text: Catnip Reviews Happy Cat: The Great Catnip Challenge by Sarah Lipoff 5/14/14 6 Reactions 77 Shares Print 2 6 20 49 0 I've got two cats that go nuts over catnip. One of them has even mastered the art of begging for it. The problem is they have become catnip snobs over the years. Certain blends are too this or too that, and I end up with piles of the dried green leaf all over my house. After spending top dollar on a small tin that put both kitties into a catnip coma of contentedness, I decided to give a few brands serious evaluations. From sprays to sheets of catnip paper to the basic herb, here's what happened when we put four catnips to the test at our house. What Is Catnip? What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Catnip is a perennial herb in the mint family. With big leaves and delicate purple flowers, the plant has a certain smell that drives cats bonkers. But what really takes kitties over the edge is the aromatic oil nepetalactone, which is a mild hallucinogen. And when it is inhaled, the result is happy cat behavior. Source: Flickr user ali graney 1 / 5 Planet Petco Natural Catnip What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Planet Petco Natural Catnip ($3) was a big hit with one of my kitties but didn't entice the other, who took one big sniff and turned tail. With no added chemicals, this catnip was a great value and sure made one of my cats happy. 2 / 5 Quaker Pet SuperCat Catnip Crumples What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 For only a few dollars, Quaker Pet SuperCat Catnip Crumples ($6) offer a big bang for the buck. With 40 catnip-scented sheets, the intoxicating smell is released when the papers are crumpled and played with. Both my cats loved these, resulting in excessive chewing. Although the crumples aren't harmful if ingested, I wasn't so excited about seeing those bits and pieces of well-loved paper regurgitated around my house. 3 / 5 Pet Organics Catnip Spray What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 This herbal spray contains catnip and essentials that can be spritzed on toys, cat scratchers, or kitty condos. Sadly, the Pet Organics Catnip Spray ($18) didn't do much for my kitties. Neither were enticed to play with toys that I sprayed or even venture near the bottle. And this spray isn't cheap, which didn't make it worth the investment. 4 / 5 Sojos Organic Catnip What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hand-harvested and carefully dried to preserve goodness, this catnip is guaranteed to induce crazy cat happiness. Sojos Organic Catnip ($6) is certified organic and induces a euphoric state for five to 15 minutes. This is the catnip of choice at our house, causing both our kitties to come running whenever someone shakes the can. Even when I put down two piles so both the kitties can indulge, one always ends up hogging it all. 6 / 5 2 6 20 49 0 Back to Homepage Comments Read More Pet AdviceCatnipCats Cats Pucker Up: Cute Pictures of Animals Kissing 8 hours ago 10 Cats That Don't Care About Your Bad Hair Day 1 day ago The Ultimate Collection of Silly Cat GIFs 2 days ago Set Up Your Own Puppy Cam in 6 Easy Steps 3 days ago Is There Anything Cuter Than Cats Dressed as Geek Characters? (No) 3 days ago Decoding the Mysterious Internet Cat Speak 1 week ago Pet Advice Hands-On Training: 5 Signals to Teach Your Dog 1 week ago Fresh Foods to Introduce Into Your Pet's Diet 3 weeks ago To the Rescue: Ease Firework Fear in Your Pet 3 weeks ago Pet-iquette For Your Pooch When Out and About 6/10 Pet Peeves: My Cat Won't Stop Meowing! 6/03 Ride On! Celebrate National Bike Week With Your Pup 5/12 Get a Personalized Living Newsletter! Help us customize your newsletter by selecting your interests (optional): Love & Sex Vegetarian DIY Home What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Reactions Link Love See how celebrities are reacting to the Bloom/Bieber fight — Us Weekly Chris Pratt is the sweetest, most sincere guy, and this is why — HuffPost Celebrity Which young sisters are partying with Chris Brown? — Gossip Girl The Toronto Film Festival creates a search party to find Bill Murray — Lainey Gossip You won't guess what Martha Stewart called Terry Richardson — Dlisted Find out Chris Pratt's superhero name for his wife — BuzzFeed Kelly Rowland accidentally announces the sex of her baby — JustJared It's no surprise this model looks hot in a bikini — Hollywood Tuna Tori Amos and her daughter release a music video together — Pink Is the New Blog Watch James France try to get Stephen Colbert to break character — The Superficial Source: Getty / Joe Scarnici


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A British artist has turned a 1988 Ford Fiesta into a Transformer.
The Daily Mail reports Hertain Patel, with help from his father, spent three months disassembling the car and reassembling it into something that's "more than meets the eye."
This robot doesn't stand. He squats. The rear wheels make up the legs and feet while the doors make up the arms.
Watch the video. Long-time fans of the cartoon will remember the music from the 1986 animated feature "Transformers: The Movie."

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SEATTLE, Wash. - One of the many questions being asked in the wake of Congress passing sweeping health care reform is whether there will be enough primary care physicians to handle the influx of newly-insured patients.
West Seattle Family Medicine Nurse Practioner Marty Couret has been working in the field for nine years. With the exception of a few things, Couret can do just about everything a primary doctor can. Some say with the passing of health care reform, we may be seeing more like him handling the influx of newly insured patients.
"I think that what we'll see is that we're going to see more of a flourishing of practitioner and physician assistants in health care. I they're a necessity. I think they're going to do a great job in providing primary care like they have been for 30 years," says Couret.
University of Washington Vice-Chair of Family Medicine Roger Rosenblatt believes nurse practitioners may become more in demand, but the shortage of primary medicine doctors may be taking a turn. Just this year, UW saw an increase in primary care students. The number went from 11 percent in 2007 to nearly 16 percent in 2009.
"And that's just with the promise of health reform," says Rosenblatt. "After what happened yesterday, we are going to see a dramatic increase."
Medical student Brett Toresdahl decided last year to switch to primary medicine.
"It is very exciting. I think this is certainly a big step in addressing something that's a big part of our community and country," said Toresdahl.
The doctor in training believes, at the end of the day, there will be less red tape and more of a focus on helping patients. It's what Dr. Jeff Brittin says he got in the profession for.
"I may be able to see more patients that have some kind of health insurance. They can get in to see me. They have more access. I mean they're sick. They need it," said Brittin.


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Originally published on Wed June 19, 2013 10:14 am
We'll let LeBron James do the talking. He said about the sixth game of the NBA finals between the Heat and Spurs:
"It's by far the best game I've ever been a part of."
"It's by far the best game I've ever been a part of."
And it certainly was a stunner: The Heat's Ray Allen hit a three-pointer with just 5.2 seconds on the clock to tie the game, denying the Spurs their fifth NBA title. The game went into overtime and remained airtight, but eventually the Heat prevailed 103 to 100.
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Originally published on Wed June 19, 2013 9:40 am
Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A Canadian man was a bit wilder than his country's reputation. Police say he was driving 112 miles per hour on a highway south of Black Diamond, Alberta. When they got a look at the man, they found he was 67 - possibly old enough to know better. But by the time the suspect got to court, he had his story straight.
Good morning, I'm David Greene with news from the College World Series. No, I didn't get stuck there. It's just this huge banner over the third-base dugout spelled the name of the tournament incorrectly. College had three Ls. Organizers of the tournament were embarrassed, especially because they had to hold off on fixing the problem until there was a break in play. Some had an idea about what that extra L stood for, because both teams who used that third-base dugout lost.
Originally published on Wed June 19, 2013 10:17 am
In the hours following an announcement by the Taliban and the United States saying they were ready to begin peace talks, we received reminders of just how tenuous that situation is: On Tuesday night the Taliban said they fired two rockets near Bagram airbase in Kabul. The International Security Assistance Force said four service members were killed by "an indirect fire attack."
The president's administration has plenty to occupy it here at home. The director of the National Security Agency was on Capitol Hill yesterday, defending the surveillance program that's received so much attention in recent in recent days. General Keith Alexander told the House Intelligence Committee that the NSA programs in question have stopped dozens of terrorist attacks, here and abroad. Here's NPR's Ailsa Chang.
When Barack Obama became president and offered his hand to Iran, that country's elites reacted skeptically. Many said he was a new face, but still represented Iran's great enemy. Now, Iran will have a new face, winner of last week's presidential election, Hassan Rohani. He says he wants better relations with the outside world, so it's America's turn to wonder just how much Rohani could really change in Iran's confrontation with the U.S. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on the evidence so far.
It sure looked like the NBA season was coming to an end last night. World champions San Antonio Spurs - no, not so fast. The Miami Heat were not ready to give in. After a thrilling, improbable comeback, the Heat are still alive, pushing their NBA final series with the Spurs to the brink; a decisive Game 7 tomorrow.
Last night, the Heat were down by five points with just over 20 seconds remaining. They came back, forced overtime - and won. Final score: 103-to-100. One of the people in the crowd was NPR's Mike Pesca.
Some of the magic at Disney was always that you could pick a theme park - any theme park - and the price for a day pass would be the same. Well, no more. This month for the first time, Disney began charging more for a day in Magic Kingdom in Orlando than for its other parks.
Matthew Peddie, from member station WMFE, explains why.
MATTHEW PEDDIE, BYLINE: A one-day pass to the Magic Kingdom now costs $95 - compared to $90 for entrance to its other parks: Epcot, Animal Kingdom or Hollywood Studios.
Netflix offers children's programs which can be screened on computers or TVs. And it says streaming of those programs goes up over the summer, about 30 percent. It's not hard to figure out why - school's out. Screens are on. This month we're focusing on media for kids, and our media critic Eric Deggans says that Netflix - as well as its rival, Prime Instant Video from Amazon - are both trying to capture a big and growing market.
In Milwaukee, cartoon characters dressed up like various sausages race at each Brewers' game; in Washington, five of our beloved presidents do their own bratwurst ramble. But the character I want to appear at every baseball game –– and at a couple of other sports, too, is ...
... the crocodile from Peter Pan who swallowed a clock and shadows a terrified Capt. Hook.


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UNION – Services for Thomas A. Leach will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs. Charles Davis and Thomas Fortenberry will officiate. Burial will be in Erin Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Mr. Thomas A. Leach, 90, of Little Rock, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at Laird Hospital in Union. He was employed as a brick mason, beginning in 1948. Mr. Leach attended Duffee Baptist Church. He was a deacon for many years.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, JoAnn Leach of Little Rock; son, Alton Leach and wife, Judy, of Little Rock; daughter, Marilyn Fike and husband, Keith, of Meridian; two grandsons, David Leach and Caleb Leach; and a granddaughter, Emily Skinner.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, David Leach.
Pallbearers will be Edward Leach, Jerry Leach, Eddie Bradley, Joe Freeman, Justin Freeman and Jason Freeman.
Visitation will be Monday, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m., at the funeral home.


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WG Preview: Lady Pirate Intercollegiate
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WILMINGTON, North Carolina - The UNCW women's golf team will tee it up for the first time in the Tar Heel State this season as it takes part in the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate this week at the Greenville Country Club in Greenville, N.C.
The 54-hole, five-count-four event begins Monday at 8:30 a.m. with 36 holes on the par-72, 6,004-yard layout of the Greenville Country Club. Final round action is scheduled to begin Tuesday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring for all three rounds will be available and can be accessed by clicking on the link at the top of the page.
The Seahawks are one of 20 teams that will be competing in the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate as Augusta State, Boston College, Brown, Coastal Carolina, Elon, Georgia State, High Point, Longwood, Marshall, Maryland, UNC Greensboro, Old Dominion, Radford, Samford, Southern Mississippi, Western Carolina, William & Mary and Yale.
Senior Danielle Lamy, juniors Lori Beth Adams, Laverry Kumar, Jeanne Metivier and freshman Johanna Bjoerk will be in the lineup for Head Coach Cindy Ho at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate. Sophomore Mallory Warrick will compete in the tournament as an individual entry.
Kumar, who finished tied for second at last year's edition of the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate, leads the team with a 74.50 stroke average. Adams is second with a 74.85 clip while Bjoerk is third with a 75.25 stroke average.
UNCW closes out the fall portion of its 2012-13 schedule with The Landfall Tradition. The 11th edition of the annual event will take place Oct. 26-28 on the Country Club of Landfall's Jack Nickalus Course.


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I want to explain how things work, not what you should believe.
Since I started this blog in April 2011, I have criticized President Obama on a number of occasions. In summary, his administration has come up far short of where they should be in terms of job creation. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever that unemployment should not now be 5 or 6% rather than the 8% at which we have hovered for the last year. He should have done much, much better.
This should not be taken, however, as an endorsement of the Romney/Ryan ticket. Far from it, the very errors made by Obama are embraced by the Republican ticket at the path to recovery. Those who understand the manner in which the economy operates are rightly terrified at the prospect of their election.
Economic contractions, even the Great Recession, occur due to a decline in aggregate demand (Why do Recessions Happen? A Practical Guide to the Business Cycle). Yet, while the federal government has the ability to correct this, Obama has not followed through sufficiently. Government spending creates public and private sector jobs and is the primary (though not sole) means by which we can restore economic prosperity (The Big Danger In Cutting The Deficit). When the federal government spends in deficit, this logically creates private sector surpluses (Why the Private Sector NEEDS the Government to Spend Money). That means rising profits and income. But reducing government spending does the opposite and is the functional equivalent of raising taxes. Who on earth would think this to be a reasonable policy in the midst of the second-worst economic downturn in history? And yet, Obama stated in the 2011 State of the Union Address:
But now that the worst of the recession is over, we have to confront the fact that our government spends more than it takes in. That is not sustainable. Every day, families sacrifice to live within their means. They deserve a government that does the same.
Not only is it news to most Americans that the worst is over, but the federal government is not budget constrained. We are NOT borrowing money from China to finance public-sector spending (debt to China is 100% a function of the trade deficit, meaning we'd have as much debt to them even if the budget had been in surplus) and there is no amount of debt that would force us to default (It Is Impossible For The US To Default). Obama is dead wrong. What Americans really deserve is a government that does its job properly by injecting demand into a sagging economy and thereby creating jobs, income, and output.
Still, despite this, Obama seems to at least grasp the fact that the problem we face at the moment is not too much government, but insufficient demand. What handicaps him is the lack of a proper understanding of the effect of the national debt on future growth (something that appears to have been encouraged by his Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner). On the other hand, Romney and Ryan not only want to reduce spending, but they think it's the problem in the first place (Romney and Ryan's Disastrous Economic Plan). In particular, they believe that the government is crowding out private industry by its mere size and via an increase in regulations and taxes. Unfortunately for their hypothesis, not only are we are at the end of a thirty-year period of deregulation and falling taxes, but the private sector already has plenty of idle workers and capacity. There is no need to shrink the government to make room. Their view also begs the question, was there a sudden surge in taxation, regulation, or the size of the government under President Bush that brought on the recession? No. We do not now need to "fix" those things that never happened to recover.
And so, despite my disappointment with Obama's economic policies, his problem has been that he's been unwilling to press the appropriate policies far enough. What he has done has been akin to someone taking their ten-day supply of penicillin for only five days because they started to feel better. Not only might they not get much better, there is an excellent chance they could relapse. Still, what they were doing originally was reasonable. But, the problem with the economics of Romney and Ryan is much deeper. They believe that the disease was actually caused by the antibiotic, even though that's impossible since the disease predated it. If elected, they would not only follow Obama's lead in trying to reduce the size of the deficit and debt, but they would do so with gusto and with the intention of undoing what has been done so far. As they laid off government workers, they would lower private-sector sales even further and cause additional reductions in employment. Where do Romney and Ryan think firemen, police officers, public school teachers, Marines, seamen, soldiers, etc., shop??? And why would they suddenly get jobs in the private sector when the latter just experienced an additional fall in sales? The fact is, they wouldn't, and unemployment would start rising rapidly. Under the economic policies of Romney and Ryan, we'd soon look back on 8% unemployment with nostalgia.
Obama hasn't done his job well. But, the very reasons Obama's economic policies have fallen short are the reasons Romney's would be an absolute disaster.
Remember US, a person would have to be dumb to vote for a candidate who openly lies to everyone over and over.
Romney Flip-Flop Pinocchio will sell the manufacturing jobs back to to China, we will "change back" to Bush era. OBAMA created more manufacturing jobs than any other in the past 20 years!!!
It took 8 years of Republicans government for us to get close to pre-depression, and Obama couldn't fix it in only 3 1/2 years…Romney will make – again- easier for China sht to enter the country to compete with US goods, and we will see more job losses, as with Rep. Bush governm! He will cut duties on the borders, and will also cut taxes on billionaires
You obviously haven't payed any attention to what is happening with China and manufacturing recently. China is moving away from being a major producer and has began to turn into a consumer economy, this is why we have been, and will continue to, receive less manufactured goods from there.
I've seen the complaint that Obama did not go far enough with his economic policies many times. This piece mentions it yet again, however it makes no mention of the limits to how far he could go given the political reality of a "just say no" Congress. Why no mention of this when assessing Obama's economic performance? Given how averse so many in Congress were to spending so much money, why not an acknowledgment that he somehow managed to get an $800 billion stimulus package against all odds?
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Seriously!? What the hell kind of news title is this? What the hell kind of article is this!!
WE ARE IN A DISASTEROUS POLICY ECONOMY!!! We have gone from "bad" to DISASTEROUS in 4 LOOOONG years!!!
To call Romney's NON economy, since he's NOT PRESIDENT, a disaster is irresponsible, irrational and insane. Apparently this writer has not read and if so is too stupid to understand economic policies which spur pro growth!!!
The level of ignorance and irresponsible reporting, if that's what this is, is completely illogical.
try reading the article before commenting
Out with the Obama's failed policies It's Really time for a change I'm not a Romney fan but at least he can do a better job than this president. Our Government has let us down in so many ways it's truly sad I feel sorry for my children and Grand children to be strapped with the debt our government has created. We the people do not spend and waste like our government that can't go Bankrupt
you didnt read any of the article did you, it is pretty obvious. if you did then you didnt comprehend any of it.
David… did you read Aaron's post you idiot?
Aaron's post is hardly persuasive; nor is calling other people idiots. Got a better argument?
Accusing someone of not reading an article is "idiotic" especially online therefore I am calling it as I see it… and David is an idiot for making such a conclusion.
Additionally, if Aaron's isn't good enough, read the rest of the very good posts whom ALSO disagree before you fall into the "idiot" category.
This is a very Keynesian approach to the current economic situation, an approach which the Obama administration proves is not a valid one. In the short term, the government may be able to affect aggregate demand, but in the long term, private sector jobs are crowded out if government spending remains unchecked. This administration has poured trillions of dollars into the economy, but has not seen a return because, as you said, there is no demand for what they are creating.
That's the beauty of a free market. Only businesses who innovate and create things that the economy needs will survive. Small businesses should be freed from the burden of heavy taxes and government regulations, and our innovations and creations should come from them, not from the federal government.
I believe as a nation we are smarter than what you're proposing. We understand that we eventually have to pay for government debt through higher taxes, and as a result, we put money away to prepare for those days. Romney has been a champion of small business and can cut the fat out of government spending, giving money back to small businesses to build aggregate demand. Obama's policies have done nothing of the sort.
To use your terminology, what makes you think we're living in the long run yet? As the author points out, we are still under-employed, under-capacity-utilized, under-demanded in this economy. The concept of "crowding out" is irrelevant when you've got empty rooms to begin with.
In such times, the proper role of government is to prime the pump, to get things moving.
With long term interest rates at an all-time low, our infrastructure crumbling, and not enough demand for the private sector to pull itself up by its own bootstraps, what we need is more government spending, not less. Yet the GOP is peddling the very snake-oil that got us here.
I have no idea why you think "the Obama administration proves the Keynesian approach wrong." Ask yourself where we'd be if, four years ago, we had continued to shrink government expenditures, laid off even more people, and cut back even more on investment.
We needed more, not less, expenditures; and as Michael Fortes comments above, let's not forget who the enemies of that spending were – the GOP.
"It in the long term, private sector jobs are crowded out if government spending remains unchecked. "
Actually, Keynes (and John Harvey) would agree. At full employment you have to make the either/or choices you lose the and/both options.
What you're missing though is that there is no reason to think the private sector without any contributions from the public sector will solve the un-empoyment problem. Even the private sector produces less than it could because they don't have the customers to justify hiring more.
Professor Harvey writes about USA today with its fiat dollar freely floating on foreign exchange markets. It is a first class article and should be read by all economists, the President, Congress, the Fed and all the Americans.
You concerns are valid for gold standard monetary system which was abandoned long time ago. It's not your fault as the first real macroeconomics textbook will be issued next year.
One more thing – "free market" doesn't exist and has never existed. There are only competitive markets.
You're looking at this problem from a classical viewpoint which has a great number of assumptions that are just too narrow and unrealistic. It has been shown empirically that there is hardly any connection (at least here in Canada) that Government Spending creates any actual crowding out effect (reduction in government spending.) nor does the idea of Ricardian equivalence (where it claims that people will know they have to pay back the debt by a tax increase so they'll just store the money somewhere waiting for the tax increase to happen) as strong as being claimed.
True competitive market can only be possible with one very important assumption: perfect information – both sides know exactly what's going on. This does not exist, have not existed and will not exist which create room for useful government intervention. I do not claim to know what these "useful" government intervention is but shrinking government and "leave room" for the market may not be the best answer.
Demand is infinite. A man on the street can't demand a lot as he doesn't supply a lot. Bill gates can demand a lot because he supplies the world with software and computing devices. Supply and Demand are irrevocably linked.
To demand more one must supply more.
I think you have supply and demand backwards. A man on the street's demand is whatever he is willing to pay for a product or service. If people are out shopping, there is demand. If they stay home, there is no demand.
Bill Gates (before he retired to charitable efforts) is the supply. His company can supply products like Windows 8 for people to buy. Cutting his taxes won't do anything to make more people come out and buy more computers or phones running Windows.
Also, income is a factor of demand as well. A lower income means more is put into basic needs for goods and services. A person with a higher income has more money to save and invest, and thus create wealth. Less is needed for goods and services. So while a wealthier person could create more demand by spending more, she may create less demand as a percentage of income.
Savings and investments are borrowed by business to operate and expand. Expansion allows the business to higher more employees. So, the process of producing wealth could lead to more supply. But, only if people are buying. If you stock the shelves and open the doors, your business doesn't make an income. Then you have to pay the bank and investors for using their money. How do you maximize your income and minimize expenses?
If there is a high demand, you can expand indefinitely. If demand is too low, you have to cut back or close. You could borrow more to branch into other areas, but that means competing on someone else's turf or striking out into uncertain territory. Either choice promotes risk and increases opportunities to cut back or close. In this kind of economy that is harder for some to justify. This results in a lot of businesses playing it safe and not expanding.
So, if there aren't enough people spending money, how would you propose getting businesses to take bigger risks?
If the Keynesian spending approach works so well, then why is Europe in such poor shape? Until an individual truly undertands how wealth and enconomic growth are generated, neither of which come from government, they will never truly hold an economic viewpoint that will stand on its own.
OK, you can "try to explain how things work"as you say….but you won't always succeed. Agreed?
My view as a small business owner is twofold:
1. I will not invest in capital equipment and additional jobs until I can hear words coming from a President that I can understand. I cannot understand Obama. All I hear is "nanny speak" which concerns me.
2. At the beginning of the sht hitting the fan, in Obamas first 12 months, he ignored the financial bloodshed, and went on and on about his health care plan, as though it was the most pressing issue of that moment. 10,000 pages of who knows what.
MY PLAN (yes, I know how the economy works, how fiat money from the privately owned FED does harm to OUR free enterprise system and the REAL numbers of unemployment and inflation….. which YOU don't, and the political propaganda necessary to keep the entire mess swept under the rug………so, HERE IT IS:
LET our private enterprise system get back in balance by someone who knows how to communicate to American enterprise, (not Obama) This person needs to keep his hands 'lightly on the wheel, we are NOT STUPID' like politicians. We are highly educated and motivated business owners with over a Trillion dollars sitting on the side waiting to invest in our companies.
That will create demand and jobs and………growth. I have 'been there/done that' in the 3 previous recessions with my companies. Yes private enterprise works when it's not modified by 'power-blind' corrupt politicos. Give it a chance again with a person who has moral character.
It's not complicated. It takes a little education and transparency on the facts… and some time to achieve 'lift-off'. We should be nearing liftoff, but 4 years were wasted.
Obama is waaaaay too polarizing to accomplish this task, no matter how 'great' he is.
The money injected into the banking system sits waiting for the 'fear factor' of Obama to diminish. Just try to get a loan for $5 Million capital improvements these days. Ha.
Are you insane!? This author of this article has absolutely no understanding whatsoever of economics.
And yes I did read the whole article! Honestly I was waiting for the punch line all the way to the end.
To address just a couple of the most glaring falsehoods:
1. Exactly what portion of the populase do you think the government employs? The idea that reducing how much the gov't spends is going to result in even a noticeable drop in sales on a state let alone national level is patently absurd. The further implication that the government can do a better job of spurring growth than letting people keep that money and spend it as they see fit is flat out insulting.
2. You propose that the government spend us out of this recession without borrowing from a foreign gov't. I will concede that owing China is political scare tactic (they only hold like 9% of our debt that actually falls to 3% when you exclude bonds they have bought because a US treasury bond is by far the safest investment you can make bar none.) Granting that the only way to pay for your proposal is either:
A. Print more money a LOT MORE MONEY (I assume you are aware of a thing called inflation?) Of course when you have devalued our currency enough we would export a lot more products. You'd have to take wheelbarrow full of $100 bills to get groceries, or sneak into Mexico to get a job that pays you in money worth more than the paper it's printed on!
B. Borrow from/drain with no hope of repayment the social security fund. Politicians for years have done this for all manner of government expendatures. At some point the well will run dry then we will be left with Jo money for seniors, the economy will be in far worse shape than now, and you will be on here claiming the reason everything isn't perfect is because we haven't turned over control of all private enterprises to the federal government yet!!
Where do you think the gov't gets the money that it squanders? Every $1 dollar the government produces for the economy it costs the economy $4.25. The only thing this or any other government can do to "stimulate the economy" is get the hell out of the way.
I am a small business owner. My company works in the financial services sector, Dodd Frank has made it impossible for me to hire anyone because I can't afford to pay to either fly them across the country or pay for a trainer to fly here for freaking compliance training. Now if I didn't have to spend an ungodly amount of time, money and effort to keep my day to day operations compliant that might not be an issue!
I realize this is all wasted effort my only hope is that maybe I can prevent someone whom this is their very first exposure to economics from taking any of the positions proposed in this article seriously.
Mr. Hoskins, before saying that a professor of economics "has absolutely no understanding whatsoever of economics," you might want to do a little reading up yourself.
You suggest that the only way for the government to pay for large programs is to print more money (which you argue causes inflation), or to raid the social security trust fund. NOT. First of all, the government has been spending a lot more money lately – where's your hyperinflation which you argue should have been out of control?
If indeed we're printing money like crazy and courting the disaster of inflation – then how come 30-year Treasury rates are below 3%? Have you and the GOP been granted Google Goggles that allow you and only you to foresee hyperinflation? Funny, I thought markets were supposed to be pretty good at discounting future inflation.
Second, the social security fund is not in serious danger at this point; Medicare, on the other hand, is. But more importantly, the government doesn't "borrow from social security," it sells notes, bought by people like your brethren in financial services. Why do you think long-term US Treasury rates are so low? Because the world views US government obligations as about the safest port in an international storm.
You seem to suggest that the only reason you aren't hiring more people is onerous requirements imposed by Dodd Frank, rather than some fundamental lack of demand. If so, you're also disagreeing with the majority of economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal last year, who said, "The main reason U.S. companies are reluctant to step up hiring is scant demand, rather than uncertainty over government policies." (WSJ 7/18/11). Perhaps the WSJ survey was invalid because they didn't include you?
As far as compliance, need I point out that your industry basically ripped the guts out of this economy by going hog wild when we actually DID cut back on regulation. We've seen what you can do without regulation, and no thanks, let's not try it again. Dodd Frank is what you got by behaving the way you did.
Completely agree. Keynes and centrally planned governments must be drastically shrunk.
Charles Green with respect as you have this academic arrogance as a Keynesian omniscient, please can you direct me to a link which pre-dates the crash where you predicted that the housing bubble was going to pop. Or do you maybe have a book published I can read?
If not, please research: Jim Rogers, Peter Schiff, Robert Murphy, Marc Faber who accurately warned of the impending crash and vehemently repudiate keynes.
Through this post, you manage to capture what is often utterly incorrect about the academic perspective. The portion of your post that points out that a majority of economists stipulated that the reason employers were not hiring was simply because of a fundamental lack of demand. This is wrong for a host of reasons. First of all, when you want to truly understand why many employers are not hiring, ask the majority of entrepreneurs and businessmen and not a bunch of academics. I could proabably find more than a handful of economists out there who would agree the financial collapse was the result of global warming. Obviously, I am being facetious, but I think you get the point. Secondly, if you think that the uncertain and punitive tax and regulatory climate in this country doesn't have anything to do with employment, then I suggest you go back business school. Our corporate tax rate puts our employers at a competitive disadvantage on the global stage of the industrialized world irrespective of loopholes and deductions that they rightfully take advantage. Third, if you are going to argue that a fundamental lack of demand is simply the problem of our economic woes, I suggest you look somewhere other than government for a solution b/c there has never been a government throughout history that can manufacture demand for something that is not artificial. However, I agree that a lack of demand does in fact exist, but where I depart from your logic is that it can created through government. Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.
Chevy Volt anyone!?
Haha my point exactly PoliTecs. The entire green energy initiative acutely and irrefutably demonstrates how the government is incapable of creating demand.
If you don't mind me asking PoliTecs, what is your background b/c I would assume it is probably something other than academia?
"Economic contractions, even the Great Recession, occur due to a decline in aggregate demand "
Correction (per your link):
Economic contractions, even the Great Recession, occur due to an assumed reduction of future expected demand.
Firms stop building new factories; and a recession occurs. Why were they unwilling to take the risk of a new factory in an uncertain environment? Perhaps because government policy is unsettled? And that's Obama's fault. The new, complex, and unclear health care requirement. And his inability to work with Congress.
Answerable question – what has a bigger impact on jobs?
Government spending? Or a solid government plan?
Obviously, depends on the amount of government spending; and the possible fluctuation in government plan.
With large government spending to GDP – an increase is less important than a clear public plan. With small spending – a clear plan is less useful than a big increase in spending.
Which scenario are we in now? I honestly don't know, and would need more data.
Mcamiolo, you are right to add "an assumed reduction of future expected demand." But I would suggest there are better explanations of a reduction in future expectations than uncertainty about healthcare, regulatory markets, etc.
Specifically: massive reduction in asset prices. People's pension plans, stock portfolios and real estate holdings collapsed. That is surely bound to make someone cautious about investing in the future! Mortgages that went unpaid, margin calls, underwater home mortgages. Those are the things that drove down the expectations of low future economic activity.
They very quickly resulted in declining demand, lowered home sales, lowered construction, credit card defaults, layoffs, and a decline in GNP. That's certainly why I pulled back in my business – that and the simple fact that order flow dried up.
When will my business expand? As soon as i get more orders coming in! And when orders do start coming in, any fool competitor that waits to find out something more definitive about health care can eat my dust.
How is it different in your business? This whole mythology of uncertainty as a driver of disinvestment is very unpersuasive. Most people I know who claim it will back down the minute they get a real customer prospect in front of them, and they're not likely to invest until they do. But it seems they'll keep on blaming Obama somehow.
Supply and Demand 101. I don't care if "business" pays zero tax but their demand problem is a far greater problem for them than their tax rate ever will be. Suggested reading: The Age of Deleveraging by Gary Shilling.
So, which way do we starve? Do we take the slash and crash approach of R&R or do we take the Obama/Biden balloon approach? Do we go with the Politicans or the Professors? To me, it's pretty simple, when serious questions are asked, politicans respond with no valid answer or a cliche, Professors have answers or supportable projections. Why the hell woud anyone want to get information of any consequence from a politican?
I agree with Professor Harvey with an added modification. No one seems to give much thought to looking closely at recessions to see what worked in recovery. I know I have just assaulted Professor Harvey, in a manner of speaking. Hopefully the Professor will forgive my ignorant assertion, historians usually give much more attention to what went wrong. I'll cut to the chase, what was right about the response, not just policy, but actions taken, in the recovery from the 1990-1991 recession?
The reason I point to that occurrence is it was handled well, resolved fairly quickly and cost the taxpayer much less than the usual. If something breaks, say your leg, and you want it to be fixed so it will function like new. What you do is go to a professional who will properly set your leg, stabilize it with a cast and give you some pain medication until the swelling goes down and the healing starts. The current recovery, if viewed in this manner, would have occurred 1.5-2 years ago if proper attention had been given to the housing and mortgage markets immediately. Now that probably means the government would have to assume control of bad loans via something like the RTC. Despite all the balderdash about the banks and the need to save them, the housing sector was, is and will continue to be the economic activity anchor dragging everything down.
The recessions since the 1970s have all been market sector driven and have become more focused on single sectors of our economy. The last three have been very specific. 1990-1991 was due mostly to real-estate, both commercial and family, but had some other elements involved, a crashed oil boom and very dubious investments. Deregulation in the form of DIDMCA 1980 made most of it possible.
The recession of 1999-2002(?) was caused by runaway investment in Silicon Valley and the Internet in general. Look at the GDP numbers for that period. The drop in output in the software market sector accounted for the majority of the lost output. This time it is even more pronounced if one looks at the GDP numbers from 2005 until now. Guess what, unemployment follows right along? Now, the response to the 1999-2002 recession was a large stimulus in the form of a tax cut. Recovery was tepid at best until the housing and mortgage were unfettered from any regulation or oversight in 2005.
Final point, the 865 billion was spread all over the place as a general stimulation. The economy became stable or stagnant with businesses making profits and there was a quick return to growth, weak as it has been. Housing has been the only sector with no growth for years. It is just now starting to stabilize and recover. This recovery will occur as the housing market recovers. Why don't we just fix what broke. It works and it's much less costly.
Yet another poor keynesian synopsis. When will keynesian economists scrutinize their model for its inherent flaws. Once you debunk the inherent flaws in the model it is axiomatic that the suggested policy actions contingent on the model would appear evident. The key word is Aggregate Demand. There is a shortage of AD in a recession thus government must spend spend spend 'multiplier' spend spend. Remember the government only has what it takes from the private sector. Interest rates are so low so lets do it, and if they rise? During the housing bubble: Housing prices will never fall, they will always go up! sound familiar? Investigate your assumptions.
During the housing bubble fueled by cheap money, the Greenspan put, Americans used their homes as ATM machines extracting cash against the rising equity in the homes from the banks. This pseudo-demand entered the economy and entrepreneurs responded to this false signal by setting up enterprises (shopping centers, car dealerships, retail etc etc). ALL OF THAT DEMAND SHOULD NEVER HAVE EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. It was all based on a false, borrow and spend paradigm. Thus the deficit in the AD is natural and the market must be let to purge those malinvestments from the economy so that factors of production can be combined and utilized in more efficient productive manners.
And the most ignorant comment was that it is impossible for America to default ultimately because the US has a printing press. If the US prints 16 trillion, yeah sure you get your money back but by that time the value of the fiat currency is already so debased that if you can't buy anything with the money you got back that is EXACTLY the same as a default.
Just remember Keynes was just having a laugh when he wrote the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
Several assumptions made in your post are off.
1) No one is arguing for unlimited government spending. Higher government spending during times when the private sector is not creating enough jobs to lower unemployment in the short term is very different than growing government forever.
2) You argue that we must do nothing to let everything bottom out. Thus accepting long term unemployment, slow growth and human suffering as the norm for decades to come, all for seemingly ideological reasons. Yes, the business cycle normally handles booms and busts well on its own, but the great recession (trillions in wealth destroyed) was not a normal bust.
3) In regards to federal debt, you ignore the fact that we have a debt base monetary system. All money in existence is created via debt issuance.
a. When a bank makes a loan, they issue bank credit, not funds in their vault. They do this via double entry accounting, increasing their assets and liabilities by the amount of the loan; this in fact increases the money supply. When a loan is paid back, that money is "destroyed" or removed from the money supply.
b. A growing economy needs a growing money supply or we face deflation. Thus, any growth of the economy needs a growth in public / private sector (or foreign) debt.
c. Thus, the fear of default of a monetary sovereign country is falsely placed. Federal Debt is required in our current monetary system.
So the real argument then is, how much government should we have? Should the government help people? Should the government, being the issuer of our fiat currency, use their power to help alleviate human suffering and create wealth (dams, bridges, research ect)?
Honest and possibly dumb question: If the government can print as much money as it wants, why are federal taxes necessary at all?
The author claims to be educating us on how economics works but after reading this editorial, he himself appears to be the one in need of the education. I would agree that on the surface it would appear that government has the ability to create jobs. After all, we all know someone who works for the government whether it be city, state, or federal, but creating jobs is different than creating wealth in fact the more jobs govt. creates the less wealth we have. Government can only spend what it first takes from the private sector. Therefore, government by its definition of how it acquires its resources, is inefficient. The author argues that we need more government spending to create more jobs in order to get us out of this recession and Obama just didn't spend enough. So where is government getting the money to create more jobs? There are two ways government acquires resources, it can either tax its citizens or print more money. The problem is that the federal government could tax every citizen at 100 percent and still not fund the current budget let alone pay down the deficit and if printing more money was the path to prosperity then Poland would be the richest country in the world. I don't claim to have the solution but repeating anything that this author says is the solution is part of the problem.
Mr. Corder, Mr. Lewis and Nanonut, a reply to all of you – the government's power to borrow is unlimited, despite the foolishness of setting a national debt limit. Keynes choice was between paying folks to sit home or pay them to do something useful like build a needed bridge.
When folks talk about going broke or bankrupt or whatever that says we couldn't or wouldn't pay something due, I have to ask where does that idea come from? Yes countries default on debt payments but it's not always because they spent too much. Who is going to present debts for payment that we can't pay? The Chinese and Japanese don't have enough to do it. Can't sell new debt to replace old? Well it's the most desirable debt in the world. It's always paid on time at the appropriate amount.
I think the problem is you are trying to view a macro-economic situation from a micro-economic perspective and that's often what gets us in trouble one way or another. The Fed is tasked with keeping the government solvent by purchasing any unsold debt the Treasury issues. Families don't have anyone to do that. There has never been a refusal to purchase Treasury issues by the Fed although there was talk about it during Reagan's first term.
I'll admit if you find yourself unable to modify your view of the economy to understand what differences exist between economic activity at the level of transactions occurring in markets between people and businesses and other people and businesses and the types of transactions, activities and policies enforced at the nation/state level above the markets level.
Bottom line is, everything has limitations and frivilous spending for nothing will result in problems, but a reduction in spending not related to fraud or abuse is not the way to do it. The EU's current problems are not a roadmap of what is going to happen to us. They would be much better off to take a less stressful approach with more emphasis on the establishment of good governence in each country with agreement on taxes, productivity and public support based on improvements in those areas. Austerity is simply a downward spiral into an economic and government collapse.
I've been hearing this stuff about deficits and debt and national bankruptcy since I was a kid, which was a few years ago. We've not come close to any economic collapse or monetary collapse or anything like that despite all the warnings. The Japanese were taking us over in the 1980s. That was a very difficult economic time with not only economic forces, but also international political activity and budget deficits that supposedly resulted in a warning from the Fed to the White House to slow the spending or the Fed might not purchase any unsold Treasuries at the next auction.
I've been fairly aware of economic ups and downs for at least 55 years and have heard all the bull about what's good policy and what isn't and I've observed the actions taken and the results. I grew up with pretty conservative financial training and and what might be a too strong set of ethics for business and financial dealings. I was a hard money believer and was constantly sorely distressed that my country couldn't balance its budget or payoff at least some of what it owed. Through the 1970s, I strived to understand what was going on, but was somewhat limited by my military service. I was always conservative in my economic views until the early 1980s when I went to work for the Fed and got a real education.
The author is a Professor of Economics and I'll listen to him any day before I'll listen to a politician or some study by a "Fellow" of some "Institute". Sorry, too much.
It seems like many people view a government defict as comparable to a business that continuously operates at a loss (eventually that business will fail). I work in the banking industry, and to me a government deficit is closer to a bank that grows its balance sheet by taking on deposits (Treasury Securities). Obviously, this is something that is standard for the industry, and certainly doesn't indicate that the institution is on the brink of failure. The "deposits" (liabilities) taken on by the government find there way onto the asset side of the balance sheet in the form of government spending. These "assets" (government jobs, investments, and even interest spending) through their impact to demand, produce economic activity in a similar way that bank loans produce cash flow from principle and interest. The main difference is that it is almost impossible for the government to realize losses due to the scope the asset side of the balance sheet (the entire economy). The worst case scenario is a less than optimal use of capital (Solyndra). But even in this case, there are not truly losses because the investment is still at work in the economy through the salaries paid to the company's employees, fees paid to contractors, etc. Just as we wouldn't expect a community bank to cease taking on new deposits when its market area has a huge lending demand (unemployment at 8%), we shouldn't expect the US Government to cease issuing Treasuries when our economy has so much need.
It is truly laughable when I hear passionate leftists talk about how conservative economic policies contribute to the outsourcing of jobs, especially with respect to the manufacturing sector. The reason this is utterly misguided logic is b/c they mistakenly believe that greedy capitalists enjoy exploiting cheap foreign labor to maximize profitability when in reality it simply just has to do with the current U.S. punitive tax and regulatory policy that forces employers to take such actions. The global financial disadvantage that U.S. employers have to endure b/c of corporate tax and regulatory policy is the underlying reason. This is not just economics 101, but business and common sense 101.
How about this CHUCK!
1. The fact you felt compelled to qualify your post with "being against the Obama policies" is red flag #1.
2. Then you get the unemployment numbers wrong… 8%!? Try 12 -15%! Even when you wrote this.
But the premise is ALL I need to read plus your moderate Republican panzy style opener totally disqualified your attack on what hands down, Romney policies are LIGHT YEARS ahead Obama policies!
So again, you moron, your post s a joke and you should be embarrassed but I'm sure you won't be cause all you clowns think your so damn smart.
Exactly Trey!
To answer your other question, I am an IT guy. I hold a Bachelors in Science for Information Technology and a Masters in IT Security. But those are not my credentials. My first degrees were:
- I got "the 1st degree" by a good father
- "The 2nd degree" by life
- "3rd degree" from the School of Hard Knocks
- A "God degree" by the use of common sense he afforded me
Is that qualification enogh to see right thru this blatantly obvious hit piece at the right?
Well thanks, that certainly answers my question PoliTecs as well as why you have a far more acute understanding of real world economics than most people. People that can see the world for how it is and not for how they would like it to be will remain miles ahead in any argument or discussion with an academic of any sort.
Maybe I am crazy here, but it seems to me a little difficult to create demand for anything when what money is available is going to Washington in the form of various taxes. Using the Government to create demand is the most inefficient way possible. Our economy is driven by jobs. Jobs expand the tax base, this increasing government revenue by default. Not only that, but jobs also reduce government spending by reducing the number of welfare and food stamp recipients. This guy is nothing more than another big government zealot trying to muddy the water. Where is common sense when you need it?
Call me clueless but since when did the government pay for consumer goods produced in China and sold in the US in the private sector? Apple electronics, appliances, TV's, cameras, recorders, you name it. These purchases from China do not go to our federal debt or deficit.
My suggestion is for the author to examine the cause of the recession/depression of 1920 and look at what the government did to get America back on track.
The lack of demand is nothing more than a symptom. The cause of the lack of demand is a lack of money. The reason there is a lack of money is a lack of jobs or under-paying jobs. The government can create work for a handful of Americans by re-paving roads and repairing the infrastructure but this all comes to an end at some point on a major scale. They are not jobs, they are nothing more than work.
I hear ya Rusty… but the fix to ALL this is three fold:
1. Abolish the 17th Amendment
2. Abolish the Fed
3. Abolish the current tax code and replace it with a flat sales tax; no personal income tax, no corporate tax (aka: double tax on the employee) and eliminate all other taxes like death tax etc.
Do this and everything else comes into alignment; education, pop-culture, etc. – we have prosperity till the earth dies.


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Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamal Charles said new quarterback Alex Smith is a "Super Bowl quarterback," according to NFL.com. Charles said Smith has a "great arm," and that he can "stay consistent."
On top of that, Charles said that Smith has been winning most all of his career, which isn't technically true. Smith's first few seasons in the league were marred by inconsistent coaching and a lack of weapons on offense. Prior to the start of the 2011 season, Smith was actually getting his "last chance" with the San Francisco 49ers.
Smith went on to put up 3,144 yards and 17 touchdowns against just five interceptions. That entrenched him as the starter heading into 2012 and he posted a stellar 70.2 completion percentage through 10 appearances. Unfortunately, Smith went down with an injury and Colin Kaepernick took over. The 49ers elected to stick with Kaepernick, leaving Smith to backup duties.
In other words, after resurrecting his career, Smith did nothing to lose his job per se, which is why the Chiefs paid so much to trade for him this offseason. If he can keep a steady completion percentage and protect the football, the Chiefs, who had the worst record in the league last season, should be able to take steps toward respectability.
Smith, 29, should still have plenty of good years left if his 2011 and 2012 seasons weren't flukes. Kaepernick was always going to take over for him in San Francisco. Charles is showing faith in Smith, who is the unquestioned starter in Kansas City. Still, even if Smith is a Super Bowl-caliber quarterback (he fell just short of making it there in 2011), the Chiefs have a lot of holes to fill to get Smith there.
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A growth in demand and decline in supply has made water the most valuable resource in Norman and perhaps even in the state. Legislators, city officials and scientists are working to create comprehensive plans to create water sustainability. Lake Thunderbird is a major water source for Norman and surrounding cities. Officials say if they don't find a solution soon, water may become a scarce resource.
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The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle recently said they will start charging readers for online content, joining big papers like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Some large papers have made it work because they offer a lot of unique content.
Originally published on Wed March 27, 2013 12:29 pm
By the time today's K-12 students grow up, the challenges posed by climate change are expected to be severe and sweeping. Now, for the first time, new nationwide science standards due out soon will recommend that U.S. public school students learn about the climatic shift taking place.
Mark McCaffrey of the National Center for Science Education says the lessons will fill a big gap.
This is from the Manager's Desk.
A lot has changed since KGOU became a public radio service in 1983. I joined KGOU as General Manager in 1988, so I've seen a lot of those changes.
Originally published on Wed March 27, 2013 12:15 pm
After weeks and months of public debate and speculation about the legal fate of same-sex marriage, the second round of arguments takes place at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Originally published on Wed March 27, 2013 4:58 pm
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act — the federal law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. And among those asking the justices to strike it down is a broad cross section of corporate America.
Nearly 300 companies have filed a brief arguing that the law — called DOMA for short — hits them where it counts: their bottom lines.
A state environmental group says Oklahoma lawmakers are wasting their time focusing on legislation intended to feed an extremist agenda. The Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club specifically targeted a bill by Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City dealing with an international takeover of Oklahoma the environmental organization says doesn't exist.
As oral arguments were beginning Tuesday in the first of two same-sex marriage cases inside the Supreme Court, the steps in front of the court were filled with throngs of what looked to be mostly gay-marriage supporters, spilling out in front of the building and to the other side of the street.
About a half hour earlier, a parade of traditional-marriage supporters had arrived, later headed to a rally on the National Mall.
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OTTUMWA — Cena Regina Stacey Songer, 62, of 932 Tuttle died at 1:10 p.m. May 8, 2013 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston.
Her body has been cremated. Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, Texas 75265-0309 or Mercy Hospice in Johnston, 5820 Winwood Drive, Johnston, Iowa 50131.
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One man's historic building is another's nightmarish living conditions. Listen to the audio to hear former MSP inmate Joshua Kezer talks about what it was like to be incarcerated for 10 years in one of the oldest prisons in the U.S.
The Missouri State Penitentiary is one of the oldest prisons in the country, but there are even older ones that survived both centuries of inmates and decades of decay. The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield and the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia are now fully operating tourist sites.
An update on the EEZ in Columbia. Plus, some say the situation at the old Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City is getting desperate.
The Missouri State Penitentiary closed in 2004 due to deteriorating conditions at the 150-year-old facility. KBIA's Samantha Sunne explains how this deterioration has continued into the prison's life as a Jefferson City tourist destination and historic landmark.
Agribusiness Development Team Five has returned home, after an 11-month tour in Afghanistan. The Missouri National Guard team was tasked with helping was improve agricultural practices in Afghanistan.
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CONNEAUT — A new approach to a multi-years effort to put housing on an empty golf course has apparently won the support of people who once were staunch opponents of the plan.
On Tuesday night, Conneaut's Planning Commission held a public hearing to discuss a project that would transform portions of the old Conneaut Shores Golf Course into new residential neighborhoods. The proposal, a partnership between BuildWorks of Conneaut and landowner James Farmakis, would put single-family houses on portions of the 70-plus acres at Lake and Whitney roads. Work would be spread over four phases that could take years to fully develop, said BuildWorks' Vincent Rose.
Past efforts to use the golf course for housing have relied on a rezoning change that worried neighbors and was resisted by City Council. This time around, developers are seeking to build as a planned unit development, an option contained in the city's zoning code.
Unlike a rezoning change, a PUD locks the developer into a concept that can't be arbitrarily changed without a whole new application process. The result is a project that contains no surprises to anger neighbors and city leaders.
"It won't grow," Rose said at the hearing. "We can reduce it, but it can't grow."
In the past, Farmakis sought the rezoning change to make the golf course more attractive to buyers. He had no intentions of developing the project himself, which worried neighbors. The PUD approach, with an actual developer who can provide drawings and maps, proved reassuring to many in the stand-room-only crowd.
Many voiced support for the project, among them Nicholas Iarocci, a neighbor who said he had opposed past attempts to rezone the land. This go-around is different, he said.
"Now we have developer who was born and raised here," Iarocci said. "Somebody who is committed to Conneaut. And we have a PUD. This is precisely what some of us have been asking for."
Richard Chicatelli, another neighbor who didn't like rezoning, has also warmed to the new approach.
"(The land) is going to stay zoned R-2 and it's lakefront development," he said. "Thank you for doing (the project) as a PUD."
Not everyone embraced the project. One woman worried the houses would be priced too cheaply, attracting "riff-raff." Others feared buyers would rent out their properties, while some people said the city already has plenty of vacant housing options.
The first phase of the project would put cottage-style houses along Lake Road with a starting price of $150,000, Rose said. At least three people have already expressed interest in those houses. The second phase would create a "village" of smaller houses off Whitney Road that offer maintenance-free living managed by a housing association. There has been plenty of interest in the bungalows, primarily from people who already live in town, said Tom Fix, BuildWorks' construction manager.
The houses will be marketed to people who live out of the area but enjoy Conneaut and Lake Erie.
BuildWorks will acquire land from Farmakis as houses are sold, the developers have said. If every available lot was sold, 125 houses would stand on the ex-golf course.
The Planning Commission will formally vote to relay the PUD application to council for its review. If council has no qualms, the application will be kicked back to the commission, which could then authorize BuildWorks to create the detailed drawings and blueprints the commission will study before giving its full and final blessing.


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To imagine what your corner of the West will be like in a warmer climate, consider how different plants and animals are at a lower elevation.
In Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in
the World's Highest Mountain Ranges, mountain
climber and physicist Mark Bowen follows researchers who are
finding clues to climate change in high-altitude tropical
The abandonment of the American Southwest by the Anasazi
700 years ago – and the destruction of New Orleans by
Hurricane Katrina today – show that all civilizations are
fragile, complex, and ultimately at the mercy of the
If you want to be driven crazy by the wind, try canoeing and camping on Montana's Marias River.
In the dog days of a hot summer, Allen Best wonders if air
conditioning is altogether a good thing.
Global warming spurs calls for new dams in the West
– but where will the water come from to fill them?
A Westerner becomes a reluctant connoisseur of the contrails that streak across the region's bright blue skies.
This winter's weird weather has everybody talking,
but nobody wants to tackle the big question: Is global warming
finally hitting the West?
Human beings can learn a lot from our wild animal cousins,
but we need to pay more attention to them — especially to the
ones we flatten on the highways
It's high time Arizona realized it's a desert,
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The Great Depression (Lost Words) : Have you ever wanted to see history unfold through the eyes of those who created it? Powerful and emotive, this book transports you back to the time of the Great Depression, and lets you experience the drama for yourself. Learn about the transition from boom to bust, and the men and women that helped the world get back on its feet again. Packed with first-hand accounts including interviews, official speeches, poems and letters, Lost Words lets you experience the past through the words of the people who helped make history.
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Georgina Tomkins is the Event Operations & Business Development Manager of the Henley Swim including events like the Henley Swim Classic.
Henley Swim Classic
The Henley Swim Classic, co-founded by Tom Kean and Jeremy Laming, is a celebration of mid-summer and is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims. It is a unique opportunity to swim one of the most famous and beautiful stretches of open water in the world, at what we believe is the most beautiful time of the day, dawn.
It is unique in that it is a straight line point-to-point swim and takes advantage of the 2.1 km boomed course of the Henley Royal Regatta in the early morning hours. The swim is like no other open water swim and the feeling of having done it before most people have woken up is satisfying.
Since the first swim in 2004, the event has gone from strength to strength, attracting open-water swimmers from around the globe. A key feature of the event is the fact that you arrive in darkness, and walk half a mile to the start into the sunrise. Once the safety briefing is completed getting into the inky black water at that time is a slightly surreal experience.


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Fall Concert - Members of the Symbiosis Ensemble
09/13/2013 7:00 pm
Symbiosis is a conductor-less ensemble made up of musicians based in the Greater Los Angeles area. Its performance is part of the St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series, endowed by Barbara and Paul Henkels.
Joel Pargman, violin
Alex Russell, violin
Grace Park, viola
Joo Lee, cello
with special guest, Stuart Clark, principal clarinettist, L.A. Opera
Mozart, String Quartet in C-major, K465
Haydn, String Quartet in D-major, opus 76 #5
Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A-major, K581
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LEWISBURG — Union County Treasurer Diana Weikel reminds all anglers that the new 2013 fishing licenses are on sale starting Dec. 3 at the Union County Treasurer's office.
Type of license/stamp, age, and cost: resident, 16-64, $22.70; resident senior (annual), 65 and up, $11.70; resident senior lifetime, 65 and up, $51.70; National Guard and Armed Forces Reserve (resident), $2.70; Prisoner of War (resident), $2.70; Prisoner of War (senior lifetime), $2.70; one-day resident, 16 and up, $11.70; non-resident, 16 and up, $52.70; one-day tourist, 16 and up, $26.70; three-day tourist, 16 and up, $26.70; seven-day tourist, 16 and up, $34.70; one-day resident, 16 and up, $11.70; trout/salmon permit, 16 and up, $9.70; Lake Erie permit, 16 and up, $9.70; combo trout/salmon and Lake Erie permit, 16 and up, $15.70
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LEWISBURG — Union County Treasurer Diana Weikel reminds all anglers that the new 2013 fishing licenses are on sale starting Dec. 3 at the Union County Treasurer's office.
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WEIKERT — An 86-year-old Weikert man died in a one-car accident Tuesday morning, when he lost control of his vehicle on Weikert Road in front of the Union County Sportsman's Club, veered off the road and slammed into a tree.Continued ...
Kick Start Your Heart at Herr Memorial Library
MIFFLINBURG — The Herr Memorial Library is hosting a Kick Start Your Heart event on Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. to noon for children of all ages and their caregivers.Continued ...
Church Stand Serving Homemade Dinners at Fair
MILLMONT — Once again, visitors to the Union County West End Fair in Laurelton, can enjoy home cooked, sit-down meals at the Christ's United Lutheran Church food stand.Continued ...
UCHS public auction sale
LEWISBURG — The Union County Historical Society will hold a public auction sale at 5 p.m. July 24 at the Dale/Engle/Walker House, 1471 Strawbridge Road, Lewisburg.Continued ...
PA No-Till Alliance Field Days
LEWISBURG — The PA No-Till Alliance is sponsoring a field day from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 29 at Criswell Acres, 6229 Col. John Kelly Road, Lewisburg.Continued ...
Nation's largest Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer donating 100,000 backpacks full of school supplies to school-aged children across the U.S.
LEWISBURG — Residents in Lewisburg are about to benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign.Continued ...
Dale/Engle/Walker House Closed July 13
LEWISBURG — The Dale/Engle/Walker House, 1471 Strawbridge Road, Lewisburg, will be closed on Sunday, July 13.Continued ...
Penns Creek Ecology Day
NEW BERLIN — A Penns Creek Ecology Day sponsored by the Lower Penns Creek Watershed Association will be held Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon and a second session from 1 to 4 p.m. at the New Berlin Commons pavilion on the creek.Continued ...
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One cannot have a website on Black Confederate Soldiers without recognizing the contributions of Mr. H. K. Edgerton. Setting aside any division between H. K. Edgerton and the NAACP, the best definition to describe Mr. Edgerton is Human Rights Defender. H. K. Edgerton has walked across this nation defending the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution through Confederate marches, rallies, Civil War re-enactments, state and local political gatherings as well as educational events.As an example, when you donate to PEN American Center and English PEN, you support the freedom to write across this world. Journalists are imprisoned in other countries for standing on the opposite side of particular governments. Our 21st Century United States officials and soldiers fight daily for the release of journalists from foreign prisons. However, we in America are building virtual prisons and walls. We ostracize others who disagree with our opinions. We set them aside and treat them like the medieval town jester. However, if we as a society would only pause, we can gain better understanding of each others opinions while protecting the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution.
During the War Between the States, the United States Flag and the national Confederate States of America Flag looked too similar for soldiers across the battlefield. Confederate soldiers were unintentionally emerging from the horizons into Union territory; as a result, Confederate soldiers were being killed because they could not distinguish the two flags from a distance. For our studentsin American football, we call this a touchback. Therefore, the Confederate Battle Flag was created and adopted for visual clarity. The moment one understands the origin of the Confederate Battle Flag, Mr. H. K. Edgerton arises as a Human Rights Defender. We in America have virtually imprisoned those who truly want to preserve the chronicles of Confederate States Army history. The number of people marching on Main Street displaying the Confederate Battle Flag is no longer in proportion with the number of people who display the Confederate Battle Flag at their homes. Some United States schools prohibit students from wearing Confederate Battle Flag emblems. Some citizens cannot fly the Confederate Battle Flag on their own property due to neighborhood homeowner association covenants. Here is the hypocrisy. Anti-Confederate groups denounce the Confederate Battle Flag but accept the national Confederate States of America Flag which displays gloriously across America. Is America losing her splendor?Again, to H. K. Edgerton, who defends daily the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution, and to our United States Arm Forces, who fight daily for global civil liberties, I am truly grateful.
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Best concert for me was January 18th, 2004 when they played Nassau Coliseum. Was right in the front of the stage. They played all my favorite songs (when crazy when Mike did Step Up, Its Goin Down and of course Nobody's Listening) but IMO its the best concert because Chester actually came down to the pit and was standing right in front of me singing. I honestly thought that I was going to be pulled under the crowd cause people were pushing like crazy. I had to grab onto Chester's arm so that I wouldn't get pulled under the crowd. Didn't realize that Chester has some muscles. (after the show I lost all of my LP CD collection....over $200 worth of CD's including imported singles and albums :( ) but that was the best concert I've been to.
Second best was the first time they went to MSG (2.21.08) awesome concert but the surprise at the end was the best. My friends' thought that the show was over but I refused to leave, they asked why and I told them that they close the show with "Bleed It Out" which they didn't do yet. So alot of the people were leaving and I told my friends just wait. The crowd rushed back in and then they surprised the crowd with Jay-Z and did Numb/Encore. My seats were shitty but that performance was the best
Last Year in Berlin! That was so great. One of the best concerts i have ever been to!
Since Live in Texas in 2003, last night, Rock in Rio 2012, in Lisboa, PORTUGAL! IT WAS FUCKING EPIC!
I see all the 6 concerts in portugal and i'm with tiago duarte that last was epic, in my opinion was the best... LP Rules \m/
Brasil 2004 and 2012 !
i think the iyunes festival 2011 was the greatest
Rock In Rio Lisboa 2012