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Taco to launch CV, inverter batteriesTata AutoComp GY Batteries (TGY), the equal partnership joint venture between Tata AutoComp Systems (TACO) and Japan's GS Yuasa International, is expanding its product portfolio to include batteries for commercial vehicles, tractors, and inverters.
"We launched with car and utility vehicle batteries in February 2007. In June, we began supplying two-wheeler batteries by importing them from our affiliate's GH Yuasa Thailand plant. We launched tractor batteries in December and this month we will launch inverter batteries. In February we will launch our commercial vehicle (CV) batteries," TGY chief executive Yogesh Dhawan said.
The company is also in talks with some domestic and international auto majors to partner in its hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle plans, said Dhawan.
TACO is the auto components arms of Tata Motors. Under Indian GAAP, it is a Tata Motors associate company (ownership under 51%), while under US GAAP, it is a subsidiary company. TACO has 16 joint ventures to manufacture various auto components and TGY is its first attempt to address the after-market segment.
With the expansion into the entire four-wheeler (4W) space, the company has more than doubled its addressable market. Passenger cars and utility vehicles are responsible for about 47% of the 4W battery demand, while CV (31%) and tractors (22%) account for the rest.
The total 4W battery market in India, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and after market, is estimated at 9 million units per annum. The two-wheeler (2W) battery market is estimated at 13 million units. TGY is more after-market focused since that segment is almost 80% of the 4W and 50% of the 2W battery demand. However, the segment is dominated by unorganised players who have a 60% marketshere. Exide Industries and Amara Raja Batteries are the market leaders.
TGY has a 0.5 million per annum 4W battery manufacturing capacity, which it plans to scale-up to 3 million units by 2010. "We have a capacity to manufacture 0.5 million units now, which will be doubled by June. Our original plan was to touch 2 million units by 2010, but looking at the demand, we have preponed our investments to produce 3 million units by 2010," Dhawan said.
The company is still undecided on when to begin production of 2W batteries. Although it has plans to set up a line to manufacture 4 million units for the segment next to its 4W battery plant, no timeframe has been decided upon yet.
"As of now, the numbers don't justify setting up a unit. We have earmarked Rs 60 crore out of the Rs 160 crore initial investment for the 2W battery facility. We will continue to import them till it makes sense," Dhawan said.
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The French Show is again being held at London's Earl's Court in January.
The annual event aims to showcase the very best of French culture with exhibitors gathering for three days at the central London venue.
Tickets cost £13 per day to attend the show, which will take place from January 18th until January 20th. There are expected to be a number of experts on hand to provide advice to those visitors who may be looking to invest in French property in the future.
There will be a number of seminars taking place with professionals such as estate agents, banks, solicitors and developers providing information on how to ensure any pitfalls are avoided.
Foodies staying in central London hotels may be tempted by the Flavours of France Theatre. Guy Wolley, a food writer, chef and presenter, will be introducing various demonstrations from top cooks on how to create fabulous French dishes and get that authentic taste.
There is also plenty of opportunity to pick up a few goodies to take home from the French Market. Various stalls will be offering people the chance to sample and buy a whole host of food and wine products as well as other French-related items.
Last year's show was attended by the French ambassador to the UK, Bernard Emie, alongside his family.
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First-Gen F-Body LS1 Engine Swap - Generation ZapWritten by on November 1, 2007 Contributors: Melvin Benzaquen A First-Gen F-Body Gets Charged Up With A Gen-III LS1 Swap
Part II: Plumbing, Hardware, and Electronics
To recap, in the September '07 issue, Brewer's Restoration and Performance installed its First-Gen subframe conversion kit on the stock subframe of HPP contributor Melvin Benzaquen's '69 Firebird convertible. The net result was not only the addition of rack-and-pinion steering and upgraded front suspension using Global West upper and lower control arms, a QA1 Pro Coil shock system, an Addco 1.125-inch stabilizer bar, and big 13-inch SSBC brakes, but also an engine mount setup that would easily accept an LS1 engine transplant.
At Melvin's shop, Classic Restorations, the subframe was installed along with an LS1 engine and its six-speed trans straight from a wrecked '00 F-body.
In the October '07 issue, an A/C system from Vintage Air was added. We didn't call it Part II because the A/C install is not a mandatory part of the LS1 swap, but we did want to get the A/C story in during the early summer.
Now we will discuss the electronics, linkages, plumbing, and hardware to complete the swap over to LS1 power and six forward gears in this '69 Firebird convertible.
Street & Performance (S&P) provided the proper headers, wiring harness, MAF/air cleaner assembly, and many other parts to ease the conversion. Rock Valley sent a stainless steel fuel tank, replete with an LS1-compatible pump to provide fuel. March Performance supplied an LS1 pulley kit to add style to the front of the engine and alter accessory placement, making it conducive to the swap. Rodney Red's trick aluminum radiator will keep it all cool. Now, let's get to it.
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Measurements will be taken, and a custom driveshaft will be made. Abbott Cable X (www.abbott-tach.com/cablex) converts the electronic signal for the use of a traditional cable to drive a factory speedometer. Or, if you're upgrading instrumentation, a speedo that will accept the electronic output from the trans can be used.
Speaking of gauges, for oil pressure, the oil bypass plug on the oil filter adapter can be removed, drilled, and tapped to accept an 1/8-, 1/4-, or 1/2-inch NPT fitting from S&P. This will allow the sending unit to be mounted without hitting the headers. According to S&P, the rear plug on the passenger side of the head can be removed to provide a place to install the temperature-gauge sending unit. The plug has 12mm threads, but S&P has NPT adapters from 12mm to 1/8-1/4-3/8, or 1/2-inch NPT. Backup light wiring is built into the wiring harness for the six-speed trans.
Though there's still plenty to do to get the Bird road ready, the bulk of the LS1 conversion is complete. Reviewing the work, Melvin said, "The Street & Performance products went in very well. Everything fit, even the headers. All the BRP mods to the subframe were exceptional, too. The March Performance pulleys and Rock Valley tank look great, and even the Rodney Red radiator went in without a hitch. The only modification that required more work (i.e., cutting) than we first thought was the factory six-speed trans installation. I'm not sure if this is because we have a convertible, that the factory trans has more protrusions on the outside than the aftermarket T56, or if it's a combination of the two, but our floor did need surgery to clear the trans." All in all, it was a successful swap that's much easier with components that are now made by these and other aftermarket companies to facilitate the process of bolting an LS engine into just about anything.
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From under the Bird you can see how well the LS1 and T56 fit, even with a front-steer rack-and-pinion setup, thanks to the subframe mods by BRP and the headers provided by S&P.Air And Fuel
S&P's air cleaner integrates a GM 85mm three-pin MAF into the rear of its housing and uses a GM temp sensor. It also eliminates the long intake tube used on many LS1 applications, which frees up some space at the front of the engine.An LS1 Lokar throttle cable (S&P PN TC-1000LS1) attaches to the stock throttle body via an S&P chrome bracket. A chromed nameplate atop the intake is a stylish way to eliminate the no-longer-needed factory air pump hose.The fuel regulator filter is a GM unit supplied by S&P (PN GF482). It features the necessary return line for the EFI system and can easily handle the pressure requirements. Note, adapters were used to mate the regulator, which uses GM quick-disconnect fittings, to the 6-AN fittings of the braided fuel line. The same mod was required at the junction of the engine fuel line and the braided line.A Rock Valley stainless steel fuel tank (PN 419-1171-SR-TPI) features an LS1 pump upgrade to feed the hungry late-model EFI engine 50 psi of fuel pressure or more as needed. The sending unit (red plug) has not been installed in this photo. S&P 90 degree fittings, 1/4-inch NPT (national pipe thread) to 6-AN, were installed to properly route the fuel lines.Technicians Eddie Price (left) and Scott Hand raise the fuel tank into place. It retains a same-as-stock 18-gallon capacity, and since it's made specifically for the First-Gen F-body, it fits perfectly and comes with stainless steel retaining straps.
We used March Performance's LS1 Serpentine Polished Aluminum LS1 Alternator, A/C & Power Steering Pulley & Bracket Kit (PN 20104)-say that three times fast. According to March Performance reps, the pulley kits are "CNC-machined from 6061-T6 aircraft grade aluminum, then all high-wear surfaces are hard coated to 65 on the Rockwell 'C' scale to increase pulley life. This results in surfaces that are harder than steel and two times harder than forged aluminum." They install easily, look great, and saved us from notching the subframe to mount the A/C compressor in the low-stock LS1 location.Here's where the power steering pump mounts. What we didn't know initially when installing the kit, though, was that the power steering pump needed to be changed because the stock LS1 pump won't work with the new pulleys. According to March Performance reps, in order to get the accessories to all turn in the same direction with the belt pattern that the kit uses, the steering pump had to be replaced with one that turns in the opposite direction of stock.March Performance reps recommend an'87 Sunbird pump with a remote reservoir, but Melvin already ordered a steering pump from S&P. There are two Type 2 pumps available; this one (that works with the March Performance pulleys) uses a 5/8-inch-diameter shaft that rides on ball bearings, so it's considered superior to the other, which employs a 3/4-inch shaft that rides on a bushing. To connect the pump to the steering rack and a remote power steering reservoir, conversion fittings (PN 9400 16mm metric to 6-AN) for the reservoir and for the rack (PN 0441 16mm metric to 6-AN and 0444 18mm to 6 AN) were used.Cooling
The Rodney Red Performance Custom Fit polished aluminum radiator fit as promised, and retains the stock upper driver and lower passenger outlet/inlet design. According to company reps, it has "30 percent more cooling capacity than stock copper/brass radiators, which is packed into the stock opening by utilizing thin, narrow aluminum tubes. A stock copper/brass unit has 27 rows of tubes; a Rodney Red aluminum unit has 43 rows! Our cores have two rows of 1-inch tubes providing cooling capability equivalent to a 5-row copper/brass unit!"A large SPAL 16-inch electric puller fan is used, offset slightly from the center, because the Rodney Red shroud and fan combination's placement interfered with the March Performance water pump pulley. Rodney Red reps warned not to use nylon straps through the radiator to mount the electric fan as it will most likely rub an unrepairable hole in the core that's not covered under warranty. Scott will make brackets for the SPAL fan during final assembly.Though the aftermarket T56 is said to fit without mods to the floor aside from shifter placement, the factory T56 used in this convertible required cutting the floor as shown to fit. The shifter currently sits 1-2 inches further back than stock and is more centrally located than the traditional Muncie stick. This car is getting a custom console, but S&P can provide a McLeod shifter relocation kit capable of moving the shifter handle up to 4.125 inches forward and 2 inches left or right to get it near or at the stock Muncie location.This is the stock six-speed mount used on the crossmember from BRP. As you can see, there's still some minor floor bumping to do.Scott fabricated this custom steel mount in the shop, but the S&P Web site has detailed instructions for making a mounting bracket for the clutch master cylinder and for performing the mods needed to the stock components to ensure the geometry is correct.After working out the geometry, Scott shortened the pushrod and figured out the best place for the custom mount. Then he mounted the reservoir above it. The easiest choice for you is to check out Classic Chevy 5-speed (www.classicchevy5speed.com), which has a trick, ready-to-bolt-on hydraulic clutch kit to accomplish the same task. It comes with a McLeod throw-out bearing; a 3/4-inch bore GM master cylinder with upgraded lines, fittings, and custom length pushrod; a firewall mount bracket; and a billet-aluminum remote mount reservoir kit.
The master cylinder provides pressurized fluid through this factory braided line to the slave cylinder inside the bellhousing to actuate the throw-out bearing. A positive stop for the clutch pedal will also have to be fabricated to avoid compromising the seal in the throw-out bearing because the pedal was depressed too far.The '00 F-body ECM was reflashed by S&P, taking into account any drivetrain mods, the rear gear ratio, and tire height, among other factors. It and the accompanying fuse box are mounted behind the glovebox.S&P's main wiring harness, used for '99-and-up LS1s with a six-speed trans (PN 9354896), comes through the firewall on the passenger side (large rubber grommet to be installed later)Basically, a plug and play situation, relays, Vats bypass, and diagnostic link are also included. The wires use stock connectors and are clearly marked for proper installation......even at the O2 sensor in the bolt-on collector. Also shown here is the oil filter bypass housing (arrow), which can be modified for mounting an oil pressure sending unit.


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* Top 25 Ultimate Christmas Kid-Friendly Craft and Winter Craft Round-Up: Favorite Christmas Crafts and Activities from Pink and Green Mama Blog
Here is a list of some of my favorite Christmas activities
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I'll be taking some blog and social media breaks this month and next
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- Mrs. Yazzie's Classroom News said...
There are some fantastic ideas here! Thanks so much.
- December 7, 2012 at 10:40 PM
- Crafty Homeschool Mama said...
Thanks Marylea! Going to try the printable shrinkydink photo ornaments again this year for grandparents...I couldn't get the ink adjusted right last year then we ran out of time, but They still looked so neat and I still have the paper left..my .kids love shrinkydinks so much. Merry Christmas!
- December 9, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
We love shrinky dinks too -- I bet they'll turn out great!! Happy Holidays!
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Which Amouage men's fragrance has the most incense and projects well/lasts long.
interlude is a good incense-pathouli combo its a bit thick though, otherwise epic man (but oud here is the main player)
Vintage Tribute Attar had a big smoky Frankincense accord.
A rose by any other name...would be banned by the IFRA as being a potential allergen
I think the Frankincense in Memoir Man is the most singular unadorned rendition of the note after the first hour or so Wormwood, Absinthe et al fall away. It's loud and clear.
Epic Man seems to be more about medicinal Oud, Interlude Man is a mix of spice and Opoponax etc. Opus VI is also a nice frankincense accord but Amber seems to balance, if not overtake it as the main player. Tribute seems more complex - aromatic, tobacco-ish etc. in character, it pales against Memoir Man.
Opus IV - with the best longevity on me. A great oriental scent that is nonetheless balanced and not too sweet. My No1 Amouage.
Wow opinions are all over the place, I will avoid their attars at all costs because they have severe batch differences from what I have read. So if its a battle between Interlude, Epic and Memoir who wins the incense battle
If you are thinking about frankincense (ie the pure, lemony, Arabian incense), then it's Jubilation XXV, a radiant, clean, lemony incense.
Agree with Cacio. Jubilation XXV.
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Not including the Attars, I think Memoir Man has the most clearly distinguishable incense note. Jubilation XXV is my favorite Amouage, but is not what I would consider an incense fragrance. Epic Man also has a very strong incense note, but it is more blended with the other notes (oud, pepper, etc.), which makes it something more than just an incense fragrance. Other Amouage fragrances have incense notes, but it seems to play a secondary role in those. Therefore, I would consider Memoir Man the only true incense fragrance of the non-Attar Amouage fragrances.
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I think in their own individual way at different points Memoir man and Jubilation XXV.
I'll add another vote for Memoir Man as having the most unadorned incense. Jubilation XXV and Interlude Man have very obvious incense, but there's a lot of other stuff going on in each of them.
"When you become comfortable with uncertainty. infinite possibilities open up in your life"
-- Eckhart Tolle
I'll add another vote for Memoir Man.
Memoir Man.
I find Epic Man has the most powerfull Incense.
Dia Man.
"Would that it t'were so simple"
1. Dia Man
2. Tawaf
3. Skin Graft
4. Vitrum
5. Norne
6. Hindu Kush
+1 Memoir.
"Le parfum est la musique du corps"
(Marcel Rochas)
Signature: Rochas Macassar (Nicolas Mamounas / Roger Pellegrino, 1980)
Current Top 7:
Armani Eau Pour Homme (vtg) (Roger Pellegrino, 1984)
Monsieur de Givenchy (1959)
Chanel Bleu de Chanel EDP (Jacques Polge, 2014)
CK Eternity for men (vtg) (Carlos Benaim, 1990)
YSL Rive Gauche Pour Homme (Jacques Cavallier, 2003)
Creed Green Irish Tweed (Probably Oliver Creed / Pierre Bourdon, 1985)
Opus IV (heavy on incense)
Jubilation XXV (very incensey too)
Memoir Man (balanced)


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Welcome to Chinatown
Dec 06 2012
Walk down the lanes of India's only Chinese ghetto and explore heady mix of flavours of orient that it has nurtured in its 200 years of existence
Its erstwhile owner, Dennis Chen, an ethnic Chinese from Kolkata, had been running the joint as China Haus for years, before he ran out of steam. And in stepped Jagruti Mehta an entrepreneur from outside the Town (or Chine Para, as it is popularly called), to paint it afresh with fareastern colours and run it aided by modern management techniques.
Chinatown, along the narrow streets of Tangra, bordered by upcoming high-rises, houses more than 30 Chinese restaurants of different sizes and scale. Indians successfully manage a few of them, much in the manner, China Haus is now. Chung Wah, once an oriental icon in the downtown area of Central Avenue far from Tangra, was the first major Chinese eatery to change hands over three decades ago, with the city's once prosperous expatriate Chinese beginning to desert the country, leaving their quaint shoe shops, dental clinics and eateries in the hands of Indians eager to make a fast buck in the bargain.
For almost two centuries now, most of it under colonial rule, ethnic Chinese have contributed to the city's cosmopolitan heritage, leaving their mark on Calcutta's social and economic fabric as shoemakers, dentists and "Chinese chow" sellers. But then, beginning with the 1960s, as the city went into decline, so did its expatriate communities, a vibrant mix of Afghans, Armenians, Jews, Iranians, Chinese and of course, the Anglo-Indians. The Chinese survived and prospered longer than the others, but now, their population is down to just about 5,000 or so, from over 50,000 once.
Yet, as an elderly Chinaman — as the residents were once known — who has seen many ups and downs in the area said, "You cannot say that the Chinese population in Kolkata is dwindling. It has been stagnating for the past few years. Those who had to leave have mostly left." And those still leaving, are not heading to Mainland China, but to Canada, Sweden, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia and elsewhere, where fortune awaits the hardy.
Calcutta's ethnic Chinese originally landed in Tangra in the 19th century, building their fortunes mostly in the tannery business. Their skills with leather were also showcased in the quaint Chinese footwear store on Bentinck Street. That was then. In 2001, the West Bengal government banned tanneries in and around Chinatown through a legal order on environmental ground, forcing the tanneries to relocate to far-off Bantala. Some of the Chinese moved out, but most resisted, abandoning businesses they had nurtured down two or three generations. Losing out to the financially stronger Muslim community that now dominates the business, and partly discouraged by harsh working conditions in leather factories, the younger lot opted for try their luck abroad, with many NextGen Chinese educated in some of the city's best English schools.
While most of the younger generation are also fluent in Hindi and Bengali, few know any Mandarin at all. Small wonder then, an unusually large proportion of students at The School, the city's only academy offering courses in Chinese language, rituals, customs and behaviour for Indian jobseekers in the Mainland, are NextGen Chinese.
"We thought we would be imparting training on Chinese language to Indians, but to my great amusement, we are now getting an increasingly larger number of Chinese youth who want to pick up Mandarin," says Madan Saraff, founder-director, The School and Chini Adda.
Meanwhile, savouring bekti paturi made in Chinese way, fish cake, phad gabraw gai, squid pepper salt, chicken shu mai (dimsums), sliced fish in chilli mustard sauce, pot rice, corn cakes, stuffed mushroom garlic pepper and veg-lemon coriander soup at Tangra's best-known eatery, the most nagging question that comes to mind is: "Was Chinatown always like this? Or is the Dan Sin Quin experience only the beginning of the signs of times to come?"
Mehta has bigger plans up her sleeve. For now, she has only given us a peep into her phase one plan, made operational with 80 seats and a 20-seat private dining area, equipped with karaoke on level one. The phase II will see her add 60 more seats on the ground floor for single guests, while phase III will offer 90 covers with a jazz bar, an exclusive kids zone and a separate kids menu. All these have been unheard of in Chinatown so far.
On paper, her plan is in sync the state government's ambitious strategy to convert Chinatown into one of the city's main tourist attractions, offering exotic dining experience. Some three years ago, the state tourism department had teamed up with the city municipality and drawn up an ambitious programme to give Chinatown a facelift. And so, plans were drawn up to erect two large pagoda topped entrances besides a giant gate in oriental Chinese design on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass-Park Circus connector; Chinese illumination all over Tangra, with signages and a schematic map of Chinatown; beside general beautification.
To do so, the tourism department also engaged well-known Chinese architect Zhang Bo from Kunming province of the People's Republic and city-based architect Partho Das. But what has come up on ground zero is the solitary China Gate with the pagoda-like crest on the EM Bypass connector. Forget cosmetic value adds, the locality's roads and sewerage are in appalling condition. Civic officials are apologetic. "They (the ethnic Chinese community) want to live in seclusion. They don't want us to enter the area and carry out development work," they claim. Restaurant owners, on their part, contest this and say, "The unwritten convention here is that restaurant owners will have to build and maintain roads in front of their eateries. As a result, you will find few pockets of no-man's land, marked by dirt tracks and filthy pot-holed roads where there are no restaurants. Virtually no one is responsible," said an owner of one of the bigger Chinese restaurants in the area, requesting anonymity.
Actually, a much bigger issue is at play. The ethnic Chinese population — whether in Kolkata or elsewhere in India — was sort of ostracised during the Sino-Indian war of 1962. There are still murmurs of India's Chinese being sent to concentration camps or deported across the border during that humiliating war half-a-century ago.
A prominent leader of Kolkata's Chinese community, who refused to disclose his identity said, "We know that it's not going to come so easily and there are so many other issues, but we would be happy if there is a small 'sorry' from the government. Mind you, this is not our demand, but wish. It would certainly help us mingle with the mainstream much better and help us explore various options to build our fortune in the city we call home. We do not want to leave the city; we were born and brought up here. Yet, at the same time, we have to think of our future generations too."
There have also been rumours of divisions and factions within Kolkata's Chinese community, though these are not so strong to detract from Chinatown's wide range of lip-smacking delicacies, offering great value for money.
For, as a famous and old Chinese saying goes: Naixin Xuyao Shinjin. Have patience, everything takes time.
So, welcome to Chinatown, riding on hope.


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It's Halloween on American Horror Story, and you know what that means: eyeballs used as anal beads, suicide by riding lawn mower, and the ghost of Pol Pot taking over the body of a dragon. But it looks like we may have to wait until the series fourth season to see any of those things, for tonights episode, Fearful Pranks Ensue, was a rather subdued affair, though it still managed to rank high in performances, absurdities and offensive shenanigans. In other words, it was once again the best thing on TV, which is why we love it so much.
Theyre Coming To Get You, Fiona
Tonight, AHS finally jumped headfirst out of the tomb and into the zombie craze. It isnt a very calculated move, as zombies have taken over every aspect of popular culture, but as expected, its semi-deftly handled by the genre-mangling hands of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and episode writer Jennifer Salt. Rather than a virus causing random nameless members of the rotting undead to rise up, their presence here is due to Marie Laveaus witchy voodoo practices, meaning theyre tied to the original versions of zombie lore, rather than those that George Romero popularized. Learn from this, hundreds of currently shitty indie filmmakers.
Because its no good just having zombies kill people without civil rights involved, we first see Laveaus drumnsnakenchalk routine following the needless lynching of a black teenager whod recently started attending a white high school in 1961. Theyre brought back once more in the episodes admittedly awesome final scene, in which a horde of them descend ever so slowly upon Miss Robichauxs Academy, following Laveaus truce shattering. It was a pretty excellent visual callback when LaLaurie realizes one of the zombies is her daughter, even though that girl would have been nothing but bones and dust at that point. But maybe Laveau has the power to make them somewhat whole again. If the power is strengthened by rage, then seeing the still-moving head of Bastien in that box was just the right catalyst.
Council, Council, Toil and Touncil
I will now try to hunt down a magical priestess to ensure a spinoff series involving the cross-country antics of Council members Myrtle (Frances Conroy) Elsa (Geraldine Singer) and Quentin (Leslie Jordan), as they make for quite the dynamic trio putting everyone in the house on bureaucratic trial concerning Madisons disappearance. I could watch Conroy fly off the rails all day long as the Guardian of Veracity in the Vernacular. The Council threatens a stake burning for witch murder, though that obviously wont be Fionas fate. As such, I have no idea what their end game will be. It would be nice to see an open-palmed Witch-Off between Myrtle and Fiona, as their flashback plainly showed their shared distaste for one another.
Last week, I wished for the focus to turn to Denis OHares butler Spalding, and I wasnt disappointed here. Sure, his story didnt plumb the depths of narrative, but his thoughts and motivations now have the context of an unrequited and unending love for Fiona. I assume well also find out he always listens to music he hates and wears shoes that are too small for his feet, since he obviously doesnt care about giving himself pleasure in life. I base this also on the hairdo hes rocking in 1971 when Fiona met the council regarding Anna-Lees disappearance. I love that Spaldings handicap devolved from missing tongue to tongue on the floor to him actually cutting his tongue out, following his first words of the series. And then there are the dress-up tea parties, and the fact that he still has Madisons corpse in his possession. Just normal guy shit.
Why Does Josh Hamilton Gotta Be Killing Alexandra Breckinridge Like That?
Okay, so Hank and Cordelia cant have a baby because of whatever. But Hank, who said he was previously a monster, meets up for a hotel sexual encounter with a girl he met online, with Thomas Kinkade paintings involved. They have animal sex and he later shoots her in the head, following her calling sushi the raw fish stuff in distaste. Id have shot a bitch in the head for saying that, too. But he probably had other motives, none of which I can easily assume. Im pretty sure hes going to end up doing something terrible to someone, and Cordelia will have to use one of her potions to try and stop him. Speaking of, are we ever going to see Cordelias potions work? Also, whats your problem, Hank?
Youve Got A Little Something On Your Face
Over drinks, Fiona points out Hanks bullshitty ways, though she apparently doesnt know the bullet-expelling extent of them, and she also lies to her daughter about killing Madison. Fiona tries to eke information about a potential successor out of Cordelia, who apparently knows of such things, but then some black-hooded person in the bathroom throws acid on Cordelias face before anything can be shared. Im guessing this was one of Laveaus cronies, since this didnt take place near a cemetery or anything. Is that an impending revenge I smell? Wait, no, its just melting skin.
So early in the season, it seems weird for battle lines to have been drawn so firmly in the sand and recently clawed-up grave dirt. But this is AHS, and if the season doesnt end in nuclear warfare against time-traveling cyborgs, Ill eat my hat and the rabbit hidden inside.
Things Stirring in the Cauldron
After watching Kyle get rape-kissed by his mom last week before murdering her, seeing him bang his bloody head against the tub was a nice reprieve. I wonder where hes hiding, and if Zoe will continue to try and give him rat poison. Or if shell, you know, fuck his brains out of his eye sockets and ears.
Everybody whose bucket list contained watch Angela Bassett drink from fire felt pretty good about themselves tonight.
Its my duty to stay vital.
Burr heads. Between this show and Sons of Anarchy, one could create a racial epithet version of Bingo. Not that anyone should.
So that one zombie was buried with a bayonet-equipped gun?
Ive always enjoyed our little talks together.
Im not even sure I understand what happened with Queenie and the Minotaur. Of the dozen or so theories Ive copied down on a chalkboard, none are safe for outsiders ears.
Spalding may very well be my favorite character, sold by him hiding his answer from Quentin.
Someone needs to make this Minotaur head in a box something I can put on my mantle. Preferably life-size, and of an actual Minotaurs head.
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|The Blazar Times
|A Research Newsletter Dedicated to the BL Lac and Blazar Phenomena
|No. 53 - April 2003
|Editor: Travis A. Rector (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Journal Abstracts 1
Abstract Guidelines 5
The Cross-Wavelet Transform and Analysis of Quasiperiodic Behavior in the Pearson-Readhead VLBI Survey Sources
Brandon C. Kelly1, Philip A. Hughes1, Hugh D. Aller1 and Margo F. Aller1
1 Astronomy Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1090
We introduce an algorithm for applying a cross-wavelet transform to analysis of quasiperiodic variations in a time-series, and introduce significance tests for the technique. We apply a continuous wavelet transform and the cross-wavelet algorithm to the Pearson-Readhead VLBI survey sources using data obtained from the University of Michigan 26-m parabloid at observing frequencies of 14.5, 8.0, and 4.8 GHz. Thirty of the sixty-two sources were chosen to have sufficient data for analysis, having at least 100 data points for a given time-series. Of these thirty sources, a little more than half exhibited evidence for quasiperiodic behavior in at least one observing frequency, with a mean characteristic period of 2.4 yr and standard deviation of 1.3 yr. We find that out of the thirty sources, there were about four time scales for every ten time series, and about half of those sources showing quasiperiodic behavior repeated the behavior in at least one other observing frequency.
Accepted by ApJ
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Spectral Slope Variability of BL Lac Objects in the Optical Band
Fausto Vagnetti1, Dario Trevese2 and Roberto Nesci2
1 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma ``Tor Vergata'',
Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Roma, Italy
2 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma ``La Sapienza'', Piazzale A. Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy
Light curves of eight BL Lac objects in the BVRI bands have been analyzed. All of the objects tend to be bluer when brighter. However spectral slope changes differ quantitatively from those of a sample of QSOs analyzed in a previous paper and appear consistent with a different nature of the optical continuum. A simple model representing the variability of a synchrotron component can explain the spectral changes. Constraints on a possible thermal accretion disk component contributing to the optical luminosity are discussed.
Accepted by ApJ
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A Systematic Study Of X-Ray Variability In The ROSAT All-Sky Survey
B. Fuhrmeister1 and J. H. M. M. Schmitt1
1 Hamburger Sternwarte, University of Hamburg, Gojenbergsweg 112, D-21029 Hamburg
We present a systematic search for variability among the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) X-ray sources. We generated lightcurves for about 30 000 X-ray point sources detected sufficiently high above background. For our variability study different search algorithms were developed in order to recognize flares, periods and trends, respectively. The variable X-ray sources were optically identified with counterparts in the SIMBAD, the USNO-A2.0 and NED data bases, but a significant part of the X-ray sources remains without cataloged optical counterparts. Out of the 1207 sources classified as variable 767 (63.5 %) were identified with stars, 118 (9.8 %) are of extragalactic origin, 10 (0.8 %) are identified with other sources and 312 (25.8 %) could not uniquely be identified with entries in optical catalogs. We give a statistical analysis of the variable X-ray population and present some outstanding examples of X-ray variability detected in the ROSAT all-sky survey. Most prominent among these sources are white dwarfs, apparently single, yet nevertheless showing periodic variability. Many flares from hitherto unrecognised flare stars have been detected as well as long term variability in the BL Lac 1E 1757.7+7034.
Accepted by A&A
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Modelling the TeV g-ray Spectra of Two Low Redshift AGNs: Mkn 501 & Mkn 421
A. Konopelko1, A. Mastichiadis 2, J. Kirk1, O.C. de Jager3 and F.W. Stecker4
1 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 10 39 80,
Heidelberg, Germany
2 Department of Physics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, GR 15783, Zografos, Greece
3 Unit for Space Physics, Potchefstroom University, 2520, South Africa
4 Laboratory of High Energy Astrophysics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
We discuss the results of modelling the TeV g-ray spectra of two AGNs, Mkn 501 and Mkn 421 that have almost the same redshifts: z = 0.031 and z = 0.034, respectively. The effect of intergalactic g-ray absorption is treated as an uncertainty in the measurement of the intrinsic spectrum. Although the objects differ, we obtain satisfactory fits for both of them in a synchrotron self-Compton scenario. Compared to previous models, our fits are characterised by higher values of the Doppler factor (d ł 50) and an electron injection spectrum extending to higher energies (gmax ł 1.5 ×105). In the case of Mkn 421, the observed difference in spectral slope in X-rays and TeV g-rays between the high and low states can be explained as a variation of a single parameter - the maximum energy gmax mc2 at which electrons are injected.
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Does Circular Polarisation Reveal the Rotation of Quasar Engines?
Torsten A. Enßlin1
1 Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik,
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, Postfach 1317, 85741 Garching, Germany
Many radio sources like quasars, blazars, radio galaxies, and micro-quasars exhibit circular polarisation (CP) with surprising temporal persistent handedness. As a possible explanation we propose that the CP is due to Faraday conversion (FC) of linear polarisation (LP) synchrotron light which propagates along a line-of-sight through twisted magnetic fields. The rotational nature of accretion flows onto black holes naturally generates the required magnetic twist in the emission region, independent of whether it is a jet or an ADAF. The expected twist in both types of flows is of the order of what is required for optimal CP generation. This scenario requires that Faraday rotation (FR) is insignificant in the emission region. Although this is an assumption, it relaxes constraints on the plasma parameters, that were given in scenarios which rely on FR, since there the strength of FR can not be too far from the optimum. The proposed mechanism works in electron-positron (e±) as well as electron-proton (e/p) plasma. In the latter case, the emission region should consist of individual flux tubes with independent polarities in order to suppress too strong FR. The predominant CP is expected to mostly counter-rotate (rotation is measured here in sky-projection) with respect to the central engine in all cases (jet or ADAF, e± or e/p plasma). If the proposed mechanism is indeed operating, it will allow to measure the sense of rotation of quasar engines. The engine of SgrA* is then expected to rotate clockwise and therefore counter-Galactic, as do the young hot stars in its vicinity, which are thought to feed SgrA* by their winds. Generally, sources with Stokes-V < 0 (V > 0) are expected to rotate clockwise (counter-clockwise) in this scenario.
Astronomy and Astrophysics 401, 499-504 (2003)
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Relativistic Parsec-scale Jets: II. Synchrotron Emission
V.I. Pariev1,2, Ya.N. Istomin1 and A.R. Beresnyak1
1 P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute,
Leninsky Prospect 53, Moscow 117924, Russia
2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
We calculate the optically thin synchrotron emission of fast electrons and positrons in a spiral stationary magnetic field and a radial electric field of a rotating relativistic strongly magnetized force-free jet consisting of electron-positron pair plasma. The magnetic field has a helical structure with a uniform axial component and a toroidal component that is maximal inside the jet and decreasing to zero towards the boundary of the jet. Doppler boosting and swing of the polarization angle of synchrotron emission due to the relativistic motion of the emitting volume are calculated. The distribution of the plasma velocity in the jet is consistent with the electromagnetic field structure. Two spatial distributions of fast particles are considered: uniform, and concentrated in the vicinity of the Alfvén resonance surface. The latter distribution corresponds to the regular acceleration by an electromagnetic wave in the vicinity of its Alfvén resonance surface inside the jet. The polarization properties of the radiation have been obtained and compared with the existing VLBI polarization measurements of parsec-scale jets in BL Lac sources and quasars. Our results give a natural explanation of the observed bimodality in the alignment between the electric field vector of the polarized radiation and the projection of the jet axis on the plane of the sky. We interpret the motion of bright knots as a phase velocity of standing spiral eigenmodes of electromagnetic perturbations in a cylindrical jet. The degree of polarization and the velocity of the observed proper motion of bright knots depend upon the angular rotational velocity of the jet. The observed polarizations and velocities of knots indicate that the magnetic field lines are bent in the direction opposite to the direction of the jet rotation.
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A Search for Intraday Variability in the Blazar PKS 2005-489
Travis A. Rector1 and Eric S. Perlman2
1 National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box O, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
2 Joint Center for Astrophysics, Physics Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Rapid, multi-color optical monitoring carried out for a multiwavelength campaign during 22-27 August 2000 is presented for the bright and variable BL Lac object PKS 2005-489. Previous multiwavelength monitoring campaigns of PKS 2005-489 have found complex variability behavior both in flux density and in broadband spectrum, with different modes and timescales from days to hours. During this campaign, PKS 2005-489 was observed to be in an unusual state, bright in the optical but faint in the X-ray, just prior to an X-ray flare that began on 2 September 2000. PKS 2005-489 was also observed to have a flatter optical spectrum than prior epochs. A linear increase in optical flux density was observed during the first 5.2 days of the campaign. However, intraday and color variability were not detected. The large discrepancy between the ratio of X-ray to optical flux density observed during this campaign and that observed in prior epochs indicates a lack of long-term correlation between the two wavebands; and it illustrates that simple particle injection events in the jet are insufficient to explain the long-term variability behavior of this object. Twenty-three in-field standard stars are identified for future optical monitoring programs.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: These stats- and smarts-heavy Bears Previews come courtesy our friends at Football Outsiders. For more, visit www.footballoutsiders.com.
The good news for Bears fans is that the much-needed win over Minnesota moved Chicago up a spot to fifth overall in our DVOA rankings, which measures team efficiency. The bad news is that, even after a loss, the next opponent, Seattle, is fourth overall, despite their pedestrian 6-5 record.
Remember, games are won and lost for a variety of reasons, and wins and losses are not necessarily the best measure of a team's strength or weakness. Take the 10-1 Falcons, for example, who are only 12th on our chart.
Several key Bears players are questionable with injuries, but so long as Jay Cutler is in there (Hey, look! He's popular this week!), Chicago has a shot.
Seattle's defense is keyed by a pair of shutdown corners, Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner. Alas, they have (allegedly) been bad boys, getting suspended by the league for use of the banned substance Adderall. However, the two defenders will go against Chicago, as their appeal hearing won't be until next week
That's bad luck for Cutler and the Bears offense, as the Seattle pass defense is third overall, and tops in the league at quieting opposing No. 1 wideouts (a mere 41.1 yards per game allowed). Brandon Marshall will be facing corners able to match his size and physicality. The Seahawks are eighth in Adjusted Sack Rate as well, another factor in Seattle's strong numbers against the pass and more bad news for Cutler.
But the 'Hawks can be run against, ranking but 17th in DVOA in that category. That could be an even more inviting option if stud Seattle defensive end Red Bryant (injured foot) doesn't play. Bryant excels at setting the edge in run defense, usually lining up on the defensive right side, where Seattle's run defense is top ten. On the other side, they are bottom ten, or close to it. So, even if Bryant is in there, the smart tactic is to run away from him.
Russell Wilson is quietly having an effective rookie season behind center up in the Pacific Northwest. He's lost in the Andrew Luck/RG3 hype, but Wilson actually ranks considerably ahead of Luck in the efficiency department, and is 12th overall, twenty spots ahead of Mr. Cutler. Still, he is a rookie, and in games against top defenses, Wilson has struggled. Chicago's top-ranked pass defense certainly qualifies, so look for a game plan that emphasizes the run even more than usual.
Having faced Arian Foster, Frank Gore, and Adrian Peterson in consecutive weeks, now Marshawn Lynch comes to Chicago, bringing his high DVOA ranking (seventh) in his travel bag. For all of Lynch's "Beast Mode," he has only five touchdowns on the season. Still, he is one of the toughest backs going. He isn't a huge breakaway threat, though, despite the lingering memory of his incredible run in the playoffs against New Orleans two seasons ago. Seattle is only 22nd in Open Field Yards, indicating that they run more of a pound-it-out attack.
When Seattle does throw it, Sidney Rice will present a challenge. He is having an astoundingly efficient season, ranking third overall, behind only Malcolm Floyd and Brandon Stokley at maximizing effectiveness on each reception. In our cumulative metric, Defense-Adjusted Yards Above Replacement (DYAR), Rice ranks eleventh, not bad considering he has been thrown to only 59 times in Seattle's conservative offense. On the other side, Golden Tate has been almost as good, ranking eleventh in DVOA himself.
Seattle has been murder on first down, ranking first in passing efficiency and third overall. But they are only 24th in third down passing, which makes sense with the rookie at the helm.
Seattle had a good special teams game against Miami, paced by Leon Washington's 98-yard kickoff return TD, boosting the unit to fourth in our rankings, one place behind Chicago. Washington will be a challenge for the Bears' second-rated kickoff coverage unit. Seattle has been good at kickoffs and covering them as well, while Chicago has only been fair in the return game. A boost in this phase would help the Bears cause.
The Seahawks boast one of the league's best home field advantages, so playing them at Soldier Field is a break. Seattle's home/road splits are what you might expect—5th/17th in offensive DVOA, 2nd/10th in defensive DVOA. The Bears are more consistent, at least on defense, where they are first at home and second on the road.
For all of Seattle's defensive strength, they rank only 15th in Drive Success Rate, which measures the percentage of drives that feature first downs and touchdowns. And they have given up 27.5 points per game over the last four contests. So the Bears can put up some points if they run the ball well and protect Cutler.
Seattle should be the more desperate team. Can we use a metric to quantify that intangible? Why, yes, in fact. Last week's results gave a turbo boost to Chicago's playoff odds, pumping them up by 14% to a 90.6% likelihood of postseason play. The Seahawks are at 69.0%, and locked in a tight battle with several teams for the NFC's final playoff spot. Fans in Tampa, New Orleans, Minnesota, Dallas, and Washington will be hoping the Bears match Seattle's intensity and come to play.


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What Wage Inflation? Unit Labor Costs Have Biggest Annual Drop Since 2010
Less than a year ago, David Rosenberg fundamentally shifted his thesis from deflationary to stagflationary at first, and then to outright inflationary, aka from bearish to bullish, based on one simple thesis: labor costs, and thus wage inflation - that all important harbinger of broad economic inflation - have nowhere to go but up. Unfortunately, they also have another direction they can go: down.
As today's "Productivity and Costs" report from the BLS confirmed what many already know, namely those who collect a regular wage, wages are not going up. In fact, in the fourth quarter, unit labor costs plunged by 1.3%, the most since the second quarter of 2010, and prove that not only is the Fed's QE not being "trickled down" into wages, but that anyone who bet on a simple reflation thesis (not to be confused with the runaway inflation that would result from unlimited currency debasement which as everyone knows is the Fed's Plan Z) based on an expectation that wages will revert to the mean, has been proven wrong.
And a more amusing correlation - relative to GDP.
As for where the offsetting surge in productivity is coming from in a workforce addicted to social media and other constant distractions: perhaps that is the true $64K "New Normal" question which the central planners should be answering.
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With wages going down, isn't it great that the Fed is protecting us from deflation?
If you like your Koolaid you can keep your Koolaid.
thus wage inflation - that all important harbinger of broad economic inflation - have nowhere to go but up. Unfortunately, they also have another direction they can go: down.
If you like your labour arbitrage, you can keep your labour arbitrage.
The GDP vs. unit labour costs is rather interesting.
Unit labor costs are measured in burgers flipped per hour, here.
Boy, deflation a little tougher than anticipated, no?
Who needs a raise when prices are dropping like a rock?
Wanking is a substitution good for prostitution and relationship based fucking, in some models. So with enough deflation and desperation out there,, smegley, your pseudonym here might become redundant.
i hope forex traders dont see this and dump even more yen.
Sweet! More wealth for the "1% and friends." Yippee. Yippee. Yippee.
Well, they do work harder.
This might be one of the FEW things that the Fed looks at when calculating 'inflation' (besides the iPad price-to-feature ratio). Nothing that people actually buy has a 1% inflation rate...
And this is the SAME thing that Abenomics is targeting - with equal lack of success...
Says it all: the velocity of moolah keeps dropping. That is, the 1% are keeping it all. The rest of us have less to spend. Isn't that cool?
it's the fricking black hole ... aka insolvency of the 1%'ers that is draining away money
Who needs higher wages? Dear Leader MaoBama and his minions are telling us now that HealthCareUtopia is here we don't even need a freakin' job!
Moving along.....
Good think we have a society that guarantees the wealth of the top 10% and is absolulely against guaranteeing a minimum wage for the dumbasses in the bottom 90%.
LOSERS!! I don't stand around bitching about the greatest country in the world, I work for a PRIVATE TBTF financial institution, not some commy-socialist program for welfare leaches. Get a job you hippies, and get a goddamn haircut!
Example? Here in Maui they try to pay people $10 or $12 an hour when rent is over a $1000 bucks a month just to rent a room and milk is 8 bucks a gallon.
It's a Clown Show...a constant turnover in employees, and a transitory situation as people scramble just to pay bills and stay alive.
it's the same thing in California and the food is actually produced here and still sold at top prices.
The enlightened john lennon wannabes pressing on inferiority complexes with pointless condescending attitudes because they're overrated nobodies use social pressure to push the public to pay more for what something is worth than we should.
California is run by incompetant golddiggers and baby boomer trash, which is why it's an overpriced hole ianymore?
Disgusting for the state that harbors so much money, universities, international business and agrigulture without our own exchanges.
"The enlightened john lennon wannabes pressing on inferiority complexes with pointless condescending attitudes because they're overrated nobodies use social pressure to push the public to pay more for what something is worth than we should."
Your like really sure man that you ain't like talkin bout Apple, Inc. Dood. Surfs up!
you can finance your buddies but not your State. transfer payments are taxed...consumption must collapse as a result.
I find the farm bill an interesting case study.
As soon as it passed the price of a gallon of milk dropped a buck.
Must be all those "food stamp recipients" and their excess consumption.
I did see that CVS took the "bold move" of not selling cigarettes at the counter anymore.
Wonder how "gambling addiction" is going over out Nevada way.
"that'll be ten thousand for that sirloin steak now bitch."
If you really think about the mountain of propaganda that is needed to prop up the current paradigm, it's really staggering. Really, when these guys have long discussions about deflation, it's got to be challenging for them to suppress the maniacal laughter.
Labor costs and GDP will intersect again, but it will be because GDP will fucking plummet.
GDP is another fake metric in a collection. Fake number to mask the looting. I recommend Roger Garrison's book for the diagram where the GDP is really one face of a cube which contains supply and demand curves for capital at different durations. A real eye opener.
Re: mountain of propaganda
You don't really need "mountain" of propaganda. Most people in society believe very simple bullshit stories about how society is organized and who is "screwing" them. The bullshit is generally managed and created by the two political teams. The Blue Team uses "the evil top 1%" bullshit. The Red Team uses "those people are getting all your hard earned tax money" bullshit. As long as 70% of the population believes one of the two bullshit threads, the top 20% (those who really own everything) will win.
Works for me (well, it does until the top 10% start screwing the top 20% - then I'm screwed, but hopefully I'll be dead by then).
"long starvation" as America starts gardening just to have food period in 2014.
But each transient is entitled to a dime bag of Maui Wowee per week.
Another novel from the BLS. How swell.
"So many for the guillotine, who goes first?!"
There is no escaping this is there. The only thing the great minds and other FOOs* can do is alter the glide-slope. Impact is pre-ordained here and only the FOOs have parachutes.
Put your head between your legs and await the inevitable. Also, buy Gold. Buy beans, bullets, and bandaids.
* Note: FOOs= Friend Of Obama
Finally - American labor is getting off its ass and competing.
"unit labor costs plunged by 1.3%, the most since the second quarter of 2010, and prove that not only is the Fed's QE not being "trickled down" into wages"
And has nothing to do with corprations able to produce more with less labor???
I don't know, "Unit labor cost" doesn't sound like it's the same as wage to me...
Unit labor cost- does that include robots?
Actually, it does: Wages / output.
Danger Will Robinson! I'm taking your job.
That's OK. Mr. Smith said he would look after me.
Another 10% cut to salaries in my sister's office and she's quiting. But from what I read on MSM, the more people who quit, the better the economy. Very Bullish sign they say.
So does this mean a minimum wage hike is needed to keep even?
" SAME thing that Abenomics is targeting - with equal lack of success..."
What do you mean lack of success? Debasing your currency makes exports "more competitive" because the flat wages in nominal terms mean everyone's income drops in real terms. Destroying your economy and creating a gigantic trade deficit is not an accident. It's the stated goal, and it has been very successful in that regard.
I'm lucky, I received a .9% increase this year. It beats nothing.


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May 3, 2013 - Fire activity across California remained high yesterday and overnight. One of those new fires was a fast moving wildfire in Ventura County that quickly forced the evacuations of hundreds. The Springs Fire near Camarillo continues to burn very actively and is threatening several thousand homes. Over 3,000 firefighters are on the frontlines of the six major wildfires burning in California. CAL FIRE has deployed Incident Management Teams to the Springs Fire as well as the Panther Fire in Tehama County to provide command and control of those large fires.
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