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Land Worth = More than Enough
Why It Matters:
There is enough for all of us. But will we look in the right places?
Scott Baker
Mar 29, 2016
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Why Economies Are Failing
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Bryan Kavanagh
Aug 22, 2017
My Own Private Basic Income
One person's experience becoming a business owner shows how our economy is based on luck rather than merit and how it rewards people who own stuff rather than people who do stuff.
Karl Widerquist, Ph.D.
Aug 19, 2017
Replace Confederate Chiefs with Soldier Memorials
The Confederate statues of Robert E. Lee, Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and others could be replaced with war memorials for the soldiers of the Confederacy.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Aug 16, 2017
Basic Income as a Strategy to Promote the Georgist Movement
Basic Income is having its third and largest wave of support. Georgism had a peak wave of support over 100 years ago. Why is Basic Income taking off now while Georgism is not?
Karl Widerquist, Ph.D.
Aug 5, 2017
The Revolt Against the American Empire
The US political cycle has turned from globalist welfare-statism to nationalist ethnic-statism.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Aug 3, 2017
Dropped by Gatekeepers
An investigator takes two steps forward, one back, then steps where?
Jeffery J. Smith
Jan 8, 2017
Superbugs in Indian Chicken…and Global Property
Debt and the current property cycle continues
Callum Newman
Dec 26, 2016
Trump Says: Let the Lords of Finance Rule
Why the property market, the real estate cycle and banks will really take off under a Trump Presidency
Callum Newman
Nov 19, 2016
Henry Plottre and the Magically Expanding Land
A tale of land economics.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Nov 13, 2016
Deplorable Taxes
Deplorable taxes maket people poorer, yet few oppose them.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Nov 6, 2016
Is the US Election Rigged?
Voter fraud threatens democracy. The remedy was proposed long ago by Thomas Jefferson.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Oct 30, 2016
Make the Deep-Data-Depositors De-classify
There is a law that'd uncover the sum of all rents—if obeyed.
Jeffery J. Smith
Oct 19, 2016
Call in the Cavalry—the Moneybags
Good data costs big bucks. Who's willing to spend their money to make public the worth of Earth?
Jeffery J. Smith
Oct 16, 2016
Eliminate Electronic Voting
Electronic voting can be and has been manipulated.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Oct 9, 2016
The Fallacy of Excessive Premise Extension
The Fallacy of Excessive Premise Extension
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Oct 4, 2016
The Blessings of Cash
Eliminating cash would deprive us of blessings. The problems with cash such as for tax evasion can be cured by taxing what cannot be evaded: land.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Sep 25, 2016
Status Update, 2016: the real estate boom and bust
The real estate cycle continues, so we can benefit from seeing where we are on the timeline.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Sep 18, 2016
Does a Tax on Land Imply Not Owning the Land?
The objection to land-value taxation because it denies ownership is rebutted.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Sep 11, 2016
The Privatization of the Moon is Coming
Entry into commercial space travel could bring reduction in environmental damage costs, find new resources and unlimited related applications; productivity gains for next boom.
Callum Newman
Sep 9, 2016
Type I Civilization Issues
How would advanced extraterrestrial beings view humanity? As humans, do we "come in peace?"
Lawrence Bosek
Sep 8, 2016
Markets: Getting Past the Debate
While there is a lot of discussion about whether to regulate markets or not, there is little talk about being outside of markets
Rich Nymoen
Sep 7, 2016
Position: Social Media Manager
Progress.org has an opening for the volunteer position of Social Media Manager. Expected time investment would be around 5 hours a week.
Martin Adams
Sep 4, 2016
Another Job Killer: Section 385
Yet another regulation is being proposed, to treat effects rather than cure the cause of capital flight.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Sep 4, 2016
Replace Minimum Wages with the Earned Income Tax Credit
Minimum wage laws have a superficial appeal, but are much less effectie than the earned income tax credit.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Aug 21, 2016
California's Deforestation Project
Fears and mistaken ideas are about to create an environmental disaster in California.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Aug 14, 2016
U.S. Government Voiding the First Amendment
Freedom is lost when unintended offense prohibits expression.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Aug 7, 2016
The Conservation of the Laws of Science
Economics, like other sciences, does not change. The principles of prosperity are eternal.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jul 31, 2016
Curious About Earth's Worth? Pay Up!
One way to keep the curious ignorant is to raise the price for knowledge—until demand overwhelms gatekeepers.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jul 27, 2016
A Guide to the Economically Perplexed
People are puzzled by economic failure, but basic economics guides us to remedies.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jul 24, 2016
Critics Want Other Stats: Why Not Rents?
There are successful groups using stats, churning out stats, and demanding better official stats. May their voices join ours.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jul 18, 2016
Earned Income and Unearned Income
Taxes distinguish between earned and unearned income, but tax definitions are different from economic meanings.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jul 17, 2016
Defend the Alamo, Damn the Torpedoes, Mix the Metaphors
The quest to know the worth of Earth takes a rocky road with detours but we're on it for the long haul.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jul 16, 2016
At This Tipping Point, Can We Back Off?
People have bigger problems than measuring the "rents". Or do they?
Jeffery J. Smith
Jul 14, 2016
Unfinished Business
Until somebody measures the worth of Earth, many other issues must remain unresolved.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jul 13, 2016
At an Impasse
When all your original strategies don't pan out, better stop and take stock, figure out what went wrong and if anything can go right.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jul 12, 2016
Unreasoned Induction
The failure to understand logic is a major cause of violence.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jul 10, 2016
All Creek, No Paddle
Is this the end of the line? Are there no more strategies for learning the worth of Earth? Has every stone been turned over?
Jeffery J. Smith
Jul 9, 2016
A tax on car milage?
A hidden purpose of proposals for vehicle distance taxes is the elimination of taxes on land value.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jul 3, 2016
Principles of an Optimal Tax Policy
The principles of a good tax system point to land value taxation as optimal
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jun 26, 2016
Teach Natural Law
People often do evil thinking they are doing right, and that is why we need to teach natural law.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jun 19, 2016
Review of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins
Conspiracy arguments are always suspect, since they typically have plausibility but no compelling proof.
H. William Batt, Ph.D.
Jun 18, 2016
American Wealth and Real Estate
The economic data collected by the Federal Reserve includes real estate but leaves out the importance of land value and rent.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jun 12, 2016
A New Model of the Economy, by Brian Hodgkinson
A New Model of the Economy presents a rational and clear theory of economic prosperity. I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to gain an in-depth understanding of economics.
Martin Adams
Jun 10, 2016
In the Belly of the Fed
Their silence and protestations of ignorance aside, logically, the Federal Reserve must know the value of US land.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jun 10, 2016
Privilege versus Detriment
When we call disadvantages "detriments," the direction of reform can be clearer than when we speak of "privileges".
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jun 5, 2016
Ruffling More Than Feathers
You think those seeking change might climb abord the quest to know Earth's worth?
Jeffery J. Smith
Jun 2, 2016
Land-Value Tax and the Timing of Development
Some environmentalists think that land-value taxation promotes too much development, but in fact LVT promotes an efficient use of land.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
May 29, 2016
No Trespassing on Fields of Knowledge
Whether enclosing pastures or fields of knowledges, the legal enablers—patents and copyrights—generate fortunes, undue or not.
Jeffery J. Smith
May 25, 2016
The Sales Tax: History of Its Fallen Champions
The sales tax has a long and fractured history. It doesn't make sense to repeat it.
Mason Gaffney, Ph.D.
May 25, 2016
Utilities Monopolize Land
The prices you pay go up whenever monopolies get their way. Will prices still rise if technology does in monopolies?
Jeffery J. Smith
May 22, 2016
Land Rent as a Tax
The taxes we pay can include some of the rent.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
May 22, 2016
Removing Damages
Once we heal Earth, we not only heal ourselves but also enrich whoever ends up with the fatter rents for healed land.
Jeffery J. Smith
May 17, 2016
Apparel in Peril
A high minimum wage plus taxes are driving the textile industry out of California and the USA. A rent-sharing free market would increase both wages and employment.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
May 15, 2016
Is a Sales Tax Voluntary?
Advocates of a national sales tax falsely claim that the tax is voluntary, and do not understand the implications.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
May 8, 2016
Where Does Rent Come From?
Contrary to popular thought, the surplus of production is not wages or profits, but land rent.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
May 1, 2016
Hobbes and Kaldor on Taxing Expenditure
The alternatives of taxing income versus spending is a fallacy of the excluded option.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Apr 24, 2016
What's the Cost of America?
If there are reasons to be encouraged, to not foolishly feel hope, then you have to know them.
Jeffery J. Smith
Apr 23, 2016
Could a 137 Year-Old Equation Explain the Financial Collapse?
These days, only First Peoples hold to 'outdated' traditions: That land should be rented, not sold. We know better now, or so we think.
Bryan Kavanagh
Apr 19, 2016
With the Help of Leaders
We have elected politicians to serve us. Here's chance to ask them to do their job in a very big way.
Jeffery J. Smith
Apr 18, 2016
Moral Realism
Morality is the basis of proper governance.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Apr 17, 2016
When to Preserve? When to Develop?
Powerful people with limited values tell us losing pristine nature is good for us. How can we tell when it's not?
Jeffery J. Smith
Apr 17, 2016
When Less Is Less
When public servants quit serving, to whom do you turn? Somebody out there must be the true answer man, eh?
Jeffery J. Smith
Apr 14, 2016
Real Estate 4 Ransom
Land is the most precious physical gift we have. "Real Estate for Ransom" shows how real estate speculation is responsible for the decline in culture and human society.
Martin Adams
Apr 12, 2016
Wildlife Conservation
Economist Fred Harrison talks with conservationist Peter Smith about how the economy produces environmental disasters, and what solutions can create a environmental sustainability.
Martin Adams
Apr 12, 2016
Make Prices Reward "Green" Choices
Target the most sensitive body part—the wallet. Make prices tell the truth. Earth as object of speculation? Not with geonomics.
Jeffery J. Smith
Apr 11, 2016
The Game of Monopoly versus Equopoly
The Monopoly game originated as an economic lesson, and still offers economic policy insights.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Apr 10, 2016
Up to My Own Best Guess
You can hear how much Earth is worth from somebody afraid of the answer or from one who's determined to tell the truth.
Jeffery J. Smith
Apr 8, 2016
City Density—Friend of Trip Efficiency
Cities cater to cars, not people. New fuels, motors, and modes of transport all pale beside fewer, shorter trips.
Jeffery J. Smith
Apr 6, 2016
Oshan Cook: A Call for Presidential Clemency
Seeking Presidential Clemency for Oshan Cook is not only the right thing to do—it's a quick and easy task you can do right now.
Martin Adams
Apr 5, 2016
The Right to Arbitrarily Discriminate
Arbitrary discrimination is a social vice, but liberty requires freedom of association.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Apr 3, 2016
Buildings Waste Energy. But We Tax'em!
You want efficient buildings yet you tax them—improving them raises their tax liability. How rational is that? Not very. So do something else!
Jeffery J. Smith
Apr 3, 2016
Land Worth = More than Enough
There is enough for all of us. But will we look in the right places?
Scott Baker
Mar 29, 2016
Officials Guesstimate the Price of Non-Housed Lots
The US owns about 1/3 of America and from it raises revenue—enough for all Americans?
Jeffery J. Smith
Mar 28, 2016
Without Taxes
It's possible to pay for public goods without taxation in substance.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Mar 27, 2016
At the Official Data Watering Holes
People tend to think an official stat is the answer. But is it? Is it accurate? Tainted by politics? Is the unofficial better?
Jeffery J. Smith
Mar 25, 2016
The Multiplier Myth
Economic growth depends on real investment, not more spending.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Mar 20, 2016
Land in Ancient Israel and Early Zionism
The ills of stratification and sectarianism can be alleviated when we acknowledge that land is under a jurisdiction that is more sacred than its commodification.
Shaul Samber
Mar 18, 2016
As Done by Academics
How much do we spend on nature? On land under our homes, on the farmland portion of our food, on the oil portion of our gasoline? Not even the pros are sure.
Jeffery J. Smith
Mar 16, 2016
Subsidies, Politics, and Pollution
Political turmoil has its roots in the unequal distribution of economic rent in Thailand and elsewhere.
Akhil Patel
Mar 14, 2016
Thugs Destroy Democracy
Disruptions of political campaigns destroy democracy.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Mar 13, 2016
Activism Goes Easier With Volunteers
Helping shift the paradigm, it happens faster—and feels good.
Jeffery J. Smith
Mar 11, 2016
Gets an A for Apolitical?
You want your information straight up, not massaged by the messengers POV.
Jeffery J. Smith
Mar 10, 2016
Diving Into Edited Data
Cutting-edge bloggers in recent years have published what they discoverd about how much we pay for Earth.
Jeffery J. Smith
Mar 8, 2016
The Mad Policy Hurting Bank Recovery
Why bank shares have been depressed and negative interest rates could lead to recessions.
Callum Newman
Mar 7, 2016
Michigan's Government Failure
Examples of government failure should make us think of why governments fail.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Mar 6, 2016
Arousing Powerful Resistance
Tallying Earth's worth is not simple addition. It's also strong opposition to subtle powers that be.
Jeffery J. Smith
Mar 4, 2016
Rising to the Challenge
Goethe: The moment you commit, then Providence moves too... Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Jeffery J. Smith
Mar 3, 2016
Zika and the Mentality of Control
Until we begin thinking in holistic terms, we will lurch from one enemy to the next, forever suppressing symptoms even as we worsen the disease.
Charles Eisenstein
Mar 3, 2016
How Land Barons, Industrialists, and Bankers Corrupted Economics
The so-called discipline of economics has been systematically corrupted in two major ways.
Deirdre Kent
Mar 1, 2016
A Guided Tour
A guide can make your tour of unfamiliar terrain, a fresh field of knowledge, yield deep insights more quickly.
Jeffery J. Smith
Feb 29, 2016
Mass Democracy and its Discontents
The democratic process toay is inherently flawed.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Feb 28, 2016
A Calculation Equal to the Calendar?
The size of rent is enough to make you bowl over.
Jeffery J. Smith
Feb 28, 2016
Water Creates Rent
Subsidized water does not benefit us, because we pay in higher rent and land value.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Feb 21, 2016
What Discerning Savers Want to Know
Geonomists must keep in the mix and stay part of the conversation about new policies needed to make a better world.
Jeffery J. Smith
Feb 18, 2016
Why Can't Officials be Bothered?
Since officials refuse to tally up what the public has a right to know, maybe they have a good reason for sitting this one out.
Jeffery J. Smith
Feb 14, 2016
How to Restore Economic Growth
None of the candidates for office are discussing what would really make the economy grow.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Feb 14, 2016
Organic Societies
Solutions resembling nature's organic patterns are needed to solve society's problems.
Rich Nymoen
Feb 12, 2016
It Takes a Critical Mass to Answer the Call
A critical mass is created only when called into action by an advance scout alerted to an opportunity to make progress.
Jeffery J. Smith
Feb 9, 2016
Implied Consent
There is no implied consent in imposed government.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Feb 7, 2016
Keys to a Better World
This single datum, if widely known, could transform economies into the least problematic feature of society.
Jeffery J. Smith
Feb 7, 2016
Myths Exist to be Debunked
Anything worth hiding by the few must also be worth knowing by the many.
Jeffery J. Smith
Feb 4, 2016
An Integration of Ideas
The implementation of justice requires a combination of ideas on ethics, governance, and economics.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jan 31, 2016
Present Trends Demand a Counting
Contradictions in American society increase the discomfort, leading to a tipping point; so many will want to know the worth of Earth, officials will have to add it up.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jan 31, 2016
Where's a Good Conspiracy Theory When You Need One?
The best way to hide a treasure is to not let anyone know it exists.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jan 22, 2016
Knowledge is Power, You'd Think
Knowledge is always power, isn't it? The power to make life better for one and all. You'd think.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jan 20, 2016
The Data Vacuum
When data that is supposed to be public knowledge is not, it's good to know why. Official incompetence? Unawareness of relevance? What?
Jeffery J. Smith
Jan 18, 2016
On Objective Public Finance
Objectivists have not confronted the land issue, hence lack a coherent position on public finance.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jan 17, 2016
Down All Your Markets
The recent down markets are temporary—the long run crash is what should concern us.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jan 10, 2016
Is Trillion the New Billion?
The worth of Earth is not just another pretty number. It's proof that nature and markets love us.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jan 10, 2016
A Biopsy on an Economy
It's not just that economies cannot help but create a surplus. It's also that that abundance creates a lack—if not properly treated.
Jeffery J. Smith
Jan 5, 2016
The Internet Tax
Some U.S. Senators seek to terminate Internet Tax Freedom, which would stifle the benefits we have enjoyed.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Jan 3, 2016
American Exceptionalism
What makes America different affects policy and our lives.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Dec 27, 2015
Rights and Privileges
The Supreme Court ruled that rights may not be taxed. Therefore the right to engage in labor should not be taxed.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Dec 20, 2015
The Powerful Opponents to Geonomics Throughout History
If ever you are to win, you have to know whom you're up against—and what their Achilles' Heel may be.
Jeffery J. Smith
Dec 19, 2015
Earth Sharing for a New Generation
Considering the sharing nature of younger generations, it seems likely that they would also want to embrace new economic policies for living together in community.
Lawrence Bosek
Dec 17, 2015
Critics Blind to Land
Both critics and fans of markets overlook what Adam Smith and others said about land.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Dec 13, 2015
Two Undeniable and Two Weak Arguments for a Land Value Tax
If you know anything about finance, you understand why land value taxation is an optimal hedge, even for real estate owners.
Tuure Parkkinen
Dec 11, 2015
Learned Libertarians Lean Toward Land Rents
Progressives alone won't win. It'll take an alliance with their erstwhile opponents, the libertarians, to win the most basic of all reforms—an income apart from our labor.
Jeffery J. Smith
Dec 9, 2015
Finland's Basic Income
Finland is pioneering a basic income, but unless the source is land rent, the program will fail.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Dec 6, 2015
The Blindspot that has Plagued Humanity for Eons
One reason you don't know what to do is that your brain won't let you see the right choice for everyone.
Jeffery J. Smith
Dec 5, 2015
The Undemocratic Ballot Access
Costly ballot access stifles democracy.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Nov 29, 2015
Henry George in Favor of a Basic Income
The Basic Income is (finally) a hot topic these days. But what you didn't know is that it has ancient roots. Land reformer Henry George was in favor of a basic income.
Martin Adams
Nov 28, 2015
Tyrants Exploit Income Inequality
The inequality of wealth and income has become a meme loaded with danger.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Nov 22, 2015
Favors for a Group or Dividends for All?
To date, government has endowed landowners with very lucrative favors. What if we extended such largesse to everyone?
Jeffery J. Smith
Nov 19, 2015
Taxation by Citation
Excessive traffic fines create distrust between the police and the people. What's needed is tax reform that eliminates the financial incentive for taxation by citation.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Nov 15, 2015
Why People Are Unemployed
Jobs are plentiful where land is, too. That is, where land and locations are affordable.
Jeffery J. Smith
Nov 13, 2015
The Transition to Land-Value Taxation
Opposition to land-value taxation is based on the transition, not on the long run.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Nov 8, 2015
Academics Against Academic Jargon
It's not just that you're kept from knowing what they know. It's also that bad writers means bad thinkers.
Jeffery J. Smith
Nov 1, 2015
The Implementation of Land-Value Taxation
Those interested in land-value taxation may want to know how to implement it.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Nov 1, 2015
Justice—Coming to a Nation Near You
Do tell me about a problem I can fix, and that is—before all heck breaks loose—how to hurry up social progress.
Jeffery J. Smith
Oct 29, 2015
The Ten Commandments of Geoism
It is the implementation of justice in the familiar form of the Ten Commandments.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Oct 25, 2015
Who Owns Your Nation?
"Those who own the country ought to govern it." First Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, John Jay. So, do you own your country? Enough of it to govern it? Or does someone else?
Jeffery J. Smith
Oct 23, 2015
More Energy, Less Waste
The carbon tax advocated by Bill Gates can limit climate-changing pollution, but it has to be on the emissions.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Oct 18, 2015
Kinetic Rent and Potential Rent
If we seek to estimate the total amount of rent that could be collected for public revenue, we need to include both the potential and the kinetic rent.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Oct 11, 2015
Marginal-Cost Pricing
Marginal cost pricing solves problems such as traffic congestion.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Oct 4, 2015
Intervention Denial
Intervention denial is one of the most destructive memes in the mental universe, because intervention denial blocks effective solutions to social problems.
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Sep 27, 2015
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Sacrifice and Redemption: Our Life
As DTS once again celebrates the World Evangelization Conference (WEC) week. This year we welcome Dr. Jim Howard, Senior Pastor of Dillon Community Church in Dillon, Colorado, as the featured speaker this week. In this message Dr. Howard focuses on our new life through redemption in Christ. (Speaker Disclaimer)
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WVRedsFan on the ORG wrote this:
The part in Bold I disagree with quite a bit. I feel that if Dunn hit .300 and had 120 RBIs a year, he would have been the toast of the town. Not that I agree with the bad wrap Adam Dunn received...And they will IMHO. Dunn, Kearns, Bruce, etc. were supposed to be the next wave of the BRM and it didn't happen for two of them for obvious reasons (it was the pitching, stupid ), but most enjoyed Dunn's blasts and most liked him until the losing continued. Jay Bruce faces the same thing if the losing continues during his tenure. Bruce could hit .300, hit 40 HR and drive in 120 and if the Reds don't win and his performance demands a big salary, He will be the goat after every strikeout and flubbed play in right. If the Reds win, he is the hero. That's the way it is.
I wish Adam well, but only when he plays all teams but the Reds. I'll take no glory in him hitting 1.000 against us, but I fear he might.
It seems he is stating that no matter how good Jay Bruce is, if the team is bad and Bruce is making a high salary then the fans will hate him. I just don't see that as being a reality.
The reality with Dunn is/was he doesn't hit for a high BA, he struck out a ton, walked a ton, hit a ton of HRs. The casual fan (most baseball fans) check the BA, HR, and RBIs to declare the worth of a player.
Hopefully we never find the answer and Jay Bruce mashes the ball for the next 10 years and the Reds have a great team.


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Friday night I went to the store to see what I could find. I didn't really have anything in mind, which can sometimes be costly. I wound up buying some chicken legs, a pork sirloin roast, some hot dogs for tailgating on Saturday, and some beef ribs. And as it's Labor Day I decided to cook strictly from BBQ USA.
Today's lunch was Salt & Pepper Beef Ribs. As you might guess, preparation is pretty simple.
I used cherry for a little bit of smoke but didn't cook them "all the way", since I like beef on the rarer side. Still, there was a nice range of doneness.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated September 20th, 2012
ADNAN OKTAR: "The dwellers on earth and the heavens will be pleased with him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]. " But look, everyone.. Everyone without exception will be pleased with him and everyone will love him. What is the reason why everyone will be pleased with him? It is because he will be compassionate towards communists, he will be compassionate towards irreligious, towards Christians, towards Jews, towards those who worship fire, towards idolaters, he will be compassionate towards all of them. He will treat all of them in a just manner and that is how a Muslim should be as well.


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Another banner year for CHS TV news team
School brings home a state Critic's Choice award for 2nd straight year
By LARRY DEVINE
, News Editor
State title winning TV News entry from Carroll High School's speech department includes (front, from left) Bekah Pudenz, Shelby Wenck, Natalie Roberts, (second row) Daric Teske, Colton Thompson, Haste Walsh, Hunter Schaal, (third row) volunteer assistant coach Levi Horsley, Dan Benson and Chandler Hagen. Not pictured are Allison Baumhover, Elizabeth Boell and coach Bill Polking.
February 28, 2014
With a few changes in cast but the same dededication to excellence, Carroll High School's "Ten at Ten Live" is No. 1 again.
CHS's entry in the TV-news category in the Iowa High School Speech Association Large-Group All-State Festival last Saturday in Ames reigned as state champion for the second straight year, receiving a Critic's Choice Award.
CHS volunteer speech coach Dr. John Carroll, who works specifically with TV news, raves about the latest state championship and points out it's another chapter in a tradition of the school's success in this category.
"These kids did a phenomenal job this year again," Carroll said. "It's just absolutely amazing the stuff they did to make this happen - their performance on camera and the technical side."
The accomplishment means CHS gets to keep for another year the banner it received in this contest category in 2013.
That puts the school in rare company. Since the Speech Association began the TV-news category in 1987, only four schools have won repeat titles - Dubuque Senior in 1988 and '89, Sioux City Heelan in 1990 and '91, Grinnell from 2005 through '09, and now Carroll.
CHS also won this award in 2001, and Dr. Carroll comments, "There were a lot of good (CHS teams) in the years in between there."
Speech Association executive director Craig Ihnen commented in an interview this week, "This is a wonderful accomplishment by Carroll. They should be very, very proud. The Critic's Choice, given by a professional in the field, is quite an accomplishment. And it's an amazing accomplishment by Carroll to be named two years in a row. They should be very proud of that."
The CHS "Ten at Ten Live" team members and the number of years in which they've participated in the event are: Daric Teske, producer (first year); Haste Walsh, anchor (first year); Bekah Pudenz, anchor (second year); Natalie Roberts, special feature (second year); Hunter Schaal, special correspondent (first year); Shelby Wenck, weather (first year); Colton Thompson, sports (second year); Chandler Hagen, commercial (first year); Allison Baumhover, commercial (first year); Elizabeth Boell, commercial (first year); Dan Benson, technical assistant (second year). William Polking is large-group speech coach. Volunteer coaches are Dr. Carroll and Levi Horsley, a 2011 CHS graduate who participated in TV news.
In this category, teams must create a 12- to 15-minute video broadcast featuring international, national and regional stories, an original special feature, sports, weather and an original commercial.
On the road to All-State Festival, teams advance through district and state competitions and can make improvements to their broadcasts from contest to contest.
"The kids didn't stop working on it," Dr. Carroll said. "They improved it from district to state. ... You can make changes based on what the critics or judges told you they liked or didn't like. The kids took it to heart, they went back to work, saw what had to be fixed and fixed it."
At All-State, the CHS broadcast came in at 14 minutes and 52 seconds and was packed with stories from the very serious - a super typhoon that devastated the Philippines, a deadly car chase and shooting in Ames - to the light-hearted - Memphis city workers painting road lines over a pile of leaves and brush instead of stopping to remove the debris.
CHS students put in extra effort and extra miles to make "Ten at Ten Live" the best.
Carroll said, "Everybody on camera and behind the cameras was just unbelievably talented, willing to do the work and come back and redo parts."
He recalled spending a frigid day in Ames with students filming for the report on the police chase that ended fatally at the Iowa State University campus.
"We had to go inside the library and warm up so our fingers could continue to operate the cameras," he said.
In addition, for that story, the students received permission from KCCI-TV in Des Moines to use short clips from that station's live video of the incident for their "Ten at Ten Live" report.
"We credited KCCI and used a couple of seconds here and there of the actual events," Carroll said.
For the original special feature, Roberts reported on the Freedom Rock at the Sac County Courthouse in Sac City and a mural at the Veterans Affairs medical clinic at St. Anthony Regional Hospital painted by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II. Roberts reported and the students filmed at both sites.
In their commercial, the students turned songs lyrics by Rihanna from "we found love in a hopeless place" to "we found love in a Hostess cake."
During an interview this week, students talked about their contest experience. Demonstrating true team spirit, the production staff and on-air talent generously traded compliments. They couldn't have done it without each other.
Students heaped praise on producer Teske for the countless hours he spent editing video, giving it high-quality, special touches. Everybody can read the stories, they said, but Teske's work made it stand out.
For his part, Dr. Carroll said of Teske, "He managed the technical side of filming and editing and did an outstanding job. ... You need a producer who's the glue, and he was the glue so that we could go the distance on the technical end of it."
In turn, Teske said of the fellow "Ten at Ten Live" news team, "I thought we had the best speaking on TV. I can do only so much editing, but I had good footage to work with. On several of the newscasts (by other schools) they talked really fast, like they were rushing through it. I think that might have been why they thought ours was so good."
The students also expressed appreciation for the support they received - such as equipment lent by Sound and Service, Niceswanger Photography and Carroll County Engineer's office, as well as a high-definition camera purchased a couple of years ago by the Tiger Booster Club.
Dr. Carroll praised Levi Horsley, a former CHS TV-news producer, for his volunteer work with the students.
"He did a great job advising the kids, showing them where to go to get what they needed, spending hours critiquing it, helping them make lists of what needed to be fixed, what the priorities were," Carroll said.
The students also cited the footsteps left by last year's producer, Chris Pudenz.
"Chris gave us a lot of stuff to use as templates, and we just changed a little bit," Teske said.
Dr. Carroll said of the finished product, "It was just unbelievable, a great one again. The kids have a strong tradition of stepping up and making it the best, better than you can imagine."
He added, "You see it and you say, 'Oh, my gosh. High school kids did this?'"
The 10 entries at All-State Festival in the TV news category were judged by Jason Parkin, a host of the "Great Day" program on KCWI-TV in Des Moines and former meteorologist at KCCI and WHO.
He said of judging the contest and the CHS students' work, "The schools in the competition vary in the quality of the equipment and software they're able to bring to the table, so I try to judge the quality of the anchors' and reporters' presentations foremost. Carroll's were rock solid. They also had creative commercials in their newscast."
This is the second time Parkin has served as a Critic's Choice judge, and he said, "The quality and production value of the students' presentations continue to improve. It's amazing what can be done nowadays at the high school level."
Parkin is a proponent of the TV-news category, saying, "Anything that strengthens a student's communication skills and, in this day and age, their ability to present information to a group or on camera is invaluable."
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Nearly Sane Trail Half Marathon
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 9:00 AM (CDT)
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Because 13.1 Is Only Half Insane.
Runners are all a bit crazy. We spend our Saturdays doing long runs, strategize about negative splits, wake up sweating at 3am worrying about whether or not our GPS watch is charging, and have a million other oddities that make us runners. But we can all agree that running 26.2 miles is clearly insane. Running 13.1? Nearly insane, but also nearer to sanity than attempting to recapitulate Pheidippides' crazy route to Athens!
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All runners will receive a race t-shirt, a customized race bib (only available if you register before July 20, 2013), a finisher's medal, free snacks following the race, and an awesome story for their friends and family. There will be food, soft drinks, and locally crafted beer available for purchse after the race.
The race will begin at 9am on Saturday, August 10, 2013. The course will close at 2pm, which means there is a 5 hour limit for all runners.
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 9:00 AM (CDT)
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We love people. We love Chicago. We love trail running. And we love good beer. We thought it would be a good idea to combine them all. Why not, right?
Our goal is to provide Chicagoland with the best possible trail running experience. From the course design to the staff at the aid stations to the beer served at the after party, our #1 goal is for you to have the best time possible.
We are partnering with local small businesses in the Chicagoland area to start a series of trail races beginning in the fall of 2012.
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