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Nike NSW Tiempo Mid Trainers - Burgundy/White
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Nike NSW Tiempo Mid Mens Trainers – Burgundy
Inspired by the design of the famous football boot, the Nike Tiempo is given a mid high rework this season. A piece of football history, Nike's unconventional casual style is laced with sharpshooting origins.
With boot style quilted stitching in the buttery leather toe, the suede overlays add more contemporary flair. The branded tongue comes with premium padding, whilst the perforated leather sockliner balances a luxurious fashion style.
Signature branding is slick with the world-renown swoosh to the side and large Nike lettering across the heel, whilst the contrast sole unit is clean, sharp and streamline.
Recreating a terrace classic, the Nike Tiempo brings a burst of colour to your old-school footwear. World-class innovation that's been shaped for everyday wear, get ready to lace up a legend.
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- Mens trainers by Nike
- NSW Tiempo
- Mid high silhouette
- In black/white
- Leather upper with suede overlays
- Lace up fastening
- Branded tab to tongue
- Swoosh to side
- Large Nike lettering to heel
- Rubber sole
Nike Dual Fusion TR 2 Womens Trainers
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Nike Dual Fusion TR 2 Trainers - Purple/Multi
The Dual Fusion TR 2 trainer by Nike comes in a new streamlined silhouette for the season that'll liven up your workout kit.
Featuring a breathable mesh upper, these trainers keep your feet well ventilated helping them stay cool, dry and comfortable during even the most intense workouts. With the addition of the Nike Dual Fusion cushioning system these running shoes are designed for maximum shock absorption and multi-directional flex grooves to the sole give you traction and stability as you change direction at speed.
Wear these Dual Fusion trainers with a pair of Nike running tights, sports bra and blue or orange tank top to add a pop of colour to your workout looks this season.
- Dual Fusion TR 2 trainers by Nike
- Breathable mesh upper
- Full lace up front
- Moulded foam heel panel
- Contoured midsole around the arch
- Multi-directional flex grooves
- Nike Dual Fusion Cushioning System
Nike Blazer Mid Leather Vintage Trainers
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Nike Blazer Mid-Top Leather Vintage Trainers - Purple/White
From the b-ball courts in the 70s to the concrete jungles of contemporary metropolises, the Nike Blazer trainers have styled generations of trend setters. This season they present a dark and decadent rework in purple.
The trademark mid-top silhouette delivers premium comfort, while the luxe leather upper makes a bold statement in purple. Secured by a front lace fastening, with a contrast outsole, they're given a classic sporting style with an oversized Swoosh to the side, tab to the tongue, and a contrast heel panel.
Give your urban outfit a slam-dunk with these Nike trainers. Team them with a short skirt and printed tee for a casual look with lashings of vintage appeal.
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- Blazer mid-top trainers by Nike
- Leather upper
- Contrast outsole
- Contrast Swoosh
- Lettering to back
- Contrast heel panel
- Front lace fastening
- Branded tab to tongue
Nike Air Max 90 Essential Training Shoes
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Nike Air Max 90 Essential Mens Trainers - Purple
With iconic cushioning that made the original one of the most sought-after designs of all time, the first Air Max 90 was the birth of a legend. Since then, the contemporary colourways, lightweight performance and cushioned ride make them an essential cop for all sneakerheads.
Featuring a lunar-inspired purple and lime colourway, they boast a suede and leather upper combo with mesh detailing providing the breathability on the move. The air sole attribute in the heel offers soft cushioning, whilst the rubber outsole incorporates a premium grip waffle pattern.
Bursting with Nike branding, they feature a woven tab to the tongue, Air Max branding to the heel and the iconic Swoosh to the side. With a reputation that only enhances as time passes, wear your Air Max 90's with jeans and a zip up hoodie for an explosion of casual cool.
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- Mens trainers by Nike
- Air Max 90 Essential
- In purple/lime
- Leather upper
- Mesh panelling
- Lace fastening
- Padded collar
- Woven tab to tongue
- Swoosh to side
- Waffle outsole
Nike Zoom Vomero 9 Ladies Trainers
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Nike Zoom Vomero 9 Running Trainers
Revolutionising running since 1972, these trainers by Nike are an innovative addition to your workout wardrobe.
A streamlined design gives your gym kit added style appeal, while dynamic fit technology wraps your midfoot and arch for a glove-like fit. A Cushlon midsole, articulated crashpad and Nike Zoom units create unparalleled comfort and a smooth ride. Deep and secondary flex grooves achieve a natural sensation as you notch up the miles.
Wear these trainers with Nike modern temp shorts and a swoosh sports bra to stay stylish on your next post-work run.
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- Running trainers by Nike
- Breathable mesh upper
- Full-length Cushlon midsole
- Dynamic fit technology
- Nike zoom units for cushioning
- Articulated crash pad
- Flex grooves for smooth ride
- Reflective detailing for visibility
Nike Air Max Ladies Trainers
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Nike Air Max Trainers - Purple
Since the 80s the Air Max has delivered iconic style, pushing the boundaries of what a training shoe can be and these ladies Air Max trainers by Nike come in this season's must have colourway.
A symbol of confidence and style, Air Max trainers are famed for their premium comfort and outlandish colour combinations, and this latest edition is no different. Visible air bubbles to the sole, the famous swoosh on the side, contrast branding to the tongue and a two-tone waffle bottom outsole combine to make a bold sporting statement for the new season.
The lightweight mesh upper wraps around the foot delivering a snug fit that lets your foot breathe, while the cushioned ankle collar, padded tongue and front lace fastening secure the fit.
Pair these Nike Air Max trainers with Nike running tights, high intensity sports bra and tank top for a streamline workout silhouette this summer..
Useful info:
- Trainers by Nike
- Mesh upper
- Front lace fastening
- Swoosh to side
- Branded tab to tongue
- Translucent fade outsole
- Padded ankle collar
- Lettering to heel
Nike Burn Out Shorts
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Nike Burn Out Running Shorts - Violet
These womens running shorts by Nike are designed to keep you cool and comfortable from your first mile to the last!
Featuring an all-over burnout-effect print, these violet shorts make an instant impact to your workout wardrobe. Featuring Dri-FIT fabric, these running shorts wick sweat away from your body to help keep you dry and ultra comfortable no matter how hard you push yourself. Built-in briefs add support, while the vented hem offers an enhanced range of motion. These shorts feature an all-over mesh construction, which enhances breathability so you stay cooler for longer in the summer sun and an elasticated waist with drawcord fastening helps to secure the fit.
Wear these running shorts with a high support Nike sports bra, racer-back vest top and a pair of Nike Dual Fusion Run 2 trainers.
- Burn Out womens shorts by Nike
- All-over burnout-effect print
- Built-in briefs for support and comfort
- Vented hem for superior range of motion
- Dri-FIT fabric wicks sweat away from the body
- All-over mesh construction for enhanced breathability
- Elastic waist with interior drawcord for a snug, adjustable fit
Nike Training 2-in-1 Mesh Shorts
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Nike Training 2-in-1 Mesh Shorts - Lilac/Purple
These mesh shorts by Nike are designed to give you the ultimate comfort during multi-sport regimens.
With built-in stretch shorts they support you and offer a full range of motion, while Dri-FIT fabric wicks sweat away from your body to keep you cool, dry and comfortable however hard your workout is. Mesh detailing enhances breathability and a the flat seam construction helps reduce irritation due to chafing.
Wear these mesh shorts with a Nike sports bra, racer-back top and Nike FREE running shoes to complete your outdoors running look.
- Mesh shorts by Nike
- Contrast trim detail to sides
- Dri-FIT fabric wicks away sweat
- Mesh fabric enhances breathability
- Wide stretch waist panel for a snug fit
- Flat seams help reduce chafing and irritation
- Built-in stretch shorts with inseam gusset support your range of motion


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Really Felice. Really.
Goffik tumblr queen Felice Fawn has truly outdone herself this time, openly admitting to piercing her own nipples, when she has no formal training in the slightest. Also, using 1.2mm does not hurt any less than 1.6mm needles and jewellery. 14g/1.6mm is generally considered to be the minimum safe gauge for nipple piercings to prevent migration and the cheese wire effect.
What's more awful is that she's telling her thousands of impressionable followers that it's okay to pierce your own nipples. Which clearly, it's not.
Not a very sterile area for tattoos
There is so, so much wrong here. Tattoo machine lying on a piece of kitchen roll, next to what appears to be a computer. And a great big bottle of vodka next to it.
A professional tattoo artist would not tattoo out of such squalor. Here there's a huge risk for cross contamination, not to mention the fact that it's totally unsanitary.
TL;DR, no matter how vehemently someones claims to be a professional, no matter how good their work is, they are a kitchen jockey scratcher if they think its okay to work in an environment like this.
Can someone please take my screencap of Felice's mutilated finger, write a post with it and submit to awfulmods?
Q:I'm pretty sure felice fawn has said before she was a tattoo artist at 18 or so, & when she was piercing her own nipples i sent her to this blog but she also told me she worked in a parlor so she knew what she was doing. so that submit was wrong, xx
Felice *wanted* to be a tattoo artist, and she never became one, ever. She *never* worked in a piercing shop, either.
She tattooed herself at home in an unsafe and non sanitary manner. That's awful enough.

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Whey is generally a waste byproduct from cheese- and yogurt-making. Producers need to find ways to dispose of it, and often it is discharged into wastewater systems. Research at the Polytechnic University of Turin is being done to explore the use of whey as a replacement for toxic compounds used as flame retardants.
Treated fabrics are kept from burning as readily because the casein from whey forms a layer of char on the surface when it is exposed to heat, which prevents the fire from spreading as readily. Tests on cotton and polyester materials often self-extinguished, and tests on cotton-polyester were also inhibited and burned more slowly.
While the tests have been promising, the process is not yet ready for commercialization because "the cheese-treated fabrics stink." But, if the compounds that cause the odor can be removed, this can be a technology to remove more harmful chemicals from common use and make use of a waste product at the same time. And, it could give the word "cheesecloth" a whole new meaning.
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The Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood is arguably the most famous rock and roll hotel in history -- so famous that its 50th anniversary merited the publishing of If These Walls Could Rock .
The nearly 200-page coffee table book is full of photos and behind-the-scenes stories of the kind of shenanigans the Marquis is known for -- mainly sex, drugs and rock and roll. There are photos of scores of the hotel's rocker guests from over the years, including The Clash , Blondie , The Runaways , The Ramones , Metallica , Iron Maiden , KISS , Guns N' Roses , Aerosmith, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers , among many others.
One of the hotel's most loyal customers, Slash , appears on the cover of the book, and L.A. Magazine is giving away a copy signed by Slash himself. Contest rules are simple: go to L.A. Magazine 's website , like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter and fill out a contest form.
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Access 2010 introduces a new user interface that organizes file-related commands, and also provides more continuity with other Office programs. Watch this video for a quick tour of Microsoft Office Backstage view.
Most of the commands on the Access ribbon are about working with the records and objects in a database. By contrast, Backstage view contains mostly commands that are about working with the database file itself. Backstage view appears when you first open Access 2010. If you already have a database open, Backstage view is available by clicking the File tab. At any time, you can click File or press ESC to return to the database workspace.
The left edge of Backstage view contains the most commonly-used file-related commands, as shown in the following table:
Save Object As
Save Database As
Saves the current database as an Access 2010 database with a different name.
Note To save a database in file format earlier than Access 2010, use the commands on the Save & Publish page, under Save Database As.
Close Database/Close Web Application
Top of Page
Note This page is available only when a database is open.
When you click the File tab while a database is open, Access defaults to the Info page. Depending on what kind of database is currently open, you might see the following commands on this page:
Enable Content
Publish to Access Services
Compact & Repair
Encrypt with Password
View and edit database properties
Sync All
View Application Log Table
The Recent page displays a list of recent databases that you have used. This list changes over time as you open different databases.
To "pin" a database to the top of this list so that it's always available:
You can control how many recent databases are displayed in the Recent Databases list.
For faster access to your most recently-used databases, you can display a list of recent databases in the Backstage navigation pane (just below the Close Database command).
The New page is focused on the task of creating a new database (from scratch or from a template). Or, in the upper part of the navigation pane, you can click Open to open an existing database.
When creating a new blank database with Access 2010, you have the choice of creating a client database or a Web database. A client database is the standard type of database that users of earlier versions of Access are familiar with, while a Web database is one that is designed to be compatible with the new Publish to Access Services feature. If you have access to a SharePoint server that is running Access Services, you can use this feature to create and deploy an Access Web database that other people can use in a standard Web browser, even if they don't have Access installed on their computers.
Use the following procedure to create a new blank database:
Access 2010 includes a number of template databases that are installed with the program. These include both client and Web databases. To select one of these templates:
Many more templates are available on the Office Website. To search for a template, type a keyword in the Search Office.com for templates box, and then click the Search button. When you find a template that you want to use, follow steps 2 through 4 in the preceding procedure to create a new database from that template.
Tip Use the navigation buttons at the top of the New page to move forward, back, or to go directly to the Home screen.
Note This page is available only when a database is open. In addition, an object must be open or selected before the commands will be available.
The Print page contains three commands for printing the currently selected object.
Quick Print
Print Preview
The Save & Publish page contains commands for saving the current database or object, and also for deploying and backing up the current database.
This section of the Save & Publish page contains commands to save the current database under several different Access file formats, including earlier version formats (.mdb) and as a template (.accdt).
The Advanced subsection contains commands for deploying and backing up the current database. For more information, see the articles Ways to share an Access database and Protect your data with backup and restore.
If you have an object selected or open, you can use the commands in this section to save it as a new object, or to publish the object as a PDF or XPS file.
This section contains an overview and commands for publishing and synchronizing the current database as a Web application on a SharePoint server.
For more information about the Publish to Access Services feature, see the article Build an Access database to share on the Web.
The Help page contains buttons to obtain Help and support, open the Access Options dialog box, or check for Office updates. This page also contains license and version information for your copy of Access.


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Should we support national legislations for mandatory, free of charge and confidential HIV testing of everyone who does blood test?
Considering the tragic magnitude and destructive power of AIDS and the general welfare of the society, as well as people who suffer from AIDS or who are HIV positive, should we support national legislations for mandatory, free of charge and confidential testing of everyone who does blood test?
Topics: AIDS Epidemic HIV health care reform
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Jan 14 2013: Sorry for SHOUTING at everybody. I apologize. I get so worked up about wilful public deception.
This is not about you nor me. And evidence is equally lacking for the official viewpoint. I am an individual concerned about the reality that people are dying. I am also concerned for my own personal safety which apparently is not the primary concern of the companies and agencies we depend on some of the time. This requires public scrutiny of both the information provided and the source. Is this not the purpose of TED.com?
Similarly, anyone medical professional who opposes the now established and well-financed claim that HIV Causes AIDS is not commended for his "personal" research but is equally ridiculed and ostracized by his professional peers. Therefore no "respectable HIV/AIDS related institution" can be trusted for unbiased information anymore... at least not with so much money to go around whenever the "flu" is called "AIDS" instead.
Here is the most compelling evidence to me so far: scientists are now finding people naturally immune to AIDS. Does this not break the HIV Test if it is the same antibodies that would get you tested "positive" are producing the immunity. And did they just become immune or weren't they immune all the time? I'll start with that.
Jan 16 2013: Antonio,
Medical professionals or any scientist who opposes a well-established theory has to provide an alternative theory, and evidence that supports it. Otherwise indeed, they face the ridicule of their peers. Scientific research does not exist for everybody to give his personal opinion, but to try to determine what is the absolute truth. You think you are a hero defying the worldwide conspiration of big pharmas? What about the millions of researchers who have conducted research on HIV? They are all in the conspiracy? I have personally amplified HIV DNA and compared sequences from patients. I searched databases, draw conclusions from evidence gathered after long months of painful research. If there was bribe money, me and my colleagues did not see the color of it.
For HIV to enter an immune cell, it needs to "hijack" one of two surface proteins: CCR5 or CxCR4 which are proteins your immune system normally uses to sense chemokines, a type of immune messenger. People who have a certain version of the CCR5 receptor (called delta-32 because it consist in a deletion of 32 amino acids in the protein sequence) are not immune to infection, but take much more time to progress to clinical AIDS. So much that they actually get old or die from something else before developping the disease. They have very low levels of virus in their blood, meaning they are unlikely to pass it to their partners. So yes, they were "immune" all the time (but not in the same sense that immune from a vaccine), and yes, they still develop antibodies that can be detected with a HIV test if they are infected. They do not develop these antibodies if they are not infected.
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A geothermal plant on Hawaii's Big Island is providing 20% of that islands electricity needs, with additional capacity in the works.
The Puna Geothermal Venture is run by Ormat Technologies and is located in the Mt. Kilauea East Rift zone. The plant has five wells that bring up 650-degree geothermal fluids to the surface where the viagra no prescription canada steam is separated out and used to purchase cialis next day delivery drive generators. The plant also captures waste heat from the primary circuit with fluid pentane to increase power output and efficiency.
The plant is currently contracted to provide 30 MW of electricity to Hawaii Electric and Light through 2030, but is looking to add another 8 MW of capacity soon, as well as building new reservoirs off the coast of Maui and near Mt. Hualalai to expand its electricity coverage across the islands.
With the vast amount of geothermal energy in the area, Hawaii could easily get most of their electricity from these sources within the near future.
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- Summary
- Locus History
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|Telomeric X element Core sequence on the left arm of Chromosome XI; contains an ARS consensus sequence, an Abf1p binding site consensus sequence, and ORF YKL225W (1, 2 and see Summary Paragraph)
|Chromosomal Location
|Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
|Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
|This feature contains embedded feature(s): YKL225W
|This feature is contained within: TEL11L
|Last Update
|Coordinates: 2011-02-03 | Sequence: 2011-02-03
|Subfeature details
|Retrieve sequences
|S288C only
|S288C vs. other species
|External Links
|All Associated Seq | Search all NCBI (Entrez)
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TEL11L-XC, the X element core sequence on the left arm of chromosome XI, spans 461 bp and contains an ARS consensus sequence, an Abf1p binding site consensus sequence, and a dubious ORF YKL225W.
Small conserved elements of ~475 bp, X element core sequences contain ARS consensus sequences and in most cases Abf1p binding sites, and are the only regions shared by all chromosome ends (2, 1). Between the ARS consensus sequence and the Abf1p binding site is a GC-rich region nearly identical to the meiosis-specific regulatory sequence URS1 (1). Possible functions include roles in chromosomal segregation, maintenance of chromosome stability, recombinational sequestering, or as a barrier to transcriptional silencing (1).
Other features of TEL11L, the left telomeric region of chromosome XI, include X element combinatorial repeats TEL11L-XR, and a short terminal stretch of telomeric repeats TEL11L-TR.
Click on the following figure for more details:
Further information can be found at the website of Dr. Ed Louis, Institute of Genetics, The University of Nottingham.
|Louis EJ (1995) The chromosome ends of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 11(16):1553-73
|Louis EJ, et al. (1994) The chromosome end in yeast: its mosaic nature and influence on recombinational dynamics. Genetics 136(3):789-802


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Construction output estimates are a short term indicator of construction output by the private sector and public corporations within Great Britain and are produced from a monthly survey of 8,000 businesses in Great Britain. The estimates are produced and published at current prices (including inflationary price effects) and at chained volume estimates (with inflationary effects removed) both seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted.
New orders in the construction industry estimates are a short term indicator of construction contracts for new construction work awarded to main contractors by clients in both the public and private sectors within the UK. The estimates are produced and published both seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted at current prices (including inflationary price effects) and at constant prices (with inflationary effects removed). Since quarter 2 2013 these data have been supplied by Barbour ABI. Further details can be found in the background notes section of this bulletin.
Detailed estimates along with a longer run of time series data are available to download in the Output in the Construction Industry, April 2014 and New Orders Q1 2014 dataset.
The 'Definitions and explanations' section in the background notes of this bulletin includes additional information on items contained in this release along with further details on the newly published monthly seasonally adjusted series and the chained volume measures.
Construction statistics for Northern Ireland are available through the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
It should be noted that due to seasonal adjustment taking place on a short span of data points used to interpret the seasonal effects (52 months), there is potential for increased revisions until the seasonal pattern is established within the time series. The seasonal pattern is generally established after 60 months in a monthly time series.
Construction output is a component in the production approach to measuring gross domestic product (GDP), accounting for 6.3% of total GDP, based on 2010 weights. Due to the high value of construction in GDP and its stand alone status as a key economic indicator, the construction estimate is widely used by economists and industry specialists as an aid to economic interpretation and forecasting.
Construction output increased by 1.2% in April 2014 compared with March 2014. Falls in construction output in February and March 2014 have resulted in the rolling three month on three month growth rate falling by a modest 0.1%. However, compared with April 2013 construction output increased by 4.6% due to strong growth in new house building but the quarterly level is still 10.3% below its peak in 2008 Q1.
April's construction data points towards a strengthening housing market and a pickup in commercial activity seen in private industrial and commercial building. These movements are supported in reports by the Bank of England; in its Agents' Summary of Business Conditions it reported an increase in housing market transactions, strong growth in house building and a gradual return of confidence in the commercial construction sector.
These improvements coincide with growth in secured lending to finance house purchases and rising house prices. The Bank of England has reported an increase in secured lending in every quarter since Q1 2012, while the ONS House Price Index has risen in every month since March 2012.
More information on how construction output has fared during economic downturns can be found in the article 'UK Construction Industry downturn in a historic context'
Comparing April 2014 with March 2014 (Figure 1), the output of the construction industry increased by 1.2% and by 4.6% compared with April 2013. The rolling three month data (February to April) show a slight fall of 0.1% compared with the previous three months (November 2013 to January 2014), this is mainly due to weak February and March data, where construction output may have been affected by severe storms across the UK. However, when compared with the same three months in 2013, the three months (February to April) showed an increase of 5.2% and as figure 1 shows construction output has steadily increased from its lowest point in September 2012 but has not recovered to the levels seen in 2011.
In April 2014, all new work increased by a modest 0.9% (£55 million) compared with March 2014. Of the new work components public housing and private commercial work both decreased with all other components seeing an increase in new work.
Figure 3, shows the performance of all new work components since monthly data were first collected in 2010. Due to the relatively small size of private industrial and public other new work, the increases in these sectors whilst contributing towards the modest growth in all new work did not provide as great a contribution as the small gain in infrastructure and the much larger increase in new housing work.
In April 2014, repair & maintenance work increased by 1.6% compared with March 2014 and by 4.2% compared with April 2013. Repair & maintenance of housing showed a modest increase due to an increase in public housing repair & maintenance being offset by a fall in private housing. Non-housing repair & maintenance increased by 2.8%.
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|Other New Work
|All New Work
|Excluding Infrastructure
|Infras- tructure
|Private Industrial
|Private Commercial
|Current volume
|Lowest volume*
|Jan 13
|Jan 10
|Jan 10
|Dec 10
|Mar 14
|Jul 11
|Sep 12
|Jun 12
|Highest volume*
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|Jan 14
|Apr 14
|Dec 11
|Feb 11
|Aug 10
|Sep 11
|Jun 11
|Percentage change from lowest volume
|Percentage change from highest volume
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|Most recent 3 months on a year earlier
|Most recent 3 months on 3 months earlier
|Most recent month on the same month a year ago
|Most recent month on the previous month
|Most recent level
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|Total All New Work
|Total Repair & Maintenance
|All New Work
|Total All New Work
|New Housing
|Public Corporations
|Private Sector
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|Excl Infrastructure
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|Private Sector - Commercial
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Construction estimates are a key component of the output approach to measuring GDP along with the estimates of services, production and agriculture. As an aid to users, the short term releases that directly feed into GDP now include an additional table of GDP components. It is anticipated that this table will inform users of the relationship between the individual components which comprise GDP output. The publication dates and the quarterly growths of the individual GDP components are shown.
Each component of GDP has a weight within GDP based on its value in 2010. Construction has a weight of 63 which means that it is 63 parts of the 1,000 that make up total GDP.
The second estimate of GDP for Q1 2014 published on 22 May 2014 included an estimate of construction growth of 0.6%. This has been revised up in this release to an increase of 1.5%, late survey data particularly for March 2014 is the cause of this revision.
The revision of 0.9 percentage points results in an increased contribution to GDP growth of 0.09% compared with the previously published contribution to growth of 0.01%. Assuming there is no revision to Index of Services or the agriculture component of GDP this revision to construction output will revise GDP growth by 0.1 percentage points.
To determine the effect each component has on GDP multiply the component growth by its weight in GDP.
An example using Q2 2013 data:
Construction growth = 1.9
Weight in GDP = 0.063 (63/1000)
Effect on GDP = 1.9 * 0.063 = 0.1197 or 0.1 to 1 decimal place (dp).
Revisions to components and the effect on GDP can be calculated using the same process. As a general rule there are no revisions to GDP when the component revisions are:
IoP = between 0.3 and -0.3
Construction = between 0.7 and -0.7
IoS = 0.0 (all values above or below 0.0 effect GDP due to the high weight of IoS in GDP).
IoP = 0.152*0.4 = 0.0608 or 0.1 to 1 dp
Construction = 0.063*0.8 = 0.0504 or 0.1 to 1 dp
IoS = 0.778*0.1 = 0.0778 or 0.1 to 1 dp
Table 3 shows the latest monthly and revised quarterly output figures that fed into the second estimate of GDP release for Q1 2014 published on the 22 May 2014.
|Percentage Change
|Weight in GDP
|Publication date
|Latest periods
|Most recent period on a year earlier
|Most recent period on the previous period
|Index of Production
|Construction output
|Index of Services
Figure 6 shows the quarterly path for GDP and its components from Q1 2005. While it is apparent that all the components were severely affected by the economic downturn from 2008 it is clear that the downturn had a more pronounced effect on both production and construction. Production and construction have in fact gone through a second contraction. The production fall began in Q4 2010 and output fell to levels lower than those seen through the downturn, while construction fell slightly later, beginning its decline in Q3 2011 and reaching the low point of this second downturn in Q3 of 2012. Since this low point construction output has continued to improve slowly and had increased 7.3% by Q1 2014 with a rate of improvement in 2013 sharper than that recorded for either the production or services industries.
It is estimated that the seasonally adjusted volume of all new orders decreased by 6.3% between Q4 2013 and Q1 2014 to £11,503 billion. There were falls in the volume of new orders for all types of work with the exception of public other new work and private housing but the increases here did little to negate the notable falls in public housing, infrastructure and private industrial new orders.
Annual growth rates show a different picture with new orders in Q1 2014 increasing by 7.6% compared with Q1 2013. All new housing increased by 13.8% due to an increase of 25.9% in private new housing but this was offset by a fall in public new housing of 27.2%. New orders for all other new work increased by 4.7%, this was in part due to a notable increase in private industrial work of 69.2%. However, the weight of this series in all other new work, 12%, means that this growth was somewhat negated by a fall of 0.1% in private commercial which has a weight of 40%.
In recent quarters the underlying trend in new housing orders has been one of growth. The quarter on quarter fall of 9.0% in Q1 2014 suggests that this trend has come to an end. However, splitting the sector into public and private new housing orders shows that this fall is due to a significant fall in public housing new orders of -45.7% as shown in figure 8.
Non-seasonally adjusted current price regional data, available in table 6 of the New Orders reference tables, shows that new housing orders varied across the regions. Figure 9 shows the monetary change in London, the rest of England, Scotland and Wales.
New orders for public housing fell in all regions with the exception of Wales, whereas private housing new orders increased in all but Scotland, where there was no change when compared with Q4 2013. Figure 10 show these changes as growth rates.
Possible reasons for the decline in public housing new orders are that investment in some housing associations is coming from a private rather than public source and house builders are building elements of affordable housing within larger schemes which may be allocated to private housing.
|Most recent quarter on a year earlier
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Users should note that these New Orders statistics use data from Barbour ABI and are therefore produced using different methods from those in place at the time when the statistics were first assessed for compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. They are currently being reassessed as part of an ongoing assessment of ONS's short-term economic output indicators, with a view to confirming their designation as National Statistics. Further details on the collaboration between the ONS and Barbour ABI can be found in the background notes section of this bulletin.
Further users should note that there may be some discontinuity in the data around 2013 Q3 where the Barbour data were used for the first time to compile these statistics.
What's new?
In April 2014 the United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) published an assessment of the Construction Output and New Orders statistical bulletin to measure its compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. This release and associated dataset now contain additional information for users to meet some of the requirements and suggestions of the assessment.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be hosting two seminars on 19th June 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London to engage with users regarding potential changes to GDP estimates. The two seminars are entitled; Improvements to the Output Approach to GDP and Construction Price Indices. To facilitate a good discussion at these seminars ONS welcomes attendance from a broad range of users.
ONS are currently looking at how it can publish construction data in a CSV format. Plans for how this will be achieved will be published shortly.
Further ONS are looking at how it can present information on potential breaks in the time series for New Orders. More information on this will be published shortly.
About this release
Construction output estimates are a short term indicator of construction output by private sector and public corporations within Great Britain. Output estimates are produced and published at current prices (including inflationary price effects) and at chained volume estimates (with inflationary effects removed) both seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted. Chained volume measures are also described as volume. Construction output is used in the compilation of the output approach to measuring gross domestic product (GDP).
The data published in this release cover construction estimates for Great Britain. Construction output estimates for Northern Ireland can be obtained from the Central Survey Unit.
New Orders in the Construction Industry estimates have been compiled using data supplied by Barbour ABI. These data have also been used in the compilation of tables 5 and 6 in the Output of the Construction Industry data tables. Full details of this change in data source can be found in the article, 'Announcement of Changes to New Orders in the Construction Industry'.
Revision policy
This release conforms to the standard National Accounts revision policy (27.8 Kb Pdf) , which can be found on the National Statistics website. In line with this, the construction output release for April 2014 has a revision period back to January 2013.
Figures for the most recent months are provisional and subject to revision in light of (a) late responses to the Monthly Business Survey MBS and (b) revisions to seasonal adjustment factors which are re-estimated every period.
Statistical continuous improvement
In March 2012, as part of its Statistical Continuous Improvement programme, ONS published a Review of Sample Design and Estimation Methodology for Construction Output. This report evaluated the sample design and estimation methods used on the Construction Output Survey. The conclusions of the review were that the current sample is performing well and that the current methodology for estimation within the survey produces the smallest standard error.
In response to user feedback and in line with the announcement made in the article 'Improvements to the methods used to compile Output in the Construction Industry statistics', this statistical bulletin now contains monthly seasonally adjusted chained volume estimates. Due to the potential for confusion when comparing constant price (volume) and chained volume measures, all references to constant price series for construction output have been removed from this, and future bulletins.
Use of the data
Output in the Construction Industry estimates are widely used both internally and externally and have been identified by legal requirement and user engagement surveys.
The key users of data from the Output of the Construction Industry dataset are:
United Kingdom National Accounts
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, in order to comply with statutory legislation on short-term business statistics (STS). Short-term business statistics provide information on the economic development of four major domains: industry, construction, retail trade and other services.
Industry analysts requiring estimates of the construction industry output of Great Britain.
Trade associations making UK and international comparisons and to forecast trends in the construction industry.
Other government departments including; the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), HM Treasury (HMT), Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR).
As well as being a key indicator of the performance of construction companies, the results of the survey also contribute to the estimate of the gross domestic product of the UK, contributing approximately 6.3% of GDP.
The ONS Monthly Construction Output Survey measures output from the construction industry in Great Britain. It samples 8,000 businesses, with all businesses employing over 100 people or with an annual turnover of more than £60m receiving a questionnaire by post every month. The results of the survey are deflated using price indices from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and then seasonally adjusted using X-12 Arima to derive the published estimates.
Since the 1950s New Orders in Construction data had been collected from a sample survey of businesses; originally monthly and then quarterly. There were some known quality issues with the survey data as (a) the coverage of the survey was unknown; and (b) new orders allocated to regions were not always accurately recorded. The New Orders data are now supplied under contract to the ONS by Barbour ABI. Barbour ABI provide ONS with improved coverage and regional splits of new orders in construction data.
The latest Quality and Methodology report (161.5 Kb Pdf) for the Output of the Construction Industry estimates can be found on the ONS website.
The latest Quality and Methodology report (100.2 Kb Pdf) for New Orders in the Construction Industry estimates can be found on the ONS website.
One indication of the reliability of the key indicators can be obtained by monitoring the size of revisions. Analysis of the previously published quarterly seasonally adjusted constant price series has shown that revisions to construction data are small. Generally these quarterly revisions are less than 1 percentage point when compared with the final revised period five quarters after initial publication. This indicates that the published estimates are a reliable snapshot of the output in the industry at the date of publication.
The size and pattern of revisions which have occurred in the chained volume measures in the open period for revisions can be found in the new revision triangles on the construction web page. Please note that these indicators only report summary measures for revisions. The revised data may be subject to sampling or other sources of error. Details about this revisions material can be found in the document 'Revisions information in ONS First Release'.
It should be noted that due to seasonal adjustment taking place on a short span of data points used to interpret the seasonal effects (49 months), there is potential for increased revisions until the seasonal pattern is established within the time series. The seasonal pattern is generally established after 60 months in a monthly time series.
Please note that a monthly seasonally adjusted chained volume series is not available pre-2010. This is due to monthly data not being available for this period. These data are a requirement for creating previous year's prices from which chain linked volume measures are created.
Revisions to the price indices used to compile the constant price series has caused data changes back to Q4 2012 in the new orders series (table 5). Due to these price changes in the non-seasonally adjusted series, a refinement to the seasonal pattern has also caused revisions to the seasonally adjusted series.
Relevant links
International Comparisons
International construction comparisons are compiled by Eurostat. The estimates produced in this bulletin are included in these comparisons. Further information can be found on the Eurostat web page.
Further information
Releases on construction output and employment prior to the transfer to ONS can be found on the BIS website.
User Engagement
The user engagement section of the ONS website contains results of the survey held in April 2011 regarding users' satisfaction and use of the new orders and construction output surveys.
Understanding the data
Interpreting the data
When making comparisons it is recommended that users focus on chained volume measures or constant price (volume), seasonally adjusted estimates as these show underlying movements rather than seasonal movements.
Construction output estimates are subject to revision because of:
Late responses to the Construction Output Survey.
Revisions to seasonally adjusted factors which are re-estimated every quarter.
Annual updating of the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) that forms the basis of the sampling for the Construction Output Survey. This occurs in April and can have an effect on the results published in May.
Definitions and explanations
Definitions of terminology found within the main statistical bulletin are detailed below:
Output is defined as the amount chargeable to customers for building and civil engineering work done in the relevant period excluding VAT. As well as work charged to customers, businesses are asked to include the value of work done on their own initiative on buildings such as dwellings or offices for eventual sale or lease, and of work done by their own operatives on the construction and maintenance of their own premises. The value of goods made by businesses themselves and used in the work is also included.
In all returns, work done by sub-contractors is excluded to avoid double counting, since sub-contractors are also sampled. Output does not include payments made to architects or consultants from other firms – this would also cover engineers and surveyors. It would include wages paid to such people if they were directly employed by the business.
Current price (value) (CP)
Current prices are the actual or estimated recorded monetary value over a defined period. They show the value for each item expressed in terms of the prices of that period.
Constant price (volume) (KP)
A constant price or volume measure is a series of economic data from successive years expressed in real terms by computing the production volume for each year in the prices of a reference year. The resultant time-series of production figures has the effects of price changes removed (that is, monetary inflation or deflation). In other words, from the raw data a series is obtained which reflects only production volume. See the 'Deflation' section. Constant price series in this bulletin are based on the reference year 2005.
Chained volume measures (CVM)
A chained volume series is a series of data from successive years, put in constant price terms by computing the production volume for each year in the prices of the preceding year, and then chain-linking the data together to obtain a time-series of production figures from which the effects of price changes (i.e., monetary inflation or deflation) have been removed. Further information on chain-linking can be found in the methodological article 'Annual chain-linking'.
Seasonal adjustment (SA)
Seasonal adjustment aids interpretation by removing effects associated with the time of the year or the arrangement of the calendar, which could obscure movements of interest.
It is common for the value of a group of financial transactions to be measured in several time periods. The values measured will include both the change in the volume sold and the effect of the change of prices over that year. Deflation is the process whereby the effect of price change is removed from a set of values. The current reference year is 2010 for CVM data.
Institutional sectors are defined in the System of National Accounts (SNA) glossary as;
Units that are grouped together to form institutional sectors on the basis of their principal functions, behaviour, and objectives.
The resident institutional units that make up the total economy are grouped into five mutually exclusive sectors:
Non-financial corporations.
Financial corporations.
General government.
Non-profit institutions serving households.
In the case of non-financial and financial sectors these can be further broken down into public sector, those units either controlled by the state or funded from the public purse and include general government, local authorities, housing associations and nationalised industries and private sector, those units controlled by private individuals or groups and not by the public sector.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Gross domestic product (GDP) is an integral part of the UK national accounts and provides a measure of the total economic activity in a region.
GDP is often referred to as one of the main 'summary indicators' of economic activity and references to 'growth in the economy' are quoting the growth in GDP during the latest quarter.
Construction estimates are a component of GDP from the output or production approach (GDP(O)) which measures the sum of the value added created through the production of goods and services within the economy (our production or output as an economy). This approach provides the first estimate of GDP and can be used to show how much different industries (for example, agriculture) contribute within the economy.
Housing is generally defined as 'all buildings that are constructed for residential use'. Within the public sector this classification includes construction items such as local authority housing schemes, hostels (except youth hostels), married quarters for the services and police; old peoples' homes; orphanages and children's remand homes; and the provision within housing sites of roads and services for gases, water, electricity, sewage and drainage.
Private sector housing includes all privately owned buildings for residential use, such as houses, flats and maisonettes, bungalows, cottages, vicarages, and the provision of services to new developments.
Infrastructure is the generic term for the basic physical and organisational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. These construction items include buildings, roads, power supplies, etc.
Other new work
Other new work excludes the housing and infrastructure sectors. This classification includes construction items such as factories, warehouses, schools and offices, etc.
Within the public sector, non-housing is classified as the construction of building such as schools and colleges, hospitals, universities, fire stations, prisons and museums. Private sector non-housing is comprised of the private /industrial and private/commercial classifications. Private - industrial is the economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories and includes construction items such as factories and shipyards while private – commercial includes all items not included in the previous categories such as embassies, theatres, retail units, warehouses and garages, etc.
Repair and maintenance
The repair and maintenance heading in the construction estimates comprises of housing, infrastructure and other new work. This concerns work which is either repairing something that is broken, or maintaining it to an existing standard. For housing output this includes repairs, maintenance, improvements, house/flat conversions, extensions, alterations and redecoration, etc. on existing housing. For non-housing this includes repairs, maintenance, redecoration, etc. on existing buildings/structures, which are not housing, for examples schools, offices, roads, shops.
Table 2 of this bulletin aggregates infrastructure and other new work into non-housing.
Code of Practice for Official Statistics
National Statistics are produced to high professional standards which are set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet customer needs and are produced free from any political interference.
Publication policy
Details of the policy governing the release of new data are available from the Media Relations Office.
Accessing data
The Output in the Construction Industry statistical bulletin and relevant time series datasets are available to download free from the Office for National Statistics website at 9.30 am on the day of publication.
ONS allows a list of agreed officials to have access to data 24 hours before publication, which is available on the Construction release page.
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Why does the Universe look the same in all directions we look, considering an expanding Universe created by the Big Bang?
I've struggled to comprehend this. Looking away from the Earth, we are looking back into the history of the Universe's expansion since the Big Bang. Astronomers report that in any direction we look, at the farthest "distance and time" we can currently see, it appears there is a consistancy in what we see. Galaxies appear to be in the same "time state" of development, etc. If I carry this reasoning out to it's conclusion to where I can eventually see the edge of the Universe in all directions I look (assuming a finite Universe with a boundary), wouldn't that imply the Earth was actually at the center of the Universe? If the light coming back to me showing me the past is representing that in every direction I look I will see the same (time-wise) early state of the objects in the Universe, wouldn't I have to be in the center of it? If I wasn't centered, I should be seeing different "time states" of objects in the Universe depending on the direction I looked after the Big Bang expansion started.
I'm NOT asking this in a religious context. I'm NOT implying the Earth is actually in the center of our Universe to try to support any belief or faith. I'm looking for a theoretical physics explanation that will allow me to comprehend the observation without the Earth being centered in the Universe.
I just can't grasp the concept that if the Earth was a result of the Big Bang expansion, why does it LOOK like I'm in the center instead of off to the side closer to one edge of the Universe than the other? The probability of the Earth actually ending up in the center would be astronomical.
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Sep 23 2012: "....waiting for the truth". A very good comprehension, Mr. Kinsman.
Perhaps the best and most honest conclusion is we see the cosmos from a narrow and extremely limited perspective. There likely are many universes within the Universe. What is man that we expect to see it all? What is man to even think a human someday will see it all while yet remaining human? What is man to expect to see stereoscopic perspectives of anything of this vast assemblage of planets, stars, masses of gas and particles?
Maybe its best to accept we, as individuals, will move on to other levels of life far above human and with such advances we will have opportunities to see more, perhaps a lot more and from an entirely different perspective! Imagine that! What realities await us for the next life?
Sep 24 2012: The only constant is change. I heard that a few moons ago.
Energy cannot be destroyed,it can be altered.That explains life & death to me.We just see the sun rise from a new angle.
Simple thoughts from a simple mind.
Nothing is really that complicated,however those explanations can be a bit long winded .
Science keeps proving to me that the words of my grandma are true."All is connected".
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This is all I see when people try to justify flying the Confederate flag.
The flag has nothing to do with slavery. I do not know that it ever had. So, you're telling me because the Confederate flag had ties to slavery, it should be spoken down to? Well, America drove thousands of people out of their homes, amassed a body count comparable to the holocaust, and 'reeducated' the survivors so we could erase their culture, so why do we DARE fly the American flag if Native Americans might be offended?
And those slaves that white people went down to grab? I will agree, it was wrong of us to take those people. Slavery is never right, be it against blacks, whites, Asians, Indians, Arabs, anyone (oh, yes, slavery has been used against every race, you ignorant bleeding heart.) Whites were not the only ones dealing in the slave trade. Africans would sell their enemies to slavers. That's right, black people were in the slave trade beyond being bought and sold. How shocking that no one ever points this out.
The Civil War was not all about slavery. It was about economics. I don't know how stupid and racist you have to be to make everything about the plight of the black man. Sit through any American History class with a non-biased teacher, and you will hear how the North and South had been ready to fight long before the slavery issue began. Both sides wanted money from Southern trade. I won't even get into who was right or wrong in that affair, but that's how the Civil War started. The South wanted more control, and the North said no.
Not every person who hung the Confederate flag in the past even owned slaves. You had to put forward a lot of money to own a slave, money that the average planter simply did not have. The plantation owners were obviously well off and kept as many slaves as they could, flaunting their bodies as evidence of their wealth. I come from a long line of farmers from my great-grandmother, a minor family from a small town in Mississippi. As far as I know, no one in that area ever had slaves. Why? Because they had no such money. That's an entire town that hung the Confederate flag without owning a single slave.
Men fought and died for their way of life, to have freedom from oppression. They fought under orders, under the Confederate flag. They were like any other soldier anywhere else on Earth, but people say those red-blooded Americans were nothing but damnable racists because they fought under the Confederate flag. Many of these soldiers likely never owned a slave, and it goes back to the aforementioned money. In the Civil War era, gentlemen of means could buy a position in the army, while the poorer folk fought as simple soldiers. You could not own slaves if you could not afford them.
The Confederate flag is a part of my heritage in much the same way the German, Italian, and Cherokee flags are. I refuse to allow anyone to twist it and make it out to be something evil. You may go ahead and say that I am horribly racist and backwards, that I am just some ignorant bitch living down South. However, I have said my peace, and I am glad that I did. I leave it up to you to decide which argument you like. Doesn't phase me at all whether you agree or disagree.
1. That's the battle flag, that's not the confederate flag. Explain what war you're still fighting.
2. The Cornerstone speech. Alexander Stephens. Vice President of the Confederacy. 1861, on why the Confederacy was created:
The prevailing ideas entertained by him [Thomas Jefferson] and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day was that, somehow or other in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the constitution, was the prevailing idea at that time. The constitution, it is true, secured every essential guarantee to the institution while it should last, and hence no argument can be justly urged against the constitutional guarantees thus secured, because of the common sentiment of the day. Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and the government built upon it fell when the "storm came and the wind blew."
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition.
So yeah. Confederacy and the flag are and have always been symbols of white supremacy. To support it is to support white supremacy. Period.
I need to stop reading the comments in this status update from Lowes' Facebook page. This is one of the most incredible I've seen so far. Cleansing of our nation?? Really?
(Thanks to Sam for screenshotting for me since my computer is an asshole.)
Wait, so why does this happen after "Obarfma" is gone? Wouldn't that mean in his mind that the Republican president will usher in "the cleansing"?
In his mind, "the cleansing" is a good thing.
(via stfuconservatives)
Source: angryfuckingliberal
And he has said worse than that too. SMH.
Ron Paul
Because that's totally what MLK Day is about! YEAH!
The first rule of white supremacy is to not talk about white supremacy.
Great article on white privilege and feminism in modern protest.
White Privilege: The ability to exclude and demean people of color, intentionally or unintentionally.
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Pizzeria Locale
- Address:
1730 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO 80302Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
PizzeriaPrice: $30 and under
Pizzeria Locale
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.pizzerialocale.com/
- Phone: 3034423003
- Hours of Operation:
Monday-Thursday 11:30-2:30 & 4:30-10:30
Friday-Saturday 11:30-10:30
Sunday 11:30-9:00
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Pizzeria
- Executive Chef: Jordan Wallace
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Farm to Table, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: Non-private and Private Events are both available.
A word from Pizzeria Locale
Pizzeria Locale only accepts reservations before 6:00pm and after 8:30pm. Modern PizzeriaContinued
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- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Food
- Diners' Choice WinnerGreat for Lunch
- Diners' Choice WinnerNotable Wine List
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Pizzeria Locale reviews from OpenTable diners
53 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.6Service4.4
- Ambiance4Noise LevelEnergetic
fit for foodies (34)great for lunch (20)neighborhood gem (19)notable wine list (19)hot spot (18)great for outdoor dining (7)vibrant bar scene (6)special occasion (6)good for groups (6)kid-friendly (6)late-night find (3)romantic (1)great for brunch (1)Show More
- Sit at the pizza barReadyForCoffeeDined on 9/27/2014I've eaten here 4 or 5 times and have never dined at a table, rather have always eaten at the pizza bar. Watching the skilled hands of the pizza chefs adds to the ambiance of almost any meal. Of course, the food is fresh, homemade and fantastic. Though a bit noisy, this restaurant is a Boulder gem!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best Pizza in ColoradoilikefoodDined on 9/25/2014I live in Denver and frequent the Pizzeria Locale here which is an express version of the Boulder location. Whenever I am in Boulder, I make it a point to stop at Pizzeria Locale. The environment, service, food, and wine list is incomparable to any other higher end pizza place I've found in Boulder or Denver.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A special placeJudythefoodieDined on 9/19/2014Wow what simple food made into something very special. Fabulous meal. Thank you and service top notch.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Dave W.DaveDined on 9/14/2014Great food, wine list and attentive service. Variety of designer pizzas amazing. They are willing to experiment with you on different combinations, as well. Appetizers are fun and well prepared.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Authentic Italian pizzaPickeydinerDined on 9/14/2014The pizza here is authentic Italian pizza and delicious. The crust is thin and just the right balance of crisp and chewy. The toppings are sparse but extremely tasteful and satisfying. The appetizers are outstanding and the desserts are scrumptious . I highly recommend the Nutella saltimboca dipped in the butterscotch pudding. It's out of this world. It's unfortunate that the space is tiny with little space between tables . It's a little too cozy but the food is so delicious I can overlook that one tiny inconvience. I take family and friends here and have never been disappointed .Special Features:
- Good pizza but very noisy.GailGDined on 9/6/2014Don't go here for a quiet dinner. Go for a casual lunch instead. Pizza is very fresh but watch out for their creations. Mine had no mozzarella so was not what I expected. Tables are too close together and waiters had trouble serving including spilling milk from the next table on me when cleaning it up. They gave us a free dessert. Pudding. I prefer Tiramisu. Limited dessert choices. For the price I expected better foos and service.
- More than Just PizzaOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 9/5/2014Excellent place to transition from 'there to there.' Good food, very professional wait staff, well worth a 25% tip!Special Features:
- Loved it.OpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 9/5/2014Charcuterie, salads, bruschetta was very nice. The server was awesome and knowledgeable. Next time we'll try the pizza and dessert.
- Pizza dough for the little onesLuckyJollyDined on 8/28/2014One of the great things about Pizzeria Locale was that they brought out some dough and flour for the kids to play with, each with their own plate. It was awesome for them. Much better than the fake play-dough that some restaurants have for little kids. The kids loved playing with the dough and we loved explaining to them that the dough in their hands became the pizza that they ate. Loved it.Special Features:
- Delicious food, but LOUD!SportsdivaDined on 8/21/2014A very popular spot, Pizzeria Locale is always bustling. Love the food here and the service is friendly and professional. Enjoy sitting at the counter and watching the pizza being made. Often leave with a headache though since the place is so very loud. Covered in hard surfaces, the noise literally bounces all over the small restaurant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AnaCAnaCDined on 8/20/2014Excellent authentic Neapolitan pizza. Fresh ingredients and cooked perfectly. Nice wine list and great service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- vailskiiersDined on 8/19/2014My first time here and i will definetly be back. My daughter, a student at CU recommended it. Great small starters- the fruiti di mare was excellent- fresh and lightly dressed. the pizzas, margarita, and another with hot chilis marinara and ricotta, were both amazing, the dough was cooked to perfection. Less is more with pizza and this was truly the case. Upon observation, all pizzas looked to die for! The crowd was diverse; families with young chldren, adults after work crowd and students from local college. Our server was outstanding! Will be back again and again when in Boulder!Special Features:
- Haute pizzaOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 7/29/2014I imagine that this is about as delightful a "pizza eating" experience as there can be. The pizza is rich in flavor, and the selections are well thought out. The service is attentive and thorough. I always leave there completely satisfied. If I praise it too much more, I won't be able to get a table, so let's just leave it there.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very good food, but some problemsWaltVIPDined on 7/19/2014I've been to the Boulder Pearl Street location here a couple of times and really like the food, especially the charcuterie. The have a great wine list and a really nice selection of Italian wines by the glass. It's a bit noisy, but not too bad. Our service was good overall, but on our last visit, something was seriously wrong at the bar. Food services was spot on, but we really had to struggle to get our wine. Sometimes our wine orders were simply forgotten and we had to ask repeatedly for our wines. This was early (5:30) and the first time we have experienced problems of any sort here. We will go back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Pizza Pizza!kathyVIPDined on 7/14/2014I love pizza (an embarrassing amount) and this was quite possibly the best pizza (and crust) I have ever had. I appreciated the authenticness of each pizza they offered. Our server was excellent at recommending both wine and appetizers as well. It is worth the drive to Boulder. I have now been to both the Denver and Boulder locations and Boulder is three times better than the fast food version in Denver.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2003Dined on 7/8/2014The pizza was great. All the ingredients used in the salad & pizza were very fresh . The types of pizza were creative & a welcome change. Perfect crispy crust.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 7/8/2014Great food. Price and menu is especially good for the "happy hour", 4:30 - 5:30 daily.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing and friendlyBoulderheartDined on 7/6/2014The best ingredients, service is perfect all around. Really creative, artisanal pizzas and salads. I live in NYC and visit Boulder frequently. This place is better than anything we have in Manhattan!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- VeggieFoodieVIPDined on 7/5/2014Very, very good and better than I remember! Maybe the should tell you they do not slice the pizzas. We remembered and it was no big deal, but the tables on each side of us seemed to be quire thrown by this.Special Features:
- Great pizzaOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/1/2014Lots of interesting choices, and the thin crust works well with gourmet toppings.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fun date night!PattyjoVIPDined on 6/26/2014A great place for a fun evening in Boulder. Next time going to come sit at the bar. Pizza was awesome.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best Pizza Outside of Italy!TyGuyDined on 6/17/2014Simply fantastic thin crust pizza. I have gone multiple times and enjoyed several different pizzas with quiet a few number of friends...and everyone says the same thing..."best pizza outside of the time I was in Italy"Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Loud, but great service and foodChuk121Dined on 6/7/2014Loved the food and service, but the volume needed to be turned down. Get reservations!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
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- nunavitDined on 5/21/2014The pizza is very Italian--a little soggy (that's a good thing) and moderately cooked, so that some of the cheese still keeps its form. I loved it, but I've always preferred the pizza from Italy over American-style pizza. The lunch special (half a salad a margherita pizza and a soda) is a great deal at $10.Special Features:
- Elevated pizzaHeavenlyPizzaDined on 5/8/2014Love Pizzeria Locale. Every bite of every course is delicious and just what you imagine delicious would taste with your eyes closed. The "altar to prosciutto" begs you to enhance your pizza just a bit more. More tables are needed - many more tables- and a larger outdoor space. I'd eat there every day, if I could. More classic Italian pasticceria would be welcome as they seem to have closed their espresso shop & added a private dining room. Those lovely pillows of pastry did not make it back onto the menu, sadly. Not much more to add to pizza perfection - it's simple, perfectly prepared, high quality ingredients delivered as in Napoli, but this is Boulder! And the wine pairings, olives, oils, meats & cheeses all elevate the experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- As good as it getsOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/3/2014Food perfectly yummy, our waiter beyond fabulous. This is our go-to favorite for perfect food everytime.Special Features:
- no words to describe how amazing!mikes4himDined on 4/26/2014My partner and I went to Pizzeria Locale for lunch. What an amazing time! We started with some GREAT appetizers.... some salad and the best saffron/mozzarella balls.... the salad was amazing, perfect flavors, perfect amount of dressing. We got one salad and shared it. It was perfectly coded and was the best pizza I have had in a LONG time... probably since we were in Italy! We then had the gelato for dessert and got coffee's to enjoy the end of the meal. It was such delight. Best of all, the service was TREMENDOUS! Our waitress was amazing and the rest of the team there went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of and felt at home. I truly felt like an honored guest! We will certainly be back!Special Features:
- Gem!CsturnerDined on 4/17/2014Great starter bites, great pizza! Server made an excellent wine pairing suggestion. My kids were given crayons and paper - and they brought an early pizza out for them. Loved this place and meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Never disapoointed...goodeatsDined on 4/15/2014I have eaten at Pizzeria Locale many times and it has never disappointed me. This time I brought a friend who had never been before and she was impressed. We went for lunch and I did notice it was not as packed as in the past. I ordered the Mais Mozzarella pizza which has prosciutto, corn and lots of garlic. It is my favorite and it was delicious. My friend had the Salsiccia Pepperoni which has peppers, onions and sausage. The manager (sorry I did not catch his name) was very helpful with the wine choice. I love the fact that the Boulder location is sit down. The Denver location is not form what I have heard.Special Features:
- I have eaten at Pizzeria LocaleJerryVIPDined on 4/12/2014I have eaten at Pizzeria Locale several times and generally have been happy with the restaurant and the food. However, on this most recent occasion, they refused to honor my OpenTable reservation. The excuse was they 'suddenly got a lot of reservations'. I'm not sure why this should have been a problem if they were managing their reservations. Service was also very slow. We did not see a waiter for at least 10 minutes after being seated.Special Features:
- Food was great. Ambience average.OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 4/12/2014Food was very good. Service was what I would get at any average restaurant. Not a place for a romantic date. Very small and tight, so not good for groups or parties.Special Features:
- Love this place!MikeMahonDined on 3/31/2014The service, food, wine list, desserts and ambience are world class! I take clients, friends, relatives and employees here as often as possible. It is our go to restaurant!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best Pizza EverTonyaDined on 3/28/2014Love everything about Pizzeria Locale! One of my favorite places to go any day of the week!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best pizzaFooodyDined on 3/16/2014Outstanding pizza! Had four different pizzas at the table and we shared they all were delicious! Good bottle of wine! It was more than our pizza! Good time was had by all!Special Features:
- Consistently AmazingOpenTable Diner Since 2006VIPDined on 3/15/2014This place is always amazing. Great food. Truly unique. Amazing service!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- WE LOVE PIZZERIA LOCALELoveLParkVIPDined on 3/7/2014This place is special. In fact, my husband just flew from SF for the night - knowing we had Pizzeria Locale dinner plans. Bottom line, I don't know how you could improve on this pizza. Everything offered is served to perfection. Our motto: Experience the wonders of Neapolitan style pizza - served-up on Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, USA. We promise it will make your night. Signed, SF Bay Area fansSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Pizza in BoulderlarryVIPDined on 3/6/2014The pizza was absolutely amazing---probably the best we've ever had! our server was very knowledgable about the wine list and had some great recommendations. Lights are too bright in the space; need much warmer/lower wattage.Special Features:
- Molto Bebe!BeckyDined on 2/28/2014We LOVE this place and make a reservation every time we come visit our daughter at CU. Everyone loves it, so do call ahead. Fab pizzas, divine first course (meat balls and arancini are our favs), but it's all delicious!!!Special Features:
- Noisy and just OKVisitingBoulderDined on 2/15/2014It was SO noisy that we nearly had to yell across our table. That can add to the fun ambiance for some but it wasn't what we were looking for that night. The food was okay. We had a salad and shared a pizza. The pizza had nice flavor but was wet.Special Features:
- Mind blowing food!OpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 2/14/2014I can honestly say that I've never eaten anything better! This is not a "pizza place" this is a food experience! We shared a pizza and the octopus salad, they were phenomenal! The only reason I gave ambiance a poor rating was that we were sat by the wall where there is construction going on next door.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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In women, pain in the lower abdomen and pelvis that has been present for at least 6 months is called chronic female pelvic pain. The pain may be constant or may come and go and may also fluctuate from mild to severe.
Painful menstruation is an example of recurrent pelvic pain. Chronic pelvic pain may also be caused by pelvic infections, endometriosis, adenomyosis, adhesions, and diseases of the urinary tract or bowel. Also, chronic female pelvic pain can be caused or made worse by past physical or sexual abuse.
Treatment for chronic female pelvic pain may include a combination of medicines, surgery, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and emotional counseling and support. Treatment choices depend on the cause, if known, and the nature of the pain.
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VIRGINIA BEACH-- Thousands of runners turned out at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex Saturday.
"People love this time of year. Valentines and the whole love theme; everything is a blast."
The "Virginia is for Lovers" run is a warm up event for the Shamrock Marathon. Veteran Bob Schniedwind announced each group up on the stage.
The course wrapped around the Princess Anne area near the amphitheater, and runners of all skill levels participated. "There's a 1K for the kids. This is the 6K, which is 3 ½ miles. There's a 14K being that the first year we had it was on Valentine's Day."
Bon Secours was the big underwriter of this race, with many groups running. "Team Hoyt is a community organization in Hampton Roads. We take runners that want to push athletes that have disabilities in local races," Steve Brown explained.


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Dozens of young deficit hawks converged on George Washington University's campus Monday night to kick off The Can Kicks Back campaign. Millennials concerned with the "kick the can down the road" mentality of leaders when it comes to the national debt gabbed over appetizers while plotting their next moves.
In addition to calling members of Congress, spreading the word on Facebook and Twitter (#FtheDebt) and writing letters to President Obama, the nonpartisan TCKB features a young man dressed in a foam soda can outfit. Cason Romano planned to spend the day Tuesday running around Capitol Hill as AmeriCAN. Romano, who said his "outgoing personality" made him a good fit for the role, said the stunt is meant to be a fun spectacle, whether or not it gains sympathy for the cause from lawmakers. "I'm not sure they'll listen specifically to a can," he said.


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A new exhibit in Atlanta is providing an encounter that you "otter" see. The new Georgia Aquarium exhibit offers guests a view of the popular animals that has never been seen before. The new Sea Otter Encounter gives guests a behind-the-glass experience. The program lasts for 40 minutes and encourages Georgia Aquarium visitors to dive into the world of the southern sea otter. The program includes a tour of the sea otter environment, as well as a chance to help prepare a meal for the otters. According to Georgia Aquarium staffers, the encounter is perfect for visitors who want to have a more hands-on experience. The exhibit costs an extra $54.95 plus tax per person in addition to the price of general admission. The exhibit will be open daily at the Georgia Aquarium at 10:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. For more information on the Sea Otter Encounter at the Georgia Aquarium, click here for a link to their website.
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Q&A: How does thyroiditis influence conception?
I was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease, and my partner and I had just begun trying to conceive. Can you give me any insight on how that might affect our chances of having a baby?
Hashimoto's Disease (thyroiditis) is a condition that affects optimal functioning of your thyroid gland. It is considered an autoimmune disease and is the most common form of thyroid problem in the United States, affecting more women than men. Autoimmune diseases occur when your own immune system attacks your organs, cells, tissues, or glands. In the case of Hashimoto's, the immune system targets and destroys the functioning of the thyroid gland.
Your thyroid gland is located in the lower part of your neck. It is the shape of a butterfly and wraps itself around the outside of your trachea (windpipe). The thyroid gland makes hormones (thyroxine/T3 and triiodothyronine/T4) that help with the functioning of your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and the metabolism of food. It also releases a hormone (calcitonin) that helps keep your bones healthy and strong. As you can surmise, when there are issues with the thyroid gland, it can lead to some problems.
Symptoms can certainly vary; some women may have no symptoms at all. Some of the most common symptoms women may experience include the following:
- Fatigue
- Weight gain
- Weakness
- Dry skin and hair
- Cold intolerance
- Depression
- Heavy menstrual cycles
Your doctor can make a definitive diagnosis by checking your levels (with a blood test) of thyroid hormones. The test checks the levels of
TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone).
The goal is to bring the thyroid into what is called a euthyroid state—or one of balance. With Hashimoto's disease, thyroid levels are low, which causes a state of hypothyroidism. Your doctor will give you a prescription for a medication called synthroid which helps to bring your thyroid function to its normal state. You will have periodic checks of your TSH hormone to make sure your dosage is in a therapeutic range.
The bigger problem occurs when a woman is undiagnosed. Left untreated, the hypothyroid state can lead to problems with ovulation and menstruation. The good news is that your doctor has diagnosed you and you have hopefully started medication. Once you are in the euthyroid state, there should not be a problem with getting pregnant. Once you do become pregnant, your doctor will closely monitor your TSH levels, as the metabolic changes in your body during pregnancy may necessitate slight changes in your dosage. Dr. Nora Miller, of the Women's Fertility Center in Stamford, Connecticut, says, "This hormone is vital to your own body function, but also to that of your developing baby." She mentions a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that finds a correlation between a child's IQ scores and a woman's thyroid levels in pregnancy.
According to the American Thyroid Association, "the first 10 to 12 weeks of pregnancy, the baby is completely dependent on the mother for the production of thyroid hormone. By the end of the first trimester, the baby's thyroid begins to produce thyroid hormone on its own."
Be sure to keep in close contact with your doctor regarding symptoms or any trouble getting pregnant.