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Momentum appears to have ground to a halt in U.S. labor markets as a payroll tax hike and widespread government spending cutbacks have taken their toll on hiring.
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Predictions for the April jobs report out Friday reveal a pessimistic forecast of 145,000 jobs added last month. That's up from 88,000 in March but not nearly enough to make a dent in the stubbornly high unemployment rate. Economists predict the rate will remain at 7.6%.
Analysts have blamed a 2% increase in the payroll tax in January, which will slash the average American paycheck by about $800 this year, as well as the across-the-board cuts in government spending known as sequestration, for scaling back consumer demand and consequently the need for hiring.
Much of U.S. monetary policy has been tied to labor markets. The Federal Reserve has said it won't consider raising historically low interest rates or scaling back on its massive bond purchases until the unemployment rate drops to 6.5%.
"Because of government spending cuts and higher tax rates, the Fed has a higher hurdle to clear in lowering unemployment and promoting economic growth," said Paul Edelstein, an analyst at IHS Global Insight.
Both low interest rates and the bond purchase programs, known as quantitative easing, are intended to spur economic activity by promoting lending, especially via low mortgage rates.
On Wednesday, citing high unemployment and fiscal policy out of Washington, D.C., that is "restraining economic growth," the Fed said it was willing to expand those programs if the economy doesn't show more strength in the coming months.
Those policies, until recently, had elicited fears of runaway inflation. Low interest rates which make it easier to borrow can push prices higher. But with job creation faltering, and wages and benefits practically stagnant, demand for goods has slowed and inflation has in fact been falling.
The Fed believes an inflation rate of 2% means wages and demand for goods are rising at a comfortable rate. If that rate is falling too quickly, as some believe is happening right now, it means wages and demand are weak, and that's bad for economic growth.
The labor markets got some unexpected good news on Thursday when a government report revealed that the number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits had fallen to its lowest level since just before the start of the financial crisis of 2008-2009.
Analysts said the data mean employers aren't laying off as many workers as in recent years, a positive sign for workers.
One piece of data that will be closely watched Friday is the number of Americans who have dropped out of the workforce in April after giving up looking for work. That number has contributed significantly to the slow reduction in the unemployment rate despite lackluster job gains in recent months.
When people stop looking for work altogether the U.S. government no longer counts them as members of the workforce and they aren't included in surveys that measure the unemployment rate. That often allows the unemployment rate to fall even though very few jobs were created in the prior month.
Indeed, in the wake of a tough recession like the one from which the U.S. just emerged jobs are often created at a high rate, drawing millions back into the workforce. That can push the unemployment rate higher for awhile before it starts to fall.
That hasn't been the case during this recovery. In March the U.S. labor force shrank by nearly 500,000 people.
Another important contributor to the shrinking workforce, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report, is older Americans -- members of the Baby Boomer generation -- retiring in massive numbers.
The percentage of Americans either working or looking for work in March fell to its lowest point since 1979. The worker participation rate is now at 63.6%, down from 66% when the recession began four years ago. That, according to the WSJ, represents close to seven million workers who are no longer part of the workforce.


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Hello Swimwear and Lingerie enthusiasts!
Well, today is Thursday and as usual, that means I need to post a "fitting tip thursday" type of post!
The subject of today will be tights, pantyhose, stockings… whatever you want to call them.
….oooooooohkay, I got it out of my system.
Frankly, we all know that tights come with their own special brand of fitting issues. I'm not even going to get into the lack of a universally accepted and dependable sizing system or their extreme fragility…
What I would like to address to today, is how an apple bottomed girl can find tights to fit her shape.
Now generally speaking, an apple bottom body shape refers to a person with a well defined posterior and an itty bitty waist. Apple Bottom women are neither always fat or always thin, they are neither always tall, short or in between. They are just always curvy.
So, what happens when our apple bottom friend goes shopping for tights? The ridiculous size guide will ask for her height and weight. It won't ask if she is bootylicious. Which I think we can all agree is a major failing of the manufacturers.
After all, tights, while stretchy and clingy, really do have a limit to their elasticity and quite frankly, if the nylon has been stretched to its outerlimits, it will take very little for it to finally pop. Now, if you have ever felt that horrible, tell tale zipper unzipping feeling when your nylons ladder or rip, you know that it will only happen in a very public place when you cannot discreetly remove them.
They will definitely be leaving some unfortunate red marks and indentations that are nothing less than semi permanent scarification.
Not to mention women run an increased risk of getting urinary tract infections, yeast infections, bacterial infections and nerve damage from wearing improperly sized nylons. The nylons are non absorbent, don't breathe and provide the perfect environment for bacterial to go absolutely haywire in.
Too-tight tights are a definite no no!
You could always check out some of the plus size tights that are out there. Look in Bare Necessities, We love Colors or Stockin Girl for the abundance of choice and perhaps some one on one fitting advice from their customer service folk.
However, keep in mind that in order to get a comfortable fit on your derriere, you may find that they sag on your thighs and knees. So would you rather resembled a constricted boa constricter or a saggy baggy elephant?
Ya, I don't like the choices either.
So, if the tights manufacturers won't step up and create nylons for body types or atleast provide more options, what can a girl do?
My solution is of course…… Ta Daahhhhh!
They won't cut off the air supply to your nether belows, they only have to fit over your legs and are length adjustable if you use a garter belt/suspender belt. The perfect solution right? Not to mention they also feel really great on and add an extra little zip to your step and strut to your confident walk.
What do you think? Did I find a good solution? What has worked for you?
Oh and ps. I am totally coveting a pair of these beauties from Tattoo Socks… how about you?


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How much worse could Kunz be than the older arms blowing saves for the Mets? Manuel agreed, and said maybe it was time for Kunz to pitch in a pressure situation. He didn't get a save opportunity for several days, until Manuel had no choice but to go to him.
The amateur psychologist in me said Kunz's confidence took a hit when opportunity after opportunity passed without him getting the ball. And, that shaken ego was ripped when he got a chance he would inevitably blow.
Here we are, August in Washington against the lowly Nationals, and the Mets were afraid to go to somebody on their roster they claim to be in their plans.
Fast forward to last Sunday, when the Rays, three outs from the World Series, went with David Price, who is a merely 23. You could see his teething ring next to the rosin bag, but he was out there throwing heat.
And succeeding.
Now, I don't know how good Kunz will be. I can't say the same for Bobby Parnell. But, if they are as good as they Mets trust they'll be, then give them the chance to prove it. That's better than to throw millions of dollars at Francisco Rodriguez, whom I believe in a couple of years will be where Billy Wagner is now – and that's being unable to throw.
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Kwing wrote:No matter, my problem with Republics is that the government needs money in order to keep its country in line. Granted, I think the right to bear arms should keep the government on its toes so it's hard-pressed to please its people, but one person with millions of dollars is unlikely to help pay for schooling or road construction, aye?
This...makes no sense. You've touched on three entirely unrelated points.
First one: All governments need money, not just republics.
Second: Am I reading this wrong, or are you saying that the Second Amendment was made to make it difficult for the government to make American citizens happy? Because, a) it was written to help ensure that we can fight back against a tyrannical government, and b) pleasing it's citizens has never been the role of American government. Nor should it ever be.
Third: Bullshit. Many billionaires give a disgusting amount of money away.
Kwing wrote:Furthermore, the more money governments put into health care and education, the less the citizens have to pay for it. You see where I'm going with this?
I don't. The money that governments put into any program comes directly from the tax payers. It's just their way of taking money, pocketing some of it, and then giving it back. Plus, the government shouldn't even have it's nose in either of those markets.
Kwing wrote:Also, distributing money in a more 'liberal' way helps small businesses rise to power and prevents big businesses (Wal-Mart, Monsanto, Baxter, and McDonalds come to mind) from running amok and pissing on their employees. We need to ensure freedom from both our government and businesses. Maintaining a balance is difficult.
You're high aren't you? Competition and innovation is what helps businesses rise, not handouts for failures. If a small business can't compete, it deserves to fail so that it can be replaced by a better business that can compete.
We already have freedom from business, though. You are not forced into purchasing their products, working for them, or in any other way, playing their game. There is zero sympathy to be had for Wal-Mart employees who bitch about their wages and working conditions. It's a voluntary employment and they can quit at any time. If finding another job is so difficult that they can't leave, then maybe they should have got off their fat asses and learned a marketable trade.
A liberal distribution of money just promotes laziness, stifles creativity and innovation by rewarding failures, and causes even greater harm to our economy.


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Think Chair by Steelcase
Think Chair
by Steelcase
At A Glance:
Reimagined. Revised. Reconstructed. The new Steelcase Think Chair has a decade of tasking comfort behind it in the previous version - and now it's even better. It's smart enough to understand how you sit. You'll find that it supports your posture without forcing you to make tedious adjustments.
So what makes the Think Chair better than its predecessor? Each and every feature has been improved upon, and a key feature has been added. Everything but the casters and a single piece of hardware has been completely re-engineered. Let's explore the new Think Chair:
- New: Integrated LiveBack System
Newly redesigned, the flexible back frame is more integrated than ever. Your natural movement is uninhibited - and yet extremely well-supported. The LiveBack is comprised of flexors that are linked together (the previous version had unlinked flexors) to provide more integrated and prescribed movement.
- New: Dual-energy Lumbar
The Think Chair's dynamic back support is provided using two springs. The springs' energy makes for more comfortable lumbar support. It also provides structure and integrity to the entire backrest for balanced support, and can easily be repositioned to meet you where you most need support.
- New: Adaptive Bolstering
Adaptive bolstering in the seat cushion creates a custom comfort pocket. The seat foam is cored (small cylinders are cut out of it) to allow for more compression in some areas of the seat than others. This improvement to the Think Chair's seat structure allows the foam to adapt to your unique size and shape.
- New: Advanced Synchronized Tilt Mechanism
The Think Chair's tilt mechanism has been improved by the addition of synchronized tilt, which means the backrest and seat are synchronized to move together in a specific ratio. It's simple to use, working without you having to give it a thought. Your back will recline more naturally and fluidly.
- Improved: Recline Tension & Angle
Think features four comfort settings: weight-activated, weight-activated with 20% boost, mid-stop recline, and upright back lock. You'll adjust these by simply turning a dial and finding which one suits your working posture.
- Adjustable Arms
Height, width, pivot, depth-adjustable arms keep your arms level, even in a reclined posture, without reclining with the chair. This innovative armrest position allows Think to keep your arms in the perfect position to type comfortably.
- Adjustable Seat Height
Think's seat can be raised 5" from its lowest position, giving you enough range for comfort.
- Adjustable Seat Depth
The seat depth can be extended from 15.5" deep to 18" deep. Those with longer legs will appreciate the additional depth.
- Flexible Seat Edge
The flexible seat edge flexes down automatically when you put pressure on it - so that the pressure isn't put on the back of your legs. This feature helps the Think Chair to improve your circulation and long-term seated comfort.
- Sustainable Design
Think is an icon of sustainable design and the new Think pushes sustainability even further. Steelcase estimates that Think's positive impact in the US alone will significantly reduce our carbon emissions each year by approximately 2.5 million miles driven or 100 trips around the world. Think can still be disassembled in 5 minutes with common hand tools, making it easy to recycle when it finally reaches the end of the road (in a decade or so - if you sit in it all day, every day).
- Simple Design
It's easy to adjust the Think Chair. There are adjustments you can use to tailor the fit to your sitting habits, but getting there is as uncomplicated as turning a couple of knobs. The rest of the chair adjusts itself adaptively.
Or Read about why Think is perfect for the home too!
Customer Satisfaction Rating
Rank: #4 in Office Chairs
Customer Rating:
Recommend to a Friend? 82%
Return Rate: 4.1%
The ideal office chair makes work more efficient and comfortable. Let our Office Chair Buying Guide help you find the perfect one.
Customer Satisfaction Rating
Rank: #4 in Office Chairs
Customer Rating:
Recommend to a Friend? 82%
Return Rate: 4.1%
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Materials & Measurements
Materials: Aluminum, steel, glass reinforced nylon, PET fiber or semi aniline leather upholstery
Overall: 37.25-42" h x 28.5" w x 22-24.25" d
Seat Height: 16.5-21.5"
Seat Depth: 18.5"
Arm Height: 22.25-27.25"
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Environmental Information
Constructed of 37 percent recycled content and consisting of 98 recyclable materials, Think Chair is one of the smartest and most decorated green chairs on the market. And the rest of the furniture making industry has taken notice, as well the rest of the country. As the current political (and literal) climate heats up around debate over global warming, environmentalism, conservation, and sustainability, it's a relief to know that some furniture manufacturers and retailers, like Steelcase and Smart Furniture, are actually stepping up to plate with solutions to some of these problems.
For it's far-reaching and admirable commitment to sustainability, Steelcase and the Think Chair have been featured in articles from the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Metropolitan Magazine and Grist Magazine. Steelcase Think has the ear of the market, and of the press, when it comes to better environmental practices and sustainability. It can be disassembled for recycling in five minutes or less.
This doesn't seem like a big deal, but research has shown that when you lower the degree of difficulty on recycling (for instance, making it easy to disassemble a chair and recycle it in individual parts or as an easier to carry whole) people are much more likely to actually do it, no matter how convicted they are that recycling is the right thing to do. Think Chair was the first chair ever to receive MBDC Cradle to Cradle gold level certification as an environmentally responsible product. That means each element of each material used in the Think Chair has been rigorously tested for harmful elements, and had the least amount possible. MBDC tests the materials in office chairs and other products down to a chemical level, assuring the users (and their employers, colleagues and neighbors) that their chair is safe for the air, for themselves, and for everyone. That Steelcase would go to such lengths and publish the results shows their absolute confidence in the chair. Beyond that, it means Steelcase cares enough to put forth the facts of their commitment to a candid world.
Think Chair is a certified level 3 product, the highest BIFMA e3 standard possible. It also holds SCS Indoor Advantage Gold Certification for indoor air quality. It may seem insignificant, but many chairs, especially those composed with foam and plastic, can release harmful elements into the air, disrupting the environment and ruining the quality of your air. The Think is also on a quest to help you or your business get the lowest possible LEED score--it can go toward LEED credits. In France, Think Chair carries the NF Environmental Label for environmental quality.
The Steelcase Think is such a smart, green, forward-thinking product that when Heifer International, a world-renowned international hunger relief agency committed to improving life abroad and the environment at home, needed new headquarters, the Think Chair was their first choice. Ordered for every worker, the chair embodied what Heifer International was all about: progressive thinking and environmentally sound, sustainable energy choices.
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Shipping & Delivery
Standard Shipping: Free
With Standard Ground Shipping, shipments are typically completed with UPS or FedEx to your front door or main lobby. Once shipped, items generally arrive within 2-5 business days. Simple, fast and easy service. Tracking will be emailed to you upon order shipment.
*If additional tracking info/scheduling is needed, both UPS and FedEx have sign-up services on their website which allow for more detailed tracking/options.
*Some larger products or multiple quantities may ship with a freight carrier (not UPS/Fedex), which will call you for a delivery appointment if delivering to a residence (or business hours for commercial address). We'll send you an email with the shipper/tracking info as soon as your order ships either way.
The Think Chair comes with a limited lifetime warranty on its base and frame, a 10-year warranty on its pneumatic cylinder and 5 years on its upholstery.
The Steelcase Think Chair comes with a variety of warranties to guarantee your investment and your confidence in the product. Steelcase is one of the finest manufacturers of furniture in the world, and they always make sure to stand behind their products with the very best warranties. A great warranty on an office chair like Think is worth a lot, not only monetarily, but in terms of security and confidence. When you buy a Think Chair from Smart Furniture and Steelcase, you not only get a great product, you get a great assurance that if there's ever a problem or an obstacle with the chair you can't overcome, you're protected with a great warranty.
- The Steelcase Think comes with three separate warranties, each insuring a different part of your chair.
- The limited lifetime warranty on the base and frame of the Think Chair.
As a great value, this warranty is practically incalculable. Over the course of the rest of your lifetime (or, alternatively, the lifetime of the Think Chair you own), you'll never have to worry about losing money on repair or replacement when it comes to the base and frame of the product. You won't find lifetime warranties from just any furniture company, nor with just any chair. Steelcase and the Think Chair are special entities, committed to the best and only the best, and that includes longevity. As long as you own the Think, you'll never have to worry about the cost of replacing the base or the frame, perhaps the two most important parts of any chair.
- 10 year warranty on the pneumatic cylinder of the Steelcase Think Chair.
Another great part, another great warranty. If you have any problems with your pneumatic cylinder, if it ever needs to be replaced within the next ten years, you've got nothing to worry about. Now, what the heck is the pneumatic cylinder? The pneumatic cylinder on a Steelcase Think Chair is a cylinder that creates force in response to movement. It does this in response to the force of compressed gas (air). Your Think Chair depends on the pneumatic cylinder for various adjustments and tasks, and it's an extremely vital part to have the full Think Chair experience. A ten year warranty is truly excellent when it comes to a part like this, and you can buy the Think Chair with confidence knowing Steelcase has your back when it comes to the pneumatic cylinder.
- 5 year warranty on upholstery.
The upholstery of your Think Chair is, of course, the first thing you see. Its color and texture will be chosen by the user in Smart Furniture three minute design tool, and these will be the outward face of the chair. However, we all know how easy it is to rip, discolor, and otherwise damage your upholstery, no matter what product it's on. It's quite impressive, therefore, that Steelcase is so confident in the quality and durability of its product that they offer a five year warranty on it. A five year warranty on upholstery (again, the outward face of your chair) is truly excellent. You can buy the Think Chair with real confidence, knowing that for the next 1825 days, you won't have to worry about the upholstery.
Warranty Value
So what's the real-time value of the Think Chair over the course of it's several warranties? In other words, how much will it cost you, per day, to enjoy the fantastic comfort, elegance, engineering, conscientiousness and fun of the Think Chair for as long as it's insured? To do this, we'll break out the three insured parts, assigned 60 percent of the Think's value to base and frame, 20 percent to upholstery, and 10 percent to the pneumatic cylinder.
- Limited lifetime warranty on base and frame.
The base and frame are probably to two most integral parts of your Think Chair, so the lifetime warranty is deeply assuring. But, what's a lifetime? Depending on how long you choose to keep the chair, the cost per day shakes out this way:
Steelcase Think Base and Frame Warranty Value:
5 Years: 22 cents a day (60 percent of Think's cost divided by 1825, the number of days in a five year span)
10 Years: 11 cents a day
15 Years: 7.3 center a day
20 Years: 5.5 cents a day
That's an undeniably great value. All the comfort and increased productivity offered by Think for as low as a nickel a day.
- Ten year warranty on the pneumatic cylinder.
The pneumatic cylinder is essential to the continued operation of your Think Chair. It powers your functions and adjustments. And Steelcase guarantees it for ten years. The cost?
Think Chair Pneumatic Cylinder Warranty Value:
5 Years: 18 cents a day (this is, of course, if you get rid of your Think Chair before the 10 year warranty runs out
10 Years- life of the warranty: just 9 cents a day
- Five Year Warranty of Think Upholstery
Your Think Chair upholstery is the outward face of your chair, the surface on which you sit, work, and recline. It's the surface that will absorb the punishment of years of sitting, twisting, drinking and eating, not to mention the random elements of office furniture and staff. The upholstery has to look great for your Think to look great, and to make sure that that happens, Steelcase offers a generous five year warranty on your upholstery. So how does that shake out on a daily basis?
Think Chair Upholstery Warranty Value:
5 Years: 11 cents a day
So as you can see, you're getting an incredible value when you purchase your Think Chair from Steelcase and Smart Furniture. You get everything the Think Chair offers, all the comfort, engineering prowess, style, and productivity (not to mention the health benefits of better circulation), and you get it for literally cents a day over the life of your warranty.


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Glass face
It's Lil B
Going back
You already know, you can hear the gudda
You can hear the fuckin hood
All good, I know you hear the hood
Lil B how you worldwide with no commercials?
Sit back, take notes, got the game in focus
Niggas hate I don't trip, my heart don't skip
In the heart with your clique, he heart gon speak
But you can't go man, that's that heartless shit
Fuck niggas, I'm a talk this shit
Motherfuckers talk often shit, you can't handle my life
I'm awkward bitch, you feel me?
Like the dude at the corner store on the payphone
Talkin bout a calling card, think he at the shopping mall
Buying rocks, spendin bout 500
Smoking so much rock he on the moon
Based God, beautiful complex like a snow flake
Wake up and spray
Or maybe pray, that's what they all say
Live life, that's what they all say
Some sleep and never wake up
Put the mack tee lips and I ain't talkin bout make-up
Bullet in your... it ain't no case man
I'm down for this shit, I'm straight
And I ain't never been fake
Fuck that reason, them fakes
Back to bless you, talk specials
I'm a get you, I'm the made man
Cut the check, we're grown men
You feeling me?
In my hands, the same color as Conan's
I'm so and off grand, the same color as Conan's
Guns in the back, right by the trash can
How I move man, you would call me Batman
Give bitches the back hand and that in my right four eyes
Mom said take on sight
Stay polite, fuck life
I love earth, that's life
Sometimes I'll wrong a right
Well I don't know and I don't give a fuck man
It's just something nice as that king shit
Lil B shit, this that gat shit
All black shit, this that motherfuckin mag shit
This that I'm talkin with an accent
Ebonic, sleep on it
Perfect English, I'm straight edge
Coming through with the straight nests
Because I'm sleepin
Layin niggas out man, I'm the deacon


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Production value, knowing your market, not alienating a niche group or forcing products down your throat, displaying skill you couldn't dream of having and a budget that would make an ordinary YouTube amateur videographer vomit—that's what it takes, and then some.
Ken Block is a marketing master and an extraordinary wheelman, and you can call us over-enthused, but what he has accomplished is undeniably impressive.
Gymkhana Four hit a bit over 1 million views in the first 24 hours last year, and Gymkhana Five multiplied that by six in just a little over a day—mind blowing.
The goal here was to make something awesome, and make it go viral. From good teaser videos to an overall stellar production, it worked, and it's already sitting comfortably at the top of the Viral Video Chart


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Barbecue season is around the corner, and if you haven't had Baconnaise on a burger, you definitely need to this summer. It really does take burgers to a whole new level. If you're vegetarian, you can even use a Gardenburger or something similar to make a veggie bacon burger.
Here's one of the best recipes we've had so far:
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp Peppered Bacon Salt
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 red onion, finely chopped (optional)
- Baconnaise, lettuce, tomato and bun
Mix the ground beef with the egg, breadcrumbs, Peppered Bacon Salt, garlic clove and optional red onion. Oil the grates on your grill (several paper towels and vegetable oil do the trick). Form into 4-6 patties while heating a grill to very high heat. Put burgers on grill and serve with plenty of Baconnaise, lettuce and tomato. For an extra extra bacon kick, you can add strips of bacon with the burger.


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Monday, September 20, 2010
The Week That Was
Good. Got that off my chest. And now to recount the last weeks happenings.
The stellar part of my life these days is the interaction with the boys while teaching them.
The elder one is the more silent and decorous of the two. I think he feels that his dad is a pumpkin brain, but in a gentlemanly manner that I think he inherits from me, he keeps that opinion to himself. Usually, anyway. And he politely laughs at my jokes such as they are.
I came up with one when I was teaching him complex numbers. "a+ib is a complex number" I told him. "And?" he replied politely, because he knew that already
"And b12+i is a b-complex number"
"Hahaha" he replied "I think I'll go through the section on Complex Planes on my own". So much for levity in the teaching process.
The younger one, on the other hand, is clearly in awe of me. The reason is that I teach him economics. This is a subject towards which, thanks to the absurdly dense textbook they have, he has developed a healthy hatred. And I don't blame him.
Entrusted with the task of writing a textbook for ninth-standard students learning about economics for the first time in their lives, the rhetorically gifted chaps in charge of writing the textbook have done the prose in a style heavy enough to be employed in auditors' reports of public limited companies. James Joyce would read like the Brothers Grimm in comparison.
"An economy is a rather loosely defined term for any broad classification of interrelated productive activities such as farming, manufacturing and supply of a variety of services that people are ready to buy from markets at a price", they tell the tots, expecting rousing cheers at the revelation.
The son was extremely grateful when I explained it in terms of farmer, blacksmith and goatherd.
"Wow Annie! You know everything!" was his reaction.
"He believes I am the cat's pajamas as far as economics is concerned." I told myself. Pleased as punch I was and I'm sure no one will grudge me that reaction.
But things have a way of turning, if you know what I mean. I had occasion, this week, to explain what capitalism, communism, socialism and other isms which constitute political theory, meant. The lad listened in rapt attention.
I was floating. Rarely do I hold anyone's attention like this. It feels good. I can understand why Deepak Chopra and similar chaps go about saying things like 'realizing that our true self is one of pure potentiality and aligning with the power that manifests everything in the universe'. He knows he's talking rot, but the public is listening! Intoxicated by this, he continues and in no time is telling people that 'God's love is beyond death' and that 'one must do what one does because doing is what one must do when one does what one must'.
Which is why I waxed lyrical about communism, dragging in Animal farm, and generally "kicked ass" as my sons are fond of saying.
The missus confronted me later in the evening.
"What rot have you feeding Gautham?" she demanded.
"What did I do now?"
"He's going on about becoming a communist" she said, scowling.
"Yes. He's been telling me that communism is the only way and that he's all for it"
I meekly tried to defend myself.
"I was telling him how bad communism was and how it has failed around the world"
"Well, your rhetoric is evidently half-baked, Mr Ayn Rand. You need to polish your spiel" And with that unkind barb, she walked away.
Well, to cut a long story short, I engaged the lad in conversation later in the evening. It transpired that he hates his tuition classes and my statement that communism believed in a classless society had won him over to that ideology.
I hit my forehead with my palm, in a gesture popularly known on twitter as 'facepalm' or, among the more subtle, as 'manoj kumar' or simply 'manoj'.
Which, come to think of it, is how I spend most weekends.
13 comments:
- vanwinkle said...
haha classless society ftw!!!the lad seems to have an eager ear eh?:)
- September 20, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Its a pleasure having a fresh post from you. And you must, Sir Shenoy, write a lengthy post explaining Economics to readers such as us. After all how else do you plan to prove your hold on it to the Nobel committee. And offer us a chance or two to execute the 'manoj'!
- sid
- September 20, 2010 at 5:55 PM
- Aquatic Static said...
I met a 2 month old baby this weekend who does the 'manoj'...his mother is most concerned.
And I wouldn't worry too much about your kids being over your sense of humour. I bet Jerry Seinfeld's kids think his jokes are facepalm too.
Love this post :)
- September 20, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- amrith said...
absolutely positively copulating brilliance sire. rib ticklingly funnu. in Twitter terms, #epic
- September 20, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- Bhel Puri & Seekh Kabab said...
Agree with Daddy_san - you're definitely holding our attention. Good one.
- September 20, 2010 at 7:50 PM
- Giribala said...
With so many super-tolerant people around you, you can't brag about being a loser :-)
- September 20, 2010 at 8:18 PM
- Sriram said...
"An economy is a rather loosely defined term for any broad classification of interrelated productive activities such as farming, manufacturing and supply of a variety of services that people are ready to buy from markets at a price", they tell the tots, expecting rousing cheers at the revelation.
Haha brilliant :D
Kicked ass, as always :)
- September 20, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- Srivardhan said...
Brilliant! How do you do it? :)
- September 21, 2010 at 10:25 AM
- narendra shenoy said...
@vanwinkle - Hehe. He thinks laterally :)
@Sid - Thanks! I think I shall!
@AquaticStatic - Hahaha! A kid destined for greatness! Thanks, btw, for the kind words
@amrith - Thanks!
@BPSK - Thanks sir!
@Giribala - Indeed! Thanks!
@Sriram - Thanks!
@Srivardhan - Thanks!
- September 21, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Saumya said...
Rousing cheers for the revelation :)
Deepak Chopra to Animal Farm and communism - awesome post Naren
- September 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Chethana said...
Nice reading you again, the part that really, really (gigglably) amused me was the 'Manoj' nomenclature!
Happy knowledge-imaprting! Ignore small road blocks such as non-existent audience.
- September 27, 2010 at 1:12 PM
After your great teachings and his even greater style of interpretation, Gautam will make one hell of an economist!
- October 5, 2010 at 9:09 PM
- harimohan said...
'one must do what one does because doing is what one must do when one does what one must'.
once again njoyd
- November 5, 2010 at 9:13 AM


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Issues are held in as much confidence as possible and should not be widely shared. In some cases, the issues might be across courses, or be related to your progress in a program. In these cases, it might be shared with other faculty members, but again, it would be done to help improve your educational experience and would be done with discretion.
Many faculty members use different teaching techniques in their courses. Where you might be used to a lecture style course, another small group activity based course might be challenging for you and vice versa. Also, courses increasingly use online components which can really challenge students in their learning. It is important when you are struggling to think about why you are struggling. If you are not used to the teaching methods, we'd encourage you to meet with the faculty member and ask about strategies to be successful. Not only can you get help with the class, but the professor will know that you are making an effort to do well!
While this may seem like a simple question, it is amazing the number of students who struggle in courses and never directly talk to the faculty member about their struggles. Your professors teach because they enjoy helping students learn and develop. They are typically eager to talk to students about how to improve or succeed in their courses. It is important to schedule an appointment or visit during office hours and bring specific questions or issues. For example, instead of saying "I just don't get it" or "How can I do better" ask questions like "I read the material, but have a hard time following along in class, how would you suggest I prepare for class" or "I study by reading my notes and practicing problems, but I have not done well on the test. Can you provide some tips for test preparation?"
Some students find that they might have tested into a higher level course, but really need to brush up on their skills before taking a harder course. It is okay to take a lower level, because in the long run you will need those lower skills to learn newer and harder material. Speak to you advisor to see if there is a lower level course offered, and if it is possible for you to register for this course before you take the higher level.
If you need a tutor in modern language or music, you should contact the department directly. Otterbein also offers an e-tutoring opportunity in: math, accounting, anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, statistics, and writing. For one on one tutoring, please contact the Academic Support Center located on the second floor of Courtright Memorial Library.
Otterbein offers both e-tutoring and traditional tutoring for students. For a traditional tutor, you should stop by the Academic Support Center located on the second floor of Courtright Memorial Library. To access the e-tutoring page, please visit this link to the Academic Support Center Page.
If your course offered Supplemental Instruction (SI) you should have received information at the very beginning of the term, or the information should be on the syllabus. If you don't remember or aren't sure, simply ask the professor. You can also seek assistance in the Academic Support Center (which provides Supplemental Instruction).
You should meet with your advisor to review the impact of the withdrawal. There are short term and long term consequences to both your academic progress and financial aid. Dropping courses should be done with caution. However, there are some cases where dropping a course might make sense, so do not let the consequences scare you from dropping. Just make a good and informed decision.
If the course is dropped early in the term, no record will show up on your transcript. In the middle of the term, often called the "W Period" a "w" will show on your transcript. At the end of the term, when the "W Period" has ended, you can only drop with an F grade. The official dates are located on the campus academic calendar.
This is a very individual student and class question that can be answered by your advisor. If the course is a pre-requisite for a course in a future term, you could have delays. Dropping a course should always be done after review and discussion with your advisor.
If you are struggling in multiple classes, you may have some problems that are not class specific such as a mental health or physical health issues. Talk with your advisor about your concerns or difficulty and they will help you identify the best place to go for help. You can also visit the Academic Support Center, Center for Student Success or Student Affairs directly to seek out assistance. All of these offices are happy to work with students who are struggling and can get you connected where is most appropriate.
The key to getting help with problems is to really think about what the specific problem is. If you are unsure, consider talking to the professor teaching the course. They will have insight into why you are not performing well in the class and might be able to give you some direction on what they see as the primary issue. You can also visit the Academic Support Center, Center for Student Success or Student Affairs directly to seek out assistance. All of these offices are happy to work with students who are struggling and can get you connected where is most appropriate.
Consider stopping by their office to see when their posted office hours are and visit during that time. You can also ask the administrative assistant in the department office about the best way to reach the faculty member. Finally, you can visit the Center for Student Success for supplemental advising.
Your department or advisor should have designated someone to serve as a contact for you while that faculty member is on sabbatical. (What is a sabbatical? A term when the faculty member is released from their regular duties such as teaching and advising to work on their individual research and scholarship) Check with the department administrative assistant or department chair on who that person might be. Finally, you can visit the Center for Student Success for supplemental advising.
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Pumpkin Spice Latte
3 Oct
Who doesn't love a good pumpkin spice latte? Or pumpkin spice anything, really.
I posted a copycat recipe for a lightened up Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte over on Hello Giggles this morning. You can Check it out here.
Please leave a comment over at Hello Giggles if you have an idea you'd like me to re-create for Take Out Fake Out!
Have a wonderful day, everybody!


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Gophers Reportedly Reach Agreement With Richard Pitino
The Gopher men's basketball team has reportedly reached an agreement with 30-year old Richard Pitino to become their new head men's basketball coach. CBS was the first to report the agreement. Pitino is the son of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino. Richard has worked as an assistant coach under his father, Rick at Louisville before acting as an assistant coach under Billy Donavan at Florida.
Richard Petino has been the head coach at Florida International for just 1 season and were 18-14 this past season but it was their first winning season in more than a decade. The Gophers fired Tubby Smith 9 days ago after 6 seasons at the University of Minnesota.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Crew season officially opens this weekend for the MIT crew teams as all four will have entries in one of the most famous regattas in the world, the annual Head of the Charles competition. MIT will have crews in action on both Saturday and Sunday in the world's largest two-day rowing event.
MIT will begin competition on Saturday in Event 16 (12:55 p.m.), the Women's Club Fours in which the Engineers' lightweight team will field a team that has a bow number of 42. Shortly thereafter the men's heavyweight team will field an entry in the Men's Club Eights (Event 17, 1:20 p.m.) that will have a bow number of 19.
On Sunday the first MIT crew to race will be another men's heavyweight squad in the Men's Championship Eights (Event 48, 2:55 p.m.) with a bow number of 25. The Women's Championship Eights (Event 49, 3:08 p.m.) will feature the next MIT entry, a women's openweight crew that will sport a bow number of 36. Later in the afternoon the MIT men's lightweight team will make its season debut, competing in the Men's Lightweight Eights (Event 54, 4:38 p.m.) with a bow number of 14. Closing out the competition for MIT will be the women's lightweight team competing in the Women's Lightweight Eights (Event 55, 4:45 p.m.), displaying bow number 6.
More information on the Head of the Charles can be found at the regatta's official website by clicking here. All four MIT teams will race into November before the fall seasons come to a close and will resume competition in the spring.


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It's a conflict as old as RISC vs. CISC, and one still not settled: fab or fabless? It's been more than a decade since Cypress's T.J. Rodgers first said, "real men have fabs," a sentiment later echoed by luminaries of AMD and Intel, and more than two decades since Intel used its manufacturing dominance to attain market dominance over its microprocessor competitors. In that time, though, fabs have become increasingly expensive and risky to operate, and today entire sectors of computer components (graphics, sound, mobile devices) are dominated by fabless players. Clearly, the two modes of operation coexist well. Yet, two pieces of news today, in the shadow of larger pure play victories over the last year, seem to illustrate that, for even the most entrenched fab players, pure play foundries carry some advantages.
Intel: Pure Play allows risk-hedging, SoC Expertise, customization
In March, Intel announced it would outsource manufacturing of some Atom processors to TSMC, the world's leading foundry. The move could not have been caused by lack of fab capacity, or by the superiority of TSMC's fabs. Intel has the most advanced fabs in the world, is ahead of every other player in process transitions, and at the moment probably has plenty of capacity. The transition was probably about margins, and definitely about customization. Intel with low-margin products like Atom, the risk of a capacity excess due to swings in demand increases, and this risk is compounded by the massive costs of new fab investments. Moreover, TSMC, used to the hustle-bustle of custom orders for custom players and with lots of SoC experience, could customize silicon more for different players more easily than Intel. Santa Clara is hesitant to produce custom models for even the largest customers; Apple's finagling of special-model Core 2 Duo chips for the iMac was quite a coup, and even now these are open to everyone.
Now, more details have emerged, as the Taiwan Economic News reports that TSMC will manufacture not only Moorestown's southbridge, but the Atom-based SoC, as well, during this quarter. With both components of the platform on TSMC's process, and subject to customization, Intel's device-manufacturing partners, which so far include LG and Nokia, will be able to order Langwell-derived southbridges customized for the needs of their devices, on TSMC's 65nm process. Presumably, TSMC's SoC expertise has been useful in enabling this.
It's also possible that Intel is trying to allay concerns about single-sourcing from handheld vendors, who can point out the massive number of vendors hawking chips in the competitor ARM family. Putting TSMC in charge of some Atom manufacturing is one way to avoid some of those problems on a contract basis, without the renegacy risk of a licensing agreement similar to the one that gave AMD an x86 franchise.
AMD: Pure Play allows risk-sharing, and an end to the CapEx treadmill
The other piece of news is related to AMD's recent breakup, in which the beleaguered semi firm, out of money and out of small divisions to sell off, split in two firms, a fabless microprocessor and GPU firm called AMD and a pure play foundry called GlobalFoundries, whose primary customer would be AMD but which would seek other customers in competition with TSMC, UMC, and the other foundries. AMD's fabs are well-regarded, competitive with TSMC on process and inferior only to Intel's facilities. The AMD branch is helmed by Dirk Meyer, while departing CEO Hector Ruiz would circle the walls of GlobalFoundries looking for more fab customers. Now, it has been announced, one has signed on.
The new customer, the fab-holding ST Microelectronics, is the fifth largest semiconductor firm in the world, offering a diverse portfolio of memory, signal processing chips, RFID controllers, and microcontrollers from simple 8-bit embedded ICs to powerful mobile ARM chips. STMicro is known to operate at least six fabs in Italy, France, and Singapore, mostly on the older, less efficient 200mm wafer size, but manufacturing on processes as modern as 65nm. The GF deal will give STMicro access to GF's 40nm low power process, more than a node's worth of improvement, at the Dresden Fab 1 complex and at the upcoming Fab 2 complex in Malta, New York.
It's known that GF will begin manufacturing its first products for STMicro some time next year, but unknown what those products will be. The two firms had already begun collaborating on the development of GlobalFoundries' 28nm process, to launch in late 2010 or early 2011. Meanwhile, the firm is seemingly neglecting the continuing development of its own fabs, building no fabs in the last six years after building six fabs in the ten years prior. These facts, together, give some credence to the notion that STMicro may abandon its own fabs entirely, phasing out its manufacturing activities to become a major partner in GlobalFoundries' fab operations and outsource all its manufacturing to GlobalFoundries.
In the era of GlobalFoundries and Atom outsourcing, pure play fabs are riding high, while "Real Men" become rarer and rarer. It's hard to know how far this trend will continue, or how fast, but recent evidence makes it clear that prognostications about a mass return of the fabbing design house miss the mark.


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This was quite a special meeting. Gabor Szabo was in Jerusalem givng a course and volunteered to lecture at our Jerusalem.pm. Being an experienced lecturer, he kept the interest of the group, giving many examples of the new and mainly changed features that are waiting for us in Perl 6. He went online and showed us in real time. More on the web. There was a great crowd, (at least 17) which was to be expected considerning the topic and the speaker. At about 7:40 the projecter suddenly went out. We thought it was the bulb burned out but it was the timer. After that, we had a break and heard the rest of the lecture in a low tech way, on the white board. I put some pictures on flickr.


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Healthcare professionals
Letter from the director
Dear Physicians and Health Care Professionals,
It is an honor and privilege to serve as the Chairman of the Casey Eye Institute. In my role, I have the opportunity to partner with many of you in caring for patients with complex eye disease. Casey was built to bring the latest technologies and treatments to our region, and we are pleased that we can work side by side with you to offer these to your patients. Today we are increasing the numbers of clinical trials and are excited to be moving into phase one gene therapy trials for retinal degenerative diseases. Oregonians are benefitting by being some of the first in the nation to access these new therapies.
In an era where a shortage of ophthalmologists is predicted, we are increasing the numbers of residents in training and increasing the numbers of fellowship trained subspecialists in cornea, retina, neuro-ophthalmology, oculo-plastics and pediatrics. As the only academic health center in Oregon, OHSU's Casey Eye Institute is working hard to increase the number of trainees to make sure that our citizens are well served for decades to come.
We hope we are meeting your continuing education needs. We are always open to hearing from you should you wish to see additional continuing education in specific areas.
Finally, we are proud that we are ranked in the top ten NEI funded Eye Research Institutes in the United States. We have held this ranking consistently for many years now. Our research faculty are making significant contributions in many areas including inflammatory diseases, gene therapy, glaucoma and retinal diseases.
I hope that you will always feel free to contact me if you have thoughts on how we might better meet the needs of our community. We are grateful for your partnership and input.
Warm Regards,
David J. Wilson, MD
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Director, Casey Eye Institute
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Release date: 2011-09-26
This release contains a small number of fixes from 9.1.0. For information about new features in the 9.1 major release, see Section E.113.
A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.1.X.
pg_options_to_table return
NULL for an option with no value (Tom Lane)
Previously such cases would result in a server crash.
Fix memory leak at end of a GiST index scan (Tom Lane)
Commands that perform many separate GiST index scans, such as verification of a new GiST-based exclusion constraint on a table already containing many rows, could transiently require large amounts of memory due to this leak.
Fix explicit reference to pg_temp schema in CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE (Robert Haas)
This used to be allowed, but failed in 9.1.0.
If you see anything in the documentation that is not correct, does not match your experience with the particular feature or requires further clarification, please use this form to report a documentation issue.


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Apple publishes data about its "retail segment" which ifoAppleStore.com catalogs. Here are some statistics I was able to compute from the data:
- The stores generate over $100k per employee per quarter. In 2010, revenue was $481,000 per employee. This year the average is around $320k excluding the fourth quarter. In 2009 the average revenue for the technology sector was $388k/yr. A retailer like JC Penney generates about $124k of revenue per year per employee.
- The revenue per visit is around $45. There are well over 250 million visits per year (222 million for first three quarters of 2011).
The combination of these two metrics are shown in the following chart:
- The number of employees has grown in proportion to