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Real Oil Price: Old Normal vs. New Normal

3:11 PM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eEoMkmgClgHg1VdlfcWSgv-p98AdbfBoH5ht60Qvqur8mUfi9OSvuEvUE4HdXPD_JBt1BNjKfWDAzAmGXYp-lGitybFL5eVN12c5NpKgCeu3N53p_CvKM6LEGFL3x_Zkm_zSuvLG-Lo/s1600/Real+Oil+Price+v.2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eEoMkmgClgHg1VdlfcWSgv-p98AdbfBoH5ht60Qvqur8mUfi9OSvuEvUE4HdXPD_JBt1BNjKfWDAzAmGXYp-lGitybFL5eVN12c5NpKgCeu3N53p_CvKM6LEGFL3x_Zkm_zSuvLG-Lo/s320/Real+Oil+Price+v.2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />The Fed wants 2% inflation per year. If <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rrw">real household median income</a> and <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rrA">real household debt per capita</a> can't get us there, then oil will have to do.<br /><br />Here's the good news. If real household median income starts to fall again, then the Fed may help raise the price of oil to compensate again. In fact, the lower real median income goes, the more help they may offer! <a href="http://www.despair.com/government.html">Genius!</a><br /><br />Put another way, the less you make at work the more it may cost you to get to work! You know, just to balance it out and what not. This is such a great idea. Should give you all the motivation in the world to get paid more.<br /><br />What label should we use to describe what's going on?<br /><br />1. Deflation.<br />2. Inflation.<br />3. Stagflation.<br />4. All of the above.<br /><br />You make the call. As for me, I'm calling it hyperdefstaginflation! We'll need two words to describe what we're feeling as well.<br /><br />For the optimists: hyperdefstaginf<a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/elation">elation</a>ed!<br />For the pessimists: hyperdefstag<a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/infestation">infestation</a>ed!<br /><br />As a side note, one can probably deduce the typical feeling based on how little it costs to fill one's gas tank as a percentage of net worth. The closer you are to the top 1%, the more you'll feel hyperdefstaginfelationed! Well, not always. There may be a little bit of whining involved.<br /><br /><b>January 28, 2014</b><br /><a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022773745_perkinsapologyxml.html">VC legend Tom Perkins apologizes for comparing attack on rich to holocaust</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Perkins told Bloomberg Television that he made the analogy between wealthy Americans and Jews because the rich are a minority, like the Jews who made up just 1 percent of the German population before the Holocaust.</i></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIABgzOaPZ7CUY5P0Qo3vyD_rKlPBJ3zM8I7T_5XbGYoSVY2nBY9DBAlHa4OsXnp6sbRFGqJuoWUsWR7Pka9uENnv4GFwSdoEVHGxlEmbGpfISYz2emT0zrxI0MrlyvorS8VEnW-HAuA/s1600/Wealth+Inequality.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIABgzOaPZ7CUY5P0Qo3vyD_rKlPBJ3zM8I7T_5XbGYoSVY2nBY9DBAlHa4OsXnp6sbRFGqJuoWUsWR7Pka9uENnv4GFwSdoEVHGxlEmbGpfISYz2emT0zrxI0MrlyvorS8VEnW-HAuA/s320/Wealth+Inequality.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:If-us-land-mass-were-distributed-like-us-wealth.png">File:If-us-land-mass-were-distributed-like-us-wealth.png (Stephen Ewen)</a></span><br /><br />The 1% minority are being persecuted by that little red dot. Oh the humanity! Although none have lost their lives so far, there's been a great deal of emotional damage. When your net worth is over a billion dollars and you experience even 2% emotional damage, that's tens of millions of dollars! For a 200 pound billionaire, that's easily $6,250 per ounce in tainted <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-worth">self-worth</a>! Don't the poor realize this?<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rrs">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Real Oil Price: Old Normal vs. New Normal

Click to enlarge. The Fed wants 2% inflation per year. If real household median income and real household debt per capita can't get us...

Fast Food Sponsoring the Olympics; Oxymoron or Necessity?

2:23 PM Anonymous 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdr_O6_x685bmdUSBeiy91reZLVPcRZvddvp2HaPH6PATVtMw9Ips6bQmd_V6FIyvTZn_qx9ZiTaVdxt6lhW6PhXcNFh_GoGJeDu55rouy1Wbrn18DDtBQw-Z0jFicCX8hiDywFMt6G9I/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdr_O6_x685bmdUSBeiy91reZLVPcRZvddvp2HaPH6PATVtMw9Ips6bQmd_V6FIyvTZn_qx9ZiTaVdxt6lhW6PhXcNFh_GoGJeDu55rouy1Wbrn18DDtBQw-Z0jFicCX8hiDywFMt6G9I/s1600/download.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">On February 7<sup>th</sup> the twenty second annual winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. While the sole purpose of the Olympics is to demonstrate athletic excellence from all parts of the world, the sponsors backing the event do not support the same and in fact have quite a few people up in arms. All branded food and drink served at the Olympics come from just five companies: McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Cadbury, Heineken and granola-bar maker Nature Valley but realistically with the exception of some endurance athletes, who burn 4,000 to 6,000 calories every day while training, fast food, alcohol and sugary snacks are generally off the menu for Olympians.<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/AVvXsEhXpbfE6vPr7xGZefk8mq-UMfvsr5NF5yo8QnbDpDutqoT94ForEDS6pHkU8woLV74Q8n9d29qLEhFV9G5WIdA6A7AsiPLWFJTeblhok31Q0UNuE5an5yjQeVaIl9Mn5zORjGBFCapsR-Qx/s1600/4282658992_3e72772b5d_z_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpbfE6vPr7xGZefk8mq-UMfvsr5NF5yo8QnbDpDutqoT94ForEDS6pHkU8woLV74Q8n9d29qLEhFV9G5WIdA6A7AsiPLWFJTeblhok31Q0UNuE5an5yjQeVaIl9Mn5zORjGBFCapsR-Qx/s1600/4282658992_3e72772b5d_z_2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">McDonald's is the main company that is making the Olympics a bit of an oxymoron. While it is the TOP sponsor for the event, it is also widely known that it is very unhealthy.  U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte credited his abolition of fat and sugar which included his favored breakfast, the Egg McMuffin from his diet with helping to accelerate him to the top of the podium. According to Terence Stephenson, a practicing pediatrician and chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, “At an event that celebrates athletic achievement, I don’t think we need to promote high-calorie, high-fat foods that are not good for the health of the human body.” On the actual McDonald's resource line for employees, it even expresses the fact that their food isn't healthy saying, “Fast foods are quick, reasonably priced, and readily available alternatives to home cooking, while convenient and economical for a busy lifestyle, fast foods are typically high in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and salt and may put people at risk for becoming overweight.” The post continued, “Although not impossible it is more of a challenge to eat healthy when going to a fast food place, in general, avoiding items that are deep fried are your best bet … limit the extras such as cheese, bacon, and mayonnaise. Eat at places that offer a variety of salads, soups and vegetables to maintain your best health.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The following is a list of ingredients used in the food from the McDonald's website, “sodium phosphates bleached wheat flour (nutrients removed), food starch-modified (likely genetically-modified), dextrose (sugar), partially hydrogenated soybean oil and cottonseed oil with mono-and diglycerides, (trans fats), TBHQ, tertiary butylhydroquinone, a petroleium dervived product; Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming agent (a form of silicone used in cosmetics, and Silly Putty).”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The disagreement lies in between those who see the sponsorship as unhealthy and the International Olympic Committee whose President Jacques Rogge says, “Growing financial demands of the event made it difficult for it to hold on to its values.” While on the other hand Malcolm Clark who is head of the U.K. Children’s Food Campaign, worries that young visitors are being targeted. Of the 2012 London Olympic Games he said, “The Olympic mascots are promoting chocolate sweets and Happy Meals, what kind of signals is this sending?” Yet according to the International Olympic Committee, “Without McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and others, they read, “there would be no goose bumps, gasps, records smashed, strangers hugged, or a whole world brought together.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"> It comes down to the age old battle of money versus ethics. Which side of the fence do you stand on?<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Follow Brittnye Webb-Earl on Twitter <b>@BeeNoelle</b></span></span></div>

Fast Food Sponsoring the Olympics; Oxymoron or Necessity?

On February 7 th the twenty second annual winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. While the sole purpose o...

The New Aussie Chainsaw

1:01 PM Tukiyooo 0

The New Aussie Chainsaw

Here I thought us Americans were rednecks. Hold the man's beer and stand back, the chips are gonna fly! H/T my buddy Bob.

A Glimpse of Real Prosperity

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A Glimpse of Real Prosperity

January 14, 2014 After a month of research and looking through over 10,000 vintage teddy bears on online, I was able to find clues to recons...

Madonna and Miley Cyrus sing together

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Madonna and Miley Cyrus sing together

American actress and singer Madonna and Miley Cyrus to issue joint statement. According to the publication E! Online, women perform a duet ...

Book Review: OASE 91

12:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="http://www.oasejournal.nl/en/Issues/91"><b><i>OASE #91: Building Atmosphere</i></b></a> edited by Klaske Havik, Hans Teerds, Gus Tielens<br /><a href="http://www.naipublishers.com/architecture/oase91_e.html">nai010 Publishers</a>, 2013<br />Paperback, 128 pages<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHl5H-EQ-8-hwj8cKV34PjEfzvmoga-Mk9BR2_97KpoNO1p5y8vFDfM-WMAk1ewy4wGA9awtI-Bf_ovKKEbj7PKY-k2qA7ZCy0jOm9bllGV7WJTsXcJ1MJf3aHsnlpS2maUA_piR2jsSKv/s1600/oase91.jpg" /><br /><blockquote><i>Quality in architecture...is to me when a building manages to move me. What on earth is it that moves me? How can I get it into my own work?...How do people design things with such a beautiful, natural presence, things that move me every single time. One word for it is Atmosphere.</i></blockquote>This quote from Swiss architect Peter Zumthor's 2006 book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3764374950/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3764374950&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Atmospheres: Architectural Environments - Surrounding Objects</i></a> comes at the beginning of the editorial introduction to <i>OASE #91</i>. It is hardly the first utterance of the word "atmosphere" relative to architecture (the editors mention a Mark Wigley essay from a 1998 issue of Diadolos, but it probably goes back farther than that), but it is one that has shaped how architects and critics have started to use the word in the years since. More common or not, it is a term that has not been explored much in architecture, to the point that a definition of atmosphere is non-existent; perhaps it is a highly personal thing, as Zumthor's quote alludes. The editors paraphrase Jorge Louis Borges in this regard, such that, like poetry, atmosphere is something that can be recognized but not defined; it can only be known when we can't define it.<br /><br />My definition of atmosphere is spatial and environmental. In other words, the quality of atmosphere comes about through enclosure (therefore the inside of a building rather than the outside, though in-between spaces, like those of Japanese architecture, could be included) and the way a space is "formed" by the materials of architecture and their interaction with the surroundings. This sounds pretty vague, but it seems that staking out this position is nevertheless a start, eliminating exteriors and focusing on, for example, the way sunlight touches a wall or the way a view is framed by a window or the way breezes move through a screen. Linking the spatial and environmental is our presence and the way we sense and experience these qualities. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/166624377/" title="Nanzen-ji Temple by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Nanzen-ji Temple" height="480" src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/60/166624377_da9625cd21_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" /></a><br />[Nanzen-ji Temple. Photo by John Hill]<br /><br />Not surprisingly, Zumthor's buildings spring to mind, specifically the  way atmosphere saturates the spaces within the Therme Vals – light from  the slots in the ceiling hitting the stone and concrete; sounds echoing  off the hard surfaces; the humidity of the air; and of course the water  on one's body when in the various pools. It's also not surprising that Zumthor makes up a good chunk of this issue of <i>OASE</i>. The editors paid a visit to his office to speak with the architect and see how he works, how he gets atmosphere into his own work. The studio visit is worth the price of admission, with some keen insights on the part of the editors and some candid quotes of Zumthor speaking with his employees.<br /><br />Much of the rest of the issue is comprised of an interview with Juhani  Pallasmaa, a Finnish architect known more for his essays and books. Like  Zumthor, Pallasmaa talks a good deal about atmosphere, but for the Finn it is a long held notion in his writing, but one that has only recently gone by that term. His infatuation with filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky is but one indication of how much he values space as something dripping with both emotional and physical feeling. In addition to the interview that lets us know more about Pallasmaa the man than his own writings convey, he contributes an essay on Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West, where he recently stayed for a period of five months.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/9429207841/" title="Therme Vals by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Therme Vals" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/9429207841_88c6d3b81e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />[Therme Vals. Photo by John Hill]<br /><br />Tying together the primary pieces of Pallasmaa and Zumthor that make up this issue are a couple essays by German philosopher Gernot Böhme. One is an English translation of chapter from his 2006 book <i>Architektur and Atmosphare</i>, and the other is an essay on "the concept of atmosphere in the work of Juhani Pallasmaa and Peter Zumthor." The first goes a long way toward defining atmosphere relative to architecture ("being mindfully present in space"), while the second is interesting for giving an outsider's perspective on two figures often read and critiqued primarily by architects. The issue is rounded out with projects, photographs, and <a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/pages/film/3-scenes">a specially commissioned film</a>, making it a highly recommended book for fans of Pallasmaa, Zumthor and architecture in general.<br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9462081077/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9462081077&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/9462081077/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9462081077&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/9462081077/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9462081077&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

Book Review: OASE 91

OASE #91: Building Atmosphere edited by Klaske Havik, Hans Teerds, Gus Tielens nai010 Publishers , 2013 Paperback, 128 pages Quality in arc...

From blonde to brunette: Margot Robbie dyed hair

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From blonde to brunette: Margot Robbie dyed hair

Screen wife Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street" Margot Robbie dyed from blonde to brunette. Such a sacrifice - for the...

Building Permit Slowdown for Privately Owned 1-Unit Structures

11:14 AM Tukiyooo 0

The first chart shows the annual change in new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits for 1-unit structures. I'm using quarterly averages to smooth out the noise a bit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykSb_yM9Apt_wyGJCUKVE5D7_ybPwy7UXMmZtzmi2yazoZjJiVAJh1JhQw_eqYh5FO2GIimiTC8zMG9h_K9MtEx5nOzAvQiGj0W7MD2fpS21JDJJ1C4C18ycVmIcS4mdbcsJZbgmxkuQ/s1600/Building+Permit+Slowdown+-+National.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykSb_yM9Apt_wyGJCUKVE5D7_ybPwy7UXMmZtzmi2yazoZjJiVAJh1JhQw_eqYh5FO2GIimiTC8zMG9h_K9MtEx5nOzAvQiGj0W7MD2fpS21JDJJ1C4C18ycVmIcS4mdbcsJZbgmxkuQ/s320/Building+Permit+Slowdown+-+National.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Can't we just blame it the weather and call it good?<br /><br />The next chart shows just the data for Florida, Nevada, and Arizona (three of the previous housing bubble's largest hotspots).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JQHTIUiLpl_DbZBZzSK5905ApOdiKdrT7vibCJxEK3-2zhx-lUswMSYErPRw6DhGfChhEE9kflFhcANgkAu4FtAjPmZuPpVFwh9kIpsVQM5APrv6ZnEjWLEhLp0FFB7vTJ1AYOp7SmU/s1600/Building+Permit+Slowdown+-+Florida+++Nevada+++Arizona.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JQHTIUiLpl_DbZBZzSK5905ApOdiKdrT7vibCJxEK3-2zhx-lUswMSYErPRw6DhGfChhEE9kflFhcANgkAu4FtAjPmZuPpVFwh9kIpsVQM5APrv6ZnEjWLEhLp0FFB7vTJ1AYOp7SmU/s320/Building+Permit+Slowdown+-+Florida+++Nevada+++Arizona.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />I guess it all depends on how much annual polar vortex activity there was in Florida, Nevada, and Arizona. As seen in the chart, the growth trend has been decelerating at a consistent pace for a full year. We'll therefore need a whole year's worth of polar vortex activity in three of the warmest states. Totally doable with the right spin!<br /><br />Further, just look at all that volatility in the data since 2005. I can't even begin to tell you how much that fills me with confidence. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare">Slow and steady is so overrated.</a> Anarchy! Random profits and losses! That's what makes the casino life right for me!<br /><br />This is not investment advice (especially that part about casino life being right for me).<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rqK">St. Louis Fed: Building Permits for 1-Unit Structures (National)</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rqT">St. Louis Fed: Building Permits for 1-Unit Structures (Florida + Nevada + Arizona)</a>

Building Permit Slowdown for Privately Owned 1-Unit Structures

The first chart shows the annual change in new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits for 1-unit structures. I'm u...

End of Love Zrinka Cvitesic and Hrvoje RUPCIC

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End of Love Zrinka Cvitesic and Hrvoje RUPCIC

Great romance between? In Zrinka Cvitesic and Hrvoje RUPCIC (Rupčić) yet ended. After months of speculations city? Verse events confirmed i...

Jennifer Garner became the face of the Italian brand

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Jennifer Garner became the face of the Italian brand

«Max Mara» is one of the most popular brands among celebrities. Each new collection imbued with elegance. Clothing fashion house gives the ...

Grammy Style Gone Wrong

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<div class="gmail_default"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 56</span><sup>th</sup><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">annual Grammy awards took place</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">Sunday night</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">and while the show was full of controversy, the red carpet left a lot to be desired. </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">The carpet was full of shimmer plunging necklines and sheer gowns, most of which were worn all the wrong way.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61UD2U5GtZcIheS-UStmtZJrXkQXG8VTaZB-uzOyCvGKGmyxk2YgtV-5uDFErMYiE3DCGvnOzje_xJQaW0HTl3Ve6zz5KT2KVWIYGJ3VkGEQwJvZnEiUqtCXxw-oEwX7EqPzrz2kWCzc3/s1600/taylor-swift-grammys-2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61UD2U5GtZcIheS-UStmtZJrXkQXG8VTaZB-uzOyCvGKGmyxk2YgtV-5uDFErMYiE3DCGvnOzje_xJQaW0HTl3Ve6zz5KT2KVWIYGJ3VkGEQwJvZnEiUqtCXxw-oEwX7EqPzrz2kWCzc3/s1600/taylor-swift-grammys-2014.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">Country singer and nominee Taylor Swift wore gold lamé short-sleeve column dress with intricate crystal overlay by Gucci. Model Chrissy Teigen, whose husband, John Legend performed that night wore a gold gown with deep cleavage by designer Johanna Johnson. Rita Ora donned an olive green long sleeved shimmering Lanvin gown. All of which closely resembled a disco ball out of Studio 54. The only stars that appeared to have gotten the shimmering concept right were model and wife of rapper and nominee Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose as well as R&B singer Ciara. Rose wore a form fitting floor length sleeveless Naeem Kahn gown and Ciara, who is engaged to and currently pregnant by rapper Future wore a fitted gold embellished Emilio Pucci gown which beautifully accentuated her baby bump.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was also a blatant lack of necklines on the red carpet, made evident by stars like Alicia Keys, Miranda Lambert and others. Keys, wore an electric blue Armani </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0i_9FS9ZbzA4zoYMwnw8unVhdXIemTTxJ4Aeir0vayt7byLDzmYKkrexBnC7ximh8ZgxJGwgLEiLGqab2spwB7mwxAnJ5Guy1RYzi0CD4Nav2jZSUeKzdocd1nT70rVycORGCbvRVF3gM/s1600/showbiz-grammy-awards-2014-alicia-keys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0i_9FS9ZbzA4zoYMwnw8unVhdXIemTTxJ4Aeir0vayt7byLDzmYKkrexBnC7ximh8ZgxJGwgLEiLGqab2spwB7mwxAnJ5Guy1RYzi0CD4Nav2jZSUeKzdocd1nT70rVycORGCbvRVF3gM/s1600/showbiz-grammy-awards-2014-alicia-keys.jpg" width="113" /></a></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prive gown with a neckline that </span>didn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> begin until it hit her belly button. Think Jenifer Lopez at the 1999 Grammy’s but far less eye catching and </span>glamorous<span style="font-family: inherit;">. Country singer and wife of Blake Sheldon, Miranda Lambert wore a floor length form fitting red Pamella Roland, and while it wasn’t awful, it was boring. Singer Kaya Jones must have mistaken the Grammy red carpet for a dominatrix convention because of her choice to wear what appeared to be a jet black liquid latex gown with spaghetti straps. Star of the film </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Pitch Perfect, </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anna Kendrick wore a grey Azzaro dress that looked like it was too big for her. Actress Julia Roberts was the only starlet that donned the plunging neckline trend, the right way. Roberts wore a black knee length, three quarter length sleeved Elie Saab gown that was not only age appropriate but gorgeous on her complexion as well.  </span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczCcI1ff8rMFeePVCnYbuEbs_Cemcv8nCNHB2-TLnAfyjo-LA3tlKQxGvSk5NvtgcMEZzMlZ9yY6vvqhkMS8fqbk7XZPLJQKXRetSpTHC4ZKKf4SnVwAkZs8Elqrb-wwJUX5nPv_2ZyfD/s1600/beyonce-grammy-awards-2014-backstage-1390795084-view-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczCcI1ff8rMFeePVCnYbuEbs_Cemcv8nCNHB2-TLnAfyjo-LA3tlKQxGvSk5NvtgcMEZzMlZ9yY6vvqhkMS8fqbk7XZPLJQKXRetSpTHC4ZKKf4SnVwAkZs8Elqrb-wwJUX5nPv_2ZyfD/s1600/beyonce-grammy-awards-2014-backstage-1390795084-view-1.jpg" width="149" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">Finally, there were the women who donned the carpet in the sheerest of sheer. Katy Perry wore a nude sheer Valentino gown that was covered in music notes and made her look like a ballerina gone wrong. Grammy award winner and performer Beyonce’ donned a sheer white floor length long sleeved gown that would have been gorgeous had her hair not looked like a pack of Ramen noodles and the bottom didn’t resemble a senior citizens curtain. Singer Colbie Caillat looked stuffed in a red one sleeved sheer Ezra Couture gown.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All in all, my best dressed pick </span>doesn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> come from a woman at all. In fact it comes from Grammy award winning French electronic duo, Daft Punk. They kept their look simple; black suits, bow ties and they signature and oddly </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">                                         fashionable helmets.</span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_dX-2gmys12j8ui0QtVIKCL6bl65OBRtSW0-5txG2yCbSXSmMGhcv_BakgyLRJ-7iIGbqrMa5QgmczgYelXB71yrMFtSWce4o85YsKQKtYsbnOJSfIxmTfVukXiowWcJdr48ZtofKjg_/s1600/daft-punk-grammys-2014-red-carpet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_dX-2gmys12j8ui0QtVIKCL6bl65OBRtSW0-5txG2yCbSXSmMGhcv_BakgyLRJ-7iIGbqrMa5QgmczgYelXB71yrMFtSWce4o85YsKQKtYsbnOJSfIxmTfVukXiowWcJdr48ZtofKjg_/s1600/daft-punk-grammys-2014-red-carpet.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Follow Brittnye Webb-Earl on Twitter <b>@BeeNoelle</b></span></span></div></div>

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A Workin' Man's Growth, Stagnation, and Crash Model

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The following chart shows real monthly manufacturers' new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft per civilian employed (December 2013 dollars). I am using quarterly averages to smooth things out a bit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTurGbrsERZIUYuNPicigs8B7X9W1XE7d-0InUGU1pzsVVIJpRq1DbZK4JxoCCS7cnY4Y5IiXGRZxrwONKJSOfRDkrYNQsI4VWRFlOSd_kJg2h014O3lCJ4M6j-F3JwEy7Xb_6WJNI94g/s1600/Real+New+Orders+per+Civilian+Employed.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTurGbrsERZIUYuNPicigs8B7X9W1XE7d-0InUGU1pzsVVIJpRq1DbZK4JxoCCS7cnY4Y5IiXGRZxrwONKJSOfRDkrYNQsI4VWRFlOSd_kJg2h014O3lCJ4M6j-F3JwEy7Xb_6WJNI94g/s320/Real+New+Orders+per+Civilian+Employed.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Green trend lines represent growth.<br />Yellow trend lines represent stagnation.<br />Red trend lines represent "soft patches."<br /><br />What's the worst that could "unexpectedly" happen again?<br /><br /><b>January 28, 2014</b><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/28/us-economy-durables-idUSBREA0R0YP20140128">Durable goods orders unexpectedly plunge in December</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>(Reuters) - Orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods unexpectedly fell in December as did a gauge of planned business spending on capital goods, which could cast a shadow on an otherwise bright economic outlook.</i></div><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rqb">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>