Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 17:58.
In reflecting on the future of the food economy in America, one must understand the role of genetically engineered crops, which have blown-apart food economics and ecology in America and increasingly worldwode since their monopoly-mounted introduction 14 short years ago, driven by Monsanto covering the Earth in Roundup, AKA glyphosate.
Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 15:52.
Storing foods you normally eat and rotating them into your regular meals is truly your best bet. They're more cost effective, you've already given them a "test drive" and know what you like, and you already familiar with their preparation.
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 15:16.
I received a press release today for a demand side management program in Philadelphia that has promise here - they are attacking "energy ogres" in a fun and clever way that their research says will have a greater impact with customers than doom-and-gloom environmental scare tactics - a "no finger waving" approach to reducing consumer energy demand and so pollution. I thought I'd share the entire release and their promotional videos here to get feedback from realNEO (it seems the global energy industry watches us, here), and to plant this strategy as a potential best practice for Ohio to explore - below is the contact information if our PUCO wants to learn more... I've asked for updates on the success of this program and will keep this community posted.
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 14:32.
I've been meaning to post last Sunday's must-share Editorial from the New York Times' Frank Rich: "No One Is to Blame for Anything"... yesterday, seeing the unapologetic, lifelong-politician baby-boomer Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, who resigned as economic development director of the not-recovering State of Ohio, debate why he should now be promoted to US Senator seems a timely segue... please see linked below an important analysis of the fact "We live in a culture where accountability and responsibility are forgotten values.
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:59.
As the world and America move forward from an age of rampant, generational, systematically-enabled global corporate, government and individual leadership incompetency, corruption, excess, conflict and greed punctuated by widespread warmongering and the rising and bursting of global energy, military, housing and financial markets, and an escalation of climate change, throughout the first decade of the 2000s, some of the great concerns of the world's legitimate economists now center on the transference of wealth and opportunity from excessively greedy individuals and enterprises - which have been riding a wave of imperfect monopoly wealth creation and productivity realignments, only benefiting large corporate executives and stockholders - to now benefit excessively impoverished common workers, who are heavily underemployed and outside the power/elite fountain of trickle-down opportunity proposed to be the benefit of unenlightened contemporary "capitalism", as we have seen over the past several decades.
Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 16:55.
Neuroscientists have turned up evidence that suggests you love this aspect of the universe's behavior. They say that you are literally addicted to learning. At the moment when you grasp a lesson you've been grappling with, your brain experiences a rush of a natural opium-like chemical, boosting your pleasure levels. You crave this experience. You thrive on it.
Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 16:45.
"other species the world exist for their own reasons. they were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites, or woman created for men." - alice walker
Missing since 4/5/10 Taylor Rothschiller and Alexis Ipavec. If you have any information on the whereabouts of these girls--please call 216-316-3820 and 911 immediately.
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 09:31.
I just received this email from Anita the Weblady, of Shaw High On Line and many other important social networks in the area, about the "Current Plus Plan." This seems to offer valuable help for area residents struggling with their past heating expenses this time of year... I thought I would pass this on to realNEO members . Note, the compliance deadline is April 15th! While reflecting on paying your Winter 2009/2010 heating bills, now, plan for how you will reduce consumption, conserve energy, and pay less going into 2011!!!!! Read on for your options in paying for your mistakes of the past...
Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 04/12/2010 - 22:30.
The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 04/11/2010 - 13:56.
European Trader in a Hammock, 1800s Wood, pigment Unknown artist Bembe, Congo-Brazzaville
Living in Cleveland, when I think of businesspeople from Detroit I picture someone very much like the European trader depicted in the African carving above - big-game-trader, big-thinker Dan Gilbert, coming from the West to transform Cleveland through gambling... carried through our streets by our native leaders and their subjects. I expect about as great an outcome for Cleveland as such "Westerner" infestation brought to Africa, looking more like complete annihilation than salvation... except in the art, where change may be beautiful, despite being tragic.
I wouldn't go to Detroit or anywhere for a casino, but I am planning to visit the "Motor City" shortly for their museum, to celebrate "Through African Eyes," a major exhibition exploring the European presence in African art that opens April 18 (through August 8, 2010) at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) - the images featured here are from this exhibition. I won't hold Detroit's gambling interests against that city, when their leaders at the DIA have traditionally sought to elevate the community above the annihilation of their local culture.
I was trying to estimate the number of US troops overseas, right now, and came across an interesting list of facts about the war in Iraq, compiled by a Guide on About.com, a New York Times Company. I'm pleased to see US Monthly spending in Iraq has declined from $12 billion to $7.3 billion, from 2008 to 2009... although the world-at-war is escalating military actions in Afghanistan. Ultimately, have we scaled-back the world-at-war machine globally, since Obama took office in January, 2009?
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sat, 04/10/2010 - 21:05.
I was reading a moving article on NYTimes.com today - As Families Gather at Dover, Efforts to Ease Pain - that had a surprising fact... President Obama Gave $250,000 Of His Nobel Prize Money To Help Build A Hotel?!?!
Submitted by tremontsoul on Sat, 04/10/2010 - 13:21.
the property we own (and had owned for over 40 years) around treehouse (our old southside market) is a great location to help the neighborhood and keep its historic roots. I had proposed underground and above ground parking to alleviate parking issues in the neighborhood as well as residential retail mix above to support funding for parking with a historically correct design based on sustainable and green practices to fit seemlessly within the streetscape.
Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio
The steam column rising from the coffee cups is three dimensional - this image is similar to an x-ray of a bone.
Storing foods you normally eat and rotating them into your regular meals is truly your best bet. They're more cost effective, you've already given them a "test drive" and know what you like, and you already familiar with their preparation. 
How well can a family of four eat on just $68.88 a week? For more than 38 million Americans, it's more than a matter of conjecture.
