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Whether you call it by its scientific name of “flight dysrhythmia” or refer to it as plain ol’ jet lag, the condition can really wreak havoc on your next business trip. Try these tips to help your body adjust as quickly as possible.

Giving your body what it needs can help pre-empt travel fatigue. Tips include:

Bringing along fruit, nuts and other healthy snacks

Drinking plenty of water (while avoiding dehydrating beverages such as coffee, tea and alcohol)

Adjusting your watch to your destination’s time zone the minute you get on the plane, and adjust your own sleep time accordingly

Once you land in your new location, keep tending to your body by:

Continuing to drink water and other rehydrating beverages

Taking a hot shower in the morning and cool shower in the evening, as reducing your body temperature can help trigger its release of the sleep hormone melatonin.

Going for a brief nap if absolutely necessary, ensuring the nap is no longer than 20 minutes so it doesn’t stop you from snoozing at night

Not only can jet lag make it tough to fall asleep at your new local bedtime, but it can make it tough to stay awake in the daytime. When used in combination, both melatonin and caffeine can help your body re-sync its 24-hour cycle, making it easier to fall asleep at night and remain alert during the day.

You don’t need to go nuts with either one. A melatonin dose of between 0.5 and 5 mg about two hours before bedtime can help, as can a thermos of coffee or green tea you sip throughout the day.

Light exposure can help trick your body into resetting its internal clock. Exposure to bright light signals your body it’s time to be awake, while avoiding light can help it think it’s time to be asleep.

You can jumpstart the light exposure process before you depart by adjusting your bedtime by one hour per day for three days prior to travel. If you’re heading east, go to bed one hour earlier than usual each day; make it one hour later if you’re heading west. Expose yourself to bright light upon awakening in either case, letting your body know it’s time to rise and shine.

Keep the new rhythms going strong by exposing your body to light when it needs it most. Those heading east will need a dose of light in the morning and afternoon to prompt alertness and an avoidance of light in the evening.

Those heading west will need a dose of light in the evening to stay awake until your new bedtime and an avoidance of light in the morning to get some extra sleep.

One final tip is to set a daily dose of exercise that coincides with the times you want bright light and alertness. Stick to the same time every day to keep your body in the groove until it’s time to head back to your home time zone.

Last but definitely not least, utilize smart receipt handling features in your expense report software to capture all your business travel expenses before you land.

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Listing number AKBCC3
Brand IWC
Model Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar
Reference number IW3750
Code IWC063
Movement Automatic
Case material Yellow gold
Bracelet material Crocodile skin
Year of production Unknown
Condition Very good (Worn with little to no signs of wear)
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Gender Men's watch/Unisex
Location United States of America, California, Los Angeles

Movement Automatic
Movement/Caliber 79061
Base caliber 7750
Power reserve 44 h

Case material Yellow gold
Case diameter 39 mm
Water resistance 3 ATM
Bezel material Yellow gold
Crystal Plexiglass
Dial White
Dial numerals No numerals

Bracelet material Crocodile skin
Bracelet color Black
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Clasp material Yellow gold

Moon phase, Chronograph, Date, Weekday, Month, Year, Perpetual calendar

LNIB 99% Excellent Condition 100% Authentic, comes with Box and Certificate, as seen in photos.

Swiss made IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph 3750, crafted polished solid two-body 18k Yellow Gold round shaped case measuring 39mm diameter. Fixed 18k Yellow Gold stepped bezel, hooded mobile lugs. Automatic movement, power reserve up to ± 40hours. Displays a White dial with applied Gold faceted baton hour index markers, gold – tone Feuille-shaped hands, central sweep second hand, minute railway track at outer rim. 12-hour chronograph, perpetual calendar with 4 digit year display between 7 and 8 o'clock that's functional until the year 2499, moon phase at 12 o'clock, four subsidiary dials, including a day and seconds register at 9 o'clock, a moon phase aperture at 12 o'clock, a month and 12-hour dial at 6 o'clock, and a 30-minute register at 3 o'clock. Screwed down winding crown, chronograph round pushers. Scratch resistant acrylic crystal, solid snap on caseback. Black leather strap with IWC Gold Tang buckle. Water resistant to 30 m/100 ft. Acrylic crystal, water resistant to 100ft, Display signed " IWC ", Caseback inscribed & numbered, Movement signed & concealed...

Movement... Mechanical automatic winding movement that's gilt brass, IWC caliber 79061, 36 jewels, a shock absorber mechanism, and a straight-line lever escapement. It includes a monometallic balance that's adjusted to five positions, a self- compensating flat balance spring, a micrometer regulator, and a hack mechanism....

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A Guide to Making New Year's Resolutions

In last week's blog post I shared my proudest moments of 2017. There were a lot of positive and noteworthy events the past year, but there were also tough times. In many ways, the struggles and difficulties we faced in 2017 will set the tone for the decisions and resolutions we will now make in 2018. So, for this blog post, I wanted to share some of the things I struggled with, what I learned from them and what I will be doing differently this year.

Set realistic goals

Last year was going to be my year! When the clock struck twelve, I was excited and enthusiastic about the year before me. I had sat down a few weeks before and wrote down all the things I was going to achieve and pursue. I was adamant that 2017 would be the year that I would plan a wedding, get married, finish my internship, graduate, work hard, move into a new apartment, and so on. The list seemed long, but I was positive that I would be able to do it all. It wasn’t long before I started realizing that I had bit off more than I could chew. Keeping up with all of these goals was becoming stressful, frustrating and tiring. I underestimated the amount of time and energy each of these tasks would demand of me. This year I decided I would set realistic goals. I really want to graduate this year, so this whole year I’m going to focus on that. It is not the only thing I will be working on this year, but it is definitely the most important thing I will be pursuing.

Listen to your body

One of the goals I set for 2017 was that I wanted to successfully wrap up my internship, as this was a crucial part of graduating. I also wanted to work enough to save money for our wedding. The long and early commutes to my internship were very exhausting and after a few months, the exhaustion started taking its toll on my body. I was getting migraines for longer periods of time and more frequently than usual. The stress of planning a wedding, my internship and working started to add up and instead of taking a break and relaxing, which my body needed, I simply swallowed some meds and went back to work. I learned that you can’t achieve much if your in a health is deteriorating, so relax and take some time off. This year, I will be more mindful of my well-being. Taking some time off and saying no from time to time.

Stressing out fixes nothing

I could definitely say that I spent half of 2017 stressed out. First, I was worrying about graduating and then I was worrying about my health issues. Not to mention that I was also concerned about the wedding preparations and us moving into a new house. And, let me just say that the added stress did not help me do a better job at work or at my internship, neither did it improve my health. Overthinking and overanalyzing just made me an unhappy person and the stress of it all just made everything else worse. Going forward, I’ll try not to feed my worries and concerns to the point that I become too stressed. Christians love to say: “Too blessed to be stressed”. So, whenever things get a bit too overwhelming, it’s best to ‘count your blessings’. Look at the wonderful things in life and take a chill pill, ‘cause stressing out has never fixed anything.

Don’t be too hard on yourself

Five months into 2017 I started realizing that I would probably not be graduating. I lost a big chunk of my thesis and failed an important exam. That hit me hard. I became really frustrated with myself and quite disappointed in myself. It felt as though I had let myself and my parents down. Insecurity started creeping in and I started feeling less like myself. After a couple of months back home during the summer, I finally started feeling more like myself again. I had to be reminded by friends and family that failure is a part of success and that I shouldn’t be so hard on myself. I am the kind of person that doesn’t always open up about my hardships, but I advise you to talk to those who care about you (don’t wait till it’s too late, like I did). More often than not, they will choose to support you and help you get on your feet rather than point out your short-comings. It's also important to remind yourself that these goals and dreams do not define you. When you fail at something it doesn’t mean that you are a failure, it just means that things didn't work out, you are still a wonderfully talented person despite of it.

There is always something you can do

After Sharif and I came back from our honeymoon and settled in, I went back to my work routine. As the months passed by, It started to feel like I was stuck creatively. In the time since I got back, I wasn’t writing any new songs, I wasn't performing as much as I would have liked and it really seemed like I wasn’t going anywhere. I felt as though I was stuck on a deserted island. Then one day I was watching a sermon by Sarah Jakes Roberts, and she said something that really stuck with me. She said: “What can you do on this island?”. Waw! All this time I had been obsessing over the fact that I was stuck on this “island” I didn’t want to be on, but I wasn’t looking around to see what I could do. On your road to your destiny, purpose, dreams, whatever it is you want to call it, there will be roadblocks and shipwrecks. What you do in that situation is up to you. I stopped wallowing in my sorrows and started to enjoy life, that is also the moment I decided I wanted to start blogging again (read about that here). As cheesy as this may sound, I believe that there is a purpose for everything. Who knows, being stuck might have taught me a lesson or two that will be helpful to me this year.

What I am committing to this year

I am committing myself to graduating, up until now I have been putting it off because of my fear of failing. Luckily, Sharif and my parents keep pushing me and reminding me that this is important and that I can do this. There is also a part of me that would love to use my experiences to mentor and guide other youth, hopefully there will be some space for that this year. I would also love to see where blogging takes me. But besides that I just want to work towards a happier, healthier and more fulfilled life. So I am committing myself to taking better care of myself physically, emotionally and spiritually, and to keeping a healthy and happy marriage.

There is so much I learned this past year. I learned to celebrate every small victory and I learned to keep my goals realistic. I learned to take more time for myself, my family and friends. And although it has been a tough year it brought many beautiful moments. I got married to the love of my life, explored new places and made new connections. Halfway through 2017 I decided to start taking back the parts of me that I felt I had lost. And now that I am a wiser and stronger individual, I can’t wait to see what this year has in store for me. Hopefully, I will be graduating this year (no pressure). I'm entering 2018 with an open mind, not putting too much on my plate, working hard while still celebrating life. Bring it on!

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Chic Spotlight: Bee Mine Sunshine

Chic Spotlight: Bee Mine Sunshine

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See how one local woman went from depressing desk job to a dream job making fashions for women and children - all while helping out those in need.

Marissa Beisner, Founder of Bee Mine Sunshine

Cincy Chic: What is Bee Mine Sunshine?
Marissa Beisner, Owner of Bee Mine Sunshine: Bee Mine Sunshine is your destination for fashionable, beautiful clothing and accessories for mothers and their little ones.

Cincy Chic: What’s the inspiration behind your shop?
Beisner: I am inspired by simply being a mother to a beautiful little girl! I strive to create the very things I want to use every day in my own life and in both mine and my daughter’s wardrobes.

Some of the items available through Bee Mine Sunshine.
Some of the items available through Bee Mine Sunshine.

Cincy Chic: Who’s behind Bee Mine Sunshine?
Beisner: I started creating items as soon as my mother would allow me to use her sewing machine! I started making pillows around age 10 for my dolls. In high school, I made my own purses; just figuring things out as I went along. When I was pregnant with my daughter, of course I wanted to make everything I could so it would be both unique and sentimental. That was when the seeds of Bee Mine Sunshine were planted in my mind.

Cincy Chic: When did you launch Bee Mine Sunshine?
Beisner: Bee Mine Sunshine began in August 2014 when my daughter was 8 months old and I was full of ideas of things to create that would be both useful and beautiful for us both.

Cincy Chic: What did you do prior to starting your business?
Beisner: I was an injured RN working at a desk job and going nowhere I had dreamed of going in my career. My life as an OR nurse was over and I was in mourning. The only other career I had ever dreamed of was owning my own business. That was scary. Going into business was a terrifying, yet exciting thought…and I jumped right into it with the support of my amazing husband and the inspiration of my beautiful daughter.

Cincy Chic: What types of products to you offer customers?
Beisner: I offer a wide variety of headbands in various styles, leggings for babies and toddlers, teething necklaces and my new line of children’s and women’s tees. I always have even more at the shows that I participate in! You can often find pacifier clips, bibs, burp cloths, hair clips, scarves and more when you come visit me at any number of Cincinnati shows.

Cincinnati Bengals pants made by Beisner.
Cincinnati Bengals pants made by Beisner.

Cincy Chic: Can you give us price points?
Beisner: Prices usually range from $10 to $32.

Cincy Chic: What makes Bee Mine Sunshine unique?
Beisner: Bee Mine Sunshine stands out through our exclusive state pride line of products. In February 2015 I began designing my own fabrics. Ohio has such strong team pride and I wanted my customers to be able to have products that showcased that in a unique way. In March 2015 I launched my first three exclusive prints and they sold out within hours! I knew I had to keep creating more. Shortly after, I launched two Cincinnati-themed prints, a baseball print and then two Kentucky prints. I hope to continue building on this unique line of products and my number one request is for more team-themed prints.

Bee Mine Sunshine also launched a charity project this summer that provides care packages to families who could use encouragement and support. We take nominations all year for families who have lost a child, families with a child who has a serious medical condition and families with a child in the NICU or PICU. There is no cost to nominate a family. Costs are covered by proceeds from shop sales and, if desired, there is a $1 downloadable coloring page that can be colored and mailed back to us and included in a future package. 100 percent of proceeds from the coloring page go to the project. More information is available at

An adult turban from Beisner's shop.
An adult turban from Beisner’s shop.

Cincy Chic: Is there anything new on the horizon for Bee Mine Sunshine?
Beisner: I plan on creating a lot of new tee designs in 2016. I launched my first line of “bee” designs a couple of weeks ago and plan to continue that line, which is made from my very own sketches! I also hope to release a few new team themed designs in time for the next football season. I am also expecting the number of stores that are stocking Bee Mine Sunshine products. They can now be found at Diamonds & Dimples in Bellevue, Kentucky, the Kenwood Mall at the brand new Simply Vague Store and in two Columbus-area locations including the Simply Vague Store at the Polaris Mall and A Little Simplicity Boutique.

Cincy Chic: Where can readers go to learn more?
Beisner: All of our information, products, show schedule and more, including video tutorials and style inspiration, can be found on our website. You can also read more about our charity project on the Care Package Project page of the website.


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London tech salary growth outstrips global rivals

Salary growth for UK techies outstripped all other locations last year as the country retained its status as a global tech hub.

London software engineers enjoyed a salary hike of 13 per cent from 2018 to 2019, taking the average wage to £74,000, according to new figures from job search firm Hired.

Read more: Digital sector contributes £149bn to UK economy amid tech boom

The fastest increase in pay was bagged by gaming engineers, whose average salary jumped 25 per cent last year amid a boom in the UK’s gaming industry.

Overall, developers now earn £37,000 more than the average Brit as the sector continues to offer the big bucks for top talent.

London also steamed ahead of its global rivals, posting a greater salary increase than Toronto, New York and San Francisco, which secured rises of nine, seven and six per cent respectively.

It follows figures released last month by Tech Nation showing that investment into the UK’s tech startup scene topped £10bn in 2019, posting the fastest growth of anywhere in the world.

The world’s top tech salary rises

RankLocationSalary increase (value)Salary increase (%)
3.New York£7,0007
4.San Francisco£6,3606

For techies searching for the best paid developer roles, embedded engineers took home an average annual salary of £82,000, up from £70,000 in 2018.

Blockchain engineers and computer vision engineers also topped the list with average salaries of £81,000.

“This data, aside from highlighting some of the trends driving digital transformation globally, is a great motivator for tech talent in the UK, empowering them with insights that will help them to understand current hiring trends and their market worth,” said Gordon Smith, general managing for Europe at Hired.

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“While salaries for software engineers continue to rise globally, the UK led the way in 2019, cementing the country’s place as one of the world’s top tech hubs.”

He added: “To continue this unparalleled growth in the UK, employers, aside from offering competitive salaries, need to ensure that understanding what top talent want from their jobs is a main priority for hiring managers. ”


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Social media is a great and essential way to build and consolidate your brand on the internet, as they are the top internet activity today.

More and more people are connecting to Facebook, Twitter or YouTube and even more so in relation to news websites and blogs. It is typical that Greeks spend more than an hour a day on social media.

In both natural and artificial environments, first impressions are extremely important. With the right start-up or reconfiguration of your social accounts, we put your business in the right direction within the competitive context of social media. We create the conditions for you to communicate effectively with your existing and potential customers from the first views.

social media

City Consulting will help you create a modern digital marketing strategy, so that the money you invest in social media will bring you the largest possible targeted audience, who will know you and will be interested in what you offer. Our relationship with our customers is based on trust and reliability, so before creating or reshaping your social pages, we will discuss with you and analyze the reasons why we will make the respective social choices. Our team first will explain the differences between social media as well as the advantages of each of them, so that the right ones are selected for your business. It will then create or redesign your social pages, making good use of the basic information and material you provide, and adding additional material if necessary.

In detail, the creation or redesign of social pages, includes:

Analysis of the profile and needs of your business and selection of the appropriate social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube)

Starting social accounts by creating profiles and posting basic identification and communication information

Posting of basic multimedia material, necessary for the operation of your accounts and the recognition of your business

Setting privacy, update preferences and other features on pages (eg auto-messages, comments, reviews, etc.)

Editing basic, pre-existing content (corrections of linguistic, technical or other nature)

Post an initial feed of notifications for the first period of operation of the accounts (for regular social content renewal services, see here)

We design the strategic plan of your business, treating the process as a top challenge. Your benefit is ours at the same time! We discuss with you, we study the competition and the international environment, we propose and modify accordingly. Each implementation phase is implemented after careful research, so that it adequately meets your expectations.
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La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa, MGallery By Sofitel

Located on the calm banks of the Perfume River amongst a lush garden, this renovated Art Deco mansion was once a Governor's residence, where parties for Ambassadors and Generals were hosted during the 1930s.

La Residence Hue - View from Perfume River, Hue, Vietnam

The 5-star La Residence Hue is full of rich history, with uses including an American command center, a hospital for Vietnamese soldiers, and a government guest house in the 1960s. The mansion was repurposed in 2005 and added to the prestigious MGallery Collection in 2011, recently joined the Sofitel Universal, which is now MGallery by Sofitel. Over the years, La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa has won some serious accolades, and all for good reasons. Among these awards are two years on Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice - Best Hotels in Southeast Asia list 2014 and 2015; Travel + Leisure’s 500 World's Best Hotels in 2014 and 2015; winner of the World Luxury Spa Award 2013; and multiple other awards throughout the years.

La Residence Hue - Colonial Garden

Placing an emphasis on preserving its historic architectural style, La Residence Hue is one of the best representations of Art Deco in the Indochina. The original wing of the mansion has 10 signature rooms and suites that preserve the feel and look of an era long past - perfect for those who wish to experience the luxurious past of the mansion in accurate detail.

The hotel’s 122 guest rooms and suites follow the Art Deco concept without flaw - louvered shutters, hardwood floors and high ceilings are romantic, charming and absolutely unique to sleep in. The hotel’s room service is available between 6 a.m. to midnight, with a selection of snacks and hot dishes from Le Parfum’s A la carte menu.

La Residence Hue - Colonial Suite - Voyage En Chine

Evidence of passionate artistry runs throughout the hotel. Le Gouverneur Bar features a stunning fresco by French artist Roland Renaud, the piece inspired by the wall of the Musée des Colonies in Paris and Lyon’s famous main post office, is an atmospheric place for great cocktails. Two of the signatures, La Residence Madame and La Residence Monsieur, are highly recommended. The bowed facade, nautical flourishes and clean pastel colors are excellent representations of 1930s Art Deco - simply walking around here is a pleasant experience, and observing the attention that went into bringing the style to a contemporary era is a treat.

La Residence Hue - Lobby

The hotel is about 20 minutes from Hue’s Phu Bai International Airport, and less than a five-minute drive from the city center. The hotel is also close to the Imperial Citadel, an incredible UNESCO World Heritage Site. While remaining near Hue’s central attractions, the mansion maintains a serene distance to ensure guests feel comfortably secluded.

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Other notable attractions nearby include royal mausoleums, Dong Ba market, Thien Mu Pagoda, Thuan An beach, Alba Thanh Tan Hot Springs, Lang Co beach and Bach Ma National Park. The hotel is also a short walk from great local restaurants and bars.

Standout feature, besides the ambiance and preserved Art Deco style, is the award-winning luxury relaxation experience at Le Spa features a steam room, herbal sauna, jacuzzi and seven treatment rooms. The Swedish Massage in particular is superb, a true display of the resident masseuses’ skills. In fact, the service in general easily exceeds international standards. The team at La Residence Hue consists of educated, highly professional staff, both locals and international expatriates, dedicated to provide complete customer satisfaction. Staff go out of their way to make guest experiences memorable.

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On the culinary side, Le Parfum Restaurant provides style and substance with not only respectable fine dining options for Vietnamese and French dishes, but also the unforgettable experiences. These include an Imperial Dinner, which allows guests to dine at the historic sites of Hue; a Dinner Cruise on one of Hue’s signature dragon boats; a Governor's Colonial Dinner - a poolside fine dining experience with views of the Perfume River; and other highlight experiences including a great cooking class, a historic culinary tour and more.

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Facilities are top notch. The 30-meter saltwater pool is immaculate and highly pleasant to swim in.

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Those who want to get some work done will find few places better than the hotel’s business center- Le Bibliotheque, available 24 hours with free Wi-Fi and computers for use. Books, board games, DVDs and travel guides are also available. Upon request, printing, scanning and photocopying are available if requested.


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Christmas with the Philharmonie and the OPL

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Because the Philharmonie’s concert hall must remain empty, they are offering music lovers an array of free holiday programming. You’ll find many options to enjoy holiday music from the streaming of the annual Christmas Concert to a family concert of the perennial favourite the Nutcracker . You’ll also be able to enjoy the chamber-music version of the “Chrëschtkaraoke”. The Philharmonie invites everyone to participate in a musical holiday season!

Usually the Philharmonie fills up just before Christmas when the traditional «Chrëschtconcert» marks the beginning of the holidays – given the current hygiene regulations, this became quite a challenge for conductor Pierre Cao and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL).

Together with the Pueri Cantores directed by Pierre Nimax junior and the Choeur de Chambre du Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, a new concept and safe concept had to be developed, since choral singing is out of the question in this moment.

So after the orchestra recordings were complete, the choristers had the opportunity to record their voice at home on video. Thus, the «Virtual Choir» was born. The results will be available on the Facebook and YouTube channels of the Philharmonie from December 23 at 7pm!

OPL Brass Bus with the Fondation EME- Bringing music to places it doesn’t usually reach!

For more than ten years, the Fondation EME has been working actively towards that goal, and especially during the current situation, it remains true to it. Aboard the OPL Brass Bus, a small brass ensemble will deliver holiday cheer in the form of an atmospheric open-air concert from the open upper deck of the bus, particularly for hospitals and senior citizen’s residencies in the city on Saturday.

Chrëschtkaraoke – Singing with the Entire Family

For many people, singing together makes advent and yuletide such a special time. Therefore, the OPL musicians have been recording several classic Christmas carols during the past weeks, offering them in several languages on the familiar channels as sing-along karaoke versions.

You can find the entire playlist here!

For the Young Audience

The series «Kids’ Phil» offers not only advent stories, but also interactive videos for children to join in. These feature well-known faces such as the storytellers Betsy Dentzer and Julie Kieffer, but also the OPL and Luxembourgish guest musicians, such as Anik Schwall and Viktor Kraus. Bob Minette shows how to build a miniature drum set in no time at home.  Find the links here!

Nutcrackers for Schools and Families

The story of The Nutcracker, set to music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, will be told in a version for a young audience aged six and up, narrated by the German KiKa presenter Juri Tetzlaff.

As early as December 18, the concert will be streamed live for elementary school children via the YouTube channel of the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth.

On Monday, December 21, at 5:30pm there will be a stream open to everyone, which remains available for two weeks online.

After a short break, the new concert year begins on January 8 with a streamed New Year’s Concert conducted by Leopold Hager.

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Just recently, Governor Gavin Newsom stated his intention to sign an executive order granting a reprieve to all 737 death row inmates in California—home to the largest death row population in the Western Hemisphere. This is especially staggering as it is twice the size of Florida’s, the next largest population.

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It should be noted, however, that nobody has been executed in California for over a decade, whereas in Texas—which has the third-largest death row population—there have been over 100 executions in the same period of time. In fact, more California death row inmates have committed suicide than have been executed since the state reinstated capital punishment in 1978.

Gov. Newsom’s stance on the death penalty is by no means unique or new. In fact, other governors have instituted moratoriums for many years. In 2014, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee froze the implementation of the death penalty, and this decision was reinforced in a 2018 Washington Supreme Court ruling that judged the punishment as “arbitrary” and “racially biased.”

This language was very similar to language Justice Stephen Breyer used in his 2015 Boyer v. Davis dissent (citing back to Glossip v. Gross, in which he wrote another dissenting opinion). In that dissent, Justice Breyer wrote that California’s administration of the death penalty, specifically, embodies three foundational flaws in the sentence’s implementation: “(1) serious unreliability, (2) arbitrariness in application, and (3) unconscionably long delays that undermine the death penalty’s penological purpose.”

The “unconscionably long delays” are well-known to California death row inmates. In 2006, for instance, a California man named Clarence Ray Allen was put to death after serving thirty-three years on death row. This also took place after Allen had suffered a heart attack in 2005 and been diagnosed with advanced type 2 diabetes. Regardless of whether one believes in the inherent justifiability of the death penalty, it is abundantly clear that this at the very least calls into question the argument that the death penalty is used to kill those who are “dangers to society.”

Still, Gov. Newsom’s executive order is a positive step, and his comments are encouraging. In his statement, he described the death penalty as “a failure,” and acknowledged that it “has discriminated against defendants who are mentally ill, black and brown, or can’t afford expensive legal representation.” Furthermore, other politicians have stated their intention to put another repeal measure on the 2020 ballot. We will have to wait until then to see if California voters agree with their governor’s recently voiced sentiments.

(To clarify: a reprieve does not mean that the sentences have been lifted, only that executions are on hold as long as Gov. Newsom holds office. A future governor would still be able to reinstate capital punishment. Pardons or commutations require approval from the state Supreme Court.)

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Coverage of mass shootings threatens public safety. Let’s fix it.

America has entered a new age of mass shootings. Every few weeks—or hours, in the case of El Paso and Dayton—a young man with a gun commits an atrocity. And every time it happens, news media are there to relentlessly cover the aftermath. Each new detail—a killer’s name, a photograph—becomes a prize in the frenzied effort to obtain and confirm the next.

We do this, in part, because it’s our job. The public wants to know what happened and why. They want to know more about the person capable of carrying out such a heinous act. As journalists, we try to meet our audiences’ needs for information. And with competition for attention so intense, we’re reluctant to forego even the smallest developments in a big, breaking story.

But our approach also stems from the fact that the news industry hasn’t seriously reckoned with its responsibility to cover mass shootings with the discretion they require. If we don’t change that soon, we risk further contributing to the uniquely American crisis of mass killings.

ICYMI: How to cover the vast, scattered population of gun violence survivors

Research increasingly tells us that our coverage of mass shootings has implications for public health. Shooters crave attention and infamy; several modern killers have idolized and sought out information about those who came before them. One murderer mailed videos and documents to a national news station, knowing that the materials would be publicized. Another kept a spreadsheet in which he compared body counts from previous high-profile shootings.

Coverage that puts killers in the spotlight makes an implicit promise to those on the edge of committing mass violence. Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who has studied the contagion effect of mass shootings, puts it like this: “Many of these at-risk individuals recognize that murdering large numbers of men, women, or children will guarantee them fame. They believe their names and faces will adorn newspapers, television, magazines, and the internet—and unfortunately, they are right.”

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News outlets are aware of the hazards involved. On Twitter and in op-eds, at conferences and over after-work drinks, journalists acknowledge that we can do better. Some high-profile members of the industry, such as Anderson Cooper, have been persuaded by the evidence and refuse to name mass shooters or show their images. Many more writers, editors, and producers make the same decisions out of the spotlight every day. But for comprehensive, institutional change to occur, America’s major news organizations must publicly acknowledge that there is a problem and pledge to correct it.

The Trace, in partnership with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, is committed to finding a way to keep the public informed about mass shootings without compromising public safety. Over the coming months, our coalition will work with researchers and media professionals who study the phenomenon of mass-shooting contagion to paint a fuller picture of the problem. Along with news organizations across the country, we will develop a set of guidelines for responsible reporting on mass shooters and their motives. Once we release those guidelines, we will urge news organizations to publicly ratify them, formalizing a set of industry best practices.

At this stage, it’s premature to spell out what such guidelines will look like. But we want to be transparent about what we’re thinking. We expect that the process may steer us to a set of recommendations that will advise against naming perpetrators except in rare circumstances. The same goes for the publication of photographs, videos, and audio of shooters, as well as any materials produced by them. In the end, we expect our ask to be simple: Media organizations ought to stop and consider in the post-mass shooting news rush what their stories should focus on, and bear in mind whom those stories serve. The idea isn’t to stifle coverage, but to ensure that as an industry we are being responsible in the work that we produce under extreme circumstances.

Versions of this project have been tried before. There have been efforts to reform media coverage of mass shootings, driven largely by law enforcement and survivor groups. Their voices are important; still, journalists are best positioned to arrive at reforms that balance our missions with the public good. Our obligation to cover mass shootings and their perpetrators thoroughly must also reduce the contagion risk and mitigate the harm we may be inflicting. In our profession, we measure success by the impact our work has on the world, whether in attitude or policy changes. Our work should not contribute to the country’s accelerating scourge of mass killings, driven by young men with firearms seeking fame and recognition.

If you or your newsroom would like to join the project, please be in touch here.

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Miles Kohrman and Katherine Reed are the authors. Miles Kohrman is the special projects editor at The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in the US. Katherine Reed is a professor of practice in the Missouri School of Journalism, where she teaches a course on covering trauma, and is an editor at the Columbia Missourian.


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Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad

After starting yesterday’s post with a little bit of karma it seemed the whole day was full of it.

It wasn’t too far away but far enough for it to be annoying. I’m talking about the distance between my car and the trolley return bay.

There was an older gentleman waiting for my  car park. He got out of his car and offered to take my trolley back for me. It was so sweet. Thank you kind man.

What I also forgot to mention yesterday was that on Friday I took Will’s watch to be fixed. I left it with the lovely man at Mister Minit (Toombul) and after a whiz around the shops it was fixed. The best part was he charged me nothing.

Will had been quoted $30 by someone in the city. It seems we were re-payed for the stolen Woolies voucher after all. Thank you kind man at Mister Minit.

I often read a few articles on Mamamia while I’m eating my lunch and yesterday I came across 21 pictures that will restore your faith in humanity. If those guys don’t deserve good karma then no one does. I challenge you to read it without a tear in your eye.

Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad

My faith in humanity has been temporarily restored.

Our lovely friends invited us to lunch last Sunday and I was asked to bring salad. I’m not much of a salad eater or maker, I much prefer vegetables, so I compromised with a vegetable salad.

It’s light and healthy and had a nice zesty dressing which puts it in the salad family (in my books). You could use green beans instead of broccolini, or a combination of the two. The best part is, it only takes about 10 minutes to throw together.

The ingredients

You don’t need much to throw together this salad.

Ready for blanching

Prepare the broccolini by cutting off the tough ends and separating out any big stalks into smaller sections then put them in a colander.

Hot hot hot

There’s an easy cheat’s way to blanch vegetables and you know if an easy way exists I’ll take it. My method is to put the veges in a colander (make sure it’s heat-resistant) then pour boiling water on them until they are a vibrant green.

It helps that my kitchen tap is so hot it can turn veges bright green in no time.

Once they’re the right colour and have the right degree of crunch, run them under cold water to stop them cooking any further.

The other method is to put the veges in a dish and cover them with boiling water. When they’re ready, transfer them to another dish full of cold water and ice.

Step one

Lay the broccolini out on a serving platter. You don’t have to be quite so precise about the presentation. I got a little bit OCD with making it look pretty on the platter.

Step two

Scatter the crumbled feta over the top. It doesn’t really matter what type of feta you use. I used a marinated feta from Barambah Organics. If you haven’t tried it before I highly recommend it.

Step three and four

Make up the dressing by whisking the lemon juice, olive oil, honey, salt and pepper together. The amount of salt and pepper you use is up to you.

Scatter the roasted pecans over the top of the salad and then dress it up with the dressing.

Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad

Serve it with a nice piece of steak (or whatever you like!). Enjoy!

So what about you? Have you witness or been the recipient of any random acts of kindness recently?

Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad

Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad

Broccolini, feta and roasted pecan salad

  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp honey
  • salt & pepper
  • 2 bunches broccolini
  • 2 tbsp crushed, roasted pecans
  • 2 tbsp crumbled feta

  1. Chop the ends of the broccolini stalks off and separate them into small pieces.
  2. Put the broccolini in a colander and run it under hot water until it turns a vibrant green. Run it under cold water to stop it cooking.
  3. Drain the broccolini and arrange it on a serving platter.
  4. Scatter the feta and roasted pecans over the top.
  5. Make the dressing by whisking the lemon juice, olive oil, honey, salt and pepper together (use as much salt and pepper as you like).
  6. Drizzle the dressing over the salad.

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Jonathan Shore, MD graduated from the University of Cape Town Medical school 1968. After 4 years of hospital practice which included surgery, pulmonary medicine and psychiatry he embarked on a search for a system of healing based on a deeper understanding of the meaning of health.

Determined to establish an opinion based upon experience (not just hearsay) of the claims of the numerous methods of alternative healing, he spent a decade of intensive study of many disciplines, including Acupuncture (Taiwan, Hong Kong and 4 years as senior student to Andrew KT Ming in Los Angeles ), Tai-Chi Chuan, Shiatsu and Swedish massage, Integration-Breathing Therapy and Corrective Exercises (certified practitioner), Human Potential Movement (about 1000 hours group therapy both as participant and leader), Jungian psychology (personal analysis ), Gestalt therapy, Bioenergetics, Rolfing, Radiesthesia ( Psionic Technique, England 1975), Iridology, Herbal Medicine, Psychic Diagnosis ( Jack Schwartz ), Bach Flower remedies, and Color Therapy.

Towards the end of this time period he was appointed to the post of Clinical and Executive Director of the Wholistic Health and Nutrition Institute in Mill Valley California. This Institute, founded in the mid 1970’s was the first of its kind in the United States.

The result of all this investigation was the selection of Homeopathic Medicine as the superior therapy in the treatment of chronic illness, be it physical or emotional. Since 1982 he has been in the full time practice of homeopathy in the San Francisco area, both in private practice and at the Hahnemann Clinic of which he was one of the initiating planners.

Intensively involved in teaching since 1983 Dr. Shore is recognized as a significant influence on a worldwide scale. In addition to a position as core faculty at the Hahnemann College of Homeopathy he has lectured in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Romania, Scotland, Spain, South Africa and Switzerland. In 1992 he was awarded Membership of the Faculty of Homeopathy, England.

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Clearview Communications - Corporate crisis action plan

A risk analysis process can help CEOs avoid a crisis

Could a corporate crisis put your business out of business, or cause a major financial setback?

If it’s not managed effectively, the answer is clearly “yes.” As a CEO, that fact might be one of the concerns that keeps you awake at night. The chances are good you won’t even see the crisis coming unless you take steps now to assess your vulnerabilities.  Where are the soft spots, the areas most likely to generate a corporate, product or organizational crisis? Just how vulnerable are you? The only way to answer those questions is to roll up your sleeves and start digging.

Job One For the CEO

Appoint action teams from top management to conduct an exhaustive, company-wide vulnerability audit. Personally hold the teams accountable to provide solutions and action plans that will eliminate weaknesses and minimize the effects of a crisis. Then, start building your crisis management plan. The crisis management plan is a blueprint for how you will react to, manage, survive and emerge from a corporate, organizational or product crisis.

In the first step, the risk analysis, where do the teams start?  In most businesses and organizations, the areas of operation in which vulnerability to a crisis is most severe are:

  1. Human resources
  2. Business practices
  3. Building and plant
  4. Information technology

Here’s a look at all four areas, complete with some suggestions and some questions for which the action teams had better find answers. It is a foregone conclusion that you will identify other questions and discover other areas of vulnerability within your organization, but these points provide you with a strong start.

This team will:

  • Develop an emergency chain of notification procedure for key personnel. How are you going to reach people in a crisis? Provide for regular updates to the list and assign responsibility to get it done.
  • Develop a solution for ensuring that all employee contact information and their emergency contacts are kept up to date, with copies stored off site somewhere.
  • Develop a method for keeping a daily record of employee travel and itineraries, including flight numbers, destination, and arrival and departure times.
  • Determine if your company is legally vulnerable to a challenge to its hiring practices. Are you meeting standards for inclusion regarding race, gender, disability and age? Is a class action suit in your future?
  • Develop a plan of action for employee health and safety emergencies on site, such as a bad fall, food choking, heart attack or seizure. Who would call 911, or who would administer first aid?
  • What about workplace violence? Are your managers close enough with their employees to be able to spot signs of domestic trouble at home – or outright abuse? Is an angry spouse or significant other likely to suddenly appear at the workplace to do harm?
  • Do you, as the CEO, and your key managers practice management by walking around (MBWA), or are they invisible to staff? Informal, impromptu employee meetings with the boss at the water cooler or on the loading dock are great pressure relievers, and can give top management a real sense of the emotional health of the workforce.
  • Is there a formal employee complaint procedure, or, at least, an employee advisory committee that receives, assesses and acts upon employee concerns and issues?
  • What about termination policies? Is it likely that a terminated employee could make cyber treats or return to do harm? Is there a written termination policy that provides for a formal exit interview?
  • List other areas of vulnerability you can think of.

This team will:

  • Create an easily accessed roster of emergency response agencies, service providers and vendors to be available at the switchboard or manager’s office; provide a plan for quarterly updates.
  • Identify areas of your operation that are likely targets of internal or external sabotage and provide a plan that outlines the actions needed to alleviate those threats.
  • Review current procedures for off site storage of server backups and determine if this procedure sufficiently meets security needs. Can crucial work be lost in a server crash? Of course.
  • Develop an emergency exit procedure and schedule drills for fire, workplace violence, toxic substance release, and other building emergencies.
  • Would an extended power outage put you out of business?
  • When is the last time you conducted a fire hazard walk-through? Have you ever looked for overloaded electrical outlets in employee cubicles, proximity of combustibles to heat sources, frayed wiring and aging break room appliances?
  • Develop a response plan for an onsite chemical leak or toxic spill.
  • Now, list other areas of vulnerability you can think of.

This team will:

  • Develop a plan of action for the continuation of business in the event that you and your top executives are deceased together in an auto accident or plane crash. Is it unpleasant? Yes. But it does happen.
  • Develop a succession plan in the event of your extended absence because of illness or other factors.
  • Examine the strengths and weaknesses of your relationships with your key publics. How close are you to your media, vendors, suppliers, health inspectors, clients, law enforcement, elected officials, industry leaders, customers and other key stakeholders and influencers? Provide an ongoing action plan to strengthen areas of weakness. Outside relationships must be kept strong. Relationships with key stakeholders and regulators are the keys to survival during and after a crisis.
  • Develop a company policy requiring all staff with client/vendor responsibility to provide their contacts with all locator information and alternate contact information so the staff member can be accessible always.
  • If you are a public company, are you on good terms with the analysts and media covering your business?
  • Are your auditing procedures sufficient enough to uncover evidence of embezzlement or lapses in business ethics before they reach severe status? Do you have a code of corporate behavior/governance?
  • Is your board independent, and is it made up of outside directors?
  • Do you have multiple vendors or suppliers for unique components critical to the continuation of your key elements of business, or, do you rely primarily on one supplier or vendor. How is the financial health of your key suppliers and vendors; what about their labor relations?
  • Do your key executives experience media spokesperson training at least once annually? They should.
  • What safeguards exist against product tampering, and are they tested regularly?
  • Would you as the CEO be informed immediately of a cyber attack or hacking event, product tampering or fraudulent use or application of the company’s products, services or intellectual capital? Are you kept in the dark about field operations?
  • Other areas of vulnerability you can list?

This team will:

  • Conduct penetration testing to determine paths of least resistance for hackers and cyber thieves.
  • Review access permissions both for internal and external personnel (vendors, suppliers, providers, offsite staff).
  • Examine personnel and external

Composed of CEO, VPs for corporate communications, human resources, legal and a top manager from every operating unit, the Plan Oversight and Development Team:

  • Merges the plans from the three action teams into one comprehensive crisis management plan; identifies other areas of high importance and requests action from the appropriate team.
  • Develops a crisis management and crisis communications plan, often in conjunction with outside counsel from experienced crisis managers.
  • Manages accountability and implementation timeline.
  • Ensures monthly updates of the crisis management plan.
  • Conducts regular drills to test plan effectiveness.

Implementation Timeline: 60 Days

  • Week 1-4: Team meetings to discover vulnerabilities and provide solutions/answers/action items. Significant interaction with external consultants/experts.
  • Week 5: Group presentations to Plan Oversight Team.
  • Week 6: Plan Oversight Team meets to review plans; suggests revisions.
  • Week 7: Plans revised by action teams and external consultants/experts.
  • Week 9: Oversight team meets, reviews and adopts action team plans, creates final crisis management plan for the business.
  • Follow up and updates: Ongoing for the life of the plan.
  • Crisis drills and simulations held semi-annually.

CEOs: A Word of Caution

CEOs who cannot plan to be 110 percent supportive of this process and take part in it fully risk wasting their time and the time of their key personnel because the process will fail without you. Time after time, crisis management planning procedures have been launched with good intentions all around, only to be derailed by a lack of genuine support from the top. Don’t start the process unless you intend to be fully involved throughout all phases, and then play a major role in managing the plan going forward.

Andrew Bowen, APR

Andrew Bowen (Accredited in Public Relations) is one of the most seasoned, experienced and trusted PR professionals in the nation. Bowen has four decades of experience in the communications industry as a newspaper reporter and editor, political press secretary, government public information officer, advertising/public relations agency executive, author, crisis communications counselor, executive media interview coach, and firm owner.

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The Thames Barrier is the world’s largest movable flood barrier. It spans 520 metres (a third of a mile) across the Thames at Woolwich, South East London, where it protects Britain’s capital city from tidal flooding. It comprises four 61 metre and two 31 metre rising sector and four 31 metre falling radial gates with operating machinery. Cleveland Bridge supplied and erected the fabricated steel gates and installed the mechanical and hydraulic operating machinery.

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  • Strong Recovery for Whom? Trends in Dayton, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Exemplify Growing Earnings Gaps between Minority and White Workers Present in Many US Regions

    Layisha Bailey Emily Garr Pacetti

    The gap in earnings between the typical white and minority worker grew in these two metro areas more than any other metro area during a 10-year period encompassing both the Great Recession and subsequent recovery. The reasons for the growing gap differ, reflecting divergent trends existent across the country. Read More

  • Opioids and the Labor Market

    Dionissi Aliprantis Kyle Fee Mark E Schweitzer

    This paper studies the relationship between local opioid prescription rates and labor market outcomes for prime-age men and women between 2006 and 2016. We estimate the relationship at the most disaggregated level feasible in the American Community Survey in order to provide estimates that include rural areas that have, in some cases, seen particularly high prescription rates. Given the limited time period, it is particularly important to account for geographic variation in both short-term and long-term economic conditions. We estimate three panel models to control for evolving local economic conditions: a diﬀerence-in-diﬀerences specification, a specification with specific controls for economic conditions, and a model that focuses on a comparison group of place with similar performance in 2000. These modelling approaches find a range of statistically significant and economically substantial results for both prime-age men and women. For example, we find that a 10 percent higher local prescription rate is associated with a decrease in the prime-age labor force participation rate of between 0.15 and 0.47 percentage points for men and between 0.15 and 0.19 percentage points for women, depending on the control strategy. We also estimate effects for narrower demographic groups and find substantially larger estimates for some groups, notably for white and minority men with less than a BA. We also present evidence on reverse causality. We show that a short-term unemployment shock did not increase the share of people misusing prescription opioids and that prescription levels vary substantially within quintiles of longer-term labor market performance. Our estimates are generally robust to estimation within those quintiles of 2000 labor market performance. These results argue against theories of reverse causation that rely on prescriptions rates being higher in labor markets that were already weaker. Read More

  • Affirmative Action and Racial Segregation

    Peter L Hinrichs

    Prior research suggests that statewide affirmative action bans reduce minority enrollment at selective colleges while leaving overall minority college enrollment unchanged. However, the effect of these bans on across-college racial segregation has not yet been estimated. This effect is theoretically ambiguous due to a U-shaped relationship across colleges between minority enrollment and college selectivity. This paper uses variation in the timing of affirmative action bans across states to estimate their effects on racial segregation as measured by standard exposure and dissimilarity indexes, finding that affirmative action bans have increased segregation across colleges in some cases but reduced it in others. In particular, early affirmative action bans in states with highly selective public universities appear to be associated with less segregation, whereas more recent affirmative action bans appear to be associated with more segregation. Read More

  • The Dynamics of the Racial Wealth Gap

    Dionissi Aliprantis Daniel R Carroll Eric R Young

    We reconcile the large and persistent racial wealth gap with the smaller racial earnings gap, using a general equilibrium heterogeneous-agents model that matches racial differences in earnings, wealth, bequests, and returns to savings. Given initial racial wealth inequality in 1962, our model attributes the slow convergence of the racial wealth gap primarily to earnings, with much smaller roles for bequests or returns to savings. Cross-sectional regressions of wealth on earnings using simulated data produce the same racial gap documented in the literature. One-time wealth transfers have only transitory effects unless they address the racial earnings gap. Read More

  • Proposed Solutions for Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

    Adiah Bailey

    How can we minimize the barriers that trap people in the cycle of poverty? The answer, at least in part, is a combination of providing access to resources and transportation. Read More

  • Looking beyond Data to Understand Economic Mobility

    Lucas Misera

    When living on the “wrong” side of a road can make a world of a difference, the proactive and hyper-local work of community development practitioners is essential for sparking change. Read More

  • Excess Persistence in Employment of Disadvantaged Workers

    Bruce Fallick Pawel Krolikowski

    We examine persistence in employment-to-population ratios in excess of that implied by persistence in aggregate labor market conditions, among less-educated individuals using state-level data for the United States. Dynamic panel regressions and local projections indicate a moderate degree of excess persistence, which dissipates within three years. We find no significant asymmetry between the excess persistence of high vs. low employment rates. The cumulative effect of excess persistence in the business cycle surrounding the 2001 recession was mildly positive, while the effect in the cycle surrounding the 2008-09 recession was decidedly negative. Simulations suggest that the lasting employment benefits of temporarily running a “high-pressure” economy are small. Read More

  • Firms, Skills, and Wage Inequality

    Roberto Pinheiro Murat Tasci

    We present a model with search frictions and heterogeneous agents that allows us to decompose the overall increase in US wage inequality in the last 30 years into its within- and between-firm and skill components. We calibrate the model to evaluate how much of the overall rise in wage inequality and its components is explained by different channels. Output distribution per firm-skill pair more than accounts for the observed increase over this period. Parametric identification implies that the worker-specific component is responsible for 85 percent of this, compared to 15 percent that is attributable to firm-level productivity shifts. Read More

  • What Is Behind the Persistence of the Racial Wealth Gap?

    Dionissi Aliprantis Daniel R Carroll

    Most studies of the persistent gap in wealth between whites and blacks have investigated the large gap in income earned by the two groups. Those studies generally concluded that the wealth gap was “too big” to be explained by differences in income. We study the issue using a different approach, capturing the dynamics of wealth accumulation over time. We find that the income gap is the primary driver behind the wealth gap and that it is large enough to explain the persistent difference in wealth accumulation. The key policy implication of our work is that policies designed to speed the closing of the racial wealth gap would do well to focus on closing the racial income gap. Read More

  • The Unintended Consequences of Employer Credit Check Bans for Labor Markets

    Kristle Romero Cortes Andrew Glover Murat Tasci

    Over the last decade, 11 states have restricted employers’ access to the credit reports of job applicants. We document a significant decline in county-level vacancies after these laws were enacted: Job postings fall by 5.5 percent in affected occupations relative to exempt occupations in the same county and the same occupation nationwide. Cross-sectional heterogeneity in the estimated effects suggests that employers use credit reports as signals: Vacancies fall more in counties with a large share of subprime residents, while they fall less in occupations with other commonly available signals. Read More

  • Defining the Challenge: Promoting Economic Mobility and Resilience

    Layisha Bailey

    To promote economic mobility and resilience among the underserved, an organization must first decide how it defines these terms. The definitions played a prominent role at a recent community development conference. Read how. Read More

  • A Long Ride to Work: Job Access and the Potential Impact of Ride-Hailing in the Pittsburgh Area

    Brett Barkley Emily Garr Pacetti Layisha Bailey

    Whether measured by proximity or commute time, data show that for the average transit rider, jobs are increasingly out of reach. Cleveland Fed researchers explored one solution for improving job access. Here’s your ticket to ride. Read More

  • The Opioid Epidemic and Its Effects: A Perspective on What We Know from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

    Kyle Fee

    Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50. In the Fourth District states of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, opioid overdose deaths are occurring at rates that exceed the 2016 national average of 13.2 deaths per 100,000 people. Read More

  • Trouble finding workers? The answer may be transit.

    Emily Garr Pacetti

    In the latest entry in their Notes from the Field blog, the Community Development Department discusses job access—in this case, how people get to work. The problem is a persistent one for low-income workers across the country and was highlighted during a recent trip to Dayton, Ohio. Read More

  • Do Foreign-Born Workers Cause Native-Born Workers to Move or Leave the Labor Force?

    Roberto Pinheiro Allan Dizioli

    This Commentary discusses how the presence of foreign-born workers in a local labor market affects the decisions of native-born workers to leave the labor force or move to another state. We analyze short panels obtained through the Current Population Survey and find that, in the short run, less-educated native-born workers react to a larger stock of foreign-born workers by either moving to a different state or dropping out of the labor force. In terms of magnitude, the effect is small but not insignificant. Read More

  • What’s working to improve lives and business in eastern Kentucky? Plenty.

    Michelle Park Lazette

    We toured 5 places in a day and a half. Covered more than 100 miles in eastern Kentucky. At each of these places, people described the persistent challenges of life and the ways they are trying to surmount them. They know work remains to be done, but many have tasted success. Read More

  • Redistributive Fiscal Policies and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies

    Amanda Michaud Jacek Rothert

    Government expenditures are procyclical in emerging markets and counter-cyclical in developed economies. We show this pattern is driven by differences in social transfers. Read More

  • Mobility

    Daniel R Carroll Eric R Young

    This paper studies short-run wealth mobility in a heterogeneous agents, incomplete-markets model. We include features commonly used in the literature to capture wealth inequality and find that they do little to improve the model's performance for wealth mobility. Finally, we introduce state-contingent assets, which allow households to partially span the space of labor productivity. Moving toward a more "complete" market lowers wealth mobility unless the labor income process is very persistent. Read More

  • Broadband and High-speed Internet Access in the Fourth District

    Shruthi Arvind Kyle Fee

    This report documents the availability of high-speed internet access in the Fourth Federal Reserve District. While our analysis clearly shows there is limited broadband access in rural parts of the Fourth District, it shows that urban low- and moderate-income (LMI) areas also have limited access. Read More