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3.65/5 rDev -12.5%
Tasted at the 6th Annual Triple Rock Firkin Fest on 4/4/2009. This Belgian Style Imperial IPA pours a medium orange color from the Firkin. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is orange, sweet, grapefruity and estery. A medium bodied Imperial IPA. The malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are citrusy and grapefruity. Nice soft carbonation. A nice meld of an IPA and Belgian Strong Ale. Big fruity esters and kick you in the teeth hops, yet nicely balanced. Hides the alcohol very well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is bitter.
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4.22/5 rDev +1.2%
Review dated 3/30/2009.
On tap at 21st Amendment. Man I love this style, and this was a great example. Golden color with a frothy white head. Heavenly aroma of citrusy hops and Belgian yeast. Flavor is more of the same, balanced by sweet caramel malt and I'm guessing some pale malt in there too. Smooth and medium-bodied with hop oils on the palate. Incredibly drinkable for the ABV.
08-25-2011 16:07:26 | More by nickd717
4.43/5 rDev +6.2%
Had on tap in a tulip glass. It poured a crisp golden tan, more pale ale than IPA in color, with a thin white head. The smell and taste were both assertive "west coast" hops, with a very crisp, dry finish. The pines had a distinct pine flavor, with some smokiness. The belgian yeast esthers were completely absent to me. The alcohol was also almost completely hidden. A good beer I was happy to have tried.
04-03-2009 22:46:43 | More by jwolfie70
4.38/5 rDev +5%
Looks like they brewed this with Midnight Sun, Gabe & Ben's recipe brewed here on their visit to San Fran. Which kind of confused me at first, as I would have thought would have resulted in a name like Anchorage Vacationers, or San Fran Vacation...but I digress. Anyways, 95 IBUs.
Served in a generic tulip, AK-VK is a clear dark gold with a white head that leaves heavy lace.
Smell is a big blast of American hops, that is what I want to smell in a BIPA, west coast style! Strait Simcoe and Amarillo, lots of cedar and pine notes.
Taste is bright hops, pine resin, firm but not overwhelming bitterness. Strong but clean alcohol character. There's a nice toasted bread note, some caramel, nice Belgian esters, on the fruity side which I really dig.
Mouthfeel is dry and light, saison like.
Drinkability is high, this is my style of BIPA, in fact similar to one I homebrew - fruit esters, high attenuation and big west coast hops. Gratuitous alcohol that you'd only know after you had one to many, this is the best beer I've had in San Francisco so far.
03-26-2009 22:00:51 | More by ccrida
Anchorage Vacation from 21st Amendment Brewery
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GAZA - A Hamas member whose charred body was found in his Damascus apartment was not assassinated as first thought but died from inhaling smoke, an official of the Islamist group said on Friday.
The body of Kamal Husni Ghanaja was found on June 27 in a cupboard above the ceiling of his ransacked apartment in the Qudsia neighborhood of Damascus and Hamas launched an investigation into what it had said was a "cowardly murder".
But a Hamas official with direct knowledge of the investigation, said on Friday that the group has found that Ghanaja was not assassinated.
"An internal investigation indicated brother Ghanaja died because of the smoke coming from a generator he used in his house ... he was not murdered," the Hamas official said.
The Syrian capital for years has served as a base for Hamas's leadership in exile but many of the group's top officials and their families have left during the past 16 months of violence in Syria.


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On Friday, Boca Raton native Taylor Gushue was the goat. On Saturday, he was the hero.
Florida's second-year catcher, a Calvary Christian Academy alum, knocked in the winning runs with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning of a 6-4 win over the No. 20 Miami Hurricanes (10-1). The host Gators (4-7) took advantage of several mistakes by the Hurricanes for a late come-from-behind victory in a game that was messy throughout.
Miami took a lead in the fourth when designated hitter Michael Broad reached base on an infield single, then easily stole second on Gushue and later scored on a bloop single from Brandon Lopez. Florida answered with a run in the bottom of the fourth, but the Hurricanes wasted no time taking back the lead an inning later.
Second baseman Alex Hernandez and right fielder Chantz Mack led off the fifth with back-to-back singles. A throwing error by Gators third baseman Zack Powers on a bunt attempt from David Thompson plated Hernandez for Miami's second run and a wild pitch that Gushue could have easily blocked sent Mack across home to give the Hurricanes a 3-1 lead.
Junior right hander Javi Salas (2-0) got the start for Miami, earning a no decision on six innings of four-hit ball while giving up two runs (one earned) with two strikeouts and two walks. Junior AJ Salcines relieved Salas to start the seventh and worked a worry-free inning before the wheels came off in the eighth.
Florida second baseman Casey Turgeon was responsible for Salas' only blemish when he hit a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth to bring the Gators within a run. Turgeon then led off the bottom of the eighth with a walk to start the Gators' rally.
Right fielder Justin Shafer followed with a bloop double to center that got past the diving glove of Dale Carey and Salcines then plunked third baseman Zack Powers to load the bases and set the stage for Gushue.
In Friday's game, Mack stole second in the ninth inning despite Florida guessing right and calling for a pitch out on the attempt. Gushue's throw wasn't in time, and Mack scored the winning run on David Thompson's single.
But on Saturday, the sophomore redeemed himself with a lined shot to right that plated Turgeon and Shafer for the winning runs.
The win ended a six-game losing streak for Florida and brought to a close an impressive 10-game winning streak with which Miami began the season.
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• No. 8 Mississippi 8, FIU 2: Host FIU (7-4) fell at the hands of Ole Miss (10-1) despite sophomore Oscar Aguirre's 2-for-4 effort with a home run. . Junior Zach Sweety and Tyler James Shantz each had two hits for the Panthers, and junior Tyler Alexander (1-1) suffered the loss. Mike Mayers earned his first win of the season for the Rebels.
FIU's only runs came off the bat of Aguirre who launched a two-run home run in the fifth inning. The home run was the first of the season for Aguirre.
Mayers allowed two runs on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts in seven innings. Jeremy Massie closed out the game with two innings of work, allowing one unearned run on two hits with a strikeout.
Alexander gave up six runs — four of them earned — on four hits with three walks and three strikeouts through five innings. Alexander entered the weekend having allowed only one unearned run this season.


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As a parent, we send our children off to college after years of preparation. We make sure they know the basics of living independently. We talk to our daughters about personal safety, but we never imagine the unimaginable - that one of the biggest things to fear is a funnel cloud.
On April 27th last year, a twister in Tuscaloosa took Shannon Brown's little girl. He may be a head football coach at Ardmore High School and a former NFL and University of Alabama football stand-out, but now he's just a father still dealing with enormous grief.
It's been a very long year and it's not over yet. Brown jumps in his truck every morning and afternoon and says good morning and good night to his precious Loryn. He keeps her picture on his dashboard.
"Look at that bright smile," he says. "I'll tell you right now, I'm still not over it and never will be. I'm just telling you, I won't be," he said.
He's not over finding her dead and having to identify her body, but at least he is over the initial shock. Last year when he spoke, he was overwhelmed with grief and could hardly speak.
"She was a precious, precious, thing. Words can just not describe it. I am so sorry," he said.
Brown drove all night from Madison literally through a state of debris and total darkness to reach his first born. His worst fears were confirmed. Loryn, her roommates and their home, were all gone.
"There really wasn't much there. It was like a bomb went off. They were all in the center of the house underneath the stairwell just like you're supposed to be with all their comforters and blankets. We recovered Loryn. I had to identify her body. I've been dealt life's toughest blow. Without question, life's toughest blow," he said.It took him nine months, but he finally visited Loryn's grave for conversation and comfort.
"I took her some flowers and we sat down and talked for hours. It was a very, very tough day, but also therapeutic," said Brown.Digging in the dirt and getting outdoors with his two younger children is also therapeutic and he finds a special peace in a perennial he planted in Loryn's memory. It's a beautiful hot pink azalea.
"It's Loryn. She's just full of blooms right now," he said.
Loryn was bright as a child and full of life, according to her dad. Now, when he looks at her picture on his dashboard or places flowers on her grave, he can't avoid her senior quote in her high school yearbook. It's the inscription now on her marker. This beautiful wise daughter, he says, still speaks to him from the grave.
"Live life to the fullest. It's not the years in your life, but the life in your years," Loryn had written.Loryn Brown was taking classes at Shelton State, planning to transfer to the University of Alabama this fall. Instead, there will be a deserving student from her home town attending U of A, using an endowed scholarship established in Loryn's name.
In death, Loryn will live on. Shannon Brown is in Tuscaloosa planning to be part of the Community-wide service planned for Friday. He's also dedicating a magnolia tree he planted in front of the home where Loryn died.
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Over the last several years, Wisconsin high schools have been adding ice fishing teams to their schools extra-curricular program list. Many of us old timers could only dream of going fishing while at school.
Surprisingly, 45 Wisconsin high schools offer an Ice Fishing Club, including several in the area: Appleton, Chilton, North Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Ripon, Menasha, New Holstein, Oshkosh and Oakfield. The schools do not limit the clubs to ice fishing, as several of the high schools offer open water fishing teams in addition to their ice teams. From a participation standpoint, ice fishing is a much easier sport to support, as no boats are needed to accommodate all the students and coaches.
The schools have a set schedule, which starts on Jan 4, 2014 at Hemlock Lake in Barron County (near Rice Lake). There are potentially eight competitions in which schools can opt to participate. The season concludes on Lake Winnebago, with the state championship being held on Feb. 22. This is the same weekend when Battle on Bago occurs, which is one of the largest ice fishing competitions in the Midwest.
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The State Championship format consists of teams of 10 students. Each team weighs the ten heaviest fish they catch. Eligible species include pan fish, walleye, white bass and burbot. Catching a burbot is a fairly rare on Lake Winnebago, but could yield some serious weight.
Some schools have multiple teams. North Fond du Lac has a club size of approximately 50 students according to coach Pat Kolbe. Three years ago this club had 15 members.
High school teams are typically funded through donations from the community or through user fees. In some rare case, corporate sponsor have helped supply equipment for a few of the teams. Coaches and community volunteers help instruct the students on basic techniques and help with finding hot fishing locations.
On Jan. 20, Troy Peterson, aka Mr. Bluegill, presented an ice seminar for the North Fond du Lac ice fishing team. These learning opportunities are vital to the success of the teams, and provide the students the access to top notched professionals. These presentations also allow the interaction of novice and experienced sportsmen, giving everyone a learning opportunity.
If you are interested in assisting a local team, a list of teams and coaches can be found at http://www.studentfishing.com. I plan to be on the ice with the North Fond du Lac team as a coach later in 2014. Your time or gently used/new equipment donations to your local high school can make a huge impact on a future sportsmen.
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Mark Schram is an avid tournament fisherman, focusing most of his efforts on the Winnebago System in East Central Wisconsin. Mark's blog will focus on the current fishing conditions and selected topics related to the Lake Winnebago region, outdoor sports and life in general. As an angler, he ultimately strives to educate new and established fishermen on the joys of nature. Mark is the founder of www.myfishingpartner.com, a published outdoor writer and an active member of many fishing organizations including the National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA #182).


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Aghios Stefanos (Avliotes or Agios Stefanos) is situated in a beautiful natural setting on the island's North-West coast. Set against a backdrop of hills and greenery it is a quiet but friendly resort with a horseshoe shaped bay surrounded by a long, sandy beach. It is a former fishing village. Still unspoilt, the village successfully blends its summer visitors with local Greek life, ensuring an atmosphere of relaxation and quiet conviviality.


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By BILL ARSENAULT -- The York Daily Record
Sammie Strausbaugh wasn't born to play volleyball -- but it was close.
Strausbaugh is a standout performer with the Jacksonville University women's volleyball team. The sophomore and Dover High School graduate is actually a two-sport start for the Dolphins. She plays sand volleyball in the spring.
"I have been around volleyball ever since I can remember," she said. "My mom coached since I was little, so I was always tagging along to practices and games."
Strausbaugh was 9 when she started playing club volleyball. At Dover, she finished with 1,689 kills, 1,068 digs, 860 assists and 330 service aces. She played four years with the Eagles and earned All-State honors her final two seasons.
Strausbaugh was recruited by a number of colleges but selected Jacksonville because it had the major (exercise science) she wanted. The coaching staff that recruited her left before her first semester.
"I was really lucky to inherit such a talented player as Sammie," coach Michelle Collier said.
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The Steelers, in a much-needed strong performance, won at Cincinnati and took a step forward. The rest of the AFC North? Not so much.
Steelers overcome injuries to beat Bengals
Ben Roethlisberger threw one touchdown pass, and the Steelers overcame their injury-depleted running game to beat the Bengals 24-17 on Sunday night.
The Bengals have re-signed reserve running back Bernard Scott, who missed all but two games last season because of injuries.||||||| The sixth-round draft pick from 2009 has started three games during his four seasons in Cincinnati. Last year, he suffered a hand injury during preseason, then an ankle injury that resulted in him going on the injured reserve list on Oct. 8. He carried eight times for 35 yards in his two games.
Scott will miss the rest of the season with an injured left knee suffered Sunday.||||||| Scott got hurt during a 17-13 loss to the Miami Dolphins when the leg bent awkwardly as he was tackled. He later rode a stationary bicycle on the sideline, hoping to go back into the game. The Bengals filled his spot by activating linebacker Dontay Moch, who was suspended the first four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
Defensive end Carlos Dunlap (sprained right knee) and Scott are active for the first time this season.||||||| Scott missed the first two games with a broke right hand.
Scott has waited two years to get this chance. The shifty running back will be a focus of the Cincinnati Bengals' offense Sunday in Seattle, taking over for suspended starter Cedric Benson. It'll be his first featured appearance since he started two games as a rookie in 2009.||||||| The question is how much the Bengals (4-2) will change their running game on Sunday in Seattle (2-4), where the crowd is loud and rookie quarterback Andy Dalton will rely on Scott instead of Benson to control the ball. Benson is serving a one-game suspension for violating the NFL's conduct policy. He spent five days in a Texas prison settling two misdemeanor assault cases before the season started. The Bengals expect him back next week for a game at Tennessee.
Scott started Sunday against Cleveland in place of Cedric Benson, who is inactive for the game.||||||| Scott made his first NFL start last Sunday in Oakland and ran for 119 yards in a 20-17 loss to the Raiders.


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It's Labor Day weekend, a time to do anything but work.
For some people, that means shopping. U.S. News & World Report has done a guide to the best Labor Day sales. (Thanks to Leah at Suddenly Frugal for the tip.)
For others, Labor Day means a potluck dinner, picnic or barbecue. Today only, Sept. 3, you can get grass-fed beef for $3.99 a pound at Whole Foods. Boston Market is offering a Family Meal or Market Feast for 50% off, Labor Day only, with this coupon.
The FTC is toying with the idea of a do-not-call list for computer users. But some experts doubt it will work as well.
This post comes from Michael Koretzky at partner site Money Talks News.
You've probably heard of the national Do-Not-Call List. And perhaps you're one of the 145 million Americans who have signed up for the federal government's registry since it started in 2003. If so, telemarketers can't dial your phone number without facing hefty fines (up to $16,000 per violation) for ignoring your wishes.
Now the same agency that created Do-Not-Call is mulling over a similar plan called "Do-Not-Track." The Federal Trade Commission wants to do for computers what it's already done so well for telephones. But despite its past success, tech experts are skeptical -- mostly because computers are so much more complicated than phones.
Boomeranger? Failed to launch? PF blogger offers (satirical) tips to help you score.
Sam, who blogs at Financial Samurai, was startled to read a number of recent posts about college grads who live with their parents. "Is there no shame in living at home with parents as a grown adult?" he wonders.
But he also feels a little sorry for these young people -- especially the guys, because a dude who mooches off Mom and Dad is not exactly a chick magnet.
A credit score of 500 will get you a car loan, but a score of 720 will get you a much better rate.
This post comes from partner blog The Dough Roller.
So, you've taken advantage of a free credit score offer. With your score in hand, you may have even done some research on what is a good credit score. But the question still remains: What exactly does your credit score mean? How does your score compare with those of others? And do you have the score you need to qualify for the credit you want?
Money Magazine published an article this month that answered those questions. The article was actually about a few people that have nearly perfect credit (FICO score of 850). While a perfect credit score may give you bragging rights, who cares? As Money points out, a FICO score of 780-plus will get you the best deal on any loan.
But understanding where your score falls on the total range of credit scores and whether it's good enough to qualify for a loan can be helpful information.
With so many millionaires in the US, chances are one lives next door. What's he thinking?
This guest post comes from Len Penzo at Len Penzo dot Com.
Although having a million bucks isn't as impressive as it once was, it's still nothing to sneeze at.
In fact, Reuters reports that in 2009 there were 7.8 million millionaires in the U.S. That's a lot of people, people. And the odds are one or two of them are living near you.
Heck, one of them might even be your neighbor. In fact, the odds are very good that it is your neighbor.
But, Len, you don't know my neighbor. That guy doesn't look anything like a millionaire.
Well, guess what. Your suburban millionaire neighbor called (oh, yeah, we go way back), and the two of us had a nice little chat.
Total cost of premiums didn't rise much this year, but employees are paying a higher percentage and seeing cuts in benefits.
Chalk up another budget category where you're paying more and getting less: employer-provided health care.
A new survey shows that workers are paying a higher percentage of their health insurance premiums as benefits are reduced and co-payments and deductibles rise.
The 2010 Employer Health Benefits Survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust found that workers are paying 19% of the cost of individual insurance and 30% of the cost of family insurance, the highest rate in the 12 years the survey has been done. Last year, workers paid 17% of the cost of individual coverage and 27% of the cost of family coverage.
The cost of food is going up, experts say. Here's how to offset higher prices with smart savings strategies.
This Deal of the Daycomes fromKelli B. Grantat partner site SmartMoney.
Coupons don't cut it for grocery savings anymore.
Although inflation has been modest lately, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts food-price inflation is likely to jump 2% to 3% in 2011. That means food companies and supermarkets will soon be facing higher overhead costs.
Prices of commodities such as coffee, cattle and grain are rising, and they can go up only so far before the food industry is forced to reduce package size, raise prices or both.
"When a food that depends on one commodity like coffee goes up, we see it pretty fast in retail prices," says Jack Plunkett, chief executive of Plunkett Research, a market research firm.
Consumers who want to keep rising food costs in check will need to adjust their spending substantially, says Phil Lempert, founder of grocery information site Supermarket Guru.
Could the 30-year rate fall below 4%? Experts consider the possibility.
This post comes from Marilyn Lewis of MSN Money.
Mortgage interest rates dropped yet again this week.
- Freddie Mac, the quasi-government mortgage company, reported that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are averaging 4.32% (with an average cost of 0.7 point), down from 4.36% last week -- and from 5.08% this time last year.
- Fifteen-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to 3.83% (with 0.6 point), down from 3.86% last week and 4.54% last year.
Freddie Mac started tracking the 30-year fixed-rate in 1971 and the 15-year rate in 1991, and the prices this summer have broken every record.
Here's the new question: Could the 30-year fixed mortgage conceivably drop below 4%? It would be something to tell your grandchildren about.
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High Country News February 04, 2013
Will the Badlands become the first tribal national park?
Oglala Lakota leaders hope to transform their bombed-out Badlands and help lift the tribe out of poverty, but it won't be easy.
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Pro-gun Western Democrats are in the spotlight as the nation debates non-traditional firearms.
A new normal for snow
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In a rural Colorado valley, old-fashioned print news lives on
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Anyone who tries to fix a draining mine may become liable for its water pollution. But Good Samaritans are finding ways to avoid getting sued for their good deeds.
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Editor's Note
Whose land is this?
The country's first tribal national park could lead the way toward more tribal control over lands that were once theirs.
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After 22 years, a couple gets the first same-sex marriage in their rural Washington county.
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In William J. Cobb's lyrical novel The Bird Saviors, a mysterious virus strikes the residents of Pueblo, Colo.
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Gary Hart's seventh novel takes us to another front in the water wars, the decades-long dispute over damming southern Colorado's Animas- La Plata rivers to provide more water for the growing town of Durango.
A review of An Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps
Archaeologist and historian Peter L. Eidenbach presents the Land of Enchantment as seen by early conquerors, naturalists, surveyors, and railroaders.


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Great Outdoors : Travel Feature
Places in the heart: Brett Lee
Cricket's Brett Lee finds his perfect destination in Western Australia's El Questro Wilderness Park.
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Flip Byrnes finds a diverse island holiday just a hop, skip and jump down the coast from Adelaide.
Discover Kangaroo Island
Craig Tansley travels down red dirt tracks and along the striking coastline on an island where the wildlife is company enough.
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Sublime inferno
As nature turns up the heat, Max Anderson finds five-star luxury takes the edge off a journey through outback history.
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Choice tramps: New Zealand's top five hikes
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Occasionally I get the urge for something warm - might I say hot even. And when that feeling comes, nothing hits the spot like this Yerba Mate Latte recipe. Much love goes out to Cafe Gratitude for introducing me to this elixir.
Making a Yerba Mate Latte is simple. All you are really doing is mixing Yeba Mate tea with some form of nut milk, (I'm going to use an instant cashew milk recipie). See my footnotes if you are a raw purest.
Ingredients (Raw & Organic)
- 4 TB Cashew Butter (like this)
- 2 1/2 Cups Pure Water
- 2 TB Agave or Honey (like this)
- 4 Dashes of Cinnamon
- 1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 1/8 Tsp. Sea Salt
- Yeba Mate tea leaves or tea bag (like this)
1 - Preparing the Instant Cashew Milk
I'm slightly lazy, so I'm going to be using an instant cashew milk recipie for the latte part of this drink. Feel free to use almond milk if you so wish.
- One: Throw your 4 TB of Cashew Butter into the blender with your water.
- Two: Salt, Cinnamon and Vanilla definitely add that magic touch.
- Three: Blend it like you mean it.
- Four: So silky smooth!
2 - Preparing the Late
- One: Heat up a pot of watter or tea kettle to your desired temp.
- Two: Drop in the Yerba Mate tea bag and hot water into a cup, let it sit for 5 minutes or so.
- Three: Using a strainer (to catch the un-blended chucks of cashew) fill up 1/4 up the cup with the cashew milk. More milk if you want it creamier.
- Four: Add a dash of cinnamon for the road and you're read to go!
Sharing is caring. Enjoy.


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The tattoo scandal at Ohio State that cost Jim Tressel his job has led to more charges against the program.
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Ohio State has already suspended players, fired Jim Tressel, vacated its 2010 season, placed itself on a two-year probation, forfeited its Sugar Bowl payment, and put itself under further review as a result of the tat scandal that struck Columbus in March. Those were preemptive steps toward hopefully receiving a lighter punishment from the NCAA.
Already awaiting a final ruling from the NCAA, Ohio State has been slapped with some more charges, centering around a 'failure to monitor' an ex-booster, Robert DiGeronimo, who allegedly provided nearly $2,500 in benefits to several football players:
"Failure to monitor" is among the most serious allegations the NCAA can bring against a member school.
[... ] the NCAA said the school "failed to take appropriate actions to determine if DiGeronimo continued to employ student-athletes or host them at the charity event despite concerns about his interaction with the football program."
In addition, the NCAA said Ohio State "failed to educate football student-athletes about DiGeronimo, encourage them to cease interaction with him or inquire about their potential employment with DiGeronimo and attendance at the charity event."
Ohio State's school officials are scheduled to appear before the NCAA infractions committe on December 10 to answer to these new allegations.
The Associated Press is reporting that former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor and his lawyer were seeking for the University to make it clear that he would be ineligible for this coming season so he could in turn be eligible for the NFL's supplemental draft. Ohio State did them one better, and declared that Pryor is suspended for a whopping five years from the Ohio State athletic program.
Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith said this in a letter to Pryor, per the AP:
"The university must also dissociate you from its athletic program for a period of five years.
Please note that this dissociation does NOT prohibit you from enrolling in classes at the university to complete your degree," Smith wrote. "As you know, I would encourage you to complete your degree.""
This news effectively makes Pryor eligible for the NFL's supplemental draft, as the only thing preventing him from it was his ineligibility. Now that Ohio State has made that official, we will see if the NFL reciprocates and has a supplemental draft, even though training camps are scheduled to begin Wednesday.
NFL Spokesman Greg Aielo hinted in an e-mail to FoxSports.com that former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor might not be eligible for the NFL's supplemental draft, which would mean that the NFL is out of the question for him, at least in 2011.
Pryor might be facing a similar road to the NFL that another former Buckeye—Maurice Clarett—faced years ago before he was selected in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.
Here is what Aielo said in his e-mail to FoxSports.com:
"If there are no players eligible for a supplemental draft, there is no supplemental draft," Aiello said in the email. "It is for players whose circumstances have changed in an unforeseen way after the regular (college) draft. It is not a mechanism for simply bypassing the regular (draft)."
Should there be no supplemental draft, it would also mean that Georgia running back Caleb King is ineligible for the league as well. If these two players are ineligible, and with training camps likely less than 10 days away already, it seems as though they might be, they should look to the CFL for at least the rest of this season to keep up on the football side of things.
You could always continue to workout for a full year but nothing beats getting game action. Then again, if Pryor is riding the bench for some CFL team, he's only getting paid while limiting his development and other things he could be doing.
It could all be a very ugly situation for the former Ohio State star, but it's looking more and more like the NFL will have to wait for Terrelle Pryor, and vice versa. At least for now.
ESPN, the worldwide leader in "decisions", has gone after The Ohio State University in a lawsuit filed on Monday to gain access to three sets of public records that the sports network sought earlier this year.
The complete story via Cleveland.com says that the goal of the suit brought before the Ohio Supreme Court will be to force Ohio State to let ESPN see the records.
"It is impossible to imagine that Congress had any interest in restricting the flow of information about shady deals at a tattoo parlor when it passed FERPA in 1974," states the lawsuit. ESPN attorney John Greiner declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Jim Lynch, OSU director of media relations, says in an e-mail that OSU "believes that is has adhered to all applicable state and federal laws".
Lynch went on to add in his e-mail that Ohio State has been "inundated" with public records requests, including "voluminous" requests from ESPN.
"While the university often receives media requests that are overly broad, given Ohio's public record laws, we generally try to work with reporters to help them find the information they are seeking, working within the boundaries of the applicable laws," the e-mail reads.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have responded to the NCAA regarding their violations of rules regarding former quarterback Terrelle Pryor and four other players.
According to the Columbus Dispatch, the program is essentially going to vacate its 12-1 season from just a year ago, including a Big Ten title and Sugar Bowl title. Obviously that doesn't change what has already happened, and the reports indicate that the University actually sought resignation for former head coach Jim Tressel.
According to the report, the Buckeyes are placing all the blame on Tressel saying he was the only one who knew the severity of what was happening.
"The responsibility is upon Tressel. No other institutional personnel were aware" of the violations, and the former coach failed in his obligation to report them, the response says. "The institution is embarrassed by the actions of Tressel."
Ohio State placed its football program on probation, and with the self-imposed penalties, sources say that the university will not face any further discipline, which is a bit of great news because they will not lose scholarships or bowl eligibility, unlike the USC Trojans did.
That is up to the NCAA, however, which will have an infractions hearing on August 12. They could choose to accept Ohio State's self-imposed punishment or add further sanctions on top.
Read the full report HERE.
Former Youngstown State player Ray Isaac (who went through similar trials as a player to those of Terrelle Pryor) recently came to the defense of his former head coach in an interview with Sports Radio Interviews:
"The article is a big lie. I think that I've only done two interviews since 1991, since all the allegations came out. … I did both of those interviews in 2003 and I was displeased with how those articles came out. So I have not done another interview since then. I'm very displeased with the article. The article is chewed up. If you look at the paragraph that goes into what I was allegedly to have said, it is poorly written. It doesn't give any facts or clarity."
Isaac says what was written about Tressel is a lie, and that he is as good a person as you will ever meet:
"Jim Tressel is as good a man as you'll ever meet. It's almost to the point where it's hokey; you would think he is phony. Jim Tressel is like the person you want to be when you grow up. … He's always treated me like a son, always got on my case. I'm just appalled by the lack of facts in the article concerning me and him. … It almost looked like he read 50 articles of the Jim Tressel/Ray Isaac situation and mixed them all together and then wrote a paragraph because he could not get any words out of my mouth."
NCAA President Mark Emmert also did an interview with the same station today, and sounded off on his opinions of whether or not college student-athletes should be paid:
"No, I disagree with that. I'm as adamant as I've ever been about having student athletes be students. We do in fact provide it to many of our universities – full cost of attendance scholarships and financial aid. It's really consistent with everything that goes on inside of universities and it wasn't widely covered in the media. This was something I've been talking about again for six months. The notion of converting student athletes to employees and providing them with a salary and changing their status from one student athlete to 'quasi-professional' that's where I draw the line and I draw it sharply."
Clearly everything that we have read and heard is only the beginning of what appears to be a long line of "He said, she said" rumors and defenses of those rumors.
I know what you're saying. What is Dick Vitale doing commenting on the Jim Tressel situation? He's a College Basketball guy, and has proven to be a relatively clueless one at that (quick editor's note: did you know that he picked VCU over Butler, and Kentucky over UConn in the final four last year? Then when he got a second chance in the finals, he picked Butler over UConn? Mind boggling). But he is technically an authority on college athletics, and he does know a lot of things that have happened; and there has to be some value to that.
So what does he have to say about this whole situation? Well, he compares Tressel to Bruce Pearl and Kelvin Sampson. Basically saying that it is even more of a shame that Tressel used these practices, when he was a good enough coach and recruiter to win without them.
It came down to the simple fact that this whole situation snowballed. Tressel tried to protect his players instead of going to the proper authorities and the right people within the University. When he learned of issues, he tried to work with the people involved instead of talking with his compliance staff or administrators. It all spelled trouble.
Vitale makes a good point. Between Tressel's abilities as a game manager, and the natural recruiting base that is Ohio State University, Tressel didn't need to do these kinds of things (or allow them to happen) for his team to be successful. He could have done it the right way and still had an elite program. The fact that he chose not to run a clean program while enjoying that reputation, unfortunately, speaks volumes of his character.
Jim Tressel's Ohio State tenure comes to a messy end, but he will always be a Buckeyes legend.
As we all know, Jim Tressel resigned as the head coach of the Ohio State University football team on Monday. We now have the resignation letter he sent to athletic director Gene Smtih from Ozone.net. The most interesting part is probably the end.
After meeting with university officials, we agreed that it is in the best interest of Ohio State that I resign as head football coach.
The recent situation has been a distraction for our great university and I make this decision for the greater good of our school.
The appreciation that Ellen and I have for the Buckeye Nation is immeasurable. We have been blessed to work with the finest group of young men in America and we love them dearly. In addition, we cannot thank you enough ... the high school coaches we have worked with over these many years.
We know that God has a plan for us and we will be fine. We will be Buckeyes forever.
That's kind of an interesting notion. It will be interesting to see how the Ohio State family treats Tressel in the future, and how they remember his tenure. He had plenty of success there, but all of that could get wiped out in the coming months and years. Interesting indeed.
The Sports Illustrated article we have all been waiting for is finally out, and boy is it a doozie. In it, George Dohrmann says that Jim Tressel has been aware of violations made by his Ohio State players dating all the way back to 2002, just his second year in Columbus; and that he has had a history of violations in his programs since he was at Youngstown State.
In reality, Ohio State players have been trading memorabilia -- including items bearing Tressel's signature -- since at least the coach's second season, according to multiple sources. The number of players involved is also much higher than what has previously been disclosed.
Here is some of the other information that Dohrmann discloses, via SB Nation.
And there is a lot more where that came from. With this on the horizon, it's no surprise that Tressel elected to resign yesterday. The only thing that remains is to find out from the NCAA how many of these violations will lead to punishments for the University and their next coach.
The biggest thing that Dohrmann claims Tressel is guilty of is knowing about these issues and not reporting it. that is one of the biggest violations a coach can make, and almost always leads to their eventual dismissal. This is no different. If you haven't gotten the chance to check out the article yet, I recommend you do so. It will give you a different view on the sweater.
Jim Tressel resigned as Ohio State's head coach early Monday morning, which was a bit surprising considering it being Memorial Day, and now the Buckeye's associate vice president and director of athletics Gene Smith has addressed the situation on the school's website.
The news of Tressel's resignation was first reported by the Columbus Dispatch, and the newspaper is now reporting that he was "encouraged" to resign, but Smith doesn't make that claim.
Smith notes that Tressel returned from a vacation on Sunday night and the two sat down to discuss what was going on with the program when the coach decided to resign before officially submitting his resignation on Monday morning. Tressel met with the majority of the team on Monday morning to explain the transition process with interim head coach Luke Fickell -- who Smith offered the job before meeting with the team -- also in attendance.
While this seems to all be quite shocking, it shouldn't come as a huge surprise as ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit reported on ESPN that 78 of the 81 coaches in Tressel's situation had either been fired or resigned.
The full video of Smith addressing the Buckeye Nation, as well as his thanking Tressel for his year's of leadership, is embedded below.
Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel resigned on Monday as the program continues to be under scrutiny involving a number of issues.
The entire story can be found here via BuckeyeGrove.com.
"In consultation with the senior leadership of the Board of Trustees, I have been actively reviewing matters attendant to our football program, and I have accepted Coach Tressel's resignation," said Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. "The University's enduring public purposes and its tradition of excellence continue to guide our actions."
With the Buckeyes less than 100 days from the start of the 2011 season, the time to get past this will be as soon as possible.
"After meeting with University officials, we agreed that it is in the best interest of Ohio State that I resign as head football coach," Tressel said. "The appreciation that Ellen and I have for the Buckeye Nation is immeasurable."
Ohio State's Athletic Director tried to put the best spin possible on the situation:
"We look forward to refocusing the football program on doing what we do best - representing this extraordinary University and its values on the field, in the classroom, and in life," Ohio State AD Gene Smith said. "We look forward to supporting Luke Fickell in his role as our football coach. We have full confidence in his ability to lead our football program."
There will no doubt be much more to this story. Stay tuned.
Former Ohio State wide receiver Ray Small, who played for the team from 2006-2010, told the Ohio State school newspaper that he sold Big Ten championship rings and other memorabilia for cash, and apparently received special deals on cars. Small says that "everyone was doing it" when he played, and this only adds more fuel to the fire that is burning in Columbus right now.
Small says he didn't use the money he received to pay for typical expenses like making car and living payments for his apartment:
"We have apartments, car notes," he said. "So you got things like that and you look around and you're like, 'Well I got (four) of them, I can sell one or two and get some money to pay this rent.' "
Small basically said that Ohio State players were given special discounts at car dealerships, which is where the best benefits came from. Not only that, but at a local tattoo parlor owned by an OSU fan, apparently players were offered 50 percent off some tattoo designs, offers they weren't going to pass up.
"They explain the rules to you, but as a kid you're not really listening to all of them rules," Small said. "You go out and you just, people show you so much love, you don't even think about the rules. You're just like, 'Ah man, it's cool.' You take it, and next thing you know the NCAA is down your back."
"Everywhere you go, while you're in the process of playing at Ohio State," Small said, "you're going to get a deal every which way."
Small was known in his time at Ohio State for continuously being in Jim Tressel's doghouse, and his career there was nothing short of a disappointment. Still, his actions make you wonder what kind of operation Tressel has control of right now, and how much longer he will maintain that control.
Ohio St. is investigating whether or not some of their players have received improper benefits in the form of discounted cars over the past few years. Last week, a title for one of the cars in question turned up that appeared to have a value of 0 on the car, meaning that the buyer would not have paid any money to obtain it. But an older title for the car was discovered that showed that the player, former linebacker Thaddeus Gibson, did in fact pay $13,700 for the car, and is "still making payments; according to the Columbus Dispatch.
Now that does not absolve the deal completely, or at least not yet. The car was a 2007 Chrysler 300C that was purchased in June of 2007. The car did have some miles on it, but that seems like an awfully low price for a car that was released so recently. But there is nothing in this article that indicates that this has become an issue for the investigation.
Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon recently was asked about the investigation Ohio St. was facing. According to Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press, he was empathetic with the fight Ohio St. will be facing.
"I know what it's like to receive the papers from the NCAA … when you're going through it it's painful, it's difficult, it's stressful and what you don't need is anybody … particularly a colleague … poking anything at you. There were some people out there that did it, and I remember who they are and I remember what they said."
The hits just keep on coming for the Ohio St. athletic department. We still don't know the full extent of the punishments that will be levied against Jim for this violations he incurred earlier this season. Now, we have information about a new potential violation that Ohio St. will investigate, and it has to do with "dozens" of athletes and their families purchasing used cars from a specific dealership, and whether or not they received improper benefits during those transactions; according to the Columbus Dispatch, via Along the Olentangy.
The investigation was initiated after The Dispatch found in public records that at least eight Ohio State athletes and 11 athletes' relatives bought used cars from Jack Maxton Chevrolet or Auto Direct during the past five years. The investigation will involve outside experts and examine at least 50 sales, focusing on whether the athletes received improper benefits.
According to Along the Olentangy, there weren't any obvious improper benefits that caused the investigation, rather how suspicious it is that so many players from the same athletic department bought cars from the same dealer.
Ohio State is specifically investigating the issue because of a certain salesman, Aaron Kniffin, who has worked at both dealerships and is responsible for many of the transactions. Ohio State has not detected any case of improper benefits, but the large number of athletes purchasing cars from the same salesman has sufficiently frightened the program.
I guess after all the issues that the department has faced so far this year, you can never be too careful. And it's always better to find that information out on your own before the NCAA has to come in and clean everything up for you. We'll have more information on these new issues as soon as more details come to light.
With the NCAA set to hand down their ruling on the Ohio State football team's NCAA violations, the only question is, just how severe will they be?
The Buckeyes received a notice of allegations on Friday and has been hit with the "lack of control" tag, as well as dishonesty and ethical misconduct. There is also a chance that OSU will be treated as a repeat offender, according to the Columbus Dispatch:
stemming from the violations involving former quarterback Troy Smith, who took $500 from a booster and former men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien, who gave $6,000 to a recruit.
In what started as university-imposed suspensions for the first five games due to the selling of game-used memorabilia in exchange for cash and free tattoos at a parlor in Columbus has also led to the discovery of emails written by Head Coach Jim Tressel which explicitly showed that he was not only aware of the misconduct, but actively chose to cover it up for the "players' safety."
It is unclear how much this will affect the program long-term, but losing wins from the 2010 season, as well as reduced scholarships are not out of the question, and the future of Jim Tressel as head coach of the Buckeyes is also in limbo.
With the NCAA set to hand down their ruling on the Ohio State football team's NCAA violations, the only question is, just how severe will they be?
The Buckeyes received a notice of allegations on Friday and has been hit with the "lack of control" tag, as well as dishonesty and ethical misconduct. There is also a chance that OSU will be treated as a repeat offender, according to the Columbus Dispatch:
stemming from the violations involving former quarterback Troy Smith, who took $500 from a booster and former men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien, who gave $6,000 to a recruit.
In what started as university-imposed suspensions for the first five games due to the selling of game-used memorabilia in exchange for cash and free tattoos at a parlor in Columbus has also led to the discovery of emails written by Head Coach Jim Tressel which explicitly showed that he was not only aware of the misconduct, but actively chose to cover it up for the "players' safety."
It is unclear how much this will affect the program long-term, but losing wins from the 2010 season, as well as reduced scholarships are not out of the question, and the future of Jim Tressel as head coach of the Buckeyes is also in limbo.
The troubles continue to mount for embattled Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Tressel, in fact, did act on the e-mails he received regarding quarterback Terrelle Pryor and others being in some bigtime trouble. He just didn't inform his bosses at Ohio State.
Tressel, in fact, did forward the information to a mentor of Pryor's, Ted Sarniak. Sarniak, according to the report, is a prominent businessman back in Jeanette, PA where Pryor is from and accompanied Pryor on recruiting trips to Ohio State and other schools.
This is another, well, lie, told by Tressel. During his press conference on March 8, Tressel claimed he kept the information to himself to protect both the investigation and his players. Tressel admitted he was afraid for their safety. Now, it seems, Tressel did actually forward the emails - to someone far removed from the university or the investigation but close to Pryor.
Right now, Tressel will miss the first five games of the 2011 season and has been fined $250,000. The NCAA, however, can increase the penalty when they conclude their investigation.
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that the NCAA has denied Ohio State's appeal for its suspended players to have their suspensions for next season reduced from five games. In what has become known as "Tattoogate" the Buckeyes players have brought a lot of negative attention to the program, and Jim Tressel's involvement in the situation has made it all even more murky.
Tressel allegedly knew of the incidents as early as last April, but failed to report it to the NCAA. Tressel was given a two game suspension by the University, and the Dispatch is reporting that he has indicated he will sit five games with his players.
It should be noted that Tressel's self-imposed five game suspension could still be increased by the NCAA.
The mystery lawyer that tried to help Jim Tressel out by informing him of improprieties by players on the Buckeyes football team has been identified and he is reportedly a former Buckeyes player himself.
Christopher T. Cicero, a Columbus-based lawyer, is reportedly the man who had the e-mail correspondence with Tressel last April. Tressel said he was going to look into the matter ASAP but kept quiet until December when news of the players' actions broke.
Cicero lettered in football at Ohio State in 1983 after walking on to the Buckeyes as a linebacker. It was the same year Tressel joined Ohio State as an assistant under Earle Bruce.
On Tuesday, Tressel was suspended for the first two games of the 2011 season and fined $250,000 for violating NCAA rules by failing to notify the school about the players' involvement. He also will receive a public reprimand and must make a public apology.
The mess Jim Tressel has found himself in – as well as Ohio State University – doesn't look pretty, especially when you read the e-mails that went back and forth between Tressel and an unidentified individual that proved unequivocally that Tressel knew about Ohio State football players selling or trading memorabilia for tattoos and other favors long before the school – and Tressel – said they knew.
The first e-mail, dated April 2, 2010 informs Tressel of the Federal Government's raiding of Eddie Rife. Rife owned the tattoo parlor that was raided, where 'a lot of Ohio State memorabilia, including championship rings' were found.
Tressel responded the same day to that message with a short reply saying he would look into it:
…I will get on it ASAP…Happy Easter to you as well !! Go Bucks !! jt
The nest e-mail comes two weeks later, with further details on what Buckeyes players were involved and what they were involved with. While player names were blacked out, items such as championship rings, cleats, signed jerseys, 9 Big Ten Championship Rings, and a National Championship Ring.
An interesting part of the e-mail, at least to me, as towards the bottom when the anonymous source stated his intentions to try and get these items back from the Federal Government. Was this to try and clear Ohio State from the investigation?
Again, Tressel's response was concise, though it appears he knew he was attempting to cover something up:
I hear you !! It is unbelievable !! Thanks for your help….keep me posted as to what I need to do if anything. I will keep pounding these kids hoping they grow up…jt
The entire exchange doesn't look good at any level. Something tells me we haven't heard the last of all this, despite Ohio State's self-imposed sanctions on Tressel earlier this evening.
Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel violated NCAA Bylaw 10.1 when he failed to notify the university about information received involving two football student-athletes who were allegedly trading memorabilia for tattoos, the school self-reported to the NCAA on Tuesday.
Ohio State issued a press release which says the school found out about the issue on January 13 "while reviewing information on an unrelated legal issue" and has been looking into the allegations ever since."I am disappointed that we find ourselves in this situation. I want to thank the NCAA for being responsive and working collaboratively with us on this case. We ask Buckeye Nation to be patient as we resolve this matter and we thank them for all the support that they provide to our programs," Athletics Director Gene Smith said in a press release. "I think everyone knows how I feel about Jim Tressel. There is no better coach at developing young people than Jim."
Tressel, who will have to issue a public reprimand and apology, undergo a two-game suspension, attend at a compliance seminar and pay a $250,000 fine as issued as part of the self-imposted sanctions, was apologetic in the release."I am sorry and disappointed this happened. At the time the situation occurred, I thought I was doing the right thing," Tressel said. "I understand my responsibility to represent Ohio State and the game of football. I apologize to any and all of the people I have let down. I will grow from this experience."
Despite these issues, Tressel's job is not in jeopardy."Wherever we end up, Jim Tressel is our football coach. All of the speculation about him being terminated is not warranted," Smith said during a press conference Tuesday evening. "No question in my mind that his decision was from the heart."
Is Jim Tressel on the verge of being fired as head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program? Depends on how big of a deal you think it is for Gene Smith, Buckeyes Athletic Director AND chairman of the NCAA's Division I men's basketball committee, to return to Columbus to deal with the allegations.
Smith's committee is responsible for choosing the 68 teams in the NCAA Tornament and with Selection Sunday just around the corner it seems a bit odd that Smith would leave New York and head back to Columbus simply to say Tressel knew nothing about improper benefits being given to five Buckeyes players including quarterback Terrelle Pryor.
Maybe he is coming back to sit at Tressel's side tonight and back the head coach that has won 106 games during his 10 years with the Buckeyes. Or, he could come back to say he will continue gathering information while placing Tressel on some kind of administrative leave.
Whatever the case, to say this is bad news for the Buckeyes football program is the understatement of the year. All eyes and ears will be on that press conference tonight at 7PM.
Ohio State AD Gene Smith has returned to campus, and a news conference will be held tonight at 7 PM. ESPN is reporting that Tressel's job could be in jeopardy.
Expected to be at the news conference are the president of the university, Smith, and Tressel. All eyes will certainly be on Tressel, who will speak for the first time since the allegations came about.
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Tax Cuts Raise Revenue COMPLETELY DEBUNKED
by Bonddad, Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 03:14:26 AM EST
The Right Wing Noise Machine Economics Division has several themes running through their policy pronouncements and analysis. Their greatest canard is "tax cuts pay for themselves." The underlying facts directly contravene this assertion, but that doesn't stop various pundits from continually advancing their agenda. The primary reason is Republican economic statements are not centered around policy but instead on selling a message.
Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves is perhaps the greatest Republican canard. It's popular because at the root of the message is an easy sell; you can get something for nothing. Compounding the degree of obfuscation is that RWNM pundits continually rewrite the history, usually "forgetting" key facts.
The editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal originally started to advance this idea in the mid to late 1970s. The idea is based on a graph drawn by Paul Laffer (reportedly on a cocktail napkin) and is usually represented by a simple semi-circle. The horizontal line represents tax rates and the vertical line represents tax revenue. The curve's central idea is there is an optimal level of taxation, represented by the semicircle's apex. It the level of taxation is above or below the apex, tax revenue will be lower than the theoretical optimal level.
There are several problems with this idea and its implementation.
There is no way to derive this model from any set of existing data. Supply and Demand, marginal cost equaling marginal revenue and all other bedrock economic concepts can be derived from existing data. The Laffer Curve can't be derived from existing data. Ever notice that whenever the Republicans start talking about tax cuts they never say "according to the data, a cut of this magnitude will increase revenue this much"? That's because they can't. Theories are nice, but if reality can't back-up the theory, the theory probably doesn't exist in reality. The scientific method prevents the acceptance of a theory which reality cannot substantiate.
The underlying assumption is taxes are always too high. The assumption of all Republican ideologues is taxes are always to the right of the semicircle's apex. Therefore, lowering taxes will increase revenue. What they forget to mention is according to the Laffer curve, if tax rates are left of the apex, lowering taxes could also decrease revenue. Because there is no way to extrapolate any"laffer" curve from any data there is no way prove or disprove the underlying assumptions of any tax increase or decrease. Because it is easier to sell tax cuts instead of tax increases, the assumption that rates are to the right of the apex fits in with a marketing plan, but has no basis in any actual evidence.
The academic version of conservative economic theory mandates that for every cut in taxes there must be a proportionate cut in government expenditures. Note this theory does not state that tax cuts pay for themselves. Instead, they argue for a 1 for 1 reduction in tax levels and government spending. In other words, if taxes are cut 10% then government spending should be cut by 10%. The problem with the actual implementation of laffer curve ideology is at the same time Republicans cut taxes, they disproportionately increase spending creating deficits.
Reagan and Bush II have implemented laffer curve theory. The actual results from both President's terms is available from the Congressional Budget Office,the Bureau for the Public Debt and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The actual evidence from the historical record directly contravenes RWNM assertions.
Reagan cut taxes in 1981. For the years 1981-1984, tax revenue from individual taxpayers (in billions) was 286, 298, 289 and 298. In other words, there was a total of 12 billion dollars of difference between the lowest total revenue collection and the highest point of revenue collection. It is just as easy to argue the rate from which the cuts occurred weas already to the left of the apex, indicating a tax decrease would lower revenue. After all, revenue didn't increase, did it?
In fairness, part of the reason for the decrease in revenue was a slow economy. The US economy grew 2.5% in 1981 and -1.9% in 1982. But, the US economy grew 4.5% in 1983 (the income taxes for 1983 were collected in 1984). Yet, tax revenue increased a measly 3.1%. This bolsters the argument that tax rates were already to the left of the laffer curve's apex, largely because there was no dramatic increase in tax revenue as the laffer curve would stipulate despite a growing economy.
For the years 1985-1988 tax revenues increased in each year. The respective total amounts were (in billions) 335, 349, 392 and 401. While it looks like the tax cuts eventually increased revenue, that isn't the case. While the RWNM continually touts Reagan's 1981 tax cut, they forget several ofReagan's tax increases:
The following year, Reagan signed another big tax increase in the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984. This raised taxes by $18 billion per year or 0.4 percent of GDP. A similar sized tax increase today would be about $44 billion.
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 raised taxes yet again. Even the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which was designed to be revenue-neutral, contained a net tax increase in its first two years. And the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 raised taxes still more.
The year 1988 appears to be the only year of the Reagan presidency, other than the first, in which taxes were not raised legislatively. Of course, previous tax increases remained in effect. According to a table in the 1990 budget, the net effect of all these tax increases was to raise taxes by $164 billion in 1992, or 2.6 percent of GDP. This is equivalent to almost $300 billion in today's economy.
(The previous section is from Townhall.com.)
For each year between 1985 and 1988, tax revenue increased from 334.5 billion to 401.2 billion - an increase of 20%. But for each of those years when tax revenue increased, there was also a legislative tax increase of one kind or another.
The total overall increase in tax revenue under Regan was 40.70%. Compare Reagan's increase to the Clinton administration's increase of 97% (from 509.7 billion in 1993 to 1.004 trillion in 2000) which raised taxes on upper-income taxpayers. Again, this bolsters the argument US tax rates are to the left of the laffer curve apex because a tax increase increased tax revenue.
Compounding Reagan's fiscal problems were his massive increases in discretionary spending. Discretionary spending was 307.9 billion in 1981 and 488.8 billion in 1989 - a 58% increase. So, while government revenue increased 40% during Reagan's presidency, discretionary government spending increased 68%. Reagan never balanced a budget. To pay for the difference, Reagan increased total US debt from 1.028 trillion in 1981 to 2.8 trillion in 1989. The debt/GDP ratio of debt under Reagan increased in every year of his presidency from 32.8% in 1981 to 51% in 1989.
The RWNM often advances the argument the US needed that spending to win the cold war. The problem is we have never paid that debt back. We are still paying for the cold war - 15 years later. Basically, the US is paying the interest on its national charge card.
Bush II implemented Reagan's concept to a T. Bush II has also achieved the exact same result.
Bush II cut taxes twice - once in 2001 and once in 2003 (the RWNM has started to only talk about Bush 2003 cuts, conveniently forgetting the first). Tax revenue from individual tax payers was 994 trillion in 2001 and 927 billion in 2005 - a 6.7% decrease. Some of this stagnation is from weak economic growth. US GDP grew 1.6% in 2002. However, the economy grew 2.7% in 2002, 4.2% in 2003 and 3.5% in 2005. Starting in the second quarter of 2004, the economy grew at better than 3% for 10 quarters. Yet, from 2003 - 2004, tax revenue from individual taxpayers increased from 797 billion to 809 billion.
Even comparing the growth in tax revenue from individual taxpayers over a longer time frame does not help Bush's overall figure. Going back 9 years (1 longer than Bush's two terms) gives Bush a 41% increase in individual taxpayer revenue (from 656 billion to 927 billion). Again, Clinton's tax increase on the rich which led to a 97% increase in revenue from individual taxpayers provided more government revenue (while still growing the economy at a healthy clip and eventually balancing his last three budgets).
Bush has also declined to use the other side of standard conservative economic thinking - a proportionate cut in government spending - coinciding with his tax cuts. Bush's discretionary spending increased from 649 billion to 967 billion - a 48% increase. Compare this increase to the "tax and spend" liberal Clinton, whose disrectionary spending increased from 539 billion in 1993 to 614 billion in 2000 -- a 13% increase.
This massive increase in government spending at a time when government revenue is decreasing has once again led to an increase in total national debt. The debt/GDP ratio under Bush has increased in every year of his presidency, rising from 57% in 2001 to 63% in 2005.
Under Reagan, the tax cuts led to stagnant government revenue from individual taxpayers. It wasn't until he started raising taxes the government revenue started to increase. However, Reagan spent like a "tax and spend" liberal, increasing the debt/GDP ratio in each year of his presidency from 33% to 51%.
Under Bush II, the tax cuts led to a 6.7% decline in revenue for the first 4 years of his presidency. Because his spending increases far outpaced the decrease in government revenue, the total national debt outstanding increased 41%.
To compare, Clinton increased taxes on the upper-income taxpayers, which led to a 97% increase in government revenue. He grew the economy at a health pace. He decreased the debt/GDP ratio in each year starting in 1995 of his presidency.
The two attempts to prove "tax cuts pay for themselves" have failed. It is clear that if the laffer curve exists, the US tax rates are clearly to the left of the curve's apex indicating a tax cut will in fact decrease revenue.


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on Aug 8, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Beth Cutter, formerly a science teacher at Amador and now a VP for Granada HS in Livermore. Organized, set-up, and ran the Summer Institute...start to finish. Why? This type of learning is Great for our Student!
on Aug 8, 2013 at 1:53 pm
Learning is not about perfection on the first attempt. Rather, working toward mastery.
on Aug 8, 2013 at 4:07 pm
"Wendi Sullivan teaches seventh-grade language arts"
"It's going to give me the tools I need to modify what I've done in the past as well as creating new ways of teaching."
We are doomed.
on Aug 8, 2013 at 4:22 pm
Keep up the good work teachers!
on Aug 9, 2013 at 8:56 am
Ignoramuses like Mike make teaching an almost unbearable profession. Especially in Pleasanton, where you have the uber-rich, anti public everything culture that treats teacher and other public employees like their servants. Mike - get off your butt and go volunteer in the classroom if you have a better idea. If not, don't bother us with your drivel!
on Aug 9, 2013 at 9:19 am
You really are knit picking. We aren't "doomed" if a teacher uses a non-parallel sentence structure in an interview.
on Aug 9, 2013 at 9:36 am
I think it is wonderful that we have dedicated teachers who spend part of their summer improving their craft!
on Aug 9, 2013 at 1:02 pm
Teaching is an art. It's is definitely the Art of Teaching!
on Aug 9, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Because I am paid to teach, I feel it is an ethical responsibility to know my field. Forgive me for feeling that others should know theirs.
on Aug 9, 2013 at 2:06 pm
Students in Mike's class write and speak in fear of making a grammatical or spelling mistake. Not a good learning environment. Mike's comment indicates why probably most part-timers are part-timers, always chafing about not being tenured or tenure-track. In academia, Mike, the cream rises to the top, the curmudgeonly lumps sink to the bottom.
on Aug 9, 2013 at 2:12 pm
You do appreciate the irony of a language arts teacher doing so, don't you?
on Aug 9, 2013 at 3:31 pm
When speaking? No.
on Aug 9, 2013 at 5:00 pm
I find it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay amusing when somebody other than Cholo is attacked by the lonely and unloved...truly, it tickles me...tee hee
on Aug 9, 2013 at 9:34 pm
I take it, then, that you agree with the old adage about those who can't do.
on Aug 10, 2013 at 10:28 am
there are lots of highly qualified excellent teachers all over the US...live with it...tee hee hee
if all some of you can do is whine about teachers, please consider going back to where your ancestors are buried...
i rest my case....
on Aug 10, 2013 at 12:09 pm
No, I don't agree.
on Aug 10, 2013 at 4:26 pm
I can see where some might argue mitigated responsibility based on predisposition.
on Aug 11, 2013 at 8:55 am
"I can see where some might argue mitigated responsibility based on predisposition. "
on Aug 11, 2013 at 11:17 am
Please. Spoken American English is filled with colloquialisms and idioms and it's even OK to (gasp!) end a sentence with a preposition. Get off your high(brow) horse.
on Aug 11, 2013 at 3:30 pm
None of the Above,
I agree; however, "It's going to give me the tools I need to modify what I've done in the past as well as creating new ways of teaching" is neither colloquial nor is it idiomatic. It's incorrect usage, as is, "Get off your high brow."
on Aug 11, 2013 at 3:33 pm
(Whispering: "The teacher's first name. Get it?")
on Aug 12, 2013 at 8:58 am
Fantastic event for teachers. However, I'm curious why no one has been discussing (in a different thread), the possibility of Amador getting into some serious trouble for students that took pictures of the STAR test and posted them online. Amador, a school in SF, and I believe another one in Pittsburgh, have supposedly been flagged.
I know teachers do their best to make sure all goes smoothly during STAR testing week. Maybe collect every child's cell phone before start of the test??? Just a suggestion.
on Aug 12, 2013 at 10:42 am
Where did you hear that Amador was flagged for STAR test cheating?
on Aug 12, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Po-Mo Joe, it's right on the state website, big red letters at the top of the page. First heard it on the news last week.
on Aug 15, 2013 at 12:08 am
Close Reading needs to read, Cloze Reading. Similar, so confusing.
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