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"Wood is unique among structural building materials in its ability to remove carbon from the air and store it long term," says Edie Sonne Hall, Manager, Sustainable Forests and Products, with Weyerhaeuser.
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Many human activities such as driving automobiles and heating homes typically add climate-changing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Using wood for home construction, instead of more energy intensive building products, can actually help offset CO2 contributions. Analysis conducted by Weyerhaeuser's iLevel wood products business demonstrates that its products store from 7 to 24 percent more carbon over their useful lives than is emitted to produce them. iLevel wood products manufactured in 2008 stored the equivalent of 7.7 million metric tons of CO2 - comparable to taking 1.4 million cars off the road. http://www.ilevel.com
The benefit results from the natural process of photosynthesis, in which growing trees absorb CO2 from the air and break it into carbon and oxygen molecules. Trees release the oxygen back to the air, and combine the carbon with other building blocks to form wood fiber. After harvest and manufacture into building products, the carbon remains in wood for the life of the building and beyond.
The volume of CO2 stored in iLevel products such as TimberStrand® laminated strand lumber (LSL), Parallam® parallel strand lumber (PSL), Microllam® laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and iLevel® oriented strand board (OSB) exceeds the CO2 emissions from growing, harvesting and manufacturing them by approximately 40 to 140 kilograms per metric ton. The analysis accounts for all greenhouse gases emitted through manufacture, and is expressed as a CO2 equivalent following standard methods.
"Wood is unique among structural building materials in its ability to remove carbon from the air and store it long term," says Edie Sonne Hall, Manager, Sustainable Forests and Products, with Weyerhaeuser. "Wood takes relatively little energy to manufacture, as most of the 'manufacturing' is done by the sun through photosynthesis."
In addition to helping offset greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, iLevel makes efficient use of natural resources. The business uses an average of 99 percent of every log in its manufacturing processes. Overall, the Weyerhaeuser company plants more than 100 million seedlings each year, and 100 percent of the forests it owns or manages in North America are independently certified to sustainable forestry standards.
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Kill Blossom (ppg)
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
Not to bad.
The over all thing for killing a kids favorite character would be emotional but for older people like teens who grow up and realize they always hated power puff girls I'm sure this would be suitable for that age group.
The animation and the game was great for a first time, but you could use a lot of practice to get better, over all you did great job keep up your good work.
The Emo Kid Game 2
Rated 2.5 / 5 stars
Well I dunno, It kinda seemed like a stereo type for the idea of the game.
the over all playing it, well it could be fun if you really are into keeping something up or you'll fail. But it was alright I'd say you could make some really fun games since you have great Ideas I'm sure.
Umeko Gentle Vampire 2
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Hey guys back off this isn't free stuff were talking, there is money to be made. see it more as a Demo Its full version must be awesome, this isn't for cheap eyes, This is Good animation and is meant to be paid for. there ^.^ plus it says demo soo why are you guys bitching. ^..^ I noticed that first thing, clicked on it and knew it would be short anyway. there ya go.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
'Just what all the games on New grounds should be"
What you created was a game you actually spent time on, and actually making it fun to play. excellent ^^.
Punish Britney
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Fun game thank you. I always wanted to do that to Brittany. :) ty
Emo Pet: Dress Up v3.0
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
Ioved this dress up game O.O i wish I had a long trench coat that I chose as my coat xD anyway thanks for the share. I like the kind of make fun of emo are the people who understand emo's those should be the rightful people to descriminate against emos, not the people who just blundtly do not at all understand why they act the way they do. anyway great I liked it.
Kill the Emo
Rated 3 / 5 stars
was it something a emo said too you?
I know this was made because you care and don't want emos to act like emo's or just really want to kill them for no particular reason....... But it was a great animation, but discrimination against emos, let emos be emo's ooops, I am a emo ^.^..... well good creation, i'll let you off.
BlEED I
Rated 3 / 5 stars
Well simpily I don't prefer these kind of games. o.o I guess i'm not much good at it, but not bad i guess,keep up your work o.o.
Rated 4 / 5 stars
pretty fun.
It was a nice beta for me, thanks for sharing. hope you make more fun games like this keep it up.
Generic Defense Game
Rated 4 / 5 stars
good I liked this game
I never got to rate in in the past and now i made a account and am now rating it, You did a great job. thanks . fun game.


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The acquisition of Harrahs entertainment common stock for 81.00 dollars per share was confirmed in a Special Committee of the company Board of Directors. The Special Committee used the financial advising services of UBS Securities and the legal advising services of Kaye Scholer.
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Carve out some time for a musical version of the classic Pinocchio story retold from a new perspective: Geppetto's. Singing music and lyrics written by Oscar winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell), the talented youth cast of Disney's My Son Pinocchio, Jr. brings to life Stromboli, the Blue Fairy and, of course, the wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. Not only will you witness Pinocchio's transformation, but you will also see Geppetto's change from strict creator to loving father. Disney's My Son Pinocchio, Jr. features Schwartz's stirring music as well as some of the most treasured songs from the original 1940 animated film, including "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "I've Got No Strings." Expect to be charmed and captivated by this exciting Young Actors' Theatre production at ENCORE! Theatre in Spring Valley.
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Force of Wills: The Ties that Bind
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Drummond Kaas
Mitka vaulted over stone ruin, Aric laying out cover fire. She gripped her rifle in one hand as she used her other as a spring board to jumpe over another log that kept her from her goal.
"Repeat after me Aric" Ainsley said in the quiet of the observation deck, stars and nebula above them.
"I love you. You are my best friend. Today I give myself to you in marriage. I promise to encourage you and inspire you, to laugh with you, and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle. I promise to love you, in good times and in bad, when life seems easy, and when it seems hard, when our love is simple, and when it is an effort. I promise to cherish you, and to always hold you in highest regard. These things I give to you this day, and all the days of our lives." Aric spoke the words, hid heart swelled and he felt the fine fur below his eyes moisten. He coughed the lump in his throat away, and held fast to Mitka's hands.
Mitka ran as hard as her legs would carry her, the Imperial guard noticing her too late as she sprinted towards their leader, a tall thin Sith who commanded lightning.
"Repeat after me Mitka" Ainsley smiled at her daughter, in plain clothes under the stars, beside the man she loved, in front of her parents and brothers, and her newfound sister. Ainsley had a job to do, an important task, the happy tears behind her eyes would have to wait a moment longer.
"I love you. You are my best friend. Today I give myself to you in marriage. I promise to encourage you and inspire you, to laugh with you, and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle. I promise to love you, in good times and in bad, when life seems easy, and when it seems hard, when our love is simple, and when it is an effort. I promise to cherish you, and to always hold you in highest regard. These things I give to you this day, and all the days of our lives." Mitka's voice broke, when Aric wiped away an errant tear.
Mitka crashed into the Sith, who broke his attack on the Changrian trooper, the soldier fell in a heap, Mitka did not have time to see if he lived. She fell with the surprised Sith, and landed against the hard stone ground, her rifle bouncing out of her hands, she felt the rush of blood in her head, her pulse screaming in her ears. The Sith was back on his feet while she rolled towards her weapon, too late, as the Sith destroyed it with the flick of his fingers.
"Mitka, take this ring, as a sign of my faith and my commitment to our love, share this joy with me today." Aric slipped the delicate and simple band onto her finger, smiling down at her with his impossible green eyes, they glowed in the starlight.
"Aric, take this ring, as a sign of my faith and my commitment to our love, share this joy with me today." Mitka took the black steel ring and placed it on his finger caressing the fine fur of his hands, smiling now, her cheeks hurt but nothing in that moment could dull what she felt, tears streaked her red face, the happiest tears she had ever tasted.
"Kiss already!" Aaron called from behind them, and the newlyweds didn't need to be told twice.
Mitka grabbed the knife from her belt, and the other from her boot, the sith shocked her, the electricity intensified by the electronics in her armor shorting out her systems. She screamed in pain, and roared in rage, throwing off her helmet. The Sith stopped, taken aback for an instant. Mitka gave the other Pureblood a fang baring grin and forced her muscles to spring forward, the surprise and momentary pause giving her an opening, she slid one knife into a kidney, and the other just beyond his clavicle into the soft and tender flesh beyond. The Sith blinked up at her, eyes wild and questioning.
"Ab…abom…." He spoke through the blood in his throat
Mitka pulled her knife from his neck with a sickening sucking sound, and gave his red face a new smile, killing him in that instant. She spit on the now bleeding corpse before turning towards the trooper she had rushed to save. Aaron was beside him with a med kit. The mandalorians were dispatching the last remaining Imperial guard. They had a moment to breath before pressing forward.
"Never imagined honeymooning on Drummond Kaas. When this is all over I'm taking you to one of those nice resorts on Ithor." Aric took her face in his hands, scowling at the burn marks on her cheek ridges. "You alright? Sir?"
The blood was still rushing around in her head and ears, she blinked once and twice and took mental inventory of her injuries, nothing broken, a few burns, nothing some kolto gel couldn't fix. She nodded at her husband, whom she had married only twenty four hours earlier.
"I'm good." She gave him a fierce smile, he returned it with a wicked grin that showed off his sharp Cathar fangs.
"What are you two talking about? Nothing more romantic then a shared blood frenzy, it's how we celebrated our marriage." Ava sauntered up to them removing her own helmet revealing eerie empty sockets. Torian stood behind her with a half-smile and his own wild look in his eyes, the thrill of the hunt and the kill singing in his Mandalorian blood.
"How is he Aaron?" She called to her older brother who was helping the Changrian to a sitting position.
Aaron turned his still helmeted head towards her and gave her a nod. The Changrian turned towards them giving her and the rest of the assembled team a once over. He struggled to his feet and gave her a shaky salute.
"Sir, didn't know Havoc had been called in, it's an honor Major. Sargent Fideltin Rusk."
"Havoc isn't here Sargent, you never saw them, am I clear?" Mitka eyed Rusk wearily, she knew him by reputation only, she had known some soldiers to call him Sargent death mark.
"Crystal, sir."
"Garza won't like this." Aric said as he counted his clips, and prepared his assault canon for the operation.
"Garza won't know." Mitka said as she prepped her own kit.
"She'll know if we don't come back"
Mitka stopped what she was doing and looked at her husband, fur still damp from their shared shower. They should be on their way to somewhere nice, somewhere they could celebrate on a beach drinking fruity drinks with their only obligations being when they would next make love.
"We should be on this op, we should have been ordered in, this is what Havoc was made for, exactly this type of mission. Garza should have called us." She clenched her fist, angry at the general. "One Jedi Knight, and her team, five people against the Sith Emperor in the heart of Imperial Space, how could we not help?"
"I know, I'm not arguing with you Mit. There isn't anywhere you lead where I won't follow, but there's going to be consequences." Aric laid his canon on the floor, and went to his wife, fire, fury and passion, but somehow with one of the kindest souls he had ever known. He wrapped his arms around her, her closeness causing him to stir.
"Again?" Her golden eyes danced with mischief, she checked the clock then gave him a sly smile. Aric was already pulling the thin tank top over her head as she worked his belt buckle. Twenty minutes would be more than enough time.
Mitka picked up her sparking and ruined rifle, it could be fixed, but not out in the field. The havoc symbol was still visible on it, she sighed as she planted a small charge on the rifle and took a few steps back. The charge went off, blowing the rifle to slag. No evidence. Aric handed her, her secondary rifle, she loaded it then nodded to the assembled group and pressed forward. Ava commed Blizz to let them know their movements and to keep the engines warm. They followed Rusk up the path towards the steps of the dark temple, and there at the foot of the stairs was a hulking and powerful Sith, destroying another squad of Imperial guard. When the last guard fell he lifted his head towards them, Rusk lifted a hand and the Sith nodded, cocking his head, curious at the sight. He caught Mitka's eyes, and she saw recognition in his face, not surprise or contempt. Mitka's skin crawled, she stood her ground despite the feeling of unease, she had not had this feeling with the Sith she had killed, she could feel this one's power, even to her it was palpable. He came to stand in front of her, ignoring Rusk's report, an appraising look on his face, a small amused grin on his lips.
"You have the look of your mother child." His voice was deep and still.
"So I've been told." She met his blood red eyes with a bright golden glare, his grin widened.
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Yes those are my vows..
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Force of Wills: The Ties that Bind
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For those looking for an edge in lineup management, check out the daily SaberSim tool that @jfwiii has created. It's simple to use and is a big help in trying to determine which players to start or sit each day. You can check out the tool here and save it to your own Drive.
Again, terrific tool @jfwiii - I use it every day now. Love it.
when i get the "this won't work for your scoring type" error (say i enter a 4x4 league) does it still technically work (e.g., it pulls in the data and ranks the players but ranks based on Pts and so is not accurate for 4x4) or does it actually break the spreadsheet?
It will still pull in the day's stats, rank players, and allow you to filter for your team. It looks like it defaulted to SABR pts for the rankings, based on one 4x4 example that I tried (28), although I didn't dig back into the details to see exactly what it should do. I suppose the team-based filter gives the tool at least a tiny bit of utility for 4x4 and 5x5 leagues.
I've used the tool for my 4x4 league, using the Pts as a proxy for 4x4 performance and the projected Hitter/Pitcher matchup.
yeah, that was my thinking. at least in 4x4, if player A is going to have a better Pts day than player B, he is probably also going to have a better 4x4 day. it's a bit tougher in 5x5, but still has some utility i would think.
Agreed. The vagaries of 5x5 value preclude it from being too useful though.
John will you be updating this tool for the 2017 season? I found it to be a big help last year, one of my favorite tools I've seen.
Yes, as long as the data will be available, I will plan to update it.
Absolutely fantastic tool, and a lifesaver for someone like me that needs to edit lineups quickly.
SaberSim tool status: currently broken
Don't know if they're still planning to have SaberSim projections on FG, but they are not available this morning. I signed myself up for a trial on the SaberSim site, but unfortunately they don't provide the necessary data on their site, even as part of their csv export. They don't provide PAs, which are both pretty crucial and also difficult to estimate, since they also do not provide ABs or Outs. So unless FG gets their act together or SaberSim begins allowing a full export, it's broken.
Of course, if SaberSim is not publishing the data in some kind of freely-available format this year, I'm not going to update the tool publicly anyway.
Hopefully FG is planning to have this data again for 2017. I should be able to fix it pretty quickly if they do.
We are back up and running. It appears FG was just slow to post SaberSim today. Here is the link to this year's version of the tool:
Daily ottoneu SaberSim projections rev 20170402 (Google Docs link)
Please make a copy into your own Google Drive and leave the original intact. I make a copy for each of my leagues, so that I don't have to change the league number.
I have made a minor tweak to the formatting in the SaberSim tool. The red/yellow/green color scale values are now a little higher for batters and lower for pitchers, which should better reflect current league dynamics. The old version is still usable, but if you want the new version, you can get it here:
Daily ottoneu SaberSim projections rev 20170714 (Google Docs link)


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Peter Schiff: Obama, Fed Presided Over Phony Recovery, Sees 'Major, Major Currency Crisis' Coming
This past weekend, Peter Schiff, the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, uploaded a new video to The Schiff Report on YouTube.com. Schiff, who correctly-called last decade's housing crash and recent global economic crisis, noted that it had been a while since he released an entry to this vlog. As such, Schiff talked about a number of subjects. He advised viewers:
I think that we're already in recession. It's just that the Fed hasn't acknowledged it yet. And one of the reasons that Janet Yellen is so reluctant to come clean and acknowledge how weak the economy is because number one, it undercuts President Obama, who's going around the world claiming the United States has the strongest economy in the world when we're, in fact, in recession. Even Europe is growing faster than the United States. Yet somehow President Obama wants to claim credit for saving the U.S. economy and producing all this non-existent growth. While the Federal Reserve doesn't want to peddle fiction, in the words of President Obama. So it doesn't want to basically undercut his message of an economic recovery by acknowledging that it's over. And for the same reason the Fed doesn't want to take the wind out of Hillary Clinton's sails, because she wants to sail into the White House based on the prosperity that was supposedly created by President Obama. So Janet Yellen doesn't want to undercut her message because she wants to run on four more years. And the Fed can't admit that we're back in recession. And also the Federal Reserve has already claimed credit for success. They want to pretend that their monetary policies created this real recovery. They don't want to acknowledge it ended. So they have their own credibility on the line. They want to pretend that the economy is still recovering…
Meanwhile, I think it's the United States that's going to launch a whole new round of easing. I think they're going to be lowering interest rates back to zero and launching QE 4. The only unknown is whether they're going to do it before or after the election. And it depends on how quickly the economy or the markets unravel, because Yellen would rather have to come to the rescue of the economy before the election, because admitting that it needs rescuing is going to be a problem for Hillary Clinton and it's going to help Donald Trump. And I know Janet Yellen does not want to see Donald Trump as the next President. So that is the fine line that she is trying to walk. Whether she admits the economy is weak enough and needs stimulus, or whether she puts the stimulus anyway because it's so weak she's worried about the economy being too deep in a recession when voters go to the polls. And in that case, the Federal Reserve simply has to come up with some kind of excuse to try and blame things on the global economy. But the problem is, the situation is already turning around in the global economy. The real problem in the global economy is the United States.
And if you look at the action in the markets, people are just starting to figure this out. But it's still kind of like a deer in the headlight moment. I think a lot of traders, a lot of people who are managing money on Wall Street. They've been getting beaten up this year. A lot of the big players are losing a lot of money because they are positioned for the wrong outcome. Everybody has believed this narrative of a legitimate recovery, where the Federal Reserve will be normalizing interest rates. I've known all along that that was a farce. That the economy hadn't recovered. That the Federal Reserve had in fact prevented a recovery. That the U.S. economy is actually in worse shape now than it was in 2008. So rather than a recovery, we actually got sicker. We just covered up some of the symptoms. But we have exacerbated all of the problems. And President Obama- he's hasn't presided over a recovery at all. He's presided over a bigger bubble than his predecessor. And in fact, the economic disaster that awaits his successor, is going to be much bigger than the disaster he inherited from George Bush. And he spent the entire last eight years of his presidency blaming everything bad on Bush, and claiming that he got us out of that mess. Well, the reality is, he has gotten us into a much bigger mess. And whoever succeeds him is going to have to deal with it. It will be interesting though if its ends up being Hillary Clinton. Is she going to still blame the disaster on Bush, and just forget about the eight years of Obama, and try and blame the recession she is going to inherit as some kind of leftover, residual recession from the Bush years? As if President Obama had actually nothing to do with it, when his policies simply exacerbated all the problems. He just double-downed on the failed policies of Bush. But then he added a lot of other policies that were even worse. And that is why this so-called recovery has been the weakest recovery that we have ever had. And, in fact, if the truth were known. If the numbers weren't cooked by artificially-low inflation rates, we would have a much weaker recovery or we'd have no recovery at all. But the people who are voting for Bernie Sanders or voting for Donald Trump- they are living in this recession. This phony recovery that President Obama and the Federal Reserve want to take credit for.
Schiff hasn't deviated from his long-held belief of a coming dollar crisis. He warned viewers:
This is going to be a major, major currency crisis. And unfortunately, the currency crisis/economic crisis that's coming- maybe it'll start before Obama leaves office, just like the financial crisis blew up on the last year of the Bush administration. Or maybe it will be an inaugural present for Donald Trump or for Hillary Clinton. But this crisis that's coming is going to be much worse, much worse, on an order of magnitude, kind of like a Richter scale-worse, than the financial crisis of 2008. Because the combination of bad fiscal policy and bad monetary policy, particularly monetary policy but also things like ObamaCare- all the things that the Federal Reserve and the federal government have done over the last seven or eight years have made the problem so much worse. Meanwhile, the debt has gotten so much bigger. The leverage has gotten so much bigger. The number of players, the financial markets, are so much more out-of-whack based on a false expectation of what is likely to happen. I mean, this is worse- these are bigger imbalances than we had leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. Fewer people are prepared for what's going to happen. And when it does, it's going to be a major economic upheaval, much worse than what we had in '08 from the perspective of the average American… When you have a currency crisis, when the dollar is collapsing, when the cost of living is going up, and then people start to lose these part-time jobs- you lose your job and the cost of living goes up. This is going to be much worse.
"Gold and Currency Markets Expose U.S. Recovery Myth"
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Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
(Editor's notes: Info added to "Crash Prophets" page; a qualified professional should be consulted prior to making a financial decision based on material found in this weblog. If this recommended course of action is not pursued, then it must be understood that the decision is the reader's and the reader's alone. The creator/Editor of this blog is not responsible for any personal liability, loss, or risk incurred as a consequence of the use and application, either directly or indirectly, of any information contained herein.)
Project Prepper, Part 45: Top 3 Threat Priorities
"As a result of my research and this blog, I'm now aware of the myriad of man-made and naturally-occurring threats to my life and lifestyle (and those of my loved ones), and think it's probably wise to acquaint myself more with 'prepping' via a sustained 'hands-on' program of learning and doing, which I'll call 'Project Prepper.'
Through a series of posts on this blog which I suspect should last for quite some time (years?), I'll be able to share my preparedness experiences with you…"
–Survival And Prosperity, "Project Prepper, Part 1: It Begins," October 24, 2012
This week's "Project Prepper" post is going to be a little different. While I'm currently working on a number of projects related to fulfilling seven "innate survival needs" (hat tip Jack Spirko @ The Survival Podcast):
1. Physical Security
2. Financial Security
3. Water
4. Food
5. Sanitation and Health
6. Energy
7. Shelter
Today I'm going to talk about threat priorities. As a forty-something homeowner residing with my girlfriend in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, in 2016, "I'm now aware of the myriad of man-made and naturally-occurring threats to my life and lifestyle (and those of my loved ones)." Regular readers of Survival And Prosperity know I blog about them frequently. But from my vantage point, here are the "top 3" I'm mostly concerned about:
1. Severe Weather
2. Financial Crisis
3. Terrorism
Concerning severe weather, here in the Chicagoland area residents have to contend with spring and summer storms that can consist of high winds, torrential rain, flooding, and tornadoes. Winter can bring along with it ice storms (not too often), significant snowfall/blizzards, and brutally-cold temperatures. Consequently, structural damage, utility outages, hazardous travel conditions, and other threats to life and property accompany such events.
Case in point, prior to my girlfriend and I moving into our house in 2013, a large part of the Chicago metro area suffered significant damage from a "derecho" (widespread, long-lived wind storm) event that left many area homeowners without electricity for several days. A real nuisance for most of those affected, but potentially deadly to those with serious health issues- like my elderly father. And in case readers think I'm talking about those far-off "suburbs" of Chicago here (I remember one real estate agent referring to Rochelle- approximately 80 miles west of Chicago- as a "western suburb" during the housing boom last decade), these extended outages were taking place in near "North Shore" enclaves. I remember watching one furious Northbrook homeowner being interviewed on the local televised news, saying how he had been without power for a number of days and couldn't understand why it hadn't been restored yet considering the high taxes he paid to live in such a nice area. Anyway, severe weather tops the list for me. Not as "sexy"- as some would say- as preparing for the "Zombie apocalypse," but oh well.
Financial crisis. Regular readers of Survival And Prosperity and its predecessor know I've been on the lookout for coming "tough times" for some years now. From this blog's "About" page:
Back in 2004 when SP's creator/editor Christopher Hill was surveying the economic and investment landscape in support of his own investing activities, he concluded from his own research that the United States was heading towards a financial crash. Deciding that this was something other Americans might want to know about, Mr. Hill launched the independent financial blog Boom2Bust.com, "The Most Hated Blog on Wall Street," on Memorial Day Weekend 2007 with the purpose of warning and educating others about the approaching U.S. economic crash. He has been credited with calling last decade's housing bubble and subsequent bust, the 2008 global economic crisis, and the "Great Recession" as a result of his work on this project. Chris wrote over 1,500 posts on Boom2Bust.com during its nearly three-year run, with many of these picked up and republished on the web sites of The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, Fox News, Reuters, USA Today, the Chicago Sun-Times group, the Austin-American Statesman, the Palm Beach Post, and the West Orlando News, among other media outlets. Chris was also interviewed for a May 2009 MSNBC.com article as a result of his work with the blog.
Since Memorial Day Weekend 2007, I've stood by and watched as the bursting of the U.S. housing bubble and subprime mortgage crisis was quickly followed by carnage on Wall Street in the autumn of 2008 and a "Great Recession." I also observed how the Washington politicians and the Fed responded by "papering up" the mess with massive government and central bank intervention. But as everyone knows, you can only "kick the can down the road" so far. And my concern is that the road is rapidly coming to an end. Visit this blog often enough and you might get that sense as well.
Consequently, I've come to believe that the U.S. financial crash I still see headed our way won't be like an airplane that suffers a sudden, catastrophic failure and plummets back to Earth like a rock. Rather, taking into account the abilities of the federal government and central bank to keep the aircraft aloft for quite some time, the crash may be more akin to a slow- yet-unavoidable descent into the ground. At which point, Americans might be left pondering what had happened to them, just like Argentines did after their economy crapped out in the early 2000s after prosperous times.
Making matters worse is the fact that I still reside in Cook County and Illinois, whose financial troubles are well-publicized. While I've left Chicago, I still haven't made Wisconsin my permanent home address.
When the "balloon goes up" locally and nationally, I suspect everyday living is going to get particularly gritty around these parts.
As terrorism is concerned, post-9/11 I found myself working in the public safety field. As part of my duties at a local fire department, I catalogued potential terrorist targets in the area in the hunt for money to upgrade the agency's response capabilities. It was my belief that the threat was real then, and it remains so today. Even more so in 2016, as U.S. border security is quite suspect at a time when those who would wish to harm the "homeland" continually make their operational capabilities and future desires for wreaking death and destruction known.
"Border Patrol Admits US Citizenship Doesn't Matter"
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Like I've repeatedly said before on this blog, I believe it's only a matter of time before the United States suffers terror attacks possibly resembling what occurred in Beslan (Russia) in 2004, Mumbai (India) in 2008, and more recently in Paris and Brussels. And a terrorist strike rivaling or even surpassing the carnage of September 11, 2011, is not out of the question as far as I'm concerned. New jihadists continue to replace their fallen predecessors in this "War on Terror," and the religious duty of killing "infidels" remains the same. On May 6, 2011, I wrote:
In 2005, Dr. Paul L. Williams, a journalist and author, published the book The Al-Qaeda Connection, in which he discussed plans for a future nuclear terrorist strike, dubbed "American Hiroshima." He wrote:
Bin Laden asserts that he must kill four million Americans- two million of whom must be children- in order to achieve parity for a litany of "wrongs" committed against the Muslim people by the United States of America. The "wrongs" include the establishment and occupation of military bases between the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, the support of Israel and the suppression of the Palestinian people, the Persian Gulf War and the subsequent economic sanctions, and the invasions of Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
These days, the Islamic State has stolen the headlines from Al-Qaeda and other Muslim extremists. But such religious fanaticism as a whole remains a top concern for me.
Severe weather, financial crisis, and terrorism are natural and man-made threats that register the most on my radar. But this doesn't mean I discount other potential dangers to life and property either (pandemic, severe space weather, and war would probably be the next three on the list). As such, an "all-hazards" approach is emphasized in my "Project Prepper" activities.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Peter Schiff: 'Inevitable' QE 4 Will Lead To U.S. Dollar Crisis
On August 28, 2015, Euro Pacific Capital's Peter Schiff spoke at The Jackson Hole Summit, "the first ever event to discuss monetary and fiscal policy at the same time as the Central Bankers are discussing policy," according to sponsor American Principles Project. Schiff, who correctly-called the housing bust and economic crisis last decade, warned those in attendance that because the Federal Reserve isn't allowing market forces to fix imbalances in the financial system, the United States is ultimately heading towards a dollar crisis. From the presentation:
The Fed needs to raise interest rates right now. Not because the economy can take it, but because it can't. Because, again, it is a bubble that needs to be popped. The sooner we pop it, the better. But of course we're going to find out that the Fed didn't save us from the financial crisis. They simply interrupted it. And they kicked the can down the road. And we've now caught up to the can. And, the problem is, because we've delayed solving the problem- see, the financial crisis was the beginning of the solution. And the Fed interrupted it. The market was trying to fix what the Fed broke. Real estate prices coming down were part of the solution. Banks failing was part of the solution. That recession was part of the solution. And the Fed interrupted it. And instead they gave us an even bigger bubble. And now we're going to have to deal with that…
All the real economic recovery is being prevented. The Fed has got it all dammed up with its monetary policy. But it's afraid to release the dam because it's going to unleash all of these forces, this creative destruction that is so necessary, because we cannot have this genuine economic recovery that would actually lift living standards and create good jobs for the American people. We can't do that unless we allow this phony economy that's been resurrected on the foundation of cheap money collapse. But nobody is going to allow that to happen…
And then they're going to launch QE 4. Which nobody really understands. I think it's inevitable. I said this from the beginning. I said that when they launched the very first round of quantitative easing that they had walked into, checked into, a monetary roach motel. That there was no way out. Once they went down this line, that we were in for the duration. You live by QE, you die by QE. I said we'd have more QEs than Rocky movies. And I think they had six of those. And of course they got progressively worse. And so I think QE 4 is going to be even worse than the last rounds. And ultimately… ultimately, where we are headed is to a dollar crisis…
"Peter Schiff at Jackson Hole Summit: The Monetary Roach Motel"
YouTube Video
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
(Editor's notes: Info added to "Crash Prophets" page; I am not responsible for any personal liability, loss, or risk incurred as a consequence of the use and application, either directly or indirectly, of any information presented herein)
Jim Rogers On Illusionary Prosperity: 'The Road's Coming To An End'
Investor, author, and financial commentator Jim Rogers just appeared on the Yahoo! Finance show Market Pulse. The chairman of Rogers Holdings had plenty to discuss with Michael Santoli, Yahoo! Finance Senior Columnist. From their exchange that was published on the Yahoo! Finance website this afternoon:
SANTOLI: So we're overdue for some kind of problems. Obviously we've been focused on problems that seem to be unfolding elsewhere in the world whether it's emerging markets, commodities, currencies, things like that. So how bad is it going to be? People keep pointing to these prior instances whether it's 2011 or 1998. How's it look?
ROGERS: Mike, you work for Yahoo! Finance. You should know how bad it's going to be for goodness sakes. It's going to be wor- we had a problem in 2008 because of huge debt. The debt is much, much, much higher now everywhere in the world. The Federal Reserve's balance sheet alone is over 600 percent bigger in just seven years. Mike the problem's going to be much worse. You should watch Yahoo! Finance. I'm telling you, you should be worried, you should be prepared… We've got staggering debt. Huge amounts of money printing. We're going to have to pay the price because politicians have kept pushing things down the road, kicking the can down the road as they put it- the road's coming to an end.
The former investing partner of George Soros in the legendary Quantum Fund added later:
I don't have any shares in the U.S. for instance. I've got some shorts in the U.S.- it's near all-time highs. I don't have many shares many places except some I bought 20 or 25 years ago. China I own shares. Russia I own shares. These are depressed markets. I like to buy things- agriculture- I like to buy things that are depressed because even if we have problems, at least they're already down some. They can go down more, and they probably will, but that's where I'm focusing.
"Jim Rogers On The Fed"
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Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
(Editor's notes: Info added to "Crash Prophets" page; I am not responsible for any personal liability, loss, or risk incurred as a consequence of the use and application, either directly or indirectly, of any information presented herein)
Chicago Property Taxes Hiked As School Budget Passed
There are so many new and increased fees, fines, and taxes being proposed and implemented around the Chicagoland area these days, it's hard to keep track of all of them. But here's one Chicago tax hike that's just been approved that's making local headlines. Juan Perez, Jr., reported on the Chicago Tribune website last night:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school board on Wednesday unanimously approved a budget that relies heavily on borrowed money and the hope of a nearly $500 million bailout from a stalemated Springfield, with the specter of disruptive cuts in January if that help fails to materialize.
The $5.7 billion spending plan contains another property tax hike — an estimated $19-a-year increase for the owner of a $250,000 home — as well as teacher and staff layoffs. The Chicago Board of Education also prepared to go to Wall Street to issue $1 billion in bonds and agreed to spend $475,000 so an accounting firm can monitor a cash flow problem so acute that Chicago Public Schools mulled skipping a massive teacher pension payment at the end of June…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
My old neighbors on the city's Northwest Side, in their single family homes that are selling just south of the $350K-mark on average these days, probably aren't too thrilled to hear about this latest tax hike.
Oh, but it gets "better." Perez added:
To help patch over a budget gap the district said exceeds $1.1 billion, CPS raised its property taxes to the maximum amount allowed under state law. But CPS may not be done — [Chicago Public Schools chief Forrest] Claypool has floated the idea of restoring a property tax levy dedicated to teacher pensions that would generate an estimated $170 million…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Keep in mind this is just the school's portion of the Chicago property owner's tax bill we're talking about here.
Once again, a couple of bucks here, a couple of bucks there, and all these new and increased fees, fines, and taxes from various levels of government will have Chicago taxpayers going bonkers soon enough.
And Illinois taxpayers- note that bit about:
The hope of a nearly $500 million bailout from a stalemated Springfield…
You too could be on the hook for this debacle.
Head on over to the Chicago Tribune website here to get the full story on this latest tax hike.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
GoldSilver.com's Mike Maloney: Potential Fallout From Unpegging Swiss Franc From Euro
Regular Survival And Prosperity readers may recall that GoldSilver.com used to be an affiliate marketing partner of the blog. Great company (specializes in the instruction of precious metals investing and providing world-class gold and silver dealer services and products), but they pulled the plug on their affiliate marketing program not too long ago. Anyway, I still receive e-mails from the Santa Monica, California-based operation, and yesterday I watched a video by Mike Maloney, the precious metals expert, advisor, and author who heads up the firm. Maloney has been an advisor to Robert Kiyosaki of Rich Dad Poor Dad-fame, and even wrote a book about investing in gold and silver under the Rich Dad's Advisors series.
Anyway, in that GoldSilver.com video Mike Maloney discussed the potential ramifications of the Swiss franc being unpegged from the euro last week- among other things. Maloney warned viewers:
Back when we were filming Hidden Secrets of Money, when we started filming it, we did the opening sequence. And in there I said, "We're entering a period of financial crisis that is the greatest the world has ever seen." And that is happening today. These shockwaves that could cause the Russian- this could cause another Russian Revolution to happen. We have no idea what's going to happen. But the shockwave of all these things- the deflationary pressure, the Russian crisis that's going on, commodities falling, and then the Swiss unpegging from the euro- all happening at once. And by the way, there's bank runs happening right now in Greece, and four of the largest banks in Greece have asked for assistance from the European Central Bank. So, this is all happening at once. What I think is going to happen is this will smooth out for a short period of time, but then it's going to get worse again. So these shockwaves, this all undermines the trust in central banks and the trust in fiat currencies…
The central banks are now backed into a corner, and everything that I've been predicting is starting to unfold here. It's unfolding very slowly, and on a scale that's huge. But it's not going to be slow forever. There's going to come a day when slow turns into very fast. And a lot of this stuff happens overnight. For instance, the currency unpeg. Nobody knew it was coming- it happened immediately. And so, these things always end up eventually being good for precious metals. I don't look forward to the economic chaos that we're about to go through. But, we'll get through it, and it will be a different world when we come through the other end. Hopefully, what ends up happening, is free enterprise, free markets, capitalism, and sound money win. That would be the best outcome.
"Global Shockwaves To Come From Swiss Currency Bombshell – Mike Maloney."
YouTube Video
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
(Editor's note: I am not responsible for any personal liability, loss, or risk incurred as a consequence of the use and application, either directly or indirectly, of any information presented herein.)
Signs Of The Time, Part 82
I had a tough choice to make earlier tonight- either watch President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Speech, or finish up doing laundry.
After all my clothes were put away, I saw on my Internet service provider's home page some jibberish about how some "shadow of crisis" had passed. I pulled up a transcript of the President's speech tonight and sure enough there was this:
America, for all that we've endured; for all the grit and hard work required to come back; for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this:
The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.
At this moment — with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production — we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth. It's now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next fifteen years, and for decades to come…
Mark my words. The "shadow of crisis" hasn't passed. It was merely papered over. Keynesian "enlightenment," government intervention, bailouts, stimulus packages, quantitative easing, QE 1, QE 2, QE 3, willing-and-able presstitutes, and what do we have? The Not-So-Great Recovery. Answer me this- if the economy is so strong, why have interest rates been effectively at zero for how many years now? "But Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve are going to start raising interest rates soon." We'll see, but if they do, I suspect rates will be raised incrementally, and I can't help but wonder if the next few years won't resemble the early part of last decade when a housing bubble inflated (and eventually popped) under the guise of a strong economy, but with the Fed slow on the trigger to raise rates and take way the punch bowl. This time around, we could even have multiple asset bubbles (in bonds? housing? stocks?) formed before the next installment of the longer financial crash arrives. Who knows exactly how the next crisis will play out, but I'm pretty sure the end result will be much uglier than the last episode. Not many bullets left for Uncle Sam and the central bank to use.
One more thing. "We have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth." God forbid anyone scratch the surface to reveal how many more trillions of dollars of debt has been piled on our financial house of cards in order to kick the can down the road a little bit more. There's no escaping the fact that the United States is the world's largest debtor nation. And another inconvenient fact happens to be that taking on significant debt is akin to slavery.
"Freer to write our own future." If only it were true. Financial reckoning day is more like it.
I'll leave Survival And Prosperity readers with this. Back in the early 1990s while attending the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign I remember listening to a recording of "The Rat Pack" in action. Frank Sinatra was chiding Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Now, the "Chairman Of The Board" made an observation that better describes the situation we're in than what the President Of The United States said this evening:
You've had your fling and you flung it.
Enjoy the "good times" while they last, then prepare to batten down the hatches.
Scene from The Final Countdown (1980)
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Note that it's not the end of the word I'm talking about here. But things will definitely suck for a while before the economy and society gets better again. By that time, we'll probably be well on our way to having passed the baton to China.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Moody's Analytics: All U.S. States Except Delaware Have Escaped Recession Risk
Just when I thought I had read/seen it all today comes this from Lisa Lambert on the Reuters website late this afternoon:
All U.S. states except for Delaware have escaped the possibility of falling back into recession, as they reap the rewards of strong private-sector employment and a burgeoning energy sector, according to an analysis released on Tuesday.
Moody's Analytics, which tracks state and metropolitan economies, added Illinois, Wisconsin and Alabama to its list of states in recovery. That left Delaware alone in its "at risk of recession" category.
Moody's Analytics, a unit of Moody's evaluates economics and financial risk around the world. A separate unit, the credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service, recently said the outlook for states is now stable, after five years of being negative.
With the U.S. economy being kept afloat by massive federal government intervention, trillion dollar budget deficits, an almost zero percent federal funds rate, attempted reinflating of the housing and financial markets, $85 billion worth of long-term bonds being purchased by the Fed each and every month, job creation dominated by part-time positions, and highly-questionable government reporting of economic data to boot, one could easily argue another recession- measured using "official" figures- is a real and constant threat to the United States.
After I read that recession assessment by Moody's Analytics, the following sarcastic line from "Gunny" Highway (actor Clint Eastwood) in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge came to mind:
Well, I'll sleep a lot better at night knowing that sir.
Have a good evening everyone.
Lambert, Lisa. "Recession risk gone in all U.S. states but 1: Moody's Analytics." Reuters. 10 Sep. 2013. (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/10/us-usa-states-economies-idUSBRE9891BG20130910). 10 Sep. 2013.
Peter Schiff: U.S. Will Experience Cyprus 'Bail-In'
Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital CEO/Chief Global Strategist, talked about the proposed Cyprus "bail-in" despite Cyrpiot bank accounts having deposit insurance in his March 18 entry on The Schiff Report YouTube video blog. Schiff, who correctly-called the 2008 global economic crisis and U.S. housing bust, warned viewers:
You know, ultimately, the same thing is going to happen in the United States. We've got deposit insurance here in America. But eventually, we're going to be faced with a similar problem. When interest rates rise, and big banks fail, the FDIC doesn't have the money for a bailout. And, if the Fed is tightening, the Treasury doesn't have the money to bail anybody out. So, we're going to be in the same situation.
Schiff sees the Cyprus fiasco as being bullish for gold. He added yesterday:
I think, first of all, that this is a very positive development for gold. Now, the reason for that is that bank deposits are at risk. And if you think your money is at risk in a bank and you pull it out, what are you going to do with it? Well, putting it in gold is a great alternative. In fact, if you had euros deposited in a Cyprus bank, now you've lost about 10 percent, close to 10 percent of the value of those deposits, or 10 percent of your euros. But if you had gold in a safety deposit box in a Cyprus bank, you haven't lost an ounce. So the people who have gold are whole, and those who have euros, or other currencies you had on deposit, but they've had a loss. So this highlights the safe haven aspect of gold.
"Insured Bank Deposits At Risk, America Burns While Obama Golfs"
YouTube Video
By Christopher E. Hill, Editor
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
(Editor's notes: Info added to "Crash Prophets" page; I am not responsible for any personal liability, loss, or risk incurred as a consequence of the use and application, either directly or indirectly, of any information presented herein.)
Cyprus Bank Deposit Funds Seized For 'Bail-In'
Something to think about before the financial crash comes to our shores. Peter Spiegel reported on the Financial Times (UK) website this morning:
International lenders agreed to a €10bn bailout of Cyprus early on Saturday morning after 10 hours of fraught negotiations, which included convincing Nicosia to seize €5.8bn from Cypriot bank deposits to help pay for the rescue, a first for any eurozone bailout.
The cash from Cypriot account holders will come in the form of a one-time 9.9 per cent levy on all deposits over €100,000 that will be slashed from their savings before banks reopen Tuesday, a day after a Cypriot holiday. An additional 6.75 per cent levy will be imposed on deposits below that level.
(Editor's note: Italics added for emphasis)
Notice it's not just "the rich" who are getting hammered by this "bail-in."
Rebecca Christie and Corina Ruhe added on the Bloomberg website today:
While the tax on deposits will hurt wealthy Russians with money in Cypriot banks, it will also sting ordinary citizens. Some ATMs in the country have run out of cash, Erotokritos Chlorakiotis, general manager of the Cooperative Central Bank, told state-run CYBC.
I can't imagine a similar event taking place here going over too well on Main Street.
That's not to say it can't happen, though.
Exploring legal avenues for escaping a situation like Cypriot bank account holders now find themselves in might not be a bad idea. If not feasible, keeping one's money out of the bank may be the smartest play in times of serious economic upheaval.
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Christie, Rebecca and Ruhe, Corina. "Cyprus Bank Deposits to Be Taxed in $13 Billion Bailout." Bloomberg.com. 16 Mar. 2013. (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-16/euro-area-takes-aim-at-depositors-in-cyprus-bailout.html). 16 Mar. 2013.
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MEN OF GOOD WILL BY JULES ROMAINS CONTENTS Preface Book One: The Sixth of October 1 Paris Goes to Work on a Fine Morning 2 Painters at Work. Woman Asleep 3 Nine oclock in the Morning at the De Saint Papouls and the De Champcenais 4 Schoolmaster Clanricard tells the Children about Europes Great Danger 5 The Comings and Goings of MadameMaillecottin 6 Juliette Ezzelin is Dispirited. Jean Jerphanion is Inspirited 7 Quinette the Bookbinder 8 Wazemmes the Apprentice 9 Quinett, the Stranger, and Blood, Sampeyre 11 Wazemmess First ...
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MEN OF GOOD WILL BY JULES ROMAINS CONTENTS Preface Book One: The Sixth of October 1 Paris Goes to Work on a Fine Morning 2 Painters at Work. Woman Asleep 3 Nine oclock in the Morning at the De Saint Papouls and the De Champcenais 4 Schoolmaster Clanricard tells the Children about Europes Great Danger 5 The Comings and Goings of MadameMaillecottin 6 Juliette Ezzelin is Dispirited. Jean Jerphanion is Inspirited 7 Quinette the Bookbinder 8 Wazemmes the Apprentice 9 Quinett, the Stranger, and Blood, Sampeyre 11 Wazemmess First Adventure. How Germaine Baader Awakened, and What she Thought About 12 A Discreet Inquiry 13 The Difficulties of Painting and the Pleasures of Betting 14 A Radical Deputys Disclosures to his Mistress 15 A Child of his Time 16 Two Forces. Two Menaces 17 A Little Boys Long Journey 18 Introducing Paris at Five oclock in the Evening 19 The Rendezvous 20 Wazemmes Meets his Future 21 The Refuge 22 The Lady in the Bus 23 Wasemmess Ideas about Women and Love 24 Parisian Workers 25 Walemmes, the Lady, and People Publishers Note Summary Book Two: Quinettes Crime 1 Maurice Ezzelin Reads the Paper 2 Bustle at Quinettes 3 The Spell of the Street 4 A Talk in Church 5 Leheudrys Mistress 6 Haverkamps Plans and Wazemmess Love Affair 7 Quinette on the Scene of the Crime 8 The Paper Shop in the Rue Vandamme 9 A Safer Hidingplace 10 A Loss of Virginity 11 Gurau is Hemmed In 12 Quinettes Sleepless Night 13 Contact with the Police 14 Council of War at De Champcenaiss. The Gurau File, and a Strange LoveScene 15 Jerphanion Meets Jailer. Gurau is All Alone 16 Heads on die Table 17 On the Banks of the Canal 18 A Profitable Conversation 19 Quinette Drowses Before Dawn 20 Wednesday Night Summary Index of Characters PREFACE I HONESTLY believe that a preface is useless except when it is indispensable If I have decided to write this one to Man of Good Will, I imply that I consider it to be indispensable. It is so for this reason, in the first place: the work whose publication begins with this volume will be of very considerable dimensions. The reader will not necessarily realise that fact beforehand. If he does not realise it, he may gather an erroneous impression of this opening volume, and may apply a criterion of judgment to it which is lacking in foundation. It is obvious that you judge a building in different ways if it is intended to be selfsufficing or if, on the contrary, it constitutes only a portico. Onlookers who pass by it while it is under construction and air their opinionsl about the purpose1 and proportions of the portico will probably be very far wide of the mark if they fail to appreciate the fact that the architect has so far covered only a small part of the site. Some people may pull me up here and point out to me that thoughtful architects surround their site with a high paling as long as the building is unfinished, in order to spare their contemporaries errors of judgment which may make them blush afterwards.
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