The unemployment rate in 2012 at the end of president obama’s first term was about percent.

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The unemployment rate in October, 2012, stood at 7.8% -- with 325,000 jobs having been added that month.  By the end of Barak Obama's presidency, the unemployment rate in the nation had dropped to 4.8%.  Overall, during Obama's years in office, nearly 12 million jobs were added to the US economy.  (11,641,000 jobs, to be exact.)  Average weekly earnings for all workers were up 4.0 percent (after adjusting for inflation).  So there was significant economic recovery during the Obama years, but it took time to get that economic recovery going.  His first term in office was mostly just stabilizing the economy, and greater growth occurred during the second term.

the captain of a steam ship naturally chooses the shortest route to his destination. since a sailing ship is usually pushed by winds and currents, its captain must find a route where the wind will probably blow in the right direction. tacking, i.e. using contrary wind to pull (sic) the sails, was always possible but wasted time because of the zigzagging required, and this would significantly delay long voyages. the early european explorers were not only looking for new lands. they also had to discover the pattern of winds and currents that would carry them where they wanted to go. during the age of sail winds and currents determined trade routes and therefore influenced european imperialism and modern political geography. for an outline to the main wind systems see global wind patterns.

pilotage or cabotage, in one sense, is the art of sailing along the coast using known landmarks. navigation, in one sense, is the art of sailing long distances out of sight of land.[1] although the polynesians were able to sail the pacific (with great difficulty) and people regularly sailed north and south across the mediterranean, before the time of columbus nearly all sailing was coastal pilotage

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