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Is The Fed Fabricating Loan Creation Data?
One of the more bullish "fundamental" theses discussed in recent weeks, perhaps as an offset to the documented record collapse in mortgage origination - because without debt creation by commercial banks one can kiss this, or any recovery, goodbye - has been the so-called surge in loans and leases as reported weekly by the Fed in its H.8 statement. Some, such as the chief strategist of retail brokerage Charles Schwab, Liz Ann Sonders, went so far as to note that this is, to her, the "most important chart in the world."
This is indeed notable because as we have shown in the past, for nearly five years, total loans and leases within the US commercial system remained virtually unchanged from a level of about $7.3 trillion, first attained when Lehman filed for bankruptcy. And it doesn't take a PhD in monetary theory to figure out that this lack of credit revival (alongside the historic collapse in shadow bank liabilities) is precisely what the Fed's endless QE programs had been, at least on paper, trying to avert.
Of course, if the data represented by the Fed which supposedly is a sample of call reports distributed to commercial banks, is accurate, then it would be a welcome development to the economy as it would indicate that finally lending conditions are easing, and demand for money is rising at the retail level as opposed to just the institutional (where it is merely used to buy risk assets). In other words, it would slowly allow the elimination of the Fed's artificial conditions and removal of the central-planning umbrella.It would also indicate inflation may finally be returning to the economy (as opposed to just food and energy prices).
And logically, since the Fed's data is sourced by the banks themselves, what the Fed is representing and what the banks report quarterly should be in rough alignment.
Unfortunately it isn't.
Now that the Big 4 commercial banks - JPM, Wells, Bank of America and Citi - have reported their March 31 numbers, we can compile not only what the total amount of outstanding loans was as of the end of Q1, but more importantly, what the change in the quarter was. After all, for Liz Ann Sonders it is this change that is "the most important" data in the world.
What we learn is that the Top 4 banks held some $3.14 trillion in loans and leases at March 31.
So far so good. But what is not so good is that the change of this number in the first quarter is not an increase even remotely comparable to what the Fed makes those who read its H.8 statement believe it is. Quite the opposite.
As the chart below shows, in the first quarter, of the Big 4 banks, only Wells Fargo reported an increase - a tiny $4 billion to be exact - in its loans and leases portfolio. All the other banks... saw a decline in their loans and leases holdings.
We show this on the chart below.
We admit that we have taken a sampling of banks, even if it is the four biggest banks in the US, those which account for 42% of all loans outstanding, and a complete analysis would require complete data from not only regional banks, but also foreign banks operating in the US. However, if the four best capitalized banks, flush with trillions in Fed excess reserves, are indicating on their own that they are nowhere near lending at the level the Fed is telegraphing, and are in fact reducing their loans outstanding, why should the others be more generous in their lending activities?
Which brings us to the question: is the Fed fabricating loan level data?
Or, less dramatically, is the Fed merely once again goalseeking its weekly "data" to account for a world in which deposit expansion is no longer running at the pace seen in pre-taper days. It would be logical that the one "plug" the Fed would adjust to balance off its model is to boost lending activity, which would explain why the Fed is suggesting lending is surging.
Unfortunately, lending is not only not surging, it is contracting, if only among the Big 4 banks in the first quarter.
So whether the Fed has an ulterior motive, or is simply fudging for a lowered Fed reserve creation growth trendline, we believe the people deserve an answer: just what is really going on here?
Source: Fed, BofA, JPM, Wells, Citi
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why wouldnt they ?
to quote some douchebag from the EU: "When shit gets serious, you have to lie"
Come on Tyler you have to count Belgium damn it!
Duh! All Fed data is fabricated.
When you have an institution that fabricates trillions of dollars to bail out banks and does not disclose the data, it is easy to believe that they would also fabricate data.
Is The Fed Fabricating Loan Creation Data?
Does a bear ... ? (you know the rest)
Bear Spanker was in Mumbai two nights ago for one of his $250,000 engagements.
If I had known, would i have gone and thrown a shoe? For we know what QE did, he know what QE did, Raghu know what Qe's a doin'...
These people either totally believe their schtick and story or are stunningly con-fidant master manipulators...
Get madder, shockign stuff....Oxycodone+++etc. kill more Americans than Heroin and cocaine combined!!!
40 Americans die every day of them...whoa....wonder what is happening here, in unregulatable India?
The pharmacopic stranglehold allows these people to be so confident in their Huxley-side world.
It's mirror being the Orwellian one. It's Chiral actually....
Its shocking to me that marijuana use is ostracized, and hydrocodone is... Prescribed by doctors!
It was a master-stroke eh, HR? What about the confusing word "Drug".
Doctor Drug good.
Dealer drug bad.
What about Doctor.
You sick, doctor good.
Doctor your drink, you may get raped/die.
The madness is built into the language.
To call Marijuana a drug in and of itself is......meaningless?
Cooking the books seems to the SOP these days... What else is new in the new normal...
that 135% is how much more the Fed has 'loaned' to the Treasury to cover the unpayable debts...
I can still hear the bobbing heads calling JPM, "Best in breed" !
This essay is an example (of many) why ZH is a must read.
I would bet $1,000 Yellens that if the level of loan creation at the Big 4
too-big-to-fails (which, as mentioned, account for/hold 42% of all aggregate loans) is flat or declining, there is no possible way that this trend is opposite in at the other banks, and of an additional loan creation amount, to "make-up for" the shortfall, so as to do anything other than prove the Fed is fabricating this data wholesale.
Wait for Conspiracy "Theory" #237 regarding'"official" economic data to be proven as Conspiracy "Fact" in the coming months or year (or so).
..f'n rabble rousers and commie libs on this page..
Geez, who ever even think about accusing the sacred guardians of the public purse of creating money or the accounting of money from nothing?
- Refi's fall 90% +, 40% plus of residential RE transactions are cash only buyers (no loans, no credit)...the only places credit is growing are corporations taking loans to repurchase their own stock, Student loans, and auto loans...
Shocking anyone would beleve something so ludicrous from the Fed...
"I can still hear the bobbing heads calling JPM, "Best in breed" !"
No, no, NO! You heard wrong. They were being called "The Best Inbreeds". Banking is incestuous, as we all should know by now.
Good Lord. Take memo: The entire Economy is fabricated and has been since 1973, and arguably, 1913.
when all money is confiscated and all currency in circulation is debt what you have is an unsurvivable situation. unless you were the ones confisgating the money.
"arguably, 1913."
not arguable :-).. on the "books"
America sold down the river..
to the BMF's (banker Mo Fo's) and their slaves, the pols.
Jan '00 - '07 - Dec '13
$1 T ---> $1.6 T ---> $5.6 T (cumulative "foreign" held US Treasury debt)
25% ---> 40% ---> 55% (% of notes / bonds held by "foreigners")
1% ---> 1% ---> 25% (% Fed held notes / bonds...Fed primarily held Bills until '08)
74% ---> 59% ---> 20% (% domestically held notes / bonds)
350% increase (public outstanding debt, $3.5 T to $12.4 T)
250% increase (intra-gov debt, $2 T to $5 T)
6.6% ---> 5% ---> 2.4% (net interest rate on debt)
$300B -> $270B ---> $223B (net interest paid on national debt)
$9.2 T --> $13.7 T --> $16.1 T (GDP = 75% increase);
$5.7 T --> $9 T --> $17.4 T (National debt = 305% increase )
A reversion to the average 50yr yields around 7% would produce Treasury yields with gigantic interest payments, of which nearly half would exit the economy to "foreigners":
Interest payments if yields rose (not to mention the effect on RE or other interest rate sensitive parts of our Ponzi...nor to mention bank IRD's) would look like:
5% blended interest payments = $875 B of which nearly half would likely exit the economy.
(btw - total '13 Federal tax revenue = $2.8T)
Now it's is growing among the intelegentsia that since the Fed announced it's taper, rates have gone down, maybe rates can stay low forever...so let's extrapolate and see who will be buying @ these forever low yields???
We have to rule out US domestic purchasers (States, insurers, pensions, etc.) as they cannot deploy their assets against 5yr or 10yr or 30yr US bonds yielding 1.70% to 3.5%, respectively, and catch up from their underfunded current states to meet their 7-8%/yr growth to ultimately meet their payouts. They are acting rationally. No buyer here.
Fed - we'll they are tapering to zero and will not monetize the debt. And heck, they'll likely start to shrink their balance sheet by not rolling over existing...This is rational that the Fed shouldn't cause a hyperinflation via monetizing the debt...No buyer here (wink wink).
This only leaves "foreigners" who apparently don't mind the low yields, don't care the US trade deficit has fallen in half since '07, and apparently should be trusted to act irrationally. This leaves only Belgium and the like to buy all new Note/Bond issuance plus pick up whatever rollover the Fed or Domestics don't maintain...or plainly put, by 2016'ish this will leave "foreigners" holding somewhere around 75% of all US public debt longer than 1yr. Any concerns about the path we're on???
Or the other option is the Fed and "foreigners" are actually synonomous and the Fed will actually be holding 75% of all US debt over a year? At least the interest paid would stay in the Treasury rather than being paid to "foreigners" and exiting the US?
Ok sorry for the stupid question, I am new here. Why does everyone keep mentioning BELGIUM?
Someone using Belgium as a front to buy up US debt. China quit buying some time back so ....who/what is now the second largest buyer of US debt? See other ZH post on this date.
Simple questions (and no bullshit, smart-ass answers...lookig for plausible answers):
Fed tapers to zero by year end (and assuming this isn't the Fed reach-around)
who are the buyers stepping in to purchase the $45 B /mo of Notes/bonds the Fed was buying? and Why???
Who would need / want more 1yr plus Note/Bond US paper yielding very little and from an "investment" standpoint take a big underperformance vs. other available assets???
Who had all the USD cash sitting around that they apparently don't even need to sell (since all markets are near record highs) to bid up these Treasury's???
How is this rational since US trade deficits have fallen in half since '07 and thus far fewer exported dollars need be recycled back into imported dollar vehicles???
The only logical answer beside this being a massive circle jerk is international capital flows. Money fleeing even worse economic conditions but not trusting US equities.
Ham-Bone, very good table of information...When we have picture(s) of the selfie reach-around it will be market shattering.
or maybe the EU, BIS, IMF are involved too (a reach around ring ?).
Who bought the US$300B of treasuries for the last 4 months, mystery buyer ?
Need Pictures.
Fed's Dual Mandate:
- Steal from the American people
- Lie to the American people
Show me something, ANYTHING, that isn't a lie.
Show me something, ANYTHING, that isn't a lie.
obamas a dick!
Obama is a STD soaked pussy.
1. Barry & Eric are CRIMINALS.
2. Michelle is the ugliest FLOTUS in history.
I was going to post that identical comment Gringo but you just beat me to it. There is not ONE lie...It is ALL lies.
Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max"
All lies as they try to disguise the inevitable...
The FED fabricates everything; it is a paper mache thug that robs the citizenry and force feeds us glue.
Thank Dog they are audited.
Oh wait........
Just turning Chinese.....we want a number...you make it happen...
The difference must be payday loans and Colonial Food Scripp backed "University" of Phoenix student loans.
QE? new debt on its own book?
Of course they're lying, for fucks sake.
"Is the Fed fabricating loan creation data?"
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Who does the student loans? Maybe that's the source.
And auto loans.
"When it becomes serious, you have to lie."
~Jean Claude Juncker
The difference is obviously a loan to Belgium
In addition, Napoleon ordered the almost empty bins in the store-shed to be filled nearly to the brim with sand, which was then covered up with what remained of the grain and meal. On some suitable pretext Whymper was led through the store-shed and allowed to catch a glimpse of the bins. He was deceived, and continued to report to the outside world that there was no food shortage on Animal Farm. http://www.shmoop.com/animal-farm/lies-deceit-quotes-2.html There is no shortage of borrowing in Fed loan data land!


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A Puyallup man, wandering along the side of Blue Slough Road, has been charged with Assault in the Third Degree for punching and kicking a deputy earlier this month. During the assault, the man screamed out that "he was God." It took two taser bolts and the huge man still didn't go down. Deputies with the Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office had just responded to a "suspicious person" call and had only asked the man how he was, the court documents state.
Last week, Superior Court Judge Mark McCauley ordered a sanity commission to determine if Isaac James Schwartz, 39, was competent enough to stand trial. He's in the county jail on a $25,000 bail and was referred to Western State Hospital for a mental evaluation.
On Thursday, June 12, at just before 11:30 p.m., two deputies responded to a call about someone standing in the roadway trying to wave down passing cars. The deputies found Schwartz sitting on a gate for the Chehalis Surge Plain Natural Area trail.
Schwartz, who is 285 pounds and 6-foot, 10-inches tall became "noticeably agitated" when deputies asked him if he was alright or needed any help.
After some back and forth conversation, Schwartz allegedly through a punch at the deputy, who blocked it with his flashlight.
Both deputies pulled out their tasers, at which points Schwartz allegedly "took a fighting stance with closed fists and began to try to walk away."
One of the deputies shot off the taser in the side of the man's back, but the man was able to get loose and began throwing rocks.
"The defendant began screaming that he was God and that he was not going to be arrested," the charging papers state.
He was shot with the taser again and went to the ground. As the deputies approached, he got back up and allegedly kicked one of the deputies in the left side and in the left thigh. The deputies eventually were able to get the guy down on the ground and held him down until more deputies arrived — "fighting the officers the entire time," the charging documents state. "During transport, the defendant continued to scream and yell without making any sense."
It's still not clear what the man was doing on the side of the road or where he was going. He had addresses on file with the state Department of Licensing from Puyallup and Des Moines.
The deputy who was punched and kicked was back on the job soon after.


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Sir Coke
Apr 25 2008, 03:49 AM
When you burn the pothead plants with a flame-thrower the screen would start to get wavy. I don't know why ppl think gta 4 drunk driving thing is new and gonna get them into shit when in gta sa you could drive high lol
Apr 25 2008, 03:50 AM
That was one mission though.
Sir Coke
Apr 25 2008, 03:57 AM
QUOTE(TreeFitty @ Apr 25 2008, 03:50 AM) [snapback]1421122[/snapback]
That was one mission though.
I know and its pretty late in the game and noone talk about it but you where able to drive high with a wavy screen that made it alil bit hard to drive. I just think ppl are looking for reasons to hate on gta 4....... why didn't they say that when gta sa came out "it lets you drive high in 1 mission" lol
Thrilla in Manila
Apr 25 2008, 04:00 AM
I would play that mission again if my SA game didn't freeze up every 3 miles I travel.
btw, who's hating on drunk driving?
Only god can judge me.
Apr 25 2008, 04:09 AM
It was 1 mission like you said, They wouldn't care cause they know some people would be lazy to re-do the mission just to get high.
Apr 25 2008, 07:31 AM
AND...this should be in the SA forum.
OT: yep we aaall knew this, as we aaall completed it...and it was one mission, but in IV there is said to be 'drunk minigames' where you have to get Roman Home. and apparntly you use the sixaxis controller (ps3) to balance. where was THAT realism in SA?
Apr 25 2008, 08:12 AM
there will be some knobhead that starts when GTA IV comes out about the drunk driving. Personally I see it as, if you don't like it don't play it!
Apr 25 2008, 12:28 PM
Like Sam once said, this game isnt encouraging drunk driving. It offers you the freedom to get drunk, plus the freedom to drive cars. Now combine that together and its called drunk driving, its just the freedom youre given, but youre not encouraged to do it. Just like you are given the freedom to own weapons, much like the US constitution has no problem about, and you have the freedom to walk on-foot and interact with pedestrians. Combine those together and you could be facing a pedestrian in a gun-battle. The point Im trying to make is that this game isnt encouraging anything bad, its only offering us the freedom we have in the real world. The only thing we're forced to do is complete our missions if we want to progress in the game, but as youre all aware this isnt the first game with gunfights included in missions.
Apr 25 2008, 06:17 PM
QUOTE(Sir Coke @ Apr 25 2008, 05:57 AM) [snapback]1421125[/snapback]
I know and its pretty late in the game
No its not
Its not even in middle.
Apr 25 2008, 08:08 PM
Tommy was driving on Boomshine long before
CJ was inhaling the Truth's crop. Each, one mission.
However, Tommy did like his trips to Auntie Poulette's place as well...
Even though they really didn't go into the detail of Mama's Majik.
This will be great in GTA:IV.....at the Beinway SteerGarden
Apr 26 2008, 07:41 AM
Psy said that when you go drinking with someone at Steinway beer garden, you enter, and it goes black then you come out drunk...which kinda sucks..
anyway...yeah CJ inhales burnt weed, Tommy V drinks moonshine, and Niko get drunk as a skunk.
Relly G
Apr 30 2008, 11:09 PM
I've played and completed san andreas so many times i've lost count on the ps2 but it was only when i played on the pc and did this mission that i realised the screen gets a little wavy :S
May 6 2008, 01:57 PM
Yeah but you only get high for 1 mission, unlike GTA 4 where you can get drunk whenever you want.
May 23 2008, 02:34 AM
Yeah, CJ only gets high in one mission, which he didn't deliberately get high. You can't get high outside of the mission
Are You Going To San Fierro?
Its probably because CJ and his 'hood are against drugs and whatnot. We all know that CJ would never do drugs. I bet if R* made the GSF a drug-dealing gang, then CJ would be able to do drugs lol.
I just recently played SA and I don't remember the screen getting shaky or whatnot. I've played SA twice and the screen never shook. Why is that? Maybe its something wrong with my game?
Jun 7 2008, 07:35 PM
the game gets wavy (period) at some times during the day because of heat and atmosphere and ultraviolet spectrums. wikipedia can explain this better than me... maybe if people are not seeing it constantly, its because their pc isn't using a certain graphic detail or a dx9 capable card? anyway, that mission with the truth was cause of the smoke imo. i grew up on a farm where we were always burning something, boiling hogs or whatever and the smoke from the fire disturbs the visual perception of light (i think).
Jun 7 2008, 07:39 PM
QUOTE(Thrilla in Manila @ Apr 25 2008, 06:00 AM) [snapback]1421128[/snapback]
I would play that mission again if my SA game didn't freeze up every 3 miles I travel.
btw, who's hating on drunk driving?
You can clean up the disc it helps alot
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The more I channeled Happier at Home author Gretchen Rubin this morning, straightening up and dealing with clutter, the more I started thinking about ditching the chance to see her speak tonight.
Talk about shooting the messenger.
She didn't exactly say the words "don't do anything that doesn't make you feel joyful" in what I read of this book, and in fact she suggests tackling things that make you uncomfortable so that you will feel more comfortable. But I do think the spirit of her work, as far as I can tell as a newbie, conveys the idea that you do not have to do everything all the time, and that focusing on what is important is the most important thing of all.
Or so I'm going to tell myself.
So why not go tonight? I don't wanna. I did, but the more I read her book, the more I struggled with envying what I call her "wellness privilege." I'm sure it's been plenty discussed that she benefits from white privilege and economic privilege, but what I cannot stop seeing as I read her book with the eyes in a body that requires lots of care, is how little she seems to need to care for her body.
There is almost nothing in the book about food. She talks about holiday breakfasts and about abstaining from candy (and oh! the freedom that brings when it's not a health necessity!), and she mentions that her kids told her they'd like something besides cold cereal or peanut butter toast for breakfast. But that's it, as far as I saw.
For me, home and food are inextricably connected. I cannot imagine undertaking any kind of happiness project without food at the center or at least as a key component. Not because I am a chef or anything, but because I don't have a choice.
In my world, cooking and cleaning up from cooking take probably at least two hours on a normal day. Although I've made a lot of progress since I started the GAPS diet in 2010 and then since I resumed eating some carbs in 2013 when things shifted with my digestion, I still have a gut that needs me to make all my food from scratch. That is, if I want to enjoy optimal wellness and only pleasant experiences in the bathroom.
My kids are healthy but need to be gluten-free too and do best also dairy-free. They came from my body, which was decidedly not a perfect beginning, and I'm pretty committed to trying to see that they don't suffer the same health woes I did from a childhood that contained lots of gluten, dairy, sugar, caffeine, processed foods, medicines, and early-than-I-oughta-have nefarious substances.
So they always have hot breakfasts and lunch from home while at school, and usually fully home-cooked meals. Their snacks do include GF grains (including toast and crackers), dried fruit, packaged baby food pouches (at least they contain green vegetables!) and nuts.
My needs go beyond those minimum requirements.
I have made some amount of peace with all these requirements (and more), but when I read about someone who seems to exist on air and water but manages tremendous professional success and personal satisfaction … well, I stop feeling like spending the evening with her.
Last night I went to bed past 10:00 p.m. – a no-no for both me and Rubin – and then this morning slept through my two alarms and so had woken at the very late hour of 7:00. I had to pee the entire time I was prepping their breakfast and finishing the kids' lunches.
My husband left at 7:53 to take the kids to school, and I spent almost two hours straightening up, going through mail (which usually piles up), taking out the trash and recycling, and doing laundry. I emailed my daughter's teaching about her missing nap blanket and gluten-free snack and my brother and husband about issues related to the home and furniture.
At 9:41, I got on the rebounder and bounced for 5 minutes, followed by about that much yoga. Then I warmed up dinner's leftovers with my daughter's uneaten egg, took a quick shower (splashing a few drops of Clarity essential oil into the water for support), got "dressed" (still in yoga pants but at least not my pajamas), plugged in my SAD light, and ate breakfast at 10:38 a.m. Of course by this time, I was so hungry I had to go back to warm up seconds. At least NPR was there with me throughout it all.
I then checked some email and some Facebook (in part to see if anyone had said they'd go with me to the reading tonight; they hadn't) and decided I needed to clear my head by writing this post before I could do any real work.
It is now 11:46 a.m.. The kids will be home in just over 3 hours (and that is because I am sticking them on the bus instead of picking them up, which would suck an extra 50 minutes away). I have yet to do any of the things on my to-do list regarding emails to return or editing I promised to do Monday (and didn't do Tuesday thanks to a two-hour delay) or plans to make for my new business or for health-related phone calls or for activities related to my kids. I am once again going to fail in my promise to get the oil changed or go to the AT&T store to turn off my phone plan and get a Go Phone card so my husband can finally transition to his work phone. Maybe tomorrow, if I start the day two hours earlier.
My home is a little neater for this morning's efforts, and I do feel a little better about that. But the more small stuff I do, the larger the big stuff looms. I doubt my husband will notice or comment o the small, but I know he'll continue to wish I would tackle the bursting files in our office and basement. (And I'll continue to wish he'd take the kids away for two days so I could tear it up from top to bottom without interruption).
Who knows if the progress will even last until the time he gets home. Beads, stickers, paper cut into shapes. They multiply. And I still ought to vacuum the places I didn't get to on Monday. The thought of trying to go out to make a 7:00 talk downtown is daunting. There's a good chance my husband won't even get home in time, and the one babysitter on our list right now is busy tonight (I asked).
Instead of going out to take the Metro and walk in the cold just to get more jealous of Gretchen Rubin's life, I think I would rather finish watching Downton Abbey by 9:15 and then go to bed early so that I can get up early and have a stronger start to tomorrow.
I could still "leave" the house when my husband gets home and avoid the end of dinner, pajamas, and bedtime by going to work on clutter in the basement. Or actually leave and go to the library to hang up a Holistic Moms flyer for our awesome meal planning meeting next week and write on my laptop for 90 minutes. That sounds like it might feel more productive, and more fun. And less cold.
Am I claiming my own personal joy or just wimping out?
Jessica – yes! Stay home! You're right: some people have fewer time-consuming things they must do in order to stay healthy. I remember feeling inadequate after I listened to a mom speak at a conference, and what stuck with me was her recommendation that moms do calisthenics while folding laundry. Yikes! I was barely getting the laundry done at all….
You seem to be doing a great job of figuring out your needs and meeting them, and doing the same with your family's needs. Count me in among those who are happy to see you say "no" to this event!
Hi Jessica,
Fellow From Left 2 Write book clubber here. I'm a bit sad and confused reading your post. It sounds like you don't want to go tonight because Gretchen does not relate to your food and dietary struggles. Am I right? I'm with you in that food is very important to me when it comes to home, maybe not in the same way as you because of the restrictions you have to take. However, I don't think she has "privilege" in this area. For the most part, the majority of homes/families do not go through what you and your family go through when it comes to meal planning/preparation/awareness. I, personally, don't think this is a reason to not want to meet an author. I would feel different if she talked down on people who had to prepare food and focused on meals, but she didn't. She just didn't really talk about food.
If you weren't going because it's going to be freezing cold and you're not a superfan, I would completely understand. But because (this is at least what I'm getting from the post) you're not happy that she can't relate to your battles in the kitchen, I don't know, I think you should still go. At events like that, you have the opportunity to talk to the author, and I think it'd be great if you brought up your concerns with her as to why food was not an integral part of her being happier at home.
So I ask, don't see her as having "wellness privilege" because unfortunately, you and your family may be the exception (granted, a growing exception, but still), not the rule. And I would hate to be judged or even miss out on meeting you and learning more about how you navigate eating clean and natural, simply because my body may be able to digest things better than yours.
I hope I made sense and didn't come off preachy or judgmental.
To answer your question, and to be honest, you sound like you are doing neither. We all have to deal with the cards we're dealt and being jealous, to me, is a big waste of energy and soul-sucking. I could very well be jealous of all the people out there who have hearing but I'm not. I definitely envy some of the things that hearing people can do but to be jealous of someone for having a normal physical trait that I happen not to have? It serves nothing. That morning you had? It's called parenthood. I have three kids and if I wake up 30 minutes later than usual, which happens often, my whole morning is a mad, chaotic rush. I feel you, I do. You don't have to make excuses for not wanting to go hear an author you don't like if it's not a good use of your time. When I have several big tasks to do, like getting the oil changed and going to the phone store, I schedule them on different days and set out to accomplish one major task a day or every other day. As for those bursting files, Gretchen's suggestion to spend 15 minutes a day on an overwhelming task, until it is done, is a pretty useful one! I hope tomorrow is a better day for you.
Saw on facebook that you went anyway. Good on you for finding the energy! And then – you gave folks so many great tips on how to decompress and get through the resulting schedule disturbance. You're one of many women in my life who don't seem to realize how amazing they are. How about this? Next time you're up at E's school and see that amazing garden – whether it's dormant in winter or bursting in the spring, remind yourself that you were a huge part of bringing a community together and brought a LOT of happiness to A LOT of people – and that happiness is long-lived and lasting.
I lovingly refer to that event as Marshmallowgate. And my firm memory is that you and I actually talked it through pretty honestly and openly – which is a pretty great characteristic of yours. Do we disagree? Yes. Can we still respect and understand each other? Absolutely!


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On November, 3, 2012, MI Windows and Doors' independent representative, Brad Holtz, from Authorized Independent Sales Firm Flyover Premier Sales, supported the installation of 20 new windows and a new front door in the parsonage of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Rising City, NE.
As with any task, the work of a church is easier when people work together. This was exemplified when people came from the sister United Methodist Church in Brainard, NE, to assist in the installation. The members of both churches installed the windows in the house while Brad Holtz gave clear instructions and guidance to ensure that the work went smoothly.
The new windows supplied by MI Windows and Doors, Inc. (MIWD), and their distributor Mid Am Building Supply, will make the parsonage more comfortable and energy efficient. The 1355 Series Windows are dual pane, argon enhanced units that were very easy to install. The new door is not only beautiful, it will also save in energy consumption. All the windows and the door were installed in less than one day.
UMC Pastor Fay Hubbarb expressed her approval of the new energy efficient windows and door, "On this lovely day people laughed, prepared food, prayed, ate and worshiped God together. The Rising City UMC will soon be a viable place for Bible Studies, group meetings, a secure place for pastors to stay in case of bad weather, and a place within the community that presents a strong and healthy image to represent God's love and hope."
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Designing the Landscape: An Introductory Guide for the Landscape Designer takes the reader through the design process step-by-step. The text begins with meeting the client and proceeds to functional concepts, design principles, and plant and hardscape materials. Each chapter builds upon the previous one, giving the reader a clear understanding of how the chapters fit into each phase of the design process. The text concludes with the final product and how to effectively present it to the client. Features: Numerous illustrations help aid readers' comprehension of the material Provides practical approaches to establishing a good client relationship as well as how to effectively present-or sell-the design Approaches design in a step-by-step fashion, helping readers to overcome the anxiety of the blank page Introduces the role computers play in the design process
Table of Contents
|Finding work and interview clients
|Site Plan
|Taking measurements and drawing site plan
|Inventory and analysis of site
|Functional Principles
|Study of the useful, or functional, aspects of landscape
|Concept Plan
|Organizing the ground plane and developing a functional design
|Design Principles
|Study of the components of visual interest, balance, connection and flow
|Preliminary Design
|Landscape design based on concept plan using generic materials
|Plants and Hardscapes
|An in-depth look at plant selection and hardscape materials
|Master Plan
|Putting together the final plan that specifies all material in design
|An organized and effective approach to presenting design to client
|Design Process
|Summary of the design process
|Plant and Hardscapes Resources
|Books, software and internet links
|An introduction on estimating materials in the design
|Computer Automated Design
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|Butterfly Gardening
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Why another landscape design book? There are numerous books on designing the landscape, of which many are very good in presenting the design process and design principles. Amongst all these books there is a great deal of variety regarding illustrations, depth of coverage, and cost. Although I have great admiration for some of these publications, they were not the most suitable books for our horticulture program. Like many horticulture programs, especially two-year colleges, students take one class in landscape design with the hope they gain an understanding and appreciation of the functionality and aesthetics of design, and to be able to read and understand plan drawings as well as draw their own. Since students are limited to one semester to study landscape design the book, although very informative and thorough, was difficult for students to digest because of the arrangement and overwhelming amount of information. As a result, the majority of students would end up spending a lot of money on a text they hardly used except for looking through illustrations. Although many texts make great reference for advanced learning, it may not be the most useful in an introductory landscape design class. The intention of this text is to present an approach to landscape design starting with interviewing a client and ending with presenting it in a format that is concise, readily illustrated to facilitate learning and, most importantly, can be easily applied in the landscape design industry. The book focuses on residential design, although many of the concepts and steps can be applied to commercial projects as well. In early chapters it covers what the roles of a designer is and how to find work. Then begins a successive approach to the design process beginning with interviewing the client: how to present yourself, what to bring to the interview, and what questions should be answered. Following the interview, chapters discuss how to take and record measurements (Site Plan) and what observations should be made to formulate a design plan (Analysis) while on site. Then it proceeds with chapters that investigate the functional, or usefulness, of the design (Concept Plan) and how to draw a concept plan; a chapter on Design Principles looks at creating visually appealing plan and how to use them to draw a Preliminary Design; a chapter on Plant Selection and Hardscape discusses the materials that will be used to formulate the Master Plan, the final design. Finally, a chapter addresses how to present a design (Presentation) to clients or the classroom that most design books do not cover. Presentation skills cover how to make an effective presentation, making the point that presentation is not reading the plant list but how the needs of the site (analysis) were addressed functionally and aesthetically, as well as why plants and hardscape material are selected and their role in the design. Appendix cover topics such as Estimating Materials, Computer Design, Attracting and Repeling Wildlife, and Research Resources. My hope is that students will be able to use this text cover to cover over the course of a semester, making it easier to understand and effectively supplement their learning in class and provide them with the skills to be an effective landscape designer.


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Case shows unwillingness of Cook County to protect citizens
A Jordanian national with over one-dozen criminal convictions for felony sexual assault and unlawfully possessing a firearm was finally deported from the United States to Jordan by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), according to an ICE report on Friday.
The Jordanian national, Nassar Issa Ibrahim Nassar, came to the attention of ICE agents on Oct. 17, 2011, when he was arrested at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport while attempting to re-enter the country, according to ICE.
An examination of the 49-year-old's fingerprints by U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed an outstanding criminal warrant for assault and battery in Cook County, Ill.
Unfortunately, even after ICE agents issued an illegal alien detainer order on Nassar with the Cook County Sheriff's jail, Cook County officials released Nassar from custody the day after his arrest. The city of Chicago, which is in Cook County, and the surrounding areas are know as "Sanctuaries" for illegal aliens.
Cook County passed a major immigrant rights ordinance to free suspected undocumented immigrants being held in jails throughout the county — including Chicago — on misdemeanor cases, despite federal requests to hold them for possible deportation.
Both Chicago and Cook County have passed sanctuary ordinances that prohibit local governments from directly cooperating with federal immigration agents and from turning away undocumented immigrants for services.
"The daily release of criminal aliens into the streets, rather than into ICE custody, demonstrates how dangerous the current Cook County ordinance is to public safety," said ERO Chicago Field Office Director Ricardo Wong. "Due to the current ordinance barring local law enforcement from honoring ICE's detainers, egregious criminals are released to continue their criminal activities and endanger innocent people. ICE will continue to raise these public safety concerns with Cook County."
ICE's Criminal Alien Program ultimately located and arrested Nassar more than 6 months later on May 9, 2012, at a Cook County residence. A federal immigration judge ordered Nassar removed from the country August 22, 2012, based upon his status as an alien convicted of two or more crimes of moral turpitude and as an alien convicted of a firearms offense.
Nassar was removed on a charter flight from Alexandria, La. to New York via ICE Air Operations (IAO). From there, officers escorted Nassar to Jordan via commercial aircraft. Since 2006, the IAO, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., has supported ERO by providing mass air transportation and removal coordination services to ERO field offices nationwide.
In FY 2012 ERO removed 409,849 individuals. Of those, approximately 55 percent, or 225,390 of the people removed, were convicted of felonies or misdemeanors – almost double the removal of criminals in FY 2008, according to ICE officials.
This includes 1,215 aliens convicted of homicide; 5,557 aliens convicted of sexual offenses; 40,448 aliens convicted for crimes involving drugs; and 36,166 aliens convicted for driving under the influence. Approximately 96 percent of ICE's removals in FY 2012 fell into one of the agency's priority categories – a record high.


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Since my WIP is not ready to be updated I decided to share some work from last year, a couple of models exploring what I like to call: The Hoarse Whisperer's Methods for the Development of Building Envelopes in Sketchup - THWMFTDOBEIS (pronounced Thoommft! Da Bass!). I call it that because I first saw the process behind this method in THW's Birdseye thread a while ago.
There were a few projects I was working on where modular facade elements might come in handy, but the one I will show here started as a small tower.
The tower existed in a fantasy world, and I hoped to house quite a few different magicians in this tower (think of something on the scale of the White Tower from The Wheel of Time by Jordan/Sanderson). The problem was that my first iterations were not even close to being able to accomodate the housing/schooling/administrate/etc. needs of all my magicians. So I needed to increase the scale, and although I could already see potential in THWMFTDOBEIS, I felt I needed to stop the tower and explore the method a little bit.


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UN expert urges continued support for Côte d'Ivoire following deadly attack
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"This attack, through its magnitude, constitutes a major challenge for the Ivorian people and the international community," the UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Côte d'Ivoire, Doudou Diène, said in a news release.
"The Ivorian people, despite the sense of insecurity created by this attack, should respond by renewing its commitment to national reconciliation, strengthening democratic pluralism, the impartiality of the justice system and the economic and social recovery of the country," he added.
According to preliminary reports, on Friday, 8 June, peacekeepers serving with the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) were on patrol in the proximity of Para village, near the town of Tai, located in the country's south-west near the Liberian border, when they were attacked by a group of unidentified armed elements.
The peacekeepers were deployed in the area in response to concerns about the safety of local residents.
Mr. Diène noted that the attack has generated thousands of internally displaced persons in Tai and an influx of refugees in UN camps in Liberia.
"The authorities across the border should work together to prevent cross-border raids and attacks on the population as well as to conduct investigations to identify, arrest and prosecute the alleged perpetrators of these acts," the Independent Expert said.
He also called on the international community to speed up the adjustment of the country's arms embargo in order to enable the Ivorian Government to respond proportionately to threats to the security of its population, and to ensure that its security forces remain committed to upholding human rights.
With the cooperation of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), UNOCI has launched an investigation into the circumstances of the attack the terrain in the area is made up of dense forest, rendering it largely inaccessible from the Liberian side.
UNMIL has previously voiced serious concern about the continued instability in the border areas between Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. It has enhanced its foot patrols with its Liberian counterparts along the shared border, and has increased its border air patrols.
Earlier this year, Mr. Diène told the UN Human Rights Council that most human rights violations in the country resulted from the difficulty of reforming the security sector and re-establishing the Government's authority over the country's entire territory.
Independent experts, or special rapporteurs, are appointed by the Geneva-based Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the experts are not United Nations staff, nor are they paid for their work.


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LG 50PT350 Review – 50-inch Plasma HDTVOriginally Reviewed on December 9th, 2011
LG 50PT350 Review: 50" Plasma HDTV
Up for Review: LG 50PT350 Plasma TV. The craze for Plasma TVs is going to increase with the innovative technologies being incorporated into the new sets this year. This 50-inch set not only promises to overcome the problems of burn-in of pixels and extra reflection of light from the panels, but also takes care of the excessive power consumption problem too. You won't be complaining about the looks of the TV as it maintains the narrow bezel appearance with a less than 1" depth. This makes it a great picture on the walls. It is surprising that LG has integrated 720p resolution in this set. This might have a bearing on the sharpness of the images considering that it is a 50-inch set.
Although 600Hz sub-field drive has become a common feature in most of the Plasma sets, yet you will enjoy seeing the images akin to 1080p resolution with this technology. Considering that the games and movies are now being packed with excitement and thrills which bank heavily on high action scenes, you will be disappointed if the set was not able to match the high level of action. But the refresh rate makes sure that there is no blurring so that you can watch the action flicks with pleasure. There are many image options in this model too which make sure that you get optimum picture quality. The set has an Intelligent Sensor which understands the brightness needed in the images according to the ambience in the room. The pictures are adapted to the dimly-lit and brightly-lit conditions automatically.
LG 50PT350 Features and Specifications Review:
- 50-inch display
- TruSlim frame
- 720p resolution
- 3M:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- Intelligent Sensor
- 600 Hz sub-field drive
- 2 x 10W sound output
- Energy Star compliant
- 2 component video inputs
The dynamic contrast ratio of 3M:1 is quite good and you can expect very good black levels. In fact, the emphasis is greatly on having a very good picture quality. There are not too many features in this set which can entice a viewer but the fact that it has been able to address the problems of burn-in and energy consumption to a great degree can make the set quite popular. There are 3 ISM modes and an anti-glare coating on the screen which helps to tackle the burn-in problem. This has been a terrific development and you can now opt for the superb picture quality in the Plasma panels without worrying about this problem.
Energy consumption has been lessened to a great degree in this set and it is now Energy Star qualified which means that you don't have to bother about the high electricity costs anymore. But although the energy crisis has been solved, LG has not given much thought to the connectivity issues in this model. There are hardly 3 HDMI and 2 component video inputs without many other inputs. You cannot use many high definition devices but only be content with a few. The sound system is alright with 20W sound output. This is enough in a quiet room but if you want the thrills to reverberate then you can connect a home theater system. This is a good set if you want a basic Plasma model with a big display size. The price is quite attractive too.
HDTVUniverse.com gives LG 50PT350 3/5 stars!


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Caroline Suh's "Frontrunners" led all limited release newcomers this weekend, grossing $6,888 from its sole run. The Oscilloscope Pictures release topped its nearest freshman competitors, Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?," which averaged $5,347 from 36 runs, and Madonna's "Filth and Wisdom," which took in $4,597 from its showing at New York's IFC Center. "Fifth"'s average fell short of Madge's soon-to-be-ex-husband Guy Richtie's film. His "RockNRolla" averaged $6,076 from 22 runs in its second weekend. None of those films could beat iW BOT leader "Happy-Go-Lucky," though. In its sophomore frame, Mike Leigh's latest grossed $107,947 from only 9 screens, for an average of nearly $12,000 per screen.
The iWBOT is based on per-theater averages reported by Rentrak Theatrical, the complete indieWIRE BOT is available at indieWIRE.com.
"Frontrunners" Top Freshman
The third film to be theatrically released through Oscilloscope Pictures, "Frontrunners" follows the race for the office of Student Union President at Stuyvesant High School, New York City's most competitive public school. So far, "FLOW: For Love of Water" is Oscilloscope's top grosser with $110,065. Since opening last Wednesday, "Frontrunners" has grossed $10,011 from its run at New York's Film Forum, and its weekend gross of $6,888 topped a slew of high-profile openers with modest numbers.
"It seems the timeliness of a campaign film that's crowd-pleasing, funny and smart is refreshing to NYC audiences and the press," said Oscilloscope's David Fenkel in an interview with indieWIRE. "This inherent interest and the local grassroots campaign we executed with [the filmmakers] and Stuyvesant High School really paid off for a strong opening weekend. We are really pleased with the consistent turnout for the first 5 days and expect more school groups to attend more weekday shows and for additional sold out shows this upcoming weekend."
This Friday the film expands to Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Philadelphia and Boston.
Battle of the Exes
Among the films "Frontrunners" beat out, based on per screen average, was Magnolia Pictures' release of Barry Levinson's Hollywood satire "What Just Happened?" After a bumpy road to release that saw scathing critical reception at Sundance, the film managed to find relatively decent reviews in its final incarnation, and, at least initially, modest box office numbers. "Happened?," starring Robert deNiro and Sean Penn, opened on 36 screens and grossed $192,508 for a $5,347 average.
That was enough to top the much more limited debut of Sean Penn's ex-wife Madonna and her directorial debut "Filth and Wisdom." The IFC Films release's sole New York run took in just $4,597. It was above and beyond the PTA of Madonna's last effort as an actress, "Swept Away," which averaged $1,806 six years ago. But it wasn't enough to top the second weekend PSA for "Swept Away" director (and Madonna's freshly announced ex) Guy Ritchie's latest.
Ritchie's "RockNRolla," which topped the iW BOT last weekend, fell significantly in its second weekend. Even though the film expanded from 7 to 22 screens, its overall gross actually dropped just under 10% to $133,679. However, its $6,076 was still enough to beat the PSA for "Filth."
Holdovers Top Chart
Last week's runner-up on the iW BOT, Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky," moved up a spot this weekend. Expanding from 4 to 9 screens, the Miramax release scored $107,947. Its $11,994 average, despite a increasingly crowded marketplace, bodes well as the film heads into an awards season it could quite likely benefit from.
Another awards contender took "Lucky"'s bridesmaid position on the chart. In its third weekend, Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married" continued to find very impressive numbers, grossing $657,646 from 69 runs. Its $9,531 average was just a slight drop despite adding 41 theaters. The Sony Pictures Classics' release has now totaled nearly $1.7 million.
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TI News: An information service from Office of Travel & Tourism Industries (OTTI)
August 29, 2012
September 12, 2012 7:00pm-8:00pm EDT (U.S.)
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI) and the U.S. Commercial Service Travel & Tourism Team are pleased to present a webinar on THE fastest-growing top-ten tourism market to America: China.
China surpassed the one million arrivals mark for the first time in 2011, setting a new record for arrivals to the United States for the fifth consecutive year and leap-frogging two spots to rank 9th in visitors to the United States. Spending by Chinese visitors to and within the United States was a record $7.7 billion in 2011. Learn more about the key traveler characteristics of the Chinese visitors over time and how to use this information to tailor your approach to this country.
What are the trends in outbound travel from China to the world and the United States? What does the Chinese visitor profile look like? What is the forecast for travel to the United States over the next five years? What are the best practices in attracting Chinese visitors? How can we use social media to influence Chinese travelers? What are the latest developments on China visa facilitation?
The Webinar will offer answers to these questions, and more, in a practical format with time for individual questions following the presentations.
Scheduled for September 12, 2012 at 7:00pm Eastern Time (US), this webinar will present data and analysis on Chinese inbound tourism to the United States, as well as opportunities and strategies to attract Chinese travelers.
This market intelligence webinar offers a profile of the Chinese traveler, insight on travel distribution in China, as well as ideas for specific opportunities for you to promote your travel and tourism products.
Mark Brown, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries
Trends in China outbound travel, travel to the United States, profile, travel forecast
Alexander Glos,
Overall briefing on China tourism market (Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenyang and Guangzhou), Visit USA Committee China update
Reene Ho-Phang
Best practice on destination promotion through travel trade and social media in China
Scott Reese, U.S. Department of State
Social media promotion on tourism from Embassy China
Brooke S. Moppert, Acting Deputy Division Chief, Office of Visa Services;
Scott Oudkirk, U.S. Department of State, Office of Visa Services
Visa update
To register for this event or for more details on speakers and format, click here: https://emenuapps.ita.doc.gov/ePublic/newWebinarRegistration.jsp?SmartCode=1QAL
September 12, 2012 at 7:00pm-8:00pm EDT (U.S.)
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OTTI Background
Industry & Analysis' Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI) collects, analyzes and disseminates international travel and tourism statistics for the U.S. Travel and Tourism Statistical System. To view the OTTI non-resident arrivals data tables that provide monthly estimates on the number of international visitors to the United States, and the rate of change each month and year-to-date, please visit: http://travel.trade.gov/view/m-2011-I-001/index.html
To learn more about the China market to the country, visit the OTTI website at: http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/2011_China_Market_Profile.pdf
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For more information on Commercial Service export promotion activities for the travel and tourism industry please visit http://www.export.gov/industry/travel
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Non-toxic toys, scratchers and climbing trees for cats are Kate Benjamin's business - and now that sales from her Moderncat Studio on Grand Avenue and two Internet sites are soaring, she is directing a percentage of sales to local charities that help stray, feral or abandoned cats.
Benjamin recently started "Cat Charity of the Month," in which a charity is named every month to receive 5 percent of her sales.
Her first Valley charities of choice were Altered Tails, Foothills Animal Rescue, the Foundation for Homeless Cats and the Arizona State University group, Mild Cats at ASU.
In addition, Benjamin launched a holiday give-a-thon, which will end before Christmas Day. Moderncat Web users can sign up to win a prize from one of her 21 sponsors.
Every sponsor provides two of each prize, so winners can keep one prize and donate the second to a charity.
"I love to give stuff away," Benjamin said.
Within 18 months of opening Moderncat, Benjamin's business is becoming popular. The blog on her website, moderncat.net, has 14,000 subscribers, and she said she draws 200,000 views per month.
"The studio business has just blown up," Benjamin said. Internet "traffic has just been through the roof."
Benjamin, 39, appears to have the gene for entrepreneurship. She was raised in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where her father was a restaurateur and her mother sold handmade crafts and gifts.
From them, she learned how to sew and develop product ideas.
"Selling Girl Scout cookies, it started from there," she said. "I was always selling things."
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