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Mobile Vault |
Jan 16, 2015 | Release | |||
MobileVault allows you to take a snapshot of your guild bank and view it from anywhere. The addon also provides item counts on the tooltips, from any vault you have scanned. Feedback is appreciated, please use the ticket system to report bugs or request new features! If you are upgrading from a 2.0 version to a 3.0 version your saved vaults will be wiped due to a database overhaul. Rescan your guild banks to get data again. If you get an error after updating when you mouseover an item, delete... | |||||
MyBags3 |
Jan 06, 2015 | Release | |||
Ace3 conversion of the original MyBags addon (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6486-MyBags.html) The original description: MyBags is a replacement to the default interface's Inventory and Bank features. It replaces smaller individual frames and places them into a larger frame showing all your inventory or bank slots. It is really four addons in one, MyInventory, MyEquipment, MyBank, and MyBagsCache. Each addon can be disabled entirely if you don't wish to have the features of it. In... | |||||
Mendeleev |
Nov 14, 2014 | Inactive | |||
Mendeleev is best known for his work on the periodic table; arranging the 63 known elements into a Periodic Table based on atomic mass, which he published in Principles of Chemistry in 1869. Dmitri Mendeleev was born at Tobolsk, Siberia in 1834 and died in 1907. Mendeleev, the addon, adds all kinds of information on top of the information provided by Blizzard to almost all item tooltips. It is currently not in a state where I'd consider it ready for general use; but if you want to try it out... | |||||
Mail Outbox |
Oct 15, 2014 | Release | |||
I often got worried if I really sent the money or some super item to whom i planned to... And since I haven't found any addon tracking sent mails, I started to write this one... Addon links sent mail info into chat frame (with item summary, subject, etc..) and keeps history which you can show by /mailoutbox history command (yeah you can open many and compare, check, sort..each separately). You can click column headers to sort view a bit. And there is a config page with a bit of settings... As... | |||||
Magic Looter |
Jul 08, 2014 | Inactive | |||
Addon Support Statement NEWS: I'm back in WoW. I'll try to update addons after catching up, especially if they are bugging out. Addon Description What is Magic Looter? Magic Looter is an addon to make master looting easier to manage. Specifically it will automatically loot Bind on Equip or non-binding items to people of your choosing. There are two recipient lists - bank items and disenchanting. Every time you open the loot windows, Magic Looter will scan the items and using the predefined... | |||||
MrPlow |
Nov 22, 2012 | Inactive | |||
Regain that wasted space! MrPlow is a fast and simple inventory sorter. Designed generally for Onebag style setups where it treats all bags as a single one, it will sort all the items in your inventory, bank or guild bank into item groups and types. Could those who are having looping issues with the inventory sorting, and are willing to do a bit of debugging to help find the cause, post a ticket here with all the items that are being swapped around with? It's important to list all the items... |


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Skip MacLure | February 9, 2013
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It is with deepest sadness that I have to announce that Skip MacLure passed away in the early hours of February 5th, 2013. Skip had just celebrated his 69th birthday on February 4th.
Although I knew Skip for only seven years, he became the closest friend that I have ever had the privilege to know. While it is difficult to come to terms with this loss, I feel honored to have known him for what was, unfortunately, far too short a time.
Skip was, unabashedly, a true conservative. Plain-spoken, he was not afraid to take anyone to task, regardless of party affiliation. He believed that the Constitution was the greatest legal document ever written, a gift from God to the people of the finest country in the world.
Skip was often attacked by the liberal left for his honest remarks. Although he shrugged off what were often cruel, personally offensive remarks, I felt hurt by them... for I knew the sort of person that Skip really was. Much of it was standard leftist rhetoric, but it still smarted. If they knew Skip's family and friends, for example, they would see that he was anything but racist. Having been brought up by his Italian grandparents, he endured the taunts of neighborhood children who called him "the little blue-eyed wop kid". It served to toughen him up for the future.
I could go on further, but this is not to be a biography, but an invitation to his friends and readers to salute a true patriot and a great American.
I have agreed with Skip's family that his website, skipmaclure.us, continue... alas without new articles from the man himself. I know that Skip would want me to continue what he started, and for the site to stay true to his beliefs.
Semper fi, Skip.
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Four years ago, as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. began its takeover of Dow Jones, there was unrest in The Wall Street Journal newsroom. There were letter-writing campaigns to the Bancrofts, the family that owned Dow Jones; Journal-ists voiced objections, and some quit.
These days, for the first time since Murdoch bought the paper, with the News International phone-hacking scandal spreading at a rapid clip, the newsroom has seen its parent company's name splashed in papers across the globe every day.
So how do Journal reporters and editors feel now?
"We allowed ourselves to think for three or four years that, sure, we're part of News Corp., but we're separate and distinct from News Corp.," said one Journal newsroom source. "The scandal obviously underscored the notion that we're very much in the same corporate camp as Fox News, The Sun and The News of the World and some of the other publications that maybe we don't want to be associated with."
"I feel a distance from being apart of News Corp. even though we're in the same building and we have to walk by Fox News and The New York Post and all that to get to work," said another Journal reporter. "But [when Dow Jones chief executive officer Les Hinton resigned], it was just a moment of feeling like the slime gets on all of us."
Nevertheless, there hasn't been any sort of uproar in the newsroom. It has been surprisingly quiet. No one has quit; no one is protesting coverage; there haven't been any letters spread throughout the newsroom objecting to the breathless unsigned editorial in the Journal published on Monday that aggressively defended Rupert Murdoch.
On Tuesday, as Rupert and James Murdoch testified before a British Parliamentary committee, the worst anyone could say is that it was a distraction. If anything, Journal-ists are a bit defensive about how some people are dragging the paper into the scandal.
"You find yourself in a very weird position espousing pro-Murdoch sentiment," said one Journal reporter.
"You're also in the eye-opening position of seeing how rabid the coverage is. It has felt very over-the-top."
"We still do the best we can, we still do things the way we did before 2007," said a newsroom source. "The idea that we've been infected with populist sentiment with the News Corp. machine — I don't think that's fair."
"We haven't talked about the [Journal] editorial that much," said another reporter. "We were just talking about what bulls--t that Nocera column was."
In Saturday's New York Times, op-ed columnist Joe Nocera came down hard on the Journal, scoffing at the idea that the paper could maintain editorial independence under Murdoch. To make things worse, he wrote, the Journal has begun to function as a shill for business interests and the Republican Party line. He pointed to the Journal's coverage of its own parent company's scandal as evidence. An interview published in the paper on Friday with Murdoch "might as well have been dictated by the News Corporation public relations department," Nocera wrote.
He also wrote: "The dwindling handful of great journalists who remain at the paper — Mark Maremont, Alan Murray and Alix Freedman among them — must be hanging their heads in shame."
Murray, the deputy managing editor, said he felt no such shame.
"I'm not defending anything that happened at the News of the World," Murray e-mailed to WWD. "But yes, we do feel we are suffering from guilt by association. My feeling, and that of many here, is that this is in many ways a better paper than it was four years ago, and Rupert Murdoch and Les Hinton both deserve great credit for investing in us and supporting and encouraging good journalism here."
Maremont and Freedman didn't respond to requests for comment.
Other Journal newsroom staffers agreed with Murray, though.
"Nocera thought that was kowtowing, and I think Rupert was sort of hanging himself with his own words," said a newsroom source of the Journal's interview with the News Corp. chairman. "I thought it was a good piece of journalism, and he thought it was a bad piece of journalism."
The most serious complaint from the paper's newsroom seems to be aimed toward the Journal editorial on Monday — "The Schadenfreude is so thick you can't cut it with a chainsaw," read one part, describing coverage of News Corp. — but sources said that was par for the course, since the newsroom often has objections to Paul Gigot's editorial page. (Gigot declined to comment.)
There have been some reporting challenges, too.
"All my sources want to talk about is this," said one reporter of the scandal.
"Every one of my sources calls up and says, 'Are you hacking my phone?'" said another.


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Knee spasms can be understood as bouts of sudden pain in the knee area that are often unbearable and may render the sufferer immobile for a short duration. Every spasm is essentially an uncontrolled, sudden muscle contraction that causes the severe pain.
Knee Spasms Causes There are many reasons that can contribute to a knee spasm but the most common factors are: Fractures A fracture is caused when the knee suffers an intense blow that damages either the cartilage or the bones or both to some extent. Knee spasm arising from fractures or even from fractures suffered many years ago is very common. In such cases, the intense bout of knee pain is often accompanied by swelling. While x-rays can readily confirm a fracture, knee spasms cannot be diagnosed by the healthcare professionals-they have to be reported by the patient since they occur intermittently and are different from the usual discomfort in the fractured, knee area. Keeping the knee in a curative, suspended position with the help of a bandage can alleviate the pain to some extent but it isn't a guaranteed cure for controlling spasms. Torn Tendons Tendons are the attaching entity that connects muscle to the bone. In the knee, the quadriceps and patellar tendons are the two primary tendons. These connect the muscle tissue to the patella (or the kneecap) and the shinbone. The connecting muscles are the quad muscles or the quadriceps that further extend below, towards the legs. If the tendons are damaged in a fall or accident, the muscles are forced into contracting suddenly. This happens because the natural reaction of the muscles is to reduce the impact on the tendons. This sudden contraction surfaces in the form of a knee spasm. The spasms become more intense if the tendon is totally torn, i.e. detached from the muscle. Such damaged tendons need surgical repair. In such cases, rehabilitative care is vital to ensure that the frequency of spasms is minimized and complete range of motion is restored to the damaged knee. Tendonitis This is a state of sustained inflammation of the tendon. This isn't a damaged tendon but a slightly bruised tendon that is less elastic than normal. Such tendons have reduced supply of blood and are less capable of supporting the body's weight. Tendonitis in the knee can happen even if an external injury isn't apparent. This commonly happens when taking part in extreme, physical activities that causes the muscles to stretch beyond their limitation. Some tendons in the knee area are prone to inflammation. A common example of this is Patellar Tendonitis that is so common among athletes that it is now called 'Jumper's Knee'. Here, the repeated usage of the quadriceps causes the inflammation to occur without any warning signs. It is vital to understand that frequent inflammation of the knee's tendons can become a chronic condition and the spasms may surface even when the knee appears fully cured. This is why it is critical that any episode of tendonitis is resolved through ample rest to ensure that the quadriceps is fully recovered and the tendons are no longer in a compromised state. Ligaments Of the Knee |
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Digital Recycle Bin Saves Deleted Files
Currently just a conceptual design, the TEMPO is an external storage device that's designed to prevent you from losing files you accidentally delete. The clever thing about it is that it actually looks like a little recycling bin (although it might be mistaken for a cup of really black coffee).
Created by industrial designer Franco Cagnina for Intech, the TEMPO connects via Bluetooth to your Mac or PC and automatically stores backup copies of files as you delete them. As you fill the drive, a series colored LEDs on the side of the device indicates how full the "bin" is.
This is one of those great examples of utility and intuitive interface design coming together. I really hope that Intech does end up producing these.
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Nice, but is that would be wireless? :) For mp3 players, palmtops, mobiles and computers? One for all…? :)


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Economics CPD Courses Coming up this Term!- Book Your Places Now!
WOW! Economics 2015 | Quantitative Methods (New Spec)
Pay and Productivity
David Smith's weekly column in the Sunday Times yesterday is worth getting hold of, to study the conundrum around stagnant productivity and rising employment. He uses data from the ONS to look at average weekly real wages, which started falling in 2008 and are still falling now, to consider whether this year will show a turnaround in real incomes.
read more...»Unit 2 Macro: Quiz Questions on the Labour Market
Here is a resource (in editable word format) that I use when introducing the topic of unemployment - I find it works for students to get a sense of the numbers for employment and unemployment when we get onto the policy issues. The resource has the answers at the back!
Hope this might prove a useful classroom resource!
Capping Bonuses for Bankers - Unintended Consequences
Capping seems to be all the rage at the moment. We read of capping electricity and gas prices, capping welfare payments for families ... and now a proposed cap on bonuses for bankers is being put forward by the EU and by the Labour Party.
In this article, Tim Harford cuts to the chase and highlights the contradictions in the EU blanket policy on capping bankers' bonuses. It is a good example of a policy where the unintended consequences include the probably that banking salaries would rise still further.
Under the EU proposal, a cap on rewards would limit payouts to banking executives to annual pay - or twice that only if shareholders approve.
Further reading:
BBC - banking bonuses - how much do they matter?
BBC Hard Talk: Adair Turner on the effect of a bonus cap on bank salaries
read more...»UK Economy Biggest fall in unemployment in decades
Here are some news clips on the sharp fall in measured unemployment and a record rise in employment in the UK economy at the end of 2013. Students can find revision notes on unemployment using this link
read more...»Unit 2 Macro: Are Robots Stealing our Jobs?
This is an age-old debate - the extent to which emerging technologies built on robots will replace labour and scale down the number of jobs in previously labour-intensive industries. Are we still several years away from robotics eliminating millions of jobs or will the process arrive far faster than many expect? The Washington Post reports on eight ways that robots are changing labour markets: Click here
Click below for a short interview with the excellent Tom Standage from The Economist who discusses what types of robots we should be looking out for in 2014
read more...»Income and wealth inequality in Switzerland
The GINI coefficient for Switzerland is already low, at 29.6 (compared to the UK's 34, US's 45 and an EU average 30.4). Current data indicates the relative strength of the economy - real GDP growth at 1.9% in quarter 3 of 2013 (compared with a year earlier), 3.2% unemployment, real incomes rising, a current account surplus, high levels of both inward and outward FDI and a small government budget surplus. But things can always be improved, and the Swiss approach to 'direct democracy', which allows citizens to call for a referendum on anything they want, if they can gather 100,000 signatures calling for a vote, is currently resulting in a series of proposals to promote equality and social welfare.
read more...»Zero-hours contracts - vital for flexibility or exploitative?
The contrasting reactions to Vince Cable's announcement that the Government is launching a consultation on zero hours contracts but will not ban them because they offer "welcome flexibility" for some workers, offer some good opportunity for stakeholder analysis. The report linked here summarises the government's analysis of the advantages and disadvantages, emphasising the benefits of flexibility for both employers and workers, but also the need to ensure fairness and transparency in the labour market. Here you have the differing viewpoints of employers, from the Institute of Directors and
read more...»Wow Economics! Update the 'Average Wage Game' and 'Values of Occupations' game
Calling all previous delegates of our Wow Economics CPD events! If you attended Wow Economics last academic year (2012-2013) you may recall an activity called 'The Average Wage Game'. If you have attended this academic year I'm sure you will remember the activity 'The Value of Occupations'. Both resources were aimed at introducing or stimulating initial discussion about wage determination before moving on to developing the theory behind Marginal Revenue Product and its value.
Both activities relied upon data relating to UK wage rates by occupation. This data was based upon information taken from what was the latest ONS report on wages in the UK (November 2012). I said, at the time, that when the data was updated I would forward information for both games so that teachers can update them accordingly. This information is now here and ready for you to download!
read more...»UK Earnings Map
We can get such a lot from maps and infographics - far more than one blog can cover. Before I set to work putting a few favourites together, here's a great one for UK earnings.
read more...»Have Bankers Been Practising Socialism? The Debate About the Top 1 Per Cent
Boris Johnson has got into trouble for his statement that it is "surely relevant to a conversation about equality" that just 2 per cent of "our species" has an IQ over 130. Over the past couple of years, the Occupy movement has made headlines by attacking the top 1 per cent.
The summer 2013 edition of the top American Journal of Economic Perspectives focuses specifically on the "Top 1 Per Cent". This is written almost exclusively in English rather than maths, and top economists debate a range of intriguing questions.
read more...»Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK
Hopefully the UK economy will turn a corner in 2014 and return to robust growth and good health, raising living standards for some of the poorest people in the UK. It would be very odd if you hadn't reflected on the plight of the poor in the UK over the last few years, and in the build up to Christmas.
Much discussion of poverty in Economics is of a normative nature. What do we mean by poverty anyway? Isn't it all just a matter of opinion? Is poverty a lifestyle choice, picked up by people who have been given the wrong incentives by the welfare system? Perhaps it's the fault of immigrants, or greedy business, or dishonest politicians.....
Some relatively impartial data would be very welcome in this very heated debate.
read more...»Wages and Sharing the Fruits of Economics Growth
Employees in the UK are not being denied their fair share of economic growth, according to research by João Paulo Pessoa and Professor John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE. Their investigation of claims that wage growth has become 'decoupled' from productivity growth finds that decoupling has been overstated and cannot be used to justify redressing the balance between wages and profits.
read more...»Responses to a falling real minimum wage
I've recently looked at the issue of a smaller slice of GDP going to wages, and here are a couple of links and updates on the minimum wage discussion. For those of you who follow this topic, you'll also perhaps be familiar with the idea of a living wage, which is based around the argument that minimum wages are too low anyway.
read more...»Learn Maths, Young Person! The Secret of Success in the 21st Century
A currently fashionable pessimistic topic is the lifetime prospects of children born into the middle class. Graduate debt, lack of finance to buy homes and job insecurity after they graduate, the list goes on. Alan Milburn, the government's 'social mobility tsar', put the seal of approval on this prevailing angst last month. His Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission pronounced that children from families with above-average incomes are now set to enjoy a worse standard of living as adults than their mothers and fathers.
read more...»Unit 2 Macro: Ten Charts on Unemployment
Key changes in the labour market are important in understanding developments in the British economy. Here is a selection of ten updated charts on unemployment designed as a teaching resource for colleagues covering the Unit 2 macro course. Also available for download as a pdf file.
read more...»You Work For Them
Surplus value is the difference in value between the product and the wages paid to the labourer who produced the product, as Marx defined it. Marx highlighted the huge difference and thus sizeable surplus value as an important problem with Capitalism in that the proletarian is taken advantage of, as Marx would argue. Surplus value is becoming more and more relevant today, but in this case we are the Proletariat and innovating corporations are the Bourgeoisie.
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Monopsony Power: Migrant Workers Exploited in Qatar
A deeply troubling report is featured here in the Guardian. Qatar, one of the richest countries on the planet, will be hosting the World Cup in 2022. But much of the Gulf state's expansion is being built by some of the poorest migrant workers in the world. In the worst cases, employees are not being paid and work in conditions of forced labour. Thousands of workers from Nepal are trapped in jobs and wages very different to what they were promised.
read more...»Labour Market: Women in the UK Labour Market
This is a short video covering the key points from the report on women in the labour market in 2013
read more...»Bangladeshi Clothing Factories
Since the appalling fire a few months back at the Rana Plaza complex that cost the lives of more than 1100 people, there has been intense interest and scrutiny of working and living conditions of thousands employed in Bangladeshi clothing factories.
On Monday night the BBC programme Panorama broadcast an investigation into this and the findings were compelling and deeply disturbing.
In "Dying for a Bargain" Panorama discovered there have been at least 50 fires in Bangladeshi clothing factories in the last 10 months. Clothing factory workers filmed by #BBCPanorama were released at 2:30 am, 19 hours after they started. They were due back at 7am. You can see a clip of this here. Events uncovered at the Ha Meem Sportswear factory will no doubt have left executives at Lidl scrambling to find out the truth about what is happening at one of their major clothing suppliers.
The winner takes it all
Why do CEO's earn so much more than the regular workers? Why do managers of the largest teams earn disproportionately more than their corresponding managerial advantage affords them? The answer lies in the fact that these are both examples of winner-take-all markets.
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Labour Market Economics: The Two Tier Jobs Market
A new report from the Resolution Foundation provides evidence for students and teachers on the deep structural divides between well paid and low paid jobs in the British labour market. According to a report in the Guardian "Today more than one in three people aged 16-30 (2.4 million) are low-paid, compared with one in five in the 1970s (1.7 million at that time)."
There are many causes of low pay and students who look at labour market economics will be expected to explore some of them as part of their course. Most of the jobs at risk of poverty pay are relatively low skilled, temporary, mainly non-unionised, often part-time and concentrated in service sector industries such as catering, caring, catering, cleaning and retail. What are the long term economic and social dangers from a deeply embedded two-tier labour market?
The campaign for an (optional) living wage continues to gather momentum. Businesses are being urged to pay employees at least £1 per hour more than the minimum wage in a bid to lift those on the lowest pay out of poverty.
read more...»Unit 1 Micro: Low Paid Workers Strike Over Pay
In the United States many thousands of workers employed by fast-food businesses on low pay have launched a strike complaining against endemic low pay in their jobs. Workers want to be paid $15 (£10) an hour, the median wage [for service workers] is $9.08 an hour and the minimum wage is just $7.25 an hour - unchanged since 2009.
What are the main reasons why workers in these jobs are low paid? One contributory factor is the frequent absence of trade union representation when negotiating pay and conditions. Virtually all private sector fast food jobs in the United States are non-union.
To what extent might a higher minimum pay floor cost jobs? Or could it have the reverse effect and bring about higher productivity and employment? Would the profits of businesses such as McDonald's suffer if they were required to pay more? McDonald's profits totaled $5.47 billion in 2012 and the US fast-food industry each year generates revenues in excess of $200 billion.
read more...»Paul Ormerod: How sticky is unemployment?
How sticky is unemployment? Will it take three years to fall?
The views expressed by the new Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, on interest rates and unemployment remain a hot topic. Interest rates will not be raised until unemployment falls below 7 per cent, a process he thinks will take three years.
read more...»UK Economy: Carney Provides Forward Guidance on Interest Rates
The Governor of the Bank of England has announced a change in the handling of monetary policy for the UK economy. Although the inflation target remains the same (CPI inflation of 2%) and the Bank remains committed to maintaining price stability as their main macroeconomic objective, they have decided to introduce forward guidance in the setting of policy interest rates. This takes the Bank of England closer to the approach to setting interest rates taken by the United States Federal Reserve.
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What is forward guidance?
Forward guidance means that interest rates will stay at their historic low level of 0.5 per cent and monetary policy in general will remain expansionary until the unemployment falls below seven per cent. More here from the BBC news website.
However, that link could be put aside if the inflation rate threatens to rise above 2.5% in the medium term. Another wind-check to this system is that if the Financial Policy Committee judges that the UK economy is in danger of experiencing another credit boom then the Monetary Policy Committee will also re-visit their decisions on interest rates.
According to Ed Conway from Sky News "The UK inflation target remains in place - in theory - but in practice it has become significantly less important." Developments in the labour market and real output growth are likely to become more significant in helping to shape the future path of policy interest rates and whether monetary policy is expansionary, contractionary or neutral in its effects on the wider economy.
Sky news - Forward Guidance, a Monetary Policy Gamble
Anatole Kaletsky (Reuters): Carney at the Bank of England confirms the end of monetarism and return of neo-Keynesian demand management
With the unemployment rate currently at 7.8% of the labour force and predictions from the Bank that the jobless rate may take between two to three years to drop to the 7% way-marker, we can expect the period of exceptionally low monetary policy interest rates to remain with us well into 2015 and possibly 2016. This is not good news for savers struggling to find any kind of interest rate that at least matches the current rate of CPI inflation.
Governor Carney's response to this is to argue that what the economy needs most is a return to growth - in his words an economy growing sufficiently quickly to achieve "escape velocity". The current recovery has been the weakest for decades and real GDP remains below the peak achieved before the Global Financial Crisis took hold.
read more...»Unit 2 Macro: Costly child care hurts economic growth
Access to affordable comprehensive child care and schooling is widely regarded as being crucial to improving the incentives for mothers to actively search for and take paid work. Effective early years education also has a long run positive effect on employment prospects and is important as part of the overall supply-side capacity of the economy.
read more...»Rise in the number of working women could improve the GDP of the UK and Japan
Students looking for a good example of a supply-side policy for improving the economic performance of the UK may be interested in this news article about how increasing the labour participation rates of women in the UK could lead to an increase in GDP by up to a staggering 10%. This growth could be achieved by encouraging the number of women wishing to provide their labour (or increase the provision of their labour) to the same level as men.
The common view now is that legislation is no longer good enough in itself to provide this encouragement. The Equality Act of 2010 combined the various equal opportunity laws together to penalise businesses that operate unequally. What appears to be needed is an improvement in the accessibility, availability, cost and quality of childcare facilities to allow more mothers to work (or work longer).
A further article (follow this link) explores how this principle is equally true of the Japanese economy. This article has a fantastic graph comparing the female participation rates for many of the major economies which might be a fantastic data example for teachers to use as a compare and contrast exercise.
As for the costs on society of such a policy....... That's a different question!
Labour Market: Private Returns to Degree Success
As thousands of undergraduates across the country approach their final exams, a new study from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) reveals the importance of the results for subsequent earnings – specifically the value of a First compared with an Upper Second and the difference between an Upper Second and a Lower Second.
Zero hours contracts and youth employment
From the
employer's point of view, a zero hours contract is a great example of the
benefits of the flexible labour market. They allow the employer to change the
number of hours an employee works each week, with more shifts offered when they
are busy, and fewer when they are not; costs can therefore be controlled and
matched more exactly to revenue. Neil Carberry at the CBI says that they have
helped to save jobs during the recession and stagnant growth: "It's zero
hours contracts and other forms of flexible working that mean there are half a
million fewer unemployed people than there might otherwise have been." Now
figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS)
show the number of 16 to 24-year-olds on zero hours contracts has more than
doubled since the start of the economic downturn, rising from 35,000 in 2008 to
76,000 in 2012. This means that one in every three people on a zero-hours
contract is under 25 (- although that proportion doesn't look as if it has
changed very dramatically throughout the period shown). If this is good for the employer, how is it for the
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Econ3 - Sexism and Ageism alive and well on our TVs
Those of you who are about to take your Econ 3 exam (or whose students are getting ready for the final push), might find this story about sexism in TV an interesting example of inequality in the labour market. A report out yesterday and being pursued by Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman suggests that a lowly 18% of UK TV presenters over the age of 50 are women. Some channels are worse than others.
The story is also a good example of how current government intervention in this labour market is having little effect. Anti-ageist and sexist laws exist and yet there appears a very real 'glass-ceiling' when it comes to women over the age of 50 wishing to work on TV. If legislation is ineffective what other policies could students suggest might improve the situation? A quota system? Fines? Here is a real chance to offer critical and evaluative analysis on government intervention.
Follow this link to read a report.
Analysis of Youth Unemployment
This two-minute video from The Economist analyses the growing problem of youth unemployment in selected developed economies since the start of the financial crisis in 2007, including Greece, Spain, the UK, France, US and Germany. The chilling statistic from The Economist is that almost a quarter of the world's young people eligible for employment are without a job.
Youth unemployment in the UK
In the period from June to August 2013, 958,000 young people in the UK aged 16-24 were unemployed. The unemployment rate for those aged 16-24 was 21.0%
read more...»UK Economy Revision - Policies to Reduce Unemployment
Here is a streamed (and downloadable) presentation on policies to cut unemployment in the UK economy.
read more...»The Angry Economist 2 - The George Osborne Edition (evaluating macroeconomic policies)
He's back but he's still angry! In this latest version of The Angry Economist, our favourite curmudgeonly analyst wants to know students' opinion on George Osborne's economic policies - no wonder his blood pressure has risen!
This simple Powerpoint resource is aimed at getting your students to analyse and evaluate economic policies - 8 of the Chancellor's policies are presented and the Angry Economist randomly picks a macro-economic objective to consider. All you have to do is get 8 volunteers from your class to do the analysing - a great 10 minute activity whilst revising for the up-coming macro exams at either GCSE, AS or A2 level.
Here is a list of the policies the Angry Economist wants students to look at (you may wish to recap on them before you start the activity):
- Reduce Government debt
- Increased number of private sector jobs
- Increased allowance before Income Tax needs to be paid
- Cut Corporation Tax
- Set up Regional Growth Fund
- Funding Lending Scheme
- Deregulating some planning rules
- Frozen Council Tax
Of course, the beauty of this resource is that you can change any of these policies to whatever you want them to be.
Click on this link to download the Angry Economist 2.
PS. Click on this link to have a look at the original Angry Economist.
Paul Ormerod: Whatever happened to all those miners? Shocks and economic resilience
Where have all the miners gone? To judge by the rhetoric of the BBC and other Leftist media outlets, whole swathes of Britain lie devastated, plagued by rickets, unemployment and endemic poverty – nearly thirty years after the pit closures under Lady Thatcher!
The reality is different. There is indeed a small number of local authority areas where employment has never really recovered from the closures in the 1980s. But, equally, there are former mining areas which have prospered.
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Unit 4 Macro: Research on the Economics of Migration
The annual NORFACE migration conference at University College London this week has generated plenty of new research papers on the economics of international migration, a topic that of growing significance for students of globalisation, competitiveness, innovation and growth. Some of the key findings are summarised below together with external links to relevant articles and news reports
read more...»Unit 2 Macro: The Great Productivity Puzzle
GDP per hour – labour productivity – in the UK remains lower than at the beginning of the recession in 2008. A special session at the Royal Economic Society on Friday 5 April held jointly by the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) investigated the causes of this mystery. It was also the subject of BBC Rradio 4 In Business - click here
See also: the Job Rich Depression (The Economist)
read more...»Unit 3 Micro: Minimum Wage and Inequality
The UK national minimum wage (NMW) has been in the news in recent days with several reports suggesting that Coalition government ministers are considering introducing a freeze on the pay floor or going further and reducing the minimum hourly pay rate. The NMW was introduced into the UK in the spring of 1999 and has been up-rated regularly but never cut. It is presently at £6.19 an hour and recommendations on changes to the pay floor come from the annual review conducted by the Low Pay Commission
read more...»UK Social Welfare Reform April 2013
I know that it is April Fools Day, but the new and quite radical social welfare reforms are starting to come in to play from this week and they are genuine!
Use this link to access a document that summarises the main changes to the welfare reforms. You can use this document as a lesson activity to discuss government policies to achieve macro-economic objectives.
Are these reforms just aimed at reducing the government's debt or are they aimed at improving the unemployment situation? Are they part of a wider supply-side set of policies aimed at making the UK workforce more effective and flexible?
Could students discuss each policy's strength and weakness? Could they suggest alternative and (possibly) more effective policies.
Money can't buy happiness - the backward sloping supply curve tells me so
Like many teachers, I'm firmly of the belief that money is not the root of happiness. I have to think like that - otherwise how do I argue with my old university friends who went to join the big banks that there's more to life than big cars and foreign holiday homes ("Come and join us, Jon," they used to say to me, "you can set your own Libor rate and everything" ). It's important that we remind the 'those-who-can't-do' brigade that teaching is a life-style. It's a vocation. A calling.
Well, according to research by US academics Daniel Sacks, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, the evidence suggests that wealth is a determining factor in happiness after all. Apparently, the data shows that there are no upper limits to happiness with regards to money – yes, the increase in happiness slows down but still rises.
Quick, somebody tell Victoria Beckham before David gives away all of his cash to the Paris children.
read more...»econoMAX - Who's for a Living Wage?
Robert Nutter explains that, over recent years, the fear that the minimum wage would cause increased unemployment has not materialised, although since the start of the current economic crisis employers have expressed some concerns that employment may be affected in low paid jobs. Another concern has been the belief that a national minimum wage is inappropriate for an economy where costs and labour market conditions vary significantly between regions. The national minimum wage may perhaps provide a living wage in North-East England but certainly not in London.
read more...»Unit 4 Macro: The effect of immigration on wages and prices
Immigration lowers the wages of relatively low-skilled native employees in sectors of the service economy that hire bigger shares of foreign workers. But the cost reductions that employers enjoy from lower wages are typically passed on to consumers: price inflation is much higher for services with no change in immigrant employment than for services where immigrant employment is growing.
These are among the findings of research by Professors Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum, published in the latest issue of the Economic Journal. Their study confirms that there are clear winners and losers from labour migration: low- and semi-skilled workers face increased competitive pressures on their wages and employment while consumers enjoy more services at lower prices.
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Unit 4 Macro: Student visa restrictions may curb growth and innovation
Any visa policies that restrict entry by highly productive foreign students are a significant barrier to science and ultimately to innovation and growth. That is one of the conclusions of research by Professors Eric Stuen, Mushfiq Mobarak and Keith Maskus, published in the latest issue of the Economic Journal.
Their study of 700,000 postgraduates in the science and engineering laboratories of the top US universities finds that American students and foreign students are both highly significant contributors to the development of scientific knowledge. But greater diversity in the origins of foreign students raises their joint contribution to knowledge.
These findings imply that visa restrictions limiting the entry of high- ability foreign students – as well as visa policies that prioritise students' ability to pay tuition fees over their technical merits – would significantly undermine scientific output.
Workplace Discrimination
Employment Rate | Employment Rate | Unemployment Rate | Unemployment Rate | Inactivity Rate | Inactivity Rate | |
White | 76.6% | 67.6% | 8.3% | 6.8% | 16.4% | 27.5% |
Mixed or Multiple | 64.3% | 55.3% | 15.7% | 15.8% | 23.7% | 34.3% |
Black | 61.4% | 55.6% | 21.7% | 17.7% | 21.6% | 32.4% |
Indian | 77.0% | 60.6% | 8.2% | 11.1% | 16.2% | 31.9% |
Pakistani/Bangladeshi | 68.7% | 28.9% | 12.8% | 20.5% | 21.3% | 63.6% |
Chinese & Other | 67.0% | 51.8% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 25.3% | 42.1% |
Ethnic Minority | 68.2% | 50.8% | 13.2% | 14.3% | 21.5% | 40.8% |
All | 75.6% | 65.6% | 8.9% | 7.5% | 17.0% | 29.1% |
If you have seen the news stories today showing how workplace discrimination towards ethnic minority women continues to cause the government concern, you may be interested to read the full report. It is available from the Runnymede Trust (it requires registration but it is free) and has been written for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community. There's a brief summary from the BBC, but the full report gives recommendations that you might like to present to students as possible government intervention strategies and get them to evaluate accordingly. The table above gives you a flavour of the statistics that can be used to discuss inequality of income and wealth.
Public v Private Sector Pay Differentials
If you can get beyond the monotone voice which accompanies the presentation, this ONS piece posted today gives a fascinating insight into reasons why there are differences in public and private sector pay. There are many high quality evaluative points made, and interestingly it is implied that average data is likely to suggest that pay in the public sector is more likely, on average, to be higher than that in the private sector.
How can this be?
read more...»Economics of a Living Wage
My AS macroeconomics students this week are researching the topical issue of a living wage and the possible macroeconomic effects. The title of the assignment is:
"The introduction of a living wage in Britain to supplement a minimum wage will improve the long term performance of the UK economy" Discuss. (20 marks)
I have put together some news articles and videos on this topic using a Pinterest Board. You can find it by clicking here
BBC Newsnight Report on Living Wages - July 2012 - click here
National Stress Awareness Day
You may have been too busy to notice but today has been National Stress Awareness Day. This comes just a few days after Ed Milliband's speech about the taboo of Mental Health and how it impacts upon people's lives. If you haven't done so recently, do check out the World Health Organisation 's website which has lots of data on the prevalence of mental health issues around the world with the most startling facts being that 1 in 4 people around the world suffer from mental health issues at some point in their lifetime affecting as many as 450 million people.
And yet, when was the last time you used this as an example of labour market failure or poor economic performance?
read more...»A Living Wage part 2 - some evidence for student analysis
Jonny Clark has beaten me to it with his blog about today's news about the Living Wage - there is a rich seam of resources here for issues for study around poverty and inequality. The concept has high level support - hailed by Boris Johnson as it is "....not only morally right, but (it)makes good business sense too." and endorsed by Ed Miliband as " A really important idea". I would like to add a trio of items from the BBC website which could add evidence to student analysis - particularly as Nov 4th-10th is designated Living Wage Week , so this could make a timely topic on the return from half term!
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Unit 4 Macro: Wage Inflation and Chinese Competitiveness and Growth
Unit 4 essay from Max Goswami-Myerscough
China has undergone high levels of wage inflation since the turn of the century. As stated in the extract, a US Bureau of Labour report showed that between 2002 and 2008 real hourly wages more than doubled in China's manufacturing sector. Comparatively, wages only rose by 20% in the US. In addition to this, according to Jim O'Neill, by 2009 over 5% of the population of China (approx. 65 million) had incomes of around $35,000 p.a. China has been considered to be one of the main outsourcing destinations for cheap labour over the years but this may change if such high levels of wage inflation persist.
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Unit 2 Macro: Youth Unemployment and Startup Milk Rounds
This Financial Times news video is excellent on issues surrounding high rates of youth unemployment. The number of 18- to 24-year-olds out of work for at least six months has risen by more than a third in the past year to 403,000.
Many thousands are struggling to find work and the lack of apprenticeship schemes and the high level of short term or vulnerable contract work makes it extremely tough to get into formal work. More and more students are looking to establish their own businesses as an alternative. The rapid expansion of student-led entrepreneurship societies based around colleges and universities is a welcome development. So too is the rise of "start-up" milk-rounds at many of the UK's universities. Challenging times yes, but opportunities will always exist for enquiring minds with ideas to incubate and grow.
BBC News: Unemployment down to 2.6m but long-term jobless rises
read more...»Unit 4 Macro: Rapid Wage Inflation in China
Wages are rising fast in China – many economists believe that China has hit a stage in its development at which demand for labour starts to grow faster than supply, creating labour shortages and pushing up salaries. This is known as a Lewis Turning Point.
read more...»Unit 2 Macro: EU Crisis Prompts Labour Migration
The financial crisis in the European Union is prompting an exodus of many young people from struggling EU countries - this short new report looks at the effects of people from France migrating to the Ivory Coast - does the host nation benefit in the medium term?
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Chester Ismay
- Basic Information
- Publications
- Areas of Interest & Research
- Awards and Honors
- Professional Affiliations
- B.S. Applied and Computational Mathematics, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- M.S. Statistics, Northern Arizona University
- Ph.D. Statistics, Arizona State University
Current Courses Taught
- MTH 120 – Elementary Statistics
- CSC 211 – Computer Science I
Previous Courses Taught
- MTH 120 – Elementary Statistics
- MTH 331 – Probability
Recent Publications and Presentations
Conference Proceedings
McShane, J. M., Mlsna, P., Maynard, J., Ismay, C. and Brown, S. (2008) How prepared mathematically are entry level engineering students? Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition of the National Society for Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, PA.
Published Abstracts
McShane, J. M., Mlsna, P., Maynard, J., Ismay, C. and Brown, S. (2008) Mathematics Skills Assessment and Training in Freshman Engineering Courses. Abstracts of Papers Presented at MathFest 2008, 52.
Conference Presentations
Ismay, C. (2014) Increasing Communication and Problem-Solving Skills in a Liberal Arts Probability Course. Joint Mathematics Meetings. Baltimore, MD.
Ismay, C. (2013) A Multivariate Extension for TestU01. Joint Mathematics Meetings. San Diego, CA.
Ismay, C., Maynard, J., and Brown, S. (2008) Mathematics Skills Assessment and Training in Freshman Engineering Courses. American Society of Engineering Education. Pittsburgh, PA.
Ismay, C. (2006) Which NFL Team is Best? Using Mathematics to Provide An Answer. Rocky Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO.
Department Colloquiums/Seminars
Ismay, C. (2012) Random Numbers: Their Importance and Rules for (Almost) Creating Them. Friday Afternoon Mathematics Undergraduate Seminar. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
Ismay, C. (2006) Ranking Methods: Determining the Best NFL Team Using Several Mathematical Techniques. Math and Computer Science Colloquium. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD.
Areas of Interest
- Statistics education
- Statistical computing
- Analysis of sports data
Awards and Honors
- US Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Research Fellowship, Spring 2013
- Arizona State University Block Grant Research Fellowship, Summer 2012
- Northern Arizona University Master of Science Graduate With Highest Honors, 2008
- Northern Arizona University Department of Mathematics and Statistics Graduate Student Scholar of the Year, 2007-2008
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Cum Laude Graduate, 2006
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Mathematics Senior of the Year, 2005-2006
Professional Affiliations
- American Statistical Association
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- The International Association for Statistical Education
- The Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
- The International Association for Statistical Computing


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Tue, Oct 23, 12 at 21:50
I saw a large number of red castor bean plants today in a distant park today. I have always wanted to grow these. The pods were still red. I picked a few anyway. Do the pods turn brown when ripe? I don't think I have ever seen them ripe. I tried picking a few of the largest ones, that seemed to have more of an amber-ish background color than pure red.
The park is many miles away, so it is unlikely I will make it back there to check again. Is it likely that the seeds are mature, even if the pod is not brown? Thanks! |
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- Posted by yiorges-z5il (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 12 at 13:30
If the pod is green then the chanches of the seed being ripe is slim I always delay collection untill the pod open up & starts to show the seed |
The pods should turn brown and crack open. In other words, they have to ripen on the plant like other seeds. Caster bean seeds are readily available by mail order. There are some really neat varieties. |
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Friday, October 29, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.
Danny Westneat / Times staff columnist
Many students were not registered there. They stood in line for hours anyway to cast ballots that might not even count so-called provisional votes to be scrutinized later and, if legitimate, tallied. The voting sounded fishy, a relic of ward-style politics. It threatened to become a crisis when Democrat Maria Cantwell buoyed by these provisional votes beat incumbent Sen. Slade Gorton by less than a tenth of a percent. "There was a real fear that people had voted twice, or had voted when they weren't eligible," remembers Peter Schalestock, an attorney for the state Republican Party. But there was no crisis. Officials recounted every vote. Most of the provisional ballots were fine they were cast by students registered elsewhere in the state who were as entitled to vote as you and me. "Gorton's lawyers looked at this long and hard, and there was no evidence of fraudulent activity, no sign that the system was anything but sound," Schalestock said. I recount this story now because we all need to chill out about the upcoming election. Every day there are national headlines predicting Election Day chaos. Both sides stand accused of trying to steal the election, particularly in Florida and Ohio. There haven't been any serious allegations in Washington state this year, yet the campaigns are acting like we're some sort of banana republic. Bush and Kerry have dispatched 600 lawyers to watchdog polling places and make sure the vote is not rigged. There are eye-catching accounts of fraud around the country, from Democrats registering the dead to Republicans shredding voter registrations.
But longtime election watchers say such stories are hardy perennials. What's new is that both political parties are using the lingering mistrust from 2000 to whip their voters to the polls.
The result is the most scrutinized election in U.S. history. That's fine to a point, but some legal experts predict the scrutiny particularly lawyers trolling polling places will create more problems than it solves. Here, lawyers will be bored, mostly. They can enter polling places and talk to voters. But they are not allowed to challenge your right to vote, as in some other states. Lawsuits over this election may be inevitable, but why obsess about it? Tell the lawyers to step aside. If the poll workers don't have you on the list, ask for a provisional ballot. Most of all, don't believe the hype. As those college kids showed in 2000, nothing can stop a voter determined to be counted. Reach Danny Westneat at 206-464-2086 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Copyright © 2004 The Seattle Times Company
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Maryland's Gary Williams to Retire
Maryland coach Gary Williams has announced his retirement.
Williams, 66, will join Maryland Athletic Director Kevin Anderson and University President Dr. Wallace D. Loh at a press conference on Friday at 1 p.m. in Comcast Center.
"It's the right time," Williams said. "My entire career has been an unbelievable blessing. I am fiercely proud of the program we have built here. I couldn't have asked any more from my players, my assistant coaches, the great Maryland fans and this great university. Together, we did something very special here."
Williams is the fifth winningest active coach in the country, and third in the Atlantic Coast Conference behind only Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski. In his 33 years as a head coach, he amassed an overall record of 668-380 (.637) and 461-252 (.646) at Maryland.
Williams has reached 14 NCAA tournaments, seven Sweet Sixteens, two Elite Eights, two Final Fours and won a National Championship in 2002. Williams was the National Coach of the Year in 2002, and the ACC Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2010.
"Gary Williams is a legend," Anderson said. "His accomplishments on the court have earned him a place among the elite in college basketball history. But Gary's legacy here at Maryland goes far beyond basketball. From his philanthropic efforts to his tireless work with fans and alumni to his impact with our students, Gary has left an indelible mark of excellence on this university."
Among those coaches mentioned by ESPN.com as potential replacements for Williams are VCU's Shaka Smart, Villanova's Jay Wright, Gonzaga's Mark Few, Notre Dame's Mike Brey, Pitt's Jamie Dixon, Butler's Brad Stevens, Minnesota's Tubby Smith and Texas A&M's Mark Turgeon.
(Release courtesy Maryland Athletics)
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Knicks gonna get Kyrie though...it's aligning
what pieces do we have for him though?
What we lost in Gallo, Chandler and Mozgov in that Melo trade we gain big time with Hardaway Jr, Tyler, Murray, and Aldrich
Took us 40+ games to Gel
last month we would've lost to Cleveland by 10pts after leading and Kyrie would've been the reason...we did a good job of not even let them have hope.
Hardaway looks like the real deal. He's watchable even when he's on the bench. Dude goes bananas if Melo hits a three in the first quarter.
Cavs Blog Highlights!!
"This going to be one of those games that makes me sad isn't it"
"I didn't really expect to win this game, but wow. Just wow"
" When things go right for the Knicks, everything goes right
When things go wrong, everything goes wrong. Losing Andrea B was a blessing."
"Melo's gonna go for 81 tonight"
"It's not his fault he has no defensive strategy for Melo, who has been on fire, it's the refs.
It's all about accountability, right Mike? (More fans against the coach. Figures)
"This reminds me of the days when my high school still had a football team and I would check the paper in the morning just to see how much they lost by."
""The NBA Cares" I guess the Cavs aren't in the NBA anymore?"
"Did we pass on Hardaway to draft Sergey Karasev…? "
At this rate the Knicks are going to retire Andrea Bargnani's street clothes and hang his suit from the rafters.
1st time a Knick rookie is just a complete threat in his 1st Season.
Aside from Mark Jackson and Patrick Ewing.
Man, I enjoyed watching THJr play tonight. He is confident and it seems like he wants to become a great player. JR definitely looks like he has his lift back. He wasn't elevating like that earlier.
@KnickelusKnickleby I doubt it. FO has to be creative and just get us a top 15 pg, doesn't have to be top 5. Maybe target Lowry in the offseason.
@KnickelusKnickleby Only thing we have going for us is Time. Unless Kyrie Irving tells them to trade him cause he's unhappy.
@ponzies86 Not sure about that pound for pound, probably not, but Timmy and Tyler really make me happy. I think a good Jr is missing from your equation however. That's the equalizer. We do well with better guard play. Also Felton was part of that deal and now he's back and Prigs makes a difference.
@Jerry Gee Your acting like team's never give up little runs here and there after attaining a big lead. Stop being so over dramatic
@Jerry Gee Murry kinda sucks, at least tonight. He had two turnovers in less than a minute.
@OLDKNICK Bargnani coming back and will be a good edition in the 2nd Unit as Center
he definitely wasn't the issue
it was the spacing in the Starting Lineup
we play better small ball.
@orlando_knickfan Biggest Knick troll is Robin Lundberg...but that was funny..LOL.
He reallys Urks me..when he calls knick fans the "Knick fan police"....
@OLDKNICK Hes also improved his defense and rebounding...but hey...melo sucks right?
@Kiyan Carter How about that constant dribble penetration and kick to melo or hardaway? That would be lethal game in and game out.
@C0P0 @ponzies86 If Irving is already stating he wants out of Cleveland. I can't see how he will last with them past this season or even next at most. He will demand a trade if this is 100% true. I mean if I was in his shoes and I wanted out. I would demand a trade and get out of Ohio asap. No reason to wait on it, especially since he's signed until 2015.
@rgm891 how about these apples?
@C0P0 Those players are younger and Hardaway jr has more upside then Gallo and shoots the 3 ball better
@MeloStat301 Landry never had "It" THJR has "It"
Like Father Like Son i guess added Size and Hops with a better J
closing in on .500 lol lets climb that Hill
@Biggie @OLDKNICK I think its a bit of both...hes shooting 47% from three, 46% from the field on 16 ppg since the benching...awesome numbers.
@KnickelusKnickleby @rgm891 That's a good start. He need to demand a trade for any chance.
@SuperDuper @MeloStat301 @KnickelusKnickleby lol...I was being sarcastic...expect someone to come up w/ stats to defend landry...in 3...2...1...
@OLDKNICK @MeloStat301 @KnickelusKnickleby His brother knicks fanatic posts on here....


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- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 16, 14 at 9:11
the pine.. my guess .. see link ... flip to images never saw a plant with thorns in the middle of a leaf ... cool ... very large flowers on the bramble .... do you imagine its a cultivar...??? .. or are these pix from the wild??? why are all flowers shaped similar to the loropetalum .. highly fragrant ????.... i always wondered ... its like they have to make up for not having a giant showy flower ... thx for the pix ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
Ken, look closely to the "pine needles". Examine them careful. See if anything ... the picture is large. Big hint, the order does not exist in the Americas. There is only one family in the order and only one genus in that family. |
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That oak might be quercus mongolica |
Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 16, 14 at 9:11 Do you want me to announce the name of the "pine" yet? I am certain someone have grown it. |
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I will take a guess on the Pine. Casuarina equisetifolia. Originally from Australia. I've seen it along the coasts in Hawaii. Mike |
Mike, that is the correct genus, congratulations. They truly look like pines. They are really flowering trees and they are not solely originated from Oceania. Three species of the genus were originated from East Asia. |
This post was edited by jujujojo on Wed, Mar 19, 14 at 21:24
Posted by Huggorm 6 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 16, 14 at 11:37 The leafs and oaks do not look like the quercus mongolica. I am guessing this is the Quercus fabri Hance, or the Chinese White oak . |
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Scott has named the same back division that defeated Zebre 9-7 in Italy last time and has made three changes to the pack, of which two are enforced: Hamish Watson, Geoff Cross and Grant Gilchrist replace Ross Rennie (who sustained a shoulder against Zebre), Willem Nel (family bereavement) and Perry Parker, who starts on the bench.
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