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2:00PM Water Cooler 1/18/2016
Posted on January 18, 2016 by Lambert Strether
By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
TPP/TTIP/TiSA
"Big business orders its pro-TTIP arguments from these think tanks" [The Correspondent] (survey methods). I just wish there were a bulleted list of 'em, with links.
Democratic Debate
I'll just leave this here:
One sign of Clinton's greater knowledge of foreign affairs: She pronounces "Iran" correctly, while Sanders speaks about Eye-ran.
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) January 18, 2016
From "a dial-test focus group of 30 undecided South Carolinians (all likely Democratic primary voters) being held in Charleston by Chris Kofinis of Park Street Strategies," including "14 African Americans; 15 men and 15 women"
Sanders wins SC debate in blowout – 27 for Sanders, 2 HRC, 1 O'Malley.
Very strong performance..
— Chris Kofinis (@ChrisKofinis) January 18, 2016
Last break – Focus group key insight – many in group surprised by HRC performance; just not connecting; focused on past, not visionary.
SC Focus group dials Sen. Sanders scoring high on race issues. Group audibly agreeing. Sen. Clinton doing well; Sanders message stronger
So that firewall in South Carolina may be more flammable than the Clinton campaign believes and hopes.
Splendid example of "side eye" from Sanders here (video) [The Hill].
"Iowans split on debate winner as Clinton, Sanders tangle" [Des Moines Register].
"10 big moments from the Democratic debate" [Post and Courier]. This is the local paper in Charleston.
"[T]he overnight verdict from most in the pundit class is that Sanders prevailed, even if narrowly" [WaPo]. Includes quote-fest.
"Winners and losers from the fourth Democratic presidential debate" [Chris Cilizza, WaPo]. Sanders: winner. Clinton: loser. On Sanders, nobody in the press is saying they get "a thrill up my leg," as Chris Matthews said of Obama. But Clinton sure doesn't have many friends.
Sad to see the once-sharp Lynn Sweet deteriorate: "[R]eally, scrap Obamacare? Reopen the debate over health care that gave rise to the Tea Party movement?" [Chicago Sun-Times]. First, even Axelrove says the Clinton Dynasty's charge that Sanders wants to "scrap" ObamaCare is "not honest," so why does Sweet repeat it? Second, the foreclosure crisis "gave rise to" the Tea Party, not ObamaCare. On the floor of the Chicago Mercantile exchange, too. Oh, and Axelrove is from Chicago. C'mon, Lynn. I thought politics was your beat. Ditto Chicago. So WTF?
"Top Google debate question: Will Hillary be prosecuted?" [The Hill]. Ouch!
"Clinton is so serious about cracking down on Wall Street, she's holding a Wall Street fundraiser four days before the Iowa caucus" [David Sirota, International Business Times (cleaned up from Twitter). Ka-ching!
"Hillary Clinton Made More in 12 Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a Lifetime" [The Intercept]. Ka-ching!
"Wall Street has made Hillary Clinton a millionaire" [CNN Money]. Ka-ching! And ouch, CNN! That headline burns!
The Clinton campaign is brazenly and amazingly, except not, making the argument that since Obama took money from Goldman Sachs, et al., in 2008, everything's jake with the angels if Clinton does the same in 2016. And Sanders finds that hard to attack, because, in a Democratic primary, there are plenty of voters who still support the guy. But what Sanders could say, if he can craft the right loveable granddad verbiage, is that Clinton, personally, cashed in on Wall Street money, without even having the common decency to use a bag man (or, to be fair, a bag woman). So far as I know, Wall Street hasn't made Obama a millionaire. Sure, it can, but Obama hasn't collected on the option as President, or when running for President. "Hillary, if Wall Street had given you the million bucks in a paper sack, would you have been wrong to accept it?"
Under the Sanders single payer plan, "a family with income of $50,000 would end up saving more than $5,000 a year relative to what they would spend in the current health care system" [HuffPo]. "According to an independent analysis by Gerald Friedman, an economist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the Sanders proposal — if enacted — would pay for 98 percent of the typical person's medical bills."
"Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Sunday said he bought a firearm on Christmas Eve in order to protect his family from a potential Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist attack" [The Hill]. Funny that aren't any carols that cover that scenario; Wise Men bearing guns, and so forth. Odd.
Somebody else had the bright idea of mining the 2008 archives:
Hillary, who has flip-flopped on guns herself, tried the same gun demagoguery against Obama in 2008 pic.twitter.com/YTi9dwLylQ
— Howie Klein (@downwithtyranny) January 18, 2016
"What Donald Trump's Plaza Deal Reveals About His White House Bid" [New York Times]. Interesting read. Hard to weigh buying the Plaza and then losing it in a bankruptcy settlement against blowing up Iraq and Libya, causing a few hundred thousand civilian casualties and failed states all round the Mediterranean basin.
Stats Watch
Markets are closed today for Martin Luther King Day.
The Fed: Jokes from the 2010 minutes; somebody did a keyword search on "[laughter]" [Wall Street Journal, "The 2010 FOMC Laugh Track: Fed Officials Try to Joke About an Uncertain Upturn"].
MR. WARSH. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to try to answer two questions in my discussion today. One is a familiar one: What is the most significant development since we last met? And the second is, Who knew free money would be so popular? [Laughter]
I've made the same joke myself; I had no idea I'd end up in such, er, exalted company. Maybe in 2020 we'll see jokes about Janet's punchbowl…
The Fed [kocherlakota009]. And a more serious keyword search:
However, there is one key source of economic difference in American life that is likely underemphasized in FOMC deliberations: race. Let's look, for example, at the most recently released transcripts for FOMC meetings, which cover the year 2010 (my first full year on the Committee). It was a challenging year for the US economy as a whole, as the unemployment rate was above 9 1/4% in every month. But it was especially challenging for African-Americans: In every month of 2010, the unemployment rate among African-Americans was at least 15 1/2%. I did a search of the hundreds of pages of the meeting transcripts. Based on that search, my conclusion is that there was no reference in the meetings to labor market conditions among African-Americans (or Black Americans).
"Citigroup Inc (C.N) reported a massive jump in quarterly profit as a sharp drop in legal costs and gains from the disposal of unwanted assets masked weak revenue from its core business" [Reuters]. Eesh, what kind of business incurs legal bills so massive they affect quarterly earnings?
"December 2015 Sea Container Counts Continue to Show a Weak Economy" [Econinteresect]. "A summary for 2015 is that imports insignificantly declined from 2014 – but export contraction continued for the second year. Imports more closely align with USA economic health, and imports are saying there was NO economic growth in 2015. This series is a physical count and not monetary based – so inflation adjustments are not required."
Fodder for the Bulls: "The doomsayers tend to fall into two broad (and overlapping) categories. On one side is the "it's about time" caucus, which argues, essentially, that it's been six years since the last recession ended, so we're due for another one…. The second category of doomsayers argues that there really are reasons to worry right now" [FiveThirtyEight]. "None of this is to say that a recession isn't coming. If there's one truism in macroeconomics, it's that we're really bad at predicting recessions. But that failure works in both directions — a vocal subset of economists has been forecasting a collapse for six years. One day, they'll be right. But I'm guessing that day won't come in 2016."
Honey for the Bears: "Looks like the Fed hiked during a recession. Maybe the hundreds of $ millions they spend on economic research isn't enough??? Sales remain at recession levels. Inventories down some but sales down same so relative to sales inventories remain way high, another recession indication:" And then there was the Empire State Manufacting report, and the Industrial Production report [Mosler Economics].
Honey for the Bears: "U.S. economic data is, on balance, falling short of expectations, according to Citigroup Inc.; its U.S. Economic Surprise Index, which measures where reports measure up to forecasts, has been negative since November" [Bloomberg]. Mr. Market loves surprises!
Militia Watch
"Bundynomics" [The New Yorker]. Nice takedown. Bundy the Younger: "The ultimate goal, he says, is 'to get the logger back to logging, to get the rancher back to ranching, to get the miner back to mining.'" In the midst of a commodities collapse. They'll probably need more subsidies than they're already getting.
"[T]he militia, led by Nevada rancher Ammon Bundy … paved a road through part of the wildlife sanctuary" [Guardian]. Which is sad, and also dumb, since birding is one of the few things Malheur has going for it right now.
"Harney Electric Cooperative is the power transmission and distribution provider for approximately 20,000 square miles of southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada, and right in the midst of their service territory map is the Malheur Wildlife Refuge – currently occupied by more loons than pin tails, swans, and geese" [Desert Beacon]. "No one is particularly excited about sending in a lineman to shut off the power at the Refuge since the Loons have an unfortunate track record of actually shooting and killing people. Case in point: the two miscreants who joined the Bundy Militia for a time in Their Great Delusional Standoff in southern Nevada, and then saw fit to assassinate two police officers in Las Vegas." (I think the surveillance cameras the militia removed from a transformer station in Burns were owned by the electic cooperative, as opposed to having been installed by the FBI.)
"President Obama declares emergency in Flint" [Detroit Free Press]. Of course, nobody will be held accountable; not even a Republican governor's emergency manager, or the governor himself.
"France's iconic Chauvet cave holds mysterious spray-shaped imagery, made around the time when nearby volcanoes were spewing lava" [Nature]. First painting of a volcanic eruption?
"The Wisdom of Rocks: Gongshi" [The Book of Life]. "In East Asia, rocks are venerated with all the respect that we would accord to a work of art; except that what is really being honoured is the power of nature rather than the human hand." Hoping we've got at least one reader with more than superficial knowledge of this topic…
"In the forests of northern Ontario, a "strange phenomenon" of large natural rings occurs, where thousands of circles, as large as two kilometers in diameter, appear in the remote landscape" [BLDGBLOG]. No, not aliens. I mean, other than Canadians.
Police State Watch
"[T]he central concept in the [Tamir Rice] case—the one that it is crucial to understanding the grand jury's reasoning—was never mentioned. That concept is known in law enforcement circles as 'officer-created jeopardy': situations in which police officers are responsible for needlessly putting themselves in danger, committing an unforced tactical error that makes them vulnerable—and then using deadly force to protect themselves" [Slate]. "There is no legal consensus on this. Indeed, it turns out that the death of Tamir Rice and its aftermath have unfolded at the very fulcrum of an important, unresolved legal debate over when it is and isn't OK for police to use deadly force." Worth a read.
"Gov. Terry Branstad on Saturday said a report from his own administration that calls for $17 million in oversight of his effort to privatize Medicaid is "overkill." [Des Moines Register]. What could go wrong?
"Charter Schools Ending Public EducationHave you noticed the gradual creep of the charter school movement—the slippery slope meant to take over free public education as we know it and transform our schools to elitist institutions?" [Los Angeles Progressive]. Yes.
"Richest 62 people own as much wealth as half the world's population, says Oxfam" [CBC]. "The wealth of the richest 62 people has risen by 44 per cent since 2010, while the wealth of the poorest 3.5 billion fell 41 per cent, Oxfam said in a report released ahead of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Almost half the super-rich individuals are from the United States, 17 from Europe, and the rest from countries including China, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and Saudi Arabia."
"When its clients wanted to hire temp workers based on race, sex or age, [the Alabama-based temp agency Automation Personnel Services] was happy to oblige, according to dozens of former employees" [AL.com].
Welcome to your shiny new disrupted labor market:
Rode with a Lyft driver who also drives for Uber. His car is lease-to-own, paid via Uber. If he doesn't make $350/week, his car won't start.
— sha (@shashashasha) January 17, 2016
Leave it to the benevolent tech squillionaries of Silicon Valley to reinvent sharecropping and the company store. How disruptive!
"Unauthorized Immigrants Paid $100 Billion Into Social Security Over Last Decade" [Vice]. Which they can't collect on.
News of the Wired
"We're not living in an algorithmic culture so much as a computational theocracy" [The Atlantic (TM)]. So code is canon law….
"Researchers at Western Illinois University studied the Facebook habits of 294 students, aged between 18 and 65, and measured two "socially disruptive" elements of narcissism – grandiose exhibitionism (GE) and entitlement/exploitativeness (EE)" [Guardian]. "The research revealed that the higher someone scored on aspects of GE, the greater the number of friends they had on Facebook, with some amassing more than 800. Those scoring highly on EE and GG were also more likely to accept friend requests from strangers and seek social support, but less likely to provide it, according to the research."
"With Soylent Sales Up 300 Percent, Its Founders Have Eyes on Europe" [Bloomberg]. We used to call lunch-in-a-bottle "beer"…
Readers, feel free to contact me with (a) links, and even better (b) sources I should curate regularly, and (c) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi are deemed to be honorary plants! See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) here. And here's today's plant (Isolato):
Somebody's got snow!
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jsn January 18, 2016 at 2:11 pm
But you can count on the NYT to balance the moral equivalency here…
Carla January 18, 2016 at 2:27 pm
Cleveland has snow. It was 6 degrees last night and we're up to a toasty 12 this afternoon.
MyLessThanPrimeBeef January 18, 2016 at 7:18 pm
Go to South China Morning News – unofficial forecast of snow in Hong Kong, though not likely.
allan January 18, 2016 at 2:32 pm
Case Could Widen Free-Speech Gap Between Unions and Corporations
The Citizens United decision, which amplified the role of money in American politics, also promised something like a level playing field. Both corporations and unions, it said, could spend what they liked to support their favored candidates.
But last week's arguments in a major challenge to public unions illuminated a gap in the Supreme Court's treatment of capital and labor. The court has long allowed workers to refuse to finance unions' political activities. But shareholders have no comparable right to refuse to pay for corporate political speech.
To use John Roberts' `just calling balls and strikes' metaphor from his confirmation hearing,
this appears to be a case of Schrodinger's baseball.
It always puzzles me about the tyranny of the majority, especially in an imperial republic.
For example, it was possible that by just one vote, Rome could have decided to annihilate, or not, a tribe.
Upon one person could the fate and lives of an entire tribe be decided.
No wonder the best investment for those under Rome's thumb was to buy lobbyists at the imperial capital.
human January 19, 2016 at 11:12 am
Such is democracy.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." ~ Ben Franklin
edmondo January 18, 2016 at 2:35 pm
Doesn't Kofinis work for Bernie?
diptherio January 18, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Nice photo! Looks like where I'm at…only framed better.
Code Name D January 18, 2016 at 3:02 pm
It's the holey pinecone!
Kokuanani January 18, 2016 at 8:07 pm
Lambert, that's a phenomenal picture!! Kudos to whoever sent it in.
craazyboy January 18, 2016 at 2:38 pm
There's an antidote. Foreign markets!
Greece 20 (-4.31%)
FTSE MIB (-2.51)
Nikkei 225 (-1.76)
China up a little, Hong Kong down. Not sure what's up with that.
Clive January 18, 2016 at 3:28 pm
Fail never takes a holiday!
Paul Tioxon January 18, 2016 at 5:16 pm
I have noticed many times that spreading panic about shortage of easy money, after travelling around the globle, is arrested at our very center of global money creation.
It seems, even if money can't buy love, it can buy off panic.
DJG January 18, 2016 at 3:22 pm
Kristof of the New York Times? Attempting to critique pronunciation? So does Hillary Clinton pronounce Iran with a Farsi flourish and that roll-y Persian 'r'?
Iran (/aɪˈræn/ or Listeni/ɪˈrɑːn/;[11] Persian: Irān – ایران [ʔiːˈɾɒːn]
Doesn't the NYT have more important things to do? Although forcing an unviable candidate on the Democratic Party does have its charms….
optimader January 18, 2016 at 10:26 pm
Kristof of the New York Times? Attempting to critique pronunciation?
Pathetic…That and correcting spelling are as much as admitting you have no valid critique. Jeeze this is highschool quality sht talking. This guy is paid for his powers of insight?
Jim Haygood January 18, 2016 at 3:32 pm
Atlanta Fed's GDPNow drops toward stall speed:
The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2015 is 0.6 percent on January 15, down from 0.8 percent on January 8.
The forecast for fourth quarter real consumer spending growth fell from 2.0 percent to 1.7 percent after this morning's retail sales report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the industrial production release from the Federal Reserve.
https://www.frbatlanta.org/cqer/research/gdpnow.aspx?panel=1
How's that rate hike workin' out for us?
Crappy. Still haven't seen it.
cwaltz January 18, 2016 at 8:34 pm
Oh noes, the sky is falling because everyone isn't out shopping.
With the 12% credit card.
Oregoncharles January 18, 2016 at 3:39 pm
" sending in a lineman to shut off the power at the Refuge"
it has to be done on-site, or in-sight of the "loons"? I've been there; it's very isolated. You could cut the line miles away.
different clue January 18, 2016 at 8:53 pm
Your comment has pre-answered a question I raised further downthread. If the line can be cut miles away, then cut it. Also, cut off water. Also stop any food from getting in and jam all digital communications going out. Drop a cone of silence around the deadbeat welfare ranchers.
Oregoncharles January 19, 2016 at 12:40 am
I've been defending the federal response onthe grounds that it's at least non-violent, but it's looking more and more like collusion.
They're at the service of powerful interests like logging and mining – ranching is the least important, more nostalgia than economics. The FBI's misfeasance looks more and more corrupt, though it's conceivable they're simply out of their depth and don't know what to do.
Jason January 19, 2016 at 12:44 pm
I've found myself wondering several times if the cause of the delay isn't simply that the FBI is grossly unprepared or unwilling to work in remote flyover country. There are pressing issues of logistics. For example, where would they get their lattes? How could they keep their black SUVs clean?
kenick January 18, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Closest I could get to the rock thing, from an exhibit in 1999 —
"The meanings that accrued to rocks in the Chinese scholarly tradition are quite different from meanings in the European tradition," says [Yale Art Gallery's curator of Asian Art] Sensabaugh. "In the Chinese world view, the cosmos is self-generating, thus ultimate authority is found in the material traces of the world, and rocks are such traces. They came to be defined as 'kernels of energy,' representing the very formative processes of the world."
jimmt January 18, 2016 at 5:44 pm
A rock is an event. Glad to see someone else take the long view.
rur January 18, 2016 at 3:55 pm
There's snow on the range too in Malheur Country where redneck spring is underway.
Rex January 18, 2016 at 5:54 pm
Might be a good time to pick up some free-range beef in southern Nevada….
curlydan January 18, 2016 at 3:57 pm
Marco isn't a real Republican until he gets one for the whole family.
Testify, Michele Fiore!
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/05/us/michele-fiore-gun-holiday-card-feat/
PeonInChief January 18, 2016 at 4:32 pm
When Prop 186, California's single payer plan, was on the ballot, I computed how much we would pay compared to our insurance at the time. We would have paid $200 more a year. Now our insurance is far better, and cheaper, than Obamacare, so the savings for most people would be much greater. Single mothers with children would have cleaned up, and that is as it should be.
Vatch January 18, 2016 at 5:13 pm
You keep saying that! When reality no longer justifies the use of that expression, I hope you will stop using it. I suppose I will have to wait a long time…. :-)
"Top Google debate question: Will Hillary be prosecuted?"
Yeah probably, but she might get a presidential pardon if The Clinton Foundation drops ten million into the Obama Library. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
3.14e-9 January 18, 2016 at 7:01 pm
Judicial Watch has updates on its website about its FOIA lawsuit against the State Department. They are a conservative group and their press releases have an "out to get Clinton" flavor, but they do link to official documents.
Recently they reported that the State Department found thousands more e-mails, but they likely wouldn't be made public until after the elections. If there is an FBI corruption investigation — a big IF, because so far the only info is from a Fox News story based on three anonymous sources — it could drag for years. So if she were to win the election, she'd be nicely situated to pardon herself.
Bill knows how to handle Judicial Watch and drag it out. They have been after the Clintons since Mena.
There are several FOIA lawsuits, all against the State Dept. and not Clinton herself, as far as I can tell. I just haven't seen other plaintiffs posting documents regularly, although admittedly I haven't looked very hard.
FWIW, an interest doc on JW site is an Inspector General report criticizing State for dragging its heels.
timbers January 18, 2016 at 5:39 pm
"Clinton argued for keeping Obamacare in place, saying the nation finally has a path to universal health care…" Thats why Clinton is OPPOSING universal healthcare, says the Des Moines Register article. Because we finally have a path to universal care. But we must not follow the path, I guess. Just have it.
efschumacher January 18, 2016 at 5:48 pm
Be kind. Dumping oil into the Gulf incurs even larger costs of doing business.
jgordon January 18, 2016 at 6:08 pm
I saw this last night, and it seemed important:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34367-exclusive-navy-uses-us-citizens-as-pawns-in-domestic-war-games
Internal Navy emails, two slide shows (which can be viewed in full here and here) and other documents obtained exclusively by Truthout reveal the vast extent of the operations. They also reveal the fact that the Navy labeled the relevant files as "For Official Use Only" and emails as "Attorney-Client privilege," a move that exempts such documents from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Why is the US government/military conducting secret training operations without permission on private/non-federal property? Luckily, a possible reason was given in the article:
Intelligence Support for Urban Operations, December 2015: http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/tc2-91-4.pdf
The enemy situation is often extremely fluid – locals friendly to us today may be tomorrow's belligerents. Adversaries seek to blend in with the local population to avoid being captured or killed. Enemy forces who are familiar with the city layout have an inherently superior awareness of the current situation.
"attorney- client" privilege- heh, since the TAXPAYERS pay their salaries I have to question who they actually consider who the CLIENT actually is.
I wonder what most transparent president evah has to say on this?
ambrit January 18, 2016 at 10:55 pm
As I mentioned the other day, todays American 'Volunteer' Army soldiers occupy a position similar to the old Roman status of 'Client.' So, the Clients are the Servicemen and Women. Time soon to wave bye bye to the Posse Comitatus Act restrictions.
Between the NDAA's of the past half decade and Presidential Signing Statements, it is already argued that Posse Comitatus is a dead letter.
Jim in SC January 18, 2016 at 6:42 pm
This is testimony to Oxfam's innumeracy. It isn't possible for the wealth of the world's poorest 3.5 billion to fall that much, given that third world poverty was reduced by half between 1990 and 2010.
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/10/04/world-bank-forecasts-global-poverty-to-fall-below-10-for-first-time-major-hurdles-remain-in-goal-to-end-poverty-by-2030
There is no way to reconcile Oxfam's assertions with the World Bank's.
Odd. I replied to this, but somehow it disappeared into anti-spam limbo. Usually when something like this happens, it's because there is a link, but I didn't include a link. Comment number: 2536519.
Vatch January 19, 2016 at 10:22 am
I'll try again.
We don't know whether the World Bank or Oxfam is correct. Also, we're comparing apples to oranges. The World Bank data concerns the very poorest people. They estimate that the number of destitute people has dropped from 902 million people to 702 million people. The Oxfam data concerns the poorest 3.5 billion people. It's possible that 200 million of the 902 million poorest have become slightly wealthier, and at the same time, the people in the range from 902 million to 3.5 billion have lost some of their wealth. We already know that the middle class is being squeezed. People in the poorest 3.5 billion really aren't middle class, but they are in the middle relative to those who are poorer than them, and to those who are richer than them.
When worlds collide, there will be a space-ship reserved just for them to preserve humanity.
tegnost January 18, 2016 at 10:18 pm
any time i see "%" i figure someone's pushing an agenda, MLTPB, i'd rather perish on this spaceship than get on a slow boat to nowhere- how many friends episodes do you think you can actually watch? On the other hand, maybe we build that elevator to outer space with room for 62, i'm sure the prodigal heirs will disperse the spoils more effectively than those who amassed them…
Cowliphate on the march:
Occupiers recruit ranchers to stop paying grazing fees
Members of the armed standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife refuge said Monday that they've recruited ranchers to stop paying the federal government for the right to run cattle on public land. …
Two ranchers – one from Oregon and one from New Mexico – have agreed to sign the papers and "I hope they bring a couple more in tow," Finicum said.
The documents will be sent to the U.S. solicitor general, he said.
Hilarious, except for the sniper rifles.
Why no questions at last night's debate about a comprehensive strategy to defeat Am-mon al-Bundy?
Would it be possible to find out who those particular ranchers sell their cattle to? And organize boycotts of those downstream purchasers (probably feedlots) until those feedlots can prove they are no longer buying cattle from the particular deadbeat welfare ranchers in question? That would be a way to starve the deadbeat welfare ranchers out of the bussiness without bombs or bullets.
Also, is there a way to remotely fly drones equipped with wire-destroyers to the relevant feed-wires to the deadbeat-welfare-rancher-occupied buildings . . . and destroy those feedwires without risking any human drone-operators getting shot at?
because the media loves the cowlifate and the honorable al Bundy – all hail the roundup drenched milkweed and those big majestic purple things they're all waving around… Are those for plugging groundhog holes or something? Or for whacking the monarch? (hey I meant the butterfly not the king…don't send me to gitmo, i have a cowboy hat so i'm totally ok, and i've ridden the range with the cavalry when they were filming geronimo in moab)… Hi Ho Silver! Away! (since it's a finance blog)
cowliphate…cowliphate…i'll take spelling lessons
I was closely looking over the plant photo–and I think it has a lot of potential. I would want to go to that location and try to get photos under similar conditions. There would be some technical knowledge required to make it turn out well, but if you're curious about it, look up HDR photography via google etc.
low_integer January 19, 2016 at 7:13 am
A subjective topic, so I will just state that many experienced photographers don't like the HDR stacking technique, likening it to photographic fast food. FWIW I like the low saturation and monochromatic nature of the photo.
So, Sanders says "Eye-ran", eh? Maybe he should start saying "Eye-rak" as well. If his people are reading this comment, the Sanders campaign may have stumbled onto a little vein of gold here.
Whenever the subject of nuclear power comes up, Sanders should pronounce it "nukular", just like Dubya Bush did. That way, when the same people who laughed at Bush laugh at Sanders, the people who knew THEY were being laughed at when the supercilious scions of snobism were laughing at Bush and his "nukular" . . . may well begin to suspect that the same supercilious scions of snobism are laughing at THEM all over again . . . when they laugh at Sanders with his "Eye-ran" and "Eye-rak" and "nukular".
If Sanders can learn how to play it straight with a silent sneer at those who laugh, he may gain much emotional sympathy from the despised and the disregarded . . . even if he doesn't gain their overt support.
Absolutely if you say eye ran then you also must say eye wrack
ewmayer January 19, 2016 at 2:33 am
Re. Funny that aren't any carols that cover that scenario; Wise Men bearing guns, and so forth.
But they did come bearing explosive ordnance – if you don't believe me, just watch that paragon of biblical-historical accuracy, Monty Python's Life of Brian:
Brian's Mum: Thanks for the gold and the frankincense … but what's myrrh, anyway?
Wise Man #3: It is a balm.
Brian's Mum: [Outraged voice] A bomb? What're you doin' bringin' it in 'ere, then?
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namespace MinSal\SCA\AdminBundle\Entity;

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
use MinSal\SCA\AdminBundle\Entity\Alcohol;
use MinSal\SCA\AdminBundle\Entity\Entidad;
use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Validator\Constraints\UniqueEntity;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 * @ORM\Table(name="sca_cuotas")
 * @UniqueEntity(fields={"entidad","alcohol","cuoYear","cuoTipo", "cuoGrado","cuoNombreEsp"},message="Ya existe un registro similar")
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class Cuota {
    public static $cuoTipoImportacion = 'I';
    public static $cuoTipoLocal = 'L';

    public function __construct() {
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    /**
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     */
    private $cuoGrado;

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     * @Assert\Type(type="real", message="Los litros ingresados ->{{value}} no es un número valido"),
     * @Assert\Min(limit="0", message="Los Litros ingresados {{value}} debe ser mayor a 0")
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     * @ORM\Column(name="audit_date_ins", type="datetime")
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    public function getAlcohol() {
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    }

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        $this->alcohol = $alcohol;
    }

    public function getCuoId() {
        return $this->cuoId;
    }

    public function setCuoId($cuoId) {
        $this->cuoId = $cuoId;
    }

    public function getCuoYear() {
        return $this->cuoYear;
    }

    public function setCuoYear($cuoYear) {
        $this->cuoYear = $cuoYear;
    }

    public function getCuoTipo() {
        return $this->cuoTipo;
    }

    public function setCuoTipo($cuoTipo) {
        $this->cuoTipo = $cuoTipo;
    }

    public function getCuoGrado() {
        return $this->cuoGrado;
    }

    public function setCuoGrado($cuoGrado) {
        $this->cuoGrado = $cuoGrado;
    }

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    }

    public function setCuoLitros($cuoLitros) {
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    }

    public function getAuditDateIns() {
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Charter schools step up political action
By Neil Vigdor
Updated 9:26 pm EDT, Monday, June 20, 2016
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The charter school movement — backstopped by a billionaire club that includes Michael Bloomberg, Paul Tudor Jones and Ray Dalio — wants to put its stamp on the Legislature in Connecticut.
CT Forward, a newly launched nonprofit advocacy group, will survey House and Senate candidates across the state on their support for public charter schools. The litmus test will determine which candidates receive financial and grassroots support from the group's dues-paying members, who will be made up heavily of parents.
Families for Excellent Schools, which has wrangled with Bridgeport administrators over education reform, is behind the election-year initiative.
"That struggle has lots of allies and lots of adversaries, and it will continue until every kid in the state has access to the education that they deserve," said Jeremiah Kittredge, the CEO and co-founder of Families for Excellent Schools. "I actually think the biggest adversary here is the struggle of time."
Connecticut has 24 charter schools, with five in the state's largest city, Bridgeport, enrolling 2,350 students. There are three charter schools in Stamford and one in Norwalk.
New York City, on the other hand, added about 180 charter schools during Bloomberg's tenure as mayor. Bloomberg's former press secretary, Stu Loeser, runs the public relations and media consulting firm hired by Families for Excellent Schools.
In Bridgeport, FES successfully fought a proposed moratorium on charter schools in 2015. Some skeptics still view the push for public charter schools as a step toward privatization by wealthy outsiders, however.
Claudia Phillips, a parent leader in the Bridgeport chapter of FES, said it's high time the charter school movement becomes a player in legislative races.
"This is about choice for families," Phillips said. "Parents are left with no choice."
Phillips' 14-year-old son attends Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Middle School. Because there is no charter high school in the city, he will join his 16-year-old twin sisters taking the bus to Amistad Academy in New Haven.
"They have to be up by 5 o'clock in the morning," Phillips said. "We do what we have to do. It's sad."
State Rep. Patricia Billie Miller, D-Stamford, took a more agnostic approach on charter schools, saying she helped secure funding for the Stamford Charter School of Excellence that opened in 2015. She also visited the Bronx, N.Y., school that it is modeled after, but said she doesn't consider herself a proponent of charter schools.
"I'm a proponent of what works to educate a child so they may be successful in life," Miller said. "So I will not be seeking endorsements from this organization. There are good charter schools and there are bad charter schools. There are good traditional public schools and there are bad schools."
There is no connection between CT Forward and a super PAC that went by the same name and supported Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 2014 re-election.
For a $10 initiation fee, members of the group will have access to a private website with information on lawmakers' records and links to contribute to specific candidates.
"We view it as a critical new tool," Kittredge said.
Kittredge stopped short of singling out foes in the education debate, which has frequently pitted charter school advocates against teacher unions such as AFT Connecticut, which represents 10,000 teachers, paraeducators and education support personnel in local and regional schools in the state.
"The vast majority of Connecticut children attend traditional neighborhood public schools," said Jan Hochadel, the union's president. "State lawmakers and the governor must not lose sight of this fact — no matter how much money charter management organizations and their lobbyists spend to push their agenda."
For giants of the hedge fund industry such as Jones and Dalio, both Greenwich residents, charter schools have become a favorite cause. Each has contributed to Families for Excellent Schools, which reported $17.6 million in contributions and grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, to the IRS. Kittredge's compensation was $222,297 for that time period, more than Connecticut's state education commissioner and New York City's schools chancellor.
A spokesman for Jones declined to comment. Multiple requests for comment were left for Dalio, whose Westport hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, is the largest in the world. Bloomberg has not contributed directly to FES, but has been strongly linked to the charter school movement.


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Home / Community / Blogs / Current Events / Why Voting Matters
Why Voting Matters
Analyzing youth voter engagement and the current role of political parties in youth outreach
BY Mavis Chan
Oct 15 2015 | IN Current Events
Categories: Students - Politicians - Elections - Activists - Activism
Series: Elections
Mavis Chan (middle) interviews a student at the University of Waterloo.
"Are you planning to vote for the upcoming Federal Election? What issues are motivating you to vote?"
As part of a get-out-the-vote startup that I've been running for the past few months, I've spent a lot of time asking University of Waterloo students that question. Last week, I walked around campus for a few hours engaging with a random sample of students as part of our last marketing push before the election.
Some people have told me straight up they are disinterested in politics and refuse to engage, which already answers the first question. But the majority did say yes to the first question, or at least show a hesitant interest in doing so.
As to the second question, while there are few individuals with adamantly passionate political views, others are a bit shier, unsure of what to say at such an open-ended question.
But after being given a moment to think, most of the students I spoke to did have an answer. Everyone I've spoken to, even if they don't know exactly what they want, seems to be able to relate in one way or another despite not being sure where to start. And I really do understand their perspective, sometimes finding it difficult to grasp the complex issues of our time myself.I was pleasantly surprised at the number of people responding 'yes' to the first question, given that youth voter turnout was at 38.8 percent in 2011. As for the second question, I did expect that it would be harder to answer. Perhaps the hesitation is what explains the lack of passionate, spearheaded visible engagement from young people when it comes to politics. As criticized by the older generation and even called out by Canadian comedian and television figure, Rick Mercer, Millennials today are not quite engaged enough in the issues of our time. Unlike previous generations, we grew up in an environment where democracy and free speech was handed to us, which probably explains why we take it for granted.
To engage young voters, politicians need to translate the impact of their policies on the issues that young people care about. We need to know how cutting public spending on certain sectors or shifting tax rates can impact their futures. In turn, by voting, young people can show that they care about where they want the government to invest in jobs, or even what kind of value or belief system they want to see the country run by.
Based on the conversations I've had, I know that young voters are not as apathetic as they are portrayed to be. In fact, it's been incredibly inspiring to hear what people have to say after I open the right door to get these conservations started. Whether it's through wanting a job in a certain industry, promoting equality in some shape or form, or asking for accountability and transparency in the way things are run in this country.
What each party is doing
While I personally don't feel as though any of the parties have done enough to speak to youth issues specifically, I do commend some of them on aspects of their platforms addressing youth and some of them on their engagement efforts.
The Conservatives have been cutting taxes for businesses to create jobs for post-secondary graduates and apprenticeships. They have also made significant investments towards funding for research-chairs across Canada to provide post-secondary students academic research opportunities. While there is a local Waterloo chapter for Young Conservatives, I'm unsure what has been done in terms of outreach to youth.
In terms of the Liberal Party, I attended Justin Trudeau's talk last October (of 2014) when he spoke with students at the University of Waterloo campus.
Recently, the Liberals have promised to create more co-op placements for students, especially those in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business programs. They plan to increase the maximum allowance for grants for low-income post-secondary students and have announced that students won't have to start paying off their loans until they start earning an income of over $25,000.
The NDP's have promised to phase out interest on student loans, creating up to 50,000 new grants with an overall plan to make post-secondary education more affordable.
The Young NDP of the Waterloo chapter keeps an active Facebook page, I'm also unsure of what's been done on by the New Democratic Party as a whole on engaging youth.
The Green Party's campaign promises include continuing to support funding for research chairs and eliminating post-secondary tuition, as well as a focus on creating jobs for youth with a national employment strategy. I also saw local Waterloo riding candidate, Richard Walsh, walking around on clubs day to speak with UW students.
However, much more can be done from each front, as even I myself, as someone who has spent a lot of time in the policy field, isn't aware of the youth-specific outreach efforts.
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REPLACE AID WITH TRADE
Apr 02, 2018 | Today's News | Exports | Legislation & Regulation
Farmers often talk about international trade in terms of what's good for them. That makes sense – when you're trying to run a family business and raise a family by a minuscule margin, you are certainly concerned about how trade (or lack thereof) impacts your checkbook.
But there's another side of trade. There is a humanitarian need that can simply be expressed as "We produce food here, while most of the world's hungry are over there." And sometimes "We generate economic activity to pull the neediest out of poverty by buying and selling over there."
Check out this Rwandan farmer's side of the story published last week in The Hill.
According to Pierre Kamere Munyura, Americans love Rwandan coffee. And Rwandan's appreciate the American aircraft, medical supplies, and machinery they were able to purchase in the $100 million of two-way trade between the countries in 2016.
Munyura said, "In recent years, Rwandans have learned about the value of economic opportunity. A generation ago, foreign aid made up most of our government's budget. And we were thankful for the support from foreign countries. Today, however, this figure has dwindled to 17 percent.
Like many Rwandans, I'd like to see it vanish to nothing. The best way for us to do this is to replace aid with trade and become fully integrated with the global economy."
Certainly, although it isn't always the first consideration when discussing trade, the idea that diminished trade with other countries will have more than economic impacts has merit. Withdrawing from the global marketplace will weaken growing, fledgling economies and create the potential for global disruption and starvation.
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Франц Фюман (), пълно име Франц Антония Йозеф Рудолф Мария Фюман, е германски писател, сред най-значимите литературни творци от Източна Германия, член на Германската академия на изкуствата (в ГДР). Автор е на романи, есета, стихотворения и книги за деца.

На младини е въодушевен от националсоциализма, но след Втората световна война става привърженик на социализма. Постепенно се настройва критично към развитието на ГДР, от което в късните си години е дълбоко разочарован.

Биография
Франц Фюман е син на аптекар в Рокитнице над Йизероу сред планинския масив Кърконоше от Судетите. След основното си образование Фюман учи в йезуитски колеж в Калксбург край Виена, откъдето бяга през 1936 г. Завършва гимназия в Либерец, Северна Бохемия, и влиза в немския гимнастически съюз (по-късно судетско-немски клон на Хитлерюгенд). През 1937 г. става член на конния отряд на нацистката паравоенна организация Щурмабтайлунг.

През 1941 г. Фюман полага матура и за кратко следва математика в Карловия университет в Прага. Прекъсва, за да отбие задължителната трудова повинност и накрая постъпва във Вермахта. Служи като свързочник в кампанията срещу Съветския съюз и в Гърция. През 1945 г. попада в съветски плен, но още през 1946 г. е командирован в антифашистката фронтова школа в Ногинск край Москва.

През 1949 г. е освободен от военнопленничество и отива в ГДР, където живее до края на дните си в градчето Меркиш Буххолц в Бранденбург. Още през същата година встъпва в Национал-демократическата партия на Германия, подвластна на ГЕСП. До 1958 г. Фюман е културно-политически сътрудник в партийния апарат. Освен това от 1952 г. е член на председателството на Съюза на немските писатели. В ГЕСП остава до 1972 г. От 1958 г. до смъртта си е писател на свободна практика.

Наред с писателската си работа Фюман развива културна и политическа дейност. Дава път на мнозина млади автори, а в по-късни години се застъпва за писатели, репресирани от ръководството на ГДР. През 1976 г. е сред първите, подписали протестното писмо срещу лишаването от гражданство на поета Волф Бирман.

Франц Фюман умира през 1984 г. от рак. Изричното му желание е да бъдде погребан в Меркиш Буххолц, а не в омразния му Берлин.

Библиография

Поезия (подбор)
 Griechischer Auszug; Stunde im April; Kalter Schnee im Dezember; Nacht am Paipussee; Jede Nacht erglühen neue Sterne, 1942
 Stunde des Soldaten, 1944
 Gedichte, 1950
 Die Fahrt nach Stalingrad, Eine Dichtung, 1953
 Die Nelke Nikos Gedichte, 1953
 Aber die Schöpfung soll dauern, Gedichte, 1957
 Die Richtung der Märchen, Gedichte, 1962

Проза

Творби за деца и юноши (подбор)
 Vom Moritz, der kein Schmutzkind mehr sein wollte, Erzählung, 1959
Мръсният Мориц, изд.: Народна култура, София (1963), прев. Димитър Стоевски
 Lustiges Tier-ABC erzählt von Franz Fühmann mit vergnüglichen Bildern von Erich Schmitt, 1962
 Reineke Fuchs. Neu erzählt von Franz Fühmann Erzählt nach dem Niederdeutschen und nach Simrock. Mit Bildern von Werner Klemke, 1964
 Das Tierschiff. Die schönsten Tiermärchen aus aller Welt für Kinder gesammelt von Franz Fühmann, 1965
 Das hölzerne Pferd: die Sage vom Untergang Trojas und von den Irrfahrten des Odysseus. Nach Homer und anderen Quellen neu erzählt, 1968
 Shakespeare-Märchen, Nacherzählung, 1968
 Das Nibelungenlied. Neu erzählt von Franz Fühmann, 1971
 Prometheus. Die Titanenschlacht, Roman, 1974
Прометей, или битката на титаните, изд.: Отечество, София (1982), прев. Димитър Стоевски
 Die dampfenden Hälse der Pferde im Turm von Babel, 1978
 Märchen auf Bestellung, 1990
 Von A bis Z. Ein Affenspaß für Alfons. Das lustige Tieralphabet für Kinder, 1992
 Doris Zauberbein mit Illustrationen von Jacky Gleich und Porträtzeichnungen von Nora Gleich, 2004

Разкази (подбор)
 Kameraden, 1955
Другари, изд.: Народна младеж, София (1963), прев. Христина Николова
 Stürzende Schatten, 1959
 Spuk. Aus den Erzählungen des Polizeileutnants K., 1961
 Böhmen am Meer, Erzählung, 1962
 Das Judenauto. Vierzehn Tage aus zwei Jahrzehnten, 1962
 Ernst Barlach. Das schlimme Jahr, 1963
 König Ödipus, Gesammelte Erzählungen, 1966
 Der Jongleur im Kino oder Die Insel der Träume, 1970
Островът на мечтите, изд.: Народна култура, София (1974), прев. Недялка Попова и др.
 Zweiundzwanzig Tage oder Die Hälfte des Lebens, 1973
 Bagtelle, rundum positiv, 1978
 Das Judenauto. Kabelkran und Blauer Peter. Zweiundzwanzig Tage oder die Hälfte des Lebens 1979
 Irrfahrt und Heimkehr des Odysseus. Prometheus. Der Geliebte der Morgenröte und andere Erzählungen, 1980
 Saiäns-fiktschen, Erzählungen, 1981
 Den Katzenartigen wollten wir verbrennen. Meine Schulzeit im Dritten Reich, 1981
 Unter den Paranyas. Traum-Erzählungen und -Notate, 1988
 Im Berg. Texte und Dokumente aus dem Nachlaß, 1991

Драма
 Kirke und Odysseus. Ein Ballett. Wieland Förster. Liebespaare. Ein graphischer Zyklus, 1984
 Schlipperdibix und klapperdibax! Zwei Kasperlstücke, 1985
 Die Schatten. Ein Hörspiel, 1986
 Simplicius Simplicissimus; Der Nibelunge Not und andere Arbeiten für den Film, 1987
 Alkestis. Stück mit Musik in einem ersten Akt, einem zweiten Akt, zwei dritten Akten und einem Vorspiel, 1989
 Der glückliche Ritter von Trinitat oder Wie wird man Oberdiskutierer. Ein Puppenspiel in 4 Akten für Joachims sechs Puppen, 1999

Публицистика
 Erfahrungen und Widersprüche. Versuche über Literatur, 1975
 Essays, Gespräche, Aufsätze 1964–1981, 1983
 Wandlung. Wahrheit. Würde. Aufsätze und Gespräche 1964–1981, 1985

Награди (подбор)
 1955: Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Bronze
 1956: Награда Хайнрих Ман
 1957: Национална награда на ГДР
 1972: Награда Лион Фойхтвангер
 1974: Национална награда на ГДР
 1977: Награда на немската критика
 1982: Geschwister-Scholl-Preis
 1982: Награда на Югозападното радио

Бележки

Външни препратки

  Биографични данни за Франц Фюман в Каталога на Немската национална библиотека
  Литература от и за Франц Фюман в Каталога на Немската национална библиотека
  Литература от и за Франц Фюман в Немската дигитална библиотека
  Франц Фюман в библиотеката на Свободния университет Берлин
  Франц Фюман в Internationaler Franz Fühmann Freundeskreis
  Франц Фюман в Die Deutsche Gedichtebibliothek
  Франц Фюман в Die LYRIKwelt
  Франц Фюман в Personensuche

Академици
Учени от ГДР
Писатели от ГДР
Германски поети
Германски есеисти
Германски романисти
Германски детски писатели
Носители на литературни награди на Германия
Група 47
Военнопленници през Втората световна война
Възпитаници на Карловия университет
Починали от рак

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The 2003 Recopa Sudamericana was the 11th edition of the match-up contested between the winners of CONMEBOL's two continental tournaments. This was the first Recopa contested since 1999 when the competition was discontinued due to the Supercopa Sudamericana folding in 1997. However, in 2002 the Copa Sudamericana was created to serve as the second most important continental trophy. Thus, the Recopa Sudamericana became playable again pitting the winners of the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. The first Recopa Sudamericana under this format took place in a single final held at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

The match was contested by Olimpia, winners of the 2002 Copa Libertadores, and San Lorenzo de Almagro, winners of the 2002 Copa Sudamericana, on July 12, 2003. Olimpia defeated San Lorenzo to win their second Recopa Sudamericana.

Qualified teams

Match details

References

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What is the cause of carpal spasm?
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A: What you describe sounds like carpal spasm. Spasms, or cramps, are involuntary muscle contractions. The most common causes of spasms are overused muscles (in the hands that might be due to writing or typing) and dehydration. Other causes of muscle cramping include low levels of calcium and magnesium.
Then, what causes Carpopedal spasms in hyperventilation?
Carpopedal spasm occurs when acute hypocarbia causes reduced ionized calcium and phosphate levels, resulting in involuntary contraction of the feet or (more commonly) the hands (see the image below). Chvostek or Trousseau signs may be positive because of hyperventilation-induced hypocalcemia.
What causes muscle spasms?
Spasms of skeletal muscles are most common and are often due to overuse and muscle fatigue, dehydration, and electrolyte abnormalities. The spasm occurs abruptly, is painful, and is usually short-lived. It may be relieved by gently stretching the muscle.
What causes spasms in your hands and feet?
Cramps or spasms in the muscles often have no clear cause. Possible causes of hand or foot spasms include: Abnormal levels of electrolytes, or minerals, in the body. Brain disorders, such as Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis, dystonia, and Huntington disease.
What is the term for Carpopedal spasm?
medical Definition of carpopedal spasm. : a spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the hands, feet, and especially the wrists and ankles (as that occurring in alkalosis and tetany)
What vitamin deficiency causes muscle cramps?
Several vitamin deficiency states may directly or indirectly lead to muscle cramps. These include deficiencies of thiamine (B1), pantothenic acid (B5), and pyridoxine (B6). The precise role of deficiency of these vitamins in causing cramps is unknown.
What causes hand tremors?
You should speak with your doctor if you experience hand tremors. Many people associate shaky hands with Parkinson's disease, but the most common cause of shaking hands is actually essential tremor. Essential tremor is also the most common neurologic disorder affecting adults, but it's not well-understood.
How do you know if you have carpal tunnel syndrome?
Common carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms include: Tingling or numbness. You may experience tingling and numbness in your fingers or hand. Usually the thumb and index, middle or ring fingers are affected, but not your little finger.
What is diabetic hand syndrome?
Diabetic stiff hand syndrome is a painless disorder caused by an increase in collagen in and just below the skin. It can sharply limit hand function. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a painful condition caused by pressure on the median nerve, which passes into the hand through a narrow "tunnel."
How can I stop my fingers from cramping?
Using the opposite hand, push back all four fingers and thumb on the cramping hand, very lightly, and massage the tight muscle. Heat A heat wrap can also help tame tight muscles, but don't worry if you don't have one at the ready — simply run your hands under warm water instead.
How do I stop my hand from cramping up?
To prevent injuries like these, and to lower soreness and cramping in your hands and wrists, try some of these simple tips.
Stretch often.
Shake it out.
Get plenty of Vitamin D and potassium.
Take breaks.
Modify your routines.
Talk to your doctor.
Hold wrists in a neutral position.
Is arm pain a sign of heart attack?
Left arm pain is one of the most common symptoms of a heart attack. This may seem strange since the arm muscles are not being damaged. pain, numbness, or any other unusual discomfort in the back, neck, jaw, or lower abdomen. shortness of breath, with or without chest pain.
What is trigger finger syndrome?
Trigger finger is a condition that causes pain, stiffness, and a sensation of locking or catching when you bend and straighten your finger. The condition is also known as "stenosing tenosynovitis." The ring finger and thumb are most often affected by trigger finger, but it can occur in the other fingers, as well.
What is the cause of claw hand?
An ulnar claw, also known as claw hand, or 'Spinster's Claw' is an abnormal hand position that develops due to a problem with the ulnar nerve. A hand in ulnar claw position will have the 4th and 5th fingers extended at the metacarpophalangeal joints and flexed at the interphalangeal joints.
What is Trousseaus sign?
Trousseau's sign. (trōō-sōz′) n. An indication of latent tetany in which carpal spasm occurs when the upper arm is compressed, as by a tourniquet or a blood pressure cuff.
What causes hand cramps at night?
There are many acute causes of hand cramps. These include dehydration and Vitamin D or potassium deficiency. A loss of body fluids and electrolytes can cause cramping in many areas of the body, including the hands and wrists.
What is the Trousseau's sign?
Trousseau sign of latent tetany is a medical sign observed in patients with low calcium. This sign may be positive before other manifestations of hypocalcemia such as hyperreflexia and tetany, as such it is generally believed to be more sensitive (94%) than the Chvostek sign (29%) for hypocalcemia.
What is the chvostek sign?
The Chvostek sign (/ˈkv?st?k/) is a clinical sign of existing nerve hyperexcitability (tetany) seen in hypocalcemia. It refers to an abnormal reaction to the stimulation of the facial nerve.
What causes cramps in your toes?
Toe cramps have various triggers, but overuse, dehydration, and mineral deficiencies (particularly, potassium, calcium, and magnesium) are some of the most common culprits, according to Dr. Kim. And that deficiency causes muscle contractions or spasms, which we call cramps.
What is the cause of muscle cramps?
Overuse of a muscle, dehydration, muscle strain or simply holding a position for a prolonged period can cause a muscle cramp. In many cases, however, the cause isn't known. Although most muscle cramps are harmless, some may be related to an underlying medical condition, such as: Inadequate blood supply.
What is the disease PMR?
Polymyalgia rheumatica is a disease of the muscles and joints characterized by muscle pain (myalgia) and stiffness, affecting both sides of the body, and involving the shoulders, arms, neck, and buttock areas. People with the disease are typically over 50 years of age. Polymyalgia rheumatica is abbreviated PMR.
What does the medical term PMR mean?
Medical Definition of Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR): A disorder of the muscles and joints of older persons characterized by pain and stiffness, affecting both sides of the body, and involving the shoulders, arms, neck, and buttock areas.
What are the signs and symptoms of hyperventilation?
You should seek treatment for hyperventilation when the following symptoms occur:
rapid, deep breathing for the first time.
hyperventilation that gets worse, even after trying home care options.
pain.
bleeding.
feeling anxious, nervous, or tense.
frequent sighing or yawning.
a pounding and racing heartbeat.
Can you hyperventilate and pass out?
It's not that common for those with non-phobia anxiety to actually faint. It's possible, and it does happen in cases of extreme hyperventilation, but it's fairly rare. If you faint without a clear medical cause, it may be due to some of the other causes of fainting: Overexertion from exercise.
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From an old Minnesota church cookbook. I have made it for over 30 years.
Crush taco chips into the size you want. Place in greased cake pan (9x13). Brown hamburger and onion til hamburger is browned. Add tomato sauce and taco seasoning mix. Pour mixture over taco chips.
Spread a layer of cottage cheese. Spread a layer of sour cream over that.
Sprinkle over the top with cheese(s). I usually just use cheddar. Top with sliced olives and bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
*****I have used tortilla chips instead of the taco chips, but it doesn't have the same yummy, spicy-ness.


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J.P. Morgan Asset Management buys majority stakes of two First Wind's projects in US
US based renewable energy firm First Wind has transferred majority stakes for its 105MW Palouse wind farm in Washington and the 150MW Route 66 project in Texas to J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
US-based renewable energy firm First Wind has transferred majority stakes for its 105MW Palouse wind farm in Washington and the 150MW Route 66 project in Texas to J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
Located near Oakesdale town, the Palouse wind farm is equipped with 58 Vestas V100 1.8MW turbines and started commercial operations in December 2012.
Power output from the project connects to the Avista 230kV Benewah-to-Shawnee transmission line. Avista is purchasing the generated wind power from the project, which is enough to meet the energy requirements of 30,000 homes in eastern Washington.
On the other hand, the Route 66 wind farm is under construction near Amarillo in Texas.
"Attracting strong investors, such as those advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, reinforces that First Wind is building high-value, financially viable projects."
Scheduled to be operational by 2015, the plant will be equipped with 75 Vestas V110 2MW turbines.
With the capacity to power 49,000 homes, the project will deliver clean energy to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power markets through the newCompetitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) transmission system.
First Wind will continue with its operation and management services for both the projects even after the J.P. Morgan acquisition.
First Wind CEO Paul Gaynor said: "Attracting strong investors, such as those advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, reinforces that First Wind is building high-value, financially viable projects.
"This transaction also provides First Wind capital to continue our efforts to develop and build new clean energy projects.
"First Wind will continue to operate the projects, as we grow our operations capabilities.
"We will continue to focus on serving our local communities in Washington and Texas, while generating cost-competitive clean energy to homes and businesses."
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Global Real Assets CIO of OECD Infrastructure Matt LeBlanc said: "These are high-quality projects, exhibiting solid financial and operating fundamentals, that we anticipate will produce stable and growing yields and total returns for our investors over the long-term."
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In this version, the enemies are added, coins are added, etc, etc. Basically the GDK, the Game Development Kit (Not full) and it works best if you have a fast computer, 'cos there's a huge lag in the game even on my 2 GHZ comp, with 3GB ram.
Press M for music options!
To use the GDK, press the + button, then click on any one thing you would like to add. Then, hold the X Key and move the mouse to position the object. Release the X Key to let go.
Give me more ideas! Come on! Constructive criticism accepted!
This game, is, as its name suggests, a platformer + a sandbox. You have no objective, and you can do whatever you want in this game. You can hop on platforms, fall on the ground, change your character's look, change the gravity, create an infinite gravity loop, destroy stuff, go through "blocks" (as if you are a ghost, a.k.a "one-way" block), and much more.
LEFT Key = Move your character left.
RIGHT Key = Move your character right.
UP and DOWN Keys = Had a purpose, but now removed.
TAB Key = (Don't cheat.) Help.
CONTROL Key = Respawn your character, handy if you encounter a bug.
the red blocks? that's the SANDBOX PLAYFIELD --- then click on the SANDBOX PLAYFIELD.
In the OPTIONS, you can allow blocks to be "one-way": allow the character to go through them, but still support him when he falls, you can allow blocks to be "destroyable": jump on them a random amount of times, depending on which block you choose, and it will be destroyed. Don't worry, you can respawn the blocks again! Just refer to the technique on #a1.
You can also respawn the character in the options menu.
No real progress as of far, I mean, I look forward to the full game, but currently not looking great, but I can tell you (or someone else) can improve it, but currently, meh.
I'm really not feeling it, the preloader was odd, I mean how come we have to wait for it to officially load up then we have to wait an additional 15 seconds or so for the music to load and all that? I didn't like the music, you're meant to be creating this new brand of platform creation, so don't drag other copyrighted brands into it to confuse things. Also, this is version 8? I wonder what version 1 was like...Keep at it, hopefully with a few more version it will come together a bit more, good luck in future projects.
Um...the preloader inside the preloader is just an initializer, but....this isn't version 8. It's version 0.8.
I have the strangest feeling that I would like this game so much better if it didn't lag like a mofo! Also, music could use some work, I'd love to know who put together these mixes and maybe more options if possible?
I don't know why the game lags so much! If only someone could tell me why!
Okay, so now I know it lags on older computers.
Interesting, especially because I have been having a hard time with coding my platformer lately. Though, I dont think im going to get it from your source code unfortunately :/ How come when you hold down jump, the player barely floats down to the ground as opposed to falling like when you arnt holding down jump?
Very very intesting though. Fix that problem and whatever else needs to be done. I will definitely be checking out your site!
Audio FF 9 battle theme & Dink M.
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A revived game with much smoother gameplay.
The classic ball bouncing game with upgrades!


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24 June 2015 — Opinion
"Recovery" Based on Exploitation of Low-paid Workers
Andy Storey
Andy Storey is a lecturer in political economy at University College Dublin and a board member of human rights group Action from Ireland (Afri).
More than 400 workers lost their jobs when Clerys department store, a Dublin institution, was shut down on Friday, 12 June.
People who in some cases had worked there for decades were given 30 minutes' notice and told they would receive just the statutory redundancy entitlement of two weeks' pay for each year of service. Tanaiste Joan Burton was moved to describe the treatment of workers as "absolutely despicable".
Two days prior to the Clerys announcement, I attended a protest outside the Dail organised by Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids and calling on the government, and Joan Burton in particular as the minister responsible, to reverse cuts to payments for lone parents.
The latest such cut means that many lone parents will lose between €36.50 and €86 a week. Two-thirds of lone-parent families already suffer deprivation. Minister Burton, in 2012, had said that such cuts would only be introduced if we had an affordable system of childcare "similar to what is found in Scandinavian countries". I think it is fair to say we are not exactly Sweden yet in that regard.
The minister says that this will help get lone parents back to work. Leaving aside the rather important issue of how they will arrange childcare while at work, are there jobs for them?
The unemployment rate looks set to fall below 10 percent this year, down from over 14 percent at the worst of the crash. But that is a still very high figure, and the downward trend needs to be treated with caution, as an important policy paper from Social Justice Ireland (SJI) published in April of this year makes clear.
Since 2009/10, there has been net emigration of 123,000 Irish people, an interesting companion figure to the fall of 97,300, between 2010 and 2014, in the numbers unemployed. Also between 2010 and 2014, the numbers registered on various training schemes rose by 13,500.
At least as significant are the changes SJI documents in the nature of employment. There were 272,000 (15 percent) fewer full-time jobs in Ireland in 2014 then there were in 2008, when the downturn began. By contrast, in 2014 there were 55,700 more part-time jobs, a rise of 14 percent. Many of those working part-time have fewer hours of work than they would like and many are also members of the so-called "working poor".
The number of families claiming Family Income Supplement rose from 28,223 in 2010 to 44,159 in 2013, reflecting the fact that workers are increasingly having to turn to state support to supplement their low wages. Meanwhile, average wages continue to fall.
The issue of workers receiving inadequate and/or unpredictable hours and wages has been highlighted by the Decency for Dunnes Workers campaign. Dunnes makes widespread use of short-term and temporary contracts, refuses to negotiate with a trade union, and operates "low-hours" contracts that leave employees not knowing how many, if any, hours they will be working from one week to the next. Dunnes has deployed these tools to discipline workers, including those who participated in recent strike action.
Ironically, it was at an event lauding the Dunnes workers' struggle that Joan Burton criticised Clerys's new owners. Neither the Dunnes nor Clerys workers were offered much in the way of practical support by the Tanaiste, however. And it is not just people in the retail trade who are suffering – in the third-level-education sector, for example, temporary, "flexible", low-paid work is increasingly common.
In my last column, I looked at how Dublin was suffering disproportionately from rising property prices and rents. At one level, Dublin may be gaining disproportionately from the growth in jobs, with most of the post-2010 upsurge being concentrated in the capital. But a crucial issue facing Dubliners and others is whether a claimed employment "recovery" increasingly based on the exploitation of low-paid and insecure workers represents real social progress.
P.S. For a wonderful dramatisation of the challenges facing shop workers, check out Katie O'Kelly's play Counter Culture.
Andy Storey: Andy Storey is a lecturer in political economy at University College Dublin and a board member of human rights group Action from Ireland (Afri).
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I want to reference TV shows and other media in my story. how do I avoid copyright issues?
It's still early yet, but I'm working on fantasy novel. To cut a long story short, it features characters from Earth in a fresh fantasy setting, and one of the cast is a bit of nerdy and inclined to make little side comments and compare stuff in the world to fantasy cliches.
Thing is, I'm planning to get this work published and sold for profit and the references to other works are likely to be minor and many. How far can I go before I have to worry about getting sued?
My major inspiration would be the comic book 'Scot Pilgrim Vs the World' with things like its '+2 vs blonds' bats Dungeons and Dragons reference, and other nods to gaming and nerdy things.
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Close but not quite a duplicate: writers.stackexchange.com/questions/2110/… and this blog post is relevant: rightsofwriters.com/2010/12/… – Lauren-Reinstate-Monica-Ipsum May 15 '15 at 14:57
From a copyright point of view to take advantage of fair use to the maximum you could have every line that the character speaks include a quote from his favorite show and probably be fine. Annoying, but fine. This would be transformative use, namely that the quotes are changed by their context to the extent that they no longer serve their original function. A great example of this is the classic Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, in which Steve Martin has a conversation with characters that are dead pieced together from quotes (clips) of old movies. You could even take this to a more ridiculous extreme by composing your entire book from quotes from other books taken out of context and juxtaposed for humorous effect. Say you took Jane Eyre and replaced all the dialog with Simpsons quotes, lines from Alice in Wonderland and other famous quotes. You would have an entirely new work that would probably not appeal to either fans of Jane Eyre or The Simpsons. (I would read it.)
Unfortunately this may change: There are people who are working to eliminate fair use by use of treaties.
hildredhildred
"Unfortunately this may change: There are people who are working to eliminate fair use," Period, Kudos for sounding a timely warning, – Tom Au Jul 10 '16 at 6:58
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