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Watch and Engage in the President's Fiscal Speech at 1:35PM Today
Posted byon April 13, 2011 at 11:51 AM ESTWatch and engage in the President's fiscal speech today, April 13, at 1:35pm ET on whitehouse.gov/live. And stay tuned after, as the National Economic Council's Brian Deese will take your questions.
Weekly Wrap Up: America's Energy Future
Posted byon April 8, 2011 at 6:02 PM ESTYour quick look at the week that was on WhiteHouse.gov
West Wing Week: "Windmills? Call Them Wind Turbines!"
Posted byon April 7, 2011 at 11:00 PM ESTThis week, President Obama focused on securing our nation's clean energy future, making stops at facilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania; met with Congressional leadership, hoping to avoid a government shutdown in the face of budget disagreements; and kept his eye on foreign policy, discussing world events with foreign heads of state.
President Obama on Budget Negotiations: "We Have Now Matched the Number the Speaker Originally Sought"
Posted byon April 5, 2011 at 2:37 PM ESTSpeaking in the White House Briefing Room today after a meeting with Congressional Leaders of both parties, the President laid out his guiding principles for the negotiations and gave a run-down of the current state of affairs.
Reviewing Reorg
Posted byon March 22, 2011 at 10:26 AM ESTThe world has changed a lot since the 1950s, the last time a major reorganization of the federal government occurred. Our lives today are totally different from those of our grandparents and the era of black and white TV has given way to the information age – but while the times have changed, in many ways, our government hasn't.
President Obama Meets the SAVE Award Winner: "A Million Here, a Million There - It Adds Up"
Posted byon March 22, 2011 at 8:46 AM ESTThe President honors Trudy Givens, the Bureau of Prisons employee whose idea to send the Federal Register online won the SAVE Award.
CBO and the 2012 Budget
Posted byon March 18, 2011 at 1:42 PM ESTToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its preliminary analysis of the President's FY 2012 budget. Their analysis leads them to a different projection of the deficit picture, and it's worth understanding our analytical differences.
Cutting Costs by Getting Rid of Government Buildings We Don't Need
Posted byon March 2, 2011 at 1:09 PM ESTThe Office of Management and Budget proposes a new Civilian Property Realignment Board to cut through red tape and sell property the Federal Government no longer needs.
Seventeen Small Business Tax Cuts and Counting
Posted byon February 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM ESTYou asked us about what tax cuts the President has instituted for small businesses. Learn more about all 17 tax cuts and credits President Obama has passed since taking office.
Progress for the Partnership
Posted byon February 23, 2011 at 10:56 AM ESTMaking sure that taxpayer dollars are not wasted lies at the heart of the stewardship obligations we have as public servants. When the country is facing serious fiscal challenges as it is now, it becomes even more important that we take aggressive action to make sure government is effective and efficient. That is the thinking behind the President's Accountable Government Initiative, and it is what is behind OMB's Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation. The Fund supports projects that bring all levels of government together to test creative ways to reduce red tape, cut improper payments, and improve how eligible beneficiaries receive services.
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Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio celebrated Nelson Mandela's life with song, dance and prayer Sunday at Brooklyn's Christian Cultural Center, and said he would apply the South African leader's values to his administration.
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I have a Hitachi C12RSH sliding compound miter saw. If I lock the saw table at 0 degrees (for straight cuts), place a square against the fence, then turn on the laser guide, I see a gap of about 1/8" between the laser line and the square at the fence. That gap tapers to 0" about 12" down the square. So, the guide (and, thus, the blade) is not perpendicular to the fence. I find it hard to believe this is a manufacturing defect; however, I find nothing in the manual that indicates I can fix this with an adjustment. Any ideas? | |||
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After thirty years in the interior design business, Cleveland native Jane Easterly began producing bags out of recycled fabrics and sample books. Her newest business venture, Recycled Elements of Design, is taking off thanks to a bright vision and help from ECD's Business Enterprise Resource Office.
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After almost thirty years as an interior designer in Cleveland, Tenn., Jane Easterly was at a vendor's event when she saw a wall covering rep's hand-made bag. The bags, given away as door prizes, were made from discarded wall coverings. It was an "Aha!" moment for Jane and after brainstorming with a fellow designer, she began to make prototypes using leftover samples and materials from her interior design work.
Her second business, Recycled Elements of Design (RED) was born out of leftover sample books and inspiration from an event giveaway.
Jane and her designer began taking sample books apart and using the fabric to make what she calls "bar bags" - a purse big enough to hold your credit card and identification for a night out. The size of the fabric scraps dictated the size and shape of the purse, and Jane later began making larger pieces including clutches, tote bags, baby bags and yoga mat bags. She even made leather purses using discontinued leather given to her by a furniture rep.
Everything is one- or maybe two-of-a-kind, given that they were working with samples. Her overhead is low - using floor covering samples, vinyl or ceramic tiles as embellishments and cords from sample books as straps.
As with every new business, Jane faced challenges in launching Recycled Elements of Design. Though her products spoke for themselves and she always had a good response, she needed help pricing her goods, identifying her target audience and developing a marketing plan.
A family member and friend both encouraged Jane to learn more about ECD's Business Enterprise Resource Office. After she received information from BERO about applying for a micro loan, she met with a business development counselor to develop a business plan and complete the application.
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When Carl Kestler promised his grandfather that he would be famous one day, he didn't know how or when he would come through on that promise. After meeting husband-and-wife duo Scott and April Mason, the three were able to make it happen with the help of the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE), the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Business Enterprise Resource Office (BERO).
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Nearly four decades ago Carl Kester of Bartlesville, Okla., promised his grandfather that he would be famous one day. Little did he know at that time, that he would make his grandfather famous by marketing the secret family recipe barbecue sauce that was the brainchild of Grandpa Kester.
Husband-and-wife duo Scott and April Mason met Carl Kester at a tradeshow in Cookeville, Tenn., where he was selling products based on old-fashioned recipes that he and his grandfather, Trigger Beeler (as he was affectionately called by family and friends), worked on during Kester's youth.
April Mason was ecstatic when the opportunity to start a family-owned business presented itself. After attending Tennessee Tech, a public university in Cookeville, and graduating with a bachelor's degree in Housing and Design with a minor in Art, she had worked for several family-owned businesses and learned that owning a small business could empower her to control her destiny. She eagerly welcomed the challenge.
Scott Mason is a 17-year member of the Tennessee National Guard and also a full-time EMS helicopter pilot for Wings Air Rescue in Greeneville, Tenn.
In 2006, Scott and April Mason founded Mason Distributors with $10,000 cash and a $50,000 line of credit on a joint account and began commercial production of Trigger Beeler's original recipe salsas and barbecue sauce in San Antonio, Texas. Quality packaged medium-heat sauces derived from all natural ingredients boasting extra low salt and sugar levels on the nutritional labels are shipped to a temperature-controlled warehouse in Gray, Tenn., and supplied to Food City Grocery Stores (operating 100 units throughout Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee); Food Country Grocery Stores; the Stock Pot in Johnson City, Tenn.; the Tri-Cities, Tenn., area; area Walgreens; and Earthfare Organic Food Supermarket in Johnson City, Tenn.
Its success indicates sufficient local demand for low salt and low sugar food products to support further innovation and growth in production.
Mason Distributors attributes their success to three areas: exceeding customer expectations, manufacturing quality and continually offering a unique and distinct product.
As new business owners, Scott and April quickly realized the benefits of joining the local Chamber of Commerce, which they credit with helping boost their business and confidence. Asking for help and allowing help from the Chamber, Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE), the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Business Enterprise Resource Office (BERO), Mason Distributors developed and implemented their business plan and an integrated marketing campaign.
Balancing work and family life has been the Masons greatest accomplishment. By establishing their own standards, setting proper limits and boundaries, and getting organized, Scott and April are able to maintain a thriving family business, while taking charge of their time, creating time for themselves and their friends, and taking some time off to enjoy quality family vacations with their daughters Avery and Aubrey.
Mason Distributors future plans include exploring additional markets through contracting and exporting, hiring a warehouse manager and bringing their manufacturing to Tennessee to further support the local economy. By manufacturing their products locally and using raw ingredients made by businesses and workers across the region, Mason Distributors intends to become a Pick Tennessee Product manufacturer, which will afford them the benefits of the ongoing marketing campaign of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture - a campaign which helps consumers identify and choose Tennessee produced and processed agricultural products and puts buyers and sellers together.
It should be no surprise that April and Scott dare to dream, and commit to making their dream a reality - a dream that one day Trigger's salsa and sauces will be available nationwide.
For more information, visit www.triggerbeeler.com.
Lizz Harris had been an artist for many years and had taught art in both a public school and studio. After experimenting with fiber, she began using silk to create unique women's clothing. After being referred to the BERO office by the business department at Cleveland State Community College, Lizz eventually became the recipient of the BERO Rural Small Business and Entrepreneurship Loan funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
U.S. Veteran Ted Dunn launched a new career as an entrepreneur after a 30-year career with General Motors. Ted is the inventor of a multi-purpose trailer hitch that provides a one-stop hook-up. With the help of ECD's BERO office, Ted was able to successfully launch his product.
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Native West Tennessean Ted Dunn, is an eight-year veteran of the United States Marine Core and a 30-year retiree from General Motors.
After a fulfilling career, Ted turned to a new line of work. He has recently launched a multi-purpose trailer hitch that provides a one-stop hook-up - called the D-Wyng. As inventor, designer and engineer of the D-Wyng, Ted turned to the ECD BERO office to secure funding for the manufacture and marketing of the product.
BERO directed Ted to the Rural Small Business and Entrepreneurship Loan Fund program, which offers below-prime-interest-rate loans to entrepreneurs, home-based and part-time businesses. He was approved and is now the first small business in Henderson County to receive this microloan.
In preparation for the launch of the D-Wyng, Ted also received assistance from The Tennessee Small Business Development Center at Jackson State Community College, the University of Tennessee Procurement Technical Assistance Center and BERO.
Ted is married to Cora and is the father of six children.
Pennington Seed and Supply Co. was the overall statewide winner of the 2009 entrepreneurship video contest - "What Makes You an Entrepreneur?" - hosted by ECD's BERO office.
Pennington Seed and Supply Co
Founded in Gates, Tenn., in 1972, Pennington Seed and Supply Co. began as a country general merchandise store specializing in hardware, feed and seed. In 1974, the company relocated to Dyersburg, and, in 1991, Pennington's Gourmet Pecans were added to the company's product inventory.
Pennington's continues to be a family owned company that is currently owned and managed by Hal Michael Pennington. In 2009, Pennington's participated in ECD's statewide entrepreneurship video competition - "What Makes You an Entrepreneur
In 2010, an ECD photographer and videographer traveled to Dyersburg to capture Pennington's on film. Click here to watch the video created for Pennington Seed & Supply.


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Today (2/1) marks the 10th annual "National Wear Red Day." And it's all about raising awareness about heart disease. Did you realize that although 1 in 31 women die of breast cancer, fully 1 of every 3 women lose their life to heart disease?
Today, celebrities will be speaking out on the issue and wearing red, iconic landmarks, countrywide will be dressed in red and the American Heart Association will be spreading the word that there is something that you can personally do about it.
Through the efforts of the "Go Red" campaign, more than a third of women say they have lost excess pounds, more than half say they're exercising more and a third say they that they have talked to their doctor about developing a "heart health plan."
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Breaking Down the NL
September 27th, 2010 | by Ray Flowers |
I wrote my weekly National League breakdown piece today. Here are a few of the tidbits that really stuck out for me.
* Daniel Hudson leads the NL with 79.2 innings pitched since August 1st.
* Tommy Hanson has a 2.77 ERA and 0.97 WHIP over his last 14 starts. He is 2-6 in that time.
* Carlos Zambrano is 6-0 with a 1.63 ERA over his last 12 appearances.
* Scott Rolen has 20 homers on the year but only three in his last 50 games.
* Melvin Mora is hitting .325 with 17 RBI in the month of September.
* Clay Hensley has a 2.25 ERA and a K per inning over 72 frames.
* Bud Norris has 152 Ks over 147.2 innings.
* Rod Barajas has five homers in 59 at-bats with the Dodgers.
* Randy Wolf has a 2.56 ERA over his last 10 starts.
* Carlos Beltran is hitting .329 with a .991 OPS in the month of September.
* Ryan Madson has made 42 appearances since the All-Star break with a 1.32 ERA and 0.89 WHIP.
* The Pirates have only only player who is hitting above .250 while qualifying for the batting title (502 plate appearances). It's Andrew McCutchen at .284.
* Jon Jay is hitting a mere .214 over his last 25 games.
* Will Venable is batting an insane .529 over his last nine starts.
*Aubrey Huff is leading the Giants in the Triple Crown categories (.291-26-85).
* Adam Dunn has at least 37 homers and 92 RBI in 7-straight years. There has only been one longer streak in the annals of the game; Rafael Palmeiro had a stretch of 9-straight years from 1995-2003.
To read the entire article click on the link to National League Breakdown.
Anyone out there notice that Mark Ellis is hitting .400 in September? His season has been a disappointment with only four homers and six steals after back-to-back 10/10 efforts the past two years, but his .281 batting would be his best mark since a career best effort of .316 in 2005.
What the heck is wrong with Jonathan Papelbon? It's always hard to judge relievers on the fly given how small of a sample size we have to deal with, but his work of late has been awful – and that is with a capital "A." He has made nine appearances in September during which time he has a 10.61 ERA, a 2.14 WHIP and a .372 BAA. At the same time he has a rather amazing total of 18 punchouts in just 9.1 innings. His late push in the K category has upped his season long K/9 mark to 10.11, his fourth straight year above ten, though his BB/9 mark is a career worst of 3.69 (more than a run above his 2.55 career mark). I tend to think he is just missing his spots right now, though this late season run of putrid production clearly won't lock him into the 9th inning next season, not when Daniel Bard continues to deal. Bard has more than a K per inning this season (73 in 72.1 IP), owns a 1.87 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP, and has been amazingly effective in his two season big league career (2.59 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 10.06 K/9, .199 BAA).
Justin Upton's season is likely over because of that shoulder injury of his. He is visiting Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion today, but with a week left there is zero reason for him to return to game action even if he gets a positive report. That means he will finish the year with a .273 average, 17 homers, 69 RBI, 73 runs and 17 steals in 132 games. Every one of those numbers is smaller than his effort from 2009 (.300-26-86-84-20 in 138 games). In fact, his OPS dropped exactly .100 points down to .799 as he racked up 15 more punchouts (152). Still, he could be undervalued on draft day next season as he clearly has 30 homer, 20 steal potential.
By Ray Flowers
Tags: Adam Dunn, Andrew McCutchen, Aubrey Huff, Bud Norris, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Zambrano, Clay Hensley, Daniel Bard, Daniel Hudson, John Jay, Jonathan Papelbon, Justin Upton, Mark Ellis, Melvin Mora, Ryan Madson, Scott Rolen, Tommy Hanson, Will Venable


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Rep. Nan Hayworth, (R-NY), on efforts to find the funding to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling.
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Joining me now -- congresswoman Nan Hayworth a member of the house financial services committee.
-- run courtesy of thank you for being here -- so the Republicans.
Call this a slush fund it is called the preventative.
Health care fund that I've looked at some of the things that it benefits that it.
Passes out condoms to prevent the spread of HIV and aids it it tells people who stop smoking it tells people to stop -- to avoid -- obesity.
Doesn't seem like it's the most vital part of that new health care law.
Well even these are all things -- to have their virtues there's no question about it David but the question is.
Is this and where.
Very precious.
Health care dollars from the federal taxpayers.
Should be going because these are all initiatives they can vary.
Appropriately be pursued.
At the community level at the local level -- the state level sell it since the health and human services has very broad latitude about how those funds are being administered.
It's far more sensible to allow.
Those funds to be used to extend the subsidies -- -- student loans if that's where the American public.
-- wants us to to be this year and it certainly sounds as -- there's broad support for that.
Now Democrats.
Want to increase taxes on oil companies I suppose and also on.
On companies.
Business is making more than 250000.
Dollars you're not a lot of small businesses.
Odd that make over 250000.
Dollars -- -- they're just struggling to get right.
The Democrats really want to tax those folks.
We shouldn't be increasing taxes on anyone David and certainly you're absolutely right a lot of small businesses get caught up in these sorts of new taxes because so many of them do -- operate as S corporations or pass throughs.
So indeed what they eat what they -- Gross is put on -- -- individual taxes -- that's not the way we want and punish or small businesses -- the job creators so we need to find a responsible way.
To find that extension of the subsidy.
Let me just sticker with -- one point of both Republicans and Democrats I think are making incorrectly and that is why the rate has to cost so much -- the rate.
Does stay as at the current rate.
What is at 3.4 percent like 4% right I doubt whether it would cost six billion dollars because in fact when this law was first made back in 2007.
And the rate was half from six point 8%.
The thirty year fixed rate mortgage was at over 6% it is now at below 4%.
So -- if if you -- -- work to offer a new student loan right now it would probably be closer to 4% -- 6% so wiser -- across six billion.
You know and David that's C yet computation.
That we're using -- right now I think -- wrong.
-- -- -- a conservative estimate if you well but it you know if it's wrong I'm certainly one of those people -- be happy to entertain a different figure.
So long as it comes from.
A better place than you know raising taxes.
It's okay we got we got to ask you one thing gonna on -- totally unrelated subject because I know it's near and dear to your heart.
You come from farm country upstate new York and there apparently breaking news that that the Labor Department has conceded the point.
That asking.
The kids or the children I should say because they could be up to eighteen years it.
Of age preventing them from working on the form that these new rules are not acceptable I'm sure you're happy about this right.
Very happy about it and very Burkle from our New York State Republican.
House delegation in initiated that letter to secretary of labor so lease back in December I was happy to sign onto it.
It's just common sense David so it's great.
That our pleas were heard and so many other people's pleas for common sense -- heard.
And let's hope that we can keep going in that same line and make a lot more common sense prevail here in Washington for the sake of everybody in the country.
Well it's one for the little guy Ben there's so many small farms that were concerned that -- kids we're gonna be able we're gonna form.
Scripted -- know that you can still fight City Hall if you've got to just because congresswoman Nan Hayworth from good to see a thank you for coming in appreciate it.
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I have always wanted to be a character mascot…even tried to be a Smurf once.
I had taken my first job after college, writing commercials for an NBC affiliate television station. During a "Family Fun Day" at a local horse farm, the station brought in Smurf mascots to help entertain the kids.
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New Orleans Beyond Bourbon Street
From out-of-the-way jazz joints to po' boy shacks, a native son shares his favorite haunts in the Big Easy
- By Randy Fertel
- Photographs by Tyrone Turner
- Smithsonian magazine, September 2011, Subscribe
Who can resist New Orleans? Gumbo and oyster po' boys, jazz and funky blues, the French Quarter and the Garden District. Eyes light up, mouths water, toes tap. I'm obsessed with New Orleans—explaining its uniqueness to myself and to visitors. My need to understand the city is perhaps inescapable. When I was 15, my mother bought Chris Steak House with its small but loyal clientele. I bussed its 17 tables and learned how to butcher heavy short loins. Before long, Mom added her name, and the famous Ruth's Chris Steak House chain of restaurants was born. Meanwhile, my father was making a name for himself too, running for mayor on a platform of bringing a gorilla to the New Orleans zoo. He got only 310 votes but kept his campaign promise by going to Singapore and buying two baby gorillas he named Red Beans and Rice. As the son of the Empress of Steak and the Gorilla Man, how could I not become a New Orleans obsessive?
I take friends on what I call the "Fertel Funky Tour," meandering through sites the tour buses mostly miss. Once, some Parisian guests politely asked, "What ees thees 'fun-kee'?" I explained that "funky" means smelly. Buddy Bolden, arguably the first jazzman of them all, played at the Funky Butt, a music hall named for his song that begs us to "open up that window and let that bad air out." But funky also has come to mean the music played by groups such as the Funky Meters. Full of soul, it's the kind of music you gotta dance to—unless there's something wrong with you.
New Orleans is a Southern anomaly: in the South but not of the South, more Catholic (or pagan) than Baptist, as much Caribbean (or Mediterranean) as American. Almost everything here bears explanation, even how we orient ourselves. Because of the curve in the Mississippi River that makes us the Crescent City, we look to its West Bank for the sunrise. North Rampart is east of South Rampart. Since standard directionals are unreliable, we use our own: Lake Pontchartrain is on one side of the city; the Mississippi River on the other. Riverside and lakeside, Uptown and Downtown, as the river flows: those make up our compass rose.
In our checkerboard of neighborhoods, accents tell a tale Professor Higgins might appreciate. The frequently satirized Yat dialect—from "Where you at?" meaning "How are you?"—was influenced by Irish immigrants and sounds more Brooklyn than Southern. But just lakeside of Magazine Street, the Uptown gentry never say Yat, except in jest, and never say "New Orlins." They say "New Awe-yuns."
Gentry. Yes, we do share the South's love of bloodlines. For almost a century, colonial New Orleans was stratified by parentage, a society of exclusion shaped by the aristocratic traditions of France and Spain. Canal Street—said to be the widest street in America—separated the mutual animosities of the French Quarter and the American Sector. New Orleans medians are still called "neutral grounds" after the Canal Street no man's land that separated their rival domains.
That impulse to exclude didn't stop with the French. The Pickwick Club is a social club whose Anglo-American membership has, since the mid-19th century, manned the old-line Mardi Gras krewes—the groups that create the parade costumes and floats. In 1874, Pickwickians led a volunteer militia to the Battle of Liberty Place that overwhelmed the metropolitan police and struck the blow that led to Reconstruction's end and to Jim Crow's birth. In 1936, my great-grandfather Sam, a pawnbroker known widely as Money-Bags Fertel, wanted to play pinochle at the Pickwick, whose clubhouse on Canal he owned. Denied membership as a Jew, he refused the Pickwick a new lease. In 1991, some krewes, challenged by the city council to admit blacks and Jews, chose to withdraw from public parading.
Our city is bedeviled by such ingrained hierarchies. In 2010, the Times-Picayune noted that an old-line krewe had chosen a "relative newcomer" as Rex, King of Carnival. The newbie was in fact an Uptown pillar of the community who had lived here for 37 years.
Nor is prejudice the province of whites alone. The black Creoles of New Orleans, many descended from the colonial aristocracy and their slaves or the free women of color they took as concubines, embraced some of the same biases. Not that long ago, black Creole clubs like the Autocrat tendered a "paper bag test"—anyone darker than a paper bag was turned away.
Yet New Orleans slaves, under the French and Spanish colonial law, fared better than those in English colonies. Allowed to congregate on Sundays, they held market, danced to native drums and sang their call-and-response chants. Congo Square, in the heart of Tremé, the Downtown neighborhood across from the French Quarter, was the center of their social and spiritual world. Now called Louis Armstrong Park, Congo Square is the ur-birthplace of jazz and a key stop on my Funky Tour.
My worst fear is that, unguided, visitors will seek out the "true" New Orleans on Bourbon Street: drunken frat boys, bad music and T-shirt shops. After Congo Square, the lower French Quarter is where I take my guests—quiet, residential eye candy wherever you look. On lower Chartres Street, the Ursuline Convent dates from 1752, the oldest surviving French colonial building as well as the oldest structure in the Mississippi River Valley. Nearby, wrought- and cast-iron railings line the balconies—we call them galleries—adding shade to sidewalks and outdoor space to second and third floors. The vernacular architecture of the French Quarter is in fact largely Spanish. When Spain controlled the city (1763 to 1800), two fires swept away the typical French colonial plantation-like homes.
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I sure hope you come see us at Spirits on Bourbon next time you are in town. Brad Bohannan
Posted by Brad Bohannab on March 28,2013 | 11:56 PM
Three of us older tourists from NY will be visiting New Orleans from 12/30/11 through 1/6/12. Randy Fertel's Smithsonian article was definitely helpful, but we would sure appreciate some advice on where to go for New Year's Eve, and if anyone knows of someone like Randy that we could hire for an insider's tour of the city, please let me know. Thanks
Posted by Julian Stone on November 28,2011 | 11:58 PM
I love that city. My daughter lives there and, from what I can tell, would live no where else. Thank you for your thumbnail sketch of where to go. I'm visiting for 3 nights this weekend and will use your roadmap well.
Posted by Jim Mallios on November 1,2011 | 04:27 PM
I love this city, where people greet each other even if they haven't been introduced. As a northerner in Maine, I always knew I was "from away," and Boston didn't seem much different. Here in the Crescent City I felt welcomed from the start. Seems like New Orleans people are interested in each other and always happy to meet new friends. I really love how we all get together for dinner, and what do we talk about? The great places where we ate, and where to eat next time. Thanks to Randy Fertel for the background on Ruth Chris' Steak House and how he grew up there in his Mom's restaurant. The "Fertel Funky Tour" sounds like just the thing for our visitors to do, after they recover from the shock of Bourbon Street.
Posted by Rob Stuart-Vail on September 24,2011 | 06:34 PM
Loved the story. I have visited New Orleans many times beginning in 1964 and agree that it is unique among cities. The music is always good and worth the trip. I really like the way musicians wander in off the street and sit in with the band that is playing. And I learned something new...the origin of the name "Ruth's Chris Steak House." Thanks Mr. Fertel for an interesting story.
Posted by Harry King Elliott on September 16,2011 | 09:10 PM
Great Article !
Even though I was born in New Orleans in 1947 and have played saxophone there all of my life , I never really knew what the true meaning of neutral ground was. As a child we played hide and seek in the bushes on the neutral ground on North Broad Street. It drove my mom nuts as she was afraid we would get hit by a car. Thanks for the enlightenment !
Posted by ed veatch on September 3,2011 | 12:31 PM
R - great - can not wait to dig into gorilla man - jim polster
Posted by Jim Polster on September 2,2011 | 03:14 PM
This article hits the proverbial natil on the head. Everyone thinks New Orleans is all about Bourbon Street, booze and corrupt politicians, while in truth, that is just some of what stirs the gumbo pot that is the Crescent City.
A native, twice removed, but now back for good, I love this city warts and all. Many have asked me why I stayed after Katrina. I know not how to answer that question except to say it's in my blood. There is a rhythm, a beat a breathing soul to this city. I can share it's high-lights and weep at the low-lights. Crime, Murders, "good-old-boy" politics, hurricanes, flooding, brutal heat...it comes with the territory, for while all of that lies beneath the surface of the city, what predominates is the joie de vivre. It is that joy that calls me to put my feet on the floor and greet the day, for you never know what the rising sun may bring - an impromptu parade for some joyous occasion, the offering to share a meal, a friend stopping by to say hello.
New Orleans lives and breathes. I would not want to be anywhere else.
Thank you, Mr. Fertel, for sharing your story.
Posted by Catherine Bell on September 1,2011 | 02:20 PM


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Dreams - I love dreams and think they have meaning which maybe explains why I remember most of them. Having only moved to this town about 6 months ago, it is not that familiar to me. One night a dream came to me about the old part of town being on fire. I couldn;t actually see...
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Apr 5
A Vision And An Experiment - On December 25th, I had set my alarm for 9:30am. For me, this is getting up early. I have been working 14 hour days lately, well into the wee hours of morning, and I read various books at the very end of the day, usually for an hour. I am often...
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Dec 29, 2011
Alone And Misunderstood! - Ok here goes....
I have a lot of psychic abilities. I can see auras, I can talk to spirits who have passed and I am precognitive. "My mother too is precognitive." However hers come to her about 24 to 48 hours before they happen while mine come from 9...
Jan 22, 2011
I Feel Other Peoples Feeling Alone With Animals Are Drawn To Me - I would like help dealing with this issue. I feel other peoples feelings and I think that it freaks people out. Well I know it does. I can walk into a room and know what every one is feeling, I then get drawn to...
Sep 29
Interesting Week - Well it has been an interesting week. I was sensing a spirit of some kind probing my protection shield. I tried to talk to it and later felt it was female and she was on the good side. She never answered me nor could I see her. A day or so later I again felt...
Oct 26
My Kinderd - For us, is it not merely a thought but a reality. And yes, there are those that don't believe. They judge what they do not know. They can not understand something they have no knowledge of. They fear the thought of it being true because it would shatter their entire...
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Jul 17, 2012
The Saga Continues... -
So my mom decided to set up a reading with this psychic she met while getting her nails done. She called me on monday and told me that we were going to get a reading that day. I had a horrible day and said ok, but I told her...
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Mar 3, 2010
Across The Water - When I was in my early 20's I was living in Prague, Czech Republic. My family was back in home in Las Vegas, NV. I was having dinner one evening in my apartment when I suddenly felt overwhelmed with the sense that I needed to call my beloved great-aunt. I did...
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Oct 28, 2012
Disturbing experience - First allow me to preface this experience. I didn't start having these experienced quite as often until my dad became sick with cancer. And then when he passed it increased. I also noticed increases in experiences when I came into recovery from substance...
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Oct 28
Orbs And Shadows - Hi there, it would love to receive any information or insight from anyone who understands or has experience with what I am going through:
When I was a child I was very intuitive. My parents said I daydreamed a lot and lived in my own head, and I remember not...
1 Response
Apr 20
I Dream Of The Future. - I know it sounds really crazy, but sometimes I have these really vivid dreams that feel real. I wake up remembering minute details about the dream, and I often tell my husband about them so that I will remember them.
The weird thing is that months, even...
3 Responses
Aug 4
An Odd Incident On Board A Ship - I went on a short cruise a few years ago. It was nothing fancy, just three days and two nights. It was short and sweet and not expensive. My first experience on a cruise liner. Generally, I do not like ships. I get sea sick quite easily...
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Oct 15, 2012
Remote Viewing Changed My Life - I am writing to share my story for two reasons. First, for the sake of the possibilty that someone will read it and actually understand me. Second, out of concern for other people.
My concern lies in the subject of remote viewing and people who...
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Apr 2, 2012
Learning About Transmitting Feelings And Dreams Real Or Not? - many years ago, i worked on a 3 shift rota were i live in the uk, a friend whom worked with me,on that shift, was constantly creeping around the manager! which made my feeilings towards him angry, i found that when i...
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Oct 19, 2009
Discover Card - I got home and seen I had two pieces of mail and without looking at the address or touching the envelope I thought its a credit card maybe my new Discover card. I picked up the envelope and pressed my hand against it ....hmm definitely a card...maybe I am wrong...
Oct 25
Off Kilter - For several days I have been feeling ...well anxious. Not sick or loss of appitite just Emotionally Anxious. My sister Puddetat, says it is because I am a triple water sign. That is in my horoscope. It makes me sensitive to Psycic Vibrations, spirits all that stuff...
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Dec 2, 2012
Transported To Another Time - The family was gathered for a visit at one sisters house. We decided to go to a local Flea Market. The place was huge. It had to cover at least a 2 block area. It was divided into sections. There was sculpture and dishes, clothing, jewlery,and a...
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Jan 2
Help!!! Can Anyone Help A Damsel In Distess!!!! - As mentioned before I do have spiritual abilities to a certain extent. Im very sensitive to energy fields around me, I get a sense of what happened there to cause a certain energy to linger. I can see visions not only of future...
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Aug 28
Remembering My Friend, Jon - December always reminds me of the death of a friend. My friend Jon died in a tragic accident on December 9th, 37 years ago along with a girl he knew. They were walking home at night, in the heavy fog, when a drunk driver drove into them from behind...
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Dec 5, 2012
Clairvoyance - I had this person say to me "would I consider that I'm mistaken" about my psychic experiences.
Of course I've considered what it was that I was experiencing and what was going on with me years ago. I'd wondered if I was completely losing it. I was totally skeptical...
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Aug 21
A Death And Funeral Remembered - Yesterday I was driving to one of my suppliers, for business, when I drove past a cemetery. I was at the traffic light waiting to go when I saw it. It brought back a memory from September 2010 when I attended a funeral at this location. It was...
1 Response
Aug 10
I Really Need To Talk. - Hi, am 20yrs old and for my whole life, I have seen spirits. There are these things I see that I call 'shadows' and they are basicly white-ish lines that swirl and take forms (some I can recognise like people, some I cant.) I call them shadows because...
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Jul 6, 2012
Not Sure If These Count And It Sounds Far Fetched But I Think Its All Connected - Ive had de ja vu dreams but ive never had. Something like this happen. The dream was so vivid so here it is. I was at my friends house on a friday night, her brother my ex was also there. We were...
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Jul 19
Words And Definitions - From the new lexicon Webster's dictionary of the English language. Encyclopedic editionclair-vo-yance n. second sightclair-vo-yant 1. adj. having second sight. 2. n. someone who is clairvoyant. [F.]proph-e-cy pl. proph-e-cies n. a prediction or...
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Nov 29
Still - I am still sometimes taken aback, even after all these years, at the sheer ignorance and lack of knowledge that people who don't believe in E.S.P or psychic ability exhibit on the subject. How they act as if it is a fact that E.S.P. does not exist. How they have the nerve...
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Aug 18
An Odd Incident Back In 2006 -
Back in December 2006, my ex-girlfriend informed me that I had to go pickup my Christmas gift. She bought it from a retailer and, for some reason, she had arranged to pick it up from the retailer's house. My girlfriend said she didn't have the...
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Sep 5, 2011
My Lesbian Dream... - I am pretty sure i am straight, i only get attracted to SOME girls, it is very rare i find a girl attractive...
I had a dream that i was dating this guy, and i was just really annoyed with him he would aggravate me so much, and i met this girl... a tom...
Nov 15
I Need Psychic/Spiritual Advice - Need spiritual/psychic advise. Why would I keep having feelings/signs that an ex-boyfriend's dead dad is around me? I never met him when he was alive. Also, over the last few years, I have strong feelings again for my ex. I have not seen him for...
Oct 25
Not All the Time! - I wouldn't say I was psychic, but I do have psychic experiences. As example, I will be thinking of a friend just before they call, or dream about something before it happens. I have been practicing my abilites by doing readings, which has been fun and I feel I...
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Aug 10, 2008
Violent Weather Seen - I have been a seer all of my life. When I was younger, I was locked up and given shock treatments and medicated and told I was "crazy" and schizo. Well, I survived that experience and learned to hide my gift and live as a professional and no one would...
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May 28, 2011
The Secret - Why I do not embrace The Secret - I have a brother who has embraces "The Secret". The Secret is really the "Law of Attraction" and really was never a secret to me since my grandmother explained it to me back in the early 1970s. The concept has been around for...
Jul 31
My Miniature Baby-- A Dream That Came True The Very Next Day -
I had a dream last Wednesday night-- actually it was immediately before I woke up on Thursday morning-- that I was in a room that looked like a bedroom or comfortable hospital room. In my hands was a baby-- very...
Nov 26
I Have Had Deja' Vu As Well As Experiences That I Am Not Sure How They Would Be Categorized. - Since I was a young girl, I knew things, usually small things like going to a restaurant and knowing before we get there that they are out of a certain food. Picking up the phone...
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Dec 3, 2008
Shortly After My Grandmother Died - Last time I had seen her she was dying. She was so sick she was terribly mean to me. I felt sorry for her. 6 months after I last saw her, she passed. I cried all night.
Few years later I believe she came to me in my dream. She was the pilot on...
1 Response
Oct 6
Spirit, Psychic Abilities?? - Hello everyone my name is Jemma and i really want to know what is going on... i am seeking help, information to set my mind at rest...
Nov 3
Final Resolution - Lately I have been asking God and his highest angels to lead me to where it is I need to be. I just recently heard from my friend Anna about how to finally resolve my problem with the woman whom sent the little imp my way. I lay back and collected the tools I...
Oct 20
Just Had Another One - I put my 15 month old to bed about an hour ago. Maybe not even that long ago. I've been sitting here in the living room, reading some stories on here, when I hear my daughter giggle from the bedroom, and out of nowhere I get the image of her holding this...
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Oct 26
I Have Psychic Experiences and I Don't Like It. -
I've had different types of experiences all my life. Many people think it would be so cool, but it's not! How would you like to be harassed by an entity or ten just because they know they can? ...
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Jan 10, 2009
Just A Conversation..... - Hi. I wanted to create a space for psychics to join in on a conversation. We can talk about everything or anything psychic. Well, sort of.
If you are frightened or confused by psychic events, the people who have congregated here have open hearts...
6 Responses
Oct 8
I Am Thinking Of Creating My Own Spiritual Club... - As the title says, i am thinking of making a club which embraces possibilities of the spiritual world, a group of people who share love as open as a summer breeze... the freedom to hug and kiss whoever we want, to work together...
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Nov 7
I Wish I Had Psychic Abilities - I truly believe there are people in this world that can see the future or see spirits or have any other psychic ability. I wish I was one of those people. I wish there was something special about me that would let me utilize those gifts. Anyone...
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Jan 8, 2012
Psychic Vampires - I wanted to share this story with all of you to get feedback as well as hearing your stories!
Ok, here we go! So it was Spring of 2009 and I was attending college. I was actually using the computer at school and was just focused on finishing up my assignment...
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Y, That's Why…
Dads, as a general rule, should keep their observations to themselves, especially in the context of the mother, daughter, dad triangle.
Trust me, it's easy to get lost in there. Easier than the Bermuda Triangle.
Such a sweeping statement, as usual, begs the question, "Why?"
The answer, simply enough, is "Y."
You see, dads aren't properly equipped in the genetics department. It's that pesky optional vowel that is causing all of the trouble, apparently. Probably a throwback to some sort of Welsh ancestry, but who really knows. If there's a Y, you're pretty much out of the loop. Case in point…
We were sitting in the living room the other night – that being E K, the O-spring, and Moi – just vegetating and staring at the idiot box. We were probably looking at Castle, or some such. I don't really remember, which is probably another Y affliction. But on with the example… The show broke for a commercial or two or ten, and on came an umpteen second spot for a department store chain and their gihugic, must-attend, low-Low-LOW price sale on all manner of latest and greatest fashionable women's shoes. Of course, in order to illustrate how wonderful the selection, they proceeded to show umpty-jillion different shoes in the span of 10 seconds.
Now… I have nothing against women's shoes. They aren't something for which I go shopping – unless the redhead tells me to – but by the same token I don't think there should be a ban on them or anything. Fact is, the redhead herself happens to have some pretty hot shoes. By themselves, not really so special, but when she's wearing them… well, there's a total package thing happening that… Well… We we won't go there…
Back to the commercial. You see, as they prattled on about all of the different styles available, they proceeded to show all manner of boots. However, the thing about several of them was that they had no toes. Granted, it was partly because nobody was wearing them, but my point here is that there was no toe to the shoe. As in, whoever happened to wear them would have their wee little piggies exposed. Now, to me, given that these were boots – a type of shoe that is designed to protect not only your foot, but your ankle, and depending upon the type, your calf as well – it seemed a bit odd that one would go through all that trouble and leave the toes exposed.
I stated as much. Aloud. In the same room with E K and the O-spring.
"What kind of sense does that make?" I asked.
"I like them," E K replied.
"Really?" I said. I'm sure there was a bit of incredulity in my voice, because the redhead complains quite a bit about her feet getting cold. Then I asked, "Why?"
With a dramatic sigh the O-spring took it upon herself to answer for all of shoe loving womankind: "You're not a girl. You just don't get shoes."
Apparently it really is all about that Y. I guess the X's have it…
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