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The 50 Million Pound Challenge
Encouraging African-Americans to unite to collectively drop 50MM pounds.Top Rated Diets of 2017
- Established: 2007
- Founder: Dr. Ian Smith
- Career Highlights: Celebrity Fit Club; medical contributor on The Rachel Ray Show; author of The Fat Smash Diet and Extreme Fat Smash Diet
- Accessibility: Book, online tools
- Diet Type: Healthy eating and increased exercise
- Gender: Male, female
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The 50 Million Pound Challenge is an amazing way for the African-American community to unite and overcome the vastly growing health crisis of obesity. Headed by Dr. Ian Smith, known for his Fat Smash Diet and role on Celebrity Fit Club, and partnered by State Farm Insurance, The 50 Million Pound Challenge's goal is to bring African-Americans together to collectively lose 50 million pounds during the next two years. To date, Dr. Ian's fight against obesity has helped people lose more than 1.1 million pounds- and the number just keeps rising.
While Smith's cause was formed as a way to bring the African-American community together to lose weight, it has never been exclusive by race. In fact, During Biggest Loser Season 7, The 50 Million Pound Challenge partnered with the show to bring more awareness to our population as a whole to live more active, healthy lifestyles to turn-around our growing obesity epidemic.PRO
- Promotes healthy diet and exercise
- Provides tools and information to lose weight and improve your health
- Socially unites the community
- Although The 50 Million Pound Challenge is targeted toward African-Americans, all events and programs are not exclusive to African-Americans. Anybody can participate regardless of social/ethnic background
- Dr. Ian Smith is a well-known and trusted weight loss expert
- A consultation with a physician should be scheduled prior to starting the program
The 50 Million Pound Challenge provides vast information related to dieting, healthy eating habits, and balanced meals. The program shares some of Dr. Ian's simple tips and guidelines for eating healthy. He points out that it does not require drastic changes to your diet, just smart replacements for some of the more unhealthy items, as well as smarter portion control.
Your diet should include:
- Fruits
- Whole- or multi-grain breads
- Low-fat or skim dairy products like milk, cheese and yogurt
- Lean protein sources like chicken, turkey and beef
- Vegetables, just be conscientious of how you're preparing them. Also, stay away from those are too starchy like white potatoes.
- Make healthy beverage choices like water, 100% juices and herbal tea without sweetener
- Eat breakfast and don't skip meals
The 50 Million Pound Challenge also provides information about exercise - anything from simple walking to jumping rope. You should commit to some cardio exercise 3 times a week, about half an hour each session, and steadily increase that to 5 times a week for 40 minute sessions. You're advised to go more slowly if necessary, as long as you keep a consistent schedule that you're comfortable with. Try to make two days a week focus on strength training, in half hour sessions.CONCLUSION
The efforts of Dr. Ian Smith and The 50 Million Pound Challenge will clearly be a historic movement and hopefully greatly improve overall American health. This program has received ample praise and attention in the news and media, as well as on blogging and consumer sites. Taking advantage of this program is a fantastic way to improve your body and health and live a longer, happier life. You're encouraged to increase your exercise schedule by about 10% every three weeks.Common Misspellings
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User Feedback(Page 5 of 5, 91 total comments)
i would like to loss approx 30 pounds. i would like to join the challenge.
this diet is not just for blacks, it's just that he's looking out for his race as well as others. Blacks have the highest obesity in the USA so that's why he looks out more for his race Dummy. (Donna Bedford) So stop making something out of nothing and lose some weight fat girl lol.
please e-mail me thank you
The program is a great well rounded program that offers meal plans and encourages exercise. Also if you look on the FAQ it is for everyone not just African Americans.
I haven't tried the program. I'm anglo and find it very interesting that there continue to be programs by blacks JUST for blacks...now that's racist!
If there was a diet to "unit anglo americans," the black community would have a fit.
Shame on you for continuing to divide America by race. You can't have it both ways.
Proud Anglo-American.
i like it please e-mail to me thank you
I read Dr. Smith's book (The Fat Smash Diet) after watching my friend lose 45 pounds. I began the program and lost 33 lbs in about three months. It is fabulous!!! I found that I had so much energy. My skin cleared up. My blood pressure and cholesterol levels dropped
significantly. His plan is simple and inexpensive. I have spent hundreds of dollars on other plans and was even considering surgery. I have found that to be unnecessary. It was the best $12.99 (the cost of the book), I have ever spent. My friend got hers at the library. She used Dr. Smith's second book (The Extreme Fat Smash Diet). That one was more rigid. The Fat Smash Diet book gave me more flexibility. If God continues to give me the strength, I know I can reach my goals through this wonderful plan. I encourage you to try it.
Skim milk is more fattening than whole milk, eat fat with every meal to lose fat. Dr. Ian is about 8 yrs. behind the info curve re fat loss. Pls google Dr. Mary Enig for accurate info if you want success for your followers.
this is a great push. Dr. Ian is really promoting this and the program is easy to do, without completely changing everything you do all at once.
50 million pounds is a ton of weight for people to use, and I sure hope the goal can be met. The program is solid and not too hard
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Berlin film festival gloats over Rolling Stones coup
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Snatching Martin Scorsese's eagerly awaited documentary about the Rolling Stones away from rival film festivals for the Berlinale next month is a career highlight for festival director Dieter Kosslick.
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"We've been talking about this film for a year and obviously every festival director was trying to get it," Kosslick said, adding the British band will join the American director on the red carpet opening of the most star-studded Berlinale in years.
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LEBANON -- Miss Niemann, 41, of Lebanon passed away Sunday, November 2, 2008 at Lebanon's University Medical Center following an extended illness. Born August 31, 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was a customer service representative for Verison.
Inurnment was at the Homewood Cemetery Mausoleum in Pittsburgh. No services are planned at this time.
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Deputy hit by fleeing teen driver
There are 16 comments on the Asheville Citizen-Times story from Mar 3, 2007, titled Deputy hit by fleeing teen driver. In it, Asheville Citizen-Times reports that:A Polk County deputy was in serious condition Saturday evening after being hit by a suspected underage drunk driver he was attempting to stop, Sheriff's Capt.
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#1 Mar 4, 2007
bad kids. I say throw the book them the first time.
#3 Mar 4, 2007
fun might not be the most suitable nic for you....try sick...or demented...or maybe just use the one you kept repeating in your comments...it's certainly the most accurate!
#6 Mar 4, 2007
It amazes me how some of you nimrods always seem to turn around every police chase or bad incident to try and make the Police sound at fault. Lets see, a drunk driver was being chased and then a Deputy is struck by that offender as the deputy deployed stop-sticks, which by the does not "cause" the vehicle to wreck. What causes the wreck is the moron not stopping when his tires are flat. If you're going down the highway on a road-trip are you going to go hammer down when you get a flat tire or are you going to pull off the road? By the way, the Deputy wasn't trying to be "superman" he was trying to help get that idiot drunk off the road by laying out the stop sticks in order to stop the car so that the scum-bag didn't continue on and hit your family head-on.
#7 Mar 4, 2007
"Fun" I will pray for you tonight and I hope that your opinion of others is not a reflection of yourself.
#8 Mar 4, 2007
Well said!!! "Fun" sounds like a moron (or a career criminal)! The drunk could have easily killed his family. Some people just don't have a clue what we have to put up with everyday (names, people starring, spit, drunks, fights, and listen to everybody's problems!)
"It is what it is"
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#9 Mar 4, 2007
The kid shouldn't see freedom again. Just because he was drunk doesn't excuse his actions..in fact it should make the courts come down harder on him. I'm tired of people who think impairment is an excuse to get away with things.
#10 Mar 6, 2007
Yea, that's why when they showed the crime scene, the cop's blood was on the side of the road in the dirt. If he would have been trying to get the kid to stop his blood would have been in the middle of the road... AWWWWWWW! That's so sweet. Your exuse for a boy deciding to do an adult act which was drink alcohol makes me sick. Then he decided to drive drunk while other passengers were in the vehicle. Then he decided not to stop when he saw lights and heard sirens. This in so many factions is not the officers fault. And no, I'm sure the officer will not get by no means the amount of money you are claiming. I bet a million bucks that when he heals up, he will return to full active duty. Not sit around the house a rich man. And as far as the kid, I'm sure he will see his freedom again. It's a matter of time.
#11 Mar 6, 2007
Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember the chain gang. It worked, and was a great deterent for potential repeat offenders. If we could get the politics out of everything in this nation, America would be much,much better off. There needs to be severe consequences for criminal behavior.
#14 Mar 7, 2007
People wreck their own lives, don't get mad at the cops for enforcing law on your ass. That's what we taxpayers pay them to do. And by the way, there is no such thing as mace anymore. That is like so 80's dude. If you want to bash cops, at least know what they carry.. your lack of knowledge makes you look like a dumbass.
#15 Mar 7, 2007
Is Broughton Hospital missing a patient who uses the name "fun"?
#16 Mar 7, 2007
Go get in the bed, boy. You don't want to spend a third year in the fourth grade , do you?
#17 Mar 7, 2007
Judging by the way he writes his sentences I don't think he even made it that far.
#18 Mar 11, 2007
Fun... you are a sorry piece of crap. I know the deputy that got hit by the car and for you to get on here and talk about him jumping in front of the car like superman is a joke. The sorry ass drunk driver hit him while he was doing his duty to keep sorry ass pieces of shit like you safe. With the attitude that you have I hope that one day you will reach more than a 12 yr old mentality and see that it is guys like him that keep dumb ass people like you safe in your own home. Maybe one day you will see this, maybe you wont but either way, You can go to hell
#23 Mar 12, 2007
OMG you people crack me up. I know my boss keeps wondering what I am laughing at!!! How old are you fun? Are you in the computer lab at middle school. Watch yourself they monitor those computers!!! I heard this 16 year old boy might not be a legal amercian? Any truth to that?
#24 Mar 12, 2007
Wrong again! I don't go for the KKK folks. They're all like you, ignorant and just cowardly windbags.
#25 Mar 12, 2007
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Yet they will pass to give other countries financial help, they will vote for the ignorant Obama Care costing the people more than they were paying with deductibles that are set so the Obama Care will not have to pay out yet the people are paying more out of pocket or get fined for not having it. Obama lied to the people. They pass things only if it is beneficial to the upper crust and dont show no attention to the minimum wage earners that can not live without government assistance. Its America and nothing will be done because most Americans just dont care if we are being wronged.


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It's been a long time since I wrote in here. This grey cat came BACK to live with us. I guess he is staying because it's been a very long time since he left. He's been here two other times before, and each time I thought he would never leave, but then he did and I was happy, but then he came back each time too! I hates him. I swat at him. He just sits there with a pleased look on his face, even if I hit him with my claws. I hate his stoopid face. I wish my tall mom and my short mom didn't like him so much.
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- Review the most recently reported U.S. employment and unemployment data.
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Current Key Economic Indicatorsas of November 30, -0001
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 is about the October 7, 2011, BLS announcement of the "Employment Situation" for the month of September, 2011.
[NOTE: "Employment and Unemployment Rate" Focus on Economic Data lesson schedule:
During the first half of the 2011-2012 school year, (September-December), EconEdLink will publish four Focus on Economic Data lessons on employment and the unemployment rate. During this time period, the lessons will begin with the 'basics' in September (this lesson) 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.
- September 2011: 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?
- October 2011: details and issues about the measurement and meaning of employment and unemployment, adding concepts such as underemployment, full employment, etc. [THIS LESSON]
- November 2011: detailed breakdown of the data by region and industry (trends, identifying trends and comparisons of regions and demographic groups.
- December 2011: the relationships of employment and unemployment data to other economic data, such as GDP, CPI, etc., and the business cycle, plus an end-of-year review.
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/
- Fact Sheet on Seasonal Adjustment in the CPI, http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisaqanda.htm
- Labor and Productivity Costs: This BLS site provides full historical annual and quarterly measures of labor productivity and costs in the U.S. www.bls.gov/lpc/
- Productivity and Costs Report, Q2 2011: The following links provide productivity and cost reports for a number of economic sectors in the U.S. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- Historical Changes in Employment: This BLS site provides employment percentages dating back to 1939. http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CES0000000001&output_view=net_1mth
- Historical Unemployment Rate: This BLS site provides unemployment data dating back to 1948. http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS14000000
- 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. www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils74.pdf
- BLS, Employment and Unemployment FAQs.http://www.bls.gov/cps/#faq
Key Economic Indicatorsas of October 7, 2011
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.4 percent in August after increasing 0.5 percent in July. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in August, the same increase as in July.
Employment and Unemployment
Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent. The increase in employment partially reflected the return to payrolls of about 45,000 telecommunications workers who had been on strike in August.
Real GDP
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011, (that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 0.4 percent.
Federal Reserve
The FOMC decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and currently anticipates that economic conditions--including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run--are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through mid-2013. The FOMC also decided to purchase up to $400 billion of long-term securities and sell short-term securities in order to "put downward pressure on longer-term interest rates and help make broader financial conditions more accommodative."
Good news! Total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment increased by 103,000 in September, 2011.
Bad news! The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 9.1 percent in September.
Good news! The total number of employed people in the U.S. increased by 398,000 in September.
- Bad news! 14 million people remained unemployed in September, an increase of 25,000 from August.
[Note to teachers: Can your students figure out what really happened in September, 2011 by just looking at these numbers (above)? It may be interesting to share their initial thoughts.]
The BLS "Employment Situation" announcement for September 2011 seems like a mystery - some good news and some bad news. Let's see exactly what the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said about U.S. employment and unemployment in September, 2011.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: The Employment Situation – September 2011
Released October 7, 2011
"Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The increase in employment partially reflected the return to payrolls of about 45,000 telecommunications workers who had been on strike in August. In September, job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, and construction. Government employment continued to trend down."
The consensus is that it takes about 125,000 new jobs each month just to employ new entrants into the labor force. If that is accurate, a gain of 103,000 jobs means we are falling behind. In September, 25,000 more people were unemployed, despite the growth in the number of jobs that were created.
"The number of unemployed persons, at 14.0 million, was essentially unchanged in September, and the unemployment rate was 9.1 percent. Since April, the rate has held in a narrow range from 9.0 to 9.2 percent."
Unemployment remains very high, indicating that the recovery from the recent recession continues to be slow. How can unemployment remain high if there are new jobs in the economy? Remember, the unemployment rate is determined by two factors: 1) the size of the labor force, and 2) the number of unemployed persons. Also remember, The number of employed persons plus the number of unemployed persons equals the labor force.
|August 2011
|September 2011
|Labor force
|Employed persons
|Unemployed persons
In September, although the net gain was 103,000 jobs, the U.S. labor force increased by a much larger number. The result: more people were unemployed in September than in August, 2011.
Note: The current employment data has been adjusted as a result of the population data from the 2010 U.S. Census. Some historical data has been adjusted to reflect the more accurate census data.
Recent Employment and Unemployment Data History
The U.S. unemployment rate has remained within a range of 9.0 to 9.2 percent since April, 2011, despite some job growth. Figure 1, below, shows the monthly U.S. unemployment rates since 1990.
Now, take a look at the details of the employment and unemployment data for September, 2011.
For more detailed unemployment data from September 2011, go to the October 7, 2011, BLS announcement, "Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted," http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.a.htm
- For more detailed employment data from September 2011, go to the October 7, 2011, BLS announcement, "Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted," http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.b.htm .
In Table A, look at the numbers of "employed persons at work part-time" (up in all categories) and "discouraged workers" (up 60,000). Are these people functionally unemployed? A part-time worker who wants a full-time job is still counted as "employed." Someone who has dropped out of the labor force is not counted as "unemployed" because he or she has not looked for work in the last four weeks.
Remember the BLS definition of an unemployed person. "Persons aged 16 years and older who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed."
What is the unemployment rate if you count these and others who are not counted in the "headline" numbers? The BLS has developed a set of "alternative measures of labor underutilization." For September, 2011, the BLS reported six "alternative measures" of unemployment:
Discussion Question: Which of these do you think is the most meaningful measurement of unemployment?
- U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force
- U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force
- U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)
- U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers
- U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
- U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
[Teacher note: The BLS alternative measures of unemployment for September 2011 are: U-1, 5.4 percent; U-2, 5.3 percent; U-3, 9.1 percent; U-4, 9.7 percent; U-5, 10.5 percent; U-6, 16.5 percent. See "Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization." http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm ]
For the BLS definitions use in the above categories, see the BLS "Glossary," http://www.bls.gov/bls/glossary.htm
Unemployment Rates by Demographic Group
Figure 2, below, summarizes the September, 2011, unemployment data for age, ethnic, and educational attainment groups. Note the groups that are better-off or worse-off than other groups.
Figure 2: Unemployment by Demographic Group
September 2011
|Total labor force, 16 years and over
|Adult men (20 years and over)
|Adult women (20 years and over)
|Teenagers (16 to 19 years)
|Black or African American
|Asian (not seasonally adjusted)
|Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
|Educational Attainment:
|Total labor force, 25 years and over
|Less than a high school diploma
|High school graduates, no college
|Some college or associate degree
|Bachelor's degree and higher
Discussion Question: Can you identify any patterns they see in the January, 2011, employment and unemployment data. How does unemployment impact these demographic groups?
What generalizations can you make about these demographics group unemployment rates?
- How important is education?
- Why are women doing a little better than men?
- Is unemployment evenly divided among ethnic groups?
- Why is unemployment among teenagers so high?
[Teacher Note: For more information about level of education, median earnings, and unemployment rates, go to the BLS page, "Education Pays ."]
Employment and the Business Cycle
One of the important criteria used by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to identify business cycles and recessions is payroll employment data. The most recent recession ended in June, 2009, when the NBER concluded that, among other things, employment was increasing - a sign of recovery. Since then, the unemployment rate has remained stagnant, but there has been modest economic growth (see the Real GDP "EconEdLink lessons for the past few months.) The Business Cycle model is illustrated below.
[Note to teachers: For more information about the business cycles, go to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) website, http://www.nber.org/cycles/main.html .]
How Did Workers the Major Industry Groups Fair in September?
"Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in September. Since April, payroll employment has increased by an average of 72,000 per month, compared with an average of 161,000 for the prior 7 months. In September, job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, and construction. Government employment continued to trend down."
Figure 4, below, shows the changes in employment among major industry groups. Of primary concern to many is the reversal of recent job growth in manufacturing. Manufacturing lost 13,000 jobs in September.
Figure 4: Change in Employment
Major Industry Groups
September 2011
|Job Gains:
|Mining and Logging
|Retail Trade
|Professional and Business Services
|Information Services
|Temporary Help Services
|Education and Health Services
|State Governments
|Job Losses:
|Transportation and Warehousing
|Leisure and Hospitality
|Financial Activities
|Other Services
|Federal Government
|Local Governments
[Note: For a complete breakdown of industry employment in January, 2010, go to the BLS announcement Table B-1. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm ]
Note that the number of "service-providing" jobs increased by 119,000 in September, while the number of "good-producing" jobs increased by just 18,000. Is this more evidence of a structural change in the U.S. economy and workforce? If so, what does it mean for the economy and individuals?
Discussion Question: What important industries in your region have higher or lower rates of job growth (loss) than the average?
Full Employment
When analyzing business cycles, economists define an unemployment rate that is "full employment." Full employment exists when nearly all persons willing and able to work at the prevailing wages and working conditions are employed. Generally, this is called the an acceptable level of "natural" unemployment, when cyclical unemployment is at a minimum. This often referred to as the "non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment" or NAIRU.
Economists do not agree or know for certain what the full employment rate is. A consensus estimate is that the full employment rate of unemployment is currently between 4.5 and 5.0 percent of the labor force being unemployed. The measure of full employment will exclude frictional unemployment and structural unemployment.
Remember, there are three general types or causes of unemployment.
- Frictional unemployment is temporary unemployment arising from the normal job search process.
- Structural unemployment is the result of changes in the economy caused by technological progress and shifts in the demand for goods and services.
- Cyclical unemployment is unemployment caused by a drop in economic activity.
When the economy is at full employment and other productive resources are being utilized to their fullest, the economy may be reaching its "full employment GDP." At this point, the economy is reaching or is at its potential output or GDP, given existing productive resources. The lost output from unemployment in a recessionary period is called the "Recessionary Gap."
The BLS does not officially use the term "underemployment." The BLS explains on the Current Population Survey FAQ webpage: "Because of the difficulty of developing an objective set of criteria which could be readily used in a monthly household survey, no official government statistics are available on the total number of persons who might be viewed as underemployed. Even if many or most could be identified, it would still be difficult to quantify the loss to the economy of such underemployment." In other words, the term is hard to define by BLS standards.
In articles, references to underemployment examples are those who work part-time and would like to work full-time, those who work at jobs with wages below their level of training, and those who are marginally attached to the labor force. See the section of this lesson on "alternative measures of unemployment for more details.
Discussion Question: Should the underemployed be counted as somehow unemployed?
Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data
Short-run trends in labor force are influenced by seasonal and periodic fluctuations associated with recurring events such as weather, holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. Seasonal adjustment eliminates the influence of these fluctuations and makes it easier for users to observe fundamental changes in the level of the series, particularly changes associated with general economic expansions and contractions.
At the end of each calendar year, the BLS updates the seasonal adjustment factors for the labor force data derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS), or household survey.
[Note to teachers: For a full explanation of the seasonal adjustment process, see the BLS article Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Series in 2008 .]
Household vs. Establishment Series
Statistics on nonagricultural employment, hours of work, and earnings are compiled from two major sources: household interviews and reports from employers.
Some of the confusion over the meaning of the unemployment and employment data arises from differences between the two primary sources of the data, the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) and the Current Employment Statistics Survey (Establishment Survey.)
The Household Survey is based on interviews obtained from a sample of the population, aged 16 years of age and over. This monthly survey, conducted by the Bureau of the Census, provides data on the labor force, the employed, and the unemployed, classified by such characteristics as age, sex, race, family relationship, marital status, occupation, and industry attachment. The survey is conducted during a calendar week that includes the 12th of the month.
The Establishment Survey data is complied each month from mail questionnaires and telephone interviews by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State agencies.
This survey provides information on nonfarm wage and salary employment, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings for the nation, states, and metropolitan areas. The survey is conducted from a sample of over 390,000 establishments employing over 47 million nonfarm full or part time wage and salary workers during the same week as the Household Survey.
Data from these two sources differ from each other because of variations in definitions and coverage, source of information, methods of collection, and estimating procedures. The major factors which have a differential effect on the levels and trends of the two data series are:
The key to the difference is the definition of who is employed in the surveys. The Household Survey (CPS) includes the unincorporated self employed, unpaid family workers, agriculture and related workers, private household workers, and workers absent without pay.
The Establishment Survey (CES) estimate of jobs only those receiving pay for the reference pay period. The CES excludes many of the groups included in the CPS who do not work for the businesses that report data.
- Employment. The household survey definition of employment includes wage and salary workers (including domestics and other private household workers), self-employed persons, and unpaid workers who worked 15 hours or more during the reference week in family-operated enterprises. The establishment survey covers only wage and salary employees on the payrolls of nonfarm business establishments.
- Multiple jobholding. In the Household Survey, each person is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. Employed persons holding more than one job are counted only once. For the Establishment Survey, people who worked for more than one establishment are counted each time their names appear on a payroll.
- Unpaid absences from jobs. The household survey includes among the employed all civilians who had jobs but were not at work during the reference week—that is, were not working but had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of illness, vacation, bad weather, child care problems, labor-management disputes, or because they were taking time off for various other reasons, even if they were not paid by their employers for the time off. In the Establishment Survey, persons on leave paid for by the company are included, but those on leave without pay for the entire payroll period are not. Source: http://www.bls.gov/lau/lauhvse.htm
In the definitions above, there are a couple of big differences between the two surveys that may impact the "official" number of employed and unemployed persons. Again, just looking at the simple numbers from the surveys may not provide a complete picture of the health of the labor market in the United States.
Ask your students what they think.
Short Answer Questions:
1. What people are considered to be "not in the labor force"?
["Not in the labor force" includes persons aged 16 years and older in the civilian noninstitutional population who are neither employed nor unemployed in accordance with the BLS definitions. (Those under sixteen, retired, not working or looking for work, institutionalized, in school full time, etc.)]
2. What is a "discouraged worker"?
[Discouraged workers: "Persons not in the labor force who want and are available for a job and who have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months (or since the end of their last job if they held one within the past 12 months), but who are not currently looking because they believe there are no jobs available or there are none for which they would qualify."]
Once again...
Total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment increased by 103,000 in September, 2011.
The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 9.1 percent in September. The number of employed people increased by 398,000 in September. 14 million people remained unemployed in September, an increase of 25,000 from August.
The simple number of the unemployment rate and the number of "employed" do not tell the whole employment story. The numbers are derived from two different sources that count different groups of people.
The Establishment Survey may undercount the number of people who are working and earning an income. The Household survey may undercount "unemployment" by counting even those who worked just a couple of hours a week as employed.
How do you more appropriately define "employed" and "unemployed"?
[Note to Teachers: Have your students take a look at the six BLS definitions of the "unemployment rate" in the lesson process. Which do they think is the best (most appropriate) measure of the health of the economy?]
Women in the Labor Force
The past several decades have been seen significant changes in women's participation in the labor force and employment. Since the 1970s, women's labor force participation has risen substantially, particularly among women with children, and a larger share of women work full time and year round than ever before. Although the average hours worked and average wage rates for women lag those of men, the gaps are narrowing.
Go to the BLS online publication, "Women in the Labor Force: A Databook ," to read a brief history of the changes in the labor force participation of women.
How do you think these changes in the status of women have affected our society, our economy, and our lives?
U.S. Labor Force Demographics
The BLS also provides information about the Demographics of the U.S. labor force, including age, youth, women, educational attainment. etc. Take a look at any special group you wish to research.


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The British Establishment and the centre-Left have found common cause. They have long shared a visceral loathing for the most unruly parts of the written press. In Lord Justice Leveson's report they have finally given it expression. In so doing they have presented this government of the centre-Right with an acute dilemma. It is one that David Cameron and Nick Clegg are struggling to reconcile.
For each party leader, principle is laced with the usual dose of political cunning. The Prime Minister will see his exoneration by Leveson, and that of Jeremy Hunt, then Culture Secretary, as a "get out of jail free" card. The pun, when it comes to Dave's Chipping Norton set, is intentional. Leveson's largesse towards individual culpability provides Cameron with licence to get back onto chummy terms with those proprietors and editors he thinks he needs.
For Ed Miliband, Leveson is manna from heaven. Even if he doesn't get his way, he will be able to present himself to voters as the man who took on Murdoch — and almost won. He will not mind accusations of "statism". After dabbling in civil liberties at the start of his term as opposition leader, Miliband has allowed his party to move back into the hardline disciplinarian camp. It is in its comfort zone, following the lead of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and John Reid.
Clegg's is the most curious and intriguing position. The Deputy PM has for some time understood the need to seek "definition" from Cameron — although he shies away from using that word in public. He and I have discussed the idea of him using the term as they do in coalitions elsewhere in Europe: "I believe 'a', he argues for 'b', we have settled on 'c'." In other words, it is a sign of a mature business partnership that you can respectfully but robustly disagree on specific issues. Such differences are not deal breakers or coalition busters.
While there have been unseemly occasional spats, such as on reforming the Lords, Clegg has been wary of adopting this strategy — until now. As an aide puts it: "It's useful for the public to see how the sausage machine works, to see how decisions are eventually come to by two quite separate parties, rather than doing everything in secret." As a bonus it would have provided wry satisfaction for Clegg to watch Cameron sitting alongside him at the Dispatch Box, lips pursed. The Lib-Dem leader has done that enough.
By breaking with precedent and making his own statement; by placing himself closer to Miliband than to Cameron in his response, Clegg also potentially achieves another goal. Relations between the Lib-Dem and Labour leaders have been unnecessarily fractious. There is no reason why the two parties, even if sitting on opposite parliamentary benches, cannot work together on specific issues. It might come in handy after 2015. Who knows what electoral arithmetic the next general election will produce? For all his difficulties (not least continued poor polls and by-election results, such as last night's), Clegg finds himself in a pivotal role on this issue.
The danger, of which he is aware, is this: do you resort to potentially illiberal measures to achieve a more "liberal" outcome. Lib-Dems share with Labour the grievance that they have never had a fair hearing in newspapers such as the Daily Mail and the Sun. They hope that by clipping the wings of the more prurient end of the press, they may help produce a public discourse that is less vindictive and more tolerant.
One of the characteristics of the written press in this country is that it is rowdy and raucous. It is deliberately disrespectful of figures of authority. British journalists, unlike Americans, do not stand up when their prime minister or president walks into the room. For all his claims to the contrary, that is a culture Leveson would love us to adopt. The report's toughest language is reserved for journalists. When it comes to the incestuous links between Westminster and Fleet Street, his criticism of politicians is muted. Hunt's rap on the knuckles falls squarely into the tradition of "Establishment defends its own". The words "whitewash" and "inquiry" have a long history. Think of Widgery and Bloody Sunday, Hutton and Iraq.
As for police behaviour, the judge's indulgence is mind-boggling. Of course there was no institutional corruption — perish the thought — simply human error. Yet if law enforcement had done its job, most of the worst behaviour of the press would have been dealt with at the time. They didn't take on the journalists because they didn't want to antagonise the bosses. Some are speculating that Leveson might have gone soft on Cameron and the police chiefs, hoping that in so doing he might gain more traction for his proposals.
Still, as work begins on drafting legislation, there is much in his report that merits serious consideration. One of the most interesting ideas is that the notion of a free press be enshrined in law. On one level this might seem crass. Some of the worst abusers have similar statutes. Lurking here is a political opportunity for someone to take. Far from being a free-for-all for the "feral beasts", the UK has some of the most restrictive legislation against free expression. Our libel laws genuflect towards the rich and famous. They are in the process of being reformed, but the legislation is not nearly as strong as it should be. Throw in Theresa May's horrific "snoopers' charter", the Communications Data bill, add in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, contempt of court, Official Secrets and a new-found tendency of the police to arrest people for "offensive" tweets, and a different picture emerges.
The rights of journalists are of secondary importance. One of the weaknesses of the current Press Complaints Commission is that it resembles an editors' club. What matters is the public's right to know. Once the points scoring has settled down, the outlines of a broad agreement could emerge: police and politicians who don't seek to ingratiate themselves with media moguls; an independent self-regulator in which serving editors have no place (but which does not necessarily have to be underpinned by legislation), and a media-law culture in which the public interest is paramount. Step forward the party leader able to deliver what is really needed — a fearless press in hock to nobody.Reuse content


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The lease is up on the Hard Rock Cafe. The original Hard Rock Cafe
The Hard Rock Cafe shares a building with Empire's town hall.
Want to get a piece of the rock? The town of Empire is now accepting proposals from restaurateurs who'd like to run the Hard Rock Cafe.
No, not the music-centric chain that has outposts around the globe, including a location on the 16th Street Mall. This is the original restaurant, which was serving food to hard-rock miners and other mountain folk at least forty years before the chain got its start in 1971.
You wouldn't think there would be much confusion between the original Hard Rock Cafe in the tiny town of Empire and that rocker-come-lately conglomerate, but there's been litigation over the issue. "It was before my time," says Jennifer Cade, Empire town clerk. "They had a little court case." As a result, the town can't advertise the restaurant outside of Colorado - but that's no real hardship, since the eatery's clientele is primarily made up of locals and travelers heading up Highway 40 from I-70.
Empire actually owns the storefront property, which is in the same building as the town's city offices. For the last five years, Dave Johnson has been leasing the place, running a breakfast-and-lunch joint (there's no liquor license). And while Johnson plans to reapply for an extension when his current lease expires on May 31, Empire is now advertising for other bids on this "turn-key operation with a cozy atmosphere and dining porch that faces the valley behind it."
Interested? Call Cade at 303-569-2978, and she'll send out a package.
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Alex Rodriguez hit the go-ahead double in a three-run ninth inning as the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 Sunday night to move within one win of their 27th World Series title.
The Yankees' rally came off Phillies closer Brad Lidge, who had pitched five scoreless outings this postseason before Sunday. With two outs and the score ted 4-4 in the ninth, Johnny Damon worked Lidge through a nine-pitch at-bat before singling. Then Lidge hit Mark Teixeira and Rodriguez followed with his double to left. Jorge Posada then singled in two more runs.
The Phillies' Pedro Feliz homered off Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score 4-4.
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An Islamic Jihad official on Sunday dismissed press reports that his movement's decided to suspend the firing of rockets at Israeli settlements adjacent to the border with the Gaza Strip. According to the report, the decision was taked to avoid a confrontation between Islamic Jihad fighters and Israeli occupation forces or Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip since June 14 2007.
The senior Islamic Jihad member Khaled al-Batsh said in a statement: "We will not stop rocket firing and we did not decide to do this. We use these missiles as a tactical weapon in times of need."
"I think that what has been published on the Islamic Jihad aims to confuse the Palestinian arena and to serve the Zionist enemy at this stage," he added.
The press reports in Palestinian websites conveyed that "the instructions were issued by the political wing of the Islamic Jihad to the military wing "Saraya Al-Quds" to stop firing rockets into Israeli settlements in order to avoid confrontation (with Israel) or Hamas."
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Can I do this w/ SMG?
I have a new M3 w/ SMG (which I love) but I have a question :
#1: It is often my habit w/ manual cars to roll to a stop in neutral. I do this w/ my SMG by clicking the shift lever L to "O" (or neutral.) This seems to work fine & appears to be perfectly OK for the SMG programming. Any reason (mechanically) not to do this w/ an SMC car? (FYI: I do not always like the rolling stop SMG downshifting programming w/ the car in Auto-mod: the shifts can be a bit abrupt or pre-mature in settings 3-4.)
#2: While driving in the manual mode (any setting 1-5) is it advisable/OK mechanically to roll to a stop and allow the SMG to downshift "automatically" (as opposed to downshifting manually & thus use the engine to brake the car?) I don't always want to use the engine to act as a brake (SMG's tendency to downshift in slow, passive city driving. ) In the manual mode the car will roll to a slow stop and shift down automatically at the last moment from 3rd to 2nd & then first w/o my intervention. Does this create a problematic engine load? The car never seems to stall, struggle or lug in this context.
My experience w/ the SMG has been very positive but I do not always "agree" w/ the programming choices relative to city driving situations IE: In my usual manual setting of #4, upshifts are perfectly paced but downshifts from 3rd to 2nd are best in setting #3 (smoother transitions.) I wish there was a way to "save" this preference in say a "Daily commute mode".
Thanks for your SMG feedback!
1) With SMG there is no reson to do this. I don't think you will hurt anything, but there is absolutely no reason to do so.
2) In S mode, the SMG downshifts so that if you were to forget and just step on the gas, you will not hurt the engine by lugging it. That is ALL.
You can downshift at any time, or not as you feel like doing.
Where you are putting it in neutral, I just gently stop, letting the SMG downshift as needed. If I think I will be going before stopping (light getting ready to change) I will downshift myself to be in an appropriate gear for the acceleration. remember SMG only selects a lower gear based on excessively low revs, NOT for performance in any mode.
Realise how SMG downshifts and upshifts is not only determined by the mode slection. SMG will downshift more quickly under HEAVY braking, or with a bit of throttle. So either get on the brakes HARD, or do a bit of heel and toe, giving the throttle a little blip at the right time. The amount of blip doesn't matter, as the SMG will supply the proper rev match. You just need non-idle throttle to cue the system for a more prompt downshift.
For upshifts, similar. A little lift as you shift will smooth out the shifts totally.
I run exclusively in S5 (except on the track, then S6). For normal putting about, a lift on upshift makes them as smooth as can be, but I have instant shifts available instantly also. For downshifts, I like the system do its calm downshift off throttle, unless I am starting to drive spirited, then the little heel and toe gives a nice rev matched downshift.
Realise that the blip (downshift) and lift (upshift) will tke practice to develop the proper timing.
Terry Carraway
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It's hard to learn this transmission driving back and forth to work. You need to get out of the traffic to find out how the thing works.
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Thanks for the responses. Actually I do most (75%) of my driving on sweeping rural backroads in N. Texas where I can drive aggressivly w/ realtive impunity (the biggest danger is cattle but the visability is excellent.)
-I have only logged 1800 mlies on my SMG M3 and of course it's a slow learning curve w/ this tranny (but it's great fun to experiment.) I am mostly preplexed by the heavy traffic situations where, as it's been pointed out , subtle throttle modulations can remedy most problems.
-As for the overall SMG experience I must say that this transmission is simply too engaging to be dismissed as a mere techno-gadget. In particular I find that driving the SMG M3 demands a greater degree of driver focus & concentration than a manual. This may diminish w/ time (one get's more comfortable w/ it?) but I have the sense that this transmissiom can do many, many things well and may in fact be more fun than a stick manual!
-Here is an example of SMG fun and something I just discovered: I'm driving along in 6th. at 60mph in auto mode #5 w/ the "sport" mode engaged. I need to pass 2 cars poking along on a downhill section w/ a gentle sweeping radius. I hit the gas, the tranny drops into 3rd, revs to 7000 & explodes all the way to 135 mph, just hitting in 5th gear ALL in a BLINK (w/ rpms reaching 7800.) My God, it was wicked fun: I would never do this w/a manual tranny. Never so quickly nor with the confident feeling of a fighter pilot. It's hard to explain but in agressive driving situations the SMG M3 is perhaps the most sensual, sexy, powerful and addictive driving experience I have known (and I have had lot's of BMW & Porsches since 1966.)
Please share your tips & Thanks.
Even more fun is to do it in S5 mode, and a couple taps or so will have th ecar at lose your license speeds pretty quickly.
BTW using Sport mode may reduce your ability to play the throttle as well for some things. To me it is just a gimmick. Like A mode.
Terry Carraway
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I flick the thing into "0" all the time. Remember, this is a Manual tranny!
If you would do it with 3 pedals you can do it with SMG.
as to the engine braking, it is always better to stop a car with a $100 set of brake pads, than a $5k engine.
In the long term this causes extra wear on the engine that may bite you in the A$$ later.
Think of the rolling to a stop ? this way... if you were driving a 3 pedal car you could press the clutch pedal in and shift through the gears without engaging the clutch without any risk, and "coasting" to a stop with SMG, foot off the gas, or even covering the brake, is the same thing.
no worries.
Life is like a B Movie, you wouldn't want to sit through it twice, but you'd hate to leave it in the middle!
As for coming to a stop I try to anticipate it beforehand. Example: I'm city driving in third gear, I come to stop sign/light, I brake, manually shift to second, (approximately 15 yards from the stop) and as soon as the "2" light stops flashing (gear engaged) I manually shift to first. Once you get this technique down you'll be able to come to stop smoothly without throttle blips, jerks and clunks and be ready to go again. I have also found that downshifting manually from speed, say, on a freeway off ramp you don't aways get a throttle blip if you coordinate your braking and your shifts right. This technique is handy when you don't want attract attention from the cop hiding at the top of the off ramp.
I have found that occasionally when, say, rounding a corner in third slowly and I want to shift to second the transmission may not want to shift right away, but by manually using a light throttle blip it shifts smoothly right away. This also works in heavy traffic when you've just shifted into second and you need to get back to first.
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Public buy in may help rebuild the Alki Homestead; Restoration will cost 2.6 million
The final piece of the puzzle for the long dormant Alki Homestead may be up to the public. If you've got at least $10,000 and want to be a part owner (not to mention get an 8% return) you might be part of it.
Owner Tom Lin has gone through a lengthy process to evaluate, offer designs, and plans, and has been through the gauntlet of seeking city approval set forth by the building's status as a landmark. The building has sat closed and deteriorating since a fire swept through it in January of 2009.
Recently though the potential for reconstruction/restoration of the building has taken a far more positive turn. It has been reviewed by the Washington State Department of Archaeology (WSDA) and The RAFN Company, well known for its restoration work has done its inspections, been in touch with log building experts and worked up an estimate.
"The building would take $2.6 million to restore," said Lin, "as determined by RAFN. Out of that total, $1.6 million is solely for the restoration. $1 million is to build the building behind it for the kitchen." This is also a three story building that would house ADA bathrooms, a staircase and elevator for 2nd floor access as was designed by Lin's architects previously. "I'm entitled to a 20% tax credit on that $1.6 million," Lin explained. That is made possible through being certified by the WSDA the federal Dept. of the Interior and being made part of the National Historic Register. That means Lin would save approximately $320,000 to $350,000 in taxes.
Additionally Lin would finally get a $400,000 insurance settlement (predicated on the building's restoration) from Lloyds of London. "Let's round the number up to $750,000 total," said Lin, "That means we're short $1.85 million," out of the 2.6 million total. "If you look at the cap rate for market rental for that building (in restored condition) it's probably $22 a square foot. The reason I say that is, using comparable rates, the old Pegaus Pizza location (now completely new) has been up for rent at $28 a square foot for three years and it has not been rented. $22 times 7500 square feet means the annual income is $165,000. The cap rate is about 7.5%" The cap rate is the rate of return based on income. "Divide that by .07 (which is 7%) and the building is worth $2.375 million."
"If the cap rate was 7.5% then the building is worth $2.2 million."
"If you look at Alki in general I think commercial property is probably worth b $350 per foot, so 7500 square feet times $350 is $2.6 million." That's Lin's estimate of the
building's worth. "And it takes $1.85 million to restore it. Which means I would get $750,000 equity out of it. The tax assessment is $1.4 million. But this doesn't include the goodwill of reopening the Homestead. That's worth a lot."
The restaurant as it originally existed, at around 5000 square feet could not generate enough revenue to support the cost of restoration. 2000 square feet on the 2nd floor is not usable. That's key to understanding why the expanded plan is necessary since it makes possible access to the second floor as a banquet/meeting space, adds the required bathrooms and commercial kitchen space.
Lin, whose background includes time as an investment banker and CFO for large brokerage houses is seriously considering selling notes to the public to finance the entire $2.6 million. After discussing getting a loan from banks he found they simply will not lend the money. "I met with several banks and one bank wanted to see all the books so I offered to show them the cash flow. They said, "We need a history so we can justify lending to you."
But without being open for four years and with a totally new approach the history of the former restaurant has no relevance. The banks turned him down.
Lin explained the details of how a public sale of notes might work. "It would be run through a Certified Public Accountant and an escrow account to take in the funds and disperse them. The notes would be a $10,000 minimum buy in (maximum $100,000) and pay 8% interest on a 5 year term. Just like a municipal bond you might buy, and they would be secured by the real estate itself. There's enough equity to guarantee everyone's investment. As the Homestead makes money we would pay back principal and interest according to the terms of the note. I think that's the best way to do it. The terms would be interest only and a balloon payment at the end of the term, or negotiate it after that time. If we don't do this, there's no way we can bring the Homestead back."
Lin said he would sweeten the deal for investors by giving those who buy in VIP treatment for life with a 10% discount, their name on a plaque as being part of the historical restoration effort and other elements yet to be added to a package. "I want them to feel that they are part of something special because they are."
So far this is just a plan under consideration with no firm date for the offer yet established. But Lin indicated he'd like to get some feedback on the idea.
A Facebook page has been set up for the restaurant/building to get that feedback. It's also there to share photos, history, information, for the public to stay in touch, and post their memories of the Homestead.
Lin has said previously that he would be open to the City of Seattle guaranteeing the loan or but for now, the potential to involve members of the community in the restoration financing is his preferred path. Once financing is secured Lin wants to "move fast," he said. The project still must go through the approval process of the Landmark Preservation Board and get the appropriate permits from the Department but Lin expects that process to be streamlined and said that preservation officer, Karen Gordon, has been extremely helpful in that regard.
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just a quick whatever pencil sketch
the bars in your S are too skinny.
KnoxIn: That style looks a little over your head right now. Throw down some simps and you'll get better crits that will help you progress a style (possibly similar to that one).
Safe: You've got quite a few unnecessary extensions that make that look kinda sloppy. Also, your S and A look to be quite a bit more developed than the F and E. I'm not particularly fond of any of them, but the S and A are definitely better in comparison to the F and E.
Rayz: Lookin' pretty fresh man. I can't put my finger on it, but there's something about the structure of that Y that I don't like. Maybe it's just how all of the bars squish inward towards the center that I don't like. If there's a letter there you should play around with, it's the Y, in my opinion.
Just some simps I've done lately out of boredom:
knoxin- somethings not right, i mean its a better 3D than i can do but your letters lack originality and flava, and there is a lot of dead/empty space that you should get rid off by bending your bars differently/making them fatter/ or adding some extensions like the add on on the I.
safe-theres a lot of little things wrong bot if you fix them i think youll be fine. lemme give you letter by letter crits to make it easier. (sry if its a lot just read it quickly and anything that sticks use it)
S-its skinny all the bars on your s are smaller than the rest, i always have that problem when i sketch that my bars get progressively bigger, easiest way to fix it is once you finish your sketch go over all the letters again backwards from last to first to smooth it out. it takes longer but its worth it.
A- not much wrong, i think yo should lose the extension on the bottom right or straighten it out because it bends and the rest of the letters are straight(er), also the bottom right extension breaks up your flow because it goes up on a diagonal to the right on the same height as the middle bar on your A, this contrasts too much with the structure of your A. later on it could work when youre doing more complicated stuff, because you can fix this by adding other extensions but im not gonna go into that now.
F- probably the worst letter in the piece. the upright bar is too fat, the connection on the top left shouldnt be there, the F is shorter than your E and if you check any font F's and E's are usually the same length, and for simples should at least be close. its also the only letter that bends making it look rly out of place. and the middle/bottom horizontal bar is much too short. (for starters)
E- the E is fine rly, the bottom left extension is skinnier than your others bars so fatten it up, or loose it al together. lose the extension on the top, it doesnt flow, it looks awkward. and unbend the bottom right extension. also raise the E so that its on the same 'level' as the A so make the piece kind of have a V flow whichll make it look smoother.
sorry i talked so much but i feel that you have potential and could go far, so i had to give my 2 cents.
rays- not a fan of euro styles, id say dont overlap the bottom bars of the A, but then again euros not y thing so idk.
sketch for an exchange with KANSER/KANSR. i did this and then got a lazy attack so i didnt ink it, ill probs end up doing that tomorrow or the day after... well see.
i know its kinda hard to see, might get a better pic later.
edit: sry bsquared wrote all that before you posted. lol. all i gotta say is fatten up the top sketch, the bottom ones fine.
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i think in the first one your A looks real stiff compared to the other letters. and in the 2nd one your A kinda flows in a different direction from the others.
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i suck at coloring. please crit the structure. and i decided to change what i wrote, this is a possibility, so if theres some untouchable graffiti god that uses this, please let me know. thanks
edit:this is not something i took my time on, i can see that my structure is fucked up, just looking for opinions.
kanser ink it and repost, its hard to see shit
stussy looks well developed, but whoever was saying your "Y" is the problem was right, try bending it some.
yamie the bottom bar on your "I" is too fat. and not the good kind like a latina chick's ass.
Yo crits guys working good this page very nice stuff
stussys name is rays not kays....
edit: it also looks to me like your trying to copy this style too much, and in my opinion its been overdone, so unless youve rocked that style for a few years now (like viper below) i'd say start over.
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You have to shoot until the threat ceases.
Now that we got that out of the way, verbal threats arent really a threat are they? If he still has access to a weapon, then by all means end it.
If not, it is going to be very hard to justify to the police or a jury why you finished him off while he was no longer a threat.
With that being said, any perp that invades your home is worth shooting several times. Do not count on one shot doing the trick.
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This auction is for a lot of assorted brand O scale train cars, engine, track and controller pack. I know very little about trains, so I took lots of pics for you to see. I have no idea if the engine works, as I do not have a way to test it. Consider it a good lot for parts or a project, and perhaps it will all be better than that upon arival for you. :) The engine is made by Marx. The two red metal cars are made by Lionel, the rest are marked American Flyer. Except for the white car, cannot find brand name on that one. It is all old, it has wear, may or may not work or be perfect. Definately NOT trash or busted up. Only one hinge is broken. All are previously owned and played with. Varying degrees of wear, in good vintage and used condition. Highest bidder gets it all!