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This is an update to Friday's industrial production post.Click to enlarge.The correlation is the same 0.985 it was on Friday. If you squint, you can see that August was a good month. It did come in slightly above trend, but not by all that much in the grand scheme of things.Since all I really care about is the underlying long-term trend, let's eliminate much of this monthly noise by using 12-month moving averages instead.Click...

What Is This "Honor" Stuff, Anyway?A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet*******************************"Honor is simply the morality of superior men."   ... H. L. Mencken."National honor is the national property of the highest value." ... James Monroe*****************Honor was a big thing in my family.  Many were the times my father lectured me on family honor, on "reputation," and maintaining a "good name." ...

The following chart shows the annual growth in quality nonfarm employment. I am excluding retail trade and food services and drinking places jobs, as these are relatively low paying jobs (and generally do not require a college degree).Click to enlarge.1. As seen in red, we're currently attempting to hug the high point long-term declining trend.2. As seen in blue, the overall long-term declining trend has finally reached...

VIEW MORE...                        When you wear a skirt like this one and you are on a sky terrace hotel... do a twirl (or more)!!! I was doing that in my last day in New York at the Hudson Hotel Sky Terrace :)                                         ...

In the midst of this frenzy, it’s easy to forget the fact that only a tiny segment of the Canadian population is strictly prohibited from eating wheat by medical professionals—the roughly 35,000 people diagnosed with celiac disease... But, they insist that “there is no need for patients to avoid gluten” or wheat unless they’ve been diagnosed with celiac disease or an allergy because, the doctors argue, “most of...

A majority of undocumented immigrants from the tri-state area attend the annual Mexican Fiesta and spend money at the event, but their undocumented children are denied scholarships by WHSF.By H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 15, 2013Milwaukee, WI - A mere fact, did you know, that Mexican Fiesta and Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation, Inc. generate a majority of revenue for scholarships during the three day festival...

Click to enlarge.It was such a well-behaved parabola; such a shame to see it fail.Source Data:St. Louis Fed: Custom Cha...

Ruben A. Burgos and Alexander C. AyalaEditorialToday's Mexican Fiesta sponsored by the WIsconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation, Inc. at Milwaukee's Summerfest grounds is definitely becoming a family drunk fest.By H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 14, 2013Milwaukee, WI - The Mexican Fiesta organizers and the WIsconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation, Inc. (WHSF) Board continue to market the rich Mexican culture, including...

VIEW MORE... Brandon Sun S/S 2014 Collection Nanette Lepore S/S 2014 CollectionNanette Lepore S/S 2014 - Trends - by sportandfashion-news featuring Bormioli RoccoI'm back home with lots of great memories, inspiration and a few more outfits posts from NYFW. Today I have for you one of my NYFW day-7- look and a few snaps from Nanette Lepore and Brandon Sun Fashion show.Have a great weekend everyone! ...

Click to enlargeIt's just not the kind of parabola an optimist would wish to see. Sigh.This post inspired by MaxedOutMama's post: And The Add-on To the YoY Decline in Production Jobs.Source Data:St. Louis Fed: Industrial Production Ind...