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Stimulus and the National Economy
Original post made by stephen levy, University South, on May 19, 2012
The economy still suffers from a lack of sufficient demand to more fully employ unemployed workers. Consumers for good reasons do not have the resources or inclination to borrow to support much higher rates of growth in consumption. While business investment and exports are rising, construction and government spending are restraining growth.
The Euorpean experience in my opinion indicates the folly of short-term aggressive austerity measures and I expect European countries will move somewhat away from austerity and toward stimulus. As a personal anecdote we just came back from Greece. A friend who worked for the Greek airline had his pension cut in half as part of the recent austerity. Without passing judgment on what happened, it is still true that cutting incomes for many Greek families will push the eocnomy toward recession, which is happening across many countries in Europe.
The tone of recent posts in Town Square reflects the tone of national debate and lack of compromise in moving the economy forward.
We have twin goals of stimulating growth and long-term deficit reduction and our politics seems incapable of sensible solutions.
Any stimulus should be directed to long-term goals such as infrastructure investment, federal support for R&D and facilitating access to higher education--with possible support for states facing education layoffs.
We will face tough choices at year end in meeting deficit reduction goals as we remain gridlocked in DC.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on May 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Didn't realize that you were posting 3 distinct threads.... from the state thread:
"Economic growth will remain modest until these world, national and state issues see progress."
That progress will come sooner when the poor decisions to chase austerity are rectified. Europe has shown us that austerity only slows growth, further hampering the climb to recovery.
Even Governor Romney has admitted that to cut spending continues the recession: "I'm not going to cut a trillion dollars in the first year. And I heard a question. Why not? And the answer is: taking a trillion dollars out of a $15 trillion economy would cause our economy to shrink and would put a lot of people out of work."
If elected, Romney will pursue stimulus as fast as he can, in that he can get the economy back on track fast enough to recover an give him a shot at a second term. Romney supported stimulus in 2009. He will cut some safety net programs, and of course cut his taxes, but will not jeopardize recovery and limit his 'destiny' for two terms. He admits such with his budget 'plan' that actually adds to the deficit (increases the deficit mostly because of his 'personal' tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, along with more DOD spending and stripping the safety net.)
What of the talk of cutting spending? I answer with a question - what Republican president has cut spending? Bush? Bush 1? Reagan? Ford or Nixon? Nope, nein, non, nee.... zero, zip, nada.
We need jobs bills. Pay for them by returning to the Clinton balanced budget era. Clinton spending, Clinton tax rates.
Jobs create revenue. Austerity does not. The Feds need to help states get out of this mess by putting folks back to work.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 19, 2012 at 4:03 pm
> What of the talk of cutting spending? I answer with a question -
> what Republican president has cut spending? Bush? Bush 1? Reagan?
> Ford or Nixon? Nope, nein, non, nee.... zero, zip, nada.
Before we ponder this question very much, let's take a little refresher course on Federal spending, and say hello to the Constitution of the United States:
Web Link
Presidents are not kings. Sadly, too many people with agendas are always trying to overturn the Constitution--replacing the law of the land with their own twisted views of how things ought to be done.
a resident of University South
on May 20, 2012 at 6:56 am
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I did set up three posts--one on the CA economy (this one), one on the topic being disucssed here (national policy) and one on the topic Jon wants to talk about (the CA budget.
Readers are obviously free to respond wherever they want but it might be less confusing if the three posts are used for the three topics.
While the CA budget and economy are related they are really two separate topics. The economy is in slow recovery, currently doing a little better than the national average as a result of strong Bay Area job gains. And the budget continues with deficits unresolved as a result of the unwillingness or inability of the two parties in the legislature to reach an agreement that should be relatively easy compared, say to the European or U.S. budget deficits.
My ideas are in my budget post.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 21, 2012 at 7:56 am
> And the budget continues with deficits unresolved as a result
> of the unwillingness or inability of the two parties in the
> legislature to reach an agreement that should be relatively
> easy compared, say to the European or U.S. budget deficits.
Assuming that spending is not the problem .. but a lack of revenue generation is the problem .. we (collectively) could overturn Prop.13--replacing it with a tax system that allows elected officials to set all tax rates at any level they want.
Property taxes, for instance, could easily be set at 2%-5% of the market value of all property by State/local governments. This would doubtless raise 150%-200% more in property taxes, alone. There really is not reason that everyone who owns a $1M home should not be paying at least $30K (minimum) for the privilege of living in that home. For homes of lesser value, yearly property taxes of $5K-$10K should be expected of those homeowners. No reason that a renter's tax should not be passed, given that the number of renters is about 50% of California's population ($300 to $500 a month would seem like a good target for the initial taxation level). And all property tax exemptions should be discontinued—which will put an end to the loopholes too many use to escape paying "their fair share".
In like fashion, no reason that the State income tax should not be doubled, at least. Living in California is a privilege that should carry financial consequences—one of which is to pay for the services that have been so graciously provided by the government.
Sales taxes could be increased to any level that the Legislature deems necessary to continue to pay its union work force, as well as helping to push up the labor costs on all union-related projects funded by the government. A solid middle class can be sustained by doubling government salaries in the coming years.
All auditing functions should be discontinued. There simply is no reason spending money on tracking costs and waste—much easier to simply raise taxes to make up for any poor use, or fraudulent use, of government funds. And since there has never been any linkage established between tax rates, and the general health of an economy—there is no reason that tax collections (and spending) should not seek to consume at least 75%-85% percent of the California's economic output, at a minimum.
How glorious life would be--if we would just get rid of Prop.13! That would be the answer to all of our problems!
a resident of Community Center
on May 21, 2012 at 10:01 am
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We now are in a global economy, and we have not figured out how it can work efffectively. RIP Adam Smith, comparative advantage still makes sense theoretically, but as a practical matter, it is not a easy row to hoe.
State and local governments lack the financial resources to maintain the municipal and educational systems that still appear to valued by taxpayers--until they are asked to pay for them.
The US Federal Government has a role to play, although it may be different than what it is right now. The challenge in DC is that there is so much polemic and by and large people who really do not understand economics, but have the right to pass bills about it.
a resident of Midtown
on May 21, 2012 at 11:05 am
"The challenge in DC is that there is so much polemic and by and large people who really do not understand economics..."
One word: Greece.
Why would any rational person want DC (Athens) to solve our problems? If printing presses could solve major economic problems, Greece would be leading the world!
Paul, of course " it is not a easy row to hoe." Where did you ever get the idea that it was? Harvard Biz School? Time to get real, Paul.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 21, 2012 at 11:24 am
It is easy. Do what every President faced with recession has done - stimulate the economy and create jobs. Reagan, Bush1, Clinton, etc.. Jobs create more demand which create more jobs, which generates revenue to pay off the relatively meager investment in stimulus and jobs. It's the first thing Governor Romney wil do if elected, he has told us he will tread lightly on spending cuts. Look it up.
While looking it up, check out his budget proposals, he adds trillions in debt. see his website for details.
Greece = America is a far right fallacy.
If the US debt was an issue, why would countries line up to give America loans at RECORD LOW interest rates?
Even Japan, with double the deficit (as % of GDP) is paying near record low levels because, unlike Greece, we have strong economies and a sovereign currency.
Even Romney understands, that's why he proposes adding trillions in debt if elected.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 21, 2012 at 11:46 am
> State and local governments lack the financial resources to
> maintain the municipal and educational systems that still appear
> to valued by taxpayers--until they are asked to pay for them.
Statements like this are truly mind boggling. It would be one thing to make a case, and then prove that there is "no money left" in the US, but clearly, that is not the case.
Why not let's start by actually coming up with an accurate tally of all of the current infrastructure/educational systems, survey these sites/buildings/systems, and provide the public with a bill for what it will cost to continue to manage this stuff? Currently, it's not clear that anyone in government, at any level, has the slightest idea about asset management. State and local governments just seem committed to acquiring more and more assets, without having the slightest idea how much they have, or how much it will cost to properly service/maintain/decommission these government-managed facilities.
Without actually having these inventories done at least every five years—how can anyone make statements about what government can, or can not, do?
Keeping in mind that over 50% of the Federal budget (and now deficit) seems to be spent on wealth redistribution (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and so on), it's pretty clear that there is a lot of money being spent paying people to not work! It's pretty clear that our "social safety blanket" is probably going to bankrupt the country. So—isn't it time that the voters be providing a clear accounting of all of the "free stuff" that they are supposed to "value", so that maybe we can have a rational discussion in this country about the next fifty years' spending, and taxation, levels?
At the moment—the account of government spending, and obligations, is very difficult to find. Let's start there. Let's "open the kimono" and see just how bad things are. Then, we can move on to "government doesn't have the funds …"
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 23, 2012 at 6:50 am
Government stimuli here are half measures, which turn into quarter measures once dissipated to line pockets.
Stimulus spending was to repave Lytton Ave. from Alma to Guinda. Only half was repaved.
a resident of Crescent Park
on May 24, 2012 at 1:03 am
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a resident of Midtown
on May 31, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Please comment on this warning about large banks being forced to buy national debt.
Web Link
Thank you.
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 3, 2012 at 2:15 pm
I am still waiting, Stephen.
You are a professional economist, and a good one. You have a public forum, on this Weekly forum, as well as your own website. You need to answer difficult questions, even if they do not conform to your own model. This is not the time to duck, Stephen.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 3, 2012 at 2:51 pm
I don't think Stephen is obligated to respond to random postings. Like anyone else, he can if he finds it interesting.
In the recent Economist, they observed that Obama's attacks on Bain Capital and Romney were concerning, given that Obama consistently implied a conflict between profit and job creation - obviously without consistent profit, there can be no stable jobs, and with good profits comes more money to invest, creating future good jobs. While stimulus may be helpful, without the profit engine, the economy can never sustain. Does anyone thing Obama is on the right track here?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jun 3, 2012 at 3:27 pm
"given that Obama consistently implied a conflict between profit and job creation "
Where did Obama say that?
Obama is the Business President - the Dow is up from 8,000 under his watch to 12,100, even after a bad week.
"obviously without consistent profit, there can be no stable jobs, and with good profits comes more money to invest, creating future good jobs"
Gotta call bullpucky on that one too, or at least the inverse.
"Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011.... That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year and is the second year in a row of increases. The figure is also the highest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006." Web Link
Corporations are enjoying RECORD PROFITS; where are the jobs, John Boehner?
John Boehner told us in 2010 that his was the jobs jobs jobs congress. The third bill they voted on was abortion, followed by a record number of abortion bills in 2011. 2012 looks to shape up the same.
On Thursday, the orange speaker talked about jobs at a meeting in the morning - ""Let's call bulls--- bulls---," he told House Republicans in a closed meeting this morning. "This election is about jobs, jobs, jobs."".
That afternoon he held another abortion vote. HR 3541.
Where are the jobs, Mr Boehner?
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 3, 2012 at 7:15 pm
>I don't think Stephen is obligated to respond to random postings
Oh come on!. Stepehn Levy started this thread on the effect of the stimulus on the national economy. A responsible question, which I asked, dserves a serious answer.
a resident of University South
on Jun 4, 2012 at 1:59 pm
stephen levy is a registered user.
The thread is in response to a reader's question about stimulus policies for the U.S. economy. I am happy to discuss that topic and gave my ideas in the initial post.
The case for stimulus is stronger now as a result of the slowing recovery. The lessosn from Europe are pretty clear. Austerity (raising taxes and cutting spending) when applied too soon and too severly will throw an economy into recession. Now European countries are beginning to realize their mistake and moving toward recognizing that nations are connected economically and now is the time to put attention on economic recovery.
The U.S. lesson should be clear--more stimulus now and adoption of something like the Simpson Bowles or Gang of Six large long-term deficit reduction.
Profits are important but as an earlier poster noted, corporate profits are at record levels. There is no rationale for most companied to invest for expansion (they do invest to increase productivity) when consumer and world demand is so low.
The normal response to low demand is policies to increase demand and the usual argument between Republicans and Democrats is over the mix of tax cuts and spending increases.
While profits ARE important they are not the problem now. Low demand is the challenge as consumers are recovering from losses in their wealth and slow income growth.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jun 4, 2012 at 4:07 pm
awwww, geez, you had to bring up the SB commission.... sigh.
Before anyone gets started, let's make a couple things clear.
Simpson Bowles was a failure. It never issued a report under the terms everyone agreed upon during it's creation. The co-chairs issued a report, but it was not accepted by the commission, not the Boehner controlled House, nor Reid's Senate.
SB also overreached - their charter did not include a number of issues they attempted to address anyway, such as Social Security. Simpson gave his usual slant on Social Security nonetheless, how we must cut support for our elderly, cut benefits, older eligibility age, means testing, etc..
Of course, with Simpson on board, the commission never entertained the one simple fix that makes Social security solvent through the end of the century *without* cuts or means testing, and that is a removal of the cap on payroll taxes for those earning over ~$110,000 a year.
Have at it, boys...
That said, austerity is not the answer. Stimulus to add jobs, create revenue and then target a balanced budget during the resulting "good times", just the was Bill Clinton did when he achieved two balanced budgets. After a new stimulus creates jobs, continue the way Clinton did in 1993, in moving towards a balanced budget - the 93 era tax rates.
As outlined by Kelton above - no Republican President has EVER BALANCED A BUDGET by cutting spending.
Of course, no Republican President has ever balanced a budget, actually.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jun 4, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Let me add one point...
"Simpson Bowles was a failure. It never issued a report under the terms everyone agreed upon during it's creation. The co-chairs issued a report, but it was not accepted by the commission, not the Boehner controlled House, nor Reid's Senate."
It was (sort of) accepted by one person. During the "debt ceiling" negotiations last year, one person laid out a roadmap to a $4 trillion deficit reduction - the so-called Grand Bargain, which was immediately rejected by John Boehner.
That person, the one who offered a deal to cut $4 trillion off the deficit?
President Barack Obama.
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 4, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Please comment on this warning about large banks being forced to buy national debt. It is a part of how the stimulus actually works.
Web Link
a resident of University South
on Jun 5, 2012 at 11:10 am
stephen levy is a registered user.
I fail to see anything in the web story or anywhere else that provides credible evidence that the U.S. government is forcing banks to buy Treasury bonds. Moreover, could you esplain why you think this alleged event is tied to the debate over federals timulus policy?
The market is showing strong demand for U.S. government debt as well as debt in stronger European countries while interest rates on less secure bonds in Greece, Spain and Italy are high.
In addition to the other arguments for stimulus efforts now that I and other posters have presented, this is a great time to borrow and invest while long-term interest rates are so low. We should as a nation be taking advantage to borrow at low interest rates (reducing future interest liabilities) and making the strategic investments that will support economic growth.
a resident of University South
on Jun 5, 2012 at 11:15 am
stephen levy is a registered user.
As I write above I think this is a great time to borrow and make strategic investments in infrastructure, federal R&D and in our students.
These investments will also provide additional needed support for demand and job growth.
I do believe also that we need to credibly address long-term deficit challenges and I used Simpson Bowles and the Gang of Six as proposals that had the right order of magnitude for deficit reduction.
I have written many times that raising the cap on Social Security contributions is a good idea as you suggest but the major deficit challenge is elsewhere, primarily i9n health care costs.
Stimulus now and a firm credible plan for long-term balance between federal spending and revenues (including some increases in revenues) is my idea of the way to go.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jun 5, 2012 at 12:28 pm
We've had deficits of about $1.5 TRILLION(!) per year for the last three years without any meaningful improvement in the economic situation. How much more stimulus does Stephen Levy want? Would he advocate, say, doubling the deficit for this additional stimulus to $3 Trillion? Or would even he realize that's totally insane and would destroy the markets along with the currency?
And if he's advocating a more politically realistic addition to the deficit for his stimulus - say another $200 billion - does he really think this will make a difference? I.e., would a deficit of $1.7 trillion result in different economic performance than a $1.5 trillion deficit?
I think Levy hasn't got much to offer here...but he does apparently like to hear himself talk.
a resident of University South
on Jun 15, 2012 at 2:22 pm
stephen levy is a registered user.
The economics of reducing the deficit for the long term are pretty clear as Europe has been so kind to show us.
It is foolish to reduce the deficit in the next year or two by taking money out of the economy. The debate ought to be about the best mixture of short term spending and tax cuts balanced with firm measures to reduce the growth of federal spending on health care (many choices but hard to do), cutting tax breaks that make no sense and reducing defense spending prudently over the long term.
A rush to so called austerity now is pushing European countries into recession and generating push back that will eventually lead to European stimulus efforts. Rising unemployment is no way to balance a budget.
Our deficit path is a serious but long term problem with most coming after 2020 but we need to start soon.
The markets are telling us two things about investors if anyone cares what they think--1) U.S. debt is being bought all around the world and we have the chance to borrow and invest at historically low interest rates and 2) the stock market goes up whenever there is talk of stimulus here or in Europe.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jun 15, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Anna: You've got nothing. Austerity doesn't work in getting out of recession, never has, never will. Look at recessions under republican presidents, they spend like drunken sailors to provide stimulus.
Mitt Romney has flat out stated he will not cut spending for fear of slowing the economy by 5%, the definition of depression.
Of course, even though Mittens said it multiple times, one doesn't know if he:
- understands it
- owns it (or is lying again)
- can stand up to Congress, whichever way the chips fall in November
Good thing about Mitt, if you don't like what he said, just google it, you can find him saying the opposite at some point.


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a little too cold and very windy today for an inspection, there wasn't much flying, most cleansing flights i think.
but it only took about 3 - 4 days for the ursurping workers to starve or die in battle.
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Install the new pump above the sump and run water and drain lines
A battery-powered pump is a great backup for your main sump pump, especially if your house is supplied by a well. But if you're on a municipal water system, a water-powered backup pump may be a better option (a well pump won't work if the power's out). The price you'll pay for water consumption during a power outage is a pittance compared with the cost of a flooded basement. And, a water-powered pump never needs new batteries.
The pump shown here (Basepump RB750, from basepump.com ) installs on the ceiling above the sump. You'll have to run a 3/4-in. water line to it and connect the remote float and tubing to the switch near the pump. Then run a separate self-draining pipe that drains outside.


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Oregon Focus: People to Know: Jason Lee
About Jason Lee
The Reverend Jason Lee, his nephew Daniel, and two other Methodist missionaries came to Oregon and set up a mission station and school near present-day Salem in 1834.
They came in response to an unusual request. In 1832 four weary and starving Native Americans arrived in St. Louis, Missouri after a long walk overland from the West. Three of the group were from the Nez Perce tribe and one was from the Flathead tribe. They came looking for a copy of the white man's "book of Life." People of the St. Louis were very moved by the determination of these Native Americans. In response, Lee's Methodist missionary group went to the Willamette Valley in 1834 to bring the "Word of God" to the Native Americans. However, the missionaries failed in their conversion efforts and concentrated instead on serving the white settlers.
Lee tried hard to convince the United States to make Oregon a territory. He traveled to the East to talk to government officials but without success he returned to Oregon leading a party of 51 settlers.
As of 1840, this was the largest group of genuine settlers to arrive and start farms.
As the years passed, Lee suffered many disappointments. He was removed from being head of the mission. Both his first and second wives died. In 1845 he died in the East on a trip to raise money for an Oregon university.
Jason Lee is now recognized as the founder of Oregon's capital city of Salem, and the founder of Willamette University. Statues of Lee stand on the state Capitol grounds in Salem and in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
Also see a notable Oregonian description for Jason Lee.
Suggestions for teachers
Ask students to:
Take a tour of the Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill in Salem, including the Jason Lee House.
Construct a sandbox map of Oregon. Place mission, Native American settlement, and early trails on it.
Research missionaries to the region during the mid-1800s.
Discuss the importance of missionaries in the founding of Oregon. How did Catholic missionaries vary from Protestant missionaries?
Make a mural showing various stages of Oregon settlement or depicting outstanding events and people.
Visit a historic church in the area.
Illustrate the interior of a pioneer church. What was in it?
Find out what happened to the Nez Perce and Flathead Indians.


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Cut From The Same Cloth: All-American Fashion
No culture has had a bigger influence on our day to day fashion than the military. Be it trench coats, jean jackets or just plain white Ts, the military inspired it all.
How'd that random jacket of yours go from being another incidental item on your hallway hooks to your go-to coat of all seasons? Easy answer: there was nothing arbitrary about it in the first place.
Flick through some mental images. Think the head-to-toe dungaree getups the Joads might have worn. Think burly, wind-blown Hemingway look-alike dude on a boat circa the avant-garde '50s buttoning up a double-breasted peacoat off the coast of Maine. Think a stylish bloke on his way to his office gig circa anytime, downtown NYC, wind at his back, trench coat collar pulled up to keep the sideways rain from pouring in on him.
What do these imaginary gentlemen have in common? They're sporting awesome, all-American jackets. The jean jacket, the peacoat and the trench coat are each part of the lexicon of American sartorial iconography. They're classic garments not just because they've been through the wringer and come back out no worse for it — in fact they've come out maybe slightly distressed in that it's-only-cooler-slash-you've-been-around show of wear. Utilitarian outerwear, with its echoes of Depression-era stamina, World War I heroics and Navy Seal–approved toughness, might just be the backbone of American style.
Here are four key pieces to work this fall.
The Jean Jacket
Denim has been around since way back in 1873, when Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss invented the rugged textile. Jeans, designed for cowboys, got especially trendy in the U.S. in the 1950s. Today there's hardly anything more iconic than a great pair. But trousers aren't all denim's good for. The jean jacket's a staple for slightly chilly weather casual wear. And it's an easy go-to: blue-jean blue looks good with everything.
How to wear it: Don't gussy up your jean jacket. Avoid bells, whistles, tassels, fringe, acid-washed, bedazzled or bestudded what-have-you. Get yourself a straight-shooter from — who better? — the folks who invented it in the first place, Levi Strauss. Feel like a variation on the theme? Try the jean shirt instead. Tucked, untucked, on top of a T-shirt or by itself, it's a great everyman piece.
Our Pick: Levi's Made in the USA Slim Fit Trucker Jacket.
The Army Jacket
The army jacket style that's trending pretty heavy these days is a version of what was known to allied forces in WWII as the flak jacket — yeah, like an "I ain't takin' no flak" flak jacket. The flak jacket was originally designed to be part of the RAF's standard-issue uniform, but became de rigueur for U.S. troops when the piece was deemed too bulky for British pilots. Though the original was supposed to be bullet-resistant…and wasn't so much, the jacket has, if not protected us against ammo, at least survived the test of time, style-wise.
How to wear it: The trick to keeping the look modern is in the fabric. Cotton twill has a heaviness that washes and wears well. The coat looks great when paired with jeans, corduroys or chinos.
In short, if you don't wear your army-style jacket with camouflage pants, sport a Che Guevara hat, carry around a copy of The Activist in your breast pocket or pull a balaclava over your face, then you're pretty much rocking this look.
Our Pick: J. Crew Fatigue Jacket.
The Trench Coat
The trench coat, originally developed for British officers in WWI, is well suited to withstand cooler autumn temperatures, and many designs can even save the day in all-out foul weather in the city.
Both Aquascutum and Burberry claim to have designed the first trench, with Aquascutum's designs going back to the mid-nineteenth century and Burberry's patents popping up in documentation sometime about 1901. Lucky for us, we don't have to choose between these two well-established British classics of outerwear — they're both winners.
How to wear it: Nix the double-breasted style or else you'll look like Columbo, bless him, or someone who should really put some pants on. The single-breasted, mid-thigh length is ideal for all gents, ranging from the casual to the well-heeled.
Our Pick: Burberry Mid-Length Cotton Gabardine Car Coat.
The Peacoat
Basic yet rakish, the peacoat, originally worn by European and later American sailors, is made of heavy wool and is generally navy colored. References to the peacoat in American culture go back as far as the 1720s, which definitely establishes it as a constant in American style.
How to wear it: You want this coat to keep you warm, so don't scrimp on a good quality garment. Look for lambswool, merino wool or cashmere for quality, warmth and durability.
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Associate Professor Larry Weisberg of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been appointed director of the graduate program in integrated marketing communications at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Until his appointment as director of the IMC program, Weisberg headed the journalism schools undergraduate advertising sequence. The advertising program will be directed by Associate Professor Brett Robbs, a journalism faculty member since 1992.
We are very pleased that Professors Weisberg and Robbs have taken on these assignments, said Willard D. Rowland Jr., dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Their lengthy experience in the advertising business with respective interests in management and the creative side of the profession make them ideal leaders for our teaching programs.
The IMC program is one of the few of its kind, combining the analytical disciplines of a marketing MBA with an emphasis on marketing communications. Students concentrate on such areas as advertising, public relations, direct marketing, sales promotion and packaging.
The programs masters degree graduates have gone on to careers with advertising agencies, marketing companies and organizations in related fields of data base managment and interactive media.
Weisberg, a faculty member since 1993, joined the school after 26 years in the marketing and advertising fields. He worked for Procter & Gamble, Johnson and Johnson, BBDO Advertising and at Waring and LaRosa Advertising, where he served as president in New York City in 1992-93.
Robbs, who will head the advertising program, was vice president and co-creative director of DDB Needham advertising agency in Washington, D.C., and senior writer-creative group head for McCann-Erickson in Chicago. He has been an instructor at Vanderbilt University, where he received a doctorate in English, and at Shelby State College.


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[quote user="giantsfan420"]dont get me wrong tho, i'd rather a WR or Fleener, but if there isnt one of those worth it at 32, i'd be stoked with Martin.
He is also a Jr. and can add a lil more bulk...
i def. would rather an OL before a RB in rd 1 tho...[/quote]I might not like Martin but if we do choose him, I'll give him my support and hope he works out.
I don't think WR happens in round 1 unless we get an absolute steal. The draft is extremely deep and Reese will probably look at the position in rounds 2-4.
Fleener would be a cool pick but I think the Broncos or 49ers are realistic destinations for him and one has to wonder if the Colts would love to pair him with Luck.
I originally had Still as my 1st round choice but due to Cox's pass rushing ability and Poe's freakish physical skillset, I can see Brockers possibly dropping down to us like Prince did last year.


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- I SAW a people trampled on, oppressed,
- With helpless hands, and eyes of light afraid,
- With aching shoulders whereon burdens laid
- By day and night choked hope and murdered rest;
- A people sordid, sad, unloved, unblessed,
- Whose shroud by their own hands was ever made,
- Whose never‐ending toil was only paid
- By death‐in‐life—or death, of life's gifts best.
- 'What help,' I cried, 'for these whose hands are weak—
- Too weak to hold the weapons they should wield;
- Too weak to grasp a helping hand, or seek
- With armed battalions to dispute the field,
- And on the oppressors just revenge to wreak?'
- Then—as I cried—the helper was revealed.
- I saw a woman, pure, and calm, and grand,
- With strong broad brows, and eyes whose keen clear flame
- Lit up men's hearts and showed them glory and shame,
- And what things could, and what things could not stand,
- Justice and Honour stood at her right hand;
- And blazoned on her forehead was her name,
- Too bright for me to read; and as she came
- Men bowed and worshipped her through all the land.
- And evil could not live before her eyes,
- And good rose up to answer her call.
- 'Who art thou,' then I said, 'that dost arise
- Strong to redeem this people from their thrall?'
- She answered me with tender voice and wise:
- 'My name is Knowledge—and I conquer all!'


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No, you shouldn't be concerned. Why do you ask?
Mark Berninghausen
They are backfilling necter in the brood nest. Have you given them any space?
Which is the way things are supposed to be.
Mark Berninghausen
What mistake? I'm confused.
Mark Berninghausen
Yes. So, how are you going to address things?
Mark Berninghausen
Some hives just take longer to start working the box above. I wouldn't be too concerned unless you can't see any eggs. If that's the case, there may be a problem with the queen.
I would address things by getting rid of those combs with 50% drone cells in them and get them to draw out some new worker combs, do this as soon as all the brood hatches out of them. John
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Take the second frame in from each side of the box w/ the drawn comb and replace them w/ frames of foundation from the other box, putting the two drawn comb frames in the upper box in the middle of the upper box, w/ a frame of foundation between them.
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HPV Vaccine & Teens
Summertime in the pediatrician's office means lots of check ups, and often this includes those tweens/teens/and college students who were too busy to schedule their doctor's appointments during the school year. The next three months will be busy indeed.
With HPV back in the news after Michael Douglas revealed that his throat cancer was due to HPV, what better time to remind parents and young adults of the need for the HPV vaccine. The HPV vaccine has been available in the U.S. for over seven years, but statistics from the CDC continue to show that the HPV vaccine is still not being given at the same rate as other recommended vaccines. In other words, we doctors need to ensure that every person between the ages of 11-26 who we see is offered the vaccine, this also means we need to educate.
HPV causes CANCER! This is truly the first anti-cancer vaccine, and I am hopeful that I will see more vaccines to prevent cancer while I continue to practice. I am sure that there will be more anti-cancer vaccines in our children's lifetime. This is exciting news as research continues on ways to combat cancer.
But.....for some reason (that is difficult for me to understand both as a parent and a physician), some parents are refusing to have their children vaccinated despite ongoing evidence that HPV is widely prevalent and causes numerous cancers. The fact that this virus is transmitted sexually seems to be the root cause of parental concern. Do parents not assume that their own children will become parents one day as well? Dont they want to be grandparents one day? Well, that means having sex with a partner. At some point in time, our children do become sexually active and shouldn't they all be protected as much as possible?
Giving adolescents the HPV vaccine does not promote sexual activity. In fact, I think that by having a discussion about sexually transmitted diseases in an open and frank manner adolescents are more aware of the risks associated with pre-marital sex and multiple partners.
My adult sons gave me a huge compliment the other day when HPV was back in the news - they said Mom, remember when you gave us that vaccine off label? We thought you were crazy but you were really smart! I will take any praise I can get....I just smiled.


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The PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART has a number of works done in Normandy when it was a gathering place for artists, and is mounting a show of them from its own collection and that of Isabelle and Scott Black in "The Draw of the Normandy Coast, 1860 -1960," opening on June 14.
In between his travels to find far-flung grand vistas, Frederic Edwin Church made a number of trips to Maine. PMA shows 23 oil sketches he made here in "Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church's Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin," opening on June 30.
MAINE COLLEGE OF ART is cutting the ribbon on a woodworking department and also hosting a furniture design conference. Two Portland galleries are marking the event with woodworking and furniture-centric shows. ROSE CONTEMPORARY has "Then & Now," featuring wood sculpture and furniture by MECA alumni and students. JUNE FITZPATRICK also shows furniture and sculpture in wood by Matt Hutton, Jamie Johnston, and Adam John Manley. Both are through June.
For the balance of the summer Rose Contemporary has "Mythologies," featuring Lucinda Bliss, Stephen Burt, Rebecca FitzPatrick, Carrie Scanga, Todd Watts, Tim Wilson, and others.
After a series of rambling group shows, AUCOCISCO anchors its summer with drawings by Will Barnet (who, on the occasion of his 100th birthday has been showing just about everywhere) and his granddaughter, Ellie Porta. Porta's work focuses on women in conflict, as developed through the seven deadly (or interesting) sins and their corresponding virtues. The show opens on July 11 and runs through early August.
Outside of an unfortunate interest in Paul Manship, the TOM VEILLEUX GALLERY in Portland has on view, at any given time, an interesting group of early American modernists, the gallery's central business. Where else in Portland can you find a Max Weber or a Guy Pène du Bois? The gallery is moving from its Market Street location to new rooms at One City Center, starting on June 15.
GREENHUT currently has a show up by Sandra Quinn and will follow it with the paintings of Jeff Bye in July, Tom Paiement in August, and Jon Imber in September.
Call it chauvinism, but I think the best way to go to get out of Portland and be a locavore tourist for a day is to head east. Start in Brunswick at the BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, where William Wegman will be showing selections from 30 years of Maine-inspired work, many of which star his trademark Weimaraners as actors in his photographic dramas. Opens July 13. Dog days.
Farther along Route 1 in Rockport, the CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART has a show marking its 60th anniversary that includes Katherine Bradford, Fred Lynch, Todd Watts, Mark Wethli, and John Bisbee.
The August show is Samantha Appleton, a photographer from Camden who covered the war in Iraq for three years and was staff photographer in the Obama White House. CMCA also will show paintings by Anne Neely and sculpture by Tom Chapin, part of an ongoing series matching a sculptor and painter. In the interest of full disclosure as well as self-promotion, the downstairs gallery will show a number of my works on paper.
Jerry Salz, the art critic for New York Magazine and Bravo TV's Work of Art, will deliver a lecture celebrating CMCA's 60 years on August 12 at the Rockport Opera House. Tickets for this are available on the CMCA website and will go pretty fast.
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Presidential Interventions
By James Dohnert
On Tuesday March 29th, President Obama addressed the critics of his decision to commit American forces in Libya during a nationally televised speech at the National Defense University. Sticking to a message of moral justification and global partnership, he laid out what some commentators are declaring is effectively his doctrine for foreign policy.
It is a policy that echoes an American obligation to the world while separating itself from the concepts of presidents that came before. "To brush aside America's responsibility as a leader and - more profoundly - our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are," said the president in response to critics who felt the Libyan problem is not ours to bear.
Much like former President Bill Clinton did when he acted to stop the mass killings in the Balkans, Obama used American military might to prevent the death of innocents abroad. And by doing so, he reiterated the ideal of an American responsibility to the global community, one that assists in aiding humanity as a whole and attempts to offer a helping hand in places like the politically distraught nation of Libya.
Aware of the criticism that he wasn't doing enough and should attempt to oust Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the president said, "Broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake."
Instead he called for assistance to Libyan rebels already on the ground and reiterated the need for support from allies across the globe. "Real leadership creates the conditions and coalitions for others to step up as well, to work with allies and partners so that they bear their share of the burden and pay their share of the costs," the president said.
The president's call for cooperation and coalitions is where he differs from his predecessor President George W. Bush. During a speech to The Commonwealth Club in 2002, Bush stated, "Across the world, governments have heard this message: You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists."
President Obama did not echo the ex-president's mentality of us-against-them in 2011. Stating that "the burden of action should not be America's alone," the president made it clear that his concept of a better world requires cooperation.
By justifying his actions to critics on the Left and the Right, he maintains that his presidency is both different and similar to those that came before them. Setting himself apart while reminding the world of leaders from the past Obama continues to shape a legacy that will undoubtedly be remembered for a long time.
You can read former President Bush's entire 2002 speech online; also, to voice your opinion on the Libya situation, be sure to join the Commonwealth Club's Middle East discussion group on April the 25th.
Nuclear Power's Future
This past Monday marked the 32nd anniversary of the accident at Three Mile Island. As Japan deals with its own nuclear crisis, the anniversary seems more apt than usual.
On March 28, 1979, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The mishap still remains the most significant accident in the history of the U.S. commercial nuclear power generating industry.
The accident at TMI was created because of a combination of mechanical failure and human error. At the time nuclear power was a newly growing industry, lacking key regulation and the proper plans to deal with such a catastrophe. Following the accident, safeguards were put in place and America saw a decline in nuclear reactor construction. The priority was made to make sure an incident on this scale could be prevented, and mechanisms were put in place to be prepared if the worst-case scenario should occur.
But as Japan still grapples with its nuclear issues, many people are beginning to wonder: Can we really ever truly be prepared? How do we ready nuclear power plants for the unexpected? Are we ready for another Three Mile Island?
The Commonwealth Club gives you the chance to ask these kinds of questions and join the debate with upcoming lectures like Nuclear Power: Setting Sun? Join us for a conversation about nuclear renewable electricity in an era of soaring oil prices and resurgent doubts about nuclear safety.
Also be sure to check out a previously recorded talk on the subject by listing to Nuclear Energy: Fueling the Future? Hear what was being said about nuclear energy in 2008 and what experts were saying about nuclear energy before it was headline news.
And make sure to come to the next Environmental and Natural Resources Planning Meeting to discuss the kind of environmental issues you'd like to see discussed at the next Commonwealth Club lecture.
–By James Dohnert
Finalists Announced for 80th Annual California Book Awards
The following books are finalists for the 80th Annual California Book Awards. The winners will be announced the week of April 11th and will be celebrated in an Awards Ceremony on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Buy tickets today!
Camille T. Dungy, Suck on the Marrow. Published by Red Hen Press
Judy Halebsky, SKY=EMPTY. Published by New Issues Poetry & Prose
Barbara Jane Reyes, Diwata. Published by BOA Editions, Ltd
Alexandra Teague, Mortal Geography. Published by Persea
Brian Turner, Phantom Noise. Alice James Books
Yunte Huang, Charlie Chan. Published by W. W. Norton & Co
Don Lattin, The Harvard Psychedelic Club. Published by HarperOne
Julia Whitty, Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
First Fiction:
Angie Chau, Quiet As They Come. Published by Ig Publishing
Tim Z. Hernandez, Breathing, In Dust. Published by Texas Tech University Press
Zachary Mason, The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel. Published by Picador
Suzanne Rivecca, Death Is Not An Option: Stories. Published by W. W. Norton & Co.
Zoe Ferraris, City of Veils. Published by Little, Brown and Company
Joan Frank, In Envy Country: Stories. Published by University of Notre Dame Press
Eric Puchner, Model Home. Published by Scribner
Adrienne Sharp, The True Memoirs of Little K. Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Karen Tei Yamashita, I Hotel. Published by Coffee House Press
Children's Books:
Cecil Castucci, Grandma's Gloves. With illustrations by Julia Denos. Published by Candlewick
Beverly Gherman, Sparky: the Life and Art of Charles Schulz. Published by Chronicle Books
Rene Colato Lainez, From North to South/Del Norte Al Sur. With illustrations by Joe Cepeda
Barbara Kerley, The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy). With illustrations by Edwin Fotheringham. Published by Scholastic Press
Icy Smith, Half Spoon of Rice: A Survival Story of the Cambodian Genocide. With illustrations by Sopaul Nhem. Published by East West Discovery Press.
Young Adult:
Margarita Engle, The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba. Published by Henry Holt and Co.
Ron Koertge, Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs. Published by Candlewick
Dana Reinhardt, The Things a Brother Knows. Published by Wendy Lamb Books
Neal Shusterman, Bruiser. Published by HarperTeen
CreaTV to Air John Robbins Video Friday, 7 p.m.
San Jose public access television CreaTV will air the The Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley's recent program with John Robbins every Friday this month (March 11, 18, and 25) at 7 pm on Channel 30.
Robbins, the heir to the Baskin-Robbins empire, is the author of The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World.


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Me-gifting? Sure...I recently bought myself a KitchenAid stand mixer (on sale) - I have never had one and always wanted one but would not spend the money. I decided it was an early Christmas gift from me to me.
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Me-gifting? Sure...I recently bought myself a KitchenAid stand mixer (on sale) - I have never had one and always wanted one but would not spend the money. I decided it was an early Christmas gift from me to me.
DH and I decided a few years ago it was time to stop gift giving. We both have everything we need. If there is something we want, we go buy it, within reason, of course. Instead we are diverting those dollars to traveling...giving each other the 'gift of time'. I do, sometimes, re-gift things. Depends on the item and who it might be going to. I see no problem with either concept.
I really don't re-gift, but I do donate things I have rec'd and really cannot use..as far as me-gifting......all the time...at holidays one for them and two for me!!!!
Like most of you I do re-gift nice gifts that aren't my style or needed. One thing I do is attach a piece a paper to the gift telling me who gave it to me. Don't want to re-gift it to the orginal giver.
me-gifting works this way. DH used to buy me heavy unflattering clothes that were too small and/or heavy or jewelery that is very small (must remember my younger and slimmer days) so now I give him suggestions. I write what I'd like in big letters and put it with his mail, last year I got the exact scent I like. He always gets me a quiting gift card so this year I'll print in Big Letters the name of shop I like not the one that's miles and miles away and doesn't carry fabrics that I like.
To end re-gifting or returnig gifts I try to give gifts that family members like. Used to have everyone fill out a Wish List but grandkids are older now and gift cards are what they like so it will be a small personal gift with a gift card inside. We get quite a few gift cards ourselves, mostly to restaurants and we enjoy eating for 'free' for many times during the year.
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About those Kitchen Aid stand mixers. I have 2: the one I got for Christmas in 1972 when my new husband discovered I can make bread from scratch, the mixer facilitating my production, and the other one I inherited from my paternal grandmother which was purchased when Dad was a small child. Dad is now 90. All the bits and pieces for them switch and swap. Both mixers are used constantly when we are at home and one is on the road, summer traveling with us in the RV
Our daughter tried to "rescue" one from me but wound up being given her own for Christmas. She has a for fun booth at a farmer's market and bakes bread for sale. Guess what she uses.
Kitchen Aids are the best!!!!!
I me-gift all the time. I can suit myself much better than DH, and he doesn't know the good places to shop--even if he was a shopper.


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Seriously Blubonnet, is there a federation that contests more results and complains more their skaters were robbed than the Russian Federation? Let us recall mens Oly comp 2010. One does not have to go far back. I did say blue that I think most are pretty corrupt but there has been a positive change (because they were forced to change-FS judging) since the SLC scandal. I think the 2006 Oly Podium was fair and so was the 2010 podium. One really must be an insider fly on the wall to see if back room deals are made. In terms of sportsmanship, Russian athletes often come across as "robbed" if they disagree with placement. now, i honestly view it this way and perhaps it is dumb to say this (tho I am one of many with these feelings). It isn't that I want "my country" to win. I want the best to win, whether that is the Russian skater, the USA, the French, or the Canadian.
With the current system, we are having a hard time as the sport has been REDEFINED in many ways. Right now the trend is to reward basic skating skills, speed, transitions in and out of jumps. One can get points attempting a jump even if it ends in face plant. All this gets argued as what is fair, just and representative of the def. of beautiful skating.
I will wager right now that Russia will do all to have the best prepared athletes in Sochi, will win many golds justifiably, but skating is so political that the nature is the host country has an advantage. In an Olympics or WC or even GP event, it is common to see a skater held up and medal (Bronze being a popular medal) from the host country. Politics is somewhat like a game of good manners when done well. Think of it. Russia spends a fortune hosting the world-a real fortune probably better spent on pressing social issues, healthcare, education etc. This is the same as we just saw in GBR. In the judged sports, there is room to juggle the scores to have host Athlete take the podium.
Let us say 2010 was in Sochi- all else was the same- same skaters- the whole thing. Do you think it would be possible, given how close the judged scores were in FS that Evgeni would have a second Gold and not a silver? I think it is entirely possible, even likely, that somehow the judges who are anonymous and who are in fact political beings as we all are, subject to higher powers in the sport, might have found Evgeni's skate a bit better, and simply said, Look at the jumps he attempted and completed and they were worth x.xx. Evan had no quad. Nice skating, but we don't give Olympic gold to quadless men since the 1980's. See my point? In Sochi, there may be a judging scandal in a judged sport. It may be a close result. But to make a stink and file a protest is bad manners with some federations. Culturally, the japanese are less likely to. Would anyone argue that?
And if the numbers are very close, who can argue with anonymous subjective judges -and who wants to upset the host country who has gone into Debt to welcome the world? That is my point. I am sure someone with good research skills could go back through years of FS and find the nations who have contested the results or who have acted very well, upset/angry/disgusted on camera. It won't be me but it might be an interesting study - FS, Gymnastics, Diving-every sport that is judged going back decades. There is a lot of disagreement. And there is leeway to fix the results. CoP was supposed to make that harder, or impossible by judging every little thing.
Do people feel it has fixed the fairness in judging problem? I think it looks in the short run IMPROVED, YES, BUT imho far from the answer to the problem. Personally, I think there is no way to fix entirely due to the the who subjectivity/political thing. So it will always be a debate.
But MM clearly says how to be freindly. And it is hard when some people will personalize, idolize a skater/swimmer/gymnast etc.
I find myself wondering now after reading articles on doping, how clean swimming was. I want to believe we have seen a great athlete over four games who was simply the best at what he does. But now that I have read these articles and have seen the idols fall I just don't know what to think, even in sports where it should be easy to judge "the best." Somewhat OT of this post, but you get my point.
And as I said to Seniorita in forum and off, I love Plush, Artur and many Russian skaters, as well as their amazing culture. Over time though, which Federations behave badly? Perhaps I need to be much more politically correct, but what fun is discussion if you answer every question like a politician? My name isn't Hillary. and world peace doesn't hinge on skating contests, thank God.
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Let me remind you that there is only one fs federation whose whining and complaints ended up in the second OGM. And no one went so far.
That was when the evil a.k.a. modern judging system started.
I think a host country does get some advantages in their favor. Like British diver Tom Daley got the second chance to redo a dive and got bronze in the end. Like British lady gymnast Elizabeth Tweddle's uneven bar bronze. Did British Federation politick in this game? I don't know but I don't think so. I think it's a common curtesy that the judges chose to do things in favor of the host country and their athletes, like Daisuke Takahashi's sky high marks in 2012 team event in Japan. It's not the host country who did any evil politicking or anything like that. US got such advantages too in numerous hostings. It's not just Russians.
(To make myself clear, I hated the decision of adding a gold medal and I loved the Russian pairs the best.)
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Maybe every federation has its day. I wonder what Federation has contested the most over time in FS? How would anyone find that even?


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#1 Tue 12 Jun 12 1:14pm
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The deadly legacy of America's fields of gold
One of my colleagues at Fresh One (Jamie's production company) had made a show on Corn Syrup. I learnt allot from just reading the press release below. Thought that this would make an interesting forum topic, any thoughts forum members?
Corn syrup is blamed for the rise in obesity and related diseases
Richard Nixon is remembered for his infamous part in the Watergate scandal, but his lasting legacy may be a burgeoning army of people in the West who are too fat.
In the 1970s, Nixon's Agriculture Secretary, Earl Butz, realised that farmers were harvesting more corn than they knew what to do with thanks to more efficient, industrialised methods. His answer was to champion increased production and use of high-fructose corn syrup, which has undergone enzymatic processing to convert some glucose into fructose. The fructose-rich sweetener � now nicknamed "devil's candy" in the US � was cheaper and sweeter than sugar. By the 1980s, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), called glucose-fructose syrup in the UK, was the favourite substitute for sugar worldwide, finds a new BBC series, The Men Who Made Us Fat, starting this week.
A growing body of research suggests that fructose, contained in both glucose-fructose syrup and table sugar, has strong links to obesity, as it suppresses the action of the hormone leptin, which tells the body that the stomach is full. The endocrinologist Robert Lustig told the BBC: "Leptin goes from your fat cells to your brain and tells your brain you've had enough." But when the liver is overloaded with sugar, leptin stops working. "It makes your brain think you're starving and now what you have is a vicious cycle of consumption, disease and addiction."
Dr Jean-Marc Schwarz, a food scientist at San Francisco General Hospital, said: "Some sugar will be converted to fat, and fructose is one sugar that can be easily converted to fat. It's not comparable to lead or mercury: it's the quantity that makes it toxic."
The substance is used widely in the US, especially in soft drinks, for flavouring and to improve shelf life. In the UK it is found in a range of products including McVitie's Hobnobs, Jaffa Cakes and Classic Rich Tea biscuits, Carte D'Or ice cream, Lucozade Energy Orange and Apple flavours, Yop yoghurts, McDonald's Big Mac sauce, two flavours of Kellogg's Special K bars and Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Soft & Fruity.
Kellogg's confirmed yesterday that it had removed glucose-fructose syrup from its All-Bran and Corn Flakes in 2009, but it remains an ingredient in some snack bars: "We use glucose-fructose syrup in a few of our snacks for texture reasons. We always ensure everything we use is approved by the Food Standards Agency." McVitie's has just announced it will add golden syrup to its Hobnob biscuits but could not confirm that this would mean dropping glucose-fructose syrup. And GlaxoSmithKline's Lucozade, which includes 24 per cent glucose-fructose syrup in its ingredients, said it "does not contain high-fructose corn syrup".
Two-thirds of the British public are overweight, and a quarter are classified as obese. The average person in the UK is three stone heavier than 50 years ago, and obesity costs the NHS more than �4bn a year.
Dr Richard Johnson wrote in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2007: "The combination of table sugar and glucose-fructose syrup has resulted in an additional 30 per cent increase in overall sweetener intake over the past 40 years."
Increased sugar intake is coupled with increasingly sedentary lifestyles: the average person now watches 26 hours of television per week; and an increase in portion sizes and snacking: the average woman now consumes 2,178 calories a day as opposed to 1,818 in the 1950s.
Laboratory research by Princeton University concluded that long-term consumption of glucose-fructose syrup resulted in "abnormal increases in body fat, especially the abdomen". Professor Bart Hoebel, who led the study, said: "Some people have claimed that glucose-fructose syrup is no different from other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn't true."
Other research has suggested it may be linked with the formation of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, thought to cause Alzheimer's, heightened blood pressure, and memory and learning impairment.
Zoe Harcombe, author of The Obesity Epidemic: What Caused It? How Can We Stop It?, told The Independent on Sunday: "I think it's hideous, one of the most evil products we've introduced into our diet. It's cheap and it adds shelf life to products, but has no nutritional value whatsoever." She believes that we should also be curbing our consumption of fruit, high in fructose. "It is certainly not helping the obesity epidemic," she said.
Dr Carrie Ruxton, a dietician, said: "Fructose is probably not as bad as we think at current UK levels. Short-term studies on very high doses have produced negative effects on blood lipids, but longer-term studies on more normal amounts (up to 50g a day) do not show these effects. Concerns about the use of glucose-fructose syrup in drinks may relate to the impact of the drinks themselves rather than the fructose content."
Helen Bond, of the British Dietetic Association, said: "There are a lot of frightening trials about the potential effects of glucose-fructose syrup. We need more scientific work on its effects on the body."
'The Men Who Made Us Fat' goes out on BBC2 at 9pm on Thursday
#2 Tue 12 Jun 12 3:25pm
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Re: The deadly legacy of America's fields of gold
I have read up a bit on this last year although some things are fading from memory. Sugar is 50/50 glucose fructose and HFCS is 45/55 glucose fructose. It doesn't seem like much difference but some of the problem is that the HFCS fructose is unbonded to the glucose, this leads to higher faster absorbtion earlier in the disgestive track. When it comes to sodas and drinks with it that are easily absorbed as it is , it can hit the liver in one big surge overwhelming it badly .
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#3 Tue 12 Jun 12 10:03pm
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I am concerned (of course), especially as I continue to work with children who through disability are mobility-impaired, resulting in potential weight issues......................but I am not one for knee-jerk reactions. I think a lot more independent scientific research needs to be done by people who have nothing to gain from the results one way or the other.
I am always concerned about the food industry adding stuff of no nutritional value to everyday food products just to make money, whether it is to increase shelf-life or as an addictive 'taste' intended to hook the consumer. Because they can do it is no reason they should be allowed to do it, & it is clear that all too often legislation is playing catch up a long way behind.
I would like to see food product manufacturers forced to pay for the independent science to prove a thing IS safe before production begins, rather than 'watchdogs' paying after production has started to prove the stuff isn't safe.
I don't want anything hidden in my food just to make it last longer, or to use a crop too many farmers have invested in.
Farmers should grow the food we need to eat, not have us eat what they decide to over-produce!
#4 Wed 13 Jun 12 2:44pm
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Re: The deadly legacy of America's fields of gold
I have done a lot of reading about glucose and fuctose. Corn syrup, cane sugar and the sugars in fruits have a similar balance of glucose and fructose ie they are pretty much as bad as each other.
I have a bad reaction because illness forces me to be so inactive. I need to avoid fruit now as well as all simple sugars.
I understand that generally, as well as lowering sugar intake (especially out of balance with fibre), exercise is important to help the body process fructose.
It seems to me that food industry science went gung ho to fructose syrup when glucose was implicated in diabetes etc, and it is only now that the problems of excess fructose is becoming well known. About time!
Here is the best presentation of the info I have found. It is a half hour program: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/pro … ic/3240406
#5 Thu 14 Jun 12 9:14am
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Re: The deadly legacy of America's fields of gold
This is another good one, also with Dr Robert Lustig: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6 … re=fvwrel, and his new series about the effects of HFCS, fructose and sugar in general "The Skinny on Obesity" is also worth a watch.
#6 Thu 14 Jun 12 11:02am
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I just wanted to say that the presentation that Dr Lustig made - and has been updating for many years - is really worth watching. It is very detailed and aimed at people with a reasonable interest in biochemistry.
The chemical processes of digestion will never be adequately explained in magazines and newspapers, it's great that universities have made this kind of lecture available online.
#7 Thu 14 Jun 12 11:11pm
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Re: The deadly legacy of America's fields of gold
I've just finished watching this programme, and was very heartened to see this being discussed publicly. The programme was well put together and very informative, but I feel that it glossed over a lot of issues that would have been better dealt with in a little more depth. However, it's great to see something like this finally making an appearance in mainstream television rather than marginal websites! I am looking forward to the next episode, too, and would like to congratulate Jacques Peretti on a courageous series. It was good to see the interviews with Robert Lustig and Gary Taubes - and the reference to to John Yudkin's book Pure, White and Deadly (it's well worth reading if you can track a copy down - it's out of print but can occasionally be found in libraries or online as a PDF which I how I got my copy) was good to see, as well.
For those interested in a little more information, I would recommend reading Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It by Gary Taubes, and also Trick and Treat by Barry Groves. Loren Cordain has also written some interesting books in a similar vein and Mary Enig is also a compelling writer (although not on the subject of sugar!).
#8 Fri 15 Jun 12 8:56pm
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Re: The deadly legacy of America's fields of gold
It seems that sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup are the same when it comes to ingestion and digestion. The problem is since it's cheaper (and sweeter) then sugar more of it is being used by the "friends" that fill our stores shelves full of enticing foods and beverages....and it's in almost everything (processed)
Japanese Dr. Yoshiyuki Takasaki's US patent on HGCS processing in 1972 (notice the application date of 1969).
http://www.google.com/patents?id=_Gw7AA … mp;f=false
Butz interview on "King Corn" documentary
NYC Health Department anti fat vid
NYC Health Department anti sugar vid
The MOST interesting link is this... If you watch anything WATCH THIS!!!!
Sugar: The Bitter Truth 2009
Sugar: The Bitter Truth 2011
#9 Sat 16 Jun 12 9:33am
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Re: The deadly legacy of America's fields of gold
"She believes that we should also be curbing our consumption of fruit, high in fructose. "It is certainly not helping the obesity epidemic," she said." But along with fructose, fruits also deliver large amounts of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber. If you find someone suffering from obesity and malnutrition, it's unlikelly they got that way from eating lots of plain fresh fruit and unsweetened fruit juices.
#10 Sat 16 Jun 12 4:09pm
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Re: The deadly legacy of America's fields of gold
I'd like to know if HFCS is worse than refined cane sugar and the fructose in fruits or other highly refined sugars like honey. According to many studies, it's all refined sugar to the body . . . then is the issue simply the quantity people consume?
A 30 ounce soda = 90 grams of sugar.
1 medium apple = 19 gm of sugar.
1 cup blueberries - 19 gms of sugar, but I feel one portion would be 1/3 cup.
1 teaspoon of clover honey = 5.3 grams sugar
1 teaspoon white cane sugar = 4.1 grams sugar
A 30 ounce soda is ten times the amount of sugar of tea or coffee with one teaspoon of sugar and a small bowl of fresh blueberries.
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That's what Allergan (AGN) stock has done today -- it's down nearly 13%. The fall was precipitated by the news that final studies for two drugs are being delayed:
A mid-term trial of the company's DARPin treatment for macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, failed to find the best way to separate it in final testing from Roche Holding AG's Lucentis, Chief Scientific Officer Scott Whitcup said today on a conference call. A study of bimatoprost showed insufficient hair growth and Allergan plans to test a formulation that's 10 times stronger, he said.
The announcements mark a delay for the Irvine, California- based company's two most important products in mid-stage development, Chris Schott, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York, wrote today to investors. Clarity on DARPin won't be available for about six months, while the magnitude of the dose increase for bimatoprost is "less than encouraging," he said.
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Enron loses this time, but Palo Alto lost last year
Original post made by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Jul 4, 2006
But the City Council caved in, and 14 months ago gave Enron the check, claiming at the time that this handout was a victory. To me, it was a hollow victory.
Snohomish County in the state of Washington was celebrating its own real victory June 29, 2006 because of a ruling from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission agreeing that Enron was not owed the $122 million it wanted for energy that was never delivered, as was true in Palo Alto's case. FERC said in a news release that it was denying Enron's claim because the company's "financial fraud induced Snohomish to enter into the contract."
So Snohomish County doesn't have to pay anything, and Palo Alto had to pay $21.5 million – and give up all claims on getting any money evermore for the Enron fiasco.
Councilmember Bern Beecham, who was city's point man in explaining the wisdom of the lawsuit settlement, said at the time that the city was lucky because it only had to pay the $21.5 million instead of the $50 million Enron wanted. And this week he said that Snohomish County was lucky because FERC's decision could have gone either way, and that Palo Alto's decision was the right one at the time.
I disagree. I don't think it was a matter of luck, but rather one of judgment. Snohomish officials said their decision to hold out was based not only on the money they might have to pay, but because justice was involved. The same issue was at stake for Palo Alto. Enron reneged on its contract, was not delivering the gas and electricity it promised, and both entities rightfully broke their contracts.
Enron creditors pushed back, saying they were owed the money. Palo Alto finally agreed to pay, fearing they could lose more than the $21.5 million because of additional legal expenses, plus there was no guarantee the city would win. And Senior Assistant City Attorney Grant Kolling said the judge told them to mediate, and they did. Palo Alto could have waited, and I think it should have waited it out.
The council got the wrong legal advice from its own city attorneys, who were too afraid to challenge the judge's recommendation to mediate. Just because a judge orders the parties to try to mediate doesn't mean the city has to agree to the terms of the mediation. The city could have walked out of the mediation proceedings at any time. It didn't.Instead it chose to pay Enron.
Since a whopping amount of money was at stake, the council should have made sure it explored every angle and consulted several legal experts, instead of settling with Enron.
There is a lesson to be learned here. The council needs to understand the mindset that led them to pay Enron $21.5 million. We can learn from their mistakes, and in future settlements, the city could just profit — instead of just pay.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jul 4, 2006 at 9:00 pm
We all know how easy it is to Monday morning quarterback. But with $21.5 million riding on the line, with a reputable community facing a discredited company with a record of shyster dealings it's a travesty that Palo Alto did not have the gumption to ask for its day in court.
Mediation can be a solution, but Palo Alto should have been wary of the legal might and corporate resources that Enron would bring to the table. Better a court of law than backroom mediation. Palo Alto could have used the the additional time to bulwark its case against an opponent that was losing credibility by the day.
The City Attorney should have mustered the best talent available in developing his recommendation. This was not an issue on which city staff had the expertise on which to opine.
Sure, law cases are frequently crap shoots, but here's a case where Palo Alto did not figure the odds correctly and ended up paying a dishonest dealer — Enron. Palo Alto should have had the spine of Snohomish County and stood by what is right and by principle instead of agreeing to payoff a bunch of crooks for their fraudulent acts. I'm ashamed of our willingness to capitulate.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 5, 2006 at 9:40 pm
I question the competency of a City Attorney who allowed the signing of a contract that did not have clear requirements for performance and for cancellation. I can understand the reluctance to have such incompetence uncovered. I cannot understand the signing of a contract for wind power that seems not to require the delivery of a product. Apparently political correctness means more than legally protected.
a resident of another community
on Jul 9, 2006 at 3:27 am
It would be easier to understand Palo Alto's position if it hadn't agreed to have the entire case sealed.


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they are still coming from the guys over at Lake Havasu in AZ and this is complete with the composite FCG & LPK and the rear stock/buffer and spring.
ive got a bunch of these... and while i can crank out 80% all day long with a drill press its still no where as cheap as these for a complete lower...
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