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Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Employment and the Unemployment Rate, April 1, 2011
This lesson examines the April 1, 2011, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, announcement of U.S. employment data and the unemployment rate for the month of March, 2011. This lesson introduces the basic concepts of the BLS employment and unemployment data. The meaning and importance of the data are discussed. Assessment exercises are included for reinforcing knowledge of the concepts.
Business Cycles, Cyclical Unemployment, Discouraged Workers, Employment Rate, Frictional Unemployment, Labor Force, Macroeconomic Indicators, Structural Unemployment, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate
- Review the most recently reported U.S. employment and unemployment data.
- Determine the changes in U.S. employment and unemployment from the past month and year.
- Determine the factors that have influenced the change in the U.S. unemployment rate.
- Explain the implications of the employment and unemployment data for individuals, population groups, and the U.S. economy.
Current Key Economic Indicatorsas of April 4, 2015
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% in February on a seasonally adjusted basis. Over the last 12 months, the all-items price index was unchanged. The energy index increased after several months of decline. Core inflation rose 0.2% in February, the same increase as in January.
Employment and Unemployment
The unemployment rate stayed at 5.5% in March, 2015, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on April 3, 2015. The number of jobs added was much lower than in previous months, with only 126,000 new jobs added to the economy, the fewest number since December of 2013. Some job categories added workers, including health care, professional and business services, financial services, and retail. Average hourly wage growth was 7 cents, but average hours worked fell.
Real GDP
Real GDP increased 2.2% in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the final estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This estimate is consistent with the revised estimate. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 5.0%. Consumer spending rose 4.4%, compared to 3.2% in the third quarter. Business investment and exports also increased. Offsetting these gains were increases in imports and decreases in federal government spending, particularly defense spending. (
Federal Reserve
In its March 18, 2015, statement, the FOMC cited the continued growth of the labor market, increased household and business spending, and below-target inflation as indicators of an economy that continues to recover. They expect below-target inflation to rise as oil prices increase in the medium term. The statement reaffirmed the FOMC intention to keep the federal funds rate at its current low level, but also said that a rate hike was highly unlikely at its April meeting. Notably, the FOMC dropped the word "patient" from its language describing its stance on an improving economy and a rate hike. The Fed revised downward its economic projections, including the rate of unemployment that would sustain a stable inflation rate.
Each month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases data from the monthly "Household Survey" conducted by the Bureau of the Census, providing a comprehensive body of information on the employment and unemployment experience of the U.S. population, classified by age, sex, race, and a variety of other characteristics.
The BLS also conducts the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, surveying about 150,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 390,000 individual work sites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls.
The BLS compiles information from these sources and announces the monthly "Employment Situation," reporting the current U.S. employment and unemployment data estimates. The monthly announcement reports employment data from the previous full month.
This lesson focuses on the April 1, 2011, BLS announcement, "Employment Situation: March, 2011." The lesson will also look at the relationship of employment and unemployment data to other macroeconomic data, such as GDP and CPI, and business cycles. s........,,mmmm
[NOTE: Employment and Unemployment Rate Focus on Economic Data Schedule:
During the second half of the 2010-2011 school year, (January-May), EconEdLink will publish four Focus on Economic Data lessons on "employment and the unemployment rate." The lessons will begin with the 'basics' in January and progressively focus more on complex data, issues and comparisons. All monthly Focuses on Economic Data will include the current data and significant recent changes.
- January: employment and unemployment data basics. What is employment? What is the unemployment rate? How are they measured? What is the current data? What do they mean?
- February: details and issues about the measurement and meaning of employment and unemployment, adding concepts such as underemployment, full employment, etc.
- March: detailed breakdown of the data by region and industry (trends, identifying trends and comparisons of regions and demographic groups
- April: the relationships of employment and unemployment data to other economic data, such as GDP, CPI, etc., and the business cycle. THIS LESSON]
- May: Year-end summary.
For additional information about the Employment and Unemployment data announcements, teachers should visit these BLS sites:
Bureau of Labor Statistics: The Current Population Survey (CPS): This site contains a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the: labor force, employment, unemployment and persons not in the labor force. www.bls.gov/cps/
Bureau of Labor Statistics Pages: These BLS pages provide additional information related to Employment and the Unemployment Rate.
Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Series in 2008: This is a BLS article on seasonal data adjustments.
Labor and Productivity Costs: This BLS site provides full historical annual and quarterly measures of labor productivity and costs in the U.S.
August 10, 2010 Productivity and Costs Report: The following links provide productivity and cost reports for a number of economic sectors in the U.S.
Historical Changes in Employment: This BLS site provides employment percentages dating back to 1939.
Historical Unemployment Rate: This BLS site provides unemployment data dating back to 1948.
Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession: This report addressed the long-standing issue of the importance of including discouraged and marginally attached workers in determining the real level of unemployment.
- Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Series in 2008: This is a BLS article on seasonal data adjustments.
Key Economic Indicatorsas of April 1, 2011
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.5 percent in February after rising 0.4 percent in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in February, the same increase as in January.
Employment and Unemployment
U.S. nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, leisure and hospitality, and mining. Employment in manufacturing continued to trend up.
Real GDP
U.S. real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In February, the second estimate, the increase in real GDP was estimated to be 2.8 percent In the third quarter of 2010, U.S. real GDP increased 2.6 percent.
Federal Reserve
The Federal Open Market Committee will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and continues to anticipate that economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends, and stable inflation expectations, are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period.
The April 1, 2011, "Employment Situation" announcement from the BLS was greeted with bi-partisan enthusiasm and hope that the continued growth of employment is a sure sign of economic recovery. President Obama hailed the report as "good news" for the economy. The New York Times headline referred to the new "resilience" of the economy. But, even with the "good news," the U.S. unemployment rate remained stubbornly high. Take a look at the BLS announcement and decide for yourself - good news or bad?
The Employment Situation – March 2011
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Released April 1, 2011
"Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, leisure and hospitality, and mining. Employment in manufacturing continued to trend up."
March 2011 Highlights
- The number of unemployed people in the U.S. decreased by 131,000 to 13.542 million.
- The number of employed persons in the U.S. increased by 291,000.
- The number of people "not in the labor force" decreased by 11,0000.
- The national unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percent to 8.8 percent. Since November 2010, the U.S. unemployment rate has declined by 1.0 percentage point.
- Unemployment rates decreased for adult men (-0.1 percent), adult women (-0.3 percent), whites (-0.1 percent) and Hispanics (-0.3 percent).
- Unemployment rates increased for teenagers (+0.6 percent), blacks (+0.2 percent), and Asians (+0.3 percent).
- The number of long-term unemployed (27 weeks or more) increased by 129,000.
Figure 1, below, is the basic U.S. labor force data for March, 2011. Take a good look at the March data. Do you see any data that impacts you or your family's current life or future?
[Teacher Note: This is a good time to review the components of the labor force data. Understanding the components puts the reported unemployment rate into perspective.]
Key U.S. Labor Force Data
March 2011
|Civilian Non-institutionalized Population
|Civilian Labor Force
|Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate
|No change
|Employed Persons
|Employment-Population Ratio
|Unemployment Persons
|Unemployment Rate
|Persons Not in Labor Force
|Employed Part-Time for Economic Reasons
|Marginally Attached to the Labor Force
|Discouraged Workers
|Note: For complete labor force data, see the BLS report, Tables A-1, A-2, and A-3. www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
Figure 2, below, provides unemployment data for the month of March, 2011, including unemployment rates by ethnicity and educational attainment. Do you see any interesting data?
Figure 2: U.S. Unemployment Rates
Demographic Categories
March 2011
|Total (16 years and older)
|Adult men (20 years and older)
|Adult women (20 years and older)
|Teenagers (16-19 years)
|Black or African American
|Hispanic or Latino
|Less than a high school diploma*
|High school graduate*
|Some college, no diploma*
|College graduates*
|*Age 25 and older
[Teacher Note: Point out the differences between unemployment rates for different levels of educational attainment. Can student make the connection between education level and employability? The BLS web page "Education Pays," shows unemployment rate and median weekly income by level of educational attainment. Link: www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm .]
Critics of the BLS labor market data argue that the extent of unemployment is understated in the BLS announcements. To fully understand the current "employment situation," you have to look at the history.
- Many people who were once in the labor force are no longer seeking work. The BLS reported, "In March, the civilian labor force participation rate held at 64.2 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 58.5 percent, changed little." Until the end of 2008, the labor force participation rate had consistently been over 66 percent for the previous 20 years. The employment-population ratio had been between 62 and 64 percent since 1993. Why do you think these rates of labor force participation remained low?
- The BLS reported, "The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in March, at 8.4 million. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job." Many who would like to work full-time are not able to find adequate employment. Does the understate the real rate of unemployment?
- Some people have simply given-up looking for jobs. The BLS reported, "In March, 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, up slightly from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey." If jobs were available, do you think these people would seek them and become counted as in the labor force?
A note about the marginally attached, "Among the marginally attached, there were 921,000 discouraged workers in March, little changed from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.5 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in March had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities."
[Teacher Note: Students may have opinions about how to count the marginally attached and discouraged workers. Technically, if they did not seek employment, they are not "unemployed." What do your students have to say about the "accuracy" of the unemployment rate? Maybe the BLS should count two half-time workers (involuntary part-time) as one full unemployed worker. This might be an interesting discussion about "real" unemployment or about the validity of statistics.]
Establishment Survey Data – Employment Data
The Establishment Survey measures, among other things, employment trends in various industry groups.
"Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March. Job gains occurred in several service-providing industries and in mining, and manufacturing employment continued to trend up. Since a recent low in February 2010, total payroll employment has grown by 1.5 million.
Industry Employment Highlights:
- In March, employment in the service-providing sector continued to expand, led by a gain of 78,000 in professional and business services. Most of the gain occurred in temporary help services (+29,000) and in professional and technical services (+35,000)."
- "Health care employment continued to increase in March (+37,000). Over the last 12 months, health care has added 283,000 jobs, or an average of 24,000 jobs per month."
- "Employment in leisure and hospitality rose by 37,000 over the month, with more than two-thirds of the increase in food services and drinking places (+27,000)."
- "Manufacturing employment continued to trend up in March (+17,000). Job gains were concentrated in two durable goods industries--fabricated metal products (+8,000) and machinery (+5,000). Employment in durable goods manufacturing has risen by 243,000 since its most recent low in December 2009."
- "In March, employment in mining increased by 14,000, with much of the gain occurring in support activities for mining (+9,000)."
- "Employment in local government continued to trend down over the month. Local government has lost 416,000 jobs since an employment peak in September 2008."
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the 2008-2009 recession ended in June, 2009, but significant job growth did not begin until many months later. U.S. non-farm employment has increased by 1,323,000 jobs in the past year (March 2010 to March 2011). Figure 3, below, shows the employment breakdown by industry category in the past year.
Figure 3: Employment by Selected Industry
March 2010 - March 2011
|Industry Category
|Total U.S. nonfarm employment
|Total U.S. private employment
|Mining and logging
|Motor vehicles and parts
|Nondurable goods
|Food manufacturing
|Private service-providing
|Retail trade
|Transportation and warehousing
|Financial activities
|Professional and business services
|Educational and health services
|Leisure and hospitality
|State government
|Local government
For details about the March 2011 Employment Situation report, go to these sites:
- Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
- Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
- Employment Situation Frequently Asked Questions
- Employment Situation Technical Note
- Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
- Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
- Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age
- Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
- Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted
- Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted
- Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted
- Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
- Table A-9. Selected employment indicators
- Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
- Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
- Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
- Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted
- Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
- Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
- Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Business Cycles and Unemployment
Figure 4, below, shows the monthly U.S. unemployment rates from 1990 to the present. Note the "up and down" cycles of high and low unemployment over time period. These generally follow the "business cycles." Periods of very high unemployment are typically correlated with period of slowing or decreasing GDP growth.
[Teacher Note: This is a great time to review the concept of the "business cycle." The NBER web page defines busies cycles and the factors used by the Business Cycle Dating Committee to identify recessions.]
Macroeconomic Data - Business Cycles, Employment, GDP and CPI
The economy moves in continuous periods of growth and decline called business cycles. The cycle primarily represents growth and decline of gross domestic product (GDP) and employment, and may also represent other measurements of the general health of the economy. When the economy is in a state of declining GDP and employment it may be in a recession. Let's take a look at how the three macroeconomic measurements in the "Focus on Economic Data" lesson series compare recently and over the last few years. Figure 5, below, illustrates a typical business cycle, from trough to a period of growth, to the peak, to a period of decline, and back to a trough.
Employment and Unemployment (Recap of this Month's Data)
"Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, leisure and hospitality, and mining. Employment in manufacturing continued to trend up"
After losing over 2.2 million jobs in 2008 and almost 4.7 million jobs in 2009, the U.S. economy reversed the trend for few months in early 2010. As previously stated in this lesson, the economy has gained over 1.2 million jobs in the last year. Although the number of U.S. non-farm jobs has been increasing, total non-farm employment is still over seven million jobs below the high level of 13,996,000 jobs reported in January, 2008.
Real Gross Domestic Product (Real GDP)
U.S. real gross domestic product increased at an annualized rate of 3.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the "final" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter of 2010, real GDP increased 2.6 percent. The economy is growing again, although at a rate far below that needed to create millions of new jobs.
The U.S. rate of GDP growth fell-off considerably in 2008, the beginning of the recession. 2008 saw decreases in real GDP in three of four quarters. The losses continued through the second quarter of 2009, when growth began again, at annualized rates of 3.7 percent in Q1, 1.7 percent in Q1 and 2.5 percent growth in Q3. In 2010, real GDP increased at an annual rate (average of the quarterly rates) of 2.9 percent
Figure 6, below, shows the quarterly changes in real GDP growth over the last few years. Note the "cycles" of increased and decreased growth rates. Those periods with lines below the "0" line are quarters of negative growth.
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis. Over the last 12 months, February 2010 to February 2011, the all items price index increased 2.1 percent before seasonal adjustment.
Though the seasonally adjusted increase in the all items index was broad-based in the last month, the energy index was once again the largest contributor. The gasoline index continued to rise, as it had for much of the last year. The "food at home" index had its largest increase since July 2008.
Although many people fear future inflation as a result of the rising federal debt and continued problems in some financial markets, there has been little evidence of inflationary pressures the current period of time.
Monetary Policy – Federal Funds Rate
Through its last meeting in March, 2011, the Federal Reserve System's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has kept its target for the federal funds rate at 0 - 1/4 percent, the level established in December 16, 2008. The FOMC again stated in March that the rate will be kept low in the near future. The intent of the low interest rate policy is to stimulate the economy by making borrowing - for consumption and investment – cheaper.
Recent Macroeconomic Data
The chart below, Figure 9, compares the primary macroeconomic data, real GDP growth, consumer price index, the unemployment rate, and the federal funds target rate, from 1999 to the present. Are there patterns in their relationships?
[Teacher note: Students can look at the ten years of economic data to identify patterns of relationships. For instance, what is the relationship between GDP growth and employment? Is there a relationship between inflation and unemployment?]
Figure 9: Selected Macroeconomic Data
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Essay Questions:
1. How are changes in real GDP and the unemployment rate related?
[Real GDP is a measurement of output of goods and services. Output is a determinant of the demand for labor and thus, the number of jobs. As output has decreased and the demand for labor has decreased, the unemployment rate has increased.]
2. What change in what macroeconomic indicator will convince you that the recession is over? Why?
[Student answers will vary. The key is that they can explain the meaning of the indicator relative to the general definition of a recession.]
Once again, the BLS reported, "Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, leisure and hospitality, and mining. Employment in manufacturing continued to trend up."
The pace of job growth seems to have increased, but it is still well-below a level that will significantly lower the unemployment rate. Many fear that this recovery will be "jobless," meaning that the increased output is from improved capital resources and productivity increases, not more employed workers.
Some people are questioning the traditional concept of the "natural rate of unemployment" and the level considered to be "full employment." Remember, full employment may include those who are frictionally unemployed (changing jobs) and some who are structurally unemployed and the jobs they seek no longer exist where they seek them. The "real" full employment level of unemployment may be those who are cyclically unemployed - not working because of inadequate demand for the products they produce. Estimates of the full employment level of unemployment range from 2 to 7 percent. For the fifteen years prior to the 2008-2009 recession, the U.S. unemployment rate fluctuated between 4 and 6 percent, with one month below 4 percent, the 3.8 percent low level in April, 2000. There are still over 13.5 million unemployed people in the United States.
Is the "real" level of unemployment 8.8 percent? If we subtract, say, 6 percent for the frictionally and some structurally unemployed, is the "real" rate 2.8%. Are these the people we can expect to be reemployed as the economy reaches a peak in the current business cycle?
How do other economic indicators compare to the recent changes in real GDP, unemployment rate, consumer price index, and the federal funds rate target? Take a look at some of the indicators listed below.
The Conference Board's Index of Leading Economic Indicators is published monthly. The ten components of The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. include:
- Average weekly hours, manufacturing
- Average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance
- Manufacturers' new orders, consumer goods and materials
- Index of supplier deliveries – vendor performance
- Manufacturers' new orders, nondefense capital goods
- Building permits, new private housing units
- Stock prices, 500 common stocks
- Money supply, M2
- Interest rate spread, 10-year Treasury bonds less federal funds
- Index of consumer expectations
Access the Leading Indicators: www.conference-board.org/data/bcicountry.cfm?cid=1
- How does the indicator reflect the current economic problems?
- Is the recent history of the indicator similar or related to the GDP, unemployment, or CPI?
- How are people or businesses impacted by the economic data?


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Issue No.04 - October-December (2006 vol.13)
pp: 30-38
Daniel P.W. Ellis , Columbia University
Keansub Lee , Columbia University
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MMUL.2006.75
We've collected personal audio--essentially everything we hear--for two years and have experimented with methods to index and access the resulting data. Here, we describe our experiments in segmenting and labeling these recordings into episodes (relatively consistent acoustic situations lasting a few minutes or more) using the Bayesian Information Criterion (from speaker segmentation) and spectral clustering.
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Palmetto Center for Women
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Providence Athletic Club
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Panda Politics: Tokyo's Outspoken Governor Puts His Paw in it Again
When a giant panda gets pregnant, it's news. Especially in Japan, a country that has waited decades for a baby panda to be born. But the good news that Shin Shin, a giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on loan from China, appears to be with child, has quickly been turned into bad news by Tokyo's outspoken governor.
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Gov. Shintaro Ishihara suggested Shin Shin's potential newborn be named Sen Sen or Kaku Kaku, a word play on the disputed islands known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China. Mr. Ishihara, laughing, proposed the names at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday in response to a question asking his thoughts on Shin Shin's possible pregnancy. "This will give China control [of the Senkakus] when the baby pandas return to China," he said.
Beijing fired back on Friday. "Ishihara's scheme to undermine China-Japan relations is a clumsy performance. It will only tarnish the image of Japan and Tokyo," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a news conference, according to Kyodo News. "No matter what names the Japanese side gives, it cannot change the fact that the two pandas belong to China. Likewise, what names Japan gives to the Diaoyu Island and the adjacent isles, it cannot change the fact that these islands belong to China," he said.
Gov. Ishihara has been a frequent pot stirrer when it comes to the territorial row with China. Most recently, he has spearheaded the capital city's plan to purchase the controversial islands. On Saturday, he said the plan to buy the islands is a higher priority than the next general election, according to Kyodo News. And he is no stranger to lobbing frequent broadsides against Japan's neighbor. In late May he compared China to a "thief" waiting to break in.
Ueno Zoo has suspended public viewing of Shin Shin on June 30, four days earlier than originally planned amid strong signs she is pregnant — such as a lack of appetite and longer sleeps. But pandas often exhibit false signs of pregnancy.
If Shin Shin delivers, it will be the first panda birth at the zoo in over two decades and an opportunity for Japan and China to celebrate a positive development in their relationship — provided Tokyo's governor doesn't ensure they have a baptism of fire.


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Subliminal Messages vs. Hypnosis is an age old debate.
I must add that I love them both — Subliminal Messaging AND Hypnosis AND Self Hypnosis!
Hypnosis Online or Subliminal Messages?
Hypnosis Online & Subliminal Messages are easy to use.
Hypnosis Online & Subliminal Messages are very effective.
Hypnosis Online & Subliminal Messages speak to your subconscious mind.
Hypnosis Online & Subliminal Messages are probably the most effective tools available for manifestation, self improvement AND motivation.
However, with hypnosis… you need your eyes closed…
With hypnosis… no driving your car…
With hypnosis… a higher IQ is required…
With hypnosis… you need AT LEAST 10 minutes of eyes closed / quiet time…
With subliminal messages… you can use them while you are doing other things… With subliminal mp3s or other subliminal recordings like .wav you can listen while you are driving.
With subliminal messages… they are effective within seconds… in the case of subliminal messages in advertising… milli-seconds.
With subliminal messages… you can use them as much as you want as often as you want… all day every day if you want!
In my opinion, these are the only 2 self improvement resources one would need to make a HUGE improvement in their perceptions, beliefs, thoughts, emotions and results!
The Subconscious Mind is a Powerful Thing… Maybe the most powerful… It sees and records everything whether you like it or not. It is by modifying the program in your subconscious mind that you "change your glasses" or modify the filter that your brain has.
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Most American cooks are accustomed to adding a lot of cane or refined sugar to desserts made with fruit. But fruit itself contains a great deal of sugar. Adding sweet, savory herbs and hot (but not bitter) spices complements fruit's natural sweetness with a complexity of flavors. As an added benefit, the bay leaf and turmeric in this recipe may help stabilize blood-sugar levels.
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The Warriors lost out on their top free-agent target, center Tyson Chandler, to New York, and their bid for a superstar in New Orleans point guard Chris Paul is at best on life support.
As a result, Golden State is left all but empty-handed as free agency officially begins Friday.
The players union and owners ratified the new collective bargaining agreement Thursday.
Having money to spend and new ownership and a new head coach didn't appear to be enough for Golden State to land the big-time free agents.
"It's been a hectic few days," said general manager Larry Riley, who declined to comment about specifics. "We put a tremendous amount of work into it. ... Anything that could help our team, we're going to be involved in."
Chandler, it was widely reported Thursday, chose to sign with the Knicks. Yahoo! Sports reported New York offered Chandler a four-year deal worth $58 million. A team source said the Warriors' unofficial offer hovered around $13 million to $14 million a year. But even if the Warriors went to $15 million a year, they were under the impression it wouldn't have mattered. Chandler wanted to go to New York.
Even after the Chandler option fell through, Golden State was still trying to acquire Paul. Though they took point guard Stephen Curry off the table, team sources said Golden State was still trying to get the Hornets to give up Paul for guard Monta Ellis and forward Ekpe Udoh.
That deal was later nixed by the NBA, which currently owns the Hornets. It's still unclear whether that opens the door for the Warriors to acquire Paul.
"Who knows," one of the sources said. "Maybe."
One source said executives across the league are hesitant to negotiate with New Orleans after the league nixed the deal. No one knows what the league will approve or not, so the pursuit of Paul will cool off until league approval is certain.
It stands to reason the Warriors' offer of Ellis and Udoh looks even better to the Hornets now whenever negotiations resume. The source said the Warriors will be in the mix for Paul whenever that is.
The Warriors will also try to pry promising young center DeAndre Jordan away from the Los Angeles Clippers. He and Memphis center Marc Gasol are next on the Warriors' list of free agent big men they desire. But both are restricted, meaning their teams will have the option to match any offer sheet.
The Memphis Commerical-Appeal reported the Grizzlies plan to match any offer sheet Gasol signs and, according to the Los Angeles Times, the Clippers have plans to match any offer sheet Jordan signs.
The Warriors, one team source said, are reluctant to go after Nene because he's commanding $15 million a year, which is too rich for the Warriors' blood.
Another option: the Warriors can back off the big names and try to find a few role players to grab now and try their luck again at the trade deadline or next offseason.
Golden State has about $7 million under the projected salary cap. They can create $4 million more by waiving guard Charlie Bell under the amnesty clause. The Warriors can add $9 million of cap space by waiving center Andris Biedrins, which according to multiple sources they don't want to do.


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Everything is gorgeous in Bob Neier's yard.
Of course, he is the Sedgwick County Horticultural Agent, so he gets paid to have a green thumb. But for the rest of us who don't know which plant goes where, he's willing to try out a gadget that promises to help.
EasyBloom may look like a stick flower, but it's really a sensor. The company claims EasyBloom will measure temperature, sunlight, humidity and drainage data to find the perfect plant for that hard-to-grow spot in your yard. The price: $50.
The gadget has a hidden USB connector that plugs in your computer to connect to the company's website. After that, snap the top and bottom parts together and it's ready to go. Just put it in the spot in the ground that has you puzzled and leave it there for 24 hours.
That's just what Bob does. (Yes, he says even he has one of "those" areas in his yard!)
The next day, Bob pulls it out and plugs it into his computer. Up pops a list of plants the website says would be great for that area. But those are just the initial suggestions. Another click brings up all 3,023 plants it says would work there!
Bob is impressed! But he loves the fact that he can narrow down that list by bloom color, season or even the type of plant you want. And after going through the options, Bob says at least 85% of them would probably work.
But wait---there's more!
EasyBloom also says it will tell you when your plant needs to be watered. Stick the "roots" of the device in the dirt and it's supposed to chirp if it's dry. Bob tries it out and sure enough, it does exactly that.
Does It Work?
Bob says yes---and may go out to buy one!
We ordered our EasyBloom through Amazon.com, but it's also sold through Home Depot.com.


text: The official word won't come until Monday morning, but every indication after tonight's Padres game was that right-hander Jake Peavy would be named to start Tuesday's All-Star Game in San Francisco. Peavy, who leads the NL in strikeouts (125) and road ERA (0.94) and is second in overall ERA (2.19), was trying not to give anything away when reporters quizzed him after the Padres' 5-4 loss to Atlanta. But the smile on his face sure seemed to indicate he knew more than he was saying. Peavy would be the first Padres pitcher to start the Midsummer Classic since LaMarr Hoyt in 1985, and the first Padres starter, period, since Tony Gwynn in 1999.


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Europe Caught in the Cookie Jar
The European Union's cookie directive—dismissed by one entrepreneur as "stupid to the core"—comes into force on Saturday and sites that fail to implement the regulations face the prospect of legal action.
The directive requires that users of a website must give "specific and informed indication" that they consent to a cookie being stored on their device. Consent must involve some form of communication where the individual knowingly indicates their acceptance; it isn't enough to include a general consent in site's terms and conditions.
Astute observers of websites may have noticed one or two extra pop-ups or overlays. The BBC's website has a banner informing readers how to change their cookie settings; British Telecom uses an overlay to seek consent.
However, no such facilities appear yet to be in place on some key European public sites. A visit to both the European Parliament website and that of the European Commission didn't appear to be seeking informed consent from its users even though it placed cookies. A visit to the website of the President of France placed 10 cookies without warning; the the Irish parliament placed three cookies, as did the German, U.K., Spanish and Polish parliament websites. Only the Italian parliament didn't appear to place cookies.
Sites operating in the EU have had a 12-month grace period to implement the directive. If they haven't implemented it by Saturday, they will have to face the consequences.
All About Cookies reports:
"Cookies are small, often encrypted text files, located in browser directories. They are used by web developers to help users navigate their websites efficiently and perform certain functions. Due to their core role of enhancing/enabling usability or site processes, disabling cookies may prevent users from using certain websites."
The EU's directive has caused a considerable amount of confusion and resentment among website owners.
Tõnu Runnel, CEO of Tallinn-based Edicy, was clear. "We will be ignoring the law as it is stupid to the core," he said.
"We are making a bet that either the law changes or browsers will be addressing the compliance en masse instead of every individual website with individual approach." Mr. Runnel said he didn't think there was any punishment in the Estonian courts, but "if Germany adopts the regulation from the directive [and] we are noncompliant in Germany then we would be subject to German punishment."
Edial Dekker, CEO the Berlin-based Gidsy, was more accommodating. "We are still trying to work out what we are supposed to do. It is super-complicated. We don't actually use a lot of cookies as we have no advertising but how we are supposed to do this, no one seems to know."
In London, Duane Jackson, CEO of Kashflow, said the regulation was unlikely to do much to help consumer confidence. "This would be just one more page nobody bothers to read. Silly regulations like this are incredibly unhelpful," he said. "For a web application like ours, there are a lot of cookies used and it's just not practical to list them all. We're intending to totally ignore the new rules."
While ignoring the law may be tempting, it's unlikely to be a wise course of action. In the U.K., companies face a theoretical maximum fine of £500,000 ($784,000), although a spokesman for the Information Commissioner's Office admitted that it was highly unlikely a website cookie would attract that kind of punishment.
"There is a high bar to hit to use that power. We have to demonstrate that it caused substantial damage and substantial distress to those affected," he said.
More likely the U.K. regulator would either require companies found to be in breach to be bound by a legal undertaking to rectify, or would be subject to a legal enforcement notice. Proceedings take place under criminal, not civil, law, he said.
Michael Ross, a director at eCommera, did have some sympathy for the thinking behind the law, while criticizing its implementation.
"It is well intentioned," he said. "The sensible approach for companies to take is transparency. Being transparent about what you track, why you track it and if you would like to stop it what you need to do, is the way forward.
"The vast honest majority are being penalized to protect against a tiny abusive minority. It's just a bad law."


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Switzerland leads 2-0
Switzerland has taken a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup World Group playoff.
Stanislas Wawrinka beat Steve Darcis 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in a four-hour match to give the Swiss the lead. Roger then went on to beat Kristof Vliegen 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-2, improving his career record in Davis Cup singles to 25-6.
Roger went down a break in the first two sets but then managed to come back strong, especially relying on his serve - with a percentage of 73 first services in the field. "Even if I had lost a set, that would not have been the end of the world. But I was a bit nervous before the tie-break in the first set and in the middle of the second. I just knew that it was important to get my game from the baseline together, which I eventually managed to do."
The Swiss pair are scheduled to revive their Olympic partnership in Saturday's doubles rubber against Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus, who won the 2004 French Open.
i couldnt watch your match because my country(Argentina) was playing against Russia at the same time as yours.
I hope next year Argentina would play with Switzerland.
Good luck Roger,i love you
CONGRATULATIONS to the Swiss Golden
Team! So Roger & Stan, you can just
play for fun tomorrow. Now, good luck
in Stockholm! Love you always.
god pless u
=) Everybody stay with you, today, tomorrow and always!!!
Love yoouuuuu forever!!!! Switzerland and Brazil!!!
Stanislas and you are great in doubles!
Congrats for the victory over Vliegen and double of Belgium!
congrats rogi and wish you the best for the doubles


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Rachael Ray, an expert at creating quick meals, aims to motivate families to swap their traditional recipes for versions that contain healthier ingredients and taste just as good.
"According to a Ziploc Fresh Eating Survey, 72 percent of Americans feel like a good parent when their family eats fresh food, but only 47 percent eat fresh foods on a daily basis. To make eating fresh easier, Ziploc and I are sharing recipes and tips on how to incorporate fresh ingredients into favorites like pizza and mac 'n cheese," says Ray. "Anyone can get started on their FreshOver Projects in their own kitchen."
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Because of this, the threat of suicide as a ground for abortion is dominating the debate. The pro-life lobby sees this as a potential loophole through which many more women might be able to get abortions here.
The Health Committee of the Dail is holding three days of hearings on the proposed legislation, and on Monday of this week the hearing was dominated by psychiatrists giving their views. As you know, the proposed legislation will require three doctors -- including two psychiatrists -- to certify an abortion on suicidal grounds.
As with the population at large, there are psychiatrists who disagree on the issue. But what was very clear at the Health Committee hearings was that they don't like being put in the position where they might be seen as abortion deciders.
Their concern is to care for patients, including pregnant women who may be suicidal, and several of them emphasized the difficulty they face in making assessments of suicidal intent in a very short time frame.
Of course in all of this there is one forgotten part of the debate, one sector of our population who should be part of the debate but who have been virtually excluded. That is the estimated 200,000 Irish women who have had abortions, mainly in the U.K. since more general legal abortion was introduced there in the 1960s.
While the religious zealots and medical and legal experts have been dancing on pins here teasing out convoluted hypothetical problems to do with the proposed legislation, these 200,000 Irish women, who know more about the subject than anyone else, have been almost silenced.
A few have managed to get their voices heard on radio and some have been interviewed in a newspaper. In contrast to the assumption being made by some of the pro-life lobbyists, none of these women took their decision easily or lightly.
It was a difficult choice for most, made even more problematic by the need to get to the U.K., to explain away their absence, to find the money for the trip, to find out where to go and so on.
Loose talk from the pro-life lobby about "floodgates" being opened is an insult to these women, the anguish of making their decision and what they went through.
Like women everywhere, there are as many reasons why Irish women have abortions as there are individuals, individual circumstances and situations.
What is clear from their voices is that a few of them do look back with a feeling of sadness, even of regret. But the regret is usually that their circumstances did not allow them to continue the pregnancy, not that their decision was wrong at that time and in those circumstances.
None of us can turn the clock back, no matter how much the so-called pro-lifers may try to exploit these feelings experienced years later by some women who have had abortions.
Readers of this column will by now have gathered that this writer is a total believer in a woman's absolute right to choose. Yes, there is another potential life involved, but the responsibility for that potential life can lie only with the woman. The moral responsibility for that potential life and whether to allow it to happen must lie with the woman, her conscience and her instinct about what is right.
The idea that one can create laws to control what a woman can do with her own body is a fundamental denial of a woman's human rights. No man would tolerate such a restriction or removal of his bodily integrity and freedom.
Ireland's total denial of a woman's right to choose has been a shameful blot on our republican principles for too long, and sadly is going to continue indefinitely.
I believe passionately in a woman's right to choose. I also don't want to be punched in the face by my daughter!


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- Jones J, Staub J, Seymore A, Scott LA,. Securing the Second Front: Achieving First Receiver Safety and Security through Competency-based Tools. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 6, Dec 2014. (PDF)
- Scott LA, Swartzentruber DA, Davis CA, Maddux PT, Schnellman J, Wahlquist AE. Competency in Chaos: Lifesaving Performance of Care Providers Utilizing a Competency-Based, Multi-Actor Emergency Preparedness Training Curriculum. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Vol. 28, No. 4, August 2013. (PDF)
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A torn Achilles tendon suffered in September left the Patriots without Vince Wilfork for most of last season but still on the hook for his entire salary. An unwillingness to risk a similar scenario next season prompted the Patriots to approach Wilfork about renegotiating his contract � and that, in turn, prompted Wilfork to ask the team for his release.
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(According to an ESPN report, Kelly restructured his contract on Thursday. The longtime Oakland Raider played only five games last season, the first on the two-year deal he signed last April.)
Other than Tom Brady, Wilfork is the only active player left from the Patriots� last Super Bowl championship team in 2004. Among defensive players, only Houston Antwine (1963-68) and Mike Haynes (1976-82) have been to more Pro Bowls in a Patriots uniform than Wilfork.
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Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that the club has reassigned forward Chris Mueller to the Texas Stars, Dallas' top development affiliate in the American Hockey League.
Mueller, 28, was recalled by the team on March 11 and registered two shots on goal and won three of five faceoffs (60.0%) at St. Louis. He is fourth on Texas with 53 points (24-29=53) in 57 games played and tied for the AHL lead with 14 power play goals.
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It is often desirable to remove the trends from historical meteorological data prior to using that data for the pricing of weather derivatives. In previous articles we have introduced the method of damped linear detrending and argued that it is an effective way to remove trends when the trends are approximately linear. In this article we show that damped linear detrending can be interpreted in three different ways: as a mixture of the linear and flat-line models, as a linear model with the trend slope reduced, and as a linear model with reverse extrapolation.
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Alternate Alley Oop Chapter 17 "Deader Than Dead"(29) 3/1/2013 Friday
Panel One
"Something strange sir, the lock down is being bypassed at certain strategic choke points. We can't stop the overrides!" Dexter Jones tells General Mann as he follows on his monitor screen.
Panel Two
"Give the locations to the security teams pronto." Gen. Mann told the tech, adrenaline is building which he has to control.
"Yes sir!" Came the reply as he busied himself informing the relevant teams.
Panel Three
Alley puts an ear rig on to get info on where to go to meet the intruders head on. The intruders have gained access to the underground train. He has some special surprises for them.
Yeah~! It's Alley to the rescue….! Go, Denny~! :-)
This is gonna be good.
Another amazing shrinking Oop. Or perhaps it's Dinny that gets big and small in a blink of an eye (or a panel)
There's also something strange about the fins on Dinny's back in the second panel. Oop seems to be riding alongside of one of them. Or else they have migrated like a flounders eyes to the side of Dinny's neck. Odd…
You'll notice Oop's foot extends to below Dinny's jawline in the first panel, but barely extends below his eye in the second. Hard to blame that on "vanishing point" or perspective. lol
Ooops there goes the Wizer's "hat" again. It must be flying back to roost on his head.
Well Dinny has to rise (as in yeast rolls) to the occasion to chase off the other dinosaurs….
At least we're seeing action. It may be molasses slow, but at least it's action.
Maybe whenDinny gets ready to rumble he Hulks out !!
And this is about the third or fourth time Wizer has lost his head gear! But, not to worry, by tomorrow it will magically reappear on his head again!
The stuffed dead bird is magically made to always return to Wizer's head. At least I will treat it as such, like Alley's club that would appear and disappear.
Of course. We have to roll with it. I've seen 200 lb. anvils come from back pockets when needed.
I'm guessing that Wizer's hat is attached by transparent bungies.
The switch between the first and second panels has several inconsistencies…first the size change in Dinny, then the fact he seems to have turn the wrong way to face the oncoming dinosaurs, then Oop having to reposition himself so he could stick his right arm between the first and second back fins (which would have been virtually impossible to do from his position in panel 1.
I guess this is all part of suspension of disbelief.
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