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It’s great to be here at the brilliant National Composite Centre in Bristol, and good to be joined by my colleagues Liz, Stephen and Amber.
The engineers, scientists and designers who work here deliver world-leading research and innovation in composites for some of Britain’s most important industries.
One sector that particularly benefits from the work of the National Composite Centre is aerospace. The South West is a great showcase for Britain’s successful aerospace industry.
Half of everything our aerospace sector exports is sold to the European Union, and our aerospace industry relies on imports from Europe to make their finished products.
We’re here to talk about Europe today.
In a little over two months’ time the people of the United Kingdom will decide whether our country should remain in the European Union or leave it.
It’s the biggest decision for a generation – one that will have profound consequences for our economy, for living standards and for Britain’s role in the world.
But what many people are saying at the moment is that they don’t have enough facts and information to make an informed decision.
And so it’s up to all of us who fought so hard to give people this referendum, so they could take this momentous decision, to provide those facts and that information.
That’s why today the government is publishing a comprehensive Treasury analysis of the long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives.
This is a sober and serious look at the costs and benefits of remaining in the EU, or leaving it.
Not just for Britain, but for the individual families of Britain.
To put it simply: are you better off or worse off if Britain leaves the EU?
Has your family got more money each year, or less?
And is there more or less money available to your government to spend on public services and lower taxes?
To find the answer to those questions, the Treasury has gone back to first principles and looked at the current costs and benefits of our membership of the European Union – essentially what we put in and what we get out.
We’ve also looked at how that would change if the EU were to reform along the lines it has committed itself to.
And we’ve looked at the costs and benefits of leaving the European Union.
Not the immediate shock – a future Treasury study will look in detail at that.
But rather the long term impact that our exit from the EU would have on family finances and the nation’s finances.
We’ve done that by examining in detail what the alternatives to EU membership look like for Britain’s economy. We know now pretty clearly what those alternatives might be, although we don’t know which one Britain would pick, or our European neighbours would accept.
There’s seeking membership of the European Economic Area, where you get access to part of the single market but you have to pay into the EU and accept free movement, without any say over either. That’s the Norway model.
There’s relying on our existing membership of the World Trade Organisation where, like Russia or Brazil, you put nothing into the EU but get nothing out in terms of preferential access. That’s the WTO model.
And then there’s the halfway house of trying to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the EU, where you get some trade access but you’re not part of the Single Market. That’s the Canada model.
It’s a complete fantasy to claim we could negotiate some other deal, where we have access to the EU’s single market but don’t have to accept the costs and obligations of EU membership. Other member states have made it very clear in recent weeks that’s not on offer – and how could it be?
How could other European countries give us a better deal than they have given themselves? Never forget that while 44% of our exports go to the rest of the EU, less than 8% of their exports come to us.
So in today’s analysis we look at the costs and benefits of our existing membership of the EU, and test that against the three realistic alternative models – like that of Norway, the WTO and Canada.
Shortly I will ask my colleagues Liz, Stephen and Amber to go through each alternative in turn.
But first let me say something about the underlying economic assumptions that were made, and upon which the analysis rests.
We assume that the underlying objective of economic policy is to increase living standards through the creation of jobs, rising household incomes, and low and stable prices for consumers.
You may have other policy objectives that you think trump those objectives – but the purpose of economic policy is higher living standards.
It’s well established in economic literature that those higher living standards are ultimately driven by long term improvements in productivity: in other words, increasing the value of what British workers produce per hour. And it is also a well-established doctrine of British economic thinking over centuries that greater economic openness and interconnectedness helps raise productivity.
That’s because greater openness to trade and investment increases competition, enhances incentives for firms to innovate, and gives them access to finance – this enables them to invest and employ people, and it gives consumers access to more choice and lower prices.
Now I accept there are those who advocate a completely different economic approach – a closed, command economy, and no free trade or competition or private business.
But that’s never been the consensus in Britain, or the rest of the world these last few decades.
And those most prominent in advocating our withdrawal from the EU do so, in part, with the claim it will lead to freer trade and freer markets – so they share these basic assumptions about the advantages of economic openness too.
In this document the Treasury therefore assess the alternatives to EU membership, and see whether they enhance or diminish our economic openness and interconnectedness and by how much.
First, is market access increased or reduced? In other words, do British businesses and consumers face tariffs, quotas and unfair competition or other barriers?
Second, is Britain’s economic influence enhanced or curtailed? What say do we have over the rules and standards that apply to the goods and services we trade in?
Third, are the costs to Britain greater or less? What do we end up paying for a different trading relationship? We know the answer to these tests with Britain’s current membership of the EU.
When it comes to market access, there are no tariffs or quotas applied to British exports to the 500 million consumers who live in the European Union.
But a Single Market is about more than the absence of quotas and tariffs – it means common standards, so there aren’t invisible barriers and obstacles to trade.
So, for example, when a highly skilled car maker is building a car, they know it can be sold directly and without any hindrance into the continent of Europe.
It also means a British-based architect or engineer can get off the plane in Munich or Madrid and immediately start doing business.
And it means that any European airline can offer the best service at the best price to provide that journey.
That’s what the Single Market means – and the Treasury analysis shows EU membership has increased trade with EU members by around three quarters.
Greater openness leading to higher productivity and rising living standards.
We also know that our current EU membership gives us influence over the rules and standards of that Single Market – we have votes over what they are, our Commissioners can help design them, our Ministers and elected MEPs can shape them, and on key issues like common tax standards we have an absolute veto.
But we are not in the single currency and we are not in the Schengen free border area – so we have a special status in the EU.
That gives us the best of both worlds: influence over the single market without the obligations that membership of the euro and open borders would bring.
And we know what the costs and the financial rewards of being in the EU are.
We pay into the EU budget, but our citizens, businesses and universities also receive money from the EU budget.
The net direct cost is equivalent to a little over 1 pence for every £1 we raise in taxes.
But we have also received over £1 trillion of overseas investment into Britain, much of it driven by the fact we are in the EU and its Single Market.
Indeed, we have received more of this overseas investment than any other EU member state – and that drives better jobs and rising living standards too, bringing money into the exchequer to spend on public services.
So we know how our existing membership of the EU performs against these tests of openness and interconnectedness.
We also know the advantages that future reform of the EU can bring for Britain.
For the EU is not perfect. The Single Market can be expanded, the costs can be reduced, and the influence of Members States can be enhanced.
That’s what the new settlement, negotiated by the Prime Minister, supported by the Cabinet, delivers.
The Treasury analysis shows that achieving EU-wide reforms to deepen the Single Market and complete major ongoing trade deals offers a huge prize for Britain.
It could add up to 4% to our GDP over the coming 15 years – that’s thousands of pounds more for each British household.
So Britain’s membership of the European Union contributes to the openness of our economy – and that leads to higher quality jobs, rising living standards and lower prices.
And we know there will be better jobs, higher living standards and even lower prices if Europe reforms.
That’s the future on offer if Britain remains in a reformed EU – a future where we are stronger, safer and better off.
What does the Treasury’s rigorous economic analysis show about the alternatives?
Let me hand over to my colleagues Liz, Stephen and Amber. They will go through each of the alternative models – like that of Norway, the WTO and Canada – and look at what they would mean for British families.
The document published today shows how one of the big advantages of being in the European Union is the ability we have to shape the rules.
Our record shows that reforms are more likely with Britain around the EU table:
Throughout the 80s we drove trade liberalisation in Europe, with action to break down barriers to the free movement of goods, services, capital and people which meant the creation of the Single Market as we know it today.
In the early 90s it was Britain who pushed to dismantle national barriers to air travel and open Europe’s air transport up to competition, which led to the creation of low cost carriers, and helped cut the cost of air travel by 40% in just 8 years.
And in the last decade it’s been Britain pushing to deepen the Single Market in digital services – simplifying rules for cross-border online purchases, and supporting a package to end mobile roaming charges in the EU.
So we’ve proven we can influence the rules from the inside. The question is could we shape them from the outside? If we left the EU some say we could be like Norway.
Norway isn’t in the EU, but it is in another group called the European Economic Area
On paper it looks pretty similar to our relationship with the EU.
We would still be in a European club – albeit a different one.
We’d still pay contributions to support other EU member states.
We’d still implement EU legislation.
But there would be a crucial difference.
We’d have no say over the rules.
Our Prime Minister would no longer have a seat at the European Council, where EU leaders take decisions about the future direction of the continent.
No British Minister would be there when farming issues were decided – or indeed any other issue that impacts our country.
We would have no vote in the Council of Ministers – the body where the 28 EU Member States decide on legislation.
But we’d still have to implement their decisions on the internal market, and follow their rules on State Aid and competition.
The current EEA members take this on the chin.
For Norway, that means losing a vote share that inside the EU would be worth 1%.
That’s a pretty low price.
But what about Britain?
Our vote share would drop from one of the highest, alongside France and Germany, to zero.
Our strong, reforming voice would be silenced.
That’s what I call a loss of British sovereignty.
But it’s not just the lack of influence that worries me about the Norway model.
It’s the fact that the EEA tariff-free trade doesn’t cover key areas like the vast majority of agriculture and fisheries, so Britain’s farmers would be hit.
It’s the fact that EEA members aren’t part of the EU customs union, so British firms would face new customs checks and bureaucracy if they wanted to trade with Europe.
Every time Norway exports a product to an EU country, they have to fill in a form with 50 boxes and guidance that is 78 pages long.
This must be frustrating for Norway, even though many of their exports are raw materials, making these forms easier to comply with. But it would be a nightmare for Britain as many of our exports are complex finished products like cars or machinery.
All this new bureaucracy would significantly reduce our openness and interconnectedness – reducing the competitiveness of British firms and acting as a drag on our productivity.
And being part of the EEA means still accepting EU regulations, contributing to the EU, and permitting the free movement of people,
So if we decided to be like Norway, we’d have worse access to the Single Market. We’d keep paying into Brussels but we’d be a rule-taker instead of a rule-maker.
The Treasury has run the numbers and joining the EEA would significantly reduce our openness to trade, and as a result, productivity and investment would fall.
Let’s be clear on this – because we know that increasing productivity is the key to increasing living standards. If productivity falls we will see lower wages in Britain; consumption will fall and people will be permanently poorer.
The analysis published today shows that following this path would mean a long-term reduction in GDP of around 4% every year.
And this long-term reduction in GDP will hit our tax receipts as people and businesses earn less.
The impact on tax receipts of joining the EEA would be £20 billion a year within 15 years’ time. Not a one-off hit, but an ongoing painful reduction as our country raises less money, and has less money to spend on public services.
Those are the facts on the European Economic Area.
So the analysis shows if we want to minimise the significant damage to our economy from leaving, we would, effectively, have to re-join another European club on worse terms – no vote, no power, still paying into the EU, and with much less protection against the abuse of free movement.
For a country the size of Britain, with the strong voting clout we already have in the EU, this would represent shooting ourselves in the foot.
Next I want to talk to you about global trade. There are some who imply there’s a tension between trading with Europe and trading with the rest of the world.
That is simply wrong. Both are good and we need to do both.
And that’s exactly what we will do if we remain a member of the EU.
Yes, nearly half of our exports go to Europe, but our exports to the rest of the world have gone from £150 billion to £290 billion in just 10 years – that’s a 95% increase.
And to those who say that’s proof we don’t need the EU, just look at where they’ve increased the most.
We currently benefit from trade deals the EU has negotiated with over 50 other countries.
And as today’s document explains, those deals have been great for Britain.
Our exports to South Korea have grown by over 100% in just four years since the EU Free Trade Agreement was signed. Exports to Chile have grown almost 300% in a decade.
Those other countries will have given up a lot in negotiations to gain access to a bloc with 500 million customers and a quarter of the world’s GDP.
But if we vote to leave, we’ll only have two years before all the trade deals we have via the EU would fall away. The clock would be ticking, yet renegotiating trade deals with more than 50 countries as a single country would take many, many years.
And that’s if we can even get the talks off the ground: the US Trade Representative recently said the United States is “not particularly in the market for free trade agreements with individual countries”.
Some argue there’s no need to worry – we could just fall back on the existing World Trade Organisation rules. Now let me be absolutely clear. The WTO is a brilliant organisation and one that Britain is proud to be a member of.
But their rules are a sort of ‘minimum standard’ for global trade – and they fall way short of the Single Market and Free Trade Agreements we currently access through the EU. Under WTO rules we’d face common export tariffs.
The EU would charge an average tariff of 36% on dairy products. 12% on fish. 12% on clothes. 10% on cars.
Our services exporters would be hit too – as they’d lose their automatic right not to be discriminated against through being part of the Single Market.
And we’d have to decide where to set British import tariffs.
Would we choose to set high tariffs on food, to protect British farmers?
Or would we set low tariffs on food, to protect British consumers?
Regardless of what we decided on import tariffs – there’s a catch.
WTO rules would require us to offer the same tariff to all countries.
So if we wanted to offer low tariffs to our neighbours in Ireland, we’d have to do the same for all other 160 countries in the WTO.
So for example, we’d have to offer low tariffs to countries like Brazil and Argentina while they apply high tariffs on our key exports, like Scotch Whisky at 20% in Argentina, and cars at 35% in Brazil.
Trade deals are about give and take, but we’d have turned up to the table having already played all our cards. The analysis published today shows that the WTO scenario represents the most extreme break from the EU, and it is also the alternative that is the worst for the British economy.
The sharp reduction in trade would be accompanied by a reduction in foreign direct investment into the UK as we’d no longer have the same degree of unrestricted access to the EU Single Market of 500 million consumers. Think of all the global firms that have headquarters in the UK so they can sell into Europe – if we leave the EU, they could leave Britain.
The Treasury’s rigorous analysis of the trade and investment impact of the WTO option shows that after 15 years Britain’s economy would be around 7.5% smaller.
And the fiscal cost of the WTO option is the most painful of all – in the long term our country would have to cope with annual tax receipts that are £45 billion lower. Every year.
Conclusive proof that when it comes to trade, openness and economic growth, it’s better to go for the best deal available rather than the lowest common denominator.
As the document today explains, one of the most valuable benefits of EU membership for Britain is the Single Market. And that Single Market is not just in goods, but in services too.
So what does a Single Market in services mean, and why does it matter?
It matters because 80% of our GDP comes from the services sector, and 80% of our workforce are employed in the services sector.
Britain is the country that designs the building, arranges the finance, insures the business, draws up the contract, produces the TV series, creates the advertising campaign and audits the accounts. High skilled service industries like these are vital for our future.
The Single Market means that all of our exports can be sold to Europe tariff-free.
And crucially it isn’t just tariff barriers that the EU has eliminated for Britain.
The Single Market seeks to eradicate non-tariff barriers too. So a British architect or a British lawyer can go and work in any other European country and have their professional qualifications recognised.
And the creation of passporting rights in the 90s means that financial services firms like banks, insurers and investment managers can establish themselves anywhere in the EU, and trade across the whole Single Market, with lower cost and lower complexity.
The figures speak for themselves.
Our service industries are growing at a rate of nearly 3% a year on average.
Our services exports have increased from £130 billion to £220 billion in the past decade alone – with Europe being by far our biggest market.
I accept the European Single Market for services is not yet complete – that’s why commitments to complete it formed such a key part of the Prime Minister’s recent negotiation.
But the results clearly show that the Single Market has benefitted our services sector.
Now I want to look at the final alternative scenario the Treasury has modelled: a negotiated bilateral agreement.
They’ve looked closely at countries like Switzerland and Canada who’ve negotiated bilateral trade deals with the EU.
The Canada free trade agreement seems to be the most popular with those who want to leave, so let’s look at its benefits and costs, and contrast it to EU membership.
It’s been held up as the most comprehensive Free Trade Agreement the EU has ever made.
It’s a vast, detailed agreement that runs to over 1500 pages – although 800 of those pages are exemptions and barriers to free trade.
And remember it’s not in place just yet.
Canada spent 7 years negotiating the deal, waiting outside the door as those on the inside decided whether to agree.
But when it comes into force it may work well for Canada and for the EU.
However, I’m not so sure it would work well for us.
Their deal does offer some liberalisation in services it’s true. But the Canadians export about a tenth of the value of services to Europe than we do.
And the Treasury analysis finds that around 50% of our service exporters would face materially less access to the EU market than they currently enjoy if we were to replicate the Canadian deal.
In addition, Canada doesn’t have access to the financial services passport.
This would be a real problem for Britain. If we left the EU and lost access to passporting rights the evidence suggests that financial services jobs would move out of Britain.
But it’s not just services where the Canadian deal wouldn’t work for us.
On agriculture, key sectors are excluded from the Canadian deal.
Take beef for example. We currently export over 90,000 tonnes of beef a year to Europe tariff-free, and if we wanted to sell more then we could.
The Canadian agreement allows them a quota of 50,000 tonnes, above which they would be subject to some tariffs equivalent to around 70%.
If we voted to leave then a reciprocal deal would badly hurt British beef farmers.
And how about another example – cars. Our car manufacturing sector is thriving, but as you’ve already heard from Stephen, the EU places a 10% tariff on cars from outside the EU.
This would cost our industry more than £1 billion a year, and the Canadian deal only eliminates them after 7 years.
So even though the Canadian Free Trade model is put forward as the best and most comprehensive option by those who want to leave, it’s clear there are some crucial gaps for a country like Britain.
The Treasury analysis published today shows that a Free Trade Arrangement like Canada’s would have a significantly negative impact on our trade, investment and productivity.
After 15 years Britain’s economy would be around 6% smaller, compared to 3.8% smaller were we to join the EEA.
So even the best bilateral trade deal the EU has agreed with an outside country is significantly worse than the access you’d get to the Single Market through the EEA.
So you’ve heard today the serious and sober Treasury analysis, which sets out the costs and benefits of Britain’s membership of the European Union.
The costs of accepting common European standards; and the benefit that gives us of unique access to a Single Market of 500 million people.
The costs of being one voice among many when it comes to setting those standards; and the benefits of the influence that gives us to shape those rules to our advantage, and extend our trade access around the world, so that when it comes to our economic environment, Britain is a rule-maker not a rule-taker.
The costs of directly contributing a little over 1 penny in every 1 pound of taxes; and the direct benefits of the billions of pounds of foreign investment which flow more to Britain than any other European country and boosts our public finances.
Deliver the economic reform we’ve agreed in the European Union, and the benefits are even clearer.
The analysis shows that our economy could be 4% greater if we extend that Single Market and do more free trade.
These economic costs and benefits of EU membership, with or without this brighter, positive future need to be weighed against the economic costs and benefits of all the plausible alternatives for Britain.
The Norway model – where we gain partial access to the Single Market, but face customs barriers and have no influence over the rules we’re forced to abide by.
Where we lose trade and investment, but still have to pay into the EU and accept free movement of people. The WTO model, where barriers are erected by our nearest and most important markets, everything we make from food to cars to clothing and all the services we provide – with severe consequences for our industry and the size of our economy.
The Canadian model, where our services that make up 80% of our economy cannot do business freely with Europe, and the integrated supply chains that are a feature of our advanced manufacturing face customs barriers for the first time in half a century.
Under any of these alternative models of the kind of relationship Britain might have with its principal export markets our influence is diminished; we trade less; we receive less investment; our openness and interconnectedness to Europe is reduced.
And you’d have to believe that we could more than compensate for that loss of trade and investment with Europe, by increasing trade and investment with the rest of the world.
But the evidence shows that our trade deals with more than 50 other non-EU countries would be jeopardised, and our ability to influence global trade rules would be hugely reduced.
We’d do less trade with the rest of the world outside the EU, not more.
The Treasury has modelled the economic impact of alternatives to EU membership.
As you’ve heard from my colleagues, the biggest impact comes if we just rely on being a member of the WTO.
The least impact comes if we try to form a relationship like Norway, but then we have to pay into European budgets and accept free movement – the very things those who want to leave claim they want to be rid of.
That’s why those most prominent in advocating British exit from the EU say we’d try to form an arrangement like Canada.
But we’re not Canada – our comparative advantage is in services and advanced manufacturing. 50% of all our services exports go to the continent of Europe.
So the economic analysis shows that this Canada-style arrangement comes at a real economic cost for Britain.
The central estimate is that in the long run GDP would be over 6% smaller and Britain would be worse off by £4,300 per household.
The people of Britain want to know the facts before they vote on 23 June.
The Treasury’s analysis steps away from the rhetoric and sets out the facts.
Britain would be permanently poorer if it left the European Union. Under any alternative, we’d trade less, do less business and receive less investment.
And the price would be paid by British families. Wages would be lower and prices would be higher.
And that means that Britain would be poorer by £4,300 per household.
That is £4,300 worse off every year, a bill paid year after year by the working people of Britain.
And that is the long term cost – in the short term we’d face a profound economic shock and real instability. This Treasury analysis is serious and sober – and it’s conclusive.
British families will pay a heavy economic price if we leave the EU.
And don’t believe the flimsy claim that at least we would get some money back by not paying our 1 penny in every £1 we raise in taxes to the European budget.
If we left the EU, we’d lose tens of billions of pounds in money for our public services, because our economy would be smaller and our families poorer.
The most likely bill our public services would pay if we left the EU is £36 billion.
That’s the equivalent of 8 pence on the basic rate of income tax.
Higher taxes and a smaller economy is not a price worth paying.
Of course, I know there will be many attempts by those who advocate exit to dismiss this Treasury analysis.
But it’s rigorous, it’s rooted in the facts and its conclusions are similar to every other credible independent analysis done around the world – from the recent global outlook of the IMF to the academic research of the London School of Economics.
And I would conclude by saying this:
It is a perfectly honest position to say that Britain would be worse off but that is a price worth paying.
But don’t pretend to the British people that leaving the EU comes at no economic cost.
There is a price to be paid if we leave – a £4,300 price that families will pay year after year.
Don’t let’s leave the EU on a false prospectus.
Let’s have the facts and the figures in front of us as we all make this huge decision on 23 June.
For me, in the end, it’s not just about the economics. It’s about who we are as a country.
The Britain I love is open, confident in its values and ready to shape the future of our world.
I don’t want Britain to be like Norway or like Canada or anyone else.
I want us to be like the Great Britain we are.
Strong. Proud. Prosperous.
Stronger, safer and better off in the European Union.

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The Sheridan High School construction and woodworking class is contributing their skills and elbow grease to the Big Horn Home Builders Association.
The class of 11 students has built two table sets, a planter, and a birdbath to be raffled off at this weekend's Home and Garden Show. Class instructor, Dan Miller, says the students are very much self-driven.
Bailey Burr is the crew's superintendent. She was approached by her mother to make the items. Burr says she and her class got straight to work.
Despite the tight deadline, they have pulled it off.
Be sure to stop by the Home and Garden Show at the Holiday Inn anytime Friday through Sunday.
Stay tuned to Sheridan Media News to hear more about the upcoming Home and Garden Show.


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Ratings and Reviews
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You do not want to download this game. Sure it’s a lot like the old 90’s computer game which is the reason I got it. But it’s nothing but a money pit. At first I made the mistake of paying for things and I regret it now. Unless you have $100’s and I mean $100’s you will be nothing but a castle that gets destroyed by players that have the money to invest. Which that’s all this game is about fighting castles. I’m not joking unless you have the money to invest you can’t make your castle powerful enough to compete with the ones that do. Don’t listen to the developers they say you have chances at no cost. Yes you have a .01% chance of obtaining heroes that will make you more powerful. Lol. Listen I don’t usually bash games I fall victim to playing phone games like everyone else and will spend some money too. But this is ridiculous. $100’s I mean it too $100’s if you don’t have the cash flow I would stop now. Or you will just be castle bait for the castles that do spend the money and that’s what the developers want. They update things In the game all the time that make you want ti spend money so you can be the most powerful castle. You could download this game drop a $1,000 and be more powerful than castles that have been playing it for years. Well that’s my spill I’ve invested enough that I can’t walk away just yet but regret it every second. Good luck ha now it won’t let me post this review of course
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Dear players, I am very sorry to bring you a bad game experience; the game is based on happiness, and players can participate in the content of our game regardless of consumption; there are many players in the game who can achieve great results without spending money. High level, with high strength. If you play patiently, I'm sure you can increase your strength too. You can also join a friendly alliance and they will also help you become stronger. Thank you very much for your comments, we will continue to improve the shortcomings and bring players a better gaming experience, thank you!
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Update on this issue ….. The customer service access in this game is hidden and clearly not designed for players to request help. I have been waiting several day now for some form of response. Apple sent me a message showing a game response to my above review and their response was to turn in a complaint to customer service. I thought that is what I frigging did. This is how they describe in their response to do contact customer service….
“(click next to th base-Game Help-Customer Service-fill in the corresponding questions). GIVE ME A FRIGGING BREAK. Do you guy really think this would help anyone? All I can say is your only hurting yourself because you won’t get another penny of my money if this issue isn’t resolved. Again very poor customer service.
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Prostate Problems: Symptoms, Risk Factors, And What You Can Do
The prostate gland only exists in men. It is a walnut-sized structure just beneath the bladder and that wraps around the urethra, which expels urine from the bladder. The prostate gland naturally grows bigger as a man ages and if it becomes too big, it can lead to urinary problems.
Some men can develop benign prostatic hypertrophy or BPH. This is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate that commonly affects men as they age. It can contribute to dribbling of the urine, waking up at night to urinate, and having a difficult time urinating.
The treatment of BPH may just be watchful waiting. You learn to deal with the symptoms and make sure to try to empty your bladder with each void. If the symptoms become too significant, there are medications available that can shrink the size of the prostate gland so that symptoms are less. Surgery is used as a last resort.
Men can have a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), which removes prostate tissue and improves symptoms. Laser treatment or radio waves can be used to get rid of excess prostate tissue.
Acute And Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis
A man can develop a case of acute bacterial prostatitis. This bacterial infection causes chills, fever, and pain in the groin. It feels much like a bladder infection with blood in the urine and increased frequency of urination. It needs to be treated with antibiotics.
Chronic bacterial prostatitis is a recurrent infection of the prostate gland. The treatment is usually long-term antibiotics. Fortunately, it is uncommon.
This leads to chronic pain in the male pelvis and is a common problem in men. It can cause pain in the tip of the penis, the groin, or the low back. Ejaculation is often painful. There is an increase in frequency of urination with the release of small amounts of urine at a time. This is treated with surgery, medications to reduce inflammation and changes in lifestyle.
This is an extremely common form of cancer in men. It increases with age and is more likely to occur in African-American men. Family history plays a role in getting the disease, as is diet. A high fat diet can contribute to getting prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer usually has no symptoms in the beginning but, as time goes on, you may have problems urinating. It may act just like benign prostatic hypertrophy. There may be blood in the urine, blood in the semen, problems urinating, and pain in the pelvic or back area.
The doctor can evaluate you for prostate cancer by checking a prostate specific antigen (PSA) level and by doing a digital rectal examination, which can show areas of cancer in the gland. If cancer is suspected, a biopsy will be taken of the prostate gland through the rectum in order to identify the tissue as being cancerous.
Treating Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer can be slow growing or aggressive. If you have slow growing prostate cancer, the doctor may do nothing or may prescribe medications or radiation to slow the growth of cancer. If you have aggressive prostate cancer, the entire prostate may need to be removed and you may need to have chemotherapy or hormonal therapy.
Some men require removal of the testes, which decreases the rate of growth of the prostate cancer tissue. Radiation therapy in the form of external radiation or the implantation of radioactive beads in the prostate tissue can further decrease cancerous tissue.
Signs of a Prostate Problem
It is a good idea to pay attention to any sign of a problem with your prostate gland. These include the following:
Getting up at night often to void
Frequent urges to void
Blood in the semen or urine
Inability to void adequate amounts of urine
Pain in the pelvis, back, rectum, hips or upper thighs
Pain on ejaculation
Dribbling of the urine
These are signs of a possible prostate problem. If you are experiencing any of these prostate symptoms, seek the advice of your doctor.
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by Tony Buttler
Lots of aircraft went into production—but so, so, so many more remained at the thought or test stage. This book looks at the jet fighter side of it, and it is the one whose original version launched a whole series of books—with no end in sight.
by Bill Yenne
When missile launches make the news it’s never a good day, and when cruise missiles are involved, the doomsday clock moves closer to worry-time. This small book isn’t so much a complete history as a quick overview.
by Gordon, Komissarov, Rigmant
There used to be a time when you couldn’t pick up a newspaper without reading about Badger spottings. Why the Soviets needed it and how they built and used it is the topic of this quite enormous book.
by Jim Wilberg
Not only are 44 examples of Smith’s award-winning paintings shown and described but a dozen learned WW I specialists offer insights into airplanes, historic events, and the challenges of doing proper research.
by Richard H. Graham
A fantastic book about an aircraft everyone should know about, regardless of specialization or interest. You don’t know what you’ve been missing! It made history, and because there is still no substitute for it, may come back.
by John Grehan
The enormity of this 1948/49 operation cannot ever be overstated. This tiny book seems an unlikely candidate for doing it justice, but it does. Exceptional!
by Robert Grudzień
More than 44 color profiles of the most successful Spitfire version ever will take advanced scale modelers to a new level.
by Yefim Gordon & Dmitriy Komissarov
Today’s Su-47 Berkut stealth fighter seems impossibly advanced considering how rocky the Soviets’ start in the jet game was. Lots of new photos and material from previously classified sources shed light on a poorly documented but important chapter of aviation history.
by J. Richard Smith and Eddie J. Creek
Fast the Arrow was but it never flew in combat. It made its greatest contribution to aviation during post-WWII testing by the Allies, aided by the German experts who had originally built it. From origins to “what if” studies, this book has it.
by Dan Hagedorn Sr. & Dan Hagedorn Jr.
Jack of all trades, master of none. That’s history’s verdict, but is it deserved? The authors have spent years researching the subject and many of their arguments have generic application to the question of institutionalized bias and uncritical journalism.
by Lutz Warsitz
In just a few short years Warsitz went from fledgling sport flier to chief test pilot at Peenemünde West. What he knew was so valuable that the Russians hauled him off to Siberia after WWII when he wouldn’t spill the beans!
by Tom Dine
Yes, we already posted a review of this book here but it wasn’t written by us. The book, and the circumstances of its publication, are important enough to re-review it once more but with more detail.

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By Jon Bloomfield
Social Europe Journal
At the end of the 1990s thirteen of the then fifteen members of the EU had governments of the Left. Many of these, most notably the British, bought wholesale into the Clinton Third Way. They were deceived by the easy, early fruits of globalisation arising from the computer revolution and the sudden opening of the ex-socialist economies of China, Russia and Eastern Europe to world markets. Others, such as the Spanish and Portuguese socialists, the Italian Left as well as the German SPD, accepted the neo-classical orthodoxies of the Maastricht Treaty and the European Central Bank (ECB) as they embarked on the single currency project.
The crash of 2008-9 revealed the limitations of this approach. Firstly, this model of financial, de-regulated globalisation was unstable. It did not end ‘boom and bust.’ Secondly, it promoted ever larger inequalities. Thirdly, the world did not follow the neo-conservative dream of American hegemony but instead was becoming increasingly multi-polar. Fourthly, to exert any control on this turbo-capitalism, you have to be big. The EU’s Single Market which with enlargement from Central and Eastern Europe had grown to 500 million people has the potential to be a player in this globalised economy, in a way that European countries acting on their own cannot.
European social democracy has not grasped these realities, which mean that markets must be controlled and their regulation can only be done at a European level. Throughout the 20th century social democrats across Europe had won concessions at national level for workers and citizens. It was here that they forced compromises on business and secured social gains on pensions, wages, health and welfare provisions. It was a settlement that mainstream Christian Democracy accepted after World War Two. Globalisation has broken that hinge economically, while Thatcherism and neo-liberalism more generally have led the political assault. Currently, across Europe, they have turned a crisis caused by reckless financial globalisation into a crisis of government revenues and demanded a policy of austerity. The European Left has stood open-mouthed and paralysed in response.
Neither option makes sense for social democracy. Instead it should do what it has traditionally attempted: adapt to new terrain and come up with realistic programmes for social advance. On both the economy and the environment that means thinking and organising at the European level. The core story is fairly clear.
Firstly, the Left should state clearly that the priority for Europe is economic growth, more particularly green growth, not austerity. That means rejecting the orthodoxies of Maastricht, the ECB and the Bundesbank. Instead there should be an immediate cut in ECB interest rates and active intervention to weaken the euro against other currencies. The ‘strong’ euro policy of the ECB penalises all the weaker economies of southern Europe making their exports much more expensive and meeting the conditions of EU and IMF loans all the harder. Secondly, it should support a range of measures which Europeanise the debt problem. Former Prime Ministers Amato and Verhofstadt have proposed a transfer of Maastricht-compliant debt of up to 60 per cent of national gross domestic product to a Union debit account that is not traded. Its interest rates thereby would be decided on a low and long-term basis by Eurozone finance ministers rather than rating agencies. This would strengthen governments and curb the speculators. Thirdly, the ECB should issue Eurobonds, drawing on the basic economic strength of the European currency. This would attract funds from the central banks of the emerging economies and sovereign wealth funds and should be used for an extensive programme of green investments. Fourthly, the Left should strongly back the Commission’s proposal for a financial transactions -’Tobin’-tax both to rein in financial speculation and to raise significant revenues for new European-wide initiatives.
None of this is rocket science. Neither does it require any change to EU treaties. This is absolutely the last thing that anyone should contemplate now. But it does require a coherent challenge to the monetarist mantras of the German financial establishment and the ECB. So far it has been left to economists like Stiglitz, Krugmann and Stuart Holland to suggest alternatives. If social democracy wants to offer Europe-wide solutions, it urgently needs to get its act together. Francois Hollande is well positioned to challenge Sarkozy in France. The SPD-Green alliance is regularly winning regional elections in Germany. Ed Miliband has signalled his break from Blair and neo-liberalism. When are they going to meet up and thrash out a common programme to meet Europe’s crisis?
Jon Bloomfield is co-author with Robin Wilson of ‘Building The Good Society: A New Form of Progressive Politics. (Compass)


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Or you might miss what sex was like in the early days of your relationship.
You might wonder, what would happen if you went back to having sex every day? A 2017 You Gov survey found that only 4% of adults say they have sex at least once a day.
Source: Adapted from Busby, Carroll, and Willoughby (2010). The effects of sexual timing on marriage relationships. Note: Figure depicts mean scores reported by spouses in three sexual timing groups on relationship satisfaction, perceived relationship stability, sexual quality, and communication.
The means displayed here demonstrate that the Sexual Timing Group that participants belonged to had the strongest association with Perceived Relationship Stability and Satisfaction as all three groups were significantly different from each other.
In other words, the longer participants waited to be sexual, the more stable and satisfying their relationships were once they were married.
Are these dating patterns compatible with the desire to have a loving and lasting marriage later?
In fact, couples who wait until marriage to have sex report higher relationship satisfaction (20% higher), better communication patterns (12% better), less consideration of divorce (22% lower), and better sexual quality (15% better) than those who started having sex early in their dating (see Figure 2).
These are important questions to ask since most single adults report that they desire to one day have a successful, lifelong marriage—and while dating, many couples move rapidly into sexual relationships. Couples who do nottest their sexual chemistry prior to the commitments of exclusivity, engagement, and marriage are often seen as putting themselves at risk of getting into a relationship that will not satisfy them in the future—thus increasing their probability of later marital dissatisfaction and divorce.

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Motorola’s upcoming Moto Z2 is no longer a secret. We already reported about the Moto Z2 and Moto Z2 Force being the new models in the newly introduced Moto Z-series. Evan Blass, a reported source for mobile leaks, along with Android Authority released the Moto Z2 Force image renders and 3D video.
The Motorola Moto Z2 Force will feature the same slim design as the Moto Z. The Moto Z2 Force will be 5.99 mm thick and will be 156.32 mm tall and 76.36 mm wide.
The new design has a thin band running around the sides of the phone and suggests better radio signal availability. On the sides is a textured power button under the volume rocker keys. Slightly recessed fingerprint scanner rests below the display on the Home button.
At the back is the dual-camera setup with a circular bump with dual LED flash under it. Moto Z2 Force will house the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset inside to power the phone.
The Moto Z2 Force has a pogo pins at the back to support the Moto Mods line of accessories. Most importantly, the headphone jack makes a return at the bottom.
There’s no word on when Motorola plans to debut the Moto Z2 Force.
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Short-term Treasuries are flashing warning signs. Yields have spiked on debt that will mature in the next few months.
Some investors are taking cover in preparation for a possible U.S. debt default.
Where are the signs of market fear? Look no further than short-term Treasury bills, U.S. government debt that matures over the next 30, 60 or 90 days.
Rates for these government bonds have been spiking over the last several days as investors bet that the government won’t be able to make debt payments later this month.
Fidelity Investments’ money market mutual funds have sold off all their Treasury bonds that are due in late October and early November.
“Fidelity expects that Congress will take the steps needed to increase the debt ceiling. Nonetheless, we have been taking precautionary measures,” Fidelity said in a statement.
While many investors still think the chance of default is zero, some analysts are more nervous. Potomac Research’s chief political strategist Greg Valliere recently upped the odds of “the unthinkable” actually happening. Valliere said that after talking to Tea Party members of Congress he now puts the likelihood of a debt default at 20%.
Bets were bigger in 2011: The U.S. had a similar debt ceiling drama in 2011. Many investors say that they were more worried back then about a default.
“Fear of a default was more intense in 2011,” said Tad Rivelle, chief investment officer of fixed income at TCW. “It’s like the boy crying wolf. The market doesn’t really think this threat is credible.”
For now, most investors are content to ignore the possibility. The Dow is down less than 2% since the government shutdown began 10 days ago.
Most analysts and investors agree that if there was real concern about a default, stocks would be plummeting.
The CBOE’s Volatility Index (, commonly known as the )VIX, is often used as a proxy for investor fear. It’s been spiking since the shutdown, but it hovers just below 20, roughly half of where it traded in 2011.
“The VIX at 20 does not indicate a whole lot of fear,” said Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist at BlackRock. “The VIX should stay elevated, but absent a default, I don’t expect it to get anywhere near 2011 levels.”
Karim Basta, chief investment strategist at the fund III Associates, says market activity has been quieter than usual in the past week and a half.
“There’s this game of chicken going on,” said Basta. “Washington is watching the markets, and the markets are watching Washington. Neither one is doing much.”
Still, CNNMoney’s Fear and Greed Index, which tracks the VIX and six other gauges of market sentiment, is now showing levels of Extreme Fear among investors.
The real fear? A credit freeze: If the government fails to make interest payments on its debt in late October, rates on longer-term U.S. Treasuries are expected to fall. Investors are likely to rush for safe havens. And even if Treasuries are suddenly less safe, U.S. government bonds will still ironically be viewed as the safest asset in the world.
Eventually, once Congress acts, the U.S. government would be able to pay its bills.
But the real worry for investors is that the credit markets could freeze up like they did in 2008 after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. Banks use Treasuries as collateral, and they might be afraid, at least temporarily, to extend credit to one another.
“There are questions about how basic markets will function if this happens. Will dealers be able to make markets?” asked Basta.
Overall, failure to pay up on time and in full will forever tarnish the creditworthiness of the United States, a terrifying prospect, even if it oddly pushes interest rates down in the short-term.
TCW’s Rivelle still thinks there is no chance that the U.S. will default. But he added that Treasuries, which have always been considered as safe as gold, may now have an asterisk attached to them.
“You can’t maintain that something is as good as gold and then footnote it, saying except in period of political infighting,” he said.
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Fidelity Investments had sold all of its Treasury bonds.


A black transgender woman, Pebbles LaDime Doe, was killed this week in South Carolina, making her the 14th black transgender woman killed in the U.S. this year, authorities said, NBC News reported.
Doe, 24, who was mis-gendered in initial reports, was found dead Sunday in a car parked in a driveway in Allendale County, according to the Post and Courier.
Authorities said they would not immediately release any more details, such as how she was killed.
"We are sounding the alarm — we are in an absolute state of emergency for black transgender women,” said Chase Glenn, executive director of South Carolina LGBTQ group the Alliance For Full Acceptance. “We are at a crisis point that demands the nation’s attention.


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Kitchen Basics: Roasted Vegetables and Pasta al Pomodoro
Dec 11, 2021
In this three hour long class, you will learn how to prepare and roast vegetables, learn the differences between pastas and brands when shopping, maximize the flavor of your spices, and craft a delicious pasta "sugo" (tomato sauce) using pantry staples. This class will focus on essential kitchen skills as well and involve minimal knife handling. Please feel free to bring your own alcoholic drinks to enjoy responsibly.
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Quantitative methodology is critical for assessing DNA methylation and impacts on correlation with patient outcome
Annette M Lim, Ida LM Candiloro, Nicholas Wong, Marnie Collins, Hongdo Do, Elena A Takano, Christopher Angel, Richard J Young, June Corry, David Wiesenfeld, Stephen Kleid, Elizabeth Sigston, Bernard Lyons, Danny Rischin, Benjamin Solomon, Alexander Dobrovic
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BACKGROUND: DNA hypermethylation is reported as a frequent event and prognostic marker in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). Methylation has been commonly assessed with non-quantitative methodologies, such as methylation-specific PCR (MSP). We investigated previously reported hypermethylated genes with quantitative methodology in oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (OTSCC). RESULTS: The methylation status of 12 genes in 115 OTSCC samples was assessed by one or more of three quantitative analyses: methylation sensitive high resolution melting (MS-HRM), sensitive-melting analysis after real time-methylation specific PCR (SMART-MSP), and bisulfite pyrosequencing. In contrast to mu..View full abstract
A.M. Lim was supported by a Cancer Council of Victoria Postgraduate Cancer Research Scholarship.A. Dobrovic received funding from the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Cancer Australia and the Cancer Council of Victoria.

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Yuan: Bring the Olympics Home
Many people see the Olympics as a chance to boost the host country’s economy and display its soft power through its venues and tourism. When hosted in a rising country, such as Brazil or, in the last decade, China and Russia, the Olympics raise the host country’s international status and improve its economy. However, it also has huge inherent risks that can result in loss of reputation and the displacement and loss of lives. The International Olympic Committee can combat this issue by keeping it in one country — Greece, the birthplace of the Games.
Rising countries may still be on shaky economic footing, and unexpected misfortunes can dramatically change a country’s ability to host the Games within a few years. On Oct 2, 2009, Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city for the 2016 Olympics. At the time, Brazil was enjoying huge success in its economy and growth. In November of that year, The Economist noted that despite its weaknesses, Brazil was on a path to stable economic growth.
Yet through a series of misfortunes and poor management, Brazil has been on a steady decline. In early 2015 the country suffered its steepest decline in industrial output since 2009, and a decline in its economy was forecasted to follow. Brazil may currently be in its worst recession since the 1930s—a drastic change from its growth in 2009. The Zika virus is also a legitimate concern — though the Olympics will be held during Brazil’s winter when mosquito numbers are at their lowest, the virus will still scare away tourists and families, causing another hit to Brazil’s coffers. The financial difficulty, along with a host of other factors, leave Brazil in a precarious position.
Low funds have led to lax standards in construction and safety, as the country makes budget cuts to combat the ever-increasing price of the project. This translates into tragic and avoidable accidents. In May, a portion of a newly constructed elevated bike path meant to transform Rio collapsed, killing two people. A subway line constructed for the Olympics is expected to open just four days before the Games start, and officials are worried that they will not be able to fully test the system before its opening. Recently-approved funds for security and transportation projects have yet to materialize. Without the funds to properly finish building venues and ensure safety of event-goers and workers, Brazil will not be able to present a safe venue and will risk becoming responsible for the lives of more innocents.
Brazil is a case study of a country that could have benefited tremendously from the Olympics through the added publicity, prestige and revenue, but has become increasingly unable to carry its burden. And this risk is inherent when the IOC gives the Olympics to countries with rising, but not necessarily stable, economies. To solve this issue, some may say that the IOC should only allow countries such as the United States or the United Kingdom to host the Olympics. But then the bid for the Games becomes yet another tool the Western powers can use against other countries and other peoples.
A solution would be to keep the location the same every year. The logical choice would be the birthplace of the Game — Greece. Though Greece is currently going through economic and political turmoil, the construction could be carried on for the next 12 years, allowing two more countries to host the Games to keep the transition smooth. Moreover, with facilities already built in Greece, holding the Games there in the future would just be a matter of renovating existing structures. By increasing the amount of time it has to construct the venues, Greece will decrease any damage caused by unexpected issues. Moreover, the IOC can contribute funds to what would be a long lasting venue.
Most importantly, keeping the Games in one place would lessen the human cost of hosting the Olympics. To carve out space to place the stadiums, hotels, and fields used for the Games, a country uproots the people living there and in many cases forces them out of their homes. Yet by keeping the location the same each year, the host country will minimize these costs. Any renovations in the future can be made as they are needed, keeping the community around the Olympic compound thriving and providing a secure and consistent set of jobs. That will also improve the safety of the venues and transportation, preventing more accidents from happening and minimizing the loss of human life.
Keeping the Olympics in one location would be a drastic change to a system that has stayed the same for over a century. Yet drastic innovation is in many cases beneficial. It would take a fair amount of time to make a full transition, but doing so would be tremendously beneficial in preventing the enormous, largely forgotten, human cost of the Olympics.


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MINNEAPOLIS - No ballots will be cast for president, senate or congress, but voters across Minnesota will descend on the polls Tuesday, deciding local races and issues that will directly impact their communities.
In Minneapolis voters will elect a new mayor, city council and park and recreation board.
In St. Paul, there's an election for mayor, school board and city council. Traffic at the St. Paul Area Council of Churches at 1671 Summit Avenue is described as steady but not brisk.
School referendums are also taking place in many communities across greater Minnesota.
For information on races in your community and where you can vote, go to the secretary of state website.
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- for all the women who are curious, open-minded and want to get to know the world
- the bottle and its contents were created with respect for the environment
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This fragrance combines ingredients from around the world. The first thing you will feel is the sweet citrus bergamot of Calabria combined with an orange blossom from Egypt. Then a intoxicating scent of white flowers spreads. You will recognize the deep and hypnotic jasmine and tuberose collected in India. The sensual finale moves on a wave of warm cedar wood, white musk and vanilla from Madagascar.

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If economic sages were judged the same way major league baseball hitters are, Alan Greenspan hitting .333 would deserve the attention he garners. In recent months the former Federal Reserve Board Chairman struck out badly twice on what in economic terms could be considered batting-practice fastballs. But in today’s at-bat, a persuasive column in the Financial Times, the old Maestro finally connected.
As Greenspan observes, “Fear Undermines America’s Economy.” Fear of inflation. Fear of deflation. Fear of higher taxes. Fear of generalized governmental foolishness.
Uncertainty, of course, is inherent to the economy: Uncertainty about a new product offering, uncertainty about market shifts and trends. What drives an economy forward or holds it back is how businesses view uncertainty and how they react to it. As Greenspan notes, American businesses today react in fear and their reaction is to stand pat.
In economic terms, the opposite of fear is confidence. There is opportunity in uncertainty, profit in uncertainty. Uncertainty need not be a bad thing. The uncertainty may be between good and better. When businesses are confident, they see uncertainty and they see possibilities. They plan and build for the future. They hire for the future. They push research and development for the future because they are confident that in the future the market will reward them. Confidence is the true liquidity of the marketplace.
As Greenspan observes, fear reigns today. What he doesn’t mention is that businesses have reason to fear, which brings us to Greenspan’s two previous dismal policy at-bats in recent memory. In an interview for Bloomberg back in July, Greenspan said Congress should let taxes on families, businesses, and investors jump on January 1 by letting the 2001/2003 tax cuts expire. To review the bidding: The economy is floundering so much the Federal Reserve is anticipating a return to aggressive stimulus despite the heightened threat to new asset price bubbles and eventually to higher inflation. Facing such a weak economy, Greenspan thinks we should raise taxes. Most Americans instinctively know that’s foolish. Strike three, Mr. Greenspan; find some pine.
Another great source of fear is current and projected federal budget deficits and what they mean for credit market conditions, the U.S. credit rating, and taxes. The U.S. is on a collision course with a painful fiscal reality. This was true before Obama became President, but Obama’s spending surge and fiscal non-stimulus put the pedal to the metal.
And Greenspan’s take? Greenspan advocated for the fiscal stimulus to boost the economy. Somehow the idea that taking money out of the economy by increased federal borrowing to put money back into the economy led Greenspan and many others to believe this little fiscal alchemy meant the economy would strengthen. Late in 2009, Greenspan backtracked a bit when he said we did not need so much fiscal stimulus because the wealth effect of global stock market recovery was more powerful. He was worried the economy would pick up steam too quickly. Right.
In mid-2010, as the evidence built up that neither the stimulus nor the wealth effect was working, Greenspan admitted that “it’s very hard to know what stimulus does.” And in September he admitted that the stimulus was much less effective than he expected because “very large deficits concurrently crowd out capital investment.” Not to put too fine a point on it, but, well, duh.
When government spends more by borrowing more, the private sector spends less by borrowing less. A sage should have known this. He does now, apparently.
Fear. Fear of government policies that raise taxes on a weak economy. Fear of budget deficits and credit market crises. Fear of a regulatory onslaught from the Obama Administration. And one more thing: fear that Greenspan will continue to take his policy swings and we’ll see his batting average fall steadily.


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CHISINAU, March 29 (Itar-Tass) — A scandal has broken out in Moldova around the country's nation flag after the municipal authorities of Balta, the second largest city here passed a decision to re-introduce "the medieval banner of the founder of Moldovan statehood, Stefan the Great."
The bluish-red banner with the coat of arms showing the head of a bison against the background of a shield has been hoisted at the building of the Balta mayoralty and on other public offices alongside Moldova's official tricolor.
The initiative to exhibit the banner "symoblizing Moldovan statehood" came from the opposition Communist Party. Earlier, the municipalities of another four towns where the Communists have the majority of seats endorsed similar proposals.
Representatives of the liberalist ruling Alianta pentru Integrare Europeana /the Alliance for European Integration/ voted against it, sizing up the opposition's proposal as an infraction on the law on the state flag that will be challenged in the courtroom.
The National Commission for Blazonry issued a statement Thursday calling the use of the historical flag in Balta "a sacrilege against the national flag and an instigation for its abolition."
"The politicians try to pass off the bluish-red banner for the medieval one but it is not in reality," the commission said in its conclusions.
Parliament of the then Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic established the blue-yellow-red tricolor identical with the Romanian national flag in 1990. Somewhat later, the proponents of Moldova's reunification with the ethnically and historically closely related Romania prompted the authorities to borrow the Romanian national anthem.
Population of the predominantly Slavic part of Moldavia located along the southeast bank of the River Dniester responded by founding the Dniester Republic that has not received official recognition to date.
The Dniester government made the greenish-red banner of Soviet Moldavia the official flag of the young republic.
In 1994, the proponents of Moldova's own statehood, the one that would be separate from Romania, came to power in Chisinau. They replaced the Romanian anthem with the original Moldovan one, and added the national emblem as a component part of the flag.
However, the echoes of the Dniester conflict that broke out in 1992 can be felt even today and Moldova remains divided.


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2015 Board of Directors announced, Patrick Green joins
Donor Alliance, the federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organization and American Association of Tissue Banks accredited tissue bank serving Colorado and Wyoming, has added Patrick L. Green, FACHE to its 2015 Board of Directors.
Green is the Chief Operating Officer of St. Anthony Hospital and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Green has led a distinguished career in medical administration, with leadership roles at Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center before his current position. He also holds an MBA from the University of Central Oklahoma.
“Working in hospitals, I have seen the life-saving and life-healing impacts of organ, eye and tissue donation first hand,” said Green. “I am proud and excited to lend my assistance in directing Donor Alliance, which has an impressive legacy of saving lives through donation and transplantation, as well as effectively inspiring Colorado and Wyoming residents to register as donors.”
Remaining on the Donor Alliance Board of Directors this year are Bradley T. Kornfeld Esq. (Chair); Deb Smith, CPA (Chair Elect); Kevin M. Smith, CPA (Secretary/Treasurer); John P. Harney, MBA, FACHE; Judy Hutchison, MA; Igal Kam, MD and Mary M. White, MBA, FACHE. Departing from the board this year are W. Ben Vernon, MD and Nancy Williams, BS, JD.
“We are fortunate to add Patrick to our distinguished Board of Directors; he will bring valuable perspective and leadership to the team,” said Sue Dunn, president and CEO of Donor Alliance. “Through its guidance and talent, our board helps us to fulfill our mission to saves lives through organ and tissue donation and transplantation.”
Under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) board regulations for organ procurement organizations, the Board of Directors acts as the full, legal authority for management and provision of all organizational services.


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Because they’re apparently out of other ideas, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey (let’s not call them The Who) are going to perform Quadrophenia on tour. Again.But at the press conference announcing the tour, Townshend got in a crack about the Stones. Recalling Keith Richards’ disparagement of Mick Jagger‘s member in his book, Townshed said, “I remember it as being huge and extremely tasty” (RollingStone.com).
Guitar hero Steve Vai wants Family Guy‘s Seth MacFarlane to produce a track for him.
Iron Maiden bassist/chief songwriter Steve Harris has finished his first-ever solo album, Guitar World reports. British Lion is out 9/25.
Echo and The Bunnymen‘s debut album, Crocodiles, celebrates its 32nd anniversary this week.
The Freelance Whales’ sophomore release, Diluvia, is out Oct. 9. You can hear the debut track, “Locked Out,” on the band’s website. Meanwhile, the Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood is out with his third solo LP, Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance. Rolling Stone has the first track, “Come Back Little Star.”
Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono are protesting hydraulic fracturing with the launch of Artists Against Fracking. Mom and son recently appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform their song, “Don’t Frack My Mother.” “Fracking” is a relatively new method of extracting natural gas and oil from rocks. Artists on board with Sean and Yoko include: David Byrne, Lady Gaga, MGMT, Deerhoof, and many more.


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Yoga Therapy - General Discussion(2 posts) (2 voices)
Yoga therapy can be applied for a wide range of mental emotional and physical ailments. When we consider physical health there are neurological disorders, skeletal diseases, heart problems, cancer, blood pressure, back pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, and many more ailments.
When we consider yoga therapy for emotional and mental well being we might think about one of the following ailments: anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and fibromyalgia. In all of the above cases, students receive therapeutic relief from regular yoga practice under the guidance of a competent yoga guru. Yoga therapy is combination of hatha yoga techniques, gentle physical guidance and compassion.Posted 2 years ago #
Defining Curative Yoga
By Gunjan Massey
More often than not, the western world practices yoga as yet another form of exercise, without evaluating the underlying theory behind this popular program. During yoga the physical self amalgamates with the conscious and liberates from the boundaries of space and time. Hence, the yogic philosophy gyrates around the concept of cause-effect relationship i.e. Karma and Reincarnation. A divine science that originated in 3000 B.C.,and documented in the Upanishads.
Is yoga exclusively an exercise extracted from the East? Or it has an essential purpose and meaning in our lives?
Yogic exercises expel the poisonous substances from the body, and purifies the body, mind and consciousness. Curative yoga activates the energy that has languished and accumulated in the body, responsible for developing diseases. It liberates the torpid energy and balances the neuro-hormones and body metabolism. Furthermore, it improves the health of body organs and systems essential for vigorous life. It is a wholesome form of exercise that connects the body, mind and consciousness; enhances concentration; cures diseases and regresses the aging process.
Warrior, corpse, camel, locust; dog face down, anulom vilom and west posture are few yogic exercises that helps improves circulation, cardiovascular function and cures respiratory diseases.
Since, these exercise positions concentrate on squatting on hand, which assists in toning the muscles of the back, arms, abdomen and legs. Consequently, improving the digestive system, aids in weight loss and makes the body supple and flexible.
Enroll in a yoga class and drive soak up the benefits of this holistic healing process.Posted 2 years ago #
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The next volume in Grant's Oxrun Station novellas series is Dialing the Wind, a collection with an inscrutable title. The first story in the collection is also called "Dialing the Wind", and after reading it, you'll understand the title, but whoever selected this as the title of the book must not have been thinking straight. It doesn't really tell you anything about the book, and it's about as evocative as dry toast.
Each of these collections has had a central theme: Nightmare Seasons was about obsession; The Orchard was about madness; and Dialing the Wind is about alienation. Each theme is common in the horror genre, and they work well as a framing point for the entire collection. Each collection also has a framing vignette that bookends the four novellas, each one suggesting that Grant himself lives in Oxrun Station, and is just there to tell the stories. In a way, I suppose that's actually true.
The story "Dialing the Wind" is an odd story of a woman whose isolation leads her to receive a radio preacher show on her radio that's not accessible from other radios. She runs into another woman who is also receiving the show, and she has let it drive her a little off kilter. I'm quite sure of the point of this story, to be honest.
The next story, "The Sweetest Kiss", is about a man who is married with children, but suddenly becomes obsessed with an old girlfriend of his. His daydreaming conjures her up, and he starts to pursue her again, but in true Grant fashion, she's not what she appears. In this story, the alienation is self-prescribed by the main character, but when he chooses to be unfaithful to his wife, he becomes unsympathetic. I'm not sure if that was Grant's intent, but the story didn't engage me because of that.
"As We Promise, Side by Side", the third story, is about a woman and her house. She's a divorcée who received the house in lieu of any alimony, and over the last four years, she's taken care of it and made it her own. When her ex-husband threatens to return, the house decides to protect her, but at a cost higher than she expected. It's a neat idea, but I felt like the execution was a little lacking, simply due to the lengths the ex-husband went in his revenge; it didn't feel believable to me. Plus, the story echoes "The Last and Dreadful Hour", from The Orchard, only it's not quite as interesting.
That bring us to the last story, "The Chariot Dark and Low", where instead of focusing on how alienation brings horror, it uses the theme as the horror. A young man finds himself suddenly alone in the same town that has always been populated, and it traces how that sudden isolation affects him, and why it happened at all. It's a well-told tale, and highlights what makes Grant's stuff so good when it works.
So, the entire collection is a bit of a mixed bag, but at least one of the stories here is definitely worth reading. "As We Promise, Side by Side" is an effective story, even if Grant doesn't quite stick the landing, but "The Chariot Dark and Low" is the real winner here. Fans of horror -- quiet or otherwise -- should definitely make an effort to read that one.