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The Denver Nuggets face a tough choice with a player like James Young, one that has challenged every franchise in the NBA at one point or another: How much of a chance are you willing to take on raw talent?
Young is the third youngest player in this year's draft — he doesn't turn 19 until August — behind Arizona's Aaron Gordon and Indiana's Noah Vonleh. He enters the draft following a single season at the University of Kentucky (imagine that, a one-and-doner coming out of UK!), where he helped the Cats make a legendary tournament run that fell just short, losing to UCONN in the National Championship Game. During his freshman campaign in Lexington, the 6′ 7″ Young averaged 14.3 points, 4.3 boards, and 1.7 assists per game while shooting 47% from the field. He is best known for his shooting ability, though he shot just 34.5% from behind the arc and finished the season shooting just above 70% from the charity stripe, both rather pedestrian stats for a player who has garnered a lot of praise for his shot.
I had the opportunity to watch just about every Kentucky basketball game during the 2013-14 season, so I saw a lot of James Young. He is a scorer and a slasher who can create shots for himself in any number of ways. He attacks the rim and doesn't shy away from contact, and at times during the season he showed flashes of being a truly ferocious finisher. That said, he's a below average passer and can flat-out be a liability as a perimeter defender. Scouts have pointed to the fact that Young displays poor fundamentals on the defensive side of the ball and often "plays on his heels." The team at DraftExpress summarizes the concerns beautifully in the video below at the 5:05 mark: "[Young] struggles containing penetration. Teams attacked him repeatedly. Doesn't get over screens. Can he stay on the floor in the NBA?" That's a pretty big question mark for a player who is projected as a lottery pick.
But what you have to remember about Young — and what creates such a conundrum for teams like the Nuggets who might consider drafting him — is that he may only be scratching the surface of his talent. At just 18 years old, he has plenty of time to develop into a good, if not great, player. You can see the potential shine through; there were multiple games last season where Young single-handedly kept Kentucky in tight games. He doesn't shy away from a challenge or shrink in the spotlight, and those are qualities that can't be taught.
If he ends up in the right situation, with a franchise that is willing to swallow a little pride and send a lottery pick to the D-League for a season or two so he has a chance to work on his craft, Young could turn out to be a special player. But I worry that Young may be expecting success to come a little sooner — there were rumors during his college recruitment process that he was determined to attend a school that would provide the quickest route to the NBA, he chose Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports as his agency representation, and he's famously been spotted sitting court-side with Rihanna at Game 3 of the New Jersey Nets-Toronto Raptors playoff game back in April. None of which means he's a bad kid, just that he may be a little too concerned about living the life of an NBA all-star before he becomes one. It's not fair to judge a kid his age for soaking in the limelight a little bit (who among us wouldn't do the same if we were in his shoes?), but something tells me he might not be dying to grind it out in the minors for a couple of years.
Plus, I worry that he would get bored in Denver. He strikes me as a player who loves the bright lights, and Nuggets fans know better than anybody that, while the fans in Denver are the best in the world and Colorado is literally the closest you will ever come to heaven on earth, it doesn't offer the same "center of the universe" feel found in larger markets like New York, L.A., Chicago, or Miami. If the Nuggets call his name on June 26 and he turns out to be a star, I worry we may have another Melo situation on our hands when he decides he wants to ditch this pond for a bigger lake where he can make waves.
The bottom line is someone is going to gamble on selecting Young, and rightly so, because his ceiling could be skyscraper-high. But as a Nuggets fan, I just can't convince myself that Denver should be the franchise that rolls the dice on him.
(And remember that I say this as someone who also considers himself to be part of Kentucky's Big Blue Nation, for whatever that's worth.)
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NEWARK, N.J. — The Cowboys will have to survive their winner-take-all game Sunday night at the Giants without their two-time Pro Bowl punter. Mat McBriar was placed on the injured reserve list Saturday, one day before the Cowboys play their … Continue reading
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Lineup change to watch: LG Derrick Dockery replaces Montrae Holland
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A look at the keys to victory for the Cowboys in their matchup with the Giants
The NFC East division title will be on the line when the Cowboys and New York Giants face off Sunday. In their first meeting, the Giants prevailed 37-34 after staging a memorable comeback in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys will … Continue reading
A look at how the Cowboys and Giants match up
The NFC East division title will be on the line when the Cowboys and New York Giants face off Sunday. In their first meeting, the Giants prevailed 37-34 after staging a memorable comeback in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys will … Continue reading
Matchup to watch: Giants WR Victor Cruz vs. Cowboys CB Orlando Scandrick
Before this season, the mere mention of Victor Cruz's name would have invited shrugs of indifference. But almost overnight Cruz has transformed into one of the league's most dynamic players and has emerged as a favored target for quarterback Eli … Continue reading
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By BARRY HORN / Staff Writer In the FOX studio on Sunday, Jimmy Johnson will offer his biggest disappointments of the 2011 season. The over-under on the number of Cowboys mentions is three. Click here to read Barry Horn's full … Continue reading
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Iraqi students of the University of Technology, Baghdad, pretend to drink alcohol as they drink soft drinks during a celebration of their university day on May 4, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Iraqi students of the University of Technology, Baghdad, pretend to drink alcohol as they drink soft drinks during a celebration of their university day on May 4, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Kudos to the Washington Post for looking into the mysterious behavior of the Yemeni government toward the guys implicated in the USS Cole bombing. As Newsweek reported last fall, Yemen even briefly let Jamal al-Badawi, the al Qaeda planner in charge of the operation, out of prison. All told, "all the defendants convicted in the attack have escaped from prison or been freed by Yemeni officials," according to the Post.
The Yemenis defend their actions, saying they have their own special approach to fighting terrorism. A few years, ago, some in the West were even seeing it as a model. But the Post article calls Yemen's terrorist rehabilitation program into question with this devastating quote:
Hamoud al-Hitar, a former Supreme Court justice... suggested that the government had turned lenient because the Cole defendants had participated in a "dialogue and reconciliation program" designed to de-radicalize al-Qaeda members.
Hitar, who oversees the program, claimed that 98 percent of graduates have remained nonviolent. Asked about two Cole suspects who escaped and went to Iraq to become suicide bombers, Hitar shrugged. "Iraq was not part of the dialogue program," he said.
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WDC Vs. WDSF Amateursby Laura Fan on 09/03/14
It's an exciting scene and yet a sad situation at the same time out in the ballroom world.
The war among WDC, WDSF and in its own league Blackpool Dance Festival, has gotten to the point that the good old days of all top competitors dancing on the same floor is indeed gone.
This is most unfortunate. Today, I'll dedicate the blog to the amateur scene. I'll name 2 of my favorite couples from the 2 organizations:
Evaldas Sodeika & Ieva from WDSF (currently 3rd place)
Marek Kosaty & Paulina from WDC (currently 1st place)
IMHO, Evaldas & Ieva can anytime outdance the current front runners of WDSF Simone Segatori & Annette and Dmitry Zharkov & Olga. The footage of the recent German Open Final is online & you can judge for yourselves.
Both couples, Evaldas/Ieva & Marek/Polina have the fluid movement with Evaldas & Ieva having the more unique and special body abilities & fluidity and Marek/Polina having the more pure swing/classic movement.
I'd have love to see both couples on the floor going head to head against each, dancing at their best.
This unfortunately is not possible in the current situation between WDC & WDSF. Furthermore, I would even venture to say that it's a sad situation that some of these couples cannot even dance their best or their true abilities & preference in the current organization that they have chosen.
I'd honestly say that about Marek Polina. I have put 4 clips of their dancing for you to view & analyze. Their Waltz & Tango Show Dance Vs. their 2014 WDC German Open competition.
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Tango Show
Waltz Competition
Tango Competition
It's clear to me that they've got their own unique, fluid and dynamic style when they are dancing showcase Vs. in competitions. It's unclear to me why they'd choose to dance differently in competitions as the way they would dance their shows was superb.
Evaldas & Ieva, on the other hand, I've seen their demo in Fabio's lecture and competitions. They danced not only consistently but totally free of inhibitions despite competition pressure. They're just a pure joy to watch.
Waltz Competition
Tango Competition
I know many of my colleagues (both in professional and amateur divsions) and I are quite tired with politics. All of us have invested countless hours and exorbitant amount of money in our dance training. It's time for us to express ourselves on the dance floor the way we prefer, instead of having to dance a certain way (or worse yet combining many ways) to please the judges in hopes of getting "results"!
My 4 month Relocation Anniversaryby Laura Fan on 08/23/14
Many have asked - Why would you leave California for Raleigh?
I always gave the same answer - a Divine Message sent me here.
On March 11, when I was visiting my parents in Hong Kong, after a beautiful morning skype spiritual group practice, I went on my day to my acupuncturist visit. I was lying on the table, with needles all over my body including my temple & my crown, and a big message came at that moment. This is time I could examine the next place I need to be.
I didn't know what to make of it. Since I practice Open Heart Meditation, and I always tried to follow my heart.
I was totally open to wherever the Higher Guidance would lead me to. I ended up feeling that SE of USA would be the right area. Immediately I thought of Virginia Beach or Florida. I have friends there & some of my roots in my dancing development were planted there.
But no...Heart didn't feel either place was right. I was still on the table with all the needles in me but since my geography was poor, I had to wait till I get home to check the map! :)
After I was able to see the Google map, I felt my options one by one. When it came to NC, my heart felt open, expansive & free!
I thought to myself "of course!" Asheville NC is the central hub of all the USA Padmacahaya Institute. This is the global institute where I studied Open Heart Meditation and Reiki Tummo healing. I am currently enrolled in their Master Yoga program.
I started to connect with various dance studios & university dance teams to see if I could land a job before I relocate (although my heart indicated I really need not line up a job before I relocate!)
By chance, I was connecting with an NCSU student who's in charge of the University Dance team. He asked me where I was relocating to. I mentioned Asheville & then realized NCSU and all the university dance teams that I was connecting with are based in Raleigh.
I started to send out my dance bios to several Triangle Area studios. All expressed interest. But the owner, Melanie Dale, of A Step To Gold immediately asked me to call her. We had several video skype sessions. The rest was history.
I booked my ticket to Raleigh before Melanie & I had final agreement, showing that I did trust my heart.
The most interesting story after my decision was my housing situation. I was being bounced around 3 times between mid March & the time I landed in RDU. All housing fell through. While I was boarding my red eye flight, I wasn't sure if I should reserve a hotel room. Heart said I didn't to stay in a hotel. I was in disbelief, but decided I should follow my heart.
When I landed, Melanie drove me around to check out apartments. The one apartment I didn't want to visit (as I already saw it on craigslist when I was in California), was the very one I signed the lease that day at 5pm! They had the perfect apartment for me, 3 minutes drive from A Step to Gold, and the best part? I could move in that evening!
I ended up shopping at Walmart until 2am (as Melanie was so efficient that she booked me private lessons already the day I landed & put me to work in the evening! :))
Everything was lined up perfectly. I had a blast for the past 4 months at ASTG. Very grateful for the ASTG community and Melanie's help.
Check out the video of a compilation of my class scenes here in the Triangle Area of North Carolina!
I would also like to invite everyone for a rare opportunity to experience this heart based living. We have a major Secrets of Natural Walking workshop on October 27, 2014 in Asheville, NC. Our grand master Irman from Padmacahaya will be present in the workshop, along with 30+ certified Walking instructors. This is a 1 day workshop. $150. It is transformation with countless physical health benefits. This will also open the pathway for your heart connection to the Divine. You'll be surprised how improper we've been walking and the illnesses and pain the improper walking have caused us.
Registration: Registration:http://wncheart.com/?page_id=309
Ah...Finally - I like this!!by Laura Fan on 08/14/14
Despite the fact that I admire the enormous and extraordinary talents of many of the WDSF dancers, professionals or amateurs, I find the body line connection disturbing - too much hip pushing & exaggerated shapes. I'd often question, during the viewing of the dance videos, especially in the Swing dances - Where's the swing?
Recently, I came across a few clips of this couple and I just couldn't take my eyes off of them. I LOVE their dancing. There's fluidity, flow & musical. There's the beautiful shapes- Huge shapes. But the the biggest draw of my attention was the harmony of their partnership, their body action & body line connection. They are not the highest ranked couple, Yet. Still fresh & young. Cannot imagine just how far they could go from here!
I believe one of their main coaches is Fabio Selmi. I've always loved Fabio's dancing. He never neglects the principles of pure dancing while developing the new sporty, extraordinary shaping way of dancing.
Enjoy these 2 clips. I hope soon we'll have great dance coaches in the USA who can help the USA dancers develop the proper skills & techniques to implement this style.
R.I.P. Robin Williams - There's Hope & There's Helpby Laura Fan on 08/12/14
I'd like to introduce a simple way for everyone to try. To open our spiritual heart (not heart chakra, not physical heart) which is the connection to that True Source of Love & Light, the Source of our Real Self, and to receive help from our own Creator.
I have been offering free Public intros to Open Heart Meditation & Reiki Tummon Healing on Saturday afternoons. In a time like now, it's more important than ever to enjoy inner peace and joy, and be grateful for the gifts we have received in life.
For those of you who would like to join me this Saturday in Raleigh, please msg me. I'll hold a session 3p-4:30p (location to be disclosed via private msg). For those you who cannot join in person, I'll hold a skype session on Sunday 8/17 12p-2p EST. Please msg me & I'll give you my Skype Id.
Feet, Floor, Feel, Flightby Laura Fan on 07/23/14
A great lecture by William Pino. Too many teachers emphasize "footwork" to merely mean the foot placement on the floor or pick on Toe Heel, Heel Toe, etc. I was delighted to have come across this lecture on Feet Action & the relationship with the floor. William Pino is arguably one of the fastest, dynamic and artistic dancers and a ballroom legend. In this lecture, he thoroughly entertained and provided the most thought provoking materials. I especially liked the way he used the tap shoes to demonstrate the effects of proper usage of the feet and the improper way of using them :) As he stated at the end, in order to achieve great dancing, we must research, practice & try. I shall do just that and work on my feet! Enjoy!


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Shoot longboarding, not longboring.
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Shaving problem with my head?
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Query by Sharna: Shaving dilemma with my head?
two times ago I shaved my head for a most cancers charity. I have alopecia so I get few bald places all around my head. Anyway when I shaved the hair below my skin is still apparent, which is good, but since of my alopecia it really is all blotchy and spotty. It seems as if I've actually failed at shaving, its just so patchy. Is there everything I can do about this?
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Solution by Dr. Dolittle
Time will get rid of it don't buy any stupid goods to remove it I experienced Alopecia and about 3-6months afterwards it went away I experienced mild Alopecia even though nothing at all massive
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Can ingesting eco-friendly tea guide to androgenic hair reduction?
Posted on June 25, 2014
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Issue by : ): Can drinking green tea direct to androgenic hair reduction?
So i've been looking through that eco-friendly tea boosts your testosterone amounts, and lowers your estrogen levels. But black tea decreases testosterone levels and boosts your estrogen amounts.
Is this correct?
Due to the fact if this had been accurate, would not consuming environmentally friendly tea cause hair reduction? Because higher testosterone triggers male pattern hair decline on women correct? Meanwhile, higher estrogen amounts cause thicker hair on women appropriate?
In fact now that i feel about it, if eco-friendly tea raises testosterone it would do a good deal of negative items…..
-trigger acne
-oil skin
-hair reduction
so does ingesting too significantly of it do this?
Lol well i know it sounds bad. But i was thinking about it, and i consume a good deal of environmentally friendly tea and i have oily pores and skin and I'm vulnerable to breakouts. So i was variety of just putting the two and 2 with each other. I just want to make confident that in the prolonged operate I'm not going to damage my hair since of drinking green tea, when truly i could just swap to black tea.
I never ever actually thought about sugar ahead of. I use honey so i did not consider it issues due to the fact honey is natural. Well i possibly drink everywhere from five to 10 cups a day, and for each cup i have a teaspoon of honey.
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I am of course not an professional, but that appears like a load of BS…if environmentally friendly tea was Truly that poor for folks, they wouldn't mass produce it throughout several firms. Inexperienced tea has antioxidants, way too, which are in fact extremely Good for your body.
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hair reduction! Make sure you HELPP!?
Posted on June 24, 2014
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Concern by hotforwords: hair loss! Remember to HELPP!?
im practically eighteen and my eyebrows have been getting thinner and falling
out ALOT above the earlier months (my thyroid is fine)
anywho if i have ALOPECIA AREATA with therapy will
I be ready to hold my brows or will they fall out??
or will they develop back on their very own?….
Assist! so nervous
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3. Therapeutic massage with olive oil prior to heading to mattress at night and subsequent early morning, clean off the hair carefully..
4. To deal with hair decline use a tiny lemon juice with some black tea.Massage properly and shampoo.
5. Conquer two eggs,and add two tablespoons of drinking water to it. Rinse hair and pour the egg mixture more than the hair.Therapeutic massage the scalp well and go away for ten minutes.Then clean it.
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any suggesstions for hair reduction????
Posted on June 24, 2014
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Concern by msaggi12: any suggesstions for hair decline????
i m 26 and loosing my hair badly. i tried some aged loved ones dependent medicines. but to no excellent. remember to advise me some medicines or hair oil or shampoos.
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Expert in womens hair reduction in or close to Phoenix, AZ?
Posted on June 23, 2014
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Concern by Carla: Specialist in womens hair reduction in or about Phoenix, AZ?
Can you reccomend a medical doctor who specializes in woman's hair loss in or around Phoenix, AZ… Thanks!
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Answer by M.D. Alison C
in any case as we know hair loss can be triggered by several different factors! Discover out the real lead to of hair loss! There are several triggers of reduction of hair these kinds of as stress, very poor nutrition ,medications, thyroid dysfunctions, sickness, fungal infections ,hormonal issues, to mention a handful of.
year ago I endured really significantly from hair loss also and I commenced trying everything you can think about to quit my hair decline.
the factors that genuinely worked for me was:
1) Vitamin A – an anti-oxidant which encourages healthful production of sebum in the scalp
two) Vitamin E stimulates circulation. Good blood circulation in the scalp is crucial in retaining hair follicles productive. The 'B' vitamins lead to melanin, which offers hair its healthier coloration and also stimulates blood circulation
three) massage is also helpful. Massage stimulates circulation. As presently noted, excellent circulation in the scalp keeps hair follicles active. Authorities suggest a handful of minutes of every day head massage by hand. Circulation by means of massage may possibly be improved by utilizing a handful of drops of lavender or bay essential oil in an almond or sesame oil foundation with therapeutic massage
four) Consider rubbing your scalp with garlic juice, Onion Juice or Ginger Juice(you can either of a single out of 3, Do not mix any of two or three)
five) also I used herbal treatment method – TrichoZed
It is a excellent merchandise that assists avert hair decline and it is an Food and drug administration approved solution. I think it is extremely crucial!
It labored and even now works for me!
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It enhances hair development by blocking DHT (Dihydrotestostrone) – a significant cause of hair reduction!
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urgent :( hair reduction? helppp!?
Posted on June 23, 2014
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Issue by hotforwords: urgent hair loss? helppp!?
im almost eighteen and my eyebrows have been getting thinner and slipping
out ALOT above the past months (my thyroid is wonderful)
anywho if i have ALOPECIA AREATA with remedy will
I be in a position to maintain my brows or will they drop out??
or will they grow back on their possess?….
Aid! so nervous
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Answer by Soniya Jaraika
Hi friend
Because of to ur well being problm or it could be thanks to pill or treament.Request the medical professional to give gentle dose alternatively of large dose.Just therapeutic massage with castor oil and Olive oil with each other on eyebrows which will starts regrowth of powerful hair even u can utilize Egg white way too.These are the issues Only advised in any other case synthetic or some strategies are there for eyebrows which is long term.Check whether or not u r struggling from fungal attack too close to to eyebrows.
Without having delay go and seek advice from medical doctor and Beautician also.
I hope this assisted u
Soniya Jaraika
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How to end hair reduction?
Posted on June 23, 2014
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Issue by Agy<3: How to end hair decline?
Is there anything at all that can support to end hair reduction. My pals hair is extremely dry and shes tried practically everything Make sure you Help!!!!
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Answer by Melinda
Some of the achievable causes for slipping hair are:
Way too a lot work
Inadequate diet regime
Over-publicity to the sunlight
Newbie bleaching
As well recurrent and inexpert use of tints, rinses or other colourants
Listed here is what you can do to prevent hair drop
Shampoo frequently. Don't forget, a Cleanse scalp is a Healthy SCALP.
Brahmi amla oil also encourages hair development.
A higher protein diet plan with plenty of fruits, green veggies and dairy items is a should.
Consume ten-12 glass of water everyday.
Use a quite mild shampoo and problem your hair at minimum two times a 7 days. When you do, make confident you rinse out the conditioner totally, normally residue build-up will result in your hair to seem limp and boring.
Know your nutritional vitamins! IRON is important for wholesome hair and brittle, limp hair suggests an iron deficiency. Spinach has a excellent iron content, so gulp it down!
ZINC helps avert hair decline and greying. Take in ample zinc rich foods. Over weight people are inclined to have zinc deficiency, which is inversely associated to the entire body mass index. Therefore if you are over weight and if your hair falls way too much, you might want to improve your ingestion of zinc made up of meals. Recipes containing stone floor, wholegrain flour are rich in zinc.
A shortfall in VITAMIN B may possibly cause dandruff, slipping hair, decline of color and could encourage grey hair. So B team Nutritional vitamins are vital for gloss, colour and thickness.
VITAMIN C makes certain the overall health of capillaries giving blood to hair follicles. Make positive your diet involves loads of new fruits and veggies.
VITAMIN E encourages hair progress. Switch from refined flours to wholemeal and wheatgerm, eggs, vegetable oil.
COPPER stops hair from falling. Reports show that the copper articles in the blood serum of folks with slipping hair is considerably less than typical. Diverse varieties of alopecia (falling hair) are witnessed to have a deficiency of this essential trace aspect. Consist of small quantities of nuts, specifically cashews and peanuts, seeds, whole milk and beans in your diet plan as these contain minute but essential quantities of copper.
Home made solutions for protecting against hair fall:
Apply almond oil on scalp and therapeutic massage.
Grind fenugreek seeds in water and apply on your scalp. Wash off after forty minutes. Do this each and every morning for a month ¡V if it suits you! Keep in mind, diverse therapies go well with distinct varieties of hair.
Massage warm castor oil + almond oil into your scalp carefully. Wrap a hot towel around your scalp so it receives absorbed into the hair. Do this 2 times a week for healthful, shiny hair.
Add 2-three drops of honey to a glass of water and use this as the previous rinse after shampooing.
Rapid Hair Care Conditioner
Combine 1 egg, 2 tbs castor oil, one tsp vinegar and one tsp glycerine. Defeat till frothy and therapeutic massage lightly into your scalp. Wrap your head in a scorching towel, steam, then clean off. This conditioner tends to make hair thicker, shiny, delicate and manageable.
Honey Conditioner
Beat one-two eggs (relying on the length of the hair), 1 tsp honey and two tsp olive oil. Therapeutic massage carefully into the scalp. Steam, and shampoo right after an hour.
Liquor Conditioner
Conquer 1-2 eggs with two tsp brandy. Massage into your scalp. Depart for ten-fifteen minutes. Rinse nicely. The egg nourishes your hair and brandy stimulates hair growth.
Your hair is a essential splendor asset, requiring continual loving treatment. And with a small nurturing, lush, shiny hair will be yours
Necessities FOR Falling HAIR –
Does your hair slide typically Arm yourself with these resources to fight hair tumble.
Extensive-toothed comb
Get yourself a extensive-toothed comb. This is almost certainly one particular of the most essential but underutilized of all hair tools. A extensive-toothed comb will help you distribute conditioner evenly all above your hair although shampooing and conditioning. In addition, it also will help get rid of knots smoothly.
The very best time to get rid of knots is in the course of conditioning. Apply conditioner and operate a extensive toothed comb carefully through your hair.
Although untangling dry hair, do so in sections. Consider a single section at a time, and initial, untangle the ends of your hair. Do so slowly, and don?t pull until you want your hair to tumble out in clumps or break.
Don?t hold out for the previous minute just before detangling your hair. Each and every night time, although sitting down in entrance of the tv, run a broad toothed comb gently through your hair, until you have untangled it entirely. Do this every single evening, and you will recognize that your hair remains free of charge from tangles.
Depart-in conditioner
Dry hair tends to tangle very easily, and, pointless to say, leads to it to break. Make sure your hair is by no means devoid of dampness by usually keeping a bottle of go away-in conditioner handy. The following time you come to feel your hair is dry and rough to the touch, merely rub a dollop of depart-in conditioner amongst your palms, and utilize it to your hair. Comb by means of with your wide toothed comb. Your hair will be instantaneously rejuvenated and moisturized. Gradually, the texture will also boost. This is a need to if you blow dry your hair often, or if it is chemically dealt with. This kind of hair continuously craves humidity, so get oneself a bottle of leave-in conditioner.
Olive, almond and coconut oils are all exceptional for the hair. Although you could use oil as an option to depart-in conditioner, oil tends to make your hair sticky, and you are not able to style your hair well soon after applying oil. Your only different would then be to tie up your hair. For far better results with oil, implement just a few drops immediately soon after washing your hair, when your hair is nonetheless dripping soaked. Oil doesn?t penetrate the strands as easily as depart-in conditioner does however. Nothing beats a very hot oil therapeutic massage adopted by a steam treatment, as the steam aids the oil penetrate the hair strands, strengthening them and curtailing hair fall.
Egg is excellent for the hair ? there are no two approaches about it! Real, it triggers a remarkable stink in the lavatory, and your hair may possibly permit off an ?eggy? odor, but the final results are instantaneous and value it! Egg strengthens your hair nearly instantly, and the egg yolk leaves your hair shining. Whip an egg with two tablespoons of olive oil and apply it to your hair. Clean off soon after fifty percent an hour. Make positive you wash off with cold water however, or the egg will start off cooking in your hair, and would be more challenging to get off! Use a scented shampoo to counter the smell of egg in your hair, and adhere to up with a leave-in conditioner. Do this for a thirty day period, and you will be surprised by the change in your hair texture and the reduction in hair tumble.
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Why is my hair slipping out?
Posted on June 23, 2014
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Query by need to have support!!!: Why is my hair slipping out?
Right well im fifteen years aged and yesterday i observed my hair was slipping out just above my temples. I have regarded issues like alopecia but im not stressed. I don't take in meat so could that be an concern? but yet again i take in meat substitutes and greens and tremendous milk and all that.
Im actually nervous. You should help me… any variety of information would relly support me!!!!
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i have the same dilemma
are you flat ironing also considerably
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hair loss question?
Posted on June 22, 2014
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Query by Jake-89: hair loss concern?
im eighteen and i dont have so dense hair as i experienced 2 years ago (its NOT genetic due to the fact each my mother and father are Total with hair and they are fifty six many years-previous and also my massive brother) because i am putting all these gels and shit and i was pulling my hair and all these result in some hair loss, but now that i stopped that, i barely loose 5 hair-bristles each and every five days..Will my hair get tiny little bit denser sometime?
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Response by Rebecca G
You want to see a dermatologist. Hair reduction for women occurs mainly at an older age because of menopause and such. A skin doctor can do a hair biopsy and monitor your hair development and decline. Lay off the chemical items and very hot blow dryers and see if your hair grows thicker once again. The hair vitamen Biotin can be purchased in excess of the counter.
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The property is very spacious with its 250m2 built - on 2 levels, plus 70m2 of terraces - on a plot of 15000m2 with views of the surrounding natural environment. There are 4 bedrooms with 3 bathrooms nice units you have. It is completely renovated and tastefully proper.
The property enjoys an excellent direction southeast. The outdoor area has a security pool with a beautifully landscaped . Enjoy a Establiments environment as offered by this property is to enjoy what the interior Mallorca can only offer. It is a quiet and clear, that encourages relaxation of the senses.
Establiments Mallorca is a town which in recent years has been gaining popularity because of its proximity - only 8 kilometers - to Palma. It has the charm of the interior villages of Mallorca that are located at the foot of the Sierra de Tramontana, maintaining its unique character and genuine.
Well Water, Wardrobes, BBQ, Renovated, Living room with dining area, 2 long fires. Establiments is a neighborhood located in the Northern District of the city of Palma de Mallorca. Formerly a separate municipality, but in 1910 was annexed to the Balearic capital. Most of the buildings in the area are single family homes, so it is a quiet and residential character. Bordering the towns establiments Esporles and Puigpunyent to the north and west respectively. It also borders the districts of Son Anglada and Secar de la Real in the south.
Establiments is an area of Palma de Mallorca in general, highly appreciated and demanded. This is because their values comfort, proximity to the capital and tranquility are taken into account when choosing residence. Mainly consisting of residential, offers all the services that residents can sue.
|Sleeps up to 8, 4 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|20 minutes by car
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|Nearest Amenities
|100 m
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|Nearest airport: 20 minutes by car
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|Kettle, Toaster
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Establiments is a neighborhood located in the Northern District of the city of Palma de Mallorca . Formerly a separate municipality , but in 1910 was annexed to the Balearic capital . Most of the buildings in the area are single family homes , so it is a quiet and residential character . Bordering the towns establiments Esporles and Puigpunyent to the north and west respectively. It also borders the districts of Son Anglada and Drying of the Real in the south.
The Bahía de Palma is one of the enclaves of the Mediterranean where the practice of sailing has its own name . In these sports have proven their worth several Majorcan athletes competing and have competed in the World Championships and Olympic Games . To practice there are several sports clubs among which the Real Club Nautico de Palma Sailing and Yacht Club Calanova Portitxol.
For the practice of this sport the Club de Golf Son Vida and Son Gual are great both for the quality of its facilities and the quality of services ofertanen .
Establiments is an area of ??Palma de Mallorca in general, highly appreciated and demanded. This is because their values ??comfort , proximity to the capital and tranquility are taken into account when choosing residence. Mainly consisting of residential, offers all the services that residents can sue.
Places of interest
Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma de Mallorca : popularly known as La Seu , ??is located on the shores of the Bay of Palma , near the Parc de la Mar. possess it highest nave in Spain and the second in Europe , surpassed only by the Cathedral of Beauvais . It has established fame for having the largest rosette Gothic Europe , as there are larger algunosde Gothic style . It is the only cathedral in the world that casts its reflection on the water of the sea.
Bellver Castle : Medieval castle round only Spain and the first to be built in Europe . On the continent there are only three circular castles that date back to that time.
Castillo de San Carlos : is a small artillery castle located at the entrance of the port of Palma de Mallorca built to defend it . It is currently in the naval base of Porto Pi and is the place which houses the Military History Museum in the city.
Bathrooms Arabs are one of the few remnants of Muslim architecture preserved on the island. It is a square area room with twelve columns that support a dome with several round openings . This room was intended for hot baths and to do a double bottom provided with holes through which circulate the hot water and steam , a breakthrough for the time.
Almudaina Palace : the Real Alcázar Royal Palace in the city and one of the residences of the Spanish Royal Family . This iconic infrastructure is managed by the government agency National Heritage . He was known until 1309 as Zuda , but was rebuilt by James II of Mallorca , depending on the model of the Royal Palace in Perpignan.
Plaza Mayor: is one of the main squares of Palma de Mallorca . Built in the nineteenth century on elsolar hitherto occupied by the Convent of San Felipe Neri and some neighboring buildings , is one of the most beautiful and famous of Palma with its structure and beautiful arches.
Consulate of the Sea : located in the walk Sagrera , near the port. Headquarters of an institution Fuela legal eponymous medieval merchant , formed by a Prior and several consuls whose jurisdiction was similar to existing commercial courts. It now houses the Presidència Conselleriade Govern de les Illes Balears .
Spanish town : it was built in the 60s by architect Fernando Chueca Goitia in the neighborhood are Espanyolet . It was conceived as a village in which sepretendían together the main characteristics of the peoples of España.es currently competes with Barcelona as the best Spanish people of Spain .
Lonja : Lonja of Palma de Mallorca or , as it is popularly known , Sa Llojta is one of the masterpieces of Gothic architecture in Mallorca . It was built by architect Guillem Sagrera between 1420 and 1452 and was the headquarters of the Association of Merchants .
Convent of San Francisco : the convent of San Francisco is an assembly of the church, the cloister and several detached buildings . Today, the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular ( TOR ) Operate a school of the same name in a building attached to these infrastructures .
Santa Eulalia Church : the Church of Santa Eulalia is located in the old city. In this temple was crowned King of Majorca James II on September 12, 1276 . The church has three naves , the central one being the highest , with two access doors . The bell tower , dating from the nineteenth century , is of great altitude and its capital is pointed and of sublime beauty.
March Palace : a palace located in the historic center of Palma de Mallorca , next to the Cathedral and the Almudaina . Its construction began in 1939 and was opened in 1945 . Currently , it is an art museum that houses the Bartolomé March Foundation , created in 1975 by Bartolomé March .
Grand Hotel : a building modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner terminadaen 1903. It has now been converted into the headquarters of the Fundación La Caixa .
Balearic Islands Parliament : it was built in 1848 on the former site of the convent of the Dominicans by architect Antoni Sureda i Villalonga . By that time it was the headquarters of the Academy Majorcan where this room was a room full of dancing and partying . Since 1983 is the seat of the legislature of the Balearic Islands . Conqueror 's which sit on the street near the cathedral and Plaza de Cort, which houses the town hall.
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Bernanke can't solve our problems
Many thanks to Joe Weisenthal for throwing some much-needed cold water on the NGDP fandom which is currently sweeping the blogosphere.
I'm a fan of NGDP myself; I was one of the 37% of econobloggers who voted for it in the Kauffman survey this quarter. But the fact is that switching to NGDP targeting would be a decidedly marginal move: the Fed is, simply, out of credible ammunition right now. And so Ben Bernanke is being rather sensible when he says that if you want to create jobs, then fiscal policy is going to be a lot more effective than monetary policy.
If you want a good introduction to NGDP, Christy Romer helpfully provided one in the NYT last week. But at heart, the argument seems to go a bit like this:
- The Fed should say that it expects the economy to grow more.
- Then everybody else will expect the economy to grow more.
- Then the economy will grow more!
Ramesh Ponnuru and David Beckworth actually say this, pretty explicitly, when they talk of how "the mere announcement that the Fed will buy assets until nominal spending hits a target, for example, could raise expectations for nominal-spending growth".
But what's missing here is the actual mechanism by which the Fed will change expectations about the state of the economy. In the latest issue of the Milken Review, which is stupidly behind a registration wall, Clark Johnson has a 10-page article (idiotically enormous 46MB PDF alert) complaining about how the Fed isn't doing enough to jumpstart growth. It's full of stuff like this:
Monetary policy works best by guiding expectations of growth and prices, rather than by just reacting to events by adjusting short-term interest rates… Instead of assuring the market that growth will be restored, the Fed has set interest-rate targets or promised to undertake specific volumes of open-market operations over defined periods. Much more could be done to create the expectation that the liquidity needed to sustain high rates of growth would be provided.
Johnson quotes Lars Svensson, deputy governor of Swedish Riksbank, admiringly:
It is now generally acknowledged that monetary policy works mainly through the private-sector expectations of future interest rates and future inflation that central-bank actions and statements give rise to. Those expectations matter much more than the current interest rate. That is, monetary policy is "the management of expectations."
Well, OK, it's hard to oppose managing expectations so that everybody believes that we're going to have strong growth going forwards. But the Fed already has a full-employment mandate, and it's clearly failed at that. Simply announcing that you're working towards some stated end can be a good idea — but only if you can credibly meet that end. And it's far from clear that the kind of things that Romer and Johnson are talking about — extensions of QE, basically, in one form or another — would suffice to get nominal growth back to where Romer would like to see it.
QE's been good at goosing markets; it's been less good at goosing the economy as a whole. And yet the likes of Ryan Avent are seriously disappointed that Bernanke hasn't done, um, "something".
Here, then, is Joe:
The biggest problem facing the economy is that the private sector is in too much debt. Americans are trapped in their homes, where they owe huge mortgages, and are generally paying off the big credit boom from the last few decades…
If you can accept that this needs to come down, it seems ludicrous to think that the answer to the debt crisis is: cheaper loans! People don't want (and can't utilize) cheaper loans: What people need is more income to pay off this debt.
And there's a place that more income can come from, and that's government spending…
The real impediment to wage inflation isn't that the Fed hasn't set a big enough number, it's that we have massive unemployment and excess capacity creating slack in the labor market. Get rid of that slack by putting people to work doing anything, and you start to get the wage firmness (inflation) you desire.
And beyond that, it's just intuitive. If you take the average person, ask them what will cause them to spend more money: A policy announcement from Bernanke, or the promise of a well-paying job for years to come. The answer is obvious.
Sadly, there's zero chance of the kind of fiscal stimulus which can actually put millions of unemployed Americans to work. Obama, it turns out, is no FDR. And without strong backing from the White House, the Fed simply doesn't have the credibility needed to make everybody believe that we're emerging into a halcyon world of strong growth and high employment. Because, frankly, we're not. No matter what Bernanke does.
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We probably disagree a bit on FDR (I suspect I think he looks more like Hoover than you do), but that aside, FDR's jobs programs were pretty low-tech. Sure, the civil/structural engineering piece was critical, but I think the steepening of the skills-productivity curve plus globalization over the last century has made a New Deal employment expansion fairly impossible. I agree that NGDP is not a magic bullet. But a negative interest rate regime seems worthy trying. My bigger fear is that Obama will be more like Carter than Reagan, if and when inflation pops.
"the mere announcement that the Fed will buy assets until nominal spending hits a target" AKA "The price of real estate always go up – we'll all be rich, rich, rich selling houses to each other!!!!"
With study after study showing stagnant wages, greater poverty, decreasing consumer spending power for the 99%, what is this belief that if we only have "the FED" conjure money and raise prices, we will all be better off? How does this theory work in real estate – keep house prices high, increase unemployment, and more houses get sold?
We have had FED worship for about 30 years now, and it appears to have dug us into a big hole.
I recommend Nick Rowe:
http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile _canadian_initi/2011/10/engdp-level-path -targeting-for-the-people-of-the-concret e-steppes-.html
Felix… you and Paul Krugman need to cut Obama some slack. FDR didn't have to deal with Fox news, Right wing talk radio, and most imporntantly a permanent standing army of lobbiests working every day to further the goals of the "1%."
Barak is pure of heart though… after he wins his last election the deplomacy will end. The governing from the middle will cease. Barak is a legal scholar he realizes that controling 1 house of congress and the presedency you can get whatever you want in the 2nd term if you're willing to throw your veto around.
To meaningfully raise taxes on the rich remember all he has to do is NOTHING. They all sunset 12/31/12!
"But what's missing here is the actual mechanism by which the Fed will change expectations about the state of the economy."
felex, read nick rowe at worthwhile canadian & andy harless at employment interest & money…
Felix, I understand where you're coming from, because the NGDP advocates tend to be frustratingly vague about policy levers. Sumner is the worst of the lot – he'll start by saying "negative interest rates on reserves", and when someone points out that the Fed lacks authority to do this, he'll just say that it's not an issue because the Fed has already done things that it has no clear authority to do. But it is an obvious logical fallacy to assume that all illegal actions are equivalent; in his calmer moments, I'm sure Sumner knows this. Sumner also gets muddled about whether his NGDP futures proposal is feedback to the Fed or a policy lever. Even Nick Rowe's "People of the Concrete Steppes" post was amusingly lacking in concrete steps.
But as Noah Smith points out, it's actually pretty simple: the Fed can make NGDP has high as it likes by printing money and buying stuff. The issue, then, is not the lack of a concrete policy lever but the lack of political support for applying it.
Note that you personally are part of the problem, not the solution. Remember how you gushed over that idiotic "Bernank" Fed video?
i'm surprised to read this weak argument from the usually sharp Mr. Salmon.
Are you denying that the Fed is unable to generate the inflation level it wants? Imagine if the Fed announces tomorrow that it will buy ALL of Manhattan. Remember, it can print all the money it wants, so it can do it. Now, imagine that everybody believes the Fed will actually do this. What do you think would happen to real estate prices? I would say that before it has even bought one building, the prices would jump immediately.
That's what people mean when the say the Fed can achieve a lot just by communicating its intentions clearly. Because it has this magical infinite money printing machine, it has basically absolute power over inflation.
Now, why create inflation? Because (1) it reduces people's debts in real term; (2) it nudges investors out of cash or low-yield positions, and into riskier stuff like business ventures (jobs); and (3) it encourages people to spend now rather than later, when their cash will be worth less.
Re: Fed buying stuff
If inflation expectations increase, wouldn't that juice the yield on treasuries?
If that's the case, I'm fine with moving my cash to a CD, assuming the increase in interest gets partially passed on to me from the bank.
Home prices may increase, but does that add participants to the real estate markets? Perhaps speculators, but again, you'll have to pay a higher rate to get a loan.
The big advantage is number 1, but you could accomplish this via loan forgiveness / mods (not that I agree with that), without the nasty side effects of inflationary policy like this.
Funny that you should bring up FDR. If you had been paying attention to Sumner/Beckworth/Yglesias/Avent/et al for the past 2 years rather than jumping into the fray only when NDGP targeting is gaining some popular attention, you'd know that there's consensus among economic historians that what fueled the robust recovery in 1933-36 wasn't FDR's fiscal policies but rather his commitment to a price level target (i.e. returning prices to pre-depression levels). I'll link to Yglesias since I assume you'd immediately discount anything by Sumner or Beckworth.
http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/1 0/30/356683/christina-romer-joins-team-n gdp-level-targeting/
Funny that you should bring up FDR. If you had been paying attention to Sumner/Beckworth/Yglesias/Avent/et al for the past 2 years rather than jumping into the fray only when NDGP targeting is gaining some popular attention, you'd know that there's consensus among economic historians that what fueled the robust recovery in 1933-36 wasn't FDR's fiscal policies but rather his commitment to a price level target (i.e. returning prices to pre-depression levels). I'll link to Yglesias since I assume you'd immediately discount anything by Sumner or Beckworth.
http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/1 0/30/356683/christina-romer-joins-team-n gdp-level-targeting/
What about no policy at all! When will people realize that monetary policy is just a sophisticated word for legal counterfeiting! What do we do with counterfeiters? We put them in jail. why you ask? because, they get real goods and services with something that masquerades as something obtained by providing a real good or service. Central banking is the same. The entire logic of 2% inflation target is total nonsense. if apples and oranges are trading at $1, and the desire for oranges relative to apples goes up, inflation (the average price) could go up, down, sideways. It all depends on elasticity of demand and supply. So why would you have a target of 2% on millions of prices that are moving up or down to reflect society's demands. Such nonsense!
I thought Joe Weisenthal's piece was pretty dumb, and I'm a bit more sanguine about the prospects for NGDP targeting than you, but the point that it's not a magic bullet is one I've been making in my little corners of the world as well. I think it would very nearly solve one class of economic problems, leaving others to be dealt with.
FYI, the market monetarists smashed the WSJ editorial page pretty hard when they first tried to tackle nominal GDP targeting until that lady actually read more about it and posted a more honest appraisal.
I don't understand. The post seems at points to say that the Fed would seek to target NGDP growth by managing expectations, and then objects that Fed has no credibility.
But isn't the idea that the Fed simply sets NGDP to whatever it wants. This is the method by which the Fed manages expectations, not the result of managing expectations.
And if you know that NGDP growth will be at least, say 7%, then one expects (by defintion of NDGP) that either growth or inflation will go up. At first you might think only inflation will go up. But then a moment of thought reveals that higher inflation will cause higher growth. So then you expect growth to increase.
Or does Salmon think that a group of people with the power to buy anything at any price they want cannot cause inflation? That would be a weird thing to believe, but it would at least explain the blog post.
"Imagine if the Fed announces tomorrow that it will buy ALL of Manhattan. Remember, it can print all the money it wants, so it can do it."
If *you* owned Manhattan, would *you* sell it on these terms?
Immediately following the announcement, assuming it was deemed credible, the dollar would be finished as a currency. Nobody would accept it as payment for any new transactions. You would have sold Manhattan for a handful of glass beads.
The real question is how far the Fed can go in expanding the money supply WITHOUT destroying the currency. As long as people continue to value and trade in dollars, then the Fed can buy whatever it wants.
But it is a mistake to assume that can continue indefinitely.
Glad to see MMT and Sectoral Balances getting mainstream play.
TFF – my manhattan example was just a thought experiment to illustrate the fact that the Fed has absolute power to create inflation at any level it wants to. prices of whatever assets the fed starts to buy will bid up until it stops buying them. and indeed, just by stating its intentions, prices will go up because people will anticipate the fed's moves.
Agreed, adabsurdo, but the caution still holds (albeit weakened). The Fed has absolute power to devalue the currency, but at some point people become reluctant to accept it in trade.
Is it possible that the monetary increase necessary to achieve 5% NGDP growth would lead to a decline in real GDP? If so, such a policy would be self-defeating.
Reason I ask is that we've seen a massive increase in the Fed's book while NGDP has been very sluggish. Makes me wonder how much more would be required to achieve the target.
TFF – nobody is arguing for Zimbabwe-style runaway inflation. To get back on the NGDP target path, it would require 4-5% inflation, instead of 1.5-2% like now. this is actually pretty much in line with historical standards – inflation was around 5% in the 80s.
also, keep in mind that the one of the key parts of NGDP targeting involves the Fed clearly stating its intentions, to leverage the markets into doing most of the work. But the Fed has absolute power over inflation, so if people actually believe what it says, they will act accordingly and make it a self-fulfilling prophecy, at much lower cost to the Fed.
Works for me… I'd love to see 5% to 7% inflation for a few years, as I think that would go a long way towards getting the economy back on track.
Thinking that the Fed can control the economy under any conditions is accepting the fallacy that supply side economics is more than wishful thinking. The Fed can inject all the money it wants into the economy, but if people don't want to use it, it won't matter. Setting a target for NGDP doesn't mean you will get there, we need to create a mechanism for achieving goals beyond just printing money.
I'm not saying printing money is bad, but it needs to be spent – invested preferred over consumed, but either will be better than nothing in the short term. Making more capital available alone accomplishes nothing towards the goal of creating long term jobs, as employers still need to be confident the investment is worthwhile.
Tweaking interest rates and money supplies can yield results in a more stable environment, but when confidence is low, and consumers are reluctant or unable to spend, those minor adjustments will yield even less minor change. The economy grew at an artificially high rate in the last decade because it was pumped full of debt, and people were willing to borrow to consume. They are not as willing now, so growth needs to be driven by investment, and not consumption. The Fed can not force investment to happen, but Congress and the president can, if they work together.
We're not going to see inflation (other than caused by fluctuations in worldwide energy supply/demand) until demand is greater than supply, and that won't happen until more consumers are working and confident of stable employment. The Fed can not convince consumers to change their attitudes, and the government is failing at that. cutting taxes will not increase consumer spending; cutting government spending will not increase consumer spending; and neither will increase private investment that will create growth.
Ken_G, I think I read that the household savings rate is back to its pre-recession levels… Consumers are "doing their part".
The shortfall of demand, if any, is on the corporate side.
What a dumb comment about "Obama being no FDR."
Look, I know politics isn't your beat, but surely you've noticed that the White House has been pushing for fiscal stimulus for a while now (much like FDR did in his day). It passed a huge stimulus bill in '09, its tax cut compromise contained still more stimulus, it continually tries to negotiate bargains with Republicans that trade short-term stimulus for long-term deficit cuts, and in the last few months it's started another push for a second large-scale stimulus bill. The relevant difference here is not between Obama and FDR, who both wanted to pursue aggressive fiscal solutions, but between the 72nd Congress, which also wanted to pursue aggressive fiscal solutions, and the 112th Congress, which wants nothing to do with the question.
If you're going to accuse other bloggers of having unrealistic expectations of the wrong set of economic policymakers, you really ought to be more careful that you yourself aren't doing the exact same thing in the political sphere.
The way Keynesian fiscal policy produces NGDP growth is inflation. The way monetary policy produces NGDP growth is inflation. A fiscal policy without monetary support (as in Japan) just creates debt (the inflation from monetary policy often makes buyers less leery of buying debt as well, so not a completely free lunch). The difference is that one relies on Congress, a very flawed mechanism. Central banks, as in Switzerland recently, can just publicly make a statement and things fall into place. It doesn't have to deal with filibusters every time it makes a decision. If it ends up overreacting it can dial things back down pretty easily.
TFF, but there are less of them with money to spend. And while they may have lowered their savings rate, I don't think they're borrowing as much – my guess is the decreased home prices means less home equity loans to finance consumption.
But you're absolutely right – a huge shortfall of demand on the corporate side. Cash is just sitting there, not even earning interest, and with the corporations idling all that cash, the value of their business in the US is declining.
Ken_G, I'm hardly an expert on economic measures, but I believe household savings rate is calculated net borrowing. Essentially "Income less spending", converted to a percentage?
And while household income may have dropped a bit (less capital gains contribution than in 2007), I don't think it has fallen off THAT much.
But corporations are taking a larger piece of the pie than ever before, and are not presently reinvesting those profits. Thus money leaks out of the active economy like a sieve.
TFF, are you talking net absolute dollars being saved, or percentage of income minus debt being saved? If it's a percentage, then it doesn't take into account how much people have available to spend. If it's absolute, then it ignores the distribution of income and spending.
Unemployment is higher than it was in 2007, so right away, there are more people who don't have money to spend. And among those who have remained employed, I think their income has been static, so they will not spend as much. The economy may be as large as it was 4 years ago, but it's spread over less people.
I would be happy if money were leaking out of the economy like a sieve. I think it's more like osmosis, except once it gets to the other side it stays there.
"If it's absolute, then it ignores the distribution of income and spending."
Yes, I believe it ignores the distribution. Still, from a demand perspective it doesn't much matter how the spending is distributed. The money is being earned (even if it is a bit more concentrated) and it is being spent (even if on fewer people).
"I think it's more like osmosis, except once it gets to the other side it stays there."
Sufficient pressure applied to the fluid can reverse osmosis… That may be a more optimistic analogy than a sieve.
Try the following link, Ken_G?
http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa -Frb.asp?Freq=Qtr
Spending has picked up recently, reaching new highs. The savings rate is still a bit higher than it was in 2005 (the epicenter of the borrow-and-spend era), but not dramatically so.
This is admittedly a fairly recent change, with annualized personal spending up $500B YOY and the dip in the savings rate most notable in 3Q11.
Still, I think you are overplaying the lack of consumer demand in the equation.
I concede that consumer demand has increased, but not faster than supply, which is why we don't have much inflation.
Because of continuing productivity increases, consumer demand CANNOT increase faster than supply. The population isn't growing fast enough (besides, that increases supply alongside demand) and the benefit from the increased productivity is flowing to the corporations.
Unfortunately that brings us back to the most intractable of our problems — the negative demographics of an aging population. Aren't going to find a policy solution to that one.
And yes, those dynamics make it difficult to generate inflation.
It's funny how attacks on NGDP usually come in two complete polar opposites:
1. The Fed is not credible! They could make all sorts of announcements and buy stuff until those announcements come to fruition, and it wouldn't matter because only fiscal policy really matters.
2. The Fed will debase the currency by printing money! There will be massive inflation!
It's particularly frustrating when these arguments are made BY THE SAME PEOPLE. These people complete misunderstand how inflation happens. It doesn't happen just because a lot more money is printed. It happens when more money is chasing after less goods. And by chasing after less goods, I mean spending money on less goods. In other words, NGDP.
It may be true that, to various extents, inflation anywhere and everywhere is a monetary problem. But it's a monetary problem only to the extent money is spent. Sumner et. al. are just talking about targeting spending levels vs. average price levels, but either one would be far superior to today's Fed policy.
It doesn't really matter whether spending reached "new highs." Spending, i.e. NGDP, reached new highs in 2007. Before that, it reached new highs in 2006. And in 2005. And in 2004. And so on. NGDP doesn't need to just be at its highest level ever. If it's not, then that risks deflation. NGDP needs to be growing to sustain full employment.
Think of it this way: what if a company had revenues that were completely flat, or went up 0.01%. If the company wanted to keep the same number of employees, it would have two options:
1. Put a salary freeze on all employees, even for employees who deserve a raise.
2. Give raises for the employees who deserve a raise and lower wages for employees who don't.
Only giving raises to good employees would lower the company's margins and it may lose money, so that's not an option.
In the real world, companies do not lower wages. Instead they lay off a few people and then they have room to give some employees raises. Extrapolate that company's revenues to the country's revenues as a whole, then you can see how flat NGDP leads to less than full employment. In areas with less demand, like construction, wages just adjust too slowly to their new market levels.
People think of NGDP targeting as some exotic and economically technical thing, but the example above should make it easy for non-economists to relate NGDP to full employment. Talks of expectations and all that obscures the fact that NGDP is THE issue with regard to full employment and putting NGDP back to growth, through either monetary or fiscal policy, is the only way to return the economy to full employment.
"It doesn't really matter whether spending reached "new highs.""
@mwwaters, you missed the point — if the personal saving rate is down to 4.1%, there is very little potential for further gain in that department. I don't think anybody has argued that the 1.4% savings rate from 2005 is either desirable or sustainable, and even THAT would add just a few hundred billion to the GDP.
"Think of it this way: what if a company had revenues that were completely flat, or went up 0.01%."
Or we could imagine a more typical scenario in which a company has revenues that are up ~5% but shareholders who are expecting 8%-12% annual growth.
"In the real world, companies do not lower wages. Instead they lay off a few people and then they have room to give some employees raises."
Or they lay off a few people, freeze wages for the rest, and generate higher profit margins. If you've read any quarterly reports recently, you surely realize that is what is happening right now. Operating margins are increasing faster than top-line growth and have been for a few years now.
There are four ways to increase NGDP:
(1) Increase corporate investment, cutting into that exceptionally healthy cash flow. Of course they have enough excess capacity that they don't need to hire right now, especially not in the US.
(2) Increase corporate hiring, cutting into those operating margins. Same objection as to #1.
(3) Import less and export more. Requires either a trade war or greater cooperation from China.
(4) Generate sufficient inflation to paper over the real GDP, resulting in falling wages for all but the favored few.
My earlier comments were in response to Ken_G who was arguing an insufficiency of consumer demand. Unfortunately that has grown as far as it can without rising wages.
This is just silly:
"Well, OK, it's hard to oppose managing expectations so that everybody believes that we're going to have strong growth going forwards. But the Fed already has a full-employment mandate, and it's clearly failed at that. Simply announcing that you're working towards some stated end can be a good idea — but only if you can credibly meet that end."
The reason the full-employment mandate doesn't effectively manage expectations is that it has virtually no value for predicting Fed policy!
The Fed righty thinks it lacks credibility to hit an employment target and plumps for an implicit inflation target instead, effectively ignoring half its mandate. But the Fed does have the tools to hit an NGDP target. One of the biggest advantages of an NGDP target is that hitting it doesn't require neglecting either half of the dual mandate.
Furthermore, I fear that in your remarks on QE you're making the mistake of thinking NGDP targeting fails if it doesn't boost real GDP. It doesn't. As Steve Randy Waldman has argued (http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/2347.ht ml), it's a good thing that NGDP targeting ensures recessions will be inflationary.
I very much agree with this post. So much so that I have decided to stop writing on the topic because I tend to froth at the keyboard and get rude.
I do have two comments. First, I think the Fed still has some ammunition which does not require confidence fairy powder in the cartridge to be fired. I think that the Fed can drive up the price of RMBS buy buying more (on top of those it bought for $1 trillion (note I was careful not to assert that said bonds are worth $1 trillion)). I think this could have an effect on the housing market. I think it's well worth a try (who cares what I think). So do Joe Gagnon and Paul Krugman (ohhhh that's different).
The other is on Obama, FDR and fiscal stimulus. They are, as you note, quite different. The reason is that Obama believes in the Keynesian argument for fiscal stimulus and FDR didn't. He spent money because he saw great need, but he always aimed for budget balance. He cut back spending and raised taxes in 1937 causing the great recession (which is greater than the current so called great recession).
The important difference between now and the FDR administration is that Congress has a completely different composition. FDR had huge gigantic majorities for 6 years. Republicans back then didn't filibuster everything. Obama had an effective majority for a few months. And that includes Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman.
Oddly, the only economic policymakers you mention at all are Bernanke and Obama. You don't mention Congress.
I think it was universally agreed in early 2009 that Obama was much more Keynesian than FDR had ever been.
Since then, Obama hasn't had anything like the power FDR had from March 1933 (when he took office) until the coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats won a majority in 1938.