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"Bad Touch" lol
this governor is trying to be fiscally responsible, reducing the debt of his state and people are upset because it's working???wreckless spending is crippling this country. we need more politicians like him that are not afraid to stand up to thug unions.
kid was in detention for 5 hours? here's your sign......
hey mom and dad, congrats. you raised an bum raping offspring. wonder where he gets it from? i'll place my bet on good o'l dad
wait a minute, a muslim connected to a terror plot, that is just plain racist!!!!
you may have offended this nice fine gentleman. please retract this article. last thing i want to do is offend anyone. islam is the religion of peace, or so i'm told.
i wish i was rich enough to have 4 names, maybe someday
sir, please hand over your man card.
single woman in her 40's , yep i'd say there are some mental issues. all women are crazy, when they are single and in their 40's they are bat s@@# crazy.
i mean really, enough is enough. those of us paying taxes are really getting sick and tired of this entitlement mentality. and yes, i'm going out on a limb by assuming she is on public assistance. age 23, 4 kids. i seriously doubt she could have squeezed in a college education or has the ability (or desire) to earn enough to support herself let alone 4 kids.
seriously elephanttamer, if you are mentally handicapped, i mean no disrespect, but you obviously have the capability to command a computer and should use that capability more wisely.
just sayin
good for lowe's.
wow, i feel bad for the daughter.
i'm a big supporter of single moms, usually one dollar bill at a time, but none the less, i applaud her for supporting her family
actually i hold in higher regard a waiter or waitress than i do a real estate "professional".i waited tables all through school, i plan on making my kids wait tables. great life skills
animals, if you seriously think they can be rehabilitated and lead a productive life and contribute something to society, then you are a big part of the problem.
memoir of what???
umm. personal responsibility. i know it's being lost, but really do we need the government to enforce it upon us? i agree with education about the bad, but when you start passing laws or rules that impede a person from choosing (right or wrong), that in my opinion is overstepping. with that said, i agree, don't target kids, but don't ban a legal product because it's the politically correct thing to do. honestly before reading this article i had no idea there was fruit flavored tobacco. but that's just me, i choose not partake. back to personal responsibility. i just do not want someone telling me i can't partake if i wanted to.
please do not vote for this career politician.
wait a minute, this homeowner knowingly scared someone! this is an outrage, shouldn't the ACLU be called? Al Sharpton? someone? the homeowner obviously violated the rights of the would be burglar by scaring him. what is this world coming to? the homeowner should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for scaring someone.
if my wife is reading this, i swear on all that is holy that i would not act in this fashion if the situation were to present itself. i would not hit you with a TV, i would buy you a new TV to match the new ear rings i've been thinking of buying you.
just sayin'
i had some suspicions of the allegations earlier, now i see gloria allred is involved and am convinced they are fabricated.
i think he is a contender just based on the coverage the liberal media is giving this story based on anonymous accusations.
you throw the racist term term out there pretty quick, unfortunately it's losing it's sting. i'm not racist, just rational. it's a bad neighborhood. how can you argue with that? liberals fight the truth with throwing the racist card out there. sorry but i'm not a bad person or a racist for having the forethought and intelligence to avoid a bad neighborhood. it's called self preservation, a natural instinct.
I AM APPALLED!! , I am a taxpayer and I would use this facility on a near daily basis.
Just joking, I'm scared to drive through that neighborhood, let alone take my clothes off down to a bathing suit.
enough with the PC stuff. I, as a taxpayer, am really tired of it.
try occupy responsibility, "for a change".
they are part of the 99%, well i am part of the 53% that pay taxes.
i sometimes wish i were a bleeding heart, thinking that the criminal with a record as long as my arm (and he's only 20) would simply turn his life around. alas, but i am not, i am a realist. thankful one less parasite is gone from this earth and is not able to procreate any further. but then again i think, maybe he could have been something, turned his life around......then i start chuckling that i could be that naive to think otherwise. i mean really people, are you that dense? invest your time and energy into people who are doing the right thing.
in response to brittanyv326: You would borrow money to go to college in this economy? And then call that SMART? Do you know how many college graduates are unemployed? How many are working in positions below their degrees? How would you expect them to pay that money back? What is ruining the country is that it is so widely acceptable and easy to BORROW money and no one can pay it back because they never had it to begin with. In case you're interested in the unemployment rates of college grads:http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy...
in response to brittanyv326:
You would borrow money to go to college in this economy? And then call that SMART?
Do you know how many college graduates are unemployed? How many are working in positions below their degrees? How would you expect them to pay that money back?
What is ruining the country is that it is so widely acceptable and easy to BORROW money and no one can pay it back because they never had it to begin with.
In case you're interested in the unemployment rates of college grads:http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy...
yes brittany, i would borrow money in todays economy as i did 15 years ago. i would pursue a degree that is lucrative and is able to withstand economic downturns, as i did. (medical)i have worked hard and continue to. i could have chosen a business degree or psychology or some other bs degree but i really did not see the reward at the end. so for all the college grads with art, literature, etc... degrees. did you think you'd get a high paying job for that? you were trained to teach, what the heck did you think that degree would produce?sure it was an easy major, but now what do you have? so i have no sympathy for college grads with worthless degrees. they made that choice. or as my experience has shown me they failed out of the other majors and settled for the bs degrees. quit whining. now bring me an unsweet tea, extra lemon, please
no more cheeseburgers for you! glad is not video. bad choice on the the chest tat
i'm trying to understand the basis for this protest. i don't have what you have? i got pregnant (got someone pregnant) at 19. i didn't have enough (wasn't smart enough to borrow) money to go to college. so now somebody owes me something i didn't work for, risk myself and money for? you liberal idiots are ruining this country. i'll follow the same logic. i'm ugly and out of shape. i want to have physical relations with the 22 year old bikini model but i can't. i'm forming the occupy hooters bikini contest.OHBC. we'll go by OH for short. occupy hooters. i'm not leaving till she
the real endangered species in america is an animal called "reason and common sense" .f'ing call orkin and be done with the rat. then we don't have to waste money on debating if it's endangered or not
yeah , jesse jackson is speaking. give me a break, let al sharpton speak next.just finished the list for bs idiots.
cain for president, 2012
vote out career politicians, at all levels. put a business man or woman in their places and you will see changes. how can you possibly expect these politicians who have never even had a real job let alone run day to day operations of a company run the largest economy in the world.
21 to drink, 18ish to sleep over. come on over shelby.
that is the first thing i've heard of him since he was elected. from previous post, face charges for what?
wait.. did i read that wrong? he has a girlfriend?
he was doing you a favor, how can you possibly finish up your doctoral thesis paper if you are distracted by television?
quick!, rush him to the ER, check his vagina
islandsoaker, i gotta ask, were they spanish? i swear i chuckle because EVERY time i see an overloaded boat it's blaring latin music.
20 people on that boat? gee captain, wonder what went wrong?
cabrerra, he's moved from fraud to swiping watches
republican scum? don't bite the hand that feeds you....
diversity is great!! yeah!!
if i paid someone 93000 i'd expect them to perform their duties. if they didn't perform i would fire them. in the private sector this is normal and expected. why when it's a government employee people have sympathy for a person not fulfilling their obligations? i can not understand this...
more cow bell......
i thought i knew every use for duct tape, this story just added one more. it is indeed the most versatile product and can fix anything. even women attacking you with a fishing pole
is it politically incorrect to ask if they are here legally? is it politically incorrect to print if they are legal residents? just asking? i support what gov scott is doing but he caved on the illegal issue that he ran so hard with during his campaign.
i'm going on a drunkwalk to benefit the local AA chapter, who's with me?
in response to SHIFTT: Or maybe the Principal pestered that person (see, and knowing the person was emotionally bent) into committing the act. "chased by the assistant principal and another teacher, who both feared for the safety of the other students. Kennedy threw another chair, this time at the teacher, threatening to kill him" Was it not obvious the kid didn't want to be there? If our school administrators are this incapable of controlling a student, they and the student need to go some place else.
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Or maybe the Principal pestered that person (see, and knowing the person was emotionally bent) into committing the act.
"chased by the assistant principal and another teacher, who both feared for the safety of the other students. Kennedy threw another chair, this time at the teacher, threatening to kill him"
Was it not obvious the kid didn't want to be there? If our school administrators are this incapable of controlling a student, they and the student need to go some place else.
you blame the principal?? ladies and gentlemen, this is what is wrong with this country. call the aclu, sue because he hurt his back throwing the chair. i give up......
"till death do us part" once they hit 40, bat**** crazy
put down your sign and pick up an unwanted baby if you feel that strongly about it.
i hope when i'm 69 years old my name makes the paper for something as cool as sleeping in his motorized wheelchair at a vacant hooters. that would be the absolute icing on the cake of life!
side note, a hooters went out of business? ok we're f'd, economy shot
too bad your dad didn't take you hunting. then you'd understand. **ssification of america
i'm amused by many responses here. it is very apparent who the freeloaders are and who the working man (woman) is. my 2 cents, if you pay someone to do nothing, that's what they will do. i have a huge amount of respect for all the hispanic people who work hard to feed their families. i see them waiting at home depot, gas station, etc.. to make 10 / hr. i just know that if i didn't have what i had i'd be right next to juan. last thing i would do is expect a handout. ask your grandfather if he'd expect anything but what you earned. we're breeding a new generation of expectors, meaning they expect to be taken care of.
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Backbeat Movie Review
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Director : Iain Softley
Producer : Finola Dwyer, Stephen Woolley
Screenwriter : Iain Softley, Michael Thomas, Stephen Ward
Starring : Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell, Chris O'Neill, Scot Williams, Sheryl Lee
You may have heard of Pete Best, the band's original drummer. He's on the scene here (not Ringo), and so is bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, the so-called "fifth Beatle," the one around whom this telling of the Beatles tale revolves.
More of an aspiring painter than an aspiring rock star, legend has it that Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff, in the best performance of a very uneven career) stuck around as long as he did only because John Lennon (Ian Hart, playing Lennon in a film for the second time here), had a crush on him and urged him to stick with it. Lennon may have also had a thing for Astrid Kirchherr (Sheryl Lee), Sutcliffe's German photographer girlfriend and the person who gets the credit for giving the boys the haircuts that earned them so much early attention.
The film does a marvelous job of depicting the divey clubs of Hamburg where the leather-clad Beatles, hyped up on speed given to them by club owners eager to keep them playing all night, power through set after set of superfast R&B. The tracks recorded for the film by punk-leaning musicians have a real edge to them. More foot stompers than toe tappers, they sound youthful, energetic, even somewhat desperate.
As John and Stu carouse, circle around Astrid, and trade cutting barbs while they discuss Stu's future with the band, Paul McCartney (Gary Bakewell) and George Harrison (Chris O'Neill) are mere supporting players, serving mainly to complain about Stu's lack of professionalism. It's the interchanges between John and Stu that move the film along. John is ultimately unsuccessful in convincing Stu to keep at it, and Stu stays behind to study art when the Beatles head back to Liverpool in 1961. Stu sticks to his artistic guns, just as John sticks to his, and you wonder what Stu will think about that decision in the years that follow, until you learn that he doesn't live long enough to contemplate it.
It's Stu's extremely untimely death from a cerebral hemorrhage in April 1962 (at the age of 21) that gives the film its heartbreaking coda. Less than a year later, of course, the Beatles, with Best gone and Ringo in tow, are on their way to unimaginable fame, while nothing is left of Stu but a few rooms full of abstract canvases and a portfolio of photographs of him taken by his girlfriend.
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Norman, Oklahoma
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norman, Oklahoma | ||
City | ||
Nickname(s): City of Festivals | ||
Motto: "Building An Inclusive Community" | ||
Location of Norman, Oklahoma | ||
Coordinates: 35°13′N 97°25′W / 35.217°N 97.417°WCoordinates: 35°13′N 97°25′W / 35.217°N 97.417°W | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Oklahoma | |
County | Cleveland | |
Government | ||
• Type | Council-Manager | |
• Mayor | Cindy Rosenthal | |
• City Manager | Steve Lewis | |
Area | ||
• Total | 189.5 sq mi (490.8 km2) | |
• Land | 177.0 sq mi (458.4 km2) | |
• Water | 12.5 sq mi (32.4 km2) | |
Elevation | 1,171 ft (357 m) | |
Population (2010) | ||
• Total | 110,925 | |
• Density | 540.6/sq mi (208.7/km2) | |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) | |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
ZIP codes | 73000-73099 | |
Area code(s) | 405 | |
FIPS code | 40-52500[1] | |
GNIS feature ID | 1095903[2] | |
Website | City Website |
Norman /ˈnɔrmən/ is a U.S. city in Oklahoma 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Oklahoma City in its metropolitan area. Norman's 110,925 residents make it the third-largest city in Oklahoma by population, and the city serves as the county seat of Cleveland County.
Norman was settled during the Land Run of 1889, which opened the former Indian Territory and Unassigned Lands to American pioneer settlement. The city was named in honor of its first land surveyor, Abner Norman, and was formally incorporated on May 13, 1891. Economically the city has prominent higher education and related research industries including as the home to the University of Oklahoma, the largest university in the state with approximately 30,000 students enrolled. The university is well known for its sporting events, with over 80,000 people routinely attending football games. The university is also home to several museums including the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, which contains the largest collection of French Impressionist art ever given to an American university.
The National Weather Center, located in Norman, houses a unique collection of university, state, and federal organizations that work together to improve the understanding of events related to the Earth's atmosphere. Norman lies within Tornado Alley, a geographic region where tornadic activity is predominant. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area, including Norman, is the most tornado-prone area in the United States. In addition to this, the SPC or Storm Prediction Center, a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is in Norman due to its location. The facility is used for forecasting severe storm and tornado outbreaks in addition to housing various experimental weather radars.
Despite being in the wide belt at high risk of this weather phenomenon, in 2008 CNN's Money Magazine ranked Norman as the sixth best small city within the United States in which to live.
The Oklahoma region became part of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Prior to the American Civil War the United States government began relocating the Five Civilized Tribes - the five Native American tribes that the United States officially recognized via treaty - to Oklahoma. Treaties of 1832 and 1833 assigned the area known today as Norman to the Creek Nation.[3]
Following the Civil War, the Creeks were accused of aiding the Confederate States of America and as a result they ceded the region back to the United States in 1866.[3] Shortly after this the Arbuckle Trail, a feeder route to the Chisholm Trail, was developed to hasten the transfer of cattle from Texas to the railroads in Kansas.[3] A federal survey of the empty lands along the Arbuckle Trail was undertaken in the early 1870s, headed by 23-year-old Abner Norman.[3] Norman's work crew set up camp at what is today the corner of Classen and Lindsey streets; it was there that the men, perhaps jokingly, carved a sign on an elm tree that read "Norman's Camp," in honor of their young surveyor.[3][4] In 1887, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway began service to the area,[3] which was later opened to settlement as part of the Land Run of April 1889;[3][5] early settlers decided to keep the name "Norman."[3][4]
On April 22, 1889, the Land Run saw the founding of Norman with at least 150 residents spending the night in makeshift campsites;[3] by the next morning a downtown was already being constructed.[3] Almost immediately two prominent Norman businessmen, former Purcell railroad freight agent Delbert Larsh and railroad station chief cashier Thomas Waggoner, began lobbying for the territorial government to locate its first university in Norman.[3] The two were interested in growing the city and had reasoned that rather than trying to influence legislatures to locate the heavily contested territory capitol in Norman that it made sense to attempt to secure the state's first university instead (a move that would be far less controversial).[3] On December 19, 1890, Larsh and Waggoner were successful with the passage of Council Bill 114, establishing the University of Oklahoma in Norman approximately 18 years before Oklahoma statehood.[3]
The city of Norman was formally incorporated on May 13, 1891.[6] The city has continued to grow throughout the decades. By 1902 the downtown district contained two banks, two hotels, and a flour mill, and other businesses; by 1913 there were over 3,700 residents living in Norman when the Oklahoma Railway Company decided to extend its interurban streetcar running from Oklahoma City to Moore into Norman, spurring additional population growth.[7] The rail lines eventually transitioned to freight during the 1940s as the United States Numbered Highway system developed. The city population reached 11,429 in 1940.[8]
In 1941, the University of Oklahoma and Norman city officials established Max Westheimer Field, a university airstrip, and then leased it to the US Navy as a Naval Flight Training Center in 1942.[7] The training center was used for training combat pilots during World War II. A second training center, known as Naval Air Technical Training Center, and a naval hospital were later established to the south.[7] In the years following World War II the airstrip was transferred back to the university's control.[9] Today the airstrip is called the University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport. Following the war the remaining military presence and post-war veterans who came to Norman to get an education again grew the city's population, which was 27,006 by 1950.[7][8] The Navy again utilized the bases in a lesser capacity from 1952 to 1959 in support of the Korean War effort.[7]
With the completion of Interstate 35 in June 1959,[10] Norman found its role as a bedroom community to Oklahoma City increasing rapidly; in 1960 Norman's population was 33,412 but by the end of the decade had grown to 52,117.[7][8] Throughout the 1960s Norman's land mass increased by 174 square miles (450 km2) by annexing surrounding areas.[7] The city's growth trends have continued early in the 21st century, with the population reaching 95,694 in 2000[7][8] and 110,925 in 2010.[8][11]
Law and government[edit]
A council-manager government has been in place in Norman since the adoption of its city charter on June 28, 1919.[12] A councilor from each of the city's eight council wards is elected to office every two years, each serving a term of two years. Councilors are elected from their own respective wards based on a plurality voting system; a councilor from each ward serves on the Norman City Council. A mayor is elected by the entire voting population of Norman and serves as an at-large councilor; the mayor serves for a term of three years. As a whole, the council acts as the legislative body of city government; it aims to pass laws, approve the city budget, and manage efficiency in the government. The City Council appoints a professional City Manager who is responsible for the day-to-day administrative activities of the city.[12] The City of Norman has approximately 650 employees working in eleven departments and 31 boards and commissions that help oversee and implement the policies and services of the city.[12][13] The City Council meets bi-weekly in City Hall located at 201 W. Gray Street in downtown Norman; various boards and commissions meet in accordance with their own schedules.[12] The present mayor of Norman is Cindy Rosenthal (elected in 2007),[14] and the city manager is Steve Lewis (appointed in 2007).[15] In accordance with the charter of the city of Norman, all city elected positions are nonpartisan.[16]
Municipal and state laws are enforced by the Norman Police Department.[17] In 2010, Norman's crime index was 33% less than the national average.[18] There were two murders, 47 rapes, 36 robberies, 53 assaults, and 811 burglaries in 2010.[18]
Sister cities[edit]
In accordance with Sister Cities International, an organization that began under President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, Norman has been given four international sister cities in an attempt to foster cross-cultural understanding:[19]
Norman is located at 35°13′N 97°25′W / 35.2217°N 97.4183°W / 35.2217; -97.4183 (35.2216, -97.4182)[20] As of 2010, the city has a total area of 189.4 square miles (491 km2), of which 178.8 square miles (463 km2) is land and 10.6 square miles (27 km2) is water.[21]
The center of this large incorporated area is 20 miles (30 km) from the center of Oklahoma City and, separated primarily by Moore, is in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.[22] With a full-time population of 110,925 as of the 2010 census,[23] Norman is the third-largest city in Oklahoma[11] and the 235th-largest city in the United States.[24] The city serves as the county seat of Cleveland County.[25]
Norman and the surrounding areas are mostly flat with an elevation near 1,171 ft (357 m).[26] The terrain in the western section of Norman is prairie[27] while the eastern section, including the area surrounding Lake Thunderbird, consists of some 6,000 acres (24 km2) of lakes and Cross Timbers forest.[27] The lowest point within city limits is approximately 970 feet (296 m) above sea level (located at 35.20388N, 97.17735W).[20] The highest point is approximately 1,245 feet (379 m) above sea level (located at 35.21266N, 97.39000W).[20]
Climate data for Norman, Oklahoma | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 81 (27) |
90 (32) |
97 (36) |
99 (37) |
102 (39) |
109 (43) |
112 (44) |
116 (47) |
107 (42) |
100 (38) |
91 (33) |
86 (30) |
116 (47) |
Average high °F (°C) | 50.0 (10) |
53.0 (11.7) |
63.2 (17.3) |
72.1 (22.3) |
79.3 (26.3) |
86.5 (30.3) |
91.9 (33.3) |
92.9 (33.8) |
83.5 (28.6) |
72.8 (22.7) |
63.1 (17.3) |
50.6 (10.3) |
71.6 (22) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 39.0 (3.9) |
41.9 (5.5) |
51.7 (10.9) |
60.8 (16) |
69.0 (20.6) |
76.7 (24.8) |
81.5 (27.5) |
82.0 (27.8) |
72.5 (22.5) |
61.4 (16.3) |
51.6 (10.9) |
39.9 (4.4) |
60.67 (15.93) |
Average low °F (°C) | 28.1 (−2.2) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
40.2 (4.6) |
49.4 (9.7) |
58.8 (14.9) |
66.9 (19.4) |
71.0 (21.7) |
71.0 (21.7) |
61.6 (16.4) |
50.0 (10) |
40.1 (4.5) |
29.2 (−1.6) |
49.8 (9.9) |
Record low °F (°C) | −9 (−23) |
−17 (−27) |
1 (−17) |
20 (−7) |
28 (−2) |
43 (6) |
52 (11) |
47 (8) |
32 (0) |
10 (−12) |
0 (−18) |
−3 (−19) |
−17 (−27) |
Precipitation inches (mm) | 1.50 (38.1) |
1.96 (49.8) |
3.09 (78.5) |
3.14 (79.8) |
4.83 (122.7) |
5.45 (138.4) |
3.14 (79.8) |
3.29 (83.6) |
3.94 (100.1) |
4.03 (102.4) |
2.04 (51.8) |
2.21 (56.1) |
38.61 (980.7) |
Snowfall inches (cm) | 1.9 (4.8) |
1.0 (2.5) |
0.4 (1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.4 (1) |
1.3 (3.3) |
4.9 (12.4) |
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 5.2 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 85.8 |
Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
Source: Records (1894-2011); Normals (1981–2010)[28] |
Norman falls within a temperate, humid subtropical climate region that is identified as "Cfa" class on the Köppen climate classification.[29] On average Norman receives about 38 inches (970 mm) of precipitation per year;[28] May and June are the wettest months.[28] Temperatures average 61 °F (16 °C) for the year.[27][28] Average daytime highs range from 50 °F (10 °C) in January to nearly 93 °F (34 °C) in August; average lows range from 28 °F (−2 °C) in January to 71 °F (22 °C) in July and August.[27][28] Summers can be extremely hot, as was evident in 2009 when temperatures climbed above 100 °F (38 °C) for more than a month.[30] Consistent winds, averaging near 10 mph (16 km/h) and usually from the south to southeast, help to temper hotter weather during the summer and intensify cold periods during the winter.[27]
Norman averages a growing season of 209 days, but plants that can withstand short periods of colder temperatures may have an additional three to six weeks.[27] Winter months tend to be cloudier than summer months, with the percentage of possible sunshine ranging from an average of about 55% in winter to nearly 80% in summer.[27]
Norman lies within Tornado Alley,[31] the region of the United States where tornadic activity is most predominant.[31] The city has a tornado season lasting from March through June with over 80% of all reported tornadoes occurring during these months.[32] The Oklahoma City metropolitan area, including Norman, is the most tornado-prone area in the United States.[33][34] As recently as May 10, 2010, a tornado outbreak occurred in southeastern Norman that resulted in the loss of multiple homes and businesses. Again on Friday April 13, 2012 Norman was struck by a weak tornado.[35][36]
Historical populations | |||
Census | Pop. | %± | |
1900 | 2,225 |
1910 | 3,724 | 67.4% | |
1920 | 5,004 | 34.4% | |
1930 | 9,603 | 91.9% | |
1940 | 11,429 | 19.0% | |
1950 | 27,006 | 136.3% | |
1960 | 33,412 | 23.7% | |
1970 | 52,117 | 56.0% | |
1980 | 68,020 | 30.5% | |
1990 | 80,071 | 17.7% | |
2000 | 95,694 | 19.5% | |
2010 | 110,925 | 15.9% | |
Est. 2012 | 115,562 | 4.2% | |
As of the census of 2010, there were 110,925 people, 44,661 households, and 24,913 families residing within the city.[23] The population density was 616 people per square mile (208.7/km²).[37] The racial makeup of the city was 84.7% White, 4.3% African American, 4.7% Native American, 3.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.9% from other races, and 5.5% from two or more races.[23] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.4% of the population.[23]
Of the 44,661 households, 25.0% had children under the age of 18, 41.5% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.2% were non-families.[23] Individuals living alone made up 30.7% of all households; 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[23] The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.94.[23]
The age distribution was 5.8% under the age of 5, 5.7% from 5 to 9, 5.2% from 10 to 14, 8.9% from 15 to 19, 16.0% from 20 to 24, 9.0% from 25 to 29, 6.6% from 30 to 34, 5.6% from 35 to 39, 5.3% from 40 to 44, 5.9% from 45 to 49, 5.9% from 50 to 54, 5.4% from 55 to 59, 4.6% from 60 to 64, 3.2% from 65 to 69, 2.3% from 70 to 74, 1.8% from 75 to 79, 1.4% from 80 to 84, and 1.3% over 85 years of age.[23] The median age was 29.6 years.[23] Males made up 49.7% of the population while females made up 50.3%.[23]
The median household income in the city was $44,396, and the median income for a family was $62,826.[38] Males had a median income of $41,859 versus $35,777 for females.[38] The per capita income for the city was $24,586.[38] About 11.8% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.[38]
Although religious information is not collected by the US census, according to a 2000 survey by Dale E. Jones of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, 50.2% of the population in Norman is affiliated with a religious institution.[37] Of those 43.6% were Southern Baptist, 15.0% Catholic Church, 13.0% United Methodist, 3.3% Assembly of God, 2.8% Churches of Christ, 2.1% Latter-day Saint (Mormon), 2.1% Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, 1.9% Disciples of Christ, 1.7% Presbyterian Church, and 14.6% other Christian denominations or religions.[37]
The University of Oklahoma employs over 10,700 personnel across three campuses, making it a significant driver of Norman's economy.[39] The campus is a center for scientific and technological research, having contributed over $277 million to such programs in 2009.[40]
Norman is also home of the National Weather Center, a cooperative research effort between the University of Oklahoma and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that houses a number of weather- and climate-related organizations;[41] the city is also the proposed location of a future National Weather Museum.[42] As a result of this on-going academic and public weather research, several private meteorological businesses are present in the city, including Weathernews Americas, Inc., Vieux and Associates, Inc., Weather Decision Technologies, WeatherBank, Inc., and Computational Geosciences, Inc.[43]
In addition to weather Norman is a center for other scientific ventures — public and private. The Oklahoma Geological Survey, which conducts geological research,[44] and the Oklahoma Renewable Energy Council, which is a public-private alliance that fosters renewable energy technology with the aim of establishing more viable applications, make the city their home.[45] SouthWest NanoTechnologies is a producer of single-walled carbon nanotubes.[46][47] Bergey Windpower is a supplier of small wind turbines.[48]
Other major employers in the city include Norman Regional Health System, Norman Public Schools, Johnson Controls, Griffin Memorial Hospital, Hitachi, Astellas Pharma Technologies, Albon Engineering, Xyant Technology, MSCI, Office Max National Sales Center, SITEL, the United States Postal Service National Center for Employee Development, Sysco Corporation, and AT&T.[49]
University North Park, a lifestyle center with planned development on over 12 million square feet (1.1 km2) of land,[50] is on 24th Ave NW along the I-35 corridor between Robinson Street and Tecumseh Road. Begun in 2006, the project will feature 2 miles (3.2 km) of parks, offices, and high-end retail once completed.
In 2008, CNN's Money Magazine ranked Norman as the sixth best small city within the United States to live in, the highest ranking of any city in Oklahoma.[51]
Fair trade[edit]
In 2010, Norman became the 17th city in the United States to adopt a council resolution giving it status as a Fair Trade Town.[52][53] The resolution states that the city of Norman supports the purchasing of goods from the local community; when goods cannot be purchased locally the city will support buying from producers abroad who meet Fair Trade standards.[52] These standards include supporting quality of life in developing countries and planning for environmental sustainability.[52]
Norman has a wide variety of neighborhoods. Downtown Norman is an area of approximately 2 square miles (5 km2) surrounded by University Blvd., Symmes St., Porter Ave., and Daws St.; primary streets include Main St. and Gray Ave.[54] The area consists of restaurants, art galleries, and other businesses;[54] it is home to some of the oldest buildings in Oklahoma.[55]
Hall Park is an area northeast of downtown Norman that was originally an independent township; in 2005 it was annexed into Norman, becoming one of its neighborhoods.[56] The area is home to many middle-class suburban homes and is historically important in that it was advertised as the United States' first "all-electric town."[56] President Ronald Reagan, then an executive with General Electric, attended Hall Park's grand opening ceremonies in 1962 where he was named the town's honorary first mayor.[56]
The University of Oklahoma and the area surrounding it are home to many historically significant neighborhoods.[57] The university itself has a unique Gothic-inspired architecture known as "Cherokee Gothic," so named by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.[58] Churches and houses in the surrounding neighborhoods can be described as neo-Gothic or Queen Anne in style. Norman has two city-designated historic preservation districts in the area: the Miller Historic District, bounded by Symmes St., Classen Ave., and Miller Ave.;[57] and the Chautauqua Historic District, bounded by Symmes St., Brooks St., Chautauqua Ave., and Lahoma Ave.[57] Both of these residential neighborhoods contain houses designed from a mixture of architectural styles dating from 1903 to 1935, with the majority of the Miller neighborhood being of the Bungalow or American Craftsman style homes.[57] Any external changes or repairs to homes in these areas must be approved by the Norman Historic Preservation Commission.[57]
The area immediately north of the university is known as Campus Corner and contains a mixture of businesses, bars, and restaurants.[59] The neighborhoods to the east of the campus are home to many students, both in residential housing and high-rise condos/apartments.[60]
Norman enjoys many tree-lined landscapes, participating in the ReLeaf Norman and Tree City USA programs.[61][62][63]
Higher education[edit]
Colleges and universities[edit]
The University of Oklahoma is the largest university in the state of Oklahoma, with approximately 30,000 students enrolled.[40] The university was founded in 1890, prior to Oklahoma statehood.[40][64] The university includes both Norman and Oklahoma City campuses with the main campus located in Norman.[40] In 2007, The Princeton Review named the University of Oklahoma one of its "Best Value" colleges.[65] The school is ranked first per capita among public universities in enrollment of National Merit Scholars[40] and has seen 28 Rhodes Scholars graduate since the program's inception in 1902.[40][66][67] PC Magazine and the Princeton Review rated it one of the "20 Most Wired Colleges" in both 2006 [68] and 2008,[69] while the Carnegie Foundation classifies it as a research university with "high research activity."[70]
The school is well known for its athletic programs, having won many awards including seven NCAA Division I National Football Championships.[71]
The city of Norman is served by the Moore Norman Technology Center. The school was established in 1972 and has been awarded the Oklahoma Association of Technology Center's Gold Star School Award on multiple occasions.[72] The Franklin Road Campus consists of six buildings totaling 323,500 square feet (30,100 m2) of classroom, meeting, and office space.[73] The school has a full-time staff of 207.[73]
Primary and secondary schools[edit]
Public schools[edit]
Norman Public Schools is a public school district serving metropolitan Norman; there are 15 elementary schools, four middle schools, and two high schools in the district.[74] More than 17,000 students are enrolled in the district, making it one of the largest in the state.[75][76]
Noble Public Schools is a school district that serves southeastern portions of Norman and the adjoining city of Noble. It consists of two elementary schools, an intermediate school, a middle school, and a high school.[77]
Little Axe Public Schools is a school district that serves the eastern rural area of Norman. It is the smallest of the three districts consisting of an elementary, junior, and high school.[78]
Private schools[edit]
Several private schools also serve the area:
- All Saints Catholic School - pre-kindergarten through 8th grade[37]
- Blue Eagle Christian Academy - kindergarten through 10th grade[37]
- Community Christian School - kindergarten through 12th grade[37]
- Norman Christian Academy - pre-kindergarten through 7th grade[79]
- Robinson Street Academy - kindergarten through 12th grade[37]
- Rose Rock School - pre-kindergarten through kindergarten[80]
- Terra Verde Discovery School - kindergarten through 2nd grade[81]
- Trinity Lutheran School - pre-kindergarten through 6th grade[37]
- Veritas Classical Christian Academy - pre-kindergarten through 12th grade[37]
Norman is served by the Norman Public Library, which is part of the Pioneer Library System spanning many of the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City.[82] The library has an inter-library agreement with the Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma City.[83] This allows patrons of the Norman Public Library to check out books from any library in the Pioneer Library System or in the Metropolitan Library System.[83] Books can be reserved and shipped to a local library free of charge. In addition to books, the library maintains a collection of periodicals, videos, audio books, and research materials.[82]
The Bizzell Memorial Library at the University of Oklahoma is the largest library in the state of Oklahoma, containing more than five million volumes.[84] In addition to books, the library maintains over 17,000 feet (5,200 m) in length of manuscripts and archives, 1.6 million photographs, and more than 1.5 million maps.[84] The library also houses more than 50 books printed before the year 1500.[84]
Museums and theater[edit]
Norman enjoys many cultural attractions that are funded by the university. The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art made national and international news in 2000 when it was given the Weitzenhoffer Collection, the largest collection of French Impressionist art ever given to an American university.[85][86][87] The collection includes works by Mary Cassatt, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro.[88]
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is a museum containing over 50,000 square feet (5,000 m2) of exhibits[89] ranging from archaeology, paleontology, ethnology, herpetology, ornithology, and Native American studies.[90] Its exhibits are intended to immerse visitors in the state's long history. The museum features many complete collections of dinosaur fossils and is also noted for its Paleozoic collection, considered to be one of the largest and most important in existence.[91]
The Moore-Lindsay House is a Queen Anne-style home built prior to 1900 by prominent Norman home builder William Moore;[55] it was purchased by the city of Norman in 1973 and today serves as the city and Cleveland County's historical museum.[92] Located at 508 N. Peters, the Moore-Lindsay House's architecture is representative of Norman during the Victorian era.[92] The Cleveland County Historical Society maintains a collection of over 5,000 rare books, documents, and other artifacts in its archives located inside the house.[93]
Catlett Music Center at the University of Oklahoma features many orchestral and jazz performances and the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts' Schools of Dance, Drama, and Musical Theatre offer many student programs throughout the year.[94]
The city is also home to many privately funded galleries and performance sites.[95]
Parks and recreation[edit]
Norman's Parks and Recreation Department facilitates 55 neighborhood and community parks, three recreation centers, a golf course and driving range, three disc golf courses, a complete swim complex with waterslides, a wading pool, 32 tennis courts, and three special services centers (that offer cultural arts and senior citizen activities). Griffin Community Park Sports Complex includes 16 soccer fields, 14 baseball/softball fields, and four football fields.[96]
The Norman Transcript is the most widely circulated Norman-based newspaper in the city. It is a daily newspaper covering events in Cleveland and McClain counties. It is the oldest continuous business in Norman and was founded shortly after the Land Run of April 1889 on July 13, 1889.[97]
The Oklahoma Daily is a student-run newspaper at the University of Oklahoma. It was first published in 1897, several years after the university's founding. The paper has received numerous awards for journalism excellence including the Associated Collegiate Press' Pacemaker Award.[98]
KGOU is a full-service public radio station licensed to the University of Oklahoma. The station serves Norman and the greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area with a news/talk/jazz format, using programs from National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and others.[99]
Norman TV is a government-access television station airing on Cox Communications cable television channel 20. It broadcasts programming provided by the City of Norman, including video from city council meetings.[100]
The University of Oklahoma sponsors many collegiate sporting events in Norman. The school is well known for its football program, having won seven NCAA Division I National Football Championships.[71] In addition, it has the best winning percentage of any Division I FBS team since the introduction of the AP Poll in 1936[101] and has played in four BCS national championship games since 1998.[102][103]
During football season, the Oklahoma Sooners football program contributes significantly to Norman's economy. During game day weekends, Norman sees an influx out of town traffic from all over the country with over 80,000 people routinely attending football games.[104] Norman's local businesses, especially areas around campus and Campus Corner, benefit greatly from the game day traffic alone. The program ranks in the top 10 of ESPN's top college football money-makers with home games generating revenues at approximately $59 million and game day operating expenses at about $6.1 million.[105]
In 1951 and 1994 its baseball team won the NCAA national championship,[106] and the women's softball team won the national championship in 2000.[107] The gymnastics teams have won four national championships since 2001.[108]
Other university men's sports include: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, football, Ultimate Frisbee, tennis, track and field, and wrestling.[109] Women's sports include: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, football, Ultimate Frisbee, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.[109]
Community events[edit]
Norman hosts many free festivals and community events that occur throughout the year.
The Norman Medieval Fair is a celebration of medieval-themed games, art, and culture, with highlights of jousting, human chessmatch combats & other combat shows, and several musical & dance acts. The event is typically held during the last weekend of March or first weekend of April in Reaves Park, near the University. It has been held annually in Norman since 1976 and was originally a forum for the English Department at the University of Oklahoma.[110] It is the largest weekend event held in the state of Oklahoma, with over 325,000 people in attendance in 2006 and growing yearly.[111] Events Media Network has named Medieval Fair one of the top 100 events in the United States.
Norman Music Festival is an annual weekend music festival held in April in downtown Norman. Established in 2008, the event had over 26,000 people in attendance during the 2009 festival.[112] Originally a one-day event, the festival has quickly grown so large that it is now an all-weekend concert series. The festival highlights both local musicians and internationally acclaimed artists and features many forms and styles of music.[113]
Groovefest is a music festival held semi-annually at Andrews Park. Each Spring and Fall the music festival is held to help raise awareness about human rights. The event was established in 1986 by the University of Oklahoma chapter of Amnesty International.[114]
Jazz in June is a music festival held the last full weekend in June at various venues across Norman. The festival features both jazz and blues musical performances as well as jazz educational clinics taught by professional musicians appearing in the festival and post-concert jam sessions at local venues which bring headliners and local artists together.[115] Jazz in June, one of the major cultural events in the state as well as the City of Norman, attracts a combined concert audience of 50,000 drawn from throughout the state, region and nation. Another 100,000 or more enjoy these same performances through post-festival broadcasts on KGOU Public Radio as well as other public radio stations throughout the state, region and nation.
May Fair is an arts festival held every year during the first weekend in May at Andrews Park. It features top area performers, fine art, crafts, and food.[116]
Summer Breeze Concert Series is a series of concerts held from Spring to Fall at various park venues across Norman. The series is sponsored by the Performing Arts Studio.[117]
Midsummer Nights' Fair is a nighttime arts festival held during two evenings in June. The fair features art, music, and food and is held outside the Firehouse Art Center located in Lions Park.[118]
The Norman Mardi Gras parade is a celebration of Mardi Gras occurring on the Saturday closest to Fat Tuesday. The parade is held in downtown Norman and features themed costumes and floats.[119]
The Main Street Christmas Holiday Parade is a celebration of Christmas and the holiday season held every December in downtown Norman. The parade features holiday-themed costumes and floats.[120]
Health systems[edit]
Norman Regional Health System is a multi-campus system that provides medical services in Norman and throughout south central Oklahoma.[121] Its Porter Avenue campus, located north of downtown Norman, is a 337-bed general hospital providing a wide range of services including acute care.[121] In October 2009, the Norman Regional HealthPlex campus opened in west Norman.[122] It provides a 152-bed state-of-the-art facility specializing in cardiology, cardiovascular services, as well as women's and children's services.[122][123]
Scheduled air transport, major commercial air transportation is available at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, located approximately 20 miles (30 km) northwest of Norman. The airport serves more than 3.78 million passengers per year.[124]
Norman is served locally by Max Westheimer Airport, a general aviation airport run by the University of Oklahoma.[125] The airport is one of only two airports in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area designated as a reliever airport to Will Rogers World Airport. Max Westheimer Airport is capable of handling aircraft up through and including executive class jet aircraft.[126]
The Cleveland Area Rapid Transit, operated by the University of Oklahoma, provides bus service throughout the 191-square-mile (490 km2) Norman area.[127] CART also provides service to the Social Security Administration offices in Moore, OK, as well as to Oklahoma City's Metro Transit hub in downtown Oklahoma City.[127] Metro Transit maintains a fleet of buses and trolleys serving the greater Oklahoma City area, including Will Rogers World Airport.[128]
In 2008, CART became the 39th public transportation system in the United States to be featured on Google Transit,[129] a website that allows transportation users to electronically plan their travel routes.[130] In 2010, CART buses were modified to include a GPS tracking system that allows riders to see the location of buses and their predicted arrival times via the CART and Google websites.[131] CART buses transport more than 1.3 million travelers annually.[127]
Inter-city passenger train service is available via Amtrak at Norman's Depot. Amtrak's Heartland Flyer provides daily round trip service to downtown Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, Texas.
Although Norman currently has no light rail or commuter rail service, there is growing interest in incorporating such services into the city's future transportation plans as part of the Oklahoma City metro area's regional transit system.[132]
Roads and highways[edit]
The predominant form of transportation in Norman is roads and highways with 80.0% of all residents driving alone to work, 9.0% carpooling, and just 1.3% taking public transportation.[133] As of 2007, Interstate 35 alone was handling over 99,000 vehicles per day.[134] Other major highways include State Highway 9, a portion of which serves 28,000 vehicles per day, and U.S. Highway 77, which serves more than 25,000 vehicles per day.[135] The busiest roads in Norman are Berry Road (29,700 vehicles per day), 12th Avenue Northwest (28,000 vehicles per day), and Alameda Street (26,400 vehicles per day).[136]
Norman is served by two major federal highways:[135]
Norman is served by two major Oklahoma state highways:[135]
Electric utility companies servicing Norman include Oklahoma Gas & Electric, which is headquartered in Oklahoma City, and Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (a utility cooperative).[137] Natural gas is provided by Oklahoma Natural Gas.[137] The city of Norman offers water, garbage pickup, and recycling service through its Utilities Department.[137][138] Telephone networks, broadband internet, and cable television service are available from several companies including Cox Communications.[137]
Drinking water controversy[edit]
In a study published in 2007, the National Institutes of Health deemed hexavalent chromium VI (chromium-6) to be a likely carcinogen in lab animals when consumed in large quantities in drinking water.[139][140] Prior to the NIH study, a World Health Organization study found that chromium-6 was a likely cause of lung cancer when inhaled by humans.[141] In 2010, test results released from a California non-profit group known as the Environmental Working Group showed that Norman's tap water has a chromium-6 concentration level of 12.90 parts per billion (ppb), which was the highest level detected among 35 US cities sampled in the study.[142] The group is studying chromium-6 levels in water supplies in an attempt to prove a causal link between the element's ingestion and cancer in humans, and as a result improve the country's water standards.[143]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency does not currently require testing for or set limits on chromium-6 levels in American cities' water supplies (but it does require total chromium-3 and chromium-6 levels not exceed 100 ppb).[144] The EPA has recently completed studies of the element on lab animals and was expected to make a determination on chromium-6 maximum allowed levels in June 2012;[145][146][147] however, the current status of assessment milestones and completion dates is now listed as "TBD" on the EPA website.[148] The official total chromium-3/chromium-6 level present in Norman's drinking water has ranged from 20 to 80 ppb.[144] It has been proposed that the source of the chromium-6 is the Garber-Wellington Aquifer, which is known to have elevated levels of heavy metals.[144]
The issue of chromium-6 levels gained national attention with the 2000 film release of Erin Brockovich, which detailed a California woman's legal fight against Pacific Gas and Electric Company for allegedly contaminating her hometown with excessive levels of the element.[149]
In the past the Norman water supply has also been criticized for the presence of excessive levels of arsenic.[150] The city is attempting to combat this problem by building new wells and removing older ones.[151]
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I have a bottle of liquid mmv3, a bottle of m1d andro caps. I have form x for pct also I am going to run intimidate and anabeta along with the form. My question is should I pick up another bottle of m1d or just run what I have?
ok lemme get this straight, you're trying to run a cycle of mmv3, m1d, formx, intimidate AND anabeta??
imo theres quite a bit of redundancy in there...are you trying to run a ph cycle, then pct?
if so, i'd get 2bottles of something like epiandro or 1-androstenolone, run that with mmv3 and m1d....then pct with anabeta and either intimidate or formx...no need both
that way you have a proper ph cycle protocol, then pct, without any waste
The form, intimidate and anabeta would all be run together in pct.
The form, intimidate and anabeta will all be ran together as pct.
definite overkill there...
mmv3 is very mild by itself so it wouldn't require any sort of elaborate pct at all
i suggest getting one of our newer ph's to run with the mmv3 to improve upon this cycle
So you don't think the m1d andro along with the mmv3 would need a pct?
Thanks for the advice guys. I think that is what I will do. Trying to use what I have for right now.


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Vinyl Dolls never found its way to Oscar contention, but it is rather nifty to see actresses like Page, Bond, and Lynne show they have more acting chops than just feigning the heights of ecstasy. While the plot is pretty forgettable, Shepis manages to make her rebel lead-singer gal likable despite a fairly shady past that has her tied to a shady drug peddler. Her story is the primary, while each of the other Vinyl Dolls gets a little subplot of their own to ride out the movies hour-and-a-half running time. As one would expect with such a cast, clothing is usually (and thankfully) left at the door!
Filled with a nice helping of well-shot sex scenes, this is another decent offering from Indigo Entertainment thats geared toward couples looking to spice up an evening with a little risqué movie-watching. Some of the scenes feel rather near porn-quality (specifically Ander Paiges first coupling and Kelseys car cavorting), but the lighting, shooting sound and editing are all top-rate. Such a shame they couldnt have given these gals better songs to sing!
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Surgeons in Heat are Milwaukee's newest rockers vying for attention in a saturated scene, and, they should likely get it, playing show after show, sharpening their stage presence and gaining new fans with each performance. The trio of Ryan Rougeux, Johnathon Mayer and William Schultz have a bunch of shows lined up and don't plan on stopping, already having recorded three songs with enough Americana rock scuzz versus clean to please fans of both dark and brooding post-rock and pretty, spaced out power pop ("I Wanna Get Up" offers up the dark and brooding, while "Storms Are Passing Over" offers up the pretty). Vocalist/guitarist Mayer hits the high range of his vocals with enough soul on "Can't Do No Right" to make Surgeons in Heat's sound a bit of a variable where the constant is that it all sounds solid. Catch the band, live, tonight on WMSE's Local/Live segment at 8 p.m. tonight as they prepare for a show this Thursday at the Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln). Tune in at 91.7 FM on your radio dial or online, live or archived, at WMSE.org.
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I saw these guys at club garibaldidi's and they played a rockin set!!


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Now if I were King…… First, I would start my speech EARLY… so that all you have to miss of the NFL opening day is the first BS hour of commentary from the has been players and wannabe's.
Second, I would start with the infrastructure idea since it does seem to be one of the easiest and fastest ways to inject job creating cash into the system and everybody likes the results.
Third, I would discuss the need for State by State micro loans. Mimic what we do around the world for helping third world countries. Identify someone locally who has their nose to the ground and is aware of what regional entreprenuers are out there and what good ideas they might have that can benefit from free financing. Get the loans out to the small businesses that are efficient and profitable to promote expansion. Stop giving money to inefficient people in the name of "social change."
Fourth, invest in education and don't be cultural and general about it. I am NOT talking about giving money to the NEA. Tenure is crummy (I will blog on this one later). Get students going to school in much needed occupations the aid they need. Nurses, doctors, computer technicians, statisticians … whatever shortages that exist help the market speed up meeting those needs.
Fifth, stop expanding the government. NO MORE CZARS. No supercommittees. The problem with government is it is easy to create a government position, office.. etc. It is a HELL of a lot harder to cut it.
I remember stomping across the stage at Middlebush Auditorium on the Mizzou campus twenty five
years ago bellowing to my basic macroeconomics students, "War is GOOD!" I enjoyed the perplexed
looks on their faces. It meant two things….first, I had their attention (hence the stomping) and second, I had
tweaked their intellect. How can war begood? Don't mothers cringe when their kids run around make believing sticks are guns?
Whoa, don't people die in war? Aren't buildings and bridges blown up in war? I could almost see the T.V. images of the
blood and carnage in Vietnam cruising through their brains. (Yes, it's true,there was T.V. back then) How can
something so bad be good? Maybe in bizzaro world of Superman.
Nope. Not bizzaro world. It is reality. In the real world there are costs and benefits to everything. An economist
lives and dies by this mantra. We make our living trying to identify, calculate and forecast costs and benefits. The costs are not always easily qualified and quantified and the benefits are not usually easily recognized and measured. Predicting and forecasting
these is comparable to teaching yourself to be an idiot Savante.
Yet, any idiot can see the cost of War. Death and destruction. It is such a stark cost, so personal that we as a civil society believe War is bad.
Look closer. Or, perhaps, step further back and change your perspective slightly. Imagine you are at the art gallery physically examining a beautiful Monet impressionist painting. You stand back and admire the lillies on the pond. Now walk closer to the painting. The closer you get the more you see the individual strokes, dots that don't look like lillies. Changing your examination mindset brings you a whole new view. Do the same with War. Historically, the United States has come together in times of WAR. We did not pull out of the depression solely because
of Roosevelt's policies, we pulled out because we had to unite against an evil dictator in Germany who was trying to take over the world. We did not go to war because of Hitler; J.P.Morgan the industrialist begged congress and Roosevelt to help the English and protect his holdings in Europe and congress refused. We went because the Japanese had the audacity to bomb us. As a country we started working together to win the war. Politics were set aside and more importantly, the FEAR of economic failure. No more talk of depression, all the country turned to producing
War did not only fix the United States, it fixed the world's economic woes. Japan was devastated by the nuclear bombs
dropped on their cities. The United States went in after the war and helped re-build their industries. It is somewhat ironic the the Japanese steel
companies were able to out compete American steel in the 1950′s as a result in large part to the new state of the art plants the United States helped them build after the war. War results in major advances in production and technology. The development of smart bombs led to major advancements in GPS technology. The use of android robots rather than soldiers has created major developments in the private sector robotics.
SIDENOTE – Vague movie reference = "The Mouse that Roared" (1959) This is a wonderful Peter Sellers comedy. The hilarious story of how the Duchy of Grand Fenwick ( the leader of a tiny economically distressed country ) waged war on the United States in hopes that their country would be destroyed and subsequently re-built by the United States and gain prosperity.
So, lets get back to today. My last blog entry examined the current economic quagmire we find ourselves mulling in. We need a leader and none is forthcoming. Do we need a war? Some cataclysmic event or natural disastor that pulls us all together and makes us forget our fears? My military friends tell me NO WAY. They tell me the army is tired. Ten years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan have drained them. Perhaps
Pakistan? They have nuclear capabilities. What if they did something stupid, like dropping a bomb on Cleveland? Or worse yet, Daytona in the spring. That would be stupid! Piss off a bunch of NASCAR fans and you will not only get a war, it will be over quick so they can get back to the season and find out if this is the year of Carl Edwards! (gotta go for 99 since he is Columbia Missouri native)
Seriously, war today would be difficult to pull off. Technology has made it possible to talk, virtually meet and work
together with people clear across the world. Shipping them products takes as little as a day and a half. The more intertwined the United States'
economy becomes with our potential "enemies" the less likely we all are to hurt and kill each other. Are you really going to kill your customer or your worker? If the guy owes you money you have to let him live so he can pay you back!
Can we pull out of this recession or whatever you want to call this "soft bump" now? War? Probably not. This one is going to take some slow steady changes. Those who have the vision, those who dare to start a business in bad times, those who survive the bad times and hang on will make little nibbles at the problem. They will do what they need to do to slowly grow and prosper. While the politicians, wallstreet and the economic forecasters change their tactics week after week, the spirit that made this country great once will permeate. In spite of the interference, quietly, businesses will operate on, solving their individual problems, meeting their small growth goals, finding their niche markets and creating new ones….nibbling away at the negativity. No one leader will pull us out of this, this time, it will have to be the heart of successful capitalism that keeps beating away, chugging on, prospering in times of diversity.
Gosh… that sounded
good. Now, can I get people to believe
it so things will get better? I only
hope and pray.
Maybe… just maybe… we can have a LARGE national disastor, Irene… was not big enough, just a drop in the bucket of expansion needed.
I have no magic wand and I do not believe there is one out there… yet. Here is the dirty little economic secret about our problems…. They are all in our heads. Yep. It is all about what we (the American general public) believe is going to happen. The economy runs on EXPECTATIONS. If you believe things are going to get worse,
guess what? You make them worse. No one likes a pessimist because they bring
bad luck and bad times. If one person is worried that a depression is imminent, they begin stockpiling and saving their money. Why invest if the investment is doomed? When they save their money in the mattress, in the jar, in the safe bet low risk place, it cannot be multiplied to buy and produce more things. When more than one
person adopts this gloom and doom view… when people collectively believe in a
downturn, their belief in the downturn actually CAUSES the downturn to
happen! Jimmy Stewart's George tried to explain this to the good people of Bedford Falls in "It's a Wonderful Life!" When your money gets deposited in the bank it does not stay there long. It usually gets leant to the guy down the street who needs a new roof, or the businessman who wants to start a mercantile retail business. It multiplies and gets used by more people…. CREATING WEALTH. Don't take your money out of the system he proclaimed. Let it work. George was successful in stopping the raid that day, because he was able to dissipate the fear.
Where is Jimmy Stewart today? The banks have been battered and spanked the last few years. They were told to make loans to ALL sectors of society and not to discriminate in the housing markets. Yet, this discrimination was justified. Certain
areas of town represent the lower class and home ownership is rare because
people in those areas do not have the income to support the purchase of a
house. The banks made those loans at the urging of the government and when those loans later began to fail, instead of an apology from the politicians they received a visit to testify in front of congress and explain their poor loan rates and higher capital
restrictions. Today, the banks have lots of cheap cash available, however they do not want to loan it unless the people requesting the loan can prove that they have no need for that loan. Quite a paradox. The Federal Reserve cannot make the banks loan the money, their tools are only enticement and are not binding. In economic terms we call this a LIQUIDITY TRAP. The banks fear a repeat of the collapse of the housing market, they fear the reprisals for loaning to business's which later go bankrupt, so, rather
than take the risk they sit on their money, awaiting a better day somewhere in
the future. The money is not multiplying. It is not pushing the production of goods nor the consumption of services. It is trapped and is ineffective.
Banks are not the only ones who are afraid. Consumers are afraid. Why make that major auto purchase or that major electronic purchase that locks you into monthly payments for the next three years when you are not sure what the economy will be like in three years? The little bit of retirement money you hid away needs to be increased since things are not looking so good. Every time the money is placed in a jar, in gold under the bed, in a bank who doesn not lend the funds it is causing a drainage on the economy and MAKING THINGS WORSE. Perhaps we should get the politicians
together, the new super commitee with Obama and Gingrich in the lead singing…" Happy days are here again" and people will ease up, let goof the squirreling and start buying again. That's it! That is my excuse for hitting the mall tomorrow. In fact, I
implore all of you out there to do what is right for the country and theeconomy…. GO SHOPPING!!! And not just looky loo shopping, really buy something! The bigger and more expensive the item the better.
That is the light hearted solution today. Tomorrow, I will get serious and make the case for what will most likely happen to pull us out of our doldrums…… War.