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Meditations on the Origins of Life
The Primordial Chaos: a roiling mass of the elements of life in their rawest form. Each competes for supremacy, for command, for control over the wasted lands and seas and vast and open skies of that realm of chaotic form.
How anything could live in such a domain said a great deal about its makeup, its very essence. Auden, Servant of the Aether, looked down from the Great Balcony in the City of Argent with a questioning mind.
How could anything live in that tumultuous realm? From Takara, he learned that an entire race of elves, the People, the Rhem, had been forced into the great chaos along with their master, the Chaos Dragon Ashardalon. Those elves that survived their two century imprisonment – a mere drop in the bucket in the lifespans of such creatures – were twisted. Malformed. Forever after their progeny, of which Takara was one, grew in pained process.
Creatures originating in that realm…must be far, far worse. Titans and Giant races, Salamanders and Djinns, enslaved dwarves and other beings of raw, elemental form. Each was the expression of the Primordial Chaos into the Material worlds of the consciousness of that realm. Each creature represented the Chaos itself trying to understand why all else was not as it is, not as it could be. Why did life require order when elemental disorder served so well?
Auden closed his eyes in meditation and sighed, breathing in the horrific scents from that tragic realm. Burning ash, boiled ice, upturned and salted earth – combinations of the Chaos' expression of pain.
Auden's mind drifted, then, towards the greater realm.
"It is beautiful, brother." A voice, Kacper, logical, rational, controlled – the opposite of the Chaos incarnate. Auden could feel him elsewhere on the wall, observing the same infinite act of creation and destruction and their minds had linked.
Yes. It was beautiful. But not in the way that Kacper felt.
Auden felt the Aether as clearly as he saw the Chaos and he knew it was changing. He was changing. Inside, he could feel the logical progression from one stage to the other.
"It is beautiful, yes. The Aether is changing, my brother Kacper. Each twist of your artifact. Each turn. Interacts with the portal you carry, interacts with the world and the multiverse and everything, even I, shifts." Auden spoke in a voice full of life. He felt his brother's confusion, felt the transcendent knowledge enter the other's mind and he knew…
…it did not seem to make a difference.
"Yes, my brother Auden. The Equation is immaculate. I understand now that it shifts and turns at my command. The feeling of power is uplifting, overwhelming. Transcendent." Kacper stared with empty eyes into the future of all life. Auden felt his need. His desire.
Auden's eyes slammed shut and his brain felt as if it would explode. Each time the Aether spoke to him he felt his physical form pushing out, testing the boundaries of reality, aching to erupt in carnal pain and pleasure.
Was it truly the Aether's voice? Was the sound within his mind the real power of all life and death? Auden was skeptical, but the power…the power was beyond all understanding and he felt it in his very blood.
If it was false, it was so close as to nearly be true. Auden knew that the decision to trust must be his own.
His mind had touched that of Kacper's and he understood the future that could unfold.
Auden had two choices. Two clear, defined futures – paths on which to walk.
Ally with Vigho, the man they believed to be their Enemy. Convince the Company to serve his cause and bring order, control, and deliverance to Rh'Tea and all life in the Multiverse. Become the Aetheric God of Rh'Tea – the physical Aetheric form upon the world. Master of all.
Or destroy the Archlich. Join with the Multiverse itself, possibly at the cost of his own life, memories, and existence. That path suggested disorder, chaos, and pain. That path ended in a blinding light that Auden could not pierce. That path ended with everyone he ever knew, ever would know, dead, in the end.
Which path?
What was the ultimate goal?
What did that power beyond all gods at the center of …everything; what did it want with him, such a meager vessel? What must he do?
Where did the Aether wish him to go…?


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It was perhaps inevitable that Vladimir Putin's campaign for the presidency, with its distinctly anti-American undertone, would eventually turn to the issue of the military.
Putin has been successful in stoking up fear of the Americans. The respected Levada Center published a poll showing a significant increase in the percentage of Russians who fear for their security. Within a year, the number of those who considered a military threat to Russia to be a real possibility jumped from 47% to 55%.
Although concentrating on the military, Putin's article essentially has the same story line as his previously published articles in the campaign. They are designed to showcase Putin as both a leader with a record of achievement and as a profound original thinker who can cope with the challenges of modernity.
Putin continuously runs against the 1990s, the decade that the Soviet Union collapsed - and before he took power and "rescued" Russia. The 1990s are accurately described by Putin as a decade of military collapse, when soldiers were literally thrown into the streets and humiliated.
Officers received no wages for months on end. To be honest, the country even had trouble feeding its military personnel. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were being discharged. The number of generals, colonels, lieutenant colonels and majors exceeded that of captains and lieutenants. Many defence industry companies stood idle, accumulated debt and lost their most valuable and unique specialists
The media was harsh with the armed forces. Day after day, a few "activists" considered it imperative to "kick" and humiliate the army in the most painful manner and to defile everything linked with such concepts as the oath of allegiance, the call to duty, service to the Motherland, patriotism and this country's military history. Actually, they believed that any day when this wasn't done, was lost in vain. I have thought about this, and I still consider it a real moral crime and an act of treason.
The wake-up call that no so coincidently accelerated Putin's rise to power was the terrorist campaign in the Caucasus that awakened Russia to the need for strong modern army.
It was tough going at first. Russia's Pacific submarine fleet had to be sustained by private industry, whom Putin solicited. Now, under Putin, the Russian Armed Forces is back at full strength, although it no longer resembles the obsolete forces of the Soviet era. The Army has greater firepower and is being thoroughly modernized, with Putin reciting a laundry list of modern weaponry that is in the procurement stage.
As a result, the armed forces are again a projection of Russian power: "
The Russian Navy has resumed patrols of the strategic areas of the world's oceans, including the Mediterranean. We will continue with these displays of the Russian flag.
This modernization does not overlook the need to provide decent conditions and benefits for Russia's soldiers including hundreds of thousands of housing units. The policy will be retroactively applied the soldiers discharged during the chaotic 1990s.
Putin is aware that many in Russia seek to avoid military service, primarily due to the bullying of recruits in Russia. He announced he will achieve a professional army gradually, and that the soldiers are to get preferential terms and scholarships when they finish the service and apply to universities. Emphasizing his cozy relations with the Russian Orthodox Church, Putin believes that military chaplains will improve social relations in the army.
Having reformed the army, Putin has now set his sights on the military procurement process. Although he has waxed nostalgic about the Soviet Union, he presents himself to the voter as someone who is aware of its faults, thus distinguishing himself from the Communists.
Today Russia cannot maintain a military-industrial complex separate from the civilian economy, argues Putin. As in the West, innovations in the military sphere have to migrate and benefit the civilian economy. Conversely, Russia should follow the Western example and use civilian institutes to help find solutions for the army.

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The use of oyster money in Raymond, Washington. Exterior of a building. A board reads: 'First Willapa Harbor National Bank'. Men and women working inside the bank. Emergency money is printed by the Chamber of Commerce as a stopgap measure after the bank fails during the Great Depression. The new currency bears the picture of an oyster. Men and women working inside the building.
Robber Clyde Barrow behind the bars. He is released on parole in 1932. He hooks up with Raymond Hamilton in a wide ranging crime spree that included murder of storekeeper J. N. Busher, in Texas. Newspaper front pages tracking the criminal acts of the Barrow and the Arrow gangs. In Dallas County Jail William Daniel Jones, a member of Barrow gang, speaks, for the record, about Clyde Barrow. From "The Retribution of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker."
Opening scene shows the White House in Washington, DC. Scene shifts to President Roosevelt seated, ready to address the Nation by radio. View of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. FDR with his entire family posing, in front of the family home "Springwood" at Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt, when Governor of New York, seen in a sail boat, in 1929. FDR in his car at his Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia. He is speaking with a man associated with the Institute, who then greets several polio victims in wheel chairs there. Crowds celebrating Roosevelt's election, in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, in 1932. Roosevelt, at the Democratic Headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel on November 8, 1932. He is standing, supported by his son James, as he remarks: "It looks my friends like a real landslide this time." Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol. FDR taking the oath of office on March 4, 1933. A man looking at stock market ticker tape. A group of people raising a National Recovery Administration member flag. Glimpse of "Springwood" and then view of President Roosevelt sitting next to his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt. Next, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt sit in the garden, their grandchildren, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie") come past riding horses, with granddaughter Sara, behind them on a pony. FDR pets the pony and talks with Sara. FDR being nominated for a second term as President, in the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt, riding in an inaugural motorcade as he begins an unprecedented 4th term as President in 1941. Glimpse of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in an open car. West point cadets marching in the inaugural parade. Military trucks towing artillery pieces in the parade. President Roosevelt speaking at the dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Willard hotel in Washington, DC, March 15, 1941. He extols the virtues of Winston Churchill and the British people. And he promises that America will supply them with the war materiel they need (This is known as the Lend Lease Speech.)
Plot to blow up U.S. landmarks is uncovered in New York on February 16, 1965. Targets to blow up American landmarks: The Statue of Liberty in New York, the Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, The Shrine of Liberty in Pennsylvania, and the Washington Monument in Washington DC. View of vacant lot near the Woodland apartments in New York City. Bomb squad men moving package of dynamite. Bomb squad truck moving through city streets. The plot was organized by Robert Steele Collier, Walter Augustus Bowe, and Khaleel Sultran Sayyed of Black Liberation Front (BLF) and also a Canadian women, Michelle Duclos, of a Quebec separatist party. Uncover police man Raymond Wood is seen getting an award for uncovering the plot.
Hard times in the Great Depression led to formation of The Bonus Army. American veterans of World War 1 march on streets of Washington DC, carrying a large poster demanding immediate cash redemption their "bonus" service certificates awarded by Congress in 1924 (but not lawfully payable until 1945). Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered by President Hoover, to clear the Bonus Army encampments, is seen standing in a street surrounded by several U.S. Army troops. People watch from sidewalks as a contingent of U.S. Army cavalry rides down the street. U.S. Army M-1917 tanks roll down Pennsylvania Avenue in July 1932. Bonus marchers and others watch from Lafayette Park in background. Scene shifts to the 1932 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago Stadium, Chicago, where delegates cheer after nominating Franklin D. Roosevelt as their Presidential candidate. Roosevelt seen waving from the podium. Migrant farm workers seen at temporary, dilapidated dwellings in close quarters, and sitting at a campfire, some with sad and desperate faces. Migrant farm workers' cars on the road, piled high with family belongings during westward migration. Migrants riding atop an open railroad freight car. Two men share a copy of the "Epic News" newspaper (published by supporters of Upton Sinclair and the End Poverty Movement in Los Angeles and central California). Narrator describes programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Construction workers ignite demolition charges during construction of Boulder Dam (aka Hoover Dam and officially so-named in 1947). Glimpse of President Roosevelt at the site in an open car, for its dedication on September 30, 1935. Construction workers engaged in building the dam. Another shot of President Roosevelt in his open car. Towers being erected to carry electric power from the dam's hydroelectric generators. President Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling broadly at the formal dedication ceremony, September 30, 1935. Controlled discharges of water through the dam. Views of the Boulder Dam hydroelectric generating station. Oil well rigs or oil derricks at work during construction at night. People at work in fabric mills or textile mills, and in a print shop
From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of buildings of the New York World's Fair of 1940. The Brooklyn Bridge. Aerial view of Manhattan Island, New York City. Skyscrapers of New York City including the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. New York Harbor and ships in the harbor. View of the buildings of the New York Worlds Fair in the distance in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, as seen from high in a skyscraper of New York City. The Fair's Trylon and Perisphere stand out. People walk along the sides of fountains and waterways at the fair. Crowds milling about, bands marching, dancers performing. Flags of many nations flying on the flag poles. Celebration of the 150th anniversary of George Washington, as the first President of the United States and a statue of George Washington. A bus moves on the street. Fountains and a small bridge near a waterway. Pavilions of nations of England, Japan, and Italy. The USA building and some of the buildings of U.S. States including Maine and Florida. Fountains and waterways of the fair. Woman and two girls eat ice cream cones. A Raymond Loewy - designed S1 experimental streamlined locomotive created for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Pavilions of American Telephone & Telegraph and of United States Steel Corporation, also of Westinghouse, Goodrich, Chrysler, and General Motors.


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When stuck in an awful job, an interview for a new job is like an oasis in a desert, a fresh taste of water amidst overwhelming thirst. The glimmer of hope that bubbles up is breathtakingly refreshing in contrast to the dull monotony of traipsing each day to a hated job. It was this breath of hope that filled me last week when I received a call to set up an interview, the first call of the sort I've received in quite some time. Rather than being nervous as many expected I would be, I was filled with excitement and anticipation.
When the day of the interview rolled around yesterday, I was calm and self-assured. I knew that I was as prepared as I could be and was confident I would do well. It was a different setup than I was used to. The position is listed through a staffing agency so before I went to the actual interview, I had a pre-interview with the staffing agency. I arrived on time to the agency, was looking great, had an impressive list of references in hand, and was calm and collected.
Upon sitting down with the interviewers, I was asked the usual questions like "Tell me about yourself" and "What is your greatest strength?" I answered to the best of my ability and felt sure of my answers. Yet, part way through, one of the interviewers stopped to ask if I was nervous. Confused, I told them that I wasn't. Yet through the rest of the interview, they kept telling me to calm down and take a deep breath. They emphasized that I needed to appear confident not nervous which was baffling to me because I wasn't nervous at all.
I made my way on to the actual interview which turned out to be a confusing journey. I had no idea where I was going and once I got to the building it was huge. With the help of several people, I finally found my way to where I needed to be. Despite the hiccups, I was still calm and collected, confident that I would do well.
I sat down with the actual interviewers and was asked many of the same questions. Then again, almost like an echo, I was asked if I was nervous. Yet again I assured them that I wasn't, though I was even more baffled now. The interview continued on and seemed to go fairly well before I was sent on my way.
Upon returning home, I recounted my experience to my husband and best friend. I expressed my confusion as to why I was perceived as being nervous. So we did a mock interview so that they could try to figure out what was making others think that I was nervous. After the mock interview, the feedback I received was that I was too stiff, my voice to monotone, my speech too fast, my face not expressive or inviting enough, and my speech to clinical and cold.
I did my best to take the criticism in stride, but it sat with me, flipping over and over in my mind. The more I thought about it, the more distressed I grew, finally crumpling into a heap of depression and self-hatred. You see, everything that was mentioned, all the reasons that I might appear nervous or interview poorly, are things I have little control over. All the things mentioned are aspects of being autistic.
I sit too stiffly in an effort not to stim. There is no in-between for me. I'm either stimming and moving constantly or I'm stiff and rigid. I don't know what my voice sounds like most of the time and have no idea how to sound less monotonous. I speak quickly because I think quickly. It's hard at times for my mouth to keep up with my brain. When I slow down to speak, I struggle to keep track of what I'm trying to say. My face, like my voice, tends to do its own things and I'm typically unaware of what facial expression I have on. When I try to control my facial expressions they look strange or strained. Finally, I speak intelligently. I use big words naturally and tend to default to a more scientific way of talking about things. This is how I am in conversation with friends. I have no idea how to change that, particularly for an interview. In an interview setting, my speech is scripted and I struggle to speak spontaneously or with any kind of emotion to my voice.
All of these things are aspects of myself that I don't think I'm able to change. How do you change your voice or facial expressions when you don't even know what they're doing to begin with? How do you change the very way that you speak? How do you become something that you're not?
The depression that overwhelmed me in response to all of this was spurred on by my frustration. I became overwhelmed by the realization that this is how people see me, that this is what people must think of me when I meet new people. How am I ever going to get through the interview process when all of these factors are counted against me and I'm unable to change them? How am I ever going to escape my current situation when I have to pass as neurotypical in order to get a new job? Because that's what this really comes down to. I don't pass well enough as neurotypical. I can force eye contact. I can stop myself from stimming. I can answer questions and speak eloquently. Yet none of that will matter because my face and voice still give away my neurodivergence. I'm still marked as weird or cold or not personable.
For autistics, interviews are like the master level passing test. It's a time to get graded on how well you can hide and contort yourself into the image of a neurotypical. For many of us, we are destined to fail this test because no matter how hard we try we will never seem neurotypical. We can put on fancy clothes, force ourselves through painful eye contact, make mouth words happen fluidly, and avoid stimming, yet it's not enough. There are still things that mark us as different. Things that we may not have any control over.
It's so frustrating that even for a job in which social skills don't matter or would matter very little, we must make it past the gate of social skills. We must prove that we are NormalTM and can socialize and seem totally relaxed while being tested on our abilities to destroy ourselves. Job interviews as a standard of employment is ableist. It's a giant fence around employment with a sign reading "Autistics Keep Out."
Autistics are a many varied and very talented group of people. So many of us have so much to offer. Yet many of us will never get the opportunity to make use of our skills because in order to get to a job in which we could excel, we must first pass the test of neurotypicality. Job interviews work to keep so many talented autistics from meeting their full potential or even from working at all. I know that I am lucky to have a job at all, let alone be searching for a better one. Yet, I am so frustrated by all of this.
As long as job interviews are the standard for hiring employees, ableism will always be at play in our work force. In order to reach a more equal society, we must find other methods for determining employment that do not disadvantage so many people. I hope that one day, autistics entering the workforce will not have to face the same challenges that so many of us face today.


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If this should be somewhere else (like homeschooling) please move. Since my kids are so young, I don't think this really counts as homeschooling, but I could be wrong.
I have a 3.5 year old DD and 11 month old DS. I am trying to figure out some activities that I can do that involve both of them so I don't have to ignore one of them or *gasp* stick them in front of the TV. Unfortunately, anytime I try to sit down with DD to do anything, DS starts trying to grab whatever we are doing and eat it lol. And then DD gets really mad. It's really frustrating. I want to find some things to engage both of them and maybe if I'm lucky teach them something, but I am just not coming up with anything at the moment. They are at very different places developmentally (obviously), so I'm finding it hard to work with both of them at the same time, and constantly taking turns all day is exhausting. I'm hoping all you creative mamas can help me with some ideas!
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First thing that comes to mind is playing with blocks. They could both play at the same time but you could focus it in different ways. Have your 11 month old practice trying to stack them and have your 3.5 yr old sorts them by color & shape, practice counting and maybe some simple addition.
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I baked when the girls were that age-they are also about 2.5yrs apart). Dd1 was old enough to actually help and dd2 would happily play with the measuring spoons/cups, flour, a bit of salt or water, ect not all together all the time but depending on how much I wanted to clean the more options I gave her lol She loved mixing, tasting, pouring, filling, ect and was nicely confined to her high chair so it never got really wild lol We also read a lot. Well i read to dd1 while dd2 sat close by chewing on her books, stacking them, making circles around the room putting them on/off everywhere she could reach. We had a sandbox around that time too but I got sick of all the sand in the house so I never replinished it.
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Mega blocks is a good idea! Yesterday I pulled out ours and all 3 of ours had fun with them. Interesting enough for my older 2 and safe and fun for my baby too Also useful for teaching sharing, colours, counting and putting things away.
Toy food and pots and pans are always fun for everyone here too.
My older 2 do also love to 'help' cook and my youngest loves to play with spatulas and other 'safe' kitchen items if we are in the kitchen.
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These days, consumers aren't just shopping, they're "voting" with their purchase dollars, buying products that are local, recycled, or from sustainable sources. This trend towards conscious consumerism is literally changing the world: If given the choice between products from unregulated sources and products from certified sustainable sources, research from the US-based Natural Marketing Institute shows consumers will, despite the sometimes higher cost, purchase the certified option.
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"Ocean Nutrition has worked with the Association of Peruvian Anchovy Producers for more than a year now to discuss the opportunities an MSC ecolabel presents to both the association and ONC," said ONC's Chief Operating Officer, Daniel Emond. "MSC's blue eco-label is an excellent business tool that publicly demonstrates a business's or organization's open and honest commitment to sustainable, traceable seafood sources that will continue to be available to future generations. ONC proudly supports the Association of Peruvian Anchovy Producers in its decision to voluntarily pursue MSC certification. We are beyond pleased to be associated with an organization that takes its commitment to sustainability seriously enough to seek independent verification of its management practices."
The Association of Peruvian Anchovy Producers is a group of companies that produce and export anchovy products. In its boom years, the Peruvian anchovy fishery was the largest new fishery in the world. Before 1950, anchovies were mainly harvested for human consumption. When the California, USA, sardine fishery collapsed in 1950, Peruvian fishers acquired the boats and fishmeal producing equipment at bargain prices. The first fishmeal plants opened there in 1953 and within nine years, Peru became the top fishing nation in the world by volume. Due to fishing and environmental pressures (El Niño events), the Peruvian anchovy fishery collapsed in 1972. The government was forced to take drastic measures, going so far as to close the fishery, but with proper management, it has recovered. Even frequent El Niño events, especially in the 1990s, did not stop its progress, demonstrating that a well-managed fishery can withstand certain environmental pressures.
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In recognition of their crucial roles as environmental leaders, companies like Unilever and Wal-Mart have ramped up their global green commitments – managing their environmental effects, reducing their footprints, and ensuring their suppliers source products from sustainable, well-managed industries. At Wal-Mart's 2008 Sustainability Symposium in Beijing, China, Wal-Mart Vice Chairman, Mike Duke, and CEO, Lee Scott, laid Wal-Mart's supply chain sustainability standards on the line, letting suppliers know what is expected of them in the years to come and taking an unprecedented step in doing so: By 2012, Wal-Mart has publicly and emphatically stated it will not purchase from suppliers who do not live up to its sustainability standards. Additionally, 95 percent of all fresh and frozen wild-caught seafood in North American Wal-Mart stores must bear the MSC's blue ecolabel.
"Fisheries and organizations that choose to pursue certification receive more than just the opportunity to use the MSC's blue ecolabel on their products. They join the ranks of the more than 100 major seafood businesses, fishing groups, and conservation organizations that back the MSC, supporting well-managed fisheries and helping preserve global fish stocks. That's an incredible gift to future generations," said Emond.
The Association of Peruvian Anchovy Producers' decision to pursue MSC certification also benefits its business partners. Ecolabeling and conscious consumerism are not passing trends. Eco-labels can – and do – shape consumer buying habits. Based on half year figures from April to September 2008, the approximate retail value of MSC-certified seafood products was $1.4 billion US with the number of fisheries involved in the MSC program rising by 41 percent during the same time period. Being part of the MSC program sets businesses apart from the competition, publicly demonstrating their commitment to healthy oceans and being part of a secure, traceable supply chain of sustainable seafood and seafood products. As part of the MSC Supply Chain Certification, every company involved from "boat to plate" is audited to ensure seafood bearing the MSC label comes from a fishery that meets the MSC fishery standard. The MSC meets best practice guidelines for eco-labeling and certification and is the world's only seafood certification and eco-labeling program that is consistent with such international norms as: The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing (UNFAO); Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries (UNFAO); The Code of Conduct for Setting Social and Environmental Standards (SEAL); and World Trade Organisation Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement.
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I love butternut squash, and last spring worked out a yummy recipe for butternut soup. Let me know if you like it as much as we do!
2 large or 3 medium butternut squash (about 6 pounds before taking out the seeds)
2 medium or 1 large sweet potato
1/2 c butter
1 medium onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
2-3 T fresh grated ginger (or 1 T ground ginger)
4 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1 t cinnamon
1 t nutmeg
1 c heavy cream
Cut squash in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Place face down in pan with sides. Add about 1/4 inch of water and bake at 350′ for 30 minutes or until squash is tender. Bake sweet potatoes at the same time (they might be done sooner).
Melt butter in soup pot over medium heat. Saute onions until almost translucent, then add garlic fresh ginger and saute a few more minutes.
Pour in chicken broth and bring to a simmer.
Scoop the flesh out of the butternut squash and the sweet potato. Mash with a potato masher. If you want a smooth soup, you can also puree them. I like this particular soup with all the itty bitty chunks, so I just smash it and throw it in.
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|Deming Prize
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|Recognizing businesses worldwide for excellence in applying the principles of Total Quality Management
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The Deming Prize is one of the highest awards on TQM (Total Quality Management) in the world that recognizes both individuals for their contributions to the field of Total Quality Management (TQM) and businesses that have successfully implemented TQM. [1] It was established in 1951 to honor W. Edwards Deming who contributed greatly to Japan's proliferation of statistical quality control after World War II. His teachings helped Japan build its foundation by which the level of Japan's product quality has been recognized as the highest in the world, was originally designed to reward Japanese companies for major advances in quality improvement. Over the years it has grown, under the guidance of the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) to where it is now also available to non-Japanese companies, albeit usually operating in Japan, and also to individuals recognized as having made major contributions to the advancement of quality. The awards ceremony is broadcast every year in Japan on national television.
Two categories of awards are made annually, the Deming Prize for Individuals and the Deming Prize.
Winners of individual award[edit]
- 1951: Motosaburo Masuyama [2]
- 1952: Tetsuichi Asaka, Kaoru Ishikawa, Masao Kogure, Masao Goto, Hidehiko Higashi, Shin Miura, Shigeru Mizuno, Eizo Watanabe[2]
- 1953: Toshio Kitagawa
- 1954: Eizaburo Nishibori
Winners of application prize[edit]
- 1951
- Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (now part of Nippon Steel)
- Showa Denko K.K.
- Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
- Yawata Iron & Steel Co., Ltd (now part of Nippon Steel)
- 1958
- 1961
- Denso Japan
- 1965
- 1976
- Pentel Co., Ltd. "(a first for the stationery industry)".
- 1989
- Florida Power & Light (first non-Japanese winner of award)
- 1994
- Lucent Technologies, Power Systems (first American manufacturer to win award)[3]
- 1998
- Sundaram Clayton brakes division[4]
- 2002
- 2003
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., the world's first tractor company to win.[6]
- Rane Brake Lining Ltd.
- Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd.
- 2004
- Indo Gulf Fertilisers Ltd.
- LUCAS TVS[citation needed]
- SRF limited [7]
- 2005
- Rane Engine Valve Ltd
- Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd.(SGD)
- Krishna Maruti Ltd., Seat Division
- 2006
- Sanden International (Singapore) Pte Ltd (SIS), the first Singapore-based company to win.[2]
- 2007
- 2008
- Tata Steel, the first integrated steel plant in Asia to win Deming award
- 2010
- National Engineering Industries Ltd, part of the 150-year-old, multi-billion CK Birla Group. NEI is the second bearing company in the world after NTN Corporation, Japan to win this coveted award. Mr Rohit Saboo ( President & CEO ) received the award in a glittering ceremony in Osaka, Japan.
- 2011
- Sanden Vikas (India) Limited, (India)
- 2012
- SRF Limited, Chemicals Business (India)
Mr. Roop Salotra, President and CEO
- Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Farm Equipment Sector, Swaraj Division (India)
Mr. Bishwambhar Mishra, Chief Executive
- 2013
- RSB Transmissions(I) Limited, Auto Division (Jamshedpur(Unit 1), Pune & Pant Nagar Plant) (India)
- 2014
- GC America (USA)
- Yaskawa
- Mahindra Powerol
- 2016
- Ashok Leyland, Pantnagar plant - World's first commercial vehicle to get the Deming Prize (Outside Japan)
- 2017
- Ashok Leyland Limited, Hosur Unit II, India
- CEAT Limited, India [first tire company in the world (Outside Japan) to get Deming award]
See also[edit]
- European Quality Award
- List of national quality awards
- Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
- Total Quality Management
- ^ Evans, James R; Lindsay, William M (1993), "5: Total Quality Management", The Management and Control of Quality (4 ed.), Minneapolis, Minnesota: West Publishing, p. 112, ISBN 9780314008640, OCLC 25873758
- ^ a b "THE DEMING PRIZE WINNERS. DEMING PRIZE FOR INDIVIDUALS" (PDF).
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ^ "Sundaram Clayton bags Deming prize". Business Standard. 23 October 1998. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ "TVS Motor Bags Deming Award For Quality Mgmt". Financial Express. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ Hindu Business Line
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Now that the holidays are over and I have taken all my Christmas down my house is looking back to normal. I don't usually go overboard on decorating for the holidays, Christmas is the exception, of course. I'm a very minimalist decorator and not really into all the clutter, so for Valentines I wanted something that fits into my decor. Nothing fru fru ya know!
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Hello! Can you believe the holidays are just around the corner? Have you started planning? I've been trying to get an earlier start this year. Ha! Easier said than done.
This year I decided I wanted to change up a few of my Christmas decorations. I'm a huge lover of vintage and recycling old things into something unique and new. I also love creating things that are quick and easy. Recently when I was at a local thrift shop I saw an old bundt cake pan and because of it's shape I thought it would make a darling wreath for my kitchen.
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In 1969, the first African America Day Parade was held in Harlem in a bid to provide African Americans the opportunity to join together and honor their people on one special day. The parade begins in Harlem – considered the capital of Black America – and winds its way from 111th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Street, up until 142nd Street. Although the parade takes place in New York, it is still considered an event on a national scale and it represents organizations from twelve states that come together to showcase the accomplishments of African Americans.
The 38th annual African American Day parade will take place this year on Sunday September 16th. This year's parade will focus on a number of important issues close to the heart of African Americans, including a salute to colleges as well as a greater awareness of the problems of racial profiling and racism in general. In addition, the parade will highlight positive African-American achievements and incorporate a number of celebrities and dignitaries in the parade. A huge turnout is expected at this parade, which saw over 900,000 people attend in 2005. The event traditionally draws many musicians and bands that bring the spirit of music and showcases African American success stories in the industry.
Over the years, several important people have acted as Grand Marshals of the African American Day parade. These include Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jnr, Denzel Washington, Melba Moore and Paul Winfield. This year's parade will have as Grand Marshals Mayor Ernest Davis, the Reverend Al Sharpton, David Dinkins, Lillian Roberts, Charles Rangel (congressman) and Comptroller William Thompson.
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Your phone buzzes with a text from an unknown number. The person on the other end writes something like, "hey what time are we going to that thing?" But of course, you have no intentions of going to "that thing" with someone with the area code from your hometown who still can't figure out how to type in a phone number correctly. You have a few choices--ignore it, tell them they have the wrong number, or have a little fun.
Celebrities–they're just like us! Well Michael Cera is at least, or he's trying to be. In an article in the Nov. 25 issue of The New Yorker, Cera tells his tale of a texting correspondence he had with Jeremy, the man who on one December day texted Cera without knowing it was the actor. Cera's story might be a farce, but even if it is we can pretend.
At first, Cera tested the mysterious texter's feelings about him as an actor, according to the text message log he shares in the article:
"Michael 12/6 1:30 PM
you should come to town one night and I'll take you to a party at my buddy Michael Cera's house
Michael 12/6 1:43 PM
the actor haha
Unknown number 12/7 4:53 PM
you know him? yahh man thad be sick hes a cool
Michael 12/7 4:59 PM
really? you don't think his range is limited?
Unknown number 12/7 5:04 PM
lol nah whadever may be true
Michael 12/7 5:14 PM
Michael 12/7 5:19 PM
anyway i was just kidding before that's actually me."
Cera explains how he became enamored with Jeremy, his name he found out later in the correspondence, continuing with the conversation, pushing Jeremy's comfort level.
The frequency of their conversations ebbed and flowed, sometimes taking month-long breaks. Cera, humorously, pushed Jeremy's buttons, trying ceaselessly for Jeremy to invite him to a party.
The plans never panned out. Until June.
Cera went to meet Jeremy after months of correspondence. He left the party and texted Jeremy, "sorry things got crazy, im going back to la" "that girls nuts i think" and finally "hope you're not still pissed off."
While Cera's retelling of the story gets hazy at this point, it appears something happened between him and Jeremy's friend Caitlyn.
And thus ended their text friendship.
When Cera texted Jeremy over the next two months he never received a response, he writes in The New Yorker article. When texting him a final time in August to get permission to tell the Caitlyn story on "Jimmy Kimmel," Cera was now on the other side of the erroneous text.
"Yeah you have the wrong person. My name is Amanda, just got this number," replied Amanda.
Perhaps we should all start texting random 310 area code numbers in hopes it's Michael Cera. Or another celebrity with his sense of humor. Or just start messing with people for roughly a year when they text us on accident.
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swaragini love in slums of india and other with full of lust episode 1
okk guys thanxx for ur beaytifull comment and i realy feel good that u are commenting and please keep commenting and suggesting me…..
i am sory VRITHIKA i will not be able to go through ur suggestion fully but i will take some part of suggestion in my story and very very thanxx for ur beautiful suggestioN VRITHIKA JI
LINK OF previous parts
EPISODE Starts with high rain and busy streets of bhopal where the screen shifts to a boy who was fully drenched in rain and covering his hut with plastic and other boy is sitting inside hut and says sanskar bhya see water came inside hut
sanskar- ya atif i know just help me to cover our hut with this plastic
atif- ya bro
sanskar- atif i was realy busy in my work that i forgot to cover our hut with plastic
atif- yaa bhaya
than they both covers the hut with plastic as they enter in there hut they found that there room was fully messed up by water
atif- bhai now we have to take water out of our hut
sanky- ya atif so he took wifer and cleaned his house
sanky- now our home is ready so seat here i will make food
atif- okkk bhai
sanky sees flour and dal where he found that floor was messed with water
sanky seats and says ohh god now what we will make our whole floor is drenched in water
atif- what bhaya
sanky- yes and in this rainy season no shop may be open
atif- ohh no problem bhai we will make DAL khichda
sanky- okk
just than a voice comes and says no need to make any khichda and all
sanky turns and sees a beautiful girl who had proud smile and says SWARAAAAAAAAA
swara- ohh i brought food for u both
sanky- come seat on the mate
swara- so u both useless boys, my mom told u yesterday that cover the roof of ur hut with plastic but u did not listen and told that raining will not happen for 10 days
sanky- makes pout face and says ohh sometime shri shri 1008 sanky baba ki bhavishyawadi galat ho jati he
swara- now stop ur drama and first go and change clothes and eat food
sanky and atif changes his clothes and seat on mate…………………
remaining tomorrow
screen shifts on other side a girl is sitting on the bench of railway station and raining heavily and hears a voice TRAIN GOING TO BHOPAL ARRIVED AT PLATEFORM NO. 2 OF KHAJURAHO RAILWAY STATION
by hearing this girl runs towards plateform 2 TO catch train she was half drench with water as she did not have umbrella
she catches train and seats in one seat and thinks BHOPAL HAS SNACHED MY ALL HAPPINESS OF MY LIFE, AGAIN I AM GOING TO GET MY ALL HAPPINESS WHICH I LOST, and her thought were intrerupted by a lady seating in front of her ask beta why u got drenched
girl- aunty i do not have umbrella
lady- ur parents did not give umbrella to u
girl by hearing name of parents she starts crying and says my parents had thrown me out of house
lady- beta but why
girl- i have done beggest mistake in my life due to which my parents had thrown me out of house
lady- but what mistake
than a girl puts her head on side of seat and thinks….
3 months before i was very happy that i am getting my love as my life partner, who cares about my career so i ran with him when i reached station
person(remember guys he is same to whome rags was talking in prologue)- let us go to bhopal ragini
ya tha girl is our crying baby ragini
ragini- ya let us go but i am feeling bad for my parents VEER (that boy name is veer)
VEER- when u will become successfull model and when we will marry than we will come to khajurao again to meet ur parents and will ask forgiveness
ragini innoscentl will they forgive me
veer ya my sweetheart how they can angry because u are there daughter
rags- yes
veer- so let us go to bhopal to fulfill ur dream my sweet heart
rags- yes so we both went to bhopal but i do not know it was the biggest mistake of my life…….
guys for today it is enough and think what may happened with rags in bhopal
PRECAP- ragini flashback continues, swara's past
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Organized Retail (Spencer's) vs Kirana Store
Organized Retail (Spencer's)
Kirana Store
Indian Retail Market
India is the only one country having the highest shop density in the world, with 11 outlets per 1000 people (12 million retail shops for about 209 million households). Rather we can see the democratic scenario in Indian Retail (because of low level of centralization, low capital input and due to a good number of self organized retail). Indian retail is dominated by a large number of small retailers consisting of the local kirana shops, owner-manned general stores, chemists, footwear shops, apparel shops, paan and beedi shops, hand-cart hawkers, pavement vendors, etc. which together make up the so-called "unorganized retail" or traditional retail.5 The last 3-4 years have witnessed the entry of a number of organized retailers6 opening stores in various modern formats in metros and other important cities. Still, the overall share of organized retailing in total retail business has remained low. Nevertheless, the macroeconomic landscape indicates that the domestic retail industry has immense scope for the modern as well as traditional retailers to co-exist. Through a balanced regulatory framework and competition policy, both the traditional format and the modern format can continue to grow, eventually closing the gap between the organized and unorganized sectors. Organized retailing will: (i) promote quality employment; (ii) improve business process practices; (iii) spur investments in support industries; and (iv) enable the modernization of the fragmented traditional retail industry. Modern retail business focuses on maximizing customer footfalls and capturing rising volume and share of the customer wallet. While the competition strategy is largely price focused, the model works by: (i) improving sourcing efficiencies; (ii) expanding product assortment; (iii) differentiating service; and (iv) enhancing the store ambience. Thus, there are four drivers of modern retail's "one-stop shopping model": price, product, service, and ambience. Spencer's Retailer
Spencer's differentiates itself on product quality, assortment of imported food products, and shopping experience. Leveraging on the perception of high-quality imported goods that was attached to the old Spencer's & Co. brand name, Spencer's business strategy focuses on an array of food-related products and activities spanning across intercontinental and domestic culinary, and chef demonstrations. Spencer's follows the "duck and duckling" (pyramidal) strategy for its retail expansion and cost benefits in back-end procurement; it has a small set of destination stores (Spencer's hyper), followed by the supermarket format (Spencer's Daily), and a larger set of convenient store format (Spencer's Express and Fresh) located close to the local neighbourhood. The company incorporates the cluster approach in its "hub-and-spoke" business model to gain economies of scale in sourcing, logistics, and promotional activities around its multiple retail formats. Each state is more or less regarded as a cluster consisting of a small set of hyper, in between supermarket format stores, and a larger set of express stores. The spread of stores serves as spokes to a single distribution centre, the hub. Each hub also functions as a central point to a number of repackaging centres, and collection centres in the cluster region.
Spencer's Retailer vs. Kirana Stores
A typical outlet of Spencer's is about 5600 sq ft providing employment to average 23 people per retail outlet. The annual sale per square ft is around Rs.7700. If this numbers are compared with the Kirana stores (unorganized retail outlet) the shop is of size appr. 500 sq ft, run by 2-4 people and annual sale per square is not more than Rs. 1000. The two retail outlet can be compared on four parameters: price, product, service, and ambience.
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"The Recall" also stars Jedidiah Goodacre, Niko Pepaj, Laura Maria Bilgeri and Wesley Snipes.
Principal photography for the sci-fi, action, thriller starring "Breaking Bad" actor RJ Mitte has begun in British Columbia, Canada.
Mauro Borrelli ("The Ghostmaker") directs the screenplay by Reggie Keyohara III ("Send In The Clowns") and Sam Acton, and the drama follows five friends on vacation at a remote lake house who are unaware that planet Earth is under an alien invasion and mass-abduction.
The film also stars Jedidiah Goodacre ("Descendants"), Niko Pepaj ("Awkward"), Laura Maria Bilgeri ("Toby Goes to Camp"), Hannah Rose May ("Ballers") and Wesley Snipes ("The Expendables 3").
Minds Eye International has North American distribution rights to the film while VMI Worldwide has international rights.
Produced by Kevin Dewalt, CEO of Minds Eye Entertainment, "The Recall" is the first film of a six-picture production slate announced by the companies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
"I am thrilled to collaborate with the team from Bridgegate Pictures and VMI Worldwide to bring the script to life," said Dewalt. "We couldn't be more proud to work with a young cast and the talented Wesley Snipes to create a film that sci-fi audiences will be excited to see."
"The Recall" will also be shot for the new Barco Escape three-screen, panoramic theatrical format, which fully surrounds audiences and offers the ultimate immersive cinema experience. Portions of the films will also be shot in Virtual Reality.


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There are many different takes on housewives and each are different in their own unique ways. Mad Men depicts the troubles of housewives living in the early 1960s while Vogue and Maxim shoots playful covers that glamorize it.
While neither is 100% accurate, you must agree that no matter what the takes on housewives are at any give point, these lean, mean, cooking and cleaning machines know how to keep their home in order.
Implications - Consumers greatly appreciate products that help them relate to images they see in campaigns or editorials. Companies that wish to connect to their audience in a deeper and more emotional way should consider manipulating this use of relatable imagery to draw in a larger clientele.
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California has one of the world's most diverse chrysidid wasp faunas. These are large, brightly metallic-colored parasitoids of sphecoid wasps and bees. This study reviews the species and genera of Chrysididae in California, maps their overall distributions, and gives keys to California genera and species. In addition, three species described by Linsenmaier in 1994 are synonymized.
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I very much doubt if the streets of Ankara and Istanbul look so peaceful at present?
Never been to Turkey - friends and family have and thoroughly
enjoyed the hospitality of the Turkish people.
I have only seen it from 36,000 feet up - the flight flew right over Istanbul en-route to beautiful Copenhagen.
PS: A storm came last night - 20 minutes of torrential rain and then on the count of 3 - stopped. Boy oh boy then did the steam rise from the ground - humidity PLUS! Cool sea breeze arrived to save us -well me anyhow - about midnight!Replies
Colin I was in Aksaray. Buit I thin in each city it is better to use motorbike mainly in rush hourDelete
Motorcycles are pretty neat, but they are dangerous. I've never ridden one, but a friend did let me sit on her beautiful Harley Davidson for a photo.ReplyDeleteReplies
bethjany yes the are not safe but for cereful drivers is a funDelete
We used to have a motorbike, a very small one many years ago and I did my rounds on that one.ReplyDeleteReplies
motorbikes are fantastic vehicleDelete
Motor bikes are fun when young but they are dangerous too. I had a little one when I was young.ReplyDeleteReplies
Diane I completely agree with youDelete
Yes, fun but dangerous and I think that is some of their attraction. And they do mess up your hair!ReplyDeleteReplies
Cynthia hairstyle is a different topicDelete
I had a small Honda in college in America and another motorcycle later, here in Israel. It was good and cheap transportation and fun too. But dangerous, yes. Just as well that you did not have one, Gosia.ReplyDelete


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The latest release from Wikileaks shows a US diplomatic assessment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009 that concluded the Iranian president sincerely wanted a nuclear fuel swap deal with the West, but that his hardliner bosses in the mullahcracy considered it a "virtual defeat" and scotched the deal. CBS also reports from the leaked assessment that the US believes Iran trusts the Great Satan more than its trading partner in Russia to adhere to the terms of any deal reached:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought some kind of nuclear fuel swap deal more than a year ago, but faced internal pressures from hard-liners who viewed it as a "virtual defeat," according to U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.
The report, available on the WikiLeaks website Tuesday, also suggested Iran trusted its arch-foe the United States more than ally Russia to follow through with the U.N.-backed proposal: providing reactor-ready fuel in exchange for Iran giving up control of its low-enriched uranium stockpile.
The assessment was given to a top U.S. envoy by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, whose nation has a growing friendship with Tehran and is scheduled to host the next round of nuclear talks later this month between Iran and six world powers, including the United States.
Er, sure. The Davutoglu assessment is also rather self-serving. Turkey has grown closer to Iran over the last couple of years, and wants to play a central role in defusing the crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions. That only works if Turkey can convince the US that the Iranians can act as sincere negotiating partners with the right mediator, and that Ahmadinejad is the right contact for the US to court through the Turks. Even in that sense, though, this analysis shows how silly that is; Ahmadinejad doesn't have plenipotentiary power in negotiations. The issue remains, as it always has, in the hands of the radical Islamist mullahs that run Iran.
As for Iran trusting the US more than Russia, that's either flat-out disinformation or irrelevant spin. Iran does a lot of business with Russia, and that wouldn't happen without some level of mutual trust. Moreover, Russia helped build the Bushehr nuclear power plant. In contrast, Iran not only routinely rails against the US as the "Great Satan" and our alliance with Israel, they actively support groups attacking American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran wants to see an end to the US; trust isn't an issue.
Nothing in the cable suggests that the Obama administration believed this nonsense, which is a good sign. It also shows the US envoy challenged Davutoglu to consider the negative consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran as well as the negative consequences of harsher sanctions, which Turkey opposes. The cable itself is another example of why most of the data that the US and other countries classify don't really need to be exposed and serve no real useful purpose other than to embarrass the US and its allies and make conversations like these, as insubstantial as they might be, much more difficult to conduct in the future.


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Plan on a strong year for the local real estate market in Western Pennsylvania, even though the first quarter was slightly slow. At Northwood Realty Services, we are constantly assessing conditions that indicate what we can expect to happen in the market. In April, I provided an analysis of the first quarter and took a look ahead for the rest of 2016. Here are highlights:
- While real estate sales in Western PA were down slightly in the first quarter 2016 over last year, we believe mortgage rates will continue to stay relatively low. We see that as a positive factor for the rest of the year.
- We estimate two .25% rate increases by the Federal Reserve this year, most likely coming in June and late fall. Slight rate increases often motivate people to buy more quickly, as they don't want to lose an opportunity for a good rate.
- We also see indicators of positive wage growth, which is a huge component of real estate sales. Combining higher wages with a reduction in gas prices means people have more income to spend on housing.
- Home prices in the market continue to remain stable and are very affordable, based on ratio of price to local income.
- Higher priced homes saw a decline in sales during the first quarter of 2016, but we expect more demand in the luxury home market by the second quarter.
- Given all these factors, we project that the region's overall home sales will be up about 5% over last year in the second quarter.
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