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Our client a Property Consultancy specialising in Building Surveying, Project Management, Quantity Surveying and Health & Safety are currently looking for a MRICS Senior Building Surveyor to join their existing team based in Leeds.
The role involves all aspects of traditional Building Surveying services across professional consultancy advice and contract administration of construction projects, from inception to completion.
Within the role you will be working on a variety of projects in a wide range of commercial, education and public sectors.
Applications are sought from candidates with a BSc / BEng (or equivalent qualification / experience) in Building Surveying. Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is essential, with ideally 3 years post qualification experience..
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Written By : William Teach
July 22, 2012
If you thought some of the other typical calls for gun control post-tragedy were irresponsible, this one takes the cake from the NY Daily News’ Editorial Board
Blood on hands of Obama, Mitt and N.
Could Obama have attempted to do something pre-massacre? Sure, he could have attempted to pass legislation that restricting the sales of certain weapons and ammo clips when he had Democrats in control of the Senate and House, which would have meant that he could have purchased different guns legally. Or purchased them illegally, like many other criminals have done. It’s not Obama’s fault. It’s not Mitt’s fault. And it’s not the NRA’s fault that Holmes is a raving wackjob killer. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) owns one of those scary weapons, a Chinese variant of an AK-47, yet, has never gone on a rampage. Lots of people do. They also own shotguns and other rifles not covered by the previous assualt weapons ban, and do not use them for massacres.
In a vain claim of innocence, the fanatics will say Holmes is a monster and a maniac, that he fired and fired and fired as a man possessed. Each protestation clamps their fingers with his around the trigger.
The same NY Daily News is reporting that.
“Let’s just say he hasn’t shown any remorse,” the employee said. “He thinks he’s acting in a movie.”
He’s spitting on guards just like the Joker in The Dark Knight. He’s obviously bat guano insane. But, according to the same NY Daily News, it’s not his fault.
Because they made sure that virtually everyone, Holmes included, has unfettered legal access to heavy weaponry. And they made sure he was permitted by law to drive to the kill scene with a fully loaded arsenal.
Except, he doesn’t have unfettered access. And where there’s a will there’s a way. If a criminal wants a gun, they’ll get it. Handguns are mostly illegal in Britain, yet criminals still get them. And, no guns? How about building a few bombs? Or one big bomb. The recipes are extremely easy to find on the Internet. Shockingly easy. He could have decided to drive a car into people, as has been done before.
Guns are heavily restricted in Chicago, yet they have been used for a large number of crimes and murders this year. But, liberals never want to let a good tragedy go to waste even before the dead are buried.
Doug Ross highlights the use of guns in places that have heavy restrictions like Chicago, NYC, and even Sweden (which has an almost total ban on guns). He further points out that people can manufacture guns themselves.
Can you ban evil? Of course not.
But in the liberal’s Utopian worldview, evil can somehow be stopped. If only society’s elite — the master-planners — can be given enough control over human activity, they could construct a perfect government and prevent all violence. Notice, however, that society’s elite are always protected by arms.
American Power has the insane cover of the NY Daily News.
Let’s not forget, Holmes had his apartment booby trapped with a large number of bombs. No guns? Well, make more bombs. Crazy is still crazy.
The fact is, 99.999999999% of gun owners are responsible citizens not bent on using them illegally. Quite a few of them are liberals. As Joan of Argghh tweeted back to me “They don’t hate guns; they hate YOU having a gun.”
Crossed at Pirate’s Cove. Follow me on Twitter @WilliamTeach.
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December 1st: Hand in Hand
Welcome to my advent calendar!
A woman needs to chose her battles wisely. Some are lost before they even begin. I do like my home to be uncluttered, but my inner minimalist curls up for a long nap as soon as (s)he hears « Christmas preparations » … and thus we are a multiple advent calendar family:
First one for every child from the grand-parents (with chocolat, bien sûr!).
Then one we made years ago from boxes of matches to be filled with little surprises (avoiding chocolat, if I can help it). The children insist on reviving this thing every year, pretending tradition’s sake, in reality they hope for more chocolat.
One without chocolat. I insist on this one, pretending pedagogic principles, in reality I just think it is beautiful…
And now we have the one I like best that is the advent calendar here on the blog!!
So that’s the idea: until Christmas I will post every day a little something, un petit rien . Not chocolat.
With or without a connection to coaching.
With or without a connection to Christmas.
JUST A MOMENT’S BREAK FROM THE EVERY DAY RUSH.
And yes, there will be a present or two. I’ll tell you more in a couple of days…
So, december 1st:
When the day is grey and I am grumpy, this video is an instant pick-me-up: Hand in Hand
What do you think?
Have a beautiful day!
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Complaint Review: Commercial Capital Training Group | Ripoff Report Verified
Commercial Capital Training Group REVIEW: Commercial Capital Training Group clients, feel safe, confident & secure when doing business with Commercial Capital Training Group. Commercial Capital Training Group commitment to client satisfaction, exceptional client experiences & success. Commitment to Ripoff Report Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation & Customer Satisfaction Program, ..A program that benefits the consumer, assures them of complete satisfaction & confidence when doing business. Boston, Hartford, Stamford, Washington, D.C. Massachusetts
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EDitors UPDATE: Positive rating and recognition has been given to Commercial Capital Training Group for its commitment to excellence in customer service.
Ripoff Reports discussions with Commercial Capital Training Group have discovered a commitment by the company to total client satisfaction. This means that clients can expect that the company will work towards finding a mutually satisfactory resolution to any complaints or concerns. Commercial Capital Training Group listens carefully to any client concerns and is constantly improving their business based on suggestions and feedback from past customers.
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Commercial Capital Training Groups principal, Mr. Kris Roglieri, has informed us that his personal philosophy for any of his multiple businesses is that his customers needs comes first. As a successful businessman, Mr. Roglieri feels it is critical to listen to his clients and respond properly. By always putting his organizations customers first, Mr. Roglieri hopes to maintain Commercial Capital Training Group as a successful enterprise both now and for many years to come.
Another top executive of the company told us that Mr. Roglieris personal business philosophy is based on a premise that "strives to add value in its services as they understand that a successful business model is based on value-added services, and client care. Commercial Capital Training Groups mission statement says it all: "Our goal is to provide our clients the best quality, value and professional excellence in the industry." Some of the other things Ripoff Report learned during our review: typical customer feedback reads: Commercial Capital Training Groups commitment to supporting us after training is nothing short of excellent. It has been over a year now and the support that I have received after training is just as good as the first day out of training. There are few companies that take as many steps in making their customers feel satisfied as Commercial Capital Training Group.
Commercial Capital Training Group targets any organization or individual looking to expand into commercial finance and becoming a commercial loan consultant. According to the company, their 7 day training is much more complete and comprehensive than competitors who usually have 3 to 5 day sessions. The training teaches between 40 and 50 different financial products as compared to competitors focusing on 15 to 20 products. Additionally, the training company also has exclusive access to Mr. Roglieris other companies in their Albany location and also in Rochester, NY. The training companys access to lenders in-house is unique for this financial training. The instructors are not only financial trainers they are also financial lenders that bring that experience to the trainees.
The purpose of the Commercial Capital Training Group is to seek to develop entrepreneurs to work in the field of commercial finance. The experience consists of on-site seven day training in all facets of underwriting, finance, and running an independent business. Consumers (trainees) are taught 45 different commercial financial instruments involving in person and conference call/webinars with commercial lenders representing different asset types. The training also enables the trainees to gain personal access to lenders. A critical component of the training is the support of the company to each trainee following the end of the on-site one week training experience. Lifetime support is offered by the company through 5 support staff members that are available by direct phone contact at any time following the conclusion of the training.
The company advertises in financial trade and business publications as well as business opportunity and franchising journals (although it is not a franchise). Additionally, many of the potential clients may have a very specific business-type focus and are looking to branch out or expand their repertoire of financial products by gaining the knowledge from this training. As to turning leads into clients the process is with clearly conveying to potential clients all the upfront information about the training and the lifetime support following conclusion of the class.
Currently, the company feels that they do not have any internal processes or procedures where there was a documented need for improvement. They have had earlier instances of both the change from a 5 day program to a 7 day program and also about making an internal change so that at the conclusion of the program all trainees now have a direct cell phone line to their on-staff support person. When the company first started out all support calls were required to be made to the office phone number during normal business hours. Based upon feedback where participants may be working on the west coast or on a project on a weekend it was determined that the support staff would provide direct cell phone numbers and be available after normal hours to address these concerns.
In dealing with complaints, it was stated that the company feels they are an open book. They thought that they had not experienced what would be considered a true complaint; but rather, honest feedback from the trainees that have led to improvements to the program. As a case in point several attendees in early sessions indicated that the initial training sessions that were only five days in length was not enough to convey the information. This resulted in now once a month offering is a seven day session running from a Monday through the following Sunday.
Another example of what might be considered a complaint was when individuals that had completed the program where having difficulty in getting phone calls returned from private lenders that were presenters during the week of training. In these instances the companys support staff members have interceded on behalf of the trainees in getting lenders to communicate with the trainees on a timely basis.
The company stated that they did not know of an instance or issue where a client/trainee was dissatisfied with their training experience. They stated that there have been some instances where following the conclusion of the classes where individuals did not have a clear understanding of some of the specific materials and needing a little hand-holding to help them to adequately complete a task. They spoke of two instances of reports on Rip-off where the claims were investigated and found not to be substantiated. They indicated that due to the confidentiality and anonymity of those complaints they do not believe these false claims were filed by program participants; but, perhaps by competitors. They also noted that they have received no complaints from the Better Business Bureau. The company feels that an important part of ensuring the trainee will not end up being dissatisfied with the training is that the company is very selective in who they will accept into the program. The company predetermines if the prospective attendee has the skills and knowledge to participate in the program and be able to work independently following conclusion of the on-site training.
The biggest change to the company in response to do whatever it takes was extending the duration of the training from 5 to 7 days based on the feedback from the initial offerings. They feel it is important to educate the trainee prior to the start of the training as to what to expect during the training and being upfront on their commitment to the attendee before, during and after the conclusion of the week of on-site training. The other change that has been instituted that the owner of the company must be personally notified immediately of any reported complaint to ensure that all appropriate steps can be taken to resolve any issues.
Commercial Capital Training Group feels that to be a part of the Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program through Ripoff Report conveys the level of trust and demonstrates complete integrity to potential clients of his company. They feel individuals will know that the staff will handle all complaints professionally and will do everything possible to make things right.
Commercial Capital Training Group recognizes that complaints posted on Ripoff Report (whether true or not) are issues that need to be addressed, not ignored. If handled correctly, complaints can be valuable learning opportunities. With the feedback generated by Ripoff Reports review, Commercial Capital Training Group has made organizational changes allowing its clients a more streamlined approach to problem resolution and a commitment to a great client experience.
In summary, after our review, which included discussions with executives at Commercial Capital Training Group, Ripoff Report is convinced that Commercial Capital Training BELOW THAT WAS FILED ABOUT Commercial Capital Training .. Commercial Capital Training Group did just that. It should be known the author of the Report below never responded to Ripoff Report so the company could make things right with them.
NOW TO THE ORIGINAL REPORT THAT WAS FILED
---------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Capital Training Group - Owner Kris Roglieri Prime Commercial Lending - Parent Company Commercial Capital Training Group - A Bad Bet for a Business Career Albany, New York
I also attended the Commercial Capital Training Group (CCTG) course in Albany, New York. I concur with a previous Ripoff Report on this business entity and its principal. The previous report was very similar to my experience. I was told by another classmate that they had seen the Ripoff Report and even sent a copy of it to CCTG and Kris Roglieri prior to attending. The response he received was there was no one by this name who attended the course. that is likely because like myself they changed their name and location to remain anonymous. Second, the Ripoff Report said he was introduced to brokers not lenders. The response from an associate of Kris Roglieri responsible for marketing the training class told him that he would "personally meet lenders of the type impossible to find on your own." His experience and mine was you do NOT meet any direct lenders. There were a few personal presentations and only one could qulaify as a direct lender and this as a business partner of Kris Roglieri. In other words, in introduced us to a lender he was a invested in! You mostly spend five days calling other brokers affiliated with CCTG and Prime Commercial Lending via conference phone. These are scheduled one after the other such that your head is swimming. Breaks are scheduled for five minutes to keep you off-balance and to keep you from discussing the material in small groups. We had some very qualified and highly experienced people in our class. No one caught-on to the fact that these were brokers not lenders. After I got home I started contacting these "lenders" and found they had not disclosed all the qualification of their lending programs during the course...and theta they were actually brokers and not direct lenders. One by one the "lenders" we were introduced to were discovered to be unworkable and non-competitive finance programs. Therefore - think twice before dropping $20,000 plus in this training program. It is not worth it. There is no introductions to lenders and you will only figure out you have nothing to promote except high-cost finance programs to the most desperate of borrowers....you will end up being a legal loan shark and a referral source for brokers and nothing more!
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 10/24 the founder of CCTG
AUTHOR: CCTG Founder - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, October 25, 2012POSTED: Thursday, October 25, 2012
This is the reason we are an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau due to our quest to demonstrate our ethical business practices and outstanding customer service to the graduates we serve. There was a previous post on here where we actually decided to use Ripoffs report Arbitration service which the results proved several false statements about our company that ripoff report redacted. In the same post there were statements such as I took their training late last year and could not learn everything in 7 days which would have been in 2011.
This statement and other ones were suspicious due to the fact that we did not have a 7 day training in 2011. We had a 5 and 6 day training in 2011 and have since grown our course outline. Or that we have an answering service when in fact we have a live paid secretary that answers our phones and a direct 24-7 line to our support staff. The problem with forums such as this is anybody can say anything about anybody or a company without being held accountable whether the statements are true or not. In the end we can never prove who the real identity of the poster is due to the protection Ripoff report has under with the first amendment but instead, only respond with statements that expose the inconsistencies and falsehoods of the posts.
With regards to this post I denounce everything that is said here. If this is a real graduate of our program I invite the poster to call me personally anytime (518-694-3047) and I will go over each lender that participates in our coarse to re-familiarize yourself and simply demonstrate how they are direct lenders and not brokers. Out of 45 core lenders that participate in our class we have 3 firms that have unique programs in which the services they provide do not involve lending their own money. One is an advisory firm on commercial securitizations for debt and equity, another is a firm that represents high net worth investors who pool their money together to fund projects and the other is a CMBS and commercial loan modification company.
Outside from that all of our lenders are direct lenders funding off of their own balance sheets. Most of our lenders have Billions of dollars under management or on their balance sheet. Some lenders are publicly traded and have FDIC regulation. We have large private lenders such as Prudential and large banks such as Wells Fargo that participate in our training too small private lenders that have innovative products that cater to businesses that present all different types of credits.
Yes there are some products that serve the financially challenged business in which their product has a higher than normal rate but in turn they are lending to higher risk industries and businesses that could not otherwise get conventional financing. Then there are lenders and banks that have some of the most competitive programs in the country at interest rates and terms that are more competitive than most banks today. So I struggle to see how anybody that has actually been through our class can say our lenders are nothing more than brokers and are not competitive. Again I will personally take the time to show you the 40 plus call reports of our bank lenders and educate you on our private lenders and how they are direct lenders and not brokers as you state numerous times.
In every training that we do, our graduates meet our lenders via in person or on a conference call. There are multiple lenders that fly in to our office to present live to our students every day of our 7 day training. So to state that you only meet 1 lender and it was my company is totally farcical. Training is intensive in the sense that you are constantly learning new topics and introducing lenders but we allow ample time so that each lender is understood, has time to present, and the topics being taught are being comprehended.
Our lenders and banks hand out their information about their lending programs and their qualifying parameters. So there is no mystery when our graduates get home as to what the lenders offer. Two out of the forty five lenders that our graduates work with are companies that I own. There is no mystery around this and we make this very clear in training and is disclosed on our website. These two companies serve two specific lending products where we lend directly to commercial real estate investors and businesses.
As a company we dont tolerate slander and find every portion and statement on this post/ Ripoff report to be libel. We offer our promise and guarantee to what our graduates can expect and also put it in writing in terms of meeting direct lenders, supporting our graduates and additional items given throughout our training.
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Complaint Review: Dennis Wilson Properties
Dennis Wilson Properties Dennis Wilson WORST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Internet
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1. Tenant lied on the lease about being a non-smoker; in fact tenant was a very heavy smoker with hundreds of cigarette buts all over the property and when i brought this up Dennis did nothing but tell me that the tenant was in fact a light smoker!!!! Really Dennis??? You want proof???
2. Dennis failed to visit the property unpon my request and became very agitated when i asked him to go and inspect the property. I have countless emails and phone messages to support this!!!!
3. Tenant wanted to break his lease because i had decided not to renew it...I advised Dennis that the tenant would have to pay a penalty for the breaking of the lease. Dennise instead took the position of the renter and asserted that i never asked the tenant to pay a penalty.
4. Tenant stole property that was left behind either for their personal use or because it was apart of the garden and/or house accessories. Again Dennis did nothing and instead had the nerve to blame me for leaving the property and asserted that the tenant did not take anything and that it was my fault the property was gone because i had left it there!!! Go figure!!!
Overall, havng Dennis Wilson as a property manager was the worst fucking experience ever and all he cared about was collecting a check every month. As far as i am concern you did nothing!!! and if i have to, i will post every email, text message, letters and/or telephone message on here to support what i am say. I would love for Dennis to respond to this post so that i may reply with all of my evidence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 10/30 Wil.
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Complaint Review: Great Expectations Dating Service
Great Expectations Dating Service ripoff scam false advertising unethical practices poor management Summit New Jersey
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She added that not only would they provide first class dates, but they were la crme de la crme, the best and most effective dating service in the world, "with an international reputation", (Guaranteed results in a short term; thousands of real, sincere pre-screened classy up-scale gentlemen; new sign-in members on a daily basis; coach representatives available at all times to help me through the process; lots of fun, relaxing, cultural events organized by Summit Center every weekend; highly successful methods which produce outstanding results; soon you will not be able to handle so many dates). She described the whole experience as just like being a child in a candy store
Everything looked and sounded great until she asked if I'd like to sign up right then. Well, I was just looking into it and had already decided I wouldn't make a decision that night, especially after finding out their shocking price tag. I wanted to do some research on them before spending that amount. After I told her, "I want to think about it", she kept increasing the pressure to sign and I kept insisting I wanted to think it over. When I didn't budge, she reversed her strategy and began making various personal remarks such as perhaps this is why you're still single and referring to private information from the application form. She then informed me that I suffered from low self-esteem and a fear of commitment.
I should have left that very moment. But although I believed it was ludicrously expensive and I was skeptical about this rude lady, I thought it was a sensible and safe way to meet quality people in a new city. She assured me that most people who come in to interview aren't even eligible to join because they have very strict requirements, which I met, but I didn't inquire as to what they were. I guess I figured that I was a multilingual, multicultural professional with an above average education and that those things were part of it.
Before the interview they asked me for my passport, my driver's license and a major credit card as a form of ID, which now I realize, is the only screening they really do: before pricing the service they run a credit check!!! My understanding was that the purpose of the interview was, among other things, to verify my financial stability. I was a bit wary, but I can understand being careful in introducing persons who are unknown that they are not letting loose financial predators. Many of their questions were intrusive.
While I was having my video and photos taken, I found out that GE does not match people and they don't even call members regularly. Basically, it was an online dating service where GE took amateur digital photos and videos and the rest is up to you. Then I learned that there are "extras" to the service that will give you a competitive "edge" such as the virtual grams for an extra $3600 and photo touch-ups for $500.
They requested my bio to be e-mailed to them before the photo appointment. I e-mailed and still there were typos and paragraphs changed, which have never been corrected despite my requests. In my opinion GE is unethical, unprofessional and completely disorganized.
Of course I wasn't allowed to check out the site at all until I signed up. So after they got my money, I toured their members. As soon as I was able to sign into site and start looking, I found every one of the men I saw during the interview, were inactive and many of the photos they showed me were not even posted. In one day I exhausted the alphabet of my age group. There are (and have been for 7 months) only 64 members listed in the 45-55 age group, 27 of which are inactive, and overlap with the next age group. I know of members who are married, and I will gladly pass word so you can verify, there are members without pictures and others whose pictures are at least 20 years old (they insist that new professional photographs be taken and paid again- every 2 years). The men listed were either too old, too young or involved. Soon I found out that several members misstated their marital status, age, height, etc. and in general the pool was much older than stated during the sales pitch. Their promises for up-scale professionals to date, include maintenance people, truck drivers etc. I was paying for an intelligent, respectable, safe way to find a nice mate. I have not received any selection or call in months. When they bother to answer the phone, they tell me just keep on choosing when there is nobody to choose from. I've got 98 more to go to see if I can find the 2 I'm compatible with, according to the salesgirls anyway, but they hardly have 40 members registered in Summit! I've found only 2 people that live within my 10 mile radius.
Only three guys selected me during the first month, and I found out that when I agreed to meet them, they received a message from GE making them believe that I was the one who selected them, creating false expectations. In 7 months I have had only 3 dates with men who were more socially inept than anyone I've ever met in my life (I've met nicer gentlemen in bars). The three of them complained bitterly about GE and their absolute lack of results. One of them actually spent half our date discussing with his attorney a restraining order his wife!!! had just put on him for sexual assault and battery. The attorney was drunk and vomited on my shoes. I was about to call 911 because I felt my safety was endangered, I was unfamiliar with the area, in the middle of the night, two hours away from my car. This particular guy was referred by Sally, the GE Director, as a classy gentleman, perfect for me. A fourth guy who selected me recently, stood me up twice, once on Xmas! This has been a severe disappointment for me, both financially and emotionally. When I complained to GE they suggested I loosen-up. There was never anything they offered to do themselves.
The lots of fun, relaxing, cultural events organized by Summit Center every weekend were non-existing. The one and only event they had in 2006 (and as I learned later, since June 2005) was organized and posted in their website last minute, took place on the other side of the city, on a week day on working hours, and nobody even bothered to tell me about it. I found about it three days after it was over, and only because I called their office. The so called coach representatives are never available. After numerous calls I finally met this very young girl wearing a very revealing and sloppy outfit. She looked as if she had slept three days in a row in her clothes. I am a business executive in my 50's and this is not what I want to represent me. She would not let me see Sally, and I could not escalate my complaint. I asked then for the head of corporate but they refused to give me more information.
They don't own an answering service. All I have is an e-mail address hosted in Hotmail.com (they don't even own a server). It takes weeks at a time to get an e-mail answer, and what they say makes me think that they have not read at all my complaints or are plain ignoring me. The "GE" website doesn't even have a link that would allow clients to voice their complaints. That, to me, speaks volumes. The staff changes every time I call and nobody gives any follow up.
I tried to find the corporate office of Great Expectations on Google, so as to complain--no luck, I called two other offices in other parts of the country, trying to get the name and address of the owner of the corporation. The staff in both places quizzed me about why I wanted to know, was I writing something, etc., they would not give me any corporate contact information. The second hung up on me--both seemed very defensive. I managed to get a phone number for their main corporate 561 393 7220 which I surmise is located in Florida, but it's not listed. I called that number repeatedly and only got an answering service but they never took or returned any of my calls, as a matter of professional courtesy.
I thought mine was an isolated incident, but I became appalled by the hundreds of complaints, law suits and bad reports against GE I found posted on the Internet. That's probably the reason they don't give you any time to think it over or do any research on them before you commit. I decided to cancel my membership, to save myself from further disappointment. My last e-mails have remained unanswered and the last time I talked to this lady Sally she told me over the phone that if I wanted to sue I was welcome to do it and I would never see any of my money back because I signed a contract, they have a no refund policy, I went there to date and I have dated, so they don't owe me nothing. She finished the conversation with the statement with that attitude of yours, it's not a surprise you are single.
They have thought of every way to get and keep your money, without providing any service. I feel it was a scam, and they know it would cost me more to get a lawyer and fight it than it is worth. I think they count on that, and more or less that is what their policy has written into it. Everything they said is false advertising.
They should be shot down! Great Expectations has been the absolute worst, most expensive, and thoroughly disappointing experience I have ever had the misfortune of living through. I desire all of my money back, my photos and video removed from their unprofessional website and a written apology, at least as flashy as the bunch of lies they call their presentation.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Maria
Parsippany, NJ, New Jersey
U.S.A.
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This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 03/02/2007 Expectations
Great Expectation, you can find love
AUTHOR: Gina - (U.S.A.)
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However, after about a month I was fed up with the sales tactics (the director permitted a mentally challenged man to become a member. Legally he was not of sound mind so he could not legally agree to the contract. However his mother was more than willing to pay over $5000 for him to become a member.)
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Illustration by Maira Kalman from Why We Broke Up, a collaboration with author Daniel Handler
“I knew I had to
break up with Ann Rosenberg after she chose a teal dress for the prom. I had
never heard of teal. Also, I was gay,” writes author/illustrator Brian Selznick 88
IL on the back cover of Why We
Broke Up by author Daniel Handler
and illustrator Maira Kalman, who
spoke at RISD last week.
Why We Broke Up, the cover of which forgoes
the usual accolades for stories of literary celebrity breakups, is itself both
the story of a breakup (that of high school students Ed and Min) and one of
collaboration. Handler, who also writes under the name Lemony Snicket, is author
of the 13-volume Series of Unfortunate
Events, while Kalman is best known for her contributions to The New
Yorker (including the knock-out “New Yorkistan” cover from 2001) as well as
her many children’s books. The event, sponsored by RISD's Division of Fine Arts, brought the two storytellers to RISD to talk about their creative
process with high school participants in RISD’s Project
Open Door after-school program and the RISD Museum teen program, as well as the broader RISD community.
“You don’t want to get published,” Handler
advised a student who asked for tips on launching a literary career. “Just be a
writer first. Read things you love over and over again and steal as much as you
can. Also, read lots of poetry, even if you don’t want to be a poet.”
Even before embarking on 13 Words,
their first book together (Why We Broke
Up is their second), Kalman would send Handler a picture she drew or found
and he would write a micro-story about it, and send it back. Though Handler and
Kalman live on opposite coasts, their easy rapport, deadpan humor and shared
love of Nabokov felt like, “two people who are having a conversation about
everything in the world.”
For this project, Handler asked Kalman what she’d like to paint. When she
showed him pictures of small ordinary objects – combs, onion rings, ticket
stubs and other ephemera – he built a storyline around them. In the book, Min
gives Ed a box containing artifacts from their relationship – bottle caps,
movie stubs and a protractor – accompanied by a long, book-length letter
explaining why they broke up.
“A lot of the images came first,” says Kalman. “I think of myself as a wandering journalist. I jot
down exactly what I see during the day that is really funny, really sad or
both. In this book, the dialogue of humor and heartbreak is contained both in images and in
words. We’re heartbroken and happy every 5 seconds.”
The authors are collecting more stories of heartbreak at their website,
the Why We Broke Up Project.
As the back cover notes, “Min and Ed’s story of heartbreak may remind you of
your own.”related links:Why We Broke Up ProjectProject
Open DoorRISD Museum
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RIT students make finals of enterprise-planning simulation tournament
July 1, 2009
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RIT graduate students earned second place in the final round during the third annual ERPSim Game hosted on the Internet by HEC Montreal. The online simulation tournament was held on June 20, and included 41 teams of students from 20 different universities.
The RIT team included Ucheagwu Okereke and Harshanand Pairla, who are pursuing MBA and M.S. degrees, respectively, from the E. Philip Saunders College of Business, and Surya Sheetal Saripalli, who is pursuing an MS degree in industrial engineering from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering.
ERPSim is a new method for teaching students the concepts and role of Enterprise Planning systems, which are in use by more than 90 percent of Fortune 1000 companies.
Saunders Management Information Systems faculty member James Baroody says, “A simulator operates a market in which the students’ company competes and they use real-time information to make business decisions.”
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HPV and Gardasil
What is HPV?
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common virus that will affect many people at some point in their lives. HPV has multiple subtypes, many of which are essentially harmless, don’t cause significant problems and resolve on their own. Some subtypes cause genital warts-unsightly growths that can appear on the penis, scrotum, anus, vagina or labia. These types do not carry the risk of turning into cancer. Other subtypes do not cause visible lesions but can cause changes in the cells of a woman’s cervix. Within that subtype are some that are considered “higher risk” for leading to cervical cancer.
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How common is HPV?
HPV infection is much more common than people realize. In 2005-2006, more than 20 million Americans had genital HPV. Every year more than six million new cases are diagnosed in the U.S. Most people do not know they have the virus. Approximately 90% of infected persons have no symptoms and unknowingly pass it on their partners.
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Now that the candidates are set, have a look at the first batch of campaign ads:
My take on the road ahead for each candidate is coming soon.
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Now that the candidates are set, have a look at the first batch of campaign ads:
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Both manage to make women look like martyrs.
My Korean is not good enough to understand all being said, but from a visual standpoint, I like the way they are both put together.
Park’s ad does well, at least for me, in eliciting sympathy through the imagery, as she looks out the window towards her and the country’s bright future.
As for Moon’s I especially like the one fade-in of him napping in his easy chair –that’s real stuff…unlike most American ads where the candidate has to constantly be dashing about, with sleeves rolled up just below the elbow “gettin’ things done!”
Good stuff.
This is a total homer comment (obviously), but I absolutely love the way MJI’s ad closes:
“The opportunities will be equal;
The process will be fair;
The result will be just.”
Wow… Speechless.
Where’s Karl Rove when you need him?
“죽음의 문턱”? At death’s door? 오움마이갓!
I dislike both by default since they are political adds. But if I were to dislike one less, it would MJI’s. I like the realism of having a woman taking care of her man while he is passed out in a homey environment with tissue boxes etc. Plus I have this image of him clipping his toenails before his nap – just like a real person. PGH’s could just as easily be selling life insurance or skin cream. ACS’s would have been far more interesting – perhaps him as a TRON-like entity chasing down computer viruses.
dinkus, the ACS line, very funny.
Thanks for posting these. I wasn’t able to understand anything being said, but the visual style was really interesting; especially compared to the US ads which focus on making things as scary as possible.
Btw, what happened to Park Geun-hye? Was she cut in the face by an opposition supporter?
Sympathize with me and where I want to take the country versus I am a man of people, I will do your bidding. Miss Park ought to have been sipping some ginseng tea in the commercial. Moon ought to have been woken up with his grandkids jumping up on him. (Does he have grandkids?) Moon wins in the first of the CF installments.
I dislike them both.
Showcasing the slashing incident seems exploitative and weird..
Per #9,
Bingo.
Yes they most certainly will. The angle I had put on me from more than a few Korean ladies was “I would trust a woman sooner than a man, seeing how they screw everything up” or “I already contend with one penis. Must I endure another?”
More like a deranged maniac, but yes, it was a pretty big deal.
Nope. Moon is only 59 years old and his children (one daughter, one son) are not married.
Never could understand the idea that PGH’s election will be somehow good for women. How can the message be anything other than, “unless you happen to be the daughter of a president/dictator, you are screwed as a Korean woman”? India and Pakistan had women leaders (both insiders of the power structure, just like PGH,) long before United States did. Do people think even for a second that Indira Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto made India and Pakistan better places for women than the U.S.?
I am all for a woman president. Just not this one.
Since I’m pulling for Moon — and thus couldn’t care less how Park’s handlers shape her media campaign — let me offer some unsolicited advise to the PDs who created that gawd-awful Moon TV spot:
1. Lose the barefoot-hippie-at-home imagery. There is nothing presidential about it.
2. Drop the afternoon-nap imagery. Your candidate is fucking ex-Special Forces, for Christ’s sake. Think “vigorous.” This guy’s the next leader of the fourth largest economy in Asia. He’s not running for the deanship of the economics department of SNU.
And most importantly,
3. Drop the wife as hausfrau crap. Running to serve her man tea and ironing his pants (and while the dude enjoys an afternoon nap, of all things!) is degrading. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
C’mon, guys, get with the program. You’re supposed to be the progressives here.
DLB
PGH’s ad was OK . . . although I would stayed away from the slashing incident and focused more on what she plan’s on doing for the country.
The first 36 seconds of MJI’s video were borderline bizarre . . . the rest was excellent. However, I think the first half completely overshadowed the second half.
I give PGH a 5 on a 10 scale and MJI a 4 . . . in other words, two rather lame efforts . . . especially for something so important.
Both were rather odd. Don’t blame Moon for getting Moon So-ri to do a cover rather than getting Ahn Chi-hwan to sing his own damn song, though—not sure Ahn’s voice would have complimented that scene.
Really wish Park would have gone in a different direction. Seemed like something her brother would have directed in one of his more chemically enhanced moments.
I hope PGH wins. She’s been getting unfairly tarnished by associating her with her father. We don’t choose our parents, and even if they have flaws its natural to still see the good in them.
Moon, on the other hand, DID choose to associate himself with Roh, and for that he should lose. Moon comes across to me as a slimebag, and he will follow in the footsteps of the worst president in ROK’s short democratic history.
I too thought Moon’s ad was horribly sexist. Hopefully it alienates enough women to casuse him to lose.
# 9,
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The KT didn’t see it like you!
# 13,
“home imagery, afternoon-nap imagery, Drop the wife as hausfrau crap. Running to serve her man tea and ironing his pants is degrading.”
The KT didn’t see it like you either…
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#17, the Korea Times? Seriously?
Park was priviliged, for a kid that lost her parents in violent and shocking ways. Yes, it was all roses for her.
Bingo!
Normal people aren’t offended by portrayals of housewives acting like housewives. People who are offended have something wrong with themselves or hold some sort of animus against the population being portrayed.
When the other candidate is a woman and has been criticized for not being married (and therefore not being a real woman), then there is bound to be additional layers of meaning to the imagery, ecw.
Good observation, Salaryman.
The funy thing is that the ones who are attacking PGH most viciously on this point of her not being married are the progressive slimeballs. In Korea, progressive actually really means xenophobic, pro-Nork and extremely misogynistic. There is no doubt in my mind that Moon’s camp chose this imagery of the subserviant little housewife tending to the barefooted little pencil-neckied dweeb’s every little whim on purpose as an attack on PGH’s marital status and her fitness to be president based on her gender. No doubt whatsoever.
Thankfully, the morons of this thread cannot vote in Korea. So keep talking…
You are right, but we can influence those who can vote. Same thing.
Glad to see you agree with my assessment that you are a moron.
That was a weak one, dork. Back to Moon, someone asked why his history as a “special forces commando” wasnt used and the answer is that he could never pull it off today. Google his photos frm those days, he looked ridiculous then and it would be even more ridiculous to pass this effette off as a former commando.
SalarymaninSeoul — Which photos are you looking at? I Googled Moon Jae-In + “army” and found a passel of current-looking photos where he seems to be posing in an army uniform at an “old boys day” event, and a few old photos of a young-looking Moon in utilities where the guy looks awfully rugged.
I still dread the prospect of this guy being elected, and all the sugarplums he plans to give away with money stolen from me, but I wouldn’t denigrate his experience in the army.
I probably saw the same photos as you. I also saw some photos of this guy back when he was actually in the army. He does not look rugged in those photos and surely does not look rugged today. What exactly is this guy’s experience in the army? Did he see any action?
But you are right, whatever this guy’s army experience was, it does not change the fact that he wants the job as Thief of State, handing out goodies he steals from others.
I don’t think this sort of thing would be immune to attack if the opposing candidate were a man. These days you have to basically convert to Islam to have some degree of immunity against charges of “heteronormativity” or whatever they’re calling it.
Korea’s Left does seem to be nationalist and populist. This actually isn’t unusual though. Traditionally, the Left has often been associated with nationalism and populism. This sort of Leftist populist nationalism still exists to a certain extent in Europe. But it was only relatively recently that the Left in the West decided to throw native working-classes under the bus and turn away from populism and nationalism and towards championing other identities such as women, minorities, gays, etc.
I’m not a huge Moon Jae-in fan—mostly on account of his former boss—but really, “effete?” Seriously?
Seriously
We’re talking about about the same Moon Jae-in, right?
PS: I believe he was involved in Operation Paul Bunyan. Which would suggest he’s a very tough guy.
Yes, him. Who else? And from what I read he was not involved in that operation.
So Park Geun-Hye is saying that plastic surgery can save Korea, and Moon Jae-In likes to get drunk in the daytime and take his shoes off. What else is new?
I have a couple of observations:
1. MJI served and served honorably. In my mind his military service is off the table for criticism and on the table if he wishes to use it.
2. In a similar vein, PGH was slashed by a deranged progressive. She can’t hide it from her face, if she wants to address it then she is more than entititled.
3. MJI is tainted by association with super crook and coward NMH. He chose to be associated with that loser and still supports many of his policies.
4. PGH didn’t pick her family, it is pretty tenous to attribute all the bad and none of the good her father did. If you are going to do it then you need to take both and it’s pretty hard for any child to disown their parents.
5. I had no idea that the Korean could not vote in Korea.
Im not criticizing his service, all I am saying is that to somehow claim hes a tough guy commando is a serious stretch.
I agree with all the rest.
If there’s no picture of the guy doing silly things barechested in the snow with his mates then his Special Ops service doesn’t count.
Mr. Mun’s commercial is terrible, but he’s ready to knock off five attackers, one for each of his little pigglely-wiggleys.
Brendon, I’d say he looks like a pretty tough little guy in this pic.
That’s the photo I referenced. I’m flabbergasted at “effete”. Who says so? Chuck Norris?
I think even a Super Junior member could call him effette. Funny, thats one of the photos I saw when I first called him effette
@43 Salman, I understand that English is not your first language, but “effete” does not mean what you think it does and you probably looked at the antonym rather than synonym list in the thesaurus.
Well, that or you allow your absolutist positions on everything to cloud your judgment so that someone who holds different positions from yours cannot have any other good qualities. He’s liberal? His military service must be all photo op and no substance.
Anyone here who has military service can tell you that the military, particularly commando teams, don’t give out participation trophies. I have no doubt he earned his military stripes, regardless of whatever else he has done or ideas he holds.
You weaken any part of your argument that relies on subjective analysis or conclusion making with your obvious inability to see the objective for what it is.
See National Defense Service Medal.
Good job, BC.
We’re even now, OK?
hmm fascinating..
The wife of MJI’s portrayal of “The Good Wife” must be a much repeated mantra…
“Park Si-yeon Excited to Work with Morgan Freeman on ‘The Last Knights’ ”
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Ladycopa Thanks guys! Your right pics pics pics. I'll take tomorrow and post. It's so disheartening because I've worked very hard building her and the only thing I didn't do myself was turn gas on, I plumbed it he said it was fine. Regulator facing right way. Like I said I appreciate all comments and will try to post pics or I can email them if I can't do the photobucket thing. Regards and Roadfood for Life, Chris
Ladycopa .... I wish I knew more about how one won't work the one burner she prob going to be using at any given time? I live in a mobile home and have 100 lb tank running my stove in house. I know when temp dipps at night sometimes gas won't work. Could you help me understand why a bit better. I see trucks all over up here with like two 30 or 40s I've seen guys running stove like mine with 20s.
Ladycopa ... We are serving her native Brazilian food I probably won't need more than two of the burners yes but the oven was the key.
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Beast, the new album from DevilDriver, arrived in stores this week. All week we've brought you video interviews with frontman Dez Fafara about select songs from the album. In the release day post above you'll find one about "Dead to Rights." Two days ago we posted about "Shitlist," and below you'll find a new interview about the album cut "Hardened."
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Website design ‘key to PR’
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Routes : North America : United States : California : Joshua Tree National Park : Lost Horse : Lost Horse Wall : Bird on a Wire
Bird on a Wire - 5.10a
Route sequence (left to right): 14
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (44)
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Description:Excellent three-pitch climb; can be done in two. More so face climbing with good crack pro. A short first pitch leads up to spacious belay ledge. Possible to belay there or continue on. Second pitch starts up crack that leads up to the black patina plates, then to the prominent right arching thin crack that has a long section previously protectable only by stoppers that gave the name to the route (if you fall you fly like a bird), passing two closely placed bolts. Set belay near or above the end of the right arching crack. Try not to cris-cross with parties on The Swift to the left or on Dappled Mare to the right. Two or three possible ways to continue to the top, all rated about the same. Just pick one that wouldn't lead to crossing ropes with other parties.
Note: Originally, there was only 1 bolt protecting the crux, which has since been replaced, along with the addition of a slightly higher bolt placed without consent of the FA party. If you choose to belay at the two closely spaced bolts, be aware of the sparse pro at the start of the resulting next pitch and a possible factor 2 fall or a fall directly onto the belayer.
Descent Options:Walk off to climber's right down main gully.
Submitted by: graniteboy on 2001-12-01
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blue sky, warm rock, happy to be here.
awsome.
Added: 2012-02-19
Bird on a Wire
Very fun... it intersects Dappled Mare though... so you can have traffic.
Added: 2011-12-13
Bird on a Wire
Great route. Combined with Dappled Mare for two laps on the wall before finishing off a short winter day back at Intersection Rock. Very warm south facing wall. Second pitch is awesome. Crux is a shallow finger crack right above an intermittent belay that I passed up to set up a gear belay when it intersected Dappled Mare. I prefer the right crack towards the top for the finish. Makes for another decent pitch that way. With Joe K.
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Soft for grade
If you can climb at the grade, don't bother roping up for the first "pitch", flip flops and gear still in our bags was fine
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Sweet Moves
Way soft but really fun climbing. I would say the bolted belay is in a great place for taking falls on your belayer. If you belay from the large ledge after the arching crack and then lead to where the to cracks converge about 50 feet above the bolted belay you can avoid a factor 2 and I think it splits up better that way. Watched a guy take a good size whipper after the crux and almost land on his belayer. Soft for the grade.
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Texas Tea - 5.10a
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..Shazbot!
..Shazbot!
The ting say there be bad guys, I hope it right.
Does anyone know what the key is to get off/exit a vehicle? I swear, I can't find the key binding for it anywhere!
Thanks
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The ting say there be bad guys, I hope it right.
@Sarlix: I believe it's G, or whatever is bound to interact.
Thanks, I will give it a go. I've been wanting to try a flag capture by jumping of a Grav cycle. Saw it done the other day..very cool.
The ting say there be bad guys, I hope it right.
Is it just me, or are cappers, chasers, and HoFs in short supply in pub games? I play light defense soldier myself, and those are the roles that I usually find lacking on my team.
Being new to Tribes, I have to ask: what does HoF mean?
Sidenote: Also, what is it with gaming communities and ridiculous, impenetrable acronyms?
Guild Wars 2: Cutthroat Dan / Bladehand Dan / Arcane Dan / Hypnotic Dan / Robot Attack Force / Zealous Dan
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Like a bug on a windshield...
I've not played enough of Ascend to get any of the neat classes, but I tend to break into the enemy base as a Soldier, take down their Genny, then resist all attempts for it be repaired. I'd like to think of myself as a capture enabler.
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The HoF is basically the goalkeeper of Tribes. Best used with the Super Heavy Perk.
"I was one of those. I meddled with dark powers. I summoned demons. I ate the entire little cheese, including the rind."
~Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fear
Goalkeeper's a really good analogy, actually.
Doesn't make me hate the bastards any less when there's three of them, all with shields, backed up by a small army of Techs with their turrets, though.
I know as an Infiltrator/Pathfinder they're my natural foil and all, but I think those turrets need their rate of fire or damage, or maybe line of sight cutting right now. When you have a couple next to each other they cover their blindspots so efficiently its practically impossible to take one down without the other finishing you off. Frustrating when you're speciality's supposed to be disabling base defenses.
I did kill him in 1v1 a few times though, after i suicided into him countless lives that is.
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The problem is that the reach perk completely negates the HoF. I hope they nerf or better completely remove it soon.
"I was one of those. I meddled with dark powers. I summoned demons. I ate the entire little cheese, including the rind."
~Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fear
I'm really pleased to see there's so much interest in tribes over here on RPS, I'll gladly join the next time we get a game going together (if indeed that's possible with the current state of the friend/server joining system)
Just played a game and we had 6, (six!) Techs guarding our generator room. Needless to say we didn't do much flag capturing.
Tell me - is rolling a Juggernaut and endlessly volleying grenade rounds down onto the enemy base from great heights a legitimate strategy? Or is this akin to camping in a game of CS? It's just that it feels so right...yet it feels so wrong.
The ting say there be bad guys, I hope it right.
More than four techs in one place is a headache on almost any map just because taking out that many turrets while all the other turrets are simultaneously shooting you is next to impossible. Definitely should score some points or get a kill credit or something for taking those little bastards out.
I'd say raining hell down on the base is cool. Just don't let me catch you standing next to an ammo station in the basement and constantly blindfiring at the doorways. Two Juggernauts doing that can seal off most gen rooms with next to no way of getting in. If they have even a single tech turret supporting them then its even worse, as it'll stop Infiltrators from recloaking if they decide to take a shot.
For the record, I'd also like to register a vote for Rock Paper Shazbot and make sure all credit goes to the guy who called it first back in my other thread.
How about we make the RPS Steam group Rock, Paper, Shazbot and keep the name of this thread Rock, Paper, Spinfusor?
Since juggernauts have no means of aiming besides good old trial and error, it's hardly cheesy. Not to mention that you will be constantly murdered by pathfinders with their ridiculous bolters.
"I was one of those. I meddled with dark powers. I summoned demons. I ate the entire little cheese, including the rind."
~Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fear
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Savoy Brown and Them Changes
Jim Esposito, Rock Magazine, November 1972
2012 NOTE: I was young, probably a bit too much of a fan, and just looking to do a superficial, light-hearted story, but we now know why Savoy Brown went through so many people. The band was managed by Kim's brother, Harry, and everybody else were simply hired help. Kim and Harry controlled the finances, and probably ended up with most of the money. One interesting sidebar to this piece: the drummer who held the record for the shortest tenure in the band (at that time) never made it through his first rehearsal. They told him to do a blues shuffle and he said: "Huh?" Did not know what they were talking about. "He couldn't do a blues shuffle," I remember somebody telling me, "so we fired him." This is going back a-ways, and I want to say it was Harry Simmonds telling me the story. At any rate, according to my source, this drummer later rose to prominence in the Yes, where an unfamiliarity with the blues shuffle apparently was not much of a liability. JE
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The Poolside Pronouncements Of Johnny 'No-Tan' Rotten
Chris Salewicz, NME, 18 March 1978
JOHN ROTTEN likes dressing up. Seeing him stuck away under a parasol by the side of the Olympic-sized pool of the Kingston Sheraton at eleven in the morning slurping Red Stripe from the bottle, his outlaw chic appears impeccable.
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Tom Jones: The Super Furry Animal
Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, October 1999
Welsh before it was fashionable, prefers a straight glass to a line, no stranger to ladies lingerie, possessed of legendary staying power... He is Tom Jones and, feted by a hip new generation, he has a story or two to tell.
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Robert (Rocky) Dean Wiechman Jr.
800-647-5069 (Toll Free)
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Law
- Child Support
- DUI/DWI
- Divorce
- Family Law
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Kansas, 1990
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1990
- U.S. Federal Court, 1990
Education
- University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas
- J.D. - 1990
- Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
- B.B.A. - 1987
Representative Clients
- Delaney Corp.
- St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Inc
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Wichita Bar Association, Member, 1990 - Present
- Kansas Bar Association, Member, 1990 - Present
- American Bar Association, Member, 1990 - Present
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Rodman Public Library invites teens ages 13-18 to learn about the mysterious creatures that may live among us. Do creatures like Big Foot and Loch Ness exist? Or can science explain them?
The program will examine Big Foot, Cupacabra, Bessie the Lake Erie monster and other creatures spotted and reported. Also examined, animals that were thought to be extinct but have been found.
Lynette Reiner, an expert from the McKinley Museum, will visit Rodman Library on Thursday, June 21, to present the program. Reiner is the Science Director at the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum. She graduated from the University of Akron with a Bachelor’s of arts degree in history and a minor in interdisciplinary anthropology. Reiner volunteered at the Akron Zoo as an animal interpreter and also taught hands-on science activities to children and adults.
No registration is needed. This is a free event and will take place at 3 p.m. in the Main Library auditorium. For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 214.
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It is the goal of the Regional Office of Education to assist Districts in maintaining the ISBE requirements related to Health/Life and Safety. You can download the latest edition of the Health/Life Safety Handbook and all forms in Microsoft Word (.doc) format. Please direct questions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 217.741.1245, 217.585.8090, or 217.753.6620.
FOR REFERENCE:
1. The Annual Review Report is a reference sheet for the Annual Review Meeting stating the purpose, participants, report and copies.
2. Minimum Component Checklist - Identifies specific concepts to be discussed in the meeting.
Annual Safety Review Form
Adobe Acrobat Format (.pdf) || Microsoft Word Format (.doc)
Evacuation Drill Form
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Minimum Components Checklist
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Checklist, Glossary and Pre-inspection documents (.doc)
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Maestro:)
Good luck at the Olympics..
Another record, congratulations !!!
Thanks for letting us know what's inside the box.
You got your birthday gifts (winning Wimbledon and reclaiming number 1 ranking) ahead of your birthday. Have a great birthday
Best of luck at the Olympics and the rest of the year and always.
Bernard
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Birthday Offering / A Month in the Country / Les Noces
Friday 6 July 2012, 7.30pm
Main Stage
Booking for 30 June 2012 - 7 July.
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Rolf Wallin:
ning
(1995)
for oboe/english horn, violin, viola, and cello.
One of these forces is a cohesive, joining force called ning. In my oboe quartet, the four instruments act very much like fish or birds in a group, sometimes moving fast and close to eachother, with one clear direction, then all of a sudden the group dissolves to four separate individuals, finding their own paths within a wider area, but still dependent on oneanother. Ning is the fourth in a series of pieces where I use socalled fractal mathematics in the prosess of composition.
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Rollins is embarking on a campus-wide Student Success initiative led by Interim Provost Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D., and Dean of Admission David Erdmann to strengthen the academic experiences, success, and persistence of our students.
Earlier this fall, a Student Success campus-wide survey was administered to gain feedback on areas that have a high likelihood of contributing to greater student success at Rollins. Seven priorities were identified from the survey as well as from a review of national retention literature. Work groups focusing on each of the seven priorities will develop action items for consideration by the Student Success and Retention Task Force.
The work groups that emerged as high priorities include Academic Advising, Healthy Behaviors/Campus Culture, High Impact Practices, Instructional Excellence/Student-Faculty Connections, Student Recruitment and Financial Aid, Student Success after Graduation, and Research and Discovery. Faculty and staff have been chosen to serve as members of these work groups and students will be asked to participate to ensure an inclusive and collaborative effort focused on continuous improvement.
“As we proceed with this initiative, the Task Force is being charged with developing a college-wide strategic agenda for student success and retention,” said Interim Provost Joyner. “In the coming months, college-wide meetings and updates will be announced as we move towards strengthening student engagement, satisfaction, success, and retention at Rollins.”
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Roman Empire
Roman Empire
Children's Section
Castrensian Amphitheatre
The Castrensian Amphitheatre was a modest amphitheatre of the 2nd century AD in which games were probably staged for soldiers. (The camp of the imperial horseguard was close to the site.)
In the 3rd century it was incorporated into the Aurelian Wall with the arches lying beyond the wall being filled in. On the picture below and on the picture of the model, you should just be able to make out the filled in arches.
Model of Rome in the days of Constantine the Great
Museo della Civilta, Rome
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Dumping Python Pickle Files from Java
Pickle is a powerful serializing and deserializing mechanism supported by Python. With Jython jar file, we can load and dump Python pickle files from Java. Loading pickle file from Java has already been covered in a previous post. This post will discuss how to dump data to a pickle file in Java so a [...]
How Java Garbage Collector Work–A Simple Note
Recently I was asked about how Java Garbage Collector works. I remember I learned about it a few years ago, but seldom need to consider it in my development. (I simply follow the rules of set the reference to null when I’m done with the object.) So I didn’t figure it out.
Today I [...]
Recently I wrote some program in Python, which dumps data into a pickle file. The file data is loaded into memory by another Python program for further processing. This works pretty well until I need to write a Java program which also loads the data saved in the pickle file.
I searched around but [...]
Switch Between Main Classes in a Jar File
Many developers used to write a main function for every class that can be tested separately. When we export it as a jar file, we usually specify a main class for execution of the jar file. Running this jar file is straightforward,
$ java -jar test.jar
But from time to time, some bugs are [...]
My Java Tools/Libraries List
From time to time, I discovered the features I spent lots of time implementing already done by others. I think it’s a good idea to keep a list of libraries I encountered and remember to use them in my next project. This is the Java version. I’ll add new items to the list from time [...]
Java Programming Cheat Sheet 4 — Collections
This is the 4th part of the Java Programming Cheat Sheet. You can find the first three parts here:
1. OO Concepts
2. Java Syntax
Collection: sometimes called a container, an object that groups multiple elements into a single unit. The Java [...]
Java Programming Cheat Sheet 3–Basic I/O
This is the third part of the Java programming cheat sheet. You may also interested in the first part OO concepts and second part Syntax.
I/O from Command Line: Java provides two ways, through the standard streams and through the Console standard streams: Java supports three standard streams: standard input (System.in), standard [...]
Java Programming Cheat Sheet 2–Syntax
This is the second part of java programming cheat sheet. You may also interested in the first part OO Concepts and third part Basic I/O.
Primitive Data Types: Java compiler assign a default value for class fields, but not local variables.
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Java Programming Cheat Sheet 1–OO Concepts
I first learned Java more than 5 years ago. But I switch between different programming languages and sometimes it’s easy to get confused. Recently I decided to refresh my Java knowledge, and this cheat sheet is a note based on my revision. It covers OO (Object Oriented) concepts, Java Syntax, and Basic I/O (Input/Output).)
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While the congressman did not address rampant speculations about a potential 2012 run for the presidency, he emphatically stated that the liberty movement will not need an electoral majority in order to achieve important changes for the better. The welfare state, the police state and the runaway fiat money system will be defeated if each of us assumes personal responsibility for promoting the ideals of liberty and defending the Constitution.
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Ron Paul:!
Reactions
- USA Today: Ron Paul: U.S. ‘propped up’ Mubarak in Egypt.
- Huffington Post: Ron Paul Not Yet Pleased With GOP: ‘Big Government Is Alive And Well’.
- The Texas Tribune: Ron Paul at CPAC: “Too Much Bipartisanship”
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside, gave a rollicking speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington — one peppered with cheers and jeers. His target? The “bipartisanship” that leads to foreign and financial policies he argues curb the country’s liberty.
“We’ve had way too much bipartisanship for about 60 years. We have bipartisanship on medical care,” Paul said. “It’s the bipartisanship of the welfare system, the warfare system, the monetary system. It all goes through with support from both parties.”
- RollCall: Ron Paul Stirs CPAC Crowd
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- CNN Politics: Paul gets CPAC crowd on their feet-munte speech. “It’s the bipartisanship of the welfare system, the warfare system…it all goes through with support from both parties. “
- CBS News: Ron Paul Blasts U.S. for “Propping Up Puppet Dictator” in Egypt
The Republican party’s most serious potential presidential contenders at the Conservative Political Action Conference today gave little more than passing reference to the most serious news of the day – the resignation of Egyptian’s authoritarian President Honsi Mubarak.
Yet Rep. Ron Paul — who’s arguably the most popular politician at the annual conservative conference, but not considered a viable presidential candidate — seized the news to blast American foreign policy and promote his well-known preference for isolationism.
- Dallas News: Texas Rep. Ron Paul gets cheers at conservative conference, remains mum about Senate, presidential ambitions
Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who has dropped hints in recent weeks that he is pondering bids next year for either president or the Senate, kept ’em guessing Friday afternoon at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
He said nothing about his ambitions even as he basked in his role as herald of the 2010 tea party surge, and father of tea party-backed freshman Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
“I’m glad to see the revolution is continuing!” Paul proclaimed, playing on his slogan from the 2008 presidential campaign.
- The Hill: Ron Paul slams Patriot Act, backers drown out jeers at conference
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- Washington Examiner: Ron Paul on Egypt: ‘What should our position be on finding the next dictator?’
Speaking at CPAC today, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., went straight for the issue that has been blowing up all over the wire: Egypt, and America’s role in preserving its thirty-year dictatorship until today.
The 75 year old delivered an energetic speech to the main room of CPAC today rhetorically asking “What should our position be on finding the next dictator in Egypt?” His solution, of course: “We need to do a lot less, a lot sooner, not only in Egypt but around the world.”
- NPR: Ron Paul Says U.S. ‘Propped Up’ Mubarak And Wasted Aid to Egypt
As the rest of the world reacted to the announced departure of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday, one would-be Republican presidential candidate after another declined to address it here at the CPAC gathering.
Then came Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), whose Libertarian positions have made him a favorite at the Conservative Political Action Conference and won him the group’s presidential straw poll last year.
- FoxNews.com: Ron Paul Brings Down the House at CPAC
If anything can be gauged by applause in main ballroom, Ron Paul will once again win the Presidential Straw Poll here at CPAC.
Paul won the contest last year, much to the chagrin of many of the party faithful who attended.
This year Paul was the only potential presidential candidate to directly tackle the tricky subject of Egypt.
- New American: Ron Paul Delivers CPAC Address
Texas Congressman Ron Paul delivered his impassioned CPAC address today to an energetic crowd of Republicans, Constitutionalists, and Libertarians. Paul’s speech stayed true to his Libertarian, non-interventionist, pro-Constitution beliefs, drawing applause from paleo-conservatives and ire from some neoconservatives.
Paul’s supporters have made their presence well-known throughout this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, at times chanting his name during other seminars or bombarding CPAC attendees with Paul memorabilia.
Today’s crowd was full of Paul’s supporters, who gave a total of nine standing ovations throughout Paul’s speech.
- Raw Story: Ron Paul: ‘Government is in the process of failing’
Is he running for US Senate? Is he signaling his bid for US president? Or is he hinting at something deeper within the US political climate?
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) sounded like he was about to hit the campaign trail again during his speech at a right-wing forum Friday, but before he left the podium, he warned Americans that their federal government was in trouble.
“Tragically, you’re going to have the opportunity [to not ask the federal government for anything], because government is in the process of failing, and they can’t deliver on the goods, just as the Soviets couldn’t deliver the goods and maintain their own power,” he said during the Conservative Political Action Conference.
- Daily Caller: Ron Paul calls for end to foreign aid, applauds House for not extending PATRIOT Act
Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, got the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) crowd’s biggest and most animated reaction of any speaker at the event – and took the stage saying: “I’m glad to see the revolution is continuing.” Paul applauded new House freshmen GOP members for blocking the extension of the PATRIOT Act.
“The PATRIOT Act is literally destruction of Fourth Amendment,” Paul said. “In Washington, they don’t know what’s going on in grassroots America because they assumed everybody loved the PATRIOT Act.”
- Wall Street Journal: Ron Paul on Egypt: ‘People Don’t Like Us Propping Up Dictators’.
- UPI.com: Paul talks U.S. isolationism at conference.
1,918 responses to “Ron Paul’s Speech at CPAC 2011: The Brushfires of Freedom Are Burning!”
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Ron Paul: Thank you very much. It’s so nice to see you, I thought you would be all worn out from the campaign, but it’s great to see you here. The campaign continues, the campaigning for liberty will last a long time. Somebody that campaigns with me, and has for a long time, is my wife, Carol, sitting over here. But it is a delight to see an enthusiastic crowd, I’m delighted you’re here tonight, and this week, and are being involved in the Campaign for Liberty. Because, in many ways, that’s what all of us are doing and what I’ve done for a few years. And since we started this organization 4 or 5 years ago, I got to name it, and I thought, “Well, why don’t we call it something that I’ve been doing: ‘Campaign for Liberty’, that’s what we’ll call it, that is it. So that type of campaign goes on for a long time until we win, and since the world is imperfect, we’ll never have perfect liberty. But if we don’t campaign for liberty, the other side is going to keep campaigning for stateism and big government, and they are our enemy and we must stop them. Probably the best success we’ve had with the Campaign for Liberty has been the grassroots effort the Campaign for Liberty has done on making sure that we got the bill to audit the Federal Reserve System at least passed in the House of Representatives. But not only about getting the legislation passed in House, and who knows, we might still get the rest of it done in the Senate, but we don’t know. But the more important thing is calling attention to the American people to the issue of monetary policy. They’re never going to put that back in the bottle, let me tell you. The people now know the importance of the monetary policy and the Federal Reserve, thank you for all your hard work and effort on that.
Ron Paul: Really, liberty is the issue, because if you understand liberty, you can apply it to everything, whether it’s civil liberty, foreign policy, monetary policy, or economic policy, it’s all very much the same. But, in order to understand how the system works, you have to understand the monetary system, because big government can’t exist without a Federal Reserve, it just wouldn’t happen. Because Congress would have to pay their bills, and with the Federal Reserve, they’re able to deceive the people, pretend that they’re not being harmful and delay their payment, and that’s what this is all about. Now, Bernanke, this weekend as usual – and as all the Federal Reserve Chairmen that I have met always say when they get into trouble and they can’t seem to get out – said, “Well, Congress has to do more”. Of course, they shouldn’t do more, they should do a lot less, that’s what they need to do. But it isn’t the Fed against the Congress, or the Congress against the Fed. The Congress created the Fed, and you know what, they can get rid of the Fed if they want to, and they should. But if there are special interest groups, as there certainly are in this country, that support the warmongering going on and the military-industrial complex, and if they had to tax the American people to pay all the bills for all the wars, just think in the last ten years, the national debt went up over 4 trillion dollars just for the wars that we have been fighting in the Middle East. And just look at the disaster in the Middle East today, 11 country embassies being demonstrated against with violence against Americans because, for some reason, they don’t like us dropping drone missiles on their countries. But this expenditure couldn’t happen, and wars couldn’t be fought if we had honest money, because the people would have to be that taxed and they would rebel and say it’s a bad investment. But it is so deceitful, and they can delay the inevitable for a long time, but that long time is coming to an end, and that’s why our work is so important right now. We have to keep plugging ahead.
The same is true about domestic welfare spending, if we paid all the bills, the people would rebel and everybody would know how much it’s costing. But if you can run up the deficits, there is an absolute agreement that the Fed is going to monetize it, they’re going to buy the debt. If not, what happens, interest rates go up. Well, they can borrow for a while, but there’re not enough lenders out there, so interest rates would be higher, and this would be hard for the economy. But then all the pressure would be on the people and the Congress to cut the spending and let the people spend the money, not the government. If you look at our history, up until 1913, it was far from perfect, but the size of government didn’t have steady growth. And it was the inevitably bad year or 1913 that changed our history so dramatically: bringing in the Federal Reserve, changing the foreign policy that said that we’re going to make the world safe for democracy. They said we’ll have to fight one more war to end all wars, and you know how well that has worked out, and created and income tax. And just think of the last past 100 years. But as I have tried to say so many times and I certainly tried to point it out in Tampa, it’s all coming to an end and we should be grateful that it’s coming to an end. So the question isn’t so much about will the Keynesian, socialism, welfareism and interventionism end, it’s how it’s going to end and how many people are going to be prepared, how many of us will be out there, how many will then argue the case for sound money and personal liberty and economic liberty and a sensible foreign policy? That is what we have to have out there. Now, as I suggested in the campaign, there is no reason why we can’t have a transition. We can move from one to another, we can turn down the spigots of spending and bring our troops home and just cut back on spending and just work our way out of this. The odds aren’t very good that that’s going to happen, just this week there were efforts for a continuing resolution for 6 more months, and one thing is for sure, the party that’s in charge of the House of Representatives made sure that the military budget went up 26% on the continuing resolution.
See, this is the reason why I am unconvinced that we are going to keep doing the same thing over and over again. When are we going to see that the Fed is all of a sudden going to be a good manager? We saw what the Fed did this week, I mean, they’ve been trying for 5 years to bail out a system that collapsed because they spent too much, borrowed too much, printed too much. So what did they announce this week? They announced, “Well, what we need to do is we really need to print money, and we’ve tried QE1 and QE2, now we’re going to have perpetual QE. And now we’re going to give 40 billion new dollars every month”, which is nearly half a trillion dollars every year. And if necessary, they’ll increase it, they’ll guarantee low interest rates for another three years, and then they wonder why people don’t get their confidence restored and people get confused on what to do. Well, there’s one reason why they get confused, and that is the most important thing for individuals to make decisions on business and investments, and it’s the issue of interest rates. Because, in a market economy, if the people save money, they drive the interest rates down. And the business man says, “Oh, interest rates used to be 4%, they’re now at 2%, this is the time I should invest and rebuild”. So what happens if nobody saves any money and interest rates are 0%? Then you get real mal-investment, the money is printed, passed out to the banks for free, and they can put it back into reserves and get interest paid from the Federal Reserve. Or the banks themselves, or the Federal Reserve, buys debt, and there’s no incentive to go out and invest in a risky economy because the more the Congress interferes by passing more laws and not knowing what the tax code will be, passing socialized medical programs and on and on, people don’t have their confidence restored. So this is the reason that we are going to go on like this, we do not know when it will end. It could end soon, it could end in a year or 2 or 3 years, who knows. But I believe we’re getting awfully close to this. Then, this is where our efforts have to pay off, because the campaign for liberty is actually trying to get more people to not only understand it, but at least not be hostile to freedom, because our answers can be found in freedom. Because, in so many other countries, when they have faced these crisis, they end up with dictators. And we have more dictatorial and authoritarian government than ever before. And now not only do they tell you what to smoke and drink and eat, but they’re telling you how big your coca-cola can be, how big a glass of coca-cola you can have. And it’s pretty absurd when you can’t drink raw milk and you can’t make rope out of hemp and if you have a serious medical condition that can be helped with marijuana, you get put in prison with your wheelchair and all. There’s something seriously wrong, I would say they don’t understand what liberty is all about.
But obviously you do, and that’s good and that’s the good news, and there are a lot more like you out there than you ever realize, a lot more than I ever dreamed of. Because I have often made the comment that I did do a little bit of speaking, I used to practice a lot of speaking because I would go to college campuses. I used to be able to get 30 or 40 people out in one group on a college campus, but now a few more come. Now, in the old days if you were running as a conservative Republican, you’d go to a conservative campus and you’d get a nice crowd on you and you’d get all the plusses and you’d say, “Hey, this is great”. But, if you went to Berkeley and you ended up getting a big crowd there, or even the University of Texas, you would say, “Hey, you’re in Austin, you better be careful”. But now, with the freedom movement, you can go to a conservative campus and get a large crowd out, and you can go to Berkeley and get a bigger crowd out. So, that makes my point: freedom brings people together, people who believe in freedom for different reasons should all come together. We should eliminate this whole concern about diversity, whether you want to spend your money or save your money, or waste your money, in free society, you can do it. But if you waste your money, don’t go to your neighbor and say, “You have to bail me out and you have to pay more taxes”, that’s what you can’t do. But it truly does bring people together, and that’s why I think it’s so magnificent about it. Not only on the money issue, we understand it on the religious issue. Americans are pretty good, except when they get angry at certain groups and they have to bash them and say, “They’re the cause of the war” and this kind of stuff. But, in religion, we have so many different religious beliefs and we have people. Guess what, in a free society, you’re even allowed to be an atheist, we don’t put you in prison for that. But it isn’t the point I want you to believe, it is the point that you’re allowed to believe. And the other important thing is that when you legalize freedom, whether it’s personal habits or economic habits, you don’t endorse what the people do, and that’s a big difference. A lot of people will come up to me and say, “Ron, I agree with you, this drug war is horrible, but I can’t endorse people doing those things to their bodies, we have to protect them from themselves”. And I would think, yea, politicians and bureaucrats know more about protecting you against yourself than they do themselves. That doesn’t work. This whole notion that we have to depend on the government to tell us what our habits should be … but if we allow people to make these decisions, in economics it’s easy, and socially and religiously, the First Amendment, it’s a philosophy of tolerance. But tolerance is not endorsement. If you get to keep all your own money, and you gamble it away and lose it, that doesn’t mean I endorse gambling. But, like I said, though, if you have a lifestyle that punishes yourself and you suffer from it, you cannot use force to be taken care of by other people, you have to suffer the consequences.
Not only should you suffer the consequences, you should also reap the benefits. What if you were frugal and you saved and you invested? You should be able to keep the fruits of your labor, and that’s why the income tax is morally wrong, you shouldn’t have an income tax. But in any society with the government that we have now and have been putting up with for so long is, instead of being the protector of private property, they destroy the concept of private property. Instead of protecting and enforcing contracts, they interfere with the contracts and put force on us and manipulate things. So they’re working perversely. You know, the constitution as well as the Coinage of 1792 says, “Don’t counterfeit”, it’s a serious offense. But what do we have, we have the Federal Reserve as the chief counterfeiter of the world. And then we have the Fed manipulating money and credit, we have people who still would like to take care of themselves: work hard, save some money, put it in the bank, earn some interest, maybe 0.5% or 1%. And Bernanke was on the air today recognizing this because he’s done it to me in the committee when I bring it up and I say, “Alright, somebody wants to save their money and they don’t want to take risks in the stock market and they want to earn a little interest and they don’t earn enough”. And he says, “Yes, but the health of the economy is more important than marking sure that everybody is taken care of. Some people will suffer”. So if you’re elderly or of a fixed income or you want to save and you can’t earn any interest – and the market rate of interest would be 5% or 6%, but that’s beside the point because ‘we have to help the economy’. Usually, the world ‘economy’ means banks and big corporations and politicians and governments and foreign interventions, that’s what it is, that’s why we have to attack this whole system. But the really good news is that a lot of people are hearing this message. You have helped to spread it, the internet spreads it, you have had numerous speakers here. You know, I was kidding the other day, but it is true that it used to be that voting by myself used to be a neat little event, at least I’d wave a flag and say, “Look here, you guys”. But now I have these guys like Justin Amash and other people that are voting with me and I can hardly be by myself at all.
And there are going to be some new people. It won’t be fast enough, we have to keep doing it, but setting a standard and setting a record is very, very good because people are watching and they will be encouraged. And this is why, no matter, we must get the good people in Congress, and they have to be perseverant and stick to their guns, we have to keep working with the Campaign for Liberty, we have to change people’s minds. Ideas do have consequences, bad ideas have bad consequences. So these things are powerful, powerful weapons that we have, and we have truth on our side, which makes a big difference. If freedom is the answer, and authoritarianism is something that has been around for thousands of years and has always failed and undermined personal liberty, then maybe we do have truth on our side. We just have to energize people, we have to get their confidence back. This is what has happened to the American people, they’ve lost confidence in true freedom. They say, “Freedom is good, that’s a good thing, but you have to give up some of it to be safe. How can you have a safety net and how can you be protected against the terrorist if we didn’t have TSA?” I think that’s a little bit confused thinking and I think more Americans are beginning to understand this. But private property would solve all those problems at the airport. The people who are supposed to provide the security are the airlines, not bureaucrats that belong to labor unions and everything else. We’ve not only given up on the idea of private property and contracts and sound money, but we’ve also been careless on allowing certain small groups of people talk to the American people into believing that if you don’t support the wars and you don’t support the troops, then and you’re un-American and you’re not patriotic. Guess what, the people in active military duty have spoken, they have been very vocal, and guess what? They support the cause of liberty and they supported our campaign and they said these wars are unnecessary and not beneficial.
And, of course, that’s a very good reason to just bring them home, and we could. I can’t understand the inability of us to convince more, because, to me, it seems so logical. If you’re out of money and the wars aren’t any good and they’re not constitutional; we’ve spent 4 trillion dollars we didn’t have, and we would have more peace and prosperity by having a foreign policy where we defend our country properly and constitutionally with the permission of the people through the Congress, instead of allowing the President and the United Nations and NATO to decide it. Why shouldn’t this be welcomed with open arms and say, “It’s time to bring them home”. So, the rule of law has been taken carelessly, we don’t really follow it, not many in the Congress really care about the constitution. They take the oath of office, but the worst part about it isn’t that they don’t follow the constitution, which is horrible, but they believe they’re following it. They’ve been rationalized by our education system that said, “It was never meant to be overly rigid, it has to be adaptable, we have to adapt it to modern times”. Even today, I was on an interview and we were talking about the economy and I said the economy was pretty good without a central bank back in the 19th century. And they said, “I don’t want to talk about that, that’s old fashioned, we don’t even want to go back to that”. But we do have to recognize that markets work and foreign policy works and going backwards is not the problem. What we want to do is pick up the pieces. We had a good system, we knew what we had. We have to quit doing the dumb things, because it’s so easy to figure out that we have to live within our means as individuals, and governments should have to do it and the politicians should be held responsible. But the big question is the question that always has to be asked, and for which you have to get the right answer, and that is, “What should the role of the government be?” And governments have been around for a long, long time, and governments always overstep. But, if the government would be what the constitution says it should be, it should be very limited to the protection of liberty. If you want more government, it should be local and not at the federal level, and certainly it shouldn’t be international, it shouldn’t be United Nations. But it’s been rationalized by the members of Congress and by the people, I certainly heard it and it really hurt to hear people so often say right after 9/11, “Well, it looks like we have to sacrifice our freedoms now to be safe”. The truth is, if you take an oath of office and you take an oath to be a president, you don’t swear an oath, “I’m going to keep the American people safe from here on out”. Matter of fact, if you say that, that means, “I am going to keep you safe and you’ll have no more liberty”, because that’s the only way you can be perfectly safe. So, no, you want to obey the law and you want to protect life and liberty and property and a judicial system and not much else. But we had given up on this a hundred years ago. But the magnificent story now is that, and it has been much more than I ever expected in these last 4, 5 years, there has been a tremendous surge in the interest of this. Just think that a whole new generation of young people right now are joining us. I mean, a lot of us have been fighting this for a long time and we’ve always been outnumbered. But if we can keep this energy going with the younger generation … and I’m not talking about the college graduates, I’m talking about the college student and the high school student, they know and understand this stuff. I get pretty impressed about high school students, one of them told me, “I’ve been reading about Mises and Rothbard”, and I hadn’t even heard those names until I got out of college”. But the people I meet from the younger generation are way ahead of anybody I ever met when I was in high school and college. But the needs are much greater, there was a lot of wealth left, there was a lot of momentum, and we’ve been consuming it for several decades now. There is no real wealth in this country, what you see as wealth, most of it is debt. The dollar functioned, but the dollar is debt, so it doesn’t have a real value. But, the trust in the dollar is still there, so there is always a subjective element on value, there’s still a thought around the world: “Well, the Americans have all the weapons and they have a lot of wealth, so we’re going to take their dollars” and that sort of thing. But, it could come to an end. Matter of fact, in the last 4 days since Bernanke announced this continuous QE, the dollar has gone down sharply. With this stuff going on over in the Middle East, as well as the oil prices going up, we could be getting pretty close to this. This stuff in the Middle East is really dramatized, I guess you’ve seen some of the maps on TV, they will paint each country in red that had some revolt or rebellion or demonstration against America in the last week, and there’re 11 countries right now. And they want to tell you these protests are because somebody in some place did a video that nobody has seen and nobody understands, and they say, “Oh, that’s why they hate Americans”. Well, guess what, it’s all in Arab countries that we have been taking over, we prop up the dictators, we’re on both sides of all those issues. We prop up dictators like in Egypt, give them billions and billions of dollars and pay them to be friends of Israel. And then, all of a sudden, the people rebel against that government, and so we participate in the overthrow of our puppet leader in Egypt and then somebody else comes in and, lo-and-behold, guess who’s in the rebellion, the Al-Qaida.
And the Al-Qaida is in Libya as well and they’re involved in Syria. They weren’t in Iraq, but they are now. I mean, the whole thing about the foreign policy makes no sense whatsoever, we spend all that money and we’re less safe. And that can get out of hand. There’s a lot of planning done on how to manage and spread our empire, and they don’t sit down and say, “Well, let’s have a world war”, but sometimes some of those plans get out of control. What I fear the most is a false flag; something happening where one of our ships goes down or a plane goes down, and, of course, it had to be the Iranians, for sure, for certain. But then, the emotions go high. But even today, when our ambassador was killed, there were are a lot of people ready to go to war over this and never asking the serious questions. But I am convinced that if we have a sensible foreign policy, we would have more friends in the world, and I think that is important. But the neo-cons are quick to criticize and say, “Well, Ron Paul just doesn’t understand, nor does he care about, this great thing called ‘American Exceptionalism’, that we are the greatest and the best and we can tell people what to do. We could be the greatest and we could be the best and we’ve had good traits in the past, but, the one thing that we as a people have come to realize, is that if we have good traits and we do a good job and have a good economy and have sound money and a sensible foreign policy and mind our own business, guess what, others might want to copy us, they might want to emulate us. But, right now, there’s not much effort in that. I am also concerned that if there’s a false flag and things break out, what’s going to happen is we’ll go bankrupt at the same time. And if you think the map of those 11 countries expressing their anger towards us is bad right now, I think there’re going to be a lot more who have been held in check because we’ve had weaponry and we’ve had money. And my complaint has always been that we’ve always only had two options on foreign policy, 1) You do what we tell you and we’ll give you a lot of money, or 2) if you don’t do it, we’re going to give you a lot of bombs.
Right now, we’re doing both to some of these countries, we’re shooting them and at the same time we’re giving them money. Why don’t we offer them this other approach based on the constitution and liberty: why don’t we offer them neither of those and just offer them friendship and trade and no money and no bombs, that’s what we need. One of the things that the freedom movement and Campaign for Liberty has being doing, is it’s being trying to get people to think of liberty as a whole, not in pieces. And liberty was chalked into pieces, and still today you have conservatives defending one part of it and liberals defending another part of it, and then it’s also mixed up by even the conservatives who might be pretty good on economics. If they get a president that’s not so conservative, they have to go along with him because it’s a partisan thing. And then, on the other side, you might have a president whose supposed to cut back on arresting people for marijuana and also have less wars, and he defies it. And then the democrats say, “Oh, we can’t challenge him at all”. What we have to do is challenge people and say, “Look, when a conservative says the right thing about economics and a liberal or somebody else says something right about civil liberties and getting the government out of our personal lives, or anybody who’d say we should have a foreign policy that makes sense … And we have coalitions in Congress now. Because there are less democrats because we have a current Democratic president, the coalitions is smaller, but the numbers of the Republicans are growing in this coalition who’re saying, “We don’t need this”. So, this is, once again, bringing people together and seeing liberty as a whole. Its one pieces, and I think that’s what we have to work on.
A lot of times they want to accuse us of wanting to go back to the dark ages, but the dark ages are authoritarianism. Freedom is a relatively new idea. The history of man, when you consider the history of the universe and how many billions of years the planets and all existed, man has only been around for a short period of time. And knowledgeable man has just been around for thousands of years, when they were reflecting and writing books. So it’s a very short period of time. But the history of man making great progress and understanding how important liberty is, is very, very short. In terms of all history, it’s just a couple of seconds or couple of minutes. So, we’re really just on the cusp of understanding what this is all about and what it can bring about. But there’s only one principle that has to be followed – because our views and our desires and our preferences are all different – and that is, you can’t force other people to do your bidding if they’re not hurting you. But a lot of people will accept that, it’s easier to get them to accept that: just don’t hurt me or don’t steal my property. But then they say it’s okay for the government to do it. The government’s not allowed to initiate force against anybody, either, they can only be a participant in trying to repel force or settle disputes, but they can’t come along and say, “We’re going to use force to make other people do our bidding, even if the individual shouldn’t do it”. So it’s individuals and government that should never be able to initiate force or violence against another to bring about social or economic changes. That one rule would solve practically all our problems, I’ll tell you.
But we should be very optimistic, I know there are some who say we should have done better in the campaign. Quite frankly, I think we did pretty good. Those who said we should have done significantly better, I don’t know whether they quite understand what we, as a group, are taking on. It isn’t like we’re taking on one small faction of the Republican Party and say, “Yea, we want to nudge you into being a little bit more conservative”, or something like that. We’re taking on the establishment that controls both parties. So, it’s the banking system, it’s the welfare state, it’s the military-industrial complex, it’s a lot of corporatism and subsidies that go out to so many. So I’ll say that the task is rather large so the success, I think, is very significant. But the other way you might look at it, if you’re looking for a positive sign: I don’t know how many candidates were there 4 years ago, let’s say there were 12 and let’s say there’re about 10 or 12 more this time, so there are about 20 now. There weren’t many that came in second, there were a few that dropped by the wayside that didn’t make an impact and they were done and gone and they have debt in the bank and they don’t even pay their bills. But the real excitement is from the number of people that are joining us, and that’s where we should be positive. We have so many more people now in office at all levels of government, and there are going to be a lot more added this fall. Now, that isn’t the total measurement, but it is a significant measurement. There are some people that love liberty and fight for it and write about it and say, “You know, this voting stuff doesn’t add up to too much”. But, political activism, if it had been ignored by the founders, we would still be in a pretty big mess, because they were philosophic and they were idealistic, but they took political action, too. So that’s why, I think political action is quite alright. But I want to encourage you and thank you for all that you have done. Continue to do your work and do your job. And you might ask, “What is my job?” You have to decide what your job is. The only thing I can urge you to do is try and understand the principles, understand the principles of liberty. But you’re here, you’re participating, you’re involved and we have people representing us at different levels of government. But everybody has something to do, it can be purely educational. When people come in to my office and ask, “How do I become a congressman?” I say, “Don’t even try, its okay if it happens to come along, most of it is luck”, and this sort of thing. There are a lot of uncertainties about running for office, and there is some luck in it. But, a lot of times, if they were very interested, I encourage them to by saying that I would just love to see more of them in the media, more writers, more in the newspapers, and the TV. But, even that’s getting easier, because, right now, if you look at the number of people who look at CNN for their news, most people are now getting more news off the internet on their computers than they are from CNN. So we’re already there in many ways. And everybody has different talents, some people don’t even want to do public speaking, some people enjoy it, some people want to run for office. Some people actually have a knack to make money even under these circumstances in this economy. Well, let them go make the money and let them help out the other groups. And we have a lot of supporters that way and that’s the prime goal, that they do well and understand it and they make money and they donate to these organizations. So that is pretty important.
Once you discover what’s going on and you basically understand this philosophy, actually it’s a pretty uncomfortable position to put you in, because I hope you’re miserable for the rest of your life unless you’re trying to do something about it. And I do believe that the people who are informed, if they’re moral persons and they say, “We know this is a bad situation”, and if you’re directed by wanting to know the truth and spread the truth, and it’s a moral principle, you do have a greater obligation. And you know what, you’re in a group that’s only going to be probably the group that’s about 10% of the population, because you know the issues and you understand and study and you read. But most people, even those who vote, don’t think about it until the day before the elections sometimes. All this polling on who’s going to win in November, I think that’s all talk because I think a bunch of people aren’t even going to pay much attention. And, who knows, there might be something else to do that day or it might rain and they might not even show up, for that matter. But your role is very important, and that’s why I work very hard and encourage everyone on the team for Campaign for Liberty to be involved. I’m glad you’re here and want to assume some responsibility. And, of course, if you don’t have any fun doing it, it can be a real dull job. So have some fun doing it, and one thing that is fun, is being with like-minded people, isn’t that pretty neat? And, to tell you the truth, I like to be with people that are like-minded that might have a completely different attitude about what their social values are and what they want to do with their money and how they want to do it, because I can just sort of smile and say, “Well, I wouldn’t do that, that’s a pretty stupid thing to do”. But I think it’s still neat that we can bring these people together and say, “It’s freedom, it’s liberty, that’s what we’re fighting for”.
Thank you very much for all your efforts, thank you.
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Charles L. Knox, 82, a lifelong resident of Royal Oak, died Jan. 29, 2008, at home. He was born May 3, 1925, in Detroit Mr. Knox graduated from Royal Oak High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan University, and his master's degree from Wayne State University. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1943-1946 in the African Theater and received the European-African Middle Eastern Service medal. Mr. Knox married the late Joyce I. (Allen) Knox on Feb. 1, 1947, in Detroit. A member of the Royal Oak Hall of Fame, he taught in the Royal Oak school system at Whittier Elementary and was the principal at Washington School, Barton Junior High School and Jane Addams Junior High. He wintered in Florida for 20 years. Mr. Knox is survived by his children, Charles R. (Shelly) Knox of Plainwell, Gary A. Knox of Trenton, John Robert (Diane) Knox of Kensington, Fla, and Brad Lee (Linda) Knox of Royal Oak; his brother, Richard Knox of North Palm Beach, Fla.; and six grandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday from 2-9 p.m. at Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, 705 W.11 Mile Road, Royal Oak. A service at the funeral home will be Friday at 1 p.m., and Mr. Knox will be buried at Oakview Cemetery, Royal Oak. Memorials may be made to Royal Oak Foundation for Public Education, c/o Patrick Wolynski, Churchill High School Continuing Education, 1123 Lexington Blvd., Royal Oak, MI 48073; or William Beaumont Hospice, 3601 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI48073. More information at.
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fig. 1. Miss Ayn Rand., Republican vice-presidential candidate, in a 2005 speech delivered at The Atlas Society–one of many lavishly funded organizations devoted to spreading the thought and philosophy of Ayn Rand (he’s since distanced himself).
There are so many of these organizations it is hard to keep track. Apart from the Atlas Society, there is the Ayn Rand Institute, the Nathaniel Branden Institute, the Anthem Foundation and the Institute for Objectivist Studies.,” a typical line reads–Blakely is the noble, visionary entrepreneur who created Spanx.)
fig. 2. To hell with your ‘flu shots,’ parasites..
fig. 3. Immanuel Kant: “the preeminent good which we call moral … is only possible in a rational being.” Oops. ‘morality’.
fig. 4. Rationality at work.
Unsurprisingly, the politicians and businessmen who admire Rand focus on such policy recommendations and are rather less familiar with, for instance,.
Now there are two ways to approach Objectivism: first, and most commonly, we may tackle her edifying fiction, which portrays Manichean conflicts between heroic, intelligent ‘producers’ and parasitic ‘looters.’ The latter, mainly by force of numbers and all the vile raiments analytic vernacular) and a set of post-Randian writers–Peikoff, Kelley, and others–who have fleshed out and expanded her thought into something like a philosophical system in the traditional sense, the kind of thing that has been largely abandoned in contemporary academic philosophy. One can get a sense of the ‘system’ from a glance at the wikipedia page: there are any number of dubious inferences made, most remarkably from ‘existence’ to ‘ident.
fig 5. The enlightened Dr. Yaron Brooks: “I would like to see the United States turn Fallujah into dust, and tell the Iraqis: If you’re going to continue to support the insurgents you will not have homes, you will not have schools, you will not have mosques.”
The incredible conceit that Ayn Rand will figure in the history of philosophy as one of the greats–better than Kant (“corrupt”), Hegel (“nonsensical”) or Wittgenstein (“garbage”)–is not restricted to her contemporary followers: Rand, in the same 1957 interview with Mike Wallace linked above, described herself, he boldly totalitarian discourse of justified elimination, produced a scant dozen years after the end of the second world war. It is a tradition upheld by contemporary Randians: Brooks has called for unrestricted, murderous warfare in Iraq (see above); Leonard Peikoff, who originally founded the Ayn Rand Institute, calls for the “immediate end” of “terrorist states” such as Iran, not ruling out nuclear weapons, and this “regardless of the countless innocents caught in the line of fire.” statements.
fig 6. Soldiers marching in Petrograd, 1917. Rand was twelve. trepidant about radical change and wary about the potential for deleterious destabilization it brings, an altogether different form of ‘conservatism’ from that of the present-day marriage of libertarian economics.
fig. 7. Greatest. Human. Ever.
It is true that Rand’s opponents in popular media often focus on her personal life–her exile from Russia, her ‘rational’ and.
fig. 8. Robert Nozick–Another great, though lesser, human., “some.
fig 8. On the set of MTV’s The Real Olympus. argume
nts, at least, proof and of the results of Tarsky, Church, Alonzo; and just at the dawn of paraconsistent logic (which rejects, inter alia, that it is always true that A is A).
fig. 9. Sorry, you look just like this other guy I know, “Schmidt.” Funny.
Indeed the crisis in the foundations of mathematics, the work of Tarski on truth, the rejection of the law of excluded middle by Brouwer and his followers, Gödel’s proofs–the list could be multiplied–had no effect on her,. For a philosopher who prized logic, she remained utterly ignorant of it until her death, and some of her most ardent followers are determined to remain so themselves: Peikoff disparages all non-Aristotelian logic as “inherently dishonest [...] an explicit rebellion against reason and reality (and, therefore, against man and values).” “A is A” turned into a statement about the essential ‘nature’ of humankind that carries with it the full logical weight of the putative axiom.
Obviously this doesn’t work: suppose we accept that “A is A” (in particular we are not dialetheists; there is certainly.
fig. 10. “A is A”; therefore, you must sleep with me. (Yes, Rand basically said this.)
What is difficult to understand is why we should believe that reasoning from so-called ‘first principles’ can tell us anything at all about how to build and maintain something as complex and messy as a human society, with complex social, economic, political arrangements presided over by only partially rational creatures prone to outbursts of passion, crises of confidence, and known, predictable irrationalities.
Axiomatics are useful–more than useful–in many domains. Like.
Another simple example. For the better part of 2,000 years rejection of the Euclidean Parallel Postulate was deemed impossible–until the discovery of non-Euclidean geometries demolished its apodictic standing. If the situation is so difficult even at the level of mathematics and geometry, the standard-bearers of objective purity in human knowledge, what hope is there of deriving monetary.
fig. 11. Alan Greenspan–”Turns out selfishness actually destroys society. Who could’ve guessed?” on the left,.
In this departure some optimal.
fig. 12. We’re hungry, but at least the system is moral..
fig. 13. How To Win Friends and Influence People, c. 350 BCE
Rejection of the Randian weltanschauung.
fig. 14. The free market decided this film sucked. forthcoming.
fig. 15. Great and selfless patrons of the arts, too.
Or maybe we should heed Machiavelli’s warning: “Politics,” he wrote, “have no relation to morals.”
He had in mind, particularly, the Borgias.
The polarizing effect is indeed remarkable, and, I think, unnecessary. I regard myself as a Rand moderate on her specific economic and ethical doctrines, not lukewarm about each separate doctrine, but firmly accepting some and firmly rejecting others. Having said that, I cannot see her as a significant philosopher, because she did not support her views with arguments that can stand up to academic scrutiny.
By coincidence, I posted a few thoughts on the polarization, a couple of days after you made your post but shortly before reading your post, having found it via Brian Leiter’s blog. My thoughts are here:
[...] tip to an exhaustive, sprawling analysis of the Randian cult available here. Share this:Share on TumblrLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. August 27, 2012 by [...]
Thanks for this essay; it’s both engaging and well-balanced. Problematically, most sustained treatments of Rand tend to come either from the converted, or (only slightly better) the recently lapsed. Given the reliably shallow philosophical bona fides of this cohort, it’s not surprising that there’s very little meat there. At the same time, most commentators of the out-of-group perspective tend to be (I would say justifiably) hostile to the point of engaging mainly through ridicule. This is warranted, but not particularly helpful to people who both lack a background in philosophy and whose first brush with political argument comes from Rand’s work. As you rightly note, it’s precisely this combination–something like base-rate ignorance combined with ready availability, which explains much of the appeal.
Thanks for providing the valuable work of baloney detection!
“One wonders at the type of celebration of ‘life’ that centers around satisfied joy at the perishing of so-called ‘parasites.”
The above assertion is one of the earlier and more blatantly dishonest statements (though certainly not the first blatant ad hom) made in this blog post – a post overflowing with such lies, smears, and overt dishonesty. The blogger quotes Alan Greenspan, who states:
“”Atlas Shrugged’ is a celebration of life and happiness. Justice is unrelenting. Creative individuals and undeviating purpose and rationality achieve joy and fulfillment. Parasites who persistently avoid either purpose or reason perish as they should.”
In other words, he describes creative individuals who achieve joy and fulfillment by means of undeviating purpose and rationality. But the blog poster here chooses to lie and claim Greenspan is saying the individual’s joy and fulfillment comes *from* the perishing of the parasites. In fact he claims that Rand’s characters’ joy “centers” on those others – the joy is derived from the suffering of those others. That Miss Rand’s book is a celebration of this form of ‘joy’.
This is a deliberate fabrication on the part of the blogger. It is a lie.
The blogger has claimed the opposite of what Greenspan stated and what Miss Rand promotes. What he describes is what Rand identifies as “secondhandedness” – something she does not “celebrate” but in fact *condemns*!
This is not an innocent error on the part of this blogger. It is a deliberate misrepresentation of Miss Rand and her philosophy. It is the creation of a straw man, which he attacks – because he cannot attack her actual philosophy. Because he cannot attack it, but does not want it to stand, he must resort to fallacies instead. He must create falsehoods – fictions – which he then pretends are Miss Rand.
Why do all this – why engage in such massive dishonesty? To try to hide the truth from others. He does not want others to identify the facts – the actual ideas Miss Rand presents. So he pretends to present them and hopes others will accept his falsehoods.
He hopes others will be second-handers. He hopes they will not go to the source but will instead accept his conclusions on faith.
For the honest intellectual, don’t be taken in by the duplicity of Miss Rand’s enemies. Don’t rely on smears they try to pass off as ‘fact’. Don’t be a second-hander. Don’t rely on the conclusions of others. Don’t act on faith. Be independent. Be rational. Read what she *actually* wrote. Come to your own conclusions based on actual facts, not false assertions. Bypass those who would try to derail you from identifying Rand’s actual philosophy.
Put simply, don’t let the dishonest men, like this blogger, dupe you. Practice reason and independent judgment. That way, whether you end up agreeing or disagreeing with Miss Rand, you will have done so on the basis of fact, reason, and your own independent judgment – not lies and faith.
I think you’ve attracted your first real live member of the Rand cult, whose dialectical skill is at the level of Rand’s!
How about actually dealing with what he posted instead of just calling him a cultist?
B Leigh Smith –
I appreciate your concern about my reading of Greenspan’s written remarks. I assure you I was not deliberately trying to misdirect readers by distorting the meaning of the quote. When Greenspan said that “parasites … perish as they should,” I found the “as they should” pregnant with meaning. The ‘should’ implied a normative dimension that placed the assertion within the context of the statement about ‘unrelenting’ justice, which immediately follows the sentence about the “celebration of life.”
Given that Rand’s view is that ‘life’ has a sole and unique value, it stood to reason that the only way to properly celebrate life is to dispense a justice such that producers thrive and parasites die. This does not imply that Greenspan, or Randians generally, derive *pleasure* from the elimination of the so-called ‘unproductive’, but–however–it seems pretty clear that, for Rand, to celebrate *life*–what life intrinsically is, necessarily so– requires that those who avoid “purpose” and “reason,” that is, those who deny the essential telos of life, perish. (A situation where ‘parasites’ multiply is not one where life is being celebrated, in other words.)
I cannot help but wonder how charitable you would be faced with a quote from, say, Lenin about bourgeois parasites. It is rather unnerving, in fact, how similar all this is to the discourse of the Soviet Union, which enforced “social parasitism” laws:
The only difference seems to be that in one case, the State is enforcing a “productive” and “anti-parasite” eliminativist discourse, whereas for Randians, the so-called “market” performs the same function. The difference seems to be that you think this latter mechanism is moral, because the individual is putatively responsible for their own fate, entirely. This denies the existence of moral luck (). But, plainly, there is such a thing as moral luck. Therefore, this view is false.
“The ‘should’ implied a normative dimension that placed the assertion within the context of the statement about ‘unrelenting’ justice,”
Indeed. And the “unrelenting justice” applied to BOTH parties – those “creative individuals and undeviating purpose and rationality” justly earn their “joy and fulfillment”. And those “parasites who persistently avoid either purpose or reason” do not earn such “joy and fulfillment” but instead justly “perish”. What Miss Rand “celebrates” is virtue and its reward – the values pursued – ie “life and happiness”. Both those things are not granted automatically but must be achieved. That is the justice referenced. And if one has read Atlas Shrugged, one is quite aware of this fact. One is quite aware of her views of rationality, independence, and second-handers. To claim that Miss Rand preaches a “celebration of ‘life’ that centers around satisfied joy at the perishing of so-called ‘parasites”" is to completely and purposefully present the opposite of her entire philosophy, as expressed through her entire book.
In other words, you deliberately drop the context of her entire novel in order to make that assertion, based on a brief summary presented by someone else.
That is not an honest error. That is deliberate misrepresentation. It is deliberate dishonesty.
“it seems pretty clear that, for Rand, to celebrate *life*–what life intrinsically is, necessarily so– requires that those who avoid “purpose” and “reason,” that is, those who deny the essential telos of life, perish.”
This is false. For an individual to celebrate his life and his happiness does not require others to perish. If they indeed initiate force against him, as she makes clear, they are properly stopped. But other than that protection of his freedom, his life and happiness do not require anything of parasites, etc.. That was one of the fundamental premises of the novel. That the producer does not require anything from the parasite. That was the purpose of the strike – to show that very thing.
Again, to make this claim is to completely drop the context of her entire story and philosophy as she explicitly lays it out in her novel. And, again, such a *massively* dropped context is *not* the result of an innocent error.
” It is rather unnerving, in fact, how similar all this is to the discourse of the Soviet Union, which enforced “social parasitism” laws:”
And now you drop the entire point she made about the difference between voluntary human interaction and the initiation of force. You PRETEND that what she wants is the same thing as the Soviet Union wanted – that self-defense and murder are the SAME thing – because both are about “unnervingly” about ‘killing’. You purposefully evade her *entire* argument about the difference between the two and condemn her by trying to place her in the same category.
This is why I say you are completely dishonest. You do not argue against Miss Rand. You do not present HER arguments and attempt to use reason against them. You manufacture falsehoods and present them as if they were hers. That is lying.
And that is why I suggest anyone honestly interested in the facts about Miss Rand’s philosophy look to her actual work. That way they can independently judge her work rationally rather than accepting such lies as if they were the truth.
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As to your assertions about “luck”, it is not “luck” which causes individuals to pursue “undeviating purpose” and “rationality”. Nor is it “luck” which causes individuals to “avoid purpose or reason”. These are all choices an individual makes every moment of every day in regard to reality around him.
In other words, you once again present an argument which is NOT Miss Rand’s argument. Attack *it*. And then declare *her* wrong because your manufactured argument is wrong.
Attacking deliberately manufactured straw men here is the problem. Presenting falsehoods in place of Miss Rand’s actual ideas is the problem.
And the solution, as I’ve previously indicated, is for the honestly interested individual to view her work first hand, rather than relying upon second hand assertions – assertions which are blatantly false.
Atlas Shrugged’ is a celebration of life and happiness. Justice is unrelenting. Creative individuals and undeviating purpose and rationality achieve joy and fulfillment. Parasites who persistently avoid either purpose or reason perish as they should.”
Brian–
I am reminded of a comment on your blog when the SEP entry was first brought up: “try to avoid introducing her name into an otherwise serious discussion anywhere on the internet, or this sort of drivel will start to surface like globs of oil on a Louisiana beach, and end up polluting everything.”
B Leigh Smith–
You’re putting words in my mouth here, after I explicitly said I did not think that the Randian ethic required deriving pleasure from perishing. I do say–and you agree–that Randians are perfectly fine with the suffering of ‘unproductive’ elements, that this very thing is in fact fine and quite just; I find it morally abhorrent, but I suppose we can agree to disagree.
You seem also unable to understand the concept of ‘moral luck’ by your assimilation of it with the ordinary sense of ‘luck.’ While there is a distinction between acting towards x, and letting x happen, it is precisely because I do not think it makes a moral difference in this case that I contest the picture you present: in part because of ‘moral luck’, and in part because I do not view the ‘market’ as a neutral evaluative entity, but an active collusion of coercive interests.
In any event, I do encourage readers to look after the primary sources and draw their own conclusions. Thank you for contributing.
Oh and this statement:
““One wonders at the type of celebration of ‘life’ that centers around satisfied joy at the perishing of so-called ‘parasites.””
most certainly does more than “imply”, it actually STATES “that Greenspan, or Randians generally, derive *pleasure* from the elimination of the so-called ‘unproductive’”
Now, if you want to RESCIND that original claim, then please do so. Otherwise your straw man, and the identification of it as such, stands.
What would truly be remarkable, is if there were some web forum set up where professionally-trained philosophers, both pro-Rand and anti-Rand, could have it out. I’d estimate that the number of philosophers *at least reasonably* well-versed in Rand, or take her seriously enough to engage her ideas indepth, is more or less split between the pro-side and the anti-side. I make that observation merely to point out that such a web-debate wouldn’t be lopsided numbers-wise, the way the numbers are lopsided if you were to compare the number of those academic philosophers who take her seriously to that of the academic community as a whole. As we all should know, however, truth doesn’t reside in numbers of people affirming something as true.
What the above blog post glaringly neglects to mention is the *academic literature on Rand*, which includes such works as Tara Smith’s “Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics” published by CUP, and Chris Matthew Sciabarra’s “Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical.” (This latter work, very extensively researched, proposes a thesis that directly contradicts one of your characterizations: that Rand ignores *context* of all things. Context is fundamental, central, and crucial to Rand’s methodology.) The amount of academic literature on Rand is small indeed, but it’s there. I think that familiarity with works such as these should be a prerequisite for entering the sort of web-debate I wishfully propose above. There is, in addition, the Ayn Rand Society – aynrandsociety.org – a professional association within the APA. Steering committee members have included Douglas Rasmussen, who (along with Douglas Den Uyl) wrote a response to Nozick, “Nozick on the Randian Argument,” in the same journal some years later, which reformulates the Randian argument along neo-Aristotelian lines. It does no one any good to pretend that such rebuttals don’t exist.
There are many characterizations and claims in the blog post which mischaracterize Rand’s views on key points (the one about context already mentioned), or subtly misfire, or simply miss their mark. This is *not* to say that Rand isn’t open to well-supported criticism – like the way Rand herself mischaracterizes, subtly misfires, or simply misses her mark when discussing other philosophers – such as Kant most especially. While Rand does make the presumption to her readers of being a competent historian of philosophy, she makes next to no pretense to being a *scholarly* interpreter of such figures. That wasn’t her thing. And that is part of what diminishes any value there might be in her commentary on the history of philosophy. By the same token, if one is to make the representation of approaching Rand in a scholarly fashion, it simply won’t do not to engage the most prominent extant scholarly literature. Ask yourself whether Sciabarra or Prof. Smith would take your criticisms seriously on their scholarly merits alone, let alone the quality of the criticisms. (They would not, on either count.)
It is easy to cherry-pick some of Rand’s statements that cast her in a more negative light, but if we’re going to keep the *full context,* it is only fair that the statements that cast her in a positive light also be just as prominently featured – else people are left with little idea as to why Rand really does carry the appeal that she does. If it were all about her making all kinds of philosophical claims simply on the basis of “A is A,” one would be left with the impression that she and her followers (and the aforementioned academic scholars!) aren’t all that well-versed in critical thinking. A fictional character stating that man’s rights are based on “A is A” is indeed a rhetorical approach – but one of condensing a vast set of observations, of summarizing a vast *context,* and such statements cannot be taken in isolation from their extensive *context*. All kinds of considerations come to bear on such a statement – some sort of “essentialist” view about humans having an identifiable and definable nature, that to be is to be something of a specific nature (she holds the law of identity to be a principle primarily of *metaphysics*, about the character of being qua being, and her neo/quasi-Aristotelian approach to metaphysics does not dualistically divorce metaphysics from empirical content – i.e., the law of identity has a natural and empirical aspect). Furthermore, it’s completely unfounded – and in fact contradictory to Rand’s own statements – for Nozick (and you, repeating Nozick) to ascribe to Rand the notion that “A is A” means that A cannot change. Hell, if you look at the way she quotes from Aristotle very near the end of “Atlas,” she qualifies her own view of identity the way he does: “at the same time and in the same respect.” Now, Nozick didn’t have such a thing as the Ayn Rand Lexicon at his avail back in 1971, so Rand-scholarship that seemed appropriate then would be viewed as most sloppy today given the scholarship resources that now exist (not the least of which is the Rasmussen-Den Uyl rebuttal).
By the way, if you’re going to bring up Nozick, either regarding his critique of “the Randian argument” or how well his “AS&U” treatise was received by the left-leaning academic mainstream, you might as well also mention his later article on why intellectuals oppose capitalism. That may better put into context the statement in the Stanford Encyclopedia entry about the relative lack of attention her views have received in the academy given her political views. If her arguments were so pitifully bad as to be unworthy of academic attention, that’s one thing. That her arguments aren’t presented in academic format might better help to explain things here, though that doesn’t directly speak to the inherent merits of her arguments. The only issue of concern is whether her arguments are good or not. Now, people like Rasmussen and Den Uyl, who have devoted oodles of attention to Rand’s ideas, would probably say that Rand is pretty much right in the basics even if they aren’t spelled out at the level of detail that academics crave. (She wasn’t writing for that audience; she was writing at a level that the “ordinary folk” could understand, and she had this habit of condensing philosophical ideas down to their “essence” in the briefest way she could state them, as a matter of economy and attention-grabbingness. It took conversations like those she had with John Hospers to tease out all the intricate details – and I don’t think he left disappointed.) What you have in works like Rasmussen and Den Uyl’s, and Smith’s, and Sciabarra’s, are extensive and detailed workings-out of the core principles. You want a basically Randian argument for rights in fully-fleshed-out academic detail? There’s Rasmussen and Den Uyl’s “Norms of Liberty.” You want the Randian normative ethics fleshed out in academic detail? There’s Smith’s “Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics.” You want her philosophical methodology spelled out in detail? There’s Sciabarra’s academic work, “Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical” and Leonard Peikoff’s non-academic (but fully expert on Rand) lecture series “Understanding Objectivism,” released in book form earlier this year.
Now, none of this justifies the conceit you point out among some of her devotees that Rand massively supersedes all other philosophers in history save for Aristotle. As you point out, Anscombe and others were working in 1957. It is also warranted to point out that Rand, in addition to Anscombe and Foot and Veatch and others, contributed to the neo-Aristotelian revival in ethics around that time. When Rand composed her paper, “The Objectivist Ethics,” you have to consider the context of the times in which she was writing it, before virtue ethics had had its revival. In *that* context, Rand was well ahead of many of her contemporaries on some of the most important questions in ethical theory. This is *not* to say that she stands out as something really, really special over and above all the other philosophers in history (save again for Aristotle). It *is* to say that she was, in her own fashion, a serious truth-seeker doing her best in the context of her time to make systematic sense of the world almost all on her own (that is, after she parted ways with Isabel Paterson in the late ’40s), which puts her squarely in the category of “serious philosopher” – in addition to many, many other serious philosophers who also deserve to be taken seriously and studied (take note of this latter part, hardcore Rand-worshippers).
This is getting long, and I don’t mean to filibuster. But I think you get the idea. I didn’t even expound further on how Rand’s “A is A” comes to bear on her argument for rights in the full philosophical context (I merely addressed her interpretation/variation on Aristotle’s formulation as far as metaphysics goes), though you could get the fleshed-out idea in places like the aforementioned “Norms of Liberty.” And I hope it gives a good idea as to why I’d love to see a bona fide webbed Rand-debate forum where “the Rand experts” could put it all on display for people to see. That would, I think, go a long way toward bridging the unfortunate gap between Rand’s widespread cultural appeal in America and her near-neglect within the academy. We cannot, as a political community (which is much broader than the academic community), have a meaningful and informed debate on the political issues of our time at the highest level unless the competing views get a full airing-out from the most qualified/expert proponents of those ideas. An academic circle-jerk won’t accomplish any such thing besides an implicit or explicit contempt for “the masses.” The flipside of the academic circle-jerk is the “average American” ignoring what the academics say (due to their “being up in those ivory towers of theory sheltered from the real world”), leading to a national political debate that is that much more impoverished, like what we’re getting on TV. What we desperately, urgently need a mutual coming-to-terms. Also, with such a forum of experts having it out, the professors who get inundated with those new students every year pushing the Randian line can direct their attention to the webbed Rand-debate forum. A win-win all around!
(And why the hell hasn’t this happened already? Does the cultural acrimony over Rand need to come to a bulging, pulsating head before it does?)
B Leigh Smith: it’s somewhat ambiguous whether the “at” in the sentence that’s making you froth at the mouth should really be read as a “towards” or as an “at the same time as.” In the former case, the “at” is directional, expressing the object of Randian joy: the suffering of the unproductive. In the latter case, on the other hand, the “at” is more or less indicating a position in time (in this case, contemporaneity with something else) with no implication of one being caused by the other.
But even if your interpretation of McGinnis’ “at” is correct, it’s unclear what you’ve actually gained. Maybe you’ve showed that he’s got a bit of a bias, but any third grader could tell you that just by reading the picture captions. His substantive criticisms of Rand’s philosophy are utterly devastating, and your huge, flailing fuss about his remarks on Randian joy is ultimately a bunch of whiney nitpicking. You said in your first post that McGinnis “cannot attack her actual philosophy,” but that’s precisely what he did do in the rest of the post. It seems to me, rather, that you cannot defend her philosophy, and so you go on rabid tirades about some minor remark that may or may not be fallacious. Why don’t you do some philosophical heavy lifting and defend Rand from McGinnis’s withering criticisms. Let’s start with the logic.
“if your interpretation of McGinnis’ “at” is correct, it’s unclear what you’ve actually gained.”
What is gained is the identification of his claims as false – deliberately so. And it is gained in regard to the supposed summary of the work he is attacking. By demonstrating that the author cannot even honestly summarize the words he quotes in his own article, it calls into question all his subsequent claims about that work.
I am sorry that such a demonstration does not lead you to even question his subsequent “criticisms”. As indicated, they are simply attacks upon straw men, not Miss Rand’s actual ideas. As such, they are not “substantive” let alone “devastating”.
“you said in your first post that McGinnis “cannot attack her actual philosophy,” but that’s precisely what he did do in the rest of the post.”
Attacking straw men is what he did. If you believe otherwise, please provide an example of what you claim is his honest and accurate presentation of one of her ideas, along with a rational refutation of it. Simply accepting his words, in contradiction to the major misrepresentation he provides early on in his work (combined with all his ad homs, mud slinging, and other blatant fallacies), is an act of faith, not reason. It is the acceptance of something in contradiction to, rather than in accord with, the facts.
You claim you want to start with logic. But you begin with its opposite.
It is for this very reason that I admonished those honestly interested in Miss Rand’s ideas to look to her actual work. I am sorry you did not choose to heed that rational recommendation.
But dude, isn’t Atlas Shrugged an extended fantasy in which Randian geniuses get to inflict this supposedly deserved suffering on the so-called parasites? I can’t see any other way to read it, given the ending. And if so, isn’t it natural to think that Greenspan et al must really enjoy this fantasy?
Obviously, dude = B Leigh Smith. I should learn to refresh before posting comments.
The issue is a distraction, but frankly, I don’t know how else to read this quote. One last time:
‘Atlas Shrugged’ is a celebration of life and happiness. Justice is unrelenting. Creative individuals and undeviating purpose and rationality achieve joy and fulfillment. Parasites who persistently avoid either purpose or reason perish as they should.
The novel contains a summary and exposition of her philosophy. So this is a paraphrase which conveys my reading of Greenspan’s remarks:
Ayn Rand’s philosophy is a celebration of life and happiness in which an unrelenting justice is served, one that rewards the productive and disposes of the parasites.
It is precisely because this justice is served that the philosophy is celebratory of what life properly is. The philosophy is celebratory, though particular individuals do not ‘celebrate’ or throw parties when the homeless die: what is celebrated in her thought is the inherent, rational justice of unproductive elements ‘perishing’. But I find the entire discourse morally odious. The egregious and monstruous simplification of the complexity of life–its hazard, illnesses, precarities, vulnerabilities, histories, the entire baggage of context–reduced to a binary, the choice between ‘using one’s reason’ and not—it is, quite properly, evil. There is no justice when so-called parasites ‘perish’. There is only the immorality of fellow man standing by and doing nothing.
Elie Wiesel wrote that “the opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death.” The essence of duty is found in what we owe to each other. The anti-life philosophy is the denial of this duty and the justification of an indifference to death and suffering. And this is why I should bother even writing any of this.
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I think it points to the strength of McGinnis’ argument that you are forced to address one minute section of his lengthy discussion of Ayn Rand’s questionable philosophy. You claim to be upset that McGinnis (supposedly) “STATES” that Randians directly obtain pleasure from the suffering of the parasitic masses Rand portrays in her works. However, it is not so hard to see that you are actually a tad bit hurt over the reasonable and thought-provoking analysis that damages, no doubt, a hero of yours. If you desire to assert that the author has attacked a straw man (rather than Rand’s actual ideas), bringing up more than one insignificant example might help your cause. Of course when critiquing someone, it is not possible to present the totality of their views completely objectively-I would be more careful before pointing out a fallacy that is not to be found in this paper.
On another note, a statement of yours implicates Rand to be downright stupid if we are to take your word for it.
“That the producer does not require anything from the parasite. That was the purpose of the strike – to show that very thing”
If, you in fact, believe that what you wrote here is true, than you take Rand to be an imbecile completely out of touch with reality, logic, and reason. How would anything the producers produce have value without the “parasitic” masses that utilize products? Being a non-parasite requires lower individuals to exist. Everything about the distinction between parasites and producers necessitates the dual existence of those who make, and those who use what is made. “The producer does not require anything from the parasite”-except for his body to overwork, his mind to manipulate, and his earnings to take.
It is my belief that McGinnis wrote a very respectable and convincing article regarding an important and popular American figure. I just wish you had voiced an equally defensible response.
“How would anything the producers produce have value without the “parasitic” masses that utilize products?”
Apparently you believe that the individuals in Galt’s Gulch, who were neither parasites nor the “masses”, traded no values with one another.
Thank you for making clear you haven’t read, let alone understood, the work and ideas you sneeringly (ie fallaciously) attack. Thank you for your display of a stream of ad homs and psychologizing in place of rational argumentation. And thank you for making clear your belief that a deliberate lie presented as the *summary* of the work the blogger attacks is merely ‘minutia’. All these things demonstrate you have no actual knowledge of Miss Rand’s ideas – but that you won’t let a little thing like a lack of facts prevent you from lashing out at that which you are ignorant.
Re: the perishing of parasites. Has it occurred to Rand’s rather shrill critics that the parasites she has in mind are *not* the poor, the sick, the vulnerable, etc., but the Orren Boyles, the Balph Eubanks, the Mr. Thompsons, the James Taggarts, the Wesley Mouches, the Floyd Ferrises, the Philip and Lillian Reardens, the Robert Stadlers, et al? Sure, you might regard them as one-dimensional caricature figures (though there is a clear conflict in Stadler, who was once honorable but evades/chooses evil), but aren’t these the ones deserving of their fate? The “ordinary” people who perish in the Taggart Tunnel did *not* deserve to perish, but Rand describes the ideas they all hold to *illustrate the power of ideas* for good or for evil. Rand reportedly cried when writing out the fate of Gail Wynand. Did she enjoy watching his evasions lead to his demise? Of course not. What’s more, when you think of the above-named villains in *Atlas* when the term “parasite” is brought to mind, doesn’t that make *a lot more sense* than Rand targeting the poor, the vulnerable, etc.? Doesn’t it make it more of an interesting challenge to tear down Rand, then, as opposed to the swift and easy knock-down of a strawman? Isn’t going after the opponent’s strongest argument the essence of philosophical method and of intellectual charity? (It’s like I’m repeating myself now, but Rand has similar flaws when approaching Kant and other “villains” in the history of philosophy. Two-way street. Or, better yet, how about we walk down the street – peripatetically, if you must – in the same direction with the same goal in mind.)
That said, why shouldn’t reality be its own avenger – that the Mouches and Ferrises and Thompsons perish due to their own anti-life choices/evasions? Is that not justice? And it’s not like the strikers didn’t offer them an olive branch of sorts – assuming they could sit through the entirety of Galt’s interminable speech
– to allow them the opportunity to change their ways before the final collapse. If you want to blame someone for the collapse, do you look at the strikers who are withdrawing their sanction and services on terms other than what they consent to (fundamentally, that the mind be left free to function as it is [axiomatically?] supposed to), or is the blame rightly placed on those in the established power structure who endlessly evade the requirements of proper human existence? When you bash Rand, you’re by extension bashing the strikers and assigning to them the responsibility of the civilization perishing. Is that justice?
(The further twist to all this is to ask whether Galt and the strikers could have accomplished their aims without going on a secret strike and not letting society know about it until nearly the end. That goes to the realism of the plot. The original premise of the plot, though, was what if the “men of the mind and of ability” (and note that Galt’s Gulch is filled with some “non-elites,” the fishwife for instance wink wink) were to go on strike, the way the laborers were carrying out strikes in the Red Decade and after on the apparent assumption that their physical labor is the prime mover of wealth-creation. The realism of the plot is a distinct issue, though; the theme of the novel is “the role of the mind in man’s existence,” and if people fail to get *that*, then they miss the whole point of the novel. Their loss.)
Damn, it feels downright easy decisively defending Rand at this point. Don’t the critics have anything better? I mean, how *hard* is it to figure out that the parasites Rand has primarily in mind are the Mouches et al?
Here’s a better example to harp on, if you had paid attention to the novel as Rand had expected her readers to do: As Dagny and the other heroes go to rescue Galt toward the end, she aims a gun at the heart of a rank-and-file guard blocking her way, and shoots him dead. The rationale was that this was the logically appropriate response to someone who had evaded the responsibility of thinking even when they had a gun pointed at them (aha! how does a gun make someone think, Galt asks earlier? you were paying attention there, too, right?) and had the chance to move out of the way? Question being: was shooting this guard dead *necessary* to carry out the rescue? Did Rand think this scenario through adequately? Was time too much of a factor to concern oneself with alternative measures? (Gee, it may very well have been.) Anyway, it’s easy to subject Rand to effective criticism or challenge, as long as one knows what the hell one is doing. In my experience, few seem to manage it. To do it most effectively would probably require extensive familiarity with things like Peikoff’s “Understanding Objectivism,” though at that point you do get into the problem of invoking Rand in order to deny her. I think if you’re dedicated enough to do that, you should be commended. In any event, how does one carry out a resounding, convincing criticism of whatever Rand got wrong, without thoroughly studying up on the subject? Are her critics expected to be taken seriously if they don’t even *bother* with the now-published “Understanding Objectivism” much less Peikoff’s earlier primer “OPAR”? Do we simply ignore what her best student, top-notch interpreter and chosen heir has to say? For that matter, do we one-sidedly latch onto the “hazards” part of Nathaniel Branden’s “Benefits and Hazards” essay? That doesn’t strike me as good scholarship at all. I dunno, seems like I’m shooting fish in a barrel at this point. Please prove me wrong.
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So is this why Wynand is supposed to be the hero of “The Fountainhead,” seeing as Roark turned down an integrity-compromising commission, followed by his having to close up shop? It’s all about the dollars in her value hierarchy, just because the hero traces the sign of the dollar in the air? Are you sure this is careful, nuanced analysis?
I could go on and on like this, you know.
Thanks for a solid peek into the world / cult of Rand, a subject which I had so far not got around to investigating for myself in such depth, and for which omission I no longer feel any significant deficiency in my self-education budget.
Frankly, Randian gunk has too often popped up along side too many other dubious assertions for me to have ever bothered digging in with gusto, and the cursory forays I’ve made otherwise have only exposed simple show stoppers (for me), such as her effective hate-on for basics like empathy and cooperation, which I see as the only sound organizational core instincts we silly monkeys might hope to survive by.
Now if only you could recommend the economic equivalent to your fine essay here, regarding Friedman, I’d be all set. I guess I’ll just have to do some of my own homework after all
Cheers, and thanks again, great read, and really appreciated the humor too (don’t listen to those who would have you be boring, you’re doing it right).
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“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” -Ghandi
Or, perhaps:
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” -Schopenhauer
This essay contains perhaps one of the longest straw man bashings on the internet. For Ayn Rand, the axioms of Objectivism are not starting points for the deduction of a philosophy; they are, rather, what make the *induction* of general, philosophical principles possible.
This assumption that philosophy must be essentially deductive is one of the major problems that mainstream academics have in understanding Objectivism. In particular, it is what afflicts Nozick’s attempted analysis of Rand’s meta-ethical argument; he is trying to understand an essentially inductive argument as a deductive one. So it is no surprise that he thinks the conclusions are unsupported.
I recommend this post for more detail on my point, along with the book referenced there:
No rebuttals to my comments? Nothing? I thought the blog posting was supposed to be, in the word of one clueless commenter (), “a solid peek into the world / cult of Rand”? No retractions of obvious misrepresentations? No reworkings to take into account strong criticism? This is a *philosophy* blog, is it not? We’re supposed to be learning why philosophers needn’t take Rand seriously, are we not? How can we learn when there’s no response to feedback? Are we just supposed to pretend that the existing body of Rand scholarship doesn’t exist? Only the “cultists” merit (derisory) responses? Well . . . what?
I’m just amazed that, 50 years after “The Objectivist Ethics,” and nearly 70 years after *The Fountainhead*, the Rand-bashers *stil* cannot (refuse to?) demonstrate a sound understanding of what they’re bashing. When it’s explained to them that they are sloppily, incompetently, misunderstanding – in obvious ways, no less – I’ve seen many of them retreat to some formulaic sneer about how “only the cult truly understands.” Give me an effing break! “Only the cult truly understands” that the parasites are the Mouches/Thompsons/Keatings/Tooheys, or that Roark does in fact respect and practice “basics like empathy and cooperation”?
I have the impression that the state of Rand interpretation was hardly even close to this bad during the time she was writing her newsletters and giving addresses, and was a well-known contemporary commentator. A few mediocre book-length critiques appeared in the decade following the Branden Break. Not understanding the power and basis of Rand’s appeal, the critics don’t bother with her for a couple decades, and neither is there much in the way of favorable commentary. But then comes a new generational wave that comes of age around the time of Sciabarra’s “Russian Radical” – the generation including Jimmy Wales – and the state of Rand scholarship has been picking up steam since. The interest in Rand didn’t die out as the critics had hoped. Listening to those very critics, you’d never be able to tell that there was a post-Sciabarra universe of Rand scholarship.
Had Miss Rand been around today to observe this, I think she would say something to the effect of, “This is not an honest mistake.” So far the critics don’t seem much interested in proving such a hypothesis mistaken. Some years back, the standard formulaic sneer was that Rand wasn’t a serious enough philosopher to be taken seriously in the academy. You’d think that with the appearance of the Smith book in 2006, and with the existence and activities of the Ayn Rand Society, these folks would be responsive to new information.
Just wait until the newest generational wave reads and absorbs not just Smith’s book, but also Peikoff’s “Understanding Objectivism,” previously only available to the “inner cult” in expensive recorded format. The stale academic mainstream is going to have a problem on its hands, then. Those obnoxious undergrads are going to be fortified that much more; absent effective rebuttal from the mainstream academy, more of those students will enter grad school and wreak more of their “havoc.” Now, either this will be a bad thing in virtue of Rand being a weak philosopher, or this will be a good thing in virtue of Rand being not nearly the weak philosopher the cult of Rand-bashers makes her out to be. You can thank your lucky stars that these new generational waves will also be very big on Aristotle – in virtue of fundamental methodological similarities to Rand, which may be as fundamental a criterion for assessing a philosopher’s merit as any.
I, for one, don’t care to be on the losing side of history. You might want to be *damn* sure you know what you’re talking about re: “pseudophilosopher” Ayn Rand since I don’t see her conveniently going away anytime soon. (You might also consider just how truly mean-spirited and politically-motivated is the prominent blogger who directed traffic to your, um, flawed analysis. I’ve yet to see anything remotely resembling a fair, accurate, competent or objective commentary on Rand from that person in several years. It’s pathetic really given that person’s stature in the profession.)
Random,
I am preparing a response to several of the criticisms levied above. Please be patient; I have other responsibilities, including a small child, a dissertation, and undergraduate teaching. I will attempt to respond as best I can in the comment section. Until then, I am approving every single comment Objectivists submit (to the point where they have effectively taken over the comment section) so that readers of my piece may see the ‘other side.’
For the time being, while many critics have taken me to task for my characterization of Rand’s method as deductive, I remain unconvinced that I am wrong on this point, and the bulk of my forthcoming comments will focus on the issue. You also take me to task on my characterization of her ethics by going back to the text of her novels, and I will also have something to say here.
I do note, however, that no one–either here, or on the Reddit threads dedicated to the post–has spoken to the issues I present in the section on ‘the theory of second-best’ or my more general remarks on comparative methodology, which is a well-supported inductive argument about the epistemic reliability of piece-meal versus comprehensive, ‘total’ approaches. History is not kind to ‘systems.’
With some luck, my answers will be complete by this evening. After that, I cannot promise any further contribution; life is short, and, cognizant as I am of the total intellectual production of the species to this point, I really wish to move on to other things. There remains poems of Rilke I have not encountered, novels by McCarthy, I’ve been meaning to read Deleuze, and I do not for a moment believe the study of Rand is worth dropping these things.
(Incidentally, I should make it clear I do not think Rand is stupid–she seems, in effect, rather smart and clever, and certainly productive. The problem is that she–and her followers–insist on comparing her work to that of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hume, and so on, and if that is the comparison class, I am afraid she falls short. As we all do. There are some interesting bits of her philosophy that might be salvaged. There are people I respect working on this (e.g. in the philosophy of science; I can name some names). But if the claim is that Rand’s philosophy, as a total system, is the most important and significant piece of theorizing in several thousand years, one that could ‘solve’ almost every open problem–from induction to value theory to political philosophy–then it is obvious to me that this is complete and utter nonsense. And I have already spent far too much time even thinking about it to worry about what anonymous Randians on the internet think, or whether I have besmirched her reputation with a ‘smear’ job.)
If you look at Sciabarra’s “Russian Radical” or – heaven forbid – Peikoff’s “Understanding Objectivism,” you’ll find plenty of evidence that Rand’s methodology is not deductive – that, in fact, Rand was not too keen on an induction/deduction dichotomy and that (in the tradition of Aristotle) she was (or ideally was) rigorously empirical at root.
(“Dichotomy” here I mean in the dualistic sense discussed by Sciabarra. Yes, there is the plain and commonsensical and strictly logical *distinction* between a process of induction and a process of deduction. However, Rand and Peikoff stressed the cognitive-methodological need to work back and forth between inductive and deductive modes to, shall we say, keep a check on both processes. This has something to do with what Peikoff in “UO” terms the “spiral,” that is, a ongoing systematic return to the perceptual level interwoven with one’s abstract theoretical modes of reasoning.
I think that any serious Rand scholar – someone on the steering committee of the Ayn Rand Society, say – would consider it unfounded (to put it gently) to ascribe to Rand this supposed deductive approach from “A is A” or the axioms. Have you read Rand’s statements on the cognitive role of axiomatic concepts? It’s in the online Lexicon, pretty easy to look up. The Lexicon, I’ll add, makes it increasingly difficult for her opponents to misrepresent her views and get away with it.
Random–
I do not have much time to spend on this, so I will write off-the-cuff, perhaps to your benefit (readers may take away that I am incapable of responding and take your view more seriously.)
So. I am not going to read this vast and sophisticated secondary literature on Rand you cite. That’s just not going to happen. Now you may argue that I have no business writing 8,500 word opinion pieces without having done so; and you are within your rights to accordingly lower your evaluation of my intellectual seriousness or sincerity. At every point in one’s life choices must me made about how to spend one’s time. Nothing said so far has convinced me that it would be profitable to read Sciabarra or Smith or Machan. These are hours I could spend on non-classical logic or formal semantics. Or any of a dozen thinkers and subjects.
It is not at all normal for a ‘philosopher’ to have a half-dozen privately funded institutes. Or to have such specific public policy recommendations that can be made sub specie aeternitatis: Rand cites no empirical research, conducts no study, gathers no data, merely asserts that she knows what monetary policy to follow. This is no way to go about the study of economics or political science. Again, nothing has been said about this argument because nothing can be said. If I fundamentally reject the idea that minimum wage laws can be evaluated from the armchair, then Rand is an intellectual curiosity at best and a useful obfuscation at worst.
It is also not normal for a ‘philosopher’ to have a complete system that claims to resolve practically every major open question in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political theory, and gains adherents with a closed system of self-reinforcing internal jargon that continually propounds her world-historical importance. This is the stuff of gurus and cults. There is literally no serious figure in modern intellectual history that even comes close to these kinds of grandiose claims. If you want to find someone like Dr. Brooks over at the ARI, then go to scientologists and see what they say about L. Ron Hubbard: “the greatest human that ever lived, the greatest genius to ever write,” and so on. It’s tedious.
Yes, some serious philosophers have grappled with her and perhaps produced interesting, useful little bits of actual philosophy. This is an inevitable by-product of the undeserved propagation and emphasis of her ideas. A philosophy department can attract a lot of outside money by being friendly to Rand. If a few million dollars were spent promoting the thought of some half-forgotten figure–Bradley, Whitehead–I’m sure we’d find all kinds of interesting things, because we’re paying good money to clever people to find interesting things. No money accrues to Whitehead because Whitehead didn’t spend a lot of time trying to convince people that the ‘welfare state’ should be liquidated. Only in America.
These sociological observations will not move you, or any of the ‘objectivists’ still reading the comment thread. Again, I hope the undecided and uncommitted think through this and reach their own conclusions. From my vantage point, it is pretty clear Rand was a smart figure who got in her own way. She might have made a decent thinker if she had any humility whatsoever. A damned waste, really.
(1) Identity, Method and Logic
What is the nature of the Randian argument? I’ve asserted it is a piece of deductive armchair reasoning. And further asserted that such armchair analysis cannot be expected to produce any reliable truths about the political, economical, and moral topics Rand discusses. In particular, I focused on the law of identity as exemplar of what is wrong-headed about the approach.
Let me re-angle the attack. I assume the following is not controversial:
a. Rand is explicit in her opposition to certain public policy. She advocates a minimalist state, implying a host of negative theses (do not enforce minimum wage laws, do not enforce child labour laws, and so on).
b. Rand is very explicit that her conclusions can be “proved by means of logic which can be demonstrated to be true and necessary.”
Yes, I realize the quote is from an interview, and not a ‘sophisticated’ 800-page book on Objectivism written by Serious People. Her words nevertheless have the virtue of being clear and succinct, and there is no question that she meant exactly what she said–even if it was compressed or simplified for a wide audience. But whatever was simplified in the background does not change the meaning of the words–a thesis that can be found again and again in her writings–that her conclusions are true, necessary, and logically demonstrable.
Do her conclusions follow necessarily from her premises? Yes? That’s a deductive argument. Point final.
Okay. Good. Now: I don’t think that, among the set of propositions that can be made about public policy in a modern western democracy there is a single logically-deducible necessary truth. Not a single one, not about health care, not about working conditions, not about safety regulations. You can’t get that from the armchair. And if you think there are, then you are quite mad. This is not rhetoric, either. I mean it. If you think that public policy is an armchair pursuit, only ideological capture could explain that fact. The kind of ideological spell that prevents useful information about the world to come in and interfere with the sinkhole of true belief.
You can’t determine whether some environmental regulation or other is a good idea by reflecting on first principles. I don’t care how much metaphysical or conceptual content is smuggled in. Identity could be the most sophisticated and complex congerie of neo-Aristotelian realism mixed with whatever epistemic requirements you want to build in: it is not going to work.
(If it is, as some commenters would have it, a sophisticated inductive argument, where are the experiments? What studies have objectivists conducted? What data do they cite? Oh, I can tell you right now: they proceed from how things seem to them about ‘human nature’ and ‘reality.’ If you ask them whether they think a paraconsistent logic might be an effective model of human ratiocination they would know right away that this is impossible. But you can’t know that. Not until you do the hard, boring work of, you know, science.)
So, I’m sorry, the first thing I am going to do is get rid of every single public policy recommendation objectivists make. Done, gone, out the window. For all any of us know moving towards the completely minimal state recommended could inflict untold harm to millions. You don’t know, I don’t know, and, as an empirical tinkerer, it is not the kind of thing I chance with. The method is not knowledge-producing and I stand by that. You could have the correct metaphysics of identity. I don’t care. You still don’t get government out of that and some hand-waving about the ‘value of life’ and ‘human reason.’ (“Harm, psharm! There is only one morally coherent government!”–this is the essence of the dispute, perhaps).
In any event, there is plenty of textual support that identity is treated a purely logical tautology sometimes and as an epistemic concept some other times, and a metaphysical truth some other times. No doubt much heavy lifting has been done to reconcile all this. In any event, I don’t care: even if Rand had her metaphysical ducks in a row, her political conclusions don’t follow.
Now, these putative axioms are top-heavy and ill-considered in any event. It is claimed that they are “implicit in all knowledge, and cannot be rejected without being relied upon in the course of the attempted rejection,” (from the SEP) but then we are told that identity also means that “[an entities] characteristics constitute its identity,” (that’s Peikoff) and so already we are in significant metaphysical trouble, since such a primitive identification of identity conditions with ‘characteristics’ is completely inadequate to the problems of contingency and modality (see, for example,) and those presented by physical science (see:). In other words: yes, I can reject the axioms. Maybe something different will have to take their place as we puzzle out the metaphysics of identity, that’s fine; the point now is that these ‘axioms’ are not final or indubitable or necessary or even particularly good solutions to philosophical problems.
I treated ‘A is A’ are logical because that is the only charitable thing to do: at least then it has the force of some intuition, give or take what Graham Priest might think, and it preserves the ‘necessary’ structure of the argument. But considered as a metaphysical principle it’s a complete non-starter. This is typical of her thought. (Her theory of reference is equally primitive: a concept is simply its referent, leaving us with no means to deal with e.g. substitution salva veritate in opaque contexts). She wants her conclusions to be inescapable, and dresses herself in the armature of logic and necessity, but when pressed avails herself of conceptual content that is, when not at least controversial, then obviously false.
(2) Context and Morality
Who are the ‘parasites’, indeed! Given the prevailing political uses to which Rand is put–and what social classes suffer from it–I cannot take seriously your exegetical work here. The upshot of the elimination of major parts of the welfare state, including public education, food stamps, and so on, would be to harm the poor, and not the morally compromised petite bourgeoisie or union bosses or whoever else is the ‘real’ target. I have no idea what you think the result of Rand’s politics is supposed to be. If her morality is the boring motivational ‘be true to yourself’, knock yourself out; I’ll be reading Stendhal meanwhile. but I cannot read all this talk of ‘parasites’ in any other way than as justification for indifference. Maybe in some alternate universe Rand opens up grand new vistas of voluntary charity and concern for the poor. In this world it is an excuse to sneer on ‘flu shots’ and food stamps.
On the issue of the pursuit of money. Roark’s time in the stone quarry might be a matter of personal integrity to him–showing that there are other, higher ideals–but narratively the purpose it serves is to underscore the mediocrity of the world he is thrust in, and in the end, Roark triumphs. The arc of the story is very old. If Rand had made the bold literary choice of having Roark cut stone the remainder of his days, a testament to his moral fibre, that would be one thing. But the hero does not remain in the underworld forever: instead, he finishes on top of his gleaming skyscraper (thus moral integrity is meaningless without the chance to act on it and build something). Was I guilty of lazy writing in the paragraph you mention about McGill? Maybe a little. Rand is not the Ferengi in Star Trek and I will cop to that charge. It was vulgar.
Finally, about ‘context.’ You say it is important, but I’ve quoted Rand on three occasions claiming that morality is a matter of black and white, and one of my central concerns was that, for Randians, no amount of general welfare could possibly justify exceptions to individual rights. I contrasted this to ancient virtue ethics, which certainly never conceived of public or private morality in this way, but reflected on the dispositions of character of ideally virtuous individuals: ‘imagine what so-and-so would do in this situation,’ in other words, and sometimes that might mean–I don’t know–an act of self-sacrifice, perhaps. Reflection on context is the morality, and not merely the truism that every particular moral judgement is made in some context or other.
With this, I am done with this thread. The new semester starts in a week and I will begin moderating comments more heavily–and likely not reply to any further discussion. Thank you, everyone, for reading..
You sure you want to let yours truly have the last word?
“I am not going to read this vast and sophisticated secondary literature on Rand you cite.”
Yeah! I’m only going to read her fiction – and what other people wrote about her! And then I am going to attack her entire philosophy based on that! Why do I need to have done any other reading in order to discredit her philosophy? Regurgitating the assertions of others rather than actually reading Miss Rand’s arguments on the ideas I attack is *much* easier. I’d rather do other things with my time than actually read about that which I am attacking as false! So I simply pass off that work to others and simply quote them!
Read Rand’s work in order to evaluate its truth? Are you kidding me?! First hand knowledge of that which I condemn? Who needs that?! And what do I care if you say it isn’t actually what she preached and practiced?! Like what SHE said actually matters here!!
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As I said – NO honesty about Miss Rand and her ideas here.
“What is the nature of the Randian argument? I’ve asserted it is a piece of deductive armchair reasoning.”
No. You quoted someone else’s manufactured argument, rather than going to her and quoting her and her argument (which was the primary tactic you utilized through your whole blog post). In this case, the person you quoted claimed he had to make up this “deductive armchair” argument because she herself supposedly did not present it.
Of course, this is false.
So while you have indeed made an assertion, you have not made one pertaining to Miss Rand’s actual views. You have left her views unidentified and unrefuted.
That is the problem with straw men – and why they are fallacies.
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Since A Random Philosopher has no links to a blog, I take it that Mr. McGinnis is actually referring to my blog post here: In my brief explanation of Rand’s ethics, I made sure to provide evidence, via links, that what I was giving was actually Rand’s view, and not some skewed misinterpretation.
The politics consistent with the ethics I outline is still unregulated laissez-faire capitalism, because government robbery is not benevolence, and does not support good will among men. It forces people to reward indolence and incompetence, and produces a legislative war among pressure groups to get a big “piece of the pie” from the taxpayers.
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“… if there were some web forum set up where professionally-trained philosophers, both pro-Rand and anti-Rand, could have it out.”
i think the point Nicholas makes and which we saw in the B Leigh posts, professionally trained pro-rand(ian)s are an oxymoron and do not exist
cheers bubba
I’m adding a new favorite Randroid argument to my list:
1) “You disagree with me, therefore you don’t understand Rand’s ‘philosophy’.”
2) “You didn’t REALLY read her books and essays. Go read them again… you still disagree?” (defer back to 1)
3) Angry name calling (always a favorite)
4)!! “Read Rand’s disciples, they surely knew better what Rand REALLY meant.” (Last line of defense when 1,2,3 fail)
Brilliantly dishonest and inconsistent argument. Sorry to dive into a musical metaphor but it’s like deriving Paganini’s compositional style by analyzing Brahms’ “Variation on the theme of Paganini”.
P.S. Mr. McGinnis I beg you, pretty please, publish your essay so I can buy a hard copy of this brilliant and complete disembowelment of this pseudo-philosophy and thank you!
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When it comes to the
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New Zealand-born lock Justin Ives has been forced to leave Japan's World Cup squad in New Zealand after failing to regain full fitness from an injury to his left knee.
He has been replaced by Yuji Kitagawa.
Ives hurt his anterior cruciate ligament during Japan's 31-24 defeat by Italy in a buildup match last month, but he had hoped to be able to take his place in his side's opener against France.
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The Nova International event manager, Andy Caine, invited me to his home town, Newcastle to see the Bupa Great North Run (Sept 16) and for today, the Bupa Great North CityGames, sponsored by ASICS. The event has been fantastic.
Mo Farah, London 5,000m, photo by PhotoRun.net
20,000 people were in the center of the revitalized city of Newcastle, as a team of athletes from Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed against a team from the US in a winner take all match, which the US won, 6-3.
Mo Farah, tired from the World Champs, dropped from the half marathon to run the 2 mile invitational. A good time was had by all, as before and after the meet, held on the streets of Newcastle, 5k runs were run, with parents and youth also in youth runs.
This event should be run in the US. CityGames could be a big hit in the US.
In a well run, and well received sporting event, managed and developed by Nova International, the Bupa Great North City Games is the first day of a two day festival celebrating sport and fitness in Newcastle/Gateshead. Nova International, headed by Brendan Foster, the great British distance runner of the 70s (and only Olympic medalist in 1976, a bronze in the 10,000 meters), produces events such as the GreatRun, GreatSwim, GreatBike and Great CityGames all over Great Britain.
Brendan Foster runs businesses like he ran: straight ahead and building success with great teams and strong staffing. Foster and his former partner, John Caine, revamped Nike Europe in Nike's early days, and, moving on, built Nova International with a unique view for events.
Andy Caine, the Nova International meeting manager, built a strong team for GBR and Northern Ireland versus some tough athletes from the United States. At the end of the season it was tough to find good and healthy athletes, but the did.
The venue, along the river Tyne in between Newcastle and Gateshead, is the perfect venue: a revitalized inner city center.
The Mondo four lane track is 150 meters long and it took a team of nearly thirty four days to build up the sprint track, the long jump runway and the pole vault runway. The distance races, the mile and two mile were loops around the city center (two for the two mile), with a strong hill around 1000 meters and across the Millenium Bridge, which rises twice a day (a site to see).
Mo Farah, who was beat after the London Olympics, and now the birth of his twin daughters, Aisha and Amani in late August, dreamed of a relaxed race with, probably a group of senior citizens for his last race of the season. .However, Collis Birmingham, fresh off a 7:37 PB for 3,000 meters took Mo through 4:10 in the mile. Mo Farah waited until 500 meters to go, and right on the Sling Bridge, took off, winning in 8:40.0, with Bobby Curtis of the US taking Birmingham out of second place, Curtis running 8:42.8. " Collis was tough today, and I had cut back in my training, " noted Mo Farah, happy his season was over. " It is a great event and I wanted to see the fans who brought their kids out to see me today."
Jason Richardson, the silver medalist from London, and World Champ in 2011 in the 110 meter hurdles, gave Lawrence Clarke of GBR a quick lead. " I just sat there, then started hurdling" noted a smiling Jason Richardson. Richardson and Ryan Wilson caught Clarke about hurdle 4, and then Richardson took off, winning in 13.41 to Wilson's 13.48 to Clarke's 13.57. " I want to congratulate Aries Merritt who set the WR this season and competed with me all season long. Hurdlers compete against each other every week of the season. I think this brings more attention to our event." Jason Richardson, one of the most articulate athletes in any sport, has lot to say about making the sport more entertaining, and we will be interviewing him soon on his thoughts.
In the pole vault, Mary Saxer of the US won over Holly Bleasdale of Great Britain. Saxer cleared 4.25 m on her first attempt. Bleasdale did not clear 4.25m on three attempts.
In the long jump, Chris Tomlinshon, who shares the British record with Greg Rutherford, and sixth in the past two Olympics, won today in 8.18m, on his third attempt, a new CG record. Greg Rutherford, the Olympic champ, has a groin injury, which hurt more on the second and third attempts, jumped 7.89m on his fourth, to take second. " I am still getting used to the gold medal, " noted a smiling Greg Rutherford. " I wanted to compete here, as I was team captain and I love the event." Christian Taylor, gold medalist in the triple jump, was third here in 7.74m. Will Claye, bronze in Olympic LJ and silver in Olympic TJ, took fourth today here in 7.60m.
In the women's mile, Jenny Simpson of the US, World Champ at 1,500m in 2011, took the early lead, leading until 3:30. Hannah England, the WC silver medalist in 2011, took the lead. As the two dueled, Anna Pierce began her charge.
Unknownst to those three milers, Brenda Martinez, who had just run PBs in Zurich and Zabgreb in the 800 meters, breaking two minutes for the first times, charged past the field and won the race, on the track, in 4:34.99. Hannah England was second in 4:35.56 and Anna Pierce was third in 4:36.44.
" I have one more race to go this season, and that is the New York Fifth Avenue mile, " said a very happy Brenda Martinez. " My coach, Joe Vigil told me to have fun and relax. I was joking at the start!"
Jenebah Tarmoh won the 100 meters in 11.17, with Miki Barber in 11.37 in second, Aniyka Onura in third in 11.42 and Hayley Jones in fourth in 11.78.
Tarmoh who ran on the gold medal relay winning US team in London, ran a great racing, leading from the start.
Dwain Chambers had a great day, winning the 100 meters for men in 10.04. James Dasoulu took second in 10.15, with Darvis Patton of the US in third in 10.16 and Calesio Newman in fourth in 10.17.
Bernard Lagat, all of 37, won the mile in a tough battle with James Brewer of Great Britain. Lagat came alongside Brewer about three minutes into the race, as Brewer hung on and Jordan McNamara battled through the field, moving into third. Lagat won in 4:01.62, with Brewer in 4:01.81, a PB and Jordan McNamara in third in 4:02.86.
" I have one more race, the Fifth Avenue Mile next week, and then a break," Lagat told RBR last night.
Aniyka Onura of Great Britain came back from fourth in the 100 meters to win the 150 meters, hitting the 100m in 11.34, faster than her 100 meter time, to win in a fine 16.70. Shayla Mahan of USA ran 16.99 for second, with Miki Barber of the US in third in 17.02 and Margaret Adeoye of GBR in fourth in 17.11.
Ryan Bailey, who had seen a doctor last night, with a blocked saliva duct, lead through 50 meters in 5.82 and then dropped out. Marion Devonish took the lead with Christian Malcolm in second, as Wallace Spearmon woke up just about past the fifty meter mark, moving into second at the 100m (10.39), and took the win in 15.13, to Marion Devonish's 15.20 and Christian Malcolm's 15.50!
The US won 6 events to three, with one point for a win, and no points for second. A great event!
We want to see this in the US!
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In short: Fantastic race againIn full: Excellent organisation as ever. This is really worth returning for year after year. Thank you Riverside Runners.Date of review: November 20, 2011
In short: Brilliant organisation before and on the day. Great atmosphere, lovely course.Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: A really friendly, well-organised race in a lovely setting. Thank you to organisers and marshalls.Date of review: July 31, 2011
In short: Well worth the effortIn full: Apart from the start, this was a very enjoyable race. The new route is more challenging, but really worth it. It was well organised. Thank you.Date of review: January 24, 2010
In short: Definite pb potential. Weather better than usual this year. A useful race in the calendar Date of review: November 28, 2009
In short: As always, well-organised and a pleasant course. The weather was perfect despite the forecast.Date of review: January 18, 2009
In short: A great race, especially as I could run it with my dog.Date of review: January 2, 2009
In short: V. well organised. Friendly, Good start and flat course.Date of review: September 13, 2008
In short: very friendly and well organisdDate of review: June 1, 2008
In short: friendly marshalls and good organisationDate of review: January 20, 2008
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>Off the Beaten Path>Go Run
My wife babysits a little girl who just turned two. Her single mother works long days (not by choice). The kid watched me go on a run a few times, then one day walked up to me and said "go run". She wanted to go running. We have run to the blackberry patch behind the backyard, to the apple tree in the backyard, and once ran all the way around the house.
Nothing like starting them young.
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Very nice! My kids have started running. They are a bit older (5 & 7), but they enjoy it. Especially the younger one. The 7 year old rides a bike, she prefers that now. Wow though, 2 years old!! I bet she wins her age group, huh.
The only differenceThat I seeIs you are exactly the sameAs you used to be
My little one is almost 3 and she loves to "Run like Mommy." She even did a kids 1 mile fun run last month. Granted, we sprinted/ walked and stopped to throw some rocks along the way but she made it and was proud of herself! We're all inspiring the next generation of obsessive
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>Technical Support>Editing workouts is broken
Hi There,
Today I've noticed that I can't edit my workouts anymore. While hitting edit I see intervals data corrupted. It's distance seems to be ok, but Avg. HR column and HR max. shows some random values:
When I hit "Save", there's an error message shown: "The interval data is corrupt". However, preview tells me that workout data are absolutely fine:
So, there definitely something messed up when loading data to edit form. It happens not only for just imported workout. I've checked with one added few days ago (and edited then without any problems) and the same problem occurs.
Cheers,
ADi
Hi there, too
I'm also having this issue since today. If I try to upload a valid *.tcx file (I know it's valid, because I've exported it from Garmin Connect and there everything is fine), saving is impossible. Error message is "The interval data is corrupt".
If I only watch the file after importing with the glasses icon - and not saving it - I can see, that the tab with maps generates a lot of javascript errors. Maps won't get loaded at all.
Hopefully you can solve this issue. If you need my example tcx file, please let me know.
regards,
Christian
ADi3ek: could you please provide me with a list of steps to reproduce the problem?
cpmagin: please check your private messages. I sent you my email address so you can send me some files for testing. Thanks!
eric:
1. I go to my "Training Log" -> "Calendar" section and hit any run entry there.
2. Click "Edit" tab at the top of the entry (preview of interval data looks fine on that page)
3. "Edit workout entry" screen appers, interval data are broken here (no JS errors in the console though)
4. Hitting "Save" causes "The interval data is corrupt" error to apper.
I´m having the same problem. I'm uploading my workouts from the GPS Garmin Forerunner 910XT.
Running Blog: On my two feet
Hi guys,
I fixed the upload problem. It was caused by the server using your locale information to format the numbers (i.e. comma as the decimal separator) but the JavaScript expects a period instead.
ADi,
I think your problem has the same cause as the other one. Could you give it a try now and let me know if it's fixed? Thanks!
eric
I still have this problem. I agree it's some JS processing issue as I can see some "undefined" string inside interval data table:
I am still unable to reproduce the problem. Could you send me a private message with the following information:
- operation system and version
- web browser and version
- your regional settings (country and language)
- url to the broken that's broken
Thanks!
Eric,
I think it was some caching issue, I can see now the problem is fixed and everything works as expected. Thanks Eric! :-)
Hi ADi,
I'm glad to hear it's working now, although I don't understand why. The browser should not be cache anything. Please keep an eye out for it and let me know if something is still amiss.
Sure, I'll certainly do :-)
Works perfectly again!
Thank you Eric
for me it's working, too.
Thanks Eric for this fast support!
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Old , Ugly and slow
I can run for 2 hours. My strength is good.
But I have lost what little speed I once had.
Also I used to be able to touch the rim and now I can't touch the net.
Is this common for most runners over 50.
pr's 5k 20.08, 5 mile 31:20, 10k 41.19 all done in the 80's
2013 goals 1500 miles, 190 pounds
Old School
I can run for 2 hours. My strength is good.
But I have lost what little speed I once had.
Also I used to be able to touch the rim and now I can't touch the net.
Is this common for most runners over 50.
I think it's like most things in life, "use it or lose it". While there is the inevitable erosion of absolute maximum potential, you can work on and reclaim some of that speed. My 12k race time this year was only 1 minute slower than when I was in my 30's, not that I was particularly fast back then, and my 100m sprint time now is only slower by just over 1 second from my 30's. I work at my running a lot more diligently these days in order to keep my speed.
MM#209 / JapanJoyful#803
Everyone's different but I think you're right on track.
For 25 years of my running marathons through age 58, I could still slip under four hours every once-in-a-whlle.
You don't want to hear what it is like now, 11 years later.
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However, my main nemesis (also 69, but a slim/trim goddess), who was running the same four hour marathons with me when we met in 1990, just ran 3:58 at this summer's Light-at-the-end-of-the-Tunnel Marathon (compared to my six hours).
Tom, if you make your log public it would be easier to comment. Hard to respond without knowing what you're doing/what you've done.
Tramps i just changed it I did not know it was set to private.
I am hurt right now. This past year i have only been running 10-15 miles a week and lifting about twice a week.
I would like to get up to 30-35 in 2013 and start running faster. I know i also need to lose 25 to 30 pounds.
I would like to get up to 30-35 in 2013 and start running faster. I know i also need to lose 25 to 30 pounds.
Hmmmm....sounds like you might have answered your own question here. Heal up, build a base, lose some weight, and THEN start thinking about speed. You may not have the speed you had 30 years ago but you might be surprised at what you're able to do!
Your mileage sounds a little low, but yes for those of use who have been running a while, yes, the speed fades. Training helps to a point but you gotta watch the injuries too, so it is a balance...
lump dum do di do do doh
Tom -
I lived in Charleston from 1981 to 1999. I ran the distance run in 1989. Are you still in that area? I actually still work for a company there: HealthSmart, formally Wells Fargo TPA, formally Acordia National, formally American Business Insurance, formally McDonough Caperton Insurance Group. (As you can see I've been working for them since 1984.)
I work remotely from Michigan and a few times a year I go down there for a week of meetings and stuff.
"Life is ambiguous." - Keith Richards
Sorry to buck the opinions of my elders. I have found my speed increased since 50 but then I didn't race much prior so perception is probably skewed. I also have to admit my injuries have increased as well even when I am careful and train right.
That said I found running 400 intervals on indoor track helped to improved my speed. Training with 40 something faster runners also helps.
Dad of a real runner
Sure, the age graded calculators at
would tend to indicate about a 1 minute 20 second slow down from 40 to 50 year olds who run a 5K around 20 minutes.
In addition to that slow down, I've also found it difficult (OK - damn near impossible) to put the same intensity into training that will get me to the same percentage on the age graded chart - so sort of a double wammy.
Dave i have lived in charleston my whole life. I first ran the distance run in 1977
and ran it untill 1991. From 2000 to 2007 i just did the 5k.
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RUSH: Okay, what should the Republicans do about this? Republicans in Congress, Republican senators running for reelection, what should they do? The stories in the Stack of Stuff today do not show promise. Soul-searching Republicans turning to an unlikely savior, John McCain, as they try to stave off an electoral disaster. This guy is going to be running against his own party, and he's not even going to try for coattails. And they hope that his brand is better than the House Republican brand is, that they somehow will benefit, when in the New York Times a McCain aide says he's going to run against Bush and Congress. You know, I believe in going on offense. Offense, offense, offense, and I believe in being proactive, and I believe in not accepting the premise of the left. I don't believe in playing defense even when you're in the minority. They're looking now at a loss, a total difference of 70 seats in the House, if current projections by experts are right. The Democrats are going to have a 70-seat minority. When we took over the House in 1994, we won 52 seats. This is not incidental. This is quite substantial, this difference that might result here.
The first thing the Republicans have to do is rally their voters. They have to rally the troops, and they've gotta figure out -- they can obviously see that the troops are not rallied. They've gotta be able to see this with the lack of money they're collecting. They obviously can hear programs like this, read letters to the editor. I'm sure communications from the public to various congressmen and senators are sending them the message. See, the first thing you have to do is rally the troops. After you do that, then you make a case to the undecideds. It's time to take the gloves off where the Democrats are concerned. There have been no accomplishments, none, since the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in 2006. They did not end the war. They did not end earmarks. They did not increase our energy supplies. They didn't lower the price of anything. They didn't honor their own pay-go. They did not end the name-calling and the negativity. They didn't increase homeland security, and in fact they did everything they could to decrease it.
In addition to making the case for yourself and your own principles, you've got to go after them, and you have to tell the truth about them. They're out there, all these madcap promises that they made after winning in '06, and they haven't delivered on any -- well, minimum wage, sorry. With all their talk and all their slogans and all their Barbra Streisand, their signature triumph was raising the minimum wage, and wasn't that a triumph for the ages, as though that had never been done before. During these same two years, the vilified president of the United States changed the dynamics in Iraq with a Petraeus strategy, not just the surge, but the strategy, and even the left is now learning -- they're not admitting it -- that military success is leading to political success. What Republicans are going to have to do is to be unafraid in reminding people of the overall consistent failures of liberalism and then stand up for who they are, stand up for conservatism. They can do it by reciting principle; they can do it by reciting American exceptionalism; they can come up with an agenda of items, if they wish, to talk about they want to get done.
There's any number of things. The thing is, you can't pile too many of these in there like McCain's done because it's just going to sound impossible, and you put too many in, you can't focus on any of them. The American people want leadership. Both parties -- independents, Republicans, moderates, conservatives -- everybody wants leadership, and there isn't any. There's a vacuum, and it's just waiting for somebody to move in with leadership, to speak with authority, to not care what anybody thinks about it, to advance an agenda that is pro-America, based on American exceptionalism and the US Constitution and basic human rights. You start talking about freedom, start talking about liberty, those are two words I do not hear in any campaign running for the White House. I don't hear it in Hillary's campaign; I don't hear it in Obama's; I don't hear it in McCain's. Freedom, liberty, the expansion of same. Talk about how the United States is not responsible for the destruction of the planet. The United States is the answer to the world's problems.
Do not fall in with this stupid hoax of global warming, which is nothing more than an attempt to advance liberalism and socialism and Big Government, as we discussed, I'm blue in the face on this. Stand up and reject all these premises, say you've had enough even if it means breaking with the so-called direction of your party. You Republicans of elected office, I would submit your party doesn't have a direction. There's somebody out there waiting to give it one. Senator McCain is not giving the Republican Party a direction. He is not giving it an identity. He is trying to change all of that. And that's another problem that we have. There's a vacuum waiting to be filled. All it takes is guts and courage and instinctive conservatism. This shouldn't even take any homework to figure out what to say. It ought to be in your heart.
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RUSH: This is Lauren, one of my all-time, top-ten favorite female names. Lauren is in Carson City, Nevada. Lauren, nice to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Dittos, Rush.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: The reason I'm calling is because you're saying that you want to be proactive in everything and I'm wondering why we don't have an Operation Shove It. Why, on a certain day, we don't call for all conservative Republicans to leave the party and go Libertarian.
RUSH: I'm not looking at that as a solution. I don't think third party is the way to go here. But your question is really larger than that. Your question is, "Rush, why don't you do something?"
CALLER: Exactly.
RUSH: Why don't you have us do something? National Review magazine, back in -- what year was this, Snerdley, 1992? Maybe '93, they had a cover story, National Review, on me as the leader of the opposition. You obviously think that that's still true today, right, Lauren?
CALLER: Obviously, from Operation Chaos, too, I think. You know, Rush, I couldn't vote for John McCain if Jesus Christ himself was his running mate. But I don't know what to do. And it is so frustrating from my point of view because I honestly have always prided myself on voting for the president and being able to vote, and I'm sick about it.
RUSH: Have you always been conservative, always been Republican?
CALLER: Yes, and I'm a homosexual as well. So I'm very, very rare as far as that goes, but it just makes me sick to have to think that I literally would have to plug my nose.
RUSH: Look, I understand the frustration, and I'm hearing it everywhere. We had a call from a woman in Michigan about an hour-and-a-half ago, hour-and-20 minutes ago who was a Reagan Democrat. She was converted to conservatism back in the eighties by Ronald Reagan, and she felt like her life had opened up. She'd had an awakening. She felt happier about herself and her country than she had in a long time. Now she thinks the party's abandoned her and she doesn't know what to do, either. This is what's really tragic about this, and what I was going to say before I took your call, and I'm glad you called, I'm sitting here, folks, and I know many of you say, "Well, do something. Tell these guys to do something." There is a fine line. I have an attitude sitting here. I don't think these guys -- I certainly know McCain isn't going to listen to anybody. John Boehner the other day was talking about perhaps a conservative manifesto. He's the minority leader in the House. I like these guys, and there's some really, really good ones there. Mike Pence from Indiana in the House of Representatives, who is fabulous. But these guys are in the minority, and the problem is that when the leader of the party -- give you an example -- I'm sorry to be hopscotching all around here, but this is admittedly as frustrating for me as it is for you.
Romney was on TV earlier today, and who was it that I saw on TV that was trying to -- oh, it was George Allen, might have been on Hannity's show on Fox, Hannity & Colmes. George Allen was on the day McCain gave his global warming speech, and he was just struggling to support, to say good things about it, to say good things about McCain, and I got instant message flashes and e-mail flashes from friends of mine who happened to also be watching. And they said, "What's he doing? Why is George Allen selling out?" And I wrote 'em all back, and I said, "You have to understand, if he wants a future in the Republican Party, he cannot break away here. The party apparatus will shun him." This is the problem when the leader of the party is not either a conservative, or in some cases, not even a Republican. So the Republicans down the stream and the presidential candidate is the putative head of the party. The president is the head of the party, but that starts to wane as the campaign season gets closer to the general.
So you have the time-honored history of falling in line with the party. The party comes first. If you have the top of the party taking it in a direction that people don't want it to go, and you are elected, and you're in the House, for example, and you gotta run for reelection, you've gotta tie yourself to the top of the ticket. As the news story today said, these Republicans are looking at McCain as their savior, they're not looking at themselves as their savior. When I read that story, that House Republicans -- well, McCain's brand is better than our brand right now, we're going to attach ourselves to him -- that spoke volumes. It said the primary purpose is to get reelected. But then it also said they haven't the slightest clue how to do it. We have lost three seats, three special elections, and two of them were in safe-seat districts, districts where George Bush had won by 20 points. Now, I know in this Mississippi race, what happened was that the Democrats went into black churches and they passed out a pamphlet saying that our guy, Greg Davis, was a member of the KKK. They did that the Sunday before the election. And it might have been a factor. Probably was. How long have we known that this is what Democrats are going to do? To be blindsided by something like this, you know, it's gotten to the point where this should have so outraged the party rather than depressed them, it should have so outraged them that somebody in this party, preferably our nominee, would stand up and decry all of this.
The Democrat Party is the party of 150 years of racism and segregation and Jim Crow. The Democrat Party is. The Democrat Party stood in the way of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A larger percentage of Republicans in the Senate voted for that than Democrats, enabling it to pass. But there's such fear. And when fear is the thing that guides your decision making, the odds are you're going to make the wrong decision well over half the time. I don't want to say I don't know what can be done, but I think if it's not in these guys' hearts, if it's not in their minds, 'cause nobody can put it there. Try to inspire these people to do the right thing, to understand what kind of success awaits them. You would think that they would see it. You would think that it would be as obvious as the sky is blue why they lost in '06, what they have to do to avoid losing in '08. But I maintain to you, and I've said this way too many times, I think Washington poisons people. You go there and after awhile you lose the worldview that you had before you got there. The whole social and political structure, media importance in Washington takes over, and your instincts tell you to do things that enable you to survive there rather than do what's necessary to keep getting elected and advance an agenda.
To us outside Washington, it seems so simple, and we don't understand why they can't see it, especially when they used to because we remember how they campaigned, remember what they said, remember the way they used to govern. What happened? And this is sort of what is inexplicable. So we start searching for answers, we throw our hands up, it doesn't make any sense, I don't understand it. What's happening is very simple. The Republican Party has long been constituted by people who resented conservatism, resented Ronald Reagan, resented the whole notion. I've been through this. They are embarrassed at certain elements of the conservative movement being in the Republican Party. They are from the Northeast. They have this Northeast-Washington-Boston axis and corridor mentality, government's the answer to everything, government is power, and they seek it; whereas conservatives don't want anything to do with government except to get it out of our lives, make it smaller and make it as invisible as it can be in our daily lives. But even Republicans have the desire and notion to be a part of it because of the power that's involved and so forth.
So I think that there's a combination of efforts here on the part of both of parties to rid the influence of conservatism. What's frustrating about this obviously is that we look at Republicans, we say, "Don't you see history? Can't you see where we have been predominantly successful, overwhelmingly landslide proportion successful? Didn't you see what it took to get the American people on our side in advancing the country forward," and all of that past is simply discarded. And now for whatever reason, more Republicans than ever seem to think that the way to power is the same route the Democrats take: Big Government and offer more of it to more people. Conservatism is something that embarrasses them and they want to discard it and have it be as irrelevant as it could be. The problem for us as conservatives is the conservative movement is a great thing, but in our political system you need a political party to advance the ideas. So the effort that we face here, the objective is to make sure that we don't lose control of the Republican Party. I'm not talking about this year. I mean, take a look at the possibilities here, and in terms of conservatism, if we really believe that conservatism is the answer, is the best thing to hold onto this country as we've known it and loved it, that it is the best way to organize ourselves under capitalistic free-market principles, liberty, justice and all that, pursuit of happiness, your kids and grandkids and so forth, then it's something you fight for life.
This is something you endeavor to support and see to the end, knowing full well we're going to have ups and down cycles like this. I mean if I wanted to, I could pretend I'm a National Honor Society candidate, I could say, "Look where we were back in the sixties compared to where we are now. We're far better than we were in the sixties, we were getting shellacked." But people don't want to hear that because the down cycle is what we're in the midst of and they want to reverse the down cycle now, don't tell me about the stuff in the past. We got way past that, now we're giving it back. I understand. May have to give a lot of it back. So let me give you a couple scenarios. Barack Obama wins the White House, has a 70-seat majority in the House of Representatives, a seven-seat majority in the Senate, gets pretty much everything he wants, and we end up with Jimmy Carter 2 and the country goes to hell in a handbasket, and who gets the blame? Well, it can't be us, it can't be conservatives, even though the Drive-Bys will try to lay it at our feet, we'll have no power.
Same scenario, but with John McCain in the White House, a Republican, and the country goes to hell in a handbasket because this lofty agenda that McCain spoke about today is not going to happen because he's not going to get any support for it and they're not going to bend over forwards and let McCain have whatever he wants. He's going to have to get things done as he says on the basis of a liberal Democrat agenda and of course he's done that on many occasions, issue by issue by issue. So we get Jimmy Carter 2 with John McCain and the Democrats running the show. But, the party in power is the Republican Party, and they get the blame. The Republican Party takes the heat for whatever rotten things happen in those four years. Of which those two scenarios, is better for the future of conservatism?
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median sales price for homes sold between January 12th and March 12th was just under $500,000 based on 26 homes sold.
Carmel Valley, CA Housing Conditions Report - Carmel Valley Real Estate
Compared to the same time frame a year ago, the median price is down nearly 21%, and the number of home sales is up over
18 percent. Currently, there are 104 new and used homes listed for sale in Carmel Valley, and 50 homes are either in
pre-foreclosure, auction, or bank-owned status. In the week ended April 25th, the average
listing price for homes on the market in Carmel Valley was just under $1.3 million, up almost 1 percent from the week before.
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The winners of Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing emerged from a field of 340 inspiring solutions submitted from 42 countries.
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Salt in Kids' Diets Linked to High Blood Pressure
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: 'Reducing Sodium in the Diets of American Children.'
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Popular Flip-Flop Sandals Linked To Rising Youth Heel Pain Rate
Many of us are welcomed the warmer weather by sporting flip-flop sandals, however, their popularity among teens and young adults is responsible for a growing epidemic of heel pain in this population, according to Dr. Brown, a member of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
“We’re seeing more heel pain than ever in patients 15 to 25 years old, a group that usually doesn’t have this problem,” said Dr. Brown. “A major contributor is wearing flip-flop sandals with paper-thin soles everyday to school. Flip-flops have no arch support and can accentuate any abnormal biomechanics in foot motion, and this eventually brings pain and inflammation”.
Dr. Brown advises wearing sandals with reasonably strong soles and arch support. “Especially for girls and young women, thicker soled sandals with supportive arches might not be considered stylish, but if you want to wear sandals most of the time, you’ll avoid heel pain if you choose sturdier, perhaps less fashionable styles”.
It is estimated that 15 percent of all adult foot complaints involve plantar fasciitis, the type of heel pain caused by chronic inflammation of the connective tissue extending from the heel bone to the toes., or irritation of one or more of the nerves in the region.. Therefore, diagnosis by a foot and ankle surgeon to rule out other causes is advised.
Initial treatment options for heel pain caused by plantar fasciitis should include anti-inflammatory medications, padding and strapping of the foot and physical therapy. Patients also should stretch their calf muscles regularly, avoid wearing flat shoes and walking barefoot, use over the counter arch supports and heel cushions, and limit the frequency of extended physical activities.
Most patients with plantar fasciitis respond to non-surgical treatment within six weeks. However, surgery is sometimes necessary to relieve severe, persistent pain.
For further information about heel pain, contact Dr. Lawrence Brown at 586-758-5770 in CenterLine Michigan.
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Hemingway
Comic adaptation of the life of Ernest Hemingway.
Brooklyn-fication
Word-less comic published in World War 3 Illustrated
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Alexandria: Only The City Is Real
Comic account of author Lawrence Durrell's time in Egypt which inspired his famous Alexandria Quartet. Originally published in Strangeland Magazine.
Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation
Comic Legend Harvey Pekar helped me adapt two stories in Studs Terkel classic book. This is an excerpt for 'the gravedigger.'
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When setting up paperless office – set the printer port (typically the install points it to NULL or LPT1) to SAGE.
When setting up paperless office – turn off the use of lock files via:
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The lock file use is only needed if you happen to be running other non-Sage instances of the Amyuni application running on your system.
If you are making this change AFTER experiencing issues with lock files – you may also have to go into the registry and remove both the jobs and lock files folders.
USE EXTREME CAUTION. We are not responsible for damage resulting from changes to the system registry which render your system unusable or unstable. These are usually steps best performed by an IT professional.
How To Delete Jobs and Locks folders from the Sage PDF Converter key in the Windows registry. It is only necessary to remove these from the location in the Registry specified here:
- On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
- In the Open field, enter Regedit and click OK.
- Expand the HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG key using the Plus symbol
- Expand the Software Key
- Expand the Sage PDF Converter Key
- Locate the following folders (if they exist):
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- Expand the Jobs folder, and delete any subfolders.
- Note: Subfolders may prevent the Jobs folder from being deleted.
- Delete the Jobs and Locks folders.
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- Go to Devices and Printers in Windows
- Remove any “Redirected” Sage PDF Converters. These will normally say something to the effect of Sage PDF Converter (Redirected) or Sage PDF Converter (From Session 9)
- Ensure there is only one Sage PDF Converter located in Printers and Faxes, and make sure it is not redirected.
- On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
- In the Open field, enter Regedit and click OK.
- Expand the HOTKEY CURRENT CONFIG key using the Plus symbol
- Expand the Software Key
- Ensure that the Sage PDF Converter key is present and has 39 values associated with it. If there are no values or if there is only one value that shows “REG_SZ”, Uninstall then Reinstall the Sage PDF Converter on the Terminal Server.
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Five ways to install the Sage 100 ERP (formerly Sage ERP MAS 90 and Sage ERP MAS 200) Paperless Office Converter
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Peter H. Adorf lives and works as an artist and artManager in Muenster /BerlinWhen Peter H. Adorf started his career as an artist, he concentrated on abstract experiments with colours, forms and...View Profile
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Head Office: SABMiller Europe (regional hub), Budapest, Hungary
SABMiller’s European operations cover the Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.
In almost all of these countries the group is either the largest or second largest brewer by market share. The group’s strategy is to seek increased productivity and balanced growth in its brand portfolios across all its market segments, making value adding strategic acquisitions, such as the Aurora brewery in Romania.
Key European brands include international premium priced brands such as Miller Genuine Draft, Pilsner Urquell and the recently re-launched Peroni Nastro Azzurro. Regional brands include quality beers such as Lech, Zolotaya Bochka, Dreher, Ursus, Timisoreana, Tyskie Gronie, Gambrinus, Peroni, Šariš, Dorada and Arany Ászok and Zubr.
Figures current at 6 June 2005 for operations and capacity.Volumes, EBITA and employees are for the year ended 31 March 2005.Employee figures exclude associates.
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Turning point: Grant Green hit a home run in the first at-bat of the game, giving the River Cats an early lead they would not give up. The Cats never trailed and went on to win, 6-1.
Major League moment: A.J. Griffin tossed his second-straight complete game, allowing just one run on six hits. It was the first time in River Cats history that a pitcher has thrown two consecutive complete games.
Take a bow: Anthony Recker went 3 for 4 with two RBIs, including his first home run with the River Cats this season.
Worth noting: Wednesday's game took two hours and 11 minutes to complete, a night after Sacramento played a four hour, 29-minute game in Fresno.
Tonight: Sacramento RHP Tyson Ross (2-1, 2.45 ERA) vs. Tacoma RHP Andrew Carraway (2-2, 3.41 ERA). 7:05 p.m., Raley Field.
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This event occurs weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Day camps for Nature Detectives (ages 5 - 8) and Junior Rangers (ages 8 - 12) have great outdoor activities for science education and team building. One-week and two-week sessions start June 17th, 9am - Noon daily. Reservations required, call 489-4918 or sign up at
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Adventure Play
Adventure Play is a new addition to this year's FunCamp line-up. This camp teaches children about the natural world through science-based experiments and discovery play. Concepts include basic survival skills, weather, plants and animals to name a few. Campers will make sundials, use a solar oven, construct forts, create miniature greenhouses and more. A different...
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Farmer Brown's Junior Farmers
Farmer Brown introduces campers to the daily regimens that keep Fairytale Town's friendly flock of farm animals fit and healthy. Campers will get to know these barnyard buddies while learning historical information and participating in related hands-on activities.
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The Brick House Art Gallery presents an affordable summer art program for elementary, middle and high school students. This summer art program is drastically different from any other art program out there!
The Brick House Art Gallery strives to bring art alive in the community. Our summer arts program is affordable and different from any other program out there! Classes are...
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JUNE 19th through MID-OCTOBER, Wednesday Farmers Market on Main Street, 4PM -Dusk. This event will feature fresh produce, flowers and other items from local farmers. On Historic Main Street, at the Bell Tower. For info call (415) 250-5337.
This event occurs weekly on Thursday and Friday.
Families attending will enjoy bike riding in an enclosed safe riding area, food court, a special designated area for the young riders, bike safety clinic promptly at 6:30 and local area bike vendors on hand for bike assistance and questions. CHP involvement and presentation. Helmets are required by all riders. Hot dogs, sodas and snacks will be for sale.
Family Campout at Fairytale Town.
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Broad US Stockmarkets - Time for Retail Investors to Get Fleeced (again)
I have been watching the continued advance of the broad stockmarket since the US elections with a kind of morbid fascination. Despite the horrific fundamentals, the market has continued higher, yet, as I already dramatically demonstrated a couple of weeks ago by means of a Dow chart in Euros, this rally is nothing more than a "damp squib" in real money terms. The complacency in this market is truly incredible, given the drop in yields to a pitifully low level, and the fact that the market has risen into an area of truly massive overhead supply that would make even an 8-year old budding chart analyst nervous.
More ominous still is the fact that insiders have been unloading stock onto retail buyers at an ever-expanding rate that has risen to extreme levels in recent weeks. Ordinary investors have been corralled into the pen once again, seduced by slick marketing campaigns and glossy long-winded brochures, and are now helplessly awaiting their fate, which is, of course, to be fleeced.
We will now examine the charts for the broad US stock markets, focusing mainly on the Dow Jones Industrials, because there was a potentially very significant volume development on Friday. I would rather look mostly at the S&P500, which is more representative of the market as a whole, but there is no volume data available for this broader index.
A two-year time period has been selected for our 1st chart, in order to show the run-up from the March 03 low in its entirety and also the toppy action all this year. On this chart we can see that the index broke out from the gentle downtrend channel in force all year, upon the Republican party securing, apparently with the aid of more than a little tweaking of the latest vote counting technology, a clear, if marginal victory in the election in early November. This breakout, however, is regarded as a sucker rally, as it is driving into massive overhead resistance and is accompanied by frenetic insider selling.
Thus it is most interesting to observe that the market fell on Friday on huge volume - the heaviest for well over 3 years, the heaviest in fact since the fall 01 selling climax, from critical resistance bang on the highs of February of this year and March 2002. So it looks like Santa's going on strike this year, as least as far as stockmarket investors are concerned. Christmas is a time when people's normal judgement is suspended, frequently resulting in a rally based on hope not substance, and facilitated by the low volumes that prevail over the holiday period. Friday's move signifies that, at the very least, a short-term top is in all probability in.
The long-term chart going back 10 years is horrific. It shows the market stalled beneath a massive wall of supply from the 1999 - 2001 highs. Given the magnitude of this resistance, the fact that the market has risen as far as it has is impressive indeed - until, that is, you stop to think what's happened to the currency over the last several years. Factor that in and you realize that its performance has in reality been anaemic.
The S&P500 chart is also a grim picture showing the index now into a zone of heavy supply from the top area.
The long-term Dow chart in Euros should bring home to US investors how meager the latest rally in US indices has been in terms of real gains.
The trigger for a plunge in the general stockmarket is expected to be the fairly sudden realization that interest rates are set to rise substantially. As the stockmarket normally discounts developments 6 to 9 months ahead of their actual occurrence, rates might not actually begin their steep ascent for many months after the market falls. The probable cause of the rising rates is likely to be the continued depreciation of the currency necessitating higher interest rates to maintain capital inflows.
The increasing risk of a big sell-off in the broad market, coupled with the fact that the gold stock indices have marked out a potential double-top, gives grounds for caution at this time, as precious metal stocks could get caught up in the melee and taken down temporarily - which is why, in general, we will be careful about re-entering the market following our general stop in the HUI being triggered about 10 days ago.
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Base Metals Stockpiles and Prices 2
Just a few years ago, the majority of stock traders were oblivious to the excitement that base metals had to offer commodities stocks. Futures traders hustled and bustled to make a buck in their familiar base metals marketplace, yet not even they were aware of the eruption of capital that would eventually take these markets by storm.
Today the London Metal Exchange (LME), the world's largest non-ferrous metals exchange, manages over $10 billion of traded contracts each day with well over $2 trillion worth turned over annually. These are numbers that the LME says have increased by tenfold in the last 15 or so years. And it expects another double in the next three to five years.
A major catalyst to this growth stems from our growing global economy that has triggered a massive increase in the demand for industrial metals. These metals are responsible for expanding and renewing the world's physical infrastructure and are integral to the products and machinery that keep the wheels of global commerce greased.
And the demand for these industrial metals, or base metals, should continue to grow for many more years. Since the supplies of these metals are finite, and they are lagging to meet demand, base metals prices have been on a tear in recent years. The physical metals and the stocks of the companies that mine them have greatly rewarded investors and speculators thus far.
Now though it is very probable that the base metals will thrive in a secular bull market for many years to come, prudent traders need to be on top of current market conditions in order to stay ahead of the curve. And a wonderful attribute of the base metals in addition to their solid strategic fundamentals is their tactical and measurable real-time fundamentals.
These fundamentals are found in data that is provided by the LME. And the LME is one of the first places I go to gauge the health of the base metals sector as it is the leader among the global metals exchanges in capturing some of the core fundamentals of the base metals markets.
Not only is the LME the most reliable source for daily base metals prices in the world, but its various other functions are essential for commodities speculators. One such function includes providing the markets for futures and traded-options contracts. Aside from the speculative nature of futures and options, they are essential in mitigating risk allowing both consumers and producers to lock in prices, also known as hedging.
But the major function of the LME that I will focus on today surrounds the physical storage of its traded contracts. Now in order to ensure price convergence, all contracts traded on the LME "assume" physical delivery. Even though only a small percentage of contracts actually result in delivery, this physical realm is very important in the futures markets.
Since hedging and speculation dominate trading in the LME, a majority of contracts are sold or bought back before coming due for settlement. But LME contracts are occasionally redeemed and settled through the redemption of LME warrants. These warrants allow the bearer to obtain lots of a given metal from LME-approved warehouses around the world.
This physical storage is not designed to supersede existing supply chains such as those that exist between refineries and end users. But since global above-ground stockpiles are limited, when physical deliveries do occur to meet excess demand they really help paint a picture of the global supply and demand balance for the base metals. This action ultimately plays a large role in determining the day-to-day metals prices.
Today the 400+ LME-approved warehouses scattered across 13 countries provide critical stock data that not only the LME but traders around the world use to gauge the health of the metals markets. This stock data is published daily by the LME and as you will see in the upcoming charts is very useful as a leading indicator for the price action of the metals.
A couple weeks ago I penned an essay that analyzed the base metals technicals. Copper, zinc, nickel, lead and aluminum are the primary base metals that pique the interest of equity traders and are the most exciting in the volatile futures markets. Each of these metals is in the midst of its own secular bull market and their technical actions thus far have been simply mind-blowing to witness.
Sans aluminum, each of the base metals has had bull-to-date gains that have well outperformed the precious metals and the majority of the energy complex. Some incredibly strong uplegs have been host to wild parabolic ascents that have taken investors on exciting rides.
But in viewing the technicals it has been hard to establish a semblance of any trading patterns. I believe a large reason for this is the base metals' reactionary nature to the real-time fundamentals of inventory data. Because above-ground stockpiles have crept so low in recent years, speculative risk premiums have been built into the base metals prices. So when there is a swing in the stock data that the LME in particular provides, the markets are quick to react.
Because of this it is worth a visual look at the stock and price charts of the base metals in order to better understand this relationship. In the first edition of this base metals stockpiles and prices series that I wrote last year, copper was coming off a near double in the first half of 2006 as its LME-warehoused stock sunk to alarmingly low levels. From early March to its May top, copper rose 83% while copper stock dropped 33% to its early July lows.
Then after a somewhat uneventful price and stock consolidation through October, a near-textbook-perfect inverse correlation started to play out. In less than four months, copper stockpiles nearly doubled while copper corrected sharply shedding a third of its value.
This run had a very strong negative correlation of -0.949 with an r-square of 90%. So 90% of the daily behavior of copper prices could be explained or predicted by the movement of its daily LME stock level. This copper correction had a very impressive inverse correlation with LME copper stock and this correlation has continued into copper's most recent upleg that began in early February.
Since its early February interim bottom, copper has had an impressive rally of 55% to its recent highs. And this has happened in unison with a 24% drop in copper stockpiles. This upleg is sporting a copper-to-stock correlation of -0.956 with an r-square of 91%. Not many fundamental drivers have had such measurable real-time correlations with an underlying asset as copper and many of the base metals do to their LME warehoused stocks.
Aside from these short-term correlations, it is also important to maintain strategic perspective on the stockpile data. Even though a double from 100k to 200k metric tons seems like a major structural change in LME copper stock, it is still historically very low. In 2002 LME copper stock was near the one-million-metric-ton level. So while 100k metric tons seems like a large supply increase in these short-term charts, today's levels are still 80% less than just five years ago. This is all the more impressive considering how much larger the global copper market is now compared to back then.
When looking at stock levels I think it is also important to consider the daily consumable supply above ground. For copper the 170k-metric-ton range puts it at less than four days worth of global copper consumption available. It is no wonder speculative risk premiums exist in copper and the other base metals. Any supply disruption would surely pinch the markets, which is why the recent labor problems at the massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia and many of the huge Chilean copper mines have been getting so much attention.
Shifting to zinc, it had an amazing 2006 run as its LME warehoused stock plunged in sharp linear fashion. A sizeable supply and demand imbalance emerged last year as LME warehouses were pilfered of nearly all the zinc consumers could get their hands on.
In 2006 LME zinc stock dropped an incredible 78%. And from its 2004 high of 780k metric tons, zinc stock has plunged a once-inconceivable 89% to its December lows. With its stock so low, on the order of less than three days of global consumption available, 2006 zinc prices skyrocketed by 142%.
This powerful zinc upleg finally gave up its ghost as zinc stock levels put the brakes on its freefall and began to stabilize toward the end of last year. Though zinc stock levels still remain historically low as they hover around the 100k-metric-ton level, a chunk of the speculative risk premium built into its price while it was freefalling was shaved off the top in quick fashion.
From its November high, zinc corrected by 34% in just 51 trading days to rest in what looks like an uptrending consolidation band near the highs of its early-2006 parabola. I find it amazing that stable zinc stock, no matter how low it is, is able to quickly quell the zinc-stock-to-zero sentiment that speculators built into zinc's price. This just confirms the incredible volatility in the base metals markets which really supports the importance of the hedging function for the end users and some of the weak-stomached producers of these metals.
Now nickel is a base metal that really captures the essence of the value the markets place in LME stock levels. Its supply deficit in recent years has truly been felt by the nickel industry. The warehouses that store LME-approved nickel have seen their inventory levels drop to dangerously low levels. Because of this nickel has truly become a hot commodity. Bull to date the price of nickel has soared over 1,000%!
LME nickel stock below 5k metric tons is equivalent to only about one day worth of global nickel consumption. An above-ground surplus of this small of an amount is just unthinkable. This poses a huge risk on the demand side of things as any increase in consumption will really pinch this market. And the financial markets are fully aware of this dilemma.
In 2006 alone, LME nickel stock fell by 89% prompting a wild nickel rally that saw this metal balloon by a massive 162%. And nickel's fortunes did not stop there with 2007 adding another 60% to recent highs as stockpiles continue to dwindle.
A huge speculative risk premium has been added to the price of nickel as the global nickel shortages continue. This further shows that fundamentals not only shift long-term price action but they can exert immediate and impactful pressure on real-time prices.
As I described in my base metals technicals essay two weeks ago, lead provides yet another example of the fundamental impact stockpiles can have on the technical nature of the metal price. While the other base metals were shedding weight in the warehouses and enjoying strong rallies last spring, lead bucked the trend and took a course of its own.
When you look at an LME lead-stock chart it becomes apparent why this was the case. In the first half of 2006 lead stockpiles actually rose by an impressive 181%. Lead subsequently shed 37% in this timeframe until it hit its interim bottom in June. And of course almost like clockwork, as LME lead stock started to fall the price of lead began to rise.
Since its June low, lead has been one of the strongest-performing base metals in the last ten months. With LME lead stock falling headlong by a whopping 74%, the price of lead has rocketed higher by a very impressive 124%. And though not as strong as copper, lead's inverse correlation through the span of this chart is an impressive -0.898 with an r-square of 81%. With less than two days of global daily consumption available in the warehouses, the markets really must pay attention to stockpile levels.
Aluminum is last but certainly not the least of the base metals. Measured by volume, more aluminum is produced and consumed each year than the previous four base metals combined. It is hard to tell in this short-term chart below, but aluminum has had a nice run since its 2001 low gaining 145% to its high last year.
With LME aluminum stock all over the board in the last year and a half or so, aluminum's price has been relatively stable outside of its May spike last year. Though the supply and demand for aluminum has greatly increased in recent years, there has not been as much of a pinch on the mining-side of things due to its abundance in massive ore bodies around the globe and the scalability of some of the larger mines.
This can be seen in aluminum's price stability amidst swings in its stock levels. Even with a recent 25% rise in stock, aluminum has been very stable in the last six months. As you can see in the chart its price has remained in a tight consolidation band and has not tanked based upon the parallel change in its stock level.
Even though LME aluminum stock levels are down from the 1.4 million-metric-ton range in early 2004, the above-ground supplies of the metal as measured by LME stock are not as alarmingly low as the other metals. Therefore the speculative risk premium attached to the other base metals is not as prevalent in aluminum as seen by its bull-to-date performance and its less responsive behavior to swings in its warehoused stock levels.
Any way you look at it, whether in aluminum or the more supply-pinched copper, zinc, nickel and lead, economics have and always will be the ultimate price driver for these commodities. The LME stock data really helps us to focus in on real-time economic fundamentals in these exciting base metals markets.
So as the global economy continues to grow in order to support its growing population as well as the fast-developing countries of Asia, commodities demand in general should continue to grow. With the dynamics of mining playing such a large role in supplying the markets' demands for the base metals, it should continue to be a wild ride for investors and speculators in the coming years.
And the best way to take part in the base metals bull is to buy the stocks of the companies that are charged with bringing these metals to the markets. The base metals mining stocks have been among the hottest stocks in the stock markets in recent years and have greatly rewarded shareholders thus far.
But this base metals bull market is likely far from over. Probabilities highly favor today still being in the first half of a secular bull market for the base metals that should thrive for another decade or so. Because of this, legendary gains are still likely to be won in the base metals stocks.
At Zeal we have been recommending elite base metals stocks among other commodities stocks to our newsletter subscribers since the beginning of this bull market and have been blessed with some incredible realized and unrealized gains. If you'd like cutting-edge commodities markets analysis and trade recommendations for high-probability-for-success stocks, then please subscribe today to our monthly newsletter.
Our newsletter subscribers also gain exclusive access to the private charts section of our website. With LME stock data proving to be a very important metric for traders to observe, we recently added high-resolution versions of the charts seen in this essay to our charts section and update them weekly so you may monitor these base metals fundamentals yourself.
The bottom line is the recent inverse correlation between base metals prices and their LME stock levels is proving to be an exceptionally valuable tool for base metals traders to observe. With the tight supply of base metals in today's markets, any swing in stock levels has greatly influenced these metals' price actions.
The fundamental drivers of the base metals bulls are real and measurable with this LME data. And investors and speculators should be able to capitalize on this supply crunch by buying the stocks of the companies that bring the base metals to market. With stockpile levels so low and continued demand growth on the horizon, the base metals miners are poised to be marvelously profitable for years to come.
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Posted on: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Keywords: New York City, Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., crime victims, Champion 2010 Awards, rape victim, murder victim, DNA, DNA collection
Manhattan District Attorney and Safe Horizon 2010 Champion Awards Honoree Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. advocates for using DNA to identify those who commit crimes. A June 2011 New York Times article highlighting how DNA collected during a recent routine arrest helped solve...
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NHW NB Inc in Poplar Ave, Heath Rd & Hatter Court, Bedworth & Brewer Rd and Wolvey Rd, Bulkington Please be aware of the following incidents which have occurred at homes in Bedworth and Bulkington over recent days: Incident 407 of 10 May During the evening of 10 May offenders stole a BMX Trax pedal cycle from the rear garden of a home in Poplar Avenue, Bedworth. Incident 114 of 10 May At 9.30am on 10 May a witness saw three offenders in a navy blue Transit van with the partial registration of X308 take four pedal cycles and two aluminium wheels from a home in Brewer Road, Bulkington. The witness challenged the offenders who then returned one of the cycles before making off. Incident 120 of 14 May Between 7.45pm and 8pm on 14 May offenders stole a laptop computer from a home in Wolvey Road, Bulkington. The occupant of the house saw a reflection in the lounge and noticed a bike parked next to a neighbouring house. He then saw the bike being cycled away and noticed that the laptop was missing. Incident 345 of 16 May At some point on either 15 or 16 May offenders entered an empty home in Heath Road, Bedworth and stole a boiler and all of the copper piping from the property. Incident 38 of 17 May During the night of 16 into 17 May offenders attempted to enter a home in Hatters Court, Bedworth. The offenders removed a handle from the door and left the door open but failed to get into the premises and nothing was stolen. Please remain alert, on the lookout for suspicious persons, vehicles or activity around your own or neighbouring homes and please remember to report anything out of the ordinary, or of concern, to Police on 101. Thankyou. Julie Dale Watch Co-ordinator Community Protection
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SAG's Residuals Department prides itself on processing members' residuals in the fastest and most efficient way possible.
Due to limited resources, however, SAG can no longer "expedite" residual checks—a process where the production information associated with the payment is mailed separately from the check.
As a result, effective immediately, the double mailing will cease. TV and theatrical residual payments will now be processed in a single mailing, with the payment and production information sent together. Members should expect to receive their residuals within 60 days from the date SAG receives the checks and producers’ information. Members are encouraged to track the status of their TV/Theatrical residuals by registering on the SAG website at.
Despite the challenges presented by limited resources, the Guild will strive to ensure that members receive their residual payments within the quickest possible timeframe.
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Sunday, July 3:
Meet in Kitchener-Waterloo Ashram.
Monday, July 4:
TOBERMORY. In the morning we take our leave and head to Tobermory, the city of orchids and sister town of Tobermory in Scotland. The campground right at Lake Huron will take care of us for the afternoon.
Tuesday, July 5:
MANITOULIN ISLAND. Our first SY program will take place at the campground – where hopefully hundreds of tourist will be around who are all longing for their self-realization. After the progamm we set over per boat to Manitoulin Island.
Wednesday, July 6:
NORTHBAY. Another program at the campground. After lunch we head for Northbay. SY has been introduced here two years ago through a yogi who went to college. It’s nice to give those seekers a little refreshment.
Thursday, July 7:
GRAVENHURST. Early in the morning we have to leave for Gravenhurst. We touched this little city at Muskoka last year on the tour and had a fabulous program in the library. We hope for the same success.
Saturday, July 9:
OHSWEKEN. Joining the Toronto collective for camping on Six Nations Indian Reserve. Picnic by the river, Havan and evening entertainment program.
Sunday, July 10:
OHSWEKEN. After Morning Meditation we are going on a Six Nations Tour to explore the Iroquois culture.
Costs of the tour will be approximately $ 300 CA. But beware; seats are selling like hot cakes so don’t think too long about it and book fast.
Contact: Glenn & Gita Pattison, Waterloo, Ontario/CanadaEmail: [email protected]: 519 – 721-1695
Related Links:
The First Tour Announcement: 2004, Reflections
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7th International Door & Door Hardware Fair will open its doors on January 17th, 2013 at Istanbul Expo Center - Yesilkoy. (One step ahead Ataturk International Airport)
During the fair, you can meet 200 exhibitors from all over the world and will have ideas of their brands, company profiles and more than 2.000 latest technology products.
In addition, approximately 20.000 Professional Visitors, Buyers, Wholesalers, Retailers, Dealers, Contractors, New Project Owners will visit the Show from all over the world.
During the fair, to benefit our VIP Guest Services, please get an Online VIP Guest Invitation. We will be very glad to see you all in Istanbul.
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Gov. Benigno R. Fitial and Lt. Gov. Eloy S. Inos, in conjunction with USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA), and through the CNMI Department of Commerce, are pleased to announce loan opportunities for farming related activities. Activities include a wide range of livestock and crops.
According to Fred A. San Nicolas, assistant manager for USDA-FSA's Farm Loan Program, “FSA provides loan opportunities through two primary programs. The first one is the Guaranteed Loan Program, where conventional lenders (the banks) lend to applicants with a 90-percent loan guarantee backed by the USDA-FSA. The second is through Direct Loans, where loans are made and serviced directly by FSA. The average annual percentage rates can change month to month, but remains fixed once the loan is closed.”
Commerce deputy secretary Ivan A. Blanco added, “These types of opportunities are a breath of fresh air for our local entrepreneurs. The administration, through Secretary Igisomar, continues to support these types of programs with the partnership of our Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to assist the local Sabalu Farmers Association and family size farms. I also applaud the initiative by the USDA-FSA to provide these types of opportunities for those already in the farming sector and those interested in farming.”
For further information, please visit the USDA-FSA website at:
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Instrument:
Violin
Years with SSO: 5
What is your role in the orchestra (chair/principle)?
First violin section.
What keeps you coming back to the SSO each year?
Opportunity to learn new music (or re-learn old music) plus
friendship with other musicians.
What does it take to prepare for a performance?
Practice – a lot!
How long have you been playing your instrument?
Since age 8.
Did you study music? Where and when?
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 1952-1956; student of
Joseph Silverstein at Boston Symphony Hall; and Berkshire Music
Center (Tanglewood), summer 1958.
Tell us about your cherished musical experience.
Played one concert under (guest conductor)
In the student orchestra at Tanglewood I played under “student
conductors” Zubin Mehta and Claudio Abbado.
What is your favorite piece of music? Who is your
favorite composer/songwriter?
Hard to decide …
Wagner Overtures/Preludes (Tristan, Meistersinger, Lohergrin,
etc.), Beethoven and Wagner.
If you had to play a different instrument, which one
would you choose? Why?
Piano (always wanted to learn to play) or cello.
What do you do for a living?
Retired pastor (United Church of Christ – 42 years).
Do you have any hobbies other than music?
Gardening; Jane and I were foster parents for 40 years.
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
Graduated cum laude from Harvard Divinity School, 1959, married
for 50 years to wife Jane, six children (three adopted).
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Yesterday: Grimes Mill in oil
Yesterday: Grimes Mill painting
Artist Marshall Stokes of Rockwell submitted this photographic copy of the oil painting he has done of Grimes Mill, which was destroyed in a five-alarm fire Jan. 16 in Salisbury. His original oil painting measures 22 by 28 inches and is on display at the Salisbury Emporium off North Lee Street. Historic Salisbury Foundation owned the 1896 roller mill, which was located along North Church Street at the railroad tracks. The mill’s bricks are being salvaged and sold individually and by the pallet. Proceeds will go toward offsetting costs of the site’s cleanup. Historic Salisbury Foundation also is asking people for their memories of the mill to include in a forthcoming book. To contact the foundation,:
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Bank of America is the next target for WikiLeaks
According to an anonymous source, America's biggest bank is the subject of the next "megaleak"
Topics: WikiLeaks, War Room, Politics News
After weeks of guessing, a contact close to Julian Assange’s controversial organization confirms that the next batch of leaked documents released by WikiLeaks will nail Bank of America. CNBC.com’s John Carney reported the news from an anonymous source just a few minutes ago, and the clues leading up to this release corroborate the claim:.
Assange also confirmed this morning outside of the British Magistrates court that the next leak would come soon.
This is a developing story. Check back later for more details.
Adam Clark Estes blogs the news for Salon. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @adamclarkestes More Adam Clark Est
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