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Rand Paul's sad final days: Donald Trump, the Koch brothers and the slow fizzle of the GOP's libertarian/millennial dream
He was poised to lead a small government wave to the White House, uniting libertarians and Gen Y. What went wrong?
By David T.S. Jonas
Published December 7, 2015 6:15PM (EST)
Rand Paul (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Less than two years ago, Rand Paul and the Koch brothers were poised to take libertarianism to the next level. Today, they're even further back than where they started.
Back in the summer of 2014, the New York Times Magazine ran a cover story on Sen. Rand Paul, asking in the title, "Has the libertarian moment finally arrived?" In it, writer Robert Draper catalogued the many ways in which Paul and libertarian activists were strategizing to broaden the political appeal of libertarian ideas throughout the country. The article teased at a future where the Republican Party didn't just talk a big game about making government smaller and increasing freedom, but actually made it the fundamental objective of the party.
For a little while, it looked like that dream might come true. From early 2014 to mid-2015, Rand Paul was the ascendant outsider Republican. In July of 2014, he was leading the presidential polls in Iowa (albeit with just 11 percent support) and even led in the national polls as recently as June of this year (again with just 11 percent support). Paul was by no means the sole front-runner, but pundits of all political stripes were lauding his chances of building a sizable coalition of young independents and Tea Party-affiliated voters to make a credible run at the presidency.
But today, just six months after those highs, Rand Paul's bid to bring libertarianism into the political mainstream looks like it has failed completely. Today, Rand Paul routinely garners just 2 percent in the polls, and when compared to the relative success of his father, Ron Paul—who finished second place in the 2012 New Hampshire Republican primary—it looks like American libertarianism has receded to a level of political power not seen since George W. Bush was president.
What went wrong for Rand Paul and for libertarians in general? And why is it that the Republican Party—which seems like such a natural fit for libertarian beliefs—never seems to follow through on its promises of smaller government and greater liberty?
To answer that question, we need to start by giving libertarianism some credit. It's a political philosophy with deep and long-standing roots in American political culture, and it's not going away any time soon. Americans love freedom, and libertarians advocate for the most of it. It's just that when it comes to Social Security, healthcare for the poor, or universal access to military-grade assault rifles, most people start thinking of freedom in a slightly different way.
But the rise of the Tea Party following Barack Obama's election in 2008 made it seem like libertarianism was on the verge of something bigger. Rand Paul himself swept into office in the Republican wave of 2010, and the Edward Snowden revelations, the passage of Obamacare, and a new torrent of federal regulation brought renewed vigor to the libertarian movement. Even in the elections in 2012 and 2013, you got the sense something was afoot. Libertarian candidates across the country were getting 6 percent-7 percent of the vote and throwing statewide contests (for example, a Senate race in Montana and the governor's race in Virginia) largely to the Democrats.
If the political grass roots were primed for the rise of Rand Paul, the money and organization were even better. With hundreds of millions of dollars pledged to support libertarian causes, the Koch brothers continue to provide unprecedented amounts of cash and logistical support to bring the ideology of minimal government to the forefront of political action. Their organizations—Americans for Prosperity, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and countless others—have employed an array of carrots and sticks to move the Republican Party toward a more libertarian agenda.
And even if you weren't high on Rand Paul or the Koch brothers, there was still one more major development that should have propelled libertarians to greater political power: the continued success of "disruptive" Silicon Valley companies like Uber and Airbnb. These companies have clearly displayed at a national level the manifest benefits of deregulation and less central planning. Not only have these companies inspired an entire generation of young entrepreneurs, but these businesses have become political players in their own right, with countless successful campaigns that leveraged their popularity among their consumer base to pressure politicians to reduce government regulation.
Add it all together, and it looked like the libertarian movement had everything it needed for a winning agenda: a strong national candidate, lots of money and political infrastructure, and plenty of business and activist support to draw on. What went so horribly wrong?
The short-term answer clearly involves the rise of Donald Trump. If you're Rand Paul, it would be difficult to draw any other conclusion. The 10 percent to 20 percent of the Republican primary base that might normally turn out for a Ron or Rand Paul has shifted to the populist, xenophobic camp of Donald Trump. Libertarians come in all shapes and sizes, and if the polls are to be believed, many prefer at this moment to support a candidate who gives voice to their frustrations rather than their hopes for reducing the scale and size of government. As Michael Lind at Politico put it back in September:
"...Trump's popularity is, in effect, final proof of what some of us have been arguing for years: that the Tea Party is less a libertarian movement than a right-wing version of populism. Think William Jennings Bryan or Huey Long, not Ayn Rand. Tea Partiers are less upset about the size of government overall than they are that so much of it is going to other people, especially immigrants and nonwhites. They are for government for them and against government for Not-Them."
But the rise of Donald Trump doesn't explain why libertarians have gotten so little out of Congress and the legislative process as a whole. This is where the hundreds of millions of dollars from the Koch brothers were supposed to yield tangible results. But if Congress is any measure, the Kochs haven't gotten a lot for their money, insofar as you believe that their goals are ultimately libertarian. The only real attempt to flex libertarian muscle was the failed repeal of the Export-Import Bank, and the Kochs lost that battle entirely. After all those hundreds of millions of dollars from the Kochs, this Republican Congress has been much more motivated to attack Planned Parenthood and oust its own speaker than to cut entitlements, replace Obamacare, reduce federal regulation, or otherwise pursue a libertarian agenda. The Koch brothers have seen more legislative success on the state and local level, but just as in Congress, it's usually been the standard anti-liberal, pro-corporate agenda that establishment Republicans never objected to in the first place.
The real roots of this collapse should be no surprise: establishment Republicans have every reason to "cheat" on their libertarian leanings. Ronald Reagan deserves a lot of credit for bringing the smaller government ethos to the Republican Party, but most Republican politicians since then have found it much more useful to simply pay lip service to the libertarian movement while quietly taking the side of incumbent businesses whenever those two interests conflict. Establishment Democrats have a similar response to their pro-consumer supporters who want to see the big banks, the cable companies and the healthcare industries subject to greater market forces, but never seem to pull the trigger when real reform is on the table.
For establishment Republicans in particular, the temptation to cheat and pick winners and losers is often too hard to resist. Sure, they may talk a big game about believing in the free market, but once they become aware of who the winners or losers of a legislative change will be, that belief in the free market gets tossed by the wayside. It becomes about rewarding your side or punishing the other team, not about reducing the size of government. A Republican congressman may not like big government, but when it comes to cutting the generous agricultural subsidies that go to his hardworking constituents, his stated ideology often has a funny way of bending.
One could point to the success of companies like Uber as a counterexample to the collapse of American libertarianism, but even the rise of disruptive Silicon Valley powerhouses reveals the limits of enacting a true libertarian agenda. If their success has shown anything, it's that people want a very particular kind of libertarianism. It's a libertarianism that largely circumvents the political process and never imposes real tradeoffs on voters. With Uber, consumers got all the upside of deregulation without ever having to engage in the messy business of politics, because Uber just went ahead and implemented its business model before getting regulatory permission. If anything, companies like Uber show that you can have lots of regulation, and a group of entrepreneurs will come along and out-innovate the regulation, without us ever needing a libertarian "moment" to correct the failure. Best of all, Uber quickly becomes an incumbent business, and the political system bends toward its needs as usual.
For Rand Paul, all of these developments must be particularly dispiriting. It looked like maybe—just maybe—all the talk of smaller government would actually result in a movement to make government smaller. Even Republican primary voters seemed to be gradually wading into the pool in recent years. But xenophobia and the airing of long-standing grievances seem to be a greater priority for today's version of these voters. These voters may have at one point seen libertarianism as the best way to channel those grievances, but that mood appears gone for now.
While Rand Paul and the Koch brothers may honestly believe in greater liberty and smaller government, the rest of the Republican Party still thinks of this as code for making sure the bounty of American peace and prosperity goes to them and those they deem fit. For that to change, libertarians are going to have to figure out a way to stop this tendency of Republicans to cheat on their talking points and make them deliver tangible results. If history is any indication, that's going to take a real Tea Party revolution, not the mild boomlet that we just saw spark and fizzle out before our eyes.
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In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, tulkus are expected to be secular leaders, managing their own monasteries, retreat centers, or institutes of learning, and many will oversee nonprofit charities or foundations. But despite their rigorous Buddhist training in the monastic environment, few have acquired the training and management skills they need to fulfill their roles. Khyentse Foundation is developing innovative programs to help those who are responsible for Buddhist institutions acquire the skills of modern leadership and management, languages (primarily English and Chinese), computer science and technology, progressive teaching methodology, social studies, history, economics, and more.


"President Trump has said for some time that he was open to talks and he would willingly meet with Kim when conditions were right", the top USA diplomat said. No names have been suggested yet, CNN reported. "We need to be very clear-eyed and realistic about it", Tillerson said at the press conference.
The official told CNN, however, the detente leaves the United States on the margins.
He said the United States was surprised at how "forward-leaning" Kim was in his conversations with a visiting South Korean delegation.
The last time major global talks were held to persuade North Korea to disarm were the so-called Six Party Talks involving North and South Korea, the US, China Japan, and Russian Federation.
Trump has derided Kim as a "maniac", referred to him as "little rocket man", and threatened in a speech to the United Nations past year to "totally destroy" North Korea if it attacked the United States or one of its allies. The North Korean leader also promised to stop nuclear and ballistic missile testing while talks with the USA were under way, according to the adviser.
"The goal of the global maximum pressure campaign, which has been supported by multiple UN Security Council resolutions, is to motivate North Korea to achieve the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula".
Moon Jae-in spoke on Thursday morning before two senior Seoul officials were to head to the United States to brief officials about the outcome of their recent visit to North Korea.
China says its proposal for a "dual suspension" of North Korean nuclear tests in return for a halt to war games by South Korea and the USA has proven successful.
Abe told a parliamentary session Thursday that North Korea should not be rewarded just for agreeing to talks.


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Orange Shirt Kid's Mother Sues Epic Games Over Fortnite Orange Justice Emote
In what might be the weirdest of all the current planned lawsuits against Epic Games for Fortnite emotes, the mother of internet sensation "Orange Shirt Kid" is suing the company over the addition of the Orange Justice emote during Season 4.
As you may already know, the emote was added after a campaign led by fans demanded that Epic Games do so, as "Justice" for the kid not winning the Boogie Down contest. Orange Shirt Kid entered the contest in hopes of getting the emote added to the game, so you may be wondering why a lawsuit would be incoming considering the context behind the emote.
As reported by Variety, the lawsuit does not include the Boogie Down contest nor the tweets in which the celebrated the addition of the emote. Instead, his mother, Rachel McCumbers, claims that Orange Shirt Kid "exploded in popularity in or around early 2018, after he made a video of himself performing" the dance.
Also in the filing was a claim that her son was subject to "extreme cyberbullying" and as a result deactivated his social medias. While this part of the lawsuit may unfortunately be true, it's peculiar and quite interesting that the Boogie Down contest was excluded from the lawsuit filing entirely. It's possible that if this lawsuit makes it to court, Epic Games will use the contest as a very solid defence.
We'll keep you updated regarding the situation on each of Epic's lawsuits regarding in-game emotes.
You can view the lawsuit filing here (thanks Variety):
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Ben Walker is an editor for Fortnite News and tweets on @FortniteBR. He's addicted to games like Fortnite, so it helps that he writes about it instead of playing it. Email: [email protected]
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Inter Medya announced today that they closed an agreement for BLACK MONEY LOVE (KARA PARA ASK) with Spain's Atresmedia. The series will go on air on one of Atresmedia's channels.
Produced by Ay Yapim, which is behind popular series such as ENDLESS LOVE and THE PIT, BLACK MONEY LOVE features a strong cast including Tuba Buyukustun and Engin Akyurek, who was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor award at the International Emmy Awards in 2015.
BLACK MONEY LOVE tells the story of the young police officer Omer Demir and the beautiful jewelry designer Elif Denizer, who have to work together in order to find the people behind the mysterious murders of his fiancé and her father, both bodies found together in strange circumstances in a car accident with a bullet in their heads.


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Louisiana-Lafayette Runs Past Arkansas State
Oct 21, 2014 Alonzo Harris, Arkansas State Red Wolves, Blake Anderson, C.J. Bates, College Football, Dijon Paschal, Elijah McGuire, Fredi Knighten, Hunter Stover, J.D. McKissic, James Butler, Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns, Michael Gordon, NCAA Football, Terrance Broadway
Louisiana-Lafayette's Alonzo Harris and Elijah McGuire ran for 372 yards combined to lead the Ragin' Cajuns past Arkansas State on Tuesday night. McGuire was especially impressive with 265 yards and 4 touchdowns rushing on 19 carries in the 55-40 win.
The fireworks started early with Arkansas State's Fredi Knighten outrunning the defense to the end zone on a quarterback keeper to make it 6-0. The extra point would be no good, as it hit off the goal post.
The Ragin' Cajuns came down the field with a touchdown of their own courtesy of Alonzo Harris from 4 yards out to make it 6-6. Hunter Stover had his extra point blocked in an odd beginning for both kickers.
Arkansas State ended up getting a field goal on the next possession to take a 9-6 lead, but they would soon find themselves trailing after another touchdown run from Harris (22 yards) to make it 13-9 in favor of Louisiana-Lafayette.
The Red Wolves had a fantastic chance to at least get a field goal, but J.D. McKissic's pass for Tres Houston on the trick play was a bit too long. Several plays later, Knighten threw an interception on a screen pass that was brought back to the one yard line. Harris pounded the ball on the next play and it became a 20-9 lead.
The Ragin' Cajuns extended the lead even further after forcing a punt. On the fourth play of the drive, McGuire burst through the opening in the line and no one was going to catch as he ran for a 74 yard touchdown. McGuire would add his second touchdown on the following drive with a punishing 13 yard run and UL-Lafayette had a commanding 34-9 lead with less than 9 minutes left in the first half.
The Red Wolves began the comeback with Michael Gordon's 70 yard touchdown run to make it 34-16. The play was very odd looking as Gordon landed on top of his own lineman and then ran into the end zone. The officials ruled he never was not down and replay confirmed the call. After forcing a punt, Arkansas State cut the lead to 34-23 when Knighten found Dijon Paschal behind the defense for an 87 yard touchdown pass.
Despite all the fireworks, there would not be any scoring in the final 4:29 of the second quarter.
The third quarter, and most of the second half, would lack the same amount of offensive firepower that was showcased in the first twenty-five minutes of the game. The only touchdown of the third quarter came as a result of an odd playcall by Blake Anderson of Arkansas State. On fourth and 11 from his own 8 yard line, he called a fake punt that resulted in a two yard loss. Two plays later, Harris ran in for his fourth touchdown from four yards out and the Ragin' Cajuns extended their lead to 41-23.
After a 17 play drive, the Red Wolves hit a field goal with 10:10 remaining to make it a 41-26 game, but there was still plenty of work left to do. They would, however, force a punt and get the ball back with 7:56 left on the clock. The Red Wolves would get another touchdown with Knighten hitting Pachal for a 6 yard touchdown. However, with the score at 41-32, Anderson decided to go for two and it would go horribly wrong. That left the Red Wolves down by 9 points with 5:37 left.
In the end, the two point try would be a moot point. McGuire once again burned the Red Wolves' defense with a 43 yard streak to the end zone and a 48-32 lead. The Red Wolves would answer with a touchdown. On fourth and goal from the 12, Knighten hit Houston for the score on the edge of the end zone. They would convert the two point conversion to make it 48-40 in favor of UL-Lafayette, but the running game would put this game beyond doubt.
On third and 10 from the UL-Lafayette 46 yard line, McGuire went off the right side and once again ran away from the defense, just as he had done so many times previously in this game. That would cap the scoring at 55-40 and a big win for Louisiana-Lafayette.
Fredi Knighten went 26 of 37 for 344 yards with 3 touchdown passes and an interception. He also carried the ball 15 times for 72 yards and a touchdown.
Michael Gordon had 134 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries. J.D. McKissic had one carry for 55 yards, but he was electric throughout the night. McKissic also caught 7 passes for 99 yards. The leading receiver was Dijon Paschal with 8 catches for 141 yards and 2 touchdowns. Tres Houston also caught 5 passes for 58 yards and a touchdown.
Terrance Broadway had a quiet night at quarterback, but with the running game he was provided it was expected. Broadway went 9 of 17 for 102 yards with no touchdowns and no turnovers. He also ran 8 times for 38 yards. His top receiver was James Butler with one catch for 34 yards. C.J. Bates caught two passes for 28 yards.
The true story of this game was the Louisiana-Lafayette running game. Elijah McGuire ran for 265 yards and 4 rushing touchdowns on 19 carries. He had an average of 13.9 yards per carry. Alonzo Harris ran 27 times for 107 yards and 4 touchdowns. The entire team ran for 419 yards and 8 touchdowns on 56 carries for an average of 7.5 yards per carry.
Arkansas State (4-3, 2-1) has extra time off to prepare for their next opponent in Idaho. They will travel to face them on November 1.
Louisiana-Lafayette (4-3, 3-0) is now on a three game winning streak. They have their homecoming game on November 1 against South Alabama.
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Q: display chips with scrollable for feature in react i'm using material ui v5 and react
and try to develop feature which i'm stuck with
the feature look like that
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so i have dynamic array that display as chips .
and i need to use the right and left arrow to scroll
the first row and the second row if there is left in the array .
can be vertical scroll if there easy logic
if there is a library that give me this it will be very helpful.
thank you :)

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CUC Announced Voting Results for the Election of Directors
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.
CARIBBEAN UTILITIES COMPANY, LTD. CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES ARE LISTED FOR TRADING IN UNITED STATES FUNDS ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE.
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 28, 2015 /CNW/ - Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (TSX:CUP.U) ("CUC" or "the Company") announced that the nominees listed in the Company's Notice to Shareholders and Management Information Circular dated March 13, 2015 were elected as Directors of CUC at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 12, 2015 in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
The following nominees were elected to serve as directors of CUC until the next annual meeting of the Company or until their successors are elected or appointed. Notwithstanding that the motions were passed by a show of hands vote at the meeting, the votes recorded by proxy in advance of the meeting were as follows:
Votes Withheld
Mr. J. Bryan Bothwell
Mrs. Sheree Ebanks
Mr. Woodrow Foster
Mr. J.F. Richard Hew
Mr. Joseph A. Imparato
Mr. Earl. A. Ludlow
Mr. Frederick O'Brien
Mr. Eddinton M. Powell
Mr. David E. Ritch
Mr. Peter A. Thomson
Mr. Lynn R. Young
CUC provides electricity to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, under a non-exclusive Electricity Generation Licence expiring in 2039 and an exclusive Electricity Transmission and Distribution Licence expiring in 2028. Further information is available at www.cuc-cayman.com.
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. ("CUC" or "the Company"), on occasion, includes forward-looking statements in its media releases, Canadian securities regulatory authorities filings, shareholder reports and other communications. Forward-looking statements include statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon future events or conditions, or include words such as "expects", "anticipates", "plan", "believes", "estimates", "intends", "targets", "projects", "forecasts", "schedule", or negative versions thereof and other similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "may", "will", "should", "would" and "could". Forward-looking statements are based on underlying assumptions and management's beliefs, estimates and opinions, and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations generally that may cause actual results to vary from plans, targets and estimates. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to operational, general economic, market and business conditions, regulatory developments and weather conditions. CUC cautions readers that actual results may vary significantly from those expected should certain risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of providing information about management's current expectations and plans relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law.
SOURCE Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.
For further information: Letitia Lawrence, Vice-President Finance & C.F.O., Phone: (345) 949-5200, Fax: (345) 949-4621
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The cricket season is at its peak, and people are getting more and more engaged by the wonders they are seeing in the world of cricket, by each passing day. One the other hand, there are people who are passionate about playing cricket and they spend a reasonable amount of time everyday to indulge themselves in cricket. However, if you're playing such an elegant sport, you need to make sure you're equipped with all the right tools – including a cricket hat. This is where Giftwrap can be your one-stop remedy for the best cricket hats in the marketplace. We have a diversified range of cricket hats for all those cricket fanatics out there, in order to provide them with protection from the sun, and a classy outlook while playing their favorite sport. From simple cricket hats to the cricketer, all of our hats are available in a wide array of colors. Moreover, we offer embroidery over these hats to make them your personal asset – and a collectible you cherish for the rest of your life.


Sharon Van Etten's latest solo album retains elements of her previous work: the immediacy of her lyrics and her songs' beautiful musical atmospheres. As on Tramp, one continues to hear Van Etten's vocal range expand – by now able to encompass keening soprano lines as well as a growling contralto a la Stevie Nicks. Some of the best moments on Are We There combine both vocal approaches, as on the multi-layered "Taking My Chances." Her more confessional and emotionally stark selections, such as "Your Love is Killing Me" are compelling as well; here we are relieved by a swelling build to the chorus that offsets that stark ambiance of the verse. One is most impressed with the range of material on display here. So often, singer-songwriter albums can get stuck in a particular vibe or groove that leaves them monochromatic. Not so with Are We There: Van Etten has crafted her most varied, and most compelling, album to date. Recommended.
Sharon Van Etten's next LP, Are We There, is out May 27 on Jagjaguwar.


Gozo, a sister island of Malta, is just a few kilometres away from Malta and can easily be reached by a 20 minute ferry trip.
In spite of being so close to Malta,this island provides a complete different atmosphere. Due to its soil characteristics the island is much greener than Malta. It is marked to a great extent by loam lying under the upper and lower limestone layer which offers good conditions for all kind of plants.Especially in the valleys and on the cliffs one finds a hugenumber of wildflowers, grass and herbs.Gozo is a small island of 67 sq km. The medieval lanes of the capital Victoria and its Citadel send us back to old times. Gozo is known for its indescribably beautiful scenery and small wunders such as the "Azure Window"the "Blue Hole" and the salt pans and the "Yellow rock" nearby. (rock formations).The charming colour contrast of the blues of the sea and the warm yellows of the stones and rocks gives alot of inspiration to the artists on Gozo.


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Q: HTML table with attributes to PHP Array I have a html table, generated by another website that I'm trying to convert to a php array.
I can not convert it using simplexml because the code of the generated table is not valid, and cause a lot of errors, also I need to keep some attributes of the table td elements, and remove the others.
What would be the most efficient way of doing this? Or do you know any php class that could help me achieve this?
BTW: What I'm trying to do is convert an school schedule to a php array, that I will be able to exploit after.
Here is an example of the data I retrieve: http://paste2.org/p/1869193
Btw, using php strip tags, I already remove the unnecessary tags such as spans and fonts.

A: You can also use PHP's Tidy if installed (it is by default on some installs) - it not only cleans up the HTML, but also lets you traverse the DOM:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.tidy.php

A: You can find a list of HTML parserd in the answers of the following question on SO:
Robust and Mature HTML Parser for PHP


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from django.test import TestCase
from django.utils.encoding import force_text

from fluent_contents.plugins.markup.models import LANGUAGE_MODEL_CLASSES
from fluent_contents.tests.factories import create_content_item
from fluent_contents.tests.utils import render_content_items

class MarkupPluginTests(TestCase):
    """
    Testing markup plugin logic
    """

    def test_markup(self):
        RstItem = LANGUAGE_MODEL_CLASSES["restructuredtext"]

        item = create_content_item(
            RstItem,
            text="""
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        )

        expected = """

RST

Markup!

"""
        self.assertHTMLEqual(force_text(render_content_items([item])), expected)

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Puszkary (biał. Пушкары; ros. Пушкари) – wieś na Białorusi, w obwodzie grodzieńskim, w rejonie grodzieńskim, w sielsowiecie Podłabienie. Od wschodu sąsiaduje z Grodnem.

W dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym wieś leżała w Polsce, w województwie białostockim, w powiecie augustowskim.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Puszkary na mapie WIG

Rejon grodzieński
Wsie w obwodzie grodzieńskim

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HxGN SPOTLIGHT >HxGN Blog > Smart manufacturing is speeding up the automotive industry
Smart manufacturing is speeding up the automotive industry
14 April 2022 Innovation|Sustainability|General manufacturing
As smart manufacturing shrinks the size of OEM plants and reduces waste throughout the production process, Hexagon's digital twin solutions are the perfect fuel EV production.
When you think of auto parts, you are probably conjuring an image of highly-specialised factories churning out complex mechanical components by the thousands to satisfy a singular purpose — the manufacture of this year's newest cars vehicles. Until now, you would have been mostly correct. However, the growing popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) in a world of rising energy costs is changing the landscape of auto manufacturing as components become easier to produce at scale without the need for massive plants and highly specialised machinery. Sales of battery electric vehicles rose by 40% and plug-in hybrid vehicles by 74% worldwide in 2020, and then more than doubled in 2021. With the electric vehicle now obviously here to stay, investing in solutions for more efficient manufacturing is critical to avoid getting left in the dust.
Ford first presented the possibilities of mass production with the Model T, and since then the automotive industry has run primarily on large-scale production to keep costs low. Another huge contributor to this system was Toyota's 'just in time' production philosophy, which allowed for production to meet established demand and reduce overstock. However, the world of the past few years has shown that any significant disruption in supply chains can set automakers back in a major way. Beginning with the Suez Canal blockage and then accelerated by massive supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reliance on centralised production is showing more and more vulnerabilities that lead to a lack of adaptability. That's where the 'microfactory' model comes in.
Microfactories are plants with small footprints that assemble vehicle components via the use of multi-tasking robots that can produce EVs at a much lower cost than traditional plants due to their reduced size, build time and fully automated production processes. But the technological leaps don't stop at simply building robots to accomplish simple assembly; full smart manufacturing solutions offer an opportunity to optimise processes at every stage of EV production from design to assembly line. Through a data-driven system of sensors, autonomous QC and AI-driven software, material waste and time-to-market can be reduced while making cars that are significantly less harmful to the environment.
Hexagon is leading the charge in this kind of integration with solutions centred around the power of digital twins (after all, operating without a digital twin is like navigating a cross-country car journey with only a paper map.) The application of AI with these exact digital representations of the real world provides teams real-time access to constantly evolving products and allows simulations and predictive analytic tools to be applied throughout project lifecycles, streamlining the production process from beginning to end and cutting down on the over-engineering and lack of collaboration that generates the greatest inefficiencies in the sector.
With automakers like Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes-Benz and BMW already pivoting to greater EV production and joining brands like Tesla and Lucid in prioritising smart manufacturing, putting data to work in smarter and more autonomous ways is shaping up to be a crucial component in the future of EV technology. Hexagon is excited to be a part of charting this evolving course, and we can't wait to see what lies on the road ahead.


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It's the government, stupid: how governments blame citizens for their own policies
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Governments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to 'nudge' their citizens to better behaviour. Keith Dowding argues that responsibility for many of our biggest social crises should be laid at the feet of politicians.
People are responsible for the choice they make from their menu of opportunities. And our past choices do affect today's menu. But if we look at the opportunities available to each person in a society at any given time, that menu is set by society. And the government is the most important agent in society. Essentially, the way we live is the responsibility of the government. That is the argument of my new book, It's the Government, Stupid: How Governments Blame Citizens for Their Own Policies.
In the book, I look at five policy areas: gun crime, obesity, homelessness, gambling and recreational drugs. I explain how the massive gun-related death toll in the US is directly attributable to the nature of gun regulations there. The gambling industry has benefited from a widespread relaxation of regulations – which I generally support – but I argue that governments need to do more to prevent the harms caused by gambling: different regulation is required. Meanwhile, irrationally, recreational drug use is still subject to severe regulation. I argue for legalisation buttressed by strong regulations akin to those applied to medical drugs, alcohol, and so on.
Here I'll look at the topics of obesity and housing in more detail – for years, governments have been blaming us for their own policies in these areas. 28% of the British population is officially obese and another 35% overweight. Boris Johnson announced another initiative on the issue in July. If, like previous initiatives, it is directed at personal behaviour, it will fail. Diet plans, healthy eating, and exercise advice abound, and they might help some people. But they will not solve the crisis.
The obesity crisis is the government's fault. Yes, it is largely caused by our increased consumption of refined grains, fats, and sugars, especially in the form of sugar-sweetened beverages. It has long been recognised that sugar-sweetened beverages are associated with high calorific intake, not only because of their own high calories, but also because frequent consumers of them have heightened sweet alertness and so are likely to consume greater quantities of high-calorie solids. They are less likely to drink water or milk and eat less fresh fruit. High sugar-sweetened beverages consumers are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
So why do we eat more of these highly-processed, highly-calorific products? First, they are cheap. Second, we prefer them.
Overall, in the past forty years, food prices have fallen by about 15%. So we can afford to eat more. However, price falls are not even. In fact, the price of healthy food has generally increased. Fresh fruits and vegetables cost about 118% more. Fish has gone up by 77%, dairy products by 56%. In other words, falling food prices almost exclusively mean manufactured foods associated with weight gain and obesity. Not only do people eat more, but they eat more energy-dense fast food.
Sugar is highly addictive for mammals. Repeatedly eating excessive amounts of sugar induces naloxone, an opioid. Feeding and then withdrawing the sugar causes rats to display signs of opioid withdrawal: chattering teeth, paw tremors and head shakes. Naloxone decreases extracellular dopamine (DA), increases acetylcholine (ACh) with the DA/ACh imbalance causing withdrawal symptoms qualitatively similar to those induced by withdrawal from morphine or nicotine. It is not easy to switch from unhealthy to healthy food. Telling us to eat fewer sugar-sweetened products and more fresh fruit and vegetables will not be effective.
Sugar-sweetened beverages and processed calorie-dense food could have been engineered to make us fat. They were not. But they were designed to appeal to our evolutionarily shaped dietary tastes. And we can't blame food manufacturers for that. They are in a competitive business; they respond to how their rivals manufacture and advertise food. The only answer is to regulate. Firms will play by the rules – but first the government must set the rules.
Countries around the world are beginning to respond. Trans fat are banned in several countries, but not the UK. All the UK has done is urge food manufacturers not to use them, but it is not clear whether they have been reduced to any great extent in our food. The UK has also introduced a sugar tax, but we need evidence on how well it works. We should also consider tighter regulation of how sweet manufactured foods can be. Many sugar-free drinks, for example, contain sweeteners that make the drink exceptionally sweet, and we still do not know their long-term health effects.
By failing to act, the government is responsible for creating the circumstances which make it difficult, or even impossible, for many people to make choices that will benefit their health.
Turning now to homelessness, UK house prices have risen four-fold in real terms in the last forty years. Rents, too, have skyrocketed. Today, for the first time in the post-war period, young people are less likely to ever own their own home than their parents were. Is this really the government's fault?
Yes. The housing crisis has been caused by changing fiscal and housing policies since the 1970s. First, governments created a massive bias in the tax system, favouring not only home owners, but also rentiers. Second, they stopped seeing it as their job to ensure everyone could afford housing; they pulled out of supplying public housing and abolished rent controls. A raft of legislation impelled widespread sale of council housing, hamstrung the ability of councils to replace it, and restricted the right to be housed.
The New Labour government of 1997 did not change direction; its 2002 Homeless Act encouraged local strategies to help prevent homelessness and promoted public–private partnerships, but provided no concrete help. The subsequent coalition and Conservative governments further reduced social housing and incentivised home ownership and the buy-to-let property market.
For the last forty years, government has been getting out of the business of directly providing homes and encouraging private renting and home ownership. Government policies have had the effect of inflating house prices: since the mid-1980s, house price growth in the UK has averaged 2.4% per annum compared to a European average of 1.1%, and between 1995 and 2014 it averaged 2.7%. Affordability has dropped dramatically, with only around 30% of new households able to buy in the 2010s, compared to 45% in the mid-1980s.
If we as individuals are really responsible for the obesity crisis and the housing crisis, did people somehow start to become less responsible over the past forty years? Some commentators blame the nanny state for creating a generation who expect everything to be given them on a plate. Yet how could this happen during precisely the period when government slashed its welfare spending? Rather, these crises were created by deliberate government policies.
People are responsible for the choices they make. But they can only choose from the menu of opportunities offered to them. We know people respond to prices. Make housing a lucrative investment and people will invest, inflating prices out of the reach of potential homeowners. Manufacture cheap fat-inducing foods that appeal to our tastebuds, and we will eat more of them.
Government is the main agent when it comes to the menu of opportunities. It should take responsibility. But it does not.
Keith Dowding is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Political Philosophy at the Australian National University. He is the author of It's the Government, Stupid: How Government' Blame Citizens for Their Own Policies.
All articles posted on this blog give the views of the author(s), and not the position of LSE British Politics and Policy, nor of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Ken Johnson says:
You have got me started. Don't forget also the government's deliberate creation of poverty in old age. The State pension should be raised urgently to the level at which you can live on it, say GBP 23,000 per person per year. It should also be paid as of the birthday after which you probably won't be fit for work, say 60 for women and 65 for men. Instead, the State pays so little that if you depend upon it in areas where energy is expensive (again, the result of government policies) you will starve, freeze, or be out on the street — very possibly all three.
The obvious solution is to triple the pension and increase National Insurance to pay for it, so that your average pension saver will withdraw his savings from the bank and pay back National Insurance. The government responds by telling us that since the pension is inadequate, we should all save money with the banks.
There are three problems with that. First, the government is entirely responsible for the problem and they could fix it tomorrow if they wanted to. Secondly, most people have no money to save: substantial pay rises were last seen in 1966, when credit cards were first issued in the UK. Thirdly, the banks have sussed it, and they pay about 0.25% on savings while charging 44% on loans, and the government acts as cheerleaders for their ruinous pension schemes.
The situation is a disgrace, and it's not our fault.
Regards, Ken Johnson
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In the Russian-German Institute of the Moscow State University of Railway Transport (MIIT), as part of the European Union project TEMPUS, two target groups have successfully completed the supplementary vocational education program "Training in the field of infrastructure and operation of high-speed rail line traffic in Russia.
In the period from 6 to 11 April 2017, the protection of certification graduation works was held in the commission under the chairmanship of the Chief Engineer of the project of High-Speed Rail Lines Vladimir Andreev.
The program was attended by 15 employees of Russian Railways and 15 students of the 5th year of the MIIT of the specialties "Electric transport of railways", "Automation and telemechanics in railway transport", "Telecommunication networks and railway transport systems", "Electricity supply of railways", "Operation Railways".
During the academic year 2016/2017, the students mastered 9 general and 7 operational disciplines out of 23 developed by a consortium of university teachers and specialists from the five participating countries of the project: France, Poland, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine. They attended lectures by MIIT teachers, and took part in the "round tables ", organized with the participation of leading experts from Siemens, Alstom, High-Speed Rail Lines and the Directorate of high-speed communication, which is a branch of Russian Railways.


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Updated Apr 19, 2018 - Technology
Amazon is always one step ahead
Ina Fried, author of Login
Photo: Ant Palmer/Getty Images
Amazon is an iceberg: People only see what's above the surface. Meanwhile, underneath, the company just keeps expanding.
Why you'll hear about this again: This has proven true time and time again. When people thought of Amazon as a bookstore, it was already on its way to being an e-commerce giant. When all people saw was an e-commerce giant, Amazon was well on its way to being a marketplace and web services provider.
Amazon Prime — with its expansion into video and music services and its moves into brick and mortar — has been similarly underestimated, though people have at least learned to fear what the company might be up to next.
Here are a couple of new data points suggesting how huge the Amazon iceberg has grown — and where it's headed:
After years of being vague about numbers, Amazon confirmed Tuesday that there are 100 million Amazon Prime subscribers. That means they have managed to convince a huge swath of the U.S. population to sign up. (Amazon didn't break out how many of the Prime subscribers were in the U.S. vs. international.)
Amazon struck a deal with Best Buy that will see the electronics chain carry televisions with Amazon's Fire TV built in. Now, fast forward a few years and which seems more likely — that this headline will come back to haunt Amazon when Best Buy takes over the online electronics business or that Amazon will get the last laugh?
Amazon is announcing today "blueprints" for Alexa, a way for home users to easily create their own quizzes and games for Echo and other devices. Again, some looked at the Echo and saw a smart speaker, where Amazon has quietly built an entirely new operating system.
Go deeper: Axios business editor Dan Primack and I went back and forth about Amazon's size and strength in a video earlier this year.


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Q: Parse XML files in Python (ElementTree) I am trying to parse some xml and rss feeds to extract some of their data in order to store it in a PostGIS database.
The file I want to parse is here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/1hour-M1.xml and looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">
  <updated>2012-03-05T19:57:55Z</updated>
  <title>USGS M 1+ Earthquakes</title>
  <subtitle>Real-time, worldwide earthquake list for the past hour</subtitle>
  <link rel="self" href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/1hour-M1.xml"/>
  <link href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/"/>
  <author><name>U.S. Geological Survey</name></author>
  <id>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/</id>
  <icon>/favicon.ico</icon>
  <entry><id>urn:earthquake-usgs-gov:ak:10425830</id><title>M 2.5, Alaska Peninsula</title><updated>2012-03-05T19:37:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/ak10425830.php"/><![CDATA[
Monday, March  5, 2012 19:37:00 UTC
Monday, March  5, 2012 10:37:00 AM at epicenter

Depth: 185.70 km (115.39 mi)
]]><georss:point>58.5578 -155.6727</georss:point><georss:elev>-185700</georss:elev><category label="Age" term="Past hour"/></entry>
  <entry><id>urn:earthquake-usgs-gov:nc:71742560</id><title>M 1.5, San Francisco Bay area, California</title><updated>2012-03-05T19:31:16Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc71742560.php"/><![CDATA[
Monday, March  5, 2012 19:31:16 UTC
Monday, March  5, 2012 11:31:16 AM at epicenter

Depth: 0.20 km (0.12 mi)
]]><georss:point>37.9882 -122.4550</georss:point><georss:elev>-200</georss:elev><category label="Age" term="Past hour"/></entry>
  <entry><id>urn:earthquake-usgs-gov:ak:10425819</id><title>M 2.2, Central Alaska</title><updated>2012-03-05T19:28:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ak10425819.php"/><![CDATA[
Monday, March  5, 2012 19:28:00 UTC
Monday, March  5, 2012 10:28:00 AM at epicenter

Depth: 112.30 km (69.78 mi)
]]><georss:point>63.2167 -150.5241</georss:point><georss:elev>-112300</georss:elev><category label="Age" term="Past hour"/></entry>
  <entry><id>urn:earthquake-usgs-gov:nc:71742550</id><title>M 1.8, Northern California</title><updated>2012-03-05T19:18:22Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc71742550.php"/><![CDATA[
Monday, March  5, 2012 19:18:22 UTC
Monday, March  5, 2012 11:18:22 AM at epicenter

Depth: 2.40 km (1.49 mi)
]]><georss:point>38.8177 -122.8205</georss:point><georss:elev>-2400</georss:elev><category label="Age" term="Past hour"/></entry>
  <entry><id>urn:earthquake-usgs-gov:ak:10425806</id><title>M 2.1, Southern Alaska</title><updated>2012-03-05T19:14:44Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ak10425806.php"/><![CDATA[
Monday, March  5, 2012 19:14:44 UTC
Monday, March  5, 2012 10:14:44 AM at epicenter

Depth: 17.10 km (10.63 mi)
]]><georss:point>60.5011 -145.1175</georss:point><georss:elev>-17100</georss:elev><category label="Age" term="Past hour"/></entry>
</feed>

I am quite new to Python and to XML but I believe that the right direction to choose is ElementTree. Thus I have started with the following code:
#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os
import urllib
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

def main():
  feed = urllib.urlopen("http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/1hour-M1.xml")

  try:
    tree = ET.parse(feed)
    print "Download ok"
    root = tree.getroot()
    print root
    event = root.find("entry")
    for e in event:
      print e.attrib
  except Exception, inst:
    print "Unexpected error opening %s: %s" % (tree, inst)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()

but an error is thrown...
Can anyone point me the best direction to follow for this? I do not really understand how to extract the data from the various tags. And then, what's the ideal strategy to "store" this data: an array of dictionaries?
Thanks in advance!

A: Before I try to answer, a tip. Your exception handler covers up the nature of the problem. Just let the original exception rise up and you'll have more information to share with people who are interested in helping you.
I like to use feedparser to parse Atom feeds. It does indeed give you dict-like objects. I submitted a patch to feedparser 4.1 to parse the GeoRSS elements into GeoJSON style dicts. See https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=62 and blog post at http://sgillies.net/blog/566/georss-patch-for-universal-feedparser/. You'd use it like this:
>>> import feedparser
>>> feed = feedparser.parse("http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/1hour-M1.xml")
>>> feed.entries[0]['where']
{'type': 'Point', 'coordinates': (-122.8282, 38.844700000000003)}

My patched version of 4.1 is in my Dropbox and you can get it using pip.
$ pip install http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10325831/feedparser-4.1-georss.tar.gz

Or just download and install with "python setup.py install".

A: It's more comfortable to use lxml for XML processing. Here is an example that fetches the feed and prints earthquake titles and coordinates:
import lxml.etree

feed_url = 'http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/1hour-M1.xml'
ns = {
    'atom': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom',
    'georss': 'http://www.georss.org/georss',
}

def main():
    doc = lxml.etree.parse(feed_url)
    for entry in doc.xpath('//atom:entry', namespaces=ns):
        [title] = entry.xpath('./atom:title', namespaces=ns)
        [point] = entry.xpath('./georss:point', namespaces=ns)
        print point.text, title.text

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

A: The problem you are having is a little tricky issue with ATOM feeds.  When you parse the feed in Python, even though the xml simply shows the tag <entry> the actual tag is <{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}entry> as Python reads it.
So using the same code you posted above:
#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os
import urllib
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

def main():
  feed = urllib.urlopen("http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/1hour-M1.xml")

  try:
    tree = ET.parse(feed)
    print "Download ok"
    root = tree.getroot()
    print root
    event = root.find("{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}entry")   ## Notice change here
    for e in event:
      print e.attrib
  except Exception, inst:
    print "Unexpected error opening %s: %s" % (tree, inst)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()

The error you are receiving is due to the fact that no entries are returned when you use event = root.find("entry") so when you try to loop through event Python returns a TypeError because you cannot loop through a variable that is equal to None.
Hope this helps.

A: Not an answer to be able to do this with Python, but to directly import data from a GeoRSS file you can use the ogr2ogr tool that is part of the OGR/GDAL package.
For further information on OGR drivers see:
GeoRSS Driver
PostGIS Driver


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CFOs Seek Surer Footing for the Path Forward
U.S. finance leaders are looking for more signs of stability in the year ahead, according to the latest Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook...
David W. OwensMarch 12, 2014
The good news: Business leaders' concerns about the U.S. economy continue to abate. The not-quite-so-good news: Their confidence in their own companies' futures could use some shoring up.
At the start of a new year, the Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook survey shows that U.S. CFOs are still trying to come to grips with the economic policies, as well as the economic conditions, that will help shape the future of their businesses. Our survey of top finance executives from around the world has been conducted jointly by the Duke University Fuqua School of Business and CFO Publishing for 72 consecutive quarters. In the first quarter of 2014, we collected views from 379 finance leaders at U.S. companies of all sizes, as well as from 500 executives from other regions of the world.
In this quarter's results, finance executives' optimism about the U.S. economy continued to strengthen, slowly but steadily. Their rating of 60 out of 100 for the economy was nearly a three-percentage-point gain over their views at the end of last year.
But the same kind of improvement is not evident in the outlooks for their own companies. While CFOs' expectations for earnings and revenue growth over the next 12 months remained positive, at 8.5 percent and 5.9 percent, respectively, both figures represent some backsliding from the fourth quarter of last year (12.9 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively, for public and private companies combined). For the moment, few respondents are showing an appetite for committing to more spending, with growth estimates for capital spending, full-time employment and other categories remaining largely unchanged from the previous quarter.
Even as CFOs see signs of strengthening in the economy, they also continue to adopt a "wait and see" stance regarding corporate spending. "As a group, CFOs are a skeptical bunch of people," commented Darin Holderness, corporate controller at Woodgrain Millwork, a $500-million maker of wood products for residential homes. "Until I see data that my business is going to improve, I'm not going to believe what I read in the papers and go to the bank with it."
Economic and Political Uncertainty
A large portion of that caution can be attributed to the uncertainty finance executives express over how external factors will affect their businesses. Nearly all U.S. respondents (87 percent) said that uncertainty about economic conditions was acting as a drag on their business planning in some way. The impact was seen equally in hiring plans and capital spending, with 64 percent of finance executives saying economic uncertainty would cause reductions or delays in each of the two categories. Economic uncertainty is not prompting as many companies to build up their cash reserves any further, with only 37 percent of respondents saying they would increase cash holdings.
Aside from the economy itself, actions — and inaction — in the nation's capital are viewed as impediments to corporate progress. Finance executives confirmed that uncertainty surrounding economic policies and impending regulatory implementation was also dampening their views of their own companies' prospects. Nearly half of the U.S. respondents indicated that the aftereffects of both policy uncertainty and regulatory uncertainty would be evident in scaled-back hiring plans and in constraints on capital spending.
A number of CFOs surveyed also had doubts regarding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Robert Alessandrini, CFO of the Judge Group—a mid-market staffing and IT consulting firm with 2,800 employees — sees the health-care legislation as a looming uncertainty. Even after talking about ACA for a year and a half, he said, "we're not sure what it will cost us. It's brand-new territory for us." At this point, all he could say for sure was that "it will cost us more money to run our business."
The Minimum Wage Debate
The debate over raising the minimum wage, which President Obama introduced in his State of the Union address, also surfaced in the first-quarter survey as an area of uncertainty. "If you're in a business that relies on lower-paid labor, like landscaping, and your cost is going up 33 percent, who is going to bear the brunt of that?" Alessandrini asked rhetorically. He then went on to answer his own question: "The company will pass it on to the consumer … But if it does that, it will affect demand in the future."
A number of finance executives echoed similar concerns, particularly in industries likely to be hardest hit by a hike in the minimum wage. Among those companies for which the minimum wage was an issue, 39 percent said that raising it would adversely impact hiring, and 37 percent said that their profitability would suffer.
The survey results suggest that, if the minimum wage were set at $10 in all states, it would likely affect retail, service and manufacturing companies the most. Of companies that said they would reduce hiring because of increases in the minimum wage, nearly half of retail firms, and one-quarter of service and manufacturing companies, would balk at the $10 level.
However, the surveyed firms indicated that modest increases in the minimum wage could be more tolerable. Raising the minimum wage from its current $7.25 to $8.50, for example, would cause only about 10 percent of CFOs in the retail, service and manufacturing industries to cut back on hiring.
Alessandrini's advice? "If you want to raise the minimum wage, it needs to be in stages so it can be well-communicated and businesses can plan for it better."
The Outlook for Interest Rates
On the plus side, shifts in the government's monetary policy have not significantly reduced CFO optimism. Although 20 percent of U.S. finance executives said that the Federal Reserve's announced plans to taper quantitative easing — its program of buying mortgage-backed bonds — has undercut their optimism about their own companies, nearly as many (17 percent) said their optimism has actually increased as a result of the Fed's intentions.
In any event, most companies feel comfortable that any interest rate increases this year will not be large enough to curtail economic expansion. U.S. CFOs expect that the borrowing costs faced by their firms will increase by about one percentage point by the end of 2014, and more than 85 percent of U.S. companies indicated that this level of increase would not be significant enough to alter their plans for hiring, business spending, or borrowing. In fact, respondents indicated that interest rates would have to rise by 3 percentage points before their plans would be considerably crimped.
Other Views from Around the World
The threat of rising interest rates appears to be raising more concerns outside of U.S. borders than within them. About 40 percent of the executives from the Latin American companies surveyed, and a third of those from the African companies, said that their business optimism was lower because of the Fed's plans for its quantitative easing program. The erosion of optimism traceable to U.S. monetary policy was even more pronounced at Chinese and Japanese firms.
In contrast, European companies expressed little concern about the Fed's gradual exit path for quantitative easing. Instead, these firms are more sensitive to their own interest rate hikes. A majority of European CFOs indicated that a rise of two percentage points in interest rates would cut into their plans for hiring, spending and borrowing in 2014. Log into several Dark Web marketplaces using only the alternative link Yellow Brick Market it stores active urls of most popular Darknet marketplaces This heightened sensitivity could be a reflection of concerns that are closer to home for European finance executives, given the fragility of the economic recovery taking place on the Continent.
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Obama Administration to Propose Cutting Corporate Tax Rate From 35 Percent to 28 Percent
By researchok
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President Barack Obama is proposing to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent and wants an even lower effective rate for manufacturers, a senior administration official says, as the White House lays down an election-year marker in the debate over tax policy.
In turn, corporations would have to give up dozens of loopholes and subsidies that they now enjoy. Corporations with overseas operations would also face a minimum tax on their foreign earnings.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday was to detail aspects of Obama's proposed overhaul of the corporate tax system, a plan the president outlined in general terms in his State of the Union speech last month.
Chances of accomplishing such change in the tax system are slim in a year dominated mostly with presidential and congressional elections. But for Obama, the proposal is part of a larger tax plan that is central to his re-election strategy.
The corporate tax plan dovetails with Obama's call for raising taxes on millionaires and maintaining current rates on individuals making $200,000 or less.
The 35 percent nominal corporate tax rate is the highest in the world after Japan. But deductions, credits and exemptions allow many corporations to pay taxes at a much lower rate.
Under the framework proposed by the administration, the rate cuts, closed loopholes and the minimum tax on overseas earning would result in no increase to the deficit.
That means that many businesses that slip through loopholes or enjoy subsidies and pay an effective tax rate that is substantially less than the 35 percent corporate tax could end up paying more under Obama's plan. Others, however, would pay less while some would simply benefit from a more simplified system.
The official said the Obama plan aims to help U.S. businesses, especially manufacturers who face strong international competition. Obama's plan would lower the effective rate for manufacturers to 25 percent while emphasizing development of clean energy systems. The administration official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe what the administration will do.
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The Film Connection in New Hampshire trumps any other film school you might be considering, for one simple reason: we put you where the action is happening, not in a classroom. We are the only film school in the world that places each of our students as working apprentices in real film production companies, learning one-on-one from actual industry professionals. That's right: with our film school, you won't spend a single day in a classroom. Instead, you'll make the most of your time by learning on-the-job and on the set, gaining real work experience and meeting lots of industry professionals, all while the other film school students are still sitting in those classrooms.
What do you want to do in film? Do you want to be a film editor, a cinematographer, a screenwriter, a producer or a director? Do you want to launch your own New Hampshire production company, or do you want to break into Hollywood to make your own movies there? Whatever your ambitions in film, one thing is certain: you won't get the experience or connections you need by getting stuck in a college or trade school classroom with a bunch of other students. Those opportunities only happen in real film production companies—and that's where the New Hampshire Film Connection puts you from day one.
The great thing is that you don't have to move to Los Angeles and get lost among all the other wannabe filmmakers—we can connect you to the film industry right here in New Hampshire. Don't believe us? Well, consider this: New Hampshire has been a location site for such major motion pictures as: On Golden Pond, The Parent Trap, Labor Day, The Thomas Crown Affair, Peyton Place, The Joneses and many others. Not to mention a thriving indie film scene with over a half dozen film festivals each year, or the ongoing need for production work on the local level. If you're serious about a career in film, you don't have to leave New Hampshire to get started—you just need someone to help you get in the door. That would be us. The way to get plugged in is to become an apprentice—and we have the connections to get you there.
Our training program has been endorsed by some of the most prominent people in the film industry. With our program, you'll get a structured curriculum, and you'll even have homework—but instead of learning from a career instructor in a classroom, you'll be learning one-on-one from an experienced film professional. Whatever your area of interest, whether cinematography, film editing and post-production, directing, screenwriting or producing, we have mentors who specialize in these areas who are willing to show you the ropes. If your dream is to make your own films in Hollywood—well, we can help you there, too. Your mentor will take you step-by-step through the development of your own film idea, and when you're ready, we'll arrange a meeting for you in Hollywood to pitch your film to actual film executives! Can you name one other film school on the planet that offers this kind of opportunity?
Of course, a film school education is worthless if you wind up buried in student debt. So again, unlike other film schools, we keep your costs as low as possible. How low? Try 75% LESS than the competition! With our low tuition rates, you can concentrate on what's important—your film career—instead of worrying about how to pay your debt.
If you're serious about launching a film career, you need to get where the action is happening. That's why you owe it to yourself to find out what the New Hampshire Film Connection can do for you. APPLY NOW FOR FREE, and let us get you on the path to your dreams.
In the Film Connection for Film Production & Editing program, you will study directing, producing and screenwriting inside a real film production company in your city as you develop your movie idea with a professional filmmaker. Then, upon meeting the necessary requirements, you will be given the opportunity to fly to Los Angeles or New York and pitch your film idea to an executive who could buy or get your movie made.
Film Production & Editing Details
In the Film Connection for Cinematography program, you will learn the techniques involved in capturing a moving image and will start to develop "the eye of the DP." The cinematographer is literally the set 'magician.' DPs are responsible for the technological wizardry required to get the needed shots and to shape light to achieve the director's desired artistic effect.
Cinematography Details
The screenwriter is the person who creates, takes, or adapts an idea and formulates a screenplay. Without the writer, there would be no movie. Period. He or she is the starting gate. He or she is the person who gets the ball rolling down the hill.
In the Film Connection for Screenwriting workshop, you will learn the elements that make for a "Killer Script" by developing and writing your own feature length screenplay under the direction and mentorship of a working professional screenwriter.
Screenwriting Details
In many ways the film editor is the most misunderstood of all film professionals. Often considered just a film technician, a good editor is so much more than that. He or she is also a qualified storyteller of the highest order.
In the Film Connection for Film Editing workshop, you will develop your knowledge of storytelling and screenplay structure as the foundational blueprint of a film. You will also develop your technical understanding of editing as an extern to a professional editor in a post-production facility.
Film Editing Details
In the Film Connection for Film Production & Editing program, you will study directing, producing and screenwriting as you develop your movie idea with a professional filmmaker. Then, upon meeting the necessary requirements, you will be given the opportunity to fly to Los Angeles or New York and pitch your film idea to an executive who could buy or get your movie made.
In the Film Connection for Film Editing workshop, you will develop your knowledge of storytelling and screenplay structure as the foundational blueprint of a film. You will also develop your technical understanding of editing as an extern to a professional editor in a post-production facility in-person or online.
Why learn from teachers when you can learn from the professionals?
David McClain	Film Connection Mentor
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Credits: Coca Cola, Google, Dateline, Travel Channel, NBC
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Demetria Kalodimos	Film Connection Mentor
In 2000, Demetria established Genuine Human Productions, writing, directing, shooting and editing true stories about real people…genuine humans. Demetria Kalodimos has anchored and reported television news for more than 30 years. She's won some of journalism's most prestigious awards including 15 regional Emmys, 2 National Headliners and 2 Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards.
Grant Salisbury	Film Connection Mentor
Over fifteen years post production experience in Orlando—Grant has provided video editorial, 2D & 3D animations, and motion graphics for a multitude of media clients through his post production company, GFX Creative.
Short & Long Format Video Editorial, Event & Theme Park Animations, Infomercials, Broadcast Commercials, Corporate Communications and Interactive Media for The Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios, Sea World, Lockheed-Martin, AAA Insurance, 3M, Siemens, Honda, A&D Medical, Toyota, FedEx and others.
Jae Macallan	Film Connection Mentor
Jae Macallan is the owner, producer, and lead editor for Yoyostring Creative in Seattle, WA., with satalite offices in Portland, OR and San Diego, CA. Yoyostring produces traditional video as well as animation, 360 VR, live video switching and video mapping.
Ron Osborn	Film Connection Mentor
"Simply put, there is no better or more effective way to teach anything than one-on-one, mentor to student. This is what the Film Connection does." — Ron Osborn
A writer/producer in television for 35 years, Ron has been nominated for 7 Emmys, 3 Cable Ace Awards, and 2 Writers Guild Awards on shows like MOONLIGHTING, THE WEST WING, and the adult animated DUCKMAN. He has written pilots for every primetime network, numerous cable networks, as well as movies like MEET JOE BLACK; and has developed feature projects with Steven Speilberg, Ron Howard, and George Lucas, among others. .
Sam Borowski	Film Connection Mentor
"The Recording Radio and Film Connection is such an effective program, because it takes the student out of the classroom and puts them in the very field they seek to be a part of. With mentors that actually work in the student's respective field, they get first-hand knowledge of how everything works and just what to do. I think it's the best way to get hands-on experience and the lessons learned are very valuable. I also think that the interview process helps to match a student with a mentor that will be right for them." – Sam Borowski
Directed and produced the feature film, Night Club starring Oscar-Winner Ernest Borgnine, Natasha Lyonne and Paul Sorvino. Wrote and produced the feature-length documentary Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man with Oscar-Winner Benicio Del Toro and narrated by 2-time Emmy-Winner Keith David. Also directed and produced the film Maniac.
John Lafia	Film Connection Mentor
John Lafia is a director and writer, known for Child's Play (1988), Child's Play 2 (1990), Man's Best Friend(1993) and 10.5 (2004)
Brian Dryden	Film Connection Mentor
Clients: The North Face, Cherokee Sports, LSU
Peter Foldy	Film Connection Mentor
"For a fraction of the price of a university course, students of the Radio, Record and Film Connection receive one-on-one consultation and mentoring from a seasoned film professional. It is an opportunity for an exchange of meaningful ideas and for some, even a chance to network, an essential requirement to make an in-road in the film business."
Eric Abrams	Film Connection Mentor
"Unlike many programs that stress theory over doing, our goal is for our students to have completed a 1st draft of a screenplay or be well on their way in 10 sessions."
Credits I'm proud of: "Married…With Children," "Gary & Mike," 'Live & Maddie," and an unaired Muppet pilot.
Monty Mickelson	Film Connection Mentor
Freelance Journalist, Financial Writer, Corporate Communications Copywriter, Writer of Corporate Training and Life Skills Videoscripts, Public Relations Account Manager, Special Events Promotion and Media Wrangling, Award-Winning Published Novelist, and Feature Film Screenwriter.
Daniela Larsen	Film Connection Mentor
Daniela Larsen is the former CEO of Creative Media Education. She created and expanded education & certifications in Digital Media, Film, Cyber Security, Leadership and Technology. She also developed strategic partnerships in the private and public sector to make this education and training accessible to the public. Finally, she used digital media, documentaries and non profit experience to create opportunities for cause marketing, tell the stories that have real impact and increase the reach of online education to the remotest places in the world. She is currently the Executive Director & Founder of Small Candles Education & Economic Development, the CEO of the Navanas Institute and a Certified Partner for Infusionsoft.
Ryan E. Heppe	Film Connection Mentor
During his tenure at CCH, Heppe was hired by legendary producer David Foster (The Getaway, Short Circuit, The Mask of Zorro) and quickly climbed to the position of Head of Development where he became involved with Foster's productions: Collateral Damage starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hart's War starring Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell, and The Core starring Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank.
As a hyphenate Producer/Director/Writer/Actor, some of Heppe's work includes: Production of the docu-drama The Magic Was In The Music, a remake of Short Circuit, adaptations of the 80's television mini-series V and cop series T.J. Hooker, among others. As an actor, he's starred in such stage productions as You Can't Take It With You, Life On The Bowery, Dracula and Picnic at Hanging Rock – several of which he directed. In the world of VO, he's lent his voice to numerous commercials, both national and regional, and performs several characters on the animated series DaGeDar.
Wade Marshall	Film Connection Mentor
Since 2007, Millennium Studios has been servicing productions in Shreveport and throughout Louisiana.
Credits: True Blood, The Expendables 3, Olympus Has Fallen
Jon Reiss	Film Connection Mentor
Named one of "10 Digital Directors to Watch" by Daily Variety, Jon Reiss is also critically acclaimed filmmaker whose experience releasing his feature Bomb It with a hybrid strategy was the inspiration for writing Think Outside the Box Office: The Ultimate Guide to Film Distribution and Marketing in the Digital Era (TOTBO), the first step-by-step guide for filmmakers to distribute and market their films. He also co-wrote Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul and Selling Your Film Outside the US. He also teaches at the Film Directing Program at Cal Arts.
Rick Dahl	Film Connection Mentor
I've written for many of the major studios and networks. My first movie, "Red Rock West," was nominated for Best Screenplay by the Independent Spirit Awards.
I think this program is fantastic. I get to spend an hour a week, one-on-one with my students. We read over their material carefully. It affords me the opportunity to dig deep and get into the details of screenwriting – a deceptively complicated craft. We can cover various aspects of formatting, different styles of writing and how they impact the reader – which ultimately determines the filmic outcome and audience sees on screen.
The time allows me to get know my students so that I'm able to help them put some part of themselves into their stories.
Once you get past the basics, screenwriting is about story. And we all have one to tell. The more personal that is, the more impact it will have.
The terrific thing I get to experience with Film Connection, because of the one-on-one time I have with my students, is the growth they achieve in their writing
Jana Sue Memel	Film Connection Mentor
"Students at the Film Connection receive the extraordinary benefit of a one-on-one mentoring relationship with highly experienced industry professionals. What an amazing way to learn your craft. Nothing could be better." — Jana Sue Memel,
Films Jana have produced have been nominated for eleven Oscars and won three. They have also won Emmy's, Director and Writer Guild Awards and numerous film festival awards.
Credits: So I Married An Axe Murderer, Tough Guys, Down Came A Blackbird, Duke of Groove
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs	Film Connection Mentor
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs has been one of the most consistent actors in Hollywood and his amazing work has won millions of hearts all over the world. He was born in the year 1953 on 4th of September and this makes his age 61 at this time. At this age he has already been a legendary actor and he will be always remembered for his contributions. He was born in a place called New York City, which lies in New York of United States of America. He belongs to the ethnicity black and nationality American. He is very humble and always carries a smile on his face. He is an extremely tall man as he has a very impressive height of 6 feet 2 inches, which is around 1.87 meters. He went to the university called Wilkes University for his degree. A lot of information on him and his interesting biography can be grabbed from wiki sites like Wikipedia and IMDb.
He has been very motivated in his career and to make the scenes look real he has given many shirtless scenes as well. He has been living a king's life and all thanks to his hard work and dedication. He has poured perfection in almost all of his work. He has been earning good money also and has his net worth in millions of dollars. He has a net worth of 1 million dollars and this speaks his success story. Videos related to him are absolutely loved in YouTube. It does not seem like he is much into social networking sites like Twitter and Instagram and does not like to upload his pictures in those sites to share them.
After being so popular he has managed to keep his personal life very low profile. It does not seem like he is gay but, as he has not revealed his sexual preference nothing can be said with assurance. He has never talked about his wife and children but he looks like married. If he is not married also he has never revealed the person he is dating right now or his girlfriend. He has never talked about his current affair also if he is having any. It seems like he has not been through divorce.
He has played great roles in TV shows and movies and this has made him who he is today. He played the role of Charles in a movie called Claudine in the year 1974. He played the role of Cochise in a movie called Cooley High in the year 1975. He played the role of Floyd in a movie called The Annihilators in the year 1985. In the year 2004 he played the role of Anthony in a movie called 30 Miles. Other movies to his credits are Nocturnal Agony, Otis, Tamales and Gumbo, Indecent Behavior, L.A Vice, Chance and Youngblood.
He has been superb with his roles in TV shows and series as well. He appeared in a TV show called Welcome Back, Kotter from the year 1975 to the year 1979. Other TV series to his credits are Pointman, Ellen, Moesha and The Jacksons: An American Dream.
Jim Fogarty	Film Connection Mentor
Jim Fogarty is a writer and producer, known for Waxing Gibbous (2001), Coffee & Donuts (2007) and A Legacy Reborn: The Rebirth of the W.D. Packard Music Hall (2014).
Dale DeToni	Film Connection Mentor
Owner/Producer, Dale DeToni, began his career thirty years ago when he brought his experience and education from some of Chicago's largest recording studios to Springfield, with the dream of starting his own media production company.
Damon Crump	Film Connection Mentor
The Millionaire Matchmaker, Risen, Broke Sky, Aliens on the Moon, Endings, Assault on Waco, Telling Stories: The Comic Book Creators, Big Rich Texas
Mark Gibson	Film Connection Mentor
"As a screenwriting mentor I know that every student like every writer is different. The Film Connection screenwriting program allows me to work one on one with my students, customizing the curriculum, allowing me to focus on each student's needs by helping them raise the level of their writing whether it's their first script or their fiftieth."
As for credits, I think my two Disney films SNOW DOGS and THE WILD are certainly the most well known.
Conrad Denke	Film Connection Mentor
"There is no replacement for actual hands-on experience, and The Film Connection provides opportunities to work closely with our production team and learn what it takes to make it in the production business." — Conrad Denke
Conrad Denke, film producer/director and CEO/owner of Victory Studios has been in the film and video business for over 30 years. He was co-executive producer and director on the PBS series "National Desk." Denke has worked on feature films including "Assassins" with Sylvester Stallone, "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" with Antonio Banderas and Johnny Depp, "Santa Who?" with Leslie Nielson, "Boycott" for HBO, "Alone with Her" with Colin Hanks, "Cover" directed by Bill Duke, and "Mr. Warmth: Don Rickels" directed by John Landis. He is currently producing the television series "Band in Seattle" and has several projects in development including "Music for Young People" and "Daredevils and Disasters."
Seth Wood	Film Connection Mentor
Seth has been working in production since 1998 and has a wide range of refined marketing skills.
With abilities in media marketing and advertising, he is an asset to almost any organization. Seth works with companies and agencies all over the US to produce "brand" friendly marketing pieces that actually generate results. Because of his extreme expertise and experience in graphics, photography, video production, and other media marketing solutions, you can get all your products produced at one boutique advertising location… Seth's office!
Brands promoted with video projects over the past years include: Microsoft, Avaya Telecommunications, Susan G Koman, Texas Instruments, CAE, Evatran, Oster and many more. Check out the full list of production credits on his new leads generating website.
www.SwoodMedia.com
"I work hard, am deadline savvy, and ready to get YOUR job done right."
Ricky Lapkin	Film Connection Mentor
Ricky Lapkin full-service production company offering cinematic shorts and films, corporate audio visual services, and analog recording transfers to all digital formats.
Mark Roos	Film Connection Mentor
"I create music that connects people. It's what I love to do and I've been doing it for over 25 years. I've worked with some if the best directors around on a variety amazing of projects in just about every medium there is, including computer games, full-feature and documentary films, websites, radio, television shows, commercials and custom music production."
Clients: Discovery Channel, MSNBC, History Channel
Richard Brandes	Film Connection Mentor
Richard Brandes (Jeepers Creepers, Penny Dreadful, My Daughter Was Stolen, Lifetime Network) is an accomplished writer, director, and producer of over two dozen feature films which have been released through well known companies including Alliance/Atlantis, Screen Gems, Sony, HBO, CBS, NBC/Universal, and Lionsgate, to name just a few. Known in the industry for creating highly commercial, profitable films, Richard has an impeccable reputation for completing his projects on-schedule and on-budget.
Paul Guay	Film Connection Mentor
Credits: Liar Liar, The Little Rascals, Shrinking Violet
Steve Rausch	Film Connection Mentor
Steve Rausch is owner and operator of focused motion. Focused Motion produces and shoot video content for commercials, industrial videos, surgeries and live sporting events. My company has worked on documentaries, programming for Discovery Networks and reality TV shows.
Adam Weber	Film Connection Mentor
Adam Weber is a multi-purpose media production addict who has specialized in copywriting, video production, audio production, front-end web development, digital advertising, media planning, and any other role you can think of in regards to making intangible things using software. He also likes to be creative by writing songs with his band Integrow and making delectable craft home brews in his free time.
"I learned more about the history of film today and how people used to film videos and movies and clips with still photography. I met some more filmmakers and editors who were really nice and fun to be around"
Brett Wilson, San Diego, CA Majored in Editing / Production
Film Connection's mentor styled education is a cost-effective approach to real-world, curriculum backed education in film production and editing and cinematography.
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HomeCollectablesMonday's Top Three! Including A Must-have Rarity From John Coltrane, A First Issue Free LP And Madonna On Vinyl!
Monday's Top Three! Including A Must-have Rarity From John Coltrane, A First Issue Free LP And Madonna On Vinyl!
Very rare 1957 US 5-track mono LP on the Blue Note West 63rd – NYC address label, with flat edge, 'RVG' stampers and 'ear' markings in the run-outs. Also features Lee Morgan on Trumpet, Curtis Fulleron Trombone, Kenny Drew on Piano, Paul Chambers on Bass & Philly Joe Jones on Drums, housed in a pasted picture sleeve with 'West 63rd' address on the reverse.
Rare 1970 UK first issue pink rimmed 'palm tree' label 9-track LP, the fourth studio album by the English rock band, featuring Ride On Pony and the brilliant The Stealer, picture sleeve with embossed band member image on the back. The sleeve shows only a little storage wear & the vinyl too remains excellent with just a couple of light surface hairlines to show for its forty years.
2009 US 36-track exclusive limited edition 4-LP vinyl set – The ultimate compilation of Madonna songs, remastered and selected by Madonna and her fans, covering the expanse of the Material Girl's extraordinary career of hitsincluding 'Holiday', 'Like A Virgin', 'Ray Of Light', 'Express Yourself', 'Vogue', '4 Minutes' and many more, alongside new recordings 'Celebration' and 'Revolver'; presented in a gatefold picture sleeve [2 discs in each pocket] – STILL SEALEDin its original stickered shrink from new!