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Karl Whelan, Contributor
I am an economist specialising in European macro issues.
Every so often, a moment comes along when you learn something important about how economies work. Thanks to the Euro area member states, we're about to get one of these moments. Next week, we're going to find out how people react when their bank deposits are at risk of being confiscated.
Faced with the prospect of having to lend €17 billion to Cyprus to bail out its banks, the Euro area member states had three choices: Lend all this money but have Cyprus default on its existing sovereign bonds, lend all the money on terms that make it clear you're not getting it back or lend less money and let the banks default on their obligations.
The Eurogroup chose the last option. Cyprus is introducing what the Eurogroup calls "an upfront one-off stability levy" on bank deposits (though I doubt those affected by it will be feeling too stable this weekend). The levy takes 6.75 percent of all deposits under €100,000 (people who were under the impression they were protected by a deposit guarantee scheme) and 9.9 percent of all deposits above €100,000.
Cypriot banks are closed on Monday for a scheduled holiday but we will find out on Tuesday whether people are willing to keep their money in bank accounts in a country that occasionally imposes "one-off stability levies" – most things that people claim are one-off aren't.
The more interesting question, however, is how will depositors react in the rest of the Eurozone. There will undoubtedly be promises that this is the only country in the euro area that will write down deposits but promises from European politicians don't mean much. They insisted for ages that a default in Greece was "not an option" but it happened and Cyprus's own finance minister dismissed the idea of a depositor haircut only a few days ago saying "Really and categorically – and this doesn't only apply in the case of Cyprus but for the world over and the euro zone there really couldn't be a more stupid idea." Well maybe but it's a stupid idea whose time has come.
How will depositors in Spain react next week? Everyone knows the Spanish banks are sitting on large unrealized losses and that, sooner or later, these banks will have to be dealt with. Now that people know that a depositor haircut is part of the European toolkit for dealing with banking problems, why would you sit around and wait for it to happen to you? This decision has the potential to trigger a full-scale bank run across the euro area and such an outcome could place in question the continued existence of the euro as a common currency.
However, we simply don't know whether depositors will react at all. Up to now, despite clear evidence that large corporations have tended to move their money out of crisis countries, we haven't seen much evidence of ordinary retail investors wanting to move their money out of bank accounts in Europe's periphery (though the Northern Rock incident in 2007 shows that this can happen).
Personally, I've been surprised at how many people have kept their money in retail bank accounts in Greece. You can also ask why people still had their money in Cypriot accounts this week even with newspaper headlines suggesting this levy was one of the options being considered.
So it may be that nothing happens because people believe the politicians about Cyprus being a one-off or else simply don't know enough to realize their money is at risk.
Still, the Cyprus deal is structured in way that is likely to maximize potential concerns elsewhere. As this option was being discussed in recent weeks, a common theme was that this levy shouldn't worry European depositors because Cyprus was a sui generis problem: Its banks were stuffed with deposits from Russian oligarchs of dubious moral repute and there was no question of ordinary depositors taking a hit.
But the decision to tax all deposits below €100,000 shows that ordinary Cypriots are going to be hit very hard by this plan. And the fact that Cyprus's small amount of bond creditors are being left untouched is likely to deepen the perception of unfairness. (You really have to wonder why they couldn't have implemented a plan that raised the same amount of money but exempted all deposits below some threshold amount, thus protecting people who don't have much wealth).
One way or another, next week will tell us a lot about the willingness of European retail depositors to keep calm and carry on in the face of worrying developments.
Even if we get through the next week without panic, my gut feeling is that this decision is a bad one and the Europeans should have chosen from the other two options on the table. Over the longer-term, I doubt if financial stability in the euro area (and the continued existence of the euro) is compatible with a policy framework that doesn't protect the savings of ordinary depositors.
The panic has already started. People are on the streets trying to take out money from ATMs but they are already dried up and the daily limit has been reduced to 200 euros from 500 euros. Plus all bank transfers are frozen until Tuesday. If that doesn't create additional panic, I don't know what will :)
Professor Whelan is one of the few economic pundits in the world worthy of respect. However, I suspect that he's wrong when he says that, "People often imagine economics is a bit like physics and that the economy is like a well-oiled machine that we should be able to forecast."
I think that most people think of economists as charlatans, practicing alchemy and junk science, with little understanding of how human beings behave either individually or as groups. All too many are frauds and crooks, often paid big bucks to espouse the views of their corporate employers or sponsors. I personally see economic forecasters as one cut below used car salesman.
I must reiterate that I have the highest regard for Professor Whelan, and I like reading his view, but I think he's engaged in wishful thinking, if he thinks most people think think of economists being like physicists. Economics is voodoo, alchemy, at best silliness, and at worst dangerous demagoguery. Economists and their phony ideas are largely responsible for the mess the world is in today.
The use of "tax" is inappropriate in this case, irrespective that that is the word which they need to use to make it work legally. Call it expropriation, call it confiscation, but this is not "tax" as the punter lining up at the ATM in Nicosia understands it.
if this does not cause a run on the banks on tuesday morning..nothing will. Unfortunately, no one has managed to give a convincing and realistic argument to any layman such as myself as to why a we should not allow the bankruptcy. This is another instance of robbing the poor to give to the rich.
I just hope that there will be enough "Mob Money" skimmed off for the Mob to retaliate.
I would also like to share a video – sorry in Greek, where the current President of Cyprus promised and committed himself to NOT signing any agreement which would include confiscation of deposits.
Sir, While reading your article, one piece of it stuck out as one of the differences between corporate and retail bank customers and the total disconnect between customers of these two different account holders. The part in question — "we haven't seen much evidence of ordinary retail investors wanting to move their money out of bank accounts in Europe's periphery". Where corporate customers seem to be able to lodge deposits worldwide, regardless of their geographical location, it is nigh on impossible for a retail customer to open an account in any other country apart from the one they reside in.
I am sure that if the ordinary man in the street had the same mechanisms to transfer funds as the bigger players — most of the retail funds would have already been lodged elsewhere.
Wanting to move money about and being able to do so legally is maybe one of the reasons we are in this situation in the first place.
As I've commented elsewhere here at Forbes.
What's the point about having deposit insurance against bank runs (which Cyprus did, up to 100k) if you're not going to honour the deposit insurance?
Given the inherent fragility of fractional reserve banking, the very reason we have deposit insurance, what message does this give to the rest of the EU?
The whole eurozone crisis has been packed with terrible decisions but I'd put this up there as being one of the two worst: alongside Ireland guaranteeing all bank bonds.
We need to implement the "Chicago plan" in Europe. Separate deposit banking from loan banking, end central banking and make government borrowing illegal. The Chicago plan would solve all our problems overnight, and set up a sound economic world for our children. Check out my video "hollenbeck on magical solution to debt crisis".
Deposit insurance is for the naive. It is a psychological need to feel that someone strong (goverment) is our protector. Everybody knew the goverment in Cy is bust.
1st year accounting students know that accounting is not only for taxation reasons, but for monitoring progress of different aspects of business. That's why accountants go into all this trouble to keep SEPERATE accounts for different money streams. For monitoring. Without monitoring, it's very easy to make wrong policies and bad decisions.
There is an opposite trend applied by goverments, where everything is placed into one basket, in their desperation to find solutions to keep existing people in power. They sum up the value of Cooperative banks + private banks, the money from people savings + the money from investments.
And then they make an accounting adjustment to try to solve a problem.
This one day adjustment will not correct the markets, will not correct the spending, and has introduced a lot of unfairness. They take the money from peoples savings to fix the losses of the people who took risks and made investments.
They preach liberalization but they undermine liberalization by controlling many industry sectors through licensing. E.g. if you need to install photo-voltaics, you need to get a license, and you get rejected if there are conflicting interests.
The only way to fix this is for the people to realize that they have to be more involved in politics if they wish their opinion to have some weight. And to educate themselves and search for ways to innovate in their work and compete in the international markets.
The Europeans have counted without the people of Cyprus. Forcing a country to accept a plan that they can not discuss or change is unacceptable.
You will soon realiase that the Cyprus peoplle can be crushed and rise again as they did during the 1974 invasion of there island wheo can there economy was in ruins.
I would advise Italians, Spanish and Portugees to take heed because they will be next when so called 'Northern' countris come and take part of there deposits to pay for there debts.
As a saver in another EU country, I tell you know this says to me. Deposit insurance means nothing when the EU decides to do an end run & take the money anyway. Calling it a "one off tax" doesn't help.
End the speculation. I moved my savings out of Europe this morning.
The new elected President of Cyprus dishonored the trust of his voters. As a matter of fact the companies of the Russian businesses registered in Cyprus do not have the main part of their money in the banks of Cyprus. The corporate reality is that the companies of Cyprus deposit the money outside Cyprus and remit only the funds to pay the taxes and other current expenses. Hence the citizens of Cyprus affected mainly by the one-off crisis levy of Mr. Anastasiades.
I don't think people are going to buy the sui generis argument. Russian gangsters? They could have come up with something more plausible. I think they're going to react by realising that austerity doesn't bring the answers it's supposed to. And as others have commented, hitting the depositors and letting the bondholders get away doesn't exactly answer the questions on confidence and moral hazard that one might hope it would.
More here: http://joelghames.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/the-great-bank-robbery/
Fairer would have been to convert some debt holders into equity holders, probably starting with the most junior debt. But this is the powerful preying on the weak instead.
It should not come as a surprise that the EU forces a country to renege on its promises as long as it does what they demand. After the past three years of crisis decisions that solved nothing, this one may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Unfortunately, as stated the individuals with least amount of wealth will be hardest hit, but then those that made this decision couldn't care less. Dont be surprised at the consequences of this decision.
So why do politicians always choose the "worst" possible option. Is it because they are so stupid, or is it because they are being influenced to do these stupid things because they benefit people and organizations higher up in the feeding chain?
So who benefits if all the big corporate money from Italy and Spain end up in London and Frankfurt? Who benefits if 100′s of regional banks fail and a few "too big to fail" banks are left in London and Frankfurt.
Its such a mystery…
Long live hypocrisy! Eurogroup said that the levy imposed on Cyprus depositors is not a covert bail-in but rather a… Wealth tax…ladies and gentlemen, if it looks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, then what is it? What is it? That's right! It' s duck. But this duck, is a depositors bail-in duck. That's right, a bail-in duck. And it s time the world starts calling a duck, a duck!
Insolvent North European banks have found a way to "export" insolvency…
This is the most hypocritical tax in human history
you wrote " You can also ask why people still had their money in Cypriot accounts this week even with newspaper headlines suggesting this levy was one of the options being considered".
Nobody told us this things… instead the headlines of the cyprus newspapers last friday had a comment from the president that the deposits were secure… and nobody was going to talk about these…
Please inform the cyprus people .. How decided this awful measures? Can you suggest us any other way …
The American and Canadian financial system thanks you for a trillion + Euro to $ influx and the later will even give you a nice new blue passport, as a thank you, as well.
if only a savings passbook = a US passport!
Doubtlessly, it is sheer madness to take money away from savers by force. This must be unprecedented.
Cyprus government ought to be ashamed of what it is doing. Has the economy gone down that low? Beyond redemption? (vzc1943, ttm1943)
Come, come, Mr. Whelan you can do better than that. Your 'gut feeling' tells you? Surely, there is more to economic principles than bland statements and anodyne intepretations. It is an unmitigated own goal by the Troika and a first order disaster for the ordinary folk in Cyprus. Surely there will be further adverse ramifications in the markets, which is but collateral damage. No one wants it yet the architects of this so called solution, whether in Berlin or elsewhere, must take full responsibility. The adage 'penny wise and pound foolish' could not be more true. Right off the bat there are two adverse effects for Cyprus going ahead. First, an increase in uncertainty, which will affect both investment and consumption, and second an impact on savings and on the propensity to save. Add to this distributional and ethical/legal challenges and one would fail to find anything worthwhile in favor of the proposed measures. There could not be a worse beginning for any administration, and one that has won the election with the mandate for a new start and to see matters through. In all Mr. Whelan, agnosticism on this matter is not an option. Something surely Cardinal Newman the First Rector of your University in Ireland would have concurred.
Cyprus is a sui generis problem but what's going on with people who don't have much wealth?
Next week ,we 're going to find out how people react when their bank deposits are at risk of being confiscated . Cyprus …a sui generis problem but what's going on with people who don't have much wealth?
End the speculation…. this move WILL make the euro a failed experiment
EU savers ARE ALREADY withdrawing money from their euro bank accounts. I did so just this morning. If they screw Cypriot savers, they will screw me.

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So far Will is through 72 miles in 21 hours, 5 minutes.
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Jessica Burbine, 3:26:53 (fourth female finisher)
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Stuart's Brad Lombardi finished fourth overall in the 100-Miler at the Long Haul 100 on Sunday in Wesley Chapel in 19 hours, 19 minutes and 45 seconds.
Meanwhile, Stuart resident Will Glover finished third in the 100-Kilometers in 11:23:26.
Will Glover of Stuart finished his first 100-mile ultramarathon over the weekend.
Will, 42, finished the Woodstock Ultra 100-Mile in Michigan in 27:00:03.4. That was good for 15th out of 22 finishers.
It was Will's first finish in a 100-miler.
Will said he battled stomach problems and mud that sucked the shoes right off your feet. It was "not ideal for someone's first 100-Mile run but a finish is a finish, slow or not," he said.
Congrats to Will.
Several local runners completed various distances in a 64K Trail Run Sunday at Wickham Park in Melbourne.
According to a race report from the organizer: "The trail run started at 7:30 a.m. with a temperature of 78 degrees and dew point of 74 degrees, nice and warm, with a forecast high of 92 degrees. Well, forecasts being forecasts, the actually high was 96 degrees with a Heat Index somewhere between 108 - 110 degrees. The day remained bright and sunny with no cloud cover."
Thirty-two runners started the race. Eight finished the race that ended up being about 66.6K. Alphonso Rodriguez from Pembroke Pines won over all with a blistering 7 hour, 55 minute finish. Brad Lombardi from Stuart battled Rodriguez the entire day and came up just 12 minutes behind for overall second place in 8:07.
Will Glover also finished the full distance. Will completed the race in 9:07.
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Registration fee is $250 for the 100-mile individual race or $195 for the 50-mile individual race, if received by May 1. The Keys 100 Relay fee is $690 per team. Late registration fees apply after May 1. The competitions benefit the fight against prostate cancer.
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I will be running the Keys 100 Ultramarathon as a member of Five Queens Beat a Pair, a six-person relay comprised of friends I've been training with for years. I've checked the website and it seems that there are one or two local relay teams as well as a few brave souls who'll be running the 100 miles or 50 miles alone. Brad, Will ... this means YOU!
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Twenty years ago cancer almost killed Stuart resident Will Glover and left him so weak he "couldn't walk to the mailbox."
Doctors told him chemotherapy would leave him unable to have children.
Glover, 40, now has two children.
And he regularly runs marathons and ultramarathons.
Glover said he decided not to let cancer define him, but his story is so inspirational. I'm so thankful he shared it.
How can you not have faith in the human spirit and body after reading about Will?
"I often need to remind myself that I should be thankful for every step I run," he said. "Even when they don't feel good."
Will Glover sent me a note about his race at the Pine Mountain 40 mile race:
"I fell 7 times, sprained my ankle, and pretty sure I broke something in the other foot. Banged up but, I FINISHED! 8:50. Might be the hardest race I've done yet. This flatlander was a fish out of water. Respect to the mountain goats, truly impressive.
He added later:
"Had I known what was coming on the trail I might have rethought the whole thing. I've done an Ironman and this trail run rivaled that in mental and physical difficulty.
Turns out no broken bones but I was really busted up. A lot of ice."
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There is a direct flight from Raleigh to Philadelphia, but Lorenzo Brown had to make a few stops along the way.
During his journey to the NBA, the former N.C. State point guard has signed three professional contracts with three teams in less than three months.
Browns bid to make the NBA began as an invitee to team workouts in the months leading up to June 27s NBA draft. While most rookie prospects attend between one and 10 workouts, Brown, who left N.C. State after his junior year, worked out for 17 NBA franchises from Boston to Portland.
Non-stop, Brown said earlier this month of his summer schedule. I was flying back and forth almost every day. It was crazy.
Brown finally landed with the Philadelphia 76ers, where he made his NBA debut Nov. 20, but that doesnt mean he has made the NBA theres no guarantee hell have a spot for the rest of the season.
This is all part of the process for players on the fringe of the draft. Brown, who started for three years with the Wolfpack, was projected as a late first or early second rounder. ESPNs Jay Bilas ranked Brown, 6-5, 186, as the draft's 23rd overall prospect.
Watching the draft at Atlantas Infusion Bistro, owned by former Wolfpack forward J.J. Hickson, Brown saw Michigans Tim Hardaway Jr. and UNCs Reggie Bullock selected back-to-back in the first round with the 24th and 25th picks respectively.
Brown of Roswell, Ga., wasnt picked until near the end of the second round 52nd by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
He says his late selection continues to serve as motivation nearly six months later.
It definitely makes me work a little bit harder, Brown said.
No guarantees
Brown, 23, turned in an impressive Summer League performance for the Timberwolves in July, averaging 8.3 points, 2.2 assists, and 3.8 rebounds per game. According to NBA.com, Browns play was tops in a Timberwolves rookie class that included UCLA standout Shabazz Muhammad and 2013 NCAA National Champion Gorgui Dieng of Louisville.
As first round picks, Muhammad and Dieng were signed to guaranteed contracts in July. Brown had to wait until the end of September to finalize his deal: a non-guaranteed league minimum contract of $490,180.
In his preseason debut for Minnesota on Oct. 9, Brown played 17 minutes. The following night, he scored six points in 13 minutes. In the teams next preseason game, he didnt leave the bench.
It was the coaching staffs decision, he said. I definitely didnt get hurt. It was just more of the team preparing a lineup for the regular season.
Brown continued practicing with the Timberwolves until he was waived on Oct. 25, just five days before Minnesotas season opener. It was the first time, Brown said, he had failed to make a basketball team.
Its a business, Brown said. But they did a pretty good job with helping me out with my game and becoming a better point guard so I felt blessed.
A.J. Price, a former teammate in Minnesota and now a close friend, can relate. Price was also drafted 52nd, in 2009.
You just got to keep working hard, showing that you want it bad, Price said.
Despite being cut, Brown insists he never doubted he would return to the NBA.
I have a lot of faith in everything that I do. If you put the time into it and grind as hard as you can theres always something good thats going to happen for you, he said. I feel like I had paid my dues and worked hard to get where I was.
Springfield surprise
Browns agent, Andy Miller, helped negotiate his transfer from the Iowa Energy, Minnesotas NBA Development League affiliate, to the Springfield Armor, the Brooklyn Nets D-League team. Browns second professional contract, with the Armor, was designed so his rights would be available to any NBA team willing to sign him.
Andy felt that was a better position for me, Brown said. To make it back to the league.
Before reporting to Springfield, Mass., on Nov. 1, Brown accepted an invitation to another NBA workout with the 76ers. The team also invited former Portland Trail Blazers guard Elliot Williams.
Thats how it all happened, he said. I had my hopes up during the practice and just kept grinding it out in case something came up.
Before getting the call from Philadelphia on Nov. 19, Brown spent nearly three weeks in Springfield practicing and scrimmaging at the Armors official training facility: The YMCA of Greater Springfield.
The experience, as described by Brown, was comparable to a year he spent at Hargrave Military Academy before enrolling at N.C. State.
It was eye-opening. We were practicing in a YMCA that felt like it was over 100 years old, and we were sharing lockers with people who use the gym there, he laughed. By no means a college or NBA lifestyle. It was a hard-knock life out there.
Working to stay
On the night of Nov. 19, Brown received a call from Miller, telling him again he was moving.
This time, Brown was going back to the NBA.
It was breathtaking, because it was finally happening.
Philadelphia had cut former first overall pick Kwame Brown and reserve guard Darius Morris to make room for Brown and Williams. Brown wasted no time traveling to his new city.
They asked me if I wanted to leave for Philly that night or the morning of the 20th. Told them right now!
Brown drove three hours from Springfield to Philadelphia and arrived by 1 a.m. The next morning, he signed his third professional contract and scored five points against Toronto in an NBA debut that lasted 58 seconds.
I took two shots. And luckily they went in, Brown said.
Since then, Brown has played in 12 of Philadelphias previous 15 games through Saturday as he fights for a spot in the 76ers rotation. Brown was averaging 3.2 points and 1.8 assists per game. Last Saturday, he scored a season-high eight points in 24 minutes and added five assists against Portland.
Brown is one of 14 players on Philadelphias active roster under 26. The teams youth, says Brown, has helped the 76ers bond. Brown says its the closest thing to a college team he could have asked for.
Were still learning and its a long season, he said. Were all on the same page right now and its a great situation because were working together to get better.
Brown lives in a hotel, awaiting a guaranteed contract before investing in a residence of his own. If he sticks on the 76ers roster through Jan. 10, hell be guaranteed the entirety of his $426,725 contract this season and the peace of mind to look for a place to live outside of the Homewood Suites.
It has been nice, but nothing five-star, Brown says of his hotel-turned-home. I dont have to clean anything so thats a burden off my back."
In the meantime, he goes to work each day, waiting, wondering and living his lifelong dream, hoping for a more secure NBA future.
Its always going to be surreal because its the NBA. You dream about this, he said. But at the same time its a job, so you got to come out with your game face on. A lot of people dont understand how hard it is to be in this league, and Im giving it my all to show that I belong.


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Focused on Her Family
My grandmother was born in 1908. She was born into an America that did not grant her mother the full rights and responsibilities of citizenship. As Rosamund lay in her swaddling clothes, a first generation American-born baby girl; women were suffering slander, ridicule and violence to achieve the sacred right of suffrage. This struggle began at our nation's birth, continued through our Civil War, and finally was granted as a political appeasement after the final War. WWI. The War that ended all Wars.
Well, that's another story. But out of that devastation came the XIX Amendment, which established womens' right to vote.
One of my earliest memories was being with my parents at the polling place. They must have been busy, raising seven children. They must have been tired, both having worked all day. But they radiated a sense of seriousness and excitement. My husband, whose parents bore some risk in presuming to vote while black, remembers that his mother and father always found a way to get to their voting place. They didn't have a car, but they would walk or take a bus.
I never took the right to vote for granted. My kind wasn't allowed at the start of the century of my birth.
In 2004 I went to New Hampshire, which has same-day registration, to get people to the polls. I talked to a grey-haired woman my own age. She had never voted. She was just off work, her clothes were worn, no one had told her that her voice mattered. It was one of the coolest American things I had ever done to tell her that she could register and vote today. This is Democracy– that rich or poor it's one citizen–one vote.
So it's not to get sanctimonious about it, but I'm surprised that any woman would decide to run for office after a lifetime of ignoring her civic duty.
DAVIS, Calif. Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said Tuesday that it wasn't until she was a chief executive in Silicon Valley that she realized why she should vote after sitting out elections for decades.
Whitman sought to explain her spotty voting record for the first time after delivering a speech to a Republican women's group.
"I was focused on raising a family, on my husband's career, and we moved many, many times," she told reporters. "It is no excuse. My voting record, my registration record, is unacceptable."
Yeah, it is. They say that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. But when you can't claim patriotism, you can always discover a need to spend more time with your family.
I've always wondered about women like Phyllis Schlafly. Telling other women to get back into the kitchen while she jets around the country from conference to conference. She reveres the family. I wonder if her own family ever gets to see her.
Meg Whitman had time for a career but voting wasn't a priority. Sadly, this is true for the majority of Americans. Maybe she can represent them.
I don't see what all the fuss is about…
A political brawl rocked the California Republican Party state convention in Indian Springs this weekend. On the griddle was Meg Whitman, former former eBay exec and current candidate for governor. The issue was Whitman's failure to vote, or even register, for the first 28 years she was eligible. Making matters worse, she often did not bother to vote after she finally registered.
If she plays this right it could be an advantage. Whitman is unsoiled by contact with the American political system. California can secede from the Union and when the big quake hits Whitman can be the queen of a new island nation. Democracy is so much work, who has the time?


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As Frank Rich points out, it is not a mosque, and it is not at Ground Zero. But lots of people have things to say about the Ground Zero mosque.
- Rethink the mosque - Buffalo News Editorial
... President Obama seems to be on the same side as the people. He picked the celebration of Ramadan to say it is the right of Muslims to build there, but later added fuel to an already blazing debate by refusing to say whether or not he thinks it is the right thing to do. That at least mirrors public sentiment; a Siena Poll released Wednesday indicated more and more people are following the issue, and that while most oppose the project (63 percent to 27 percent) most also think the developers have a constitutional right to build it (64 percent to 28 percent).
We believe, too, that Muslims have the right to build the mosque -- but that it is not the right thing to do.
- Rush to condemn mosque leads nowhere - Douglas Turner/The Buffalo News
Thanks to Obama, this is now a controversy that has no happy ending. If it is built at 51 Park Place, soft words about First Amendment religious freedom will be like ashes in the mouths of many who lost loved ones on 9/11.
If it is moved or not built, America's Muslim friends here and overseas will forever wonder if the controversy wasn't another example of America's storied history of righteous racial and religious bigotry.
- Taking Bin Laden's Side - Nicholas Kristof/The New York Times
... the proposed community center is not just an issue on which Sarah Palin and Osama bin Laden agree. It is also one in which opponents of the center are playing into the hands of Al Qaeda.
- How Fox Betrayed Petraeus - Frank Rich/The New York Times
Here's what's been lost in all the screaming. The prime movers in the campaign against the "ground zero mosque" just happen to be among the last cheerleaders for America's nine-year war in Afghanistan. The wrecking ball they're wielding is not merely pounding Park51, as the project is known, but is demolishing America's already frail support for that war, which is dedicated to nation-building in a nation whose most conspicuous asset besides opium is actual mosques.
- Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists' Fire - Jonathan Weisman/The Wall Street Journal
Islamic radicals are seizing on protests against a planned Islamic community center near Manhattan's Ground Zero and anti-Muslim rhetoric elsewhere as a propaganda opportunity and are stepping up anti-U.S. chatter and threats on their websites.
- For Imam in Muslim Center Furor, a Hard Balancing Act - Anne Barnard/The New York Times
"To stereotype him as an extremist is just nuts," said the Very Rev. James P. Morton, the longtime dean of the Church of St. John the Divine, in Manhattan, who has known the family for decades.
- Moral myopia at Ground Zero - Charles Krauthammer/The Washington Post
Ground Zero is the site of the most lethal attack of that worldwide movement, which consists entirely of Muslims, acts in the name of Islam and is deeply embedded within the Islamic world. These are regrettable facts, but facts they are. And that is why putting up a monument to Islam in this place is not just insensitive but provocative.
- Sensitivities Don't Override the Constitution - Michael Kinsley/The Atlantic Wire
It is like telling blacks or Jews that they have every right to move into the neighborhood, but wouldn't they really be happier in some other neighborhood, not too far away, where the neighbors' sensistivities won't be offended?
- Mosque Demagoguery Is Bipartisan - Rep. Ron Paul/AntiWar.com
In my opinion, it has come from the neoconservatives who demand continual war in the Middle East and Central Asia and are compelled to constantly justify it.
They never miss a chance to use hatred toward Muslims to rally support for ill-conceived preventative wars. A select quote from soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq expressing concern over the mosque is pure propaganda and an affront to their bravery and sacrifice.
-- George Pyle/The Buffalo News


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Colin Jones, 24, of Mottershead Road, Widnes, Cheshire has been charged with reckless/negligent behaviour likely to endanger an aircraft and other people in the aircraft.
Jones was on board a Monarch airline flight travelling from Manchester to Palma yesterday (31 May) and caused the aircraft to be diverted to Gatwick when he singed the hair of another passenger who he was travelling with and the smell of smoke filtered around the cabin.
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Oz The Great And Powerful hits theaters on March 8th and Mariah Carey's single "Almost Home" for the movie's soundtrack has been released!
Listen to "Almost Home":
The song was co-written by Mariah Carey and produced by Stargate. A video for the song will be released the same day the movie is in theaters and it will be directed by fashion photographer David LaChapelle who's worked on videos for Mariah in the past, such as "My All", "Loverboy" and "Glitter."
As you all know, I'm very excited for the movie but What do you think of the song?


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TJ McGreevy took the loss for the Shockers, pitching two innings and allowing two runs on two hits. Casey Gillaspie went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Mikel Mucha went 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Tanner Wilt got the win, pitching 1.1 innings and allowing no runs on two hits. Casey Roche led the Panthers offensively, going 3-for-5 with two RBI.
Pittsburgh got on the board in the first inning. As the third batter of the game, Casey Roche singled into right field and advanced to second when Stephen Vranka was caught at home stealing. Sam Parente plated Roche when he singled to left. Parente then scored in the next at-bat on a triple by Elvin Soto that put the Panthers up, 2-0.
Casey Gillaspie evened the game with one swing in Wichita State's half of the first. After Garrett Bayliff singled, Gillaspie lined a ball over the right field fence for his first home run of the year to tie the game 2-2 after one.
Roche was in the middle of another run for Pittsburgh in the top of the fifth when he put his team up 3-2 on a single up the middle that scored Vranka.
The Panthers added another run in the eighth when A.J. Lardo singled to center field, then stole second and scored when Eric Hess singled.
In the bottom of the eighth, Cody Bobbit led off with a walk, and two batters later Johnny Coy hit an infield single to the shortstop. After Erick Harbutz singled to load the bases, Mikel Mucha hit a two RBI single that scored Bobbit and Daniel Kihle, who pinch-ran for Coy to tie the game, 4-4.
Pittsburgh won the game in the ninth on back-to-back singles by Roche and Parente that scored Boo Vazquez and Evan Oswald, respectively.


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I'm Jackie and I watch TV. I'm not proud. Reviews, some recaps, TV news, reality television, primetime and even a weekly off television topic photo post. Bookmark the blog now as your source for live feed reports from inside the 'Big Brother' house! Come, join in on the fun ...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
What? A Blog Contest?
Author Becky Anderson, whose new reality television based first novel is out on the market, sent me two autographed copies of IN STEREO WHERE AVAILABLE.
While one copy is specifically for me, the other will go to one of the blog readers here. I've just started reading the novel and I plan to talk about my impressions after I finish. But an author who has never missed an episode of Survivor and found this blog is already a hit with me.
How can you win? I've decided to list five questions based on reality television shows. I ask that you do NOT answer them in comments, but in an email addressed to jackiestvblog at gmail dot com. (The contact email is also in my sidebar. Make sure you do the @ and the . to make it work -- I'd rather not get more spam for having it in the right format in this entry.) Please give the email a topic of Blog Contest Entry to make sure I don't overlook it.
Because the timing of the Internet isn't the most fair to all, I won't be taking the first entry with the correct answers. Instead, I'm putting a deadline for entries of midnight (ET) on Wednesday, January 16, 2008. I will put all of the correctly answered entries in a hat (or more likely a kitchen bowl, to be honest) and pick one with my eyes shut. How more fair can I get, huh?
I will contact the winner at that time and ask for information to ship the autographed novel to them. There is no need to give me your personal names or addresses in your submissions -- I'll contact the winner via email and, trust me, I won't share that information with anyone. I do ask that a screenname, or commenter name, be available for announcing the winner although I won't post any email addresses or real full names of the winner or any entries.
Are you ready? The answers to these questions can be easily found by using a search engine or you might even know some by memory. Copy and paste these questions with your answers into an email and let's go!
1. Who was the first person ever booted on Survivor?
2. RealNetworks has provided the live feeds for Big Brother since the second season. What company supplied the live feeds for the first season?
3. Which American Idol past contestant is slated to start a run in Broadway's Monty Python's Spamalot beginning January 18th?
4. What Amazing Race 5 contestant yelled that his ox was broken, thus giving the title for My OX IS BROKEN, the book?
5. What is the name and real-life occupation of the Survivor contestant who, during the first season of the show, voted others off in alphabetical order?
Remember -- do NOT answer these questions in the comments, any answers in the comments area will be deleted. Email them to me at the address above with a subject header of Blog Contest Entry. The deadline is midnight (ET) on Wednesday, January 16.
24 comments:
- ORKMommy said...
Wow...these are hard questions. I have the answers for all but the Big Brother Season 1 live feeds.
Where'd you come up with these things Jackie? You're making me work for this! And on company time no less (he he he).
Good luck to everyone!
- dgmommie said...
I think I got them all. I hope the answers are right. :)
- joy n said...
Sheesh, I'd have to look them all up!
- Delee said...
I am done too....thank goodness for the internet...I knew 3 of them, but the other 2 required some research!!! Still not sure of one of em!!!
OK Jackie--where's the senior version of your contest??? Some of us don't have very good "long-term memory" anymore!! Thank goodness for the internet! This is what makes this blogsite FUN!
I'm a few days behind on commenting so I need to play catch-up.....
Welcome aboard Boo--this is a really good site to visit and become a part of---just wait till BB starts.
I was watching Dr. Phil earlier this week and kept wondering who the guest Dr. was.....it finally hit me...it was Travis Stork from The Bachelor a few seasons ago!!! He has written a book called "Don't Be That Girl"(I think). He was giving girls advice as to how to act with guys!!!LOL
As to your "neighbors" Jackie--you are lucky people weren't making Meth in there. Several years ago we had a house behind us that was a rental...one morning at 4a.m. the whole house blew up!! We called 911 and went outside to help; hiding in my yard was the renter who told us to go back in the house and we wouldn't get hurt; just as the police and fire dept. arrived. The renters were making meth in there and evidently got some chemicals mixed-up. The renter ran from our yard and was caught a few blocks later. The entire house burned to the ground!! The rest of the story......the owners sold the property and the renter was severly burned and went to the hospital and then jail. I live in a nice residential area and never would have suspected something like this!
Congrats to Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban on having a baby. I've always liked them both and know how much Nicole has wanted to have a child.
I was sad to see the Golden Globes cancelled but understand the reasons. I just hope the same doesn't happen to the Oscars. I love to watch the red carpet pre-show and then the Oscar show.
A new Criminal Minds tonight--yeah!!
- monty924 said...
Well, one of them is a real booger. I'm sure you can all guess which one. Sadly, I only knew one of them without looking the others up. :( I wasn't always a Surviver and TAR fan so I had to take my case on the road to the internet for help.
Fun contest, Jackie! Thanks, and if I don't win, I'll probably buy the book anyway. Awaiting your review.
- Sydney said...
Hey Jackie = I'm waiting for your review too. I would have to look most of them up, as I'm with Nana on the long term memory. My plate continues to be stacked miles high so for now I'll enjoy the fun from the sidelines.
I too hope all the awards shows aren't cancelled. But good for the writers to have so much power instead of the big studios. Now if only we taxpayers could figure out how to do that with our politicians...
- meb said...
Jackie...what a great idea... I'm with the bloggers whose memory is left wanting (senior version...good one nana in the nw) Orkmommy,dgmommie and delee...are you kidding me. You all must be younguns that you could remember all that. And joyn, I expected you to be the first to post and say you had them all...
I, too, have so much going, I yield to all you brains out there. Good luck!
Criminal Minds was awesome! I stay amazed that there really are people out there who are like that, i.e., the witness protection guy, the "other" murderers ...frightening.
nana in the nw... Wow! Some story... The only encounter I've had with bad neighbors was the police arresting the neighbor's son for ?? I didn't ask...
Hey Sydney... good to see you're still around. Looking forward to BB.
- ORKMommy said...
Meb - I didn't know any of the answers, I looked them all up! Are you kidding me..I'm in my late 30's and early signs of some-timers are showing! :-)
I love contests-------but this is way to advanced for me! (I'm on the senior end of things!) I do hope that one of you 'regulars' win. You a have given me such pleasure that you deserve it. Jackie, looking forward to your review of the book.
See you tonight for Celebrity Apprentice.
Me too,I'm sitting this one out. Things like that make my brain hurt....lol!No,I think I just have the winter doldrums and it's only the beginning of January.
I'm with you,Meb,I thought Criminal Minds was really good last night. It is shocking and so true that we never know who could be living right next door to us.Poor Reid,he just keeps getting the bejeesus shocked out of him. I imagine those people(BAU's)see things we can only guess at. I want this writer's strike over so we can have more exciting shows like this.
Anybody else following Project Runway? I was really sad to see Kevin go last night,he was one of my favorites and I thought there were a couple of others that should have gone instead of him. And I was disappointed for Sweet P that she didn't win the challenge. Her dress fit that kid perfectly and all Victoria did was sew some sequins on her dress and those snotty judges went gaga. That dress Christian made was butt ugly,too. It made that poor girl look like a battleship.
- Delee said...
Meb/Sharon...I am a huge Criminal Mind fan and have not had one show disappoint me yet. Reid got caught again as you mentioned, I would love to see what his life is like outside of work, but he probably only works!
P Runway and the prom dresses...I agree SweetPea was cheated last night. Victoria's dress was nice, but did not fit and move like SP's. Who would wear a dark brown with black-lace accents to a prom? Kevin had a good idea but the dress ended up looking like a hand-me-down from the Salvation Army, expected more from him.
New CSI tonight, I know what Jackie will be watching and I will have 2 VCR's running for NBC/ABC shows.
Oopps! Unstead of your "blog entry contest" in the subject line, I put "trivia answers". Oh well.
I knew them all except number 3! Who would have thought the answer would be that person!
- Sydney said...
Hi Meb/Sharon/Delee --
It was a really tense ending last night. This means so much to each contestant but both Kevin and Chris looked utterly devastated and on the brink of tears as they stood there last night waiting to be put out of their misery.
Can I mention how much I dislike Nina Garcia? Who the heck are you anyway... Editor of Elle but it's just one magazine! For all her judgment I don't ever find her looking that fabulous clothing OR accessory wise. Whatev!
Welcome BOO!!!
Good to see a few familiar names back posting. I know sometimes life gets so busy you only have time to read but not write.
So glad to see many of you watch Criminal Minds, too. It was very good. I told myself to head to bed when it was over....but instead I changed the channel to Law & Order. Another good episode....I know this is just TV but some of these storylines could be real life. I can't imagine terminating a pregancy because the child carried a gene for homosexuality?!
It makes you realize our country hasn't come as far as we would think in acceptance of "all kinds of people".
Well, it's dance class for me tonight and then CSI:Las Vegas.
- dgmommie said...
Meb, who said I remembered anything? LOL I'm middle age, so not young but not old. But I do know how to use the internet, so that's what I did. :)
- Delee said...
Sydney...I know Nina G is probably the Simon C and some judges on Top Chef...like what the heck...they are not TOPS in their field just trying to get there.
I know I like seeing folks that have not been here for awhile and the acerbic wit of most of us. :)
Jackie have you seen Roofus? Someone left a small white rabbit loose here, I saw it for the 1st time yesterday and tried to get it to come to me, but no go. It will have a hard life and I am afraid for it. I put Wobbles travel cage out and put some food in it and just maybe I will find it in there sometime soon...so sad and it is so cute!
- joy n said...
Meb, I'm with you and the others who would need a senior version of this contest. Seems once the season is over, my brain deletes the info as unecessary for retainment. Honestly. I'm too lazy, I guess, to search the internet. It does sound like an interesting read, though, and I also look forward to the review. Hoping that one of the regulars wins it.
Welcome, Boo, it IS a nice place to visit.
I've been wondering about Roofus, too. Bet he loved the couple of days of great weather. Yesterday, we had wind gusts of up to 75 mph. SCARY! 24,000 people are still without electric. Fortunately, we were lucky this time, but there are lots of downed trees all around us. VERY unusual to have a windstorm like that in January.
Good luck to all on the contest!
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Have you heard that Ruben Studdard, Taylor Hicks and now Katharine McPhee of AI have all been dropped by their respective labels in the last week?
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A very interesting episode of Celebrity Apprentice. I love Gene Simmons, but found myself yelling at him a couple of times to just shut up a little bit. I really thought he and Stephen may have bitten the bullet with their arrogance towards the "company man" and especially Gene's towards the Donald's precious daughter, particularly with Omarosa trying to fan the flames. Plus, them putting the rest of their team out to pasture, so to speak.
In the long run, however, I think they deserved the win. I was genuinely touched by Hydra's ad and thought the singer's voice (why can't I remember his name?) was perfect for the voice-over.
I don't see what the big deal over Nadia was. I thought Nellie or Marilu should have been fired. I actually agree with the Donald that Carol shouldn't have been picked at all. Nellie was closed to suggestions and Marilu did a lousy job. Why won't these women use the celebrity angle to their advantage? Methinks they are influenced by Omarosa too much. SHE'S A LOSER, PEOPLE!!!
I don't know if it's egos or what, but teamwork seems to come hard to these contestants. Then again, I guess that is the name of this game. The guys do it better than the gals, but I have a feeling when the guys do lose one, their claws will come out just as easily. I'm grudgingly having to admit, I'm liking this season so far.
Maybe Omarosa will get canned next week. The roach needs to go.
Great to see Orkmommy popping back in.Ork,I know you are a big ER fan,as am I. I'm kind of disappointed in the new stuff they have had this season. I thought last year,they were good and had bounced back after some mediocre times,but now they seem to be back in that old rut.I wish Luka was back and am not impressed with all these new faces that they've brought on. I found myself jumping over to the supermodel show on Bravo(how shallow am I?)instead of being riveted to ER.
I thought CSI was good last night. It sure kept me guessing whodunit until the end. I'm glad it looks like Warrick is coming back,I miss the old gang being together,except for Sara,still glad she's gone.
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WOW! Jackie! How cool is this!
I'm never good at these questions.
You did a great job composing them.
FOTFLMBO!!!! I always blame my long term memory recall challenge on having too much on my mind.
If we look the anwers up would that be cheating? LOL J/K
I don't have much pc time to search the net so I think I'll just kick back and watch all the fun.
There's always a nice surprise here when I visit. Jackie ROCKS!
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Hey Boo! Forgot to give you a hug and a welcome. You'll love it here.
joy n...
My husband made a point to tell me about Reuben and Hicks getting droppped by their record labels. He strongly disliked both of them and had to gloat over it. ;) He's a huge Carrie Underwood and Pickler fan and has every CD. Ironically he was never a country music fan until Carrie.
- Zoetawny said...
I've been a fan of "Criminal Minds" since the very first episode. The entire cast is amazing. The lead characters are so complex and fascinating. Who knew that Gibson would be such a good serious actor after "Darhma and Greg". I have to admit I have to cover my eyes during certain scenes. LOL


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A new AD for Auburn--could it be a legendary SEC figure?
If he is selected as the next AD for Auburn, I think that whole stadium naming issue would go away. Could the fact that he is saying that he can't say anything a sign that something could be in the works? Either way, I think I have been watching way too much reality TV shows.


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by: Loren Mayo | Staff Writer
Cameras flashed everywhere to catch the students' fluid-and-rhythmic movements. Southside Elementary School's Arbor Day celebration got a little wild and crazy as 120 first-graders performed the "Dance of the Trees," by swaying, jumping and throwing their hands into the air.
The students gathered with teachers, parents and city of Sarasota staff members beneath the school's pavilion Friday, April 24, to listen as Commissioner Suzanne Atwell read the Arbor Day proclamation. During the program, students learned the history of Arbor Day and had the opportunity to show off as they answered questions asked by Todd Kucharski, public works general manager.
The celebration also recognized teachers and student artists before the culmination of the main event — the tree planting. The first-graders raced around the trees with shovels and wheelbarrows, using their hands to cover the roots of the newly planted trees with mounds of dirt.
Every student left school with a young tree, courtesy of Carlson Studio Marketing and Carlson Studio Architecture.
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What become of Loraine's brother? Did he have family to go to?
What become of Loraine's brother? Did he have family to go to?
"Michelle would never be caught with sausage grease staining her Vera Wang." - rfisher
Trevor died at the age of 18 of ptomaine poisoning. He was to inherit a large some of money at that time and there were rumors/speculation that his relatives (the wife in particular, never wanted the burden of raising him in the first place and may have had a hand in it) Ptomaine poising was pretty common in 1929 so I guess no one kicked up a fuss even with that amount of money. Poor kid.
I just got a lengthy email from Celebrity Cruises, citing their safety record, leadership and experience. It's just marketing propaganda, but the author mentioned the Costa Concordia "accident."
I read this morning that they're confused about the passenger counts because there may have been undocumented people on board.
It's supposed to be damn near impossible to stowaway on cruise ships these days - how could this happen?I read this morning that they're confused about the passenger counts because there may have been undocumented people on board.
If I ever take a cruise, there's no way I would take a cabin in the lower deck.
Besides which, this boat does not do a full passenger drill, as they have rotating embarkation days, not a closed loop like US based cruises. Only the passengers who JUST got on had not yet done the drill, 2/3 of them already had.
I have never been on a cruise that checked documents or did a roll call at the muster drill. I don't know whether or not they had a way to know what cabin we were from (possibly a number on the life jacket that they just looked for?) The drill are very crowded, and you have to WANT to hear what they are saying to get any information from them, it would be easy to have no idea what was going on if you weren't paying careful attention.
Before we left each port, the people who got off the ship were known by the checked document and in at least 3 cases, we could not leave port until all passengers were on board. In another case, the missing passengers did not return within a specified time period - the port authorities were notified and we left. I think, but am not certain, that they joined us at the next port but it had been their responsibility/expenses to get to the next port before the ship left again.
As with anything, should someone want to stowaway or bring a relative on board, it is possible and probably does happen. Does that mean that the cruise line is a bad one because it might happen?
I've not sailed on Carnival Cruise lines, but have on Royal Caribbean, Princess, Norweigen or Holland. Each of them give you information either before boarding or on board about their safety records and the experience of their captains and seconds - most of scripted like the Carnival email. We have been able to go to a viewing area to see the motherboards - or computer workings - of the ship (not directly inside, but like an operating observation room). Not many people take advantage of that view - but my husband loves to sail and loves to look at what a control room looks like so we do.
We are going on a 15 night cruise next year. I could worry that something will happen or that my cruise ship captain or line is doing something reckless that will endanger me and all the other passengers, but then I could get hurt/killed falling down my stairs. I am not so quick to blame the cruise line, but the captain who was obviously veering off course. Unless there is proof that the cruise line was cutting corners or demanded that the captain go a dangerous route, it was the captain's overall responsibility to keep his passengers safe.
I feel for the people who died, their families, those who were passengers on the ship, the crew on the ship. It is a life altering event for them. The surviving crew members probably will have a lifetime of guilt and remorse for not being able to rescue all those entrusted to their care.
I've been on several cruises, the latest one was about four years ago. They did a passenger check-in during the drill, which is why I asked the question. I thought it might be unique to the particular itinerary or cruise line. (eta: Carnival)
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Can't remember anything about the cruises I'd taken before that.
I sailed on Carnival a year ago and they did the safety schpeel before we left port. No roll call, no one asked what cabin we were in. They made several announcements about the safety demonstration and all of the crew onboard were informing guests where to be and when for that.
I've sailed on two Royal Caribbean cruises and both times we had the safety drill before we left the port. Plus there was a crew member there checking off room numbers.


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The snowy sucker punch Old Man Winter threw at us over the weekend demonstrates the wisdom of preparing for surprises outdoors when the Frost Giants reign.
Some of the winter risks and common-sense ways to circumvent them are obvious, like bundling up to keep warm. It is unexpected hazards that can catch you flat-footed.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the woods because poison ivy has dropped its leaves you can still get the itch by contacting sap from broken vines. And while ticks that spread Lyme disease go dormant when the temperature plummets, the adults can start moving during a warm spell above 45 degrees F. Winter is far from over, moreover, when the adults fully emerge and are out for blood, often before the end of February.
Perhaps the most insidious winter health hazard of all — and one of the most dangerous — is hypothermia, clincally described as when the body's core temperature drops below 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It occurs when the body loses more heat than it can produce. Hypothermia sneaks up on its victims who, if they fail to recognize the first subtle signs of the condition, may be in real danger by the time they are aware of what is happening.
While hypothermia is most likely at bone-chilling temperatures, it can develop even during springlike temperatures. In fact, most cases occur when the air temperature is between 30 degrees F and 50 degrees F., probably because victims do not expect it. When moisture couples with low temperature, the likelihood of hypothermia skyrockets because water saps body heat 30 times faster than still air. That is why a fly fisherman standing in 50-degree water can be more vulnerable than an ice fisherman standing on frozen water, especially if there is no wind. Falling into the water when it is chilly outside is the prescription for hypothermia.
If unchecked, hypothermia can be fatal, even though at first it seems like only a case of the shivers. As the body loses heat, its energy reserves are depleted and eventually exhausted. When the heat radiates away from the body, its core temperature drops. At first, a victim may feel nothing but eventually, without warning, persistent shivering begins. Unless remedial action is taken at that point, things go downhill fast.
Once the body temperature drops below 95 degrees, exhaustion and weakness set in. Oxygen supply to the brain dwindles, with resultant loss of muscle coordination and scrambled thinking. At this point, the victim is usually too disoriented to take remedial action. If untreated, stupor, collapse and death are fairly certain.
Preventing hypothermia begins before you head outdoors. Have a good meal for energy supply. Hydrate to keep blood flowing. Keep the booze in the bottle. Alchol impairs coordination and thermoregulation.
If hypothermia strikes and immediate medical care is not available, follow the instructions of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
- Get the victim to someplace warm.
- Remove wet clothing.
- Warm the center of the body first.
- Warm, non-alcoholic beverages can increase body temperature. Not for an unconscious victim.
- Once body temperature has increased keep the victim dry and covered in a warm blanket, head included.
- Get medical help as soon as possible.
Perhaps the best advice of all is not to fight the shivers. Once you start shivering, go get warm.
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Fed Chief Defends Steps Taken to Contain Crisis
Switching from political cartoons to the economy...
The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, vowed on Wednesday to do whatever it took to pull the economy out of its downward spiral, even as he acknowledged that the most recent indicators were "dismal."
Mr. Bernanke defended the central bank's efforts and tried to allay concerns that it had been printing money at a dangerous pace.
"The Federal Reserve has done, and will continue to do, everything possible within the limits of its authority to assist in restoring our nation to financial stability," he said.
The real kicker is down in the piece:
The "central tendency" of forecasts by the presidents of the Federal Reserve's district banks and of governors on the Federal Reserve Board showed that they expected unemployment to reach 8.5 to 8.8 percent in 2009. Last October, policy makers expected unemployment to top out at 7.1 to 7.6 percent.
Fed policy makers also expect the economy to shrink this year in a range of 0.5 to 1.3 percent, which mainly reflects deepening gloom about the severity of the downturn in the first half of this year. Last October, most Fed officials had predicted that the United States would come out of the recession quickly enough to end this year with a small gain.
Anecdotal note. The Fed's meetings are expanding from 1 to 2 days through 2010.
The Head of the Chicago Fed so has a recent speech on the state of the economy--his own view, not the consensus of the FRB system.Posted by Jvstin at February 19, 2009 7:43 AM


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This week at Anarcho-Pop, I'm going to explore a slightly different avenue. Next week will be back to normal, looking at the new ABC show Last Resort, which sees the crew of a nuclear submarine defy orders from the U.S. government to bomb Pakistan, only to find itself an enemy of the state they swore allegiance to.
I had three realizations this week, one of them being personal. Let me preface this by saying that I am a massive Coheed and Cambria fan. For those who are unfamiliar, Coheed is a prog-metal-rock-all-rolled-into-one band hailing from New York. The band just released their first half of a double album, entitled The Afterman: Ascension on Tuesday.
As I said, I am just in love with this band, dating back to 2005, and when the opportunity arose to purchase the special edition of the album, I immediately did so. As this week drew nearer, the band released a statement saying that the deluxe editions would be delayed by a week or so, to insure that the quality of the product was worth the price we all paid ($65). To help ease the inconvenience, the band would release the nine tracks, along with the nine demos the deluxe edition provided, on Sunday night at midnight, a full 24 hours before the rest of the world would be able to purchase the album (which was Tuesday, October 9th).
I was perfectly fine with this arrangement, and appreciate the band being honest with their intentions. Too many bands these days have an impersonal relationship with their fans, in my opinion. So Sunday night came, and at around 11pm I began to really get excited. Of course, the trouble started. We were informed soon thereafter that the material would be released at midnight Pacific Time, and since I live in Missouri, that would be 2am. I was a bit put off, but this wasn't the end of the world or anything, so I went to sleep before midnight and set my alarm for 2. After waking up, I raced to the computer like a child on Christmas morning. I eagerly downloaded the .zip file attached to their website, and when I opened it, I saw the nine tracks that made up The Afterman: Ascension. There were, however, no demos attached.
As I listened to the album (which I had already heard through various leaks, but not at this quality), I also sat on the official Coheed and Cambria forum, Cobalt and Calcium. Yes, I'm a pestering fan boy, if you hadn't already figured it out. I inquired about where the demo tracks were, as I was eager to listen to them as well. Keep in mind that I had to be at work at 9am the next morning, and I'm not really one to be up this late anyways, so I was undoubtedly crankier than normal. The response I got from other forum member seemed to echo this: "Why are you complaining? They just gave you nine tracks. Sometimes fans can be so ungrateful". I continued to argue for a bit more, just trying to clarify that the band clearly said they would be available at midnight, and they weren't there. After being berated a bit more, I called it a night and went to sleep, still quite annoyed.
Realization #1:
I remain a consumer whore. Despite my pleas for an anarchist society free of the capitalist-consumer notion of "I need this here now god damn it", I remain a victim (and a perpetrator) of these traits that has helped to divide the West for over two hundred years.
I felt quite embarrassed. As a person who works at a large retail company, I am used to people getting upset at what I feel are the most ridiculous reasons. It's literally my job on a daily basis to fix the problems people have when trying to find clothes and home accessories. Yet as I sat on my couch in the middle of the night, I became one of those people, clawing for material goods that will not solve my problems.
And so with this realization, I now must remind myself to relax when it comes to my consumer life. I have a pretty great life when I factor in the basic necessities I take for granted, as well as the people in my life that genuinely love me, despite my flaws. As an anarchist, I believe sincerely that these are the things we should celebrate. If I had the enthusiasm for these items as I did for new Coheed and Cambria music, perhaps the consumer culture embedded within me will continue to deteriorate.
Realization #2:
As much of a little prick as I was last night, I still maintain that the band neglected our relationship where they have the vast majority of control. I've since cooled off, as I found out that, in the midst of preparing to release their album and everything that goes along with it, they simply forgot to upload those particular files, and did so six hours later.
But the band-fan relationship is an interesting example of how power structures work outside of coercive relationships. Certainly, Coheed and Cambria has never used force to make me part of their fan base; I enjoy and relate to their music, so I have continued to listen. But within our relationship, they genuinely have more power than I do. Is this fair, and in an anarchist society, is this type of relationship allowed to exist? Hell, how would the music industry be reformatted to fit our egalitarian ideals? Could a Coheed and Cambria ever find success? I've never really thought about it much, to be honest. What is equally an important question is how to stop exploitation by lesser bands than Coheed (yes, I'm being partial), that would use their relationship with fans to exploit them in a negative sense? An example of this today would be Johnny Craig, the former lead singer of Dance Gavin Dance who used his relationship with fans to promote a twitter scam, where he was pretending to sell Macbooks, collecting $600-800 each time. There is no doubt that these victims only went along because of the persona they believed in. Can anarchism promise a difference it can deliver?
Realization #3
This isn't any particularly new revelation, but the experience further entrenched just how difficult changing culture can be. Take my wife for example: she's basically apolitical and really doesn't care much for any of the things I enjoy learning about when it comes to anarchism. What reasoning does she have to morph her mindset into this intellectual endeavor that, quite frankly, can be extremely dense with little payoff.
We face an unlikely uphill battle, comrades. I don't say this to be a detractor of the cause, but rather to provide a realistic expectation. There seems to be two general options that can potentially allow an anarchist society to flourish: culture change and violence. I reject the latter option, so I am constantly asking myself how an entire community can sustain these types of values. It has been done before, to varying degrees, but it certainly has not had the staying power of a state (perhaps because it refused to use force).
Anyways, this is the end of this week's rant. I hope you all are well, and if you get the chance to listen to Coheed and Cambria, do so.


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Teen Mom may technically be over, but the girls sat down with Dr. Drew for a reunion special on Tuesday night to tie-up some loose ends from the season.
Amber Portwood was unable to attend, but she wrote a letter which Dr. Drew read to the audience. Unfortunately, viewers will have to wait until next week to hear more about Amber (as well as Maci Bookout and Kyle King.)
This week, though, Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra talked with Dr. Drew. They revealed their wedding plan which, fans will already know, is set to take place next summer. However, things weren't all lighthearted and fun as the couple talked about their past. Even though Catelynn and Tyler are incredibly mature for their age, they weren't always that way! In fact, they talked about their rough childhoods and admitted that they were "bad kids."
An audience member asked Catelynn's thoughts on a teen that wants to choose adoption, but thinks that raising a baby will help strengthen the romantic relationship. Out of all the original couples from the show, only Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra are still together and they attribute that to choosing adoption for their daughter.
April Baltierra made an appearance on the show. She is now sober and hoping to get visitation with Carly. Catelynn admits that it is out of her hands, but that she has been talking to Carly's adoptive parents in hopes that they will let April see her granddaughter. Tyler also talked about Butch and admitted that he never sent the letter that he wrote to him saying that he "can't give up on the guy."
After Cate and Ty, Dr. Drew talked to Farrah Abraham about her relationships. In her opinion, she feels that her past two boyfriends (Adam and Daniel) dated her solely because she is on Teen Mom. Dr. Drew inquired about the whole ring thing (Farrah kept hinting at marriage to Daniel) and Farrah justified it again, saying she needs someone who is ready to commit. Farrah Abraham also opened up about Derek, breaking down.
A lot of people slam Farrah for being disrespectful to her parents, but she opened up about her feelings for them. As she spoke, it was easier to understand why she lashes out against them since she has a lot of bottled up feelings and emotions from her childhood.
Be sure to tune in next week to catch up with Maci Bookout, Kyle King, Ryan Edwards, and Dalis Connell. Also, fans will get an update on Amber Portwood.
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Michael Jackson's Dance Moves, Pandora's iPad Ads, Blog Love for Ty Segall and Safe
Categories: Morning Music News
|Safe's Christopher F. Edley III
Michael Jackson's dance moves make for new video game. [Daily Swarm]
Pandora's iPad app pairs music and videos with ads from Starbucks, Lexus and Budweiser. [Digital Music News]
Pitchfork gives Ty Segall's Melted a 7.5, says "it seems in some ways like his first proper record." [Pitchfork]
No way: Chron says Apple, Google and Facebook are "arguably the three most influential companies in consumer technology today." [SF Gate]
Stereogum deems Berkeley electronic minimalists Safe a "band to watch," calls its music "intimate" and "bracingly spare." We're tempted to call it chillwave. (Free download in first link.) [Stereogum]
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By Morgan Turberville
North Jefferson News
With the Fourth of July right around the corner, there are some important safety tips that the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office wants people to remember.
First, fireworks are for outdoor use only. They should be used properly and should not be altered or combined.
Always know the local laws regarding fireworks. Some cities, such as Gardendale and Fultondale, do not allow fireworks within the city limits.
Additional information that the sheriff's office highlights regarding firework safety includes not relighting a "dud" firework. Rather, "wait 20 minutes and then soak it in a bucket of water."
Also, make sure all spectators "keep a safe distance from the shooter," and the shooter "should wear safety glasses" when shooting fireworks.
Consumption of alcohol and fireworks should not be mixed.
Only children over 12 years of age should be allowed to handle sparklers.
Homemade fireworks are dangerous and can kill.
Any purchasers must be 16 years of age at least, and the sale of fireworks to anyone who is intoxicated is also unlawful.
It is also illegal to set off fireworks "within 600 feet of a church, hospital, asylum, public school, any enclosed building , or within 200 feet of where fireworks are stored, sold, or offered for sale."
For more information and safety tips from the sheriff's department, go to jeffcosheriff.net or call the local city hall regarding specific firework laws for certain areas.