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From the Economic Collapse Blog, an essay I found at LewRockwell.com, we learn the horrifying news that the United States Census Bureau has, for some reason, probably after spending millions and billions of dollars and countless man-hours, found out that there are approximately 1.5 billion credit cards in use in the United States, although what this has to do with the Census Bureau is beyond me, except that they are probably trying to justify their existence in light of looming budget cuts in light of a collapsing economy.
Anyway, the blog goes on that "Unfortunately, 46% of all Americans carry a credit card balance from month to month today."
I jumped up and said, "Ha! I notice that you forget to say that, fortunately, this means that 54% of all Americans don't carry a balance, and instead they probably have one of those cards where you get a 1% rebate on everything you charge on the card! Everything you buy is always on sale at 1% off when you charge it with that credit card! Whee!"
Well, I notice that my rude little interruption, for the purpose of introducing such insignificant chump-change, apparently caught the Census Bureau by surprise, and they had no rebuttal, although I noticed that they seemed to motion to the security guards who, it seemed to me, started slowly converging on my position in a flanking pincer movement from the rear while my attention was focused to the frontal assault of the horror that for each household that has credit card debt, "the average amount owed on credit cards is $15,788." Yikes!
I was shocked to calculate that just the interest on $15,788 at 25% interest (creditcards.com says the rate vary between 12%, for those with great credit, and 25% for those with bad credit) is almost $4,000 a year, or, in TV mobster-speak, "4 large."
Dividing four large by 12 months comes to $333 a month that that pathetic "46% of credit card holders holding a balance" must pay, just to pay the interest! Or, in additional mobster-speak, "the vig."
I was happy, and thrilled, to notice that I was doing very well with a calculator, my fingers flying deftly over the keypad adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing! I can do it all!
But my hands started shaking almost too much to do any more calculator magic when they went on, even worse, to say that "Average household debt in the United States has now reached a level of 136% of average household income"!!
I added those last two exclamation points in anticipation of my success in bravely soldiering on, doing continued battle with the calculator, inspiring and heroic in my Intrepid Mogambo Way (IMW), to find out that if I make $1 a year, but I owe $1.36, and the average credit-card interest rate is about 16%, the average household with a credit balance must pay 22 cents on its debt just for the privilege of continuing to owe $1!
If these numbers are true, just the interest paid on credit-card debt consumes 22% – more than a fifth! – of the household's gross income! And creeping up consuming on a fourth of gross income! Yikes!
The ensuing silence convinced me that the audience was as stunned as I, and I decided to lighten the mood with some Hilarious Mogambo Comedy (HMC). So I look into the camera and say, "And the economy is dependent on these almost-bankrupt people to borrow more money to buy more goods and services? What do I look like, chopped liver?" Hahahaha!
I admit that I inserted that "Hahahaha!" at the end of the my joke for the sake of this essay, which I did after I noticed, to my horror, that nobody laughed at my joke, and so I'm just standing there, listening to total silence except for the muted sound of the audience whispering to themselves, "What in the hell was that 'chopped liver' thing? Isn't that a Jackie Mason bit?"
And with my Sensitive Mogambo Senses (SMS), I could hear some of the more hateful people whispering, "I hate him! Let's demand our money back! I hate him!"
This is when I realized that I was right; people are treacherous vipers who DO hate me and ARE all out to get me, making things go haywire, like the way that my computer mysteriously "lost track" of where I got this next piece, but it sounds Bloomberg-ish.
Anyway, it was from the Census Bureau that is, apparently, everywhere these days, as it was from the US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, that it was announced "total December exports of $163.0 billion and imports of $203.5 billion."
It was in Barron's where I got the news that the Merchandise Trade Balance in December was a negative $53.6 billion, which is the difference between how many more dollars are going overseas ("bye-bye!") so that we can buy their manufactures, versus how many dollars are coming into the US from overseas ("Welcome home!") from their buying our manufactures.
It was from The New York Times that I learned that the federal proposed budget for the 2012 fiscal year calls for "$3.7 trillion in spending for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2011, with a projected deficit of $1.1 trillion."
It was from deep in my gut where I got the laugh – hahaha! – of surly contempt to hurl at any moron who thinks that the increase in the national debt will be only $1.1 trillion, and it was from the sheer "theater of the absurd" that I got another laugh from The New York Times going on that the budget projected that "Government shortfalls are projected to decline to 'sustainable' levels for the rest of the decade"! Hahahaha!
"Sustainable shortfalls"! Sustainable shortfalls! Hahaha! Wow! There's the secret, then!
Let me make it official: According to The New York Times and other economic experts, you can live beyond your means forever if you don't have any unsustainable shortfalls, only sustainable shortfalls!
It's too bad that The New York Times did not advise you to buy gold, silver and oil stocks in Copious, Copious Quantities (CCQ) when the Federal Reserve is creating so much money, so unbelievably much money, so astoundingly much money, so outrageously much money so that massive government deficits and shortfalls seem sustainable if you do not understand the First Freaking Thing (FFT) about inflation, because that would be some analysis that you could use.
For those who DO understand the FFT about inflation in prices that always follows inflation in the money supply, however, the decision to frantically and feverishly buy gold, silver and oil stocks is so easy that they happily sing to themselves the refrain from my hit song "Buy gold and silver, you morons!" from my new album "We're Freaking Doomed (WFD)!"
It's a delightful little ditty that is initially sung to the tune of "Happy Birthday," but soon cleverly degenerates into a catchy rap song.
The lyrics go:
"Buying gold and silver is so easy,
"Buying gold and silver is so easy.
"Buying gold and silver is so eeeeeee-zeeeeeee!
"You say, 'Whee! Whee! Whee! all the way home,' just like that stupid 5th piggy represented by your little toe, even though it did not go to the market like the first little piggy, where it, too, could pick up some more gold and silver, maybe hang out with its little piggy buddies down at the mall, down at the mall, spending it all before the dollar takes a big fall, and hit the food court to grab a bite, that's right, a bite, a bite before inflation in prices bites and bites and takes a Big Bad Bite (BBB), of your money that is, which is bad biz when your money loses the power to buy, because then you cry, because then you die, all because your money goes dead at the hands of the Fed."
There's a message in there. Or there is supposed to be. As a last resort, set your Mogambo Decoder Ring (MDR) to "We're Freaking Doomed (WFD)!" and find out.
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I think incoherent would describe today's post very well.
I thought it was great too!
do the math: 2 vigs = 4 large, where the units are in english ovals and rum-soaked crooks.
Maybe people who carry that large credit card balance will be so busy working to pay the vig they will not have time to breed and therefore improve the gene-pool? I always try to be optimistic…
I don't mean to be insolent Mighty Mogambo, but I think you sprained your finger when you were pounding that calculator, or maybe you just got some bad moonshine. Anyway, I cower before you to report that household debt includes stuff like mortgages and the average "vig" on credit cards isn't 22% of household gross income.
Let's just all agree that there's one thing that is definite, and that's "We're Freaking Doomed" !
In foresight I hope that all the food I've stored, the silver I've bought and the preparation I've done works out.
If so, then I'll be yelling at the top of my lungs "Whee, this investing stuff advice from the Magambo Guru was right in the money" I'm Rich!
But wait, will they pay me in Federal Reserve Notes?? Sigh….
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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has reported a steep rise in installed power capacity in 2012, up 10.6% on the previous year. Total available power output stood at 9,646 MW, compared with 8,721 MW in 2011.
"This remarkable development and enhancement of DEWA's electricity and water infrastructure in 2012 supports the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to provide efficient and reliable services to meet the city's fast-paced economic, social, and construction development," said DEWA CEO and MD, H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer.
Al Tayer said that the number of 132kV substations had increased to 184 through last year, up from 165 in 2011, whilst DEWA also added an additional 400kV substation to its network.
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started_with_bean(Zone 5--MA)July 2, 2012
I'd rather offer these to fellow GW'ers first before Craigslist...
My folks no longer use these, and they are in good shape, only a couple of years old or so.
1. Scott turf 14" manual/reel push mower. The blades are pretty sharp, and it's in mint condition.
2. Black & Decker BV1500 leaf blower/mulcher/vac. It's in the original box, comes with all the pieces as far as I can tell, maybe even the manual. The manual is easily found online. I couldn't find a picture online.
Preferences will be given to the person who can pick up the earliest. You can take one or both. Email me via GW. I only check email a couple of times a day, so please be patient. Pick up is in Belmont, MA.


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Limiting tree size via container size
If I've understood correctly, one way to assist (besides pruning!) in controlling the ultimate growth size of dwarf and semi-dwarf fruit trees is to put them in a container, thereby limiting the maximum size their root ball can reach.
Are there any rules of thumb regarding the size at which a fruit tree will basically stop growing (or at least slow down a good bit) as a function of container size?
(For example - and I'm making these numbers up - a 10 gallon container might encourage tree size to start maxing out at 8' tall and 6' wide, a 20 gallon at 11' tall and 9' wide, etc.)
Does anyone have any insights into this that they would care to share?
In particular, how effective (or ineffective) is this method?
(BTW, I'm thinking of using Smart Pots and expect that these would affect trees differently than regular containers due to air pruning. My guess is that they would be more effective at helping with size control.)
I haven't used air pots. My understanding is they dry out faster because the sides are permeable to air. So you need to water more often or use a more water retentive mix.
How often you water and how much fertilizer will also affect tree size.
My trees on dwarf and standard roots in 10-15 gal pots grow to about 6-8 ft tall and 4-6 ft wide without too much pruning. I hold them to about 6 ft tall and 4 ft wide. That works watering once a day.
Rootstock and scion vigor both affect final tree size. But maintaining a small tree is pretty easy.
At that size, how much fruit (lbs/year) do you get per tree, on average?
What are the different types of trees you have?
Are there any that types of fruit that struggle to produce fruit at that size, or do they all do okay?
How much water do you give the trees each day? (I realize that what's right for you will be different than what's right for due to differences in climate, etc. I'm just trying to get a ballpark feel for this.)
How much fertilizer do you give them (also, what type) and how often?
Many thanks! Your input is much appreciated!
(P.S. As you can tell from the different threads I've started asking various questions, I tend to research things in depth before making final decisions about them. It's the engineer in me!)
I'd say the potted trees are fairly productive for their size. Maybe 5-10 lbs per tree. The fruit is about half the size of in-ground trees. The quality is excellent if everything goes well. But there is a pretty steep learning curve.
I've got blueberries, citrus, plum/pluot, nectarine, fig, persimmon, apple, and grape. Easiest to grow and produce are figs, blues, citrus, and grapes.
I water once a day until water runs out the bottom, about 2-3 gallons. Fertilizer maybe once a month or less.
Getting the potting mix right and watering for high quality fruit are the hardest part. Pruning and maintaining size is easy. All rootstocks have worked. You don't need dwarf. I have Lovell, Citation, Krymsk 1, 5, 6, 9 and 86, Myrobalan, Marianna 2624, 3CR178, 3CR357, M26, and others.
No, my blueberry fruit is quite large. Big enough to eat one at a time. Not always that large but dime to penny, some nickel. That's pretty large to me. Blueberries are very well adapted to pots. Citrus, grapes, and figs fruit are large as well. The small fruit is mainly the stone fruit. But my in-ground stone fruit is pretty large.
Part of the reason my stone fruit in pots is small may be that I don't thin enough. I think you'll find that out this year. I thin until I think they are about right. Then I should take off every other fruit. Then later take off more.
Fruitnut - I looked over your list to see if you had any apricots in pots like the Tomcot you mentioned in another thread. Have you tried apricots in containers? That's something I've been wanting to try since we have late frosts here and I thought I might be able to drag a container into the garage when it gets too cold in the spring.
Apricots work about like all the other fruits. They are more likely to have poor bloom if water stressed the prior summer. If you get the water right they will bloom and fruit well. I have a second leaf tree with a fair amount of fruit right now.


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For many of us, the clock is ticking on our countdown to Christmas.
Maybe you've got a few last-minute gifts to buy or wrap. Maybe Santa has a few more stops to make. Maybe you've got some major grocery shopping to do to prepare for your guests. Or maybe you've got to prepare for traveling over the river and through the woods.
Regardless, the Salvation Army of Milwaukee County has a more urgent Christmas countdown, and the good folks there could use your help.
With only four days left before the Red Kettles retire until next Christmas, the local Salvation Army is still $1.3 million behind in it's $2.7 million goal.
"We're thankful for the donations we have received to date. Reaching our Red Kettle Christmas goal is critical to providing much-needed shelter for the homeless, food for the hungry and Christmas assistance for families in great need," said Major Roger Ross, Salvation Army Milwaukee County Commander.
The Salvation Army operates 84 seasonal and year-round programs and services to families living in Milwaukee County.
In 2010, the Salvation Army provided:
- 132,439 meals to homeless individuals and families
- 66,813 nights of lodging to homeless individuals
- 96,572 toys to children of low-income and unemployed families
This year, the Salvation Army is prepared to provide more than 100,000 toys this Christmas to area children.
Donations can be made at Red Kettles through Christmas Eve, by texting 'Give' to 80888 to make a $10 donation or by visiting SAmilwaukee.org to make a donation with your smart phone or online.
I'm also hearing the local food pantries could use an extra boost to meet the urgent needs out there. If you can spare some talent or treasure, they could sure use the help.
While I'm at it, I'd like to take care of a couple of Christmas errands of my own. In the past couple of years, I have passed along some of the best holiday videos produced by Milwaukee public relations/advertising/marketing companies.
This year, through the Twittersphere, Matt Waller at Laughlin Constable in Milwaukee provided this video.
Priya Barnes of Creatonomy in Milwaukee sent along this video.
Andy Larsen and the folks at Boelter Lincoln put this video together.
Marilyn, Phil and Jessica Vollrath, along with their staff, show off their ugly Christmas sweaters here.
Bruce Gibb and Rich Schmig at Plum Moving Media in Milwaukee get a silver star for bringing their crew to life in this one.
But the winner - hands down – (even though the shower scene is about five seconds too long) has to be Ward Alles, Beth Crivello, Dana Carpenter, Colin Deval and the rest of the team at Core Creative, as they introduce a new product into the market here.
As a bonus, I'm tossing in this Christmas video by Marquette University's Gold 'n Blues a cappella group singing "Oh Holy Night." You can listen for free, and if you download the songs on iTunes, all proceeds will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Miilwaukee.
Merry Christmas.
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ONSF Mini-Med Program: The 2nd Annual Mini-Med Program inspired students with an eye on medicineFriday, November 28th, 2014
The ONS Foundation's Annual Mini-Med program was held from June 30 through July 1, 2014 at the Foundation's Arthroscopy, Surgical Skills, and Biomechanical Research Lab.
A select group of sixteen students from Greenwich High School, Greenwich Academy, Brunswick School and Stamford High School participated in the comprehensive program. The students, part of STEM program, were chosen from an impressive applicant pool and demonstrated an interest in medicine. They had an opportunity to participate in an in depth workshop with a focus on orthopedics.
ONS physicians, doctors from diagnostic imaging, as well as physical therapists and nurses introduced Mini-Med students to the field of medicine and surgery through a hands-on experience. Students learned about common orthopedic problems, physical examination and the use of tools in diagnosis. They were exposed to the operating room environment and the different surgical procedures. Lab work included proper casting techniques, surgical suturing techniques, the importance of physical therapy and how it stimulates the recovery process. Students submitted their comments. One wrote,"…I liked the PT and the knee/shoulder arthroscopy. It was fascinating." Others said that the best lectures involved x-ray and MRI. Two other favorites were suturing and casting.
"The Mini-Med Program at the ONSF Lab creates a mentor/student relationship that has the capability of changing a young person's life," said Dr. Paul Sethi orthopedic surgeon and Foundation President.
Students received an introduction to evidence-based medicine and each was assigned the review of clinical papers by Dr. Sethi. In addition, Dr. Delos and Ray Delacruz lectured on the operating room environment prior to and post-surgery. Under the supervision of Drs. Vitale and Greene, students were able to practice surgical suturing and casting.
The enthusiasm of these students makes the Mini-Med School rewarding for the medical staff and students. "We continue to modify the program and expand the scope to give students a realistic view of medicine," said Dr. Mark Vitale.
The 2015 Min-Med School date will be announced soon.
ONS Foundation Laboratory Grand Opening and Golf Outing "Tee-off" Party launches new era of research and medical training in GreenwichFriday, May 4th, 2012
The ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education celebrated the completion of their new Arthroscopy, Surgical Skills and Biomechanical Laboratory at a grand opening and "Tee-off" party on April 26th. Donors and surgeons alike mingled around stainless steel arthroscopy stations soon to be the hub of orthopedic and neurosurgical research and surgical skills training for surgeons from around the world.
After just four years of planning, the ONS Foundation, a Greenwich Hospital alliance, has completed the half million dollar facility, located on the lower level of the medical offices of ONS at 6 Greenwich Office Park. According to orthopedic surgeon and ONS Foundation President Dr. Paul Sethi, the new facility will provide the ultimate opportunity for physicians to critically evaluate arthroscopic surgery techniques in a laboratory setting. He anticipates the lab to become a regional center for medical innovation.
The lab will also be the site for surgical training. Work gets underway this month when a team of surgeons from Germany arrives to study sports medicine. Later in May, a group of American surgeons will study total ankle replacement. In June, surgeons from China will study techniques in knee arthroscopy.
The celebration also kicked off the Foundation's 4th annual benefit golf outing that takes place at the Stanwich Club on June 11th ONS Foundation Vice President Vicki Leeds Tananbaum, Michael Clain, MD and Brian Matthews are 2012 outing co-chairs. Players will enjoy a round of golf, lunch, cocktails, an elaborate buffet dinner and auction that is co-chaired by Sandy Hart and Robert Klein.
Funds to build the Arthroscopy, Surgical Skills and Biomechanical Laboratorywere raised through fundraising events in behalf of the ONS Foundation, Foundation Board member Milton Sender, Greenwich Hospital, and Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc. in behalf of Joanna B. and Ken Schulman. Funds raised from this year's golf outing will go towards biomechanical testing equipment for the lab.
ONS Foundation receives $300,000 Donation to support Research LabMonday, August 22nd, 2011
Milton Sender of Stamford, CT has made a $300,000 donation to the ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education to support the operations of a new arthroscopy, surgical skills and biomechanics laboratory.
The ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education has announced the receipt of a $300,000 donation from Milton Sender of Stamford, CT and Middleburg, VA. The funds will go towards the operations support for the Foundation's new laboratory for arthroscopy, surgical skills and biomechanics research.
Milton Sender is a co-founder and former-CEO of Daymon Worldwide, a marketing company of private-brand products. He became interested in the Foundation after being treated by physicians at ONS who are also involved with the ONS Foundation. "I met (Drs.) Mark Camel and Seth Miller when I needed surgery on my neck and shoulder after a fall from a horse. I was very impressed with the competence of the doctors at ONS. I heard about the Foundation and I wanted to do something to help people in my own community who have helped me so much. The Foundation was a natural choice. I believe that if you are good at what you do, you shouldn't have a ceiling over your head. I hope my gift will help stimulate others to support the Foundation, so it may continue to advance research on treatments for bone and joint conditions into the future." Mr. Sender added that his own experiences with injuries and treatments have made him acutely aware of the potential for orthopedics and neurosurgery to have a major impact on peoples' lives.
The $300,000, which will be distributed over five years, will go towards operating the ONS Foundation Laboratory for arthroscopy, surgical skills and biomechanics that is under development and expected to open in January 2012. Research projects currently underway using outside labs include a comparison study of open and minimally invasive spinal fusion procedures, a comparative outcome and cost analysis for treatment of unstable odontoid fractures in the elderly, an evaluation of intra-articular rotator cuff repair and an examination of the pathenogensis of rotator cuff tears.
"It is an honor to have Milton's support," said Vicki Leeds Tananbaum, Vice President to the Board of Directors of the Foundation. "To be recognized by someone of Milton's stature and reputation is a real complement to the Foundation. We look forward to working closely with him."


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Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk said the program passed reviews by both the Degree Quality Assessment Board and the Federation of Law Societies, and therefore meets the approval criteria.
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US commercial banks reported $9.2 billion in derivatives trading losses during the fourth quarter of 2008, bringing total trading losses in 2008 to $836 million, according to a quarterly report by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). This figure contrasts with trading revenues of $5.5 billion during 2007.
Kathryn Dick, the OCC's deputy comptroller for credit and market risk, said that although banks had benefitted from strong client demand and wider bid-offer spreads, writedowns on bad credit assets continued to take their toll on trading results. The worst hit assets included collateralised debt obligations, leveraged loans and mortgage-related exposures.
In the fourth quarter, credit spreads on major dealers decreased after the US government intervened to stabilise the banking system. Meanwhile, credit spreads on many corporates increased with fears of a wider recession.
All other things being equal, the mark-to-market value of derivatives receivables moves up or down with the credit quality of a derivatives counterparty. Counterparties to derivatives trades generally also record a mark-to-market loss if their own creditworthiness increases. This effect also exacerbated trading losses on derivatives, said Dick.
In the fourth quarter, US banks lost $8.958 billion on credit derivatives, contributing to a $12.59 billion for the whole year. While a poor result, this was a slight increase on 2007, when US banks lost $12.67 billion, the OCC noted.
In interest rate derivatives, banks lost $3.42 billion in the last three months of 2008, although they still made $866 million in revenues during the year as a whole. Nevertheless, this represents a steep decline on 2007, when banks made $7.902 billion on interest rate derivatives.
A similar fall occurred in equity derivatives revenues, where US banks made $2.991 billion during 2007. However, in the fourth quarter of 2008, US banks lost $1.229 billion on equity derivatives books, bringing total annual losses in this area to $2.017 billion.
In foreign exchange, revenues were recorded at $4.093 billion during the fourth quarter. This contributed to total revenues of $11.363 billion during 2008, an increase of 62.9% over 2007.
In commodity derivatives, meanwhile, US banks made $338 million in the fourth quarter. This brought total revenues for the year to $1.543 billion, over four times the amount recorded in 2007.
The notional amount of derivatives held by insured US commercial banks increased by 14% to reach $200.4 trillion during the fourth quarter, largely as a result of the former US broker-dealers turning to commercial banking, according to the OCC. The figure comprised approximately $164.4 trillion in interest rate derivatives, making up 82% of total derivatives notional. It also included $16.8 trillion in forex derivatives, $15.9 trillion in credit derivatives, $2.2 trillion in equity derivatives and $1 trillion in commodity derivatives.
These contracts were concentrated in a small number of institutions, the report said, with the top four dealers – Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan – holding 94% of total notional derivatives volume among US banks. As the top dealer by notional value, JP Morgan held $87.4 trillion – just under half the total amount reported by the OCC.
A total of 1,010 insured US commercial banks reported derivatives activities at the end of the fourth quarter – an increase of 33 banks from the third quarter, according to the OCC.
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