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#pragma once
#include <aws/awstransfer/Transfer_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/awstransfer/TransferRequest.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
namespace Transfer
{
namespace Model
{

  /**
   */
  class AWS_TRANSFER_API DescribeAccessRequest : public TransferRequest
  {
  public:
    DescribeAccessRequest();

    // Service request name is the Operation name which will send this request out,
    // each operation should has unique request name, so that we can get operation's name from this request.
    // Note: this is not true for response, multiple operations may have the same response name,
    // so we can not get operation's name from response.
    inline virtual const char* GetServiceRequestName() const override { return "DescribeAccess"; }

    Aws::String SerializePayload() const override;

    Aws::Http::HeaderValueCollection GetRequestSpecificHeaders() const override;

    /**
     *
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access
     * assigned.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetServerId() const{ return m_serverId; }

    /**
     *
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access
     * assigned.

     */
    inline bool ServerIdHasBeenSet() const { return m_serverIdHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access
     * assigned.

     */
    inline void SetServerId(const Aws::String& value) { m_serverIdHasBeenSet = true; m_serverId = value; }

    /**
     *
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access
     * assigned.

     */
    inline void SetServerId(Aws::String&& value) { m_serverIdHasBeenSet = true; m_serverId = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access
     * assigned.

     */
    inline void SetServerId(const char* value) { m_serverIdHasBeenSet = true; m_serverId.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access
     * assigned.

     */
    inline DescribeAccessRequest& WithServerId(const Aws::String& value) { SetServerId(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access
     * assigned.

     */
    inline DescribeAccessRequest& WithServerId(Aws::String&& value) { SetServerId(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access
     * assigned.

     */
    inline DescribeAccessRequest& WithServerId(const char* value) { SetServerId(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your
     * directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon
     * S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using Amazon Web Services
     * Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by
     * running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

     * Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"}
     * -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command,
     * replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

     *
The regex used to validate this parameter is a string of characters
     * consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
     * You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetExternalId() const{ return m_externalId; }

    /**
     *
A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your
     * directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon
     * S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using Amazon Web Services
     * Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by
     * running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

     * Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"}
     * -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command,
     * replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

     *
The regex used to validate this parameter is a string of characters
     * consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
     * You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

     */
    inline bool ExternalIdHasBeenSet() const { return m_externalIdHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your
     * directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon
     * S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using Amazon Web Services
     * Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by
     * running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

     * Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"}
     * -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command,
     * replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

     *
The regex used to validate this parameter is a string of characters
     * consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
     * You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

     */
    inline void SetExternalId(const Aws::String& value) { m_externalIdHasBeenSet = true; m_externalId = value; }

    /**
     *
A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your
     * directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon
     * S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using Amazon Web Services
     * Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by
     * running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

     * Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"}
     * -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command,
     * replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

     *
The regex used to validate this parameter is a string of characters
     * consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
     * You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

     */
    inline void SetExternalId(Aws::String&& value) { m_externalIdHasBeenSet = true; m_externalId = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your
     * directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon
     * S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using Amazon Web Services
     * Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by
     * running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

     * Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"}
     * -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command,
     * replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

     *
The regex used to validate this parameter is a string of characters
     * consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
     * You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

     */
    inline void SetExternalId(const char* value) { m_externalIdHasBeenSet = true; m_externalId.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your
     * directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon
     * S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using Amazon Web Services
     * Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by
     * running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

     * Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"}
     * -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command,
     * replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

     *
The regex used to validate this parameter is a string of characters
     * consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
     * You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

     */
    inline DescribeAccessRequest& WithExternalId(const Aws::String& value) { SetExternalId(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your
     * directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon
     * S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using Amazon Web Services
     * Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by
     * running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

     * Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"}
     * -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command,
     * replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

     *
The regex used to validate this parameter is a string of characters
     * consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
     * You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

     */
    inline DescribeAccessRequest& WithExternalId(Aws::String&& value) { SetExternalId(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your
     * directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon
     * S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using Amazon Web Services
     * Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by
     * running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

     * Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"}
     * -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command,
     * replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

     *
The regex used to validate this parameter is a string of characters
     * consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
     * You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

     */
    inline DescribeAccessRequest& WithExternalId(const char* value) { SetExternalId(value); return *this;}

  private:

    Aws::String m_serverId;
    bool m_serverIdHasBeenSet;

    Aws::String m_externalId;
    bool m_externalIdHasBeenSet;
  };

} // namespace Model
} // namespace Transfer
} // namespace Aws


Profiling beds provide a safe and easy way to position a patient for better treatment and pressure relief, but often these beds can be difficult to disinfect, making multiple patient care in a community environment inefficient. The Casa Nuova 4 Low Beech Profiling Bed with Steel Tube Base is designed to solve these problems, as it's quicker to decontaminate after each patient use to ensure cross-contamination is kept to an absolute minimum. Made with robust metal steel tubing and a low profile to enhance patient safety, this profiling option is ideal for the community market.
This bed is available in three versions, with metal, wooden or no side rails. Select your desired option using the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
This height adjustable bed is made with a low-profile design combined with optional side rails. This combination results in a fully safe sleeping environment and a reduced risk of patient injury from falls out of bed.
If carers are forced to bend over to access patients, they risk putting extra strain on their back and incurring subsequent injury. This bed is height adjustable from 23cm to 63cm, providing easy access for simple care and positioning of the patient.


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Wakpala man pleads guilty to weapons charges
A Wakpala man has pleaded guilty to two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in a case involving a Mobridge area drug ring.
Andrew Kills Crow, 22, will not be sentenced until Oct. 7. Each charge has a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The case stems from incidents in the final days of December 2011. According to court paperwork, Kills Crow and others assaulted two other men with handguns and by kicking them.
On Dec. 27, 2011, a couple of days after drugs and cash were stolen from a Mobridge-area trailer, Kills Crow and others rounded up people they believed to be "suspects," took them to the Wakpala Pow-Wow grounds, assaulted them, threatened them and left them behind, according to documents in the case.

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Home Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes
Priscilla TorresUpdated: Aug. 21, 2019
Can this dairy staple help protect against insulin resistance?
There's something rather mysterious about milk in relation to blood sugar. It moves the needle only a smidge, which isn't surprising since it's fairly low in carbohydrates and rich in protein (a perfect combination for steadying blood sugar). But researchers think there's some natural component in milk that may help directly protect against insulin resistance, a forerunner of type 2 diabetes.
Two Harvard studies found that people who made dairy foods part of their daily diets were 21 percent less likely to develop insulin resistance and 9 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes for each daily serving of dairy they had. Pretty impressive! (Apparently not everyone has gotten the word, though: Some Web sites actually tell you that milk causes diabetes.)
Choose fat-free milk over whole or even 2 percent, which still has a fair amount of saturated fat, the kind that increases insulin resistance and clogs arteries.
Health Bonus
Milk is, of course, rich in calcium and vitamin D, both important for shoring up bone. Fat-free milk actually has more calcium than whole, and it's also virtually the only good source of vitamin D you're likely to find in your kitchen. D is a "don't miss" vitamin: Experts are realizing not only that our needs for it are higher than previously thought — and our blood levels woefully low — but also that it may play a key role in preventing certain cancers if we get enough.
Low-fat dairy foods such as fat-free milk are also a cornerstone of the doctor-recommended DASH diet proven to help control high blood pressure.
Glycemic Load: Very low
If you're not a fan of fat-free milk because it's too thin, try ultra-pasteurized fat-free milk, also called UHT (ultra-high temperature). Brands include Parmalat. It tends to have a creamier texture than regular fat-free milk but no more fat or calories.
Menu Magic
Pretend you're a kid again and drink a cold glass of fat-free milk with lunch or dinner.
Make yourself a banana-strawberry smoothie with frozen strawberries, a frozen banana, fat-free milk, and a dash of vanilla extract.
Create "cream" of carrot or tomato soup using fat-free milk. Thicken it with a small amount of flour.
Enjoy a soothing cup of chai once in a while instead of coffee.
Perfect Portion: 1 cup
Three 8-ounce (250-milliliter) servings a day of low-fat milk or other dairy products, such as yogurt, may help tame insulin resistance and also provide much of the calcium you need.
Don't Fall for It
Almost everyone has seen the commercials advertising dairy foods as an aid in losing weight. The trouble is, the results of studies on dairy and weight loss have been inconsistent, with the latest showing that people who eat a lot of calcium-rich dairy foods don't in fact have an easier time losing weight. There's no harm in getting more fat-free milk into your diet; just don't bank on dairy foods to solve your poundage problems.
Originally Published: March 15, 2007
Originally Published in Reader's Digest
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What Experts Need You to Know About the Glycemic Index Vs. Glycemic Load


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Loveland Family Lawyer
When you are trying to work through difficult matters involving intimate relationships, child custody, or other complicated personal issues, a compassionate family lawyer is the advocate you need. A professional who can take your side but is removed from the emotional aspects of the situation could be an invaluable ally.
Even when they represent one side in a bitter dispute, family lawyers work for the long-term good of the family by assuring that everyone's rights are protected. Seeking help from a Loveland family lawyer could insulate you from the drama and allow you to move on more quickly.
The first contact many people have with a family lawyer is when they decide to seek a divorce. Although Colorado allows couples to negotiate their own divorce agreements, getting professional help is advisable.
Even when a couple is communicating well and believes they are in accord about what should happen, sticking points that could block an agreement often arise out of nowhere and trigger emotional discord. When the parties have representatives trying to reach an agreement on their behalf, the negotiators are not susceptible to the emotional triggers that could disrupt discussions between the divorcing couple.
Colorado does not use the term "child custody." Instead, it considers the universe of duties associated with parenting—providing home, food, clothing, education, medical care, discipline, supervision, protection, and emotional support—and calls it "parental responsibilities."
Ideally, courts seek to divide parental responsibility evenly between both parents. In practical terms, however, school-age children usually need to reside with one parent or the other during the academic year, unless the parents reside close to each other. The parent who lives with the children during the school week has primary physical custody. The law considers parents to have joint parental responsibility as long as the children spend 90 nights per year with the other parent.
Sometimes one parent seeks to exclude the other from the children's lives. Courts usually consider this only when there is credible evidence that a parent abused the child in some way, has a condition such as addiction that impacts their ability to keep the children safe, or the parent has committed domestic violence in front of the children. Resolving such allegations requires the help of an experienced attorney.
Colorado Revised Statute 14-10-115 provides a formula for the amount of child support the parent who does not have primary physical custody must pay to the other parent. Parents could come to an agreement privately, but a judge must approve it. The more closely a private agreement comes to the statutory formula, the more likely it will receive judicial approval.
Child support is a benefit for the children, not the other parent. A parent cannot withhold child support because of the other parent's behavior. Similarly, child support and visitation are separate issues. A parent must pay child support even if the other parent is improperly interfering with visitation. When facing these situations, the appropriate response is to consult a lawyer about possible action—withholding child support is illegal, counterproductive, and unfair to the children.
Colorado has a law setting forth a formula for alimony, which it calls spousal maintenance. The amount is based on a percentage of the couple's adjusted gross income and the term of the maintenance obligation is tied to the duration of the marriage. Either spouse may receive maintenance from the other spouse.
Maintenance is not automatic. A spouse must request maintenance and demonstrate that they lack the resources to support themselves. A judge will look at the totality of each spouse's financial circumstances and contributions to the marriage when deciding whether to grant maintenance. A savvy legal professional could help a divorcing spouse determine whether maintenance is appropriate and present persuasive evidence supporting their position to the judge.
Seek Help From a Compassionate Loveland Family Attorney
Family issues can be extremely challenging. It is best to let an experienced Loveland family lawyer handle all the legal elements for your situation. Work with a law firm that is always focused on finding a solution that supports the best interests of you and your children. Call the Colorado Lawyer Team today.


Promoters Absent Kelly are bringing another bill of alt/rock talent to North London, at King's Cross' Surya.
Dirty bluesy Rock and Roll band, Junkyard Dolls will top the bill. This five piece are known on their local Essex scene for their electric live performances and infectious grungy Americana infused sound.
Zeals are an alt/rock trio from the South West who have been likened to Pearl Jam and can count Boy George as an unlikely fan. Their music is lively, fun and very very catchy!
Alt/rock quartet, Metanoia will be providing support. Their heady combination of grunge, metal and punk has bagged them spots at a number of top venues, including Norwich's famous Owl Sanctuary.
Southampton quartet, Torcoda Fray will be bringing with them their brand of hard hitting alt/rock. Having already played famous local venues like the Joiners, we foresee big things for this band!


An 80 year old dreaded warning took place with a 7.9 earthquake in Nepal on Saturday. The oldest tower has collapsed. Rail, power, water are disconnected. Landslides were triggered in Sikkim, with an avalanche in Everest. The latest deaths is over 3,600 and rising. In contact with various aid groups, many of the sites affected are remote and reachable by air. Over 1/3 people living in hills are more than 4 hours away from an all weathered road.
or HISTEAM office – (603)51221130.
Donation can be sent directly to CREST. Kindly make cheque payable to CRISIS RELIEF SERVICES & TRAINING BHD and bank in your contribution to Maybank Account: 5141-9611-8174). Fax/email your transaction slip to (603) 56387297 and write on slip – NEPAL Earthquake 2015, your name and postal address and telephone number for us to send receipt.
2) We know that there are many Nepalese working in Malaysia, in fact some of them are Christian. We urge the children of God to show the love to those affected, their family and the church in disaster zones. As we know, CNEC Malaysia initiated a relief campaign, to send in relief items and to help in rebuilding their houses in later stage. All churches are welcome to participate to show solidarity. This effort involves working with Nepalese fellowship nationwide. Donation can be made to Christian Nationals Evangelism commission @ Maybank account: 501208604332. Please fax the receipt to (607)5588284 or email to cnec.my@gmail.com. They will issue the official receipt for you.
On the other hand, we would like to thank our friends and partners who have showed concerns over this tragedy. Many are willing to present and help in ground zero. But as a matter of caution, this required experienced or trained volunteers. We would like to invite you to a Disaster Response Training co-organized by NECF, CREST, FGB, World Vision, MCR, and HISTEAM. This training will be held from the 13-15 May at Wisma Eagles, Full Gospel Tabernacle. With a mere registration fees of RM150, you may get yourself certified with International Disaster Response Network (IDRN) badge. This badge is recognized worldwide and is able to provide access to disaster zones for relief work. With this, you will be able to do more when disaster strikes.
Last but not least, we are still in the recovery & rebuilding phase of East Coast flood last year. Do pray for every one of us in the Disaster Response coalition (NECF, CREST, FGB, World Vision, and HISTEAM) as we are doing our best at all fronts!


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Archive: "Tonight I'm Gonna Party Like It's 1999!"
Exactly two years to the day since this article was first published on thesweetscience.com, Bernard Hopkins continues to deny the obituary, professional at least, I recorded following his defeat to Jermaine Taylor in 2005. The fact, aged 42, he can still compete at elite level – he faces pound for pound great Winky Wright at 170 pounds – is astonishing.
I'm not sure whether his longevity says more about his own monastic devotion to self-preservation or the sad state of boxing at the elite level? Does he resemble an immovable rock on the seashore simply because there is no new tide to wash him away?
thesweetscience.com ARCHIVE: 21/07/2005
"Tonight I'm Gonna Party Like It's 1999": A Boxing Decade Ends
It may be July 2005, and Bernard Hopkins may yet return to defeat young middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, but The Executioner's loss last weekend essentially brought down the curtain on the 1990s. The last Mohican of a long forgotten decade finally succumbed to the vigour and enthusiasm of youth and the ceaseless march of old father time.
Approaching 41, Hopkins should have been long since vanquished, but it's a testament to his class, dedication and downright bloody-mindedness that he's outlasted everyone of his era. The past year has seen the departure of several marquee fighters, and whilst some will doubtless return for ill-advised comebacks or continue to fill the role of gatekeeper to the next generation, the 1990s are now officially over.
By way of continuum from a previous article entitled The Final Curtain: Tyson, Holyfield and Jones Jr., it's worth celebrating the respective triumphs of the soon to depart trio of Hopkins, Tszyu and McCullough.
Kostya Tszyu
The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use.
A fighter's fighter, the quietly determined Australian by way of Russia, has long operated in the shadows of the louder, more quotable champions of his generation like Roy Jones, Naseem Hamed and James Toney. His recent defeat to relentless Ricky Hatton illustrated that nobody resists the corrosive effects of inactivity, injury and birthdays indefinitely, but the fact he travelled to Manchester to fight an undefeated contender in his own backyard at the age of 35, and remained the bookies favourite, illustrated his skill and defiance of his advancing years.
Arguably the most devout and monastic trainer of his generation, the light welterweight powerhouse arrived late as an attraction and entrant in consensus pound-for-pound lists. Indeed, it was the victory over Brooklyn braggart Zab Judah in 2001 that affirmed this status – despite a resume that already included Mayweather, Chavez, Mitchell, Bramble, Bergman, Ruelas and Gonzales. The trademark howitzer that caused the now infamous and uncontrollable Judah's "break-dance" served to ensure the fight lived long in the memory of those that witnessed it and elevated Tszyu's reputation as a power puncher to a new level. No longer just a respected but unheralded champion, Kostya Tszyu became a revered pound-for-pound entrant and one of the most feared operators around.
Retirement looked likely when injury forced him to withdraw from his rematch with Sharmba Mitchell in 2003, a contest set to take place in his Russian homeland in a promotional move that had the distinct aroma of a farewell fight. Those who believed the subsequent 18 month absence from the ring would encourage him to quit, or worst still see him return as a shadow of his former self, misunderstood his irrepressible pride and will to win.
Tszyu returned to knockout Mitchell, the "man" during Tszyu's protracted absence, in just three rounds and swiftly reminded doubters of his power, precision and determination. The cynics will point to Mitchell's poor tactics and the Hatton defeat as evidence that Tszyu was, in truth, far removed from his prime, but for Kostya to still be competitive at 35 in the lower weight classes serves only to enhance his reputation. Whether he's now retired, as his wife apparently implores him to be, remains to be seen. But if for nothing else, his humbling of Judah in such comprehensive fashion deserves applause.
G'Day Kostya.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
There are few fighters that unify fans like the self-styled "Pocket Rocket," his unique brand of volume punching, unflinching bravery, limitless endurance and media-friendly humility ensure a special place in boxing folklore.
Last weekend's stoppage defeat to standout champion Oscar Larios broke the former Olympian's heart and those that surrounded him during those final emotional moments. Few of the fight fans that witnessed his heroic encounters with destructive punchers like Erik Morales and Naseem Hamed or saw him survive the savage beating dispensed by Scott Harrison argued with the stoppage. It was clear that respected fight figures Freddie Roach, Richard Steele and ringside physician Margaret Goodman understood the need to save Wayne from his own chin and courage. But it broke their hearts to do it too.
However, to remember Wayne McCullough's career as simply a collection of gutsy defeats would be to do the Irishman a massive disservice. Wayne was also an outstanding amateur, winning silver at the Barcelona Olympics and losing only 11 of 300 contests. Professionally, his victory over Yasuei Yakushiji for the WBC bantamweight title in the Japanese champion's backyard should rank as one of the finest performances ever by a British fighter abroad and is probably the high point of his 12 year paid career. The then-27-year-old Yakushiji never fought again.
Few fighters operate at elite, world-class level for ten years, and fewer still compete at the age of 35, and those that do are rarely found in the smaller weight classes where speed and stamina are key. Wayne McCullough defied those rules, defied opponents, and will inevitably attempt to defy the indefinite suspension now bestowed on him.
But if it does prove to be the end, he'll live long in the memory.
Bernard Hopkins
The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.
History would doubtless be cruel to "The Executioner" if he elected to retire in the shadow of his points defeat to young buck Jermain Taylor. Sceptics and cynics will point to the weakness of division during his long reign as middleweight king. They'll say he only beat blown-up welterweights in his defining fights. They'll say the first hungry young middleweight he faced beat him.
And they'll all be wrong.
Longevity in this most demanding of sports is hard enough; longevity within one division should earn greater kudos because of the physical sacrifices it demands. The modern fight fan encourages and applauds weight jumping and the ceaseless pursuit of multiple belts, but there is something deeper, something richer, something far more real about dominating a single weight with the belligerence Hopkins has displayed.
Like Hagler before him, Hopkins lacked the eye-catching speed of his peers, he lacked the film star smile, and because of it he lacked the support of television networks and sanctioning bodies. But he refused to be deterred.
Hopkins' debut defeat couldn't deter him, defeats and a draw in his first two cracks at the title to Segundo Mercado and Roy Jones Jnr couldn't deter him, and he's refused to allow politics and promoters to prevent him doing things his own way either.
To put his skills and defiance of the ageing process into context, Hopkins now approaches 41 and has been a professional for 17 years; Hagler was thought old at 33 and Monzon retired at 35. Light heavyweight legend Archie Moore is probably the only fighter who matches Hopkins defiance of age and physiology. Hopkins' 20 middleweight defences is a record unlikely to be broken and it is a reflection of the man that he's fought Howard Eastman and Taylor, the two leading contenders, rather than search for easier fights in the winter of his career.
Insistent on retiring before the age of 41 following a promise to his late mother, Hopkins will still doubtless try to pack more meaning and competition into his remaining months as a professional.
If those few months included revenge over Taylor and victory over Winky Wright or Antonio Tarver, then history may yet remember him more fondly.
If it doesn't, it will mislead future generations.
Longevity isn't easy. Nobody could have expected these three to still be contesting world titles five years into this millennium. So come on, lets party like it's 1999!
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First Bruno, now Warren Pursues Damages
"Tonight Matthew, I'm Going to be Light-Welterweight champion of the World"


How often have you been in a startup and someone comes up and asks for you to pull "a few quick numbers" ?
One of common themes when running any company is the need for data analytics.
When do your customers buy?
How much do they buy?
When do they come back?
If you don't have an easy way to answer these questions you are driving without a map. As we collect more and more data there is a huge need to process and understand that data. Marketing and business development teams need this information to make data driven decisions.
The faster they can get this information the better the startup will be.
All to often the responsibility of generating and producing these reports falls on a developer. They rae the ones that understand the underlying data model.
How many users signed up today? Last week? Last month?
How many users do we have total?
Who are our top purchasers?
Data Empowerment is a "Good Thing"
By teaching non-technical people SQL they will end up asking better and harder questions. A lot of businesses can be analyzed through just their data model. What objects are in the system? How are they stored?
Exposing this knowledge can yield valuable insights into the business.
From a technical standpoint there is some risk in giving non technical individuals access to run arbitrary SQL queries. A good setup is to replicate to a read only slave and give them read only access to that database.
I still haven't figured out a good tool for storing the SQL queries and sharing them though so if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them.
We set them up with http://www.sequelpro.com/ on their Macs, and you can use a read-only account, then share useful queries on Google Docs.


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You know you have an illegal when... you find an empty bottle of tequila on your land. In 1998, I found one with other trash. Obviously, the crosser was headed northward, and had it to celebrate the first night on this side. I am sure he shared it with his party, for there was a lot of trash.
You know you have an illegal when... you find a 50-peso note instead of food in your outside refrigerator. This actually happened to my neighbor (I will call him Peter because he has been involved in more serious incidents) in 2000.
You know you have an illegal when... you find a bottle of wine meant for a neighbor half-drunk. There was no sign the crosser had ever found Peter's water outlet in October 2002, so he helped himself to some wine left for Peter to give to a neighbor. Peter had to leave all of a sudden, so I took the wine to a neighbor, and left a note on what happened as a warning. I figured the wine would kill any germs the illegal left.
You definitely know you have an illegal when... he answers, "Yesterday", to your question, "When were you born?" This actually happened in Nogales, Arizona in March 1993. There, the bus station is less than 2 blocks from the border. A mile on its way to Tucson, the bus stopped and a Border Patrol agent got on. First, he asked everyone to show ID. When he didn't see ID on my seatmate, he asked him when he was born, in English. My seatmate was one of a half-dozen people taken off the bus.
Usually I thank those who have anything to do with the newsletter here. Today, I note the people in Customs, the Border Patrol, and others who have spent extra time all along the border, as those who checked the bridges between Mexico and Texas. Other than to check these, the border was not closed. However, there has been extra security at ports of entry since the terrorist attacks on Tuesday, September 11.
I heard of these attacks as I entered what was to be the second article into the computer files for this issue. There were estimates that there were more than 30,000 people employed in the World Trade Center, when its towers fell after being hit by hijacked airplanes.
Lists from those who had people employed in the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and later checking, show that 4,000 rather than 30,000 died in the attacks. Even if the bigger estimates had proven to be correct, they are less than 1/3 of the number of people who have been caught crossing the border without any legal documents to do so; in each of the 7 years I was in Palominas, over 100,000 were caught.
1. Make certain the status of all immigrants now in the United States. No immigrants need to be treated differently, whether they are from Mexico, or from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or the United Arab Emirates as the terrorists apparently were, or Iran, Peru, or Taiwan, homes of people I knew when I was going to college more than 25 years ago.
2. Those who are doing work that no others in the U.S. want to do or can do properly, can get noncitizen work permits. These will allow them to keep working on this side of the border, whether in entry-level agricultural jobs, or ones requiring expertise as the people I knew almost 30 years ago were hoping to get.
3. If what they are doing is permanent, or they have a string of temporary jobs that is enough to support them, their status should be reviewed every year.
4. If they are doing seasonal or temporary work, as many from Mexico, they should get permits for the time needed to stay and do their work, plus whatever time they need to get things together and go back afterwards.
5. The permit process must be much easier now than in the past. In theory, there is a permit process now, but in practice, it is too long and cumbersome for anyone to follow it. By the time the permit process as it is now can be completed, the need for the temporary jobs, as to pick cotton as I saw near Casa Grande, Arizona in October, is often over.
6. Give all immigrants now in the United States an opportunity to become citizens in 5 years, under the laws and conditions required to become an American citizen now. Then, they will not need work permits, as is true for American citizens now. Those who do not follow all conditions in general should be given enough time to wrap up their particular affairs and go home, or to another country of their choice. Both they and Americans already here must realize that they swear allegiance to the United States when they become citizens, and not to Saudi Arabia, Iran, Canada, Mexico, or wherever anymore.
7. Keep the Border Patrol, and also use the National Guard - only those persons in it from immediate areas, like southern Arizona and southern Texas, to help them. Do not use the regular military, there has been enough experience with it on the border to know that it will not work. The regular military is now active in the Middle East and other parts of the world, anyway.
8. When he went to Washington, Fox suggested American aid for places in Mexico which do not have work for the many Mexicans who come to the United States illegally. Even he and others in the Mexican government must now realize this is not possible now, if it ever was. Much of the email I receive is from Mexicans wanting to sell Internet or other services from the capital, Guadalajara, or Monterrey. It is all in Spanish, of course. If there is enough money in Mexico to have centers which make these mailings, there is enough money in Mexico to have a fund to aid the places in the countryside there. They are capable of appealing to Americans to contribute to this fund. Both of Mexico's largest political parties, the PRI and the PAN, offered translations of their web sites to English in the last presidential elections there in 2000, as they looked in any way they could to keep their campaigns going. The PRI's was very good, while the PAN's was not as good but understandable. Persons who were in Agua Prieta, across from Douglas, Arizona, when the Rancho Feliz Charitable Foundation of Scottsdale, Arizona delivered a fire truck donated by the city of Tempe (next to Scottsdale and Phoenix), may know people in Mexico who can start such a fund. If the fund does what it says it will do, Americans will contribute to it through groups like Rancho Feliz.
These are general points. How do the details get done?
Article 123, its article on labor, is one of the parts of the Mexican constitution that interest scholars the most. For many Mexicans, its "socially useful work" has become making the dangerous journey to the border, then working on this side. In the middle of the article, those who wrote it in 1917 put: "The consul of the nation where the worker has to go must see the labor contract." There is a possible foundation for a guest-worker program, point 2, or whatever people would like to call it.
Mexico had a dictator, Porfirio Diaz, who ruled for the last 23 years of the 19th century and the first 10 years of the 20th, during the last years of the settlement of the Old West including much of the area near the border in the U.S. He put in most of Mexico's railroad tracks and a lot of its industry, but he did very little for its people. He kept as many of them off the streets of Mexico City for the country's centennial celebrations as he could, in his last year. After that, there was the Mexican Revolution. Partly because it was so devastating, it was much worse than the Civil War was in the U.S., but very little is written about it compared to the Civil War. One out of 8 people were killed or fled Mexico then. Most who fled came to the U.S. You are not dictators like Diaz, it will take at least 50 senators and 218 members of the House for immigration policy to be set.
Even someone here in the Phoenix area who supports immigrants in general, in his newspaper column, estimates there are 11 million immigrants who came without documentation in the U.S. now. Each of those who could decide for themselves to come had different reasons for doing so, which may have included pressures either at home, in the U.S., or both.
Note that I said nothing of penalties or sanctions for illegal crossers now, perhaps penalties or sanctions would reduce the burden on Social Security. I have heard a lot of discussion of what these should be, but I have heard little on penalties and sanctions for those who smuggle the crossers in, whether the smugglers are in Mexico or the U.S. This part of the immigration system as it has become, no matter what the purposes of it have been, is evil and must be ended now. Those who have made or make their living smuggling people must be kept or put out of business. Using smugglers' gains may prove really to reduce the burden on Social Security to implement what you do. It will take years to remove as many as 11 million people from the U.S., no matter what course you choose. Smuggling will be tried, as long as Americans keep demanding drugs as cocaine in its various forms, and American employers keep looking for cheap labor for projects they really do not need.
Many who are not immigrants, but who live near borders, depend on cross-border trade for their livings. Mexico's is a very emotional culture. Immigration policy must be made in ways that will affect trade as little as possible.


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Hong Kong government working to defuse extradition bill crisis, 'considering pause rather than withdrawal'
Jeffie Lam
South China Morning Post 14 June 2019
The Hong Kong government is working to defuse the crisis over its extradition bill by considering options including a pause, rather than a withdrawal, sources have told the Post.
But while several heavyweight advisers to the city's leader are calling for more time for further discussion of the bill, divisions have emerged within the Executive Council, with others suggesting the government should continue to fast track it through the legislature.
Exco convenor Bernard Chan said it would be impossible to rush the amended legislation through, while Dr Lam Ching-choi and Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun have both advocated taking a step back.
Ronny Tong Ka-wah said he would not object to deferral and called for both sides to start a dialogue and find a middle-ground solution, while his colleague Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee insisted the government should push ahead with the bill.
They were among a chorus of voices on Friday advising Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, just two days after she insisted there would be no changes to the government's proposals.
"I think it is impossible to discuss [the bill] under such confrontation. It would be very difficult," Chan said. "At the very least we should not escalate the antagonism."
Chan advised the government to re-evaluate the situation in light of the violent clashes between police and young protesters after a mass rally against the bill brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets.
He also admitted to underestimating the backlash from the business community over the proposed legislation, which would allow the transfer of fugitives to jurisdictions that Hong Kong does not have an extradition agreement with, including mainland China.
Chan was speaking two days after tens of thousands of protesters – mostly in their 20s – brought part of the city to a standstill by occupying key roads in Admiralty to besiege the legislature and prevent it from debating the bill.
The protest ended in clashes with police, which left more than 80 people injured as officers fired tear gas, rubber bullets and beanbag rounds to disperse the crowd. Eleven people were arrested.
"What happened on Wednesday is saddening and is not something that we would want to see," Chan said in a radio phone-in programme. "We indeed need to review what to do.
"Our first task right now is on how to mollify the public to avoid more clashes in future."
Asked if the government should press the pause button for the bill, he said it would depend on the chances of getting the bill passed, but he also did not want to see the legislature paralysed by a single piece of legislation.
Before the protests escalated on Wednesday, Carrie Lam had insisted the government would push ahead with the bill.
Lam Ching-choi, also chairman of the Elderly Commission, dismissed suggestions the bill was a mission that must be accomplished.
Asked if the legislation could be deferred, he said: "The government would consider every options. The government is not intransigent, and like any other it is also flesh and blood, and would sense the atmosphere in society."
He said the government would not dismiss public views just because the legislation had progressed to the second reading stage.
"A responsible government should never act in such way," Lam Ching-choi said, adding he hoped a peaceful consensus could be reached.
Could Hong Kong extradition bill damage city's economy, US ties?
Law, another executive councillor, said she supported the bill, and accepted the collective responsibility of trying to pass it before the Legco summer recess.
As a former commissioner of the Independent Council Against Corruption, Law said she had a strong desire to see that justice is done, and to uphold Hong Kong's rule of law.
"In the light of the violent protest and the strong reactions from the community, if the chief executive now decides to allow more time for discussion and to provide more safeguards to assure fair trials [abroad], I'll support that," Law said. "But, the bill should not be dropped altogether."
Meanwhile, 22 former top officials and lawmakers issued an urgent appeal on Friday calling on Carrie Lam to withdraw the controversial bill.
In a written statement they also urged her advisers to counsel the chief executive to do so, and resign if their plea is ignored.
The signatories included former secretary for security Peter Lai Hing-ling, former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang, former deputy secretary for economic services Elizabeth Bosher and former Legco Senior Member Allen Lee Peng-fei.
"This is our future generation to be cherished, how can anyone with a heart not be pained to see the treatment they received?" the statement read.
"A deeply divided society, serious concerns of the international community – are these the sacrifices to be made to satisfy the will of the chief executive? What great public interest is supposed to be served by the hurried passage of this Bill?
"We call on the chief executive to yield to public opinion and withdraw the Bill for more thorough deliberation. We call on her governing team, including all principal officials and members of the Executive Council to do their duty to advise her so to do. Should their advice be ignored, we call upon them to resign."
Opinion: Carrie Lam must go if the extradition bill isn't withdrawn
Lai, who was secretary for security from 1995 to 1998 and spearheaded the drafting of the existing extradition law which was passed by the Legislative Council in March 1997, said both sides needed to take a break to cool down.
"Withdrawing the bill for more thorough deliberation can serve this purpose. It is time for Hong Kong to have a cooling down period. Let frayed tempers settle before we resume discussion of this controversial issue," he told the Post on Friday.
Meanwhile, a comment piece in the overseas edition of Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily said consensus was needed to get things done in a diverse society.
More from South China Morning Post:
Eleven arrests, double the tear gas fired during Occupy movement and 81 injured: police chief paints disturbing picture of Hong Kong extradition bill protests
Hong Kong protesters return to MTR stations urging passengers to disrupt trains, while calling on students to skip school and workers to go on strike
Ex-Hong Kong minister calls on Carrie Lam to withdraw extradition bill after unrest
Hong Kong protests against extradition bill may look like Occupy – but young, leaderless demonstrators have learned lessons from the past
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Through baptism we come to share in God's life and become a part of the Church which becomes our new family.
Water is the main symbol of baptism. This is because water symbolises life. Did you know that without water we could not live?
We spend the first nine months of our life in water. Water sustains all life on earth (e.g., think of the crisis in Cape Town); it quenches thirst, it cleanses, it refreshes, water is so powerful that it can be used to create energy, it erodes mountains, and water is a symbol of purification and life.
For all these reasons water symbolises the life of God without whom we could not live. What happens in baptism is that, passing through the waters of baptism (in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit) we receive new life in Christ. Pretty neat, huh?
Why is water used during baptism?
It has two purposes, it symbolises the washing away of sins, and renewal of life in Christ. We say that the waters of baptism wash away our sins which prepares us to receive the Holy Spirit. We say that, in baptism, God gives us new life in abundance through water and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptised by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased" (Mark 1:9–11).
Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit (John 3:5).
Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you (Matthew 28:18-20).
As I read the prayer to bless the baptismal water, try to pick out the many uses of water by God.
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Through the waters of the Red Sea you led? Israel out of slavery, to be an image of God's holy people, set free from sin by baptism. In the waters of the Jordan your Son was baptized by John and anointed with the Spirit. Your Son willed that water and blood should flow from his side as he hung upon the cross.
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A number of economists and economics writers have considered the possibility of allowing the Federal Reserve to drop interest rates below zero in order to make holding onto money costlier and encouraging individuals and firms to spend, spend, spend.
The US Federal Reserve's new determination to keep buying mortgage-backed securities until the economy gets better, better known as quantitative easing, is controversial. Although a few commentators don't think the economy needs any more stimulus, many others are unnerved because the Fed is using untested tools. (For example, see Michael Snyder's collection of "10 Shocking Quotes About What QE3 Is Going To Do To America.") Normally the Fed simply lowers short-term interest rates (and in particular the federal funds rate at which banks lend to each other overnight) by purchasing three-month Treasury bills. But it has basically hit the floor on the federal funds rate. If the Fed could lower the federal funds rate as far as chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues wanted, it would be much less controversial. The monetary policy cognoscenti would be comfortable with a tool they know well, and those who don't understand monetary policy as well would be more likely to trust that the Fed knew what it was doing. By contrast, buying large quantities of long-term government bonds or mortgage-backed securities is seen as exotic and threatening by monetary policy outsiders; and it gives monetary policy insiders the uneasy feeling that they don't know their footing and could fall into some unexpected crevasse at any time.
So why can't the Fed just lower the federal funds rate further? The problem may surprise you: it is those green pieces of paper in your wallet. Because they earn an interest rate of zero, no one is willing to lend at an interest rate more than a hair below zero. In Denmark, the central bank actually set the interest rate to negative -.2 % per year toward the end of August this year, which people might be willing to accept for the convenience of a certificate of deposit instead of a pile of currency, but it would be hard to go much lower before people did prefer a pile of currency. Let me make this concrete. In an economic situation like the one we are now in, we would like to encourage a company thinking about building a factory in a couple of years to build that factory now instead. If someone would lend to them at an interest rate of -3.33% per year, the company could borrow $1 million to build the factory now, and pay back something like $900,000 on the loan three years later. (Despite the negative interest rate, compounding makes the amount to be paid back a bit bigger, but not by much.) That would be a good enough deal that the company might move up its schedule for building the factory. But everything runs aground on the fact that any potential lender, just by putting $1 million worth of green pieces of paper in a vault could get back $1 million three years later, which is a lot better than getting back a little over $900,000 three years later. The fact that people could store paper money and get an interest rate of zero, minus storage costs, has deterred the Fed from bothering to lower the interest rate a bit more and forcing them to store paper money to get the best rate (as Denmark's central bank may cause people to do).
The bottom line is that all we have to do to give the Fed (and other central banks) unlimited power to lower short-term interest rates is to demote paper currency from its role as a yardstick for prices and other economic values—what economists call the "unit of account" function of money. Paper currency could still continue to exist, but prices would be set in terms of electronic dollars (or abroad, electronic euros or yen), with paper dollars potentially being exchanged at a discount compared to electronic dollars. More and more, people use some form of electronic payment already, with debit cards and credit cards, so this wouldn't be such a big change. It would be a little less convenient for those who insisted on continuing to use currency, but even there, it would just be a matter of figuring out with a pocket calculator how many extra paper dollars it would take to make up for the fact that each one was worth less than an electronic dollar. That's it, and we wouldn't have to worry about the Fed or any other central bank ever again seeming relatively powerless in the face of a long slump.
First of all, I question the feasibility of even producing a negative rate of interest, even via electronic currency. Electronic currency has practically zero storage costs. What is to stop offshore or black market banking entities offering a non-negative interest rate? After all, it is not hard to offer a higher-than-negative rate of interest for the privilege of holding (and leveraging) currency. A true negative interest rate environment may prove as unattainable as division by zero.
But assuming that such a thing is achievable, I think that a negative rate of interest will completely undermine the entire economic system in clear and visible ways that I shall discuss below ("white swans"), and probably also — because such a system has never been tried, and it is a radical departure from the present norms — in unpredictable and emergent ways ("black swans").
Money has historically had multiple functions; a medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of purchasing power. To institute a zero interest rate policy is to disable money's role as a store of purchasing power. But to institute a negative interest rate policy is to reverse money's role as a store of purchasing power, and turn money into a drain on purchasing power.
Money evolved organically to possess all three of these characteristics, because all three characteristics have been economically important and useful. To try to strip currency of one of its essential functions is to risk the rejection of that currency.
How would I react in the case of negative nominal interest rates? I'd convert into a liquid medium that was not subject to a negative rate of interest. That could be a nonmonetary asset, a foreign currency, a digital currency or a precious metal. I would actively seek ways to opt out of using the negative-yielding currency at all — if I could get by using alternative currencies, digital currencies, barter, then I would. I would only ever possess a negative-yielding currency for transactions (e.g. taxes) in which the other party insisted upon the negative-yielding currency, and would then only hold it for a minimal period of time. It seems only reasonable that other individuals — seeking to avoid a draining asset — would maximise their utility by rejecting the draining currency whenever and wherever possible.
In Kimball's theory, this unwillingness to hold currency is supposed to stimulate the economy by encouraging productive economic activity and investment. But is that necessarily true? I don't think so. So long as there are alternative stores of purchasing power, there is no guarantee that this policy would result in a higher rate of economic activity.
And it will drive economic activity underground. While governments may relish the prospect of higher tax revenues (due to more economic activity becoming electronic, and therefore trackable and traceable), in the present depressionary environment recorded and taxable economic activity could even fall as more economic activity goes underground to avoid negative rates. Increasingly authoritarian measures might be taken — probably at great cost — to encourage citizens into using the negative-yielding legal tender.
Banking would be turned upside down. Lending at a negative rate of interest — and suffering from the likely reality that negative rates discourages deposits — banks would be forced to look to riskier or offshore or black market activities to achieve profits. Even if banks continued to lend at low positive rates, the negative rates of interest offered to depositors would surely lead to a mass depositor exodus (perhaps to offshore or black market banks offering higher rates), probably leading to liquidity crises and banking panics.
The simple fact of the matter is that in a negative carry world – or a flat yield environment for that matter – there is no role or purpose for banks because banks are forced into economically destructive practices in order to stay profitable.
Additionally, a negative-yielding environment will result in reduced income for those on a fixed income. One interesting effect of the present zero-interest rate environment is that more elderly people — presumably starved of sufficient retirement income — are returning to the labour force, which is in turn crowding out younger inexperienced workers, who are suffering from very high rates of unemployment and underemployment. A negative-yielding environment would probably exacerbate this effect.
So on the surface, the possibility of negative nominal rates seems deeply problematic.
Japan has spent almost twenty years at the zero bound, in spite of multiple rounds of quantitative easing and stimulus. Yet Japan remains mired in depression. The fact remains that both conventional and unconventional monetary policy has proven ineffective in resuscitating Japanese growth. My hypothesis remains that the real issue is the weight of excessive total debt (Japan's total debt load remains as precipitously high as ever) and that no amount of rate cuts, quantitative easing or unconventional monetary intervention will prove effective. I hypothesise that a return to growth for a depressionary post-bubble economy requires a substantial chunk of the debt load (and thus future debt service costs) being either liquidated, forgiven or (often very difficult and slow) paid down.
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Just when you think things can't get any crazier, they do.
Things can always get crazier.
It basically is a reversal of the policies that got everybody into debt in the first place.
My solution is conversion of the currency to a new note, the seizure of accounts and property above a capital level, new land taxes and death duties and redistribution via a Debit Card, in the new currency.
Capital needs to be recirculated. It has been captured by the Corporation, dividends have stripped capital from the Middle Class. Basically we have atrophy of the economy.
I wouldn't bet on a successful deleveraging of the UK and USA, even over a period of 20 years. Japan has done no such thing, and their debt is overwhelmingly domestic. In the UK and USA there is the problem of owing money to the producers of our consumption.
Who does the USA consumer owe it to? The producers of the goods, or the Government of the Producers who lend to the Government of the Consumers.
If it is found that China has deliberately kept currency rates low, to take advantage of WTO membership (Selling trinkets to Wallmart, the biggest billionaire owners) and Wallmart also took advantage of this system, then wouldn't the Debt be waived, as it was found to be predatory lending?
USA might try to "waive" the debt itself. Good luck with trying to keep the American economy functioning without all the necessary ingredients that would be lost from a trade shutdown. China controls global supply chains in so many components and resources. They have all the leverage. Very few thinkers understand this point.
Whilst I agree China does have critical supply chain status, the USA still has an ability to tool up.
I am sure new goods will be hard to source while they tool up, but there is plenty of "old" stuff to keep them going. It might be an inconvenience, but they would get through it.
Remember the USA is ready to be an net energy exporter (Shale Gas), they will have lower energy inputs, therefore inflation due to a trade shock would not be catastrophic.
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How is Bernanke's negative real interest rates working out?
He pushed retirees into equities and the markets are tanking!
Negative nominal rates are far more problematic than negative real rates at the zero bound. Negative nominal rates would mean deeper negative real rates.
If the Baby Boomers, who had equity which qualified them for loans to purchase multiple homes with leverage, that we now know was not a good idea, then seizing or taxing property that is not the family home and subsidising first home owners, new couples or homeless with the proceeds, put the situation back to normal.
The Cantillion effect is what put everything out of whack. Cheap money fueled the stock market, which allowed Mutinationals to canibalise small business; the wealthy to purchase multiple properties causing land/housing inflation and other distortions to the economy.
Lets recognise the mistakes and right the wrongs.
Actual negative interests is what hyper-inflation is. Giving out more money than its worth is the same as printing [counterfeiting]. What people forget is that money is an abstraction, not an actual thing, in and of itself.
I know that I would be first in line for my loan of $1,000,000,000,000,000., that after three years @ -3.33%would net me a cool $33,000,000,000,000.
The negative real interest rates that the Swiss had on their t-notes was to stop the entire continent of Europe from using their banks as a safety depository, as they could not loan-out such large amounts of the deposits [no demand].
Hyperinflation is not a negative nominal rate (in fact, nominal rates tend to go up during hyperinflation). Hyperinflation is an ultra-negative real rate.
Negative interest money is the same as Gesellian stamp money. It is maintained at current value by affixing a stamp every month. The stamp is a tax which raises revenue for the treasury which it uses to retire pre-existing debt.
The government sPends the money into circulation- for example, it could simply mail $1 trillion to student loan debtors who would ASAP unload the money on the banks. The banks, in turn would make available extremely short term loans. The more the treasury gives this money away, the faster it retires the public debt. The purchase power of the dollar increases as the price level falls. once the public debt is paid, the need for negative interest money will self- terminate.
johanraft, I am going to attempt to make sense out of what you wrote.
So you are going to tax the private sector in order to retire public debt in addition to spending money into circulation [QE]. Then the banks will [I would assume are recipients of this re-circulated money] would make available short term loans [to whom?, for what demand?].
You say the more the treasury gives away, the faster the public debt is retired?
Look, the only way to [sanely] solve a debt crisis is to discharge the debt [one way or another]. If you are going to create money which that is not tied to economic productivity, then you are simply debasing the money.
The purchasing power of the dollar can only increase if less dollars [or credit-dollars] are in circulation [on the books] and/or productivity increases.
Perhaps, you can clarify if I am off-base.
Haha I also had no idea what he was saying.
The issuance of stamp money will continue until the public debt is fully paid. Those wanting to save can simply hoard cash since the price level will be continuously falling.
Can this be applied to some small debt ridden African country, and if it works rolled out.
It works. No one is coerced, no one is defrauded.
I meant if it works in the context of what are the unintended consequences? How does it distort the price mechanism, and other feedback loops?
Does it require "Reserve" currency status, and if not a small debt ridden African country could benefit from this experiment.
@Aziz – Thanks for your kind words. I've been pitching this concept everywhere and was starting to wonder if there was a sensible person anywhere who would consider it. I'm thinking that the garden variety economists are mostly chuckleheads who can't think their way out of a paper bag.
I was actually kicked off the New Austrian blog by Keith Weiner for persisting about it.
It is a timely idea and should be widely considered.
Again, you need to find a small debt ridden country and speak to their Finance Minister. Get them to try it. Take the credit.
I disagree with Faber. Markets and citizens are hooked on government largesse. Cutting government spending by 50% would lead to a large-scale liquidationary crash. Maybe 1-2 years later once all the junk has cleared out, there would be a real recovery, but it would be a tough road.
I look on government largesse as like an addiction to hard drugs. Ultimately, I want to get us off the drugs, but it's going to be a difficult road whenever and however we do it. Three places that I think should be cutting back a little are the places not so deeply depressed, where there has been some recovery — USA, Australia, Germany. The places which are depressed the most, however are the ones which are cutting back the most — the UK, the eurozone periphery, etc. This is very frustrating. In my experience, nothing promotes socialism more than austerity in a deep depression.
It's not a matter of being positive or negative, instead, it's all about being able to see the truth. Once you understand what's going on [as accurately as is possible], you can make the best decisions to help yourself contend with whatever your situation is/becomes.
After all, what else can one do?


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La ex strada statale 615 di Monte Luco (SS 615), ora strada regionale 615 di Monteluco (SR 615), era una strada statale italiana, il cui percorso è per intero sviluppato nel comune dell'Aquila. Attualmente è classificata come strada regionale.

Percorso
La strada inizia nei pressi della stazione ferroviaria e costeggia le mura della città all'altezza della fontana delle 99 cannelle. Dopo poco si distacca verso sud, attraversando sia la linea ferroviaria Terni-Sulmona tramite passaggio a livello, sia il fiume Aterno, iniziando così la salita per raggiungere la località di Roio ed in particolare la frazione di Poggio di Roio.

Da qui la strada ridiscende verso sud-est fino a raggiungere la frazione di Pianola, superata la quale l'arteria vira verso nord incrociando dapprima la strada statale 684 Tangenziale Sud di L'Aquila ed infine innestandosi sulla strada statale 17 dell'Appennino Abruzzese e Appulo Sannitico nei pressi del centro storico della città, vicino a Porta Napoli.

Storia
Venne istituita col decreto del Ministro dei lavori pubblici del 9 luglio 1970, con i seguenti capisaldi d'itinerario: "Innesto alla strada statale n. 17-bis al piazzale delle ferrovie dello Stato di L'Aquila - Poggio Roio - Pianola - Innesto strada statale n. 17 alla progressiva km.ca 36+480".

In seguito al decreto legislativo n. 112 del 1998, dal 2001 la gestione è passata dall'ANAS alla Regione Abruzzo che ha provveduto al trasferimento dell'infrastruttura al demanio della Provincia dell'Aquila.

Strada statale 615 dir di Monte Luco

La ex strada statale 615 dir di Monte Luco (SS 615 dir), ora strada regionale 615 dir di Monteluco (SR 615 dir), era una strada statale italiana, il cui percorso è per intero sviluppato nel comune dell'Aquila. Attualmente è classificata come strada regionale.

La strada inizia nel borgo di Poggio di Roio staccandosi dalla ex SS 615 e sale verso la sommità del colle di Monte Luco, dov'è posta la facoltà di Ingegneria dell'Università degli Studi dell'Aquila.

Venne istituita col decreto del Ministro dei lavori pubblici del 9 luglio 1970, con i seguenti capisaldi d'itinerario: "Poggio Roio - Monte Luco".

In seguito al decreto legislativo n. 112 del 1998, dal 2001 la gestione è passata dall'ANAS alla Regione Abruzzo che ha provveduto al trasferimento dell'infrastruttura al demanio della Provincia dell'Aquila.

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Patiala (pendżabski: ਪਟਿਆਲਾ) – miasto w indyjskim stanie Pendżab. Położone w południowo-wschodniej części stanu, pomiędzy 29°49′ i 30°47′ N oraz 75°58′ i 76°54′ E.

Jest administracyjną siedzibą dystryktu Patiala, było stolicą  w byłym regionie Pendżab – prowincji Indii Brytyjskich.

Miasta w stanie Pendżab


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IDF says Iran could have nuclear bomb within two years
Soleimani's assassination could have calming effect on Mideast, says Intelligence report; West Bank could become new threat following Palestinian elections, likelihood of war low
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An IDF report published on Tuesday assesses that Iran will achieve military nuclear capabilities within 2 years.
The report, released by the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate (MID), suggests that Iran continues to advance its efforts and nuclear capabilities, estimating that it will have enough material to construct a nuclear payload within a year and a missile to transport the warhead within two.
Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
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The publication of the yearly assessment was postponed by a week following the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone, which the report cited as a "restraining event" for the region's future.
Soleimani's death also poses an opportunity to attack dozens of Iranian military sites in Syria and damage its consolidation of forces in the area, a notion affirmed by several senior Israeli security officials.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic's regime in Tehran is busy with domestic protests and heavy U.S. pressure against its nuclear program.
The report also said that despite the U.S. policy of withdrawal from the Middle East initiated by the Obama administration, some 18,000 American troops are expected to soon join the 85,000-strong U.S. forces in the region.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (L) and Qassem Soleimani
MID also looked into the effects of social media, the Fake News phenomenon and the technological revolution online, leading among other things, to acquire tools of cyber warfare on the Dark Net.
The report also pointed at two warning signs regarding threats on Israel's northern and southern frontiers.
The first is Hezbollah in the north, which keeps the balance of deterrence against Israel, and will not hesitate to attack again – even if the result is a major escalation in the region – if Israel continues to target its militants in Syria.
The second is deterrence against a possible flare-up in the West Bank.
Hamas activists in the Gaza Strip
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This considering Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's successors increasing in strength and the upcoming Palestinian elections, which might bring Hamas into rule in the West Bank.
Despite these warnings, the general assessment by MID is that the likelihood of war in 2020 is rather low.


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President-elect Christine Kangaloo: I'm ready to serve
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PRESIDENT-ELECT: Former senate president Christine Kangaloo who was elected by the Electoral College to serve as the next President of the Republic at the Red House on Friday. -
PRESIDENT-ELECT Christine Kangaloo promised to serve the nation of Trinidad and Tobago with love and a belief in the people, in a brief statement after her overwhelming election on Friday by Parliament's Electoral College, where she comfortably beat the Opposition's nominee, attorney Israel Rajah Khan, SC.
"Now that the election is over, I look forward to serving our country in the only way I know how – with love for all and with an unwavering belief in the innate goodness of our people."
Kangaloo was humbled by her election as President.
"I am grateful to everyone who participated in the electoral process, and to Mr Israel Khan, SC, in particular, who graciously offered himself to serve."
She wished Khan the very best as he continued serving TT.
In light of Opposition fears of possible partisanship in her move from past politician to President, Kangaloo promised to act properly.
"I am also grateful for the healthy public discourse that has taken place about the Office of President, and the characteristics our citizens feel should be demonstrated by persons who aspire to hold the office.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley votes during the Electoral College's sitting to elect TT's new President. - SUREASH CHOLAI
"Having heard all the concerns, I commit myself to discharging the duties of the Office of President in a manner that will put those concerns to rest."
She said due to propriety, she would defer meeting the media until receiving her formal instrument of election.
"For now, I express my gratitude to the media for facilitating so effectively, the public discourse that has taken place."
Earlier, the Electoral College sat for two hours and 40 minutes in a sitting chaired by Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George.
Kangaloo received 48 votes and Khan 22, with three ballots rejected, according to a tally by House Clerk Jacqui Sampson-Meiguel.
The results showed that Kangaloo won 48 votes which corresponded to the sum of the government votes (39 votes, comprised of 23 from the House and 16 the Senate) and the nine Independent senators.
Khan's tally of 22 votes was three less than the 25 UNC MPs and senators present, the margin corresponding to three ballots rejected.
Before the vote, the Prime Minister spoke for seven minutes to support Kangaloo's nomination while Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar spoke for Khan for nine minutes.
Dr Rowley said Kangaloo, as an assistant registrar, had once overseen the construction of the supreme court building in San Fernando, practised law, cared for her injured brother the late Justice Wendell Kangaloo, and then become a senator, minister, MP and finally Senate president.
Saying Kangaloo had acted as President on 33 occasions, Rowley proposed her as "a most worthy candidate."
Persad-Bissessar said Khan was Criminal Bar president, "He is fair and fearless, fiercely independent and strong-willed. He possesses the indispensable qualities of merit, ability and integrity which are needed to effectively perform the onerous duties of the President of our country.
"He is not a 'yes Mr Prime Minister' person.
"I call on members of this Electoral College to place country before party, to place people before politics and to place the Constitution before personal agenda as we aim to preserve the sacred independence of the office of President."
Members of the Government bench who voted in favour of Christine Kangaloo to serve as the next President of the Republic, when the Electoral College convened at the Red House on Friday. - SUREASH CHOLAI
Each senator and MP in the Electoral College in alphabetical order went behind the Speaker's chair to fill their ballot paper and deposited it in a box near the House Clerk.
D'Abadie/O'Meara MP Lisa Morris-Julian and Oropouche West MP Davendranath Tancoo scrutinised the vote count.
During this Government members were animated and chatty, while the Opposition was subdued.
Annisette-George declared Kangaloo to have won and invited speeches.
Independent Senator Paul Richards told the Electoral College that as senate president Kangaloo had shown temperance and dignity. Persad-Bissessar promised to hold the Office of President to account. Rowley said the well-written TT Constitution had functioned well, with Electoral College members having acted smoothly and dutifully.
Saying Kangaloo was a plus for the country, he thanked her and her family for offering service to TT, and noted that bigger countries than TT have problems carrying out such an exercise.
Persad-Bissessar, at briefing later at the Red House where she was flanked by 20 UNC MPs/senators, said she was unfazed by Khan's tally falling short by three UNC votes.
"I'm not surprised. In politics every day is a new day."
She interpreted the results has indicated all Independent senators voted for the Government while three Opposition members spoilt their ballots.
Persad-Bissessar recalled Rowley's recent confession of having once voted for Arthur NR Robinson as president, not the PNM's nominee retired judge Anthony Lucky.
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar votes during the sitting of the Electoral College at the Red House on Friday. - SUREASH CHOLAI
Asked by Newsday if the three missing votes was an affront to her as UNC leader, she quipped, "Do I look affronted? Thank you for inquiring."
Persad-Bissessar later quipped that a government minister (National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds) had jested that she might need fingerprint and polygraph experts to determine whose ballot had been spoilt in the UNC.
Pressed about Khan's suitability, given his statement about penalising parents of unvaccinated children, she said, "We don't need a yes-man or a yes-woman. He's a fearless person. We trust our President will not be a yes-person. We are looking for someone to be fiercely independent."
Persad-Bissessar said a president must be a check on both the government and opposition. She said the Opposition would wait and would scrutinise every act of the new president.
She viewed Kangaloo as "a blatantly political, partisan person, spreading the PNM's gospel." If the Government uses Kangaloo as a rubber-stamp, that would have a chilling effect on democracy, said Persad-Bissessar, vowing to not stand idly by. "She's a well-heeled active politician. We intend to keep her in line."
Newsday asked what had changed in the political landscape to move from having consensus candidates in the persons of Anthony Carmona and Paula-Mae Weekes to now having rival nominees.
She replied that at a recent bipartisan meeting, the Opposition had awaited word of many possible nominees such as ex-judges but the Government only gave Kangaloo's name.
"What has changed is that the nominee is so overtly political, from the bosom of the PNM."
Persad-Bissessar said a law court had recently criticised the firing of Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran as approved by Kangaloo as acting president.
She also alleged that the Government was now very tyrannical and had offered a nominee in Kangaloo who would allegedly "take instructions from Cabinet."
"President-elect Christine Kangaloo: I'm ready to serve"