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Re: Intro to the groupstephanie.bies Jun 11, 2011 7:44 AM (in response to Andrew Kratz)
Hi Andrew,
We are holding a User Group on July 13th in NYC. We hope to address many of your interests at that User Group session. Let us know if there are any other areas we should address at the UG. Thanks for starting this discussion.
Re: Intro to the groupAndrew Kratz Jun 11, 2011 8:40 AM (in response to stephanie.bies)
That is great to hear Stephanie. I invited a few colleagues from McGraw-Hil into this group as well as a couple of other folks from other companies we have run into in and around NYC. I looked around at the documents in the group but didn't see any additional info on the July 13th meeting. Can you point me to that.
Looking forward to it!
Re: Intro to the groupstephanie.bies Jun 11, 2011 8:44 AM (in response to Andrew Kratz)
Hi Andrew,
We are hosting the UG on July 13th at McGraw Hill. The meeting will begin around 830 am - 1200 and include lunch. We are waiting to finalize our guest speakers. Once that is confirmed we will post invite in this group and send an invite to all NJ/NY customers.
Re: Intro to the groupAndrew Kratz Jun 11, 2011 9:01 AM (in response to stephanie.bies)
Your kidding? at our 1221 6th avenue location? I know we have conference sapce that we do open up for public use when there are no internal conflicts. Is that how you got that space? Or are you working with someone at McGraw-Hill....which I'll be embarrassed that I didn't know about already.
Either way, sounds great.
If you have room in the agenda and think the group would be interested to see what we are doing with Jive we certainly can show that. We are certainly interested in seeing the same from other companies.
thanks again!!!
Re: Intro to the groupcflanagan17 Jun 12, 2011 2:09 PM (in response to stephanie.bies)
Who's invited to this session, Stephanie? And is that the only NE user group? (NY is a little far for Mass residents and would require travel if we made it.)
Re: Intro to the groupTed Hopton Jun 29, 2011 8:38 AM (in response to Andrew Kratz)
I have July 13 on my calendar and would like to make travel plans. But I haven't seen anything further here or a firm agenda.
How solid is the July 13 date?
Also, for those of us traveling please recognize 8:30 is pretty early. I'll take the train up from Philly, but it won't arrive until 8:30 so I'll be late getting to the meeting location.
Re: Intro to the groupAndrew Kratz Jun 29, 2011 11:30 AM (in response to Ted Hopton)
The McGraw-Hill team working on Jive just met up with the News Corp Jive team today(we are across the street from one another in mid-town NYC). We discussed putting together an event in NYC with any companies using Jive within the next 4-6 weeks. We will put an announcement in this group to see who is interested once we firm up a date and location. Most likely here in mid-town NYC at one of our facilities. Stay tuned
Andrew Kratz
Re: Intro to the groupstephanie.bies Jun 29, 2011 8:47 AM (in response to Andrew Kratz)
We are going to postpone the NE User Group meeting. The plan is to hold this meeting after Jive World 2011 takes place in October.
Re: Intro to the groupjmitch2 Jun 29, 2011 3:47 PM (in response to stephanie.bies)
Just wondering what the reason is to postpone. It's been quite some time since the NE user group met, and I think it would be great to keep momentum behind these meetings. I do know that several people I had met/talked to at the first one are now at new companies.
Also, this is the first I've heard of a UG meeting on July 13 in NY. Would love to know more.

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A Never-ending Ocean
"A never-ending ocean, bottomless and shoreless",-
his passion and his dying,
instead of us,
for us.
'Ours…he was bearing.' ('bearting')*
'Ours…he was carrying'
'for our rebellions…'
'because of our guilt'
'We' replaced by 'He'
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Who can fathom this bottomless ocean?
I stand on the shore of a shoreless sea,
dip my soul as if my toe;-
who can fathom the heart of God,
He 'became sin':
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is 'transformed' into Sin,
that I and we and you
be transformed into ( a pure gift!)
Holiness, – the Holy of Him
who is the Holy One.
Steeped to my every fibre,-
it has been done!
Now will I follow in
to where Sin is no longer Sin
in me, because of
He took it, he became it, -it crushed his
Man-God heart to flour, grounded,
that I might eat new bread, new grace,
baked in the heat of the Cross,
and broken now, like Him, for all, for me.
I cannot fathom,
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A couple dozen Colonial Athletic Association officials and coaches had dinner Monday night in suburban Washington, D.C., in advance of Tuesday's annual basketball media gathering. After the meal, in jest, they presented Old Dominion coach Blaine Taylor with the $2,000 bill — a parting gift, if you will, as the Monarchs begin their final season in the conference.
"I said, you guys have already got in our pocket deep enough," Taylor cracked.
Indeed, the CAA prepares for the 2012-13 hoops season amid a backdrop of departures, exit fees, entry fees, conference realignment and a decided shift at the top of the league.
Defending champ VCU bolted for the Atlantic 10, which accommodated the Rams immediately. Perennial power ODU and Georgia State announced their intent to depart for other leagues — the Monarchs to Conference USA and Georgia State to the Sun Belt — in moves largely driven by football.
"A sign of the times," Taylor called it. "I think nationally, you've got a movement where everybody's realigning and we're just a piece of that picture."
Drexel's men and Delaware's women were overwhelming favorites to win the league titles. The last time either VCU, Old Dominion or George Mason didn't win the men's title was 2006.
"I don't think you can claim that it doesn't have a different feel, this entire year," CAA commissioner Tom Yeager said. "But a lot of conferences have a different feel — transitioning schools, people leaving, coming in, stuff like that. But the purpose of today is to talk about the 2013 season and these guys and gals."
The transition brings some competitive collateral damage. The league voted to exclude ODU and Georgia State from the respective men's and women's conference tournaments next March — reason being that the conference didn't want a school on its way out the door to earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
ODU and Georgia State aren't prohibited from playing in the NCAA tournament, but must earn an at-large invitation. That's a tall order for teams from so-called mid-major conferences, particularly without the chance to burnish their credentials with extra wins in their league tournament.
"The facts are that we've got to pour ourselves into our non-conference and our conference season," Taylor said. "Our conference tournament is going to take place starting Nov. 9 … and it's going to be played in the Constant Center on many nights, and there's an awful lot of entertainment that takes place during the course of a season. We will pour ourselves into the conference race probably a little more so, knowing that there isn't the conference tournament around the corner."
The CAA is looking at a further-abbreviated seven-team men's tournament in March. Towson and UNC Wilmington will not participate, either. Chronic under-performance in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rankings prompted the governing body to prohibit both programs from competing in the 2013 tournament. The CAA acted in order to prevent a team that couldn't compete in the NCAAs from winning the tournament and automatic bid.
Georgia State's Ron Hunter has been especially outspoken about his school's exclusion. Matter of fact, there's very little about which Hunter is not willing to offer an opinion. He tweeted on Monday that he was headed for CAA media day, where he felt like a neglected stepchild.
"I'm a big student-athlete welfare guy," Hunter said. "I think that the student-athlete experience should precede anything, any rule or anything that you have. To take anything away from the student-athlete, I think is completely unfair.
"You can give me all the rationale — a rule's a rule's a rule, and all that. Jaywalking's a (violation) and we all jaywalk and we don't get arrested for that. There are common-sense things that should take precedent, especially when it comes to the student-athlete. That's what made me upset about it and still makes me upset about it."
Hunter is doubly aggravated because his son, R.J., is a freshman on the Panthers' basketball team. So not only are his players being denied a competitive opportunity, but his blood, as well.
"We're all accountable for what we do," Hunter said. "For example, I know the schools that decided we shouldn't play in the conference tournament. I've got those same schools listed in our locker room. I've got those same schools listed in my bedroom.
"For me, personally, I think it's unfair and let's do something about it. I've talked to the kids: These are the schools that say why we can't play in the conference tournament. It's not a public thing, but I know."
Though the CAA vote was unanimous to exclude ODU and Georgia State from the conference tournaments, Hunter believes that was mostly procedural. He said he knows which schools were more and less insistent on the tournament ban.
"I want our kids to know because they're the ones who are affected by it," he said. "Everybody talks about the university. The university is buildings. You're affecting people. The people that are being affected are the men's and women's basketball teams. I want our kids to know that.
"We talk about it every day — every single day. When we walk in the room, we talk about that. So when we have an opportunity to do something about it, let's do something about it."
So the upcoming men's basketball season, there are teams with different motivation and greater and lesser opportunity.
"One of the things that I've had to really remind people in our own department, fans, media — next year is next year," Taylor said. "We're in the CAA right now and this is the '12-13 season, and we need to take this season and see what we can make of it."
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This week on Snap, amazing stories from people paid to do our dirty work.
Temptations Of War
James just wanted to film the war in Liberia. But bloody conflicts dirty even the cleanest of hands. Find out more about James Brabazon's story in his book, "My Friend the Mercenary."
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Jonathan Kiekbusch discovered he had a secret talent that people would pay for. If someone wanted breakup with their girlfriend or boyfriend, but didn't have the guts -- Jonathan would handle the dirty work.
Producer: Joe Rosenberg
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Glynn lands a primo gig selling a gadget that sells itself.
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We spent the month of January working on projects that include curved flat seams. And we spent the month of February voting on our favorite projects. Please visit the voting page and check out the finished projects. You'll see that choosing a favorite was very difficult considering the high quality of the entries.
|Pam from Threading My Way made a dress featuring wavy curved seams in the skirt.
She blogged about it HERE.
Congrats on winning the gold badge.
Your bragging rights are fully instated!
|Fiona from Celtic Thistle Stitches completed a two-sided tablecloth.
I attempted to brighten/lighten this photo, so the colors aren't true--apologies!
See the original photos in Fiona's blog post HERE.
Congrats on winning the silver badge.
Feel free to brag away!
|Caroline at Artfully Caroline was able to finish 2 curved seams projects. She blogged about them HERE.
The first project was this pretty pillow using the drunkard's path quilt block.
Congrats on winning the bronze badge.
Bragging rights are yours!
If you're interested in honing your sewing skills, meeting crafty folks from all over the world, and/or trying sewing new, please consider joining March's challenge:
Happy crafting big hugs from Montana,


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Another year, another Seattle Marathon title for Uli Steidl.
The 41-year-old Seattle resident won the annual race for the 10th time Sunday, finishing the course in 2 hours, 32 minutes, and 24 seconds. Shortsightedly, perhaps, race officials assigned Steidl No. 9 on his racing bib.
"Number 10 was already given out," Steidl said with a grin.
Evan Blanshan, 27, finished two minutes behind Steidl to claim second place for the second year in a row. His time was 2:34.23.
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Sheila Croft, 39, was the women's winner, finishing in 2:58.25. It was her first victory in the Seattle Marathon, although she has twice won the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, which travels a very similar course — one with which she is quite familiar.
Croft, who lives on Lake Washington Boulevard, twice ran past her house during the race, once at the six-mile point, and later at mile 15.
"That's my running route," she said. "I knew exactly what the course was going to be like."
It was her first marathon attempt since the Boston Marathon last April, which she was unable to finish due to injury.
Shortly after he crossed the finish line, Steidl shared a hug with Blanshan and third-place finisher Rob Schlegel. Schlegel and Steidl are both alumni of the University of Portland, and the trio spent much of the race in each other's company.
Steidl fell from first to fourth when he stopped for a bathroom break near the halfway point, but quickly retook the lead and ran alone for the final six miles.
"I looked around a few times to make sure nobody was coming from behind," he said. "I didn't feel super, but nobody feels super at the end, no matter how they run."
As is usually the case, Steidl was one of the final runners to register for the race. He decided to run early last week, but didn't sign up until Saturday.
Steidl won the race eight times in a row from 1999 to 2006, but then went on hiatus before returning last year. Getting to double-digits in victories was the goal.
"I'm 41 now, so I don't have too many more years where I can just jump in and win," he said. "Eventually, one of the young guys will come and kick my butt."
There was a similar sentiment behind Croft's winning run. She entered the race aiming to finish in three hours, but didn't expect that to be good enough for first place. Last year, after all, the winning time was more than 10 minutes quicker.
High wind, though, particularly going over the I-90 floating bridge, meant slower times across the board.
"I'm 39. I'm an old lady," she said. "I shouldn't be winning these things."
Matthew McClement, a 23-year-old senior on the Seattle U cross country team, won the men's half-marathon in 1:11.24.
Paige Pattillo, a 25-year-old native of Bothell, was the top female finisher in the half-marathon, finishing in 1:24.01.


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Emma's on Summer break this week, so my blogging might be sparse... but I'll be sure to take a lot of photos of our projects. I hope you're having a great weekend!
On Thursday last week I got the itch to get out of town. I needed that feeling of freedom. That mind clearing, its the weekend, free from the computer, free from laundry, give me a cocktail feeling that only a vacation can give you.
After a two hour drive we were transported to the grand and stately Chatham Bars Inn.
The moment we entered, I was taking design notes the entire time, noting fixtures, upholstery choices, drapes, the subdued color palate and the refined, yet comfortable feeling the rooms had. I was thinking, "I would love for our future home to feel like this..." Then the inevitable day dreaming of our future 'perfect' home/life begins. My mind starts racing- how I long for a stately home to fill with unique finds, comfortable furnishings and pieces full of character... budget? What budget? Ah, what a lovely life that would be.
Then we step out onto the beach. Restored. My crazy head stops its babbling and I breathe. Fresh. Ocean. Air.
I watch Emma smile at the wind in her face. All of those thoughts about needing, wanting, waiting for more seem distant, almost insane to think that they would make us...
I think God for vacations...
...that remind us to breath. And smile.
Maybe that is what vacations are for. To get rid of the if, when, if only, then, then our lives will be perfect state of mind. They wake us up- you're already there.
Enjoy the ride. And so we did...
At our first official clambake. Clambakes hold a special place in our hearts. You might remember that Mike and I have hosted a clambake at our house for the last 3 years... in our old backyard, back in the Midwest.
It was our tradition. Actually, it was my tradition... Mike was a only guest at my first clambake.
Clambakes throughout the years...
The Clambake of 2012.
It was almost surreal as we sat there feasting in the sand during sunset with living music playing, a bonfire roaring and lanterns lit. We missed our friends that made those backyard clambakes so great, but loved celebrating our first clambake with Emma.
Snuggled, getting ready to drift off...
Enter: Daddy
And time for s'mores.
The view as we walked back to our cottage.
A great weekend.


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virtualsheetmusic necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
We at Virtual Sheet Music Inc. offers products and services to muscians through our first class websites virtualsheetmusic.com and musicianspage.com. This month we are going to launch a new website, dedicated to Christmas where users can upload and share videos, images and audio files related to Christmas. We need professional designers to design a new, exclusive logo for our new ChristmaSpace.com website.
Targeted users are anyone interested and loving Christmas: kids, teens or adults who want to share and enjoy the Christmas season by uploading and sharing Christmas related files (audio, video and images) on a niche, dedicated website similar to YouTube or other Social Networks.
Trademark (tm) sign can be used as trademark pending.
Fun, Entertaining, Christmas related, modern style similar to the layout and style already present on the site home page:
The logo will be located at the top-left of the page by replacing the current "christmaspace" wording.
We need something catchy & cool, not too complex. The site mission is bringing people together, in a Christmas related context by offering a fun online sharing experience.
We will need the logo in different sizes, in bitmap and vector file format (for vector, Illustrator will be the best one).
For any questions, please contact me through the 99design IM system.
Thank you and good luck!
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In the ogr2ogr documentation it says that when using
-a_srs srs_def:
Srs_def can be a full WKT definition (hard to escape properly), or a well known definition (ie. EPSG:4326) or a file with a WKT definition.
Where are the default well-known definitions listed? Do they include ESRI as well as EPSG? If not, why not, and can I add all the ESRI definitions listed at spatialreference.org? Is there an easy way to load an srs definition using an SRID from a PostGIS spatial_ref_sys table, aside from just running some sql to get the text?


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Anyone know of a good place to find a free tree stump in Utah? I desperately want one of these in my home:
I've seen a ton of different tutorials out there on how to recreate this look, but K Sarah Design's is definitely my favorite. Head to her blog for the complete breakdown.
While you're there, checkout her AMAZING sunburst mirror.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Posted by The How-To Gal at 9:00 AM
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It looks more like a piece of log, but that shouldn't effect where you find it. Try asking around for places that sell firewood from their property. It might not be free but it's a place to start.ReplyDelete
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text: Optimism and Strokes If we asked most people on the street if thinking positively generally will help improve their health, I believe many would agree. We have all heard the incredible stories of how individuals diagnosed with fatal illnesses flatly refused to give up hope of recovery – and, to the sheer amazement of many (including their doctors), they ultimately recover from that particular illness. Case in point, at this year's Visiting Angels Annual Conference, the topic of one of the Keynote speakers was to illustrate how that "never give up" attitude helped her husband survive nearly 32 years of life while strapped with ALS, a disease that normally kills the victim within 1-2 yrs. This is just one example of how a positive attitude can be the most incredible tool to a healthier life. One could argue that a positive attitude and optimism are significantly different, yet both approaches can be learned and the results on one's life can be worth the effort. Let's assume that being optimistic is the "expectation that more good than bad will come your way in the future." From the researchers at the University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, in their long-running Health and Retirement Study, 2006-2008, the coauthor of the study, Nansook Park, notes, "optimism may protect people because those with a positive outlook make better choices such as eating well and exercising. Optimistic people act in healthier ways." We all know that depression in people can lead to biologically negative effects such as high blood pressure, chronic illness, etc. Eric Kim, a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, states, "Another possibility is a biological effect. In a similar way that depression can impact functioning, we think optimism can as well." And this isn't limited to one person or one specific study. "We know from many other studies that patients' attitudes can be incredibly powerful. I'm not at all surprised that being optimistic is associated with health benefits," states neurologist Larry Goldstein, M.D., director of the Duke University Stroke Center. The study noted above covered 22,000 Americans over the age of 50, with 6,044 adults being the main focus. Using a modified Life Orientation Test (with some modifications), it was found that "with every point increased in optimism there was a 9% decrease in acute stroke risk over the two-year period (2006-2008). It should be clearly noted that the study did not prove that being optimistic "causes lower stroke risk, simply that the two are associated." In our ever increasingly stressful world (would anyone doubt that), it is important to bring to the forefront any and all means to improving our overall health, which in turn allows each of us to better deal with -- at least through our bodies reactions -- the stress we encounter daily. So please: eat well, exercise more, and treat your body well – and it will treat you well for many more years to come!


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In the two decades he led the labor union for the nation's Border Patrol agents, T.J. Bonner carved a public profile as an aggressive advocate for his members and as a blunt, fearless critic of government policy.
Now Bonner, a Campo resident who retired from the agency two years ago, is bringing the same no-holds-barred approach to his biggest battle yet — fighting charges by the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego that he defrauded the union out of hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years.
Bonner's lawyer, Eugene Iredale, has filed a slew of pretrial motions, attacking elements of the government's case and challenging the very basis for the investigation that led to Bonner's indictment in August.
Among the targets are the search warrants that federal investigators served on Bonner's two-story home in March. Bonner is also seeking to have the case dismissed on an unusual ground — that the agents who led the criminal probe did not have the authority under federal law to do so.
Federal prosecutors have responded that the warrants were valid and the evidence seized from them should be allowed in.
Bonner, 59, has pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy. He was the leader of the National Border Patrol Council from 1989 to 2011.
The indictment says that during that time he submitted false claims for reimbursement for wages, travel, meals and tickets to professional sports games. His reimbursement claims would say he had incurred the expenses while working on union business, when the government said he was not, and in many instances was actually visiting a mistress outside of Chicago.
The government said he defrauded the union out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Bonner has countered by contending the investigation is a retaliation against him by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Border Patrol for his years of work as the union leader and as a persistent thorn in their side.
In the March search, agents seized what Iredale described as "massive amounts of data" from various computers and computer data storage devices in Bonner's home. Iredale said in court filings that the seizure went far beyond what was called for in a warrant approved by a federal magistrate judge.
Investigators, who had been looking into Bonner's activities since late 2009 or early 2010, sought items such as bank records, financial statements and personal expense records.
Some 10,000 gigabytes of data — the equivalent of about 5 billion pages of text — were hauled out of the home, Iredale wrote in court papers. Included among those items are notes of "internal strategy discussions" of the labor union, performance appraisals, and emails between Bonner and a law firm that represented him before Iredale took on the case.
A second motion filed by Iredale challenges the investigation itself. The probe was headed by agents with the internal affairs section of Customs and Border Protection.
Iredale said federal rules governing criminal investigations only allow internal affairs agents to conduct criminal investigations if the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security first declines to conduct its own investigation and then agrees to oversee the investigation by internal affairs.
There is nothing to indicate the inspector general ever weighed in on whether it wanted to conduct a criminal probe of Bonner, and therefore the entire case should be dismissed, Iredale said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Huie declined last week to comment on the allegations. Prosecutors will be filing their replies in a few weeks.
In an interview, Iredale said the investigation "was completely unjustified" and an attempt to get back at Bonner.
"T.J. had a habit of speaking his mind, unequivocally," Iredale said.
In doing so, he said, Bonner criticized Border Patrol agency chiefs and policies, and "spoke out vigorously" for union members over the years.
"There is an inference that this is payback and that, for whatever reason, CBP internal affairs was chosen to be the instrument," Iredale said.
None of the legal attacks so far deals with the substantive charges in the case — that Bonner defrauded the union. A hearing on Bonner's motions is scheduled for March. No trial date has been set.


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Re: Murder on Taris RPG
Kais looked over the body, yup it is the same rodain that Tracer was chaseing, the clothing gave it away.
"Well Handon we got a mess tonight, you think the casino's holos got anything?" Kais said looking back at Handon
"We'll find out soon enough won't we." was Handon's reply.
"Detective you think we could deploy our own holo droids, for the time see if they might spot something we miss?"
"Sure why not Sgt, you already tripped the other investigator I brought in so why don't you start to unscrew this mess, right now."
"Yes sir, at once." With that Kais walked back to his speeder and logged into the police data bank and used his code to activate 20 of the police holo droids and set them to a grid pattern in the area.


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Supplement Forms/Alternate Names:
- Chromium Picolinate
- Chromium Polynicotinate
- Chromium Chloride
- High-Chromium Brewer's Yeast
Principal Proposed Uses
- Diabetes
- Insulin Resistance and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance
- Heart Disease Prevention
Other Proposed Uses
Chromium is a mineral the body needs in very small amounts, but it plays a significant role in human nutrition. Chromium's most important function in the body is to help regulate the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Insulin plays a starring role in this fundamental biological process, by regulating the movement of glucose out of the blood and into cells. Scientists believe that insulin uses chromium as an assistant (technically, a cofactor ) to "unlock the door" to the cell membrane, thus allowing glucose to enter the cell. In the past, it was believed that to accomplish this the body first converted chromium into a large chemical called glucose tolerance factor (GTF). Intact GTF was thought to be present in certain foods, such as Brewer's yeast, and for that reason such products were described as superior sources of chromium. However, subsequent investigation indicated that researchers were actually creating GTF inadvertently during the process of chemical analysis. Scientists now believe that there is no such thing as GTF. Rather, chromium appears to act in concert with a very small protein called low molecular weight chromium-binding substance (LMWCr) to assist insulin's action. LMWCr does not permanently bind chromium and is not a likely source of chromium in foods. 83-85
Based on chromium's close relationship with insulin, this trace mineral has been studied as a treatment for diabetes. The results have been somewhat positive: it seems fairly likely that chromium supplements can improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes. Chromium also might be helpful for milder abnormalities in blood sugar metabolism. One study suggests that chromium might aid in weight loss, as well, but other studies failed to find this effect.
The official US recommendations for daily intake are as follows:
- 0-6 months: 0.2 mcg
- 7-12 months: 5.5 mcg
- 1-3 years: 11 mcg
- 4-8 years: 15 mcg
- 9-13 years: 25 mcg
- 14-50 years: 35 mcg
- 50 years and older: 30 mcg
- 9-13 years: 21 mcg
- 14-18 years: 24 mcg
- 19-50 years: 25 mcg
- 50 years and older: 20 mcg
Pregnant Women
- 18 years or younger: 29 mcg
- 19 years and older: 30 mcg
Nursing Women
- 18 years or younger: 44 mcg
- 19 years and older: 45 mcg
Food Sources
The National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements offers this list of food sources for chromium: 110
Chromium is also found in drinking water, especially hard water, but concentrations vary widely. Many good sources of chromium, such as whole wheat, are depleted of this important mineral during processing. The most concentrated sources of chromium are brewer's yeast and calf liver. Two ounces of brewer's yeast or 4 ounces of calf liver supply between 50 mcg and 60 mcg of chromium.
Chromium Deficiency
Some evidence suggests that chromium deficiency may be relatively common. 1,86 However, this has not been proven, and the matter is greatly complicated by the fact that we lack a good test to identify chromium deficiency. 2
Severe chromium deficiency has only been seen in hospitalized individuals receiving nutrition intravenously. Symptoms include problems with blood sugar control that cannot be corrected by insulin alone.
Corticosteroid treatment may cause increased chromium loss in the urine. 3 It is possible that this loss of chromium may contribute to corticosteroid-induced diabetes.
Therapeutic Dosages
The dosage of chromium used in studies ranges from 200 mcg to 1,000 mcg daily, mostly in the form of chromium picolinate. However, there may be potential risks in the higher dosages of chromium (see Safety Issues ).
Note: These and all other dosages of chromium regard the amount of the actual chromium ion in the supplement ("elemental chromium"), discounting the weight of the substances, such as picolinate, attached to it.
Some products state that they contain "GTF chromium." Some of these products are manufactured from brewer's yeast, which was once thought to contain GTF. Others contain chromium as chromium nicotinate, which bears a faint resemblance to the proposed GTF molecule. However, since GTF is no longer believed to exist, this claim should be disregarded.
Therapeutic Uses
Chromium has principally been studied for its possible benefits in improving blood sugar control in people with diabetes . Several, but not all, studies suggest that people with adult-onset (type 2) diabetes may show some improvement when given appropriate dosages of chromium. 5,43,44,45,47-48,102 One study suggests that chromium may also be useful for diabetes that occurs during pregnancy . 6 In addition, nondiabetic individuals with mildly impaired blood sugar control might attain better control of blood sugar with chromium supplementation. 7-10 Since mild impairment of blood sugar control is believed to increase risk of heart disease, chromium supplementation might help reduce heart disease rates.
Chromium has been sold as a "fat burner" and is also said to help build muscle tissue. However, most studies evaluating chromium's ability to promote weight loss have not found benefits. 11-21,104 One study failed to find benefit with a combination of chromium and conjugated linoleic acid . 107
Studies evaluating chromium as a performance enhancer or aid to bodybuilding have yielded almost entirely negative results. 23-31,87
Studies on whether chromium can improve cholesterol levels have returned mixed results. 32-40 However, one study suggests that chromium combined with grape seed extract might have a beneficial effect. 41 In addition, among individuals taking beta-blockers, chromium may raise levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol. 42
When depression is characterized by rapid mood changes, excessive sleeping and eating, a sense of leaden paralysis, and extreme sensitivity to negative life events, the condition is called "atypical depression." A very small (15 participants) double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that chromium picolinate might be helpful for this form of depression ; 46 however, a much larger study failed to find statistically significant benefits. 97
According to some researchers, impaired blood sugar control, high cholesterol, weight gain, and high blood pressure are all part of a bigger picture, called metabolic syndrome , or syndrome X. Since chromium may be helpful for the first three of these conditions, chromium deficiency has been proposed as the cause of syndrome X. However, this has not been proven.
One study failed to find that chromium picolinate at 200 mcg/day can improve symptoms of polycystic ovaries (a common cause of infertility ). 98
Chromium has also been proposed as a treatment for acne , migraine headaches , and psoriasis , but there is as yet no real evidence that it works.
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Chromium?
The evidence regarding use of chromium for type 2 (adult onset) diabetes , as well as other forms of diabetes, remains incomplete and inconsistent.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study , 180 people with type 2 diabetes were given placebo, 200 mcg of chromium picolinate, or 1,000 mcg chromium picolinate daily. 43 The results showed that HbA1c values (a measure of long-term blood sugar control) improved significantly after 2 months in the group receiving 1,000 mcg and in both chromium groups after 4 months. Fasting glucose (a measure of short-term blood sugar control) was also lower in the group taking the higher dose of chromium.
A double-blind trial of 78 individuals with type 2 diabetes compared two forms of chromium (brewer's yeast and chromium chloride) against placebo. 44 This rather complex crossover study consisted of four 8-week intervals of treatment in random order. The results in the 67 participants who completed the study showed that both forms of chromium significantly improved blood sugar control.
Positive results were also seen in three other double-blind, placebo-controlled studies enrolling a total of more than 130 people with type 2 diabetes. 45,95,101-102 However, several other studies have failed to find benefit for people with type 2 diabetes. 47-48,99,105 These contradictory findings suggest that the benefit, if it really exists, is small at best.
A combination of chromium and biotin might be more effective. Following positive results in a small pilot trial, 103 researchers conducted a double-blind study of 447 people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. 106 Half the participants were given placebo and the rest were given a combination of 600 mcg chromium (as chromium picolinate) along with 2 mg of biotin daily. All participants continued to receive standard oral medications for diabetes. Over the 90 day study period, participants given the chromium/biotin combination showed significantly better glucose regulation than those given placebo. The relative benefit was clear in levels of fasting glucose as well as in HgA1c.
One placebo-controlled study of 30 women with pregnancy -related diabetes found that supplementation with chromium (at a dosage of 4 mcg or 8 mcg chromium picolinate for each kilogram of body weight) significantly improved blood sugar control. 49
Chromium has shown a bit of promise for treating diabetes caused by corticosteroid treatment. 50,51
Improved Blood Sugar Control in People Without Diabetes
Many people develop impaired responsiveness to insulin (insulin resistance) and mildly abnormal blood sugar levels. A few small, double-blind trials have found that chromium supplementation may be helpful, 52-55 although two studies found no benefit. 56,100 Another small double-blind trial found that chromium improved the body's response to insulin among overweight people at risk of developing diabetes. 57 There is growing evidence that mildly impaired blood sugar control increases the risk of heart disease, suggesting that chromium supplementation might be useful. (See the section below on Heart Disease Prevention .)
Weight Loss ("Fat Burning")
The evidence is mixed on whether chromium is an effective aid for reducing weight or improving body composition (improving the ratio of fatty tissue to lean tissue).
In one study, 219 people were given either placebo or 200 mcg or 400 mcg of chromium picolinate daily. 58 Participants were not advised to follow any particular diet. Over a period of 72 days, people taking chromium experienced significantly greater weight loss than those not taking chromium, more than 2-½ pounds versus about ¼ pound. Interestingly, people taking chromium actually gained lean body mass, so the loss of fatty tissue was even more dramatic: more than 4 pounds versus less than ½ pound. However, a very high dropout rate makes the results of this study somewhat unreliable.
However, in another double-blind study by the same researcher, 130 moderately overweight people attempting to lose weight were given either placebo or 400 mcg of chromium daily. 59 At the end of the trial, no statistically significant differences in weight or body composition were seen between groups. Researchers were able to show benefit only by resorting to fairly complicated statistical maneuvers.
In a third study, 44 overweight women were given either placebo or 400 mcg of chromium per day. 60 All participants were placed on an exercise program. Over a period of 12 weeks, no differences were seen between the two groups in terms of body weight, waist circumference, or percentage body fat. A small double-blind trial of older women undergoing resistance training also failed to find evidence of benefit. 92 Generally negative results have been seen in other small double-blind trials as well. 61-66, 104,109
When larger studies find positive results and smaller studies do not, it often indicates that the treatment under study is only weakly effective. This may be the case with chromium as a weight-loss treatment. 93 If chromium is effective for weight loss, one small study suggests it may work by influencing the brain and its role in appetite and food cravings. 108
Heart Disease Prevention
Insulin resistance, as well as mildly elevated blood sugar levels, appears to increase risk of heart disease . 67-74 Chromium supplementation might help by improving insulin responsiveness and normalizing blood sugar.
In support of this, an observational trial found associations between higher chromium intake and reduced risk of heart attack. 75
Safety Issues
Although the precise upper limit of safe chromium intake is not known, it is believed that chromium is safe when taken at a dosage of 50 mcg to 200 mcg daily. 88 Side effects appear to be rare.
However, chromium is a heavy metal and might conceivably build up and cause problems if taken to excess. There is one report of kidney, liver, and bone marrow damage in a person who took 1,200 mcg to 2,400 mcg of chromium for several months; in another report, as little as 600 mcg for 6 weeks was enough to cause damage. 77,78 Such problems appear to be quite rare, and it is possible that these individuals already had health problems that predisposed them to such a reaction. The risk of chromium toxicity is believed to be higher in individuals who already have liver or kidney disease. 88
Nonetheless, based on these reports, it's possible that the dosage of chromium found most effective for individuals with type 2 diabetes—1,000 mcg daily—might present some health risks. For example, there is some evidence that if chromium is taken in high enough amounts, it may be converted from its original safe form (chromium 3) into a known carcinogen, chromium 6. 96 We advise seeking medical supervision before taking more than 200 mcg of chromium daily.
Also, keep in mind that if you have diabetes and chromium is effective, you may need to cut down your dosage of any medication you take for diabetes. 79 Medical supervision is advised.
There are also several concerns about the picolinate form of chromium in particular. Picolinate can alter levels of neurotransmitters. 89 This has led to concern among some experts that chromium picolinate might be harmful for individuals with depression , bipolar disease , or schizophrenia . 81 There has also been one report of a severe skin reaction caused by chromium picolinate. 80
Finally, there are also concerns, still fairly theoretical and uncertain, that chromium picolinate could cause adverse effects on DNA. 82,90,91,94
The maximum safe dosage of chromium for women who are pregnant or nursing and for individuals with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
Interactions You Should Know About
If you are taking
You may need extra chromium if you are taking:
- Calcium carbonate supplements
- Antacids
- You should also separate your chromium supplement and your doses of these substances by at least 2 hours, because they may interfere with chromium's absorption
- You may need extra chromium if you are taking:
- Seek medical supervision before taking chromium because you may need to reduce your dose of these medications:
- Chromium supplementation may improve levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol if you are taking:
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO CAM Review Board
- Review Date: 12/2015 -
- Update Date: 12/15/2015 -


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We are a program within Emory University (http://www.emory.edu). Emory is a top 20 research institution with numerous global connections. We are leaders in the realm of Drug Discovery & Development education. The Global Learning Program at Emory is designed to train scientist in the pharmaceutical industry and government agencies to be entrepreneurial, innovative and better able to take ideas from the bench to market. The message must fit the Emory image which is polished and sophisticated.
This program will be held in Singapore in March 2010. This brochure will target both companies and government agencies who care about increasing entrepreneurship in the drug discovery industry. The audience will likely be 30-60 age range from Singapore, China, Malaysia, and India. These scientist know their science but need to bridge the gap between science and business. In addition, we seek other players, lP lawyers, VCs who would like access to the science and the scientists in this area of explosive growth.
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Southwest Regional Preview
Baseballs were flying out of high school ballparks all across the Perfect Game Southwest Region in record numbers in 2011, thanks to a trio of sluggers who were plying their trade in New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada.
Albuquerque (N.M.) Academy shortstop/catcher and 2011 Perfect Game All-American Alex Bregman smacked a New Mexico state record 19 home runs in 25 high school games last season.
Phoenix (Ariz.) Mountain Pointe High School catcher/right-hander Kevin Cron set two Arizona prep records in 2011 when hit a single-season best 27 bombs and finished his four-year career (2008-11) with a state record 60 homers.
And then there was Las Vegas (Nev.) Bishop Gorman third baseman Joey Gallo, another 2011 Perfect Game All-American who blasted 25 home runs and drove in 76 runs while leading Gorman to its sixth straight Nevada State Championship last season.
His 25 home runs were four short of the Nevada single-season record of 29 hit by McQueen's Chris Aguila in 1997. As Gallo embarks on his senior season this spring, he has 46 career home runs, just 14 away from the state career record of 60 held by Galena's Steve Lerud (2000-03).
They are impressive records and they may never be broken. The National Federation of State High School Associations has declared the old, juiced-up aluminum bats illegal across the country, and has mandated state associations to require either the use of the toned-down BBCOR composite bat or wood and wood-composite bats.
Nevada and Arizona are among the majority of states that will turn to the BBCOR bats. New Mexico joins New York and North Dakota in deciding to use wood bats in 2012.
"This is going to bring drastic change to the game," Albuquerque Academy head coach Josh Ayala said of his state's decision to use wood bats. "My staff and I feel it's a positive thing. I think it's going to change the game and I truly hope the other (states) throughout the Union decide to go this route – and the colleges, too."
The NCAA mandated the use of BBCOR bats starting with the 2011 season, citing safety as its main concern. A ball coming off the old aluminum bats at nearly 100 mph could pose a serious health threat to pitchers and infielders.
Bishop Gorman head coach Nick Day realizes the risk of serious injury is real but is undecided on whether mandating the use of a different bat is necessary.
"I'm not sure because I'm a fan of the kids hitting lots of home runs and hitting the ball of the park," he said. "I understand where they're coming from but for me it doesn't matter if you're using a BBCOR or not, if you hit a ball hard back at the pitcher he's going to get hurt anyway. It's just part of baseball.
"But I understand it and this year's going to be an adjustment for everybody."
Ayala also acknowledges that safety is an issue; he called the old 34-inch, 29-ounce minus-5 compression bats a "weapon."
"I'm glad to see that we're transitioning back to how the game used to be played," he said.
The country's best high school hitters, top prospects like Bregman and Gallo, are likely to be unaffected by the switch to BBCOR or wood bats. They've been swinging wood bats at Perfect Game WWBA tournaments throughout their high school careers, and Gallo used a wood bat to crush a monumental 442-foot home at the San Diego Padre's PETCO Park during last year's Perfect Game All-American Classic presented by Rawlings.
"I don't think it's going to have much impact at all on Joey – pretty much zero. He's still going to hit the ball out of the ballpark to every field," Day said. "Now I have seen some other guys hit some balls hard that were usually doubles and triples, but they're being caught now."
California, which joins Hawaii in Perfect Game's Pacific Region, was the only state to mandate the use of the BBCOR bat at the high school level in 2011. Valencia High School head coach Jared Snyder, who has Perfect Game All-American slugger Trey Williams on his roster, said coaches in the states just now making the transition need to be ready to adjust the way they manage a game.
"You have to be more aggressive (and) you have to take more risks. You have to do a lot of things differently and you can't just sit back and expect to hit a home run anymore," Snyder said. "In the past you could sit back and think that anybody in your lineup with one of those (aluminum) bats could hit a home run. There was just no question.
"What I'm seeing now is the good hitters are going to get their hits; the good hitters are fine," he continued. "It's the hitters that used to be able to walk up there and hit doubles off the wall, the eight or nine hitters – those (old) bats favored everybody."
Bregman is a terrific hitter who used a Rawlings 5150 BBCOR bat to hit 14 home runs in about 5 minutes at last year's Perfect Game National Showcase at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Fla. Ayala, his coach at Albuquerque Academy, likes the thought of his star player – a two-time Gold Medal winner for USA Baseball who PG ranks the No. 64 overall prospect in the upcoming MLB Draft – swinging a wood bat this spring.
Ayala recalled that when top outfield prospect Max Walla was being heavily recruited and scouted back in 2008 and 2009, scouts would often ask Walla to hit with a wood bat after Albuquerque Academy's practices and games were completed. Walla was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round of the 2009 draft is currently playing in the Brewers' minor league system.
"Right now, I think it's a plus-plus everywhere you turn," Ayala said of the switch to wood. "Your pitching gets better, you can't take a day off defensively – infield and outfield play – your bunt coverages have to be at their 'A' game every day, and offensively you also have to be able to get a bunt down and get those other things done."
Snyder agrees that the switch away from the old aluminum bats makes everyone better.
"It gives the colleges and the pro scouts a lot better look at what that player is capable of doing. You're not going to get any false reads or things like that," he said. "I think it's a good thing but you have to be able to find guys that can execute now. Execution is going to be a big part of the game, and defense is too."
Run production is sure to drop as the nation's high school hitters adapt to their new bats. At the NCAA Division I level, runs per game dropped from an average of 6.7 in 2010 to 5.3 in 2011. Before the start of the 2011 season, LSU head coach Paul Mainieri worried about fans getting bored with low-scoring games but also offered an important caveat.
"They like the offense, they like the excitement, and come-from-behind rallies and all that kind of stuff," he told Perfect Game in the fall of 2010. "You worry that if the bats prohibit you from being able to hit the ball out of the ballpark, you may not see much at all of that. But I've told my players the only thing LSU fans like more than offense is winning."
It's interesting to note that both Bregman and Gallo have committed to LSU and plan on being roommates next fall - if they ever make it to Baton Rouge. Both will be very high draft picks - Gallo could be one of the first 10 players selected.
Perfect Game first required the use of BBCOR bats at its 15u-18u BCS Finals last summer, and a completely unofficial study discovered a drop in run production during the first day of pool-play in the 16u BCS Finals from 2010 to 2011. Teams combined to score an average of 10.1 runs per game last year as opposed to 11.2 per game in 2010.
Fewer runs scored aren't necessarily a bad thing, especially to the most ardent baseball purists.
"I think it's going to level the playing field out a little bit and we're going to see the scores lower, which means anyone can win," Bishop Gorman's Day said. "Instead of being down six in the seventh inning you might only be down by two now, and if you put something together you can win that game a lot easier than you could coming back from six.
"We have a lot of power and speed and we have a lot of guys who can run and a lot of guys with some pop, but there will be situations that I probably would have hit in last year that I'll bunt in this year," he continued. "It's going to be real important to score one or two runs because that could be the difference in the game, where in years past we had a chance at rallying waiting for the home run because we hit a lot of them."
Games are likely to be shorter. Ayala said his team played a recent 1-0 game that wrapped up in a little over an hour-and-a-half. The players will need to be on their toes at all times.
"I don't think you can take a second off," Ayala said. "We can't rely on Bregman going up there and hitting a four-run dinger and putting us up four runs. He can do it – if anybody can do it in the state of New Mexico and still hit with power and hit the home runs that he can. I wouldn't be surprised if he leads the state in home runs again. But you can't rely on that huge nine-run inning anymore."
Fans can rest assured that the big boppers will continue to drop their bombs. Even the nation's top pitchers will struggle to keep sluggers like Bregman, Gallo and Williams in the yard this season.
"Guys like Trey, the bats won't affect them," Snyder said. "But the other kids – the guys you were hoping might hit one or two home runs at some point – they're not going to hit them anymore."


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FWIW from a guy who manufactured NSAIDS and many other drugs for a career- take safety warnings about those things seriously. Take as little as possible to get relief and never even consider exceeding label limitations! Far too may folks injure or kill themselves with these things thinking they can write their own rules and that's a real and daily tragedy. Just because you can buy many without a prescription doesn't mean they're harmless or totally innocuous- and there are some pretty hardcore FDA required warnings on the inserts for the Rx ones.
Don't get addicted to oxy either. My daughter runs a national tox database on that stuff (paid for by industry) and the numbers are huge due primarily to illegal supply in FL. Like many drugs in that class, total national production is DEA limited but even that hasn't helped much, yet.
Exercise- sooner or later for load bearing stuff like hips doing symmetrical exercises becomes important. Early rehab can focus on specific local muscle groups but the compensation that can develop can cause other issues. Watched my wife go through that progression after a back surgery..
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On June 28th, in front of the Palais des Prince-Evêques in Liège (almost) all the riders of the 99th Tour de France appeared before the public in the traditional pre-race team presentation. With the 'voice of the Tour' Daniel Mangeas as the master of ceremonies introduced the 22 squads to the crowd that was assembled in Liège with some riders also giving a brief interview on the stage.
It's a mandatory part of the race but two men were absent today: David Millar (GRM) and Christophe Kern (EUC). The Scotsman has been suffering an illness and his team asked him to sit out the presentation in favour of getting some rest and recuperation in the hope that he will have recovered in time for the prologue in Liège on Saturday. Garmin-Sharp 'directeur sportif' Allan Peiper explained that he had been vomiting earlier today and that Heinrich Haussler was ready as a reserve should Millar not be able to take the start. But, after stepping off the stage, his team-mate Robert Hunter was optimistic about the chance of the time trial specialist starting. "He was bad but I saw him before coming to the presentation and he seems to be improving," said the South African champion about Millar.
Kern was missing for family reasons: his wife gave birth only a couple of hours before he was due to appear on stage alongside his Europcar team-mates. He will, however, be on the bike and ready to race when the Prologue starts in two days time.
One of the real stars of the peloton was the form favourite Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky. The British rider – who is already a winner of the titles at Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie and Criterium du Dauphiné this year – was the man in demand both on the stage and with the media assembled in the courtyard Palais des Prince-Evêques. He joked with Mangeas on stage and, even if his quirky sense of humour was a little lost on the French host, he put his personality on display and offered some insight into what he expects from the 2012 Tour. "We are in the position of favourite because I have won a lot already this year," said Wiggins afterwards, "but I don't feel that much pressure exactly because we have won a lot already this year."
When asked about his chances in the race, he explained that last year it was all over for him after seven stages and that this year, if he is not in hospital before the first long time trial (stage nine) it "could be good for me".
The last team to appear on stage was BMC, with the defending champion Cadel Evans. The American-registered squad with an international cast receive arguably the loudest applause... for two reasons: the presence of the Australian who won his Tour title at the age of 34, and the fact that the world's number-one ranked rider from 2011, Philippe Gilbert, is also in the line-up.
Gilbert was raised near Liège and is a popular crowd favourite. He explained that, when the Tour started here in 2004, he thought that he may have missed the chance to do this race where he grew up... but now that opportunity has been presented again.
After appearing on the stage, the teams returned to the courtyard where official photos were taken. Here they also signed a large mural with caricatures of the some riders were printed. At the top of each team's panel the riders added their signatures before answering questions of journalists and later retreating to their team buses.
The next time the riders return to the center of Liège it will be for the 6.4km prologue that starts at 2.00pm on Saturday, June 30th.
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Dr. Doom doesn't like the sequester.
Perma-pessimist Nouriel Roubini, who also happens to be an economist at NYU's Stern School of Business, says that despite efforts to downplay the effects of the coming automatic spending cuts, the impact will be significant.
"It doesn't look like there will be a last-minute deal on the sequester ….the question will be how long the sequester will last," he told The Daily Ticker on Thursday.
If it continues too many months, Roubini said, "The fiscal drag will be another 0.7% or 0.8% of economy," which could lead to another shock in the financial markets and another rating agency downgrade.
In the latest game of political chicken between the Republicans and Democrats, Roubini said the advantage has shifted to Republicans.
"At the time of the fiscal cliff, all the bargaining power was with the Democrats because the automatic stuff was the tax increases," he said. "This time the automatic stuff is the spending cuts," which gives the Republicans the upper hand. He expects they will continue to try to force Democrats to accept entitlement reform.
Roubini also commented on Wednesday's sharp market drop. As The Daily Ticker notes, it was the market's worst day in three months, and the drop came after minutes from the last Fed meeting suggested the central bank could slow the asset purchases that have helped keep rates low and stock market prices high. Today, stocks are down roughly 0.5%.
Roubini said it was not only monetary stimulus by the Fed that has been driving stocks higher, but also "more unconventional monetary policy" from the ECB, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank. That stimulus is aimed at boosting economic growth, and it may have helped, but the global economy is slowing.
In the fourth quarter, the major economies of the U.S., U.K, Japan and the Eurozone all contracted, and they could slow even more because of spending cuts, Roubini added, according to the site. "The core of the Eurozone has to do it, the U.S. has to do it…and when you have synchronized fiscal contraction, the negative effects on economic growth are worse."
The Ticker also reports Roubini is forecasting 1.6% GDP growth in the U.S. this year, which would be the slowest pace in three years. On the positive side, he sees growth in housing, manufacturing and energy production, primarily the "shale gas revolution." On the negative side: big government budget cuts.
"We believe we will go into sequester," he concluded, "so the fiscal drag could be something like closer to 2% of GDP," which will be offset by some positive factors.