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You Have Got To Be Shitting Me,107-year-old man killed in police shootout in Arkansas

12:13 PM Tukiyooo 0

This is so far off the charts there isn't even a horizon anymore.<br />What, ya couldn't just wait for the old fucker to nod off?<br /><br />Beyond asinine, these fucking assholes should be afraid to show their faces in public.<br /><br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/08/justice/arkansas-107-year-old-man-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2">  <b>107-year-old man killed in police shootout in Arkansas </b></a><br />(CNN) -- A man who police said was 107 years old was killed in a confrontation with SWAT officers Saturday night.<br /><br />Police were called to a home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where suspect Monroe Isadore was.<br /><br />"When they arrived, they were able to determine that an aggravated assault had occurred against two people at the residence," Lt. David E. Price, a Pine Bluff police spokesman, said in a statement.<br /><br />The two victims were led out of the house.<br /><br />It was not clear what role the suspect had in the aggravated assaults or what they were.<br /><br />When officers approached a bedroom where Isadore was hiding, he fired through the door, authorities said.<br /><br />None of the police officers was hit by the gunfire. They retreated to a safer area and called for additional help, including SWAT officers who started negotiations with the suspect.<br /><br />SWAT officers slipped a camera into the room where Isadore was holed up and saw he was armed with a handgun, Price said.<br /><br />After unsuccessful negotiations, officers slipped gas into the room through a window, he said, and Isadore fired rounds at them.<br /><br />The officers broke the bedroom door and hurled in a distraction device, and Isadore fired at them again, according to the spokesman's statement.<br /><br />Officers returned fire, killing him.</blockquote><br />A hundred and seven.<br /><br />Can you fucking <i>BELIEVE </i>this shit?<br /><br />Jesus Christ.<br /><br />I'm sure to listen to these Hut Hut Hut idiots when they peeked in this is what they saw.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt0gl4mKsTkFcsLoit4ygGzVmVvAQHj23-jLGiCO7do5Kh1bihnAub8x7yEXrcNbHdC2Pkxr82rsLK5VMq2kDip_l2I_xAqfupzUPOgn4DM5jMMG8HSoKlnTYa8NL8Csl80UPX7H91WuB/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt0gl4mKsTkFcsLoit4ygGzVmVvAQHj23-jLGiCO7do5Kh1bihnAub8x7yEXrcNbHdC2Pkxr82rsLK5VMq2kDip_l2I_xAqfupzUPOgn4DM5jMMG8HSoKlnTYa8NL8Csl80UPX7H91WuB/s640/12.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Then they had to go change their underwear.<br /><br />I don't give a rusty fuck what these punk assed bitches say, a hundred and seven year old man is going to take a fucking nap after a bit and all they had to do was order in a fucking pizza and sit down and wait.<br /><br />Shame on you sonsabitches.

You Have Got To Be Shitting Me,107-year-old man killed in police shootout in Arkansas

This is so far off the charts there isn't even a horizon anymore. What, ya couldn't just wait for the old fucker to nod off? Beyond ...

Today's Teamster News 09.08.13

5:02 AM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-09-06/story/first-coast-gears-pontiac-muscle-comes-strong-teamsters-show" rel="nofollow">First Coast Gears: Pontiac muscle comes on strong at Teamsters show</a>  Florida Times Union ...Harris and Boito brought their Pontiacs to the annual Labor Day weekend car show at Teamsters Local 512 on Lane Avenue last Saturday...<br /><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-920971.html" rel="nofollow">Privacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data</a>  Der Spiegel   ...The United States' National Security Agency intelligence-gathering operation is capable of accessing user data from smart phones from all leading manufacturers...<br /><a href="http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/2013/09/naked-tax-protest-in-front-of-german.html" rel="nofollow">Naked tax protest in front of German Chancellor's office</a>  Tax Justice Network   ...a naked tax protest by Attac-Germany, with calls for unitary taxation and country by country reporting...<br /><a href="http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/04/low-wage-employers-have-fought-hard-to-keep-their-workers-poor-now-workers-are-fighting-back/" rel="nofollow">Low-Wage Employers Have Fought Hard to Keep Their Workers Poor — Now Workers are Fighting Back</a>  Moyers & Co.   ...After decades of seeing their incomes shrink, those at the bottom of the economic ladder are starting to band together and fight back — and it’s one of the most important economic stories of our time...<br /><a href="http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/free-markets-are-fraudulent-markets-5360" rel="nofollow">Free Markets are Fraudulent Markets</a> (opinion)  Economic Populist   ...Historically, competitive market economies are a relatively new economic system, and while very productive, they are not self-sustaining, are unstable and require significant state support and regulation to function properly...<br /><a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18675-the-political-calculations-behind-growing-inequality" rel="nofollow">The Political Calculations behind Growing Inequality</a>  truthout   ...In the 1980s, campaign contributions from the top 0.01 percent roughly equaled the campaign contributions from all of organized labor. In 2012, America’s top 0.01 percent all by themselves outspent labor by more than four-to-one...<br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/09/want-to-move-kids-out-of-poverty-then-protect-the-middle-class/279387/" rel="nofollow">Want to Move Kids Out of Poverty? Then Protect the Middle Class</a>  The Atlantic   ...in parts of the country that are more heavily middle class, there also tends to be more upward mobility for the poor...<br /><a href="http://economyincrisis.org/content/an-american-bridge-made-of-chinese-steel-demonstrates-the-need-for-a-rational-trade-policy" rel="nofollow">An American Bridge Made of Chinese Steel Demonstrates the Need for a Rational Trade Policy</a>  Economy In Crisis   ...The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324049504578545431938331880.html">prices for Chinese-made steel are about 25% lower than for domestic steel</a>, but this does not represent a victory won on an open and level playing field...<br /><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/318801-detroit-labor-day-and-a-hard-days-night#ixzz2dDhGpssI" rel="nofollow">Detroit, Labor Day and a Hard Day’s Night</a> (opinion)  The Hill   ...A competitive nation needs a strong safety net for its citizens, one that neither depends on fickle global employers nor burdens workers’ democratic institutions with a redistributive role best played by the government.    In addition, the U.S. should take a cue from the European Union and allocate more funds to help hard hit areas transition their economies...<br /><a href="http://bangordailynews.com/slideshow/burlesque-performers-occupiers-protest-possible-sale-of-portland-park/" rel="nofollow">Burlesque performers, occupiers protest possible sale of Portland park</a>  Bangor Daily News   ...Tension over whether a large section of Portland’s Congress Square Park should be sold to private developers escalated late Friday night, as burlesque performers and members of the occupy movement demonstrated at the site, attracting police warnings...<br /><a href="http://www.thenews.coop/blog/occupy-sandy-builds-worker-power-far-rockaway" rel="nofollow">Occupy Sandy builds worker power in Far Rockaway</a>  Co-operative News   ...One of those bigger projects is a worker-run cooperative initiative, organized by Occupy Sandy and supported by the Working World, an organization that specializes in incubating collectively owned businesses...

First Coast Gears: Pontiac muscle comes on strong at Teamsters show Florida Times Union ...Harris and Boito brought their Pontiacs to the ...

Tapas time

4:03 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">So after a great night in Fade Street Social a few weeks ago, we returned last night.  Having ate in the main restaurant on our last visit we ate in the Tapas bar this time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love Tapas.  I enjoy the ease and familiarity of ordering a pile of food and having it arrive at the table at different times.  It makes for sociable eating as everyone digs in and shares the food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a few pics of some of the food we ordered:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Potatoes cooked in beef dripping</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Pdsp6Nl-AiooNz6dmLAkryALkzrgnykX2U1evFImjs4XRJOkY9CpY14PqUsqPIZg-c017yOCQJK2dnVv1DBCH3LFJg15S5WcKjJ1n9jrfL3jGiosNwEDDEWPjiOhUQQIShlGLYCaYcCx/s640/blogger-image-1171744023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Pdsp6Nl-AiooNz6dmLAkryALkzrgnykX2U1evFImjs4XRJOkY9CpY14PqUsqPIZg-c017yOCQJK2dnVv1DBCH3LFJg15S5WcKjJ1n9jrfL3jGiosNwEDDEWPjiOhUQQIShlGLYCaYcCx/s640/blogger-image-1171744023.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mini burger which tastes awesome but is grossly overpriced, there should be 3 of these on the plate to make them better value</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbshUgEBiR2_2OvyMp7RyAY3wu692O4B6-raU3Htbf_W1Ngb0Jnk9_0RGsFtPPahAWNdXwtnCxG0VYQbb3CYDvfR9oIs0tnZ4DiX10T0JKnS_TjgP4TzMrjx0eSlmG0Z_F8_KWLp1CfIB/s640/blogger-image--1879954653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbshUgEBiR2_2OvyMp7RyAY3wu692O4B6-raU3Htbf_W1Ngb0Jnk9_0RGsFtPPahAWNdXwtnCxG0VYQbb3CYDvfR9oIs0tnZ4DiX10T0JKnS_TjgP4TzMrjx0eSlmG0Z_F8_KWLp1CfIB/s640/blogger-image--1879954653.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Large portion of beef cooked medium rare: divine!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GPkxEbudzj0AbhC8f2QivZhY-2jD8DojTFG4XdDM0vpqLCuMB32IJTpQr_YDP6qkYyuK1ldOpn7cPzdJbqQ6VqIno0vWq99tkZ86LkfLSXL6YG0nnNRsbo6JJUVbquIf8N_SgkQth4cP/s640/blogger-image-2114225332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GPkxEbudzj0AbhC8f2QivZhY-2jD8DojTFG4XdDM0vpqLCuMB32IJTpQr_YDP6qkYyuK1ldOpn7cPzdJbqQ6VqIno0vWq99tkZ86LkfLSXL6YG0nnNRsbo6JJUVbquIf8N_SgkQth4cP/s640/blogger-image-2114225332.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Mini lobster roll - cute, adorable, tasty and not seen on many Irish menus</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngdLlUZNoDfbWjpJ7SXEIcaNe4mWVehgYqaIKHksaut7PXOVJOZq83ZbPlxgWom8N5kXY7UBl34hJso3Obb2tEbbsURUIhyAWhFYN_2gBHUcuNnLpeyKGo44IVW0OG_1QOgJ91UnpXfW-/s640/blogger-image-1389444579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngdLlUZNoDfbWjpJ7SXEIcaNe4mWVehgYqaIKHksaut7PXOVJOZq83ZbPlxgWom8N5kXY7UBl34hJso3Obb2tEbbsURUIhyAWhFYN_2gBHUcuNnLpeyKGo44IVW0OG_1QOgJ91UnpXfW-/s640/blogger-image-1389444579.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">A mini chicken covered in caramelized onions and some type of cured meat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWi23DWDxl1a_6BF78UkbGNxJjUsUbcthAeAd5IfvlpNVhLYNL2bN5lgs7o7m5ThWj7sZqROyyKbw77bjNi1pXRdyjUcTSFmutyqw8n3qcwU2H8TtCKAE7raT10ikCKNWo08Mntm_CaWPR/s640/blogger-image-334922985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWi23DWDxl1a_6BF78UkbGNxJjUsUbcthAeAd5IfvlpNVhLYNL2bN5lgs7o7m5ThWj7sZqROyyKbw77bjNi1pXRdyjUcTSFmutyqw8n3qcwU2H8TtCKAE7raT10ikCKNWo08Mntm_CaWPR/s640/blogger-image-334922985.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dessert of chocolate mousse with hazelnut ice cream - this was very good!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPLc1BNL30irppCvupiD8pCxjZG0fEs85U8_Y6nBxgRTqqlnURDWegvlG59x5G4EJ8a-_LinLCaKYs4RqTfRgbpvIswxmZHzPZojmOw5om_gF5EhrDwrlWwZp-ocE0WkGZ5tD6oqp2Z71/s640/blogger-image-768021550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPLc1BNL30irppCvupiD8pCxjZG0fEs85U8_Y6nBxgRTqqlnURDWegvlG59x5G4EJ8a-_LinLCaKYs4RqTfRgbpvIswxmZHzPZojmOw5om_gF5EhrDwrlWwZp-ocE0WkGZ5tD6oqp2Z71/s640/blogger-image-768021550.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Individual banoffee (my favourite dessert)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-HDSWu2ehIHG4KyTR1Tm4YzfqZd66g2e1Id72Bz2QbdjU0WdVLJVJjH8atXgIUN-ejT7ZuhZWNdtYYvfoPmSZtlAMXVku85fdvpvYJGyDG2hIek4y_H_39y85Rl3VR_s3wSFh6lplxnO/s640/blogger-image-1284943379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-HDSWu2ehIHG4KyTR1Tm4YzfqZd66g2e1Id72Bz2QbdjU0WdVLJVJjH8atXgIUN-ejT7ZuhZWNdtYYvfoPmSZtlAMXVku85fdvpvYJGyDG2hIek4y_H_39y85Rl3VR_s3wSFh6lplxnO/s640/blogger-image-1284943379.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Overall I love the food and atmosphere in Fade Street Social it is such a buzzy place.  However, I do think the tapas menu is overpriced and there is just not enough food on the plate for certain dishes to justify the price (I'm looking at you lobster roll & mini burger).  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">In comparison, have a look at our dinner in <a href="http://renovatinglpa.blogspot.ie/2013/06/santiago-bodega.html">Santiago's Bodega</a> - we generally spend about 100 dollars here (including wine & tip) and leave absolutely stuffed having eaten about 8 dishes between us.   In Fade Street we dropped 105 euro, had about 6 dishes between the two of us and were not full at all.  I think Fade Street could knock about 30% off the tapas prices which would allow for guests to order a few more dishes.  They could also double or triple the portion size of some of the more teeny weeny dishes.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">BTW, I should mention we ordered a bottle of malbec which was delicious at dinner but today has given me the typical malbec headache - tannins!!!</span><br /><br />

Tapas time

So after a great night in Fade Street Social a few weeks ago, we returned last night. Having ate in the main restaurant on our last visit w...

I Got Nothin'

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I Got Nothin'

12 hour day last night. When I got off at two this morning I had sixty two hours in so far this week. Today is Sunday and I have to go in ag...

Ranelagh Speakeay

2:30 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before meeting friends in Fade Street Social we went for a cocktail in the Speakeasy in Kinara Kitchen in Ranelagh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Getting to the bar is complicated with you being led through a maze of areas before hitting the stairs to the speakeasy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wondered why was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_8">Ward 8</a> printed on the stairs!!  I never heard of this cocktail before in my life......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6rSuFX0Lo95MvZQO5HPxkKKAhkB8DMpwXCbgtPpbykV3q8BdRbxVLJ3p6T8m6HV6OVwq0CkdeooJDWpLY-d95XYuY4VPdFuDcAO03EyDHS-PuAJRYwesEiZYWC3DoyV2J_7IjQ8YX24b/s640/blogger-image-1793365298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6rSuFX0Lo95MvZQO5HPxkKKAhkB8DMpwXCbgtPpbykV3q8BdRbxVLJ3p6T8m6HV6OVwq0CkdeooJDWpLY-d95XYuY4VPdFuDcAO03EyDHS-PuAJRYwesEiZYWC3DoyV2J_7IjQ8YX24b/s640/blogger-image-1793365298.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I recognised an "Old Fashioned"......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5TBelQQuC3la2zYzMO5bm_A-5vRabMFK0tj5B456dcdQFqn6eoNx29kIOO2y5S-x8BCOSddxeVwkiVLMmHAYAk5eL_xMOHIE3dP9OsGhc3Fwj9QdbkqYMvkXEGrLQS8-6ygiGKYxmJ_W/s640/blogger-image--1252851673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5TBelQQuC3la2zYzMO5bm_A-5vRabMFK0tj5B456dcdQFqn6eoNx29kIOO2y5S-x8BCOSddxeVwkiVLMmHAYAk5eL_xMOHIE3dP9OsGhc3Fwj9QdbkqYMvkXEGrLQS8-6ygiGKYxmJ_W/s640/blogger-image--1252851673.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ciaran chose a rye based cocktail - a Whiskey Highball</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARIqXzKY-Ydg48kV3zuDgE5Q1Iy4NttLeLWET86GR_o37RPxQbTwiBxyQxQxipwRKg7HOWiadpkk5rfZd_cJBcqgwuNlzHX3xdGZHle9SConCufITNip0DNqbfS214phkjnyxMnbXd6iF/s640/blogger-image--1586879024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARIqXzKY-Ydg48kV3zuDgE5Q1Iy4NttLeLWET86GR_o37RPxQbTwiBxyQxQxipwRKg7HOWiadpkk5rfZd_cJBcqgwuNlzHX3xdGZHle9SConCufITNip0DNqbfS214phkjnyxMnbXd6iF/s640/blogger-image--1586879024.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I chose a Falling Water again.  Surprisingly it tasted different to the last time I had it.  It had been made with plain vodka the last time (in error, I think) while this time it was made with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feijoa">Feijoa </a>flavour Level 42.  It was quite a unique flavour and I think I had finally got used to it by the end of the drink!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb5XgjXmH8_ziHpTdqXgM2WIwAVbJuXDPciXoAjRdo36C6Djma3vrZc-8BaFaQ1ehX4kDvnQzX_Na3HLS__Lo3qumIzO_WXIfINEDQ2BS1cLov8EwD2Qliy0TbtFwqf5yz3G7RXxoQrGq/s640/blogger-image-310197940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Ranelagh Speakeay

Before meeting friends in Fade Street Social we went for a cocktail in the Speakeasy in Kinara Kitchen in Ranelagh. Getting to the bar is co...

John McCain: Person of the Week!

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">IWS Radio is PROUD to announce that our Person of the Week is none other than the great Maverick Senator from Arizona …. John McCain!! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Senator McCain is a truly great American from his service in Vietnam where he was a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton (you DID know he was a POW right? He almost never mentions it) to his looooooooooooong distinguished service in the US Senate, he has been a fixture in American politics and culture for nearly half a century.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtGF7Uiv9LWOqol57wSxnig-71Vrn5mxeFUlNcjudUDZOLz1PrOIpX3mpAO1-hz9p-Rwf4hLNfOYIEOi0M_MgIa_YVo5Mv3KKMfMdl6Kz4OvDUbXwxNxx7SLVlNZKEGJ2xMLO0rb6jiOt/s1600/John+McCain+Maverick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtGF7Uiv9LWOqol57wSxnig-71Vrn5mxeFUlNcjudUDZOLz1PrOIpX3mpAO1-hz9p-Rwf4hLNfOYIEOi0M_MgIa_YVo5Mv3KKMfMdl6Kz4OvDUbXwxNxx7SLVlNZKEGJ2xMLO0rb6jiOt/s320/John+McCain+Maverick.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">In addition to his mavericky mavrickness where he’s “bucked his party” many times (although never in any meaningful way that would actually stop his party from doing what they want to do) he’s also a true American celebrity. McCain’s IMDB page has more entries than some Emmy and Academy Award winning actors and actresses. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPzQSzWy3z_A0i2kro8735-DLcplkbFaApwQclGvPPdrijOxzzYaHq5dsvJf1MgdezPiaM9_Q9X5mhXHKZJf1-lYm-um39JLwrutebAVsadb20IPPL-h41tG5Gueiwd5OsrH22OBA0yTW/s1600/John+McCain+Angry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPzQSzWy3z_A0i2kro8735-DLcplkbFaApwQclGvPPdrijOxzzYaHq5dsvJf1MgdezPiaM9_Q9X5mhXHKZJf1-lYm-um39JLwrutebAVsadb20IPPL-h41tG5Gueiwd5OsrH22OBA0yTW/s320/John+McCain+Angry.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">This week has been an especially great week for McCain. It started with him saying that it would be “catastrophic” for congress to fail to support the mission in Syria. Then, a day or so later, he voted “no” on the proposal in the Foreign Relations Committee. Then, he said he would vote for it if they would add language expanding the scope of the mission and setting the stage for all-out war. Then, on top of everything else on Friday he said that “maybe Marijuana should be legalized.”  Damn, what a true American Maverick he is! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT7dfmeFSzYeCgdUTd7Mxmx5fWlsqFQRYAzOinGkaT5Bd8XGy1e4MjuZu8-LDNKoKvewTGgKrACj-GC3LHzXdcigIC6wrhqZeipB1b1kydx1JcClvVvPMnE4MHsHbkvkfhspcYBjCzQ-k/s1600/John+McCain+Funny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT7dfmeFSzYeCgdUTd7Mxmx5fWlsqFQRYAzOinGkaT5Bd8XGy1e4MjuZu8-LDNKoKvewTGgKrACj-GC3LHzXdcigIC6wrhqZeipB1b1kydx1JcClvVvPMnE4MHsHbkvkfhspcYBjCzQ-k/s320/John+McCain+Funny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">I will say that there is ONE THING that McCain has done over the years that we can all agree on. He father the lovely and talented Meghan McCain! Like her father, Meghan is a very serious person focused on policy and big national issues, when she’s not starring in her own <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/07/27/meghan-mccain-tv-politics/2591831/">reality show</a>, of course. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTGDffSwIc6x6dY1RDzthcS_RWK32OMwO3vOAQk0mCCcFGUt5-VYR1OWRG7uiCX-SjsMjLZvL8VNc6Brz44eIzco7vVHV3C0hks2KwmrVd_9hkhKZei-DY2nVM-CxGvgjKpUDaOclN8mz/s1600/Meghan-McCain-Boobs-Cleavage-Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTGDffSwIc6x6dY1RDzthcS_RWK32OMwO3vOAQk0mCCcFGUt5-VYR1OWRG7uiCX-SjsMjLZvL8VNc6Brz44eIzco7vVHV3C0hks2KwmrVd_9hkhKZei-DY2nVM-CxGvgjKpUDaOclN8mz/s320/Meghan-McCain-Boobs-Cleavage-Hot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Anyway, congrats to Senator John McCain, a Great American, on being named the IWS “Person of the Week!” <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Also, don’t forget to catch IWS Radio’s “<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/09/08/ground-game-and-aerial-attacks" target="_blank">Ground Game andAerial Attacks</a>” show Sunday at 12 Noon ET!!! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

John McCain: Person of the Week!

IWS Radio is PROUD to announce that our Person of the Week is none other than the great Maverick Senator from Arizona …. John McCain!! Senat...

2013 voters won't let go of Bolling

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There it was again in Saturday's <i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i> ... another letter to the editor urging voters to write in Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling for Governor. At a time when you would expect the write-in talk to die down, it isn't. Tonight yet another person told me they were writing in the LG. It's something I hear on a regular basis.<br /><br />On August 29, a <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-for-august/article_a7ea5edd-e906-5435-98cf-72663a94a094.html">letter writer to the RTD</a> wrote:<br /><blockquote>Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has no one to blame for his  lackluster polling numbers but himself. When he became greedy and  unceremoniously pushed Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling out the front door, he  immediately lost the moderate support.<br /><br />If Cuccinelli had run again for attorney general  or lieutenant governor supporting Bolling (with his moderate force) for  governor, polling data would probably be very different. If the current  trend continues, it is likely that Virginia will have a second-rate  governor with little or no elective or governing experience.<br /><br />Joseph Childress. Palmyra.</blockquote>Saturday's <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/your-opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-for-sept/article_6d23208d-220f-5ba7-b916-85453b026531.html">letter writer responded</a>:<br /><blockquote>I agree 100 percent with letter-writer Joseph  Childress (“Cuccinelli has only himself to blame”). Attorney General Ken  Cuccinelli did push Bill Bolling out the front door, as Childress  wrote.<br /><br />I know Bolling is not seeking a write-in, but I  shall write his name in on Election Day, and I hope whoever reads this  will agree and do the same.<br /><br />Bolling is a fine politician, a Virginia gentleman and a true friend.<br /><br />Grace T. Seat. South Boston.</blockquote>There's a quiet defiance rolling through Virginia. Will it grow as Election Day approaches?

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There it was again in Saturday's Richmond Times-Dispatch ... another letter to the editor urging voters to write in Lieutenant Governor...

Signs of fall in RVA

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Signs of fall in RVA

Picturesque. Fall is on its way in RVA. Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell September 7, 2013

RVA: Sights at the Forest Hill Park farmers market

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMyv8DkOBKJwsPRPY9_QKhnTPdHxxKnn6nAoZP4Vu2WJKl0mlOAO6PrgM8e4NacUuYZzj8_CsnvmBcxkNKoI8bGmzGViD3gIP7MbZaJAm-Z5kwSwISz89XDKiUAcDkxf3ALPmNLAyx1ut/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMyv8DkOBKJwsPRPY9_QKhnTPdHxxKnn6nAoZP4Vu2WJKl0mlOAO6PrgM8e4NacUuYZzj8_CsnvmBcxkNKoI8bGmzGViD3gIP7MbZaJAm-Z5kwSwISz89XDKiUAcDkxf3ALPmNLAyx1ut/s640/2.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="st">South of the James <i>Market</i> SATURDAY'S from 8 am – 12 pm - May 4 – December 7, 2013<br /><i>Forest Hill Park</i>, New Kent Ave & 42nd Street, Richmond VA 23225</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPozvKO7_k0J3lYWNBonrMRF2B9-rl6_rmDlqnugat6yUqgiWUip890hT6auCIJy0xpCWEr-y50L7XPaukSHhs3pJ9yhzq3YSkdcb1GQfZPS1MefYm9kUI_vpiTDqfI70zTwSg2xHlhv2l/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mitchell<br />September 7, 2013

RVA: Sights at the Forest Hill Park farmers market

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South of the James Market SATURDAY'S from 8 am – 12 pm - May 4 – December 7, 2013 Forest Hill Park , New Kent Ave & 42nd Street, ...

Charting the Mental Health of the Recovery

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Charting the Mental Health of the Recovery

Click to enlarge. Source Data: BLS: Employment St. Louis Fed: Population Wikipedia: File:Straitjacket-rear.jpg

Today's archidose #703

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Here are some photos of the <a href="http://www.elbphilharmonie.de/elbphilharmonie-hamburg.en">Elbphilharmonie Hamburg</a> (expected completion 2016) in Hamburg, Germany, by <a href="http://www.herzogdemeuron.com/">Herzog & de Meuron</a>, photographed by Frank Dinger/<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/" id="yui_3_7_3_3_1378471010838_1159">bcmng</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9691216479/" title="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg" height="427" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5501/9691216479_e9357ce5ab_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9691216651/" title="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg" height="427" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2847/9691216651_20040af8cc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9694448334/" title="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg" height="972" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9694448334_525365e9aa_b.jpg" width="648" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9691213583/" title="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg" height="427" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/9691213583_8f243396c3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9691215371/" title="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg" height="427" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/9691215371_03ecd451a6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9691213951/" title="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg" height="972" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3668/9691213951_290038353a_b.jpg" width="648" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9691214187/" title="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Elbe philharmonic hall Hamburg" height="972" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3737/9691214187_66ecebc753_b.jpg" width="648" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #703

Here are some photos of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (expected completion 2016) in Hamburg, Germany, by Herzog & de Meuron , photographe...

EUROPE AND THE CAUCASUS: EUROPE FAILS TO TAP CASPIAN SEA’S SURGING GAS SUPPLIES

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<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUU5Fmf_CDvaLE1TtPtEnLcywVgXHUmkiO8mavHncjJzVY-eF6HVowRGHPYB-i5uAyGtqf6vReh1dan6DrnIrruofKGMdx16phXNd3a7MVWTETKDTlR2T55WvipNAoRQYZm8ozDywwYQ1/s1600/casp8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUU5Fmf_CDvaLE1TtPtEnLcywVgXHUmkiO8mavHncjJzVY-eF6HVowRGHPYB-i5uAyGtqf6vReh1dan6DrnIrruofKGMdx16phXNd3a7MVWTETKDTlR2T55WvipNAoRQYZm8ozDywwYQ1/s400/casp8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />  <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE LOSING OUT TO CHINA IN THEIR QUEST TO SOURCE NATURAL GAS FROM THE CENTRAL ASIAN STATES.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read also: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">THE CASPIAN REGION: A FUTURE WAR ZONE?</span></span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/the-caspian-region-future-war-zone.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/the-caspian-region-future-war-zone.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Via Stratrisks</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moving away from dependence on RUSSIA and MIDDLE EAST hydrocarbons was a key energy objective of EUROPEAN countries in the 1990s, and the oil and natural gas resources along the CASPIAN SEA was seen as a vital alternative.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead, EUROPEAN oil dependence on RUSSIA and the MIDDLE EAST has grown from 75% in 2000 to 84% by 2010. In addition, EU reliance on gas imports has also risen from 49% to 62% during the period.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">EU countries such as AUSTRIA, BULGARIA, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, ESTONIA, FINLAND, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, POLAND, and SLOVAKIA all depend on RUSSIA for over 60% of their gas imports. In addition, countries aspiring to be EU members such as MOLDOVA, TURKEY, and UKRAINE rely on RUSSIA for over 65% of their imports.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />Central Asia is estimated to hold more than 11% of world proven gas reserves, primarily in TURKMENISTAN, which has lagged behind KAZAKHSTAN and AZERBAIJAN in attracting outside investments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The region currently produces less than 5% of global gas supply, so there is tremendous growth prospect.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But while CHINA has moved swiftly to source supplies from CENTRAL ASIAN states of TURKMENISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN and AZERBAIJAN, EUROPE has been distracted by a crippling economic recession.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“EUROPEAN gas demand is likely to continue to struggle for the next five years, facing competition from cheaper coal and the promotion of renewables, while also suffering due to poor economic performance,” said the Economist Intelligence Unit in a new report.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“As a result, the sense of urgency in opening up the CASPIAN region’s gas supply to EUROPEAN customers–while still viewed as important–has somewhat dissipated. Nevertheless, it is still important for south-east EUROPEAN states, where dependence on gas from RUSSIA is the strongest.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHIKJ4WDfGjcANQHNHWayJkG75zoG9nlPUfdmGTzMUpdbcGXPcC7V1qvcTFDpdBAR0I8ozyLBeyn6yRuqi__Kt8uXjFsMlog1GqPGhsiwkW00QgWquLgH0MRtgHzmCwsI2OcBp4mXUKkn/s1600/casp2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHIKJ4WDfGjcANQHNHWayJkG75zoG9nlPUfdmGTzMUpdbcGXPcC7V1qvcTFDpdBAR0I8ozyLBeyn6yRuqi__Kt8uXjFsMlog1GqPGhsiwkW00QgWquLgH0MRtgHzmCwsI2OcBp4mXUKkn/s400/casp2.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>US OBJECTIVES</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b> </b></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The UNITED STATES is keen to position CENTRAL ASIA as a viable alternative to RUSSIA, but it also has greater designs for the region to meet its geopolitical strategic objectives.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the east, the US is keen to increase trade ties between CENTRAL ASIA and the SOUTH ASIAN states of AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN and INDIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the south, the UNITED STATES believes the rise of CENTRAL ASIAN states as a steady source of hydrocarbons will further weaken IRAN as the two often compete<br />for the same set for customers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In addition, some CENTRAL ASIAN states depend on IRAN to access markets, and greater ties to their east and west will further reduce their dependence on Tehran.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile, the big objective is to reduce RUSSIAN energy exports to the EUROPEAN UNION.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Rf1Tx_rD76PK-ARdqxHk7xpcqLbtR8JNyhmm66ybgJMhfcPRji2gkzcKs_9k6uWKR_CB6sf4zt9xmA45yOrjFReYaw0aJ0IRcadLKxvP-vYRzsMif4Wl2kmsaoQ6CiFhmPM2EXrLM67a/s1600/casp3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Rf1Tx_rD76PK-ARdqxHk7xpcqLbtR8JNyhmm66ybgJMhfcPRji2gkzcKs_9k6uWKR_CB6sf4zt9xmA45yOrjFReYaw0aJ0IRcadLKxvP-vYRzsMif4Wl2kmsaoQ6CiFhmPM2EXrLM67a/s640/casp3.gif" width="179" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SIGNIFICANT OIL PRODUCER</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With the help of WESTERN investments, CENTRAL ASIA and the CAUCASUS today produce around 3.5% of global oil supply and hold around 2.5% of the world’s known proven reserves in oil (or four times that of NORWAY and the UNITED KINGDOM combined), according to Edward C. Chow, senior fellow, Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Another way of looking at this is to say the region produces around 8.5% of non-OPEC oil and holds around 9.5% of non-OPEC oil reserves,” Chow told a US government committee on foreign affairs. “In other words, oil production in CENTRAL ASIA has added significantly to global supply and will continue to do so in the future.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />A report presented by US government officials to the Committee on Foreign Relations headed by John Kerry, states that the development of a Southern Corridor to link the CASPIAN to EUROPE with oil and natural gas pipelines was a key US strategy to reduce EUROPEAN dependence on RUSSIA. The first stage was achieved with the completion of the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline from AZERBAIJAN to a TURKISH MEDITERRANEAN port and the SOUTH CAUCASUS Gas Pipeline (SCP) from AZERBAIJAN to TURKEY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The next phase of the Southern Corridor would advance several US and NATO foreign policy objectives: it would further isolate IRAN, assist in cultivating partners in the CAUCASUS and CENTRAL ASIA and bolster their sovereign independence, and perhaps most importantly, curtail RUSSIA’S energy leverage over EUROPEAN NATO allies,” the report noted.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of new pipelines such as the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), that transports natural gas from AZERBAIJAN’S massive Shah Deniz field, and Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TAP) between AZERBAIJAN and TURKEY, are all vital cogs to raise the profile of CENTRAL ASIAN resources at the expense of RUSSIAN and some MIDDLE EASTERN supplies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">STRENGTHENING TIES IN THE CAUCASUS </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The US report recommends forging closer ties with countries like AZERBAIJAN, KAZAKHSTAN, and NATO partners EU and TURKEY to hasten developments on this front.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Among these include a recommendation for AZERBAIJAN to use its pipelines to transport TURKMENISTAN gas to other nations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“TURKEY should secure contracts to purchase natural gas from TURKMENISTAN and gain the support of AZERBAIJAN and private energy companies to allow this gas to transit AZERBAIJANI energy infrastructure,” the report recommended.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">AZERBAIJAN has been reluctant to serve as a conduit to TURKMENISTAN natural gas, but the US nudge may help change its mind.<br />Indeed, the UNITED STATES sees TURKMENISTAN as a major player in the great CASPIAN natural gas chess game.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh13VY-7Z9mv6sAGbWkabhyq3FsudYm0fgJl_-8O8P-jl8MqKwbu6hLXWnuGh9-qlTRQajnuIwkF6BuVsZxn5NnDJOA_hljuLJTt1JKjAAdQwhVRIWBJ5Kha8s6vjjTe_yl0_Nj1b2MbHn/s1600/BTCpipeline.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh13VY-7Z9mv6sAGbWkabhyq3FsudYm0fgJl_-8O8P-jl8MqKwbu6hLXWnuGh9-qlTRQajnuIwkF6BuVsZxn5NnDJOA_hljuLJTt1JKjAAdQwhVRIWBJ5Kha8s6vjjTe_yl0_Nj1b2MbHn/s320/BTCpipeline.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BTC BAKUD - TBLISI - CEYHAN Pipeline</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“By virtue of geography and geology, TURKMENISTAN would be the anchor of trans-CASPIAN energy trade, but it is not the only player. KAZAKHSTAN is already a participant in the Southern Corridor, shipping oil across the CASPIAN by barge to Baku to connect to the BTC [Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan] oil pipeline.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The pipeline could also allow KAZAKHSTAN to monetize its largely underdeveloped 1.9 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But progress on all these fronts has been slow. The EIU estimates that a mere 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas will flow from CENTRAL ASIA to TURKEY and EUROPE by the end of the decade – a fraction of the 585 billion cubic meters the region is expected to consume by 2020.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“By the end of this decade Shah Deniz gas will be flowing to EUROPEAN markets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite changed dynamics regarding EUROPEAN gas supply the opening up of the Southern Gas Corridor remains a useful energy security objective,” said the EIU. “The challenge for the next decade is to expand its capacity so it can make a greater impact on securing EUROPE’S gas supply needs.”</span></div>

EUROPE AND THE CAUCASUS: EUROPE FAILS TO TAP CASPIAN SEA’S SURGING GAS SUPPLIES

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Best Foods to Eat for Healthy Skin

11:49 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Diet have that much of an impact on skin, specifically foods that are high in antioxidants, nutrients, fiber and water.. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Best foods to eat for healthy skin" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ldjiL4Mrdihz8ueZe1yDZXKcmsIip8iXVgBQbGoRe77Cvkjg9ic4OQPjg15JvHUt1X4q8Zmq34hN3AQctTG5IF73VH0A_dE6TinjYU_SX8u4Jr9-zXnbY0UP0PRbQOP_eb9V9PdZwKs/s1600/Best+foods+to+eat+for+healthy+skin.jpg" title="Best foods to eat for healthy skin" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"></h1><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"></script><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script></center><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nuts for Smoother Skin: </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">You should be Eating nuts every day, is packed with vitamin E and omega 3. Make your hair healthier, your skin smoother, your eyes sparkle and your bones stronger... </span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tomatoes for Anti-aging:</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tomatoes contain the carotene lycopene, one of the most powerful natural antioxidants, anti-aging properties that will keep everyone guessing your age.</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Strawberry for Anti-wrinkles: </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Strawberries are rich in Vitamin C which in turn is essential in the body’s production of collagen, a protein responsible for keeping the skin firm! So a few strawberries a day may well keep the wrinkles away!</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dark chocolate for keep your skin hydrated:</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're a fan of dark chocolate, you are lucky. Dark chocolate with a cacao content of 62% or more to help protect skin from the sun and maintain the humidity.</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yogurt: </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eat a serving of yogurt a day for clear skin. Yogurt is good for your complexion. Is it full of protein, have a beneficial effect to skin.</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Getting Fruity:</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vitamin C is found as a major ingredient in many of skin creams, and we know citrus fruit is rich in vitamin C, for just the price why not we choose oranges and lemons. Vitamin C keeping your skin from sagging and wrinkles smoothed away.. </span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pep up Your Skin with peppers: </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peppers help to fend away those unwanted wrinkles. especially, yellow peppers are packed with carotenoids, an antioxidant that help protect skin from the sun.</span></div><br /></div><center><script type="text/javascript"></script><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script></center></div>

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The Rise and Fall of the Middle Manager

10:58 AM Tukiyooo 0

The following chart shows nonfarm payrolls minus production and non-supervisory employees.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjPVs_LP_JlunFXrS9ueoOoiHs_eRgg4WNw-CV934MGI2HDFBfWJw3KsVOClZP36iTIE6M6kB1QyZolVAqPGgPOHR9_X0eINLQVNcR22kC0yNni9uGvpkEQ4Lzuv8NHFSY9Mymx_VSfA/s1600/Middle+Manager+Employment.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjPVs_LP_JlunFXrS9ueoOoiHs_eRgg4WNw-CV934MGI2HDFBfWJw3KsVOClZP36iTIE6M6kB1QyZolVAqPGgPOHR9_X0eINLQVNcR22kC0yNni9uGvpkEQ4Lzuv8NHFSY9Mymx_VSfA/s320/Middle+Manager+Employment.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />At first glance, this appears to be yet another trend failure. That is not the case though! There is a trend that nearly perfectly describes what is going on. I just need to alter the way the data is displayed so that you can see it better.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL0xe6zzTRnmPnE8jHDI2KnXQX374lz6tBBJiZEnAGu4J3SarUW5YFs2KA4OcNg7ojj4iypXP5x7Yul6TjzWXjRHCB5awu89VIvdVLhBHh9VWS9rndJIbfjQ_2bCs3ZzCQkeaikv3h2Y/s1600/Middle+Manager+Employment+-+Natural+Log+2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL0xe6zzTRnmPnE8jHDI2KnXQX374lz6tBBJiZEnAGu4J3SarUW5YFs2KA4OcNg7ojj4iypXP5x7Yul6TjzWXjRHCB5awu89VIvdVLhBHh9VWS9rndJIbfjQ_2bCs3ZzCQkeaikv3h2Y/s320/Middle+Manager+Employment+-+Natural+Log+2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />When using a log scale, constant exponential growth is seen as a straight line. The line in the chart above is certainly not straight. It is curving downwards. As seen in the following chart, it is curving downwards in a very consistent way. In fact, it is the exact same way that a baseball in flight would be curved downwards after it is hit into the air, with gravity being the constant. I'm using a 2nd order polynomial to show the path.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LWvRABW8BKBcwdrugnvsiyxHyU2HtRZg6zkKRB9Nbk6EP6yEbiUwFbF2yD_a_MWmJ338m7dPBdyAQ3FCnUP8nIjM6g0pagEo2jL66WgbBJLQVxdI4OE5AA-rIayOigsnO1p8ptmeIZA/s1600/Middle+Manager+Employment+-+Natural+Log.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LWvRABW8BKBcwdrugnvsiyxHyU2HtRZg6zkKRB9Nbk6EP6yEbiUwFbF2yD_a_MWmJ338m7dPBdyAQ3FCnUP8nIjM6g0pagEo2jL66WgbBJLQVxdI4OE5AA-rIayOigsnO1p8ptmeIZA/s320/Middle+Manager+Employment+-+Natural+Log.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />There are 42 million jobs here. I just don't see where the future growth will come from. These also tend to be the higher paying jobs that a person holding a college degree might have. Sigh.<br /><br />The future's so bright I gotta... Oh, never mind. I give up.<br /><br /><i style="color: red;">“A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.”</i><span style="color: red;"> </span>– Elbert Hubbard<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=maV">St. Louis Fed: Nonfarm Payolls Minus Production and Nonsupervisory Employees</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=maW">St. Louis Fed: Nonfarm Payolls Minus Production and Nonsupervisory Employees (Natural Log)</a>

The Rise and Fall of the Middle Manager

The following chart shows nonfarm payrolls minus production and non-supervisory employees. Click to enlarge. At first glance, this appears t...