Author: benbam

5 July 2016

RBA keeps rates unchanged; further information needed to refine assessment

The RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent, as widely expected by market participants. The RBA noted: “Taking account of the available information, the Board judged that holding monetary policy steady would be prudent at this meeting. Over the period ahead, further information should allow the Board to refine its assessment of the outlook for growth and inflation and […]

3 July 2016

China and Other Claimants in the South China Sea: (Politics-Good to know)

The issues of the South China Sea are too trivial to be allowed to spark armed conflict or trans-Pacific confrontation.  They are solvable, if those enmeshed in them are willing to make the effort to imagine and pursue solutions to them.  The parties need urgently to get on with this.  And they deserve American encouragement to do so. Diplomacy on the Rocks: China and Other […]

2 July 2016

Have Your iPhoto Photos Disappeared?

ISSUE: Photos Are In Your iPhoto Library File, But Not Showing Up In the iPhoto Application What’s Causing This Problem: It may not be known to you, but your iPhoto photo collection is more than just the iPhoto application stored in your Application folder. All of your master photos, thumbnail and preview versions of your photos, and database records of how the iPhoto application handles […]

2 July 2016

Career Counselling? (Satire)

Little john was in his junior school class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up: Fireman, policeman, salesman, politician, etc. However, little john was being uncharacteristically quiet, and so the teacher asked him about his father. Reluctantly he replied, “My Dad is an exotic dancer in a gay club, and takes off all […]