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By Linda HobbsRegional journalist
At the June 8 Fountain city councilmeeting, the conflict surroundingmedical marijuana became physical,when council decided in a contentioussplit vote to ban the growing of med-ical marijuana specifically in lotszoned “LLR,” which was taken asmore than mere coincidence by atleast one Fountain resident.
Al Lender had hoped to grow medicalmarijuana on his fourteen acre lot inFountain, which is zoned as Large LotResidential, or “LLR.” He intended tosell the product to local medical mari-juana dispensaries.
Fountain Mayor Jeri Howells andcouncilmembers Louis Porsia andGabriel Ortega lean toward the, “Letthe free market determine the fate ofmedical marijuana,” philosophy.Fountain City Councilpersons HaroldThompson, Sharon Brown, Sam Heck-man and Lois Landgraf have vied forstrict regulations on the product goingso far as to bar LLR-zoned propertiesfrom medical marijuana production.
Lender had invested a great deal of hisown finances into the project, workingwith city leaders to make sure hewould be in compliance. The voteagainst his property came as a shock.Lender believes he was being person-ally singled out, he said in a later in-terview. During a subsequent break inthe meeting, Lender says he con-fronted Fountain Councilman HaroldThompson for taking away his prop-erty rights. Lender and witnesses sayThompson struck Lender across theface with his forearm. The two had tobe physically separated by witnesses,including Fountain Mayor Jeri Howellsand Fountain resident John Fay.
“We’re waiting to hear from the DA asto whether there will be charges filedagainst Harold,” Lender said in a laterinterview. “But I want council to atleast address the issue. Censure him,reprimand him or remove him fromoffice. Council needs to do some-thing.”
This is the embodiment of just howvolatile the issue of medical marijuanacan become at the local level. Med-ical marijuana has been legal in Col-orado since 2000 - under StateConstitution Amendment 20. How-ever, on June 7, 2010, Colorado Gov-ernor Bill Ritter signed House Bill 1284and Senate Bill 109 into law, allowing
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local governments to “opt out” or bandispensaries altogether.
The question is, while local govern-ments have the right to opt out, dothey have the right to opt in, but banspecific property zones from medicalmarijuana production? According toFountain Mayor Howells, they cer-tainly do. “We have the right to homerule,” Howells explained, “so we canmake our own regulations. However,we have to use common sense. Thepeople of Fountain voted 57% in favorof legalizing medical marijuana.”
Howells added in a later interview shewould have preferred to see the cityopt out, rather than impose far-reach-ing and onerous regulations designedto get businesses shut down. “I be-lieve in the free market and small busi-nesses,”Howells said “Smallbusinesses are the backbone of theAmerican economy. What council haschosen is to exclude medical mari-juana dispensaries from the city, ex-cept in the least desirable areas.People who need their medicationdonít need to be treated like lepers.”
The federal government classifies mar-ijuana as a “Schedule I ControlledSubstance,” a category of drugs notconsidered legitimate for medical use.Schedule I drugs include mescaline,LSD, heroin and marijuana. Thismeans special licensing procedures
must be followed to study these drugs.To study Schedule I drugs, researchersmust get a license from the Drug En-forcement Administration, which oftentakes years to respond to proposals. Inthe meantime, patients have lost theirpatience, and the market has bur-geoned with or without the usual re-search. Patients swear by medicalmarijuana as the only drug to easetheir suffering, and they cannot andwill not wait for the government tocatch up.
The Cannabis Medical Caregivers shopon South Academy offers what ownerNancy Jaen refers to as a “wellnesscenter.” Many older clients sufferingfrom debilitating arthritis, fibromyalgiaor other chronic illnesses cannot orprefer not to smoke. For them thereare lotions, fresh baked food, ice-cream, vitamin drops, hot tea and a va-riety of other options. “People have alot of preconceptions about dispen-saries,” Jaen explained. “The publicneeds to be educated about what’s re-ally involved.” The facility is secure,with a buzzer system to move fromroom to room, multiple security cam-eras, separate waiting areas to protectpatient confidentiality and meticulousstandards of sanitation to keep theproducts free of contamination. Jaenrequires patients be registered both atthe state and local level in addition tohaving a recommendation from a doc-tor in good standing.
“I think the free market will regulatemedical marijuana more than any or-dinance we pass,” said Fountain Coun-cilman Ortega. “Yes, we need to keep acertain distance from schools and res-idences, and most people will do whatthe government asks. However, at thispoint, we’ve regulated them out of thecity. We’ve essentially shut down themedical marijuana business in the Cityof Fountain.”
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Cannabis Medical Caregivers em-ployee Casey Fitzpatrick has sufferedfor 16 years from a flesh-eating virus,and has endured over 50 surgeries totry to save his leg, a battle he eventu-ally lost. He developed an allergy tomorphine and was in constant pain.When he discovered medical mari-juana dispensaries in California, hefound the only medication his systemcan stand to manage his pain.
The question before the community iswhether medical marijuana should bebanned completely, treated as a com-modity on the free market or left tolanguish in political limbo.
Fountain Councilperson SharonBrown proposed amending the regu-lations to: “Require the employees tolive within the state for a minimum oftwo years before they can becomeemployees.”
Fountain City Councilman Louis Por-sia responded, “Well, why don’t wejust ban it at this point? It’s gettingridiculous that we’re going to ban le-galized businesses in Fountain whenColorado Springs passed it.” In otherwords, if medical marijuana is legal-ized by local government, he wouldprefer the free market decide its fate,rather than the government.
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July 17th, Fourth Annual Blues Under the Bridge Concert3pm to 11pm at 208 W. Colorado Ave (under the bridge). The Antlers ParkingGarage will provide free parking for the event (within walking distance). Paidparking under the bridge is $10. Disabled parking is available free as well, butlimited. Enjoy live music, food, drink and fun. Featuring Charlie Musselwhite,Candye Kane, Corey Harris, Tempa and the Tantrums, Magic Dave and Friends.For more information visit BluesUnderTheBridge.com.
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July 13th through 17th, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo DaysThe festivities start with the parade in downtown Colorado Springs on Tuesdaythe 13th at 6:30pm, followed by four days of PRCA sanctioned rodeo competitionat the Norris-Penrose Event Center. Tickets are available at TicketsWest.com andKing Soopers stores. For a schedule of events and more information, visitColoradoSpringsRodeo.com
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Bail bonds are something most of ushope we’ll never have to deal with. No-body, well almost nobody, plans ongetting arrested. Yet the bail bonds-men is perhaps the first official advo-cate you get to deal with once you’vebeen incarcerated. Rick Harper of Ex-press Bail Out aims to take some of thetrauma out of the ordeal.
Rick was born and raised in St. Augus-tine, Florida. He joined the Army in1980 and worked in communications.His service included 3 tours in Ger-many, 2 in Korea, a combat tour in Iraqand assignment to Fort Carson, wherehe retired as a First Sergeant in 2004.
Rick met his wife Kimberly while sta-tioned at Fort Gordon, Georgia in 1990.She was working in civil service at theFort Gordon Fire Department. The twowere married in October of 1993. Kimcurrently works at Evans Army Hospi-tal, as well as doing administrativework for Express Bail Outs.
In preparation for his retirement fromthe Army, Rick attended CSU andearned a bachelors in Business Ad-ministration. He wanted to be able toapply his education and managementexperience in his own business. Hesaw an opportunity in the bail bondsbusiness to help people get through avery stressful situation, while earninga fair return doing it. He opened Ex-press Bail Out in June 2004.
When someone is arrested they aretypically brought before a judge, whodetermines what their bail should be.Bail is the amount of money someoneputs up to ensure that they will showup for court, if they are allowed to bereleased between the time of arrestand their court date. A bail bondsmancan provide this money on behalf of adefendent for a fee of anywhere from2-15%. When the defendent shows upfor court, the money is returned towhoever paid the bail.
Typically, Rick deals with friends orfamily members of those who havebeen arrested. The person in jail hasvery limited access to information andis probably not in the best position to
do business. Although the office doorsclose at 5pm, Express Bail Out is avail-able 24/7. Usually, the paperwork isdone at the jail. Rick’s goal is to havebail posted within 1 hour of contractcompletion. The fee will vary depend-ing on the amount of bail, the creditworthiness of the applicant orcosignor, there are also military andcombat veteran discounts and a fed-eral employee discount.
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whom a bondsman has posted baildoes not show up for court, the bonds-man can lose the total amount of thebail. They do have a limited time tofind and produce the defendent. Thissometimes requires just a phone callor two, but can also result in the hiringof a bounty hunter. The bondsman isentitled to recover expenses involvedin finding and returning a client to thecourtroom, within specified limits. So,the bondsman must consider not onlya customer’s credit worthiness, but theliklihood that they may skip town,given the opportunity.
Despite the potential pitfalls, the bailbond business is highly competitive.That means tight margins, which re-
quires skill in managing both cash flowand risk. But Rick also wants to set hisbusiness apart from the crowd by pro-viding a clean, comfortable, profes-sional location and prompt, courteous,respectful service.
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Henry Taylor had been firing up thegrill for family and friends for years.Everyone agreed he ought to go intobusiness with his cooking. Well, hetook that advice and began a mobilebarbecue company on July 4, 2009. InMay of 2010 he started Big Sarge’sGrill, at 3117 S. Academy Blvd, in theMission Trace shopping center. Henryalso works full-time on Fort Carson.He soon learned that running a full-time business is not a part-time job.Fortunately, when he called on Ar-mando and Susanne Olivero for helpwith his website, he got much morethan marketing assistance.
Amando Olivera grew up in Elizabeth,New Jersey. He had worked in restau-rants as a teenager, but also had apassion for music and art. He at-tended The Julliard School of theArts, where he majored in ClassicalGuitar. In fact, Armando is a very ac-complished musician, with 10 al-bums, an internet radio show, and hisown media production company, butthat’s another story (see ArmandoO-livero.com). He’s also quite a cook.Armando spent a couple of yearsworking for the Budweiser Corpora-tion as a chef, cooking for around6,000 people at the headquarters inNew Jersey. Armando says he con-siders cooking another outlet forartistic expression.
In 1995 Armando’s brother, who was
stationed at Fort Carson, convincedhim to move to Colorado Springs. Hetook a music teacher job with District11, but also worked as an area su-pervisor for a local McDonald’s fran-chise. He started his record label,AP-Records, in 1998 and estimateshe’s recorded over 400 artists to date.He met his wife, Susanne in 2002.The pair hit it off immediately andwere married about a year later.
To say Susanne and Armando keepthemseves busy would be quite anunderstatement. They producemusic, websites, marketing plansand more. They were working withthe Golden Q lounge, when theowner mentioned he needed cateringonce a week. Armando couldn’t resistthe chance to show off his cookingagain. He and Susanne took the gig,and due to popular demand, it soonturned into 4 nights a week. Another
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Henry still handles catering, eventsand grills up the ribs and the chicken.Armando and Susanne manage theday to day operations. Big Sarge’s fea-tures BBQ ribs, fried catfish, grilledhot wings, buffalo wings, Teriyakisteak, authentic Spanish rice andbeans, pulled pork and other local fa-
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Is there someone on your team whostruggles? Does it seem like they’realways in the middle (or the cause) ofa ruckus? Conflict, anxiety, frustrationand upset might haunt them like thedust cloud that follows that Peanutscharacter!
But they’re smart. They can be funny.They may be accomplished in manyways and a very effective worker.They could be a frontline employee, amid-level manager or even the CEO!
They’re also blunt and overly direct inthe way they interact with others. Itseems as though they have emotionalblinders on. They struggle to pick upon the social cues like other peopledo.
You’ve put them through emotionalintelligence classes, communicationskills training and perhaps even hadthem watch videos on how to bemore sensitive to others. Maybeyou’ve given them a book or two.Now you’re considering pulling outthe “big guns” - sending them off tothe Employee Assistance Program orstrongly recommending they seekcounseling or therapy. Perhapsyou’ve even put them on a perform-ance improvement plan or hired acoach to help them “turn thingsaround”.
While neither of us is a doctor, thera-pist, counselor, psychologist or psy-chiatrist, my guess is you HAVE beena parent, a spouse and are the mem-ber of a family. If you run a businessor manage people, you’ve developeda pretty good sense of the skillsneeded for effective interpersonal re-lations. In other words, you’ve beenaround the block a few times withpeople in general. You know what’stypical and what isn’t.
But it’s possible you’ve never heardabout Asperger’s Syndrome. Identi-fied in 1994, it is diagnosed at a rate of2-3 per 1000; studies indicate it’s morecommon than that and often goes un-diagnosed. Males are diagnosed at arate 4-6 times higher than females,typically because males are morelikely to react to stress with violenceor rages than females. Thus, parentsand teachers are more likely to recog-nize a problem that results in a diag-nosis. Adults who slipped through thecracks at school, may later in life ex-perience relationship problems andhave difficulty holding a job.
Traits may include difficulty reading
social, emotional and interpersonalcues, an extreme single-mindedfocus, being vulnerable to sensoryoverload, a tendency to take figures ofspeech literally, an awkward physicalgait, coming across as “the profes-sor”, outbursts triggered by factorsthat others might normally laugh offor more easily dismiss.
It’s been reported many famous andhighly successful people have or hadAsperger’s traits, including BillGates, Isaac Newton andAlbert Einstein. You can find thenames of others on this site:http://www.aspergerresources.com/famous_people_with_aspergers.html
While this article is NOT intended toencourage you to diagnose anyone, itIS intended to raise awareness andhelp us better understand the peoplewe teach, parent, manage and inter-act with. To learn more, I’d highly rec-ommend Tony Attwood’s book, TheComplete Guide to Asperger’s Syn-drome. His website is:http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/ (Iget no compensation to recommendhis book.)
You know, we all talk a good gameabout diversity and inclusiveness, butmost of the time we’re addressingskin color, gender, culture or one ofthe other more socially acceptable dif-ferences. A bigger test of our ability tobe tolerant, teach, manage, lead orlove is when people don’t fit thecookie cutter mold of behavioralnorms.
Certainly we cannot allow destructivebehaviors to put others at risk, but Ifear too often we want everyone to fitin to what organizational culturesdeem “normal”. We hire people fortheir skills and fire them for their per-sonalities. We send them throughtraining classes on personality styles,colors, shapes, Myers-Briggs, etc. inthe hope they can all “just get along”.
Our frontline leaders, supervisors andmanagers get the briefest and mostcursory of classes on learning aboutpeople, yet we spend huge sums toqualify them for the next level of func-tional competency. We classify someas troublemakers, “not a teamplayer”, strange or weird withoutstopping to consider that perhaps,just maybe, there is more going onthan meets the eye.
And the sad reality is, we are left witha population of bright, creative peoplewho grew up with the message theyare wrong, dumb, strange, difficult toget along with or not competentenough to qualify for the “gold rings”
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Last month’s survey:There have been a few non-fast foodrestaurants opened in the FountainValley recently, 3 Margarita's (Mexi-can), Dad's BBQ, Applebees come tomind. But you still have to ventureout of the Valley to get many classicfavorites. If you had to pick one, andyou do, which type of restaurantwould you like to see open here next?
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5 WAYS TO GETMORE FROMLOCAL SEARCH
Showing up in the top of the search re-sults for local searches is quickly be-coming some of the most importantlocal real estate going. The advent ofmobile search makes this shrinking bitof turf even more important.
Below is a list of 5 ways you can en-hance your organization’s chances ofshowing up at the top of the heap forlocal searches, even in highly competi-tive categories.
1) Location content
It’s important that you review the con-tent on your web pages with an eye onadding geography based terms andcontent. Add it to your HTML throughpage titles. Add it to your page footerwith addresses. Add it to your internallinking anchor text – Omaha plumbingsupplies instead of just plumbing sup-plies. Don’t overdo it and makes certainthat real humans are kept in mind, butamp up the local content, including thenames of suburbs, neighborhoods,companies and events that are com-monly linked to your area of service.
In addition to localized content on yourown site, you should consider addingcontent to sites like Flickr, YouTube, andSlideshare and adding very localizedtags, descriptions, links and file names.(Don’t get spammy, but do get descrip-tive)
2) Location pages
Google SEO education spokesperson,Matt Cutts, recently said without reser-vation that businesses that serve multi-ple locations and communities shouldcreate individual pages for those com-munities and optimize those pages sothat search engines understood exactlywhat they were about. I think this isabout as clear an invitation to havinglocation based landing pages are youcan get. Businesses should considerseparate pages for each location, sub-urb and community they serve. Thesepages should feature unique contentand be optimized for hyper localsearch. This is the place I would alsoadd a sidebar of local events and hap-penings with neighborhood, school andnot for profit organizations. (You coulduse RSS technology to ease this chore.)
3) Profile pages
Profile pages on local and social net-works are a must. Hopefully you’ve al-ready claimed your Google Places,Yahoo Local and Bing Local pages andtaken full advantage of the fact that youcan optimize that content with lots oflinks, photos, and descriptions.
Take a look at the new Google Places
tags and posts features that allow youto buy enhancements to what showson your listing for local search, includ-ing the ability to change coupons andspecial deals on the fly.
Build these same types of profiles onthe major social networks like LinkedInand Facebook, but don’t bypass busi-ness portals and community nichesites. (Here’s a list of business relatedsocial networks to get you started)Also, try this list of social bookmarkingsites that allow do follow links. Thesemay carry more weight if the site ispopular at all. (Go for anchor text linkswhen you can – local keyword phrasesfor the link as opposed to just the URL)
4) Citations
Citations are simply listings for yourbusiness in various high profile busi-ness directories. This factor is probablythe least talked about, but consideredvery important in a recent survey oflocal SEO experts conducted by DavidMihm’s fabulous Local Search RankingFactors report.
Two of the easiest ways to get more ci-tations are to update and enhance yourInfoUSA listing (they provide info tolots of directories) and to pony up the$30 a year to get a Universal BusinessListing (another source provider formany directories). If you want to learnmore about this topic you should alsospend some time nosing aroundGetListed.org.
5) Location backlinks
Links from relevant sites have alwaysplayed a very big role in how a siteranks. Quantity and quality count here,but quality is the biggest concern.When you are trying to rank highly forlocal search terms quality links fromother sites should contain local anchortext what at all possible.
Look for local bloggers in sites likeplaceblogger, with an eye on finding re-lated sites that might welcome yourguest post and make sure you include alink back to your site in the body of thepost in your bio.
Take advantage of associations, includ-ing alumni, Chambers and networkinggroups as potential homes for yourcontent and links. Look for local publi-cations that would welcome your guestcolumns for their online features. Workyour vendors, suppliers and strategicpartner network to develop opportuni-ties for local links back to your site. Ob-viously if you are blogging (and youshould be) you’ve got a ready make de-vice to reciprocate and link out to otherlocal businesses and events – a practicethat both creates high value localizedcontent and draws links to you.
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It's on! Genetic scientist Craig Venterand his team recently announced thatthey have successfully created a livingorganism using synthesized DNA de-signed on a computer and inserted intoa yeast cell infrastructure.
The debate is already raging aboutwhat limits society, through govern-ment should put on such research anddevelopment. This is one of the caseswhere the debate is moot. The promiseis too great. You can't put this genieback in the bottle.
An ambitious genetic scientist doesn'tneed Venter's research notes, equip-ment, support or government sanction.The general approach is already publicknowledge and Venter has proven it canbe done. That's all they need, andthere's a lot to be ambitious about.Other scientists have been mappinggenomes for years and lately have beenliterally scrubbing the ocean to find andcatalogue new single celled organismsthat perform potentially very valuablefunctions.
Living cells are like tiny little factories,but without the smokestacks. They pro-duce all manner of chemicals, and ge-netic research can produce the codethat instructs them in exactly how it'sdone. With a little more research youcan code new functions and create liv-ing organisms that don't currently existin nature. One could create organismsthat create gas-tank ready fuels, elimi-nating the refinery process. One would-n't have to mine for chemicals andminerals, just feed the bacteria, algae ormold and let them do the work.
There are real dangers, but there arealso dangers in putting up road blocksand obstructions. This is not nearly as
difficult as creating nuclear weapons. Itwill not be contained or controlled. Dowe want to leave the development ofthis technology to Iran, Venezuela,China, North Korea? As I said, all theworld's scientists, professional and am-ateur need is the knowledge that it canbe done. They already have that.
The plus side far outweighs the poten-tial pitfalls. Vaccines will be produced inhours instead of months. Raw materialscan be grown instead of extracted. Thegarbage in our landfills could be used tofeed organisms that produce valuablenew products.
Whether the United States makes gooduse of this new knowledge or not, it willbe put to use. We can be producers orwe can be customers. That's the realchoice.
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We each look back in time with theperspective of our own individual ex-perience, and most of us have opin-ions about present events that arebased on perception, as influenced bythat experience. It is reasonable,therefore, that opinions differ. By allthat’s true, however, if our goals arethe continuation of the United Statesof America as a Constitutional Repub-lic, then we must come together toachieve that goal.
It is a different world now, as well as adifferent America. Where we oncestood in awe of our country’s leaders,we are now skeptical of their prom-ises. Where we once listened intentlyfor their words of hope for the future,we now doubt their ability to deliver.In fact, many see no such hope be-cause many of our traditions havebeen abandoned. Our reverence forGod has been ridiculed. Our belief inthe Constitution and our “Bill ofRights” has been shattered. Our lawshave been oriented toward “control,”“security,” and “protection,” not lib-erty and freedom.
This nation suffered hard economictimes in the past. Many of us oldercitizens remember vividly the primi-tive living conditions brought on byjoblessness and poverty in the nine-teen thirties. Those times were not,however, a result of deliberative gov-ernmental actions. They were the re-sult of foolish policies and economicfailures related to unrealistic bankingand investment actions. Our “hind-sight” is still good. What we need toimprove is our expectation of futureevents. If we let foolish policies andeconomic blunders determine our fu-ture, we are sunk.
This nation was built on the attributesof wisdom, integrity, ambition, indi-vidual responsibility, and commonsense endeavors. Those are the toolsof America’s “small businesses,” andthe factors built into the liberty lovingpeople who possessed the strengthand fortitude to recover, and to saveour nation from despair.
We have made some poor choices inelecting political leaders to solve thenation’s problems. We have beenmisled by human vultures seeking
By Ron Phillips
The stock market has just experi-enced its latest correction. This isvery common and should havebeen expected. The reason why isbecause the Dow Jones IndustrialAverage had gained about 69 per-cent from its market lows in March,2009. After a strong run-up like thatwe often see weakness in stocks. Iwarned about a correction in mid-April for that exact reason
Correction:“A reverse movement, usually negative,of at least 10% in a stock, bond, com-modity or index. Corrections are gener-ally temporary price declines,interrupting an uptrend in the market orasset.” Source: Investopedia.com
Is This the Beginning of a Bear?
No one really knows what thiscould mean. The fundamentals ofthe economy are rapidly improvingdespite some major negatives likegovernment debt and high unem-ployment. The U.S. economy is es-timated to hit $15 trillion for the firsttime in history this year. Our di-verse industries are creating a sta-ble recovery. Also, unemploymentshould drop by roughly one percenteach year as we continue to grow.
How to Take Advantage of ThisDrop
Like the definition says correctionsare typically temporary and part ofan uptrend. That is good news. Wecan use this as a time to buycheaper.
There are several ways to “play”this opportunity. I always recom-mend using mutual funds for the di-versity and avoidance ofcatastrophic loss as compared to anindividual stock or bond. One ver-sion is an exchange-traded fund.
Two that stand out are SPDR DowJones Industrial Average ETF (sym-bol: DIA) and iShares Dow JonesU.S. Total Stock Market Index (sym-bol: IWV).
DIA tracks the Dow Jones index weall hear about on the news and in
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ETF: Exchange-Traded Fund:“A security that tracks an index, a com-modity or a basket of assets…but tradeslike a stock.” Source: Investopedia.com
IWV is much more diverse, trackingabout 86 percent of the U.S. stockmarket. So you will get all sizes ofstocks, all major styles of investingand all industries. It contains over2,900 different stocks. The annualfee is low at 0.21 percent but alsoyields less than the first fund at 1.47percent annually.
Both of these funds should be con-sidered only a slice of your portfo-lio. They are not investing cure-alls.They are just the beginning of asmart allocation.
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fortune and power, for their owngrandeur, at the expense of others.Too many of us have forgotten theneed to respect each other’s place inthe sun, and the God given rights weare committed to protect.
Now it is time to look back and seewhere we went wrong, and to take ac-tion toward correcting some mis-takes. The current Administrationhas set us on the wrong course. Weneed to work toward the deletion ofsome fundamental destructive ac-tions, such as the recently passedhealth care reforms. This Presidentdoesn’t understand the economics ofa Capitalist System. And he doesn’tunderstand our devotion to freedom,patriotism, pride, and individualism.He wants to apologize for us and our“arrogance,” short circuit relation-ships with our allies, and reduce ourdominance in military and political af-fairs.
He has already brought us to ourknees. We must now STAND UP, andbe the Americans we were fashionedto be, free and proud. Let this Fourthof July celebration stir our patriotism,and remind us how we became thegreatest nation on Earth. Help theyouth of America understand whyprivate property is an important partof our society, and how it relates toour liberty. Help them see the impor-tance of knowing about our history,the importance of personal responsi-bility, and the concept of rugged indi-vidualism.
We can’t turn back the clock, but wecan influence the way to our future.The failures of “Socialist” systemsabound in every society that has triedit, and the dangers of being a “wel-fare” state are clear. We need leaderswith a vision to restore the economichealth of our country. We need lead-ers who inspire us to greatness andself-help, not dependence on Gov-ernment hand outs. Let this Inde-pendence Day be the turning point inour direction toward stability, a returnto traditional values, and sensible so-lutions to live by. Our power is in ourvote. Our guidance is in our Consti-tution. Our future is in our ownhands. Our prayer is “GOD BLESSAMERICA, and may our Republic for-ever be free!”
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The Group of 20 (G20) nations metlast month. The best and brightest(according to their resumes any-way) from around the world puttheir collective heads together andcame up with the following drivel.
Our own Tim Geithner suggestedthat the key to reviving the worldeconomy is going to be domesticconsumption in developing na-tions. In other words, the peoplewho have been working 60 hours aweek, for $20/month to makeiPhones for Americans and Ger-mans need to get off their duffsand start spending more.
There was praise for Hungary’swork at consolidating debt over thepast couple of years, even as Hun-gary warns that the possiblity oftheir own default is “not an exag-geration”. There was optimisimabout the European Union’s $1 tril-lion subsidy for its members deepin hawk.
There was consensus that banksshould be made to carry the bur-den of government bailouts. Therewas no talk of drastic cuts in gov-ernment budgets. Not a peepabout unions, benefits, early retire-ment, or the massive growth inU.S. government payrolls.
The solution, in the minds of theseintellectual giants, seems to be in
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It’s as if the people responsible forsetting global financial policy are incomplete denial that there’s any-thing wrong with government cashflow models. They also seem to betotally ignorant regarding the na-ture of free markets and the role ofincentives. Banks, mortgage com-panies, oil companies and otherlarge corporations and industriesare comprised of people. Thosepeople could just as easily be jani-tors, counter clerks, unemployedor retired. If you take all the fun outof what they’re doing, they’ll dosomething else.
It should be noted that the upcom-ing global financial chaos will notbe due to a failure of business. Itwill be entirely due to the failure ofbig government. It’s governmentthat will get an overhaul when thistrain wreck finally takes place.When it does, the new batch of“best and brightest” will be pullingout all the stops to encourage busi-ness activity in their country, stateor city.
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We've discussed in the past howtechnology can advance muchfaster than the law can handle. Forexample, we've recently had a fewposts about the motorcyclist whowas arrested for violating Mary-land state wiretapping laws, afterhis helmet cam captured an off-duty cop jump out of his car with agun drawn to stop the cyclist. Thatcertainly raised some questionsabout an age when people moreregularly film things going onaround them. But, it goes way be-yond that as well. Over the years,we've written about various ex-periments in building tools to letpeople record absolutely every-thing you see. Some might findthis excessive, but there are someinteresting applications -- includ-ing helping people with theirmemory.
However, if such things becomemore common, laws are going tohave to adjust -- and copyright lawis no exception. David Levinepoints us to a story about a guywho lost his eye in a hunting acci-dent, and has replaced it with aprosthetic eye that doubles as avideo camera, which can alsobroadcast what he's seeing.Levine, in mentioning this, queries
what happens when he goes tothe movies? Or, what if he goes toa sporting event with an exclusivebroadcast right? We recently won-dered how long it would be untilsome enterprising team of folks allattends a sporting event withsmartphones and broadcasts an"alternative" stream of the game.
Now, I'm sure defenders of thecurrent copyright system will im-mediately dismiss these examplesas being either one-off cases orsituations where copyright lawshould apply and these peopleshould definitely get in trouble orbe stopped. But it's really going tobecome overwhelming. As thesetools get better and more usefuland actually provide additionalutility, along the lines of aidingmemory or being able to do datalookups, it's going to seem sillierand sillier for people to turn themoff just to make some copyrightholder happy. It could actually bea key point in making some re-consider the state of copyright lawtoday.
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