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Chart of the day, median income edition
Why has no one thought to do this before? Every month, the Current Population Survey goes out to a nationally representative sample of more than 50,000 interviewed households and their members. And in one of the questions, those households — or at least the households who didn't answer the same question the previous month — are asked how much money they made, in total, over the past 12 months. That question has now been asked in 138 successive months, since January 2000. Which means that with a bit of clever analysis, it's possible to put together an apples-to-apples comparison of what has happened to household income every month.
And when you do that, the results are very scary indeed.
The red line, here, is median real household income, as gleaned from the CPS, indexed to January 2000=100. It's now at 89.4, which means that real incomes are more than 10% lower today than they were over a decade ago.
More striking still is the huge erosion in incomes over the course of the supposed "recovery" — the most recent two years, since the Great Recession ended. From January 2000 through the end of the recession, household incomes fluctuated, but basically stayed in a band within 2 percentage points either side of the 98 level. Once it had fallen to 96 when the recession ended, it would have been reasonable to assume some mean reversion at that point — that with the recovery it would fight its way back up towards 98 or even 100.
Instead, it fell off a cliff, and is now below 90.
In dollar terms, median household income is now $49,909, down $3,609 — or 6.7% — in the two years since the recession ended. It was as high as $55,309 in December 2007, when the recession began.
Some of this decline has been hard to see because nominal incomes have been holding very steady: before taking inflation into account, median household income was $51,465 in December 2007, and $51,140 in June 2009. But even then, over the past two years, nominal incomes have shrunk significantly to the current level of $49,909.
All of these numbers come from Gordon Green and John Coder, economists who both worked at the Census Bureau for more than 25 years. They've now set up a private company, Sentier Research, to collate these household income figures every month; the full report costs a reasonable $20.
Why is this work being outsourced to private-sector economists, rather than being done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and published officially? I'm having dinner with a government statistics wonk on Wednesday, and will be sure to ask him.
But in the absence of any good reason to discount the reliability of these numbers, it's definitely worth taking them seriously, and asking why incomes have eroded so quickly and dramatically over the past two years. We've known for years that America has a huge unemployment problem. But I had no idea that the plight of the employed was this bad.
All productivity gains acruing to capital and not broad labor.
More beneficial taxation of capital as opposed to labor. Compounded with that force of nature which is compound interest. A policy which is focussed on making rent seekers whole, an erosion of collective bargaining power in the labor force. A real asymetry of power in society and representation.
On top probably a depreciation of capital employed in the U.S. in real terms, reducing real productivity per hour worked (GM -> Walmart).
A central bank policy which can be reduced to the provocative line: We can create as much money as we want, as long as employees don't get a hold of it to cause inflation in goods and services.
Interesting observation, thanks for bringing it to our attention.
There is an obvious explanation. Suppose that the wages for the employed stay steady, but that we have a 5% increase in unemployment. Thus, 5% of households will have their income cut in half (assuming most households are two income). This will cause a drop in the reported numbers.
Is that effect enough to explain the drop in your graph or is there additional downward pressure on wages? Locally, I know that state workers in FL took a 3% cut, which is an affect both of the effect of the Lesser Depression on tax revenues and lack of a competitive labor market. I hope somebody takes up this challenge and looks into this.
In a situation where income inequality is growing, I think a chart of the median (not mean) income over time is crucial. The only argument in favor of letting the superrich become superricher (beyond "people have a right to what they've earned") is that, even though CEOs make very high multiples of what line workers or middle managers make, the line workers or middle managers are still better off in absolute terms than they would be if (say) high income were taxed at higher rates. If wealth is very concentrated at the top, you can come up with stats showing that society is wealthier in the aggregate; but median income info can tell a different story.
Actually, the fall in the mean household income was not accompanied by any significant fall in the mean persoanl income as estimated from the same CPS data
http://mechonomic.blogspot.com/2011/09/o n-some-methodical-mistakes-in.html
What Finster said.
It would be interesting to see U-6 plotted against this graph as opposed to the headline unemployment.
Nevermind, U6 largely mimicking headline unemployment
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A big piece missed here is the role of inflation. By this chart, income went up in the recession (because of disinflation) and then dropped from 2009 to now because prices moved higher (even though prices are still lower than pre-recession). Thus, income, which have moved higher since the recession (but not by much) shows a real big drop because of the yo-yoing in prices. As prices come down now we'll see the opposite, but unemployment will still be high.
Median income goes up during the recession as the lower-paid (note I do not say "skilled") workers lose their jobs while the Senior Execs keep theirs (and/or receive higher wages).
Notably, the recovery from the Bush recession (which was worse for employment from a private-sector-recovery perspective than the current one) shows median income rising for a while until the private sector recovers. (The number of people employed in the Private Sector at the beginning of the 2001 recession is only reached again–absolute number, not as percent of workers–in May of 2005.)
klhoughton, if a member of a lower-income household loses their job, it does not affect the MEDIAN at all. The median only drops if some of those who were previously ABOVE the median earn less.
Neither the median nor the mean is a complete representation of a distribution. If the distribution is normal, then the two will be the same. If it is heavily skew, as income tends to be, then the median will be significantly lower than the mean. But neither observation is sufficient to explain what is happening here.
Anybody have the data to plot and compare the distribution before and after?
I'll note, also, that the median income was more or less constant through ~2009. The 10% drop has all been recognized in the past two years — and shows no sign of slowing.
well its not apples to apples because households change over time–if the response of a 25 year old to losing his job is to move into his parent's place, then that eliminates a low-income household from the data and makes household income rise… it's strange that the income of the median man fell most in 2008 and 2009 and income of the median woman fell most in 2008 and 2009, and income of the median married-couple family with kids fell most in 2008 and 2009, but then household income fell most in 2010 and 2011…suggests composition of households is changing.
"suggests composition of households is changing"
Supported by anecdotal data as well… Young adults aren't moving out (or are moving back with parents). May be changing in other ways as well.
Oops — I got that backwards.
Maybe kids were moving in with parents for 2008-2009 but are now moving out again?
I have three brilliant ideas about how to resolve this problem. My ideas are so good, they are actually the policies of the United States.
1. Let's run a $600 billion a year trade deficit and throw away 5 million jobs. We don't need them anyway. What's 5 million jobs among friends? Of course, trade deficits also strongly predict subsequent economic crises. I guess admitting the "free" trade is a poisoned chalice is unthinkable among sensible people.
2. Let's open our markets to China while China systematically hollows out the U.S. economy. China's policies have brought vast miserly to the U.S. in recent years. A careful study "The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States.⇤" found that China accounts for at least 1/4th of U.S. manufacturing job losses. Not a big problem living in D.C. presumably. Let Ohio rot.
3. Let's import millions and millions of unskilled workers (and welfare recipients) even though we are creating zero new jobs over a ten year period and public finances are in disarray. Immigrants (legal and illegal) are literally replacing Americans on a staggering scale. I guess unemployed Americans should get a Ph.D. in molecular biology and stop complaining.
You see, solving America's economic problems is so easy we are already doing it.
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not so much
(though I am not to optimistic that it looks better in much of europe. in particular, german inflation adjusted income went down quite a bit the last years, in an attempt to increase competitiveness of the german industry).
It may be worth bearing in mind that total compensation statistics, which include the employer's contribution to health insurance, have been rising even while take-home has been falling.
This chart will continue on for the next 10 years in the same fashion. Rich western workers who earn 5 times the global mean wage will need to continually prove their worth to the multinational companies which employ them. These companies (Wal-mart, GE, and every other member of the Fortune 500) account for a larger and larger % of global GDP each year.
What can a 25 year old American do for GE at $30,000/year that a better educated 25 year old South Korean won't do better for $20,000.
I've said it a dozen times and I'll say it a dozen more. Keep building up your skills and save and invest like crazy because this is as good as it gets for the rest of your life if you live in the rich west.
It is interesting to note that where these lines cross represents roughly the March '09 market low. The correlation escapes me, if there is one. Any perspectives?
The cross is purely dependant on the scaling choice on the left and right axis. No information to be gained from that.
As has been mentioned, the crossing of the lines is a completely false and misleading fabrication based on the axis scaling.
For this data to be represented meaningfully would require either 1) two charts on which each data set is plotted with no interaction between the two or 2) one chart with a common axis, displaying something like the % deviation from the start point.
This chart is a rather unnecessary distortion of data. I am certain that the message in the data is interesting, but we can't see it clearly with this chart.
Regardless of the unemployment rate, when you look at the trend starting in Jan. 2000, the slope is only interrupted by the housing bubble (2006-2008). This generated an increase in income; all the builders, real estate agents, bankers, and house flippers. When that burst, we went right back to where we would have been. I don't see a definite correlation between the two pieces of data. It's like saying, "when ice cream sales go up, there are more shark attacks". Maybe there is another piece of data that ties to two together – like it's a hot summer so people go swimming and eat ice cream. I would like to see a chart of the household income index for 1982 to present to get an idea on how well trickle down economics has worked.
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[Ed. Note: Volkswagen paid for the travel and lodging for my trip to SF where I gathered some of the information for this story.]
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Chris Petescia
Co-founder of Carrot Creative, design geek, practical hippie, music enthusiast and generally creative individual who finds inspiration through imagination.
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The great triangle of land south of Barcelona may be one of the lesser-visited wedges of Catalunya – but it shouldn't be. This wonderfully varied area encompasses a sun-speckled coast, a trinity of medieval monasteries and the historically rich provincial capitals of Tarragona and Lleida.
West of Barcelona lies cava country, where you can tour Catalunya's best-known cava producers, especially around Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. On the coast, just south of Barcelona, sits vibrant Sitges, a major gay summer destination that's also home to some fine modernista architecture. Beyond this is the Costa Daurada – the coastline that stretches from just north of Tarragona to the Delta de l'Ebre – which suffered less exploitation than the Costa Brava. It's easy enough to see why it was so neglected – the shoreline can be drab, with beaches that are narrow and characterless, backed by sparse villages – but there are exceptions, and if all you want to do is relax by a beach for a while, there are several down-to-earth and perfectly functional possibilities, including Cambrils.
The Costa Daurada really begins to pay dividends, however, if you can forget about the beaches temporarily and spend a couple of days in Tarragona. It's a city with a solid Roman past – reflected in an array of impressive ruins and monuments – and makes a handy springboard for trips inland into Lleida province. South of Tarragona, Catalunya peters out in the lagoons and marshes of the Delta de l'Ebre, a riverine wetland rich in bird life – perfect for slow boat trips, fishing and sampling the local seafood.
Inland attractions are fewer, and many travelling this way are inclined to head on out of Catalunya altogether, not stopping until they reach Zaragoza. It's true that much of the region is flat, rural and dull, but nonetheless it would be a mistake to miss the outstanding monastery at Poblet, only an hour or so inland from Tarragona. A couple of other nearby towns and monasteries – notably medieval Montblanc and Santes Creus – add a bit more interest to the region, while by the time you've rattled across the huge plain that encircles the provincial capital of Lleida you'll have earned a night's rest. Pretty much off the tourist trail, Lleida is the start of the dramatic road and train routes into the western foothills of the Catalan Pyrenees, and is only two and a half hours from Zaragoza.Read More
- Sitges
- Tarragona
The Monestir de Poblet
The Monestir de Poblet
There are few ruins more stirring than the Monestir de Poblet, lying in glorious open country, vast and sprawling within massive battlemented walls and towered gateways. Once the great monastery of Catalunya, it was in effect a complete manorial village and enjoyed scarcely credible rights, powers and wealth. Founded in 1151 by Ramón Berenguer IV, who united the kingdoms of Catalunya and Aragón, it was planned from the beginning on an immensely grand scale. The kings of Aragón-Catalunya chose to be buried in its chapel and for three centuries diverted huge sums for its endowment, a munificence that was inevitably corrupting. By the late Middle Ages Poblet had become a byword for decadence – there are lewder stories about this than any other Cistercian monastery – and so it continued, hated by the local peasantry, until the Carlist revolution of 1835 when a mob burned and tore it apart. The monastery was repopulated by Italian Cistercians in 1940 and over the decades since then it's been subject to continual – and superb – maintenance and restoration.
The cloisters
As so often, the cloisters, focus of monastic life, are the most evocative and beautiful part. Late Romanesque, and sporting a pavilion and fountain, they open onto a series of rooms: a splendid Gothic chapterhouse (with the former abbots' tombs set in the floor), wine cellars, a parlour, a kitchen equipped with ranges and copper pots, and a sombre, wood-panelled refectory.
The chapel
Beyond, you enter the chapel in which the twelfth- and thirteenth-century tombs of the kings of Aragón have been meticulously restored by Frederico Marès, the manic collector of Barcelona. They lie in marble sarcophagi on either side of the nave, focusing attention on the central sixteenth-century altarpiece.
The dormitory
You'll also be shown the vast old dormitory, to which there's direct access from the chapel choir, a poignant reminder of Cistercian discipline. From the dormitory (half of which is sealed off since it's still in use), a door leads out onto the cloister roof for views down into the cloister itself and up the chapel towers.
LLEIDA (Lérida), at the heart of a fertile plain in inland Catalunya, has a rich history. First a municipium under the Roman Empire and later the centre of a small Arab kingdom, it was reconquered by the Catalans and became the seat of a bishopric in 1149. Little of those periods survives in today's city but there is one building of outstanding interest, the old cathedral, which is sufficient justification in itself to visit. Several interesting museums and a steep set of old-town streets will easily occupy any remaining time. Rooms are easy to come by, and the students at the local university fill the streets and bars on weekend evenings, including at the breezy Plaça de Sant Joan, in good-natured throngs.
Cava country
Cava country
Cava – Spain's answer to champagne – is grown largely in the Penedès region, which also produces quality white wines and sturdy reds. "Cava" simply means cellar, and was the word chosen when the French objected to the word champagne. The eminently drinkable, and very affordable, sparkling wine is usually defined by its sugar content: seco (literally "dry") has around half the sugar of a semi-seco ("very sweet"). In addition to selling cheap bottles of bubbly, the region's famous bodegas often offer informative tours and tastings, and are located in stunning properties, attractions in themselves. Most can be found in the Penedès region near the town of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, about 30km west of Barcelona, and easily accessible via the highway that zips right past it. The countryside around Vilafranca de Penedès, 15km southwest of Sant Sadurní, is also dotted with wineries, including wine giant Torres. There are regular trains from Estació-Sants Barcelona to Sant Sadurní (40min) and Vilafranca de Penedès (50min).
Around Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
Codorníu Avgda. Jaume Codorníu, just outside Sant Sadurní d'Anoia t938 913 342, wcodorniu.com. Codorníu, one of Spain's best-known cava brands, is credited with bringing champagne production to Spain in 1872. On a tour, you'll explore the cellars, view the beautiful modernista premises designed by Josep Maria Puig i Cadafalch and enjoy a tasting at the end. Reservations are essential – you can call, email or book online. The winery is about 2km from the highway and well signposted. Tours €6. Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat & Sun 9am–1pm.
Freixenet c/Joan Sala 2, visible from the highway t938 917 096, wfreixenet.com. This celebrated producer offers interesting tours which include a visit to their oldest cellars, originally excavated in 1922, a ride on a tourist train around the winery and samples of bubbly. There's also a well-stocked shop. Tours must be booked in advance, either by phone or the website. Tours €6.10. Consult the website for information on hours.
Jean Leon Pago Jean Leon, El Pla del Penedès, 10km west of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia t938 995 512, wjeanleon.com. Owned by Torres, the boutique wine-maker Jean Leon features an American-modernist-inspired visitor centre set in particularly bucolic surroundings. Tours include a visit to the vineyards, the wine cellars, ageing barrels and a small museum, followed by a tasting. They also offer Segway tours for groups. Book in advance, via phone or web. Tours €10. Mon–Fri 9am–6pm, Sun 9am–1pm.
Around Vilafranca del Penedès
Bodegas Torres Finca el Maset, Pacs del Penedès, 3km northwest of town t938 177 487, wtorres.es. Torres, one of Spain's big-name wine producers, leads well-organized tours, which include trundling through the fragrant vineyards in a small tourist train, slick audiovisual presentations and a tasting at the end. Oenophiles can opt for a more in-depth experience with wine-tasting classes on Saturdays (4–6.30pm; €22). Tours €6.10. Mon–Sat 9.15am–4.45pm, Sun 9.15am–1pm.
Touring the Priorat
Touring the Priorat
Around 35km west of Tarragona lies one of Spain's emerging wine regions, the Priorat, which was awarded its DOC in 2001. The red wine produced here, and in the adjacent Montsany DOC, is highly sought after, and the cellers have started to follow their more established competitors in La Rioja by cashing in with wine tours and tastings. The turisme in Tarragona has up-to-date information, or you can try the local office in Falset (Mon–Fri 9am–3pm & 4–7pm, Sat 10am–2pm, Sun 11am–2pm; t977 831 023, wturismepriorat.org). Most tours cost €5–7, and many have English-speaking guides – reservations are essential.
La Conreria de Scala Dei c/Mitja Galta 32, Scala Dei, just south of La Morera de Montsant t977 827 027, wvinslaconreria.com. This established winery, named after the Carthusian monks of Scala Dei, offers tours through its cellars and vineyards followed by tastings. Book tours in advance, via phone or website. Tours €10. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm, Sat & Sun 11am–2pm.
Costers del Siurana Camí Manyetes, Gratallops t977 839 276, wcostersdelsiurana.com. This highly regarded winery offers tours through the cellars, and also runs the charming, small Cellers de Gratallop restaurant nearby, which serves regional cuisine – and Priorat wine, of course. Call or email ahead to enquire about tour hours and prices.


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Category Archives: Anthony Burgess
Confess your sins to one another (part 5)
I am grateful for my friend Travis who is working diligently to produce an electronic copy of the great (and forgotten) Puritan book: Anthony Burgess, Spiritual Refining, part 2. To commemorate his progress I wanted to post one of the many quotes that stand out in this priceless work. One especially fits in our series of learning to confess sins to one another.
This excerpt shows why, when we look for sermons to tickle our ears, we have thus failed to understand the purpose of the Word and preaching. The same is true of friendships.
Burgess writes,
"That one main end of the Word of God,
and preaching,
is to discover this deceitful heart.
It's to make us know ourselves;
compared therefore to a glass,
that will show a deformed man all his unloveliness,
and this is a glass,
not to the face but the heart;
all those hidden and unknown lusts may there be brought to light.
And the Ministry that is compared to light;
as the sunbeams discover those many thousands of motes in the air,
which the darkness concealed;
thus the Ministry,
in a powerful and soul-saving way dispensed,
will make thee see thyself to be that beast,
that devil,
yea to have that dunghill,
that hell in thy heart,
thou didst not perceive:
look then for this benefit by preaching,
not what may fit thy ear,
may please thy fancy,
but what may discover the dark corners of thy soul,
what may bring glorious light into thy breast;
that thou mayest cry out;
O Lord, how long have I lived and did not know myself!
I thought all was well,
everything was in quiet;
but now I am like the Syrian army,
that being by the Prophet stricken blind,
and thought they were guided to their own camp,
as soon as ever they had their eyes opened,
they found themselves in the midst of the enemy's camp:
Thus thy eyes being opened,
thou seest thyself to be in the power of all thy sins,
all thy enemies and the curses of God."
- Anthony Burgess [d. 1664]
Spiritual Refining, Part II: A Treatise of Sin, pp. 19-20
O, that we would likewise no longer be superficial in our friendships but be willing to dive into difficult conversations for the purpose of discovering the "dark corners of thy soul." Confess your sins to one another, Paul says. What an excellent standard for true friendship.
Personal sin and pastoral motive
Over 350 years ago a Christian named Anthony Burgess wrote a powerful book entitled Spiritual Refining, volume 2. It's a book about the deceitfulness of sin (Jer. 17:9). I like it so much I began re-typesetting and updating the references. (So far the first three chapters are available here, more to come as time allows).
In it Burgess challenges his readers to take time to be still, and learn what is in their own hearts. This is how he put it,
"… the deceitfulness of the heart appears in those frequent and many commands to search the heart, to try it, ransack it and get to the bottom of it. Now if the heart was plain and open, if it had no depths, no secret windings, why would we need all these commands? You are commanded to make a private search as if for thieves and spies in your own heart. How often are these exhortations: 'Let us test and examine our ways' (Lam. 3:40); 'Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith … test yourselves' (2 Cor. 13:5). A mining expert is careful to bring gold to the touchstone to see whether it is good or bad, so also Psalm 4:4, 'ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent.' Dig into the heart and sweep it out with diligence just as the woman took a candle and swept her entire house to find her lost silver coin (Luke 15:8-10). Oh, the lusts and corruptions of the heart that do not appear at first but only appear after the second or third search. The lusts of your heart may lie in your heart like Achan's wedge of gold, covered in earth and hid among other stuff (Jos. 7:21). You may live forty or more years and yet be a great stranger to your own heart, not knowing what sins lie there and what corruptions prevail over you. Therefore, Scripture presents as the first initial and preparative work of all commands to search our hearts. We must take time to be still, with much meditation and quietness making analysis and search into our hearts that those snakes and worms which lie underground may be brought to light. But how this duty is neglected! … To understand the motions of the planets and not of your own heart, or to know the natures and operations of herbs and plants, or to measure the dimensions of oceans but not study the depth and length and breadth of your own heart, is but a barren knowledge. We may say, 'physician, heal yourself,' 'astronomer, measure your own heart,' 'philosopher, understand your own nature.'"
Surely, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" (Jer. 17:9). It has been said of Sovereign Grace Ministries founder and leader, C.J. Mahaney that he is known for teaching his people to always be suspicious of their own hearts. We would do well to search the depths and remain suspicious of our own pastoral motives.


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By Myra Saturen
September 11, 2013
From the age of 11, Mary Stewart Erm, library manager at Northampton Community College's (NCC) Monroe Campus, has immersed herself in libraries. Her love for libraries began with her parents, who told her stories and read to her. "I couldn't wait to read on my own," she says.
In middle school and high school, she volunteered in her school libraries. By her sophomore year, she had landed a job as a library page at the Point Pleasant Beach branch of the Ocean County Library. She worked at this library as a junior and senior library assistant after graduating from high school, moving to the library's new branch when it opened in the 1980s.
After relocating to the Poconos, Erm worked at the Pocono Mountain Public Library in Tobyhanna and as a bookmobile clerk at the Eastern Monroe Public Library. In all, she has spent most of 36 years employed at New Jersey and Pocono libraries, most recently as the assistant director at Eastern Monroe Public Library, where she has also been, at various times, the head of youth services, branch manager, and library clerk. She became the library manager at NCC Monroe this past fall.
Erm began her formal study of library science in the NCC library technical assistant (LTA) program, from which she received a specialized diploma in 1998. She went on to earn her associate and bachelor's degrees in library science from the University of Maine, Augusta, in 2005, and her master's degree, summa cum laude, from Clarion University in 2008. She was pleased to find that all her NCC credits were accepted for transfer by the University of Maine.
Erm credits NCC's library technical assistant program with giving her a professional start in her field. "At NCC, I had the opportunity to get off to a running start," Erm says. At the College she learned about the library philosophy of connecting people with information, the day-to-day workings of a library, and how to find and sort information.
She is excited about the library at the new campus, slated to open in 2014. This facility will be right on the cutting edge, she says.
"Libraries have become about information, not only about books," Erm says.
The new library will feature vast electronic access, with a robust network for all kinds of devices everywhere. With more room, twice the current print collection, including DVDs, will find a home there, and there will be more than 40 computers, instead of the present 12. Collaborative study areas with flat screen monitors and lounge areas will provide the most up-to-date places for students to work on projects and learn together. Individual work stations will include stand-up desks to support different work styles.
A testing center will be located separately from the rest of the library, to enable test-givers to proctor exams without distracting other library users. Another room will be allocated just for printing and book scanning. The aesthetics, with sweeping views extending as far as the Delaware Water Gap, will make the library a showplace for beauty.
The library will be open to the community as well as to students. Area residents will be able to use the collection and resources on site for free. With a library card ($10/year) they can also borrow items.
Erm derives great satisfaction in being able to help people, to enable them to find and use information to finish projects, and more broadly, to take a step up in life. "It matters to me," she says, her voice full of conviction.
Northampton Community College's library technical assistant program is the only library technical assistant program offered in Pennsylvania. It is a 15-credit online course of study that prepares graduates to enter the workforce as paraprofessionals capable of working in a variety of libraries and information centers and/or to continue their library science educations. Classes may also be taken individually.
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$1,434—$2,868 1—2 bed 2483 Birch Ave N, Seattle WA, 98109
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Commute to Downtown Seattle
The rent at Domaine Apartments ranges from $1,434 for a one bedroom to a $2,868 two bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 9% more expensive than the Westlake average. This is a pet-friendly apartment.
This apartment is in the Westlake neighborhood in Seattle. Nearby parks include Thomas C. Wales Park, Mayfair Park and MacLean Park.
Domaine Apartments has a Walk Score of 72 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Nearby schools include Seattle Country Day School, Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center and Queen Anne Elementary.
The closest grocery stores are Lyon's Grocery, Westlake Deli & Grocery and Eat Local.
Nearby coffee shops include Yellow Dot Cafe, Kayak Café and Kayak. There are 22 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Canlis Restaurant, Canlis and Canlis.
Domaine Apartments is near Thomas C. Wales Park, Mayfair Park and MacLean Park.
There are excellent bike lanes and the terrain has very steep hills. Domaine Apartments is bikeable, there is some bike infrastructure.
If Seattle is your Domaine then you'll love 21st century living at our modern community. Designed with simple lines and geometric shapes, Domaine highlights the contrast between urban dwelling and organic shapes of the natural surroundings. When you step into our one or two bedroom apartment homes, you'll enjoy the floor to ceiling windows and private terrace giving you sweeping views of Lake Union, less than a mile away. To add convenience to your life, we happen to be centrally located, which means you're close to wherever you need to be! We also decided to keep our fitness center open 24/7 so you can still get a workout in on those late nights or early mornings. Other amenities include a clubhouse with free WiFi and HD TV, an onsite dog park, in-unit washers and dryers, gas fireplaces, and a BBQ/Picnic Area. Act now and secure your new home at Domaine!
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After a couple of wind-battering storms and flood-level rain pouring into north Georgia, rooftops throughout the region have shown a fair amount of wear and tear. And, roofers know that.Many great roofers work all across metro Atlanta and stayed busy in recent months repairing shaken shingles and large-sized leaks. But, lately, one man's work has stood out from the rest.At least to the FOX 5 I-Team's Dana Fowle.There are many, many good roofers in the metro area. But, there is also the roofer who doesn't do a very good job. There is the roofer who starts the job, but doesn't finish. Then, there is David Lee King, the guy who several customers claim shows up, takes their money and then … you'll see what happens.Henry Country Resident Terrylynn Pierre said, "Winds was so strong it just blew my bedroom window completely in."Terrylynn says she remembers Hurricane Katrina well. She watched much of it from the safety of her Henry County porch. Water lapped at her third floor window. She says her family was trapped for three days. She said, "A boat came by and got me and my family. "Then, she landed here in metro Atlanta. After surviving Katrina, when a March storm came through damaging her roof, Terrylynn figured she'd fix it and move on -- not a big deal.In June, she hired roofer David Lee King. Both of them agreed she gave a $2,500 down payment. Terrylynn said he never got to work on the roof again. She says he took her money, as well."The second excuse I think he told my husband he had to go to court. Uh, the other excuses was he was still doing another job," she said.
Terrylynn said she had to have another contractor repair her roof. She claims she asked repeatedly for King to return her money. She says he handed over 500 bucks, but that's it. And, did the roofer try to negotiate with her. Terrylynn said, "I haven't heard from David since June 26, when he texted me when the police was standing right in my living room."In one of those text she said he didn't return her money because he "was angry." So, she has sued, claiming she's still owed $2,000. Let's jump over to Derek Wilson's house.Derek said, "I called him. He would give me an excuse: my dog died. My transmission went out." Derek Wilson says he complained to the Better Business Bureau. He also says he paid David Lee King to patch up his roof. He says he handed over a $2,100 down payment. But, when the work didn't get done, Derek decided to warn people."I put an ad out to watch out for this roofing contractor guy David King. He goes by several names," Derek said.You see, David Lee King advertises on Craigslist using a lot of names. The I-Team found nine. And this former customer made sure in his post that readers knew that. That's when he says, the disappearing roofer re-appeared -- with an offer.Derek Wilson said, "I got $1,200. Can we settle on that? Would that help and get you to leave me alone?"He says he got partial re-payment. But, a Henry County couple isn't so lucky. They sued King and won in court, but tell the I-Team they can't get their money.Mr. King called the I-Team a lot and scheduled at least four interviews. But, he canceled each and every time. He told us that he was a changed man but we had a lot of questions about that, so we caught up with him at his house.
When confronted by Dana Fowl from FOX 5's I-Team, David did not want to comment.Apparently he also wanted to talk about his 2004 conviction in Cobb County for "being a contractor with intent to defraud." And we wanted to know more about his prison stints for roof-related convictions in Douglas and Newton Counties. But he stopped talking. Mr. King insisted that FOX 5's I-Team speak to his attorney, so The I-Team called. No one from the lawyer's office returned the phone calls.
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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay police have released a video surveillance of a person of interest in a Westside shooting that injured four people.
The shooting happened on just after midnight on January 5th in the 100 block of North Ashland.
Police say four victims were injured when a male open fire at a vehicle with five occupants.
Authorities have been tight lipped about the investigation. Police have never released any of the shooting victim's names because it's not known if the shooting suspect knew all of the victims.
Police released video surveillance from an area convenience store that show a person of interest they are looking to identify.


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La Quinta Inn Harlingen
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Harlingen, TX 78552
Phone: 1-956-428-6888
Fax: 1-956-425-5840
Hwys. 77/83 S-bound: exit Downtown (Tyler St.) Stay on frontage rd. past the Mall, turn left on Lincoln St. Hwys. 77/83 N-bound: exit "M" St. and stay on frontage rd.
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Exit Airport take Loop 499 left to FM106 which turns to Harrison Ave. Take Harrison to P St. Make a left on P St take P St to Lincoln make right on Lincoln.


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Plain and Fancy 27th anniversary season begins a year of festivities
Plain an Fancy began at Amish Acres in 1986 in the 100 seat Locke Township Meeting House.
Now with over 3,000 performances, Plain and Fancy at Amish Acres over the last two decades has become one of the longest running musicals of all time, with more performances than the original Broadway runs of Hello, Dolly!, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, and The Music Man, fewer than 200 performances less than Fiddler on the Roof itself.
It is the capstone of The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres. Originally built in 1917, the Aker round barn was dismantled and reconstructed at Amish Acres as a state of the art theatre in 1989. Since then it has seen over 100 Broadway musical productions.
Plain and Fancy began at Amish Acres as a cooperative effort with Jill Stover and the Enchanted Hills Playhouse. Amish Acres founder Richard Pletcher's interest in Plain and Fancy was inspired by the 1967 production of Plain and Fancy by The Nappanee Civic Theatre. The first season's eight week production featured just four actors and a single piano on a tiny stage in a small movie theatre built for showing documentary films of the historic restoration.
Now a quarter of a century later, Plain and Fancy has become the seed that blossomed into a major regional theatre. It has produced ninety main stage musicals, numerous second stage readings, dramas, and a slate of theatre for young audience productions for schools plus week long summer day camps. A series of musical concerts is intertwined into each season's eclectic mix. It is by far northern Indiana's busiest stage, often with two shows running in repertory, a third show in rehearsal, a midweek concert, and school productions. The acting company and artistic staff are assembled from auditions across the country. The resident company lives in three houses on the Amish Acres campus.
David Millbern was a "Young Miller" in the Civic Theatre. It piqued his interest in acting and is now an accomplished movie actor in Hollywood. He returned to Nappanee to star in Joseph and the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat in 1996.
Over 500 actors have performed in Plain and Fancy over its 24 year span. A reunion will be hosted by Amish Acres on Saturday, July 16 in conjunction with the conclusion of Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio children's camp. The students in the week long day camp will conclude their week by performing in the main stage matinee performance of Plain and Fancy. Returning actors and artistic staff members will be invited to join both casts on stage for an encore of the show's signature songs. The campers will follow with an awards banquet and the returning alumni will be treated to a reception and dinner in Barn Loft Grill and Wine Tasting Room.
A number of alumni have gone on to star on Broadway and international tours since their time at Amish Acres. Perry Ojeda starred in the 1998 revival of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town, Jerry O'Boyle has starred as Edna Turnblad in the international tour of Hair Spray for the last three years and Kent Lewis recently performed in the Broadway in Chicago production of Billy Elliott and is in the current run in Toronto. Among others, Laura Freeman has become a fixture on the Chicago stage and cabaret circuit and is currently featured in "Sentimental Journey: The Music Of Doris Day" at the Wilmette Theatre and Maxim's in Chicago.
The season is dedicated to Joseph Stein, the author of Plain and Fancy and Fiddler on the Roof, for who The Round Barn Theatre's stage is named. Mr. Stein died in October of 2010 at the age of 98. A memorial fund has been established to extend the influence of his Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio which presents theatre for young audience productions to school groups. The studio has been expanded into summer week long day acting camps, national touring children's productions, and now free season tickets for kids.
The pace of Plain and Fancy's growth quickened dramatically in 1991 with the completion of The Round Barn Theatre which increased the show's seating capacity from 150 to 400. The theatre achieved national prominence with the United States Postal Service's dedication of its commemorative Amish Quilt Stamps in 2001 and its recognition by the York Theatre in New York City during its presentation of the Oscar Hammerstein Lifetime Achievement Award to Stein in 2007. Plain and Fancy at Amish Acres was recently featured in the book "Building the Successful Theatre Company by Lisa Mulcahy.
Symbolic of The round barn itself, the anniversary production comes full circle by opening with The Old Rugged Cross written by Dennis McKeen, who played Papa Yoder in the first production of Plain and Fancy. Dennis has continued his acting career while becoming a producer and playwright. His show is filled with gospel favorites set in a churchyard park where people of many walks of life cross paths near the rugged cross in its center making heartwarming stories within the musical treat.
This milestone anniversary season is chocked full of Broadway favorites, off-Broadway hits, and new works. The evolution into a major regional theatre has seen the development of 20,000 feet of support space housing scenic shop, prop garage, rehearsal studio, sewing room and costume storage.
A subscription base numbering in the thousands is the backbone of the theatre's success over the decades. "Without their trusting and encouraging support, this venue couldn't exist," said founder and producer Richard Pletcher, "We owe all of our vibrancy as a regional theatre to their support."
Additional tie-ins during the year-long celebration include commemorative hex signs and dolls, a quilt garden using the Blue Bird featured in Plain and Fancy plus a matching $1,000 hand-made quilt to be given away at the conclusion of the season.
Plain and Fancy was written by Joseph Stein and opened on Broadway in 1955. It ran for 463 performances followed by 350 performances in London. A hit by any standard, it received a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical. Now over five decades later, The Round Barn Theatre® at Amish Acres® has become the national home for this delightful musical. Celebrating its 25th season at The Round Barn Theater, it has become one of the longest running musicals of all time with over 3,600 performances before audiences totaling 355,000. It's a heartwarming tale of a sophisticated New York couple that experiences a rare glimpse of life and love on an Amish farm. Plain and Fancy's music, laughter and joy touches people of all origins, backgrounds and faiths.
The Broadway production was produced by Richard Kolmar, who played the character Boston Blackie in the popular 1940s Boston Blackie radio series and was married to Dorothy Kilgallen of the popular television show, "What's My line?". Kolmar, who was from Pennsylvania, approached Joseph Stein about writing a Broadway musical about his home state that would rival Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! At the time Stein was writing for Sid Ceaser's Show of Shows, along with Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Carl Reiner. He traveled through Pennsylvania looking for inspiration. Bypassing the Liberty Bell, Ben Franklin, and Independence Hall, he found the idea that became Plain and Fancy among the Amish of Lancaster County, contrasting the plain people with a sophisticated New York couple driving a flashy red convertible. The clash made for a hilarious, yet insightful, look into the unique Amish community. He returned to New York with a 50¢ tourist book of ersatz "Dutch" phrases and put his idea on paper.
The show'scomposer Albert Hague was a German immigrant who had escaped Hitler's grasp and actually became the composer by mistake. His rejected audition sheet was accidently put on the call-back pile. When called back, the producers thought a German would be in tune with the Amish subject of Plain and Fancy. In fact, Hague had never even heard of the Amish. Nevertheless, both he and Stein went on to win Tony Awards for their later works - Fiddler on the Roof for Stein and Redhead for Hague
Plain and Fancy was featured in Life and Time magazines and brought tourists to the Amish countryside seeking the nostalgia of horse and buggies plying country roads, shocked wheat in the fields, and bountiful produce and hearty recipes. Among its songs, "Young and Foolish" became a popular song recorded by Dean Martin.
Plain and Fancy debuted at Amish Acres in 1986 where it was played with only four actors and a single piano on a tiny stage in a constructed replica of the old Locke Township Meeting House. It played for seven seasons on the tiny stage before moving to The Round Barn Theatre constructed in 1991. From that beginning, The Round Barn Theatre has grown into a major regional theatre producing more than 90 main stage musicals, numerous second stage readings, dramas, and a slate of theatre for young audience productions.
Fifty five years later tourist interest in Amish society has spread to communities in other states including Ohio and Indiana. Amish Acres, now in its 41st year, has become the most complete Amish experience including house and farm tours, horse and buggy rides, one of the nation's longest running and highest ranking arts and crafts festival now celebrating its 49th year, two host hotels, and family style dining that features Threshers Dinner where the menu hasn't changed for four decades.
Stein became The Round Barn Theatre's inspiration and mentor. The stage was named in honor of him and dedicated in 1997. "Yours is my favorite of all the regional theatres with which I have worked," remarked Stein during one of his visit. Stein passed away in October 2011 at the age of 98. Amish Acre founder and CEO Richard Pletcher attended the memorial service for him in New York that included tributes from many of his collaborators including Charles Strouse of Bye Bye Birdie and Annie; Stephen Schwartz of Godspell, Pippen and Wicked; Stuart Ross of Forever Plaid; and Jerry Bock of Fiddler on the Roof. The Joseph Stein Memorial Fund has been established to provide free season tickets to kids at The Round Barn Theatre and to extend the influence of the Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio, also named in his honor, which presents theatre for young audience productions to school groups, presents national tour children's productions, and sponsors summer acting camps for kids.
Barbara Cook made her Broadway debut as Hilda Miller in Plain and Fancy, became a Broadway legend as Marian Puroo in The Music Man, both of which Morton DeCosta directed, and remains a luminary in the Big Apple.
Eight of Stein's shows have been produced by The Round Barn Theatre, more than by any other theatre in the country, making it the national home of Plain and Fancy.
Richard Pletcher, founder of Amish Acres and the theatre's producer, first saw Plain and Fancy in 1967, one year before Amish Acres was created from the Stahly-Nissley-Kuhns farm. When it was produced by the Nappanee Civic Theatre, David Millburn made his stage debut as one of the seven year old Miller boys. Millburn, now a Los Angeles movie actor, returned to star in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. His newest movie "Without Borders" premiere will be June 11, 2011 at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival.
Perry Ojeda, starred as Gaby in Leonard Bernstein's On the Town Broadway revival. Dirk Lumbard, in the original production of Dames at Sea, has starred as Harold Hill and Don Quixote on The Round Barn Theatre stage. Jerry O'Boyle recreated the role of Edna Turnblad in the international tour of Hairspray for over three years. Amy Farrington starred as Stacey Devers in the short lived Michael Richards television show and has appeared in The Mentalist and Grey's Anatomy.
Bob Cline founded Bob Cline Casting in New York City. He serves as casting director for film, TV, commercials and has cast over 50 national tours and hundreds of regional theatre productions across the country. An active professional director, Mr. Cline also is an adjunct faculty member at Pace University, where he teaches the Senior Audition Technique classes. Laura Freeman, Jenny Sophia, and Cheryl Szucsits ply the Chicago theatre and cabaret scene. The careers of these Amish Acres alumni are merely illustrative of the talent and vitality that have passed through The Round Barn Theatre's stage doors over the last quarter of a century.


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Tears streamed down my face as James tore through the packaging of the Woody and Buzz Lightyear action figures. Toys don't always make me cry, but the circumstances in this instance really were somewhat remarkable. James was in a hospital bed having just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The gift came from my sister‐in‐law, his aunt who had just given birth two days before to a beautiful little girl. My husband's brother related that on the momentous "drive home from the hospital" for his new daughter Kaitlyn, his wife had insisted on stopping by a store to pick up a few things that she knew James would love. And boy did he!
This has proven to be a pattern in our life with diabetes. There are so many unpleasant things: hospital beds, insulin shots, hypoglycemic episodes, counting carbs, waking up nights to check blood sugar, sore fingers, etc. But it seems in our case a pervasive undercurrent of love and mercy moves through our lives, too. One of our greatest blessings has always been the love and care of that very same aunt, Aunt Kim!
From the very beginning, Aunt Kim was always willing to test blood sugar, count carbs, give insulin shots -- and she never complained. She was my lodestar as I was halfway through a Masters Program at the time of James' diabetes diagnosis, and babysitters became very difficult to find. She became somewhat of an expert in his care, learning how to handle any kind of circumstance. Her experience became a blessing in her own life. Three years after that moment in the hospital, I received a frantic message from her, "I think Kaitlyn has diabetes. I am coming to your house." Sure enough, a finger poke revealed a very high blood glucose and we all knew the path ahead. The beautiful, perfect little girl, whose own ride home had been disrupted by an urgent errand to buy a toy for a sick cousin, now shared his diagnosis!
Together the cousins check blood sugar and count carbs. All our extended family have followed Aunt Kim's great example and have learned how to care for them. They know too that while life with diabetes might be a little bit different, it can be filled with all the good things that any other kid might be able to enjoy! Kim and I find comfort in talking to one another about the unique challenges involved in caring for our special kids. We love to take time to help educate others, or give comfort to those in similar situations. But mostly we just enjoy our children with diabetes!
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Love your description of a "fabulous illusion," Froggie. Thank you! Reminds me of the Buddha's famous advice:
"So you should view this fleeting world like this --
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
A flash of lightening in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream."
"I wasn't going to spend my life doing what had already been done." - Georgia O'Keeffe
Well, I see that some of you are talking about your own soul-realm experiences here. You were silent when I asked on my Love Strings string. I'd still like to hear more about them.
The Christian mystic St. John of the Cross says, "In the end we'll be judged on love, for that's all there is."
Your question is a bit broad, which has caused my hesitation in responding. Is there something specific that someone on this thread mentioned that has you curious?
"I wasn't going to spend my life doing what had already been done." - Georgia O'Keeffe
Hi Stephanie,
I made it rather broad because I am interested in a wide range of what I call soul realm experiences, from soul travel, remote viewing, psychic connections, intuitive knowings, sychronicity, etc. Shortly after asking about it here, my FB friend Gonny decided to commit euthanasia after battling cancer for 14 years. A number of us had various soul realm experiences in her regard. I thought people on this board might enjoy reading about them, so I gave the FB page link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444...=group_activity
I think anyone can read the page, but I might be wrong. The experiences have been many and quite interesting.
Most of Gonny's FB friends are dog and animal lovers, Afghan Hounds in particular. Her decision to commit euthanasia stirred controversy. She was Dutch so it is legal there as long as someone is of sound mind.
Here was my post that began lots of discussion, much about our own experiences with the souls of others:
Here's how I think we animal lovers might understand the idea of euthanasia for those of sound mind. I've had lots of animals who wanted to struggle till the very end and die that way. Hattie, however struggled valiantly, but I knew she wanted to be euthanized because she just couldn't go on. So, reluctantly I did so. The vet checked just to make sure she was dead. I told him I knew she'd left. I was holding her, my arms around her, and felt her soul leave her body.
During the last 6 mos. of her life Hattie and I grew closer. I knew more than ever what she was thinking. I also felt her fevers and knew her pain. It was overbearing. That time we had together was important in deepening and extending our lasting bond. So when she died to hear her voice internally, and have what she told me be proved correct, was another gift from the soul realm.
And this, which followed a day or so later. I woke up and had begun my daily internet routine of reading and answering emails, reading the latest news, checking on FB and so on:
Gonny is shouting joyously now, so much that I cannot ignore her and do my usual internet work. "I am well. I am well! Please ell them I am well!" She wants us to remember that we are here to learn to love one another and creation. Practice compassion for all. Please stay away from pettiness and unkindness. Her life and her death are meant to underscore this fundamental truth.
To this many responded with their own paranormal experiences regarding Gonny--and others.
Thank you for sharing, Tom. I am sure that for many people--including myself--our first experience with life beyond this earth plane manifested itself in the death of a loved one (be it human or fur person). I've certainly had the experience of holding a beloved animal in my arms at the time of her passing. Like you, I needed nobody to tell me she was gone. I felt her spirit leave her body as tears suddenly exploded from my eyes in grief.
Your post also reminds me of a line from a Wendell Berry poem called "The Peace of Wild Things," where he acknowledges that wild animals do not tax themselves with the forethought of grief.
I will post more later, but must run off to the office now. My greatest soul realm experience came when my best friend suddenly died of head trauma a few years ago at the age of 37. Sudden loss; sudden understanding of the 4 noble truths of Buddhism!
Namaste from the Midwest,
"I wasn't going to spend my life doing what had already been done." - Georgia O'Keeffe
Thanks for your input, Stephanie. I always find such experiences interesting. In fact, as you might guess, they're one of the most important aspects of my life.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Congress easily passed the debt ceiling bill Monday evening, but the Senate won't meet for a vote until late Tuesday morning.
If passed and signed by President Obama, the bill will cut $2.1 trillion in spending and raise the debt ceiling limit by 2.4 trillion.
Americans won't likely feel the spending cuts for another year, but how the economy performs between now and then will help determine how severely those cuts will be felt.
For starters, local economist Jeff Pinkerton with Mid-America Regional Council says passing the bill will have a positive effect on the economy, "We took an unsure thing out of the picture. Once this passes we'll know where we stand and will be able to go forward from here."
The bill calls for 2.1 trillion in spending cuts.
Kansas Congressman Kevin Yoder says the effects at the beginning will be small, "In the first year the reduction will be about 21 billion dollars which is about half of one percent." The rest will be spread out over ten years.
Pinkerton believes that's enough time to stabilize the economy to deal with the losses. "Once the economy starts to pick up i think we'll be able to handle those cuts a little bit easier because the private sector will be doing its share of the work. "
And Yoder says those cuts will likely come from bureaucracy in Washington, D.C.
"The bill specifically protects medicaid, specifically protects social security, specifically protects vet benefits," he said. "What it doesn't protect is medicare and defense spending."
As for raising the debt ceiling, Yoder says it's been commonplace for the last 45, 50 years. "The President now has additional authority to go out and sell U.S. treasuries to investors who will use that money to fund the operations of the federal government."
As for local and state governments, officials are still awaiting details.
"There's not going to be any part of the country or any facet of our society that aren't going to feel these cuts," said Pinkerton.
Congressman Yoder voted no on the bill claiming it didn't do enough to tackle spending or tax reform. Neither did Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver, who said it cut too much from social programs.


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Stetson University is offering a wide range of summer camps for school-aged youth from Florida and around the country – in subjects including science, music, athletics and other academic disciplines. Camps will be held weekly from June to August at the DeLand campus.
Attendees live in Stetson residence halls and eat in the Commons. In some cases, young people come to campus with their organizations. For example, the non-denominational Christian organization Student Life brings up to 1,300 youths from across the country to Stetson's campus each summer. Like many other visiting camps, Student Life gives back to Stetson during its stay and also helps the West Volusia community with outreach such as painting houses, gardening and spending time with seniors.
In addition to offering campus facilities to outside organizations, Stetson also offers an extensive array of its own programs to enrich young children's lives and get them involved in summer activities that might spark a future career or educational interest or hobby.
"We will see about 7,000 to 8,000 kids a summer on campus," said William O'Connor, director of Continuing Education at the university. "Because Stetson is in a great location in central Florida, camps are able to take their campers to Universal, Disney or places like that."
The go-to website for Stetson's summer camp offerings is http://www.stetson.edu/other/summer/home/special.php. Contact Stetson University Department of Continuing Education for more information: (386) 822-7500, email@example.com.
Stetson camps include:
Music – Summer music camps incorporate several different kinds of instruments to help young students improve and master their skills in double reed, clarinet, brass, flute and saxophone. These students also get to hear and perform with Stetson's faculty.
Athletics –Stetson University's Athletics Department offers a variety of summer programs and camps in the following sports: baseball, softball, men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's basketball.


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