Finalists named for Supreme Court selection: Yavapai's Judge Brutinel does not make final cut
Howard Fischer
Originally Published: July 1, 2009 10:12 a.m.
PHOENIX -- The next justice of the Arizona Supreme Court will be someone sitting on the state Court of Appeals.
And the odds are, it will be a Republican.
Members of the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments have nominated Diane Johnson, John Pelander and Ann Scott Timmer as the finalists to replace Ruth McGregor. Tuesday was her last day.
Gov. Jan Brewer now has 60 days to make her choice -- and only from that list. If she refuses, the decision goes to Rebecca White Berch, the new chief justice.
That has never happened since the current system of choosing judges was implemented by voters in 1974.
Timmer, 48, is a 1985 graduate of Arizona State University College of Law. She was an attorney in private practice until being appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2000 by Gov. Jane Hull, a Republican like her.
Pelander, who is 58, has been on the Court of Appeals in the Tucson division since his 1995 appointment by Gov. Fife Symington. He, too, is a Republican.
His 1976 law degree comes from the University of Arizona, though he also has a 1998 masters of laws in judicial process from the University of Virginia.
The lone Democrat on the list is Diane Johnsen, 55, a 1982 graduate of Stanford University College of Law. She, too, was in private practice prior to her 2006 appointment to the Court of Appeals by fellow Democrat Janet Napolitano.
Only once since the system was implemented has a governor chosen someone not of her or his own party. That was in 1988 when Hull picked McGregor, a Democrat.
While McGregor has been the chief justice, that title does not go to the person who will replace her. Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices choose their own chief.
The selection process requires the selection panel to send at least three names for the governor to pick from, no more than two of whom can be from the same party. The pick is not subject to senate confirmation.
Gubernatorial press aide Paul Senseman said Brewer is looking to scheduling interviews with the nominees the third or forth week of the month and making her decision "shortly thereafter.'
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Downgrade U.S. Treasuries to Junk
Published December 20, 2010 FOXBusiness
With the new tax cuts, rating agencies should downgrade U.S. government debt to junk.Economists, pundits and politicians had little choice but to endorse the tax deal between President Obama and Congressional Republicans, because snapping back to pre-Bush tax rates would crush the economic recovery. But Washington exhibited not even the shadow of self-restraint and cut taxes far beyond what is needed or smart.Newly emboldened Republicans demanded all the Bush tax cuts be extended. President Obama argued the country couldn't afford those for families in the highest tax brackets, but failed to apply such reasoning to temporary benefits bestowed on Democratic constituencies by his 2009 stimulus program.Instead of compromising, with each side getting half of what it wanted, Washington feasted;everyone got everything they wanted and more. Business got its R&D tax credit and a temporary tax holiday on new investments. The wealthy got Bush-era tax rates and even lower rates through temporary elimination of income-triggered phase outs on deductions and personal exemptions. The poor and middle class got a temporary 33% cut in social security taxes.Since Nancy Pelosi became speaker in 2007, government spending and the federal deficit have jumped from 19.6% of GDP and $161 billion to 25.1% and $1.5 trillion in 2011. Unfunded, increases in health-care spending, the regulatory bureaucracy and fanciful experiments in industrial policy -- windmills, electric cars and batteries and the like -- have bloated federal spending without credible plans to pay for it all.Now, Congress and the President compound those sins by both enacting additional "temporary" tax cuts that will be very difficult to ever let lapse. For example, thanks to Clinton and Bush tax cuts, the Social Security tax is the principal tax low- and middle-income workers pay-many pay zero or minimal personal income taxes.In 2012, when the Congress must revisit the personal and corporate tax codes, permanent reductions in Social Security taxes will be politically necessary to win extensions for the Bush tax cuts benefiting even middle-income families and the truly essential benefits businesses need to create jobs, not to mention all the additional goodies the Congress has just bestowed.This renders the Social Security system absolutely insolvent, and makes permanent budget deficits upwards of $1.5 trillion and about 10% of GDP permanent.Moody's (NYSE:MCO) would be hard pressed to give any government with budget projections like those an investment grade rating, but the United States is different.The dollar is the global currency, and Washington can print dollars if no one wants to buy new Treasury securities to pay off maturing bonds and finance new spending.Nevertheless, long-term U.S. Treasuries are risky investments.Internationally, interest-bearing Treasuries function much the same as currency on the balance sheets of central banks, multinationals and the wealthy. Whether as Treasuries or currency, too many dollars in circulation will instigate inflation as the global economy recovers.Just the fear of inflation causes investors to demand higher interest rates on virtually all dollar-denominated bonds issued by government agencies, banks and corporations. In anticipation of the new tax cuts, interest rates jumped, despite massive new bond purchases by the Federal Reserve.As Washington spends and borrows, the Treasury will have to offer higher rates on new 20- and 30-year bonds, making comparable securities issued in 2010 and earlier worth less in the resale market.That interest rate risk makes U.S. Treasury securities lousy investments.For rating agencies, Washington's monopoly on printing dollars makes difficult assigning a conventional rating between AAA and D on its bonds. Those can't default but investors' capital is still at grave risk.Perhaps a special grade: "F" -flee now before you get stuck-is appropriate for the junk sold by the U.S. Treasury.Peter Morici is a professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland School, and the former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission.


Moving Forward: North Carolina Supreme Court Clears Way for School Choice Program
North Carolina School Choice
Press Release | May 14, 2014
J. Justin Wilson
Senior Director of Communications
Arlington, Va.—Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court granted the Institute for Justice's petition to allow the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) to operate while it considers a set of lawsuits challenging the program. The OSP has been on hold since late February, when Judge Robert Hobgood enjoined the program pending the outcome of the lawsuits.
"In lifting the injunction, the North Carolina Supreme Court has lifted a cloud over the program, and given hope to the thousands of families who have already applied for a scholarship," said Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Dick Komer, who is lead counsel for two families intervening in the case. "Although today's decision isn't the final word on the program, it bodes well for full vindication at the state's highest court. More importantly, it bodes well for the families whose only wish is to find the best education for their children."
North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program, which was enacted in 2013, allows low-income parents to afford private school for their children whose needs aren't being met by the public schools. More than 5,500 applications have already been filed for just 2,400 scholarships, making North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program the first school-choice program in the country to be oversubscribed in its first year.
The North Carolina Supreme Court's ruling means that the program can proceed and that these parents might have a chance to send their children to private schools in the upcoming school year.
The injunction will be lifted while the parents represented by the Institute for Justice pursue their appeal in the North Carolina Supreme Court claiming that Judge Hobgood's injunction was improper.
"The North Carolina Supreme Court has sent the Court of Appeals a strong and unmistakable signal: This program should be allowed to go on," said IJ Attorney Renée Flaherty. "The trial judge misread the text of the North Carolina Constitution, which in no way prohibits the creation of innovative programs, such as the Opportunity Scholarship Program, that give our poorest families additional educational options. We are encouraged that the North Carolina Supreme Court will not allow the program to be derailed while this litigation proceeds."
More information on the case is available at: http://www.ij.org/ncchoice


Live music and events at Bikes, Blues & BBQ 2019
By Dustin Bartholomew · Monday, Sep 23, 2019
Jason D. Williams performs during Bikes, Blues & BBQ
Photo: Clayton Taylor
Bikes, Blues & BBQ is set to rumble into Fayetteville this week.
The rally kicks off for the 20th year on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The event runs through Saturday, Sept. 28.
The motorcycle rally includes live music and other performances at several stages around town, including the main stage in the West Avenue parking lot off Dickson Street. Events are also planned at Baum Stadium and on Tyson Plaza in front of the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
Music headliners this year include the Dead Metal Society on Friday night, and Missouri-based 90s tribute band The Mixtapes on Saturday night.
The rally will spread out a bit in 2019. Bikes, Blues & BBQ has moved the official campground facilities from the Washington County Fairgrounds to the Benton County Fairgrounds, and the rally will host music events there this year. The annual barbecue competition will take place in Rogers at 3 p.m. Saturday at the new Bikes on the Bricks event in downtown Rogers.
There's also a car show on Saturday at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale, and helicopter rides will take off from that location Thursday through Saturday.
Other highlights of the rally include the motorcycle village at Baum Stadium, the annual Parade of Power bike parade from the Washington County Fairgrounds to Dickson Street at 3 p.m. on Saturday, and the Battle of the Bikes competition on Saturday morning on Dickson Street.
How about some wrestling? There's a WCWA Wrestling event at 6 p.m. Saturday at Baum Stadium. During the event, WCWA Wrestling will crown their first ever Ozark Regional Champion.
The Walton Arts Center will host a "Full Throttle Party Patio" on their Tyson Plaza overlooking the street on Wednesday and Thursday evening, and all day Friday and Saturday.
There are also always plenty of vendor booths set up with turkey legs, funnel cakes, meats on sticks, and other street carnival fare if you get hungry at the event.
Also planned are poker runs, demo rides, train rides, a karaoke competition, a Miss BBB pageant, a bull riding exhibition, and more during the four-day event.
A schedule of the music of the rally is listed below. For the full schedule of events, visit bikesbluesandbbq.org.
Main Stage on Dickson Street
Wednesday, Sept. 25
5:30 p.m. – Gus Robbins and Relentless
7:30 p.m. – Boston Mountain Playboys
9:30 p.m. – The Mighty Pines
Thursday, Sept. 26
4 p.m. – Gary Hutchison
5:30 p.m. – Akeem Kemp Band
7:30 p.m. – The Mixtapes
9:30 p.m. – Goose
Friday, Sept. 27
4:30 p.m. – The Juice
6 p.m. – Tyler Kinchen
7:30 p.m. – Fayetteville Funk Factory
9 p.m. – Freddy Mercury Tribute Band
10:45 p.m. – Dead Metal Society
1:30 p.m. – Suade Diablos
2:00 p.m. – Jed Harrelson Band
4:30 p.m. – Leah and the Mojo Doctors
6:30 p.m. – Prince Tribute Band
10:30 p.m. – The Mixtapes
Bikes Blues and BBQ Campground at the Benton County Fairgrounds
7 p.m. – Jed Harrelson
7 p.m. – Morgan Squared
9:30 p.m. – Jarrod Mounce
1 p.m. Karaoke Contest
7 p.m. – Fett's Folly
9:30 p.m. – Knock Knead Sally
NWA Riding Club (Next to the Washington County Fairgrounds
6 p.m. – Bikes, Bulls & BBQ (Bullriding)
6 p.m. – Randall Shreve
9 p.m. – Suite 25
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This article was copied from the Times-Picayune Sports Desk Log.
LSU transfer Rick Clausen leads Tennessee to victory
By William Kalec
BATON ROUGE - Truth is, he didn't want to be here.
Not like this, he told his famous older brother, Casey. Not on a different bench on the opposite side of Tiger Stadium, he said to his famous younger brother, Jimmy.
The sullen pregame expression quarterback Rick Clausen wore beneath his backward baseball cap mirrored the tone of game-week phone conversations back home to California in which his disappointment over the prospect of spending Monday's game on the bench spilled into loving ears. His night as Tennessee captain was scheduled to end before the darkness fell - a short jaunt to midfield for the coin toss.
"The Lord works in mysterious ways, apparently," Clausen said, unexpectedly sweaty, dirty.
Four hours later, the evening concluded with the forgotten prodigal son handed off the ball to Gerald Riggs, who ran for a 1-yard touchdown, capping an improbable 30-27 Tennessee comeback.
The stunning win keeps the 2-1 Vols' SEC title aspirations alive into October, at least.
Finally, Clausen, the former LSU depth-chart casualty turned transfer, shined underneath Tiger Stadium's elusive lights, filling his fairytale with 196 yards and a touchdown pass.
"I don't know if there has ever been a better story than Rick Clausen," Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said. "I really don't, in all of college football. He's a tough-minded guy. He obviously had to handle the disappointment at the beginning of the week, and he handled it with toughness and class.
"His teammates rallied around him, and obviously him coming in and getting done what he got done was just unbelievable."
Hoping to establish some sort of stability for his 10th-ranked Vols at the quarterback position, Fulmer gave Erik Ainge the nod of approval after his clean-up work in a 16-7 loss to Florida. He was the guy. No doubt about it.
But all it took was a couple of glances at a tilted, 21-0 scoreboard for Fulmer to change his tune. Enter Clausen.
Ainge's final completion landed in the welcoming hands of LSU linebacker Kenneth Hollis - an ill-advised, safety-avoiding heave that Hollis escorted across the goal line with 6:55 remaining until halftime. As the ball fluttered, Cameron Vaughn tossed Ainge WWE-style into the upright padding. Though not injured, Ainge was replaced on the ensuing possession.
In hindsight, LSU wasted a critical opportunity to add to its huge lead as quarterback JaMarcus Russell failed to get out of bounds on a second-down scramble deep in Tennessee territory, allowing the clock to expire.
"I was in the mode of playing," Russell said. "I really wasn't thinking about getting out of bounds."
Clausen chipped into LSU's comfortable advantage, connecting with Brent Smith on an eight-yard slant midway through the third quarter. Conversely, LSU's offense - occasionally explosive in the first half - hibernated for the remaining 30 minutes-plus, compiling a meager 56 yards, leaving the stage clear for Clausen's heroics.
"It was a freaking joke," defensive tackle Kyle Williams said after the fourth-ranked Tigers fell to 1-1. "It wasn't anything they did. Total breakdown. To have a 21-point lead on a team like that and to come out and be as complacent as we were in the beginning. … In the beginning we were fired up, ready to go. I don't know what happened. …We played like a joke."
Clausen directed scoring drives of 13, two and nine plays in the fourth quarter to force overtime and another coin toss.
LSU's lone extra possession stalled after one first down. Colt David - the Tigers' extra-point specialist - kicked his first collegiate field goal (31 yards), providing a temporary 27-24 lead. Clausen completed his only overtime attempt, a 10-yard pass to Riggs good for a first-down to the Tigers 15.
From there, Fulmer stayed simple, handing off to Riggs (89 yards on 27 carries) three straight plays, moving to the 1. After a failed quarterback sneak, Riggs overpowered Tigers defenders for the winning touchdown.
"(My family) said, 'You got to stay. You never know what might happen,'" Clausen recalled. "I'm so thankful to those guys and the 70 guys in the locker room. Those are the guys that kept me going and their faith in me. I will always be indebted to those guys."


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Episode 708: Henry & The Invisibles
Hello friends! My guest for epissode 708 is one man funk band, Henry & The invisibles! Henry's latest album, the summer-riffic, Beatz The Heat, a 12 song collection of instrumental summer jams just dropped last week. He's celebrating with a release show tonight, Tuesday, June, 26th at One-2-One Bar from 8 - 10 pm and it's free! Go to henryinvisible.com for tour dates music and more. Henry and I have a great conversation about starting his first band, The Gingerbread Men while in High school in San Antonio, studying jazz with some of the greats in New York City for over a decade, starting Henry & The Invisibles, making Beatz The Heat and much, much more! I had a great time catching up with my old pal, Henry. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
Ciao! -JG
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A dog's life: Scientists find new formula for canine age
By: Agence France Presse - Agence France-Presse | July 10,2020 - 03:15 PM
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WASHINGTON, United States – A well-known "rule of paw" holds that you can tell how old your pooch is in human terms by multiplying its age in years by seven.
But in fact, the real ratio changes over time, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said Thursday, following a study of biological changes to dogs' genomes over the course of their lives.
Dogs, humans and in fact all mammals experience the same developmental timeline: birth, infancy, youth, puberty, adulthood and death.
Scientists have identified chemical marks on the DNA that correspond to these different stages, an area of study called epigenetics.
The field is well established for humans, and some commercial companies let you send in a DNA sample to determine your biological age by reading your "epigenetic clock."
Molecules called methyl groups attach themselves to a particular region of the DNA, switching them to the "off" position and ushering in the next stage of life.
Trey Ideker of the University of San Diego, who was the senior author of the study published in Cell Systems, likened these patterns to wrinkles on the genome.
"I tend to think of it very much like when you look at someone's face and guess their age based on their wrinkles, gray hair, and other features," he said.
"These are just similar kinds of features on the molecular level."
More complex formula
Ideker and colleagues studied the methylation patterns on 104 Labrador retrievers, who ranged in age from a few weeks old to 16 years. These were then compared to the methylation patterns in humans.
The scientists were able to devise a more complex formula that better matches the canine-human life stages — but you'll need a scientific calculator to figure it out.
The formula is "human age = 16 * ln (dog age) + 31," and you can also use Google to try it for yourself (remember it's l for "log" and then n for "natural," all lowercase).
So if your dog is two years old, type, without quote marks, "16* ln(2)+ 31" and hit enter to reveal "42."
Based on this formula, an eight-week-old pup is approximately equal to a nine-month-old human baby — both being at the stage where they develop teeth.
Labradors' average lifespan is 12 years, which also roughly corresponds to human life expectancy of 70 years.
"I like to take my dogs on runs, and so I'm a little bit more sympathetic to the 6-year-old now," said Ideker, because his pet is the human equivalent of 60 under the new formula.
NIH scientist Elaine Ostrander, who co-authored the study, said the new formula had been developed with Labradors in mind, but further investigation could include long-lived breeds — which are generally smaller in size — and short-lived breeds, which are larger.
Such clocks will enhance our understanding of cross-species aging, and help veterinarians in their clinical practice, the team said.
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Lake Wales wants dog's grave moved from city park
LAKE WALES (FOX 13) - A family dog's final resting place must be dug up and moved, after the owners buried the dog in a public park.
The gravesite was spotted by workers with the city of Lake Wales while cleaning up Lake Wailes Park on Monday.
The touching tribute included a tiny tombstone that read, "R.I.P. Jessie Girl," fresh mulch, solar lights and confetti sprinkled with care.
"They cared a lot about the dog, obviously. That's a lot of work," said Brendon Brown, who sat at a picnic table with friends next to the grave.
"I thought it was a baby at first," said Lake Wales resident Angel Lopez.
According to the tomb stone, "Jessie" lived from February of 2012 to July of 2017.
"I don't think I would bury in a public park," said Randy Lollar, who was taken aback when he spotted the grave.
Lake Wales city officials took to Facebook on Monday to share their condolences with the dog's owners, as well as issue a warning to them.
City officials wrote, "We need to find the owner of this dog buried at Lake Wailes Park. While we are sorry for your loss..this was not appropriate. This will have to be removed within 48 hours or we will remove it."
Dog owner John Smith said he feels the owners' hearts were in the right place when they dug the plot. He too has lost a furry companion in the past.
"I buried my dog last year. He was with me for 17 years. It's just like a family member, and when you can't afford to find a nice spot and you want it close, this is your optimum spot for a dog, I guess," said Smith.
Smith agreed, however, that a public park is not a graveyard, and allowing one dog owner to bury their pet could lead to multiple people digging up the park for gravesites as well.
"There's a place for everything. Everything in its place," said Smith.
According to websites like Angie's List, pet burials can be very costly. A dog grave can cost $400 to $600. If the cemetery requires the pet be buried in a casket, the burial can cost an additional $50 to $500, depending on the size of the dog and the type of casket.
As of Monday evening, no one came back to take down the dog grave.
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New Generation Initiative Maps Out Farming Future
The inaugural meeting of NFU Scotland's New Generation initiative, attended by many of Scotland's brightest farming talents, has started mapping out the policy priorities for new entrants and young farmers in the industry.
The group has been established to ensure that the views of the younger generation of Scottish farmers can be put at the centre of important industry discussions, helping to shape the big decisions that the food and farming industries face in the coming months and years.
Once developed, it is hoped the new group will be keen to have a platform within the Union to develop its views and make itself central to NFUS work.
NFU Scotland President Nigel Miller said:
"There is a wealth of energy and talent in the new generation of farmers in Scotland, many of whom I come across everyday. These people may not be currently involved in the day to day work of the Union but we would undoubtedly benefit from their enthusiasm and outlook.
"The decisions that will be taken in the future – whether on the Single Farm Payment, rural development funding, supply chain development, new entrants or anything else – will affect the whole operating environment for both existing farmers and, importantly, the new generation.
"We need this group's input into the crucial policy debate that will take place over the coming months and years. Their role is to "future-proof" policy direction but also to map out links with those building their future in farming and ensure the Union is both relevant and accessible to them.
"The initiative has been set up with the goal of engaging with a bank of new talent and build the new structures that will provide a direct route to policy development and the NFUS board. This must fit around the time pressures of a generation already investing considerable energy in business development.
"Whether they are young farmers developing their business or new entrants coming into our sector, we need to examine how the established system can better support them. I don't believe it has done a good enough job so far. Involving the younger generation in this new initiative and having them feed in directly to NFUS work going forward is a meaningful way of engaging with the future of our food and farming industries."
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A group photo of those that attended the first meeting is available on request.
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The «SwissTrolley plus» combines proven overhead line engineering with state-of-the-art battery technology. Drawing on the combined expertise of industry, research and transportation companies, the future of bus drives can be shaped actively while making a major contribution to Switzerland's energy goals for 2050.
The vehicle is currently under construction at the workshops of Carrosserie Hess in Bellach. From early 2017, it will undergo testing on a number of lines of the Zurich Public Transport network.
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The «SwissTrolley plus» is a flagship project supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and aims to build a 100% electromobile vehicle made in Switzerland with sustainable components and controls. Its high-performance traction battery permits operation without a trolley system. Moreover, up to 15 percent of energy can be saved through regenerative braking. As a result, the «SwissTrolley plus» enables more cost-efficient, reliable and flexible operation of trolleybus lines.
The high-performance battery required for this purpose is designed such that, in addition to driving in battery mode, current spikes from the trolley system are flattened. In this way, the Swiss Trolley plus substantially reduces the load on the power grid. Energy savings are also achieved thanks to GPS-based and self-learning energy management.
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Sens place Claesson on waivers
Ken Warren • Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Senators' Fredrik Claesson (33) breaks up a possible breakaway opportunity for Winnipeg Jets' Kyle Connor (41) during second period pre-season NHL hockey in Winnipeg, Monday, October 3, 2016. Photo by Trevor Hagan /THE CANADIAN PRESS
The first domino of the week fell for the Ottawa Senators Monday, as defenceman Fredrik Claesson was placed on waivers.
That was just the start, as the Senators will continue to fine-tune the lineup in advance of Wednesday's season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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There figures to be plenty more movement before Tuesday at 5 p.m., when all NHL teams must submit their opening night 23-player rosters.
The Claesson decision – he's expected to clear waivers and end up back with Binghamton of the AHL – leaves the Senators with 23 healthy players.
That group includes 14 forwards, seven defencemen and goaltenders Craig Anderson and Andrew Hammond.
Those numbers don't, however, include the injured Clarke MacArthur and Curtis Lazar. Lazar, who has missed most of training camp with mono, has picked up the pace of his practice workouts and was hoping to receive medical clearance to return to full contact late Monday.
In the morning, he was involved in a spirited skirmish with Dion Phaneuf and went down hard while defending against Thomas Chabot in another drill.
"I wanted that," said Lazar. "My conditioning is good. I wanted to get some bumps, especially knowing that the game is on Wednesday. So, knock on wood, if I can get cleared (Monday) and get a full practice in Tuesday, we'll see what happens."
If Lazar joins the team, a counter move must be made. Matt Puempel could be placed on waivers, with the organization hoping he would clear and join Claesson in Binghamton.
Or, the Senators could opt to assign Lazar to Binghamton on a conditioning stint, giving him some AHL game action. Lazar does not need to clear waivers.
Alternatively, the Senators could look to the waiver wire themselves in order to bolster their roster.
NHL teams flooded the waiver market with players on Monday.
In somewhat of a surprise, P.A. Parenteau, who scored 20 goals and 21 assists with Toronto last season, was placed on waivers by the New York Islanders. The Islanders signed Parenteau, 33, to a one-year, $1.25 contract in the summer.
The Detroit Red Wings have also made winger Teemu Pulkkinen available. Pulkinnen, 24, scored six goals and six assists in 36 games with Detroit last season. In 2014-15, he scored 34 goals and 27 assists in only 46 games with Grand Rapids of the AHL.
Either one could, perhaps, serve as a Band-Aid as the Senators await for the possible return of MacArthur.
Senators general manager Pierre Dorion and Senators coach Guy Boucher will discuss many of the names.
"It's always about the qualities of the players," said Boucher. "It's about what we know here, what we hope for, and what we know from our scouts (about other players)."
Naturally, it's an anxious time for Ryan Dzingel and Phil Varone, two forwards have had strong training camps, aiming to prove they should stay to open the season in Ottawa.
"I think I showed well, I showed what I can bring to the table," said Dzingel, who spent Monday's workout on a fourth line with Chris Kelly and Chris Neil.
"I showed I can play in all sorts of positions up and down the lineup. I'm happy with my camp. I'm not here just to make the team, I'm here to help and make a difference. I feel like I'm in a good position. Now, I guess, it's in God's hands."
Or, at least in the hands of Dorion and Boucher.
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Marillion: Happiness is the New Feature Story!
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Happiness is the Road is the fifteenth studio album from England's most beloved melodic progressive rock band, Marillion. With a sound far too enlightened for American radio, the band nevertheless manages to sell out all of its shows on the rare occasion that they hop across the ocean to play our major cities. Of course like all the finest musical artists (i.e. the ones whose music can't be covered by your average high school garage band), they have a huge following throughout Europe — no surprise to our European readers.
If you haven't yet become a disciple of the Marillion gospel, such a lengthy career can make it hard to figure out just where to get started. While the band's 2007 effort, Somewhere Else, wouldn't have been the right place to jump in and get your feet wet, the late-2008 double-CD Happiness, half of which is a concept album and the other half just a collection of random songs, provides a great swimming pool in which to immerse yourself. The style of melodic progressive rock presented combines much of the current Marillion sound with some obvious influences from a period often regarded as providing some of the band's most memorable music. Of course for us to tell you which period that is would invite a wide range of debates and heated arguments, so we'll just leave it at that!
It's hard to speak of the world's most successful independent band without a reference to their pioneering use of the Internet as a medium for connecting with their fans worldwide, but since we already explored this topic in our previous Marillion feature, we'll just ask you to read that feature to learn more about why this is one band every serious musician should know (not to mention music fans in general who appreciate expert musicianship, intriguing storytelling, and emotive vocal delivery).
We caught up with the two Steves — vocalist Steve Hogarth and guitarist Steve Rothery, to talk about the new record. H (as he is often called) spoke more about the meaning of the songs and the album in general (you know how those singers are), while we talked shop (toys, toys, toys!) with our fellow gear-lover Rothery.
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iPhone 9 Is Already in Production and Might Launch Soon
Ending months and even years of speculation, it is now being claimed that Apple's successor to the iPhone 8, the iPhone 9, will start shipping very soon. The device is under mass production currently and you should not be surprised if the company makes the announcement before March 31, 2020. At best, it could be April, not beyond that. It is also suggested that there is now no confusion on the name of the model either, it's going to be the iPhone 9.
Are There Any Fresh Rumors on the Specifications?
There are no new revelations on the specifications of the iPhone 9.
The phone will follow the external design and form factor of the iPhone 8. The display will be 4.7-inches in size and the bezels will all be there. Bezel sizes have not been reduced as was anticipated by fans. There will be the physical home button which will also function as the fingerprint sensor. The Touch ID technology will be very much in action. There won't be any Facial ID feature on this device. The camera section on the iPhone 9 is tipped to have just a single 12MP shooter. Rumors say an identical 12MP sensor will come fitted as the front camera as well. The A13 Bionic chipset is going to be a game-changer along with 3GB RAM and 64GB onboard storage. Another 128GB variant is also expected to be launched along with this. There is no definite information on the battery size and whether there will be fast charging support to it. The general expectation is that the battery size will be bumped to handle the increasing power requirement with the new and improved processor. The operating system is likely to be the iOS 13.4 version and will get upgraded to the iOS 14 when the new software version is released later in the year.
Will There Be iPhone 9 Plus As Well?
The rumors go on to predict that while all the attention has been on the iPhone 9, Apple is going to launch an iPhone 9 Plus model as well. There have been very little by way of rumors and leaks on this model. If it is going to be the successor to the iPhone 8 Plus, then the display size could be 5.5-inches. The camera setup in the rear could see a dual-sensor arrangement. There should be no doubt that the A13 Bionic chipset will be fitted on this model too. There is a case for increasing the RAM to 4GB or at least add a 4GB variant with the 256GB onboard storage. The battery will have to be larger than the 2,700mAh unit found on the iPhone 8 Plus.
What is the Launch Date of the iPhone 9 and iPhone 9 Plus?
There are no official release dates for these models but we can expect them to be announced before the end of April.
The only debate that's going around is when Apple will be releasing the device in the market, particularly since it is being confirmed that its mass production has commenced. The company just announced its iPad Pro models without any fanfare. It was just a media release and the pre-orders started immediately. Will it follow the same pattern with the iPhone 9 too? You will have to wait to know the answer to this.
What Could Be The Price of the iPhone 9 and 9 Plus?
The rumors have continued to hold that Apple will fix a price of $399 for the 64GB variant of the iPhone 9. The 128GB variant may be sold at $449. There are no indications of what the prices of the iPhone 9 Plus would be.
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St. Bridget of Sweden was a wife and mother in the Middle Ages. After her husband died, God called her to establish a religious order. St. Bridget set out to accomplish many things in her life, but she didn't live to see them come to fruition. St. Bridget is a great saint to pray to because of her virtue and perseverance when we struggle with failure or disappointment.
Let's use this novena to ask for St. Bridget's intercession!
About St. Bridget of Sweden
St. Bridget of Sweden was born in 1303 to pious parents who were related to Sweden's reigning royal family. When Bridget was ten years old, her mother died. Bridget and her two siblings then lived with her mother's sister.
When Bridget was a young girl, she had a dream of the Crucified Christ. He told her that His sufferings are caused by those who despise His love. The dream made a deep impression on young Bridget.
When Bridget was still in her early teen years, she married a young man named Ulf. The two of them had eight children together, and their marriage was very happy. One of their children, Catherine, has been canonized as St. Catherine of Sweden.
Because of Bridget's relation to the royal family, she was asked to serve at court as a lady in waiting. She spent many years serving in court. St. Bridget also devoted time and energy to works of charity, especially toward unwed mothers in need of assistance.
In the year 1344 when Bridget was in her early 40s, her husband Ulf became ill and died. She mourned the loss of her dearly-loved husband, but God soon called her to a new vocation.
St. Bridget set out answer God's call to establish a new religious order for women, the Order of the Most Holy Savior, or the Bridgettines. Christ also asked her to help bring about the return of the Pope from France to his rightful place in Rome.
But neither this return of the papacy, nor the official instatement of her religious order occurred during St. Bridget's lifetime. Though St. Bridget worked virtuously toward the tasks that God called her to accomplish, her work never reached fruition until after she died.
During her life, St. Bridget received many visions from God. She especially wanted to honor the sufferings of Christ during His Passion. He revealed to her that He suffered 5480 blows on His Body during His Passion, and He told her how she might honor them.
Christ told her that she should recite fifteen Our Fathers and fifteen Hail Marys, along with specific prayers that He would teach her, every day for a year. By doing so, He told her she would honor each of the blows He received with a prayer.
Many of St. Bridget's other visions are recorded in the Revelations of St. Bridget. They include revelations about Christ's birth, the life of Mary, and Christ's Passion.
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Why Pray the St. Bridget of Sweden Novena?
St. Bridget of Sweden is the patron saint of Sweden. She has also been called the patron saint of failures, because so many things that she set out to accomplish were never completed during her lifetime. God can do great things with our failures through the intercession of St. Bridget!
Citizens of Sweden can pray for St. Bridget's intercession for their country. You can also ask for prayers from St. Bridget if you're struggling with feelings of failure, or if you're frustrated with a failure in your life. St. Bridget is also a great saint to pray to for intercession for marriage or family life, since she was a wife and a mother of eight.
You can pray the St. Bridget of Sweden Novena for any intention!
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the holiness she practiced during her time as a devoted wife and mother of eight children.
St. Bridget, you married your husband Ulf when you were still very young, as was custom in your society. But despite your young age, you carried out the responsibilities of a wife faithfully and joyfully.
You loved your husband dearly, and together with him you set an example of holiness for your eight children. You even raised your daughter Catherine to become so holy that she was eventually canonized as St. Catherine of Sweden.
Pray for me, as I carry out the duties of my state in life each day, that I may practice virtue as faithfully as you did.
Please also pray for (mention your intentions here).
St. Bridget of Sweden, pray for us!
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the spirit of love and charity she showed to those in need during her years as a wife and mother.
St. Bridget, you knew well what a blessing it was to have a loving husband. You were well provided-for during your years as a wife and mother, and you were always aware of the needs of the less fortunate.
While you were busy with both the duties of your position at court and of your own family life, you devoted time and energy to serving those in need. You took particular care to assist unwed mothers in need of help. You always practiced this charity because of your love of God.
Pray for me, that I may be aware of the needs of the less fortunate, and that I may serve them out of love for God as you did.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the holiness with which she lived out her vocations.
St. Bridget, you bore eight children during your marriage to Ulf. During your time as a wife and mother, you had many responsibilities, even serving as a lady in waiting at court. But despite the many demands on your time and energy, you raised your children to be holy.
Together with your husband, you brought your children up in the faith. You were able to lay such a strong foundation of faith and holiness in your children that one of them later became a saint.
Pray for me, that I may be as faithful and holy as you were, as I live out my daily life. Pray that I, too, may bring others to holiness when I am called to do so.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the faithfulness and holiness she lived out during her marriage.
St. Bridget, you were a devoted wife to your husband throughout your marriage. You knew that the vocation of marriage was a holy calling from God, and you did your best to faithfully carry out the duties of a holy spouse.
You loved your husband Ulf very much. When he died, you mourned his loss deeply, knowing that your marriage had been a gift from God.
Pray for me, that I may recognize the holiness of the gifts God gives me. And pray that all people may recognize the sanctity of marriage.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the holiness and devotion to You she kept even amidst the deep pain of loss over her husband's death.
St. Bridget, you spent many happy years with your husband Ulf. Together you had eight children and you raised them in holiness. When Ulf died, you were deeply saddened by the loss of his companionship.
But despite your grief and pain at Ulf's passing, you remained faithful to God. You did not despair or harbor anger at God for taking your husband sooner than you might have expected. Instead, you remained open to whatever else God might be asking of you.
Pray for me, that I may be as holy and faithful as you were, even when I am pained and saddened by my life's circumstances.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the openness to Your will that she showed when You called her to a new vocation after her husband's death.
St. Bridget, you spent many happy years in the vocation of wife and mother. But after your beloved husband died, God called you to embark on a new path.
You had only ever known the vocation of a lay person. But despite this, you did not hesitate to begin an entirely new way of life when God called you to be His bride late in your life. When He asked you to establish a new religious order and to help bring the Pope back to Rome, you happily tried to do His will.
Pray for me, that I may be open to God's will for me, even when He calls me to do unexpected or difficult things.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate her desire to serve You and her readiness to do Your will when You called her to establish a new religious order.
St. Bridget, you had already served God faithfully in the vocation of marriage for many years when He called you to a new path in life. Though you had only ever known life as a wife and mother, you did not hesitate to embark on the new mission of religious life when God asked it of you.
Not only were you ready and willing to become Christ's bride in religious life, you even accepted the call to establish a new religious order. You did all that was in your power to carry out this task that God asked of you.
Pray for me, that I may be ready and willing to do what God asks of me. And pray for all men and women called to a religious vocation.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate her faithfulness amidst failure and discouragement.
St. Bridget, God asked you to do many new and difficult things after your husband died. He not only called you to a religious vocation but also to establish a new religious order for women. He also asked you to begin the work of bringing the Pope back to Rome from France.
Though you faithfully set out to do as God asked you, none of the work you began came to fruition during your lifetime. But despite what must have seemed like complete failure in your goals, you remained faithful and did not give in to despair.
Pray for me, that I may remain faithful when my plans and works seem to fail. Pray that I may trust in God as fully as you did.
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of devotion to You. Help us to imitate her devotion to Your Passion and to have a deep appreciation for all that You suffered for us.
St. Bridget, you had a devotion to Christ Crucified since you were very young. You received many visions from God concerning Christ's life and His Passion, and you particularly wanted to honor the blows He received during His Passion.
Christ answered the desire of your heart by revealing to you that He received 5480 blows on His Body during His Passion. He gave you a set of prayers to say each day to honor those blows, and He promised many graces to anyone who honored Him in this way.
Pray for me, that I, too, may have a deep love for Christ Crucified.
Please also pray for (mention your intention here).
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Union Members Are Supporting Donald Trump Despite Unions Endorsing Joe Biden
Rank-and-file union members in swing states have remained steadfast in their support for President Donald Trump, according to local labor leaders in key Midwestern states.
Although almost every major union has endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for president, they have been dismayed by their members' support for Trump, Politico reported. Trump won many union households in 2016, a voting block that largely hadn't supported Republican presidential nominees before.
"We haven't moved the needle here," Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Mike Knisley told Politico. "Even if given all the information that's been put out there, all the facts — just pick an issue that the president has had his hands in — it doesn't make a difference."
He added, "The biggest argument that I have from our membership is that this isn't a blue-collar, working-class Democratic Party that my dad or mom was in. It's morphed into something different."
An internal North America's Building Trades Unions poll showed members supporting Biden slightly over Trump with a 48% to 47% lead, according to Politico. (RELATED: 'Campaign Against Working Families': Three Major Unions Sue Michigan Over New Labor Laws)
"He has a very, very, very solid foundation of our members," International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Vice President James Williams said, Politico reported.
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Moov Now is a $100 fitness wearable that is better than Apple Watch and Fitbit
From smartwatches with integrated Heart Rate Monitor to exclusively devoted fitness bands like the Fitbit Charge HR or Basis Peak, it's easy to get lost in the technology of fitness tracking choices. But Moov Now, the successor to last year's first generation Moov tracker, aims to set itself apart by offering a more personal, hands-on experience.
The Moov Now doesn't look like anything we're seeing from the big wearable players. Indeed, what's inside the Moov platform is enough to make the Moov Now relevant in today's crazy-crowded wearables market.
What's new about this band?
So this new band is quite smaller than its predecessor, is available in different colors, and works with third party heart rate monitors. It works with both iOS and Android, and features modes for specific sports, such as swimming, running, cycling, cardio boxing and much more. It's designed to go beyond basic activity tracking, combining magnet, angular weight and gravity sensors to provide low latency 3D motion tracking.
It also offers sleep tracking (Something that wasn't available in the original Moov). Its battery is supposedly good for six months on a single charge, making it one less gadget to fit into your regular charging routine. The device can be worn on the wrist or the ankle, and users can go with either a single band, or two together for more accurate tracking for certain activities, such as cardio boxing and swimming.
But why is it special?
The bigger novel feature here is the Now's ability to act as a real-time trainer. A coach, with voice much similar to Siri, instructs you while you work out and makes suggestions on how to improve your form. If you prefer listening to music while you exercise, Moov integrates with Spotify so your music fades in and out when the coach is speaking to you.
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The band measures speed, stride cadence and landing impact when you're doing activities such as cycling, running or swimming, and intelligently analyzes that information on the fly. It then makes real-time suggestions to help you improve your workout, with statements like "land softer" or "lengthen your stride" delivered through connected headphones.
If implemented well, this could point towards the next step in fitness wearables.Right now the wearable market is flooded with trackers that log your fitness data and stuff. 'An AI assistant could be a better rival to human coach' could make a fitness tracker a much more compelling buy.
On paper at least, Moov Now has quite the compelling feature set. Moov Now is a $100 fitness wearable that does what Apple Watch and Fitbit cannot. If you're interested in getting one, it might not be a bad idea to jump in fast, with pre-orders currently available for just $60, a significant discount off the planned $100 final retail price. The band is available with a choice of black, white blue and red accent colors. For more on the Moov Now, you can check out the video below.
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PSAT Scores: Prepping For College
By Will Roby
The PSAT, or Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, is also known as the Pre-SAT. It is a test given to students before they take the SAT test to give them an idea of how much they need to study and how they may perform on the real deal.
The PSAT has a third name — the NMSQT or National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test. Results from the PSAT can qualify a student for placement as a National Merit Scholar, and the huge amount of money available to students in this program is reason enough to take the PSAT. Scores on the PSAT can earn high school students accolades and scholarships, and more than just being a good barometer for a student's performance on the SAT and in college, their increased ability to earn admissions and scholarship money at colleges is a big draw to the PSAT.
Students take the PSAT / NMSQT in tenth or eleventh grade both to prepare them for the actual SAT and to qualifying for academic awards. Some students even use the PSAT to decide whether they should apply to college or not.
PSAT Scoring
PSAT scores are reported on a scale from 20 to 80, 20 being the lowest and 80 the highest. This creates a parallel to the SAT, which scores between 200 and 800 on each test part. Students can get an idea for how they'll do on the SAT by adding a 0 to their score.
Just like the SAT, there are three test parts to the PSAT — critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills. Each part is scored from 20 – 80 for a total between 60 and 240.
Average PSAT Scores
In 2008, the most recent data-year available, the average score for eleventh graders was a total of 142 — this broke down as an average of 47 in Critical Reading, 49 in Mathematics, and 46 in Writing Skills. That same year, the average score for tenth graders was 127 — this average broke down as 42 in Critical Reading, 44 in Mathematics, and 41 in Writing Skills.
PSAT / NMSQT National Percentiles
National percentile numbers help a student compare their own scores and testing abilities with the scores and abilities of other students of their grade level who took the same test.
If you take the PSATin the eleventh grade, you receive what are called "junior percentiles". If you take the PSAT in tenth grade or younger, you will be given "sophomore percentiles". The percentile number reported is the percentage of students in your grade whose scores are lower than your own.
In other words, a student in eleventh grade with a percentile of 75 did better on the test than 74 percent of all eleventh graders taking the test.
Will Roby writes about topics like PSAT scores for the question and answer blog at AskDeb.com.
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Robert Waldmann Smacks Down Jonathan Chait as Soft on Reihan Salam and Soft on the Causes of Reihan Salam...
Robert's Stochastic thoughts: Jonathan Chait... misquoted Salam in order to make Salam seem more reasonable that he is. Chait wrote "Reihan Salam at National Review objects that Leonhardt is refuting a notion that no serious person actually holds."... Salam didn't say that Leonhardt is refuting a notion that no serious person actually holds. Salan said that Leonhardt is refuting a claim that no person actually holds.... "I don't thing that anyone doubts that ARRA helped perk up growth." Note "anyone" not "any serious person." I fear that Salam may have written that honestly -- that is that he is completely ignorant or insane...
And refers us to Matthew Yglesias:
Straw Manned: Reihan Salam... a pretty common failing among the smarter set of conservative commentators... a tendency to dismiss as straw-man characterizations positions that are in fact the mainstream conservative orthodoxy... the assertion that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has had no positive impact... climate change is a made-up conspiracy cooked out of thin air by Al Gore and some UN guys... reducing tax rates is a surefire way to increase revenue. I wish it were the case that these were straw man views, invented by liberals to make the right-wing look bad. But if you listen to what the most powerful conservative politicians and media figure in the land say, these are the things they offer as the basis of conservative policy on macroeconomic stabilization, on climate and energy, and on the long-term fiscal challenge. Is it nuts? Well, yes it is. But there you have it. If you want to find what counts as a fringe position, you can find tea party leader Richard Mack talking about states' rights to secession.
And to Kevin Drum:
Which Conservatives Matter?: I'm reminded of Megan McArdle's revelation a couple of years ago when she discovered that mainstream conservatives really do have a party line that insists tax cuts always raise revenues. "A conservative publication," she admitted, "just spiked a book review because I said that the Laffer Curve didn't apply at American levels of taxation....I suppose I ought to have known, but I didn't. Go ahead liberals, pile on: you told me so."...
Reihan is implicitly suggesting that liberals ought to be engaging with the best of conservative thinkers, many of whom hold nuanced and moderate positions. And it's true: some of them do. The problem is that in the real world, these nuanced and moderate thinkers have virtually no influence.... Reihan and Megan and others like them may hold more careful views, but the vast bulk of the conservative movement simply doesn't. And that's the reality of the world that liberals have to deal with.
Now, whenever something like this comes up, I wonder if there's something similar on the liberal side of the aisle. Are there hot button issues on which the Kevin Drums and Jon Chaits of the world hold moderate, techno-googoo views, but on which elected politicians and bigfoot TV pundits unanimously insist on extreme, lockstep views? I can't really think of any. Taxes? Healthcare? National security? Immigration? Climate change? Education? Abortion? Gay rights? Labor law? On all of these, either liberal politicians hold a fairly broad variety of leftish views (national security, immigration, education) or else they hold pretty similar views but so does the commentariat (climate change, gay rights). No important issue comes to mind in which the liberal think tank community holds a lively and diverse set of opinions but actual liberal politicians unanimously maintain a death grip on some extreme, base-pleasing position.
But that doesn't mean there isn't one. It just means I can't think of it. So help me out. Can anyone come up with a few good examples?
In my view, there are two problems:
Reasonable conservative thinkers have absolutely no impact on the policy positions or political rhetoric of Republican lawmakers.
Reasonable conservatives shut up rather than say what they think when it is contrary to the Republican party line of the day.
Take Obama's wage subsidy proposal. It's a small-business tax cut to boost employment in a deep recession. It gets relatively good marks from CBO ("the largest effects on employment this year and next would probably arise from increasing aid to the unemployed, reducing employers' payroll taxes in general, and reducing employers' payroll taxes for firms that increase their payroll...") and from serious tax analysts like those at the TPC. Its principal defects are its relative complexity (as Larry Lindsey says: "targeted, temporary, incremental, hiring tax credit proposals... tend to be... too clever by half.... There should be a principle somewhere that only one adjective can be applied to any program that can actually work. Targeted, temporary, and incremental make for three..."). But is there any doubt that something similar is now being put forward by President McCain and President Romney right now to fight the depression in those branches of the multiverse in which they live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? And is there any doubt that in those branches of the multiverse Republican economists are falling all over themselves to endorse it enthusiastically?
It would have been very nice if Republican fiscally-conservative economists had joined Alan Greenspan in arguing against the 2001 Bush tax cut as too rash, had written letters opposing the elimination of PAYGO, had formed a solid phalanx against the unfunded Medicare Part D, and were now joining us Dermocratic fiscal conservatives in opposing the extension of any portion of the Bush tax cuts. But they didn't.
And here is where I am inclined to be soft on Reihan Salam. Because his declarations that "ARRA has had no impact and the economy would be in the same shape without any fiscal stimulus program" is "a straw-man argument..." and that "I don't thing that anyone doubts that ARRA helped perk up growth. It is very hard to imagine that spending an enormous sum of money would not..." is a double-headed axe. Reihan wants David Leonhardt to acknowledge the stronger anti-stimulus arguments--that what we have bought we have bought at too dear a long-run price. But Reihan is also trying to marginalize the mendacious and the ignorant: the Veronique de Rugys, the Conn Carrolls, the Brian Reidls, and their ilk. Call their arguments straw-man arguments and those arguments' advocates become straw men.
The problem is that it is not going to work: because Reihan Salam is marginal on the American right he cannot marginalize the right's mainstream, at least not without a lot of help from a lot of people who are still hiding at the bottom of their foxholes and refuse to come out to try to rescue their party.
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Spain's La Manga Club celebrated its past and present after enjoying a memorable night of success at the 2018 World Golf Awards, which included being named 'Europe's Best Golf Venue' for the second year in a row.
The iconic sports and leisure resort was hosting the event for the second year running and was one of the big winners at the lavish prize-giving ceremony, with its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe being voted 'Spain's Best Golf Hotel' for the fourth time in the last five years.
In an extra special moment for La Manga Club, there was also a nod to the resort's illustrious history with nine-time Major winner Gary Player – who was La Manga Club's first director of golf in 1972 – being named as 'Golf Course Designer of the Year' and also being the recipient of the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for his services to the game in a career which has spanned seven decades.
A five-time host of the Spanish Open, La Manga Club features extensive golf facilities including three renowned 18-hole courses – the South, North and West – a nine-hole, par-47 academy course and Golf Training Centre.
The latest accolades help to complete another year of success for the Murcia venue, with other notable honours including being voted 'Europe's Leading Sports Resort' for the first time at the 2018 World Travel Awards and being named in a select group of global venues to receive a Golf Digest 'Editor's Choice Award for Best International Resorts 2018 for the second successive year.
Eduardo Ruiz, general director of sports at La Manga Club, said: "It was a tremendous privilege for La Manga Club to host the World Golf Awards again.
"Last year's show helped to create a huge buzz around the resort, we received some outstanding feedback and it was great to see many familiar faces returning. The event was another fantastic opportunity for us to demonstrate our world-class golf, sports and lifestyle facilities to a key global audience, and to win two of the top honours capped off a memorable three days."
Regarded as the most prestigious awards programme in golf tourism, this year's awards – the fifth time that they have been held – brought together some of the famous names in the game and industry leaders from all over the world, as well as local dignitaries including the development director for the Region of Murcia, Patricio Valverde, Jose Jover, president of the Murcia Golf Federation, and figures from the La Manga Club community.
Representatives from 43 countries gathered at La Manga Club from November 1-4 for three days of unrivalled networking events, dinners and exclusive golf-experience activities – with the prize-giving ceremony providing a fitting finale.
Guests had the opportunity to take full advantage of La Manga Club's outstanding facilities – the resort features three 18-hole golf courses, a nine-hole par-47 academy course and an outstanding practice area and driving range – with the event programme including golf on the West and South courses and a networking dinner.
Chris Frost, managing director of the World Golf Awards, said: "La Manga Club has proven a world-class host on what has been a magnificent evening of triumph for the golf tourism industry. We have had the privilege of recognising the leading golf courses, hotels, resorts and tour operators from across the world and my congratulations to each of them."
Set across an area of 1,400 acres in Murcia, south-east Spain, La Manga Club has set the benchmark for European sports and leisure destinations since its inception in 1972.
The official overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the resort's other facilities include a 28-court tennis centre and 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre, while the resort also launched a new Chelsea FC Foundation Soccer School this year. In addition, La Manga Club features the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 50 bars and restaurants.
For more information about the 2018 World Golf Awards, visit worldgolfawards.com and for a full list of winners click here and for images here. For further details about La Manga Club, go to www.lamangaclub.com
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This year's Gstaad Palace Challenge makes for a weekend of thrills and spills for car-racing enthusiasts, gourmands and lovers of the great outdoors. Not the worst of combinations, eh?
The two-day rally – part of a three-day event from Friday August 31 through to Sunday September 2 – is limited to just 30 classic or vintage cars, which will motor around the stunning Saanenland valley on a route designed by Kim Bannister of UK-based events organiser Rally Round. Much like other events he has designed – such as the Paris-Prague, Flying Scotsman, 2nd Thunder Dragon Rally and Rally Round Africa – this adventure puts seasoned racing teams through their paces.
Guests will arrive at the Gstaad Palace hotel on the morning of August 31 ready to roll, when their vehicles will be checked and a GPS tracking device installed for timekeeping throughout the race. The first car will set off at 3pm for a "warm-up" to determine the starting order for the following day, and all will finish by 6pm, leaving guests to enjoy a cocktail or a cigar in the hotel's stylish surroundings.
Saturday (September 1) starts early with breakfast followed by an all-day rally across rural Berner Oberland, Emmental and the flats of Fribourg, before returning to Gstaad. Upon arrival at the hotel, guests will enjoy a much-deserved rest (or a massage in the 1,850sq m Palace Spa) before a prize-giving dinner – hotel specialities are likely to include aubergine caviar, veal escalope and côte du boeuf, as well as an array of regional cheeses.
"Our slogan is 'The rally for ambitious bon vivants'," says Andrea Scherz, general manager of the Gstaad Palace. "We included the phrase bon vivants as I've been to so many rallies where I've found the quality of the food and wines lacklustre. Here, guests will enjoy wine pairings, rare cigars and many culinary highlights.
"Unbeknown to most, the area is a major hideaway for car enthusiasts," Scherz adds. "The winding valley is dotted with amazing private collections and several semi-secret underground car-storage facilities. Local car enthusiasts participate in our rally, and visiting teams are hand-picked by the organiser to ensure their cars match the rally spirit." Guests must apply for selection, and entry for one car with a two-person crew is SFr2,420 (about £1,850).
To learn more, or even apply for the rally, check outrallyround.co.uk.
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The first USS New Orleans (later designated PG-34 then CL-22) was a United States Navy protected cruiser.
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No, We Are Not About to Return to 1970s-Style Inflation
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Today's central banks are willing and able to tackle the problem
Nikolaj Schmidt, Chief International Economist
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Inflation has made a comeback after a long period of "lowflation" following the global financial crisis.
The good news is that central banks have the tools to handle most of the causes of the inflation we see today—and are willing and able to use them.
The bad news is that to bring inflation under control, central banks must tighten to a point where growth will slow sharply.
The world loves a label. The very low price increases during the decade that followed the global financial crisis (GFC) were termed, appropriately enough, "lowflation"—in other words, inflation that fell short of central banks' targets but was positive and therefore wasn't deflation. Now, amid the current surge in inflation, have we entered the decade of "highflation"—inflation that that is too high relative to central banks' inflation mandate but too low to qualify as hyperinflation?
The current inflation surge rests on a few moving pieces but is mostly cyclical...
- Nikolaj Schmidt
Actually, let's cool it with the labels. The current inflation surge rests on a few moving pieces but is mostly cyclical—and central banks have both the ability and willingness to address the problem at hand. Contrary to some reports, we are not on the cusp of a return to the 1970s inflation inferno. Let me explain why.
Three Primary Sources of Inflationary Pressure
Central bank responses are being guided by a range of dynamics acting simultaneously
To understand the post‑COVID surge in inflation, we need to understand the post‑GFC period of lowflation that preceded it. The universally accepted explanation for the tepid post‑GFC recovery is secular stagnation, but, in my view, the true cause was deleveraging. As the U.S. financial system plunged into the abyss, the country's financial sector and households had an epiphany: We have too much debt. Assisted by the rollout of stringent regulation, banks tightened lending standards and households spent the subsequent decade paying off debts.
This process wasn't limited to the U.S. In Europe, the eurozone existential crisis kicked off a drive for both the public and the private sector to prioritize debt repayments, and, through the taper tantrum, most emerging markets were also roped into deleveraging. Consequently, the post‑GFC world was a world of deficient demand and idle resources—a very noninflationary world.
Three Reasons Why Inflation Has Returned
I believe there are three main factors behind the return of inflation. The first is structural. In 2019, prior to the coronavirus outbreak, I argued that the deleveraging process in the developed world had run its course and that we were about to enter a period of structurally stronger demand. I still believe this is the right paradigm and that it provides the structural underpinnings of a more inflationary world. This doesn't mean we are entering a world of runaway inflation, though; rather, it means that central banks need to raise rates to keep demand in line with supply. In central bank parlance, the R‑star—the interest rate that keeps supply exactly in line with demand—has risen.
...the stimulus was just too large for the global economy to absorb.
The second factor behind the return of inflation is simple economic overheating. The crux of the issue here is the sheer size of the fiscal and monetary policy response administered during the COVID recession: Put simply, the stimulus was just too large for the global economy to absorb. The fact that we've now run out of labor tells its own story. Fortunately, cyclical demand management is another thing that central banks are well equipped for: tighten monetary policy and demand falls.
Third, there are some supply‑side issues that admittedly can't be resolved by clever monetary policies. Most of these issues are well known, such as the shortage of semiconductors and the war in Ukraine, which have led to surges in vehicle and commodity prices, respectively. Although central banks are ill‑equipped to address supply‑side problems, we shouldn't be too downbeat about this—first, because the issues are temporary and supply chains will eventually normalize; and second, because central banks know they shouldn't use monetary policy to resolve temporary supply chain issues. Imagine if the Fed tightened monetary policy to bring the demand of autos to the current supply‑constrained output of 13mn units when the normal demand is 17mn units! It would likely plunge the economy into a very severe recession.
Independent Central Banks Mean We Are in a Different World
Leaving aside these supply‑side issues, the good news is that central banks have the tools to control most of the causes of the inflation we see today. The question is whether they are willing to employ these tools. My answer is an unequivocal yes—and this is where modern central banking bears little resemblance to the central banks of the 1970s. Inflation is a social choice, and by choosing independent central banks with clear inflation objectives and accountability, we have made the choice to keep inflation controlled. Anyone in doubt as to whether central banks like the Fed will fall prey to political pressures should revisit the experience of the 2018 hiking cycle, when then‑President Donald Trump threatened to dismiss Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in response to what he saw as an unwelcome tightening of monetary policy. The result? Powell kept his job, interest rates went up, and the Fed remained independent.
For participants in the financial markets, the bad news is that to bring inflation under control, central banks must tighten monetary policy to the point where growth slows to potential and, given our initial conditions, probably somewhat below potential. When growth slows sharply, particularly when it is accompanied by rising interest rates, financial market volatility usually ensues.
There's no getting around this, I'm afraid. It's the cost we incur to avoid the inflation infernos of the past, and, over the long term, it's frankly a small price to pay.
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