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Quick Fire Tuesday – The Thing You Miss the Most
What do you miss the most about America?
Michele Correnti: The one thing I miss the most about America is driving. There is something about having the ability to get up and go to almost anywhere at any time. Not too mention I don't have to walk half a mile with my groceries back in the states!
Allison Collins: The thing I miss the most about America has really differed as the months have gone by. It started with food (especially my weekly/biweekly/ sometimes triweekly trip to chipotle). However, as time has gone by and I have adjusted to the food and culture I find that the thing I miss the most are clean streets and clear air.
Michelle Goliger: The thing I miss most about America is how cheap everything is compared to London. It's pretty safe to say that my bank account has been taking a pretty massive hit this semester, but it is well worth it!
Michael Zhang: The thing I miss back home the most is walking down to the Route 1 Chipotle with some friends after a long day of classes.
Elaine Oves: That's a tough question because I miss several things about America. My family and friends come to mind first, of course I miss them most. But for a more amusing answer, I miss slushies and flavored "snow." Maybe I just haven't been looking in the right places or the weather isn't warm enough yet, but I have only had one slushie (from a little stand) since arriving in Vienna. No convenient corner 7-11 here!
Lizzy Unger: I am absolutely loving my time in Australia. I have made great new friends and met many interesting people. Despite this, the thing I miss most are my friends from home. There is no substitute for the bond you form with people you have been friends with for years and years. Although I try to skype with my friends, it is often hard to find time, especially with the 16 hour time difference. I look forward to seeing and laughing with my old friends when I return to Maryland.


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Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - Following the last week's victory at a UN court in Bangladesh's maritime boundary claims to Burma, Bangladesh Navy has made its first patrol across the settled boundary in the Bay of Bengal.
A competent navy source said that three ships in Chittagong and one in Mongla were deployed during the patrol on March 15 - a day after the verdict was pronounced. Of them, two ships cruised down south straight from the Saint Martin's Island.
A navy official, who returned from the patrol Sunday, told The Daily Star, "We cruised up to 175 nautical miles into the Bay. We usually do not patrol this deep. But the sea was quiet and we had our orders.
"We did not see any Burma ship in our territory. The only Burma ship we saw was well within their territory," said the officer.
On March 14, Bangladesh won the verdict at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which sustained its claim to 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic and territorial rights in the Bay of Bengal, rejecting the claims of Burma. With this, Bangladesh got its right in a sea area of 1.11 lakh square miles. (One lakh is equivalent to 100,000.)
Following this, Bangladesh for the first time patrolled the area without any hitch last week. "We could not go to this line before. But now we know our limit and they know theirs," quips the officer.
The navy would continue the patrol round the year, although from April, the sea turns too rough.
Previously, Bangladeshi fishermen used to be detained or harassed by the Burma navy personnel if they were found to be cruising in the disputed waters.
However, presently, US oil company ConocoPhillips is conducting a 2,200 kilometre seismic survey to explore oil or gas in a sea area, part of which were previously claimed by Burma. The survey is expected to be complete next month.
Upon interpretation of the seismic dada, if the company finds any prospect and decides to drill any exploratory well there next year, the navy would have to ensure necessary security.
Back in November 2008, naval forces of Bangladesh and Burma were locked in a tense standoff for nearly a week when the latter brought in an oil and gas exploration ship in the disputed waters. The hotspot was located 55 kilometres southwest at 227 degrees from the Saint Martin's Island.
The Burmese authorities were escorting a Korean ship to start exploration activities there ignoring warnings put by the Bangladesh Navy. All diplomatic bids to end this face-off seemed to be failing until the South Korean company itself withdrew from the operation.
After the maritime boundary issue is settled, it now appears that the 2008 exploration area by Burma falls within their territory. A naval officer said that Bangladesh enjoys its rights up to 215 degrees southwest from the Saint Martin's Island.

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There was a period in my life in which the majority of my interests at any given time were dictated by the pudgy, wild-haired lead singer of The Cure. If Robert Smith sang about it, I was bound to spend some time researching it. Ultimately, Cure lyrics aren't all that deep, so I can't say I really came through this phase with much useful knowledge. Camus was over my head, and in hindsight, I wish I had spent less time studying sexually obtuse lyrics about cats. I did come away with one good experience, though--Bob's preoccupation with all things C-a-i-r-o led me to Cairo Station, a twisted and beautiful noir film about romantic obsession. I recall watching it with the vague notion that it would be similar to Casablanca somehow (exotic location, enduring love story) and ending up with my jaw on the floor at the utter darkness and potent sexuality of the 1958 Youssef Chahine masterpiece. This snapshot of the lives of the Egyptian underclass living in abandoned train cars has been recently remastered, lending a new crispness to the film that was banned in Egypt for more than a decade. Cairo Station plays at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., as part of the Magnolia at the Modern series. Showtimes are at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $8.50. Visit themodern.org/magnolia.
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The G.O.O.D. Music crew won't let the passing season stop them from celebrating the release of their compilation album, Cruel Summer. Pusha T, Big Sean, Teyana Taylor, CyHi Da Prynce and Common teamed up to talk about the new LP, address rumors and serve candid conversation with Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club hosts DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne.
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Bobby Dodd was front and center of the "Hack and Mack" backfield that featured Buddy Hackman and Gene McEver, but the quarterback did more than just take the snaps and hand off the ball. Known for creating his own plays, Dodd helped the Volunteers to a 27-1-2 record during his years on The Hill and twice earned All-Southern team honors.
Dodd led Tennessee to back-to-back unbeaten seasons with identical 9-0-1 records his sophomore and junior years. During Dodd's era, the Vols went 33 games without a loss until an 18-6 setback against Alabama in 1930 -- the longest unbeaten streak in UT history. After the loss, Dodd and his teammates helped kick off a 28-game unbeaten streak that ranks as the second longest.
It was his senior year in which "The Dodger" showed his versatility in a 13-0 win against Vanderbilt. Dodd finished with 14 punts for a 42-yard average, had nine carries for 39 yards, was 7-of-12 passing for 159 yards and two touchdowns and intercepted two passes. On the afternoon, Dodd gained 212 all-purpose yards, collecting all but 14 of Tennessee's team total of 226. The Vols finished 9-1 and Dodd's dominance on the gridiron earned him 1930 All-America honors.
Dodd furthered his association with great college football teams as head coach at Georgia Tech from 1947-66. Dodd's teams went 165-64-6, appearing in 13 bowls and winning nine. From 1950-53, Dodd was unbeaten at 29-0-2. In his honor, Georgia Tech named its facility>Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field. He is one of only three members inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player and a coach, joining Amos Alonzo Stagg and UT's Bowden Wyatt.
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Please join Dallas artists, Niki Gulley and Elizabeth Padgett, for this Two Woman Show "Opposites Attract," featuring their paintings from two different perspectives – realism and abstraction. Artist Reception is Sun. Feb. 5 from 2 to 4 pm at the Jaycee Center for the Arts,
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Northern Arizona men's tennis team opens up Big Sky conference play on Saturday against Northern Colorado on a high note following its first win of the season two weeks ago against UC Riverside. The Lumberjacks snapped an early two-match losing streak to open up the season and are a vastly improved team heading into conference play this weekend.
"I think the win against Riverside was really big for us," said director of tennis Kim Bruno. "The improvements we made that weekend were huge. Conference is a little different deal and we all know that, but I think we're in a good spot heading into Northern Colorado."
Junior Shaun Waters led the Lumberjacks in their two-game Riverside road trip two weeks ago with a pair of straight-set singles wins at No. 4. Waters was the only player to win in singles play in the team's 6-1 loss to Vanguard, but was joined by sophomore Dominic Bermudez, junior Robert Martin and senior Ben Lantz in the win column to pace NAU to a 5-2 victory over UC Riverside.
Lantz also won two doubles matches that weekend at No. 3 with his doubles partner, junior Patrick Schimmelbauer. Lantz and Schimmelbauer's two doubles wins are tied for the team-lead with the duo of Bermudez and Martin, who've seen action at both the No. 2 and 3 spots this season.
Northern Colorado was one of four Big Sky teams to begin conference play last weekend and enter this weekend 0-1 in the conference after a 6-1 loss to Eastern Washington last Saturday. The Bears earned their first victory of the season the next day though, narrowly getting by Seattle, 4-3, and currently hold a 1-2 overall mark. Four Bears have one singles win apiece, while the doubles pair of Ben Gendron and Brandon Lupo have posted a 2-1 record at No. 1 through the team's first three matches.
Following their match against Northern Colorado, the Lumberjacks will stay in the state of Colorado for a road match against Air Force on Sunday. The Falcons are 3-1 this season and have wins over Northern Colorado, Colorado State-Pueblo and UT-San Antonio. Air Force has been impressive in the early going, compiling an 18-6 singles and 8-4 doubles marks. They have four players with three singles wins and all seven players that have competed in singles play have at least two victories.
The Lumberjacks are 9-0 all-time against the Bears and have blanked Northern Colorado, 7-0, in each of their last five meetings. NAU has defeated Air Force the last two times the teams have met, most recently in 2010, and owns the slight series edge over the Falcons, 3-2.
"Air Force is always a battle," Bruno said. "If we play well, we can come away 2-0 this weekend. I know the guys are fired up. It should be a good road trip for us."
Saturday's Big Sky opener in Greeley, Colo. is scheduled for 2 p.m. and then the men will have a quick turnaround for a 10 a.m. start on Sunday at the Air Force Academy.


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Track Weekend - RECAP & Great Stories
It was a great weekend for a track day at Summit Point in WVA.
Pics and video will be posted tonight.
A grand total of TWO (2) SVT foci came out to play. Sadly, only one would survive.
The entire weekend saw a total of 70 cars come out to play. The novice group was light with only 22 "rookies" and 20 instructors to assist them. The instruction was good and the drivers were able to work quickly and efficiently with their mentors. So much so that we "solo'd" 7 novice drivers and that is unprecedented in my experience.
The first day brought heat and more heat. Thankfully, there was a breeze that helped keep some of the air moving. However, the cars performed flawlessly and we had some really interesting cars come out to play. Just a sampling:
- Mercedes Benz 6.3 (This thing sounded like Lucifer's Hammer on the straight)
- Ford Mustang FR500C Challenge car. (The owner was sorting it out before his first race in 2 weeks)
- 98 Pontiac Firebird (the #46 car that won the Daytona support race at the Rolex 2 years ago – it was the only car LOUDER than the Benz)
- BMW 1 series coupe (the first one that I've ever seen. The driver was a novice, but the car looked really good on the track)
- Race prepared NASA Lotus Exige (Easily one of the fastest cars on the track)
As for me, my weekend started and ended with trouble. I've been battling shifter cable issues for the last month, but finally came away with a diagnosis. Periodically, the shifter would "pop out of gear". The cables are all intact and there was no external physical signs of failure. In my first session, a casual upshift to 3rd gear disengaged the linkage and I was forced to coast back into the pits. We tore out the air box and noticed that the bushing that attaches the cable to the shifter linkage was COMPLETELY OFF of the car. The locking mechanism (made of plastic) inside the bushing was broken causing the cable to slip off of the linkage. Some ingenious "West Virginia engineering" and clever use of zip ties got me rolling again. Thanks to Aaron and Mark for figuring out what stumped me for over 3 weeks. The shifter cable held up for the remainder of the event and performed without issue.
We went incident free for the remainder of the day until the last session before lunch. A Porsche 944 Cup Racer high sided the banking in the carousel and boxed the tire wall. The tire wall won…or so we thought.
The driver loaded the car onto a trailer, took the car to a friends shop. Pulled the frame, realigned the bumper, pounded out the rear fender, replaced the front brakes and was back on track less than 3 hours later. Amazing what you can do with the right tools and resources.
Day 2 brought humidity along with the heat and thunderstorms. We had to suspend track activity for about 30 minutes because of lightning (corner workers are very exposed). We were able to get rolling again without further delay.
As is almost ALWAYS the case, the last run group tends to have the most dramatic incidents. The same was true for me. Earlier in the day, I tried a new line on the track that enabled me to shave nearly FOUR (4) full seconds off of my previous fastest lap on Shenandoah. I was turning 1:38 second lap times, which is very respectable for an old, fat guy like me with an underpowered car. By way of comparison, this is about 3-5 seconds slower than the full blown race cars.
Then, near disaster. I was entering "Big Bend", the final sweeping turn that leads onto the main straight when I encountered a substantial vibration from the front of the car. VIBRATION, VIBRATION, THUMP, THUMP. I was convinced that I had a tire going down and eased to the right side of the track and slowed down pointing cars by. I came into the pits and got out of the car. Once again, no physical signs that there was anything wrong with the car. No fluid, tires were inflated without any tears or cording. We put the car in neutral and began rocking it back and forth to recreate the noise. No noise, but instead were rewarded with a lug nut and a broken stud FALLING OUT OF THE WHEEL !!!!
I am VERY meticulous about checking and rechecking lug nuts on the car. Yesterday was no exception. So, how could this have happened?
A lesson here. If you have aftermarket rims and go to track events, invest in STEEL hub centering rings TIRERACK carries them. The plastic hub centric ring that came with my wheels melted and disintegrated allowing the rim to shift on the hub. The cornering pressures effectively rotated the lug nuts and SAWED a wheel stud completely off.
I was very lucky that I didn't lose a wheel.
The little SVT came away injured, but I was able to limp home at the end of the day. There will be a few hundred dollars in repairs and maintenance, but the little Red foci did her job well.
The same cannot be said for a pretty Sonic Blue SVT. Sadly, late in the day, she carried too much speed into the carousel and high sided the banking. The car ended up 3 feet, nose first, into the tire barrier. The nose was completely destroyed along with most of the passenger side body panels.
Consensus was, from both witnesses and in car video (I did not see the wreck), that the driver did everything right. CROSS-DRILLED rotors lengthened the stopping distance and caused the driver to carry too much speed into the turn. The banking then launched the car out of the back side and hurt the car. Thankfully, the driver was not injured. He was in good spirits (all things considered) about the experience and intends to repair the car and be back out soonest. Only this time, he will have solid rotors, and Hawk pads instead of the cross drilled rotors and Hawk pads.
For me, if I could say there was one highlight to the entire weekend, it was my wife and 3 month old daughter taking their first laps on a race course. The "Wee WeeAsp" was strapped in and Mom was at the wheel and we headed out for a parade lap. My little girl giggled and smiled through the whole trip and waved her arms all the way through the banking. Some might say it was just gas, but I know that racing is in her blood.
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Going to cut and paste from the SVTPERFORMANCE thread so I can eliminate some of the typing on my end, so you may not fully understand some of the chat in the posts.
Diane and I both thank you all for the nice words, and yes, we enjoy having company and entertaining and I think that showed.
We will be doing this again I assure you.
Car still runs fine, not leaking anything, and going to limp it to Burnt Mills this afternoon if you want to come point a finger and laugh.
Greg, thanks for discussions we have had, I have learned a lot from you guys and still have so much to learn, like when it does not feel right don't do it.
If you recall, we were having a discussion about my brakes just before this session and I should have thought more about it I guess. I was just excited and anxious to get as much track time as possible as the days went on I did feel like I was learning every lap, making better lines, and becoming smoother. At least it felt like I was getting around the track OK.
Now the brakes, this is a totally new set up and acted totally diff than the stock brakes, let me try to explain.
Stock brakes when I get on them had an initial hit and then you could put your face to the windshield if you mashed on them pretty good. Hell, I can do that in Dianes SUV.
Now the new brakes, slotted roters and hawk pads. When I get on them, no intial bite to speak of, and then I could mash as hard as I could and still not get anywhere close to the stopping power it seemed I had stock. So, I am thinking this is a normal characteristic of my new setup and that I need to learn how to use them. There was an earlier lap when at the end of the long straight I had the peddle mashed with all of my 220 lbs and the car still just gradually slowed, luckily enough to afford me to make the turn. I was attempting to explain this to Greg and Dave, both good racers, and we determined they may not be getting them hot enough to work properly. Well, I was heatin them up and the grip was just not there. I went into the turn a lot faster than I wanted to, tried to brake a lil and that just made me drift a lil more to the outside...so I thought front wheel drive I can pull through this so got back on the go peddle...ummm that did not work either.
This is a learning experience, I will be back, I will be more anal about how my car drives vice just sucking up track time. The brakes were just not right in my opinion and it is solely my fault for pushing it. I mean it is really hard to explain, but I could brake as hard as I possibly could and still not dive the front end very much, not good.
Tires were good for those of you thinking of the new Nitto NT01's, once I took lil pressure out the stuck very well in a controlled situation. The suspension is awesome, and Jon's race tune had me screaming.
I am not even sore at all this am, well, my feelings hurt like hell and I feel like a total , but other than that I am well and I can still say I had a fantastic weekend.
Diane was worried, but not mad. had this happened when I was married to the now ex, I would have had medical bills to deal with too
Greg, I am looking forward to seeing what we find in the brakes too, I'll keep you posted.
Looks like this may also be the time to do the needed oil pan and mid-pipe I am sure Billy can make it better and faster even yet to keep up with my mad skills.
Actually Tom, it is already dropped off at the shop as I could not stand to see it everyday sitting here. It is getting mended, and will probably make some improvements along the way. I will be back on the track with a diff brake setup I assure you.
I am so kicking myself now for not having you or Greg, or someone else drive my car and give me your opinon of the brake deal. I found a way to work around the brake issue and ended up getting around the track quite well. However, that did not work on the last session and now I am paying for it.
First time on this forum, lots of good info.
Anyone want a set of EBC rotors with about 500 miles on them?
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Ken -
Like I said...
STOP beating yourself up. It happens.
If I didn't think that you were doing well, I never would have signed you off to drive solo.
Glad to hear the car is being repaired. I am not sure why, but I had it in my head that it was squished too far to be repaired. That is GREAT news.
Even better is the fact that YOU are doing well.
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"I live with fear every day and sometimes, she lets me race."
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wow dude...interesting.
sounds like a great time. glad you only had minor damages.
good luck fixing them. and doing shift cables is a PITA btw...ive done two sets. lol. make sure you get the updated ones...from what im told the older ones bushings are terrible...iono tho.
remember that building a car shouldnt come from parts it should come from deep inside your soul. let the car speak for all the emotions, memories and experiences youve made and the car will take a life of its own. truth over fame.
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PS. Ken - Welcome to FF. Stick around. It is a great community!
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"I live with fear every day and sometimes, she lets me race."
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i wear no pants
i dont actually. but im sure you can get one from mike.
i ordered ones for a 2004 svtf, that is probably the best bet. then just make sure theyre adjusted right, and bam...driving nirvana.
oh and welcome ken to the wonderful world of FF.
remember that building a car shouldnt come from parts it should come from deep inside your soul. let the car speak for all the emotions, memories and experiences youve made and the car will take a life of its own. truth over fame.
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GREAT write up... would love to have been there.
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Were the rotors on the blue SVT slotted or cross drilled or both?
We use Powerslot slotted rotors with Hawk Pads and have plenty of braking power on the track.
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The shop is a full service shop, they are doing the body work and the mech stuff. They have a the lazer frame alignment deal and I am in good hands.
Really only the right front fender, HOOD, front bumber and associated fascia, right head light, and right mirror.
Gonna unbend some stuff up front, and make sure I am straight.
What are your thoughts on new motor mounts at this time as it will be a good time to do stuff like that.
slotted and dimpled Eb
BC rotors with hawk HPS pads...
Thanks for the welcome guys,
My sig is too long and has pics of the Focus, the Term, and the L, sorry I can't post it.
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Sorry to hear about the wreck. I high sided there last year as well, thinking I could floor it and it would just stick (wrong). Luckily I stayed on the track.
Dimpled rotors are a mistake. Hawk HPS are a mistake. I've had really good luck with cheap blank centric rotors and carbotech hp-10 pads. Also make sure to bed them in properly.
Also for lugs the best are arp. I got mine from massive speed in chicago.
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This thread has been infiltrated by left wing commie socialists!
This is a discussion on I think I figured out the new administrations health plan. within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Originally Posted by Pure Kustom Anybody remember the movie "Logans Run"? 50 seems to be the magic number........ That's funny. When I read the title ...
This thread has been infiltrated by left wing commie socialists!
Hopyard, you and I are diametrically opposed in our view as to what services the government aught to provide, so Ill leave it at that; further discussion is pointless.
Back to the OP funny stuff; Logans Run.
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I know folks who could not get insurance in the private individual market, or if they found insurance at all, it covered very little. This is unacceptable and needs some sort of change.Please take a look at the appropriate web sites and study the issue. The differences in overhead are incredible.I've never looked into Medicare; I have heard old people grumble about the service. If you say so, I have never looked at the overhead costs for either private or Medicare.I'm fascinated by the fact that there is so much opposition to a government run insurance program, much of due to assertion that there it would be socialism. I didn't here that complaint when the insurance industry fought hard and lobbied Congress to take over flood insurance. Are you aware that there are presently no private providers of flood insurance? Not to be contentious, if it is OK for Uncle to handle flood insurance, why not medical insurance also?Sure we would, as long as the political powers continue to tell Americans that health care is a right then there are those who will demand the government provides healthcare. I have had private healthcare for nearing 20 years now through at least 8 or 9 companies, no complaints period. The notion that we have a healthcare system is flawed; we should not have a system, it is a private service and should be treated as such.
Is there a real difference, or is it just that one is a cash cow for the industry and the other was a loser? Is it that private companies can get away with dumping their unprofitable business on Uncle, but will fight like heck to retain their profitable ones? Even if they are doing a lousy job or maintain their profitablility by doing a lousy job?Maybe further discussion is pointless, but I'm just trying to understand your viewpoint. I've had private insurance most of my life. Some companies were really good, some really bad. But one thing I know, it is indisputable, for far too many there is no insurance available and if it is available the payout won't keep you out of bankruptcy if a disaster happens. It certainly would be best if government could stay out of it, but some things are simply not done well or done at all by private enterprise. Those things then must be done by government or by true non-profits.Hopyard, you and I are diametrically opposed in our view as to what services the government aught to provide, so Ill leave it at that; further discussion is pointless.
Back to the OP funny stuff; Logans Run.
I'm with Hopyard on this one. Our healthcare system is broken, and as much as it currently costs us we still have people with no insurance. Not to mention the people that have insurance but are denied care because of the fine print or cost cutting measures.
These scare tactics about the costs of government run healthcare don't mention how much we currently spend. Right now I pay around $400 a month for my family's health plan. My employer pays for the plan too. I don't know the exact number, but it's my understanding that they pay more than I do. Even if they paid the same, that's about $10K a year. I'm sure some people pay more than I do, and some less but that's a nice round number to use as an average.
What if that all of that money went to pay for a national healthcare system? Would it even cost that much? Probably not. Under our current system we're already paying for uninsured patients. People get treated without insurance all of the time. And if they can't pay for it, there is enough overhead from what the rest of us pay that it covers the losses. Do you really think that hospitals and doctor's offices lose money? How much money could be saved by hospitals not having to hire so many non medical personell to handle the billing? How much more money could be saved by not having to support the entire health insurance industry as well as the doctors?
With the argument that you don't want a bureaucrat deciding your care, we already have that. Most of the extra billions of dollars we pay to the health insurance industry is spent on non medically trained people that decide what procedures that will be paid and which ones won't.
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They should do away with medi-care, SSI, and medical insurance all together.
Those programs interfere with the market and distort pices. Because as an example, I cannot afford to pay $21k to have my apendix removed, but if I have insurance, suddenly I can "afford it" therefore the medical system can charge that much.
If people all had to pay out of pocket, then the price would be limited to what folks could afford. True supply and demand. Demand would fall for high priced care and the result would be a decrease in prices until equilibrium is reached.
It worked that way for hundreds of years, until the state decided to get involved. Suddenly a huge pool of money was available through government programs (medicare and SSI ponzi schemes). Prices went through the roof and suddenly people could not afford to get sick unless they had insurance, which threw in another disroportiantely large pool of money into the mix and further allowed prices to keep rising.
GRnated, under a self pay system, not all people could afford the same treatment, the rich would be able to afford more than the poor, but it will always be that way. The upside would be that the prices overall would drop and the average person would be able to afford most typical treatments that are necessary. That is the only way to solve the problem, short of a total government controlled nanny state sytstem, which WE CANNOT AFFORD.
It might be a nice idea, that makes people feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but the fact is that Medicade, medicare, and SSI are waht is bankrupting this country now. ( see this chart - http://perotcharts.com/category/chal...harts/page/12/) Adding more people to the rols is only going to make things worse.
If you don't believe me, listen to what the comptroller had to say about the presciption drug benfit that was added under the supposedly "conservative" Bush admin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2fI2p9iVs
Spoiled Americans need to realize that our country is bankrupt and we had better start cutting back on all of this spending or we are doomed. The me first, buy now pay later attitude; or even worse, the someone else should pay for me to go to the doctor attitude, is going to be our downfall. Becuase that someone else always ends up being YOU and your kids and grandkids.
It is shocking that people on this board who are typically all about personal responsibility (ie. arming them selves to take care of their security, rather than waiting for the government to protect them) are so ready to forego that same responsibility for the promise of state handouts when they go to the doctor.
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My personal experience has been that an insurance company bureaucrat did deny care two doctors recommended independently. The appeal process was insane. A person could die long before getting the dispute into court. Funny though, it turned out the bureaucrat was right, and the two docs were wrong, and that nurse who turned down the pre-approval may have saved me a lot of trouble--it can cut both ways.
I almost had a heart attack when Obama admitted that the Lawyers were part of the problem with health care a week or two ago.
The real problem with our health care system is not the doctors or the pharmaceutical companies it is the Lawyers. When a doctor sees you he has to keep his fees high because of malpractice insurance rates, those rates have to be high because of the Malpractice suits for frivolous things. The doctors were told in a news conference by Obama to try not to do as many CAT SCANS and MRIs under health care because it is expensive last week, if the doctor misses some small thing the lawyers will attack, so he has to do the expensive CATs and MRIs to protect him from a malpractice suit.
The Pharmaceutical companies have incredibly high insurance rates because of (and one of the primary crooks involved was John Edwards) lawyers shopping for friendly districts to bring class action lawsuits for millions that only the lawyers see. If you want to make health care affordable you do not need nationalized rationing of health care you need tort reform.
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Re: FinancialData errors
> So, at least in this case, FinancialData is correct
Correct in what sense? In the sense that it agrees with an unexplained
column on a Yahoo page?
> It seems the the price of this Janus fund is adjusted daily for
> dividends/distributions
And no, IMHO, that is not an explanation.
On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:03:03 -0500, magma <maderri2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> DrMajorBob wrote:
>> As you see, FinancialData says the price was 10.23.
>> But I BOUGHT the stock through Janus Funds on that day, and the price
>> was
>> 10.36.
>> Moreover, if I go to Yahoo's interactive price chart for the stock at
>> the
>> following page, 10.36 is the price I find:
> Pierpaolo Bernardi replied:
>> Prices do vary continuously, they don't stay the same for a whole day,
>> At the moment you bought it was 10.36. At the moment the data source
>> was sampled it was 10.23. Usually historical data use the closing
>> price, AFAIK. I see nothing strange in this.
> Bernardi's argument is valid in general, but not in this particular
> case.
> It seems that this Janus fund is not traded the whole day long, but
> that only a closing price is issued every day, and all transactions
> are executed at that price.
> The solution to this mysterious price divergence is simple.
> Check the historical price series in yahoo:
> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=JANFX&a=01&b=05&c11&d=06&e=2=
> 9&f11&g=d&z=66&y=66
> (I hope the link comes out right, anyway check the historical price
> link on the fund's page in Yahoo finance )
> For the date 10 Feb 2011 you will see that the price is indeed 10.36$,
> but in the rightmost column the ADJUSTED price is 10.23$, the same
> reported in FinancialData.
> It seems the the price of this Janus fund is adjusted daily for
> dividends/distributions and that FinancialData just reports the
> Adjusted price.
> So, at least in this case, FinancialData is correct
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*** !!!!!! That was fantastic !!!!
Just like the year of Episode III, and the return of Superman - I got chills baby !!!
Now lets just hope it's not a disappointment like they were.
I loved the ...
"I thought that was closer" bit
Looks Awsome... Ford looks and sounds great!... It's looking like it's got all the makings of a classic Indy film! I'm more excited about this than I was for the Last 2 Star Wars movies...
Can't wait...
Nice.. that look totally awesome!!
and you guys get to see it first...
Big fan, have the box set... sure to be yet another box set that I have to buy 'again'...
I've got a question? Why was " W_O_W " in my above post - censored? I personally don't know of any english curse words that are only 3 letters? (in case I wrote something I don't remember?)
Ok, so it was O_M_G that was censored - I just remembered. But huh ? Why ?
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I guess because what its an acronym for may offend some people.fettpride said:
I saw "The Spiderwick Chronicles" this morning and was totally blown away by this trailer! I'm expecting there to be lots of references to the other three (i.e. in the trailer you see Shia Lebeouf turn around while you hear a rock rolling and its almost exactly the same as in Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indy sees the rolling boulder) while on the subject of "Raiders", did anyone else think that the warehouse Indy was jumping around in looked familiar? maybe he started wondering what was taking all those "top men" so long
Oh I can't wait for this! Hurry up May 22nd.
Looks great, Harrison Ford looks damned good for his age!! Cant wait for it!!!!
I watched it 10 times on yahoo movies......I cant wait
what a summer
Iron man
and STAR WARS in August
Ya' know, you put all the Indy gear back on him, mix in the classic theme song, shoot it all up in the original panoramic style lenses and all of sudden, the cool Harrison Ford is back! It seems as though they just might have recaptured the intangible magic once again, let's hope!
Hey, let's not forget...
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Punisher: War Zone
Speed Racer
Huh? Oh, my (in my best Anthony Daniels C-3PO voice). I need to get out more.
A Narnia sequal ? Hulk Sequal ? Iron Man ??? Where the hay have I been ?? Oh, right, locked in a shop for weeks on end with no food or water. No communication to the outside world
Now Dark Knight ... and Indy ... yeah baby !!!
Star Wars in August? You're talking about the animated release, yes??
Somebody set me straight
It's actually not a Hulk sequel. They are starting all over again...ignoring the other Hulk movie.
The new CG Animated Clone Wars will debut in the theaters with a 100-minute long movie followed by regular episodes on TV.
I haven't been following any spoiler info about indy 4 but most of the first part of the trailer (once it is from the new movie) looks like it is in the storage facility where they put the Ark at the end of Raiders. Plus there's this screen cap I pulled from the trailer
YEAH BABY, YEAH !!!!!! Indy has returned !!!!
Hmm.....I know it's supposed to take place in the 50s, but interesting about the Roswell thing.


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Game is kind of unplayable this stress test :/ xD
Game is kind of unplayable this stress test :/ xD
Decided to go Guardian on release. Can't wait. All I need now is to search for a good, active MMO community/guild on release.
even though the stress test was touch and go all i wanted to do was try out the warrior as it was the only class i hadnt tried out. i did that and even though its strong it was boring so i already know all 5 chars i am making.
These stress tests are such teases. I wish they would just have another BWE... I missed the last one so I really need more than just a few hours for my GW2 fix T___T
I still dont know what class Im going to make. Couldnt finish the 2h sword skills and I need to try the longbow with the warrior.
Cant decide between Warrior, Guardian or Elementalist.... What would you pick?
1. I like blue
2. I like the idea behind the Guardian lore-wise
3. I like the aesthetics
4. I like blue fire
5. I like melee
6. I like supporting, but I also like being on the offense at the same time
7. Closest thing to monk
8. Hints of both of my favorite classes from GW1, Paragon and Monk
Also, someone went ahead and took screen shots of gear viewable in the weapons locker in the heart of the mists
My main weapon will be 2h sword, longbow is for WvW.
Some of the sound effects on skills that are spammed quite often can get on your nerves real quick.
i try and check it every few days before i head to bed so if it needs to update it can and i dont have to worry(for some reason it slows games if i run it and a game.
I just completed the 500MB + patch surprisingly fast. Less time having to patch on launch is always a good thing.
Asura Guardian with a big two handed hammer, no annoying spam there .
Asura rifle warrior = all kinds of sexy.


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The individuals to be inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame on September 3 rose to prominence during the "glory years" of the 1950s and 1960s. Most are still active today, with several marking more than 50 years of continuous involvement in the drum and bugle corps community.
This year's inductions will take place during a mid-day banquet and award ceremony to be held in Scranton, PA, as part of the Drum Corps Associates Labor Day weekend championships.
The 2005 inductees selected by the Hall of Fame screening committee include:
Jim Bowser of Grasonville, Md, whose career as a snare drummer spanned the years 1946 to 1988. His early involvement was with the Kenwood Cadets and Monumental Drum and Fife Corps.
He began drumming with the Yankee Rebels of Baltimore in 1956, then played in the drum line of the Reilly Raiders from 1957 to 1966. He was runner-up in the 1957 VFW national individual snare contest and won the title in 1958 and 1959. He joined the Yankee Rebels Alumni Corps as a snare drummer in 1988.
In the late 1950s, he also instructed a number of Maryland corps, including St. James, Dundalk and Walbrook junior corps and the Williamsport senior corps. From 1964 to 1966, he was percussion technician with Reilly Raiders. He also served as a member of the Reilly Raiders executive board from 1961 to 1965.
He was honored with lifetime membership status in the Reilly Raiders organization in 2000.
Don Mihok of Jenkintown, PA, between 1944 and 1952, played snare drum with three different junior corps: Rising Sun, Osmond Post and Howard C. McCall Post. While drumming for the Osmond Post corps in 1949, he won the VFW national junior individual snare drum contest.
He played snare drum with Archer-Epler Musketeers senior corps from 1956 to 1958 and won the VFW national senior snare title in 1957.
Mihok taught the percussion sections of a number of Pennsylvania corps, including Vasella, Haeton Heights, East Germantown junior corps, and Bangor Yellow Jackets senior corps. He also began teaching the Reilly Raiders Alumni drum line in 1997.
Over the years, he served as a percussion judge with the Mid-Atlantic and All-American judges associations, Drum Corps Associates and the Catholic Youth Organization, adjudicating both band and drum and bugle corps contests.
Ralph Pace of Mays Landing, NJ, between 1965 and 1974, performed with both of Pennsylvania's Musketeers drum and bugle corps: Vasella and Archer-Epler. In his capacity as drill designer and instructor, beginning in 1970, he created memorable shows, emphasizing a total visual entertainment package, for a number of well-known corps, including Blue Rock, 27th Lancers, Chicago Cavaliers, Crossmen, Phantom Regiment, Spirit of Atlanta, Reading Buccaneers and Yankee Rebels.
He twice had two of his junior corps finish in the top 10 nationally: 27th Lancers and Crossmen, and Cavaliers and Phantom Regiment. He served as an execution and general effect judge for 10 years, primarily with the National Association of Judges.
Kenny "Ace" Peterson of Penn Yan, NY, was a soprano soloist when he first played with Geneva Appleknockers senior corps in 1951, and he's still a soloist with Mighty St. Joe's Alumni Corps and Ghost Riders mini-corps in 2005. He spent two different periods performing in contests, parades and winter concerts with the Appleknockers: from 1951 to 1964 and from 1982 to 1985. In between, he served as corps director for the Appleknockers.
Before moving to St. Joe's Alumni in 1994, he was lead soprano player with the Empire Statesmen. He has performed with Ghost Riders since 1997, serving as administrator as the same time. He was brass instructor for the Tri-County Cadets and Appleknockers between 1958 and 1964, and taught both brass and marching to the Firebells, Appleknockers and the Mello Dears all-girl corps between 1957 and 1998.
He judged music and marching in many parades and contests between 1958 and 1970. Other top soprano players consider him to be one of the best soloists in the past half century of drum corps activity.
Richard Pronti of Canandaigua, NY, has contributed to the drum and bugle corps movement as a horn player, drum major, color guard member, visual designer, staff consultant and judge. He initiated the individual and ensemble contests as part of the Drum Corps Associates Championship weekend.
He played horn and marched as drum major with Shortsville Shamrocks in upstate New York from 1958 to 1967. For several years in the 1960s, his involvement with the Shamrocks overlapped his duties as winter drum major with the Emerald Cadets of Rochester and horn player with Geneva Appleknockers.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he marched in the Syracuse Brigadiers' color guard, was drum major of the junior Appleknockers and the Suburban Knights senior corps of Buffalo.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he served as the visual designer for a number of corps, including Appleknockers juniors, Dunkirk Patriots, Tri-Town Cadets and the Shamrocks.
Since 1992, he has been a visual staff consultant with Hawthorne Caballeros. His service as a judge dates back to 1974. He has been a visual judge, caption head, president or past president of the New York Federation of Judges over that 30-year period. He has also been a visual judge in Drum Corps Associates.
Elmer "Red"Winzer of Philadelphia, PA, in a career spanning more than 40 years, has been a top-notch horn player, music arranger, brass instructor, drill designer and instructor. Between 1957 and 1973, he played baritone horn with Reading Buccaneers and the USAF Drum and Bugle Corps in Washington, DC.
Between 1967 and the mid-1990s, he was either the music arranger, brass instructor or brass caption head for many top-ranked corps on the Eastern Seaboard, including Blue Rock and Haddenfield Royaleers, and several senior corps, including Emmaus Sentinals, Reading Buccaneers, Yankee Rebels, Archer-Epler Musketeers, Yankee Rebels Alumni and Reading Buccaneers Alumni.
He has judged all music captions for the Mid-Atlantic Association, Drum Corps Associates, Drum Corps International and the National Judges Association. He was one of the first arrangers to adapt classical music to field show routines, including Verdi's "Requiem," Stravinski's "Firebird Suite" and Shostakovich's "Fifth Symphony."
Since its founding in 1976 by the late Vince Bruni of Rochester, NY, membership in the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame has grown from six charter members to more than 420 regular and associate members from the United States and Canada, who have contributed to the activity across North America, Europe, Africa and Japan.
The World Drum Corps Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization honoring those individuals who have, over a number of years, contributed significantly to the development and continuing excellence of the activity through individual or collective effort. The organization also seeks to preserve the history of the drum and bugle corps movement in North America by selecting a noteworthy junior and senior "Corps of the Decade."
An important part of the Hall of Fame's purpose is to enhance a feeling of good fellowship among the many individuals and organizations involved with drum and bugle corps activity, thereby enhancing constructive contributions in all areas.
More information about the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame is available at www.worlddrumcorpshof.org/.


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Texas woman files multimillion dollar lawsuit against Scientology
A multimillion dollar lawsuit has been filed against the Church of Scientology over the harassment of a Texas couple who fled to the San Antonio suburbs in failed bid to escape the prying eyes of surveillance cameras.
The suit, filed in Comal County, also names Scientology leader David Miscavage and two men believed to be involved with the California-based organization.
Marty Rathbun was once second-in-command at what many now consider a cult. In a disagreement with the leadership, he fled, going underground in 2004. Five years later, he resurfaced in Ingleside, Texas, speaking out against Scientology. While along the Texas coast, he met Monique Rathbun and the pair married. Even though she was never a member of the church, she quickly became sucked in to harassment.
In a series of well-documented videos, the church sent operatives to their neighborhood, tracking their every move.
"For a period of 199 days, they could not go out of their house without being verbally assaulted," their attorney Ray Jeffrey tells 1200 WOAI news. "The church had a house across the street rented, and filled the windows with cameras."
The pair moved to the San Antonio suburb of Bulverde to escape, but quickly found the plot next door was rented, a trailer was erected and surveillance cameras were posted in the trees.
"That was the straw that broke the camel's back," Jeffrey explains.
The lone plaintiff in the suit is Monique, not her husband It claims intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortuous interference of her employment contract and invasion of privacy.
"She has been harassed, insulted, surveilled, photographed, videotaped, defamed, and humiliated to such a degree as to shock the conscience of any decent, law-abiding person," the suit reads.
An email to the church's spokeswoman in Los Angeles was not returned.
Last week, a Comal County judge granted Monique a temporary restraining order, ordering Scientology to stop the harassment. A hearing on a temporary injunction is scheduled for next week.


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The Roots of Romanticism
"With The Roots of Romanticism . . . we get another instalment of scintillating, elusive, paradoxical thought. . . . [T]his is a welcome addition to Berlin's ever-growing oeuvre."--Ben Rogers, Financial Times
"This small volume provides the distilled essence of Berlin and it provides wonderful examples of his technique: vast sentences in which a succession of parallel phrases draws out the meaning, inch by inch, and ends with a perfect rendering of the original clause upon which the reader has been left dangling for half a page, believing himself hopelessly lost. The experience is like waiting for an organist to resolve a mighty but elusive chord."--Anthony Smith, The Observer
"This is a book that would be as salutary a read for prime ministers and presidents as for those who see themselves as cultural critics. Berlin's writing exemplifies the need for understanding and tolerance in the face of the plurality of human needs and aspirations, and the incompatibility of human ideals."--Peter Mudford, The Times Higher Education Supplement
"Isaiah Berlin's Mellon Lectures on romanticism, a movement that he believed to be 'the greatest single shift in the consciousness of the West to have occurred,' are as eloquent, sprightly, and profound as anything he ever produced. This edition is provided with fascinating addenda as well as exacting editing and full references; it presents Berlin's analysis of the contradictions, plurality, and irrationality of a vital conjunction in intellectual, political, and artistic history, and restores the voice of the magus at its most thought-provoking and beguiling."--Roy Foster, University of Oxford
"This book provides an excellent account of the topics that were to preoccupy Berlin throughout his life. . . . It is a history of ideas, wonderfully under control, always with the sense of how those ideas have impacted on other ideas and eventually on the contemporary period."--Tracy B. Strong, University of California, San Diego
"In a dark century, he showed what a life of the mind should be: skeptical, ironical, dispassionate and free."--Michael Ignatieff
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Not all economic development is created equal. Not all local investments build wealth in our community. Not all open markets produce optimal outcomes for all places. If we want our places to prosper over time, we have to be prepared to ask a tougher set of questions at the local level.
Today is Martin Luther King Day. Over the weekend I finished Malcolm Gladwell's latest book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants, which contained a little bit of the story of one of this nation's most important underdogs. It is truly amazing to ponder this man who faced such overwhelming forces, yet lifted up so many. I'm thankful we have a day when we are asked to do just that.
I have to start this post with a confession: I love the Dunkin Donuts' butternut doughnut. We don't have any Dunkin Donuts here in Minnesota – and I have to say, we don't have any really good doughnut shops here in Minnesota, at least none I am aware of – and so when I run into one during my travels, I tend to swing in and grab a butternut. You can add that to Mountain Dew and ball park nachos on my list of vices.
It was recently announced that Dunkin Donuts is looking to expand into Minnesota. This will no doubt warm the hearts of the 1,125 people who showed their affirmation for the Bring Dunkin Donuts to Minnesota Facebook page (it's not too late to join). It also means that we can follow much of the rest of the country in bastardizing the English language by going through the drive "thru" to a get doughnut spelled "donut". The Final Edit will hate this on many levels.
Amid all the celebration, one little tidbit of information caught my attention:
Adequate capitalization – Requirements vary by market, but the lowest requirements are $250k minimum liquid assets and $500k minimum net worth per unit.
Now truly, when going through a list of potential small business startups, the kind of thing that someone without an MBA but just a lot of drive and desire could undertake, is not doughnut shop at the top of that list? Along with bakery, pizza joint and coffee shop, in my mind I imagine these as being the familiar Stage 1 businesses that pop up out of nowhere whenever that magical critical mass is obtained. (For more on Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 businesses, listen to my interview with Economic Gardening guru, Chris Gibbons.)
But if you are going to start a Dunkin Donuts, you need a cool half mil in net worth, at least half of which is liquid, meaning cash or something that can be quickly converted into cash. That doesn't sound very small business friendly.
For households where the highest wage earner is under 35 years old, the ideal age for someone who is not necessarily college material but nonetheless has the work ethic and the entrepreneurial spirit to step up and start a business, the median net worth (excluding home equity) in 2009 was $2,003. Let me say that again. Take over half the families where the primary breadwinner is 35 years old or less, add up their investments and savings and then subtract their debts, and they have less than $2k. In other words, they are only $498,000 short of being able to start a Dunkin Donuts.
Note that for people 65 and older, that number jumps to slightly over $25,000, which should scare the hell out of everyone.
What this means is pretty clear: Dunkin Donuts – and national franchises like them – are not looking for entrepreneurs. They are looking for investors. They want people who already have money, who have already amassed wealth. They are looking for those people because they want someone locally to assume the bulk of the risk, whose interests will be aligned with the corporation and shareholders sufficiently to ensure that the right management is retained and the store is run efficiently.
That's a very different person, and a very different impact on the city, than the doughnut shop started by your local go-getter with vision and a dream. That person will be sought after by the local investor. They will "ideally" become the manager of the Dunkin Donuts, with pay and benefits that are modestly above the other employees. They will not amass wealth or see appreciable returns over time for their efforts. Those will go to the investor.
And to the corporation Dunkin Donuts (DNKN – what a cute ticker symbol).
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So you are a local government, or someone concerned about your local community; why should you care? The city is going to get a half million dollar+ investment. Tax revenues are going to go up along with permit fees, sewer/water connection charges and all the other good transactional revenue. There are going to be new job opportunities, with at least a couple in management. And to top it all off, your residents are going to be able to get great coffee (but, sadly, no Mountain Dew) along with butternut doughnuts, all without having to leave the comfort of their car.
How could this not be all good?
There are many reasons, but I'll give you two of the most important ones for me. First, the relationship that Dunkin Donuts – and any national chain, whether selling tacos or auto parts or massages – has with your community is the same relationship that England had with its American colonies back in the 1700's. The colonies provided raw materials. English merchants, manufacturers and transporters would take these materials, process them and provide them back – with all the value added – to the colonies. The government would take a nice bit off the top for the trouble and, just like that, you have a mercantilist economy, one designed to have a positive balance of trade for the English.
This is kind of an abstract concept in a national economy. Dunkin Donuts is headquartered in Massachusetts. When the wealth of Minnesotans is spent on those butternut doughnuts and a percentage of that leaves the state and heads to Massachusetts, we don't exactly think of that the same way we do a balance of trade with say…China. There is a flow of good back and forth across states and it all shows up in GDP statistics, so it's all good.
But when we look at it from a very hyper local level, when we take the point of view of the community, what we see is a transfer of local wealth to those outside of the community. Dunkin Donuts is looking out across the landscape and seeing a market they can serve. That's capitalism. When they serve that market, they will exchange a good that is desired (butternut donuts) for capital that has been accumulated locally. That's also capitalism.
But capitalism also involves the entrepreneur that wants to start a donut shop locally. Although with this capitalism, the transaction is very different. You still have the exchange of the desired good for capital, but the capital stays within the local market, at least for that transaction. While I'm not going to debate the merits of capitalism—I agree it is the worst system, except for all the others—I think we have to acknowledge that a local capitalism has a much different impact on the overall wealth of a community than a national, mercantilist capitalism.
This brings me to the second point: the entrepreneur. I want to remind you who this person is because we almost all know them. They are the hard-working, honest person who wasn't cut out for college. Maybe they had a kid too young and actually took responsibility for that. Maybe they went astray before they straightened their life out. Maybe they are just a good, decent person but not one who is going to excel at reading or mathematics.
In the localized version of capitalism, this person starts the doughnut shop. Over decades they slowly and incrementally build their business, creating a modest amount of wealth for themselves and their family in the process. In the national corporate franchise version of capitalism, this person becomes the night manager. They work for someone else. They may have some corporate profit sharing, but it is disconnected from their day-to-day work. They may have a 401(k) plan, but they're not going to get wealthy from it.
Here's what breaks my heart: I've seen that night manager. I've seen the look in their eyes. And I've seen that entrepreneur, felt the look in their eyes. One is borderline resignation, an acceptance of fate. The other contains endless optimism. I want an America full of endless optimists.
Tragically, we've priced them out. In the Original Green, Steve Mouzon talks about the difference in costs between a highway-oriented waffle house and a downtown, family-owned restaurant. This really struck home to me and reinforces the points I'm making with a simple comparison.
The first thing they [the store owner] are forced to do is to erect the 200 foot tall sign that probably costs $200,000, because travelers at highway speeds will only be on the bridge for a few seconds, and if Waffle House doesn't entice them to exit by then, they've lost their business. Next, because their entire customer base arrives by motor vehicle, they must pave every square yard of their site not occupied by their building for parking to accommodate their customers' cars (the semis must park on the street.) So is there any shadow of doubt why poor Waffle House has such ugly buildings? Of course not! They've completely blown their budget on the sign and the parking lot!
Contrast that with this shop on Nantucket. The man in this picture (who happens to be renowned New Urbanist Mike Watkins) arrived on foot to this storefront, and is standing less than ten feet from the sign, which was probably procured for something much closer to $200 than $200,000. Because this store doesn't have to operate at a wide extent to attract customers, they're able to spend their money on other things... like being able to afford high rent in a nice building on Nantucket. Which place would you rather be?
Let me just make one last point, and it is going to really bother all of you that hate it when I talk about macroeconomics (you can stick your trickle down, overly convenient, aggregate demand theories you know where).
When we have zero interest rates, when we are printing billions of dollars each month and funneling it to Wall Street banks, when the cost of borrowing money is really, really cheap, does that help our local entrepreneur or our investor? When you have a liquid net worth of $2,000 but a lot of enthusiasm, are low interest rates going to help you be able to access the $498,000 you need to start a Dunkin Donuts? But when you have a net worth of half a million dollars or more, how easy is it going to be to access that startup capital in a market flooded with liquidity?
Now flip that around….when you are the local entrepreneur trying to save some money so you can start your dream, how much would it help you to get a market rate of interest on your savings? Something more than say, 0.85%? When you are that new business owner trying to get into a storefront, how helpful is it going to be to not have the price of that space overinflated by cheap, yet inaccessible, outside capital? When you finally get things going and are trying to amass some savings and some wealth, would it not be nice if someone paid you a fair return for your frugality and prudence?
Not all economic development is created equal. Not all local investments build wealth in our community. Not all open markets produce optimal outcomes for all places. If we want our places to prosper over time, we have to be prepared to ask a tougher set of questions at the local level.
The obvious follow up question here is, great Chuck, but how do we have local capitalism instead of franchise/corporate capitalism dominate in our communities? I'm so glad you asked. I'm going to try and break away today to post my thoughts on that over at the Strong Towns Network, where I'm positive we'll have a vigorous discussion on the matter.
If you're new to Strong Towns and want to get up to speed quickly, get a copy of Thoughts on Building Strong Towns (Volume 1), a good primer on Strong Towns thinking.