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CSA pick-ups banned at Adk farmers markets
The Adirondack Farmers Market Cooperative board voted 5 to 1 earlier this month on the measure. Board president Dick Crawford told me over the phone Sunday that the cooperative's by-laws prohibit the distribution of products not being sold at the market proper. Crawford said "we're not against producers selling the produce." The cooperative operates ten farmers markets in the Adirondacks and Champlain Valley.
The decision angered some CSA owners. In an e-mail to its CSA members, Fledgling Crow Vegetables in Keeseville called the measure "unjust", saying:
We are working for our local community to produce high quality food, and actions like this seem like a backwards step.
Farm owners, Ian Ater and Lucas Christenson, wrote that no CSA farmers were present at the vote.
Crawford says CSA owners were given 10-day notice of the meeting. But he says no one knew the issue was going to come up until a board member brought it for a vote. Crawford says "there's lots of misinformation on both sides". He said the issue will be on the agenda of the cooperative's annual meeting this Sunday, March 3rd at the Saranac town hall.
Fledgling Crow CSA member Melissa Gerdes, who forwarded me the CSA e-mail, wrote that picking up her share at a non-cooperative Saranac Lake farmers market (run by the Au Sable Valley Grange). So her pickup wouldn't be affected. But what she says in the e-mail, that a local pickup is far more convenient – and uses less gas – than driving to the farm in Keeseville is relevant. She adds she also frequents other farm stands while she's there:
Of course, I found myself buying local cheese, meat, bakery items and crafts (and other produce) since I was at the market to pick up my CSA share anyway.
In CSAs, people pay up front for a share in a farm's bounty, and get a weekly portion of that share. Farmers like the system because it helps with the upfront costs of the spring and gives them investors who share the benefit and the risk that goes along with farming.
"In or out" debates rile many farmers markets across the country – whether prepared food vendors should be allowed, or, how far produce can be trucked and still be considered local.
CSAs are new and growing quickly in popularity. According to Adirondack Harvest, there are more than a dozen CSAs operating in the Adirondack region, with another dozen in nearby St. Lawrence County. They'll need new rules to govern how they're folded into the local farming industry. The town of Canton, for example, is writing up new zoning rules that could allow CSAs to farm in residential areas.
Of course, this issue can be resolved one way or another before CSA members actually show up at any farmers markets this spring. But it seems that the last thing the local food movement wants is a rift within its ranks.
An interesting side story in this issue, one that stokes the debating fires of the farmers market movement like few others, is the difference between the two Saranac Lake markets. The AFMC one allows 30% of produce to come from off the farm. The Au Sable one is 100% grown on the farm by the grower. We'll try to hit that story on the future here on The Dirt. If you have any thoughts about that, please comment below or e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
NOTE: I've corrected a part of this post to clarify that there are two different Saranac Lake farmers markets, only one of which Fledgling Crow Vegetables uses as a distribution point for its CSA.
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It's too bad you ran this story before getting all the facts straight.
You've also confused the markets as the Saranac Lake market to which you refer is not part of the AFMC.
Really too bad you've chosen to stir this pot and rile everyone up unnecesarily!!!!
Wouldn't a simple answer for the farms involved be to collect payments for their CSAs at the farmers markets where the goods will be distributed? If prepayment of a portion of the CSA is needed before distribution begins, that could be sent directly to the farmer but for payments made after that, the customer pays at the point of pickup.
There is no need for some overcomplicated shell game to get around a bad decision by the board based on anti-competitive, self-interest. Their silly statements about why they did this make it clear what this decision was about. Something good is going to come from this. New board members, new vision, producer only, healthy, local farmers' markets. The retailers can find a place along the highway to park their trucks. They don't belong in a farmers' market.
David, Kirby is correct. There are two markets in Saranac Lake; CSA pickup happens at the Saturday market, which is not one of the 10 markets mentioned above.
If your motive in putting out this post is to help the local food movement "work together" you might want to think things through a bit more. This is a hot issue right now in the farmers' markets, and you might be surprised to learn that there is more than one side to this story. As you say, it may well be resolved before any farmers' markets open in the spring. If you are interested in covering this issue I urge you to take a more journalistic approach before you publish the next post.
it seems as though the best decision for the AFMC to make is to turn all of there markets into producer only markets and allow CSA pickups. it is sad as a faithful marketgoer to think I would have to not support the AFMC markets for such a silly reason. CSA's are a great way for me to show up to the market everyweek to get honey, coffee, meat, syrup, eggs etc. I know the board of the marekt will make the right choice.
I hope the hairsplit details all end up in the right buckets, and the broader issues come clear. For instance, what would be wrong with CSA pickups at the booth of a farm that is also selling retail?
David – what is the rationale for banning CSA's? (also Sarah Prince's question) If its a by-laws problem, they could vote to amend the by-laws as easily as vote to enforce them this way. There must be some issue here we dont know about.
I find myself baffled and asking "why?" I need more information here.
Seems to me the solution is pretty simple. If a farm has bought a booth at the market and is actively selling produce there, then CSA pick-ups are allowed for that farm. After all, the radishes being sold out of the farm's booth came from the same field as the radishes in the CSA boxes!
If the farm has not paid for a booth, then they can't use that farmers' market as a central "meet me in the parking lot" pick-up point for their CSA subscribers.
Change the by-laws to reflect this, in the spirit of serving the community.
This seems like a good topic to continue to explore among the farmers and consumers in the region. The Whallonsburg Grange Hall is hosting a panel discussion of farmers in the Champlain Valley on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30. The program is called "The Future of Food" and includes CSA farmers and other growers from Fledging Crow Farm, Essex Farm, Full and By Farm and Manzini Farms. It's part of an 8-week series of lectures on the history and future of farming. You can get details on this and the series at http://www.thegrangehall.org/home/lyceum-series
I feel that this is ridiculous and if CSA's are banned from the markets I will bet that there will be a lot of people that will stop supporting this great local event.
The job of a journalist is not just to tell a story, but to inform people of important happenings in the world around them, so that they can act and make informed decisions. This piece will help to inform people who will be directly affected by the changes mentioned and who might not have heard about these changes otherwise. Kudos to David Sommerstein for getting this article out in a timely manner and giving the public a chance to weigh in. I've yet to read an article about any subject I'm intimately familiar with, without finding mistakes or inaccuracies. It's the nature of the beast and kudos to David again, for making changes as necessary. Hopefully many of the people reading this article will make it to the meeting on Sunday!
David, thank you for clarifying the point of the two Saranac Lake markets.
As for the AFMC allowing 30 percent off farm products, those products must be so labeled as per the AFMC rules.
Kirby, you know that doesn't happen. I have asked the retailers directly if they grew their produce and they either avoided the question or in one case lied . Most consumers know the deal and avoid them, but to the uninformed, it is reasonable to assume that at farmers' markets vendors are actually farmers. People who buy from retailers because they have things out of season or are cheaper than local farmers are also hurt. They could get the same things cheaper at Hannafords. Consumers deserve honesty legally and ethically.
None the less, those are the rules and there are procedures in place should the rules be broken. I know from experience that other market sponsors have their own problems enforcing their rules too. For the most part we expect our fellow marketers to be honest. Some are not, unfortunately. Hanafords may be cheaper but i'd argue that its not the same.
Farmers' markets were set up to allow customers to come to one location to find the best and freshest produce from local farms. Customers at these markets browse the booths and buy a little from several different farms. This is what keeps those farms coming back week after week.
CSAs are a great thing, but they can unintentionally disrupt the flow of a farmers' market. "Shareholders" are guaranteed a nice big bag of produce every week, so they are less inclined to spread out their purchases. They may buy other items like baked goods or crafts, but keep in mind that the mainstay of farmers' markets are the ones selling farm products.
Most likely this is a problem that can be solved. If we really want a diverse local food economy we need to find a way to support all of the farms in it.
You're right the mainstay of these markets is the farmers. That means people who work year round to produce fresh, healthy, local food. Let's consider the Elizabethtown market. The mainstay of this market is not the man with the large truck of produce he had nothing to do with although he is happy to let people believe he does. Check the list of board members and see if there could possibly be a connection.
Stir THE POT! the board did that when they voted! How about having a board that is made of consumers and other parties. What good does it have to only have vendors on the board. Banning CSA pickups certainly helps many vendor think they are going to get more business b\c they ban it.
The AFMC bylaws state that a farmer has to label the product that is not produced on the farm but in practice this is rarely done. Havig attended AFMC markets for over ten years I have rarely seen it done and have heard many vendors telling blatent lies to their customers b\c there is no way they have heated tomato greenhouses in JUNE and I would love to go on the inspections that rarely occur to check this.
Also kirby what does 30% mean. By weight, by volume. Let's get real and make these AFMC markets producer only. That is not stated and no one knows the answer. It seems to be it would be easier to be a producer only market than have to segulate Mike agony bringing in 92% of his produce. Let's get realistic here, it's a farmer's market not a grocery store.
This decision was very much about Mr. Agoney and the other retailers. We all know that. A board member has a legal and ethical obligation to recuse themselves when they have a conflict of interest. Was that done in this case ? This is not going away. I am confident that in the very near future these markets will be producer only.
I make no appologies for useing the term stir the pot. This matter should have been handled within the AFMC. It is not a public entity. In my opinion, going to the press before exhausting alternatives was simply unprofessional and immature and I'm on the side of the CSAs..
Stirring the pot keeps everything fresh, that's what mom kept me doing until i was 16. The interesting part of having an ethical obligation to recuse themselves is the fact everyone on the board is a vendor. This institution needs to change, consumers should be on the board as well as vendors, after all the consumer is the one these decisions affect the most. In no way shape or form will this matter hold up to the membership, but lets make it even better at the annual meeting and change the 70/30 rule, rally the troops,and if we don't change this rule lets institute a full blown inspection of fields, everyone's. no complaint needed, everyone gets inspected. not in may, in july, fines handed out to those not in compliance. Lets be accountable to our consumers not just pretend compliance exists. I wish everyone was honest kirby, sure make politics go away!
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John, I agree on most of your post. Rules need to be enforced and they need to be clear!
I was upset because as far I was concerned the matter wasn't over. We had yet to hold the AFMC annual meeting and knew that the issue would be raised then.
Thanks for bringing this subject to light. As a farm that is affected by this I'm glad to see the support. We have share pickup at the Elizabethtown Farmer's Market and Keene Valley market. Our shareholders are very disappointed and will be at the meeting to speak their mind.
Many consumers do not realize that area Farmers' Markets are run by 2 different entities. The Saranac Lake Village Farmers' Market (in Riverside Park on Saturdays and this Fall and Winter in the Harrietstown Town Hall) and the Lake Placid Farmers Market (at LPCA) are NOT Adirondack Farmers Market Cooperative markets, but markets run by the Ausable Valley Grange. Farmers can bring their CSA shares to these markets. The Adk Farmers Market Cooperative, which runs the market at Fusion Market in Saranac Lake, The Wild Center in Tupper, the VIC in Paul Smith's and the big market in Keene Valley (as well as others outside the tri-lakes region) run on a different set of rules. This decision by the AFMC board is incredibly short sighted and I fear will lead to their demise.Lots of people are angry about this. I hope they revisit the decision.
I am a vendor at both AFMC and The Grange markets. CSA members are also my customers. If they can not pick up their CSA shares they will not come to the market are buy from other vendor like my self. Why would any organization try to chase customers away from any market.
The Grange markets (Saranac Lake on Saturday, Lake Placid on Wednesday and others) allows CSA pick ups.
AFMC members let your voice be heard and change this STUPID rule of no CSA pick up at market!
It's always interesting to see what an organization's talking points and rationalizations are as oppposed to a more believable explanation. There are two issues here. Not allowing CSA pickups and continuing to allow people to retail produce they did not grow often while being less than forthcoming to uninformed customers. Are we supposed to seriously believe that this is about " the flow of the market " ? The young, hard working farmers who have loyal CSA customers are a threat to the retailers as simple as that. That is why they are also not being allowed at the Plattsburgh market and others. CSA pickups bring more people to a market and these customers have no intention of buying produce that is no different than the local grocery. This misstep by the board has energized local producers and consumers. When this decision is overturned and it will be eventually, we need to keep going and make all farmers' markets producer only. That's what customers want and deserve. Methinks they overplayed their hand.
I am a member of all three Farmer's Market groups in the area- yes there are three. There is the Ausable Grange Markets, The Adirondack Farmer's Markets and the Plattsburgh Farmer's and Crafters Market. While I have asked to be notified of all board meeting, the only one I reliably get notice of is the Ausable Grange one. The statement about letting all members know of all meetings is bogus condcerning the AFMC. I never get notices about the meetings. The only one I ever get is the annual one which is held 4 miles away from home. The PFCM I get the same annual notice. Conveniently these two markets have the same man for President and he runs the markets well but with a stiff fist in my humble opinion. Even one of the oldest members of all these groups was turned down in her request to even try to promote her CSA and give out CSA shares while at the annual meeting of the Plattsburgh group. The President said that all members received notice that the board meeting was taking place, but the secretary and Farmer's Market Manager admitted they had sent the notices to nobody in the general membership. How can I get notices of the annual meetings but not the board meetingsa- my e-mail doesn't change.
The meeting this Sunday promises to be a very interesting one for the AFMC in Saranac at the Town Hall. I will try to be there even though I am scheduled for chemotherapy the next morning, These meetings need to be open to all members, not just the ones the board decides to tell.
As a member of the plattsburgh city farmer's market how is that ruled? WE have been turned down in all requests for the minute meetings, board members, by laws, and rules and regulations.
It seems to me the Plattsburgh farmer's market is closed for new business. How can we deny any and all farmers space. New enterprises are turned away, in fact i was just convinced not to even apply because there was no room.
If you are planning to attend the meeting, it is a pot luck so bring a dish to pass, your plates, silverware and beverage. Otherwise you will have to watch a bunch of people eating and socializing before the meeting starts.
Hope to see everyone at the meeting this coming Sunday at the Saranac town hall, 1pm, to really make a difference in this situation. remember to bring $35.00 if your not already a member. I'm sure that both parties will walk away calmer and happier so we can have a lovely little market season, just like nothing every happened!!
During recent years when farmers markets were riding a nationwide wave of enthusiasm, conventional wisdom declared that more vendors equals more customers. Because this was true, for a time, in major market towns like Ithaca, Madison and Austin, those of us at smaller farmers markets believed it was true for us as well. The fact is that most farmers markets have long found themselves pressed up against the ceiling of customer support and as vendors join to get a slice of the pie, each vendor ends up with a smaller piece. The issue at hand here is that the vendor/board members who have banned CSA distributions at their markets are exhibiting signs of financial stress. They have been rooting around in their by-laws for something to help reduce their stress and increase the size of their pie piece. Often, CSA farms are the most successful vendors at a market and thus are easy targets for less successful vendors. This story is offensive because rather than innovate and adapt, the less successful vendors have chosen to attempt this power grab. Those of you who are planning to attend the upcoming meeting should ask the board to own up to this as being the rationale for the decision. Its not wise to use the word "greed" here to describe what they have done because farmers marketing anywhere in the North Country is an economic activity that lay on the extreme edges of financial viability. An understanding that all vendors are feeling the same stresses will be helpful in resolving the issue.
Farmers' Markets should be about supporting FARMERS, not vendors. If farmers' markets are being taken over by retailers whose product is not grown by the vendor, farmers' markets will die. The last word that should be associated with a farmers' market is the word "scam". Keep the movement honest (or restore its honesty if it's already been compromised.)
Well said Dan Kent. I have seen similar reactions in vendors when a farm sells and also has a CSA pick-up. Stress in these financial times brings about a great enemy…fear. Fear that someone else is getting more of a slice, fear about paying bills, covering costs etc. The easiest way to undermine any situation is to point fingers and attack each other. Open discussion and an understanding that we are all working at the hardest job on the planet, that pays the smallest wage, can go a long way. Policy can be changed and rules can be changed if everyone values equal input. I hope this opens a discussion for these markets and a resolution that works for all small farmers involved.
Plain & Simple: Greed.
I'm not a member of any of these organizations. I'm just a CSA member who was not directly affected by this decision, but who values the availability of real, local food for all of us – and who believes that open discussion is essential to open society.
I think our farmers are a local treasure and I intentionally support them – even if it means eating more kale than lettuce at certain times of the year. I enjoy Kirby's lamb, Tony's maple syrup and Adam's vegetables and flowers more often because as a CSA member I have a specific reason to attend the market every week.
After reading this post and the many comments, it's clear that this issue has many aspects of which I was not previously aware.
The Fledging Crow model is different from many CSA's. Last year they experimented with a "make your own share" approach. You get to choose your produce each week in a way that is more like regular shopping at the market than just picking up a crate. At the same time retail customers can make purchases in the same space. The success of this approach really depends on the market environment.
Perhaps the voting members of the cooperative were only thinking of a situation where a farmer or other provider was at the market exclusively for CSA distribution and didn't have anything available for retail shoppers at the market. If this was the case, I can see how the CSA might be perceived as an exclusive click by retail shoppers, but I think it would still benefit other vendors because CSA members attend the market routinely – regardless of weather.
The discussion really brought to light that we don't always have the structure in place to deal effectively with change. The Crows are pioneers in many ways and we're the beneficiaries of that spirit. Our institutions need to have the imagination to make room for pioneers so we can all move forward. That movement is a threat to the status quo, but most of us appreciate the benefits we've received from past "threats." Do we really want to go backward?
A thoughtful and welcome post. Thank you.
I write this in hopes of offering a different perspective on this issue.
We've contacted a number of vegetable growers who had been long term members of the Grange sponsored markets who have dropped out over the past couple of years. These are growers folks not resellers and they grow organically. We dropped out of the Lake Placid & Saranac Lake markets because decreasing sales made it no longer viable for us to go. The "Growers" we talked to said the same.
We didn't complain. We didn't go to the press. We simply stopped going. Theses other growers did the same, so using the terms "Greed", Fear", "Misguided", "Ill informed" etc. etc. in your responses is really uncalled for and not justified. I must say, that every grower we talked to, pointed to the CSA sales & pickups at the markets as the primary reason for their decreased sales and for them eventually leaving the markets. Long term loyal customers had been sold CSA shares and then stopped buying from these growers totally. These growers said they witnessed time after time, market after market, people walking straight to their CSA partners booths to get their shares, then turn and leave the market without even a glance at other tables. The argument that these people will buy from other growers has proven not to be true.
We've talked to vegetable growers at the Adirondack Farmers Market. Their sales are down by significant percentages as are ours. If this trend continues much longer, we will drop out of these markets too. Not based on greed or fear, but because it makes no sense for us to continue going. We won't complain, we won't go to the press or start an email campaign. We will simply leave and find other markets for our produce.
When enough vegetable growers & meat producers drop out, you will end up with 1 or 2 co-ops (friends) providing you with a pickup point for all your farm product needs. You will no longer have a choice. There will also no longer be any incentive to keep prices low as there will be no competition. Is this the vision you have for your Farmers Markets of the future? It was never the vision of the people who worked hard establishing them. This I am sure of.
Michael, if you are going to the meeting on Sunday, would you read your post during the discussion. I think it makes points that need to be heard by the people at the meeting. If you are not, would you give permission for someone else to read it?
If anyone wants to read my post, they certainly have my permission.
Thank you someone will.
It would appear to me the real emphasis of all these markets is to help people get good quality food at a more reasonable price and help local farmers market their goods more efficiently and, possibly, profitably. This sounds like it should be a win-win proposition. Why is everyone bickering and splitting hairs? How about just all working together and sharing the pluses. It seems to me that an awful lot of people would benefit from making another perusal of the sermon on the mount.
The goal of a market is, presumably, to create a space where the public can come shopping for locally produced food and other goods, and to support the growth and health of our ag community. CSA shares are just another way to package our products. If some producers feel that they lose their customers to CSA sales – then use that model! It is easy to speculate that the motion to ban CSA pickups at markets is born out of competitiveness. I do not feel that it is the role of market management to limit the consumer/producer exchanges that happen at the market, but rather to encourage any and all of those exchanges and connections. Competition is a sign of health! It raises the bar, and draws attention. A producer who does well at market will continue to do well because of customer loyalty.
"Where the public can come shopping for locally produced foods" This doesn't sound the same as receiving a dividend on ones investment from the previous winter.
"A producer who does well will continue to do well because of customer loyalty". Disproven in my previous response based on interviews with long time growers not speculation or assumptions.
"If producers feel they lose customers to CSA sales, then use that model!" This model doesn't work for all growers, and I'm sorry sir but I don't believe it is up to you to dictate how others conduct their business.
Are CSA sales & pickups good longterm for farmers markets? There is a growing number of us that believe they are not and there is growing concern that small markets especially, cannot succeed if they are allowed.
Only time will tell I suppose.
We have always allowed CSA pickups at our producer-only market. On days when we have had terrible weather the CSA members have shown up at the market, often buying other items while they are there.


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Fundraising/Public Relations: All kinds of opportunities exist! We have a group of volunteers who currently meet on a bi-monthly basis. The location is in Southern NH. There is a dedicated Facebook page for Pet Tails Rescue Fundraising which is by invitation only. If you are interested in making a LONG TERM commitment to fundraising, please make a note in your remarks and I will follow up with you. Other fundraising opportunities include setting out donation cans at your place of business, distributing brochures and business cards, researching partner organizations or events, soliciting other volunteers and/or donations. We are always in need of good ideas!
Event participation and set-up: We have a relationship with some retail spaces or at fairs, etc… which require set up and staffing. As a Pet Tails Rescue representative, you would be answering questions and directing the visitors to the proper resources, and generally being very enthusiastic! Must be good with social events, dress in an appropriate manner, have knowledge of the organization.
Long Distance Transport: We currently have the services of long distance drivers who take special care of our precious cargo from NH to SC and back. If, however, there are scheduling issues and we need backup and you are interested, please let us know on this form. This is a paid position and you would be interviewed and trained in procedures to keep all our animals safe.
Local Transport: We are in need of transport volunteers all the time! Some of our fosters live in Western NH or MA and we need reliable, caring people to do some of the transport between their homes and adoption locations. Generally, this means coming to Northwood, or some proximity thereof. There are also times when transport is needed for vet appointments. Our fosters have so much to juggle, and they would appreciate your help! This also means that Maureen can focus on saving more animals!
Transport Arrival/Adoption Days: Adoption Days, and transport arrival days are VERY SPECIAL! When the van arrives from its long journey, the animals need a few minutes of fresh air and a little walk to relieve themselves. Your job as a volunteer would be to meet the transport at the designated location and help the drivers and our staff admit the dogs to the quarantine facility. They will need some extra loving and the calm presence of understanding, compassionate people as their journey is not yet over. Adoption days are the highlight of our work. We strive to make that day as pleasurable and memorable as possible. Extra hands make light work, and you can bask in the happiness of the moments. This might also include visiting with and supporting adopters or fosters, taking pictures, making the space festive, etc. Really one of the happiest jobs on earth!
Van preparation and clean-up: An important, yet often underappreciated factor in the complex world of rescue is the challenging preparation and clean up for transports. Many hours go into making sure our drivers are prepared for any emergency, assuring the safety and comfort of our drivers and their precious cargo! Van set-up involves coming to the van location (likely Northwood, NH) on a pre-determined day to make sure all the crates are clean, labeled and supplied. On the tail end is the least, but very important task of sanitizing all of the crates in preparation for the next ride! Prerequisites are being physically-abled and willingness to get a little dirty.
You will be called to be approved as an official member of the Pet Tails Rescue Volunteers, the Fundraising Group, or other ways in which the donation of your time and enthusiasm would enrich the Pet Tails Rescue Mission. We are a great team and always welcome new volunteers!


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Knowledge Exploration Service
Welcome to the Microsoft Knowledge Exploration Service. Knowledge Exploration Service (KES) offers a fast and effective way to add interactive search and refinement to applications. With KES, you can build a compressed index from structured data, author a grammar that interprets natural language queries, and provide interactive query formulation with auto-completion suggestions.
See Getting Started for a sample walkthrough of how to use KES to create an interactive search interface for an academic publications domain.
KES has moved from Cognitive Services Preview to Cognitive Services Labs. The new homepage for the project is https://labs.cognitive.microsoft.com/en-us/project-knowledge-exploration.


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By JUDY SHERARD
Computer glitches should be a thing of the past when Hays USD 489 students take their seats in August.
The board of education voted during a special meeting Monday night to move forward with a technology infrastructure upgrade.
The access points, wireless controller and switches will be purchased from Network Computer Solutions in Manhattan, for a total of $178,452, including installation charges and trade-in allowance.
The vote was 4-3, with board president Greg Schwartz, Lance Bickle and Danielle Lang voting against.
Bickle said he didn't doubt the upgrade is needed, but voted against the purchase because he hasn't seen a final budget.
"It just seems like we're doing the exact same thing that the previous board did," he said.
Superintendent Dean Katt said the money for the purchase was allocated in the capital outlay budget for the current year.
"It's a matter of trust, I guess, of whether you think any of us are doing our job or not, and we can put off and put off and put off, and by the time school starts, we're going to be so far behind, we're going to start just like I did in September (last year)," Katt said.
Josh Waddell said there was little progress or benefit for staff and students last year.
"This is something that seems to touch on everything," he said. "I think it's time to do something positive."
He pointed out capital outlay money can't be used to hire more teachers, nurses or staff.
Delivery of equipment is due July 9, and technology director Brian Drennon expects to have the new infrastructure in place before school starts in August.
During a second special meeting, the board unanimously approved a five-year resolution that would allow for new expenditures from the capital outlay budget.
A work session followed the two special meetings. After the work session, the board had three executive session totaling 50 minutes to discuss non-elected personnel and negotiations.


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Hello dear foodies! Today it's time to dedicate our recipe to a classic Italian excellence. The Gricia! Also known as the white Amatriciana, for the absence of the tomato inside. In fact, the Gricia seems to be born before the pasta Amatriciana when the shepherds (nearby Rome) brought with them Guanciale (local type of bacon), Pecorino cheese, pasta and pepper to make a quick and satisfying dish of pasta. Beautiful, delicious, flavorful and peppery. Very tasty!!! One of the ingredients that make this recipe is the Guanciale, a local pig cheek bacon . The other … the sheep cheese: the Pecorino! The recipe has been sent by a Roman restaurant in the popular neighborhood of San Giovanni. Thanks Leon! We hope you'll enjoy it! 😉 Read more
Hello Foodies! How are you? Today another classic winter recipe here in Italy or I better say in Rome!: "le puntarelle". What are they? If you are not Roman, probably you do not know them. It is a type of vegetable that has a particularly bitter flavor, for this reason is also known as "chicory asparagus" or "Catalonia". It is cultivated in the surrounds of Rome. This chicory can be served as a side dish or first course. It is possible to eat it raw … but today we present the cooked version. Yummy! This recipe has been sent by a new collaborator: my dearest friend, Manu, a great foodie and cook! As she is Roman, often eats classic recipes of the Eternal City! Hopefully she'll send us more recipes like this! In the meantime … here comes this wonderful Roman recipe! We hope you'll enjoy it! A must when in Rome in winter time! 😉 Read more
Hello Foodies! Here we are again with a new recipe of our dear Mafi. The famous artichoke "alla romana". Delicious, tasty , tender ! What can I say ?! A Roman Classic dish that wont dissapoint you. Really Good ! This recipe is dedicated to the amazing and beautifull Rome and all Romans. Enjoy it 😉 Read more


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BiLog: Identifying Active and Inactive Reports thru Report Usage
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During the last week of July, over
800 individuals gathered for IBM Tivoli's Pulse Conference in Melbourne, Australia. At the second largest Tivoli Pulse Conference, attendees networked and interacted to learn from IBMers and Business partners on the latest functionality and products and from other
attendees on implementation best practices. This blog post has more details: Australian Pulse Conference.
I had the amazing opportunity to present on Maximo Reporting at this conference, and a key topic that came up with a number of clients was on Report Usage.
A number of clients were planning for future Maximo Upgrades, and had goals to reduce the number of custom reports they brought forward to reduce upgrade time frames and costs.
But how can you identify which reports are being actively used by your users, versus which reports are not?
In the 7.x releases, report usage information is available. This functionality enables you to answer critical questions including:
Monitoring report usage is enabled through the REPORTUSAGELOG database table. Each time a user executes a report, an entry is made in this table. This data includes when the report request
was submitted or scheduled, when it actually executed, how long it took to execute, and what server it was executed on.
This information is vital to answering the questions on report execution and performance above.
data in the REPORTUSAGLOG Table can be evaluated via a delivered report, called Report Usage (rep
*NOTE: The REPORTUSAGECLEANUP cron task determines how long values are kept in the REPORTUSAGELOG table. By default this value is 30 days, but you can configure to whatever value best meets your individual business needs.
Additionally, you can identify
inactive reports by the LASTRUNDATE in the report table. Using this single, powerful database field,
you can quickly form a query in the Report Administration application which can
identify for example any reports which have not been executed this year. For example, the query could be something like…
Where lastrundate is null or lastrundate < '01-01-2011'
Once you have this query, you have multiple applications in how to analyze the returned results. These options include:
You could also take the base query and create a variety of KPIs for either Inactive or Active Reports. There are a number of variations that could be created. For example, a YTD Inactive Reports using a query like this:
select count(reportname) from report where lastrundate is null or lastrundate < '01-01-2011' and userid is null
which produces a KPI like this:
The powerful report
usage information enables you to focus on the key reports you users use consistently.
If you would like to see any other report usage information, please post a comment. Thanks!


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I actually wrote this song a few years ago when I was a student in college. I've made a few changes since then to try and improve the song. For the intro, the left hand has a syncopated rhythm against the fast right hand notes. The left hand gets a bit more complicated at measure 17 as the right hand continues with the same melody. Measure 25-30 alternates loud instrumental fills with a melody played in octaves. I've never used this idea before so I thought I'd try it out.


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- Tonnere, tonnay, tonnier (intj): Exclamation of surprise, vexations, annoyance. (<French Creole <French tonnere 'thunder', an expression of anger)
- Tonnerre! It have plenty people in this fete. (Baptiste 1993:157)
Want to learn another Trini slang? Then click Trini for an alphabetical listing of all the slangs.
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September is the time for changing up your game's setting – and for The Cthulhu Hack that means picking up your copy of From Unformed Realms and doing something unexpected with it.
As a toolkit, you might create a whole creature from scratch, allowing the dice to guide the physical make-up of the monstrous entity and then adding the stats later. Mark Chance has posted a bunch of uses for From Unformed Realms on his blog, including creating twisted entities for Mutant Futures, lurking Murkling for Barbarians of Lemuria, Chitinoid Chaos for Marvel Super Heroes, and snake guardians for Bloodshadows.
Alternatively, you can make a roll or two to spice up some of your existing adversaries and antagonists. As a review of From Unformed Realms on RPG Geek said – "it's an evocative and easy to read source of inspiration for just about any otherworldly monster. I like how it cuts straight to the weirdness – horrific or simply dangerous – and lets you build the monster around those core abilities. I fully intend to use this in fantasy games – at least high-fantasy ones, where 'realism' isn't a concern."
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Family secrets ... betrayed trust ... condom usage?
The classic, persistent themes of Spanish-language soap operas, also known as telenovelas, get a refreshing, enthralling update in Sin Vergüenza (Without Shame), the new telenovela that is taking the Internet by storm. Presented in English as well as Spanish, and imagined and realized by California's vast AltaMed health care network, the aim of the show is to "educate without being educational." The project is a unique endeavor -- it combines a fresh narrative format with the ability to tackle real-world issues such as HIV, stigma, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) issues, family issues, infidelity, shame, aging, dating and more.
Before you read, make sure to watch Episode 3 of Sin Vergüenza. Stay tuned for two more episodes in the coming weeks -- each accompanied by a conversation with key people involved in the production!
Haz clic aquí para ver la telenovela Sin Vergüenza, capítulo 3, en español.
For those of you who have already become addicted to the story of the Salazar family as told in Sin Verguenza, welcome back! For those of you who are watching for the first time, make sure to watch Episode 1 and read an interview with some of the actors, and check out Episode 2 with an accompanying chat with series director Paco Farias. After watching Episode 3 of the series below, read about how it all got started! In Part Three of this series of interviews, Sin Vergüenza's creators, Natalie Sanchez (HIV prevention program manager) and Hilda Sandoval (HIV psychosocial unit program manager) of AltaMed, talked with TheBody.com about every aspect of the process. They discuss how they planned to make the series accessible for people of all backgrounds, and what it was like to try on the shoes of TV producers for six months.
Mathew Rodriguez: Can you give an overview of what AltaMed does and what they offer?
Natalie Sanchez: AltaMed is the largest federally qualified health center in the nation, and we offer primary health care at 22 clinics. But, altogether, we have 43 sites. We serve about 150,000 clients in a year. We have been providing HIV services for over 20 years.
Hilda Sandoval: Of the 22 sites that provide medical services, three of them focus on HIV care. Recently we implemented universal testing at all of our sites, and when a patient is identified as HIV positive, the referral is sent over to us, whether it's at East L.A., Pico Rivera or El Monte, which are the sites that have specialized care for HIV patients.
Mathew Rodriguez: Does AltaMed serve a particularly large Latino population?
Natalie Sanchez: Yes, actually, we are centralized in L.A. County and Orange County, and the focus of the care that we provide is really targeting Latinos. We have a rather large number of patients who come in who are monolingual Spanish-speaking, uninsured, and also undocumented. We really take great pride in saying that we do not discriminate -- anybody gets treated, and the same applies to our general medical sites. Because we are a federally qualified health program, we have the luxury to provide care to all individuals who come in through our doors. And a good number of them are Latino.
Hilda Sandoval: We definitely take great pride in serving those who are underrepresented in the community. So the fact that we do this work is a rewarding experience for most of our employees.
Mathew Rodriguez: What made you both want to pursue this project as part of the HIV services that AltaMed offers?
"It's taken us some time to change the culture and to prepare providers, as well as clinic staff and clients, to accept HIV as a routine part of care, because there's this perception that HIV only affects certain populations. We've had to do a lot of training." -- Natalie Sanchez
Natalie Sanchez: The primary reason that we wanted to do this telenovela series was to raise awareness about HIV and the importance of routine HIV testing. We've incorporated routine HIV testing into all 22 of our clinics. It's taken us some time to change the culture and to prepare providers, as well as clinic staff and clients, to accept HIV as a routine part of care, because there's this perception that HIV only affects certain populations. We've had to do a lot of training. But now we're looking at doing a lot more training with our clients who perceive that they're not at risk for HIV.
Hilda Sandoval: About a year and a half ago, we had the opportunity of developing a series of videos for staff, and the focus of that project was really to get AltaMed staff as a whole, not only in HIV services but everyone else, at one level of understanding some of the important components of working with our community. Natalie and I were both involved in the development and the writing of those modules. We created an HIV 101, Universal HIV Testing, Delivering a Positive Result, LGBT Cultural Sensitivity, and Linguistic Services Accessibility.
It was really a wonderful project, because we were able to connect all of the missing pieces that we have as an organization. Yes, we talk about HIV all the time, but that's the work that we do. In our general medicine departments, treating a client who's identified with an HIV diagnosis, there were times in which our medical staff didn't have the appropriate tools to address their needs. With the implementation of universal testing, it gave us the opportunity to begin that dialogue.
When we had the opportunity to have additional funding this past year, we said, "We need to do more, but now we need to connect to the community." Internally we were working to develop a better understanding on the effects of HIV on our population, but now we needed to reach those individuals in the community who do not think they are at risk. We were brainstorming on an idea. We knew we needed to educate the community, but we needed to do it in a way that was not educational. We needed to do it in a way that had some type of a story, something that was suspenseful, something that had intrigue. And that led to the telenovela.
We were at a table, just talking about this project, and we were sitting with John Reynolds, who is part of the production team that we had worked with on the first project. Natalie, John, Tom, our director [at AltaMed] and a few other individuals were there, and we were saying, "OK, what do we need to do?" We threw out a lot of ideas and Natalie said, "I'd love to see a grandmother in a story." And from there it kind of evolved: "Oh, we need a young, gay man in the story"; and "We need a closeted older gay man." It morphed into this wonderful family. I say "morphed" because each family member represents a patient that we've seen over the last 20 years. The stories, many times, overlap. Many times, we hear one story, and we say, "That sounds like So-and-so's story." Because it's a repeated story, that means it's a continuing issue, and that means we're not talking about it. That's why we found it so relevant to address in this format.
Natalie Sanchez: Another reason we said that we didn't want to do the traditional education is because people ignore it. [laughs] We've been in the field for so long, for over 10 years, and we do it on a day-to-day basis where we're educating the community, doing HIV 101, but people just don't connect. And, yes, they'll hear you, but they'll think, "Oh, that's somebody else's story. That doesn't affect me. That doesn't apply to me." By doing these storylines, we're addressing not only HIV risk, but some of the generational traditions that have been passed on.
If you look at the different generations in the series, the grandmother, the mother, and the daughter, you'll see some of the traditions that are being past on and the struggle of Christina, the young one, to kind of break out of those traditions, in dealing with her own relationship in today's generation and being able to make choices and be assertive in requesting to use a condom with her partner.
We also wanted to address different marital statuses. In our clinics, as we're doing routine HIV testing, we get a lot of comebacks where patients say, "Well, I'm not at risk for HIV, I don't think I should get at test, because I've been married for over 10 years, and I know I'm not with anybody else." So we wanted to address that by having family members who are in relationships, as well as family members who had been married, and those that are not married.
"\[T\]he stories are intended to ignite some discussions, or to hit a nerve here and there. When we start talking about these transgenerational issues, we're also taking about those family secrets, those issues of infidelity, that we all know take place, but _nobody_ wants to come to light." -- Hilda Sandoval
Hilda Sandoval: I'd like to add that the stories are intended to ignite some discussions, or to hit a nerve here and there. When we start talking about these transgenerational issues, we're also taking about those family secrets, those issues of infidelity, that we all know take place, but nobody wants to come to light. And then we brought in another layer, another big taboo, which is to talk about homosexuality. I think addressing the challenges and the stigma that still exist in our community as it relates to someone who is gay identified, or questioning, or struggling with their sexual identity, is one of those things that we don't have the tools as a community to really start talking about.
We've gotten some feedback from some viewers who said, "Wow, you normally don't see a condom being pulled out"; "You normally don't see the disapproval taking place between a father and a gay son"; "You normally don't see the issue of infidelity hit on so many levels." The daughter seeing the mom in distress because she suspects her father is being unfaithful; the daughter not knowing how to respond to her father, but putting a condom in his pocket, but, at the same time, still struggling to talk about it to him, like, "Dad, why are you doing this to mom?" And then, going back to her own relationship and saying, "There is this pattern that I want to stop." These are the things that we normally see in a very vague tone in normal novelas, but Sin Vergüenza really just pushes the envelope.
It's the elephants in the room that nobody wants to talk about, but they're constantly being shoved in their faces. And that's what HIV is: You need to talk about it.
Mathew Rodriguez: Did you sit down with the writer to write the script for the series, or did you give the writer your ideas? How does a process this huge get done?
Natalie Sanchez: It was a six-month process, and that's actually really quick for a non-profit organization to get something done in six months. [laughs] We worked with a professional scriptwriter and he did a draft based on the storylines and the characters that we came up with. We would do read-throughs of the script and go over the different lines and read them, and we'd be like, "Our clients would never say that. So let's change that." Then we would go through the script, editing. We probably did that about four to five times. I mean, I think we had about five drafts of the script. Once we had the script finalized, we worked with Kavich-Reynolds Productions to do the casting, and they did the scouting of the location. Everything after the script was done moved really quickly. A couple weeks later, we were already shooting and filming the four episodes.
Hilda Sandoval: Paco Farias was brought in by Kavich-Reynolds to be the director, and he met with Natalie and me, and loved the idea, loved the concept. He did a read-through himself and added the "Paco touch." Then we pushed on and identified the cast. That was a really neat process; and then right off the bat, the filming started.
Natalie Sanchez: When we first met with Paco, Hilda and I were like, "Tell us the truth, do you really like it? Do you like this script?" Because we loved it, and we're biased. [laughs] And he said, "Yeah," because there was so much more there than just that element of education about HIV. There were so many elements to the story that he really felt that it was a true telenovela.
Hilda Sandoval: There was such a realness to some of the experiences, some of the drama, some of the secrets; you're like, "OK, you can't make this up." And you really can't, because it's based on real life.
"There was this wonderful exchange between the reality and what normally happens on TV, and really getting viewers to see that when someone finds out that they're positive, it's a life-changing experience. We wanted to do it justice." -- Hilda Sandoval
There are some patterns, some very common themes that we've seen over the years here. Let's say, for example, after someone finding out that she's positive, that the family would be very happy and support the father at the end. They all go to the clinic together. We're like, "No, that would not happen!" [laughs] There was this wonderful exchange between the reality and what normally happens on TV, and really getting viewers to see that when someone finds out that they're positive, it's a life-changing experience. We wanted to do it justice. We didn't want to feel like we were wrapping it the story up with a bow at the end and it's perfect; because the reality is, when someone find out that they're positive, their life is changed. For the good, for the bad, whatever it is, it's changed. And we wanted to honor that.
We wanted to make sure that we told the story as it has been experienced, but also give the notion that it's not always the feeling of having to hide it. That it's important to talk about it, that it's important to address it and really start seeing that it's a problem and if we don't talk about it as a community, it will continue.
Mathew Rodriguez: Whose idea was it to offer the series in English and Spanish?
Natalie Sanchez: I think it was just all of us. We said that having subtitles at the bottom would not do the series justice. The clientele that we serve is highly Latino, and a lot of the patients speak Spanish, but we also have the second and third generation who don't speak any Spanish. We wanted to be able to reach a large Latino audience.
Hilda Sandoval: We also possibly wanted to have it in our waiting rooms. We wanted people to view it at any time they wanted, other organizations to use it as a prevention tool, to get the discussion of reducing risk behaviors going in the community. We said it had to be done in both languages to make sure that we target both audiences.
I definitely don't want to disregard the other communities we serve here. We serve the African-American community. And I think the themes that you see in this telenovela for the Latino community really hold true in the African-American community. Even though it has a Salazar name, you can put another name on it, and the themes would be honest for what you see in that community, as well.
Mathew Rodriguez: It is universal to a lot of communities of color. If you watch mainstream television, we usually only see white characters telling us "universal" stories. This series shows that you can have universal stories told by Latino characters. Anyone can definitely relate to the family dynamics and the keeping of family secrets, and all that nice stuff that families go through.
One of the things that Paco talked about was that there is such a rhythm and flow to some of the words in Spanish that is just lost in English.
"In the English version, we have that character actually saying the word 'SIDA,' because that leaves an impact in the viewers' mind, as opposed to 'I have AIDS.' But 'SIDA' is just like, wow. As a Latino, you feel that." -- Hilda Sandoval
Hilda Sandoval: Even when we were writing the script, we wondered, do we have the character who is identified as HIV positive say "SIDA" or "AIDS?" Do we have them stick to what is proper, or to what we know? In the English version, we have that character actually saying the word "SIDA," because that leaves an impact in the viewers' mind, as opposed to "I have AIDS." But "SIDA" is just like, wow. As a Latino, you feel that. We go into the explanation later of what is the difference between HIV and AIDS, and we throw in that education in that moment, but in a very subtle way. Definitely, there are still some terms that we just had to keep to the Spanish language.
Mathew Rodriguez: You both work at a nonprofit, and you both, for a few months at least, got to step into TV producer roles for a while. [laughs]
Natalie Sanchez: Yeah, it was hard to go back to our normal jobs, just let me tell you. [laughs]
Hilda Sandoval: We came back to paperwork, reports ... [laughs] As great as it was, we had to manage our departments in between. Usually, we were running into the clinic, Natalie was running into her office, and we'd say, "OK, we have to leave mid-day for the shooting or for the writing." We made it happen in six months and we don't know how!
It was a joy, for me. It was the chance of a lifetime. It was a very unique experience. The cast is immensely proud of the project that they've participated in. They feel very blessed and honored to be part of this project. They feel that it's a wonderful piece for connecting people and helping to reduce the transmission of HIV. Natalie and I have a warm and fuzzy relationship with the cast now. We're friends on Facebook, we talk on a regular basis.
Mathew Rodriguez: I'm sure you get this question all the time and you're going to get it from me, too, because I'm so addicted to the series: Are there any plans for Sin Vergüenza after it's done, if it's super successful? Would you do it again if people wanted to see more?
Hilda Sandoval: Our goal is that it gets picked up by a TV station and gets shown mainstream and reaches a larger audience outside of what we have control of, outside of our own reach. If it can get picked up, and shown as a special on a cable channel, or just a TV network, that would be our goal.
We have a storyline to carry us through at least five more episodes. We're hoping to get additional funding, to take the audience through what happens after the diagnosis. We're kind of leaving the story with someone getting their diagnosis, but the audience doesn't know what happens next, and the complex issues that come up after a diagnosis.
Mathew Rodriguez: Oh my God, I so want to know who gets diagnosed! [laughs]
Natalie Sanchez: Not even our friends and family get that information!
This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.
Mathew Rodriguez is the editorial project manager for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
Follow Mathew on Twitter: @mathewrodriguez.


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nofx are aight i might get this
Sounds cool, good review too
do want
nofx rulz
Album Rating: 4.0thanks. if you're not too familiar with the band start with 'the best songs' compilation, then pick this one up.
Album Rating: 3.5I like this band but I don't think I will bother with a collection of EPs.
I'll get to this when I have another NOFX phase.
This rules even though I've heard everything a zillion times.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure i've heard most of this.
Album Rating: 3.5Heard all these tunes before, but i'm always glad to see new NOFX stuff
Im tired of these half ass NOFx albums and EP's with the same shit on them over and over again. Time for a NEW album goddamn it! I need my fix of some musical genius the way NOFX knows best
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Pakistan Supreme court issues arrest orders for Pakistan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf along with 16 more people involved in rental rower projects case.
On Tuesday (15th January 2013) supreme court has ordered to arrest all of them and submit a report within 24 hours.
Court has also said if any of the persons involved goes outside the country, chairman NAB will be held responsible for that.
Court has declared all the agreement of rental power projects as illegal.
Critics labelled Raja Pervez Ashraf as 'Raja Rental' because of being involved in taking money in rental rower projects.


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Earlier this year Boeing 787 engineers were given some new instructions by the FAA (The US government's: Federal Aviation Authority). They were informed that if the aeroplane's electrical generators were left running for 248 days, they would enter fail-safe mode.
In plain English: they will stop producing electrical power. This short video looks into why that might be and how this information can hep us test our software.
- The FAA directive is available on their website.
- A Guardian article: Boeing 787 bug could cause 'loss of control' eamliner-bug-could-cause-loss-of-control


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Chicken Little was right – Don't yawn, read this now!!
This post is from an email from John T Reed. He's one of my favorites and isn't much on sugarcoating, so I love reading his stuff. He sent this email to pitch his book, How to Protect Your Savings from Hyperinflation and Depression. It's ok with me that he pitches, I'm a capitalist at heart. I'm currently reading this book – just started actually, so I'll report back later my impressions. But I was so impressed with the email that I asked his permission to post here, and he agreed. I have included links to the book. He doesn't sell on Amazon, so all proceeds go directly to the author.
Whatever your opinion or impression, education is always a good thing, and this article is chock full, so read on:
There must be huge cuts in federal spending right now. We're not going to get them.
You have to protect yourself.
The U.S. national debt ceiling was set at $14.29 trillion in February, 2010. It looks like we are going to hit that ceiling in the next few months.
Politicians are starting to agitate about which way to vote. As usual, many are lying about it.
Not passing a law to increase that ceiling is tantamount to enacting a balanced budget amendment. Not raising the national debt ceiling means deficit spending ends immediately. It means the U.S. government would henceforth have to live within its means.
The means of the U.S. government are the $2.2 trillion it collects each year in taxes. Current federal spending is $3.5 trillion.
That means the U.S. government has to borrow the difference—$3.5 trillion – $2.2 trillion = $1.3 trillion. That difference is called the deficit. The U.S. government borrows by selling U.S. Treasury bonds.
If Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. government is not allowed to sell any new bonds except to refinance old ones.
Some politicians are saying that not raising the ceiling risks the "full faith and credit" of the United States.
Not really. As I just said, we can still sell bonds for the purpose of paying off existing bonds.
The average term of U.S. bonds is 49 months. That means about 1/4 of the bonds come due each year.
1/4 of our current $14 trillion debt is $14 trillion ÷ 4 = $3.5 trillion. So if we do not raise the debt ceiling, we would only be able to sell $3.5 trillion of bonds this year and something similar in future years. The politicians want to sell an additional $1.3 trillion.
We would not have to default on any existing U.S. bonds if we do not raise the debt ceiling. So the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government would not be in jeopardy if the debt ceiling was not raised.
Would not raising the debt ceiling have any other effect then?
Oh, yeah.
It would mean we would have to gradually cut federal spending by the amount of the deficit over the next twelve months. That's $1.3 trillion which is $1.3 trillion ÷ $3.5 trillion = 37%.
So we would have to cut federal spending 37% by the end of the twelve months after the ceiling was reached.
If you applied that percentage across the board equally to every category of spending, it would mean that Social Security and federal retired pensions recipients would see their monthly checks go down by 37%. 37% of federal employees would have to be fired or have to accept a 37% pay cut including military, FBI, Border Patrol, and so on. Medicare would be cut 37% presumably meaning patients would have to pay that much because doctors and hospital probably would not accept such a cut and would refuse to treat the patients unless the patient or some other person paid the difference.
Congresspersons and the president would have to take immediate 37% pay cuts—so would their staffs.
Opponents of not raising the ceiling say the world would lose faith in U.S. government promises if the government reneged on Social Security, etc.
They should. Those bogus promises were made by politicians playing Santa Claus with taxpayers' money. There is literally not enough money in the world to pay Social Security, federal pensions, medical care benefits and so forth that have been promised by federal politicians.
The net worth of the world is minus $34 trillion. The gross domestic product of the entire world is $70 trillion. The unfunded liability (money we should have put in the bank but did not) for Social Security and Medicare alone was $107 trillion in 2008. There is no hope that we can ever pay that.
Would a recovery and unemployment going down to 5% solve the problem? Not even close. That would only increase annual tax revenues by about $150 billion.
Would tax increases solve the problem? Not even close. Numerous experts like Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan have said that. If you could increase taxes 25%, which is probably impossible unless you broadened the base (made the 50% of Americans who no longer pay any tax other than Social Security tax start paying income tax), you would still only get about $500 billion more revenue. Not enough.
Selling all the national parks and federal buildings like the Smithsonian? Not even a dent.
If the U.S. continued to make on-time payments to bond owners, the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. would not be adversely affected. Indeed, I suspect the world bond market would feel relieved that the U.S. government was finally getting serious about living within its means and behaving in a way that will likely result in bond holders being paid back as promised.
No doubt, liberal politicians will say that seniors and the sick should take precedence over bond holders.
Okay. Go with that. But understand it takes you to the same place very rapidly. If the U.S. government defaults on the bonds instead of the Social Security and other federal entitlements, the world bond market will instantaneously impose their own debt ceiling. That is, they will refuse to buy any more U.S. bonds. In other words, defaulting on the bond payments would change the U.S. government's credit from AAA to defaulted. To put it in laymen's terms, the credit card of the Congress and the President would be cut to pieces and canceled.
The "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government would, in that case, indeed, be destroyed.
If and when the world bond market, which mainly consists of U.S. citizens and institutions, stops buying U.S. bonds, those same cuts I described above will have to take place immediately. Basically, there are two entities that can shut down the U.S. government selling bonds and engaging thereby in deficit spending:
• Congress and the President voluntarily
• the world bond market involuntarily
Same result no matter who initiates it.
Furthermore, remember the refinancing of maturing U.S. bonds I described above will also not happen if the bond market stops buying our bonds. In other words, we would have to pay off the $3.5 trillion of bonds that were due this year and we would only have $2.2 trillion of tax revenues to do it. And we could only use that $2.2 trillion to pay off maturing bonds if we totally shut down the entire U.S. government. Even if we did that, we would still have to default on the deficit spending—$1.3 trillion—portion of the maturing bonds because we would not be able to sell the bonds or collect the taxes needed to pay them.
This is a hell of a mess, isn't it? Your elected officials have been building this mess since 1930—both parties albeit more the Democrats.
So what is probably going to happen?
On January 25th, Obama, Paul Ryan, and Michelle Bachman all delivered State of the Union addresses. Obama promised more of the same, calling spending on Democrat pet projects like green jobs "investment." His concessions—three-year freeze on non-defense, discretionary spending except where union contracts exist, cutting back on the requirement to issue tons of 1099s, vetoing earmarks, were all symbolic trivia, no substance.
Ryan said the right things but almost in Federal Reserve code that only an expert on fiscal and monetary policy would truly understand. Bachman gave the best of the three talks with a more militant Tea Party list of plans,. Like Ryan, she was truthful, but failed to tell audiences exactly what it all meant because if she had there would be demonstrations in the streets today.
Surprisingly, the best State of the Union Speech on the 25th was made by John Stossel on Fox Business. He even had a little presidential podium only it said Stossel instead of The President of the United States. He also entered the room shaking everyone's hand and had lots of flags. But after a pause, he began his speech with, "We're in DEEP trouble."
Stossel said almost exactly what I am saying about what has to be done. But it's not going to happen.
They will probably vote to raise the ceiling. Republicans will probably demand some token spending cuts from the Democrats. They will probably refuse most of them. That will result in the debt ceiling arriving and the government not being able to sell bonds because refusing to vote on the ceiling is the same as voting against it.
During that post-hitting-the-ceiling period, Democrats will probably try to reprise the Clinton-era trick of saying the "Republicans shut down the government." It worked for them back then. I doubt it would work again. If two sides do not agree, you cannot logically blame the lack of agreement to either side. Each side can explain their position and the public can decide which is more reasonable.
Both parties are guilty of succumbing to forgetting their campaign promises and going along with business as usual when they get to Washington. Republican House Speaker John Boehner called voting for the debt-ceiling increase "being adults" and Republican "strategist" David Winston called voting to increase the debt ceiling "governing." Call it what it is: kicking the can down the road—again, stealing from our children and grandchildren, and making sure we have to do "nine" when a "stitch in time" would have saved them. Criminal careerism gets more to the heart of it.
Ultimately, they will all get together and raise the ceiling with some meaninglessly small cuts. If it's not a trillion or more, that means the situation is still deteriorating.
Then the media will start discussing when we will hit our next debt ceiling. Once again, everything I said above will apply only the cuts required to match outlays with tax revenues will be bigger.
In other words, the choice is not 37% cuts now or more borrowing. It is 37% cuts now or bigger cuts next year or even bigger cuts the year after that, etc. etc.
37% is the best offer the American people are ever going to get. And they will almost certainly haughtily reject it.
Congress and the president will not vote to cut federal spending 37%. When they have to choose between personal political suicide or national financial suicide, they will choose national financial suicide. That means we will be hit with bigger cuts in the future. "It could happen tomorrow" is the first sentence in my book How to Protect Your Life Savings from Hyperinflation & Depression.
The back cover of that book says,
There is no grown-up in Washington or on Wall Street looking out for you. You have to be your own grown-up.
But the vast majority of Americans are behaving exactly as if they believed some Washington/Wall Street grown-up were taking care of them.
What can/should you do? Implement the "Action Plan to Protect You" in chapter 27 of How to Protect Your Life Savings from Hyperinflation & Depression.
John T. Reed
John T. Reed Publishing 342 Bryan Drive Alamo CA 94507 | 925-820-7262
Copyright 2011 John T Reed Publishing
Reprinted with Permission


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Army Sgt. Henrique P. Magalhaes has deployed overseas in support of Atlantic Resolve.
Atlantic Resolve is a demonstration of continued U.S. commitment to collective security through a series of actions designed to reassure NATO allies and partners of America's dedication to enduring peace and stability in the region in light of the Russian intervention in Ukraine.
Since April 2014, Army Europe has led land forces efforts on behalf of the U.S. military, by conducting continuous, enhanced multinational training and security cooperation activities with allies and partners in eastern Europe. These activities are taking place in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.
These training events improve interoperability, strengthen relationships and trust among allied armies, contribute to regional stability, and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO.
Atlantic Resolve demonstrates the U.S. commitment to the security of NATO allies on air, land and at sea.
Magalhaes is the son of Claudia S. Prates of Fort Myers, Fla.
He is a 2009 graduate of South Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers.


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Visitor Parking FAQs
Yes. Visitor permits are required to park in any campus parking lot Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. (9 p.m. or 24 hours in some areas). Some spaces in gold lots require a permit until 9 p.m. All green lots require a permit 7 days a week, 24 hours.
There are three self-serve pay-to-park lots on campus, which allow you to pay for parking hourly using coins, or credit/debit card.
Yes. If you are visiting campus and you have a permanent or temporary disability permit from any state, you must purchase a Visitor permit to be displayed in conjunction with your disability permit. Doing so allows you to park in any disability space on campus, any colored lot, in designated spaces on the campus walkway system, or in any space designated for visitor parking.
After hours (5 p.m. to 6 a.m., Monday to Friday), on Saturday and Sunday, and during holidays and academic breaks, a University of Idaho permit is NOT required to be displayed with a permanent or temporary disability permit.
Visitor permits can be purchased online or at the Parking Office located in the Intermodal Transit Center on the corner of Sweet Avenue and Railroad Street (1006 Railroad Street).
If you are a guest of a department or college on campus, ask the individual coordinating your visit about Visitor permit options and if they have a Visitor permit available for you upon your arrival.
Visitor permits validate parking are valid in any regular space in all Gold, Red, Blue, Silver, Purple or Green lots on campus. They are also valid in any space marked as visitor parking, or reserved - visitor permit required spaces. These special spaces are located in various locations throughout campus, view the campus map for more details on locations of visitor parking spaces.
To appeal a citation, enter citation number and license plate at PTS Online Services.
Citations issued within the last 15 days can be paid online by visiting PTS Online Services. Citations older than 15 days can be paid at the Parking Office, at the Cashier Office in the Bruce M. Pitman Center or by mailing a check to:
Parking and Transportation Services
875 Perimeter Drive MSC 4106
Moscow, ID 83844-4106
All parking citations must be paid or appealed within 15 days from the citation issuance date. After 15 days the final option is to pay the fine. Unpaid citations may be sent to collections, may prevent you from purchasing a permit the following year, may prevent you from registering for classes, and/or may make your vehicle eligible for wheel lock or impound.


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This was a long anticipated Dream Channel of all times. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson now has his own Official YouTube Channel! Yes people he does! It was born on July the 18th 2016, Yes it's true! There was also a trailer released for the channel (Seriously!). I mean isn't that amazing? You get to see The Rock in every Video! (that's the point of it though). For those of you who are wondering why would he need a You Tube Channel? you are right I mean if you needed water, we need The Rock! If you needed the air …. well… we need The Rock! also cos' he wanted to join the other You Tube Influencers, adding to their influencing vibe through this Amazing Google Medium called You Tube. He calls it the most Fresh Innovative Non-Pornographic Channel of this age. Well thats! Ahem! Welcome to The You Tube Dwayne! we love you and we will ignore and overlook your innocence of YouTube on the onscreen sets.
So The Rock obviously doesn't need one, so say the haters… and many like me are really excited about this new found love to connect to us. I can feel it! he is !this! close to finding me I mean reaching out to us. So there are only two videos in this channel and already 8 plus lak subscribers and each of these videos have about 3 to 4 million views and counting! How amazing is that Rock (hahaha) you did not just You Tube us!!! dude! this is so Fumazing I mean this world could use a bit of Some Amazing Rock right now! I mean It Buddy!!
His very first You Tube Video is a collab with the most amazing YouTube Celebrities, like Lilly Singh, Markiplier, Grace Helbig, Roman Atwood, Gigi Gorgeous, Alex Wassabi, LaurDIY, King Bach, Flula, and Brittney Smith. He even launched a Lilly ft. Dwayne – How To Be a YouTube Star (ft. The Rock) where he takes a crash course from Lilly Singh on the road to success to be the Best YouTuber Ever! Right Lilly! Well we all know The Rock don't need that! Buddy Please!… here'a a tip from us, just use those Eyebrows to get a million plus likes.
His first Vlog on You Tube was released on July 18th 2016 as promised, features the legendary You Tube Channel Factory's insights – located 50 ft under a Remote Volacanic Island where all the YouTubers make their videos for the world. Lilly Sigh the queen of the You Tube world takes Our Rock on this Factory Tour introducing him to the sets and the crew, the rooms like the room for cat videos, couples, for crazy jazzy and so on. He even learns how and where the rainbow with sparkling colors come from. There's even a Rock Impersonators Room for Rock im..per..s..onators? ok and then they get eaten up by the Scorpion Cat! Great Scripting. Whteve you and I get to see The Rock in the entire video, so there you have it The Rock Channel.
If you are The Rock Lover Subscribe to it. If you are not.. that category doesn't exist in The Rock World I mean please! Let's be Realistic – He is just "Amazing" even if he says "Hi." Subscribe. He obviously has big fan following aura, 8 million followers just on Twitter. Wait did they not hear about this?
Well for those of you who love Rock since his Wrestling Days to the Big Screen Days, he has more coming your way, well You Tube is just the beginning of it. Here's a spoiler of his upcoming animated movie #Moana !!
Well well well! what else would we be more thankful for than The Rock singing for us this Thanksgiving Season, that's right the movie is set be released sometime in November this year. Rock can you give us a teaser of your singing in on of your Vlogs? please(puppy face)?
Having said all that We Wish Dwayne The Rock Johnson "A Very Happy YouTubing" ahead.
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The cure for deaf people??
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13 comments:
- Sarah Sofia Ganborg said...
don't think it would really work...
- August 11, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- Mr. Bill said...
Reminds me of the SNL skit with Garret Morris and Chevy Chase...
- August 11, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- Dutch donut girl said...
Hmmm... I don't know about this one.
- August 11, 2009 at 6:41 PM
- Abby Quijano said...
wow hearing aids to the max XD
- August 11, 2009 at 7:03 PM
- ASWANI said...
- August 12, 2009 at 12:38 AM
- TC said...
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- August 12, 2009 at 1:37 AM
- TC said...
This is funny stuff. I found out that for some reason I can place comments on your blog using this computer running a different operating system than my other 2 puter.
- August 12, 2009 at 1:38 AM
- cybeel said...
LazyKing is it portable?
- August 12, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- LazyKing said...
is it for your boss??
- August 12, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- Miguel said...
I think you are doing human trials, at least with children (see the web cordbloodregistry -->> http://www.cordblood.com/regenerative-medicine/hearingloss.asp ).
In this blog http://deafdude1.blogspot.com/2009/08/stem-cells-for-deafness-begins-human.html you can also stay informed on human trials.
- September 5, 2009 at 8:34 AM
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- July 9, 2010 at 3:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
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- July 20, 2012 at 6:35 PM
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