How to Deal with Anxiety as a Senior - Assisted Living Today

Although some cases of anxiety are classified as abnormal regardless of age, much of the anxiety that seniors commonly feel is a natural response to life transitions and stems from legitimate concerns. In a personal interview, retired psychologist Dr. Ron Masa, now a senior himself, offered his views on common causes of anxiety in seniors and ways to deal with them based on his own experience and his decades of working with clients. Some anxieties, says Dr. Masa, can serve an adaptive function by promoting constructive action. This article examines three common sources of anxiety among seniors and offers suggestions for addressing these concerns.

Changes in Physical Functioning

Seniors often experience anxiety due to physical changes such as reduced strength and mobility. They may worry about losing their independence and becoming a burden to others. Fortunately, modern technology provides numerous mobility aids that allow seniors to empower themselves physically regardless of budget. These tools include implements for reaching and grabbing as well as graspable handles that attach to car doors, bathtubs and showers. Seniors can also find raised toilet seats and a variety of canes, crutches, walkers and mobility scooters.

In addition, physical exercise boosts physical and mental health at any age. Nowadays many physical-exercise options exist for all fitness and mobility levels. Several fitness companies produce chair-exercise and even bed-exercise videos that seniors can use at home. Many communities also provide gentle senior yoga classes. Some physical-therapy establishments even offer sessions on anti-gravity treadmills that allow people whose legs cannot usually support them to walk normally and regain muscular strength.

Questions Regarding Life Purpose

After they retire or their children leave home, seniors often find it stressful to readapt after many years of focusing primarily on caring and providing for others. Sometimes they experience loneliness and struggle to find a renewed sense of meaning and purpose. Later life, says Dr. Masa, is an ideal phase for contemplating life?s big spiritual and philosophical questions. This phase can also be a joyous period of liberation and fulfillment in which people finally have the time to explore their own interests, dreams or hobbies. The Internet abounds with social hubs and online forums where people can gather to discuss shared interests and experience a sense of community.

Seniors who wish to continue working can volunteer for causes they care about or start their own online businesses to earn extra money. Even for non-entrepreneurial seniors, many legitimate online work-from-home job opportunities exist. For example, author Connie Brentford, who has been making a living working online from home for a decade, has written a series of books that provide details on a large, diverse list of work-from-home possibilities.

Facing Death

Death constitutes one of humankind?s biggest fears. While younger people may find it easier to ignore death, seniors must eventually face their own mortality and that of peers and loved ones. Seniors often experience anxiety as they first witness their parents and those they look up to passing on, followed eventually by friends and family in their own age group. Fear of death stems largely from fear of the unknown, says Dr. Masa. Rather than treating death as a taboo subject, seniors can reduce their anxiety by exploring the question of what happens after death.

Regardless of one?s spiritual beliefs, numerous traditional and contemporary resources, from the Bible and other ancient spiritual texts to new-age media, address the subject of death. Dr. Masa recommends ?Journey of Souls? by Dr. Michael Newton and the ?Conscious Aging? audio program by Ram Dass, a former Harvard professor turned spiritual teacher. Seniors who borrowed this recording from his office over the years found it very helpful and comforting, says Dr. Masa.

Conclusion

In conclusion, much of the anxiety seniors experience is natural when facing many later-life transitions. Rather than letting anxiety negatively impact their lives, seniors can benefit from channeling these feelings into constructive exploration. Seniors can also empower themselves by taking advantage of modern technology to address their changing physical needs. In addition, seniors can embrace the opportunity to focus on their own interests and make peace with life?s biggest questions.

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Poke War! Facebook Pokes Now Update In Real-Time

Facebok Real-Time PokesIn case Facebook Poking wasn't addictive enough, the Pokes page now updates in real time. That means you can leave your finger on the trigger and poke back the instant a friend pokes you. I've heard from a Facebook employee the feature was recently built by an intern, and bless their soul. Or curse it if you have something important to do, because you'd be surprised how quickly you can get sucked into a real-time poke war.

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Portland Chefs on a fly fishing weekend: Recipes for food, drink, and ...

By JEN STEVENSON
Photography by DAVID L. REAMER

Come October, when autumn crisps the air, and the maple and aspen leaves are stained crimson and amber, there?s quite possibly no more beautiful, serene locale in the Pacific Northwest than central Oregon?s majestic Metolius River.


This bewitchingly curvy, watery goddess wends nearly 30 miles from the headwaters at Metolius Springs to Lake Billy Chinook. Along the way the river creeps through idyllic Camp Sherman (population: 376), a mishmash of old-fashioned cabins, friendly folk and fir trees as far as the eye can see. It?s the ideal wilderness getaway for a group of kitchen-weary chefs and farmers seeking respite from double-digit workdays behind hot stoves, smokers and sausage grinders. Armed with fly rods, waders and plenty of tippet ? as well as enough food, wine and whiskey to feed and souse an army ? they?ve traveled three hours from Portland via gently undulating back roads for fresh air, the challenge of cunning prey and, ultimately, an incomparable meal. As this brisk, beautiful October morning blooms, the Camp Sherman general store is Sunday-sleepy, patronized exclusively by a few locals sipping black coffee and an affable Labrador named Jim. With its vintage coolers stacked with cold beer, a well-stocked fishing section and pay phone that?s not just for nostalgia?s sake (cell service is nonexistent here), this quaint market is the hub of Metolius River society, and the ideal (read: only) spot to stock up on last-minute fishing trip essentials.

I?m supposed to meet Victory Bar and Free House chef/owner Eric Moore, Olympic Provisions salumist Elias Cairo and co-owner Tyler Gaston, and Baird Family Farms owner/farmer Trevor Baird here at 9 a.m. Knowing them like I do, I take a hike and come back around 10 a.m. to find ? nobody. An investigation of the store?s fishing aisle turns up Trevor, who, in true intrepid fisherman style, left at 5 a.m. to make the drive from his orchards in Dayton. But the Portland crew doesn?t appear for another hour, finally rolling into the parking lot at 11 a.m. in a battered white van bearing a ?My Name Is Remington? sticker and a decal of a skull with crossed fishing poles instead of bones. Excuses fly ? they had to stop for breakfast, calls of nature and to forage chanterelles for dinner. But eventually the real reason for their tardiness emerges.

?We forgot the wine,? Tyler explains sheepishly. ?We were 30 minutes out, but we had to go back.?
?You forgot your wife?? Trevor queries. ?I thought we weren?t supposed to bring them.?
?The wine,? someone clarifies. ?Way worse.?
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Weaving their way past now-awake tourists buying fresh maple bars and lattes, the gang queues up for an intense consultation with the market?s resident fishing adviser, poring over the hand-crafted flies and fluidly exchanging insider banter about leader and split shot while they wait their turn. After picking up a few necessities and tips, they head back to Remington and begin the involved process of suiting up for the river.
Sweatshirts come off, revealing a sea of tattoos that draw a few double takes from passers-by, and intense negotiations begin. As it turns out, men preparing to fly fish are very much like teenage girls at a slumber party. The guys exchange thermals and flannels, borrow fishing hats from each other, brag about the deals they got on new waders (?30 percent off and I had a $20 off coupon!? someone crows), and deeply debate a very serious decision ? jeans or tights.

?Jeans are going to be so uncomfortable,? Eli agonizes.

?Just wear tights,? Eric suggests. Eli narrows his eyes at him. ?Since when have I ever made fun of you?? Eric asks innocently.

?Does anyone remember where the hole in my waders is?? asks Trevor.

?Somewhere near the ankle,? Eli reminds him.

Tyler peers with obvious concern at the hard-won box of wine sitting in the car. ?Should I put the wine in my waders to cool it?? he asks.
Vests are donned, jackets are zipped and pockets are stuffed with liquid ?provisions.?

?Pass the flask,? someone hollers. ?And let?s do this!?

It?s generally known that unwinding isn?t usually a tranquil endeavor when it comes to cooks, but that?s hardly the case for this group as they confront the river. Upon reaching the bank, everyone instantly adopts laser focus and B-2 Spirit-like stealth, wordlessly fanning out over the picturesque river, each staking their claim to a swath of the pristine waters. After slowly wading into the current, they silently, methodically cast, re-cast, cast again and wait, then repeat.

As the sun drops behind the shimmering aspen dotting the riverbank and the sky blushes a bright streaky pink, the Metolius? steady purr is punctuated by the heavy plops of fat native trout leaping in pursuit of their dinner. They live up to their elusive reputation, and after hours of standing knee-deep in the chilly waters, the boys have landed just a few small specimens, all thrown back. Trevor catches the day?s prize ? a 9-inch trout ? which is praised, photographed and returned to its home. Reluctantly retiring for the day, the guys trudge back to the car, passing the market?s fishing expert en route. Even he has landed only one fish.

Fortunately, coming up fishless has no impact on supper. Since the Metolius is a federally protected catch-and-release river, its slippery inhabitants are legally spared a sizzling end in a cast iron skillet. With this in mind, the guys have designed a menu honoring both the sanctity of the river and the season: cauliflower soup with cured salmon roe; roasted root vegetable salad with chanterelles; wild salmon over lentils with fresh horseradish cream; a hearty choucroute garni; and a golden-crusted, mile-high apple pie baked by Olympic Provisions pastry chef Amelia Lane, plated a la mode with her homemade maple ice cream.

When they arrive at the quaint riverfront cabin, unloading the car proves no easy feat. Remington is weighted down with what is, predictably, no ordinary ?weekend at the cabin? feast: coolers filled with cured and fresh meats, glistening produce from Saturday?s Portland Farmers Market, and perhaps most important ? a large crate clinking with bottles of beautiful French and Oregon wines. Each is matched to a course by Olympic Provisions/Clyde Common wine director Star Black, who, clearly knowing her clientele, sent it off with a sagely realistic blessing: ?Have fun, catch a fish and don?t get too (messed) up ... or do.?

Finally, four bottles of whiskey materialize ? one per fisherman, presumably.
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In the kitchen, Tyler pours tumblers of fresh-pressed cider from Trevor?s heirloom cider apple orchards and spikes them with House Spirits Distillery?s Slab Town whiskey. He then opens a bottle of Domaine Tempier Bandol Ros? and Teutonic Wine Company?s Pinot Noir Ros? for good measure, while Eli slices up an Olympic Provisions Salchichon salami and sets out a bowl of pistachios. The guys relish the simple snack as they swap stories about the one that got away, which are soon eclipsed by the tale of an angry beaver that chased Eli out of the river. Eventually, the volley of jokes evoked by the beaver attack wanes, and talk turns to the most crucial of subjects ? dinner.

Eli swings a heavy sack of oysters into the sink. ?Those oysters aren?t going to shuck themselves,? he informs the group.

After making sure a bottle of Marie-Noelle Ledru Ros? Champagne is chilling properly (in ice, not his waders), Tyler shucks dozens of Kusshi, Tillamook and Yaquina Bay oysters from Newman?s Fish Market. Trevor mixes another round of whiskey ciders, and Eli and Eric take to the stove, easily falling into the effortless kitchen tandem the childhood best friends developed while working a three-year apprenticeship together in Switzerland.

Eric peels and slices crisp white turnips for the roast vegetable salad, tosses them with olive oil, fresh thyme, chile flakes, salt and pepper, and then throws them in a cast iron skillet and into the oven. Next he seeds and slices the Delicata squash sitting next to a platter of freshly foraged chanterelles. Beside him, Eli tackles the choucroute garnie, deftly breaking down a chunk of bacon into lardons and browning them in a Dutch oven. He then turns his attention to the oysters, quickly chopping a handful of shallot and chives and dousing them with a robust pour of champagne to create an impromptu mignonette.

Just before everyone breaks for bivalves, the cabin?s smoke alarm goes off.

?Already?? asks Trevor.

?Just wait ?til I burn the s**t out of the salmon,? Eli says cheerfully.

?And we haven?t even forgotten the pie yet,? Tyler adds.

Everyone freezes for a moment, squinting at the ceiling, and the alarm stops.

Eli takes advantage of the quiet kitchen to attempt grunt work delegation. ?If anyone wants a job, the cream needs to be whipped.?
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After the oysters are reduced to empty shells, and the champagne and accompanying toasts are but a memory, Eric sets out wooden bowls and ladles a silky cauliflower soup into each one. He gently spoons bright orange cured coho roe in the center and accessorizes with a few carefully placed drops of olive oil and strands of chive, then lays a homemade black pepper cracker across each bowl. The result is a work of art, and the kitchen is quiet as everyone digs in, eschewing formalities like a table and chairs, content just to congregate around the kitchen island.

It?s not long until the bowls are scraped clean, and stove duties resume. Eric tosses the still-warm roasted vegetables and chanterelles in a simple dressing of sweet onion relish, cider vinegar, Dijon and olive oil, as Eli stirs a pan of tiny green lentils du puy cooked with a mirepoix and finished with sherry vinegar and butter. He sears slabs of wild Columbia River king salmon in a hot pan, managing not to set off the smoke alarm a second time, and when they?ve cooked to tender, flaky perfection, he plates the lentils, douses them with fresh horseradish-infused cream, and gently lays the fish on top. He then plates the impressive choucroute garnie ? a hearty, terrifically fragrant embarrassment of meat riches nestled in hot, briny homemade sauerkraut.

?Good thing I brought three sausages for each person,? Eli says, surveying the monumental spread. ?Franks, kielbasa, brats ? hope everyone?s ready.?

?I?m not really hungry,? Trevor says. ?I ate a lot of pistachios.?
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By the time Lane?s mountain of an apple pie is warmed through in the oven and served in thick wedges alongside generous scoops of maple ice cream, the collective energy is waning.

?I?m just washing this one pot, I?m not actually going to do the dishes,? Tyler clarifies loudly from the sink, as limbs begin to sag and eyes droop.
When I finally leave around midnight to pedal back through the forest to my cabin, the scene surrounding the flickering fire in the living room is somewhat comical, considering the hard partying characters involved. Eric is curled up on one end of the sofa sleeping soundly, and Eli?s slumped over on the other end, cradling a pillow and snoring, while a still relatively chipper Tyler and Trevor survey the scene with something akin to disdain.

?Anybody want to play Monopoly?? Tyler calls out. ?Scrabble? Go Fish??

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Where to stay

Metolius River Lodge Cabins
These rustic river-hugging cabins are a throwback to childhood summer camp, but with more refined amenities, like private decks and Jacuzzi tubs. If you want to re-create the guys? fishing trip experience, book the Royal Wulff ? a two bedroom, two-bath charmer with river views from every room and plenty of space in the kitchen for all of your whiskey.
metoliusriverlodges.com, 800-595-6290 ?

Lake Creek Lodge
Just a couple of miles from the Camp Sherman store, this homey, family-friendly resort maintains a small stable of comfortably quaint cabins overlooking lovely Lake Creek, a fully loaded rec room and a stocked trout pond for pint-sized fisherpeople-in-training. I stayed in Cabin 7, a cozy cubby complete with fireplace and scenic deck.
lakecreeklodge.com, 541-516-3030

Black Butte Ranch
Once summer throngs retreat and the aspen groves work their magic, Black Butte is the height of autumn beauty and serenity. Sit on the porch of your townhouse with a glass of wine and stunning views of all three Sisters peaks, then take a leisurely bike ride around the working ranch. I highly recommend reserving Country House 71 ? views and wildlife-watching are unparalleled, and the cozy pub is but a five-minute walk.
blackbutteranch.com, 541-595-1252
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Baird?s Cider

From the early-evening charcuterie and fish tales to the post-apple pie midnight slump, this feast?s tagline became ?top me up,? as the group bolstered Trevor Baird?s rich, deeply flavored, fresh-pressed apple cider with hearty splashes of House Spirits Distillery?s Slab Town Whiskey.
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Baird cultivates a 500-tree Dayton apple orchard comprising vintage English and French cider varietals grafted with imported scion wood from Newberg?s now-shuttered White Oak Cider, as well as a few American heirloom cider apple varietals like Roxbury Russet and Hudson?s Golden Gem. It takes 12 pounds of apples, a hand-cranked Correll cider press and a lot of elbow grease to produce each gallon of fresh cider, which he sells at his farmers market booths through autumn ($7/half gallon). In late October, Baird totes the press right to the market, makes cider on the spot and sells it hot to grateful chilly fingered shoppers.

Having developed an interest in European-style hard ciders on a trip to England, Baird plans to bottle and sell hard cider this fall, under the label Farmhouse Cider. It will be available at the Baird farmers market booths and select local restaurants such
as Olympic Provisions in Portland and Red Hills Market in Dundee.


What they drank (with pairings):

The fish weren?t the only creatures submerged in the drink on this trip, thanks to Star Black ? wine director for Olympic Provisions, Clyde Common and the new Pepe le Moko ? who curated serious fine wine and spirits pairings to complement each course.

Charcuterie

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Oysters
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Cauliflower Soup With Wild Salmon Roe
  • Marie-Noelle Ledru Ros? Grand Cru Champagne NV ?
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Roasted Autumn Vegetable Salad With Chanterelles
  • 2005 Domaine Francois et Antoine Jobard Meursault ?Les Tillets? ?

Lentils du Puy With Wild Salmon and Fresh Horseradish Cream
  • 2008 Fran?ois Chidaine Montlouis Sur Loire ?Clos du Breuil?
  • 2008 Julien Labet Cotes du Jura Chardonnay ?Les Varrons?
  • 2008 Jean Foillard Fleurie ?

Choucroute Garnie

Apple Pie With Maple Ice Cream

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How to Optimize Social Networks for Local SEO

When it comes to optimizing your local business for search, you know that directories play a significant role in building authority for a company. But we know you?re cooler than that. You want more from your local search optimization strategy. You want to get SOCIAL!!!

Why You Can?t Ignore Social Optimization

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You can?t afford not to create a social media strategy for three reasons:

1. Reputation Management

As a rule, you should claim as many social media listings as you can now, so someone else can?t do it later. Even if you never make an update, controlling your business name on a social account will prevent someone posing as your brand.

Use Knowem or Namecheck to see what you might have available.

2. Search Engine Optimization

We?ve said this many times before, but Google and Bing both confirm that Twitter and Facebook influence SEO. So do Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and others.

When customers search for brand names, social profiles create more opportunities for clicks and traffic because they occupy valuable space on search engine results pages.

Portent SERP

This is a personalized search result. If you?re logged into Google+, you may see something similar.

If you don?t create and optimize these profiles, you?re leaving referral traffic (and money) on the table.

3. Secondary Contact List

Social media fans are a valuable commodity. If you can make your brand interesting and create an active social media routine, you can foster an engaged audience that will willingly allow you to advertise to them FOR FREE.

Social Audience + Social Strategy = Referral Traffic/Assisted Conversions/More Money

Align Your Social Networks with Your Website Information

There?s a lot of information out there about optimizing each individual social network, but the main rule to follow is to never leave an information section blank. When filling out your profiles, you should focus on including the following information:

Try to use your official business name as it would appear in the phonebook. Also, don?t include keywords or city names, unless it?s a part of the official name.

This should be a local phone number. If you don?t see a spot to include your phone number, add it into your business description as a call-to-action.

When you add a link to your website, make sure you include the ?http://.? Most of the time, this will activate the link in a social network description.

Take any opportunity to include your complete address. Social networks like Facebook, Google+ and Foursquare provide map listings for business locations. If there isn?t enough room for your address, include your city, even if it?s in the profile description.

  • Link to other social networks

When possible, link to your other social accounts. For instance, certain social networks will have a field where you can enter your Twitter handle. Always make sure these fields are filled in if they are presented.

Where to Start Your Local Social Optimization Strategy

If you?re just getting started, I took the liberty of highlighting the location information in each of the most popular social networks. I recommend the average business owner create the following business accounts:

Facebook

Everyone has a Facebook personal account. Facebook Pages are different because they represent a company, organization or public figure. Most importantly, Facebook pages allow you to advertise your company on Facebook.

Facebook SEO Profile

Google+ Business Pages

Just like Facebook, Google+ for Business is different than a Google+ personal profile. Google+ pages do not have advertising yet, but page listings do often appear as blended Google search results.

Google Plus SEO Profile

Google+ Local

If you created a Google Places account, you now have a Google+ Local account. It might be the most important local/social account because Google+ Local pages display Zagat reviews, which pits them head-to-head against Yelp.?Google is slowly integrating Google+ Local with Google+ Business pages, so keep a close eye on your business page over the next few months.

Google Plus Local SEO Profile

LinkedIn

This is the current LinkedIn Company Page, but keep an eye out for changes that should be rolling out soon.

LinkedIn SEO Profile

Twitter

Twitter is a must for most businesses. At the very least, you can add your location and website to your bio.

Twitter SEO Profile

Pinterest

For businesses, it?s simple to connect your Twitter account to your Pinterest profile. However, it currently isn?t possible to link a Pinterest account with a Facebook Page.

Pinterest SEO Profile

Foursquare

Here?s a look at the web-based version of Foursquare. This information will also show up in the mobile app.

Foursquare SEO Profile

You might have noticed we?ve been answering questions about local SEO this month. Do you have any questions about optimizing your social networks for local SEO? Post them in comments and we?ll answer them on October 2nd in our Local SEO Q&A blog post!

Source: http://www.portent.com/blog/social-media/how-to-optimize-social-networks-for-local-seo.htm

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Barnes & Noble Nook lands in Currys, PC World and Sainsbury's stores, furthers the UK conquest

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Barnes & Noble must want no corner of Britain untouched by Nooks. Following its planned bookstore invasion, the American company is bringing both the Nook Simple Touch and its GlowLight cousin to Sainsbury's and Waitrose supermarkets, as well as Dixons Retail-owned chains Currys and PC World. When the e-readers arrive at the outlets' respective online and retail stores from early October onwards, they'll bring the Nook's reach to nearly 2,000 UK sales points -- not quite ubiquitous coverage, but more than double what we saw in our most recent check. About all that's left is to offer the Android tablets that have been conspicuously missing from Barnes & Noble's initial expansion strategy.

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Farm Bill Failure Could Return Policy to the 1940s | Business ...

Frankfort, KY ? It?s more or less official; a new farm bill will not go to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote before the existing bill expires on Sept. 30.

While no surprise, this comes much to the dismay of farmers and agriculture organizations across the country and despite numerous efforts by a host of supportive legislators and ag leaders to encourage a vote.

A rally organized by the Farm Bill Now Coalition was held at the Capitol before the Sept. 21 recess with farmers and ranchers calling for Congress to take action sooner rather than later.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman emceed the rally and said, ?Perhaps never in the history of farm legislation have so many diverse farmer and rancher voices joined together for such a common call for action on a farm bill. All of us gathered here also share one resounding and common message, Congress, for our farm and ranch families, their communities and our nation: pass the farm bill, now.?

The Senate passed a bill last June in a rather speedy and somewhat bipartisan manner as did the House Agriculture Committee soon after. But that proved to be the end of the road for the bill at least until the November elections are over and a lame-duck Congress convenes.

Meanwhile, as the political ball is tossed back and forth, failure to pass a bill could have some negative effects if legislation is not realized by the first of the year.

Generally speaking a farm bill covers commodity programs on a crop/marketing-year basis which means crops grown in 2012 and marketed in 2013 would not be affected with the expiration of the bill. However, if legislation is not passed by the end of the year, the possibility of something known as ?permanent law? taking affect becomes a real concern.

According to information from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), ?Permanent law primarily refers to the Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949. If no action is taken on a new farm bill by December 31, 2012, some permanent law policies for the farm commodity programs would resume.?

And those policies would resume under guidelines set more than 70 years ago in some instances. The dairy industry would be the first to feel the effects of the expiration. The CRS reports that, ?beginning September 1, 2012, the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program is administered at reduced coverage levels. Specifically, the MILC feed cost adjuster is lowered from 45 percent of the difference between the target price and actual price to 34 percent of this difference. Additionally, the MILC volume cap is lowered from 2.985 million pounds to 2.4 million pounds per dairy farmer.?

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Mystery theater 2012: What we still don?t know about Obama and Romney

With apologies to Jimmy Carter, who never said the telltale word, we have entered the malaise phase of the campaign. The swing states are few. The undecided voters seem fewer.

This race has begun to resemble an over-sized and over-written novel that you?re stuck in the middle of. You?re bored with the characters and the plot, but you?re stubbornly determined to see it through because of all the time you?ve already invested. But boy is it a long, hard slog.

It?s depressing listening to Mitt Romney founder in his attempts to connect with ordinary voters and dispiriting to watch Barack Obama flounder in his attempts to get unemployment under 8 percent. Even the debates are apt to be anti-climactic unless Obama or Romney decides to answer a question in flawless Serbo-Croatian.

Is there really nothing that this campaign has left to teach us?

We may never learn the answers before Election Day, but there are actually a surprising number of remaining mysteries about how Obama or Romney might approach the next four years in the White House. These are neither based on obscure questions nor are they rooted in doomsday scenarios about terrorism or the collapse of the euro. Rather, they?re the riddles that have been hiding in plain sight?the 2012 versions of the ?known unknowns? that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld famously referred to during the run-up to the Iraq War.

(As long as we?re channeling Rumsfeld, I can?t resist paraphrasing another of his Pentagon adages: You go to an election with the candidates you have?not the candidates you might want.)

So, let?s enter the 2012 campaign?s puzzle palace. Here are four important questions deserving of answers that cut through the rhetorical fog of campaign talking points:

1.) Who would staff a second-term Obama administration?

Traditionally, there?s a massive turnover after a president is reelected. Following his 49-state sweep in 1972, Richard Nixon actually demanded that his entire Cabinet and White House staffs submit formal letters of resignation so the president could choose whom he wanted to keep. During a single week in mid-November 2004 , after George W. Bush was re-elected, six members of his Cabinet submitted their resignations.

An Obama victory on Nov. 6 would undoubtedly prompt a flood of hand-written ?Mr. President, It was a pleasure to serve?? notes of departure. But beyond Hillary Clinton halting her globe-girdling odyssey as secretary of state and Tim Geithner presumably stepping down at Treasury, we know little about these second-term personnel challenges.

Would 2013 be the moment when deputies across the administration get promoted? This is a pattern Obama has already followed with Jack Lew, who started in 2009 as the deputy secretary of state for management (not normally a stepping-stone-to-the-stars job) and, after a stint at the Office of Management and Budget, is now White House chief of staff.

Or would Obama revamp his administration by bringing in a new team of outsiders little known in Washington? Presumably, the president would eventually run out of Chicagoans. And if Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett returned to the shores of Lake Michigan, who could replace her as Obama?s trusted friend on the White House staff?

These are not idle questions since personnel decisions invariably become policy choices. For example, would a new Treasury secretary become more adversarial towards Wall Street than Geithner has been? The questions inherent in restructuring an Obama second term are endless, but all that you?d learn from the president?s campaign speeches are that the first lady and Vice President Joe Biden would be around for four more years.

2.) Does Romney have an original theory on how to manage the federal government?

The election of any new president triggers a frenzy of guessing games about who will fill minor Cabinet posts like labor secretary or secretary of transportation. But with Romney destined for the Oval Office, the speculation would extend beyond trying to match names with Cabinet or White House slots.

As the first modern president with extensive private-sector management experience (George W. Bush?s stint running the Texas Rangers baseball team doesn?t count), Romney has the potential to put his stamp on the structure of the White House and the Cabinet. Would he bring back something resembling Cabinet government for the first time since the Eisenhower administration? Does Romney have trailblazing ideas about how to revamp the upper levels of the federal government to respond to 21st-century flows of information?

These might seem like wonky questions, but remember, this is Romney?s area of expertise after his years as a management consultant at Bain. Romney is running solely on his business experience, since he has pretty much airbrushed from history his four years and his pro-mandate health-care record as Massachusetts governor. So is the messiness of Romney?s campaign structure an aberration? And would a Vice President Paul Ryan be as powerful as other recent VIP VPs like Biden, Dick Cheney and Al Gore? Or would Ryan be limited to budgetary matters and negotiations with Capitol Hill?

3.) What does Obama really want to achieve in his second term?

As a reelected president, Obama would probably have 18 months to two years to put his stamp on domestic policy before beginning the slow slide to lame-duck irrelevance. But what is Obama?s private dream for that brief, second-term rebirth? What more does he believe he can accomplish?especially since the House will likely remain in Republican hands and the Senate will still be dominated by the filibuster?

Three weeks before the inauguration, the federal government will reach the edge of the so-called ?fiscal cliff.? That is the moment at the stroke of midnight on New Year?s Eve when all the Bush tax cuts expire and more than $100 billion is supposed to be automatically sliced off the federal budget.

If Obama has been reelected, how would he use his leverage from both the verdict of the voters and the veto powers that come with the presidency? Would he attempt to negotiate a new Grand Bargain on the deficit with Republicans in Congress? Or has he come to sadly accept that any lasting agreement is impossible in the polarized atmosphere of Washington in 2013?

Presidents, once elected to a second term, are assumed to start playing for the history books. If that would indeed be the case with Obama, what would the 44th president see as his lasting legacy? Overseeing the actual implementation of health-care reform seems too small for a leader with Obama?s ambitions, as does the far-from-certain passage of immigration reform.

In theory, these are questions that Obama should have answered in his convention acceptance speech. Instead, the president went for small-bore specifics like recruiting 100,000 math and science teachers, and retraining 2 million workers in community colleges. These are all proposals that have proven poll-tested, but they lack the grandeur of a second term vision. So, the real question remains: On those lonely nights when Obama sits on the Truman Balcony and stares at the Washington Monument, does he know himself what comes next?

4.) How bold is Romney?s governing agenda?

In his Sunday night interview on ?Sixty Minutes,? the Republican nominee again refused to spell out which popular deductions (home mortgage? charitable?) would be eliminated in his tax plan. This evasiveness is certainly Romney?s right as a candidate, especially since Obama in 2008 never talked about the health-care mandate (which he opposed in the primaries) as central to his reform plan.?

But if revamping the tax code and lowering tax rates were indeed going to be the big-ticket legislative item during Romney?s first year in the Oval Office, the new president would be spending his first months defining the nature of his economic conservatism. Romney?s new tax cuts would have to be paid for?or else his campaign speeches on the deficit would have been completely hollow. That means that something popular would have to go as part of the Romney tax program, since closing minor loopholes for, say, alpaca farming would not bring in much additional revenue.

The point here is not green-eyeshade budget arithmetic. What we don?t know about Romney is whether as president he would be as bold as Ronald Reagan or a more cautious conservative like, say, George H.W. Bush. It was Reagan, after all, who freely abandoned a lower rate for capital gains in his 1986 landmark tax reform bill. (Such a proposal today would be heresy for congressional Republicans and most Democrats.)

Is Romney secretly that kind of transformative political figure? Or is his governing agenda limited to the familiar GOP battle cry of repeal Obamacare, restore the Bush tax cuts and cut government regulation? At no time in this campaign has Romney taken chances?and dared challenge major Republican constituencies. Is that his risk-free governing philosophy? Or would we see a different leader once President Romney moved into the Oval Office?

The sad truth is that both Obama and Romney have been running stealth campaigns?and seem to feel no obligation to provide more detail to the voters than they have to politically. At least with Obama, it?s possible to extrapolate from the past four years to life in the Oval Office in 2013. With Romney, about the only thing that seems certain is that he would be a far different figure as president than he was as a moderately conservative governor of Massachusetts.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mystery-theater-2012--what-we-still-don%E2%80%99t-know-about-obama-and-romney.html

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