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Principal Physiotherapist and Director, Tom Beck has worked in private, sporting and industrial physiotherapy settings since 2006.
Tom followed a Master's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Sydney with post-graduate qualifications in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and pain management from the University of South Australia.
In 2013, Tom set up Performance Physiotherapy in Adelaide to offer a unique physiotherapy and sports injury solution for both athletes and Adelaide CBD workers.
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Graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Human Movement in 2004
Completed a Masters in Physiotherapy at the University of Sydney in 2006
Completed post-graduate studies in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Pain Management at the University of South Australia in 2012
Is trained in Advanced Dry Needling
Physiotherapists are highly qualified health professionals who work in partnership with their patients to help people get better and stay well.
Physiotherapists also work closely with GPs and other health clinicians to plan and manage treatment. GPs refer more patients to physiotherapists than any other healthcare profession.
Using advanced techniques and evidence-based care, physiotherapists assess, diagnose, treat and prevent a wide range of health conditions and movement disorders. Physiotherapy helps repair damage, reduce stiffness and pain, increase mobility and improve quality of life.
Physiotherapy extends from health promotion to injury prevention, acute care, rehabilitation, maintenance of functional mobility, chronic disease management, patient and carer education and occupational health.
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DVD Review: The Possession
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Video: Stoker trailer debuts
A new trailer for Chan-wook Park's dark thriller Stoker has been unveiled online.
Starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode, the trailer looks a very interesting mix of sex, murder, suspicion and of course, bloody violence – but would you expect anything less from the director of the classic Old Boy?
After India's (played by Wasikowska) father is killed in a car accident, both she and her mother (Kidman) are paid a visit by uncle Charlie (Goode).
Charlie moves in and before long things start to get very messy, with the situation muddying even further with the fact that India finds herself infatuated with the new arrival.
Look out for Stoker, which is part-penned by former Prison Break star Wentworth Miller, when it hits cinemas in March 2013.

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Huell Searches for the 'Crookedest' Street in the World
A small section of Vermont Street in the Potrero Hill section of San Francisco is just miles away from the more famous Lombard Street. Which street is crookeder?
20 Fascinating — and Walkable — Places to Discover DTLA's Broadway Commercial District
From department stores to hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, and even makeshift churches, here's a guide to the 20 most fascinating Broadway landmarks you can discover on foot.
Eat and Drink Your Way Through the Last Episode of 'In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl'
From Japanese katsu sandos to Tijuana-style tacos and Hong Kong buns, here are some purveyors from Smorgasburg's lineup that will help you relish the last days of summer.
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How to Discover the Wonders of Elysian Park by Car
How many of these "hiding-in-plain-sight" gems in Elysian Park have caught your eye? Explore them via car.
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Surveying the Residents of Northeast L.A.
Steve M. Garcia
At the end of the day, as the surveyor, my personal judgment is irrelevant. I am simply there to collect the opinions, desires and needs of the residents that would be most affected by the creation of a riverfront district.
Field Work and Evening Strolls in Northeast L.A.
Christina Davis
It is a chance for me to escape the buzz of the main streets and methodically explore the neighborhoods, connecting with several residents along the way.
Arrival Stories
Yuval Sharon: L.A.'s Culture Brought and Kept Him Here
Jeremy Rosenberg
"It was the discovery of both an incredibly innovative and progressive cultural life, as well as a fantastically enthusiastic attitude to the arts, that first made me consider making L.A. a home."
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Food Weekend: Slake, Food for Thought, Crawfish Boil, The Secret Fork
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Four female figures clad in purple are dancing beside the float of the universal Church drawn by the griffin which represents Christ. They are the four cardinal virtues who reappear in the earthly paradise long after Dante saw them shining like stars at the gate of hell. One of them, who has three eyes, leads the dance. She is Prudence. Indeed, if justice is the foundation of every disposition to good, and hence of all the other virtues, it is in fact Prudence who regulates all the graces thanks to her triple gaze: one turned to the past, another to the present and the third to the future.
In line with the wisdom of the Greeks, prudence was therefore always considered the virtue which, cherishing past experience, turns to the problems of the present time and reflects on future prospects. Lately, however the idea of prudence has been emptied of meaning. Today it is those who are cautious, who hesitate, who do not want to take risks or to expose themselves who are "prudent". In addition, the tendency to justify this selfish "prudence" which, like sloth, renounces the true and the good, is gaining ground. Prudence as a moral or intellectual virtue which guides us in upright judgement about what we must do is quite another matter. As such, prudence unmasks false reasonings and false truths, it helps us to make choices that aim for both the common and the personal good, it inspires us in the training of young people and supports us in swimming against the tide in the name of goodness and truth.
But this is not all. Like justice, prudence too is spiritualized and – in the Christian view – becomes not only the opposite of "prudence according to the world", but also and above all the loftiest fulfilment of rational human virtue, because it is illuminated by the Spirit in conformity with Christ. It is not for nothing that Christian Prudence, as Dante portrayed her, is dressed in red, as moreover are the other virtues, Cloaked in charity, she lets herself be guided by Light, or Wisdom, which always goes before us. Thus prudence illuminated by the Spirit becomes a courageous prophetic voice for the world, for women and for the Church. A question of prudence, then as well as of justice?
On the need to know, to be known, to overcome conflicts in society, in marriage, in the family and on the role of women, we host an intervention by the great Israeli writer, Abraham Yehoshua. He speaks of his wife Rivka and of their long marriage. He maintains that the "feminist revolution is the most important revolution in the second half of the 20th century".


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Q: How can I split values as int and string in column and calculate duration In my dataframe, there are several columns. One of them is based on time duration. While some of them is based on hours and others are based on minutes.
Like
2.5 hours
1 hours
41 minutes
42 hours
...

The column info is here
content_duration     3683 non-null   object

I want to convert all datas as minute values and their column are based on float or int type.
I wrote a function to perform this process but there is a problem to convert string to int.
How can I fix the issue?
Here is my code snippet shown below.
def convertminutes(column):
    value = column.str.split(' ').str[0].astype(float)
    timetype = column.str.split(' ').str[1]
    for i in range(len(timetype)):
        if timetype[i] == "hours" or timetype[i] == "hour":
            value[i] = value[i] * 60
        else:
            value[i] = value[i]
    return value

I Called the function in this code shown below.
df["content_duration"] = convertminutes(df["content_duration"])

Here is the screenshot

A: Try this:
import pandas as pd

def convert_to_minutes(x):
    return float(x.split()[0]) * 60 if 'hour' in x else float(x.split()[0])

df = pd.DataFrame({'content_duration': ['1 hour', '2.5 hours', '18 minutes','3 hours', '12 hours', '16 minutes', ]})
df['content_duration'] = df['content_duration'].apply(convert_to_minutes)
print(df)

Output:
   content_duration
0              60.0
1             150.0
2              18.0
3             180.0
4             720.0
5              16.0

A: Here's my attempt:
def convertminutes(column):
    map_dict = {"hours": 60, "hour": 60, "minute": 1, "minutes": 1}
    expanded_df = column.str.split(' ', expand=True)
    expanded_df[1] = copy_df[1].map(map_dict)
    return expanded_df[0].astype(float) * expanded_df[1]

Not the most efficient route, but it works.

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but about the enthusiasm of the young people to adapt in order to prosper".
lead must realize that the future is already here.
improvement in school grades in external examinations like WAEC and NECO.
that we reduce infant mortality and prevent disease".
stakeholders' review meeting which took place over the weekend.
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to deliver on the promise of the country's possibilities.
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Child College, Ikoyi among many others.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Interview with the ProducerSep 8th, 2012 at 11:00 PM by Gazimoff
Naoki Yoshida discusses the transition to A Realm Reborn, from rebuilding the world to redesigning the servers.
It is a sense of pride, honor and duty that has led to this point. After Yoichi Wada, President and CEO of Square Enix, decided to remake Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV), the team has been instructed to "stop at nothing" in creating a new version. Since that announcement, Producer/Director Naoki Yoshida has shepherded the current version through a number of updates and revisions, while planning for its eventual replacement in A Realm Reborn.
It's this new game – not an expansion pack or content update – where Square Enix hopes to make good that unspoken contract between the studio and its fans. At Gamescom I had the chance to see it for myself, as I was taken through some of the early areas and shown the revamped interface. First impressions are fantastic: A Realm Reborn has that snappy animation and exaggerated combat that is the hallmark of any Final Fantasy game.
From Yoshida, I also got this strong sense of loyalty to the community. As I interviewed him about the transition from FFXIV to A Realm Reborn, I was surprised by just how much of the original game the team had decided to scrap in order to make the new experience better. The changes aren't superficial, but run through every aspect from server systems to story presentation.
A World Remade
From the outset, Yoshida was eager to stress that A Realm Reborn is not an expansion or version update, but a completely new game. The difference is so stark that Square Enix considers it the next member game in the Final Fantasy series. In order to demonstrate just how much has been revamped or redeveloped, I was treated to a tour of what had already been remade.
The improvements were instantly visible. The old user interface has been scrapped, with a clean and logical one brought in to replace it. From paper dolls and gear sets to manage equipment, to being able to move and lock UI components, the interface looks completely up-to-date. Animation has also received attention from Yoshida's team. "Players felt that [the animation] was very slow and laggy, and the response time was slow. We've gone in and completely revamped that. Now the animation's very smooth and responsive."
It's not just the window that's changed, but the world behind it as well. Almost every aspect of the landscape is completely new. "For the field maps, we completely redesigned them. Scrapped the old maps and built completely new ones. Absolutely nothing from the originals remain." The only areas that will feel remotely familiar are the cities. "Because they are so huge, creating assets for all of these would have been a very large undertaking. So what we decided was, rather than redesign and rebuild the cities, we would tweak them." Yoshida then explained that these changes would bring things like shops closer together, making cities more compact and easier to use.
All of this gorgeousness is delivered by a new graphics engine, which Yoshida thinks will stand the test of time. "We believe that our new engine and visual look will give the highest quality graphics you'll see in any MMO. We hope to have it at this high standard for at least a ten year lifespan." He's also confident that those playing FFXIV now will be able to experience visuals this stunning. "You won't need a super high-end PC to be able to play it at these high settings." While the PlayStation 3 version might have lower textures or a shorter draw distance due to hardware limitations, it should still look very similar.
It's not just good graphics and a clean interface that make a Final Fantasy game; it also needs to feel and play like one. It's something that Yoshida is acutely aware of. "One of our big concepts with the new direction we're going in, is to give the game that real Final Fantasy feel. Even though it's an MMO, [players] won't feel opposed by the fact it's an MMO. It'll still feel like it's a Final fantasy game."
"One of those things we're doing is bringing back the Limit Break system. Rather than being a solo-based system, it's a party-based system. It gets across that MMO feel – you're not just doing it by yourself." In a demonstration video that's included below, it's the Black Mage in the party who initiated the Limit Break, triggering the Meteor ability. If the party Paladin triggered it, the effect would have been different. Yoshida's goal is that it adds a strategy element to group combat.
Other traditional Final Fantasy elements making a return are airships that players can ride on and see the world from above, and Magitek Armor from Final Fantasy VI that they can ride as a mount. That's not all: "At launch, we hope to have to have the Crystal Tower from Final Fantasy III as an instance raid type of dungeon, where players will be able to go to and explore."
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I kinda wish the story IS presented with a "barrage of cutscenes" thats how all the other FF games do it.. including final fantasy XI and it worked just fine


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Ulrichsberg ist ein Gemeindeteil der Gemeinde Grafling im Landkreis Deggendorf in Niederbayern. Er liegt am 636 m hohen gleichnamigen Berg an der Kreisstraße DEG 19 und hatte einen Bahnhof an der Bahnstrecke Plattling–Bayerisch Eisenstein. Nördlich grenzt Arzting, östlich Hochoberndorf, südlich Deggendorf und westlich Alberting an.

Neben einem Berggasthof und einem geschlossenen Jugendhaus befindet sich dort die für den Weiler namensgebende Wallfahrtskirche St. Ulrich, eine ehemalige Schlosskapelle. Die vormals gotische Kirche stammt aus dem 15. Jahrhundert und wurde 1751 barockisiert, das Deckengemälde wurde 1754 geschaffen. Der Namenspatron der Kirche ist der Bischof Ulrich von Augsburg, der über die Grafen von Dillingen mit dem schwäbischen Adelsgeschlecht der Goshammer verwandt war. Aus dem Geschlecht der Goshammer stammten die Herren von Deggendorf, die ursprünglichen Erbauer von Burg und Kapelle. Am Nord- und Osthang des Berges sind Mauerreste dieser ehemaligen mittelalterlichen Burg Ulrichsberg erhalten geblieben.

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The highly anticipated second season of the Netflix series Stranger Things arrived in October 2017 to usher in the 1980s once again.
In July 2016, streaming media service Netflix quietly unleashed an eight-episode period drama to little initial fanfare. The drama, a show titled Stranger Things, focuses on a group of ordinary kids living in the ordinary American Midwest (the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana) who experience some decidedly extraordinary events. The period is the early 1980s.
During the course of the first season of Stranger Things, the main cast of kids, including Dustin, Mike, Lucas, the mysterious girl known as "Eleven," and teenagers Jonathan Byers and Nancy Wheeler, investigate the disappearance of local kid Will Byers, who vanishes one night following a "Dungeons and Dragons" showdown with his pals. The quest to find Will steadily unveils a host of supernatural events that involve, among other things, an interdimensional monster, a shady government agency, and a creepy alternative universe dubbed "the Upside Down." Oh, and lots of callbacks and Easter eggs to 1980s culture, from a synth-based soundtrack, to references to films like The Empire Strikes Back and E.T., to VHS tapes, to John Carpenter. Not to mention kids on bikes.
The effort by series creators/producers Sean and Matt Duffer paid off: Stranger Things became a word-of-mouth sensation and one of Netflix's most successful shows ever. The show's unabashed "love letter to the 80s" aesthetic was a massive part of its appeal. On October 27, 2017, the much-anticipated second season of Stranger Things only further piled on the 80s domination of contemporary culture, forwarded by an ad campaign that placed the show's characters smack in the middle of classic 80s horror films. If Stranger Things demonstrated nothing else, it provided yet further evidence that the 1980s, a decade that ended twenty-eight years ago, will live forever. Continue Reading →
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How the Classic 1980s Film "Gremlins" Predicted Trump's America
December 6, 2016 JarretR 4 Comments
'Tis the season to be jolly, unless you're a loser. That's right, the end of 2016 is upon us, and aside from remorselessly swiping David Bowie, Prince, and Natalie Cole from the world of the living, 2016 also installed a boorish orange Philistine into the highest office in the land. There have been numerous watershed elections in U.S. history, but the race that hacked the astringent Trump loogie out of the dankest corner of America's collective nasal passage and spat him into the Oval Office will surely rank as one of the rankest examples of American democratic excess.
Donald J. Trump — he of the speed-bumped squirrel bouffant and Tang-tinged rice-paper skin — rode a tidal wave of white resentment that allowed him to give high-school swirlys to the aloof establishment nabobs in both political parties. But anyone who cared to pay attention to the festering cloud of amorphous fear mixed with shoulder-chipped resentment that has floated across the Heartland for decades should have noticed that Trump wasn't some new development in American politics; rather, he's the culmination of a long-building new American identity: that of the hopelessly besieged.
One seemingly silly movie from the 1980s perfectly envisioned the idea of a besieged America that would push voters into Trump's charlatan claws some three decades later. I'm talking about the 1984 Steven Spielberg-produced, Joe Dante-directed holiday horror/comedy Gremlins.
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Q: how can I get the String from hashCode I am working on a project where I had got my password field value's hashCode and stored that hashCode in DB for security purposes.Now I want to recover the password from the hashCode.How can I do it? Is it possible to get the String value back from the hashCode?If it is not, can anyone suggest me a better way to store my password in anyother format?

A: You know that several objects can have same hash(), as it mentioned in java doc for Object.hashCode()

It is not required that if two objects are unequal
       *     according to the {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)}
       *     method, then calling the {@code hashCode} method on each of the
       *     two objects must produce distinct integer results.

It's obvious you can't restore different objects from same hash code, so it's impossible at all, simple logic.

A: Hashing is an one-way function (it should be at least), so you cannot recover the password from the hash.
However, you can apply the same hashing to any string and compare it to the hash of the password, so you can check if they match.
With good hashing, the chances of having two strings with the same hash are quite low, so you can compare the hash of the password (which you can store) and the hash of another string to determine if they are the same.
Another point is that hashCode is not a good way to produce such hashes, as we can easily having two objects with same hashCode. You can use implementations such as PBKDF2, BCrypt, etc.

A: One technique is to brute-force it. Just run through every possible password. You can get through a surprising number if the the hashing algorithm is not designed to be computationally expensive.
If it's really String.hashCode then that's not cryptographically secure. Not by a long shot. As ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ's answers aludes to, you can probably work backwards to one (of many) possible passwords by hand.
How should you do it? Use a well known cryptographic hash. Preferably one that can be made computationally expensive, such as bcrypt. Also you should salt the password (a random number combined with the password before hashing to prevent the use of compact precomputed lookup tables (rainbow tables) to crack on bulk). Essentially use someone else's library/system.

A: not a good idea, hashCode should never ever be used as identifier to proof equality of objects...
consider this:
System.out.println("Aa".hashCode());
System.out.println("BB".hashCode());

both have the same HashCode 2112 but are holding completely different information


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5 key challenges faced by India's banks
Banks are the backbone of every economy. It is very important that banks remain healthy financially. Otherwise, a financial crisis can hit a country leading to recession like the US in 2008.
This is especially true for developing countries like India. "The banks are the lifelines of the economy and play a catalytic role in activating and sustaining economic growth, especially, in developing countries and India is no exception," S S Mundra, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India said in a speech recently.
However, India's banks face different kinds of problems, which have affected their profitability and financial stability, as per S S Mundra's speech.
Read more about the trends to follow on bank interest rates here
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Asset quality:
The biggest risk to India's banks is the rise in bad loans. The slowdown in the economy in the last few years led to a rise in bad loans or non-performing assets (NPAs). These are loans which are not repaid back by the borrower. They are, thus, a loss for the bank. Net NPAs amount to only 2.36% of the total loans in the banking system. This may not seem like an alarming figure. However, it does not take into restructured assets - when a borrower is unable to pay back and the bank makes the loan more flexible to be paid back over a longer period of time. Restructured assets too put pressure on a bank's profitability. Together, such stressed assets account for 10.9% of the total loans in the system. And these are just loans which are identified as stressed assets. 36.9% of the total debt in India is at risk, according to an IMF report. Yet, banks have capacity to absorb only 7.9% loss. So, if these debts turn bad too, banks will face major losses.
Click here to read about India's growth prospects
Capital adequacy:
One way a bank tries to ensure it is protected from bad loans is by setting aside money as a 'provision'. This money cannot be used for any other purposes including lending. As a result, banks have lower capital available to use for its various operations. The Capital Adequacy Ratio measures how much capital a bank has. When this falls, the bank has to borrow money or use depositors' money to lend. This money, however, is riskier and costlier than the bank's own capital. For example, a depositor can withdraw his/her money any time they want. So, a fall in CAR (often called as CRAR or Capital to Risk Assets Ratio) is worrisome. In the last few years, CRAR has declined steadily for Indian banks, especially for public-sector banks. Moreover, banks are not able to raise money easily, especially public-sector banks which have higher number of bad loans. If banks do not shore up their capital soon, some could fail to meet the minimum capital requirement set by the RBI. In such a case, they could face severe issues.
Read more about how banks fund their capital needs here
Unhedged forex exposure:
"The wild gyrations in the forex market have the potential to inflict significant stress in the books of Indian companies who have heavily borrowed abroad," Mundra said in his speech. This stress can affect their ability to pay back debt to Indian banks. As a result, the RBI wants banks to ensure companies they lend to do not expose themselves to unnecessary debt in dollars.
Click here to read about the BASEL III norms
Employee and technology:
Public-sector banks are seeing more employees retire these days. So, younger employees are replacing the elder, more-experienced employees. This, however, happens at junior levels. As a result, there would be a virtual vacuum at the middle and senior level. "The absence of middle management could lead to adverse impact on banks' decision making process as this segment of officers played a critical role in translating the top management's strategy into workable action plans," the deputy governor said. Moreover, banks - especially government-owned banks - need to embrace technology to offer better products. This will also help make banks more efficient.
Read about the impact of demonetization on interest rates here
Balance Sheet management:
In the past few years, many banks have tried to delay setting aside money as provisions (for future bad loans). One reason for this is that a bank's chief executives have a short tenure, during which time they want to post higher net profits and cheer investors. "It must be appreciated that CEOs/ CMDs would come and go but the institutions are perpetual entities. The only thing which can perpetuate their existence is a stronger and healthier balance sheet," Mundra said. Deferring provisioning is harmful in the long term. It reduces the bank's ability to withstand financial pressures. This is even more problematic considering the poor capital adequacy in Indian banks. In fact, investors would be more happy if the management addresses and sorts out problems rather than posting high net profits that cannot be sustained in the long term, the deputy governor said.
Click here to read about financial ratios used to analyse stocks
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Rs 8,000 crore
Public-sector banks rely on the government for capital infusion. These banks are unable to raise capital on their own. However, the government has limited room to set aside money for these banks. In fact, it paid only Rs 7,000 crore of the Rs 11,200 crore promised for banks in 2013-14. Even in 2015-16, the government has only promised Rs 8,000 crore-just half of the sector's total capital requirement.
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My name is Michael Outerson. I was born and raised in Scotland, United Kingdom where I worked for several local governments before moving to the United States in 1997.. I became a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest as soon as I knew it existed. I remember when the contest was held in my home town, Edinburgh in 1972 when I was a child.
I have four girls, the youngest two are huge Eurovision fans. I have attended all Eurovisions since 2014.
My favourite entry of all time is Italy 1984 I Treni Di Tozeur though I am partial to Yohanna's Is It True and Jill Johnson's Karlecken Ar. Waterloo and Don't Ever Cry round up my top five.
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Lithuania 2021: Five acts proceed to the semi final of Pabandom iš Naujo!
16th January 2021 at 22:00 Michael Outerson
Tonight the Lithuanian, Pabandom iš Naujo! 2021 Heat One was broadcast on LRT, having been recorded all day on January 12, 2021. Read more
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Eurovision 2005: Monaco's Lise Darly in focus
Monaco were regular participants at Eurovision until 1979 but then took a break until they returned in 2004. They failed to make the final, but were hoping for better in 2005 with Lise Darly and 'Tout De Moi'. Read more
Lithuania 2021: Get to know the contestants from Heat 1 of Pabandom iš Naujo!
Pabandom iš Naujo! means Let's Try Again, and indeed several acts are trying again to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Here's a closer look at the artists competing in the first Lithuanian heat this Saturday. Read more
Finland 2021: YLE reveal the candidates competing in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu
Finnish Television (YLE) have decided that they will hold the Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021(UMK) to select their Eurovision Song Contest representative. Read more
Eurovision 1991: Switzerland's Sandra Simó in focus
As the country that hosted and won the first Eurovision Song Contest, it is surprising Switzerland has only won twice. They were hoping Sandra Simó would be third times the charm in 1991. Read more
Eurovision 1992: Malta's Mary Spiteri in focus
8th January 2021 at 19:42 Michael Outerson
Malta returned to Eurovision in 1991 after a 16-year absence. The Netherlands withdrew allowing a slot to open up for Malta. They did so well, that the eligible countries number was increased to allow them to return in 1992. Read more
Eurovision 1977: Belgium's Dream Express in focus
In 1977, for the first time, Belgium came to Eurovision as a firm favourite with the song 'A Million in 1,2,3' by quartet Dream Express. Read more
Poland, along with six other countries, made their debut in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. Edyta Górniak did best with her song, To nie ja!. Read more
Albania has chosen the act and song to represent them at Eurovision 2021
23rd December 2020 at 23:19 Michael Outerson
Tonight, the first National Final of the 2021 season took place in Tirana, with Albania choosing their Eurovision 2021 act and song. They have picked Anxhela Peristeri with the song Karma Read more
Lithuania 2021: The acts for this years Pabandom iš naujo are announced
Lithuanian Television have announced today, the acts which will compete in the hopes of becoming the Lithuanian Eurovision entry for 2021. Read more
Albania 2021: The finalists of Festivali i Këngës 59 have been announced
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Debate: 2009 US economic stimulus
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- *'''[[Argument: 2009 US stimulus lacks short-term spending for immediate stimulus| 2009 US stimulus lacks short-term spending for immediate stimulus]]''' [http://www.planetizen.com/node/37060 John Norquiest. "Stimulus to Nowhere". Planetizen. January 22, 2009] - "Spending projects will take years to get under-way. Is "Shovel-Ready" Enough? State bureaucracies claim to have thousands of "shovel-ready" projects. But examining the list of 'shovel ready' state projects at aashto.org you find a list of decades-old freeway expansion proposals, large-scale projects that according to FHWA estimates, only 27% will be under construction within a year . Intimately familiar with the realities of transportation funding deployment, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office offered cautionary advice to the Appropriations Committee on just this point."
*'''[[Argument: Stimulus lacks important tax cuts for wealthy/businesses| Stimulus lacks important tax cuts for wealthy/businesses]]''' [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123396623933859023.html "The Stimulus Tragedy". Wall Street Journal (editorial). February 6, 2009] - "Some Democrats claim these transfer payments are stimulating because they go mainly to poor people, who immediately spend the money. Tax cuts for business or for incomes across the board won't work, they add, because those tax cuts go disproportionately to "the rich," who will save the money. But a saved $1 doesn't vanish from the economy, unless it is stuffed into a mattress. It enters the financial system, where it is lent to others; or it is invested in the stock market as capital for businesses; or it is invested in entirely new businesses, which are the real drivers of job creation and prosperity. [...] At the current moment, amid a capital strike, the latter is the kind of fiscal stimulus we really need. Yet there is virtually none of it in the bills now moving through Congress. Senate moderates may succeed in cutting $100 billion or so in spending from the bill, which is political window dressing. Even they aren't talking about adding the kind of tax cuts that would really help the economy now." *'''[[Argument: Stimulus lacks important tax cuts for wealthy/businesses| Stimulus lacks important tax cuts for wealthy/businesses]]''' [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123396623933859023.html "The Stimulus Tragedy". Wall Street Journal (editorial). February 6, 2009] - "Some Democrats claim these transfer payments are stimulating because they go mainly to poor people, who immediately spend the money. Tax cuts for business or for incomes across the board won't work, they add, because those tax cuts go disproportionately to "the rich," who will save the money. But a saved $1 doesn't vanish from the economy, unless it is stuffed into a mattress. It enters the financial system, where it is lent to others; or it is invested in the stock market as capital for businesses; or it is invested in entirely new businesses, which are the real drivers of job creation and prosperity. [...] At the current moment, amid a capital strike, the latter is the kind of fiscal stimulus we really need. Yet there is virtually none of it in the bills now moving through Congress. Senate moderates may succeed in cutting $100 billion or so in spending from the bill, which is political window dressing. Even they aren't talking about adding the kind of tax cuts that would really help the economy now."
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Is the 2009 US economic stimulus package a good plan to combat recession?
1. Is the 2009 US economic stimulus package a good plan to combat recession? |
2. Background |
3. Government stimulus: Is the government generally capable of stimulating the economy? | | | |
4. Size: Is the size of the stimulus package appropriate? | | | |
5. Spending vs. tax cuts: Which provides a better economic stimulus? | | | |
6. Immediate stimulus: Does the bill provide sufficient immediate stimulus? | | | |
7. Good/bad stimulus: Does the stimulus package contain mostly "good" stimulus? | | | |
8. Infrastructure: Is significant spending on infrastructure appropriate? | | | |
9. Consequences: What are the consequence of no stimulus? | | | |
10. Debt: Is adding to debt to stimulate the economy justified? | | | |
11. Buy American: Is the "Buy American" provision justified? | | | |
12. Public opinion: Where does public opinion stand? | | | |
13. Bipartisanship: Is the bill sufficiently bipartisan? | | | |
14. Pro/con sources | | | |
15. External links |
Toward the end of 2008 and in the beginning of 2009, the United States and global economies began to experience widespread recession. Multiple actions were taken to stimulate the economy in early 2008, late 2008, and in the beginning of 2009.
In January 2009, President Obama proposed a roughly $800 billion stimulus package. In early February, both the US House of Representatives and Senate voted to pass modified versions of Obama's stimulus plan, called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Throughout this period, the nation and world engaged in a vigorous public debate on the merits of the plan, highlighting key philosophical differences in the United States and societies around the world on economic and social theory.
Many questions have framed the debate. Can the government stimulate the economy? Or, is the government incapable of successfully intervening and managing the economy? What does history, particularly surrounding the New Deal's impact on the Great Depression, reveal about the capacity of large spending programs to help end recessions? Is the stimulus package the right size, or is it too large, or event too small? Is the emphasis in the stimulus on spending appropriate, or do tax cuts provide better stimulus and deserve greater emphasis? Are the right kinds of stimulus included in the package? Is it appropriate, for example, to include longer-term spending projects, or does this fail to provide immediate stimulus? Does the stimulus include too much "pork" and room for wasteful spending? What are the consequences of inaction? Would it result in the next depression? Or is the government powerless to help in any case? Might the stimulus actually make things worse by adding to the national debt? Is the Buy American provision appropriate, or will its "protectionist" elements exacerbate the recession? Do the balance of pros and cons favor voting yes and passing the stimulus bill?
See Wikipedia's article on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for more background.
Government stimulus: Is the government generally capable of stimulating the economy?
Large spending is right approach to stimulating US economy. Martin Feldstein. "Defense Spending Would Be Great Stimulus". Wall Street Journal. December 24, 2008 - "As President-elect Barack Obama and his economic advisers recognize, countering a deep economic recession requires an increase in government spending to offset the sharp decline in consumer outlays and business investment that is now under way. Without that rise in government spending, the economic downturn would be deeper and longer. Although tax cuts for individuals and businesses can help, government spending will have to do the heavy lifting."
Majority of economists believe government can stimulate economy. Eugene Robinson. "Roll over the Republicans". Real Clear Politics. February 10, 2009 - "Begin with the most fundamental question: Does the U.S. economy desperately need a massive stimulus, or not? There are economists who doubt it's possible for the government to effectively stimulate an economy of such size and complexity. Those economists, however, are in the minority. [...] The most respected economic wise men and women of both parties believe a huge stimulus is needed quickly to keep a dire economic situation from sinking into catastrophe."
2009 US stimulus will create millions of jobs for unemployed. Barack Obama. "We Can't Afford to Wait". February 9, 2009 - "At [the] core [of the Recovery and Reinvestment Plan] is a very simple idea: to put Americans back to work doing the work America needs done. [...] The plan will save or create three to four million jobs over the next two years. But not just any jobs - jobs that meet the needs we've neglected for far too long and lay the groundwork for long-term economic growth: jobs fixing our schools; computerizing medical records to save costs and save lives; repairing our infrastructure; and investing in renewable energy to help us move toward energy independence. The plan also calls for immediate tax relief for 95 percent of American workers."
A successful stimulus can be achieved with proper oversight It is true that a stimulus plan could fail. But, it is also true that the right set of spending and management can procure strong stimulus. For example, it may be important to avoid no-bid contracts and ensure that spending programs are done with a proper dose of competition to ensure that money is used by the most qualified companies for the best results. Transparency and accountability are also important in ensuring that once a company has a contract, it implements is mandate well.
Economic stimulus by government intervention always fails Robert Higgs. "Instead of stimulus, do nothing - seriously". Christian Science Monitor. February 9, 2009 - "Hardly anyone [...] is asking the most important question: Should the federal government be doing any of this? [...] Federal intervention rests on the presumption that officials know how to manage the economy and will use this knowledge effectively. This presumption always had a shaky foundation, and we have recently witnessed even more compelling evidence that the government simply does not know what it's doing. The big bailout bill enacted last October; the Federal Reserve's massive, frantic lending for many different purposes; and now the huge stimulus package all look like wild flailing - doing something mainly for the sake of being seen to be doing something - and, of course, enriching politically connected interests in the process."
Stimulus spending violates principles of supply-side economics Yaron Brook. "To Stimulate The Economy, Liberate It". Forbes. February 14th, 2008 - "we must first recognize that the key economic activity that causes growth is not consumer spending but production. [...] Economic growth means an increase in the amount of wealth that exists in a country--and all wealth must be produced. [...] The focus of today's stimulus packages on consumer spending is therefore completely backward. Consumption is a consequence of production. This fact is ignored by the Bush plan [and Obama plan], which attempts to achieve prosperity through $100 billion in deficit-spending. Though this might bring the appearance of prosperity, in the same way that an unemployed man appears prosperous if he goes on a shopping spree with his credit cards, the reality will be the opposite."
Stimulus is from taxes or debt; injects no new money Stimulus package spends money by first taxing it out of the economy or borrowing it through bonds. Either way, the money injected is not "new" money, but taken from the economy, so adds no new wealth to the economy.
New Deal did little-to-nothing to end the Depression While many liberals claim that the New Deal helped stop the Great Depression, many other economists and historians argue that the New Deal only worsened the Great Depression by adding to the national debt.
Size: Is the size of the stimulus package appropriate?
Large stimulus is appropriate for large economic crisis Scot Lehigh. "A large stimulus bill for large problems". The Boston Globe. February 6, 2009 - "President Obama's call for a large stimulus plan is under assault by arguments as unpersuasive as they are uninformed. Is the stimulus plan large? Yes, and with good reason. Our economic problems are as well. With consumers poorer from $6 trillion in vanished housing wealth and $7 trillion in vaporized stock, we're set to suffer annual losses in overall economic activity of a trillion dollars this year and a trillion or more next year. It's not just consumer spending that has collapsed. Other traditional generators of economic growth - business investment, housing construction, and exports - are all anemic. [...] That leaves government spending as the nation's best hope for softening a major downturn."[1]
Stimulus risks being too small not too large Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect. - Stimulus "needs to be adequate to do the job. Eight hundred and twenty billion is about 2.5% of GDP. But the economy is sinking at the rate of five to six percent. So they may find out they have to come back and ask for more." Prominent economist Paul Krugman has also stated he believes that roughly $800b in economic stimulus is "too small".[2]
No evidence that stimulus supporters just want to grow government. While it may be true that some supporters of the stimulus have a hidden agenda to grow government, but this is mere speculation, and to oppose the legislation merely on this basis would be to overlook the broader, legitimate arguments involved in the debate.
US stimulus charts path to better government programs Robert Kuttner. "Time to Think Big". American Prospect. February 10, 2009 - "Looking forward [beyond the stimulus], we need a very different sort of economy, one that restores a balanced form of capitalism. At the core of this change is a long-term increase in public outlay, investing in areas vital to economic growth and social decency. [...] An enhanced federal role, in turn, provides the moment to reclaim the public philosophy of activist government that effectively services people's needs where market forces fail."
$800 billion stimulus is just too massive. A %800 billion stimulus package is the largest stimulus spending bill ever devised (although there have been some tax cuts that could be considered larger). For this reason, it should be viewed with great suspicion. It's just too large.
Any stimulus is probably inadequate to impact massive US economy. Eliot Spitzer. "Robots, Not Roads". Slate. Jan. 5, 2009 - "the capacity of even the U.S. government to affect the overall global economy is limited. Suppose the package is $800 billion over two years: $400 billion is less than 1 percent of the global economy and a mere 3 percent of the U.S. economy. In relative terms, $400 billion isn't all that much more than the $152 billion spent on the 2008 stimulus, which had nary an impact on the economy."
Stimulus will just be used to grow government bureaucracy. The spending in the stimulus will go toward many government programs, growing them so that they become a constant burden on tax payers and constraint for free markets. None of this is desirable, and this is why tax cuts are a better alternative; it provides stimulus without growing government, and in fact, shrinking government.
Spending vs. tax cuts: Which provides a better economic stimulus?
Spending provides more economic stimulus than tax cuts Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute - "Personal tax cuts are much less effective than spending, and business tax cuts are much less effective than personal tax cuts"[3]
Citizens voted for change reflected in 2009 US stimulus President Barack Obama - "The notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems; that we can ignore fundamental challenges like energy independence and the high cost of health care, that we can somehow deal with this in piecemeal fashion and still expect our economy and our country to thrive. I reject those theories, and so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change."[4]
Tax cuts provide better economic stimulus than spending Jason Furman and Douglas Elmendorf of the Brookings Institution wrote, "Fiscal policy implemented promptly can provide a larger near-term impetus to economic policy than monetary policy can."[5]
Immediate stimulus: Does the bill provide sufficient immediate stimulus?
Vast majority of stimulus bill is immediate stimulus. Jim Horney, director of federal fiscal policy for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - "The vast majority of what is in these two bills is pretty good stimulus."[6] This includes "automatic stimulators", such as unemployment benefits and food stamps, money that is typically quickly and fully spent. In addition, the majority of money will be spent within the first year of the stimulus package, providing more short-term, "good" stimulus to get the economy rolling quickly.
Longer-term spending is not "waste"; helps sustain stimulus Steven Pearlstein. "Wanted: Personal Economic Trainers. Apply at Capitol." Washington Post. February 6, 2009 - "Let's review some of the more silly arguments about the stimulus bill, starting with the notion that 'only' 75 percent of the money can be spent in the next two years, and the rest is therefore 'wasted.' As any economist will tell you, the economy tends to be forward-looking and emotional. So if businesses and households can see immediate benefits from a program while knowing that a bit more stimulus is on the way, they are likely to feel more confident that the recovery will be sustained. That confidence, in turn, will make them more likely to take the risk of buying big-ticket items now and investing in stocks or future ventures."
Good/bad stimulus: Does the stimulus package contain mostly "good" stimulus?
Almost all government spending has some stimulus effect Scot Lehigh. "A large stimulus bill for large problems". The Boston Globe. February 6, 2009 - "Although one can debate the necessity or importance of various projects, almost any new spending will have a stimulative effect - including resodding the National Mall."
Funding government projects will create jobs, stimulate economy. Steven Pearlstein. "Wanted: Personal Economic Trainers. Apply at Capitol." Washington Post. February 6, 2009 - "And then there is Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), complaining in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal that of the 3 million jobs that the stimulus package might create or save, one in five will be government jobs, as if there is something inherently inferior or unsatisfactory about that. (Note to Coburn's political director: One in five workers in Oklahoma is employed by government.)"
Much stimulus rightly goes toward good social projects Steven Pearlstein. "Wanted: Personal Economic Trainers. Apply at Capitol." Washington Post. February 6, 2009 - "what's striking is that supposedly intelligent people are horrified at the thought that, during a deep recession, government might try to help the economy by buying up-to-date equipment for the people who protect us from epidemics and infectious diseases, by hiring people to repair environmental damage on federal lands and by contracting with private companies to make federal buildings more energy-efficient."
Only a small fraction of the stimulus is "pork". Scot Lehigh. "A large stimulus bill for large problems". The Boston Globe. February 6, 2009 - "Nor is it true, as some critics would have you believe, that the plan is a farrago of fiscal fat that will be all sizzle and no steak. Yes, there are some questionable items, but they are only a small fraction of the proposals."
Stimulus lacks important tax cuts for wealthy/businesses "The Stimulus Tragedy". Wall Street Journal (editorial). February 6, 2009 - "Some Democrats claim these transfer payments are stimulating because they go mainly to poor people, who immediately spend the money. Tax cuts for business or for incomes across the board won't work, they add, because those tax cuts go disproportionately to "the rich," who will save the money. But a saved $1 doesn't vanish from the economy, unless it is stuffed into a mattress. It enters the financial system, where it is lent to others; or it is invested in the stock market as capital for businesses; or it is invested in entirely new businesses, which are the real drivers of job creation and prosperity. [...] At the current moment, amid a capital strike, the latter is the kind of fiscal stimulus we really need. Yet there is virtually none of it in the bills now moving through Congress. Senate moderates may succeed in cutting $100 billion or so in spending from the bill, which is political window dressing. Even they aren't talking about adding the kind of tax cuts that would really help the economy now."
2009 US stimulus has too much pork and wasteful spending Representative Eric Cantor. "Commentary: Big risk in Obama's economic stimulus plan". CNN.com. January 18, 2008 - "with such a free hand over current stimulus efforts comes great danger. Costing at the very least a hefty $825 billion, the plan's potential for taxpayer waste and special-interest-driven giveaways is enormous. [...] Like bears sniffing out food at a campfire pit, those looking for a piece of the multi-billion dollar pie have flooded Washington with a cascade of requests, some capable of spurring immediate and lasting growth, others falling hopelessly short."
Infrastructure: Is significant spending on infrastructure appropriate?
Stimulus wisely creates jobs to help fix/update roads. Timothy Bunn. "Why Obama's stimulus plan makes sense". The Post Standard, Syracuse. February 11, 2009 - "Let me try to help President Obama explain his stimulus plan: Yes, my stimulus is a program of big spending. But here's why it's good. When we spend to fix bridges, like the one that collapsed and killed 13 people in Minneapolis 18 months ago, for example, it's like fixing wiring in your house that's ready to burst into flames. Spending on infrastructure could prevent such disasters and put tradesmen to work. [...] When people like our bridge repairman have jobs, they earn money and spend it. [...] They spend it on the very things you provide where you work. And when they buy from your company, you keep your job. [...] If we don't spend for such things, the bridge repairman will be jobless. He'll collect unemployment from taxpayers like you. He won't get one of those tax cuts that Republicans in Congress love so dearly because he'd have no taxable income. And, he'd probably save as much as possible from his unemployment checks so he'd have something to live on after his unemployment runs out."
US stimulus spends too much on roads and bridges Eliot Spitzer. "Robots, Not Roads". Slate. Jan. 5, 2009 - "The 'off the shelf' infrastructure projects that can be funded immediately and provide immediate demand-side stimulus are almost by definition not the transformative investments we really need. Paving roads, repairing bridges that need refurbishing, and accelerating existing projects are all good and necessary, but not transformative. These projects by and large are building or patching the same economy with the same flaws that got us where we are. Our concern should be that as we look for the next great infrastructure project to transform our economy, we might rebuild the Erie Canal and find ourselves a century behind technologically."
Consequences: What are the consequence of no stimulus?
Stimulus is better than consequences of no stimulus Barack Obama. "We Can't Afford to Wait". February 9, 2009 - "The situation we face could not be more serious. We have inherited an economic crisis as deep and as dire as any since the Great Depression. Economists from across the spectrum have warned that if we don't act immediately, millions more jobs will be lost, and national unemployment rates will approach double digits. More people will lose their homes and their health care. And our nation will sink into a crisis that, at some point, we may be unable to reverse."
Scot Lehigh. "A large stimulus bill for large problems". The Boston Globe. February 6, 2009 - "No one is going to get exactly what they want, but getting nothing is a far, far worse outcome. It would be an act of extreme national stupidity not to enact a big stimulus bill at this point."
US stimulus must be passed immediately to avoid greater crisis. "The US needs its stimulus now". Financial Times (Editorial). February 1, 2009 - "With the US economy shrinking at an accelerating rate, the case for a strong fiscal stimulus should be uncontroversial. Yet last week the House of Representatives passed its version of the measure sought by the Obama administration without a shred of Republican support. The Democratic majority in the Senate, which now takes up the legislation, is too small to assure passage without Republican votes. The bill can and should be improved – and some of the most needed changes might be to Republicans' taste – but the greatest need is speed. [...] Even with prompt passage of the measure, according to the Congressional Budget Office, much less than $200bn of the $819bn in the plan would take effect in the remaining eight months of this fiscal year, which is when the stimulus is most needed. Delay in passing the bill beyond the middle of next month would be a grave setback. It is incumbent on Senate Republicans, especially, to avoid this."
Allowing recession will enable stronger economic recovery Amity Shlaes. "Obama's gift to GOP is challenge to supply siders". Bloomberg. February 9, 2009 - "Cut the tax rate on capital gains to 5 percent. Halve the corporate tax rate. Fund a new, super-strong Securities and Exchange Commission to monitor anything that's traded, including the haziest derivative. [...] Buy homeowners out of mortgages they can't afford, and protect the rights of lenders. Make Social Security solvent by curtailing the annual growth in benefits. Forget one "S" word, stimulus, and learn to use two "R" words -- rent and recession. [...] Too costly, you might say, or too extreme. But the ideas above are neither costlier nor more extreme than the almost- trillion-dollar stimulus package moving through Congress. And they are more likely to bring long-term growth than the legislation advanced by President Barack Obama."
Stimulus may not work; an unacceptable gamble with $1 trillion. Martin Feldstein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under Ronald Reagan, wrote in January 2009, "It is of course possible that the planned surge in government spending will fail. Two or three years from now we could be facing a level of unemployment that is higher than today and that shows no sign of coming down."[7]
Fear-mongering on consequences of no US stimulus is wrong David Keene. "From hope to doomsday". The Hill. February 9, 2009 - "There is no denying the seriousness of the current recession, but the specter of a still-popular president on television night after night to predict that things are going to get much, much worse is not something one would call confidence-inspiring. One can lead by inspiring or by trying to scare the heck out of people. In our country, at least, successful presidents have used the inspirational approach — the approach that Mr. Obama took during his campaign, but which he seems to have abandoned."
Debt: Is adding to debt to stimulate the economy justified?
Adding to debt/deficit to fight recession is justified Martin Feldstein. "The case for fiscal stimulus in U.S." The Korea Herald. February 3, 2009 - "Under normal circumstances, I would oppose this rise in the budget deficit and the higher level of government spending. [...] Now, however, increased government spending and the resulting rise in the fiscal deficit are being justified as necessary to deal with the economic downturn - a sharp change from the reliance on monetary policy that was used to deal with previous recessions. Countercyclical fiscal policy had been largely discredited because of the delays involved in implementing fiscal changes and households` weak response to temporary tax cuts. By contrast, the central bank could lower interest rates rapidly, which worked to raise household and business spending through a variety of channels. [...] Nevertheless, I support the use of fiscal stimulus in the United States, because the current recession is much deeper than and different from previous downturns. Even with successful countercyclical policy, this recession is likely to last longer and be more damaging than any since the depression of the 1930s.[...] When the recession is over, the United States and virtually every other country will have substantially higher debt-to-GDP ratios. At that point, it will be important to develop policies to reduce gradually the relative level of government spending in order to shift to fiscal surpluses and reduce the debt burden."
2009 US stimulus can be paid for by more progressive taxes. Robert Kuttner. "Time to Think Big". American Prospect. February 10, 2009 - "Looking forward, we need a very different sort of economy, one that restores a balanced form of capitalism. At the core of this change is a long-term increase in public outlay, investing in areas vital to economic growth and social decency. Once the recession is over, this increase in public investment needs to be paid for with a more progressive tax system."
Stimulus increases debt, inflation, interest rates, harms economy David Freddoso. "The Case for No Stimulus". National Review. February 3, 2009 - "Every penny of such a package must be borrowed, because the government is already running a $1.2 trillion deficit this year and faces a $703 billion deficit for next year, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. The question, then, is whether the government can help the economy by spending money if it can only do so by first sucking that money out of the economy."
Christopher Grey. "Opinion: Why the Stimulus Will Fail". The Street. February 9, 2009 - "In fact, it will further destroy growth and jobs by fueling inflation and higher interest rates. The effect of the stimulus can be summarized best by reversing and paraphrasing Winston Churchill's famous statement regarding the Battle of Britain, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.'"
Spending and borrowing got US into crisis, won't get it out. Andrew Schiff, an investment consultant at Euro Pacific Capital said to Politico: "All this stimulus money is geared toward getting consumers spending and borrowing again. But spending and borrowing were the problem in the first place."[8]
Buy American: Is the "Buy American" provision justified?
Buy American provision will cause protectionism and further harm "How to cause a depression". The Washington Times. February 8, 2009 - "Tucked within the economic stimulus bill the House passed last week was a clause requiring state and local public works agencies to buy American iron and steel for their reconstruction projects, and the Senate expanded it to all manufactured goods. [...] a brief history lesson will show them the folly of their ways. [...] In 1929, in an effort to stimulate the American economy after the stock market crashed, Sen. Reed Smoot and Rep. Willis Hawley, both Republicans, used similar logic to create the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, raising tariffs on foreign goods to record levels. President Herbert Hoover signed the bill against the opposition of more than 1,000 economists and numerous business executives. The result was a trade war with Europe, which increased its tariffs on U.S. products. Ultimately, U.S. exports and imports decreased by more than 50 percent in a single year, transforming the recession into the Great Depression [...] But at least Smoot-Hawley left open the freedom to import, whereas what the leadership of the 111th Congress originally wanted to eliminate imports outright."
Public opinion: Where does public opinion stand?
A solid majority of Americans support Obama stimulus. "Poll: Obama Stimulus Effort Backed By Huge Majority". Huffington Post. February 9, 2009 - "Sixty-seven percent of the American people approve of how President Obama's handling his efforts to pass an economic stimulus bill, as opposed to 48% for Democrats in Congress and 31% for congressional Republicans."
Bipartisanship: Is the bill sufficiently bipartisan?
2009 US stimulus accomodates Republican tax-cutting views. Eugene Robinson. "Roll over the Republicans". Real Clear Politics. February 10, 2009 - "Obama's plan was criticized by some Democrats for including a heavy component of tax cuts; that's the Republican prescription that helped get us into these desperate straits, and voters made clear in November that it's time to try something else. But Obama and his economic team found that there were only so many "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects to fund, and while straightforward government spending packs a bigger stimulative punch, tax cuts would help to some degree. So, from the beginning, the plan accommodated Republican ideology."
2009 US stimulus needs to be effective, not bipartisan Eugene Robinson. "Roll over the Republicans". Real Clear Politics. February 10, 2009 - "This is not, repeat not, a time for compromise. Meeting in the middle, which the Senate sees as its role in our democracy, renders the whole exercise potentially useless. If we don't get enough money into the economy, and if we don't do it soon, we risk wasting a king's ransom on a stimulus that's too puny to stimulate. [...] This is not an issue where the answer is to be found in the 'middle.' This isn't a matter of left, right and center, it's a matter of yes or no: Does the federal government try to get the economy moving again, or not?"
Eamon Javers and Jim VandeHei. "The Stimulus Bill: Go Big or Go Home". Common Dreams. January 28, 2009
Paul Krugman. "Debunking arguments against Obama stimulus plan". New York Times. January 27, 2009
Paul Krugman. "The Destructive Center". The New York Times. February 9, 2009
Steven Pearlstein. "Wanted: Personal Economic Trainers. Apply at Capitol." Washington Post. February 6, 2009
Arlene Specter. "Why I Support the Stimulus". Washington Post. February 9, 2009
Martin Feldstein. "The case for fiscal stimulus in U.S." The Korea Herald. February 3, 2009
"Food Stamps Will Stimulate the Economy More than Tax Cuts, Pelosi Says". CNS News. January 28, 2009
"Majority of U.S. Likes Obama Economic Stimulus Plan". US News and World Report. February 4, 2009
"Summers: Obama stimulus aimed at long term too". Reuters. Dec 28, 2008
"The US needs its stimulus now". Financial Times (Editorial). February 1, 2009
Paul Krugman. "Deficits and the Future". New York Times. December 1, 2008
Timothy Bunn. "Why Obama's stimulus plan makes sense". The Post Standard, Syracuse. February 11, 2009
"Obama pushes stimulus; reminds he won". MSNBC. February 04, 2009
Eugene Robinson. "Roll over the Republicans". Real Clear Politics. February 10, 2009
David Freddoso. "The Case for No Stimulus". National Review. February 3, 2009
Anthony Randazzo. "Practical Reasons Why Stimulus Spending Doesn't Work". Reason. January 12, 2009
Eliot Spitzer. "Robots, Not Roads". Slate. Jan. 5, 2009
Brian Riedl, Heritage Foundation. "The Case for No Stimulus". National Review. February 3, 2009
Amity Shlaes. "Obama's gift to GOP is challenge to supply siders". Bloomberg. February 9, 2009
James Glassman. "Stimulus: A History of Folly". Commentary Magazine. March 2009
"How to cause a depression". The Washington Times. February 8, 2009
Yaron Brook. "To Stimulate The Economy, Liberate It". Forbes. February 14th, 2008
Mitt Romney. "Commentary: Stimulate the economy, not government". CNN. February 6, 2009
Stephen Dinan. "CBO: Obama stimulus harmful over long haul". Washington Times. February 4, 2009
Ryan Grim. "Why the stimulus is too small". Huffington Post. February 9, 2009
"McCain: stimulus bill has too much spending". Washington Post. February 2, 2009
Representative Eric Cantor. "Commentary: Big risk in Obama's economic stimulus plan". CNN.com. January 18, 2008
Clive Crook. "Protectionism And The Stimulus". National Journal. February 7, 2009
"The Stimulus Tragedy". Wall Street Journal (editorial). February 6, 2009
David Keene. "From hope to doomsday". The Hill. February 9, 2009
"Obama Ducks Hard Choices". Newsweek. February 2, 2009
Kevin Murphy. "There's No Stimulus Free Lunch". Wall Street Journal. February 10, 2009
Donald J. Boudreaux. "The foolishness of economic 'stimulus'". Christian Science Monitor. January 24, 2008
Bernardo Lopez. "Upshot; Flaws in the Stimulus Plan". Business World. January 29, 2009
Alfred Tella. "Jobs - how stimulating". The Washington Times. January 19, 2009
"Voting 'No' on Stimulus". Wall Street Journal. January 28, 2009
Rush Limbaugh. "My Bipartisan Stimulus". Wall Street Journal. January 29, 2009
Matt Geraghty. "Economic Stimulus or Economic Boomerang?". Financial Sense. January 27, 2009
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Title: Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Sponsors: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
WHEREAS, The Vacant Property Review Committee has recommended acceptance and disposition of the vacant property listed below; now, therefore
SECTION 1. The Commissioner of Public Property is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to pursuant to Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code under certain terms and conditions.
SECTION 2. The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority is hereby authorized to dispose of the aforementioned property for rehabilitation and/or improvements under certain terms and conditions pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
SECTION 3. The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to prepare or to approve all instruments and documents and to include in such instruments and documents such terms and conditions as are necessary to effectuate the purpose of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.


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'Who would do this to a charity?' Shop targeted by vandals shocked at mindless damage
Thankfully nothing was taken
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Paul Newman, manager of Emmaus charity shop in Cheltenham, outside the smashed window (Image: Gloucestershire Live)
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A charity shops which raises funds for former homeless people was targeted by vandals overnight.
The Emmaus shop, in Henrietta Street, Cheltenham, has a boarded-up window today after vandalism saw one of its front windows smashed last night.
It is thought to have happened in the early hours of the morning, at around 4am.
Paul Newman, who has been manager of the shop for around six months, said he thinks the attack was just vandalism and not out of malice. Nothing was taken.
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He said: "Who would want to do this to a charity?
"Everyone employed in this shop, except the managers, are people who used to be homeless."
The charity works with organisations across Gloucestershire to support homeless people and get them back on their feet.
Paul says demand for the charity's help has increased in the last year and the work of the shop is vital to raising valuable funds.
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He said he hopes the cost of the replacement window will be covered by insurance so it is just the 'inconvenience' the shop has to deal with.
The shop remains open and is still taking donations.


So here we are again... NBA Draft time. The interesting backdrop to this year's draft is whether there will even be a season in 2011-2012 given the labor negotiations. Let's assume there is and see what the W's might be able to procure.
Across the board, experts say this is probably one of the weakest draft classes in a long time. Therefore, there's really no place to look but up regarding who the Warriors would get. Given the uncertain tenure of Monta Ellis, you could say a play at SG/SF might be in order. However, I'll assume they get a quality SG/SF if they trade away Monta. The big glaring hole is probably at center. Ekpe Udoh has a ton of potential but he'll never be an offensive threat. He could develop into a solid defensive center but at 6' 9", he'll always be a little undersized to guard the better centers of the league. Andris has fallen off the face of the earth and I don't think anything can bring him back outside of a change of scenery. However with a bloated contract, he may be difficult to move.
So what options are available at the 11th pick? Some draft boards have Lithuanian phenom Donatas Motiejunas available. He's gifted offensively but is a beanpole and would be pushed around by bigger NBA C/PF's. Also, he's a liability on defense (but nearly all the W's are). Finally there is a question re: his commitment/desire/work-ethic. I fear without a strong coach (not sure if Mark Jackson will be one or not) he'll regress and won't continue to improve year after year. Another player with lots of question marks but a ton of hype is Bismack Biyombo from the Congo. He has the makings to be Mutumbo-esque but feels like another version of Ekpe Udoh and I'm not sure the W's want to double up at the same position with two virtually identical players. At the end of the day, I don't hold out too much hope for this pick given the lack of depth in this draft and the W's drafting relatively late. But then again, I didn't have much hope for the W's pick last year and he's turning out ok.
Wow, lots of news today for the W's. First a confirmed event - Mark Jackson is announced as the new head coach. Not 100% sure of the success of this choice but it does mix things up a little bit (not necessarily a bad thing). However, without any NBA coaching experience, Jackson will have a tough road ahead of him leading a team that is not the most disciplined. Up tempo may be exciting to watch but doesn't always lead to many championships.
As for the Ellis for Iguodala trade rumors, that one might be interesting. Of course, Iguodala is not as dynamic a scorer as Ellis but he does have size, can rebound better, and may fit better with Curry. However, he is a year older and $11.1M more over the next 3 years ($2.5M, $3.7M and $4.9M). If he plays like he did in 2006-2008 then this could work. However, if he's more like his 2009-2011 numbers then this is a bad trade. Still, it'll be hard to see Ellis go. He was definitely exciting but in the long run, there was no way the Warriors could win with two undersized guards.


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Cabeleira assembles his 'puzzle' with his mind on Christchurch
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Leonardo Cabeleira (right) with Head Coach Diogo Almeida (left)
The nightmare and the hard days seem to be over at Poppies. Last couple of victories against Brockenhurst (home) and Cowes Sport (away) have raised the morale and confidence of the whole team.
Leonardo Cabeleira, manager of Bournemouth FC, shared his thoughts about the last two performances for Poppies and the upcoming match against Christchurch, a side rival that he knows well.
He confirmed that the back to back win against Cowes (4-1) on the Isle of Wight, was not a coincidence.
"We have been working since the pre-season trying to assemble the puzzle and we can finally see the fruits of our labour. Our victories in the last two games were not by accident but the result of our hard work inside and outside the pitch," said the manager
The gaffer said that he's not a superstitious man and the results have come as "a learning curve for the management and the players. We have had difficult days, but patience has paid off", asserted the manager.
When enquired about the last performances, he confirmed that the team was lacking of, "the experience, without any doubt. We believe a lot in our youngsters, but we understood that it was very important for our game play to mix both. We all have learned from these mistakes, making us a stronger side".
Edgar Zanin during the pre-season time
Edgar Zanin finally found his goal this weekend, the brazilian-bolivian player scored on the '81 to finally be on the score sheet, a goal that according his manager, he was looking for so long. "I am very happy for him. He's a young lad that works very hard on the physical side and during our trainings. Although he had a difficult start this season, I was convinced that his quality was going to show at any point".
A special taste left the performance of Callum Farrugia during the game against Cowes, and Leo confirmed the quality that the management saw on the player
"We always saw something on him. Although he had Tyrone (Carkeet) as the main man on that position (left back), he keeps showing all of his talent and that he has a lot of potential as a player", confirmed the manager.
Sam Jones made his comeback to the team
Sam Jones made his official return to the club after a brief experience with Hamworthy United and Lymington Town. Leo did not skimp to praise the keeper.
"He is without any doubt one of the best goalkeepers of this league. His brief time on Hamworthy and Lymington surprises me. Sam is bringing his experience back to this club which will help James (Mayo) to fully develop all his potential and quality", affirmed the manager.
Ron Frost now plays for Christchurch FC after a brief time in Lymington
Bournemouth FC will travel to Hurn Bridge this tuesday to face Christchurch for the Sydenham's Wessex League. Ollie Cherrett's side currently runs 4th and aim to continue their success against Poppies. Cabeleira admitted that playing against them is always special.
"I have good memories about my time in Christchurch and I will always be grateful for the opportunity they gave me. When I go there I feel welcome by so many people, that are the heart and the soul of the club. As a team, we have a lot of enthusiasm and excitement about this match. We will play a good side on a good pitch. They have on their squad some of our ex players, which has helped to improve the quality on their game so far this season. I look forward to see them all and stretch their hand again".
Poppies will look for a back to back win on the IOW
Jamie Trimble was unlucky hitting the post against Brockenhurst.
Photo: Luke Simcock
Bournemouth FC is looking to obtain two league wins in a row for the first time this season, as they take on Cowes Sports away from home.
Poppies were able to overcome Brockenhurst 1-0 during midweek thanks to Matt Nicholl's superb 50-yard effort, which gave them only their second three points of the league campaign.
They currently sit in 17th position in the Sydenhams Wessex Premier Division with eight points. In comparison Cowes Sports are one position and one point behind the Poppies, albeit having played two less games.
Will the team be able to keep the "momentum" and get the 3 points?
The importance of the match cannot be understated for both teams, as a win would help either side pull away from Solent University and Amesbury Town just below them.
The Yachtsman's form has been underwhelming with one win and four losses in their last five matches, including comprehensive defeats to Horndean (6-1) and Hamworthy United (5-2).
Bournemouth's form is exactly the same, having also suffered some heavy losses to sides like AFC Stoneham and Portland United, before the success over Brockenhurst.
Last season Bournemouth came out on top in both encounters, with 3-0 and 3-1 wins. However, this match looks to be a closer affair given the sides' places in the table.
For team news, Bournemouth have goalkeeper Sam Jones returning to the squad after playing for Hamworthy United FC and Lymington Town FC .
Cowes Sports vs Bournemouth FC will take place at Westwood Park on Saturday 16th November at 3pm.
Bournemouth FC Cowes Sports Matt Nicholls Sydenham Wessex Premier Divison
Nicholls: "I kept checking on the keeper"
Matt Nicholls may only have played a few games this season but the ones he has played, he has shown consistency, good defending and combat spirit.
Nicholls broke the deadlock and the 'curse' for Poppies on the '84 after scoring a cracker from 50 yards, chipping the ball over the keeper.
"I had a good first touch and saw him far from the line, so I went for it", said the player about the goal.
He also mentioned that he kept observing the movements of the opposition. " I kept checking on the keeper during the whole game and saw him constantly going far from the line".
He was named man of the match after giving the victory 1-0 with a goal for team that was so much in need of bouncing back to winning ways "we were a bit lucky but we created good chances during the game, so I think that at the end we deserved the 3 points".


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Who > H - K > James, William Henry
William Henry James
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
1866, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
1888, Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
1900, Gray's Precinct, Bingham County, Idaho
1921, Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah
1882-01-03, Salt Lake First Ward, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, by William Cottom
1882-01-05, Salt Lake City First Ward, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, by William C. Graham
Jane Elizabeth Manning and Isaac James Family
Baptized in Utah
Lived in Utah
When freeborn Jane Elizabeth Manning James came to Great Salt Lake City as one of its first settlers, she brought her eldest son Sylvester with her. Almost twenty years later, Sylvester James and his wife Mary Ann Perkins James welcomed their first child, William Henry James into their family. William was born in 1866 while his father and mother lived in the Salt Lake LDS First Ward. William's mother's family had arrived in Utah as slaves owned by Reuben Perkins. William was born just four years after slavery legally ended in Utah Territory.
Several of William's younger brothers and sisters were blessed in the First Ward, but there is no baby blessing listed for him. He was, however, baptized along with his sisters Esther Jane and Nella (Nellie) in 1882, a few years before his family left downtown and began farming in Mill Creek to the southeast. [1]
In 1888, William's father, Sylvester James, bought farm acreage in Mill Creek and relocated his family to this agricultural community. On February 16, 1892, Sylvester James transferred part of his holding to his son, William. Eighteen months later William sold his land to his uncle Sylvester Perkins. [2] It might have been at this time that William moved to southeast Idaho.
The 1900 census listed William, who was single, living in the Gray's Precinct of Idaho. [3] The wilderness surrounding Gray's Lake attracted a number of homesteaders around the turn of the twentieth century. Black settlers played an important role in transforming the region into productive ranches. [4] William ranched near Abraham Flake, the son of 1847 Utah pioneer Green Flake. Green lived with Abraham at the end of his life and William likely also associated with both men.
William continued to live in the Gray's Lake area of Idaho until 1920. [5] That year the census enumerators counted only about 150 residents in the precinct. William was the only resident who was black. By 1921, he had moved back to Mill Creek where he died on June 24 at the age of 54. He may have returned to the area in order to be close to family in his final illness. William's death certificate listed his address as East Mill Creek where many of his family members were still living. [6] He is buried in Elysian Burial Gardens. [7]
By Tonya S. Reiter
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members Collection. Salt Lake First Ward. CR 375 8, box 2168, folder 1, image 59. Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Salt Lake County Recorder. Abstract Book B-3 and B-9.
United States. 1870 Census. Utah Territory, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, First Ward.
United States. 1900 Census. Idaho, Bingham County, Gray Precinct.
United States. 1920 Census. Idaho, Bonneville County, Gray Precinct.
Utah State Board of Health. Office of Vital Statistics. James, William. Certificate of Death. File No. 985. Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848. 50 vols. Provo Utah: Brigham Young University Studies Center, 1989.
Carney, Ellen. "Blacks Were First to Settle Idaho's Grays Lake Valley," Idaho State Journal, 3 March 2013.
Reiter, Tonya. "Life on the Hill: Black Farmers and Their Families in Mill Creek, Utah." Journal of Mormon History 44, no. 4 (October 2018): forthcoming.
[1] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members Collection, Salt Lake First Ward, CR 375 8, box 2168, folder 1, image 59, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[2] Salt Lake County Recorder, Abstract Book B-3, page 259, line 1. Sylvester James purchased his land form Henry C. and Caroline Brooks Jones. He sold his son the four acre piece for $300. Salt Lake County Recorder, Abstract Book B-9, page 54, line 13.
[3] United States, 1900 Census, Idaho, Bingham, Gray's Precinct.
[4] Ellen Carney, "Blacks Were First to Settle Idaho's Grays Lake Valley," Idaho State Journal, 3 Mar 2013.
[5] United States, 1920 Census, Idaho, Bonneville, Gray Precinct.
[6] Tonya Reiter, "Life on the Hill: Black Farmers and Their Families in Mill Creek, Utah," Journal of Mormon History 44, no. 4 (October 2018): forthcoming.
[7] William James, death certificate, Utah State Board of Health, Office of Vital Records, File No. 985, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.


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Q: JQuery validator call function from another js file I am using jquery validator plugin jqueryvalidation and having some problems calling a function from another js file.
In one file which is theme.js file i have a function calling preloader:
jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {

    function loadAnimation() {
      $("#loader").show().animate({
        opacity: 1
      })
    }
});

I made it in function for the reasons that I can call function from different actions and buttons submit. Now I want to call the function from within the validator but I am getting an error of not defined and here is the validator which is located in another file validator.js
jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {

$( "#createForm" ).validate( {
        errorClass: 'text-danger',
        rules: {
            offers: 'required',
            title: 'required',
       },
       submitHandler: function(form) {
            loadAnimation();
            form.submit();
       },
    } );
});

Now form submit works which means submitHandler works but i am getting an error loadAnimation() is not defined.
I made sure that jquery, theme.js are loaded before validator.js so I am probably missing something here but I can't figure out what and how to make loadAnimation() work from inside submitHandler function.

A: This is a scoping issue as pointed out in the comments. To achieve what you want you can extract the function definition outside of the ready function to use it in other files.
function loadAnimation() {
  $("#loader").show().animate({ opacity: 1 })
}

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
  // code that needs to fire when the page is ready
});

But this will pollute the global namespace so to solve that problem you need to think about creating modules and importing functions from other modules.


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The Company Behind Llungen Lures
Llungen Lures L.L.C is a family & veteran owned fishing tackle manufacturing and distribution company based out of Southern Illinois. The company is operated by four partners; Chris & Cari Piha, along with longtime friends Matt & Katie Gunkel. All four play an integral role in the day to operations and distribution of fishing tackle.
Chris and Matt met while attending Southern Illinois University Carbondale and spent three years dissecting one of Illinois' top musky producers, Lake Kinkaid. Both Chris and Matt became local legends winning back to back Illinois Musky Tournament trail victories on their home waters and taking home the IMTT State Championship in 2010. Matt would go on to win another IMTT State Championship on Lake Kinkaid in 2013.
Chris and Cari are both actively serving in the United States Air Force. Cari, an instructor pilot with over 2000 flying hours in a Boeing C-17 Globemaster, has flown countless combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2009 she received her BA in Geography-Environmental Resources from Southern Illinois University, along with her commission in the United States Air Force. In 2014, Cari completed her MA in Transportation & Logistics Management. Chris, an Aircraft Maintenance Officer, leads hundreds of Airmen who keep the aircraft where they belong-in the air! His primary background is in management and logistics. He received his BA in History from Southern Illinois University Carbondale along with his commission into the United States Air Force in 2010. In 2014, Chris completed his MA in U.S. Military History. Both Cari and Chris are passionate about serving their country, and in their off duty time love to spend time together on the water.
Matt and Katie currently reside in southern Illinois. Katie grew up nearby and graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale with a BS in Radiologic Sciences. She works as a Radiation Therapist in a local cancer Institute. She is the lead simulation therapist where cancer treatment plans are mapped out, and she also performs radiation treatments. Her passion for helping people leads her to take a part in healing cancer patients every day. Matt grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and graduated with a BA in Biological Sciences at the University of Chicago. After graduation, he moved to southern Illinois to pursue a MS in Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. After graduating, he began work as a clinical laboratory scientist for the State of Illinois. He performs testing in areas ranging from environmental health to molecular diagnostics to bioterrorism. After taking residence in southern Illinois, Matt and Katie met and were married 2 short years later! Matt and Katie enjoy spending their time together traveling, hiking, kayaking, spending time with family and friends, and, of course, Fishing!
The Llungen Lures family continues to grow and surround itself with partners that share the same passion for fishing and the love of the outdoors.
Llungen Lures Vision Statement
Llungen Lures focuses on manufacturing quality lures and providing exceptional customer satisfaction through family values, character, hard work, and dedication.
Llungen Lures Mission
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