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Being unemployed, a lone parent or a recently arrived migrant
UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE Employment has a direct bearing on the material wellbeing of individuals and their families. It is also one means by which individuals contribute to their community, use and develop their skills, and enhance their social networks. Unemployed people can therefore be at a higher risk of experiencing financial and/or social disadvantage. In particular, long periods of unemployment can deplete savings and other family resources, and may lead to problems with morale, motivation and physical health.(endnote 2) Families in which no parent has paid employment can be particularly at risk (see Australian Social Trends 2004, Families with no employed parent, pp. 46-50 ). At the 2001 Census, 611,00 Australians were unemployed, a decrease from 873,500 in 1991. Many Australians are out of work for substantial periods of time. The median duration of unemployment in 2003 was 19 weeks for males and 14 weeks for females. As at November 2003, some 81,300 men and 42,000 women had been unemployed for a year or more.(endnote 3) In 2003, the unemployment rate was higher for males (6.2%) than females (6.0%) and higher outside the capital cities (6.7%) than in the capitals (5.8%) (see Australian Social Trends 2004, Work: national summary, pp.102-103). Unmarried people had a higher unemployment rate (8.9%) than people who were married or in a de facto relationship (3.0%).(endnote 3) The circumstances of unemployed people differ from those of the total population, in a range of areas. However, some of these differences may relate to the younger age profile of the unemployed population compared with the adult population in general. In 2001, the median age (among those 18 years and over) was 33.3 years for unemployed people, compared with 43.8 years for the total adult population.
Unemployed people also experienced potential barriers to participation in the community when compared with others. For example, relatively fewer unemployed people aged 18 years and over had access to a motor vehicle (66%) than the adult population generally (85%), and fewer could easily get to the places they needed (67% compared with 84%). In 2002, relatively more unemployed people had been the victim of physical or threatened violence or actual or attempted break-in (26%) in the last year, than among the total population (18%). LONE PARENTS Immediate family and household members provide social and financial support to one another. While lone parents may receive ongoing support, for example from extended family, friends or the non-resident parent, the lack of a resident partner can still impact on social and financial wellbeing. For example, responsibility for raising children may impact on a lone parent's capacity to participate in paid employment and other aspects of community life. One-parent families are the fastest growing type of family in Australia. In 2001, there were 528,000 lone parents aged 18 years and over with dependent children. Of these, 88% (462,100) had no other adults (such as extended family members or members of a second family) resident in the household with them. In 2001, lone parents were predominately women (83%), and lone mothers tended to have younger children living with them than lone fathers. Around one-fifth (22%) of lone mothers had at least one child aged 0-4 years living with them, compared with one-tenth (9%) of lone fathers (see Australian Social Trends 2003, Changing families, pp. 35-39). As with unemployed people, the circumstances of lone parents differ to others in a range of areas of life. For example, in 2002, more lone parents aged 18 years and over (52%) relied on Government cash pensions and allowances as their principal source of income, than did all adults (22%). Consequently, lone parents were over-represented in the lower income groups, with 43% in the bottom quintile of equivalised household income and 30% in the second lowest quintile, compared with 20% and 19% of all adults. In 2001, 62% of lone parents aged 18 years and over rented their dwelling, compared with 25% of adults generally, and among renters proportionally more lone parents were renting from a State or Territory Housing Authority (31% compared with 17% of all renters). Relatively more lone parents felt unsafe or very unsafe at home alone after dark (19%) than adults in general (8%); and 34% of lone parents had been a victim of physical or threatened violence, or actual or attempted break in over the year prior to interview, compared with 18% of all adults. RECENTLY ARRIVED MIGRANTS The government's immigration policy aims to balance social, economic, humanitarian, and environmental objectives,(endnote 4) so the social and economic situation of migrants coming to live in Australia can vary substantially. For example, some migrants arriving in Australia may have more established social support networks, as they have the close family relationship with an Australian citizen or permanent resident sponsor necessary for eligibility in the Family Stream migration category;(endnote 5) while others may have a strong economic position on arrival in Australia, as they have arrived under the Skill Stream which focuses on the applicant's occupational skills, outstanding talents or business skills.(endnote 5) In contrast, those arriving under Australia's Humanitarian Program, including people in need of resettlement due to persecution or human rights violations,(endnote 5) may have relatively disadvantaged social and economic circumstances on arrival. In 2001, there were 477,900 recently arrived migrants aged 18 years and over living in Australia. The largest group (17%) were those born in the Oceania region, which was primarily comprised of migrants from New Zealand (79%) who are free to come to Australia without a visa. The second most common birthplace groups were South-East Asia, North-East Asia, and North-West Europe, each comprising 16% of recently arrived migrants. PRINCIPLE SOURCE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME - 2002 Recent arrivals to Australia have a younger age structure than the general Australian population. In 2001, the median age (for those aged 18 years and over) of recently arrived migrants was 32.3 years, compared with 43.8 years for the total population. The majority of recently arrived migrants to Australia live in the capital cities (86% in 2001, compared with 64% of the total population). While recently arrived migrants have relatively disadvantaged circumstances in some areas of life, they also have positive circumstances relative to other groups in many areas. A relatively larger proportion lived in rented dwellings (58% compared with 25% of all adults). This may relate to the length of time they have been in Australia, and reflect shorter term housing choices rather than long-term outcomes. A higher proportion of recent arrivals experienced transport difficulties than the total adult population. Fewer had access to a motor vehicle (63% compared with 85% of the total population), and more had difficulties getting to the places they needed to (30% compared with 16% overall). However, recently arrived migrants aged 18 years and over were more likely to have used a computer at home in the last 12 months (67%) compared with Australian adults generally (55%), and have non-school qualifications (66% compared with 50%). Relatively fewer assessed their health as fair or poor (8% compared to 16% of the total population) and fewer had a disability or long-term health condition (19% compared with 40%). These health differences may reflect both the younger age structure of recently arrived migrants, and the standard health criteria migrants have to meet as part of the migration process. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS The patterns described above indicate that the social and economic circumstances of unemployed people, lone parents and recently arrived migrants differ from those of the total population. However, there are many complex, often interrelated factors which influence people's social and economic experiences and outcomes. As such, it is not always clear how much a given attribute (i.e.being unemployed, a lone parent, or a recently arrived migrant) relates to particular social or economic circumstances. Other characteristics, such as age and life stage, educational background or location may also be contributing to people's circumstances, to a greater or lesser extent. When other characteristics were accounted for through multivariate analysis, the attributes of being unemployed, a lone parent or a recently arrived migrant remained significantly associated with some social and economic circumstances, but not with others.
...UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE In a range of areas of wellbeing, unemployed people were found to have disadvantaged circumstances compared with their employed counterparts, after controlling for other characteristics. For example, in the area of social attachment, unemployed people were more likely than employed people (other characteristics being equal) to experience transport difficulties, feel unable to ask others for small favours and feel that they had no support in a time of crisis. In the area of financial stress, unemployment was associated with an increased likelihood of experiencing cash flow problems, being unable to raise money in an emergency and having to reduce assets or increase debt in order to pay for basic living expenses. However, unemployment was not associated with a significant increase in the likelihood of reporting fair or poor health (after accounting for other characteristics such as age). Compared with being employed, the outcomes for unemployed people were somewhat different to those of people not in the labour force. For example, although being unemployed was not associated with an increased likelihood of reporting fair or poor health, those not in the labour force were significantly more likely to assess their health in this way. Like unemployed people, those not in the labour force were more likely than employed people (other characteristics being equal) to experience the negative outcomes measured in relation to social attachment - such as having transport difficulties.
...LONE PARENTS Compared with couples with children, lone parents were not significantly more likely to have negative social attachment outcomes, indicating that lone parents access networks outside their immediate family household to the same extent as couples with children. For example, lone parents were no more likely than couples with children (other characteristics being equal) to have transport difficulties, to feel unable to ask others for small favours or have no support in a time of crisis. Further, lone parents were less likely than couples with children to have less than weekly contact with family and friends. However, lone parents had an increased likelihood of experiencing all three of the measured indicators of financial stress. That is, lone parents were more likely than couples with children, other characteristics being equal, to have experienced cash flow problems, felt unable to raise money in an emergency or needed to take a dissaving action to pay for basic living expenses. When other characteristics such as age and education were controlled for, lone parents were more likely than couples with children to not be in the labour force or to be unemployed. Among those who were employed, lone parents were more likely to be employed on a casual basis, but there was not a significant difference in their likelihood of being employed part-time. In terms of health, after other characteristics were accounted for, lone parents were not significantly more likely than couples with children to assess their health as fair or poor.
...RECENTLY ARRIVED MIGRANTS Reflecting the diverse economic and social circumstances of migrants arriving in Australia, recently arrived migrants had an increased likelihood of disadvantage in some areas, but a decreased likelihood in other areas, after controlling for demographic and other characteristics. For example, while recently arrived migrants were more likely than their Australian-born counterparts to experience the negative circumstances measured in the area of social attachment, they were less likely to rate their health as fair or poor, even after controlling for age. In the area of employment, recently arrived migrants were more likely than people born in Australia to be unemployed or not in the labour force (other characteristics being equal). Among those in employment, recently arrived migrants were more likely to be employed part-time or on a casual basis. The employment outcomes of other (non-recent) migrants were somewhat different, indicating that the length of time migrants have lived in Australia can influence their social and economic circumstances. As with recent migrants, other migrants were more likely than Australian-born people (other characteristics being equal) to be unemployed or not be in the labour force. However, in contrast to recent migrants, other migrants were not significantly more likely to be employed part-time or on a casual basis. ENDNOTES 1 Department of Family and Community Services 2003, Goals of Welfare Reform <http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/aboutfacs/programs/esp-welreform_goals.htm>, accessed 27 January 2004. 2 Gregory, B and Sheehan, P 1998, 'Poverty and the Collapse of Full Employment' Australian Poverty: Then and Now. eds Fincher, R and Nieuwenhuysen, J, University Press, Melbourne. 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004, Australian Labour Market Statistics, January 2004, cat. no. 6105.0, ABS, Canberra. 4 Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 2003, Fact Sheet 20. Migration Program Planning Levels <http://www.immi.gov.au/facts/20planning.htm>, accessed 12 February 2004. 5 Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, 2003, Immigration Update, July–December 2002 <http://www. immi.gov.au/facts/statistics/ publications/immigration_update/update_ dec02.pdf>, accessed 12 February 2004.


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If it were possible to relive your memories and the memories of others, would you? It's a moral dilemma that the characters face in Jennifer Egan's latest book, "The Candy House."
JENNIFER EGAN: In the world that I've created, never trust a candy house is an expression that people use.
FADEL: Meaning be careful of things that at first appear inviting.
EGAN: And later, the phrase comes up again in a more positive light, which is a kind of aging rocker who's hoping that his, you know, remixing of old songs by this band that was really popular in the '90s will be a kind of candy house to bring in a whole generation of younger listeners.
FADEL: "The Candy House" follows some of the same characters from Jennifer Egan's 2010 novel "A Visit From The Goon Squad." Their lives overlap. But she told me their backstories stand alone.
EGAN: When I was in one person's story, I didn't worry terribly about how they were connected to everyone else in that same way that our own sensibility - we are living our own lives and not necessarily thinking about the latticework of connection around us.
FADEL: Right.
EGAN: But I do think social media has made a lot of people more aware than they were before of the connections among us. This general sense of things being connected is something we live with more and more. And it really has kind of a technological origin.
FADEL: Right. And that's a huge theme in the book. Let's get into one of these - the characters that the novel opens with, Bix Bouton, now a successful tech entrepreneur who can barely go anywhere without being recognized. Tell us about him.
EGAN: Well, he appears very briefly in "A Visit From The Goon Squad," where he predicts the impact of social media.
FADEL: Right.
EGAN: And he talks about how everyone will be connected. So I knew when I wrote that - I had a feeling that he would go on to invent social media. And I wanted to revisit him after he had done that and achieved that sort of first-name tech-icon status. But the situation that I found myself exploring is Bix at 41, unable to come up with a new idea. I mean, he feels like his - everything he's done is nothing if he can't come up with something new. So he ends up disguising himself and going to a discussion group...
FADEL: Right.
EGAN: ...Hoping that somehow the conversation will spur an insight that will get him past this mental block. And it actually ends up working. So the machine that he ends up inventing allows people to externalize the entirety of their consciousnesses onto a cube for all kinds of practical reasons. They can use it if they have a brain injury. They can reinfuse healthy memory to solve that problem. They also have the option to upload all or part of their consciousnesses into a collective.
FADEL: Right. When I was reading this idea of like - you're putting your memories, your most personal thoughts into a box. And then you have the option to share them with the world. And people were doing it. And you're just asking yourself, why would you put your most personal thoughts out into the world like this with no control over them?
EGAN: Well, the urge to be known and be seen is so profound that I actually think people might do that along with a strong wish for authenticity that I think a lot of us feel in a highly mediated world. You know, there's this wish for something that feels raw, that feels real. And the media world tries to satisfy that wish, often with greater and greater feats of artificiality. The other thing is access - another really strong driver.
FADEL: Right.
EGAN: We have to give to get. That's how DNA information works. So I think those same forces that we see at work in our media world now are what I'm positing would move people to do this rather radical thing.
FADEL: Right. I mean, it did feel like looking slightly in the future world of the world we're living in right now. I mean, you mentioned DNA. I'm thinking of all these ancestry companies, where people are swabbing their cheeks, sending their information to a private company. But the curiosity of who you're connected to in the world overrode the concern about privacy for so many people, right?
EGAN: Absolutely. And I think that, as humans, and I feel this myself so much, we want the immediate gratification. And often that really overrides more long-term thoughts about consequences, especially when, in terms of, you know, privacy and data, what we were getting in the early days of social media was access. And that was really exciting...
FADEL: Yeah.
EGAN: ...Connection. We crave that. And who was even thinking about something like the attention economy? - that - the idea that we were paying with something other than money was just not something that I think a lot of people thought of early on. I certainly didn't.
FADEL: Yeah. I mean, I think for most people it was just a way to be like, oh, let me connect with an old middle school buddy, a high school buddy. And then it became something very different, which makes me think of Facebook, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg. I mean, Bix Bouton, to me, felt like a Mark Zuckerberg character. He invented this huge social media platform, first seen as freedom by creating access to information to everyone at their fingertips. But that type of freedom gave way to controversy - right? - about privacy issues and manipulations and surveillance.
EGAN: Exactly. And a movement arises in the course of the book called the Eluders.
FADEL: Right.
EGAN: And these are people who not only don't want to participate by sharing their consciousness or uploading it or anything, but people who don't want to inhabit the identities that they have in the internet. In other words, because of everyone else's memories and thoughts that have been uploaded, everyone ends up being represented, exactly as you say with Ancestry and those other DNA services. It doesn't matter if we've uploaded ours. There's - enough around us has been uploaded that we are represented.
FADEL: Throughout the book, the characters deal with a lot of struggles people deal with - trying to find their place in the world, make their mark in the world, falling to drug addictions, their stars rising and falling. And there's a lot around regret and redemption.
EGAN: I really believe that humans can change so enormously and can do so much. And I feel like the pandemic has really shown us that, although I wrote a lot of this before that. You know, we're such adaptable, strong and ingenious creatures when we're put to the test and can work together. And so I feel like when people say, oh, people don't change; they just...
FADEL: Right.
EGAN: ...Become more what they are when they're older - maybe that's true sometimes. I don't think that it has to be that way. And also, you know, during the pandemic, especially when I finished this book, I felt so much dread and worry that maybe it was just also what I needed in that moment, to remind myself that humans are powerful creatures, and we can do an awful lot when we put our minds to it.
FADEL: Award-winning author Jennifer Egan speaking to us about her latest novel, "The Candy House" - thank you so much for your time.
EGAN: Thank you for having me.
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Oh. And if you don't like cookies, you might as well leave now because today it's all about the cookies. Not that the Ginormous Canadian Box (GCB) wasn't full of other good stuff (it totally was!!) but my human said I had to pick my two #1 most favorite things to talk about or we'd be talking about the GCB until Christmas.
OK, so my #1 most favorite thing in the GCB was the cookies. Not just any cookies. I mean real, fancy cookies that someone made by hand and put in a special box. Y'know, the kind of cookies with pretty icing and stuff (Dutch pointed out the pretty and the fancy part, of course). Ollie said his human drove through pouring rain and road construction to get us these cookies and I am soooooo freaking glad she did.
I don't really have words for the cookies. So here. You can just see:
Holy Spam. I've had liver stuff before, but I guess Canadian liver stuff must be different than Amerian liver stuff because... yeah. Just insane. I tried to eat the whole bag, bag and everything. Yummmm!
My human says the GCB was for me and Dutch (there was also a card and a bunch of pink things) so he'll be here tomorrow to tell you about his two #1 most favorite Canadian things.
Thanks again Ollie (+ Ollie human) for making everyone here at Casa de Puglet so happy!!
Fredzio in Poland celebrates his special day today and we'll all be eating Canadian to celebrate. Since Fredzik/io hasn't been feeling 100% great, please send him a dose of mega juju along with your whelp day wish.
PS: I know everyone has been wondering about Gracie. We got news from the Pug Rescue Lady (PRL) last night and it wasn't good. Gracie is very sick and even though she is my age, probably won't be with us much longer. PRL is taking awesome care of her and making sure she feels much love and gets all the good food she can eat. We sent her the Omegas Lafayette Lola donated, so at least we know Gracie will get to enjoy lots of good eatables until it's time to sleep.


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Most people are unaware of the role diamonds play in bringing real benefits to people in the countries around the world where diamonds are sourced. Nowhere is this more evident than in Africa. It is also in Africa that this same resource has been used to fund conflict. In 2000, a coalition of governments, non-governmental organizations and the diamond industry worked together to address this issue. In 2002, they established the Kimberley Process Certification System, a UN-backed process that has virtually eliminated the trade in conflict diamonds. Today, over 99% of the world's supply of diamonds is from sources free of conflict.
MDC, along with the global diamond industry, has a zero-tolerance policy toward conflict diamonds. Through measures such as the Kimberley Process, which tracks diamonds from mine to market, the industry in partnership with the United Nations, governments, and non-governmental organizations, polices diamond exports to prevent the trade of illegal diamonds.
At MDC, we only purchase diamonds through the largest and most respected suppliers who, like us, proudly adhere to and enforce the standards established by the Kimberley Process. All MDC diamonds are warrantied to be conflict free. If one of our suppliers was ever found to be in violation of that process, we would immediately sever that relationship. We will continue to support and promote any process that works to uphold legitimacy in the diamond trade.
Diamonds are mined throughout the world, including major mines in Australia, Africa, Russia and Canada. Diamonds are a major source of good in many African nations, employing and providing healthcare to thousands. For more information on this issue, please visit DiamondFacts.org.
MDC supports the Kimberley process, which is an International process to track and certify diamonds. In April 2003, congress and President Bush passed a law adopting the Kimberley Process that requires all US diamond retailers to buy diamonds from manufacturers who have documentation warranting that the merchandise was obtained through legitimate channels. Today, the US Customs Service actively enforces the Kimberley Process requirements as diamonds enter American ports. For further information, please read the White House statement on the passage of this law.


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kenberg, on 2021-December-22, 14:46, said:
I think we are desperately in need of voters who prioritize having a functioning democracy over getting their way on everything.
Pick an important issue X. Take a poll - if a clear majority of the country disagrees with you on X, do you think they should have their way? I'm pretty sure you'd get 70-80% saying 'No', noting of course that some of the people saying 'No' have one opinion on X and others have the contrary opinion.
Sadly, we can't replace the voters.


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We survived, and a year later I exited – the Diachenko and the Navy for good – theirs and mine. I think I heard a sigh of relief as I saluted the Captain for the last time, but in memory of those nearly tragic moments, let me reprint an article posted on wikiHow, outlining exactly how to go about abandoning ship should you ever venture into the South China Sea or anywhere close to Davy's infamous locker. The article is a bona fide and serious attempt to instruct would be passengers in a Titanic-like disaster. I found it, however, as comical as yours truly pretending to be a chief engineer in 1969. Judge for yourself…
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How to Escape a Sinking Ship
The Basics: Before Setting Sail
1. Understand the mechanics of a sinking ship. Water usually enters the lowest point of a ship first, the bilge area.
2. As more and more water enters the ship, it will start to heel significantly. From this point on, sinking will occur quickly. Abandon ship.
If Sinking is Imminent
1. Think about your sense of etiquette. What will you do if push comes to shove?
2. If you're in charge of the sinking ship learn how to send a Mayday. Read "How to call Mayday from a marine vessel" on the attached internet link.
3. Stay calm and don't panic.
4. If you see someone with fear, yell at them.
5. While still on deck, watch for catapulting objects coming your way. Large items can kill you.
Abandoning Ship
6. Find a lifeboat. The best scenario is to enter a lifeboat without getting wet.
7. If jumping off the ship, always look first.
8. If you survive, be ready for the reality that others may have perished. Seek counseling.
Counseling indeed! If only I knew then what I know now: wikiHow, not experience or damage control school, is the best teacher. So, should bond investors abandon ship? And who to believe? The captain of the Fed, the co-captains of the USS PIMCO, or just trust your instincts? Well there is no wikiHow moment to guide you in this case, although it's true that yours truly, PIMCO, and the bond market have sailed some rough seas over the past few years. So has Chairman Bernanke. We're all in this one together it seems.
Immediate analysis of the past 6 weeks' market action would argue that in late April, both the Fed and PIMCO observed that bond markets were approaching a tipping point. Yields were too low, prices too high, both for investors' and the economy's own good. The Fed's Jeremy Stein had written a research paper outlining the risk. I, in fact, had written a MarchInvestment Outlook outlining Governor Stein's paper, and to be fair, PIMCO had been warning of high seas for what seems like an eternity. "Never," I tweeted, "have investors reached so high for so little return. Never have investors stooped so low for so much risk." True enough, history will likely record.
It will also record however, that the risk was not only in narrow credit spreads and emerging market debt/equity markets but at the heart of the credit system itself: U.S. Treasuries. What supposedly old salts like yours truly didn't suspect was that all bonds, and yes, equities too were at risk of heeling over based upon a rather perfect storm, one that forecasters everywhere found difficult to fathom.
The forecast for bad weather as I've mentioned was becoming more rational with every increase in asset prices. If all markets were being artificially supported as PIMCO claimed and the Fed confirmed, then someday, someday that support via quantitative easing would have to be withdrawn. But the dark clouds seemed to be far off on the horizon. Investors worldwide piled on the leverage – not just in high yield or equity space – but in Treasuries as well. If the Fed (and BOJ) were going to keep writing checks at one trillion per year, then these two central banks alone might be buying 70-80% of all developed market future supply. The fear was that there might not be enough for others, not that there was too much leverage.
Well, that started to change with the May 22nd taper talk and, of course, with the Fed's June 19th statement and Chairman Bernanke's press conference. In trying to be specific about which conditions would prompt a tapering of QE, the Fed tilted overrisked investors to one side of an overloaded and overlevered boat. Everyone was looking for lifeboats on the starboard side of the ship, and selling begat more selling, even in Treasuries. While the Fed's move may ultimately be better understood or even praised, it no doubt induced market panic. Without the presence of a "Bernanke Put" or the promise of a continuing program of QE check writing, investors found the lifeboats dysfunctional. They could only sell to themselves and almost all of them had too much risk. A band somewhere on the upper deck began to play "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
Well I go too far in my sinking ship metaphor, but you get the point, I hope. The U.S. economy is not sinking, nor are the majority of global economies. Their markets just had too much risk,and in PIMCO's opinion, too much hope for a constant QE and for the growth that it would produce. In effect, the ship was top heavy with too little ballast. Guess I should have known, huh?
Well where does the ship go from here? Should you as a bond investor jump overboard and risk the cold money market Atlantic Ocean at near zero degrees? We don't think so – and not because we want to keep you on board – we just don't think so. Why not?
1) The Fed's forecast of the economy which prompted tapering panic is far too optimistic. If 7% unemployment is tapering's final port of call, we simply think that we're much further away than the Fed's compass would suggest. We argue for structural headwinds – demographic, globalization, and technology influences – that have had and will continue to have dampening effects on domestic and global growth. The Fed, we would argue, is too cyclically oriented, focusing substantially on housing prices and car sales. And speaking of housing, since mortgage rates have risen by 1½% in the last six months and the average monthly check for a new home buyer is up by 20–25% as well, then as I tweeted several weeks ago, "Mr. Chairman are you serious?" Growth will be negatively influenced.
2) Inflation, according to the Fed's own statistics is running close to a 1% pace. The Fed has told us that they "target," " target" 2% and for the next 1–2 years are willing to accept even 2½% until they reverse engines. Fed Governor Bullard of the St. Louis Fed was in our opinion correct where he dissented from the majority decision several weeks ago, citing the distant shores of 2%+ inflation and the seeming inability to even move in that direction.
3) Yields have adjusted by too much. While T.V. and the press focus on 10-year Treasuries at 2.55% as their guiding star, subjective stabs by yours truly or anyone else are difficult day to day. The technicals, as Mohamed has written, can dominate while the fundamentals are flushed to second page priorities. When analyzing the fundamentals though, I like to point to a "North Star" that is as permanent as possible within the context of current market instability. Tapering aside, if the Fed has consistently informed the market that its policy rate – Fed Funds at 25 basis points – will stay there for a substantial period of time even after the end of QE, then to my eye, Fed Funds will not increase until at least mid-2015 and even then subject to a consistently strong economy that produces 2%+ inflation. I wonder if we can get there in this decade to tell you the truth. But the beauty of this North Star Fed Funds sextant is that it can be rather directly observed in futures markets, either for Fed Funds or for Eurodollars, which are a close companion. Right now, Fed Funds futures markets are predicting a 75 basis point yield in 2015, and Eurodollars validating a similar conclusion. That would suggest a mispricing, despite the obvious caveat of professional observers that some of the 75 is a surcharge for potential volatility. In any case, if frontend curves are up to 50 basis points cheap, then intermediate curves – the 10-year Treasury – may be as much as 35 basis points too cheap. They belong in our opinion at 2.20% instead of 2.55%.
So there you have it, fellow passengers and paying clients. Don't jump ship now. We may have reached an inflection point of low Treasury, mortgage and corporate yields in late April, but this is overdone. Will there be smooth sailing tomorrow? "Red sky at night, sailors delight?" Hardly. Will you be able to replicate annualized returns in bonds and stocks for the past 20–30 years? Hardly. Expect 3–5% for both. But sailors, don't panic. And like wikiHow suggests, if you see someone that's afraid, "yell at them!" Yell, "This ship's going to make it to port," Fed, PIMCO, and PIMCO co-captains willing. Those icy Atlantic money market waters are likely to be with us for a long, long time. Have a cocktail, tell the band to stop playing dirges, because you're gonna be just fine with PIMCO at the helm.
Tipping Point Speed Read
1) Yields and risk spreads were far too low two months ago.
2) Global markets were too levered and now they are derisking.
3) The bond market ship is not sinking. Expect low but positive returns in future years.
4) Don't panic. Yell at someone!
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He did not refer to specific issues in the message, which comes as Facebook and other technology companies are under increased scrutiny amid a U.S. investigation into potential Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election campaign.
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WBIR broadcast this "report" about the Greeneville Tea Party, as some locals gathered at their county courthouse to complain about taxes. I've no problem with that, it was an event where people attended and is was tax deadline day and all. But why did the reporter decide to hold up one of the signs created by the protesters? Plenty of their signs were visible.
And yes, the report's goal seemed to be to give air to the thoughts and opinions of the TP'ers.
One comment in particular was highlighted by attendee (and apparently a speaker at the event, judging by the video, but here again, the reporter never really identified the individual's role in the event). Anyway, the speaker was one Jeff Cobble - and he said "The majority of our taxes go to supporting the national debt."
Now that comment certainly intrigued me -- so I used this fairly commonplace tool available to most folks called the Internet, and Googled the phrase "majority of federal tax money is spent on" and in .35 seconds, what do ya know - a report dated April 15 2010 titled How Are Our Federal Tax Dollars Spent? is right there for anyone to read.
Sure, I'm wacko idealistic to think a local news report should supply more than just camera footage of unhappy folks and their opinions -- it just seems like a very good opportunity to provide accurate and detailed information on a topic that has many people talking and pondering. One would not have to include all the information - just some basic highlights on the video report, and hey, on WBIR's web site, they could have at least linked to the whole article.
So, as a public service, here's a good chunk of that article I found in .35 seconds of searching (and it's worth noting that approximately ten cents out of each tax dollar collected goes to paying on the national debt) -- the article is from the Live Science web site:
"Three main areas each accounted for approximately one-fifth of the budget, while two sections of spending each made up about one-tenth, and the remaining fifth of the budget was used to finance a variety of programs. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, here are the most expensive programs:
- Defense and international security: In fiscal year 2008, $625 billion, or roughly 21 percent of the government budget was spent on the military and other initiatives to protect the nation. This figure also includes the cost of supporting American operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Social Security: An additional 21 percent of the budget, equal to about $617 billion, was earmarked for Social Security, one of the largest government programs in the world. Social Security provides retirement benefits, survivors' benefits and disability benefits to millions of retired or disabled workers, or surviving children and spouses of deceased workers.
- Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP: In 2008, $599 billion, or 20 percent of the government budget, was used to finance three health insurance programs – Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Approximately $391 billion went to Medicare, which provides health coverage to people who are over the age of 65 or who meet other criteria such as disability. The remaining amount helped to finance Medicaid and CHIP, which provide health care or long-term care to low-income children, parents and seniors and people with disabilities. Both the Medicaid and CHIP programs involve the federal government matching payments made by the state.
- Safety net programs: The federal government supports so-called safety net programs that provide aid (other than, or in addition to health insurance and/or Social Security benefits) to individuals and families in need. Safety net programs accounted for approximately 11 percent of the 2008 federal budget, which equaled $313 billion. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, safety net programs include: the refundable portion of the earned-income and child tax credits; programs that provide cash payments to eligible individuals or households, including Supplemental Security Income; various forms of in-kind assistance for low-income families and individuals, including food stamps, school meals, low-income housing assistance, child-care assistance, and assistance in meeting home energy bills; and various additional programs that assist at-risk individuals and families.
- Interest on the national debt: For every dollar that taxpayers send to the federal government, about a dime goes toward paying interest on the national debt. The federal government is required to make regular interest payments on money it has borrowed to close past budget deficits. This borrowed money makes up the national debt, which currently exceeds $12 trillion. In fiscal year 2008, interest payments accounted for 8 percent of the budget, or roughly $253 billion.
The remaining fifth of federal government spending goes toward financing a variety of other programs and public services, including: providing benefits and health care to veterans and retired federal employees; investing in education, scientific and medical research, and basic city infrastructure such as roads, bridges and airports. A small amount – about 1 percent – went to non-security international programs, including those that provide humanitarian aid.


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In a letter addressed to PM Wickremasinghe European Parliament has put forward two specific conditions if Sri Lanka wants to regain the EU's GSP Plus concessions. The letter had been sent to Wickremasinghe on 7th April 2017. The letter says that "we expect the Government to table legislation to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act and amend the CCPA, ensuring their full compliance with international standards, prior to the decision on GSP Plus foreseen for mid-May."
Apparently as there hasn't been any response form Wickremasinghe so far @EU_in_Sri_Lanka tweeted today (17th April) saying that Sri Lanka has only 4 weeks to act.
#Sri Lanka has less than 4 weeks to satisfy the European Parliament and the Council of its readiness to implement its #GSP+ commitments #lka
— EU in Sri Lanka (@EU_in_Sri_Lanka) April 17, 2017
The full text of the letter followers:
His Excelleny Ranil WICKREMSINGHE
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Prime Minister's Office
No: 58,
Sir Ernest De Silva Mawatha,
Colombo 07. Sri Lanka.
April 7th,2017
Your Excellency,
We are writing this letter in connection with Sri Lanka's application to join the EU's GSP Plus scheme under Regulation 978/2012.
The 2010 unilateral preferences under the GSP Plus scheme had been withdrawn from Sri Lanka due to its failure to effectively implement three human rights conventions, namely ICCPR, CRC and CAT. Following the change in the administration in 2015, we were pleased to note the commitment of the new Government of Sri Lanka to introduce substantial reforms and, inter alia, address the issues that had led to the withdrawal of the preferences. As a result, in July 2016, Sri Lanka reapplied for GSP Plus membership, a move evidencing Sri Lanka's political will to reengage with the EU to fully implement the obligations flowing under the 27 international conventions of the scheme, including the abovementioned ones.
On 11 January this year, having thoroughly assessed Sri Lanka's application, the European Commission has considered that Sri Lanka meets the eligibility criteria and has decided to propose the granting of GSP Plus status to your country. In line with EU's legal requirements, the European Commission's decision is currently before the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union for review.
In parallel, we were also pleased to note that Sri Lanka has launched with the EU a bilateral dialogue on human rights, governance and the rule of law (two meetings of the relevant working group have already taken place). We also welcome that Sri Lanka has re-engaged with the UN system by co-sponsoring the UN Human Rights Council resolutions of September 2015 and March 2017 on the promotion of reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka. Equally commendable is the Government's standing invitation to all UN special procedures mandate holders and facilitation of their visits.
These are important developments that send a positive message about Sri Lanka's determination to ensure the unimpeded enjoyment of human rights by all Sri Lankan citizens in line with international standards. In that respect, we believe that GSP Plus constitutes a strong incentive for Sri Lanka to promote sustainable development and human rights through economic growth. The EU is ready to stand by Sri Lanka in its path of reforms through, inter alia, such trade incentives.
Sri Lanka's GSP Plus application has given rise to lively debates in the European Parliament, including at two public hearings in December 2016 and March 2017. As members of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee, we have participated in these debates and have continuously underlined the need for applicants and beneficiaries to honour commitments taken when applying for GSP Plus membership. These commitments must be translated into continuous action towards the effective implementation of the GSP Plus conventions so as to reassure that Sri Lanka is seriously addressing shortcomings.
It is with this aim in mind that we wish to express our concerns over the pace of reforms in Sri Lanka. As noted in the recent report by High Commissioner Zeid, while there is recognition of progress and of the Government's will to pursue reforms, efforts to address a number of important shortcomings have slowed down or have been stalling. We are concerned that, initiatives on introducing new counter-terrorism legislation and amending the Code of Criminal Procedure Act (CCPA) bringing them in line with international standards, launching a fully operational Office of Missing Persons, addressing torture and impunity, as well as decriminalising sexual orientation have unfortunately not yet come to fruition. Further action on sexual and gender-based violence should also be pursued.
While we understand the complexity of the issues involved and the need to enter into wide consultations on the more sensitive aspects, it is critical that Sri Lanka delivers on its commitments within clearly established timelines. More specifically, we expect the Government to table legislation to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act and amend the CCPA, ensuring their full compliance with international standards, prior to the decision on GSP Plus foreseen for mid-May.
The above issues fall within the human rights conventions covered by the GSP Plus scheme and constitute obligations upon applicants and beneficiaries which must be complied with. If Sri Lanka is granted GSP+, we will call upon the European Commission to strictly monitor the implementation of these obligations by Sri Lanka and report to us at the second GSP Plus Report to be issued by December this year. Thus, while we are strongly in favour of encouraging Sri Lanka down the path of reform, we will be at the same time watching closely developments and expect that Sri Lanka fully delivers on the above issues. Finalising actions on these issues would, above all, benefit the citizens of Sri Lanka and would help solidify a framework of respect for fundamental rights leading to sustainable growth and development.
Should Sri Lanka be granted GSP Plus, we hope the scheme will help in creating the right economic opportunities for our bilateral relationship to thrive and that it will lead to economic growth and the further diversification of Sri Lankan exports to the EU. In parallel, we hope that GSP Plus will help Sri Lanka pursue such growth in a sustainable development framework through the effective implementation of commitments under the 27 GSP Plus conventions.
Yours sincerley,
Christofer FJELLNER, Member of the European Parliament
Sajjad KARIM, Member of the European Parliament
Agnes JONGERIUS, Member of the European Parliament
Marielle de SARNEZ, Member of the European Parliament
David MARTIN, Member of the European Parliament
Jean LAMBERT, Member of the European Parliament
Emma MCCLARKIN, Member of the European Parliament
Rodney PERERA, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the European Union


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Hi Blog. Got an interesting story to tell.
Recently I had business at a Canadian bank, so I went to a branch of it within Canada. My transaction required me to show government ID, so I showed my Japanese passport, of course. That's all I have.
The teller verified my ID, but then made the comment, "It's funny that you should have a Japanese passport. You don't look Japanese."
I said, "Let's not go there. Lose the racism and complete the transaction."
Well, after the transaction was complete, I called for his manager. When the manager appeared, I indicated that his employee had made an untoward comment about my physical appearance and legal status. "How would you like it," I said to the teller, "if I said to you, 'It's funny you have a Canadian passport. You don't look Canadian.'?" (It it important to add at this juncture that the teller was a Korean-Canadian immigrant — I know because I requested his name from the manager later.*)
The manager ascertained that the teller had said what he had said, and then was told that this behavior was inappropriate under Canadian rules and laws. He was then sent home for the day, presumably without pay.
The bank manager and I then sat down in his office where he offered his sincere apologies. And he told me over the course of a relaxed and empathetic discussion that he understood very well where I was coming from. He himself is Metis, a minority in Canada of mixed First-Nations and settler peoples, but he apparently doesn't "look Metis" to Canadians. This becomes an issue whenever he, for example, bargains for a car at an automobile dealership, but has his identity policed by the dealer whenever he indicates that his indigenous status in Canada exempts him from Canadian taxes. "I produce my First-Nations ID card, of course, but I hate it when people doubt my identity just because I don't 'look Indian' to them, especially when they say so carelessly out loud. This is unacceptable behavior for them, and it's unacceptable for my employees too."
That's the way it's done. None of these crappy "cultural/linguistic misunderstandings" excuses, no shallow apologies and then everyone gets back to work undisturbed, and zero tolerance for assuming that people have to "look" a certain way to be a "real" member of a people or nation/state. Justice was commensurate, swift, and public. Well done Canada. Dr. ARUDOU, Debito
(*CLARIFICATION JULY 3, 2015: I also deduced that the teller was a landed immigrant because a) he worked in this local branch of a Canadian bank, and you would probably need landed status in Canada in order to get that kind of job, and b) based on his Korean accent, English wasn't his first language. However, I made no issue of these assumptions whatsoever during our exchange. I only asked for his empathy by putting the shoe on the other foot, saying, "How would you like it if…".)
Hello. I would like your readers to know that I was also there as an eyewitness, and the blog post doesn't really tell what I think to be the whole story. It's important that you see that there was more to this case than Debito quickly typed up while on vacation, because some people are really misunderstanding what happened.
Reveal: I am a Canadian who has lived here for more than 40 years. I've also lived in Japan and the United States, and, for the record, I am a white woman. I can't reveal any more than that because Debito has stalkers.
Debito's recounting of the story is correct until the part where he writes that, "The manager had ascertained that the teller had said what he had said." What happened was this:
The teller asked for Debito's ID in order to complete our requested transaction. Debito showed his Japanese passport. The teller verified his ID, looked back and forth at Debito's face and the passport, and then made the comment, "It's funny you have a Japanese passport. You don't look Japanese."
Debito said, "Let's not go there. Lose the racism and complete the transaction."
Note that Debito did NOT raise his voice, nor did he accost anybody. MY reaction was one of shock, disappointment, and embarrassment to be a Canadian. I said to the teller, "I'm sorry, but we have laws against this sort of racial discrimination in Canada. You shouldn't be saying that."
The teller then apologized. "You are right, I should not have said that."
And then we asked to speak with the manager. This was NOT about this issue, but a separate one regarding the original transaction. But the teller then proceeded to tell us that we didn't NEED to speak to the manager. The transaction was complete.
I then requested, "I WANT to speak to the manager." He again told us again that we didn't need to, the transaction was complete.
It was at that time where the manager, whose office was within earshot of the teller's booth, came to our assistance. I asked the manager about the original transaction issue, and he gave us an answer. But because I was so agitated by the terrible customer service, we THEN brought the other ID issue up with the manager. And I said to the manager, "This kind of comment is against Canadian law." And the manager AGREED and apologized on behalf of the teller, himself, and the bank.
We then exited the bank, but when we got to the car, I said to Debito, "You know, that was weird. As a member of this bank for more than 35 years, I'd like to go back and get the name of the teller and the manager so I can write the bank about this."
When we re-entered the bank, the manager greeted us. It was THEN that we were told that because the teller's behavior was inappropriate under Canadian rules and laws, the manager had sent him home for the day. (Note that we did NOT request that the teller be sent home for the day. We had no idea about what would occur. If we hadn't gone back, we wouldn't even know that that had happened, and it wouldn't be part of this discussion. We also still don't know anything about pay deduction, official reprimand, etc. After all, we did not request anything like that.)
The manager then invited us to sit down in his office, where he took the time to relay his own story about his identity being policed as a First-Nations person, as Debito wrote. He also told us that he too had been to Japan and had to deal with a lot of ID policing as well.
In fact, the manager ENCOURAGED us to write a letter about this employee to bank headquarters. He gave us the teller's card and his own.
Now I want to make clear what everyone seems to be getting wrong about Debito: At NO time did he have a temper tantrum, threaten or attack anyone, push anybody around, or even raise his voice. He had a very graceful, calm discussion at all times. This kind of myth that you have about Debito, going in and bullying people do to things, is TOTALLY unfounded. If you've never personally been with Debito in a situation like this, then you shouldn't make comments or assumptions like these.
I left the situation feeling proud a) to be a Canadian, and b) that we have this type of system. Unlike what I've experienced many times in situations in Japan, I left this humiliating bank situation FEELING LIKE A HUMAN BEING.
I've grown up with various Visible Minorities in Canada — Asians, Africans, First Nations, etc. — where I was not in the majority. I have never experienced this kind of blatant policing of identity in Canada. Never in Canada – not even at the Canadian border – has anyone so blatantly questioned Debito's passport or policed his identity like what I witnessed at this bank.
What's even more appalling to me is not what happened at the bank, but the way you all have judged Debito, and seeing the teller, who broke the law, as the VICTIM. The law in Canada is set up to protect people from this situation, and it's one of the reasons why Canada is an easier place to live. But why are many of you, particularly when you're living in Japan as second-class residents, seeing the teller who started all this as the victim here?
This is not how our customer service industry behaves. It's not the teller's naivete. It's his own personal stuff that he's pushing on us. The teller personally took a risk in making that comment. If the roles were reversed, and I made a comment like that, the same punishment would befall me. It should.
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When literary tête-à-têtes ends in fisticuffs…
Monday, March 26th, 2012It's not often that two guys having a literary discussion end up by hauling off and whacking each other. And yet it happened in the city of my alma mater, after several hours of serious drinking:
A 34-year-old Ann Arbor man was sent to the hospital with a head injury after another man punched him on Saturday during a literary argument, according to police. … the man was sitting on the porch with some people he had just met, talking about books and authors.
The 34-year-old man was then approached by another party guest, who started speaking to him in a condescending manner. An argument ensued and the man was suddenly struck in the side of the head, suffering a cut to his left ear …
The injured man – who was smacked so hard his glasses flew off and a lens popped out – was treated at a local hospital.
The story jumped from Ann Arbor to The Guardian, whose blogger, Sam Jordison, telephoned Michigan to get the scoop: "The details remain sketchy, but the prominent rumour around town is that the men were disputing the relative merits of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis."
Then Jordison shares his own self-satisfaction and his derision of his betters (Henry James, for example, is "the old windbag") – apparently, he never loses a fight and is always right, just like the rest of us. (It is the one thing we all have in common.) Then he asks a question:
But all this does make me wonder whether anyone else has experienced book-based violence. Have you had a literary argument so heated that you've only been able to resolve it with blows? Or could you imagine doing so – or at least losing your cool? And what's your tipping point? If, for example, I were to inform you that J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace is a clever book for people who don't like to think, would you hold it against me? And how do you like to annoy other book-lovers?
Here's a few.
There's the time Norman Mailer punched Gore Vidal. "As usual, words failed him," quipped Vidal.
And two Nobel laureates ended a friendship when Mario Vargas Llosa socked Gabriel García Márquez – story recounted here and here.
Then there's the fistfight between Ernest Hemingway and Wallace Stevens, confirmed by others but recounted by Hemingway in a February 1936 letter:
Nice Mr. Stevens. This year he came again pleasant like the cholera and first I knew of it my nice sister Ura was coming into the house crying because she had been at a cocktail party at which Mr. Stevens had made her cry by telling her forcefully what a sap I was, no man, etc. So I said, this was a week ago, 'All right, that's the third time we've had enough of Mr. Stevens.' So headed out into the rainy past twilight and met Mr. Stevens who was just issuing from the door having just said, I learned later, 'By God I wish I had that Hemingway here now I'd knock him out with a single punch.'
So who should show up but poor old Papa and Mr. Stevens swung that same fabled punch but fertunatly missed and I knocked all of him down several times and gave him a good beating. Only trouble was that first three times put him down I still had my glasses on. Then took them off at the insistence of the judge who wanted to see a good clean fight without glasses in it and after I took them off Mr. Stevens hit me flush on the jaw with his Sunday punch bam like that. And this is very funny. Broke his hand in two places. Didn't harm my jaw at all and so put him down again and then fixed him good so he was in his room for five days with a nurse and Dr. working on him. But you mustn't tell this to anybody.
Then there's the time that Desmond Leslie punched journalist and theater critic Bernard Levin in front of 11 million viewers over an article Levin had written about his wife, the actress Agnes Bernelle. The incident occurred the TV show That Was The Week That Was in 1962.
I am forced to come to the conclusion that book-lovers are a quarrelsome lot, not so much from these incidents as from some of the unsupported character assassination in the reader replies (though they did tip me off about where to find the best fights). Basta! What is it in us that likes to watch a fight? As Virgil says to Dante in the Inferno: "To hear such wrangling is a joy for vulgar minds." It's one reason the Inferno has always been more popular than the Purgatorio or the Paradiso. Something to remember when one indulges in the "Comments" sections.
The two who come out best from the whole mess are … those two tweedy Oxford dons, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Lewis, in particular, was generous and self-sacrificing to an extreme, and though the two men disagreed, they remained gentlemen and friends.


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NEWARK, NJ, 9th March 2021, ZEXPRWIRE – Mikara Reid announced today an all-new episode of "in the limelight:" line-up of independent fashion designers to premiere Monday, March 8 on YouTube, featuring Mikara Reid as she hosts playful yet insightful interviews with unconventional designers you should have on your radar. The first episode we had Toronto-based designer, Naa-Adei Laura Marmon of NLM Garment (2/27); Virginia-based designer Geoffrey Owens of ZOOONEK (3/8); Atlanta-based designer Amari Monee (3/15); Brooklyn-based designer Lenese Calleea of Calleea Vatein (3/22).
Each episode has four segments where we get to know the brand, their journey into the fashion industry and a preview of the collection or product. Geoffry Owens of ZOOONEK gives Mikara an exclusive show on a look that was supposed to be in the New York Fashion Week show but didn't make the cut. This episode is premiering Monday, March 8th at 1 PM EST via YouTube.
Below are "in the limelight:" designer's descriptions:
in the limelight: NLM Garments
Mikara Reid talks to Naa-Adei Laura Marmon about her presentation at Flying Solo NY NYFW 2021, behind the scenes, what she would put Mikara in from her collection and a fashion show.
Air date: February 27 at 6 PM EST on YouTube
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in the limelight: ZOOONEK
Mikara Reid talks to Geoffrey Owens about his presentation at Flying Solo NY NYFW 2021, behind the scenes, what he would put Mikara in from his collection and a fashion show with a first look of an outfit that did not make it to NYFW.
Air date: March 8 at 1 PM EST on YouTube
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in the limelight: Amari Monee
Mikara Reid talks to Amari Washington about her presentation at Flying Solo NY NYFW 2021, going to fashion school, behind the scenes, what she would put Mikara in from her collection and an up close and personal look at a garment shown at NYFW 2021.
Air date: March 15 at 1 PM EST on YouTube
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in the limelight: Calleea Vatein
Mikara Reid talks to Lenese Calleea about joining forces, their workshop Building Your Fashion Brand, the brand Calleea Vatein and how she came about her signature pieces.
Air date: March 22 at 1 PM EST on YouTube
About in the limelight
"in the limelight:" is a series where Mikara provides a platform for independent fashion designers to showcase their talents, give their perspective in the fashion industry and an introduction to who you should keep your eyes on.
About Mikara Reid
Mikara Reid has become the thread between independent fashion designers and women entrepreneurs who appreciate wearable yet refreshing fashion. With 15+ in the fashion industry,
Mikara has worked with a number of well-known brands, magazines, and individuals in the fashion world, such as Louis Vuitton, BRAVO's Project Runway, The RealReal and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week NY. She is the founder and stylist of MIIEN Consultancy, a fashion styling agency in Newark, NJ, content creator of Mikara Reid YouTube Channel and Strategic Brand Consultant for independent fashion labels who need a roadmap to go from creative to sales. She is also an active member of the International Association of Women, and National Association of Female Executives.
You can also check out Mikara Reid's website at MikaraReid
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Audrow Nash earns NSF Fellowship for unmanned aerial vehicle research
Audrow's research focuses on using coordinated groups of UAVs to continuously and autonomously survey biogas emissions in landfills.
Audrow Nash, a Master's student in EE:Systems, has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for his work developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to monitor biogas emissions in landfills.
Audrow's research focuses on using coordinated groups of UAVs to continuously and autonomously survey biogas emissions in landfills. From the emission data, a model of the waste degradation process will be generated and used to effectively recycled waste for its biogases – the goal is to generate utility-scale power from waste.
Audrow believes that the utility of UAVs will be limited in the short- and medium-term by a scarcity of competent pilots. To remove this bottleneck and to make systems that use UAVs scalable, groups of UAVs must be coordinated autonomously. This project will be an opportunity to put a group of coordinated UAVs to work solving a real-world problem.
In addition to his research, Audrow is the president and an interviewer for Robots Podcast, a non-profit robotics news organization founded in 2006 (then called Talking Robots) by Dr. Dario Floreano, an intelligent systems professor at EPFL, Switzerland. Robots Podcast describes their interviews as one expert interviewing another expert and their goal is to provide free, quality robotics news for the masses. In February, Robots Podcast celebrated its 200th episode and a decade of operation.
The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.
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Merchandiser – San Rafeal, CA
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Work independently to complete merchandising projects at various retail stores.
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- Be able to lift and carry at least 50 pounds.
Job Types: Part-Time
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- Projects Available Monday to Friday between 8 AM – 4 PM
- Planograms: 1 year: MUST BE ABLE TO READ PLANOGRAMS
- Merchandising: 1 year
- Resets: 1 year
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- Client requires a minimum age of 18 years old.
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