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Trump's Trade War Chickens Coming Home To Roost
Three months after it started, the Trump Trade War is already starting to have a negative impact on American businesses and American consumers.
Just days after President Trump once against threatened to unleash new tariffs in a trade war that clearly seems to be expanding rather than heating up, The New York Times reports that American businesses and consumers are already starting to feel the negative impact of what is, in the end, an economically illiterate policy:
WASHINGTON — The effects of President Trump's trade war are beginning to ripple through the United States economy as steel tariffs disrupt domestic supply chains and global trading partners retaliate against a wide variety of American products, such as peanut butter, whiskey and lobster.
The cascade of tit-for-tat tariffs has spooked corporate executives, potentially slowing investment, and the Federal Reserve suggested this week that it might have to rethink its economic forecasts if the trade wars continue.
On Friday, Mr. Trump only added fuel to the fire when he threatened in a tweet to impose a 20 percent tariff on all European cars coming into the United States if the European Union did not remove its auto tariffs. "Build them here!" the president wrote.
Mr. Trump, who campaigned on a get-tough approach to trade, has said his tariffs would make trade pacts more fair and ultimately help American workers, farmers, manufacturers and other. But the situation could soon become politically perilous to Mr. Trump, whose trade policies are starting to inflict economic pain across the country, including in areas that are home to the voters who helped him win election.
The Times goes on to profile the owners of medium-sized and small corporations in five separate industries including manufacturing nails, the owner of a whiskey distillery in Virginia, lobster fishermen in Maine, cranberry farmers in Maine, and peanut farmers and peanut butter manufacturers, all of whom have seen there industries the targets of retaliatory tariffs or threatened with such retaliation in response to the threats that the President has made most recently. In reality, of course, this is only the beginning of what we're likely to see as a result of this ill-informed policy, and other examples have already started piling up demonstrating the impact that the President's tariffs and "easy to win" trade war are likely to have on the economy.
Late last month, for example, The Wall Street Journal reported that prices for steel and aluminum were increasing, thus impacting manufacturers that rely on these raw materials for their products. Other reports indicated that American pork farmers were increasingly nervous about their overseas business with nations like China. In Iowa specifically, it is being reported that Chinese retaliation for the tariffs imposed on Chinese goods could cost soybean farmers $624 million this year alone, with the prospect of larger losses if the retaliation continues beyond this year. This has led many leaders in Iowa and elsewhere, including Senator Chuck Grassley to express concern about the impact of the trade war on Republican fortunes in the fall. This is especially true given the fact that the tariffs seem to be expressly targeted toward Trump voters and middle-class Americans.
More broadly, the expanding trade war has also had an impact on world financial markets, and especially on the stock prices of companies that rely on international trade, of which there are many among the members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, the NASDAQ index, and broader measures of market activity such as the Wilshire 5000. Since the President announced the first round of tariffs in March, all of these stock indices, which had been on a nearly uninterrupted upward swing since Election Day 2016, began heading downward, often at a dizzying three-digit-per-day pace that, while amounting to a small percentage of actual market value is nonetheless disconcerting. To be fair, at least some of these losses can be attributed to a natural, expected, and necessary correction in the market after more than a year of going upward. However, it is also clear that a large segment of what we're seeing constitutes a negative reaction by investors to the tariffs and nervousness about what impact a trade war could have on corporate earnings and world financial markets. As a result, where the market has erased all the gains it had made since December 31, 2017. While that still places stock prices in a good place, the prospect of future tariffs is likely to mean that we'll see gains made since the 2016 election start to erode too, and that's likely to pose problems for Republicans heading into the midterms.
None of this should come as a surprise to anyone who is even moderately well-versed in economics, of course. Both economic analysis and actual history have demonstrated time and again that tariffs and trade wars are ultimately destructive, that they do not "protect" domestic industry, that the end up harming international relations outside of the economic sphere, and that they end up harming consumers. One of the best examples of this, of course, is the one that most Americans are probably the most familiar with, the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariffs imposed just before the start of the Great Depression. While later economic and historical analysis has shown that the role the tariffs played in precipitating the subsequent economic downturn likely wasn't as prominent as has been popularly believed, it's nonetheless true that they did nothing to help the economy recover and, predictably, led to the kind of retaliatory tariffs that weakened the world economy and helped to set in motion many of the elements that played a role in the inevitability of the Second World War.
As for the impact of all of this on international relations, we can see that unfolding before our very eyes. and it's not just impacting our relationship with nations such as China. It's also ruing our relationships with our most important allies.
Late last month, President Trump revoked the exemption from the steel and aluminum tariffs that had been announced back in March that applied to American allies in Europe as well as Canada and Mexico. At the time, he claimed that this was being done for "national security" reasons. Right off the bat, of course, the idea that nations that have been loyal American allies since the end of World War Two, and in many cases long before that, are somehow threats to our national security is laughably absurd. Needless to say, these actions were not well received by our allies in Europe and elsewhere. Canada's Foreign Minister called the new tariffs "absurd," for example, and European Union officials announced retaliatory tariffs against American goods. Things got even more bizarre in this regard as Trump exchanged harsh words with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prior to the G-7 Summit. Once he was at the summit, Trump essentially did everything he could to alienate America's closest allies, thereby seemingly achieving a goal that Russia and, before it, the Soviet Union had only dreamed of, driving a wedge between the United States and its allies. After the Singapore Photo Op Summit, Trump continued his tirade against Trudeau, while polling revealed that Canadian public opinion about the United States was suffering as a result of American actions and the President's rhetoric. Finally, it was reported at the same time that the President was considering what would effectively be a ban on German-built luxury automobiles. a threat he repeated on Twitter yesterday:
Based on the Tariffs and Trade Barriers long placed on the U.S. & its great companies and workers by the European Union, if these Tariffs and Barriers are not soon broken down and removed, we will be placing a 20% Tariff on all of their cars coming into the U.S. Build them here!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2018
If this happens, of course, the Europeans will once again respond with retaliatory tariffs of their own, and the cycle will continue into the foreseeable future. As I said earlier this week, President Trump once said that trade wars are good and easy to win. It's only been three months since he started this war and we're already finding out just how wrong he is about that.


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Quotes and Sayings About If There Is A God
Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you one thing, I am not frightened of my beliefs. If there is a God who is threatening me with damnation because I don't believe in Him, so be it. I've lived my life in conscience, and I will suffer damnation willingly in conscience against a tyrannical God who would damn me because, on the basis of the intelligence He gave me, I have come to a conclusion doubting His existence, and I will continue to be a skeptic all of my life.
-- Alan Dershowitz
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.
-- Albert Camus
i cannot be called upon to know a negative or to prove a negative. if there is a god and you prove it, that's fine. but you don't tell me you can't know that there isn't. i would say yes i know there isn't because i have been given no evidence.
-- Ayn Rand
If there is a God, he or she or it or whatever higher power there is is behind us so long as we're using our music in an inspirational way. I'm here for a reason, and I was given a talent, so I'll continue to try to use it.
-- Bert McCracken
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
-- Boethius
If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.
-- Bruce Lee
I've often told people who ask if there is a God: Get around enough people with horses and see what happens. See how they survive in spite of all the things they do, and you'll become a believer!
-- Buck Brannaman
If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.
-- Cecil Rhodes
I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race...If there be a God, I think that what he would like me to do is paint as much of the map of Africa British Red as possible...
-- Cecil Rhodes
I'm glad some people have that faith. I don't have that faith. If there is a God, a caring God, then we have to figure he's done an extraordinary job of making a very cruel world.
-- Dave Matthews
If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.
-- Eddie Izzard
If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.
-- Edgar S. Brightman
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
-- Edmond de Goncourt
The prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul."
-- Ernest Renan
We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.
-- Henry Ward Beecher
My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn't worth discussing.
-- Isaac Asimov
To say that we cannot know anything about God is to say something about God; it is to say that if there is a God, he is unknowable. But in that case, he is not entirely unknowable, for the agnostic certainly thinks that we can know one thing about him: That nothing else can be known about him.
-- J. Budziszewski
If there is a god, I think he has a sense of humour. He does not require human beings to protect him from satire.
-- James K. Morrow
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.
-- James Lovelock
Beauty, real beauty, is something very grave. If there is a God, He must be partly that.
-- Jean Anouilh
There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are, if there be a God, God's gracious creation.
-- John Lydon
Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted.
-- John Ralston Saul
If there is a God, he's a great mathematician.
-- Paul Dirac
If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist?
-- Ricky Gervais
If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me
-- Taylor Caldwell
Nobody can tell what is right and what is wrong; what is righteous and what is evil. Even if there is a god and I had his teachings right before me, I would think it through and decide if that was right or wrong myself.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
It's t-shirt and baby bodysuit orders today.
While I work I'm eyeing off this pretty blue cotton I found at a local fabric shop earlier this week.
I think it will be perfect for a dress version of this top.
I'm also playing around with and getting to know a new macro lens. These are the first few pics after I pulled it out of the box. Not really sure what I'm doing yet.
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Fishing Tackle Prep
Dr. John Woods 02.23.15
By now you're tired of hunting. Most of us are in the garage looking for a project before we have to get the lawnmower going, and I have just the ticket: it's time plan your next fishing trip and to start gearing up for the spring fishing season. Dig out those tackle boxes and fishing gear and get to work because if you're planning to travel and fish, you don't want your gear to fail you while you're far from home.
Many anglers don't take good care of their fishing gear. I've seen way too many boats pulled into a garage or driveway after the last fishing trip and never touched again. Some forever. Just imagine the condition of the rods, reels, and tackle boxes?
"The first order of business is to find everything. Then the second phase is to throw away everything that is broke, don't work anymore, was a bad purchase to start with, or just don't need" says Kerry French, a consummate crappie fisherman.
"I threw back the boat cover to discover a reel with a missing cover. That can cost nearly the same as a whole new reel. It's gone. There were two rods with broken tips. I will consider buying new ones. The trolling motor foot pad switch was sticking. Some Liquid Wrench will fix that. The anchor rope needs replacing and the outboard needs a complete tune up," French continued.
So to begin with, check around to lay your hands on all your fishing gear. Put it all in one location. Inspect everything with a fine tooth comb. If you own a boat, start there. Some have a designated corner in the garage or other spot in a storage room. Collect it all together, and then check each piece.
That means rods, reels, tackle boxes with tackle, electronics, motors, everything. Set aside what needs repair, parts, or otherwise some adjustment or attention. Clean and oil anything that needs it.
Get ready for some sit down bench work. You may balk, but don't. Take every fishing reel apart. Start by replacing the line with new stuff. Think about your most likely fishing exploits and add the correct type of line and pound test right now in advance of the fast approaching fishing season. It is a small cost now to avoid loosing a great fish later due to a frayed or weakened line.
With each reel, break it down to clean thoroughly. This could be as easy as a wash out with warm water and soap or perhaps blown clear with pressured air. Lube each reel according to the manufacturer's recommendations with the right lubrication materials. Spin a wrench on the crank handles to tighten.
Inspect every rod from handle to tip. On some rods the handles can be replaced
with cork or factory grips. For the tips, replace broken eyes. They don't mend easily. For rods that are severely cracked, they might best be replaced altogether. Avoid problems later by fixing these things now.
Open each tackle box and empty them out on the bench or kitchen table lined with newspaper. Start to reorganize the whole thing from scratch. Clean out every nook and cranny. Go ahead and throw out anything past saving. Make a list for new replacements that need to be bought.
Line up favorite lures for hook sharpening or decide which ones have seen one too many casts. Maybe they should just be added to a classic collection or a hanging wall display. Tighten all hook attachments.
Check plastic worm bags. After a few months in the garage they are probably all stuck together in one messy mass. Worms are fairly inexpensive so I would toss them in favor of an updated fresh selection. Inventory all consumable tackle goods like hooks, sinkers, bobbers, rigging connectors, crappie jigs, etc. Make a list of what to buy and make sure you do.
If your tackle box has a flashlight, which it should, replace the batteries. Make sure the electric fish knife works and/or sharpen fish cleaning cutlery. Are there landing nets to inspect? Minnow buckets? What about ice chests for the catch? Is it time for a Yeti®? Working over all the little details now will potentially save distresses later. Also shop around for new gear you might want.
All of these tasks make for a fun project well in advance of the fishing season. Maybe a good college football game is on the radio or a pro-football scramble on the portable television. Now can be a super time to tackle such projects. Just think, come spring you'll be far ahead of the curve for hitting the regional lakes or reservoirs for another year of fishing.
Check dates on boat and trailer licenses. Get a fishing license now before you forget it. While you're at it, grab a fresh bag of corn meal and some spicy fish seasoning. That idea makes the work go quicker.


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It's a truth universally known that a day that begins with drinking gin at 9am won't end well.
And hours after Katie Price was spotted boozing on an early-morning flight with her new toyboy lover Kris Boyson, she claimed a purse with £500 in cash was stolen – but moaned about it to a parody account… and to the wrong airline.
As we reported yesterday, the 40-year-old model and mum of five was knocking back the gin and tonics with Kris, 29, telling him she wanted "more babies" on Friday's 08.55 British Airways flight from Gatwick to Glasgow.
The pair were bound for Scotland for a "healthy fitness weekend", but things must have got a little messier over the course of the next 12 hours, when Katie realised that a wallet – presumably Kris', as it had his KB initials on it – had gone missing.
She tweeted to easyJetCustHelp – a pretend account not affiliated with easyJet – "Number still not working. Louis Vuitton wallet been taken out of suitcase initials KB £500 cash in side, credit cards driving license please contact my management please."
A few fans commented on the tweet, with one saying: "Katie, it's not the real Easy Jet." And it appears that she got the airline wrong anyway, as she was pictured on a BA flight on Friday, and the flight number is for a plane that flies from Glasgow back to Gatwick, on a different day.
Oh, Katie.
The drama over the missing wallet has only added to Katie's woes this week, after it was revealed that her ex-husband Peter Andre would be looking after their children, Junior and Princess, amid claims that he was worried about her lifestyle.
Katie's spokeswoman said she and Peter had made a joint decision for the youngsters stay with the singer.
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Katie married the ex-stripper in 2013, but the pair parted ways recently after his affair with the nanny.
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Today, the BISE GRW matric result is announced by the board.
BISE Gujranwala board 10th class result 2019 is announced on July 15 (today). A few days back, board already announced that they will announce the Gujranwala board matric exam result on today.
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Gujranwala is among the largest education boards of Pakistan. Designing the method of exams and conducting annual examination are surely the major functions of the BISE Gujranwala.
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The royal city of Jaipur is referred as the Pink City, mainly because of the pink color of the buildings situated in the heart of the old city. Surrounded by craggy mounds and beleaguered walls, this city is full of mesmerizing imperial legacy and superlative well preserved edifice.
The largest city of Rajasthan is undoubtedly an embodiment of majesty and vivacity. The well planned city was established in the year 1727, by Jai Singh II. This versatile tourist destination is rich in legacy, ethnicity and architecture. With impressive citadels, grandiose palaces and serene temples it allures number of tourists not only from India but also from other countries as well.
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To enjoy the real beauty of this place without getting parched by the seething heat, the best time is from October to March. The traces of history are the main appeal of this place. One of the most visited forts of Jaipur is Amber fort, Nahargarh fort, Jaigarh Fort, Hawa Mahal and city palace. To add to the exquisiteness of this city there are gleaming markets, which are full of hand-dyed and embroidered textiles, unsurpassed jewelry pieces and luscious food. Jaipur certainly is the apposite blend of heritage, palaces, ethnicity and the lavishness of this place can be experienced only by visiting this place once.


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Kudadoo Maldives Private Island by Hurawalhi, the latest addition to the portfolio of leading hospitality group Crown & Champa Resorts, has officially opened.
As the first top-end five-star, truly all-inclusive resort in the Maldives, Kudadoo ensures a secluded getaway purposefully crafted for the more discerning guest — all accessible by a 40-minute scenic journey aboard a private seaplane.
Located in Lhaviyani Atoll, resort is designed with contemporary Japanese elegance by architect Yuji Yamasaki. The resort is defined by air and light, both in the design of the villas and a central two-storey main building on the island known as The Retreat.
As an essential part of the architectural statement of resort, 300kW of solar panels are incorporated within the sloping roof of The Retreat, which are able to fully power the island, the first such sustainable luxury resort of its kind in the Maldives.
Kudadoo boasts 13 one-bedroom Ocean Residences, each measuring 300 square metres, and 2 two-bedroom Ocean Residences of 380 square metres. Each offers privacy, spaciousness and comfort with a dedicated butler and super-king-sized beds, some of the largest private sundecks in the Maldives and all with a 44-square-metre terrace pool as well as in-villa baths, Bang & Olufsen audio systems and IPTV (including Netflix and Spotify), unique to Kudadoo in the Maldives. Kudadoo also offers facilities for guests' personal and household staff to be accommodated.


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Robbie has been recognized as a "networking expert" by "Inc." and "Lifehacker," and profiled in "Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It" by Dorie Clark. He is the author of the best-selling business book "Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at Conferences." As a consultant, coach, author, and speaker he shares how to create more inclusive and engaging connections. His clients are from a diverse array of industries and have included Marriott International, Harvard, PA Consulting, AmeriCorps VISTA, and the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, to name a few. His website is RobbieSamuels.com,


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Fisker Automotive, Inc.
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Fisker Automotive is a green American premium sports car company with a mission to create a range of beautiful environmentally friendly cars that make environmental sense without compromise.
The concept was created between two independent companies who clearly wanted to make a difference in not only the automotive industry, but to the environment as well. Fisker Coachbuild, LLC and Quantum Technologies announced this joint venture partnership in September 2007. Fisker Coachbuild will provide exclusive design services for Fisker Automotive while Quantum Technologies (QTWW – a publicly traded company) will provide the latest technological advancements. Each car will feature cutting-edge plug-in hybrid penned as Q DRIVE exclusively for all Fisker Automotive vehicles.
A new segment is being created within the auto industry where people can really use their power of choice. They can choose to be environmentally friendly with their car purchase without compromising on the style and luxury that they are used to. We believe in less compromise and more efficiency.
Fisker Automotive strives to be a serious environmental alternative to other premium performance luxury cars on the road today. Fisker Automotive will be the first company in the world to have this type of a car on the road – a beautiful fast car that makes environmental sense.
Initial production is anticipated to be 15,000 vehicles annually with pricing to start at $87,900.
Luxury leads the way for the driver – and the environment – with the world's first eco-chic cars created in equally eco-friendly facilities. The Karma's dramatic proportions and sumptuous design offer smile-inducing performance. And the interior lets four adults and luggage travel in comfort. With zero emissions. Zero compromise. And a cleaner conscience than ever before.
The Karma uses Q-DRIVE plug-in hybrid technology, developed exclusively for Fisker Automotive by Quantum Technologies. A fully-charged Karma burns no fuel for the first 50 miles. Venture further and the gasoline engine turns a generator to charge the lithium ion battery. Once the 50-mile electric range has been exceeded, the car operates as a normal hybrid vehicle. This balance of electric and gas range makes it entirely possible that Karma drivers who charge their car overnight and commute less than 50 miles a day will achieve an average fuel economy of 100 mpg (2.4L/100km) per year.
Environmentalism has never been more beautifully infused with elegance and style. Designer Henrik Fisker has taken the automotive hybrid to a new level of performance and style. With zero compromise in either category.
- Plug-in hybrid technology Q DRIVE
- 0-60 in less than 6 seconds (0-100 km/h 6 seconds)
- Top speed 125 mph (200 km/h)
- Two Driving Modes: The driver will be able to select between two modes of driving. The first mode is Stealth Drive, which is the quiet economy mode for optimal relaxed and efficient driving. By flipping the second paddle behind the steering wheel, the car will switch to Sport Drive, which will access the full power of the vehicle.
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The Carolina Panthers find themselves in an odd situation where they're about to regain an All Pro linebacker, but it's hard to immediately see how he makes the team better. That's not a slight on Jon Beason, not by a long shot -- but rather a testament to how well the organization have reshaped their front seven over the last two years. Obviously having Beason at weakside linebacker is an improvement, but it requires scratching the surface to see the impact he'll have on Sundays.
It remains to be seen how well Beason can rush the passer in a linebacker role, which is to say that nothing should be expected. He's never been the type of player who camps in a backfield, or gets consistent pressure on the quarterback -- and that's okay. To that end the Panthers drafted a player who can get upfield quickly, and whose 2013 preseason is already showing that ability. Kawann Short has been everything the Panthers hoped when they drafted him out of Purdue. Dave Gettleman called him "the most instinctive pass rusher in the draft," and right now this looks apt.
The NFL is becoming more specialized. Notions of the 'perfect player' are eroding, as teams come to terms with players who do a handful of things really well, even if they lack in other areas. This is being explained in scouting by numerous terms "how they win", "where they succeed", or "core strengths" -- but it comes back to the same basic tenet that football scouting is becoming more like hockey, where it's okay to not be a great all-around player, as long as a prospect fills a specific role on a team.
Short is not a naturally gifted run stopper, that much is clear. He doesn't clog running lanes well, and his stance isn't conducive to holding the point of attack. Star Lotulelei was selected for this run stopping role, while Short is the speed guy. It's clear where Short wins, he's extremely fast out of his stance and hits the second level with ease -- but this play style could become a problem as more teams confuse their running schemes, and utilize the read option.
Enter Jon Beason. Up to this point Luke Kuechly has been asked to do it all, and he has -- but getting back Beason supports a long-term plan to transition Short into a starting role. Nobody is better suited to play outside linebacker and account for runs off right guard. This will free up Charles Johnson to rush on unclear downs, and still know they can stop the run.
Philadelphia gained 58 rushing yards on right side runs, averaging over 5.0 yards per carry on such runs. Beason wouldn't have completely mitigated this issue, but he would have helped -- especially with Short on the field. The return of Beason has a domino effect on the entire defense. The front gets better by switching out Dwan Edwards for Kawann Short, while Luke Kuechly can concentrate on the middle rather than worrying laterally about the entire field.
There are bigger fish to fry for the Panthers to be successful in 2013, but adding another strength to their already strong defense helps more than it appears on the surface. If Beason can remain healthy this team will be very hard to run on, now it's about ensuring the offense can do enough on their side of the ball.


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text: Productivity bounced back nicely in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a 1.4% annualized rate last quarter. As FIGURE 1 shows, this was well above the third quarter's pace of -0.2% and a welcome rebound after the cycle's first negative quarter since the 3.5% drop in the fourth quarter of 2015.


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Held at the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park in Berlin from 20-22 June 2014, these Championships will draw both German and international competitors.
Classification opportunities for athletes with a physical (PI) and visual (VI) impairment will be held from 17-18 June.
With a population of 3.5 million people, Berlin serves as Germany's capital and largest city and has established a high-profile reputation for hosting top international sporting events. Berlin hosted the 1936 Olympics, the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final and the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships.
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New Orleans Saints 2014 Preseason Schedule
Aug 29, 2013; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; New Orleans Saints running back Khiry Robinson (29) runs agains the Miami Dolphins during the second half at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
The NFL has released the 2014 NFL preseason schedule, and it's on time like they said it would be! There are 65 games set for the preseason, and the New Orleans Saints have four of them.
Here's how the Saints matchups look:
Week 1 (August 7-10) | at St. Louis Rams
Week 2 (August 14-18) | Tennessee Titans
Week 3 (August 23) | at Indianapolis Colts (CBS, 7PM CST)
Week 4 (August 28) | Baltimore Ravens
Last year's preseason opponents were all AFC teams, as the Saints hosted the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs, and traveled to play the Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans. The team would finish 3-1.
The preseason is always a great time to watch football, as it introduces you to players you aren't as familiar with. For the Saints, rookie running back Khiry Robinson, wide receiver Andy Tanner, defensive lineman Jay Richardson, and rookie offensive lineman Tim Lelito were just some of the names to grow with Who Dat Nation as the preseason progressed.
The biggest storyline from the preseason games might belong to the Saints playing against former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams in the opening game against the Rams.
The first matchup of the preseason will start on Sunday, August 3 at 7PM CST with the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. The Buffalo Bills will face the New York Giants.
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Designed as a platform for archiving and consultation, as well as a tool of analysis for a research project on organological development, Pan-e-pedia seeks to portray the stunning diversity of a recent instrument family: steelpans.
Constructed from one to twelve petrol cans for one musician and played in orchestras called "steelbands", steelpans comprise a new family of melodic idiophones, invented in the 1930s and 40s in Trinidad and Tobago. Since then, steelpans have spread to numerous countries on all the continents.
Pan-e-pedia documents, with a geolocation and multimedia analysis tools showing the musical intervals, steelpan styles from different sources. This was initially built off of data collected in Trinidad and Tobago by ethnomusicologist Aurélie Helmlinger, and off of bibliographic sources. The site will be expanded and nourished by the knowledge of researchers from around the world.
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Its been awhile since we had some new pics from the trails so here are some taken by Ekim. Big thanks to Blaine and Braden from Cali who were in town visiting for a bit, they helped out big time with fixing jumps, wish they were locals.
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The weather held out all weekend and despite being crazy hot and humid was a good time. Big thanks to all the sponsors of the trails S&M, Fit, and Empire. Also to all the bands who played the show Friday night, and Schultheis for throwing the whole thing together. Anyone who donated money or helped water and fix the trails is greatly appericated. This weekend is what trails is about, good times in the woods a few fireworks going off, and lots of sweating, haha. The trail Compression dudes over in France have a new DVD out, and you can get a copy over at Canyoudigit, some of the sales from the DVD go to the trails so thats awesome, thanks guys. Check instagram and all that other stuff for pics and videos from the jam…
Well we got a lot of rain lately, typical north east summers anymore. Good thing is if weather forecast is right there isnt much chance of rain next couple days. The jam should go on, hopefully get some help fixing stuff up tomorrow. Either way will be riding the trails saturday or sunday depending on how things go with drying out and dialing in. We definitely need to raise some money for the trails thou its been awhile, so any donations this weekend are appreciated. Dont forget Friday night is the benefit concert in Bethlehem all money goes towards the trails as well. Treebell will be selling Catty Woods shirts at the show so if you didnt get the Iron Maiden one last year he made a couple more and a new epic Swantz themed shirt. If there are shirts left after the show will sell the rest at the trails. Check out trabmx.com for Gentilcore's newest BMX venture. Some good things in the works so keep your ears to the ground for that.


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Cerro Gordo County Health Department has started to investigate the high levels of arsenic found in the Bowers Acres area just south of Mason City. Cerro Gordo County Environmental Health Service Manager Tom Reichard says they're trying to develop a plan of action to find solutions.Reichard says they need to find out if arsenic has already affected the area's residents by taking nail and hair samples.Reichard says they need to find the source of the arsenic contamination. The tests will be available to residents free of charge.The federal standard for arsenic is 50 parts per billion. Several tests have shown levels of up to 150 parts per billion in Bowers Acres and the Oakwood Park Water Association near Clear Lake.
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Pop Dot Comics is an excellent creative app, it allows you to create comic-book style illustrations from your snapshot or ones taken of your friends and family. Pop Dot Comic applies thick outlines, bold colors, and plenty of benday dots to newsprint or pulp papers to give every creation the look of one that's been printed or published.
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Southern Miss cruises past UTEP
EL PASO, Texas — Southern Miss engineered a methodical, effective drive to open Saturday's 34-7 win at UTEP.
Exactly the type of start the football team was looking for in its Conference USA opener after it struggled in a loss to Troy last week.
But after taking a 3-0 lead, the Golden Eagles reverted back to the team that saw its six-game home winning streak snapped one week ago. Senior quarterback Nick Mullens went cold and the defense gave up a 68-yard touchdown run to the Miners' Aaron Jones to fall behind 7-3.
"It's football," first-year Southern Miss coach Jay Hopson said. "It doesn't always go wonderful. But (Jones) is a real good football player. A really talented young man.
"But our guys kept fighting, kept plugging."
That's when Mullens found a rhythm. The fourth-year starter snapped a string of five incomplete passes when he hit fellow senior D.J. Thompson for a gain of 13 yards on the first play of a drive that began with 9:44 left in the second quarter. The Golden Eagles proceeded to score three touchdowns over a 5-minute, 9-second span to close out the first half.
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Thompson finished with a 6-yard touchdown catch which put Southern Miss up 10-7 with 6:39 left in the second quarter. Junior running back Ito Smith's 28-yard scoring reception less than 3 minutes later put the visitors up by two scores. Allenzae Staggers, who also fumbled twice, hauled in a 3-yard touchdown pass from Mullens with 1:30 left in the first half to put the Black and Gold up 24-7 headed into the locker room.
"We were able to finish off the second quarter pretty strong," Hopson said. "I thought we moved the ball pretty well in the first quarter, but we weren't able to finish (drives). We had a few positive things happen for us in the second quarter and were able to score bang-bang-bang, which really helped us."
Southern Miss put the icing on the cake when junior defensive back Curtis Mikell intercepted UTEP's Zack Greenlee in the end zone and returned it 100 yards for a touchdown. The pick-6 was the former Bassfield star's second of the game and second of his collegiate career. It marked the first time a Golden Eagle has intercepted two passes in a game since Marquese Wheaton did it in 2011. It also tied a Kendrick Presley pick-6 in 2011 for the longest interception return in school history.
"Picasso Nelson had just given me an assignment," Mikell said. "I knew it was coming. I saw the ball and coach always tells me to attack the ball. I just went up and got it. I saw my teammates had already gotten the quarterback. I saw green grass and when I see green grass, it's time to go."
The Golden Eagles did not give up a point in the second half. It's the third time in four games this season Hopson's club has accomplished the feat.
"After (Jones) had those two big runs (in the first quarter), we executed at a high level," said Dylan Bradley, who had six tackles including 2 ½ for loss, half a sack and a pass breakup. "When you do that, good things happen."
Smith rushed for 108 yards in the win, marking the fourth straight game the junior has topped the century mark. He also had four catches for 33 yards.
Mullens threw for 176 yards and three touchdowns without an interception. It was his first pick-free game of the season.
The Golden Eagles improve to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in league play, while the Miners drop to 1-3 and 0-1. Southern Miss returns to action at 6 p.m. Saturday against Rice at M.M. Roberts Stadium.


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Looks like Canada will be even more thin than normal at forward for the Gold Cup with Olivier Occean being handed a six match ban by FIFA after his actions in the game against Cuba on October 12th. The Canadian Soccer Association was notified of the ban today after it was decided at the November 20th meeting of the FIFA Disciplinary Council (seems a bit slow).
Occean served the first game of the six match suspension when Canada took on Honduras. That was the automatic punishment for his sending off against Cuba but now the remaining five matches will have to be served during Canada's next official matches which can include the Gold Cup.
The six match ban also comes with a side of fine as the player will be forced to pay a total of CHF 8,500 which works out to over $9,000 Canadian. The player and the CSA can still appeal the suspension and the fine but based on FIFA's track record it seems unlikely that it would change anything should they chose to do so. The best route to take may be the same one that Christine Sinclair took which is to accept the punishment and try to move forward.
So why a fairly hefty fine and such a long ban for Occean? Well, apparently Occean breached not one but two articles of the FCD with his actions against Cuba. He was sent off for his role in the scuffle that followed Will Johnson heading home Canada's second goal of the game but at the time even that seemed a bit harsh as not much really happened. The FIFA release on his suspension says that he is guilty of "committing an act of unsporting conduct" and further of "displaying several acts of unsporting behaviour and using offensive language towards match officials"
That would indicate that it was not just the little bit of pushing and shoving that took place which led to his harsh punishment but that what he had to say to the ref also played a role. It was clear that Occean was heated after being sent off and did have a few things to say but now it appears that he must have crossed a line in the comments that he made to the officials before leaving the field.
Losing him for the Gold Cup will be a blow to Canada's already thin attacking options and will serve as just another reminder of just how efficient and likeable FIFA are.


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Researchers reveal how sleep training your baby could affect their weight
There are many methods out there on how to get your baby to sleep, with many experts supporting different views.
But now a new study has revealed that helping your little one to get to sleep could have long-term affects on their weight.
How sleep training your baby could help keep them healthy
The study by the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre at the University of Otago, New Zealand found a link between babies learning how to regulate their own sleep and being less obese later on in life.
800 women were divided into four groups. The first were given strategies to help their babies to fall asleep on their own, the second received training on activity and nutrition but not sleep, the third group was given information on sleep and nutrition and the last group received standard parenting training.
The study found that babies whose parents had received some form of sleep training, with or without education on nutrition, had half the rate of obesity by the age of 3.
Experts believe that babies who are sleeping are not eating and those who sleep well have a good metabolism.
"Sleep is a very important behaviour that we need to consider. In terms of maintaining a healthy weight, sleep usually isn't the first behaviour that comes to mind – for parents or health practitioners – yet the research is actually very clear," says co-leader of the study Professor Rachael Taylor.
"The relationship between not getting enough sleep and being at higher risk of obesity is actually stronger than the evidence base for nutrition or activity, where the findings are often more mixed."
Researchers say there are many benefits for children getting a good sleep at night, including their wellbeing and mood as well as their metabolism.
"For those children who received the sleep intervention we found that at two years of age they had about half the risk of obesity compared with children who had not received the sleep intervention," adds Professor Taylor.
"But more importantly, these benefits were still apparent at five years of age, despite no intervention having had occurred for three years.
"As any parent knows, getting enough good quality sleep keeps a child happy, behaving well and enjoying life. However, it also helps them do well at school, their diets are better, and they tend to be more active – all factors that help us be healthy."
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John McIntyre, pianist, teacher (born 23 June 1938 in Sarnia, ON). John McIntyre is an award-winning pianist and professor of piano. He has performed with such distinguished conductors as Walter Susskind and Sir Ernest MacMillan. McIntyre has taught at the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory since 1975.
Early Years and Education
John McIntyre's father was an organist and choirmaster; his first piano teachers in Sarnia were Laura and Jim France. At age eight, he conducted the Devine Street School Rhythm Band, which received first prize at the Lambton County Music Festival. He was already playing recitals and winning piano competitions in his native city before moving to Toronto when he was 13. He played French horn in the school orchestra while attending Runnymede Collegiate, and at 16 obtained his ARCT diploma in piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
At the University of Toronto, where his piano teacher was Alberto Guerrero, McIntyre received an Artist Diploma and was the 1960 winner of the Eaton Graduating Award. The same year, he was awarded the Ravel Medal from the government of France, and was the first pianist to play a concerto (the Beethoven Third) with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada; the conductor was Walter Susskind.
McIntyre studied in Paris (1960–61) under Vlado Perlemuter on a Canada Council grant. From 1963 to 1965, he gave concerts mainly in Canada, performing on CBC Radio and television while working full-time in the conservation department of the Royal Ontario Museum. He lived at Hart House during this time and gave a solo recital at the Great Hall. Other Toronto recitals in this period included performances at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian National Exhibition and the University of Toronto's Walter Hall. He then studied under Béla Böszörmenyi-Nagy at Boston University (where he earned a master's degree in Music in 1968) and under Guido Agosti in Siena, Italy (1971).
Performance Career
McIntyre's career as recitalist and concerto soloist includes extensive engagements in Canada, the United States and Europe, and numerous performances on radio and television. He performed solo concerts in Copenhagen in 1999 and 2002, and in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1997. During a 2003 visit to Shenzhen and Guangzhou, China, he gave three solo concerts, and lectured and conducted master classes.
Besides his tours abroad, from 1995 to 2005 he was an invited solo artist at post-secondary music schools in nine US states, as well as in Canada. In addition to several concerto performances with such conductors as Walter Susskind and Sir Ernest MacMillan, McIntyre also had performances with Howard Cable, Robert Hanson, Elmer Eisler, Mark Gottlieb, Robert Olson, Barton Frank, Laurence Kaptain, Glenn Block, Gary Hill and Harman Haakman, several of which were broadcast on CBC in Toronto.
McIntyre performed in the premiere of R. Murray Schafer's The Geography of Eros (Toronto, 1963), and has given first performances of works by the composers Loris Tjeknavorian (Armenia) and Donald Keats (US). He has recorded for the Artist Label and his repertoire covers major solo works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Bartok, Haydn, Scarlatti, Messiaen, Poulenc, Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Liszt, Grieg, Hindemith, Gershwin and Bach.
McIntyre held teaching appointments at Concordia College (1965–69), where he was an artist in residence, and Western Washington University (1969–75). Since 1975, he has taught at the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory (UMKC), where he was the founding director of the Tuesday Piano Series (1980–94), received awards for excellence in teaching (1983, 1994), and performed as soloist in Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques (1989), Ravel's Concerto for the left hand (1998) and Antheil's Ballet mécanique (1999). He was awarded UMKC's James C. Olson Professorship in Piano in 2011 and is now an Emeritus Professor at the UMKC Conservatory of music and dance.
Many of McIntyre's former students have won national and international competitions, and have become professors of piano at conservatories and universities in Korea, Taiwan, Canada and the US. He has also been an adjudicator at many US and international piano competitions.
A version of this entry originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
- Eaton Graduating Award, University of Toronto (1960)
- Ravel Medal, Government of France (1960)


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Linda Hunt is on the mend after a car crash on Monday left her hospitalized.
The 73-year-old Oscar winner and NCIS: Los Angeles star told CBS2 Los Angeles on Tuesday that she didn't suffer any serious injuries in the wreck and was getting back on her feet.
"Yesterday I was involved in a minor traffic accident and taken to the hospital," Hunt said in a statement to the outlet. "I'm pleased to report I'm recovering well and have no serious injuries. Thank you for all the well wishes! I'm looking forward to starting production on NCIS: Los Angeles later this summer."
A rep for Hunt did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
TMZ was first to report Hunt's crash. According to the outlet, she was making a left turn when the black BMW SUV she was driving collided with two cars.
"An eyewitness tells us Hunt struck a sedan and then collided with a Honda SUV," TMZ reported. "Hunt was visibly shaken, and witnesses escorted her to a lawn chair on the sidewalk. We're told paramedics evaluated Linda on the chair and then determined she needed to be taken to the hospital."
Pictures from the scene captured paramedics speaking with Hunt before her hospital visit. The other drivers suffered minor injuries from the crash, TMZ reported.
Hunt won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1983 for her performance in The Year of Living Dangerously. She made history as the first star to win an Oscar for playing a role of the opposite sex.
The New Jersey native has since gone on to appear in more than 200 NCIS: Los Angeles episodes, as well as tackle roles in The Practice, Carnivàle, and Disney's Pocahontas (in which she voiced the character of Grandmother Willow).
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"Finally, everyone remaining from nations that came to attack Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) will go up every year to worship the King, Adonai-Tzava'ot, and to keep the festival of Sukkot."
Zechariah 14:16 CJB
No matter what we see going on in the world around us, one day soon we will be tabernacling with the LORD in His Tabernacle!
"Don't let yourselves be disturbed. Trust in God and trust in Me. In My Father's house are many places to live. If there weren't, I would have told you; because I am going there to prepare a place for you."
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We can always count on the LORD to keep His promises to us! He says we will celebrate His feast every year and we will dwell with Him for all eternity! This should give us hope!
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MumFeast! - It's a NewBernStrong event for a 2020 COVID world
Regional festivals all around have canceled because of COVID-19.
New Bern is again showing resiliency, just as it did following devastating flooding from 2018 Hurricane Florence.
New Bern's MumFest will celebrate its 40th year in October, albeit a far different one than 39 previous years with 300 vendors and more than 100,000 visitors in town.
Because of state COVID-19 restrictions and obvious health and safety concerns, it will have changes in locations, time and even its name.
"Even after Hurricane Florence, we had the MumFest," said Winnie Smith, an owner of Mitchell Hardware with her sister Lindsay Sims. "So, we can't let COVID knock us down. We have to do something to celebrate the town and its traditions. It's another NewBernStrong event."
She thinks it can be a rallying point for merchants and patrons alike.
"We are glad they kept it alive, because at Mitchell's, people are used to coming in and buying T-shirts and mums, so people have been collecting shirts for years," she added. "The fact they are having something makes people feel normalcy. It benefits the businesses downtown and it also benefits the locals, who have really needed to celebrate something lately."
For this year, the banners and T-shirts will sport the name MumFeast!, a direct reference to a main attraction of downtown dining in the streets.
Instead of its traditional second weekend in October spread across the downtown, waterfront and adjacent areas, MumFeast! expands to 10 days, five Friday and Saturdays beginning Oct. 2 and 3 and concluding Oct. 30 and 31. It will be held on the closed streets of Middle, Pollock and Craven.
It is an expanded version of the Café Dining on weekends, popular since late May.
"What we are doing is hopefully creating a setting that hopefully will be beneficial for our restaurants and our merchants," said Lynne Harakal, executive director of Swiss Bear, which produces the city-sponsored festival. "It will create a nice environment in our downtown."
The Café Dining in downtown on weekends since Phase II of state reopening in late May has been a challenge, mainly due to weather – heat and rain.
Chris Hoveland, owner of one of downtown's longstanding restaurants, The Chelsea, surmised limited-seating business as "surviving, day-to-day and week-to-week."
But, he welcomes October and the return of the city's cornerstone event, localized across a month.
"It (Café Dining) has already been a fantastic thing with the city and Swiss Bear working together to allow us outside on the weekends," he said. "You can only imagine the weather that we have in October. It's beautiful and should do us all a fantastic business. The store owners will also be out in the street, so it can only be a win-win situation to give us all a different opportunity."
Harakal said the one-year name change was an easy and appropriate fit.
"It's not going to be a festival, so we didn't want to call it MumFest," she said. "But, we are still doing mums, the Mum Arch and we wanted to keep that component to it. We want it to be a nod to what we have had in the past and what we will have again someday in the future. Obviously, it is different this time, but since so much of the focus is going to be the Feasting in the Streets, we added the A and called it Mumfeast!"
Merchants will also be invited to display a selection of their wares on sidewalks or in the streets.
There will be a limited number of artisans invited, along with some selected musicians, likely solo and duo performers.
Harakal said the musical intent is to provide background music for diners and shoppers, avoiding a mass gathering that could be created by bands.
All displays and individuals will be safely distanced.
There will be an air of festival on the food side, with three to five food trucks located at South Front and Craven streets. Take-out options will also be available for those who aren't comfortable in even a limited crowd situation.
"It will offer some of the treats that are more reminiscence of what people get at MumFest," Harakal said.
With a core of arts-related businesses downtown, innovation and creativity is expected. For instance, the Craven Arts Council held a successful Chalk Drawing contest on Middle Street during the recent ArtWalk and plans to continue that project, including to-be-announced dates during the month of MumFeast!
The entry for the chalk drawing, which includes supplies and prizes, is $10.
The October weekend street closures will be from 5 p.m. each Friday through 9:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
One of the popular components from 2019 remains - the mum arch and maze in Union Point Park.
Face masks and social distancing are highly recommended for visitors.
For updates on MumFeast!, visit MumFest.com or Facebook.com/MumFest.
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Roller shades and blinds are formed from pieces of materials that are fixed on a metal or wood roller. These rollers are in turn fixed mostly at the top of a window and then pulled down to form window blinds. They are one of the most popular and effective window treatment options that are used universally across apartments, offices, conference rooms and hotels.
Sun filtering roller shades can be effective window solutions for your bedroom because of the level of privacy they provide apart from UV and glare protection. Whether the window is small, medium-sized or large, roller blinds come in all sizes to go amazingly well with all kinds of windows. In this section, let us discuss the various benefits associated with roller blinds.
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A few of the major advantages of owning these coveted window treatments are listed below.
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5) Low maintenance: Unless you go for motorized options requiring the use of remote controls, roller blinds do not cost much. They are easy to install and can be easily cleaned.
6) Privacy: One of the prime features of installing roller blinds in your bedroom is the amount of privacy they provide from unwanted intruders, which makes them the ultimate day night shades for your home. At the same time, you can have a perfect view of the outside even when the blinds are down. You can go for translucent fabrics which can serve the purpose. Also, since they can be rolled down to the level you want, you can decide the amount of light you want in your room. So enjoy your gossips and be comfortable with roller blinds in place without worrying about creeps getting a good look inside.
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With their multiple features, designs to die for and a wide assortment of colors you will face difficulties in choosing from, here are some of the most popular roller blinds for your bedroom and other important areas of your home. Consider their qualities and do a thorough research before choosing the one which is best for you.
1) Graber LightWeaves Solar Shades
These shades are perfect for bedrooms where you want protection against ultraviolet radiation without compromising on the amount of sunlight. They filter the intense glare during summers without darkening the room. These blinds come in well-designed solar shades for light filtration. They avoid heating up of the room and keep the room cool, hence lowering your electricity bills.
2) Graber Lightweaves Blackout Roller Shades
They can be mounted on any time of window to block out the sun. Available in many colors such as Essential Beige, Whitehall Nectar, Opulent Ebony and Opulent Parchment, these shades are the ideal solutions to keep sunlight at bay. With them in place, you can enjoy a comfortable sleep or enjoy watching movies or your favorite show without any outside glare disrupting the experience. Apart from that, they reduce ultraviolet radiation and their dense fabric keeps out the dust.
Apart from being great bedroom window blinds, they can also be used in high-moisture areas such as kitchens and bathrooms. They are available in both motorized options as well as in cord arrangements. You might consider the former in case you want the children inside your house safe from getting tangled while playing with the cords.
3) Crown Blackout Roller Shades
They come in both cordless and motorized options. They are the perfect window treatment solutions for a luxurious, beautiful home. You can customize them according to the mount type you need, and they can be installed both inside or outside the window. Before you order them, you can choose their size according to the dimensions of your window. They are available in a variety of colors such as beige, black, cream, grey and white. Their cordless mechanism makes them absolutely safe for children and pets. Their structure is also non-toxic and fragrance-free, making them environmentally friendly.
4) Horizons Light Filtering Spring Roller Shades
Using springs to control the level to which you want to open your blinds is a time-tested and traditional measure that guarantees performance. It also avoids the use of cords and lets you have more control over the lighting in the house. These shades allow diffused light to pass through, letting you enjoy the best of both worlds through heat protection and letting in natural sunlight.
Countryside Pewter, BasketWeave Walnut, AmberWeave Chocolate and Valeria Ivory are some of the widest range of colors available in Horizons Light Filtering Spring Roller Shades. They also provide for a wide number of beautiful patterns in blinds that can be installed and operated easily. You can customize your options by going for decorative trimmings like beads, fringes, and gallops that are available with them.
The sky is the limit when you want to get the best roller blinds for your bedroom. In a variety of materials, textures, features, and designs, these fabulous window treatments are a treat. Whether your house is compact or large, they will prove to be an investment which is worth every penny. They are equally applicable in small and large windows and can be mounted inside or outside the window depending on your liking.


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One delightful way Public Housing implements to solve their problems is to buck-pass them to someone else.
This transfer of stock from Public Housing to Community Housing has been ramped up recently with dire consequences for tenants and in many cases, complete loss of housing security.
The latest community to fall under the hammer has been in the Shoalhaven where their tenancies have been handed over to Southern Cross Housing.
Do you understand what that means?
Have you been told one thing but the reality is very different?
Do you know how that will affect your ability to SWAP when your circumstances change?
Michael Darcy from the NSW Tenant's Union would like to hear from YOU!
Michael is putting together a report about this practice of transferring leases to the non-government sector and would like to hear your experiences - the good, the bad and the ugly.
Please read the info below and contact Michael direct.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
CALL TO ACTION - Shoalhaven tenants being shunted into Community housing
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The skilled American workforce is being cannibalized by Congress's H-1B outsourcing program, a top White House aide told Breitbart News Daily.
"The H-1B visa is sort of a Trojan horse to bring in folks who cannibalize our own workforce and ultimately take any number of intellectual property secrets, or proprietary information, back to their home countries," Theo Wold told Sirius XM's Breitbart News Daily host Alex Marlow.
Wold is a deputy assistant to the President for domestic policy.
The program's flaws are highlighted by President Donald Trump's August 3 decision to stop the H1B outsourcing of up to 300 jobs at the government-controlled Tennessee Valley Authority, Wold told Breitbart:
TVA runs a number of critical dams in the southeast, has proprietary source code that was formed by the U.S. government to control the electrical-generation grid, and also has access to a nuclear power station. So not only were we firing American workers … we were also bringing in foreign nationals to run critical national security infrastructure.
Your listeners need to know the H-1B [program] hinges on this idea when it was created by Congress back in the early late 1980s, early 1990s, that wherever there's a shortage of qualified of willing American labor, private sector employers can bring in foreign labor units to take positions in our economy. The problem here of course is there are plenty of qualified and willing American [TVA] workers — so qualified that their employer trusted them to train their foreign replacements.
Fortune 500 companies and their many subcontractors keep roughly 600,000 H-1B workers in the jobs needed by American graduates. Some of the H-1Bs are skilled workers, and most are nondescript, but CEOs prefer them to Americans because they cannot complain, argue, quit, or switch jobs.
Many H-1Bs are training to perform the Americans' jobs before exporting the jobs back to India. That practice boosts Wall Street values by denying careers to American graduates.
The H-1B program operates alongside a series of other visa programs and work permit programs that keep another 700,000 additional foreign graduates in U.S. jobs. Many of those graduates are paid little — or, sometimes, nothing — to do gig-worker jobs for Fortune 500 companies. This gig-worker economy has closed off many of the starter jobs that were once used to gradually train Americans for top corporate jobs.
Journalists at establishment media outlets do have the freedom to follow the money through the many white-collar and blue-collar visa worker programs.
Trump is curbing H1-B outsourcing in the federal government, said Wold:
The President then decided to take decisive action, so he signed an executive order a week ago [on August. 3] that will essentially eliminate the ability of the federal government to do this kind of outsourcing … in the future.
Federal, state, and local governments employ at least 18,000 H-1Bs in jobs that could be held by Americans.
On June 22, Trump signed another Executive Order to close down the pipeline of white-collar H-1B, J-1, and L-1 workers, as well as the pipeline of H-2B manual laborers. The E.O. is expected to temporarily bar the arrival of perhaps 80,000 H-1Bs, plus thousands of J-1s and L-1s, while hundreds of thousands of new U.S. graduates and fired U.S. professionals look for jobs.
Trump also directed his agency deputies to write new regulations that would reduce the Fortune 500's widespread use of visa workers as cheap labor replacements for American voters.
Many polls show that Trump's anti-H-1B policies are very popular among swing voting, college educated voters.
That is bad news for Democrats going into the 2020 election. Many Democratic legislators do support the H-1B-like programs as a political trade to get Fortune 500 support for more legal immigration.
Watch Pres. Trump talk with TVA workers about outsourcing, opportunities, and security.
There is a passing mention or two about the TVA chief's $8 million salary.
Labor Sec. Scalia promises a huge reform of #H1B staffing rules.https://t.co/ZcaaxEGrZT
— Neil Munro (@NeilMunroDC) August 4, 2020
Wold continued:
The H-1B [program] not only cannibalizes sectors of the economy, it has a cascading effect on everyone's wages. These folks who come on H-1Bs are essentially exploited. They're promised the opportunity of someday getting a green card — so eventually, U.S. citizenship — and they'll work long hours at a cut wage for that ultimate goal.
That cuts [Americans'] wages, not only for the American workers they replace. It also has as a cascading effect on related sectors of the economy [and] on overall wage-growth in the country writ large.
So, the Swamp, the tech sector, the Silicon Valley barons, the big banks, all of these folks, love the idea of being able to import cheap labor.
I think the main thing your listeners need to know on the H-1B visa is, ultimately, it just perpetuates the lie — and it is a lie — that Americans lack the talent, the ability, or the credentials to fill these jobs.
The administration has a really good story to tell on this over the last three and a half years. We've graduated more young men and women — because of the President's insistence on skills training, on investing in apprenticeships — … computer science, engineering, information technology — than ever before.
And what's more, what you'll never hear the Silicon Valley barons talk about, but our college graduates last year, our seniors who finished college last year, beat the pants off of their peer competitors in China, India, and Russia, across a whole host of testing metrics
So we're graduating qualified people, smart people, who can fill these jobs here in our own country. And it's important right now during the pandemic that Americans have the confidence that we … can put this country in a position of dominance in the information.
However, Wold made his statement before Breitbart posted the news that the Department of State has issued a bulletin allowing companies to import more H-1B workers:
The State Dept. has nullified Pres Trump's popular visa-worker Executive Order.
An agency memo provides easy workarounds for CEOs to import #H1B, J-1, etc, workers for the Fortune 500 jobs needed by US grads, despite protections in Trump's June 22 rulehttps://t.co/Uk3YFmBwSK
— Neil Munro (@NeilMunroDC) August 13, 2020