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The Geography Blog focusing on all things geography: human, physical, technical, space, news, and geopolitics. Also known as Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! Written by a former National Geographic employee who also proudly served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Geography Just Doesn't Get Loved
The College Board is doing an audit of all Advance Placement courses in American high schools. The College Board operates the test portion which if students pass the students may receive college credit for the knowledge they know in high school. The College Board is concerned some of the course may not be on par with the mission statement. That's fair.
What irks Catholicgauze is the statement by Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, a very selective private university in California. Mr. Poch, discussing classes like AP Music and AP Art which he considers useless (Hey, I may see little application but as long as there are art and music majors they might as well get some credit) gave this story "He [Poch] recalled seeing an AP human geography class on a transcript which led to much confusion and laughter among admissions officials."
Ha ha ha! What can a human geography do besides being a consultant, planner, analyst, and much, much more. Poch is not a blogger or someone else who's opinion can be tossed into the wind, he is the DEAN OF ADMISSIONS! The president, David Oxtoby, claims to have an interest in the "international dimensions of education." What about geography? Is that not international enough?
Instead of just complaining, things can be done. Mr. Poch (firstname.lastname@example.com) and the President of Pomona College (email@example.com) can be reached via e-mail. Loyal minions attack!
My message to Pomona is this, "Don't be a Silvestre Reyes, know geography or get lost!" So far the catch phrase is better than my other ideas.
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From Bruce Poch:
I have written in reply to several of your colleagues who also wrote or called to express concern and, at times, anger about the article you mention and included a copy of my reply.
I am disappointed by the misquote and context and hope my note, below, will clarify my comments. Feel welcome to share it.I welcome opportunity to set the record straight.
I was disappointed that the quote reported wasn't quite right in the case of the Human Geography AP course comment. That course wasn't the source of laughter that I mentioned in the article, but the "AP Lunch" comment made by my colleague was.
That said, I am concerned by the spread far from the core subjects that the AP program once had as a focus and I am concerned because fundamental preparation in gateway course areas is being lost with early specialization by high school students who have bypassed deeper exposure to the fundamentals which would serve them well by opening doors in multiple areas in college.
My liberal arts bias is clear enough and I don't think narrowing fields prior to a collegiate experience is a good, sound educational idea.
We could, no doubt, have a lively debate about whether Human Geography or, as another example, environmental sciences (the latter offered in the AP form without prerequisite study of chemistry, physics, biology or geology) should or should not be included in the concept of a core. I do certainly think that environmental science, along with geography, studio art and other subjects are valid and important academic fields, but that doesn't mean I think they belong in a high school AP curriculum as good substitutes for core areas.
My concern is the migration to subject such as Human Geography, Psychology, Studio Art and other areas may be and too often are taken in lieu of foreign languages, English, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics and history offerings which do open doors for multiple fields of study.
I am, of course, quite sorry the remark was misquoted and the context altered. That remains a hazard of working with even well intentioned reporters who are scribbling notes and who have the ultimate control with their editors over the printed word.
Bruce Poch
Vice President and
Dean of Admissions
Claremont, California
- Adrian said...
I took AP Human Geography the first year it was offered (got a 5 on the AP). It was kind of a mish-mash course thrown together with no real organization. Hopefully it is better now, but I don't think the 2001-2002 version of AP geography really deserved much consideration.
I also took normal geography in 8 grade, as the mandatory social sciences class. Geography is/was alive and well in my old school system.
- Catholicgauze said...
Thanks for the comment! That's why the College Board is auditing. AP Human Geography does have much potential.
Mr. Poch,
Thank you for your reply. It does seem you were misquoted.

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This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish and thefishphone.com, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local businesses. Conditions may vary as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.
Cimarron River – The flows are 29 cfs below Eagle Nest Dam and 29 cfs near Cimarron. Fishing is good with dry dropper set-ups or midge pupa during the day. Dry fly action is good with blue-wing olives, Parachute Adams or caddis in the evenings. Salmon eggs or worms are always a good bet for bait fishermen.
Costilla Creek – The flows are .52 cfs below the dam and 8.5 cfs near the town of Costilla. Trout fishing is reported as slow to fair due to very low water levels. Best bet is dry dropper rigs and spinners.
Red River – Flows at Questa are 16 cfs, and 44 cfs below the hatchery. Fishing is fair for rainbows up to 16 inches with bead head nymphs, copper johns, red micro mayflies and a dry dropper rig with caddis and a trailing blue-wing olive emergers. Bait fishermen might try salmon eggs or Power Bait. The section below Questa was stocked last week with 429 Triploid Rainbow Trout.
Rio Grande – Flows are 65 cfs near Cerro and 219 cfs below the Taos Junction Bridge. The low flows in the Wild Rivers area is offering opportunities to access the stretches of river in the upper canyon. This is a great time of year to fish Little and Big Arsenic or Sheep's Crossing. The water is murky with visibility about 3 feet. Trout are good in the mornings and evenings with bead head nymphs, stonefly nymphs, caddis larva and white or olive streamers. Smallmouth bass are fair using streamers. No reports on other species. The Middle Rio Grande was stocked with 3,160 Triploid Rainbow Trout last week.
Rio Hondo –The water is low but fishable with flows at 14 cfs. Trout are slow to fair with hoppers, elk hair caddis or stimulators.
Rio Pueblo – Flow is 15 cfs and there is no report this week.
Cabresto Lake – No report this week.
Charette Lakes – Trout are fair from shore with Power Bait fished off the bottom and worms and hoppers fished from a bubble on top. Fish are averaging 14 – 20 inches. No reports on other species. The lake closes Oct. 31 and re-opens next March.
Clayton Lake –There has been light pressure and fishing is slow for all species. The lake closes Oct. 31 and re-opens next March.
Eagle Nest Lake – Trout are good trolling Platte River Specials. Shore fishing and fishing from boats anchored for rainbows is reported as good with olive woolly buggers, Power Bait and worms. Kokanee snagging season started as of Oct. 1 and will run till Dec. 31. Reports are still slow for snagging at this time. Perch are good on worms.
Lake Alice and Lake Maloya – Trout are reported as good in both lakes with woolly buggers, Pistol Petes, dough baits and Power Bait. Both lakes were stocked last week; Lake Alice with 400 Triploid Rainbow Trout and Lake Maloya with 2,399 Triploid Rainbow Trout.
Maxwell Lakes – Lake #13 is experiencing a turn over and water clarity is poor. No report on the other lakes. The lakes close Oct. 31 and re-open next March.
Santa Cruz Lake – The water level is very low and fishing is poor from the bank. The boat ramp closed on Sept. 25 because of low water.
Shuree Ponds – Fishing is reported as good from shore and from a float tube for trout averaging from 14 – 20 inches. Best success is reported with spinners and various bead headed nymphs. The ponds close Dec. 31 and re-open next July.
Springer Lakes – Water levels are low and there has been light pressure.
Black River – Flow is 8.8 cfs. There is no fishing report.
Bonito Creek – There is a little more water in the creek but there is no fishing report.
Rio Ruidoso – Flow is 5.7 cfs. The water is low and trout are fair to good with worms or salmon eggs.
Bonito Lake – Fishing is good using with Pistol Petes, spinners, spoons, salmon eggs or Power Bait. Lots of nice sized fish being landed. The lake closes for the season Nov. 30 and reopens next April.
Bottomless Lakes: Winter trout waters – There will be no reports until stocking resumes in the fall.
Brantley Reservoir – There has been light pressure. Catfish are reported as fair at night with night crawlers. A mandatory catch and release is in place at Brantley Lake from the dept. of Game and Fish. Pesticides, DDT's have been found in the fish, do not keep or eat them.
Grindstone Reservoir – Trout fishing is good, limits reported taken with marshmallows and Power Bait. Also reported best near the dam on worms ,salmon eggs and Power Bait.
Lake Van – Winter trout waters – No report.
Animas River – The flow is 151 cfs. Fishing in and around Aztec is reported as slow overall. River was stocked last week with 400 Triploid Rainbow Trout.
Chama River – Upper section flow is 34 cfs and dry fly fishing is good above the town of Chama with caddis, blue-wing olives, and grasshoppers. Brown Trout are entering spawning stages, please respect these fish during this time. Below El Vado Dam, the flow is 275 cfs and the water is off color. Conditions remain the same, fishing is good for browns averaging 14 -18 inches. Anglers are having success using black and gold Panther Martins or night crawlers. 11-14 inch rainbows are fair to good using Power Bait, night crawlers or salmon eggs. Wooly buggers and bead headed nymphs are reported working for both species.
San Juan River – Upper section-Catch and Release flow is 611 cfs and visibility is 2 and 1/2 feet. Fishing is good for rainbows and browns. The best fishing in the morning will be with midge pupa and larvae, size 24 and 26. You can find fish eating dark midges in black, brown, dark gray and olive. Try fishing blue-wing olive's from 11:00 am to about 5:00 pm. Dark gray and olive been the best colors in a size 22 and 24. Back to midges in the evenings.
Lower section – Open waters, fishing is good with night crawlers, salmon eggs and the same flies as for the upper section.
Abiquiu Lake – Fishing pressure continues to be light and fishing has improved a bit with the cooler temperatures. A few smallmouth bass have been caught in the coves with top water lures and fishing is good with worms or salmon eggs.
El Vado Lake – Salmon snagging season is reported as fair to good with some limits being taken. Kokanee snagging season started as of Oct. 1 and will run till Dec. 31.
Heron Lake – Sept. 30 marked the end of Kokanee fishing, and the lake will be closed to snagging from Oct. 1 to Nov. 11. Salmon snagging season is open from Nov. 12 through Dec 31. Shore fishing for trout is reported as good with roe collected from salmon caught at El Vado Lake. Worms and Power Bait are also working.
Jackson Lake – The lake was stocked with 1,599 Triploid Rainbow Trout so fishing should be picking up at the lake but no reports have been received.
Lake Farmington – Trout fishing is reported as fair, some anglers are having luck trolling in deep water with streamers.
Morgan Lake – Bass fishing is picking up with cooler temperatures. 5 – 6 inch Strike King Plastic worms in dark colors are reported catching the fish.
Navajo Lake – Fishing pressure has been light. Salmon snagging is being reported as fair to good. This year the season continues to deliver, still a ways off from peak but looking like a strong year for Kokanee. Kokanee snagging season started as of Oct. 1 and will run till Dec. 31. No reports on other species.
West-Central, including the Jemez Mountains
Jemez River, East Fork, Guadalupe and San Antonio – Flow on the Jemez River is 14 cfs. The streams are low and clear. Dry fly action remains good in the upper streams with caddis, terrestrials, or yellow stimulators. Panther Martins, Power Bait or worms will also work. The Jemez River was stocked with 800 Triploid Rainbow Trout.
Metro Drainages – No report this week.
Bluewater Lake – No report.
Cochiti Lake – Slow for all species.
Fenton Lake – The water is clear and fishing is good from shore with Power Bait. Better fishing is reported from float tubes and boats with green or black woolly buggers or green Pistol Petes. The lake was Stocked with 1,599 Triploid Rainbow Trout.
Tingley Beach – South Pond catch and release – Trout fishing is poor. Look for this pond to be stocked in late October. Children's and Central Ponds – Bluegills are good with worms under a bobber. Catfish are good before noon and in the early evenings using homemade baits. No report on bass.
East–Central, including the Pecos River
Coyote Creek – Flow is 4.1 cfs. The water is low and fishing is slow.
Pecos River – Flows are 35 cfs near Pecos and 88 cfs below Sumner Dam. Fishing has not changed much, Hatches of caddis, yellow sallies and blue – wing olives are ongoing and fishing is good. Low levels and clear water require a stealthy approach when fishing this time of year.
Conchas Lake – Fishing is improving as temperatures cool down. White bass are fair, all methods are working with a few big fish reported. Catfish are good with chicken liver. A few small walleye and a few large crappie have been caught on worms or minnows.
Morphy Lake – Reports are fair to good for trout using Power Baits, salmon eggs or worms. The lake closes Oct. 31 and re-opens next April.
Santa Rosa Lake – Water release has stopped but fishing remains slow for all species.
Storrie Lake – There has been light pressure and trout are fair. Catfish are fair at night with chicken liver.
Sumner Lake – Winter trout waters, stilling basin – Pressure has been light and fishing is slow for all species. Fishing has picked up some, now that the water has cooled off a little. One angler caught a 3.5 lb Largemouth Bass from the shoreline on a Hula popper. There were some reports of Small Mouth bass being caught over the weekend, but most were small. Silver Cast masters and jigging with grubs was working best. Fair to good for catfish below the dam with chicken livers.
Ute Lake – Walleye are fair to good, trolling deep divers at 25 feet near main channel and with night crawlers on the bottom in 25 – 30 feet of water. White bass are fair to good trolling deep divers in the main channel at 25 feet. Smallmouth and largemouth bass are slow. Catfish are good with stink bait, chicken liver or night crawlers in 4 – 15 feet of water.
Gila River – The flow is 55 cfs and fishing is slow.
Rio Grande – The flow is 34 cfs below Elephant Butte Dam. A few walleye and a few white bass are still being caught on worms below Caballo Dam.
Bill Evans Lake — Winter trout waters – No report.
Caballo Lake – Fishing is generally slow with light pressure. Lake levels are low but gates have been closed and levels are rising. Catfish are good at the mouth of the river with chicken liver, worms or shrimp.
Elephant Butte Lake – Fishing pressure has been light and conditions remain unchanged from last week. White bass, many over 14 inches, are fair with shiners or white jigging spoons. Striped bass are very slow. Catfish are good with liver, minnows or shrimp. No reports on other species.
Glenwood Ponds – Fishing has been slow with light pressure. The ponds were stocked with 221 Triploid Rainbow Trout last week
Lake Roberts – Trout are fair on worms and catfish are good with worms or hot dogs.
Quemado Lake – Trout are slow with Power Bait or worms. Tiger Muskies are reported as slow to fair using Z-rays or Rapalas.
Snow Lake – No report.
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Bobby Thomson hits the "shot heard 'round the world," Woody Guthrie passes away, Germany comes together, and O.J. Simpson is found not guilty, all on this day.
1995: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The jury had actually arrived at the verdict the previous afternoon, after only four hours of deliberation following an eight-month trial, but Judge Lance Ito postponed the announcement until the following morning.


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Two former school district superintendents with substantial
finance experience will serve on the Financial Oversight Panel
for Livingston School District 4, State Superintendent of
Education Robert E. Schiller announced today. A third appointment
is pending and Schiller said he expects to announce that appointment
prior to a meeting of the FOP scheduled for Friday.
The State Board of Education voted Dec. 18 to establish the
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growing financial problems.
"The Financial Oversight Panel faces a large –
and very important – task in guiding this ailing district
to a strengthened financial position," Schiller said.
"These individuals bring substantial expertise and experience
to this new role, and I am very grateful for their willingness
to accept this challenge."
Schiller appointed Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville
professor Curtis Smith to serve as chairman of the FOP. Robert
Stuart, retired Superintendent of Edwardsville School District
7, was also appointed by Schiller to serve on the FOP.
Smith has been a professor in the Department of Educational
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finance, strategic planning and school business management.
He previously served four years on the board of education
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of outstanding debt.
However, a recent audit of the district raised numerous concerns
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State Superintendent. The Financial Oversight Panel is to
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I have been able to nurse my son exclusively (was exclusively PUMPING for the first 3 weeks and then pumping and nursing together after that) since we had his tongue-tie corrected on July 11th. The only time I've had to pump is while I'm at work (went back July 14th).
Sometimes there is hardly any pain at all, it's just a little irritating. Other times, it gets to be gradually so painful that I have to remove him from my breast and either put him on the other side or hope he's had enough. The pain usually occurs toward the end of a feeding. Is it possible that if the breast is empty that he starts chomping down instead of sucking?
The latch may not be perfect, but I've had an LC look at it and they say it's great. I get as much areola in his mouth as possible and his lips are flanged out. Since his tongue-tie was corrected it has been a night and day difference (before it was so painful I would cry almost every session).
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It's all about getting to dying fish--fast.
An immediate necropsy is key to getting the best clues about the molasses fish kill.
Of the tens of thousands of dead and dying fish found in Honolulu Harbor, about 15 made it into the federal laboratories of wildlife specialist Thierry Work in the early days of the disaster.
"These fish decompose rapidly. The minute they die, the tissues start decomposing," said Work.
Pouring over fish parts is part of the daily grind in the U.S. Geological Survey facility.
But as part of the molasses study, Work performed a necropsy on an eel and coral and a variety of fish.
"Gobis, we had a goat fish. We some aveoveo, and we had some shrimps that they found that were acting abnormally they were at the surface trying to breathe," Work said.
The fish tissues including the gills were sent to a mainland lab.
The results arrived yesterday and Work will spend the weekend analyzing them.
"These tests are really expensive so we can't afford to do every laboratory tests for everything," he said.
But according to Work, the initial snapshot is that the fish were deprived of oxygen.
"Basically it was a non-selective cause of death. When you take away oxygen, everything dies it's a classic case of killing of animals," said Work.
The telltale sign was dark-colored gills.
"When you start running out of air you turn blue. Your skin turns blue, nails turn blue. In fish, when you have gills bright red, they become dark red because there is no oxygen in the blood to make it red," said Work.
The spill didn't appear to threaten a green sea turtle swimming near the Reef runway. There had also been a sighting of a monk seal in the area.
But Work would like to think this massive fish and coral kill will help guide new policies to protect the marine environment.
"I'm hoping. Lord knows we need to have increased awareness because we are not treating our coastlines very well," Work said.
On Thursday, the state disposed of the 5,000 pounds of rotting fish under a plan to turn the remains into organic fertilizer.
But scientists are still watching the sea floor and reefs closely.
"We know there was a huge die-off of fish, and a large amount of coral died How it recovers, no one really knows," said Work.


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HARRISBURG, PA — Representative Greg Vitali, the minority chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, on March 8 introduced a law that would permanently ban the leasing of additional state forest land for Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.
"Pennsylvania has already made about half of its state forestland available for drilling," said Vitali. "The remaining 800,000 acres have old growth forests, fragile ecosystems, and habitats for rare and endangered species. We need to protect this land for future generations."
Former Governor Ed Rendell leased more than 700,000 acres of state forest land for drilling during his administration and signed an executive order in 2010 before the gubernatorial election that year to put a moratorium on additional leasing.
Vitali said this legislation is needed because the moratorium could be undone with a stroke of Governor Tom Corbett's pen. During Senate and House budget hearings over the last two weeks, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Richard Allan said the moratorium on additional leasing remains in place for state forest lands, and there are no plans and there have been no discussions with Corbett about lifting the moratorium.


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Let's pick up the subject of anything you desire in your life right now. Seriously, take a moment to bring it to the front of your mind and write it down in your Epica journal. It might be money, a partner, a happy relationship, or freedom. As you begin to think about why you want those things or feelings, notice the feeling place of it. In other words, what is the emotional response you have around that subject. First identify if it's positive or negative, good or bad and then try to label the feeling.
For example: Money. How do I feel about it? Wish I had more of it. Wish I could pay this or that off. That feels like lack. Lack is negative.
"Relationship: I've got a wife. I love her to pieces. She's wonderful. We're getting along so well and we're both so supportive of each other." That sounds abundant, and positive.
Now, here's one of life's secrets: The secret to having anything that you desire, is finding the feeling place of how good it feels to have it now, without having it now. There is a very real gap between how you feel about the lack of that which you desire and the feeling place and knowing place of actually living it, actually knowing it's yours. Your work is to close that gap. There are dozens of ways to word this but you're playing with your thoughts until you can get a visceral response from your body of the joy of having it or the relief that comes from getting it. Writing it down makes that process happen even faster.
With the global popularity of "manifesting," (We all do it, some just create faster and easier than others) and the surfacing of perhaps one of the best kept secrets of the world [exactly, this is not new, but it has been a secret and we all possess the tools to live this way]: that we are in fact in control of our lives and can create our own reality or life we want to live, there has never been a better time to be alive and begin creating that which you desire no matter who you are and where you are. And the great news is, you're going to do it all on your own.
So, I'll define "manifesting" as bringing something into one's life that otherwise did not exist before. It existed in thought form, as everything we own now or are living now was first thought into being. That is to say we wanted it first before it came to us. We asked before it was given, and in order to get anything you want you have to ask for it even if you're asking yourself. For many, the idea of manifestation is the presence of physical proof that you did "it" or brought "it" into your life and now here he/she/it/those feelings/experiences sit before you. Are you with me so far?
Let's bring this to a close so you can get in on the fun of your own life. Sometimes when things are really good we forget to notice the absence of things that are really bad. I like to remind myself of the absence of those things to feel even better. So, you may not notice that while there is something valuable and powerful for you to learn and apply to your life on every page, there is no convincing or forcing going on here. No pushing, no "buy this, drink that, join our club" or gettting charged reoccurring monthly fees-all of which I don't allow in my own personal life and so we'll have none of it here [I understand what you're saying about the fees (and I like the creativity of it), but try rewording it a bit to make it more precise]. I'd also like to draw your attention to the fact that we'll [who is "we"? Make sure you are consistent with the usage of "we" and "I"] never suggest that what you are doing is the wrong way and we'll never suggest that there is only one singular way to fulfill your desires. There are many, many roads that lead to fulfillment and success.
We will however recommend that you engage in one of the most powerful acts on the planet as often as you can and that is to put it all down in your own hand written words. And if you're willing to do that in your own way and how you want to do it, then what better place to treasure and keep those words safe, than in than an exquisite Epica journal? But it is, of course, only a suggestion.
For example:
"I want more money because…" Because you love the idea of financial freedom? Because you love how good it feels to be able to say, "I can buy that, and that and that and that…"? Why do you want more money?
"I want to take more vacations or spend more time with my family because…" Because you love how it feels to be free? To just take off from the day-to-day life, arrive at a destination and explore something new? Because your family brings you joy? How does it feel when you get to do that?
Trace any feeling back to its roots and the simple answer becomes, "I want it because it feels good," OR, "I want it because in the having of it, I will feel better than I feel now."


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Will You Be Mine?
Today we share an auspicious, momentous occasion with you all. Today RSBS has it's 2 year anniversary. We can't necessarily claim that all those entries were well written or that they even all made sense. But, you have kept coming back and we appreciate that.
Since we're only a day away from another yearly spectacle, I wanted to use this opportunity to present you with a valentine from us to you. And we mean every word of it:
-Jeff and Allen
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That was so touching. Happy 2 yrs RSBS :^)
Happy anniversary Jeff and Al!
That was so sweet!
It is an honor to share an anniversary with the famous RSBS!
Here is to a great 2010!
Happy happy anniversary you two.
Also thanks for the nice Valentine, one of the most unusual I've seen.
Thanks, all! We appreciate it. Keep comin' back! Love, us.
–Jeff & Al
Happy Anniversary and Happy Valentine's Day. Hope you will do something special to celebrate both occasions!
Time flies by when you are having fun or patroling the blogsphere looking for Erin Andrews sightings or possible Tiger Stadium relics Ebay listings.
Have to say, I personally love coming over and seeing the daily poking of the sleeping bear to see just what daily antics the duo has in store for all of us.
Always a pleasure, always a blast to visit the Red State Blue State euphoria and hoping for anothe swig on the anniversary jug.
I raise my glass to another successful year, and for Jeff to find a woman so Feb 14th will not only be to celebrate Chinese New Year in 2011.
Rays Renegade


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Hunt for wild mushrooms July 27
Have you ever wondered if the mushrooms you find in the woods are edible? The West Virginia Mushroom Club can help. Whether you're a curious amateur or an experienced mushroom hunter, there will be something for everybody at the West Virginia Mushroom Club's annual wild mushroom foray in Dry Fork on Saturday, July 27.
Anybody interested in wild mushrooms, nature, or simply enjoying a day outdoors is encouraged to attend. Plans are in place for fun-filled and educational day, rain or shine. The fee for attendance is $35 per person, but kids under the age of 12 or over the age of 80 attend for free!
SVisiting experts will include Gary Lincoff, author of the "Audubon Field Guide to Mushrooms," "The Complete Mushroom Hunter," "The Joy of Foraging" and several other books. Also making a rare appearance in the Appalachian area, Dr. Tom Volk, professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, will be coming as well. Not only are Gary and Tom entertaining and funny speakers, they are such skilled teachers that you will find yourself fascinated about mushrooms that aren't even edible.
In addition to the visiting experts, there will be three nationally famous local experts as well. Barbour County resident William Roody, author of "Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians," will be present and copies of his book will be available for purchase. Barbour County mushroom and wildlife expert Donna Mitchell will be there to help you sort and display the mushrooms you collect that day. Walt Sturgeon, another nationally recognized mushroom expert and photographer, will be coming down from Ohio to teach us about Appalachian boletes, many of which are delicious edibles that are easily identified and probably growing right now in the woods near your home.
The event will begin with registration at the Dry Fork Assembly of God Fellowship Hall (not the church), just off Route 32 at the Randolph/Tucker County line at 8 a.m. on Saturday, July 27.
After registration, attendees will carpool to hunt for mushrooms on easy trails in the Canaan Valley, Blackwater Falls and Dolly Sods areas for about two hours. Bring a sack lunch, or pick up something at one of the local Canaan Valley restaurants, so you won't miss any of the exciting educational programs when you return to the foray location at noon.
After the educational programs are concluded, one of the speakers will go around the tables to teach you about the mushrooms collected that morning and offer pointers about identifying them in the future. Maybe you cannot become a mushroom expert in one day, but you can learn to recognize the deadly poisonous ones and some of the easily recognizable and delicious edibles available locally.
Wild mushroom dishes will be offered for tasting at the end of the day.
There will also be a fundraising sales table featuring T-shirts designed especially for this event, mushroom-related items, and an auction that will include a log inoculated with shitake spores, so you'll have a reminder of your mushroom-filled day for weeks or years to come.
For further information, please visit www.wvmushroomclub.org
You can preregister right now to guarantee your spot and avoid registration lines at the foray; simply email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 304-636-7074 for instructions.


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Dr. Midhi Shah
Hi my mom has knee pain issues, and recently she had a fall post which her leg is swelling and hands too. N she can't move around much. Please suggest.
I am 26 year female I feel joint pain from last three month when I was suffering from chikungunya fever when I take pain killer it give me relax for short time.
My mom has pain in her wrist after an injury. It's been a month now but the pain is still there. She can't lift heavy objects. So can you suggest some medicines or exercises?
My mother had been suffered from chikungunya but still she have severe joint pain particularly in feet and some time swelling also appears on hand & foot.
Sir my left hand near biceps has lot of pain also it seems not to be growing my left arm biceps and triceps are 3 inches less than my right arm it seems that it always wants stretching sometimes it seems like whole left hand becomes alone gone in coma and numbness I am facing this problem from 3 years please solve it I am 19 years old with a weight of 59 kg I sometimes exercise but not go to gym gender male student of saket degree collage.
My daughter is having sciatica problem for the past few months. Mother of two kids. Home maker. When she takes NervzB capsule she feels better. Neurobion is not effective. Please advise treatment.
Hello, I am having pain in right ankle for 5 minutes after getting up from seat. I have sounds from both my knees while walking. Calcium deposits right knee. I have lost flexibility in right knee. I am doing strengthening excises for, is it correct or I need medication.
My mother is having frozen shoulder and doctor which I consulted has told us to go for surgery. Which we cannot afford. please help us.
I am 21 and have a got a minor accident last year in December and I have got injured with two of my left hand finger by collision with wall it was small fracture but which has recovered but still having swelling and minor dislocation could you please help me out.
When I walk upstairs or kneel down, I used to hear small cracking sound on my left knees. Is that due to loss of synovial fluid? I once had an accident and my knee had hit hardly.
I have gone through serious pain in my lower back portion. I want to get rid of this soon enough. I'm just 20 years old, I want to live life happily without this pain .how should I?
My right leg was broken (thigh and angle). Leg is severely injured. My accident date is 01.07.2105. But now I cannot walk. I want to need walking. So what can I do for walking. I need help. I have no money for my treatment. My family is poor.
Hello Doctor, It is a matter of serious concern. I have checked with numerous doctors and yet haven't found any solution for my mother miseries. She is having immense pain in her right hand. She always feels a tingling sensation and her right hand wrist part is also swollen. I feel that the blood is not passing through her hand. Could you please advise some home remedy/ medicines to permanently cure this? Awaiting for your response. Thanks.
My tailend bone is paining so much that can not sit And lightly swollen wht is the reason this is the first time wht tablet to take for pain relief.
I am 25 years old male. I diagnosed with very low Transferrin Saturation (TSAT) 17% and low vitamin b12 201pg/ml. I feel very tired and depressed all the time. I have pain in upper back and shoulder all the time. Please me with the medicine or treatment.
If you are suffering from arthritis, it is important for you to know about how it affects your knee and other joints. Arthritis is a chronic, systematic inflammatory disease which damages your joints and connective tissues. Your knee is commonly affected by arthritis and there are three primary types of arthritis that occur in the knees. They include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and post-traumatic arthritis.
Types of arthritis
The different types of arthritis affecting the knees occur due to different reasons. Osteoarthritis is a progressive condition, which wears away the joint cartilage over time. Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory condition, which may occur at any age. Post-traumatic arthritis occurs after an injury is inflicted to the knee and may occur several years after a ligament injury or knee fracture.
Major symptoms
- Arthritis pain may occur all of a sudden, but commonly develops slowly. In the early stages, the pain is observed in the morning after you have been inactive over the night. Pain is likely when you want to move around. Pain may be experienced even when immobile.
- Periodic inflammation is a common symptom of arthritis of the knee. This happens because of the formation of bone spurs or excess fluids in your knee. The swelling gets pronounced after being inactive for a long period. The skin on your knee may look red and feel warm while you touch it. This may lead to chronic inflammation, which is very difficult to manage.
There are several ways of treating knee arthritis. The mode of treatment depends on the severity and cause of knee arthritis. NSAIDS or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are commonly prescribed for dealing with arthritis pain temporarily. Other medicines used for knee arthritis treatment are as follows:
- Analgesics, which help in pain reduction act as good alternatives to NSAIDS.
- Corticosteroids are used for reducing inflammation.
- Certain DMARDs or disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs are used.
Certain injections that are used for helping with knee arthritis. They include:
- Hyaluronic acid supplements, which ease the pain and inflammation by lubricating your knee joints.
- Corticosteroid injections also soothe inflammation and pain.
You may also require a surgery for dealing with knee arthritis when other modes of treatment fail. The most common surgeries are as follows:
- Total joint replacement, where your knee is replaced with a prosthetic made of metal, plastic or ceramic.
- Osteotomy, where the knee bones are modified for controlling pressure and damage in the knees.
- Arthroscopy, where an incision is made in the knee for removing damaged parts.
It is recommended for you to consult a doctor, if you experience any symptom of knee arthritis. Early treatment will prevent the condition from worsening.
For a sportsman, coming face to face with sports injury is no big deal. But what is important is that he/she gets the correct treatment in order to recover fast and get back to the field, giving their best performance in their field of sports. With regular medical check ups, physiotherapy sessions, training sessions, exercises and gymnasium sessions, sports injuries are treated effectively. However, all variants of a treatment may not fit with all kinds of injuries. Thus, treatments are always injury-specific for a more effective progression.
Here are some of the most common sports injuries and their most effective treatments as prescribed by sports specialists.
- Ankle sprain: Ankle sprains are common among sportsmen and sportswomen when the ligaments of their ankles tear. Such injuries are very common, but also unfortunately, extremely painful and demand a lot of recovery time. With such an injury, even though they are advised bed rest, it is important to continue with some kinds of exercises. This would help in preventing the stamina and muscle strength in your ankles. It would also help you to recover fast.
- Knee injury: Another very common form of sports injury is the knee injury where one can experience excruciating pain. Although, proper rest and exercises heal most injuries in a month or two; those that are serious might even need a surgery.
- Tennis elbow: Tears in the tendons of the elbow due to its recurring use can cause tennis elbow. It has a natural healing process with just a few exercises. In fact, it is recommended you give proper rest to the elbow so that it can heal faster. Even after healing, to avoid chances of recurring tennis elbow, stress should be lowered in this part of the body.
- Hamstring Strain: Hamstring is that part of the body, which is formed by three muscles behind your thigh. Hamstring is mostly a forgotten part of the body and one hardly remembers it. But, it is very prone to sprains and injuries, if exercises involving the hamstring are not carried out properly. In fact, there are specific exercises pertaining to hamstring, which are performed to prevent it from injuries. Hamstring injuries have a very long recovery period. It might actually take up to a year for full recovery because it experiences constant pressure when you walk, letting it heal slowly. Thus, incorporating hamstring exercises in your daily routine would help in faster healing of such injuries.
These are some of the most common types of sports injuries and the methods of treating them as recommended by medical practitioners.
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In January 2008 a follow up project called "Update of the EU Consumer Law Acquis Database" started to keep the database up-to-date. In 2008 more than 130 acts and statutes have been updated. Moreover, about 150 new judgements have been collected and inserted into the database during the last year. This illustrates how quickly the law of the Member States has developed and is still developing even in an area where EC legislation did not change.
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At Market Days last weekend two dogs from the Kenedy Animal Shelter were adopted. We were also very grateful to those who donated to the Karnes County Humane Organization. For more information about the Karnes County Humane Organization or how to donate, please contact Rhonda Sheeran at 830-299-1716.
This week the teachers start in-service at the Kenedy Independent School District. On Friday, we will provide them with a back to school breakfast. We would like to wish all of the teachers and students a successful and great school year.
Last week, EnAqua Solutions became the newest member of the Kenedy Chamber of Commerce. EnAqua Solutions provides waste hauling and disposal services of non-hazardous materials for oil and gas drilling. Their corporate office is located in Dallas, but they do have a local office that is located on the corner of CR 165 and FM 2102.
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The Saboteur ReviewBy Rob Manuel - Posted Dec 03, 2009
Developer Pandemic Studios tries to set up everything from the very beginning: a large cast of characters, deep motivation, and a bold story. The problem is that the team coasts on most of that momentum until the end of the game when they decide to tie up the story, or at least the main arc.
The Pros
- Lots of stuff to blow up
- Unique setting and look
- Different ways to tackle a situation
The Cons
- Bad Enemy AI
- Poorly designed areas
- Lots of little problems
- Lacks polish/Glitches
The first thing you'll see in The Saboteur is a set of bare breasts -- read into that what you will; I'm just the messenger. Those glorious orbs belong to a burlesque dancer strutting her stuff in front of a crowd of Nazis at the Belle de Nuit -- a cathouse in the middle of WWII-era occupied Paris. Our protagonist, Shaun Devlin, tries to drink away the past in the back as he's approached by the leader of the local resistance. From there, it's just a short ride to the local enemy fueling station with a fresh stick of dynamite in his hands. Up it goes in a fiery mess and, just as you're getting a taste for the city, The Saboteur thinks it's time you should sit down for about for a bit of backstory.
The City of Lights (and Fires)
Developer Pandemic Studios tries to set up everything from the very beginning: a large cast of characters, deep motivation, and a bold story. The problem is that the team coasts on most of that momentum until the end of the game when they decide to tie up the story, or at least the main arc. Missions send you gunning for the main generals terrorizing the city, but it never seems to be leading toward the one Nazi who shot your friend. Behind a scoped sniper rifle, they all look the same anyhow. Pull the trigger, mission accomplished. A simple, yet powerful, act of vengeance gets diluted in various subplots that include mysterious archeological artifacts and you playing errand boy for the Resistance. This is not how you tell a story – especially when you want to turn The Saboteur into an ongoing franchise, which, given Pandemic's unfortunate fate, may never happen.
"Maybe I should find a disguise," Devlin grumbles under his thick Irish accent. While missions allow for some sway, there's usually a right way to take them on in the open world game. Find a Nazi, break his neck, take his clothes. Take your shot and get out. Usually, someone gets a little too close to you or sees you climbing. (When climbing is outlawed, only outlaws will climb). The one big thing that disappointed me about the missions was the lack of muscle protecting some of these installations. We're talking about huge mansions or factories being protected by a dozen or so people. Occasionally, an extra man would show up from a barrack (which you can blow up). Alarms blaring…men, dead on the ground. I would even blow up additional structures just for good measure. No one came.
We Will Be Cruel to the Germans...
The freeplay missions, areas of interest seeded all over the map, will keep you busy. They're the highlight of the game, since they allow you to tackle them any way you see fit. Climb sniper towers to take out guards or destroy them at the base. Throw on a disguise and innocently toss grenades into a fueling station. Call on friends and watch le zut fly. There are hundreds of these spots placed around the map. Some of the best parts of the game come from taking on a tight cluster of sniper towers, tanks, and guarded cannons, which can become hairy once the alarm goes off and more troops enter the picture -- something the core missions completely forgot about.
But even that doesn't come without its own problems. The suspect system is easy enough to escape that you usually meet with little resistance as you move from target to target. Blow up a tower or shoot your gun and an area of suspicion appears on the map. As long as you're outside of that area before guards see you, you're fine. Even if you do get caught, there are hiding areas that allow you to cancel the alarm. Moving outside of the radius immediately cancels the alarm. Sometimes I would trip an alarm and escape since it took less time than to wait for the suspicion to wear off.
Black, White, and Red All Over
The Saboteur dishes up a lot of good ideas, but a lot of them just get bogged down with little irritations, which add up over hours of play. Climbing from building to building is a great example. To climb, you're constantly jumping (re: mashing a button) to get to the roof. Some buildings are connected by rope but many aren't and are spaced too far apart to jump safely. Climbing down, however, is more of a controlled fall. The roofs themselves are a random mess of slanted buildings and unexplainable pockets. I understand that Pandemic is trying to make for an interesting environment but it seems more random than intentional.
The perk system rewards players by completing little tasks such as blowing up a certain number of enemies or stealing certain types of cars. By unlocking a perk, you can gain new abilities or resistance shops will carry new items. The usefulness of the perks is disputable. Getting a discount on explosives is a big plus in the game, but getting free car repairs is particularly useless. Why worry about the car in the shop when it's so easy to steal the one down the road?
One of the most striking and original aspects comes from the black and white aesthetic of the occupied territories. It's film noir with splashes of Nazi reds, yellows, and cool blues. Racing through the gray and often darkened streets reminds me of pulp war movies on warn out celluloid. Sometimes it's hard to navigate – either a little too dark or everything looks a little flat – but the effect is never lost. But everything goes to color through following core missions and not by chipping away at Nazi installations. While the color bleeds in as you blow up more towers, you'll never take out a large chunk through the free missions or be able to convert a territory in the middle of the occupied grey. Likewise, a mission can transform an area covered in Nazi strongholds into one with color. The change never feels like you accomplished anything more than getting through another part of the story.
Again, small issues pile up to hurt the overall experience. A couple of towers are placed in odd positions where the ladders are nearly unusable. Enemy AI will always check a downed body with the same animation. They quickly forget about you as well. Death doesn't have a high cost. You lose a couple of grenades, but guns are easy to re-equip. I would sometimes kill myself instead of having to drive all the way back to base. For a game starring a racecar driver, the two racing missions feel very staged. A number of glitches removed objects but not the items around them – such as guards without a tower. And then there's the ending that almost made me want to break my controller. It's a lot of little things that can bring down a big idea.
For all of these little problems, there are easy fixes or at least, something that could have used a little bit more testing. The Saboteur is such as great idea and comes with enough original concepts that it saddens me when so many problems keep popping up. If you're someone just looking for mayhem and a little style, this will feed your need for a little bit. Otherwise, this open world game will fall to the wayside as have so many others before it.


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|Mbando Goblin Squad Member
|Onishi Goblin Squad Member
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|Onishi Goblin Squad Member
wow... ok I was half way internally dissapointed that the blog lacked much info on the game... For those who got it but haven't read the book, the end has quite a bit of info on the PFO game, I'm pretty sure several of the screenshots are new. I'm still skimming over the game info etc... some of it is things that were covered by the blog, but some may be new. I've only skimmed it so far, but I'm pretty sure some of it might not be old.
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|Onishi Goblin Squad Member
Question for GW/Paizo people here, how much of this can we share or mention here? I mean, the squad is supposed to be on the inside track etc... so obviously what we can share is limited, can someone give guidelines for what is OK or not OK to talk about here, IE numerous quotes from Ryan and Lee make me want to jump for joy and shout how happy I am to read statements from people who get what I've been looking for in an MMO, but it clearly was put in a goblin squad reward and not public... so
AAAHHHHHHH.... squad forum plz lol.
|Tasarak Goblin Squad Member
|Mbando Goblin Squad Member
wow... ok I was half way internally dissapointed that the blog lacked much info on the game... For those who got it but haven't read the book, the end has quite a bit of info on the PFO game, I'm pretty sure several of the screenshots are new. I'm still skimming over the game info etc... some of it is things that were covered by the blog, but some may be new. I've only skimmed it so far, but I'm pretty sure some of it might not be old.
Great catch Onishi.
What a high quality product! I fully plan to use this as a DM--really like the content, love the artwork. I LOVE the old school rumors tables in Forest Stronghold section.
Still digesting the PFO information section, but very pleased by what I've read so far. This really increases my confidence in the project.
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|Samrae Goblin Squad Member
Very cool, can't wait to run these adventures. The art looks great!
|DeciusBrutus Goblinworks Executive Founder
How true to final product are the renders? They look almost exactly like what I expect from expensive prerendered images, and nothing like I've ever seen done at 60 FPS on a consumer-grade system. I don't think I'm that far behind on what graphics should look like, and I think that pushing the limits of graphics quality isn't a goal of the project.
Any plans to polish up the alpha and bring it out to conventions to try to drum up interest in the video game community? PAX East seems well-timed, at the end of March. It would give everyone who can make it a reason to wear our goblin squad T-shirts and otherwise show off the physical spiffs.
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|AvenaOats Goblin Squad Member
My first exposure to a Paizo product. Quality took my by surprise, I was expecting a b&w pdf! What's noticeable is the paizo imagery seems to have a lot of identity/coherence, which I think makes a massive difference for any world-building. My first impression is the mystery of the description of Golarion and the adventure comes across: Just as important as the canvas is the frame quote-unquote G.K. Chesterton.
So 1 year from full production, eh?! ;)
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|Onishi Goblin Squad Member
There's nothing in the book that's a secret. :)
Woohoo. I figured such but I wasn't going to risk it, I'm appriciative to have the book so I really didn't want to risk breaking any rules.
Anywho I'm really looking foward to seeing the tech demo, I'm especially interested in seeing how the catipult siege demonstration will look.
Also Lee, this particular quote made me thrilled to see that someone else has the same opinion of the current MMO market that I do, I think he's summed up why I haven't been able to get into an MMO in years perfectly.
"On a basic level, I believe the core of Western MMO design is currently moving the wrong way: toward more single-player-styled games that focus less on the social interactions that makeMMOs really unique. Sure, you get somewhat social end-game raids in many games, but only after you've played the rest of the game. Before that, social interaction is something that happens by accident, or if you want a really good piece of gear in some particularly dangerous dungeon. You enjoy social interaction in some guilds, but the level of interaction is limited by level, gear, and other factors that divide players from participating in the same activities. All these barriers between players make it harder just to have fun together, or to have any social interaction greater than communicating over guild chat"
Also I do find it interesting on the topic of thornkeep itself. If I am understanding correctly, it's essentially going to be a low-sec starting zone, for those wishing to essentially jump right into the fray.
My question related to this, is what is the design to prevent this from turning into a paradise for mid level griefers from attacking newborn lowbies who are still learning to crawl?
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Extract from the log of A.H. Raymer, second officer of the S.S. Fort Salisbury, Oct. 28, 1902, quoted in The Zoologist, January 1903:
Dark object, with long, luminous trailing wake, thrown in relief by a phosphorescent sea, seen ahead, a little on starboard bow. Look-out reported two masthead lights ahead. These two lights, almost as bright as a steamer's lights, appeared to shine from two points in line on the upper surface of the dark mass. Concluded dark mass was a whale, and lights phosphorescent. On drawing nearer, dark mass and lights sank below the surface. Prepared to examine the wake in passing with binoculars. Passed about forty to fifty yards on port side of wake, and discovered it was the scaled back of some huge monster slowly disappearing below the surface. Darkness of the night prevented determining its exact nature, but scales of apparently 1 ft. diameter, and dotted in places with barnacle growth, were plainly discernible. The breadth of the body showing above water tapered from about 80 ft. close abaft, where the dark mass had appeared to about 5 ft. at the extreme end visible. Length roughly about 500 ft. to 600 ft. Concluded that the dark mass first seen must have been the creature's head. The swirl caused by the monster's progress could be distinctly heard, and a strong odour like that of a low-tide beach on a summer day pervaded the air. Twice along its length the disturbance of the water and a broadening of the surrounding belt of phosphorus indicated the presence of huge fins in motion below the surface. The wet, shiny back of the monster was dotted with twinkling phosphorescent lights, and was encircled with a band of white phosphorescent sea. Such are the bare facts of the passing of the Sea Serpent in latitude 5 deg. 31 min. S., longitude 4 deg. 42 min. W., as seen by myself, being officer of the watch, and by the helmsman and look-out man.
The ship's master added, "I can only say that he is very earnest on the subject, and certainly has, together with look-out and helmsman, seen something in the water of a huge nature as specified."_________________________
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Labor Market Spider Chart
The spider chart is designed to allow real-time tracking or monitoring of broad labor market developments by comparing current conditions to those in the fourth quarters of 2007 (prerecession peak) and 2009 (postrecession trough in employment). Indicators of labor market status are broken up into four groups: Employer Behavior, Confidence, Utilization, and Leading Indicators. The data will be updated twice monthly.
We will discontinue the Labor Market Spider Chart in September. See our Labor Market Distributions Spider Chart, which provides a more relevant depiction of labor market conditions in the current environment. This macroblog post explains why the newer version is more relevant and provides some background about the Labor Market Distributions Spider Chart.
In this chart, unemployment and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) based series—quits, hires, and openings—are all converted to rates by using the published unemployment, quits, hires, and openings rates. The variables part-time workers for economic reasons and marginally attached workers are converted to rates by dividing those numbers by the size of the labor force. Finally, payroll employment, temporary help services employment, and initial unemployment insurance claims are converted to rates by dividing them by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) research series of the labor force smoothed for population control breaks.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why does the Federal Reserve care about employment?
Section 2A of the Federal Reserve Act states, "The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee shall maintain long-run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the economy's long run potential to increase production, so as to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates." This part of the Federal Reserve Act is often referred to as the Fed's "dual mandate." Basically, it states that the Federal Reserve's monetary policy has the goals of stable prices and maximum employment. The gap between the unemployment rate and the estimated normal rate of unemployment is the most popular statistic that measures the degree to which the Federal Reserve has achieved the goal of maximum employment.
2. What is the basic idea behind the spider chart?
The two spider charts use 13 measures of labor market activity. The first chart shows how far away the labor market is from conditions that prevailed when employment was at its postrecession low and how close to conditions that prevailed when employment was at its prerecession peak. The second chart converts the upward trending indicators in the first chart to rates.
As an earlier macroblog post explained, some of the indicators will tend to increase over time due to population or labor force growth. This could cause the first chart to overstate "improvement" in these indicators.
In the Rates Spider Chart, unemployment and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) based series—quits, hires, and openings—are all converted to rates by using the published unemployment, quits, hires, and openings rates. The variables part-time workers for economic reasons and marginally attached workers are converted to rates by dividing those numbers by the size of the labor force. Finally, payroll employment, temporary help services employment, and initial unemployment insurance claims are converted to rates by dividing them by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) research series of the labor force smoothed for population control breaks.
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Conference Board survey measures are already rates and do not need to be rescaled.
3. Why not simply look at the unemployment rate?
Commentary on the labor market tends to focus on the unemployment rate as the summary measure of the health of the labor market. However, while trends in the unemployment rate over the medium term are a pretty good gauge of changes in overall labor market conditions, over short periods of time the unemployment rate can be influenced by factors that make it a less reliable directional gauge. For example, it is possible that the unemployment rate could rise for a while as conditions improve as those currently out of the labor force enter at a faster rate but fail to secure a job immediately.
4. Why wasn't labor force participation used in the set of indicators?
There are many demographic and behavioral factors currently affecting the size of the labor force that are completely independent of current economic conditions —the main issue being the aging of the baby boomers. This makes it very difficult to interpret changes in the rate of labor force participation.
5. How are points on the spiderweb constructed?
Nonfarm payroll employment (Payroll) is used as an example; the other series uses the same formula. The month t spider-plot value of payroll employment is:
SpiderPayroll,t = 100*(( Payrollt + Payrollt-1 + Payrollt-2) – (PayrollDec09 + PayrollNov09 + PayrollOct09)) / (( PayrollDec07 + PayrollNov07 + PayrollOct07) – (PayrollDec09 + PayrollNov09 + PayrollOct09))
Three-month sums are used because some of the indicators are volatile. By construction, each series is 100 in December 2007 and zero in December 2009.
6. If the recession ended in June 2009, why is the "trough" circle given as December 2009?
The National Bureau of Economic Research determined that the 2007–2009 recession ended in June 2009. However, payroll employment fell in seven of the eight subsequent months and the unemployment rate increased from 9.5 percent in June 2009 to 10 percent in October 2009. Therefore, the trough of the labor market is closer to December 2009 than to June 2009.
7. How are data released after the Employment Situation release handled?
The JOLTS data series (quits, hires, and openings) for a given month are released about five and a half weeks after the BLS's Employment Situation. Therefore, on the day of the Employment Situation release for month t, only JOLTS data through month t-2 will be available. In this case, the spider plot values of the JOLTS series in months t-1 and t will be set equal to their corresponding spider plot values for month t-2.
Also, on the day of the Employment Situation release for month t, NFIB survey data will only be available through month t-1. In this case, the spider plot values of the NFIB series in month t will be set equal to their corresponding spider plot values for month t-1.
8. Initial unemployment insurance claims are weekly; how are they converted to monthly?
Daily claims are assumed to be constant within each week. Monthly claims are taken to be the average of the daily claims for all the weekdays in the month. Sometimes after the Employment Situation release, not all of the "daily" initial claims data for the prior month will be available. In these cases, the most recent four-week moving average will be used in place of the missing monthly value.
9. Does movement outward on the chart always indicate an increase?
No. There are four variables that move inversely to payroll employment. These are unemployment, initial unemployment insurance claims, part-time for economic reasons, and marginally attached. For each of these variables, the indicator is inverted so that the decline is represented by outward movements on the chart.
10. Are there other ways to visualize improvement in labor market conditions?
Of course there are; one example is the "The Labor Market in Recession and Recovery" plots from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
11. The marginally attached workers category is not seasonally adjusted by the BLS; do you seasonally adjust it yourselves?
Yes. The series is seasonally adjusted using the default (X12-ARIMA) settings in Haver Analytics. Additionally, there is residual seasonality in the BLS's seasonally adjusted measure of part-time workers for economic reasons. Therefore, the BLS's seasonally adjusted series for PTER workers is also seasonally adjusted, again using the default settings from Haver.
Employer Behavior
Payroll employment (CES)
The total level of employment reported in the payroll survey
Job openings (JOLTS)
All open positions (not filled) on the last business day of the month; a job is "open" only if it meets all three of the following conditions:
- A specific position exists and there is work available for that position. The position can be full- or part-time, and it can be permanent, short-term, or seasonal.
- The job could start within 30 days, whether or not the establishment finds a suitable candidate during that time.
- There is active recruiting for workers from outside the establishment location that has the opening.
Hires (JOLTS)
The number of additions to the payroll during the month
Hiring plans (NFIB)
The share of surveyed firms that plan to increase total employment over the next three months
Job availability (Conference Board)
Percentage of survey respondents who say they find "jobs plentiful"
Quits (JOLTS)
Number of employees who left voluntarily, with the exception of retirements or transfers to other locations
Unemployment (CPS)
Number of persons in the labor force who are unemployed
Marginally attached workers (CPS)
The number of individuals not in the labor force who want and are available for work, and who have looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months, but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the four weeks preceding the survey.
Job finding rate (CPS)
This series is constructed using data from the research series on labor force status flows from the CPS. The job finding rate is the total number of employed persons who were unemployed in the prior month (UE) divided by the total number of persons who were both unemployed in the prior month and part of the age 16-plus civilian noninstitutional population in the current month. Data on labor force status flows are available here.
Work part-time for economic reasons (CPS)
This category includes the number of persons who indicated that they would like to work full-time but were working part-time (one to 34 hours a week) because of an economic reason, such as their hours were cut or they were unable to find full-time jobs.
Leading Indicators
Initial claims (UI)
The number of new claims for unemployment insurance
Firms unable to fill job openings (NFIB)
Share of surveyed firms reporting at least one job opening they are currently not able to fill
Temporary help services (CES)
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in supplying workers to clients' businesses for limited periods of time to supplement the workforce of the client. The workers are employees of the temporary help service establishment. However, these establishments do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients' work sites. The data included is the level of employment in this industry.
Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS)
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, through the Atlanta JOLTS Data Collection Center, collects data from a sample of approximately 16,000 U.S. business establishments. The JOLTS survey covers all nonagricultural industries in the public and private sectors for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. JOLTS collects data on total employment, job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations.
Establishment Survey (CES)
Through the establishment survey, which is formally called the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, the BLS surveys approximately 145,000 nonfarm businesses covering about 557,000 work sites, asking employers about employment, hours, and earnings of their workers. The establishment survey is commonly referred to as the payroll survey.
The survey's total employment number reflects an estimate of the number of people in the United States who received a paycheck for work during the pay period that includes the 12th day of the month. This count most accurately gives the total number of jobs in the country at a given point in time.
Household Survey (BLS)
The BLS also surveys about 60,000 households each month to obtain estimates of employment and nonemployment activity, total income, and demographics of the population of the United States. The reference period for activity is the same week as the establishment survey: the week that includes the 12th day of the month. The household survey is officially called the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (UI)
The U.S. Department of Labor produces the UI report.
National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation Small Business Economic Trends Survey (NFIB)
This survey is conducted monthly of members of the NFIB. There are generally between 500 and 2,500 responses each month and they are used to construct the Index of Small Business Optimism.
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Survey® (CB)
This survey uses a probability sample design to select each month's random sample from the household universe frame. There is a target of 3,000 responses per month.


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Mike Brady is as perfect as TV dads get. He's a handsome architect with a huge suburban home, a beautiful wife AND six children? That's just not fair.
Even more impressive is that the Brady bunch is a blended family. A divorced widow, Mike was a single father taking care of his three sons, Greg, Peter and Bobby. He then marries to wife Carol, who, as the theme song tells us, had three very lovely girls with hair of gold.
Played by Robert Reed, Mike Brady is the ideal '60s father. Clean, wholesome, and an all-around great guy, it's no wonder why "The Brady Bunch" was such a happy show. Heck, he was even named "Father of the Year" by the local newspaper.
It's not always smooth sailing in the Brady house. The kids run into issues of dating, puberty and self-image and he's there every step of the way.
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She, Brittany's father and brother are on the Big Island to recover her body and try to find answers in the mysterious murder case.
"She was free spirited. She was kind. She had a beautiful heart and a gorgeous smile," she said from their hotel in Hilo.
After living in Saint Thomas for a year, her family says Royal moved to Hawaii to bask in the sun, teach yoga and build a life on the lava fields.
"She loved the nature and the land and she actually thought that she could form roots here and call it a home," said Spahn Royal.
Tuesday morning, fisherman found her body tangled in their lines near where the lava enters the ocean in Kalapana in lower Puna.
An autopsy determined Brittany was strangled.
"If you asked if I ever dreamed this would happen, I would have said not even in my worst nightmare," said her grandfather Jerry Spahn, from Carlsbad, Calif.
22-year-old Boaz Johnson, Brittany's boyfriend, is still missing.
"I thought he was nice," said Brittany's grandmother Jane Spahn.
She said she met the Alaska native for the first time two weeks ago at their California home.
"That's the last time I saw her. I cherish the hugs we had together," she said.
Her grandmother said the two were a couple for about six months and had plans to build a dome house on the lava fields.
They were supposed to sign papers with a realtor on Monday, but never showed up for their appointment.
"I just hope they find him and find him fast," said her grandmother.
It is but one more question for a family finding no peace in paradise.
"When you've got this much heartache going on, having this much help, and support really means a lot," said Brittany's father Ted.
"The only reason I'm here is to bring my daughter back home, that's the only reason I'm here. I don't care about anything else," said her mom.
Police want to question Johnson, but they have not named a suspect or person of interest.
As for Brittany, her family said she was a beautiful person inside and out, incredibly artistic, smart and determined.