Archive for September, 2009

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People Voting With Their One-Way U-Haul Rentals

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM

Fortunately, the American people and businesses can vote with their feet, and with their one-way truck rentals, and that is apparently what the U-Haul data in the chart above show they are doing—moving away from places like Detroit and Providence with high unemployment and business-unfriendly environments, to cities […]

Real Estate Recovery: Phoenix, Miami, Las Vegas

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
PHOENIX — A total of 8,639 new and resale houses and condos closed escrow in the combined Maricopa-Pinal counties metropolitan area in August, down 15.5% from July but up 20.2% from a year ago. Total home sales have increased on a year-over-year basis for eight consecutive months. Last […]

Packaging: Not as dull as it sounds…..

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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger

I love this pregnancy shaped bottle from Vivitas Woman, containing vitamins for expecting mums: it’s just really clever and innovative and bound to start a trend for body part packaging: only praying that Anusol doesn’t jump on the bandwagon….

14th Straight Month of Pending Sales Increases for the Minneapolis Area Housing Market

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors — Home prices continue to show signs of strengthening in August. From March 2009 through August 2009 the median sales price has grown from $154,125 to $175,000. During the same period last year prices were flat. Prices are stablizing due to strong buyer […]

Ballet North presents Nutcracker Children’s Party 2009

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[?]Submitted by Ballet in Kansas City Blog
 

Ballet North is pleased to announce the date and time for the Nutcracker Children’s Party 2009:
Saturday, December 12th, 2009. Performances at 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm
Tickets: $5 for children, $10 for adults and seniors.
Performance length: 50 minutes, making it very family friendly!
Nutcracker Children’s Party features […]

Single Most Important and Revolutionary Factor for Economic Development and Empowerment?

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Over the last several years, what has been the single most important and revolutionary factor for the economic empowerment of the world’s poorest people?

Hint: It’s not foreign aid, the World Bank, or the International Monetary Fund.

Hint: It has compensated for inadequate infrastructure such as bad roads and […]

U.S. Home Prices Increase for the Third Month in a Row For the First Time Since Spring 2006

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. single-family home prices in July rose from the previous month, surpassing forecasts and bolstering the case for housing market stability after a three-year plunge, Standard & Poor’s said on Tuesday. The S&P/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas rose 1.6% in July from […]

Spokane Falls Community College Loses in Bid To Bully, Silence Pro-Life Students

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[?]Submitted by Abortion in Washington Blog
As if the abortion forces in the Eastern half of the state hadn’t suffered enough blows recently — with the audit of Planned Parenthood of Spokane, Planned Parenthood being told to stay out of Pasco (for now), and Planned Parenthood being kicked out of a new […]

Markets in Everything: Carbon Offset Airport Kiosks

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Three new kiosks with touch screens let travelers passing through SFO airport punch in an itinerary and purchase the appropriate carbon offset—calculated on the spot. These Climate Passport kiosks, the first in a U.S. airport, debuted yesterday and are located after security checkpoints near the entrances to Terminal […]

Questions for Protectionists: Is The National Zoo with Foreign Animals Unpatriotic & Un-American?

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Is China Guilty of “Panda Dumping”?

I now live several blocks from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and have visited there twice in the last week to see the exotic, foreign, imported pandas, hippo, zebras, the 8-month old baby gorilla, tigers, lions, etc.
Based on an earlier CD […]

Libertarian Purity Test

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Take Bryan Caplan’s Libertarian Purity Test here.
HT: Mike Munger

There’s Hope: Even Michigan Economy Rebounds!

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
DALLAS/September 28, 2009 – Comerica Bank’s Michigan Economic Activity Index improved five points in August to 78, the highest reading since December 2008. Compared to its recent May low, the Index is now up eight points, or 11%. Year-to-date, the Index averages 73, down 14 points from the […]

Health Care PSA Smackdown

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM

Do we need a “Public Health Insurance Option”?
YES. “Save the Insurance Company Executives PSA.”

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell
Use this link if the video above doesn’t play.

NO. “Save the Celebrities PSA.”
From the No Insurance Club.
Try this link if the video above doesn’t play.

Chicago Fed Index Increases for 7th Straight Month

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM

The three-month moving average, Chicago Fed National Activity Index-MA3 , improved for the seventh consecutive month (see charts above). At –1.09 in August (up from –1.61 in the previous month), the CFNAI-MA3 suggests that growth in national economic activity was below its historical trend.The production-related indicators made a […]

Cuba’s Farms: From State-Run to Private

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
GOOD NEWS: Faced with the smothering inefficiencies of a state-run economy and unable to feed his people without massive imports of food, Cuban leader Raúl Castro has put his faith in compatriots like Esther Fuentes and his little farm out in the sticks.

If Cuba is searching for […]

Markets In Everything: Drive-Through Flu Shots

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
LEESBURG, Va. - Doctors and health departments are trying to meet the demand for the seasonal flu vaccination. Nurses in Leesburg Sunday offered a unique way to get the seasonal shot and Virginians turned out in droves. On Sunday, Leesburg residents had the opportunity to get a drive […]

One Reason European Health Care Works: America

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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM

A 2006 article by Henry G. Grabowski and Y. Richard Wang in the peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs makes plain, the lion’s share of new chemical entities (NCEs)—that is, genuinely new drugs—are invented in the United States. Between 1993 and 2003, the authors found, 437 NCEs were introduced around […]

Planning for APA Las Vegas Nationals in 2010

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[?]Submitted by Billiards Blog
Written by Black Entertainment USA
I really haven’t posted any of my APA pool league videos in a while. Actually since I got back from Las Vegas and the tournament there. So for those that follow how my teams and I are doing, a quick update. (I’m still ranked […]

Suede and Chrome Extra: Ol’ Scruffy Needs a Room for the Pile Up!

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[?]Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog

Well, my wife and I finally decided that we would be able to head over to Morris, IL. the weekend of October 9th and 10th for the 8th Annual Hunnert Car Pile Up. Unfortunately, when I got online this morning and began surfing for nearby hotels, […]

Tai chi: Rock & Roll Dictionary

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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
Tai chi: polka on Valium.

“Different strokes…” Rock & Roll Wisdom from Sly and the Family Stone

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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog

“Different strokes for different folks.”-Sly and the Family Stone
The idea of different strokes for different folks is all about diversity. And you thought diversity was merely celebrating and appreciating the beers and wines from different countries.
Each and every person on this planet views the world […]

Attention Lynryd Skynyrd Fans near NYC !

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[?]Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
Just heard about this so am passing it along:

iheartradio is hosting a private show from Lynyrd Skynyrd on Wednesday, September 30th. This is a special invite only show for only 200 guests in NYC. We are giving away tickets through our contest.   All of the […]

Facts About Fascia

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[?]Submitted by Fit and Female Blog

Yesterday I had the amazing experience of spending the day in a workshop with Tom Myers.  Tom is the author of the sensational, Anatomy Trains, which details how fascia effects the entire body and virtually everything we do in day to day life. 
Now most of us in the fitness […]

A little Whimsy

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[?]Submitted by Off the Cuff Style

Well….because of a number of things, I just wasn’t feelin’ the “shirt love” yesterday. So to brighten my mood and get my shirt-making mojo back, I took a break and made this whimsical little hoodie for my 8-yr old niece, Bella. It started with a basic […]

Slow Going…

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[?]Submitted by Off the Cuff Style

Here is the shirt back, right off the bed of the machine and hastily pinned to my photo-wall. It features an inverted top-stitched box pleat. The pleat is open for only about 14 inches. This will allow the shirt to be worn “out”, but it will […]

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