. After all, these are autocratic structures in which the many are ruled by a few — in short, there is a very visible fist (and behind that, the power of the State).
"Monopoly" is a game where players buying and trading properties, and develop them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy.
Which currently is most successful in America because rent and housing cost are way over the 30 percent of an average Americans Income – and as "the players" have the Monopoly in setting housing and rent prices -(which have very little to do with any "sane markets" or – god help US – "opportunity cost") – the "Mixed Economy" is somewhere else – but NOT in US.
Perhaps somewhere – where one doesn't pay for education or health-care – which for sure will bankrupt all "us players" who are NOT independently wealthy?
like for example Italy – Italy has this monopoly of real expensive bags and coffee-machines – and like in "the rules of monopoly" these very expensive bags and coffee- machines get more and more expensive – and all kind of people -(some of them Chinese) – try to break this monopoly with offering (very expensive) bags and Coffee-Machines a lot cheaper – BUT still they are totally unable to break the monopoly?
Thank you for writing this book and for making it available online, as you wrote it. I know very little economics. Having had Samuelson inflicted on me in college long ago, turned me off. I feel I should learn some and chose your book as my text. I shall read it after you have posted the final chapter.
Thank you for this book. Do you have an e-book version of it available somewhere?
@6 The draft chapters are up but as I mentioned, I will have to take them down once the book goes to press. I'm confident there will be an e-book version. It won't be free, but I'll be pushing for this to be a cheap "trade" book rather than an expensive academic text.


For You to let go and let Spirit be your guide as you sort out your life and accept Divine right order into everyday living easily and naturally.
I know there is One Life, One Spirit and One Intelligence that is equally present in all the universe. Resting securely in this knowing, in this feeling, in this truth, I am one with It; I am a unique expression of this power that is equally present everywhere; and, as a unique expression of this One presence, I have all the qualities of Life, Spirit and Intelligence right here, right now. My expression flows as one with the whole even while it is one of a kind. I enjoy this understanding and relax into it with a feeling of unlimited possibility.
In this relaxed, creative, unlimited state of mind I speak my word knowing these words initiate change in my environment. I know and feel and experience the divine order of the Universe unfolding one step at a time as does my life, as does each life.
I affirm that in this unfoldment each step grows out of the preceding one with Spirit as guide. Now, trusting fully and completely this reality, I appreciate each miracle, each challenge, each revelation, each solution for just what it is: another step along the way. I open my mind, heart and body to accept the inspiration of Spirit with each breath I take, with each thought I make, with each word I state, as I consciously enter fully and completely into the process of life.
With my awareness fully engaged in this spiritual unfoldment I find myself one with the abundance of the universe ... by freely and easily giving the special gifts my unique expression brings to the world, I am gifted in return. I know this is true for me and I know this is true for each and everyone ... this is good, very good.
With deep humility and appreciation I gratefully accept this Truth right here and right now. I know Spirit works through natural law to create our good even before we ask and as I release these words to the law of creation, I know this Truth is present even now in the wondrous life of each one.
Now I simply let it be so ... and so it is.


Giancarlo Stanton dominated the competition in Monday's MLB Home Run Derby at Petco Park. He hit a combined 61 homers in three rounds to emerge victorious in the eight-man field.
Each player had four minutes, plus the chance for 30 seconds of bonus time if they hit two homers longer than 440 feet.
Here's a recap of where each home run landed.


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Lenner Gogli
by Magdalena Annese November 18, 2018
Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1964, Gogli attended the High School of Art in Budapest, as well as the School of Wood Sculpting before enrolling as a student in the Obada University. After graduation, Gogli then taught art at the university for three years before moving to Israel in 1995 and attending the Avni School of Art. Today, she lives in Tel-Aviv.
As a child, Gogli loved to paint, beginning at the age of four, and she has been painting ever since. When she came to Israel she says everything changed in terms of her painting. Her imagery became much more abstract and then later on she incorporated the realistic flowers on abstract surfaces for which she is so well known. Gogli also has an extensive body of work that evokes a cubist style.
The first and most important step she takes in each of her paintings is to create the basis with a palette knife. It is the background of the painting, she says, that determines the result. "There are coincidental things that happen in the painting later on that help me complete it with my intuition," she observes.
Gogli is a passionate admirer of beauty and, as such, she loves to visit Haifa's most striking landmark, the splendid Baha'i Shrine and Gardens. These immaculate Baha'i gardens, with their stone peacocks and delicately manicured cypress trees, are a restful aesthetic memorial to the founders of the Baha'i faith. In one part of the gardens there is a huge domed shrine of the Bab who was the herald of the Baha'i faith. The tomb itself is a spectacular sight, with ornamental gold work and flowers in every nook and cranny.
Says Gogli, "When I was in the Baha'i Gardens I suddenly realized that this is a religion that puts beauty in its center in the form of gardens and flowers. And I saw that they are right in the fact that they are looking for beauty—and through the beauty they achieve a kind of perfection.
"One solution to holding onto the beauty is to paint it. In paintings it stays with us for a lifetime," Gogli observes.
In her quest to perpetuate beauty through art form, Gogli is multi-faceted in that she paints in a realistic style as in her still life originals; and also in an abstract style that features her flowers that have a super-realistic quality; as well as in an abstract style that borders on Cubism where the viewer makes their own interpretation. Additionally, her abstract floral imagery depicting three or four red roses or red daisy-like blooms with long, long stems are available as hand-colored etchings.
In further discussing the styles of this most versatile artist, the notion of exaggerated or "super" realism comes to mind in that her floral abstract paintings are meticulously detailed in such a way as to create the illusion of textures, surfaces and shadows that appear clearer and more distinct than the viewer might expect.
In her Abstract Cubist works, objects are depicted from a multitude of view- points, and surfaces intersect at seemingly random angles, stirring unconscious feelings in the viewer because they are not distracted by realistic images that they relate to. Instead, the viewer is invited to quietly reflect and experience the emotion.
Yet Gogli's realistic floral still lifes are so natural and gentle and that their scent almost rises from the canvas eliciting a feeling of pure emotion. Gogli, indeed, is true to her word in her pursuit of perpetuating beauty that touches the senses.
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First Impressions at the Queens DA Forum
Lugo Arrives Late, Katz Leaves Early, Nieves Rambles, Lasak is Most Experienced in the Current Way of Doing Things, Lancman is an Articulate Politician Who was Knowledgeable but not Experienced, and Caban seemed Articulate, with Relevant Experience & a Vision for the Future
April 29, 2019 / Jackson Heights Neighborhood / Queens Neighborhoods / Queens Politics & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz NYC.
I attended a forum for the candidates running for the Queens District Attorney's Office at the Jackson Heights Jewish Center in Queens this evening.
Six candidates came to the Meet the Candidates forum for the Queens District Attorney at the Jackson Heights Jewish Center on Monday night. The center was filled with folks interested in learning more about the candidates seeking to replace outgoing Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, who has occupied the office for nearly 30 years [1991].
To many the Queens District Attorney's Office is in dire need of reform. Others cite the generally low crime rates in Queens in the outgoing District Attorney's defense.
Two Local Politicians & a Private Practice Attorney Vie for the Job
Two politicians, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and NYC Councilmember Rory Lancman, are running for the office, presenting themselves as reform candidates, who don't have any experience as criminal prosecutors or defenders - but who have borough-wide name recognition, political connections and wealthy donor contributors - who claimed that the first two of these three characterizations, will enable them to reform the system. Unlike the other three candidates present at the forum [Lugo came late and hence we have no response from her], these two politicians said they do accept contributions from Political Action Committees or Real Estate Developers. And both of these candidates, in additon to their government experience have also - for a time - been practicing civil [not criminal] court attorneys.
Another candidate, Betty Lugo, has criminal justice experience that seems to have started and ended in the 1980's. Ever since she has been a partner in a Latina law firm, and according to her website, she seems to be a well connected attorney who participates in a multitude of organizations.
The Candidates Who Have the Education, Experience & Careers Working in the Criminal Justice System
I found one of the candidates, Jose Nieves, to be a sleepy speaker, seeming to take us in the audience on a circuitous journey before making his point - if a relevant point was ever made at all. But I visited his website and he has what looks to be a solid resume, with relevant education and experience including eleven years experience working in the Brooklyn DA's Office [ending in 2011]. Since then, Nieves has done several two to three year gigs with the FAA, the City Department of Corrections and the NYS Attorney General. But on the night I saw him, that knowledge and experience didn't seem to come through.
The two candidates that most impressed me were former Judge Gregory Lasak, who has 35 years experience working in various capacities in the criminal justice system. He seems very well qualified.
And last but not least, Tiffany Caban. Tiffany Caban introduced herself as a gay attorney, with seven years experience as a Legal Aid attorney and Public Defender who has tried over 1,000 cases. She says she wants to reform the justice system by using the Queens District Attorney office to address and correct the behavior of small time offenders, so she can shift resources to go after the real criminals in society who oftentimes get off free.
Harassment Landlords are a Repeated Topic of Conversation
One group of offenders, harassment landlords, was highlighted several times during the forum. These landlords attempt to harass tenants out of the rent stabilized apartments in their buildings, so the landlords can take possession of the rent stabilization benefit that is rightfully the tenants - not the owners' - and make outsized illegal profits by monetizing the government benefit as their own. It seems to me that harassment landlords are guilty of attempted grand larceny - given that the differential value of a rent stablized apartment vis a vis a similar free market apartment - can easily be worth a quarter to a half million dollars per unit over a ten or twenty year time period.
There are three more Queens District Attorney forums this week, and several more in May - including a debate on May 15th at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center.
CLICK here to read the rest of our report on the Queens DA candidates debates - candidates running for Queens District Attorney, including the dates, times and locations of the forums to be held this week.
April 29, 2019 / Jackson Heights Neighborhood / Queens Neighborhoods / Queens Politics & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz NYC. Continued.
On Tuesday, April 30th, the next Queens District Attorney forum will run from 6.45 - 9 pm at Bellozino's Party Hall on 72-11 Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights.
On Wednesday, May 1st, there's a Queens DA forum at the Queensbridge Houses at the Community Center at 12-11 40th Avenue in Long Island City.
On Thursday, May 2nd, there's a Queens District Attorney candidates forum at the Museum of the Moving Image at 36-01 35th Avenue hosted by the [NFL] Players' Coalition beginning at 6.30 pm in Astoria.
There are other forums in between here, which we'll list next week.
On Wednesday, May 15th there will be a debate from 6 - 9 pm at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center at 153-10 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica. You may obtain a free ticket at Eventbrite.
Note that there's a seventh candidate, Mina Malik, who did not show for the forum.