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EDITOR'S NOTE — The following report was prepared by members of USDA's Wheat, Feed Grains, Rice, and Oilseeds Interagency Commodity Estimates Committees and presented at the agency's 2013 Outlook Conference.
This paper provides USDA's projections of 2013/14 supply and demand for wheat, corn, rice, and soybeans and products.
Projections presented in this paper include implications of the Jan. 11Winter Wheat Seedings report.
Projections assume normal weather conditions for spring planting and summer crop development.
These projections will be updated in the May 10th World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. The May WASDE will incorporate farmers' 2013 planting intentions as reported in the March 28th Prospective Plantings and survey-based forecasts for winter wheat production, as well as global, country-by-country supply and demand projections.
The 2013/14 outlook for grains and oilseeds reflects another year of large plantings supported by strong new-crop prices. Prospects for high net returns and crop insurance revenue coverage support combined 2013 area for wheat, corn, and soybeans very near last year's 30-year high.
Last year's plantings were boosted by favorable spring weather. Despite lower cotton plantings and a decline in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment for 2013, a return to more normal planting weather keeps aggregate area from increasing.
Wheat production is projected lower with higher abandonment and a return to trend yields from last year's record high. Lower wheat feed and residual use and exports partly offset the production decline leaving ending stocks lower. Corn plantings are projected down slightly on the year, but production is expected to be record high with more acres harvested for grain and a rebound in yields.
Feed and residual use rises sharply with the larger crop. Weak gasoline consumption limits the recovery in corn used to produce ethanol and strong foreign competition tempers the rebound in exports.
Corn ending stocks are projected to more than triple, pushing prices sharply lower.
Soybean planted area is projected slightly higher than last year with favorable net returns, increased double-cropping, and reduced cotton plantings. Soybean supplies are projected to increase as higher production more than offsets lower beginning stocks and imports.
Soybean ending stocks are projected to rise from the exceptionally low level projected for 2012/13 as competition from South America limits potential export gains.
Rice planted acreage is projected to decline as higher returns for alternative crops reduce area in the southern states. Total use is projected lower with expected declines in domestic and residual use and exports.
All-rice ending stocks are projected lower with medium- and short-grain stocks accounting for most of the reduction. The all-rice, long-grain, and combined medium- and short-grain prices are all expected higher.
Futures, cash and farm-level prices
Futures, cash, and farm-level prices for wheat, corn, and soybeans are all expected to fall in 2013/14 as record U.S. corn and soybean production push global supplies to new records. Strong global demand for grains and oilseeds, however, keep prices well above those of a decade ago.
This paper incorporates contributions by analysts from the World Agricultural Outlook Board, the Economic Research Service, the Farm Service Agency, and the Foreign Agricultural Service.
The 2013 outlook for U.S. plantings of the major grains and soybeans is driven again this year by a very favorable outlook for producer net returns ahead of planting. Expected returns for corn and soybeans are again historically high reflecting strong new-crop futures and cash forward prices.
New-crop prices for grains and oilseeds remain supported by the very tight domestic supply situations for corn and soybeans in 2012/13. Higher new-crop futures and cash forward prices for soybeans compared with last year at this time and relative to corn support an outlook for expanded soybean area as does a larger Soft Red Winter (SRW) wheat area that may be double cropped.
Favorable new-crop wheat prices last fall during seeding increased plantings of winter wheat. Extreme drought in parts of the Great Plains, however, limited increases with Hard Red Winter (HRW) wheat area down on the year. Together the corn, soybean, and wheat 3-crop planted area is projected at 230.0 million acres, nearly the same as the 230.1 million acres planted in 2012.
Last year's 3-crop total was the highest since 1982 when wheat area exceeded that for corn and for soybeans. Acres in CRP are also down again for 2013/14 with total enrolled area 9.7 million acres lower than its peak in 2007/08. This past year's 2.4-million-acre decline in enrollments adds further to available crop land.
Wheat planted area for 2013 is expected up 0.3 million acres to 56.0 million. Winter wheat seeded area at 41.8 million acres is up 0.5 million from last year. The Jan. 11, 2013, Winter Wheat Seedings reported HRW wheat seedings down 0.7 million acres to 29.1 million and SRW wheat seedings up 1.3 million acres to 9.4 million. White Winter (WW) wheat seedings were down slightly at 3.3 million acres. Spring wheat (including durum) plantings are expected to decline with more favorable returns for corn and soybeans, particularly in North Dakota.
Corn plantings for 2013 are projected at 96.5 million acres, down 0.7 million acres from last year's 75- year high. Strong new-crop prices in both the futures and cash forward markets support a highly favorable net returns outlook, much as it did last year at this time.
New-crop futures during the first half of February averaged $5.70 per bushel and bids for fall delivery at Central Illinois elevators during the same period averaged $5.45 per bushel. These prices are nearly unchanged from the same period last year and new-crop futures again support a high level of crop insurance revenue coverage.
Last year's corn plantings also benefitted from an extraordinarily early and favorable spring planting window which reduced prevented plantings sharply from the previous year's unusually large prevented area. A return to more normal spring weather is expected to reduce this year's planting opportunities for corn and leave more land available for soybeans.
Soybean planted area is projected at 77.5 million acres, up 0.3 million from 2012 and up 3.6 million from last year's planting intentions. New-crop soybean futures prices and current forward pricing opportunities are somewhat higher than last year at this time both in level and relative to corn.
Several other factors also are expected to result in an increase in soybean plantings compared with last year's intentions. Favorable soybean prices combined with higher winter wheat seedings in traditional double- crop states compared with 2012 will increase the potential for double cropping, especially in the SRW wheat areas of the eastern Corn Belt and the Delta states.
Hot, dry conditions during the planting season last year likely limited some double-cropping. With a return to more normal June weather in 2013, an increase is also expected in the proportion of winter wheat acres that are double cropped.
Other factors involved
Other factors that are expected to result in higher soybean plantings include reduced cotton area in the Mississippi Delta region and reduced Conservation Reserve Program acres in upper Midwest states, especially North Dakota.
Total 2013 rice planted acreage is projected at 2.64 million acres, down 2 percent from 2012. The majority of this year's acreage decline occurs in long-grain rice in the Delta states, where producers are expected to switch to crops that earn a higher return, such as soybeans.
In contrast, medium-grain rice plantings are expected to expand due largely to expected higher prices.
Wheat supply, demand, and price outlook for 2013/14
Wheat Supplies: Wheat production for 2013 is expected to decrease more than 7 percent to 2,100 million bushels despite increased planted area. The year-over-year reduction stems from a lower yield and a lower harvested-to-planted ratio. Harvested area for 2013 is projected at 46.5 million acres, down 2.5 million acres from the previous year. The projected harvested-to-planted ratio is 0.83, down from 0.88 in 2012 and a five-year-average of 0.87.
The sharp reduction in harvested area is due the continuation of drought this past fall and winter in the HRW wheat area. Spring rains will be especially important in these areas of the Great Plains. The 2013 all-wheat yield is projected at 45.2 bushels per acre based on the 1985-2012 all-wheat simple linear yield trend. This would be down from a record 46.3 bushels per acre in both 2010 and 2012.
Increased area for higher-yielding SRW wheat and higher HRW abandonment continue to support expectations for trend yields.
Winter wheat conditions are substantially worse in the Great Plains compared with last year at this time. Conditions are particularly poor in the western parts of the affected states. Weighted by seeded area, the HRW states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma have 50 percent of their crop rated in poor or very poor condition, compared to just 10 percent at this time last year.
These same states have 14 percent of their crop rated good or excellent, compared to 52 percent last year at this time. The SRW crop is in much better shape. As an indication of SRW conditions, 67 percent of Illinois winter wheat is in good to excellent condition; however, this is compared to 75 percent last year.
By-class 2013 production is expected to decrease for HRW wheat, other spring wheat, WW wheat, and Durum. These decreases are partially offset by higher expected SRW production. HRW wheat plantings are down 2 percent this year and the drought is expected to lead to increased abandonment.
With yields projected lower on the year, HRW production is expected to decline in 2013. Other spring wheat acreage is expected to increase slightly in 2013; however, production effects will be offset by a return to more normal yields. Durum yield and area are expected to be lower in 2013. WW wheat planted area is projected to decline 2 percent from the previous year. SRW wheat planted area is up 16 percent from the previous year with increased production expected in every major region.
The smaller wheat crop and lower beginning stocks are projected to reduce 2013/14 total wheat supplies 7 percent to 2,921 million bushels. If realized, these would be the lowest supplies since the 2007/08 marketing year.
Wheat domestic use: Domestic use of wheat for 2013/14 is expected to decrease 68 million bushels year to year. Food use is expected up 8 million bushels from the 2012/13 forecast. The projected 958 million bushels for food use for 2013/14 assumes a U.S. population growth rate of less than 1 percent, stable per capita flour consumption, and a slight decline in the flour-extraction rate from the very high levels of recent years.
Seed use for 2013/14 is projected down slightly year to year to 74 million bushels with a smaller planted area expected for the 2014 crop.
Wheat feed and residual use for 2013/14 is projected at 300 million bushels, down 75 million bushels from the 2012/13 projection. This decrease reflects an expected larger corn crop with normal weather and yields, a smaller HRW wheat crop, and a less favorable wheat/corn price relationship for wheat feeding in 2013/14 than in 2012/13. Much of the 2013/14 wheat feeding is expected during the summer quarter (June-August) as old-crop corn supplies remain extremely tight ahead of harvest.
Wheat exports: U.S. wheat exports for 2013/14 are expected to drop 100 million bushels from the 2012/13 forecast to 950 million with tighter supplies and intensified competition from other major exporters.
World wheat production
World wheat production is expected to recover significantly from last year with all major exporting countries except the United States expected to have larger crops. Kazakhstan, EU-27, Russia, and Ukraine account for the majority of the increase.
High wheat prices spurred additional planting in Northern Hemisphere winter wheat producing countries and are also favoring increased spring plantings in Canada, as well as higher acreage in Argentina and Australia.
As a whole, major exporter beginning stocks are the tightest since 2008/09. The United States accounts for a significant portion of those stocks and is in an advantageous position to boost exports for the first few months of the marketing year as new-crop wheat becomes available.
Competition is expected to strengthen, however, as other Northern Hemisphere new-crop supplies reach global markets. Despite near-record production projections, exporter ending stocks are not expected to expand as strong global demand and supply are projected to nearly balance.
Wheat ending stocks and farm prices: Lower U.S. beginning stocks and production in 2013/14 are partly offset by lower expected use leaving ending stocks down 8 percent from 2012/13. At 639 million bushels, 2013/14 ending stocks would be the lowest since 2007/08 when stocks fell to 306 million bushels.
Stocks remain far from tight with the ending stocks-to-use ratio for 2013/14 projected at 28.0 percent, down just slightly from the 28.2 percent expected for 2012/13. The 2013/14 season-average farm price is projected at $7.00 per bushel, down $0.90 from the midpoint of the record high range projected for 2012/13.
Wheat farm prices are expected to be supported during the early months of the June-May wheat marketing year by favorable opportunities for forward pricing and strong summer corn prices. Farmers traditionally market more than half of the wheat crop from June through September.
Corn supply, demand, and price outlook for 2013/14
Corn supplies: Corn production in 2013 is projected at a record 14,530 million bushels, up 3,750 million or 35 percent from the drought-reduced 2012 crop. The 2013/14 corn supply is projected to rise 28 percent to a record 15,187 million bushels as the increase in production far outweighs the year-to- year decline in beginning stocks with the smallest carryin in 17 years.
Prospects for a record crop are supported by higher harvested area and a return to trend yields. Harvested area is projected at 88.8 million acres, up 1.4 million from 2012 and the highest since 1933. Although planted area is projected down slightly on the year, harvested area expands with a return to more normal yields, more normal abandonment rates, and a reduction in area harvested for silage.
Severe drought in 2012 raised abandonment 400,000 acres compared with 2011 and, combined with tight supplies and high feed prices, boosted area harvested for silage to 7.4 million acres, 1.4 million higher than in 2011.
The national average yield is projected at 163.6 bushel per acre, up 40.2 bushels from last year's drought ravaged yield. A return to normal summer weather supports a sharp recovery for corn yields as fall and winter dryness have little correlation with conditions during the following growing season and eventual yield outcomes. The trend projection is based on a yield model that accounts for summer precipitation and temperatures in determining expected yields.
The 2013 yield projection assumes corn planting progress at the 10-year average, no extreme dryness during June, temperatures and rainfall for July across the Corn Belt at the 1988-2012 averages, and an adjustment to reflect the asymmetric response of yields to July precipitation.
Corn use: Total corn use for 2013/14 is projected at 13,010 million bushels, up 1,773 million from the sharply curtailed usage in 2012/13. A sharp rebound in feed and residual use and higher food, seed, and industrial use boost domestic disappearance 1,173 million bushels.
Exports are also expected to rebound from this year's 41-year low, but substantial foreign competition keeps exports at their second lowest level since 1993/94 as the U.S. share of world corn trade struggles to recover.
Corn feed and residual use: Feed and residual use for 2013/14 is projected at 5,400 million bushels, up 950 million bushels from the 2012/13 forecast. Much of the rebound reflects higher expected residual disappearance with the projected record crop. Lower feed costs are also expected to provide an economic incentive for increased feed use.
Tight supplies of feeder cattle and increased heifer retention are expected to extend the decline in beef production through 2014. Lower beef production is more than offset by expected increases in poultry and pork output, raising corn feeding slightly for the year.
Dairy cow numbers are expected to fall slightly, but milk per cow is projected to continue to increase.
Corn food, seed, and industrial use: Food, seed, and industrial (FSI) use of corn in 2013/14 is projected at 6,110 million bushels, up 4 percent following the sharp decline for the current marketing year. This would be up 223 million bushels from 2012/13, but still 327 million below 2011/12 when FSI use reached its highest-ever level.
Ethanol production
Higher corn use is driven by expansion of ethanol production and, to a lesser extent, increases in corn used for starch, high fructose corn syrup, and glucose and dextrose. The recovering housing industry and industrial uses are bolstering corn use for starch. In general, domestic demand for all FSI use categories is set to increase as the economy slowly recovers. Corn sweetener exports to Mexico are expected to slip as sugar output there increases.
Corn use in ethanol production: Corn used to produce fuel ethanol in 2013/14 is projected to recover by 175 million bushels over 2012/13. The expected increase supports a forecast of 4,675 million bushes, 344 million bushels below the record set in 2010/11. The 2013/14 projection implies that 36 percent of expected corn usage will be for ethanol production compared with 40 percent in both 2011/12 and 2012/13.
Despite an expected increase in corn used in ethanol production, a total recovery to previous levels is doubtful in light of several factors. Gasoline consumption is expected to continue its decline from the 133.9 billion gallons currently projected by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) for the 2012/13 corn marketing year.
The expected decline reflects continued increases in vehicle efficiency and declines in miles driven as a result of high gas prices, weak economic recovery, and changing driver demographics. Slow growth in consumer acceptance and availability of higher (15 and 85 percent) blends for flex-fuel vehicles also limits substitution of ethanol for gasoline.
Finally, prospects for expansion in U.S. ethanol exports are limited as sugar cane ethanol production in Brazil — a major trade competitor — ramps up on expectations for a large 2013/14 sugar cane crop.
Corn exports: U.S. corn exports for 2013/14 are projected up 600 million bushels to 1,500 million. Expanded world corn area and production in 2013/14 support continued growth in global corn use. Global corn import demand is expected to jump in 2013/14 due to falling prices, continued economic expansion, and growth in animal feed demand. Expected record production in the United States will boost exportable supplies sharply and improve competitiveness.
Brazil has emerged as a formidable competitor in 2012/13, but its continued export competitiveness will depend mainly on domestic production and demand, infrastructure efficiency, and currency values.
Both Argentina and Ukraine are expected to produce and export substantial volumes once again, remaining strong competitors. China's import demand is expected to surge as domestic animal feed use expands in the face of sharply lower global corn prices; however, much depends on relative prices and internal policies.
Corn ending stocks and farm prices: Corn ending stocks for 2013/14 are projected at 2,177 million bushels, more than triple the 2012/13 forecast. While use approaches the record high levels of 2009/10 and 2010/11, strong global competition limits the expansion in exports allowing stocks to rebuild rapidly.
The stocks-to-use ratio is projected at 16.7 percent, nearly 3 times higher than the 5.6 percent expected in 2012/13. Abundant stocks in the U.S. and other major exporting countries put substantial downward pressure on corn prices in 2013/14.
Favorable forward pricing opportunities are expected to provide some support for prices received by producers early in the 2013/14 marketing year, but harvest time cash prices are expected to fall to near $4 per bushel.
The season-average farm price is projected at $4.80 per bushel, down $2.40 from the midpoint of the record high projected range for 2012/13.
Soybean supply, demand, and price outlook for 2013/14
Soybean supplies: Soybean supplies for 2013/14 are projected at 3,545 million bushels, up 11 percent from 2012/13 as larger soybean production more than offsets lower beginning stocks and projected imports.
Soybean production is projected 13 percent higher at 3,405 million bushels mostly reflecting yield gains above last year's drought-reduced level. Soybean plantings are projected slightly above last year as cotton plantings decline and opportunities for double-cropping increase in several of the SRW wheat states.
With normal abandonment, soybean harvested acreage is projected at 76.6 million acres, up 0.5 million from 2012.
The national average soybean yield is projected at 44.5 bushels per acre, up 4.9 bushels from last year's drought-reduced level. The trend projection is based on a weather-adjusted yield model that accounts for temperature and rainfall during the growing season.
Domestic soybean use
Soybean domestic use: Soybean domestic use is projected at 1,795 million bushels, up 3 percent from 2012/13. Crush is projected to expand by 45 million bushels to 1,660 million — supported by more competitive soybean meal exports and a moderate increase in domestic demand.
Based primarily on expansion in the pork and poultry sectors, domestic soybean meal feeding is projected up 1.7 percent. In line with the decline in soybean prices, increased global supplies are also seen easing soybean meal prices.
A decline to $300 per short ton is projected for the 2013/14 average price for soybean meal — down sharply from the midpoint of the forecast range for 2012/13 at $445.
In contrast, supplies of soybean oil for 2013/14 would tighten further due to a sharp contraction in beginning stocks. A lower supply would particularly impair the competitiveness of U.S. soybean oil exports. Domestic use of soybean oil is projected to rise only 0.6 percent in 2013/14 to 18.0 billion pounds.
The domestic soybean oil market will be primarily supported by an increase in the biodiesel use mandate for 2013 to 1.28 billion gallons. The use of soybean oil for U.S. biodiesel production is projected at 5.2 billion pounds—up 300 million from 2012/13.
At this level, soybean oil accounts for just over half of expected U.S. biodiesel production. However, a 1.5-percent projected decline for 2013/14 in food use of soybean oil to 12.8 billion pounds would partly offset the gains in use for biodiesel.
Although soybean oil ending stocks for 2013/14 are projected moderately tight at 1.71 billion pounds, this would be up 40 million from 2012/13. Soybean oil prices are projected relatively stable for 2013/14 at an average of 51 cents per pound, which would boost its share of the total processing value for soybeans.
Soybean exports: U.S. exports are projected to rise to 1.5 billion bushels in 2013/14 on larger supplies and increasing foreign demand, boosting the U.S. share of global trade. However, U.S. exports will likely face stiffer competition from South America, where exportable supplies will be much higher than in 2012/13.
Foreign demand will be driven by China, which typically accounts for more than half of world imports. Key factors supporting China's imports for 2013/14 include expansion in the crushing sector, strong demand for soybean oil in food, greater use of commercial feed that contains higher percentage of soybean meal, and policies on government reserves.
In contrast, minimal increases are anticipated in soybean demand by other top importing countries – including the EU-27, Japan, and South Korea.
Modest growth is expected for world trade in soybean meal supported by stronger demand in the EU and Southeast Asian countries. U.S. exports are projected to grow 4.0 percent in 2013/14 to 9.15 million short tons.
Exports by Argentina are expected to expand from drought-reduced levels in 2012/13, while exports by Brazil and India are likely to remain near recent levels due to continued growth in domestic use.
U.S. soybean oil exports are projected at 1.3 billion pounds — a 43-percent decline from 2012/13 due to a tightening supply. South American exporters will likely dominate trade with larger supplies and reduced use of soybean oil for biodiesel, particularly in Argentina.
Soybean oil shipments to top importers India and China are expected to be limited by a rebound in the palm oil trade.
Soybean ending stocks and farm prices: U.S. soybean ending stocks for 2013/14 are projected at 250 million bushels, the highest since 2006/07 and double the level projected for 2012/13.
Despite a 7-percent increase in total use of soybeans, the ending stocks-to-use ratio of 7.6 percent would be above the 5-year average of 5 percent and the highest in the past 7 years.
With a sharp increase in production and ending stocks and lower corn prices, the season-average farm price for soybeans is projected at $10.50 per bushel, down from the $14.30 midpoint of the 2012/13 projected range.


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Among the most common arguments expressed by proponents of industrial agriculture is that sustainable food production is too expensive. "Tasty produce and healthy animals and clean water and vibrant rural communities are great," declare Big Ag's PR spinsters, "but sustainable farming isn't economically viable; if we want affordable food, we need industrial ag."
This argument, of course, is severely flawed, and anyone who uses it has either a fundamental misunderstanding of economics or a misguided conception of the impacts of industrial agricultural practices. Or they're just using a specious economic argument to promote their own pro-industrial interests, assuming that most people don't know enough about economics (or industrial agriculture) to be able to call BS.
Fortunately for those of us who value things like facts and logic and truth, the Industrial-Is-Cheaper mantra can be easily rebutted by anyone who's familiar with a few basic economic principles. And seriously, I'm not referring to esoteric theories that you'd need a PhD to wrap your head around – I'm talking about the sort of concepts you learn in the first week of a high school econ class. Need a refresher? Here's the one-sentence summary: industrial agriculture can produce cheaper foods (at artificially low prices) because the industry enjoys financial support from taxpayers and because producers don't have to pay for the costs of the damages they create.
Here's the one-sentence summary: industrial agriculture can produce cheaper foods (at artificially low prices) because the industry enjoys financial support from taxpayers and because producers don't have to pay for the costs of the damages they create.
Or, if you'd prefer to bust out the fancypants economics jargon, agribusiness receives substantial direct and indirect subsidies, and is able to impose on society the cost of significant negative externalities generated during production, enabling it to sell industrial foods well below the true cost of production.
All of this is to say, Big Ag's cheap food is actually pretty expensive. Here are the details:
This means straight-up financial support from the government; fat checks from the capital with love. Note though, before you get too righteously indignant about the notion of government handouts, that there's actually a reasonable economic justification for subsidies in certain circumstances; basically, they enable Uncle Sam to step in and help fund stuff that benefits society, but would otherwise be under-produced without external support (e.g., public education).
Unfortunately though, the stuff that's ultimately subsidized by the US government isn't always the stuff that benefits society most (or, in some cases, at all). This is, in large part, because subsidies are controlled by politicians, who, it should not shock you to learn, have been known to make decisions based less on The Greater Social Good, and more on things like getting reelected, securing pork for their supporters, doing what lobbyists tell them and catering to the demands of big corporate donors.
In the US, huge subsidies are devoted to agriculture. According to the fiscal gurus at the Environmental Working Group, between 1995 and 2010, the US government shelled out nearly $162 billion in agricultural subsidies. However, the vast majority of this money is devoted not to farmers who grow the healthful fruits and vegetables recommended by the USDA, or farmers who incorporate sustainable practices in order to safeguard the environment and human health, but instead to producers of commodity crops (primarily corn, wheat, cotton and soy) who own huge industrial farms.
Ultimately, agricultural subsidies allow commodity crops from industrial farms to be sold for less than the cost of production, which in turn drives down the cost of inputs like corn sugar high fructose corn syrup for large-scale food processors, making highly processed junk food artificially cheap.
These are the sorts of operations that rely on monocropping and heavy use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, threatening water quality, soil quality, biodiversity and human health. And they're not small players either – between 1995 and 2010, 74% of ag subsidies were collected by just 10% of the recipients. (Learn more by perusing Environmental Working Group's Farm Subsidy Database.)*
Ultimately, agricultural subsidies allow commodity crops from industrial farms to be sold for less than the cost of production, which in turn drives down the cost of inputs like corn sugar high fructose corn syrup for large-scale food processors, making highly processed junk food artificially cheap. Subsidized commodity crops also prop up the industrial livestock sector, which relies on a steady stream of cheap grain to feed to animals. Indeed, factory farms depend on this underpriced resource in order to remain economically viable. And by the way, industrial livestock operations can also receive direct subsidies through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to help manage the waste they generate (this would be sort of like cutting BP a check to help prevent future offshore oil spills instead of simply requiring the corporation to implement responsible practices on its own dime).
Big Ag also enjoys significant indirect subsidies. Most notable among these is the government funding of agricultural research at land grant universities, which, thanks to the tremendous influence of agribusiness, is devoted almost exclusively to the improvement of industrial production techniques. So instead of subsidizing research to develop more efficient methods of growing crops without pesticides for instance, we subsidize things like the totally insane (and totally privatized) genetically engineered salmon project.
*Note for the econ/policy geeks: under the 2012 Farm Bill, direct payments to farmers are expected to be eliminated, but a new crop insurance program (Agriculture Risk Coverage) will be created to ensure that federal support of commodity crop production continues – in other words, subsidization of industrial crops will still exist; it'll just be a little less direct.
Negative Externalities
This is a pretentious economic term that means "hidden costs" – i.e., costs created by the production of a good that aren't paid by the producer or the consumer of the good. So if you sell a product that generates negative externalities, its price will be artificially low because the cost of these negative externalities will be passed on to someone else.
If you sell a product that generates negative externalities (hidden costs), its price will be artificially low because the cost of these negative externalities will be passed on to someone else.
Industrial agriculture cranks out foods that have low sticker prices at the grocery store, but the production of these foods creates huge negative externalities. As noted above, industrial crop production damages the environment (see nutrient pollution, pesticide pollution, soil erosion, biodiversity reduction, water consumption, fossil fuel consumption, etc.) and impairs human health (toxic pesticides are no good for anyone). In many cases, it also relies on the gross exploitation of farmworkers.
Industrial livestock production creates even more egregious negative externalities; as a result of the high concentration of livestock – and corresponding concentration of waste – factory farms end up polluting water, air and soil with a host of contaminants, threatening the environment and human populations. They also impair human health by fostering the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, increasing the risk of foodborne illness and facilitating the overconsumption of meat decried by public health professionals as a major contributing factor in the skyrocketing rates of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Factory farms also compromise animal welfare and have been shown to degrade the socioeconomic fabric of the communities in which they're located.
Sustainable agriculture, on the other hand, often generates positive externalities – these are "hidden benefits" of production that are enjoyed by people who don't actually buy the good. For instance, sustainable farms help preserve land, build vibrant communities and foster the growth of local and regional economies. When you buy an organic tomato at the farmers' market, you help facilitate the provision of these social benefits – but the price of the tomato isn't lowered to reflect this. Instead, society gets the benefits of sustainable agriculture for free – while getting stuck with the tab for Big Ag's messes.
Indeed, many of the adverse impacts of industrial agriculture have real costs that aren't paid by producers, but are instead imposed on others – on the neighbors of factory farms, on slaughterhouse workers, on uninformed consumers and on society as a whole (particularly on the taxpayers who finance subsidies and pay for the damages). And while it's difficult to measure some of these costs precisely (e.g., the total cost of the dead zone created by agricultural runoff in the Gulf of Mexico), it's irresponsible to ignore them by claiming that the price of an industrial food accurately represents its true cost. Suddenly that farmers' market tomato grown sustainably without synthetic pesticides and fertilizers or big government subsidies doesn't seem so expensive.


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KANSAS CITY, mo. —— The man who can do no right is trying to explain why everything is going so wrong. He must know this is a fool's errand.
Romeo Crennel is not crazy. He is not stupid. But when the coach of the sport's worst team stands in front of reporters and cameras and his boss to explain a 10th loss in 11 games, well, this is not Crennel's finest moment.
"I thought our guys played a good football game," he says about a team that is on track for the first pick in the 2013 NFL draft with a roster many picked to make the playoffs.
"I thought it was better today," he says of an offense that gained 264 yards, somewhere around the 15th percentile of production for NFL teams this year.
"We were still in the game until the end," he says of a $1 billion franchise that plays in perhaps the most cutthroat and bottom-line league in American sports.
This is what happens when a thoughtful man becomes the face of a disaster that just lost 17-9 to the Broncos, a game he knows his team could've won.
One of the narratives of this rotten garbage season is that the Chiefs have been unlucky. That, you know, if not for a turnover here or there (their season total of 32 is comfortably the worst in football), they'd be much better.
Well, the Chiefs had just one turnover in each of their past three games and lost all of them.
They actually didn't turn it over until the last play against Denver, and still haven't led in the fourth quarter of any game. They had seven penalties on Sunday, including four false starts that Crennel tried to blame on the Broncos barking defensive calls at the line of scrimmage — a somewhat shady practice that many NFL teams do.
This season has long gone from losing to lost, leaving Crennel awkwardly close to bragging on non-blowout losses. He singles out his quarterback, running back and offensive line for good efforts after a second consecutive game without a touchdown.
He kicked a field goal on fourth-and-short inside the 5, and if he really wasn't sure if the Chiefs would need touchdowns to beat Manning instead of field goals — honest to goodness, his postgame excuse — then he was the only one.
He wasted a fourth-quarter timeout to punt at midfield because he wasn't sure if he should go for it, knowing that part of the job description is to make these decisions beforehand. He is perhaps the most mild-mannered head coach in the NFL, and cameras caught him giving assistant Brian Daboll the verbal business. The cracks are showing.
Last month, Crennel talked of the urgency for better results, saying that every team has a breaking point of hope, where it realizes the tides have risen too high and the effort fractures. That was four losses ago.
This is a man out of answers.
"I was proud of the way they competed," Crennel says, "and (how) they played against a very good football team and particularly here at home in front of the home fans (where) we haven't been very good this year. I was proud about that."
The Chiefs have lost seven in a row in the place formerly known as the NFL's loudest stadium. That wasn't too long ago, actually. Back when Crennel was just the defensive coordinator.
Back when the Chiefs played games that mattered.
For as long as he has his job this season, Crennel will be one of the least envied coaches in sports.
He is now our local version of Steve Spagnuolo or Rod Marinelli, in charge of an inept group of underachievers that — if human nature applies — are now playing for something much harder to define than team glory and a postseason spot.
You don't have to look too hard to see hope's breaking point.
"A lot of people expect a lot of things out of life and they don't go their way," safety Eric Berry says. "This is a game. If you fight back in life, it's easy to fight back in a game. Nobody's dying or anything like that. It's just a bad season. So we gotta finish this out strong and, I hate to say build for next year, but we need to build that momentum going into next year. It just is what it is."
This is one of the Chiefs' most earnest and hard-working players, a bright guy with a refill of football passion after missing virtually all of last season with a knee injury. And with more than a month left, he's reaching for motivation.
While Berry is speaking, Crennel walks by, through the Chiefs' locker room and back toward an office. He wakes up Monday morning trying to excavate hope from the hopeless. This is the worst coaching challenge in sports.
This is now Crennel's life.
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DeSean Jackson was not back to return punts for most of the game, but he was back there when the Eagles needed him.
Jackson capped a miraculous comeback with a 65-yard punt return as time expired as the Eagles took over first place in the NFC East.
"That was a beautiful game," Jackson said. "Going into halftime, I didn't even think this is possible."
"We talked all week about my foot and I told coach that I just wanted to be 100 percent on offense and I felt that if I were doing punt returns and playing offense there would probably be a slim chance that I couldn't be as fresh as I wanted to be offensively because of my foot," Jackson said afterward. "Coach Reid asked me before the game about punt returns and I told him that if we need it when the game is close, just put me back there and today was one of those times where I got that whistle (from Coach Reid) and he said "get your butt back there" so I went back there and even when I was on the field he (Coach Reid) was whistling at me to make sure that I was going to look it in and I assured Coach Reid that I had it. It was just a blessing."
Said Reid: "I wanted to make sure he was there in the end. If we had one in that kind of crazy situation at the end, I wanted to get him through the game as a receiver."
Jackson initially fumbled, but that ended up helping the return. Reid said his advice to Jackson was to make sure he looked the ball all the way in.
"When I dropped the ball, I panicked real quickly," Jackson said. "It was probably a good thing because when I panicked I was able to locate the ball and it was maybe a foot or two away from me and when I grabbed the ball I went one way and when I looked up I saw a crease and I just shot through that crease."
"It was just slow enough to make it work," Reid said. "He found a few seams, the people who needed to converge on him converged."
"I wasn't sure they weren't going to punt to him," Reid said. "We had he and Jeremy back there on the second to last one. I think it went off his foot wrong. It was a line drive. If you're going to kick it to him, you better get some hang time."
On the comeback, with 28 fourth-quarter points: "You keep playing, take one at a time. You can't get caught up on the score. This is a rarity. You've got to keep battling, take one series, one play at a time. The guys did that. That was a special win."
On the locker room at halftime: "They were frustrated, but they weren't done. They were supporting each other. We didn't do much that first series with the ball [in the second half]. The defense tightened up. We finally got a couple of things going on offense. They were blitzing us every down. We were able to hang in there."
On Michael Vick: "He didn't start off well with the interception. He hung in there. He's battling. He got hit a couple of times. He came back with those long runs. Hmm, special."
On not challenging: "I didn't do a very good job on that challenge. I should have. I goofed."
On the onside kick: "Bobby did a great job with that. That was a surprise onside. We didn't have our hands people in there. We had our normal crew in … I looked over to make sure they didn't have their hands teams in there. We had normal personnel and they had normal personnel with five up front. That was kind of the key. Worked out well."
In injury news, Nate Allen ruptured his patella tendon. "It's a big one, but it's the only one," Reid said.


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WAR: We are ridiculous
During my career as a writer and journalist, I have been asked many times why I never write about, editorialize or establish a position on war.
I suppose most writers at one time or another try to say something clever or profound to make mankind see the futility of engaging in battle with their own kind.
Many before me made some downright creative and moving statements about the subject, and nobody listened. I am not convinced that I can better their efforts.
I have always viewed war as an acronym for "We Are Ridiculous." The "we" part being mankind. The "ridiculous" part meaning "wildly unreasonable and illogical."
The following are quotes from writers, authors and statesmen who have indeed made memorable statements about the subject of war. From these, I have drawn my conclusions for the acronym.
• "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." – Albert Einstein
• "One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one." – Agatha Christie
• "The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it." – George Orwell
• "War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory." – Georges Clemenceau
• "You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way." – Will Rogers
• "Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies." – W. L. George
A good example of that is the love displayed by the French for Americans. If you don't believe me, ask any tourist who visited France after we liberated the French in WWII.
• "War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace." – Thomas Mann
This one has always amused me: "The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky." – Solomon Short
For those who are not aware of Solomon Short, he is a fictional character created by author David Gerrold. Short's quick wit and inventive profundities are always available with little or no encouragement on a variety of topical issues.
Others that are worthy of recognition are:
• "It is well that war is so terrible – otherwise we would grow too fond of it." – Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862
• "Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed." – Mao Tse-Tung.
• What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? – Mahatma Gandhi
Mark Twain also made a number of noteworthy statements about war:
• "Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, war. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel. And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for 'the universal brotherhood of man' – with his mouth." – From his essay, "What is Man?"
• "An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war." – From "Glances at History," 1906
• "A wanton waste of projectiles." – From "The Art of War" speech, 1881.
• "Before I had chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away." – From his autobiography
• And finally: "All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed it." – "The Private History of the Campaign That Failed."
The aforementioned quotes are but a mere smattering of the available material on the subject.
All I can add is that people will go to war if statesmen and intellectuals convince them that their lives, families and possessions are at risk. Intellectuals and statesmen will convince them of that if they think that ideology is at risk. And big business will finance any war because they only see opportunity.
War is a horrific part of living in a system we can't understand.


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About RSNA
In 1971, Adele Swenson, the newly hired RSNA executive director, worked closely with Marguerite Henry, the retiring executive director, to provide for a gradual change in office. New RSNA President Reynold F. Brown, M.D., along with Secretary Maurice D. Frazer, M.D., and other RSNA leaders, were turning their attention to the Scientific Assembly and whether it should be moved out of Chicago's Palmer House Hotel when tragedy struck. Herbert M. Stauffer, M.D., the RSNA president-elect, unexpectedly died.1 The Society was saddened by this loss and faced with a leadership vacuum at the completion of Dr. Brown's term as president.
New Leadership Structure Considered
Consequently, Dr. Frazer agreed to relinquish his position as RSNA secretary to become president in 1972. A young radiologist from Rochester, Minn., named Hillier L. Baker Jr., M.D., was named to replace Dr. Frazer as secretary. At this time, RSNA leaders began to realize that the hierarchical organization of the Society, based partially on bylaws developed during the days of the Western Roentgen Society, was becoming unwieldy for the latter quarter of the 20th century. Over the decades, Donald S. Childs, M.D., and Dr. Frazer had made the position of secretary nearly as strong, and periodically stronger, than that of the Society president. Many RSNA leaders began to openly discuss the possibility of revamping the organization and responsibilities of the Executive Committee to better serve the Society members, now numbering nearly 7,000.
RSNA Asks AHA to Assess Annual Meeting
The 1971 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting was another cramped gathering in the Palmer House. Attendees and exhibitors were becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of space. By 1972, Dr. Frazer, Dr. Baker and Swenson were determined to make changes to the annual meeting knowing that it had to remain a vital educational offering for radiologists. They contacted the head of the American Hospital Association (AHA), which had been organizing a large annual meeting of its own for many years. RSNA leaders wanted the AHA meeting department director to observe the 1972 RSNA Scientific Assembly to recommend the best course regarding a change in meeting venue.
Facelift for Radiology
Swenson also turned her attention to Radiology. With Dr. Frazer's approval, she recommended design changes for the publication, which had featured the same type fonts and page layouts for years. She also believed manuscripts considered for publication in Radiology should not only undergo a scientific review but also an editorial review for grammar and writing quality. Swenson subsequently developed an RSNA editorial division. She rented office space in Detroit near Henry Ford Hospital where Editor William R. Eyler, M.D., served as chairman of the Department of Radiology. She also hired office assistants with knowledge in the rules of scientific writing and English grammar to review all copy before it was sent to Mack Printing in Easton, Pa., which had been printing Radiology for the past 40 years. Swenson also envisioned publication of a five-year cumulative Radiology index, published each year and based on the terms Dr. Eyler first began using in 1970 to organize articles.
To make publication in Radiology less economically burdensome to the authors, she proposed a policy of not charging physicians if color was needed to add to the scientific merit of their articles and of giving the authors free reprints. In addition, she believed the program for the annual meeting should be an additional issue of Radiology. Finally, she proposed advertising policies that would bring in more revenue to RSNA. By the end of the 1970s, all of her recommendations had been implemented.
Meanwhile, Dr. Eyler continued to reorganize the content of the journal to reflect the growth of the field. He settled on an article arrangement divided into seven categories: diagnostic radiology, neuroradiology, nuclear medicine, pediatric radiology, ultrasound, therapeutic radiology and radiation physics. He also began publishing preliminary reports showing that magnetic resonance technology could be used as a diagnostic tool.
Development of an RSNA Staff
As administrative responsibilities increased, Swenson began surrounding herself with a few hard-working office assistants at the Society's Syracuse headquarters. This group became the RSNA staff on whom Society leaders depended to carry out policies related to the continuing education of radiologists and allied scientists.
At that time, some radiologists believed greater attention should be focused on research. They thought that if a research base was neglected, radiology would become simply a service specialty with graduate-training programs. But other radiologists did not see a need for greater research support when new advances in radiology continued to be introduced. For example, the February 1972 issue of Radiology featured a paper by Charles Dotter, M.D., that described selective arterial embolization as a method to control gastrointestinal bleeding. This was the beginning of the establishment of another subspecialty, interventional radiology, which combined the acumen of diagnostic radiology with surgical skills.
CT Unveiled
Many meeting attendees expected the 1972 Scientific Assembly at the Palmer House to be another frustrating affair during which attendees, instructors, paper presenters and exhibitors had to deal with inadequate space. However, the meeting became one of the most important in the history of radiology because it included the display of a new piece of equipment called a computed axial tomographic scanner, or CAT scanner. More accurately referred to as "CT" by radiologists, this scanner was on an upper floor in one of the Palmer House rooms usually reserved for salesmen to display their wares. Radiologists jostled each other in the elevators and were nearly forced to elbow each other aside to check out this new contraption.
CT had been developed by Godfrey Hounsfield, D.Sc. of London. It greatly enhanced the effectiveness of old two-dimensional x-ray units. Because conventional radiographs viewed the body from one angle, shadows of bones and organs could be superimposed on one another. With CT, radiologists could view a "slice" of the body. By rotating the x-ray tubes around the body, several sectional views could be obtained. A computer could then reconstruct the views by using mathematical formulas called algorithms to create a three-dimensional-like image that was easier to interpret.
The CT scanner on display at the 1972 RSNA meeting was designed for head imaging. It was manufactured by the EMI company, which was better known as the organization that recorded the songs of the Beatles in the 1960s. This subsequently led to confusion among non-radiologists who thought the famous rock band from Liverpool had something to do with the development of CT.
More important to radiologists, however, was the realization that computer use would lead to more complicated but improved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. A few months later, Popular Electronics featured an article describing the first "personal" computer, an Altair 8800, which ran on a BASIC program interpreter written by a teenager named Bill Gates. RSNA leaders soon recognized that if CT was a sign of the future of radiology, radiologists would have to become more computer savvy.


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Unwrapping the plastic film. Pulling open the elastic band. Opening out the cover and… the smell of fresh new paper hits you.
Taking pleasure in the blankness of the pages. Weeks, days and months with no deadlines, meetings, places to be, people to see. Savor the moment while you can.
Line up the 2012 planner next to the new one. What will you keep from the year before? Important dates, personal details, outstanding tasks. Rewrite them neatly, or cut and paste the pages into the fresh planner. Name, address, passport details, car plate. What's changed in the last 12 months? Fill in the birthdays of the important people in your life. Check which festivities are coming up, organize your travel itineraries. Plan your year.
Does your planner come with stickers? Mark the important dates for easy reference. Drop business cards, spare passport photos and important receipts into the back pocket. Keep the Quality Control sticker safe. Make the planner your own by personalizing the cover, the inner pages or the spine.
Finally, name your reward. In case of loss, please return to…
Position the bookmark, and gently pull the elastic band over the cover to seal it shut. Care for and protect the new planner so it retains its gleam for as long as possible.
What is the first thing you do when you get a new Planner? Tell us on Facebook and Twitter, and post photos of your new Planners on the myMoleskine gallery using the tag #newplanner2013.
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Katie McQuaid's Scene in Manchester: A little illuminationBY KATIE McQUAID
Special to The New Hampshire Union Leader
December 02. 2012 9:15PM
Today's the day when wedü illuminates its holiday window display. As The Scene reported last month, this year's window decorating has turned into a friendly competition among members of the wedü staff. They've broken up into four teams, each creating a window based on this year's theme, "The Off Season - what happens at the North Pole the other 364 days of the year." Each team has also been assigned a non-profit that must be incorporated into its window.
So far the window decor has been kept a secret. Some work-in-progress photos on the company's Facebook page show Account Director Loren Foxx with a headless, naked mannequin body and Vice President of Client Planning and Strategy Kim Griswold (no relation to Clark Griswold) sporting a bandana, Bruce Springsteen-style, around her head. Your guess as to what they are planning is as good as mine.
Everyone is invited to the big unveiling outside wedü's Market Street offices tonight at 5:30 p.m. Then it will be your turn to vote on your favorite window on the company's Facebook page. When they're not working on their windows, the wedü creative and tech teams have been busy designing and building the Facebook App that will be used for voting.
The participating non-profits - the Manchester Animal Shelter, David's House, Special Olympics New Hampshire and the YMCA's Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) Program - can win money by getting supporters to vote for their window. Each organization that gets at least 250 votes will get $250. The non-profit with the window that gets the most votes will win an additional $500, plus $2,000 worth of creative work from the wedü team.
Once you pop, you can't stop
We all know the Boston Pops performs an exciting holiday concert at the Verizon Wireless Arena every year, but you can also hear popular songs of the season in a smaller venue for a smaller price. The Manchester Community Music School's Holiday Pops concert is Saturday at 7 p.m., at the school on Elm Street. This show features the New Hampshire Youth Symphony Orchestra and the New Hampshire Youth Jazz Ensemble.
For the $30 ticket you get festive music and seasonal desserts and beverages. You can also purchase a table of eight for $240. Your ticket purchase helps the school's Financial Aid Fund.
Purchase your tickets at mcmusicschool.org or by calling 644-4548.
If the bigger Pops concert, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 15, is part of your tradition, you can always attend the music school's concert as a warm-up. You can never hear too much "Sleigh Ride" in December.
'Manchester Memories' giveaway
Okay, people. Stop procrastinating and send in pictures to our holiday lights display contest. If you don't have a display of your own to photograph, then take a picture of your neighbor's lights. I don't care where the pictures come from in New Hampshire, I just want to give away a three-hour Holiday Lights Limousine Tour from Grace Limousine to the person who sends in our favorite picture.
Send your name, contact information, and picture location to email@example.com.
I'm going to sweeten the deal to attract some more early-bird entries by giving away a copy of New Hampshire Union Leader's new "Manchester Memories" book. Anyone who submits a holiday lights photo by this Friday will be entered into the raffle to win this limited edition book. It's a $39.95 value and contains gorgeous pictures of the Queen City from years past. Needless to say, it will make an excellent Christmas present.
Most of the books have already been sold, but while supplies last you can purchase one at the Union Leader's kiosk in the Mall of New Hampshire, at the upcoming NH for the Holidays fair this weekend at the Radisson, or through UnionLeader.com.
Our favorite display at the end of the contest will win its creator a three-hour holiday lights tour for nine people in a limousine from Grace Limousine, a $199 value. All you have to do is email your picture, name, and contact information to email@example.com by Thursday, Dec. 13.
NH365.org Event of the Week
Sing with me. "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, an artificial Christmas tree." I love the experience and smell of bringing a real tree into the house, but this season is stressful enough without worrying about the 8-month-old munching on pine needles all month. So we purchased a lovely pre-lit artificial tree that looks real if you can ignore that giant metal pole up the middle of it.
So that's one stressful situation handled. What about the rest? Lisa Landry knows a thing or two about handling stress during the holidays and every other time of year. The mom to four boys manages to keep her sanity while also acting as president and CEO of her businesses, Print Savvy and Savvy Workshop. Women are invited to strategize with her at Twelve Stresses of Christmas - and Savvy Strategies for how to avoid them! The gathering is for those of us feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and stressed to the max. The discussion will focus on how to navigate through the holidays with less hustle and bustle and more peace and joy. The wine and cheese provided should certainly help.
This Thursday's event will be held at the 55 S. Commercial St. Savvy Workshop headquarters. There will be a networking opportunity from 6 to 6:30 p.m. followed by discussion until 8 p.m.
The cost is $25 and proceeds go to the non-profit Girls at Work, Inc. Call 656-9009 or visit savvyworkshop.com for a link to register.
If you have an interesting item for Scene in Manchester, email it to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Drudge Report had side by side pictures showing a glaring contrast; A spindley Obama riding a girls bicycle with a dumb looking bike helmet looking like a geek reject [while on his current vacation].
The contrast picture was Putin in an orange hunting jacket holding a high tech composite rifle looking like a predator going to shoot a geek off of his bicycle for fun.
It was the difference between a Mama's Boy and a Predator/Leader.
One of the scariest things I have seen in years.